In fact, the so-called new guests mean new immigrants in the context of these immigrants. The thousands of Yancheng people in Qingdao arrived a year earlier as "new guests" who were greeted by hundreds of Spanish settlers who were supposedly of the same clan as the conquerors with the frustration and anxiety of the vanquished.

Fortunately, the people on the east coast have managed the situation very well, and the government's ability to control it has made it possible for more than 2,300 residents of Qingdao Port to live in peace for almost a year. Now, after a year, the newcomers are here again, which makes everyone look forward to it. There is no other reason, the main reason is that it is too desolate here, people are social animals living in groups, and Qingdao Port, which is vast and sparsely populated, and is full of barren meadows at a glance, makes people panic.

Well, now that a new person is finally here, well, the number should be no less than a thousand.

The new guests didn't make these "old immigrants" wait too long, and soon, a group of Ming people dressed in various miscellaneous costumes appeared on the highway in front of them. To everyone's surprise, most of the new guests in this group were old people, children and women, and almost none of the young and middle-aged people could be seen, and there were no known number of people who were black.

"Be honest with me, especially you, Chen Ergou!" A veteran-turned-police officer from the police station walked at the front of the line, only to hear him shout in a neutral voice: "Last time you molested a Catalan woman, Lao Tzu only fined you two yuan, and this time if you don't change your thief, Lao Tzu won't be able to protect you." These newcomers are either orphans of the Shun army, or family members of the officers and soldiers of the Standing Force, and if you can't control your little cock, then you will be subject to military law. Even with Lao Tzu, you have to eat and hang. Hurry up and get back to cooking for me. ”

The man named Chen Ergou heard the patrol officer name and warn him. immediately laughed twice, and went to the back in a gloomy manner, and was angry as he walked: Do you want to molest women, and you don't let your daughter-in-law make trouble. Last time, I finally dialed 600 Persian and Greek girls, but my work score didn't squeeze into the top 600, so naturally I could only continue to play singles. But it's time to pay attention, I heard that there will be 400 Polish women going to Qingdao Port this year, and it won't be my turn last year. It's time to get your daughter-in-law this year, provided you don't do it again.

The new immigrants were placed directly in the exhibition area of the trade fair hall, where they sat on the grass in the open air, and some took out their water bladders and began to drink. The police officer at the police station who brought them here was amazed to see the new immigrants sitting in order, silently waiting for the meal, because they were so orderly, very different from the messy immigrants of the past.

It is worthy of being an orphan of the Shun Army, and the life of running around with the battalion all the year round has given them a good physique and strong discipline. The patrol officers could see that even the "old men" in the team who looked quite old (in fact, they were only forty or fifty years old) were in very good shape. Otherwise, it would not be possible to withstand the long sea journey to the mainland. If they start a wasteland, they are definitely better than those undisciplined mud legs.

Two o'clock in the afternoon. The belated lunch was finally pulled over by some of the people in heavy freight wagons. After some consultation with local officials, they temporarily took out some scarce goods such as beef and mutton, animal fat, salted fish, vegetables and other scarce goods from the warehouse to add food to the new immigrants, as a welcome gift.

Sorghum rice, steamed salted fish, stewed meat in a large pot, and a delicious lunch will make everyone's mouth water. Not only the new immigrants ate happily, but even these old immigrants who have lived here for more than a year have thrown off their cheeks and chewed on it.

Pei Qin, dressed in an earthy yellow military uniform, sat in a makeshift movable wooden room outside the exhibition hall to eat. His military cap hung on a hanger behind him, and he had a command knife and other things at hand. He had just eaten his own lunch, and when he had finished it, he lit himself a pipe and smoked it beautifully. He was now quite addicted to cigarettes, and when he got off the boat and saw a small shop selling things on the shore, he ran over and bought a bag of shredded tobacco: it was very cheap, only four dimes a pack, and it was impossible to buy it in the Far East. After buying the tobacco, he thought about it and bought another bottle of red wine from the counter.

At that time, the salesperson of the store looked at the several silver coins handed over by Pei Qin for a long time, and was stunned there, not knowing what to say. Because these three coins are so strange, the obverse is almost identical to the dollar in circulation on the East Coast - except for the words "Dapo Mint" written on the lower part. But the reverse of the silver coin is very different, for example: the silver coin with a one-dollar denomination, the reverse pattern is actually a fish (salmon), the dual-dollar denomination is a bear (brown bear), and the five-yuan denomination seems to be a huge deer (moose), this kind of silver coin clerk has really never seen, so he hesitated there and did not dare to accept it, it seems that he still wants to discuss with Pei Qin which country's currency this is, what the exchange rate is, if it really doesn't work, you have to weigh it and check the fineness.

Fortunately, the store manager is more knowledgeable, he once studied in the capital, and the director of Haida Fuhai, who trained them at the State Precious Metals Administration, once said that the Ministry of Finance has authorized the overseas Xinhua Port and Dabo Port to set up a mint office to smelt and stamp the gold and silver bars and foreign currency obtained from local trade into East Coast silver coins. The fineness, size, weight and even shape of the silver coin are basically the same as those of the local silver dollar, but the pattern is different.

Among them, the silver coins of the Dabo Mint are mentioned above, and the reverse of the silver coins of the Xinhua Mint are Hump Cow, Tuna and Baobab. Local silver dollars and banknotes are circulated in the East Coast and South Africa, Xinhua Mint is circulated in New China Island, and Dabo Mint is circulated in Blackwater and Australia.

Pei Qin is the deputy captain of the second brigade of the former forward team, and has served in the Far East for many years. After careful identification, the store manager heard that they were soldiers who had returned from the Far East to support their homeland, so he immediately stood in awe, and then gave Pei Qin a ninety-fifty discount on the goods he had bought—a discount that could only be enjoyed by officers of a certain rank.

At noon, I ate half a cod, two meatloaf, a bowl of miscellaneous fish soup, and drank some beer between meals. After eating and drinking, Pei Qin went outside the exposition hall to inspect his troops. In addition to the more than 1,000 orphans of the Shun Army and the families of the officers and soldiers of the Standing Force, the new immigrants who came to Qingdao Port this time also included the Far Eastern reinforcements who were personally signed and transferred by Marshal Mo at the request of army veteran Peng Zhicheng. They set out in mid-October 1646 and arrived at the mainland from Yantai Port after a 15-month voyage (including a break and waiting for the ship), and then took a ship to Qingdao Port after the quarantine period.

According to the above meaning, their family members should have settled in Qingdao Port and its nearby areas. As for them, hehe, when they set off from the Far East, everyone was enlightened, Qiu Ba, isn't it just the material to go to the battlefield and fight hard? I heard that the native country is now in full swing with the Spaniards, and they are afraid that they will not wait a few days before they will be sent to the battle formation. Fortunately, now everyone is not desperate in vain, and everyone does not need to be driven to death like pigs and dogs for a bite of food. Everyone is now desperate for the future of themselves and their families that they may have in the future. That doesn't sound too bad, does it?

Pei Qin was accompanied by Wang Jiazhong. This person was the first batch of local armed leaders in Shandong who defected to the east coast together with Zhai Congge, Qin Shangxing and others, and had been stationed in Jeongyi County on Jeju Island for a long time, so he was relatively loyal to the east coast.

Of the 4,500 soldiers who were repatriated from the Far East, 2,500 were his subordinates. Of course, he is only a nominal subordinate, in fact, over the years, his more than 2,000 units have been constantly tossed by Mo Dashuai in the form of disarmament, training, reorganization, adjustment, and supplementation, and now his influence on the troops is very limited. Many middle-level officers in the army often carried him behind his back to show loyalty to the East Coast officers led by Mo Dashuai, and he had heard a lot about this, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Didn't you foresee today's situation when you were poor at the beginning, since the military power is falling, then why not just let go and be a rich man. When I rebelled with my brothers, wasn't it because the world was too bastard, and everyone couldn't survive? I didn't have much ambition in the first place, but the situation has become as big as it is today, with two or three thousand subordinates, and I was also on the wanted list of the "thief leader" of the Manchu Shandong governor, and I have reached the limit of my ability. If you don't let go and continue to be so reluctant, most of the people will eventually die in the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army one day, and now hand over the military power, Wang Jiazhong only feels relaxed, and he no longer has to worry about the safety of thousands of people under his hands in fear.

Therefore, even if Wang Jiazhong was to step down from his military post in two days and take up a senior adviser in the United Front Work Department, he did not care much about this. On the contrary, he was more interested in a set of very large houses on the shore of Lake Milin that was given to him by the jackpot, a deposit slip of up to 2,000 yuan from the Northwest Reclamation Bank, and a job as a noble consultant with a monthly salary of 40 yuan. As for the rest, what's the matter, anyway, our old king will not be able to ask about the rivers and lakes in the future, concentrate on enjoying life, and do some small business by the way.

In this way, Pei Qin, who was full of worries, and Wang Jiazhong, who was relaxed, came to the temporary camp outside the exhibition hall one after another, and their subordinates were also sitting on the ground full of construction waste, eating lunch with wooden bowls. (To be continued......)