For Chen Fuzai, these two days have been like a dream. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Originally, he was just a mountain man on the boundary of Fuzhou, his father's generation still had a few acres of paddy fields at home, and he was still able to live, but Chen Fuzai and his father had a thin life, and he had a serious illness, and the family spent a lot of money on medical advice, and the land was also sent out, and then his mother also died of illness, and the younger brother in the family starved to death in the second year, and he was the only one left in the family.

Originally, Chen Fuzai also went to Fuzhou City to work for people, but Chen Fuzai was a little more withdrawn, and he couldn't get along with the workers who bullied him from the countryside, so he got into a fight and broke one person's leg, and Chen Fuzai ran out overnight, for fear that the group would be looking for trouble for him. He knew that if he went back to Fuzhou City, he would inevitably let those gangsters be killed.

After a few days of displacement, hunger and cold, Chen Fuzai met Lin Fang's men at the seaside, and the other party promised to borrow him 20 taels of silver as the fare of the ship and send him to Luzon to live. When I arrived in Luzon, someone introduced the work, and in short, the description was fantastic, as if Luzon was some kind of earthly resort.

Ninety percent of the Chinese in the Philippines are Fujianese, so Fujianese are not too unfamiliar with what Luzon is all about. When Chen Fuzai was in Fuzhou, he had heard others talk about the situation in Luzon, and knew that the people there were probably better off than in their hometown, but the foreigners and ghosts there were all stubborn, and their safety was not very easy to guarantee.

"Where else can it be bad, instead of starving to death here and being beaten to death when you return to Fuzhou, it is better to go to Luzon to break through, at least have a bite to eat, as for debts, people are dying of hunger, how can you care so much?" Chen Fuzai's logic is very clear, so he chose to go overseas.

Life at sea was hard, and the bilges of the transporters were so small that they did not see much sun all day. The food on the ship was quite poor, with only a large bucket of brown rice and a few pickles and melon seeds for more than 400 people. Even so, Chen Fuzai's pickles were snatched away the next day. Chen Fuzai sometimes has hungry eyes, and he looks for cockroaches, rats and other things in the bottom of the ship, but he is not a hunter, so it is difficult to catch such side dishes.

The bilge soon ganged up, and several of the more fierce guys each pulled up a group of people, and whenever the meal came down, they grabbed it first, and they could grab more, and those who were weak often couldn't even grab a bite.

This is also why when Lin Fang first recruited immigrants, he tried to choose strong, relatively young and healthy, otherwise it is estimated that a group of people will die at sea halfway through the boat.

Chen Fuzai knew that there were dozens of women in the cabin a little above the bilge, and the guys below were always thinking about the women above. Most of these women are family members of some of the people below, and very few are single.

There seemed to be no bright route in this way, and when I didn't know how many days had passed, a group of people in uniform suddenly came to the bilge. Chen Fuzai was most surprised that these people didn't have braids. Then, Lin Fang, the largest on the whole ship, cried hoarsely at the feet of this group of people, constantly buckling his head and begging for mercy, and Chen Fuzai knew that Lin Fang had encountered a sea thief.

It's said to be pirates, but it doesn't look like these people are dressed up. They were brightly dressed, not at all like people adrift on the sea, everyone was strong and upright, Chen Fuzai felt that even the officers and soldiers in the green camp he had seen were not as powerful as these people. He guessed that it was supposed to be a group of soldiers. And the military master who called out in Lin Fang's mouth also verified his idea.

Then the people who went out on board were taken to another ship. This ship is afraid that it is dozens of times the size of Lin Fang's Galen sailboat, and some people do not even dare to take a step on this ship, for fear of soiling this huge ship that looks like the hall of a large family.

All the foreigners were taken to a public bathhouse-like place, and each of them was thrown a square like a soaphorn and told to clean it themselves. Several large buckets of water were there, and many people couldn't help but go up and take a few sips first, until the person in charge stopped them, and then began to take a bath.

After cleaning, a few big men came over with scissors. They only said a word to shave his head, and then they took a guy who was quite horizontal in the bilge, and shaved him bald with three strokes and five divisions. Although the body is affected by the parents, most of these people who have not read any books, are not very resistant to shaving their heads. After all, after shaving, I felt more refreshed, and no one rushed to make a mistake in front of these big men, and no one knew where they were caught. Lin Fang is afraid of being like that vividly, everyone will shave their heads in order to survive, I am afraid that they will do everything without a lower limit.

After bathing and shaving their heads, the men were given a new set of clothes. This dress is not very similar to the clothes Chen Fuzai wore before, and the pants can be directly tightened on the waist without a belt, and he doesn't feel uncomfortable. The clasp on the gown looks like jade, but it's lighter. Everyone's cloth shoes are nothing special, they look quite new.

At this time, Chen Fuzai heard someone discuss: "I shaved my head in the bath and gave out new clothes, I'm afraid I don't want to embarrass us." ”

After the four hundred or so people changed their outfits, they were all sent to the deck, and Bai Nan, dressed in white military uniform, stood there, holding a big horn in his hand.

"Fellow villagers in Fujian, you have made you suffer. I am a lieutenant commander from the Tang Kingdom, and you can understand me as the Admiral of the Navy. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he was very conscious, and knelt down for Bai Nan with a plop. When one person knelt down, the others followed suit, and people in this era seem to have softer kneecaps.

Bai Nan winked, and the marines next to him pulled all the kneeling people up.

"Well, I know you're in a tough condition on board, so I'll make a long story short, and someone will send you to the dining hall to eat when you're done. You are all poor people who voluntarily went to Luzon from Fujian to go abroad to earn a living, and some of you even borrowed usury in order to go abroad. But Luzon is not as good as you think, and the conditions there are very difficult. The Spaniards would treat everyone like slaves, and the natives would not be particularly friendly to everyone. Since going abroad is to live a good life, I will show you a clear way. Our Datang Republic, on the land thousands of miles away, has a vast territory and is not inferior to the Qing Dynasty. More importantly, we are all brothers and daughters of the Han family, and Datang is people-oriented and people-oriented, and we will never lose everyone. ”

Bai Nan continued his demagogy and said, "If you go to Luzon, we won't send everyone there. If you want to go to Datang, we warmly welcome you. Not only will we write off Lin Fang's debts, but we will also give everyone a settling-in fee, 30 silver dollars per person, and more if it is a whole family. If we want to farm, we will grant each person ten acres of land, and within five years, the land will be exempted, and we will also provide the required grain and fertilizer to help everyone quickly start a family in my Datang land. If you have the ability to work, we have hundreds of factories in Datang, and we work four or five hours a day, and this salary is paid directly in gold and silver, and there will be no arrears. ”

At this time, some people questioned, "How can there be such a good thing in the world?" ”

Bai Nan smiled: "Why can't there be, our Datang is like you, a group of wanderers who left their hometown to establish a country overseas, in order to have a good life for everyone, if you don't believe it, this settling-in fee of thirty silver dollars per person, I can send it to you now!" ”

Bai Nan clapped his hands, and then a few soldiers brought a few wooden boxes, the lid of the box was opened, and a piece of silver dollar from Bai Huahua was revealed inside, which was absolutely terrifying. Most of the people here have never even used silver in their lives, and their eyes are straight when they see so much money.

Chen Fuzai didn't think much about it, he looked at the box of silver dollars, thinking that Bai Nan's promise of ten acres of land per person had been completely tempted, and the thoughts in his mind turned: "I don't know if the fields of this Tang Dynasty are fertile, whether the weather is good or not, looking at these people one by one to raise strong people, it means that the production over there is also abundant." With ten acres of land, I, Chen Fuzai, will definitely be able to raise myself well, not only that, but I am afraid that I will be able to get a daughter-in-law and give birth to a few cubs. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Fuzai was the first to come out of the crowd and said, "I go to Datang, I sign up, can the money be given to me?" ”

Bai Nan laughed and said, "Of course you can." ”

He personally walked over, counted out thirty from a box of silver coins, then put them in a small bag, handed them to Chen Fuzai, who was still a little dazed, and said, "Take it." ”

Chen Fuzai also knew some etiquette, so he hurriedly bowed to Bai Nan, and then hurriedly picked out a silver coin from the bag, flicked it with his fingers, and said happily: "It's real silver!" ”

Chang Bin, who was standing on the side, said: "Of course it's real silver, when you get to Datang, there are real fields and real grain, you people are lucky, and those who immigrate to our Datang in a few years will not be treated as well as you." ”

Seeing that someone received the money on the spot, the people below were also completely excited.

"I'll sign up too!"

"This military master, I will also go to Datang, you can send money."

After a while, all the 415 immigrants here chose to go to Datang, and a few boxes of silver coins were quickly distributed.

No one insisted on going to Luzon, and even if they did, Bai Nan would have forcibly taken him to California.

A group of people were each given a bag of money, and soldiers led them into the dining hall of the Light of the Seas. Everyone sat down at the table, and there was a dinner plate in front of them, which contained a pound of rice, salted fish, pickles, and even fruit pieces, which made these people have a big appetite.

Chen Fuzai devoured and couldn't help thinking: "Are you really going to live a good life?" ”