Chapter 221: Immigration
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The Mawei naval fleet seemed to have done only a trivial thing, and then moved on, preparing to surround the thirty Spanish warships not far away.
The two armies were separated by less than three kilometers, and several Spanish captains were hesitating, the enemy troops on the opposite side were too ferocious, so they bombed and sank the third-class battleship.
"Those Qing people, will they kill prisoners?" One captain thought so.
"Probably not, Manila's biological people are very civilized." The subordinates next to him immediately intervened.
The captain squinted at his subordinates: "That's not for sure, we have killed a lot of biological people in Manila, and they will not retaliate against us." ”
The ships were basically discussing, in fact, at this moment these officers and soldiers had no fighting spirit, although they did not explicitly say the word surrender, but they were already thinking about the situation they would face after surrendering. The current situation, fighting, fighting, not being able to fight, not being able to escape, all of them are blocked in Manila Bay. And at this moment, the morale of the army is weak, morale is low, and there can be no reinforcements, so there are three ways to go, either trapped here, or die in battle, or surrender.
Whether trapped or killed in battle, it was meaningless, and it was impossible to cause much danger to the enemy, and these officers were only really inclined to surrender at this moment.
At this time, a clipper ship rushed out of the Mawei naval fleet, and it was extremely fast, close to the side of the Spanish warship, and then shouted loudly at the horn: I am ordered by General Wang, the commander-in-chief of the Mawei Navy, to convey a message to you: "The soldiers of the Spanish Empire are indeed very heroic, but do not fight in vain. so as not to consume the lives of your officers and soldiers in vain. My lord once said. in this world. The most precious thing is life, and the most outstanding generals cherish their soldiers as if they were their own children, and I hope that all generals will cherish the lives of soldiers. Of course, if the generals are willing to fight to the death, the Mawei Navy will be happy to accompany you, and at that time, we will no longer take prisoners. Of course. As long as you surrender, we will treat your captives favorably, allowing you to keep your personal belongings, excluding weapons. Also, allow the Spanish Empire to spend money to redeem you in the future. ”
The Spaniards ruled Luzon for a hundred years, and some of the soldiers could understand Chinese, so the Spanish soldiers on the various warships exchanged their heads and ears, and soon they all understood the meaning of the loudspeakers. They were surprised at first, then horrified, the general said. What does it mean not to take prisoners?
In a few moments, all the Spanish ships lowered their sails. White flags were raised one after another.
"Just surrendered?" In fact, many horsetail soldiers still don't understand, that is, many generals around Wang Zhenbang don't quite understand. Although they have a lot of contact with foreigners, they just don't understand their culture.
Wang Zhenbang heard the doubts of his subordinates, so he spoke out to solve his doubts: "A few years ago, the prince told me that because there are few people in the West, he does not think that defeat and surrender is a shameful thing. If they don't surrender in every big war, then the Westerners may be extinct! ”
All the battleships had been captured, and Wang Zhenbang rushed over on the Zhenyuan, and when he saw this, he immediately ordered: "Hit and guard all the Spanish prisoners of war, and then continue to advance, go ashore, and take the whole of Luzon!" ”
Far away in Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Province, where there has been heavy rain since May this year, the Yellow River broke its embankment again, a large area of fertile land around it was flooded, and the houses were washed away. Tonight's soup kitchen, the Kuroko family really didn't have their turn, and when they were still dozens of steps away from the porridge shed in front, the porridge soup inside was gone, which made Kuroko's father cry out for pity. Their belongings have been washed away by the floodwaters, and even the quilts have been picked up from the shore.
"Brother, I'm hungry!" Kuroko's four-year-old sister Xiaoyue whispered, Hei Hei's thin little hands kept covering her stomach, and there was a gurgling sound in her stomach from time to time. I only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning for the whole day today, and children of this age can't stand the hunger the most, so Xiaoyue will ask her brother for help.
Looking at the big eyes on Xiao Yue's thin little face, Kuroko was also distressed, turned his head to look around, and found that the sky had darkened at this time, and the surrounding victims were also lying motionless on the ground one by one, and no one noticed his side, which made Kuroko breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly took out a cloth bag from his arms and stuffed it to Xiao Yue, signaling her to eat secretly.
Satsuki opened the cloth bag and found that it was actually half a piece of bread, which was given by a kind person this morning, and the last piece was shared between Kuroko and another child, half of one person. Kuroko saved it, and he just wanted to leave it to his sister. Although Xiaoyue is sensible, but after all, she is a four-year-old child, and she is very hungry in her stomach, and when she sees the bread, she still knows how to be humble, so she stuffs it into her mouth at once, and swallows it in three or two strokes, although such a small half of the bread is not enough to eat at all, but if you eat it and drink a bowl of water, you can also suppress the hunger in your stomach.
After watching Satsuki eat the dough, Kuroko touched her sister's little brain lovingly, and then helped her mother lay out the rotten bedding. Satsuki and her mother slept in the middle, Kuroko and Kuroko's father slept outside, and the two of them didn't dare to really sleep, as soon as there was something going on, the two of them sat up like alert hounds. It is not until it is found that there is no danger that this will fall down and continue to sleep.
There are 100,000 victims under the city of Kaifeng Prefecture, and there are different numbers of victims gathered at each city gate, there is such a huge number of victims, and most of them are hungry, so it is too normal for some robbery, theft, rape and the like to happen here, and even killing people is not a big deal, as long as the perpetrator is not caught red-handed, the government will not pursue it, and there is no way to pursue it at all.
The father and son took turns to replace, and finally got through the night, and when the sun was up, finally there was a rich man again with food and then soup porridge, the Heizi family lined up in front, and soon received a rice soup as clear as water, but the family did not complain at all, happily drank a bowl of soup, and then ran to the back of the line and then lined up, if you are lucky, maybe you can drink another bowl.
However, just as the Kuroko family was queuing, a group of strangely dressed people suddenly came out of the city, and they posted a notice on the porridge shack, and read the contents of the notice loudly to the victims, repeating it every half an hour, and soon the entire disaster camp knew what was written on the notice.
"Dad, isn't that a believer in the Saburo Xianghui? What do they want to do? ”
Kuroko's father ran to the front, and he also wanted to know what the content was, so he asked people to ask if it was related to disaster relief. After a while, he trotted back.
"Alright, well, we have a way to live! San Lang Xiang will find a way for us victims to live, let us move to Fujian, saying that they are developing islands along the coast, a lot of fertile fields, but there are not enough people to cultivate, if we are willing to go, not only can each person be allocated five acres of land, and the food and accommodation along the way are arranged by them, no longer have to stay here and starve! Kuroko's father said excitedly, and it could be seen that he was already interested in the relocation of the victims to the island. For them, it doesn't matter where they are, the most important thing is to have food to eat and fill their stomachs.
Compared with the promises made by the government, this San Lang Xiang Association is more convincing. At least 400,000 people in Henan are followers of the Sanlang Xianghui, and there are many people in the vicinity. In addition, many of the porridge sheds here were built by the believers of the Saburo Incense Society and the Saburo Incense Society themselves, so although the victims had a local concept that their homeland could not be separated, most of them still believed in it.
can be believed, but if you really want people to sign up, there are very few, not really hungry, and you really don't want to run so far. Many people still think that the government will come to provide disaster relief immediately, and this place will pass after a while. But San Lang Xianghui has long expected this reaction of the victims, and there is a corresponding solution, this method is actually very simple, that is, to tempt with food, for example, the porridge shed outside the city on the original basis, suddenly there are a few more immigrants porridge shed, as long as the people who are willing to migrate to Nanyang have registered, they can get the corresponding certificate, with the voucher can go to the migrant porridge shed to receive food, each person can get a bowl of thick porridge with chopsticks that does not fall, and even a small piece of fragrant bread.
After all, looking at the gruel in their bowls that can illuminate their faces, and then looking at the thick porridge in the hands of those who signed up, smelling the fragrance of a basket of fragrant dough cakes not far away, the two are contrasting, making people who drink gruel feel more hungry, and many people just can't stand the torture of hunger, and then sign up. After registering, the people of the San Lang Xiang Association did not stop, and began to move towards Fujian with these victims.
This is only a small batch, and in the end, more than 30,000 people were recruited, and after Shandong and other places recruited people, they returned to Fujian with the ships of the offshore formation. The offshore formation has recently put down most of the cargo transportation, and is slowly cooperating with Saburo Xianghui to transport the victims. The government below was not unaware, but they did not stop it. After all, if the victims are left behind, they have to take out a large amount of food and money for disaster relief, and it is better to treat it as if they don't see it.
In this way, the Sanlang Xiang Society cooperated with the offshore formation, and in less than a month, 50,000 people arrived in Fujian. Of course, some of the victims who traveled by land would not be so fast, but this group of people had the largest population, with a total of more than 100,000 people on all routes. (To be continued......)