Chapter 376: Human Trafficking
With this kind of thought, Sun Chengzong successively watched the Haw Par Army Weapons Workshop, the Refined Salt Workshop, the Glass Workshop, and even the Tuntian Army Barracks, Sun Chengzong was even more sure of his judgment in his heart.
At the same time, there is also a trace of firm decision in my heart.
"After returning to the capital, I must warn the imperial court to change the imperial court's policy towards the tiger and leopard army, and must not use force against the tiger and leopard army. Otherwise, the imperial court will face a catastrophe. ”
At this time, at the junction of Shanxi and Shandong provinces, a large-scale population transaction was being carried out here.
Looking at the official road connecting the two provinces, the people with yellow faces and thin muscles and unclothed clothes are like a dragon who can't see the first place, helping the old and the young, and walking towards the border step by step amid the reprimands of hundreds of local garrisons in Shandong.
A village near the border in Shanxi has been transformed into a huge military camp with the arrival of more than a thousand tiger and leopard troops.
Of course, the largest number of barracks is not the Haw Par Musketeers, but a cauldron that has been set up. As for the cauldron, very viscous rice porridge is boiling, and a very strong aroma constantly wafts out.
In the military tent in the middle of the barracks, Wang Wen, the head of the Haw Par Arms Musket Regiment, was listening to the report with a solemn face.
After finishing, he directly ordered to the front subordinates: "Ben Jiang means to boil ten more pots of rice porridge." None of us know about those immigrants. Boiling ten more pots of rice porridge is also to prepare for emergencies. ”
"Yes, Commander......"
As soon as this subordinate left, the curtain of the military tent was lifted again.
The captain of the scout team said with a hint of anxiety and excitement: "Commander, here you are...... Immigrants from Shandong are coming......"
"Half an hour at most. Immigrants from Shandong. You can get to our barracks......"
"Good...... It's finally here...... We've been here for so long. It was not in vain. The head of the regiment, Wang Wen's eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly.
"Inform all the brothers in the barracks and be ready to meet these immigrants...... The doctors assigned to us by the Governor's Office are also to be prepared to prescribe medicine for the treatment of the emigrants:"
"We must guarantee that as long as the immigrants enter our barracks, they will not die again......"
With the vast number of immigrants from far and near, they slowly appeared in the field of vision of the regiment commander. Even if he has experienced the tide of displaced people, Wang Wen has seen the tragic situation of displaced people. After seeing these immigrants, I was directly taken aback.
The homeless people I once saw, although it was also because they couldn't survive, began to wander the world, looking for a way to live.
However, those displaced people still had a few bags of bedding and clothes on their backs. However, as for the immigrants who appeared in Wang Wen's field of vision, it is definitely not an exaggeration to describe them with the words 'no long things'.
It turned out that the officers and soldiers who escorted them learned that these people were about to emigrate to Shaanxi. As long as they leave Shandong, hand them over to the Haw Par Army. Life and death have nothing to do with them after the news. The greed hidden in their hearts was immediately exposed.
Among the immigrants, everything that could be exchanged for money was looted by them.
Not only that, in order to increase the speed of travel, in a limited time, escort a few more migrants. All that was left in the hands of the migrants was forcibly thrown away on the grounds that they were slow to travel......
And this leads to the picture that Wang Wen sees now.
A steady stream of immigrants who have nothing but a piece of clothing on their bodies.
Looking at their frail bodies, the regimental commander was certain that the immigrants had not eaten anything for at least a day.
Of course, even if you have eaten before, it is a whole grain without any oil or water. Otherwise, these immigrants would never walk with their feet weak as if they were about to float.
Seeing this, the head of the regiment frowned subconsciously, and sighed to his subordinates: "These immigrants are really miserable...... Now it seems that they need not only food, but also clothing......"
"Otherwise, on the way to Shaanxi, many immigrants will freeze to death by the cold. After all, the entire immigration process is not something that can be completed in a day or two......"
After speaking, he directly ordered one of his subordinates: "Send a herald immediately to report the situation here to the Governor's Palace, and ask the Governor's Mansion to immediately allocate as many clothes and bedding as possible...... In addition, there are medicines...... The more the merrier. ”
Just as his subordinates hurriedly returned to the barracks, more than a dozen cavalrymen suddenly appeared on the official road a few hundred steps away.
Perhaps out of fear of the official army, the immigrants crowded on the official road wherever the dozen cavalry went, as if they had been negotiated, and at the same time gave way to a passage on the official road.
As for the immigrants who didn't have time to dodge, they were directly knocked to the ground by these cavalry.
In the face of the actions of these officers and soldiers, including the regiment commander, everyone had an angry expression on their faces.
Coincidentally, these cavalrymen rushed towards the gate of the barracks where they were.
Seeing this, the regiment commander hurriedly ordered: "Calm down the general, we are here to receive immigrants, not to find trouble...... For the sake of these immigrants, I have endured. ”
As he spoke, a dozen cavalrymen had stopped at a distance of twenty paces from everyone, and then, at the same time, jumped off their horses and walked towards the position of the regiment commander.
Perhaps because these people wanted to exchange money from their own hands, the officers and generals who walked in the front first gave Wang Wen a military salute with a flattering face, and then spoke.
"Li Weizhi, the general manager of the Shandong General Military Mansion, has seen the general ......"
"This official is ordered by the governor to escort 10,000 immigrants to hand them over to your army, and ask your army to receive them."
After replying with a military salute with an expressionless face, the regiment commander Wang Wen replied: "Trouble Mr. Li Qian, I hope that Mr. Li Qian can order his officers and soldiers to assist our Tiger and Leopard Army, escort the immigrants to the barracks to count the number of people, and we will give your army silver according to the specific number." “
Perhaps because of the temptation of rice porridge, or perhaps because of the fear of the Haw Par Army and the official army, under the maintenance of the Haw Par Army and hundreds of Shandong garrisons, the 10,000 immigrants did not make any trouble.
Within two hours, all the migrants had entered the barracks. Not only that, but everyone held a large bowl full of rice porridge in their hands and began to enjoy the sticky rice porridge prepared for them by the Haw Par Army.
At this time, the clerk in charge of counting the number of people happened to walk into the military tent with the roster.
After sending the roster to Wang Wen, he said with a stern face: "Commander, the number of people has been counted clearly, this batch of immigrants is not the 10,000 people reported by the governor of Shandong, but 12,000 people......
"Twelve thousand people...... Hearing this number, the head of the regiment frowned, and asked Li Weizhi in front of him.
"Mr. Li Qian, this is a full 2,000 more than the number reported by your governor......" (To be continued......