"Barbarian?" Luo Shengdong almost laughed out loud: "It's not too late to comment when you go to Shengli Harbor to see that place, in my opinion, that place is much stronger than Yazhou!"

"I heard that the population of Shengli Port is only more than 1,000, and it is only close to Nanshan Town, how can it be compared with Yazhou City?" Wei Ping didn't believe Luo Shengdong's statement too much. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

"Nanshan Town, if Shengli Port is similar to Nanshan Town, why should the people of Yazhou wait for the Haihan people to recruit workers? You are a member of the Inspection Department, you should be very well-informed, I think you must have heard a lot about Shengli Port, right?" Luo Shengdong asked rhetorically.

Wei Ping thought for a while and nodded: "Almost all the people who come back from Shengli Port go back to Yazhou to pick up people or move, according to these people, everyone in Shengli Port has a job to do, food to eat, children to read, and people to take care of the sick. In my opinion, this is just a gimmick of the Haihan people to deceive these foolish people, how can there be such a good thing in the world!"

"Whether there is such a good thing, you can see it with your own eyes. Luo Shengdong did not continue to argue with Wei Ping on this issue, Shengli Harbor has changed with each passing day in the past few months, he has seen it with his own eyes, and it is better to let the facts speak more effectively if he says 10,000 sentences.

Now the recruitment of Haihan people in Yazhou has lasted for more than a month, and six or seven hundred people have been recruited one after another. The tooth merchant who came forward to recruit people for the Cliff Office has now built a room in the labor market outside the south gate, and a sign of "Haihan Recruitment Office" is hung at the door, treating this matter as a full-time job. And those people who can't find a livelihood near Yazhou have moved to Shengli Port to work for the Haihan people as a good way out. In order to attract more immigrants to take the initiative to defect, Shengli Port will occasionally send some more clever immigrants back to Yazhou to do some propaganda work.

Luo Shengdong raised his finger forward: "Bypass Yulin Corner, you can see Shengli Port." Haihan people are actually very easy to deal with, but there is a premise, that is, don't go against them. If you can do that, it's not hard to make a fortune in Victory Harbor. ”

Wei Pingxin said that Lao Tzu is the person in charge of this place, and if the Haihan people are disobedient, Lao Tzu will arrest them all. However, although he was full of slander in his heart, Wei Ping didn't say it, because he vaguely felt that this Luo General's ass was probably not sitting on his side.

The sailboat rounded Yulin Point and slowly sailed into the harbor. Without exception, Wei Ping, like other newcomers, was stunned and speechless by the large number of large iron ships moored in the harbor. This kind of thing that transcends the times and imagination is indeed extremely shocking, and even the brave people can't help but feel awe when they see these huge iron ships on the shore.

Luo Shengdong noticed that there were many sailing ships in the port, in addition to the previous Haicang ship and two large and small large ships, there were also four Dafu ships with at least 400 materials parked on the dock, and the migrant workers were carrying various materials to these ships on their shoulders, and it seemed that these ships would sail in the near future.

Luo Shengdong is very familiar with the merchant ships that often haunt the Ningyuan River outside Yazhou, these big ships are obviously not from Yazhou, and he was taken aback at the moment, and the hands and feet of the Haihan people are really fast, these ships are probably from the north, it seems that the Haihan people have already done business in the capital of Qiongzhou.

Naturally, these large ships are not merchant ships that have come here to load cargo, but cargo ships that are about to sail to open up a new port in the Beibu Gulf. One of them was bought, and three were rented from the capital of Qiongzhou, and the Executive Committee was ready to use these four ships and the original two sailing ships to carry out the first task of transporting materials and personnel. As for the smallest Canton ship, because it was too badly damaged in the naval battle, it was no longer suitable for going to sea, and could only be used as a training ship of the Ministry of Shipping.

After Wei Ping saw these ships, he had to admit that Shengli Port had surpassed Yazhou in terms of prosperity at least in terms of shipping, at least on the wharf of Yazhou, it was extremely difficult to see four hundred ships appear, but there were four of them parked side by side. The scale of the wharf here is also amazingly large, although there are still hundreds of laborers working on the wharf, but the outline of the wharf has begun to appear, the east-west direction is at least 100 zhang long, and the shore is all piled with bluestone and mud joints, which looks quite solid. Wei Ping estimated that if such a large wharf was to be built on the seaside of Yazhou, the construction alone would probably take about half a year, and these Haihan people had only been here for a few months, and they were able to complete such a large project, and it seemed that Luo Shengdong's admiration for them was not entirely unreasonable.

After getting off the boat, Luo Shengdong was also a little surprised to see Tao Donglai and others appear, but he didn't expect that the Haihan people would attach so much importance to the inspection department sent by the Yazhou official, and immediately introduced them to both parties. Although Luo Shengdong's brainwashing on the way was not too ideal, Wei Ping also put away his past unruliness, and hugged his fists and said a few polite words to Tao Donglai and others.

Wei Ping brought a total of 12 men with him this time, of which 10 were foreign officials who were responsible for arresting, checking smuggling, urging errands, collecting grain, and escorting, and two were officials specially sent by the state government to measure and build deeds for the newly developed cultivated land here. These external officials are not as good as those who stand guard in the yamen, not only do they have low salaries but also work tiringly, and their annual salary is only a few taels of silver, and they often need to rely on gray income to survive.

"This time, I heard that the Yazhou government is going to re-establish the Yulin Inspection Division, and we also feel very relieved, and we fully feel the care of the Ming Dynasty for us overseas travelers!" Tao Donglai bluffed Wei Ping with a smile: "Considering that you have a lot of inconveniences when you first arrive, we have prepared the office and accommodation of the Inspection Department in advance, do you want to take a look at Wei Patrol first?"

Wei Ping's originally nervous mood suddenly relaxed, nodded and smiled: "That's very good! Then please Mr. Tao lead the way!"

He glanced at Luo Shengdong in a blink of an eye, and said in his heart This is what you call a tall Haihan man? That's it, when he saw Uncle Ben, he didn't kneel and lick it like this. Luo Shengdong didn't say anything with a calm face, he knew very well the Haihan people's style of doing things, the more polite this attitude was, the more it showed that things were not so simple, and Wei Ping was afraid that he would soon be deflated.

Tao Donglai and others led the way in front and led everyone out of the dock in the direction of Base No. 1. The roads here are all flat and straight, not at all like the potholes outside Yazhou City, in addition to the ox cart, from time to time you can also see someone riding a kind of two-wheeled cart speeding by, Wei Ping and his subordinates are all talking and curious.

"Mr. Tao, this road is so wide, why don't you just go in the middle and keep to the right?" Wei Ping noticed this detail and couldn't help but ask.

"Pedestrians and vehicles should keep to the right, so that there will be no collision when traveling face-to-face, and the traffic flow can be more efficient. Tao Donglai explained casually.

There were too many unfamiliar words in these words, and Wei Ping could only understand half of them, but he still nodded pretending to understand, and then pointed to the gate of the No. 1 base in front of him and said, "This is the walled fort you built?"

Tao Donglai responded: "That's right. For the sake of convenience, we have prepared office space for the Inspection Division here. ”

Tao Dong pointed ahead, outside the ditch of the moat, about 20 meters to the left of the gate, there was a prefabricated house and a large military tent, and a fence was built with chest-high timber outside, enclosing a small courtyard near the river, with an area of about 100 square meters. There is also a wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the small courtyard, on which the five big characters of "Yulin Inspection Division" are written in black on a white background. The most striking thing is that there are still a few green-clothed sentries standing straight outside the small courtyard, but these sentries are not equipped with knives and guns, and only hang a wooden stick more than two feet long from their waists.

"Please, please take a look inside. Tao Donglai came to the courtyard first and introduced to the guests: "This room is for the daily office use of the Inspection Department, and we have prepared tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The tent is for you to live temporarily, these days the manpower is too tight, temporarily unable to build a house, you first grieved for a few days, to ensure that you solve the housing problem before the end of the month. ”

Wei Ping peeked in at the door of the prefabricated house, looked back, and asked, "But are there other rooms?

"Three meals a day, someone will bring them on time, so you don't have to cook your own meals. Ning Qi took over: "If you need our help in anything, you can tell the green-clothed security guards outside the courtyard, and they will help you convey it." As long as it's not too demanding, we'll do it at our discretion. ”

"What do you mean?" Wei Ping faintly felt a hint of something wrong: "What do we need to do in the Inspection Division, we still need to notify you first?"

"This is to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, which is good for everyone. Ning Qi pointed to the yard and gestured: "Usually there is nothing to do, so don't go out of this yard, if you feel idle, you can fish by the river, and boxing in the yard is also a good pastime." ”

Wei Ping said angrily: "You dare to ban the dignified Ming Inspection!"

"It's not a lockdown, it's for everyone's safety. Facing the angry Wei Ping, Ning Qi's face did not change at all: "Not only do we provide food and lodging, but during your stay in Shengli Port, we will refer to the remuneration you received from Yazhou officials before, and give double the allowance." In addition, our Haihan Executive Committee also specially approved 50 taels of silver per month for the office funds to the Yulin Inspection Division, as long as you are honest, the last day of the end of each month will be released on time. ”

Fifty taels a month! Wei Ping's heart thumped, his current annual salary is only about twenty taels, and the power of this number is really too great! As for the subordinates around him who are only a few taels a few taels old, they are already silent at this time.