The fact that these immigrants with special status have been deducted from food rations is not that the civil affairs department is short of such food, but that the main purpose is to use this means to reduce the chance of causing trouble on the way. These inmates are too well fed and have nothing to do, so they are inevitably cranky, so they are only provided with a small amount of food during the escort process, so that they can maintain their hunger all the time, and it is not so easy to make trouble on the ship. Although this set of measures is not very humane, judging from Haihan's long-term experience in transporting people by sea, the overall effect is quite satisfactory.

Han Zhengshan knew that there would be similar measures in the prison when he was a head catcher in the past, to restrain the physically strong prisoners from making trouble in the prison, so he was not particularly surprised by Haihan's operation. He knew that complaining in this situation would not help, and it was better to lie down and sleep to reduce physical exertion, and it could also effectively relieve the body's hunger.

Although the cabin has become very crowded with most of the space occupied by cargo, it is fortunate that it is winter, so it can be a little warmer in such a crowd, so everyone does not complain too much, just hope to be able to get to the next stop quickly and get a short rest.

After the fleet sailed out of Shipu Port, it did not dock in Zhejiang again, and sailed to the south day and night. Three days later, when Han Zhengshan was sleeping in a daze, he heard someone next to him say that the ship had docked, so he also got up to check. After waiting for a while, the guards on the deck told everyone to wait in line in the cabin first, and then there would be arrangements for them to go ashore and let the wind out. Everyone cheered after hearing this, after leaving Zhoushan, they had been staying on the ship for the past few days, and their minds had already been shaken into a pulp, and being able to return to land was probably a more urgent need for them than a full meal.

After waiting for about half an hour, the hatch on the top of the cargo hold finally opened and released Han Zhengshan and the others. After Han Zhengshan went up to the deck, he saw a bay with a large area, and the scale of the wharf was not much better than the Shipu Port he had visited before. In the distance, an exotic stone castle stood, and the battlements of the cannons on the walls were faintly visible. However, the number of ships docked at the pier is not very large, except for their own fleet, most of the boats docked on the shore are small fishing boats and small passenger and cargo sailboats. In addition, it can be clearly felt that the temperature here is higher than that of Zhejiang, and it seems that it has indeed entered the southern border.

Someone immediately asked the guard what this place was, and the answer was that it was Chicken Coop Harbor. Han Zhengshan had no impression of this place name, and after the guard explained it carefully, he knew that this was not the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, but at the northern end of Taiwan Island across the sea from the Ming Dynasty, and it was 500 miles away from the nearest Fuzhou Prefecture.

The guards told everyone that this place was originally the territory of the Francophiles, and it was only taken by Haihan by force two years ago. The castle on the hillside in the distance is the former stronghold built by the Franc Man, but now it is home to the Chicken Coop Harbor Management Committee and the local armed headquarters.

Although Han Zhengshan still didn't quite understand what kind of geographical location this port was in, Haihan did not hesitate to use force to drive away the Franc machine and seize control of this place, obviously it could not be because he was idle and had nothing to do. Presumably, this place is either a necessary place on an important shipping route, or there is something special in the local area.

Han Zhengshan's expectation was indeed not bad, Haihan set out to occupy this place, on the one hand, because the geographical location here is at the northern end of the Taiwan Strait, which can not only control the southward and northward shipping lanes, but also serve as the starting point of the shipping lanes between the Haihan control area and the northeast Ryukyu and Dongying countries. On the other hand, the Jinguashi mining area near Jilong Port is the location of the largest gold mine under the rule of Haihan, which can be regarded as one of the main sources of gold reserves in the Haihan treasury, and its strategic significance is even more important than its geographical location.

However, although Han Zhengshan's inference is accurate, he doesn't know these inside facts, it seems that the prosperity here should be far less than Zhoushan, if he is left here to settle down, then the future will probably be more difficult.

Han Zhengshan's fears soon became a reality, and the guards announced that twenty people would stay here, and the personnel would be assigned as soon as they came ashore. Han Zhengshan couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, if he stayed here, he would certainly be closer to Zhejiang, but this place was like a wilderness, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to have a good life if he stayed, and he was also a little apprehensive and contradictory at the moment.

After going ashore, there were a few people who looked like stewards, but they did not select them one by one, but read the names of twenty people directly according to the roster, and then took the selected people away from the dock. Han Zhengshan was not included in this list, which made him feel relieved and faintly regretful.

But then the guards announced the happy news that they would be able to sleep in a storeroom at the dock tonight, instead of sleeping in a crowded cabin. This means they can say goodbye to the bumpy water environment for a while and get a good night's sleep.

Of course, this treatment was not for nothing, and before that they had to work as laborers, unloading some of the ship's supplies to shore. This work is not particularly heavy in normal times, but these people have been adrift at sea for several days, and now the feeling of stepping on the ground is still light and fluttering, and there is no real feeling, plus they have never eaten enough, and their physical condition is not very good, so it is really not easy to do the work. Fifty catties of a bag of rice, Han Zhengshan was already out of breath after only two trips, and he felt that his feet were a little unable to stand.

Usually the work that should be done in a stick of incense time, these people made it for more than half an hour to complete the task, during which they were naturally scolded by the guards to speed up, but everyone's physical condition was indeed unable to keep up. After finishing the work, most of them were so tired that they collapsed to the ground, and rested for a while before they reluctantly got up under the urging of the guards and went to the designated warehouse to rest.

To everyone's relief, after this busy work, they had a supplementary meal, and the portion was much more than the one meal a day on the ship a few days ago. Han Zhengshan also had a strange sense of satisfaction after eating this meal, and suddenly felt that all kinds of life were the most meaningful things to eat and sleep well, and other desires could be put aside for the time being.

This book was first published on the Genesis Chinese website, and the following content will be re-edited later for anti-theft

The fact that these immigrants with special status have been deducted from food rations is not that the civil affairs department is short of such food, but that the main purpose is to use this means to reduce the chance of causing trouble on the way. These inmates are too well fed and have nothing to do, so they are inevitably cranky, so they are only provided with a small amount of food during the escort process, so that they can maintain their hunger all the time, and it is not so easy to make trouble on the ship. Although this set of measures is not very humane, judging from Haihan's long-term experience in transporting people by sea, the overall effect is quite satisfactory.

Han Zhengshan knew that there would be similar measures in the prison when he was a head catcher in the past, to restrain the physically strong prisoners from making trouble in the prison, so he was not particularly surprised by Haihan's operation. He knew that complaining in this situation would not help, and it was better to lie down and sleep to reduce physical exertion, and it could also effectively relieve the body's hunger.

Although the cabin has become very crowded with most of the space occupied by cargo, it is fortunate that it is winter, so it can be a little warmer in such a crowd, so everyone does not complain too much, just hope to be able to get to the next stop quickly and get a short rest.

After the fleet sailed out of Shipu Port, it did not dock in Zhejiang again, and sailed to the south day and night. Three days later, when Han Zhengshan was sleeping in a daze, he heard someone next to him say that the ship had docked, so he also got up to check. After waiting for a while, the guards on the deck told everyone to wait in line in the cabin first, and then there would be arrangements for them to go ashore and let the wind out. Everyone cheered after hearing this, after leaving Zhoushan, they had been staying on the ship for the past few days, and their minds had already been shaken into a pulp, and being able to return to land was probably a more urgent need for them than a full meal.

After waiting for about half an hour, the hatch on the top of the cargo hold finally opened and released Han Zhengshan and the others. After Han Zhengshan went up to the deck, he saw a bay with a large area, and the scale of the wharf was not much better than the Shipu Port he had visited before. In the distance, an exotic stone castle stood, and the battlements of the cannons on the walls were faintly visible. However, the number of ships docked at the pier is not very large, except for their own fleet, most of the boats docked on the shore are small fishing boats and small passenger and cargo sailboats. In addition, it can be clearly felt that the temperature here is higher than that of Zhejiang, and it seems that it has indeed entered the southern border.

Someone immediately asked the guard what this place was, and the answer was that it was Chicken Coop Harbor. Han Zhengshan had no impression of this place name, and after the guard explained it carefully, he knew that this was not the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, but at the northern end of Taiwan Island across the sea from the Ming Dynasty, and it was 500 miles away from the nearest Fuzhou Prefecture.

The guards told everyone that this place was originally the territory of the Francophiles, and it was only taken by Haihan by force two years ago. The castle on the hillside in the distance is the former stronghold built by the Franc Man, but now it is home to the Chicken Coop Harbor Management Committee and the local armed headquarters.

Although Han Zhengshan still didn't quite understand what kind of geographical location this port was in, Haihan did not hesitate to use force to drive away the Franc machine and seize control of this place, obviously it could not be because he was idle and had nothing to do. Presumably, this place is either a necessary place on an important shipping route, or there is something special in the local area.

Han Zhengshan's expectation was indeed not bad, Haihan set out to occupy this place, on the one hand, because the geographical location here is at the northern end of the Taiwan Strait, which can not only control the southward and northward shipping lanes, but also serve as the starting point of the shipping lanes between the Haihan control area and the northeast Ryukyu and Dongying countries. On the other hand, the Jinguashi mining area near Jilong Port is the location of the largest gold mine under the rule of Haihan, which can be regarded as one of the main sources of gold reserves in the Haihan treasury, and its strategic significance is even more important than its geographical location.

However, although Han Zhengshan's inference is accurate, he doesn't know these inside facts, it seems that the prosperity here should be far less than Zhoushan, if he is left here to settle down, then the future will probably be more difficult.

Han Zhengshan's fears soon became a reality, and the guards announced that twenty people would stay here, and the personnel would be assigned as soon as they came ashore. Han Zhengshan couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, if he stayed here, he would certainly be closer to Zhejiang, but this place was like a wilderness, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to have a good life if he stayed, and he was also a little apprehensive and contradictory at the moment.

After going ashore, there were a few people who looked like stewards, but they did not select them one by one, but read the names of twenty people directly according to the roster, and then took the selected people away from the dock. Han Zhengshan was not included in this list, which made him feel relieved and faintly regretful.

But then the guards announced the happy news that they would be able to sleep in a storeroom at the dock tonight, instead of sleeping in a crowded cabin. This means they can say goodbye to the bumpy water environment for a while and get a good night's sleep.

Of course, this treatment was not for nothing, and before that they had to work as laborers, unloading some of the ship's supplies to shore. This work is not particularly heavy in normal times, but these people have been adrift at sea for several days, and now the feeling of stepping on the ground is still light and fluttering, and there is no real feeling, plus they have never eaten enough, and their physical condition is not very good, so it is really not easy to do the work. Fifty catties of a bag of rice, Han Zhengshan was already out of breath after only two trips, and he felt that his feet were a little unable to stand.

Usually the work that should be done in a stick of incense time, these people made it for more than half an hour to complete the task, during which they were naturally scolded by the guards to speed up, but everyone's physical condition was indeed unable to keep up. After finishing the work, most of them were so tired that they collapsed to the ground, and rested for a while before they reluctantly got up under the urging of the guards and went to the designated warehouse to rest.

To everyone's relief, after this busy work, they had a supplementary meal, and the portion was much more than the one meal a day on the ship a few days ago. Han Zhengshan also had a strange sense of satisfaction after eating this meal, and suddenly felt that all kinds of life were the most meaningful things to eat and sleep well, and other desires could be put aside for the time being.

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