Chapter 371: The Tragedy of South Vietnam

October 13, 1628, Yinggehai Wharf on Qiongzhou Island. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable). The update is so fast.

"Don't stop, line up and follow the signs!"

Dressed in black 'colored' uniforms and wearing rattan helmets, police officers waved wooden batons in their hands to guide the migrants who had just disembarked to move forward so as not to block the pier trestle and block the flatbed carts that were unloading later. At intervals along the roadside, there are signs with red 'coloured' arrows guiding migrants to the newly commissioned camp.

For the unique police system under the rule of Haihan, these immigrants are actually a little uncomfortable. Most of the places where they used to live were rural, and it was rare to see the county government officials who caught the fast, and they didn't see black-clad policemen maintaining law and order everywhere like under the rule of Haihan. In the past, you could do whatever you wanted, but under the rule of the Executive Committee, you are not so free. Those who do not obey the instructions of the civil affairs cadres or make malicious evaluations of the executive committee may be punished by these black-clad policemen, ranging from a few batons to three to five days of imprisonment.

Of course, there are some hard-boned guys who don't recognize the authority of these men in black at first, and try to resist to protect their own interests. However, the vigilantes quickly taught people how to behave with rattan shields and batons, and helped these itchy guys loosen their bones. After a dozen troublemakers were sent to horrific labor camps, the newcomers became much more disciplined.

Fu Li stood on the side of the road, his hands pressed on the leather belt around his waist, and looked at the immigrant team passing in front of him with a blank expression. He had been assigned to the security team before the military and police division, and after the division of the military police department at the annual meeting, he was naturally assigned to the newly established police department. In view of Fu Li's special status and his good appearance, the higher-ups are not stingy with his promotion, and he is currently serving as a squadron leader in the police force, with a full team of 50 people under his command, and his power is not small in terms of the 'sexuality' nature of the police force as a violent organ.

After living with the Haihan people in Shengli Harbor for more than a year, Fu Li has already distinguished himself from the traditional Li people in terms of appearance and clothing, not only cutting off his shoulder-length hair, removing earrings and other accessories, but also speaking and acting more like an authentic Haihan person, and even his accent has begun to change to standard Haihan Mandarin. If it weren't for the fact that his dark complexion was exposed, I am afraid it would be difficult for anyone to believe that he was an ordinary teenager in the Li people's cottage a year ago.

In the entire naturalized system, Fu Li should be regarded as the youngest cadre - he has only been a few months old when he turns sixteen. The naturalized people who are close to his age and have been reused by the Executive Committee are probably only his good friend Yu Xiaobao, who is one year older than him. At present, Yu Xiaobao is still serving in the Guangzhou Office, but his position has been promoted from last year's miscellaneous staff to the head of the external reception office, and the special 'door' is responsible for ushering in the work of ushering in.

This time, the executive committee decided to open up the Yinggehai colony site, and Fu Li was also entrusted with the important task of leading the team here to maintain law and order in the station. Now, no matter which system of naturalized people, they are very clear about the employment habits of the leaders of the Haihan Dynasty, but any naturalized civilian cadres who are named to lead a team to go out for foreign affairs basically means that they will be promoted soon. Therefore, after the police department's appointment came down, colleagues also congratulated Fu Li in advance.

However, Fu Li himself knew very well that this task was not as simple and easy as it seemed, because Ren Liang had already talked to him before this, and pointed out to him the difficulties that might arise in his work.

The biggest problem is the estrangement between ethnic groups, almost all of the people who were assigned to settle in Yinggehai this time are new immigrants from the mainland, and more than half of the police responsible for maintaining law and order here are of Li and Miao ethnicity, and the relationship between the Han people and Li and Miao in this era is definitely not as harmonious as that of later generations, and there are some hidden dangers. One of the tasks of Fu Li is to blur the differences between ethnic groups as much as possible, enforce the law impartially, and not let the local people have too much anti-feelings towards the law enforcers because of ethnic issues.

The second issue is local security. The main reason why the Executive Committee has not implemented the Yinggehai resettlement project for a long time is not because of the long distance or the harsh natural environment, but because the terrain here lacks the key nodes needed for military defense. If a more reliable defense was to be achieved, the only way to do this was to build a large fortress similar to Fort Victory, and this cost was not willing to be borne by the Executive Committee - in fact, the Executive Committee did not even intend to send too many people to the militia group, but to 'hand' over the main defense of the area to the police department.

The main reason for the Executive Committee's arrangement is that after the expansion of the territory, there are more and more strategic nodes that need to be garrisoned, and the existing militia organization is becoming more and more fragmented, which does not conform to the military's concept of local garrisons. In view of the overwhelming 'sexual' superiority of the Haihan Navy in the waters of the Beibu Gulf, the military believes that the possibility of Yinggehai's position being disturbed by attacks from the sea is already very small, and the actual role of the troops stationed there is limited.

This opinion of the military was approved by the Executive Committee, so Fu Li and his brothers had to take on the additional task of defense, and if the place was really invaded by foreign enemies, then their police had to organize a defense force to resist at the first time. Of course, the executive committee would not let them go with wooden batons to defend against the enemy, and specially issued them dozens of new short-barreled shotguns from the "Haihan Ordnance". However, these rifles are usually locked in the arsenal, and only on special occasions can they be granted the right to use weapons by the local Haihan cadres.

"Don't stop, follow the signs!" Fu Li saw that the team suddenly slowed down, so he shouted loudly: "Don't grind, it's getting dark!"

At the urging of the police, the first batch of 1,000 migrants finally settled into the camp before it was completely dark. Although there was no budget or time to build a large fortress like Fort Victory, the camp was well equipped, such as a wooden perimeter fence, a ditch, a well, a public toilet, and so on. The migrants' residence is still a unique boat-shaped house in Qiongzhou, but the current boat-shaped house has been improved a lot in the hands of the Ministry of Construction, using prefabricated standard components, which is not only faster to build, but also easier and more convenient for daily maintenance.

After the immigrants settled in, dinner was first distributed by the logistics department, but the police team led by Fu Li could not stop and rest at this time, they had to patrol outside the camp for a while, and then assign the post and manpower on duty at night to complete today's work.

Early the next morning, the screeching "**" woke the migrants from their dreams. From today on, they can no longer continue to eat idle meals, and they must start to use their own labor force to contribute to Haihan's cause.

Anzay and his attaché did not live in a boat-shaped house, but in a prefabricated house specially prepared for Haihan cadres. Although there have long been mature 'operation' procedures for the construction of salt works, Anzai still thinks that he must see it for himself to be at ease. This time, under the vigorous advocacy of Anxi, the production supervisor of Yingge Haiyan Farm is no longer a traverser, but a native of Jiang San and Jiang Kaishen, a native of the local naturalized people.

Jiang Kaishen's working relationship had already been transferred from the salt works to work in the civil affairs system. However, this time, when planning the Yinggehai project, Anxi came forward to ask him back and entrusted him with an important task. Because of this appointment, Jiang Kaishen suddenly stepped from a third-level worker to a fourth-level worker, and became one of the few senior naturalized cadres under the leadership of the Executive Committee.

Jiang Kaishen himself is naturally 'excited' for such a promotion, although he has no culture, but he also knows that it is an excellent opportunity for him to follow a noble person like Anxi, so he is also determined to show himself well in the new position of the new salt farm.

"Mr. An, this is the first phase of the construction site we have planned. Jiang Kaishen bowed his body and stood next to Anxi to introduce the construction situation in front of him: "The first phase of the project has an area of 300 acres of salt ponds, and the construction period is 20 days, but the villain looked at the construction schedule and thought that the construction period could be shorter, and it would only take 15 days to complete." ”

Anthy coughed and said, "Stand up straight and speak, and, don't be a villain, it's uncomfortable to listen to." ”

"Yes, yes, villain...... I remembered. Jiang Kaishen hurriedly responded.

"It's good to be able to shorten the construction period, but it also needs to take into account the labor conditions of new immigrants. These people have just come from the mainland, and they don't understand our labor policy very well, and if you ask them to work overtime, then there must be a reasonable reason. I don't want these people to resist the work arrangement of the salt works because of the heavy labor burden, do you know what I mean?" Anxi naturally heard that Jiang Kaishen's construction was somewhat meritorious, and as for how he wanted to shorten the construction period, he didn't want to know that he could only let the people below work longer.

Jiang Kaishen's head bent lower: "Yes, yes, I understand." ”

"Do you remember the two things I asked you before?" Anthy asked.

"Remember, remember, Mr. An's teachings are naturally remembered. Jiang Kaishen hurriedly said: "Mr. An said that the production and construction of the salt farm must ensure quality and quantity, first quality, and then quantity, I have always kept it in my heart. ”

All of the 1,000 immigrants assigned here were put into the construction of the salt works. They needed to build an astonishing large salt drying area in the inland salt lake tidal flats, and then use the high concentration of brine that is unique to this area to produce high-quality and inexpensive sea salt.

Before the end of the year, the Executive Committee will arrange for 3 to 4,000 immigrants to be stationed here, expand while producing, and complete the main construction project of Yingge Haiyan Farm within next year.

When the construction of Yingge Hai Salt Farm was in full swing, the Portuguese merchant ships from Macao also sailed into the port of Sanya Port for the first time. The main mission of this two-masted sailing ship in Sanya was to complete the first arms 'exchange' between the two sides after the signing of the cooperation agreement, 500 Type 27 arquebuses and 20 'guns' of Haihan artillery, as well as the corresponding supporting ammunition and maintenance parts. In terms of the amount of 'delivery' alone, this transaction is not large, and every order placed by Xu Xinsu in Fujian Province to Haihan far exceeds the amount of this 'transaction'. However, from the perspective of politics, this 'trade' means that the two sides have completely abandoned the previous hostile attitude and turned to the direction of trade to achieve win-win cooperation.

While the Executive Committee members and the Portuguese were toasting together, South Vietnam was already in the most difficult situation.

Since the fall of Hoi An in August, the Nguyen court in South Vietnam has been in trouble. The destruction of Hoi An City had caused a disruption to the import and export trade, which had greatly affected the economic situation in South Vietnam, and caused a lot of controversy in the ruling area, with the elite and high-ranking officials fearing that the Hai Han army would raid Hue Province from the sea.

After hastily repatriating a portion of the army from the northern front, the North Vietnamese army suddenly launched a large-scale river-crossing operation. This time, the garrison deployed on the Heng Son defense line failed to stop the North Vietnamese attack, and retreated again and again under heavy artillery fire, and finally lost the most relied on the South Vietnamese defense line.

The southward movement of the front was no less favourable than it had been in the first two years, at least at that time the South Vietnamese still had the strength to organize a strong counterattack and successfully drive the North Vietnamese back to the area north of the Truong River. But this time, it will be a bit more difficult to recover the unfavorable situation again. This was not only because South Vietnam lost a large number of 'elite' troops in successive campaigns, or because the destruction of Hoi An in the south caused a great economic recession, but more importantly, the Portuguese, who had always relied on the arms of the South Vietnamese court, unilaterally announced the termination of all military cooperation.

All the Portuguese instructors stationed in the South Vietnamese Army were evacuated, all the Portuguese craftsmen who repaired muskets and artillery for the South Vietnamese New Army were evacuated, and even the Portuguese envoy to Hue left Hue City after announcing the decision of the Portuguese Council from Macao. As for the Portuguese merchants who had been doing business in various parts of South Vietnam, they also began to sell their assets and left South Vietnam by boat.

The withdrawal of the Portuguese caused great panic in the South Vietnamese government and the opposition, and all kinds of rumors began to spread. Some people say that the Portuguese were afraid of the Haihan people, so they chose to take the initiative to avoid it and give up the land of South Vietnam. It is also said that the Portuguese and the Haihan have colluded, and the next step is to jointly send troops to attack South Vietnam.

Just Haihan's move, South Vietnam was already unable to parry, and if Portugal was added, there was no need to think about the outcome of the battle. As a result, the territory of South Vietnam quickly fell into a 'chaotic' situation, and some nobles had already begun to plan to flee, and some even sent envoys to secretly move into North Vietnam through the Guò Mountains to negotiate the matter of surrendering. Ordinary people don't have so many 'door' roads to think of, so they can only choose to go south to Zhancheng or north to join the Senglong regime.

In such a 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' situation, the southern Champa states suddenly came out as if they were deliberately joining in the fun. The envoy of Champa announced to the South Vietnamese court that the Champa state would not recognize the present vassal state status and would regain all the territory occupied by the South Vietnamese in the past hundred years by force.

The announcement was not a joke, and before the South Vietnamese ministers could discuss a unified response, Champa declared war. And the South Vietnamese ministers were very surprised to find that the weapons used by the Cham troops were exactly the same as those of the North Vietnamese army!

Except that the level of combat is obviously very amateurish, far inferior to the well-trained North Vietnamese New Army, this is simply a copy of another North Vietnamese New Army. As for why this situation occurred, the officials of the South Vietnamese court were not stupid, and quickly figured out the key - the hateful Haihan people must have 'meddled' again!

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The withdrawal of the Portuguese caused great panic in the South Vietnamese government and the opposition, and all kinds of rumors began to spread. Some people say that the Portuguese were afraid of the Haihan people, so they chose to take the initiative to avoid it and give up the land of South Vietnam. It is also said that the Portuguese and the Haihan have colluded, and the next step is to jointly send troops to attack South Vietnam.

Just Haihan's move, South Vietnam was already unable to parry, and if Portugal was added, there was no need to think about the outcome of the battle. As a result, the territory of South Vietnam quickly fell into a 'chaotic' situation, and some nobles had already begun to plan to flee, and some even sent envoys to secretly move into North Vietnam through the Guò Mountains to negotiate the matter of surrendering. Ordinary people don't have so many 'door' roads to think of, so they can only choose to go south to Zhancheng or north to join the Senglong regime.

In such a 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' situation, the southern Champa states suddenly came out as if they were deliberately joining in the fun. The envoy of Champa announced to the South Vietnamese court that the Champa state would not recognize the present vassal state status and would regain all the territory occupied by the South Vietnamese in the past hundred years by force. The announcement was not a joke, and before the South Vietnamese ministers could discuss a unified response, Champa declared war. The South Vietnamese ministers were very surprised to find that the weapons used by the Cham troops were exactly the same as those of the North Vietnamese army! Except that the combat level was obviously very amateurish, far inferior to the well-trained North Vietnamese New Army, this was simply a copy of another North Vietnamese New Army. As for why this situation occurred, the officials of the South Vietnamese court were not stupid, and quickly figured out the key - the hateful Haihan people must have 'meddled' again!