In the past two years, there have been many small-scale battles in the process of Haihan going north, and naturally many prisoners have been captured in local hard labor camps in Zhejiang and Shandong, and there are as many as several hard labor camps on Zhoushan Island, which are classified according to different degrees of danger. Most of them did not have serious crimes, but unfortunately became prisoners of war because of the hostility between the Haihan camp in the past, and they would have been released after a period of labor reform and resettled by the Haihan. However, now that there is a large shortage of labor in the south, those who have committed minor crimes, or even those who have been put into hard labor camps because of their status, can be transported in advance to those strongholds in the south that are in urgent need of labor for resettlement.

In this environment, inmates like Zhao Sanbiao became the first "lucky ones", and the navy, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Communications worked together to transport them to the south for resettlement as migrants. Based on past experience, after a year and a half of settling in the country, they will gradually realize the importance of nationality to their future stable life, and most of them will take the initiative to apply for naturalization.

Of course, there may be some people who do not change their lives, and they will still violate the laws of Haihan after they arrive in the south, and then it will not be as simple as entering a hard labor camp. There are many privately invested and operated tropical cash crop plantations in the South China Sea, where the labor force is mainly slaves, the environment is much worse than that of a prisoner who knocks stones, and the labor intensity is much greater, and the living conditions are not much worse than that of livestock. Most of the men who were transported to the south would be sold as slaves to the farmers if they committed any further crimes, and they would probably end up dying on the plantations.

Although this kind of personnel transfer will slow down the progress of various local construction projects to a certain extent, Wang Tom and Shi Diwen believe that this is not necessarily a bad thing. Most of these prisoners are sensitive to their identities, and the information they know will hinder the rule of the Haihan in the local area, and they will not be allowed to return to live in Zhejiang, so it is good to transport these people away as soon as possible, so that after the existing hard labor camps are vacated, they can be easily transformed into migrant camps to accept the immigrants who will be transported from Shandong and Liaodong after the beginning of spring.

In addition to the nearly 800 local prisoners, the first batch of prisoners was almost the same number of prisoners sent back from the Zhifu Port base in Shandong. Among them were local bandits and bandits, a small number of captured Ming soldiers, and some refugees who were collected in Dengzhou and Liaodong Phi Island. After departing from Zhoushan, the convoy of migrants will stop at Penghu, Hong Kong, Sanya, and Cam Ranh Harbor before finally ending at Vung Tau Port on the border between Champa and Annam.

However, the port of Vung Tau is only one of the many strongholds in the South China Sea that are in a state of population shortage, so Wang Tom and Shi Diwen agreed to take this opportunity to clean up all the local prisoners who have committed less serious crimes as soon as possible, reduce the pressure on law and order, and let Zhoushan continue to develop in the direction of a commercial port instead of a prison island. Of the six existing hardship camps, only one remained after the personnel were cleared, and the others were all converted into migrant camps and storage warehouses to further strengthen the local population reception capacity.

Prisoners who end up serving hard labor in the local area are basically imprisoned for life, and it is impossible for them to change their status to become Haihan nationals, and there is no value in transporting them to other places for resettlement as immigrants. The number of these people is not large, and as long as they are held in a centralized manner, there will be no major problems. And a prisoner like Han Zhengshan, in fact, was captured and imprisoned just to keep his mouth shut, and the threat to Haihan was extremely limited, as long as he left Zhejiang, he was a passerby, and sending him to the distant South China Sea could solve this problem satisfactorily.

Of course, considering the security and confidentiality issues, the other two people who were in the same case as Han Zhengshan definitely couldn't be sent to the same place as him, and they had to be placed separately. In fact, among the first batch of people who went south, the prostitute Cui'e had already been taken away. Han Zhengshan and Gu Hui are unlikely to learn her whereabouts through official channels in the future, and the chances of these three people meeting in the rest of their lives are probably very small.

Han Zhengshan could not imagine that his fate had been unconsciously decided by others, and his current situation did not allow him to think about the future for too long, although he learned from Zhao Sanbiao that he might also become a member of the southbound immigrants in the future, but he would not list this as his only way out for the time being. If possible, he still hopes to solve his own way out problem on Zhoushan Island as soon as possible, so as to avoid the end of being forced to leave his hometown and go away.

After Zhao Sanbiao and the others were sent away, sure enough, he was quickly adjusted to the prison and lived with a group of Shandong bandits. However, with his previous experience in getting along with Zhao Sanbiao and others, Han Zhengshan didn't make any trouble this time, so he became familiar with these people.

From these people, Han Zhengshan learned that the Haihan army had gone north to Shandong last year and gained a firm foothold in Dengzhou. The reaction of the local government is similar to that of Zhejiang, and there is no good way to deal with this group of foreign forces, and they are unable to expel them from the country, so they can only turn a blind eye to their existence. As for the civilian armed forces such as bandits and bandits, they are naturally not the opponents of the Haihan, and these Shandong people in the same cell as Han Zhengshan are all apprehensive when they talk about the experience of fighting with the Haihan army at that time, and they are glad that they can survive the battlefield with their lives.

As for leaving their homeland and coming to the south after being captured, these Shandong people are very open-minded: "Isn't it just for us to go into the mountains to become bandits? As long as we can make ends meet, we can do anything! To be honest, this place at least sleeps today without worrying about running out of food tomorrow, and if we have food and shelter, we don't have to take the risk of going out to rob our homes and houses, isn't this better than being a savage in the mountains?"

Han Zhengshan was speechless about this kind of remark, he really couldn't understand the mentality of these people, and he couldn't imagine how bad their living environment was in the past. But what is clear is that these people are not averse to the current life of prisoners, and are even somewhat content with the status quo. And this is Zhejiang, not Shandong, even if they are out of the current environment, they have no way to survive, and they can't always fall into the grass on the spot, so the hard labor camp that can provide food and shelter has become a shelter in the eyes of these people. As long as they work hard and don't make trouble, the Haihan people will not impose additional punishments on them, except that they are as tired as dogs after working every day, there is nothing else to complain about.

Will they be assigned to the farther south in the future, these people will not feel that there is anything wrong, anyway, they will not have the opportunity to return to Shandong, and it is not the same where they settle down. Their requirements for the future are very low, so low that Han Zhengshan can only sigh that they are not the same.

These Shandong people came to Zhoushan only a month earlier than Han Zhengshan, but according to the ranking of points, Han Zhengshan is naturally not qualified to compete for the number one, so he can only continue to be a crowd. However, he is not averse to this arrangement, and whether he stands out in this place or not is not a big deal in his opinion. He was more interested in the behavior of the Haihan in the north, and every day after work, he would talk to these Shandong people about what they knew.

The more he learned about Haihan, the more frightened he became, and Han Zhengshan gradually realized that this country was not a small country, and its national strength was enough to support their army to fight a real local war thousands of miles away from home. The actions of the Haihan army in Shandong were far more powerful than their bluffing intimidation outside Hangzhou, and thousands of prisoners of war were transported to the south alone, including many local Ming soldiers - of course, the Ming prisoners were held separately from the bandits to avoid brawls in the camp. In this comparison, the scale of Haihan's actions in Zhejiang is already very restrained, and if they really feel at ease to make a big fuss, there seems to be no way to effectively stop the actions of the Haihan army in Zhejiang.

On the twenty-first day of the camp, seven days after Han Zhengshan's last group of prisoners left, the Shandong people were transferred out of the camp in the same way. What is different from the previous group of people is that the Shandong people obviously regard this transfer as an opportunity for their own rebirth, and instead of rejecting this arrangement, they are overjoyed, and even packing their luggage is extraordinarily cheerful.

The destination of this group of Shandong people to be transferred to the Ambuna Islands, Han Zhengshan is also unheard of. It is said that its main island is much larger than Zhoushan Island, and the local resident population is also in the thousands, so it is not an undeveloped desert island. After these Shandong people arrived in the local area, they could enjoy the treatment of new immigrants in separate land and houses, and for them it was definitely much better than the life of being bandits in the past and being prisoners now.

Before leaving, the Shandong Dahan who was the head of the trumpet took off his sheepskin jacket and left it to Han Zhengshan: "I heard that we are going to that place, and it is so hot all year round, this sheepskin jacket can't be worn, so I'll leave it to you! But it is estimated that you won't be able to wear it for long!"

After Han Zhengshan thanked him, he responded with a wry smile: "Yes, spring will start in a short time, and this dress won't be worn for a few days." ”

"I mean you may not wait for the beginning of spring, and you will be transported to the south. Shandong Dahan grinned: "As soon as our group of people leaves, there will be only a few dozen prisoners left in this camp, and the guards say that this place will be emptied soon, and this place will be used to receive immigrants from the north in the future." If you have the opportunity to come to Ambuna Island, remember to come and have a drink with us!"

Han Zhengshan didn't know how to answer this for a while, although he was very resistant to being arranged to be arranged to a wild area thousands of miles away in the south as a new immigrant, he also understood that such a fate was not the object of his struggle. Perhaps, from now on, it is time to think in advance about the way out after going to the south, otherwise when you get there, you will fall into great passivity.

In fact, a few days after he arrived in Zhoushan, there were officially organized propaganda activities in the camp to introduce the prisoners to the natural environment and living conditions in the South China Sea. However, at that time, Han Zhengshan had no interest in these irrelevant things, although Zhao Sanbiao and others in the same cell would go to listen to the preaching, but this activity was voluntary, and Han Zhengshan had never been there. But for now, it seems that it may be wise to take a look at the local situation first.

But this preaching activity only takes place once every five or six days, and before Han Zhengshan could participate in the next event, the list of the new batch of prisoners who moved south had been announced, and his name was also prominently listed. By this time, Han Zhengshan had not even been in the Zhoushan Forced Labor Camp for a month.

Han Zhengshan boldly went to the discipline of his camp and asked if he could apply to stay in Zhejiang. The correctional answer was also refreshing: "It's not impossible that you must stay, but your case is quite special, you will not be able to be released from the hard labor camp within seven years, but if you are willing to go to the south, then once the three-month supervision period has passed, you can regain your freedom, but you are not allowed to leave the area." After half a year, you can apply to join the Haihan nationality, and when you have the Haihan national status, you can go back to Zhejiang even if you want to. ”

Of course, the discipline didn't make it too clear, no matter how smooth it was, Han Zhengshan wanted to become a naturalized Haihan, at least a year later, and his mentality at that time would probably be very different from now. Even if he still wants to come back to expose Haihan's "conspiracy", this kind of cross-regional population movement must be approved by the relevant departments, and he can't go wherever he wants.

As for the seven-year sentence, discipline is actually just a casual statement, after Han Zhengshan entered the camp, he was classified as a person to move to the south, so the judicial department did not intend to sentence him at all, and waited for the batch to be transported away after the batch arrived. After that, the civil affairs department and the local management committee were responsible, and the judicial department of Zhoushan Island also took advantage of the situation to save the trouble of this link.

Han Zhengshan is at the other end of the information asymmetry, how could he think of Haihan's plan, but he has been in the public for many years, and he also knows that the yamen's sentence can be light or severe, and the scope of activities during this period is very large, and what this discipline says may not be a sure thing. It's just that he was penniless when he was arrested here, and the other party would not sell him face because of his past identity, so he really didn't have to bargain with the other party.

After seven years in prison, or to go south to become a free man, this is probably no longer a difficult choice to make. Han Zhengshan was not sure if he would be able to survive in the camp for seven years, but another option to regain his freedom was just around the corner. No matter how much he hated Haihan, he still couldn't refuse his desire for freedom after all.

(End of chapter)