Being able to capture Wang Jialin, the wanted leader of the Zhoushan Boat Gang, on the second day of the operation was definitely good news for the troops participating in the war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 A large part of the reason why the INFO headquarters mobilized the people to organize people to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits was because they had not been able to catch Wang Jialin, a dangerous element, and now that the bandit leader was arrested, the headquarters could finally carry out follow-up production and construction work on the island with peace of mind.

However, the task of suppressing bandits by the special operations battalion did not end there; in addition to escorting Wang Jialin and other prisoners to Dinghai Fort, they will still carry out anti-bandit operations in the mountainous areas for several days as originally planned. Of course, Sun Zhen, as the number one hero, does not need to participate in the operation in the next few days, he will be responsible for escorting Wang Jialin to Dinghai Fort, and reporting to the command how the target person was captured. As for recording meritorious service, reporting to the Military Commission, and applying for commendations, these are all things that can be expected.

However, for several high-ranking officers in the headquarters, Wang Jialin's life and death were secondary, and more important was to find out from him the hiding place of the Zhoushan boat gang's belongings. According to all kinds of intelligence information obtained before, Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen both believed that the Zhoushan Boat Gang should have transferred only a small part of the property out of the island before the war, and there must have been a lot of buried somewhere on the island, and Wang Jialin should obviously be the person who knows most about these situations. The amount of direct benefits that Haihan could obtain from the capture of Zhoushan Island had to fall on Wang Jialin's head.

After receiving the news, the men and horses of the special service department of the Ministry of Security rushed to the headquarters set up in Dinghai Fort to report for duty, and Gong 17 specially brought two torture experts, Guan Yuan and Guan Ping, intending to pry Wang Jialin's mouth open in the shortest possible time. However, this plan of his did not come in handy, and Wang Jialin was probably defeated again and again, and he had already lost like ashes, and only used his life as a condition in exchange for telling where he hid his belongings.

The next day, Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen personally led the team to the two treasure places on Zhoushan Island that Wang Jialin confessed. Even high-ranking officials like them, who had no interest in money, could not help but be amazed when they saw the mountains of gold and silver treasures in the treasure field. After a preliminary count, the value of the wealth hidden in these two places by the Zhoushan Boat Gang exceeded one million taels of silver, and the harvest was already a new record for the capture of the Haihan militia after the war, even more than the original harvest of Hoi An and Hue in Annam. The proportional portion of these captures alone would have been enough to cover the military expenses of the expedition to Zhejiang.

Originally, these riches should have been available when Haihan captured Zhoushan, but by mistake, it was delayed for more than half a month. Fortunately, Haihan firmly controlled Zhoushan Island, so that Wang Jialin could not smuggle these riches out of the island. Although the Zhoushan Boat Gang still has a lot of properties that are difficult to recover in Ningbo Prefecture, it is nothing compared to the part hidden on the island.

However, this money may not be all sealed and sent back to Sanya, because the money required for the construction of the Zhoushan port area that has been rolled out will also be a huge astronomical amount, and it will be a continuous investment, and it will take several years to complete the planned southern port area.

However, compared with several port areas at the north and south ends of Taiwan Island, which are also in the early stage of development in the south, Zhoushan Island has an incomparable advantage that it is very close to the mainland, and the voyage between Taiwan Island and Fujian is ten times shorter. Moreover, as a transit point for immigrants from the north to the south, it is only natural to intercept some of the better quality immigrants from them. In particular, those who are literate and literate have become the priority to be hired and arranged for naturalization.

One day in early June, three migrant ships from the north arrived at Dinghai Port, the first batch of northern migrants to be accepted by Haihan after taking Zhoushan Island, and the carrier was Liu Zhenguo, a Fujian maritime merchant, who had been organizing the transportation of migrants from the north for Haihan since the beginning of last year. Although this transaction is not a small risk, but the profits are also huge, I don't believe that the number of ships that Liu Zhenguo has put into this route has increased from the initial four to the current fourteen, which can explain the problem.

This boat was personally led by Liu Zhenguo when it went north a month ago, when Haihan had already captured Liuheng Island and was in the stage of preparing to attack Zhoushan Island. Shi Diwen and Qian Tiandun have been in Fujian for a short time, and they also know this Liu Zhenguo, and his understanding of the battle situation is much more detailed than that of people outside, so he dared to let the fleet sail directly into Dinghai Bay and dock on the return trip. In order to avoid trouble, he usually asked the ships to bypass east of the Zhoushan Islands and dock in Taizhou to replenish their supplies.

After Liu Zhenguo got off the boat, he found that Qian Tiandun was waiting for him on the dock, and he was flattered and hurriedly hurried over to greet Qian Tiandun: "General Qian is so lifted, it is really a villain!"

Qian Tiandun responded with a smile: "Boss Liu has worked hard all the way, I asked people to prepare a table of thin wine for Boss Liu to pick up the wind, but don't dislike the poor conditions in our place!"

Liu Zhenguo didn't even dare to say it, but he was thinking in his heart that this Haihan man took the initiative to set up a banquet to greet him, but he was afraid that something was going to happen to him. But his current main business is the immigration route between the north and the south, and presumably the things that Qian Tiandun wants to discuss with himself at the banquet will also be related to this.

Liu Zhenguo was not bad, after three rounds of drinking, Qian Tiandun took the initiative to bring up the matter: "We heard that the war in northern Shandong has basically subsided, what is the current situation there?"

Liu Zhenguo put down his chopsticks and responded: "The rebellion of Kong Youde and others has come to an end, but there is still chaos in Shandong. Last year, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced after a year's war, and many people became bandits in order to survive. After last year's turmoil, many weapons flowed into the civilian population, and now there are at least five or six bandits in Shandong who are using the equipment of the Ming army, and even organize small groups of cavalry and naval troops. The government is also very troublesome, to eliminate these bandits, you have to mobilize officials and troops from various states and governments to encircle and suppress, but now Shandong is a scorched earth, except for Dengzhou City, Laizhou City stationed troops, other places simply cannot maintain the supplies needed for the army station, let alone war. Only a few big cities are in slightly better shape, and the rest of the city is just as chaotic as ever. ”

Qian Tiandun nodded, and then asked: "What is the situation of the people, and has the government organized the people to return to their hometowns to save themselves through production?"

Liu Zhenguo shook his head and said: "It's not that the government doesn't care, but it really can't be managed." Hundreds of thousands of refugees are like locusts, eating them wherever they go, and even if they return to their hometowns, the local people cannot afford to support so many people. If you think about it, most of the places were confiscated last year, the grain in the official warehouse had already been robbed by the rebels, and the Central Plains side was even more troublesome, and there was no way to provide food to the Shandong side, and those who wanted to survive could only choose two escape routes: north and south. This time, I went north to Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei, and the tragic situation of the local refugees was still the same as that of the war. Having said that, if it weren't for the benevolence and righteousness of the leaders of the Haihan Dynasty, who gave money and food to relieve these refugees and sent them south to settle down, I don't know how many people would have starved to death in the local area. Although the villain brought back refugees from the north to take money to do things, he also admired the righteous deeds of the chiefs, and gave a glass of gratitude to General Qian!"

Qian Tiandun said politely, and after toasting with him, he continued to ask: "Based on the situation that Boss Liu saw in the north, what is the willingness of the local refugees to go south? If the government has the heart to help the refugees, how long will it take to restore normal social order?"

Liu Zhenguo said: "With the situation of refugees, it would be good to have something to eat, and there is still room for picking." What's more, since this year, every time the immigrants go north to accept immigrants, there are naturalized people who have gone south earlier, and these locals have promoted the good deeds of Haihan on their behalf, and the villain has also saved a lot of trouble. After the villain returns to Fujian this time, he plans to see if he wants to buy a few more boats and try to bring more people back. As for the measures taken by the local government...... The villain thinks it will take at least two or three years to return to the pre-war situation!"

Qian Tiandun pondered for a while before he spoke again: "If Zhoushan can provide you with a batch of boats, do you have the ability to open another short route, just run back and forth between Shandong and Zhoushan." ”

Although Liu Zhenguo was a little surprised when he heard this, he quickly nodded and responded: "This should be able to be done, but there are not so many sailors under the villain for the time being." However, there are quite a few refugees in the two states who can sail ships, and it is very quick to recruit a group of sailors from the local area. ”

"Then we will discount the price of the ship to offset the freight, can Boss Liu accept it? Of course, the ship is selected by yourself, and the price can also be negotiated, in short, it will not let you suffer." Qian Tiandun continued to throw out conditions.

Liu Zhenguo had already roughly guessed the reason when he heard this, but he would not say it without interest, so he immediately responded: "Since it is General Qian's intention, the villain should obey it." I don't know when I started working on this?"

"You rest today, and tomorrow I'll have someone take you to the dock to pick up a boat. Qian Tiandun saw that Liu Zhenguo agreed happily, and he was very happy at the moment, and took the initiative to raise a glass to Liu Zhenguo.

The reason why Qian Tiandun wanted to have a special banquet for Liu Zhenguo to talk about this matter was mainly due to the deployment of Zhoushan by the Executive Committee. Since the waters of the Zhoushan Islands have not yet been completely cleaned up, and the Zhejiang government's attitude towards the arrival of Haihan is still unclear, the Executive Committee believes that it is necessary for the special operations battalion to continue to be stationed in Zhoushan for a period of time and make new arrangements after the situation is stabilized. As a senior member who has been in charge of military and political affairs abroad all the year round, Qian Tiandun has him in charge of Zhoushan, and the executive committee is more at ease.

At present, the business and trade, civil affairs and other affairs in Zhoushan are also temporarily in charge of Qian Tiandun, so he has a lot of things to worry about. For example, the introduction of immigrants to adjust the local demographics, such as the handling of large quantities of supplies seized from the area during the war, including a large number of seagoing vessels.

In addition to some of the ships that were damaged and destroyed by the Haihan fleet in the naval battle, after the occupation of Zhoushan Island, the Haihan militia also captured a large number of ships that did not escape, and there were as many as 70 or 80 sailing ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons. There are hundreds of miscellaneous boats.

The team in charge of counting the spoils of war first sorted the boats according to their function, for example, the fishing boats would probably be left in the local area, and after the civil affairs department organized a commune-level management body, they would be handed over to the commune to use as a tool of production. And some cargo ships that run medium and long voyages, because there are not enough sailors among the Haihan personnel stationed here, it is difficult to come in handy for the time being. Moreover, the chaotic format of these ships does not conform to the current development trend of the Ministry of Shipping of "realizing comprehensive self-production and unifying ship types", and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and the Ministry of Shipping are not very interested in taking over these ships.

It is certainly not difficult to sell these ships in Ningbo, where the shipping industry is more developed, but Qian Tiandun hopes to make the best use of these ships to make them more effective. Putting them on the routes to transport immigrants from the north, and converting these idle ships into people to import into Zhoushan, can also be regarded as a feasible solution to deal with non-performing assets. It is worth mentioning that this method of handling will not touch the special funds of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for migrant transportation, so the migrant population in exchange for this does not need to be sent south, and there will be no complaints from colleagues in the south because too many migrants are intercepted.

Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen have specially conspired on this, and if done correctly, these sailing ships seized from pirates and smugglers could at least exchange thousands of immigrants for the local area, and the value that these people can create for Haihan in the next few years after arriving in Zhoushan will certainly far exceed the cost of bringing them in.

Liu Zhenguo was one of Haihan's longest-standing partners in the immigration program from the north, and his proficiency and scale in transporting immigrants were second only to the shipping lines under the name of the Xu family, so Qian Tiandun made him the first target to sell. This Liu Zhenguo is also sensible, thinking that he can't suffer anything in this transaction, so he decisively agreed first.

In fact, the food required to transport migrants from the north has always been provided by Haihan, even if the salaries of the crew and the cost of ship maintenance and depreciation are included, Liu Zhenguo really can't suffer a loss in this transaction, at most three round-trips, he can basically earn the value of a ship. The voyage from the Jiaodong Peninsula to Zhoushan is half that of Penghu in the past, and the time required to travel between the two places is greatly reduced, and the corresponding expenses are naturally much lower. As long as the ship does not have any accidents on the way, Liu Zhenguo will basically make a profit and not lose money when he takes over this deal.

The next day, someone took Liu Zhenguo to another wharf in Dinghai Bay to choose a boat, Liu Zhenguo saw that there were so many boats, even if he closed his eyes, he could pick out a few suitable ones, and he was secretly glad that he agreed to Qian Tiandun's request yesterday. (To be continued.) )