Xinshun 1730

Chapter 920 The Old Ones Don't Go, The New Ones Don't Come ([-])
When I felt like I was going to spit out all the jaundice, the boat finally stopped.

"It's Nanyang!"

I don't know who yelled, these naked men from northern Jiangsu, who had been tortured by seasickness for more than ten days, stood up one after another after hearing this.

However, a few people with sticks rushed in, and beat those who got up the fastest.

"Who told you to move around? Don't move around when you get to the place, and get off the boat one by one! Tomorrow, you will clean up all the sand you spit along the way and spread new sand."

"Now, go out, row by row!"

Relying on sticks to maintain order, although people like Zhang Pilu are full of longing for land, they can only honestly wait for their turn to disembark before daring to go out.

The sun outside shines directly on the face, making it impossible for these people who have been stuffy in the cabin for more than ten days to open their eyes.

"Hey, it's already November, why is the sun still overhead?"

Zhang Pilu, who saw the position of the sun in tropical winter for the first time, covered his eyes with his hands, looked at the sun through his fingers, and exclaimed curiously.

It was still cold winter when we boarded the ship, but now it is hot summer.Although naked, but not very cold.

Just like before boarding, after disembarking, they were also driven into a large simple wooden and grass complex.

In the evening, I eat potatoes, which can keep me full, and everyone can eat as much as they can.

The next day, they cleaned out the foul-smelling sand on the boat, cleaned the cabin, sprinkled lime, and added new sand.

After about seven or eight days, I squatted in this kind of hut.Mosquitoes seem to want to eat people at night, and the grass smoke to repel mosquitoes burned in the yard every night will not stop.

Clothes are still not distributed, it is said that this is just a transit station.Once here, put the reallocation.Mix people up.

Those in the same village should try not to be in the same plantation; those in the same prefecture should try to be in the same plantation because of dialect problems.

Those who have a daughter-in-law and those who do not have a daughter-in-law should also be separated according to the labor force required by the plantation.Some plantations need women, others have almost no need for women.

In seven or eight days, Zhang Pilu did not suffer from seasickness, and he ate some of the most satisfying meals he had eaten in these years.

The dry ones are potatoes.

Thin ones include pumpkin soup, and sometimes a few grains of rice.

Everyone here is an expert at scooping out rice grains from the sparse soup. If they are not from poor backgrounds, they will not know this skill at all.The spoon is stirred in the cauldron where dozens of people eat. Those with good skills only need to stir and record it, and then lift it vigorously to make the spoon full of rice grains; while those with poor skills can only drink rice soup.

It can be said that for the time being, life is happy.

Except for the sweltering heat and the mosquitoes that make people want to cut their flesh at night, everything else is fine.

A few days later, Zhang Pilu knew that this place was called Coconut Grove City, but it was originally called Batavia.They are not in the urban area, but in the suburbs, waiting for the second batch of people to arrive, and they will be sorted out.

They were assigned to different places according to their height and physique, family origin, and whether they had dependents or not.

As for what he wants to plant, Zhang Pilu still doesn't know.

My wife is in the camp next door, full of women.There are troops stationed nearby, but the soldiers are not in a hurry to harass the women here.

I heard that firstly, it is strictly controlled, and the higher-ups specially greeted them; secondly, the soldiers here usually spend money to buy their wives, and they spend a few months' salary from serious human traffickers. It's all there, less trouble in the future.

Human traffickers collect in the disaster area to make a difference.Many human traffickers did this when they were in Jinghai, not to mention their familiarity with the road, and they are also able to get through all the joints.

But these Zhang Pilus don't know, he just cares about where he will go in the future and what kind of things he will plant.

After waiting anxiously for seven or eight days, the second group of people also came here.Like them, they are also naked. When they come in, they first clean the cabin, then clean themselves, and finally build the house.

There are more and more people here, and more and more people in management, and some people in military uniforms have begun to haunt the surrounding area.

It was also the first time Zhang Pilu saw the Nanyang garrison. Judging from the color and appearance of the clothes, he looked similar to the military master he saw in his hometown.

But there are still differences.

What the Nanyang garrison wore on their heads was not a red-tasseled felt hat, but a hat made of wood that looked like a felt hat, with a cloth curtain around the neck.It is said that it is used to prevent mosquitoes here.

Sometimes, there will be some officers wandering around the camp.Zhang Pilu, who had developed the habit of going to the toilet, once again saw several military officials who were officials next to the toilet, and he was so frightened that he hurried to the side.The officers were talking as they walked.

"Guogong said that this kind of sea transportation with tens of thousands of people should be regarded as a kind of drill. I think we are better than those Westerners in terms of transportation and logistics. I guess, I dare not say it far away. , just talking about Nanyang, the logistics and transportation of 5 to [-] people, there is no problem."

"In the first year of this year, we did a good job. The supplies, stops, and food preparations along the way were all very good. I heard that the British expedition had a big problem with the logistics preparation. People have not boarded the ship yet, so they will die first. Hundreds."

"Since the group of retired people who went to the company here can make this scale. If it is done in the military, the scale must be bigger than this."

Another officer said: "Nonsense, what's the use of this? Nanyang can't fight a battle of 5 to 5000 people. If the navy can withstand and defend it, it will be a battle with at most [-] to [-] people. Fight those small countries. That's it. If the navy can't stand it, and you can't transport it alone, isn't it the same as when we beat the Dutch? Once the fleet is destroyed at sea, all the islands will become isolated islands..."

"As for those who don't use sea battles, it's like fighting Wandan. Isn't that just a random fight? We just fought a field battle and ran over it casually. This kind of drill is useless if you ask me. I really have to go far away. In places, such as transporting troops from the UK to Luzon like the British, we may not do well. It must be different.”

"Unless it is useful to fight Annan, Siam, Burma, etc... But I don't think it will be possible. If we really want to fight, we must not expand our army? We can't transfer troops from the northern Beijing camp to this hot and humid place." ?”

A few officers were chatting, followed by a few people, holding a book, looking around, looking carefully, and writing something from time to time.

Zhang Pilu basically couldn't understand what they were talking about, and he didn't know what these officers were doing here, but he always felt that this place was different from his hometown.

Whether it was the soldier's hat or the words that the officer said he had never heard before, he felt strange.I can't tell where the problem is, or maybe it's just because I came to Nanyang, a new environment that is completely different from my hometown, and I always feel different.

When these officers walked away, the bell in the distant camp rang.Zhang Pilu didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to the room where he slept, and if the bell stopped before the bell stopped, he would be beaten.

After running over, there were sparsely people standing in front of the wooden house.

Some people in clothes were standing in front, and some people were waiting there holding paper and pens but not at all dressed like Confucian scholars and gentry.

"Click on your account, come here!"

After everyone arrived, the people in clothes shouted some numbers, which were the numbers on the small signs everyone gave out.Although Zhang Pilu didn't recognize him, he knew it by heart. He was Zhang Sanliusan.

Someone will roll the roll according to this every day before eating and going to bed, and he has already remembered it by heart these days.

After waiting for a while, his name was called, and he hurried over there.The family that came with me was not with me, and I didn't know where it was arranged.

The people here didn't see anyone from their own village, and they all dispersed.

After the names were called, Zhang Pilu was loaded on the ship again.This time it was not as tortured as last time, and it took only two days to get off the boat.

The disembarkation place is at the mouth of a river, and there is a small village.People in the village rushed out to see it. It was the first time Zhang Pilu saw the people here. They were short and dark, and they said some words that he couldn't understand at all.

Next to it was another pile of wooden houses. Before entering the wooden house this time, I finally got a suit of clothes, a set of bedding, a set of mosquito nets, and a gourd water bottle.

"The gourd water bottle was given to you by the master. You have to fill it with hot water before going to work, and you can drink it when you can't see it."

"Clothes, quilts, and mosquito nets are all recorded on the account first. The master is kind and does not count."

"Let's settle the accounts first. You need to work for a total of three years for the previous boat pay, food and drink."

"After three years, if you are willing to work here, the wages are calculated at six renminbi a month, plus subsidies for a year, it is eight taels of silver. Board and lodging are included."

"After three years of work, I will give you a small piece of land, and you can plant whatever you want. If you don't need to pay for food and housing, there are long-term workers and short-term workers. Short-term workers are paid by the day, and then we will talk about it; for long-term workers, one month. It's one, two or three denarii."

"Before this, food and other things were kept in accounts and money was taken. We are also clear accounts. If the amount does not exceed two taels, no interest will be calculated; if it exceeds two taels, interest will be calculated at 2 cents. In the future, work will still be the same. "

"Whoever has a daughter-in-law, let's talk about it first, and control yourself one by one. If you are pregnant with a child, it will affect your work, and the master doesn't need it. Everyone has a quota every day. If you can't complete the quota, don't even think about getting paid. When the time comes, you will be pregnant." If the child can't meet the quota, you can only support your wife on credit."

"After three years, if the land is divided and the bills are paid off, then it will be up to you. If you want to save money to build a house, it's up to you."

"100 people to a foreman, someone will teach you how to do it first. Ugly words come first. If you can't bear the hardships before paying the bill, you will run away. There is no place to run in this place. The forest is full of poisonous snakes and beasts. Without everyone, Mosquitoes can eat you."

(End of this chapter)