Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 101 Ma Hetai Returns Home (Read More!)

In Mingyan Port, dozens of large lucky boats block out the sky and block out the sun, enclosing the entire wharf.

All the sailors on the lucky boats had haircuts with money and rat tails. It wasn't that Daqing was coming, but Ma Hetai's tribute group was back!

The sailors were soon driven off the ship by Ma Hetai's men. They were hired by Ma Hetai in Daqing.

On the shore, Wang Yang led the soldiers from the Second Guards Town of Luzon, who had been waiting here for a long time.

After the sailors went ashore, they didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but when the soldiers of the Guards came threateningly with muskets and bayonets, they realized that something was wrong.

Sailor Li Xiaoyong looked at the soldiers of the Guards approaching and thought, this is not Makassar at all, could it be that this is entering a pirate's den!
But it's not right, the soldiers on the opposite side look more ferocious than the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, anyway, the situation is not right.

He couldn't run if he wanted to, and resistance was a dead end, so he simply knelt down on the ground.

Fortunately, these sailors are hard-working people, Wang Yang didn't want to do anything to them, he just pulled them away and locked them up for a little education.

"Little General Wang, Ma is lucky to live up to his fate!" Seeing Wang Yang, Ma Hetai said with a smile as if seeing a relative.

"Old Ma, you have worked hard. Your Majesty already knows your contribution. When you go to Dongning Mansion, Your Majesty will reward you well!" Wang Yang also smiled happily.

"Okay, little general, Luzon Island is more comfortable. Ma has been wronged a lot in Daqing!" Ma Hetai complained.

Da Wula on the side didn't bother to expose him. This trip really went so smoothly because he was able to get everything going. He also opened up a lot of routes for Tatar and Qing officials, and maybe he could go there to deceive them again in the future.

"By the way, your majesty said that because of your great contribution, you can take [-]% of the tribute from the Qing Dynasty in return!" Wang Yang remembered Zheng Kezang's confession and told him the good news.

"Twenty percent! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Hetai was very happy. These rewards were all exchanged by Ye Mingzhu. He could get [-] percent, which is a huge profit!

It is really good to serve Zheng Kezang, the rewards and punishments are clear, and he wants to go to pay tribute again, Ma Hetai thought happily.

"Old Ma, I won't accompany you for now. It's important to transfer the refugees now." Wang Yang bid farewell to Ma Hetai, and directed the soldiers to transfer the refugees on his own.

"Pay attention to your feet. After everyone disembarks, don't walk around casually. Someone will arrange accommodation and provide food for you!"

"Take care of your children, take care of your wife, don't make mistakes!"

On the wharf of Mingyan Port, guard soldiers stood on the bow of the ship, yelling constantly.

Following his yelling, groups of refugees with ragged clothes and hesitant faces disembarked one by one under the command of the soldiers of the Guards.

And the other soldiers who had been waiting for a long time on the pier immediately stepped forward to guide these refugees.

Speaking of which, nearly 2 people have been transported this trip, which is not easy.

During this period, the Qing Dynasty still severely cracked down on human trafficking.

Once a human trafficker is caught, regardless of whether he succeeds or not, the principal offender will be hanged directly. The accomplices will be punished with a cane for 80 yuan and exiled for three thousand miles.

It was also a coincidence that Ma Hetai encountered a famine this time, so he took the opportunity to fish them away.

About 1 hungry people were taken away in Anhui, and the rest were scammed in the name of recruiting workers.

Relying on the gold medal awarded by Kangxi, Ma Hetai met many local officials of the Qing Dynasty. He said that Makassar urgently needed civilian husbands, and that he would give one tael of silver in return for each person he got.

It is said that in three years, the prefect will receive one hundred thousand snowflakes.

What is the purpose of these Tartar officials as officials?
Isn't it just to make money?As for the salary, it's so little, who cares about it!
And one tael of silver per person is a lot, isn't it just some poor people, the most important thing my Qing Dynasty lacks is population!
The current Da Qing has not yet implemented the apportionment of the people into the mu, and the common people have seriously concealed the population in order to avoid the poll tax.

In other words, even if a large number of people were sold to Ma Hetai, the registered population of the Qing Dynasty would not decrease.

As a result, some Tatar officials became more and more exaggerated after they made a lot of money in the first few tentative transactions.

Even some Tatar officials directly asked the police to take the registered population to the countryside to arrest people.

For every registered household registration, all the excess will be arrested for the crime of concealing the population and tax evasion, and exiled (sold) for three thousand miles.

Fortunately, these Tartar officials in the eyes of losing money are somewhat sensible.

In order to prevent the poor from making troubles, arresting people is done by family, and the young and old are all taken away, as long as the total population on the register matches.

The officials of the Qing Dynasty knew that as long as these ordinary people were not forced to die, as long as they had something to eat, they would not resist.

The facts are exactly the same, exile is not a beheading, and the whole family is still together, so these people did not dare to have too much resistance to being exiled to Makassar.

The money is all over the sky, and the money he spent was exchanged for Ye Mingzhu, so he doesn't feel bad.

It is foreseeable that this time it was a great success, and he may have to go back to continue doing this in the future.

After all, he knew that Zheng Kezang's population was too small.

During this journey, some refugees also died. There was no way for them to cross the ocean. Some of them were weak and fell ill.

In order to prevent the epidemic, the first thing they did when they disembarked was to arrange for them to take a bath in the bathhouse.

There was no such thing as a bathhouse in Luzon. For the population of 2, the Luzon Protectorate, under the order of Zheng Kezang, immediately built a transit area for refugees near the pier.

The soldiers of the Guards escorted the refugees, and they went to the isolation area on the side of the pier.

Bathing, disinfection, and isolation, they have practiced this set of procedures many times before, and they are already familiar with it.

After the refugees entered the transit area, soldiers of the Guards divided them into two groups according to men and women.

This caused some small commotion among the refugees, but the commotion was quickly dissipated under the fierce eyes of the guards and the bayonet.

After all, it's not about life and death, it's just that men and women are divided into two groups to take a bath and disinfect.

A large public bath that can accommodate thousands of people at the same time has been built in the transit area.

After entering the bathhouse, each refugee was given a simple small soap made of plant ash and animal fat.

They were required to wash every part of their body.

Moreover, once the men among the refugees walked forward after taking a shower, the guards actually arrested them to shave off their braids!
Parents who suffer from body, hair and skin, fortunately they don't have the strength to resist, otherwise there will be a little trouble.

"You are Chinese, you are not allowed to keep this pigtail in the future, or you will keep your braids but not your heads!" After the shaving, every refugee was warned like this.

However, their complaints soon disappeared, because the guards gave too much!
(End of this chapter)