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  Chapter 581 578 [Liaodong funeral]

  Southerners immigrated to Liaodong without worrying about their survival.

  Zhu Yuanzhang carried out reclamation in Shibian, and most of the criminals dispatched to Liaodong were residents from the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that they are criminals, but in fact many of them are prisoners of hostile forces, or light criminals who are not enough to be exiled.

  At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's immigration work was well guaranteed in all details. Southerners immigrated to the Northeast, and the death rate was much lower than that of Huguang filling Sichuan in the early Qing Dynasty!

   After all, it is a world of ice and snow. Zhao Han organized Liaoning immigrants this time, and the treatment was far more generous than before.

  Identified immigrants will be given two sets of winter clothes, including cotton hats and cotton boots. Based on the principle of nearby arrangement, 20 people from the same village share one farming ox. The ownership of the farm cattle is collectively owned by these twenty people, which is what the government gave them.

  Next year, 60,000 people are expected to migrate to Liaoning, and 3,000 cattle are needed for farming alone. Fortunately, a lot of them were captured from the Tartars.

  Hou Fangyu was appointed as the magistrate of Fushun. When the Tartars moved their capital and evacuated, the people there were looted, and many people were taken away to be grain transporters. Although it is a magistrate, the population under its rule can be more than 10,000 at most.

   Moreover, if the war continues, Fushun will be the forefront of the Datong Army's battle against the Tartars!

  For now, the Datong Army is still sending troops to attack Fushun Pass on the Great Wall of Liao Dynasty—after occupying Fushun Pass, the Datong Army can cross the Great Wall at any time and surround Sarhu City under the control of the Tartars.

  Hou Fangyu didn't complain about this harsh environment, because he applied to go to the Northeast on his own initiative.

   First, for the sake of his own career, as long as he works hard in Liaoning, his political achievements will definitely not be buried;

  Secondly, his father, Hou Xun, was involved in the political struggle of the Qing Dynasty, his legs were broken, and he was hungry and full in prison. When the Tartars evacuated Shenyang, Hou Xun was forgotten in the prison, and when the Datong Army rescued him, Hou Xun was starving. Hou Fangyu went to Fushun so that he could take care of his father.

   "Let's sail!"

  Several official ships departed from Nanjing, some went to Shanghai, and transferred to Liaoning by sea boat. Some follow the Grand Canal and go straight to the Hebei area. As for Shaanxi, most of the officials passed by from Hubei.

   Along with the officials, there are many merchant ships.

  Although the immigrants have not yet set off, they will have to wait until early next spring to start from the south. However, merchants can't wait any longer, they have to arrive this winter. First establish a firm foothold, set up a simple warehouse, open a store in the city, and ship the goods in the spring.

  Every time the Datong court expands its territory, there are infinite business opportunities, and many merchants make a lot of money.

  Before, the government had to mobilize businessmen to develop new sites. Today's merchants are scrambling, and the shops in the city on the new site have to bid and auction to win. Even during the siege, there were merchants who bought the ruined blocks and bought them, and paid their own money to rebuild the houses.

  For small merchants, as long as they immigrate with their families, they can buy shops first, without having to compete with big merchants for auction.

   Moreover, this kind of small businessman is protected by the government, and can set off with the official on the official ship.

   In a blink of an eye, he came to Shanghai to change ships. Hou Fangyu hadn't seen him for several years, and found that Shanghai was surprisingly prosperous. It is backed by the Yangtze River waterway, and the population is booming. Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu...the provinces along the Yangtze River have merchants running to do business.

   "Hey, hey!"

  Wharf workers shouted labor chants, and a crane with a hybrid power of humans and animals was slowly pulling up more than 20 bundled sacks.

   Pulled to a certain height, the buffalo was stopped by the envoy.

  Workers collectively pull the rope, and under the action of pulleys and gears, the long arm of the log begins to turn and move. After stopping to the sky above the deck of the ship, the workers slowly let down the rope, and the more than twenty sacks landed firmly on the deck.

   Such cargo cranes have appeared in several ports.

  Most of the goods are still handled manually, especially fragile items such as porcelain. But for bulky and heavy cargo like grain, especially when you are in a hurry, you will choose to rent the cranes at the dock-except that the loading speed is faster, there is not much difference in cost, after all, cranes also need to be built and maintained.

  The real advantage lies in the handling of heavy siege guns and the like, which is the correct way to use the crane.

  Hou Fangyu got off the inland river official ship, paced all the way at the pier, and went to board the navy ship with other officials. What he saw along the way made him feel quite fresh. There is a big difference between here and Nanjing.

  On the pier, you can occasionally see Japanese people, they are all Japanese ronin who sneaked to China.

  Tokugawa Iemitsu's policy changed again, and the previously opened port was closed again by the shogunate. There was only one port of Nagasaki left for trade between China and the Netherlands, and it was only allowed to do business with the shogunate.

  After a short period of opening up, Japan chose to close the country again, so the so-called Japanese pirates appeared again.

  These Japanese pirates didn't have the guts to come to China's waters, and they only robbed around Ryukyu.

  They are the private armed forces of certain feudal lords. Ieyasu Tokugawa has repeatedly requested to establish diplomatic relations with China.

   There is another situation, which seems to be unexpected and is being cleaned up.

  When Zhao Han first opened the port, there were European merchant ships in various ports. But until now, European merchant ships have almost disappeared, and there is also a French trading station in Guangzhou.

  The reason is that the Chinese maritime merchants collectively exerted their efforts, and the commerce monopolized the import and export trade along the coast of China.

  Chinese maritime merchants have lower prices and local advantages, which beat European maritime merchants in terms of price. Merchant ships from various European countries are now simply waiting in Vietnam and Java, and the cost of buying Chinese goods from those places is lower than the cost of sailing to China to buy goods by themselves.

   France, which was provoking trouble everywhere, was expelled by various forces in Southeast Asia and was forced to go to Guangzhou to buy goods at high prices.

  Hou Fangyu successfully boarded the warship, stood on the deck to observe, and then came up with two European ghosts.

   "Mr. Wei is going to Liaoning too?" Hou Fangyu took the initiative to say hello.

Wei Kuanguo said: "A Jesuit member was sent to Nanjing, but was not received by His Majesty. But His Majesty allowed him to observe around. Hearing that Liaodong is going to carry out large-scale immigration, I will accompany this member of the church. "

  Hou Fangyu looked at another ghost.

  Wei Kuanguo said: "The Chinese name of this church member is Nan Huairen, south of Nanjing, Huairen who keeps the Tao."

   "Nice to meet you!" Hou Fangyu cupped his hands.

  Nan Huairen said in broken Chinese: "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

   When Nan Huairen came to China this time, he first went to Macau, where more than ten missionaries came.

  The churches in Macau, due to the lack of financial support from the Netherlands, are all supported by Portuguese believers in Macau, and they are almost unable to open. I heard that other places are even worse, and missionaries have to work to make a living. These new missionaries have left China one after another.

  Only Nan Huairen chose to stay. After all, the idiot son of the landlord’s family had enough money to spend a few years in China—his father was a hereditary judge and tax official in the Netherlands.

  The three left the deck and entered the cabin to chat.

   Wei Kuanguo did not hold a position in the Imperial Academy due to his short stay in China, but he worshiped Ai Julian and Tang Ruowang as teachers.

  Defend, defend.

   Kuang Guo, Kuang Fu country.

  This name, it is Daming who wants to defend Kuangfu...

   "What is Mr. Wei currently studying?" Hou Fangyu asked.

Wei Kuangguo replied: "I am studying Chinese history. I plan to write a history book to introduce China's Three Emperors and Five Emperors to Qin and Han Dynasties to Europe. That is, the history of East Asia from the birth of mankind to the birth of Christ. Europeans don't know about it. , they should and must understand that China already had a splendid civilization before the advent of Christ Jesus."

  Hou Fangyu nodded approvingly: "This also has the merit of enlightenment, I wish you success in compiling the book."

Wei Kuangguo said: "This Nan Huairen Catholic, graduated from the University of Leuven. Astronomy, geography, mathematics, calendar, machinery, philosophy, all kinds of knowledge, he is also good at casting artillery. Although His Majesty did not summon him , but he admired his knowledge very much, so he was allowed to travel to Liaodong on a warship. After visiting Liaodong, he will travel to the north before going to Sichuan."

   "It's actually a great Western Confucian, rude, rude!" Hou Fangyu said with his hands clasped.

  Nan Huairen hurriedly cupped his hands: "My...Chinese...study...forgive me...please."

  Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "It's not in the way."

  The warship set sail two days later, accompanied by more than 20 merchant ships. One-third went to North Korea for trade, and two-thirds went to Liaodong.

  North Korea has been lying flat to Chinese businessmen, and the monarchs are happy to trade. They exchanged ginseng and minerals, and even North Korean food, for various commodities from China, and made huge profits from it. As for ordinary North Korean citizens, it doesn't matter how much they starve to death, as long as they don't rebel.

  A few days later, the fleet arrived at Lushunkou, where trade flourished after the war and a group of dock workers immigrated ahead of schedule.

  The workers are also willing. Due to the lack of labor force, the wages of working in Lushunkou are much higher than those in Shanghai.

  Hou Fangyu took Fushun County officials all the way from Jinzhou to Shenyang. He introduced to two Europeans along the way: "This is the territory of my Han family, which was stolen by barbarians. Now there are no Han people in ten. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and has defeated the barbarians and rescued the living Han people. Even Mongolian and Jurchen civilians , and some were forgiven and were able to share the land with the Han people and settle down."

  Nan Huairen has always been able to listen to Chinese, but not very good at speaking it. I have been communicating in Chinese these days, and I am already more fluent than when I was in Shanghai.

  He observed the situation along the way, asked some questions, and began to write in his diary when he arrived in Shenyang:

"I followed the Chinese officials and arrived at the old capital of Tatars. The mighty Tatars broke through the capital of China a few years ago. Even Shenyang, the old capital of Tatars, was snatched from the Chinese. Now It was taken back by the Emperor of China..."

"China has a vast territory. This place designated as Liaoning is larger than many European countries, and its climate is also similar to northern Europe. The Chinese here have been killed by the Tatars too much. The Chinese emperor decided to emigrate. The number of immigrants next year will be determined. At 60,000. This is not a march of 60,000 troops, but a family of 60,000. Land needs to be resettled, they need to be given seeds and oxen, and even the emperor of China provides clothing for the winter. I don’t think there is any monarch in Europe can do."

"What's even more frightening is that immigration of this scale has been carried out many times in other provinces. The 60,000 people who will emigrate next year will only arrive in Liaodong. At the same time, 100,000 people will emigrate to Shaanxi, and 100,000 people will emigrate to Hebei...unimaginable immigration scale."

   "His Majesty the Pope forbids Chinese believers to worship ancestors and worship Confucius. I think it is ill-considered. China has its own traditions and they have their own beliefs. Christianity must follow this traditional custom, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out missionary activities..."

"Today, I watched the execution ceremony in Shenyang. A group of traitors were collectively beheaded. I heard that the benevolent Chinese emperor wanted to send these traitors to mines. But the emperor's teacher, an old wise man, still A large number of Liaoning military officers wrote letters requesting severe punishment for treason. The emperor allowed them to execute all the notorious traitors before the Tatars entered the customs..."

  Shang Kexi was beheaded a long time ago. Kong Youde, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others were beheaded collectively outside Shenyang City to show the public.

  Zu Dashou wept and complained at the execution ground: "I have defended Ningjin for twenty years. Even if I was besieged and ran out of food, I would eat human flesh and would not surrender. In the end, I surrendered, but no reinforcements came. My ancestor Dashou lived up to Daming!"

  Wu Sangui just knelt on the execution ground and said nothing, watching the traitors around him beheaded in a daze, and the surrounding people burst into cheers.

   "Poof!"

  The executioner sprayed spirits on the blade, and pressed down on Wu Sangui's neck.

brush!

  The knife flashed, and the head fell to the ground.

  (end of this chapter)