Chapter 1142： Introduce victims

In the face of the aboriginal people of the surrounding Fanshe, the newly appointed Vanguard of the Garrison was frightened and swallowed. You know, he is called the garrison chief, but Marin gave him only 10 soldiers. Even with the help of the city walls and muskets, he was not confident that he could resist the attacks of thousands of aborigines.

Therefore, Van der Beck asked Marin to send more troops to defend Tamsui together. Or, it is more appropriate to call Tamsui.

The problem is that Marin has no soldiers to send. The 1,000 men and horses he brought were all the elite of the Beihai Kingdom, and they must be brought back. As for Kong Tai, the total number of fighters is only 100, and it can be considered good to give 10 to Vanderbeck. After all, Keelung is the base camp of Kong Tai, and safety there is more important.

But seeing that Van der Beck said pitifully, and that 10 people were indeed difficult to keep Tamsuibao, Marin thought for a while and said:

"Or, do you recruit indigenous soldiers?"

Vanderbeck quickly shook his head, joking, these indigenous people and local people are together. If they acted as the door to open, Tamsui was captured by them in minutes. But the biggest enemy of Tamsui is the local indigenous people. Recruiting the indigenous people to serve as soldiers, do n’t you wash your neck and give it to the indigenous people? Therefore, Van der Beck was unwilling to recruit local indigenous people as soldiers.

"Otherwise, will you recruit some people from the Han people in Jilong Village to help keep the city?" Marin asked.

Vanderbeck nodded quickly, and he could still trust the Han people in the chicken cage village on Heping Island. They are happy to get along with Kong Tai, and, like them, for the local indigenous people, they are all considered foreigners and cannot collude with the indigenous people.

But Liu Laogen, who was acting as a translator for Marin, stopped working:

"Master, we only have more than 50 people in Jilong Village, and there are only more than 20 Zhuang Dings (that pirate attack, many old and weak were killed, resulting in a relatively high proportion of Zhuang Dings). How can we help Master Fan to defend the city? We have to grow land! "

Marin was right when he thought, there are indeed very few people in Jilong Village, not enough to send ...

"Lao Liu, look, can you get some immigrants from Daming over to enrich the population? By the way, also hire some soldiers to help guard the Tamsui Fort?"

Lao Gen shook his head again and again:

"I do n’t know. Master Dam ’s household registration system is strict. It is difficult for ordinary people to leave the county. There is no courage. Also, if the life is stable, who wants to leave the country? And those smugglers who dare to leave the county are some of them. Do n’t dare to use it, prince who forgets righteousness ... "

"Then did you leave your hometown?"

"We are suffering from natural disasters ..."

"Yeah, I want those victims. I don't believe that Hu Jian hasn't had a natural disaster in the past two years! The victims have nothing, and I can let them have enough food. Presumably, some people will come!" Marin said.

Liu Laogen thought for a while and said:

"Master, you reminded me of this. I heard from the businessman responsible for smuggling goods on the Meizhou Island that it seemed that last year Ningde suffered successively from typhoons (typhoons) and frosts, and even Jiang suffered from frosts. Victims. Moreover, Ningde and Lianjiang are both close to the seashore and can secretly pick up people from the sea ... "

"Ningde ... Lianjiang ..." Malin remembered that these two landforms seemed to be north of Fuzhou, close to the sea, and indeed convenient for people transporting by sea.

"Well, you are responsible for contacting, looking for people to go to Ningde and Lianjiang to find refugees. Then, in the middle of the night, they were smuggled out with fishing boats and transported to Danshuibao. Tell the refugees, here, the food is full!" This kind of killer, Marin really does not worry about the hungry of those victims.

"But ... but ... the old ones are only connected to the smugglers on Meizhou Island. Ningde and Lianjiang have no connection ..." Liu Laogen hesitated.

"Hey, what should I do? It's just that people are looking for someone. You send someone to find a smuggler on Meizhou Island, give him a large sum of money, and let him introduce you to smugglers from Ningde and Lianjiang. Recognize ... "This kind of thing, Marin sees more in later generations. Moreover, Marin has heard of a theory in his last life-there are no more than 6 people between you and any stranger ...

According to this theory, even if the smugglers of Meizhou Island have nothing to do with the smugglers of Ningde and Lianjiang, it is also very easy to catch up with some extensive brokers. In the intermediate process, you only need to spend a little introduction fee. What's more, Ningde and Lianjiang belong to Hu Jian, so it is not troublesome to find them.

"But the smugglers on Meizhou Island are not afraid that the smugglers of Ningde and Lianjiang robbed them of their business?" Liu Laogen asked suspiciously.

"When you send someone to contact him, it means that the idea is to fight those refugees. In addition, give more money, the other party will say." Marin brought a lot of money on board this time, the least afraid of spending money .

So, Liu Laogen sent the young and strong person in charge of smuggling materials in the Jilong Village to contact the smugglers on Meizhou Island. After smashing some money, plus the other party just wanted refugees from Ningde and Lianjiang, instead of improving the cargo channel, the other party readily agreed. And, quickly found a way ...

Coincidentally, Meizhou Island is the hometown of the sea **** Mazu. There is a Mazu temple on the island, and it is a Mazu temple. It is a holy place in the hearts of Hu Jian coastal residents who believe in Mazu. Moreover, many people with the surname Hu Jianlin like to call themselves descendants of Mazu. Of course, Mazu doesn't have any children. They generally claim to be descendants of Mazu brothers or cousins. Every year, there are not many people who come to the pilgrimage to Mazuzu Temple on Meizhou Island.

In both Ningde and Lianjiang, there are naturally people who come to worship Mazu on Meizhou Island ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Every year on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar in March, it is the birth day of Mazu, who comes to worship in Mazu Temple a lot of. It happened that Ningde and Lianjiang were coming, and they were still on the island without rushing to leave.

Through these people, plus money, Liu Laogen quickly contacted the big smugglers in Ningde and Lianjiang. Then, the two parties sent representatives to secretly reach an agreement-the smugglers in Ningde and Lianjiang are responsible for sending people to the sea in the middle of the night with the fishing boat, and Marin will arrange the boat to meet. When handing over the "goods", the price is 2 two silver for one family with strong men ...

It is said that thousands of victims in Ningde and Lianjiang have been displaced and are waiting for relief. According to estimates by those smugglers, there may be more than 3,000 victims who can operate on the island.

I heard that three or four thousand refugees would come, and Marin felt pressure while being happy. After all, there are more than 3,000 people, and if each person consumes three to four hundred kilograms of grain per year, more than one million kilograms are needed. And Kong Tai had some sweet potatoes in Keelung.

So, Marin ordered that a lot of land be cultivated for sweet potatoes by the Tamsui River near Tamsui Fort. As for the labor force, it is natural to hire local aborigines to grow stronger. This kind of employment is definitely mandatory. Marin's army is still there, forgive these aborigines for not playing tricks. By the time the more than 3,000 victims were sent over, Tamsui Fort had enough manpower, not necessarily afraid of those Fanmin. When the time comes, I will take the army away, and there will be no problem ...

The introduction of more than 3,000 victims was enough to reclaim all the freshwater rivers near Tamsuibao into good fields, which was enough to cope with the inspection by the officials sent by the Ming court. The only problem is-it looks like there is a lack of cattle ...