An hour later, as the Thor lowered the gangway, Zhao Xin walked down quickly, followed by Lu Shoushan.
When he saw Hong Tao was also on the trestle, he quickly walked to Hong Tao without saying hello to others.
"Welcome home." Doctor Hong said with a smile.
Zhao Xin put his hand on Hong Tao's shoulder, came closer and said, "Doctor Hong, there is a wounded person on the ship, one of our own. I suspect he has suffered internal injuries. Please go up and have a look."
"Where is the person?"
"In the ship's infirmary."
After hearing this, Hong Tao was about to leave when Zhao Xin pulled him back and said, "I gave him a safety pill before boarding the ship, and the injuries were also treated briefly."
Hong Tao nodded and quickly boarded the Thor.
Chen Qingsong, Wu Siyu and others a few steps away didn't know what was going on. Why was Mr. Zhao so mysterious?
Zhao Xin came over and briefly explained the situation to Chen Qingsong and others, and then everyone understood.
Chen Qingsong looked up at the ship and asked Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, how many people were transported this time?"
"More than four thousand."
Oops! Chen Qingsong and others were shocked.
"You came ashore to recruit?"
"This matter cannot be explained in a few words. We will talk about it later." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he looked towards the shore and asked, "Why didn't Director Liu come?"
"Huh? Didn't you say that she would be responsible for disembarkation and quarantine? She just knew that you were back, so she called the women under her to start preparations." Chen Qingsong asked in surprise.
Zhao Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Stop talking, I have overthinking this matter. I thought about it for a long time on the way back. If we really stick to the original plan, we guys will be exhausted and we won't be able to finish it."
Chen Qingsong asked quickly: "What should we do?"
Zhao Xin didn't answer in a hurry. He turned around and saw Sheng Haizhou and Li Ji just stepping off the boat. So Zhao Xin waved his hand to the two of them to come over quickly.
"Hurry up to Shino and ask her to quickly find fifty women from the camp to go to the boat to cook for those people. As long as you can cook porridge, you will be in charge of these people for the time being. Without my order, the refugees are not allowed to get off the boat. Understand this Are you ready?" Zhao Xin ordered Li Ji, who was approaching.
Li Ji repeated it, and Zhao Xin nodded and let him go.
"Katsu Kaishu, let the people on the shore disperse first and go about their business. Then quickly find Jiuzang and Heita and ask them to call all the woodcutter, each with an axe, and get on the boat."
Sheng Haizhou was stunned: "My lord, do you want to...?"
"Keep an eye on those refugees and don't let them get off the boat for the time being. If anyone dares to cause trouble, just teach him a lesson. Don't cause any harm to anyone!"
Sheng Haizhou looked at Zhao Xin's serious look and didn't know what he was going to do, but he still bowed to Zhao Xin and trotted away.
"Lu Shoushan, you go find Pan Xiucheng and Serdan. Before I finish my work, you will be responsible for the safety of the camp."
"Old Chen, please go and inform the three people who haven't arrived. Put down what you are doing immediately and come to the ship for a meeting."
After Zhao Xin finished his instructions, he said to Wu Siyu and Ding Guofeng on the side: "You two get on the boat first and go to the conference room to wait for me."
As soon as Zhao Xin issued the order, the atmosphere at the port suddenly became tense. The hundreds of people who came to greet them on the shore were all driven back by Sheng Haizhou.
Zhao Xin waited for a while and saw Sheng Haizhou coming with more than thirty people. Then he turned around and boarded the ship and went straight to the conference room on the Thor.
Thirty minutes later, Chen Qingsong arrived with Liu Siting, Liu Zheng, and Zhang Bo.
"Doctor Hong went to treat Katayama Kanbei's injuries. We really can't delay this, so we'll talk about it first."
After Zhao Xin explained to everyone, he stood up and said to Liu Siting and Chen Qingsong: "I was not considerate before, I am really sorry."
Perhaps Chen Qingsong had told Liu Siting what Zhao Xin meant when he came, so Liu Siting didn't say anything after Zhao Xin expressed his stance.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Xin said: "Let me first tell you about my journey south."
An hour later, Zhao Xin pointed to the secret agreement on the conference table and said: "So, we may have at least tens of thousands of refugees coming later, and up to one or two hundred thousand."
The expressions on everyone's faces at this time were extremely colorful.
Wu Siyu, Ding Guofeng and veterinarian Liu Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and they were all thinking that something had happened. Zhang Bo looked up at the ceiling, his eyes rolling around, not knowing what he was thinking; Liu Siting picked up the curious Read the agreement on the table casually.
Chen Qingsong said nothing, tapping his fingers lightly on the table. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying to Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, we can't handle this at all."
Zhao Xin nodded and said: "I thought about it on the way back, and I think we should do this this time."
What Zhao Xin means is that this time the quarantine should not be carried out when the refugees disembark. All refugees are not separated into men and women. The refugees disembark in batches, and each batch is divided into groups according to the standard of 20 people living in a tent; and the quarantine work is carried out in groups. After each group completes the quarantine, if there are no problems, Arrangements will be made to live in the camp.
After listening to this, Liu Siting thought for a while and said: "If this principle is followed, then I think the public health facilities in Beihai Town should be built in advance. At the very least, there must be public bathrooms and a large number of toilets in the isolation area to avoid environmental pollution and An outbreak of a mass infectious disease.”
Everyone looked at Chen Qingsong at this time, and Zhao Xin asked: "Old Chen, what do you think?"
Chen Qingsong immediately said: "There is no problem with the toilet. I took water pollution into consideration when selecting the location of the isolation area. The plastic sheet we have in stock is enough, and it can be turned into pollution-free fermented fertilizer after treatment."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone except Wang Yuanfang and Zhang Bo, who were farmers, showed strange expressions.
Zhang Bo suddenly said: "What expressions do you have on your faces? Anyone who has ever planted a field knows that crops depend on everything."
"Stop! Stop talking!" Liu Siting said suddenly.
"That's right, everyone just needs to understand what's going on. No need to explain, don't explain." Liu Sheng said with a wink.
Everyone laughed for a while, and Chen Qingsong continued: "There is no problem in setting up the public bathroom. In addition to the few carpenters in the camp, if there are more than a dozen people in the camp, it will be enough. But even though it is April now, the temperature here is It’s still very low, and if we just divert the river water, it definitely won’t work.”
Yes, many people are still wearing cold-proof clothes now. People like Zhao Xin can run to the boat to take a bath, but thousands of refugees can't bear it.
Everyone started to come up with their own ideas. Ding Guofeng said that he could build a steam sauna, which would be the easiest thing to do.
Liu Siting rolled her eyes and said disdainfully: "Then what? Just pour a basin of cold water on them when you come out? These people are in poor physical condition now. Are you planning to make them die faster?"
Zhao Xin suddenly thought of an island country movie he had seen. The bathhouse mentioned in it still uses firewood to boil water in modern times. There was an old man inside who also said that he liked the wood-fired bath water. The water was soft and smooth for bathing without itching.
He thought of the boiler again, and then dismissed it.
Burning a boiler is currently completely unfeasible. It is said that no one in the modern world has the time to guard it; but with the level of understanding of ancient people, it could be burned in minutes.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xin expressed his idea. Water is boiled in a large iron pot and introduced through pipes into the pool in the public bathroom. Showers are temporarily unavailable, so everyone is given a plastic basin and can scoop water by themselves.
Wang Yuanfang and Zhang Bo, who have worked on construction sites, both agree that this saves trouble. As for the bathroom sink, this is easy to do. The bottom surface is covered with a plastic film to make it waterproof. The upper sink is first built with stones, and then covered with waterproof material. It’s all done together!
Zhao Xin knew that he was going back for big shopping again. In addition to a large pot for boiling water, a large amount of disinfectant and sulfur soap are definitely needed; and now that there are more people, a lot more kitchen utensils are needed.
There are not enough medicines now. When Zhao Xin raised this issue, Liu Siting said that she could go back with Hong Tao and Zhao Xin. Doctor Hong had a way.
The meeting lasted for more than two hours. After Dr. Hong finished treating Katayama Kanbei, he also came to the Thor's conference room to participate in the discussion. Hearing Zhao Xin say that he would take him back to purchase medicines and medical equipment, he nodded and said it was no problem.
Chen Qingsong finally said that refugees who pass the quarantine must participate in labor as soon as possible. It is now the fourth month of the lunar calendar. Once the west bank of the Xila River is reclaimed, sowing will begin immediately; at the same time, the construction of the port town must also begin as soon as possible.
Zhao Xin fully agreed. Except for the small number of personnel needed by the security team, Chen Qingsong was responsible for the deployment and use of the rest.
He finally said to everyone: "Difficulties are temporary. Let's all be nervous for a while. Once we have digested this batch of refugees, we will be able to deal with it calmly next time."
After the meeting, everyone got busy according to their respective division of labor.
More than two hours later, the first batch of 500 people to disembark, organized as families, prepared to enter the isolation area under the guidance of Sheng Haizhou and a dozen camp guards.
At this time, several residents who were fishing for seaweed at the beach looked at these new refugees and felt as if they were seeing themselves a few months ago; many people couldn't help but recall their experiences in the past few months and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.
As the weak refugees walked forward, they kept looking at the few people on the shore with short hair, rosy complexions, and dark blue cotton-padded clothes, with curious looks in their eyes. During the two days on the ship, they were told that there were many people like them in the place they were going to.
"I said, where did you come from?" On the shore, a middle-aged man who was fishing for seaweed suddenly asked loudly to a man among the refugees who was carrying a child on his back.
The man carrying the child looked around and realized that the man was asking him, and then said: "Ben Song."
"I'm from the new building!" The middle-aged man said, pointing to the two people beside him: "He's from the warehouse, and this one is from Tsuda. Don't be afraid, the master here is very kind to people. Look."
The middle-aged man pointed to his clothes and continued: "We are well fed, warmly clothed, and have a warm place to live. The master will also allocate land to us in the future."
"Are you from Sanhe County?" An old man put down his tools and asked the refugee from Honmatsu. "How are you doing there?"
"Before escaping, almost everyone in the village was dead. There were dead people in the ditches beside the road." As the refugee listened to the familiar local accent, his originally numb face became alive, and his eyes began to turn red.
The old man comforted him: "Don't be sad, it's all over. If it weren't for Mr. Zhao, we wouldn't have survived last year's winter."
A woman in the team suddenly asked timidly: "Sir, will you really divide the fields for us?"
The woman's words attracted the attention of everyone in the team, so someone asked the old man without waiting for an answer: "How many years of tribute do you want?"
The middle-aged man who was the first to speak was very proud: "In the first five years, no annual tribute will be paid. In the sixth year, one public and nine citizens will begin."
"What?!" The refugee team immediately exploded.
Is there any master in this world who doesn’t want annual tribute? ! And it will only be "one public and nine citizens" after five years? If it weren't for natural disasters, the "Five Publics and Five Citizens" currently implemented by the Tokugawa family would have been regarded as benevolent government.
"Are you just making fun of us? Is there such a beautiful thing in the world?" Many refugees simply didn't believe it.
Middle-aged people don't bother to explain to these people, they will know later.
"Come here. Come this way. Hey, family, where are you going? Come here quickly!" Pingtai held an electric horn and began to wave the refugees off the boat to enter the passage built with wooden piles.
The ragged refugees looked hesitant and slowed down when they saw the two narrow passages with a width of only one and a half meters in front of them.
"Hurry up and go! Don't wait any longer. It will be late and there will be no food to eat!"
In this way, the disembarkation of the first batch of refugees finally began in an orderly manner.
(End of chapter)
