One morning in August 1791, two Guangzhou ships, each weighing 10,000 tons, were quietly parked one nautical mile outside the port of Batavia, loaded with poor people recruited from the coast of Guangdong. Parked on the sea one nautical mile to the west of these two Guangdong ships are the powerful iron ship Thor in Southeast Asia, and the large sailing ship Beihai No. 1 with thirty 75mm guns. .
At this time, several small sloops or two-masted boats docked on the side of the two Tang boats near Narcissus Gate. They were all ferry boats that came to pick up people ashore. The Fujianese in ragged clothes and carrying baggage got out of the cabin one by one. Then, under the scolding of the sailors on the deck, they formed a twisted formation like "greedy snakes" and descended one by one along the rope net. Into the boat. One boat was filled with people and quickly headed for the port, while the next boat came up and continued.
At the same time, at the port of Bacheng, more than 200 Chinese residents from the local area were all standing ready; regardless of gender, they all wore light blue long-sleeved coats and wore large masks on their faces. Be strict.
Among this group of people, the only one who stands out is Hong Tao, who is wearing a white coat and a mask. Dean Hong Da could only give a helpless smile every time he saw his group of "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" wearing re-dyed doctor's coats.
You must know that white is an evil color in the minds of ordinary people in East Asia in this era. There is no death in the family, so what kind of filial piety is wearing it? So many people don't wear anything at all. Hong Tao had no choice but to ask Jiang Asheng to go to a cloth shop outside the city and dye all the white coats planned to be distributed to his subordinates light blue with isatis root.
At this moment, he, accompanied by Jiang Asheng, is inspecting the quarantine area near the port. In a little while, Bacheng, which is under the control of Beihai Town, will usher in the first batch of Chinese workers. The relevant preparations began one and a half months ago. Whether it's a mule or a horse, they all have to be taken out for a walk today.
Bacheng’s epidemic prevention procedures refer to the current system in Beihai Town. After the refugees disembark from the fixed trestle, they will be guided along the half-person-high wooden fence passage to two cement-built pools one meter deep, five meters wide, and ten meters long. It's just that the ones in Beihai Town are set up in wooden houses, while here in Bacheng they are all open-air, and each pool is filled with chlorine-containing disinfectant powder; for the ratio, 5 grams per cubic meter of pool water is enough.
The ingredient of this thing is actually "sodium dichloroisocyanurate", and the source of the raw material is synthetic ammonia. Now the small fertilizer factory in Beihai Town can make it by itself. First, urea must be synthesized by synthesizing ammonia, and the next step is to synthesize "cyanuric acid", and then synthesize the final product through the "sodium hypochlorite method".
The reason why Beihai Town's grain production is high is not only the high-yield seeds brought back by Zhao Xin from another time and space, but also a very important point, which is the use of chemical fertilizers according to different soil environments. Compared with growing soybeans to fix nitrogen to improve soil fertility, the effect of urea is more immediate; as long as the amount of fertilizer is controlled, there will be no harm to the soil and crops.
At this point, Chen Qingsong, who was born in agriculture, made very detailed arrangements. Each administrative village in Beihai Town has established a "land ledger". There are extremely strict regulations on what and how much fertilizer to apply to each piece of land at the beginning, and adjustments are made every year based on soil test results. Moreover, Chen Qingsong also plans to expand the coverage of the land ledger to Eastern Siberia starting next year.
Let’s go a step further and let’s talk about the situation here in Bacheng when we come back.
Thirty-year-old Cai Qian walked onto the trestle with his wife and son and was about to follow the people in front of him into the passage when he was stopped by a guy in a blue coat with a stick in his hand.
"Men and women are divided into two sides! The man's backhand (left), the woman's forehand is flat (right)!"
"Ming (what)?" Cai Qian and his wife were stunned. Why are there still such rules?
The man in the blue coat scolded: "If you don't go over there, will Licha (your wife) show your naked body to Dabu (man) for a while? No worries, brothers, no one wants to separate you. Indifferent for a long time (for a while) Eat porridge) and you’ll see me!”
"Oh! More shrimps, more shrimps!"
Cai Qian came from Xiapu, and his hometown is Tong'an. Because his parents died when he was young, he lived in Shui'ao, Xiapu County. He usually repaired fishing nets for others, and sometimes walked around the streets and carried burdens to sell fish and shrimp to make a living. I originally thought that my life would go on like this, but two months ago someone was recruiting people to work in Batavia in the Shui'ao area.
If this were like before, every Chinese worker going to Bacheng had to pay 20 silver dollars for the ship fare, Cai Qian would not pay any attention to it. However, this time is completely different from the past. According to the information obtained by good brother Jinwuzai, not only will the boat fee not be charged this time, but one silver dollar will be given as disembarkation fee when you arrive at the place.
Be good! A Spanish double-column silver coin is almost one tael of silver! Is there such a good thing in the world?
With suspicion, Cai Qian, Jin Wuzai and others found the guy in charge of recruiting people in the village. After listening to the other party's vomiting explanation, Cai Qian was convinced that it was the truth. I'm sorry that the red hair in Bacheng was beaten away by a group of Han people driving a big iron boat. Now they want to plant "rubber trees" there, which requires a large number of workers to work. They are paid two silver dollars per month, and they take care of food and food. live.
Neither Cai Qian nor his companions had heard of what a "rubber tree" was, but this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing still made him tempted. Originally, he was thinking about how to go home and explain to his wife and children. Unexpectedly, the recruiter asked him if he had a family and how many people there were in his family. He also said that if he could bring his wife and children with him, he would pay the disembarkation fee according to the share of the three people.
So, thinking that the more money the better, Cai Qian brought his wife and children.
Although the smell smelled a little weird, Cai Qian thought it was nothing when he took off his clothes and went into the pool to disinfect. But when it was time to shave his head, Cai Qian was immediately frightened.
"Braids! Why did you shave off my braids?!" Not to mention Cai Qian, the others, including Jin Wuzi, cried and yelled like mourning. Their cries made the group of naked guys outside the house freak out and tremble.
What kind of royal method is this? ! Do you have to cut off your braids?
"They all have lice! Why, are you waiting to raise a litter of cubs?" The men in blue coats who were responsible for shaving their heads threw the shaved pigtails into the basket with disgust, thinking to themselves, no wonder "Doctor Hong" asked us to bring them with us The gloves are really dirty.
"How can I see my ancestors again! Give me back my braids!"
"Why are you howling! It's not like it can't grow! Whoever keeps making trouble for a while won't have food to eat, and I won't give any silver coins! Next wave!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a room full of crying old men suddenly became weak. Why come all this way by boat? Isn’t it just to earn enough money to return home in fine clothes one day?
The men were like this, and the women were even more crying and shouting. Some people even thought that they wanted to become a nun. However, when the woman in blue coat who was in charge of haircut also told about the meal and silver dollars, the few women gradually stopped crying.
After shaving their heads, a group of men and women with bare black buttocks walked forward along the passage. After walking more than 20 meters, they saw another pool in front of them. This pool is much larger than the previous one, but the slight difference is that there are several blue coats standing on the edge of the pool, holding long brushes in their hands, and there are several yellow blocks on the edge of the pool. shape object.
Cai Qian and others were puzzled when they heard a man in a blue coat say: "Get in the water! Use soap and wipe your body well. If you wash it clean, you can get new clothes!"
When he heard that new clothes were being distributed, Cai Qian, who had quick hands and eyes, grabbed a piece of moist sulfur soap and swished it on his son's head. After finishing wiping his son, Cai Lian also wiped his own head. But just as he was about to take his son into the pool to wash himself off, he heard the blue coat speak again.
"A bunch of half-headed teenagers! They're going to smear everything on their hands, feet, buttocks!"
The men in blue coats were shouting, while using the brushes in their hands to brush the bodies of these people several times. After the dirt was washed away in the water, Cai Qian took his son up from the other end of the pool and continued walking forward according to the blue coat's instructions.
Basically, after every two waves of people washing, someone will lift up the wooden gate at one end of the pool, and the water will flow into the sea along the dug ditch. After the dirty water in the pool is almost empty, the wooden gate at the other end will be opened. , the water drawn from the Gillian Canal rushed in, filling the pool.
On the other end, before Cai Qian received his new clothes, a man in a blue coat handed him two white pills and said without a doubt: "Take it!"
"what is this?"
"Anti-miasma!"
When Cai Qian heard this, he quickly stuffed one pill into his son's mouth and swallowed one himself. His son Xiaoshuan grinned and said, "Abba, it's bitter!" After saying that, he was about to vomit.
"Don't vomit! If you vomit, you won't get food or money!"
Well, this is actually not a medicine to prevent miasma at all, but albendazole to fight roundworms. Doctor Hong has been in Beihai Town for many years and has rich experience and lessons in this area. Because if you tell these Chinese workers that you have worms in their stomachs, they will definitely think that you are cursing them.
When Cai Qian and his son were wearing a new gray top, new pants, and black safety shoes, they almost didn't recognize his wife when they saw her wearing the same style. Of course, first of all, it was because of her bald head; secondly, after some washing, the originally dark woman became much whiter.
This time there were only a dozen or so women and even fewer children arriving by boat from Fujian. In fact, if Cai Qian's parents hadn't died, as well as his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he wouldn't have brought his wife here. But soon, he learned the benefits of taking care of his family.
After each drinking a large bowl of rice porridge in the open-air tent that served as a canteen, Cai Qian's family, who were still not satisfied, followed the blue coat's instructions and finally got three silver coins from a room on the port. In addition, there were three A piece of cardboard with personal information and number written on it. Seeing that Cai Qian's wife and children had really received the money, the other Xiapu fishermen who came with them showed envy. A few of them stamped their feet and felt regretful, saying that they should have brought their wives and children.
The actions of these people made Cai Qian feel that he was very foresight, and his heart was filled with pride. He rubbed his son Xiaoshuan's bald gourd and looked at the tall city wall of Bacheng, and he couldn't help but long for the new life in the future.
De Guigne, the French envoy from the local government, stood on the balcony of his residence and observed with a monocular for a long time. He really couldn't understand the meaning of these Seris people making the immigration work so complicated.
De Guignes' full name is "Chrétien Louis Joseph de Guignes" and he is 32 years old this year. The reason why he was appointed as a special envoy to Bacheng by the local governor was actually related to his experience in Guangzhou Thirteenth Bank. De Guigne is the translator of the French trip, and he also knows Liu Zheng.
Although it was only a short period of less than a year, the two of them still chatted quite well. You must know that Liu Zheng and the British did not deal with each other and often quarreled. But the French, you know, they were happy to see the British defeated.
The reason why Leclerc, the governor-general of the French East India Company, sent Deguine to Bach to ask for help from Beihai Town was mainly because he was really powerless.
It is said that the French East India Company had the worst life among the East India companies in Europe. The reason was that, in addition to being punished by the British from time to time, the domestic trade policy towards Guangzhou often changed.
In 1772, Louis XVI's director of finance appointed a royal council that worked directly for the king to replace the East India Company's management committee. The members were still the residents of the Guangzhou Commercial Office. But the problem is that since they no longer work for the company and only receive a fixed salary, the personal interests of the French staff have been greatly reduced, and all of them are dissatisfied. One by one they voted with their feet, damn it! I quit!
At present, there are only two staff members of the French Embassy in Guangzhou. De Guigne is the translator, and the other is the secretary Wei Ya.
In addition, the reality of Sino-French trade in the 18th century determined that France needed to use a large amount of cash to fill the trade deficit. You must know that French goods were not popular in Guangzhou. Before the British Parliament passed the "Exchange Act" in 1784, the French could still make a fortune by smuggling tea to Britain. However, when the British lowered the tea import tax from 120% to 12.5%, the French could not make any money from tea. , and the French don’t have the habit of drinking tea.
So you understand why Peter couldn’t get much aid from local governance to support Nguyen Phuc Anh’s great cause of restoring the country, right?
When the French Revolution broke out, the National Assembly was established, and the news that the king was under house arrest spread to local governance after two years, Governor Leclerc and his wife panicked. Both of them were nobles.
In another history, Leclerc would have stepped down next year. But in this time and space, hehe, I heard that the Seris people are quite powerful, and they have a pretty good relationship with us.
Needless to say, Count Laperouse went to Beihai Town. He was the first European to visit the territory of the Seris people. His account left a very deep impression on the French who governed the local area.
Secondly, thanks to the letter written by Peter to the local governance, he reported in detail how the Thor helped Nguyen Phuc Anh attack Binh Thuan, as well as the signing of the agreement between Bei Hai Town and Nguyen Phuc Anh, which made Leclerc Shocked.
Later, when the news that the Dutch had no choice but to abandon Batavia spread to the local government again, the Governor suddenly had an idea. He sent someone to Guangzhou with a letter of appointment and ordered De Guigne to be the governor. Special envoy, go to Batavia to negotiate with the Seris.
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