Chapter 900: Immigrants Landing on Qiongzhou Island

Three days later, the first batch of immigrants had already prepared. They just rested in Takuhai County and did not stay for too long before being arranged to board the ship to Qiongzhou Island.

Although there were only 600 households going to Qiongzhou Island this time, the fleet was larger than the previous one. In addition to these immigrants, a large number of livestock will go to Qiongzhou Island with them, and then these livestock can be distributed to the local people. Six three-masted

sailing ships and more than ten two-masted sailing ships formed a huge fleet and headed for Qiongzhou Island.

At the end of the Liuyang River, at the mouth of the sea, some immigrants stood on the deck and looked at the boundless sea in front of them, and they were very shocked.

A sailor on the boat introduced the boat to them in his spare time, "The salty sea breeze you smelled in Takumi County before was blowing from here. See the blue sea water under the boat? Hey, this water is different from the Liuyang River. The water here is all salty. Even though there is plenty of water here, it can't be used to drink. So if people on our boat want to drink water, they can only drink the drinking water brought on the boat." "

Ah? Salty? Is that true? Then how big is this sea? If it's all salty, how much salt would be put in it!" asked a teenager named Ren Zuo among the immigrants in surprise.

"You don't understand this, right? The salt here is not put in, but is born with it. The leader said that the salt in the sea is naturally grown. This is an endless treasure mine. You can make a lot of money just by refining salt from the sea water.

By the way, when you were in Hanyang County before, you ate the rock salt there, but it will be different in the future. The Tuohai County here, the Tang tribe opposite, and the Qiongzhou Island we are going to, all eat sea salt. The Xianfeng County of Qiongzhou Island is a salt-producing place, specializing in drying sea salt." The sailor boasted about his own experience and also gave the immigrants some scientific knowledge about the surrounding situation.

"Is the Qiongzhou Island we are going to big? Is there drinking water on it?" The boy named Ren Zuo continued to ask.

"Of course it's big. There are six counties there, and there's naturally drinking water. There's a big river on Qiongzhou Island called Qingshui River, and there are usually ships sailing on it."

"That's fine. As long as there's drinking water and land to grow, it doesn't matter where you go. It's all our Han tribe anyway." The young man said without any worries.

"Hey, kid, you're open-minded, but you immigrants are not bad either. When you get there, you'll get a second-class title, and there will be rewards from so many leaders. Just the photos alone will be worth a lot of money. I envy you. We who sail all year round don't have a chance to take a photo. When I go home on vacation, I will definitely take my wife and children to our ship to take a few photos. This is the advantage of us sailors. We don't have to spend money on the ship, and we get a salary."

The sailor was talkative and chatted with the immigrants on the ship.

Just like he said, sailors are really good, with high salaries and delicious seafood. These are the benefits of sailing, but there are also disadvantages to this profession, that is, they can't go home several times a year, and they are very lonely. If they catch up with the transport of people, they can chat with the passengers, but if they are transporting goods, they will talk to sailors like themselves every day, and they don't know what to say after a long time, so this guy keeps talking to immigrants.

After a while, it seems that a school of fish was discovered. A ketch that came with it dropped a trawl from the stern, then set sail and moved forward, quickly surpassing the entire fleet, and the trawl behind the ship became tighter and tighter.

Ren Zuo ran to the side of the boat curiously and looked around for a while, then asked the sailor, "What are they doing? Why are they running so fast? Aren't they going with us?"

"No, they are fishing. See the rope hanging behind the boat? There is a net under the rope, and a dangle is hung on the net. You can drop the net underwater and catch all the fish below.

Wait, you will have a good meal. You can eat meat as much as you want at noon."

The sailor was right. The schooner was fishing, and it harvested a lot of fish.

The estuary of Liuyang River is a big fishing ground. The rushing Liuyang River brings a large amount of plankton and organic matter to this sea area, thus attracting countless marine life. There are many kinds of fish here, and the meat is delicious, but they have basically not been caught. There are so many schools of fish in the sea that you can get valuable catches with just one net.

However, the fishery of the Han tribe is not very developed at present and is still in its infancy. In addition, seafood is not easy to transport, so it can only be sold in small quantities in coastal areas, and the economic value generated is not very high.

At lunchtime, these immigrants really enjoyed the feeling of eating all you can eat. There are all kinds of delicious sea fish, lobsters, crabs, and even squids and sea turtles. Whether these things are simply steamed or stewed with a little salt, they can bring out the deliciousness of the seafood itself. There is no need for any special seasoning to cook. Even if it is just grilled on charcoal fire, it can be praised by everyone.

The boy named Ren Zuo ate it directly. Although he was not big, he ate a grilled fish and three large lobsters by himself. He was so full that he kept touching his stomach and burping, and finally sighed.

"This sea is really great. I used to catch shrimps in the ditches in the fields. The big green shrimps in the ditches could only grow to the size of fingers in autumn. I didn't expect that the shrimps in this sea could grow like cats, with two big claws. They look so majestic, as if they were covered with armor. The shrimp meat is so delicious."

"Hey, you'll have more opportunities to eat in the future. If you are assigned to Chaoyang County, the people there will have fishermen who specialize in fishing. They are not good at farming, and their lives are not rich. They can only rely on seafood to survive every day, but they can definitely eat enough." The sailor complained and introduced the local situation.

"They are really not satisfied. They have such delicious fish and prawns every day, why do they need rice?"

The boy named Ren Zuo couldn't help but complain, but within three days after he complained, he decided to take back his words.

Don't you miss rice if you eat seafood every day?

Only people who have never eaten seafood would say that.

Anyway, after eating seafood for three days, Ren Zuo missed the taste of rice and steamed buns very much.

After a week of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at their destination, the pier at the mouth of Qingshui River in Yashan County, Qiongzhou Island.

The immigrants will disembark here and then be regrouped. This time, the grouping will be directly divided into their respective counties and villages. They will form a team according to the ten-five system and take a single-masted boat to their final destination.

The governor's office is responsible for the temporary reception of the immigrants. There is no spacious school for them to live in, only temporary tents. This alone can explain the backwardness of this place. After all, it is the place that the Han tribe has just taken over.

The governors of Yashan, Chaoyang and Xinhua counties sent clerks to pick up the immigrants. Each clerk was responsible for the immigration affairs of a village. Before they officially arrived at the village, the clerks in charge of leading the immigrants also informed them of the local situation in advance to facilitate their future production and life.

After all the immigrants got off the boat, the clerks in charge of the immigrants in each county also found the immigrants they were responsible for, and then began to explain the situation to them.

"Is Hu Shan from Danshan County, Hanyang County in your tent?" The clerk in black official uniform came to the door of one of the tents and asked with a list in his hand.

"Yes, yes, I am Hu Shan." In the tent, a middle-aged man in his twenties quickly agreed.

"I am the clerk of Xinhua County who is responsible for leading you to the immigration point. You can call me by my name Tianqiao. Now I will read out the heads of the other households. Whoever I call will respond. Then you will be grouped together." The clerk named Tianqiao nodded, and then said to the others in the tent.

"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.

"Hu Shan, Yuan Hua, Lu Jianan, Wen Shou, Xie Li, Ren Zong"

Tian Qiao read out a list in his hand and began to call out the names. The heads of households who were called also quickly agreed. In addition to this tent, there were two other tents of several families around, which were also called by Hu Shan and his team.

After these ten families gathered together, Tian Qiao, who was responsible for leading them to resettle, spoke again.

"I am the official of Xinhua County who is in charge of your resettlement. My name is Tian Qiao. I am in charge of these ten families for the time being. From now on, you ten families will be assigned to one village, which is just enough to make up a

group. Now you can get to know each other. You will be neighbors for the rest of your lives. Get along well with each other. Although you all come from the eight counties of Hanyang, we are fellow villagers here, right? In the future, maybe the locals can't help you, so you will have to help each other. This neighborly relationship really needs to be improved.

You have been on the boat for a few days, so you can rest here, chat, and communicate with each other. I will arrange meals for you now. While you are eating, I will introduce you to the situation of the village you are going to and the tasks assigned to you by the tribe.

Don't be nervous, you are actually quite lucky. The village you are going to is a big village with more than a hundred households and thousands of people. The people in that village are very kind to our Han tribe and are looking forward to you immigrants coming from afar. Your houses have been repaired. They are all newly built brick houses. They are all built according to the specifications of the second-level title. You can move in directly when you arrive. The tribe will arrange anything you need. When the house was built for you, the locals did a lot of work. You will all thank them when the time comes.

But you don't have to try to please them deliberately. We can just interact normally. I often go to that village and they are easy to get along with. I will introduce more specific things to you when we have dinner. Okay, you guys take a rest first, I will go and arrange meals for you. "

(End of this chapter)