Chapter 2144
Although Haihan has rich practical experience in the special field of cross-sea immigration, chaos was not avoided in the process of emigrating people from Hirado this time. Food, medicine, daily necessities, and even temporary housing for immigrants have all encountered problems, large or small.
Of course, the emergence of these problems is also related to the special background of this immigration operation. After all, immigration plans in the past were generally planned and coordinated by various relevant departments in advance, so the safeguard measures were relatively comprehensive, and there were also emergency measures to deal with various extreme situations. , situations such as insufficient supply of living materials rarely occur during the transfer of immigrants. The decision to relocate immigrants from Hirado Island was made during the battle. There was a serious lack of relevant preparations, and problems were inevitable.
But fortunately, the military was solely responsible for this immigration. Even if there were various difficulties in the process, the military's strong suppression would not cause any trouble. The captured combatants have all been detained separately. Even if ordinary people lack food and clothing, they can only obey the arrangements of the Haihan Army in this helpless situation.
For these Japanese people whose future is uncertain, it is too late to resist the Haihan people, and it will not help change the current difficult situation. The only way to survive is to work hard. Most of them have realized that they may not have the opportunity to return to Hirado in the future. The sooner they adapt to their new identity and environment, the better their chances of living a better life in the future. People with smarter minds are already trying to seize the best opportunity to stand out in front of them.
Because the time limit issued by the headquarters was tight, the Kaihan Army used strong methods to gather the people in Hirado. Regardless of their status, they were all assembled according to areas and then escorted to the port for shipment. In addition to ordinary people, there are also some people with special identities.
Monk Xiunian is one of them. He was originally just a monk at Hirado Guangming Temple, but when the Kaihan Army cleared the occupied area, they did not spare even the monks and took him aboard the ship.
Xiunian is the leader of the affairs in Guangming Temple. He is mainly responsible for the temple's logistical affairs, that is, cooking, laundry, cleaning and other chores. However, he did not do these things himself. He also had several dedicated monks in charge of the work. He usually just directed others to do things with his hands behind his back.
Although Xiunian's job is not as glamorous as the uncles and brothers who receive pilgrims and believers in the main hall every day, it is actually not lacking in oil and gas. For example, the daily purchase of food and clothing for the forty or fifty people in Guangming Temple can be retained as appropriate. Funds go into your own pocket.
Whether you are a monk or an ordinary person, it is easier to do things if you have money in your pocket. At the same time, your vision and ideas will be different from those of the monks in the temple who just worship the Buddha wholeheartedly every day. They will leave Guangming Temple when they are free. Walk around outside and interact with people from all walks of life.
The older monks in the temple will think that Xiu Nian is too serious and does not have the temperament to practice peacefully. However, Xiu Nian believes that his contact with the outside world is also a kind of practice, but it may not be completely consistent with the requirements of Buddhism. . But as long as he doesn't actively violate the temple's regulations, no one will force him to kneel before the Bodhisattva and recite the Dharma every day.
When the Haihan army reached Hirado, Xiunian had already heard some rumors about the victorious Haihan army through his social connections. Although he was somewhat dubious about this at the time, he still decided to nip it in the bud and make full preparations first.
Xiunian's so-called preparation work was to sort out his "family property" and hide it in a secret place outside the temple, so that Guangming Temple would not be ransacked by the rebels and the wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate would be confiscated.
But what happened later proved that all his preparations were in vain. After Hirado was captured, it was relatively stable for the first few days, but suddenly one day a large group of Haihan soldiers came to the door. However, these Haihan soldiers were not interested in robbing the temple. They only gave the monks in the temple an hour to pack their personal belongings, and then escorted them to the dock to board the ship.
Xiunian was completely dumbfounded. All the little property he had managed to accumulate was hidden outside, but these Haihan soldiers would not let them leave at all. If he wanted to escape, he would most likely be regarded as resistance by the Haihan soldiers. or disposed of. There were many wooden racks erected in the city these days, and those hanging on the racks were the resistance elements executed by Haihan. Xiunian did not want to become a prop used by the Haihan people to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
Of course, he also considered whether he could stay in the temple and not leave, but this plan obviously didn't work. As soon as Hai Hanbing arrived, he asked the host to bring the roster from the temple and read through it. After confirming the number of people, he announced the arrangements for them to pack their bags and prepare to immigrate. Although several older monks bravely expressed their intention to stay in the temple and not go anywhere, the Haihan soldiers did not leave them any room for free choice.
Hai Hanbing's methods were very simple and crude. As long as one person remained, everyone in Guangming Temple would die. Although some people may not be afraid of death threats, they are still worried about implicating other companions.
Of course Xiunian wanted to live. He didn't want to die in confusion after the war. No matter what the Haihan people planned to do with him, living was better than death. Therefore, when the internal opinions could not be unified, he took the initiative to stand up and persuade those who wanted to stay to give up their thoughts and not to kill everyone in the temple for their own selfishness.
Xiunian's calmness and eloquence at this time were appreciated by the leading officer, so he was appointed as the temporary head of Guangming Temple and organized the monks in the temple to go to the port. As for the original presiding monk, he was simply ignored because he was unwilling to express his position.
Organizing the evacuation of monks is of course not a great power, but it is very easy to make people jealous. However, Xiunian completed this task extremely well, and even had several die-hard monks who were unwilling to leave tied up. Get up, throw it into the only carriage in the temple and forcefully transport it away.
Xiunian had completely let go at this time, and his methods were more ruthless, both to save others and to save himself. He believed that the Haihan people would use all means to take away all the monks from Guangming Temple. It was unlikely that they were sending them to another temple to continue their practice. He would probably not be able to continue to be a monk in the future. Since survival is more important, then you can no longer worry about whether you will offend your former companions.
Opportunities are given by others, but the path is chosen by oneself. Xiunian's decisiveness and organizational skills during this process gained more trust from Haihan. So he quickly got a new task, responsible for organizing local people to board the ship in an orderly manner at the port.
Thousands of local people helped the elderly and children to the dock, and under the organization of the Haihan Army, they boarded the ship one after another and left. Only then did Xiunian finally understand that the Haihan people's plan was to send all the local people to Overseas resettlement, in order to achieve the purpose of completely evacuating Hirado. Since it is based on such a plan, it can also explain why Haihan did not even let the monks of Guangming Temple go.
Xiunian was more shocked than resentful about such a generous move, and he also felt Haihan's determination to completely dismantle Hirado Port. However, after defeating the Hirado clan army, the other party did not adopt measures such as massacre of the city. Instead, it took time and effort to transport all the people away. In Xiunian's view, this was probably a manifestation of compassion. Of course, when he understands the true intention of Haihan's arrangement in the future, he probably won't think so. As for whether Haihan has the ability to accommodate so many people, Xiunian has no doubt about it. He saw Haihan soldiers everywhere in the city and the Haihan warships that filled Hirado Port. How powerful this country is, it should be no problem to settle thousands of people. Besides, if they couldn't be resettled, why would Haihan bother to transport these people away?
But reality is a slap in the face. When Xiunian came to Seogwipo, she found that there were no resettlement measures as expected. There was no shelter provided for them, there was not enough food supply, and there were no doctors to treat injuries and illnesses. No. There was only one order for them to stand by.
Once here, Xiunian had nothing to do, but in these days he had become familiar with many Haihan soldiers, and even took the time to learn some Haihan's daily expressions. Xiunian mustered up the courage to ask Haihan Bing, only then did he realize that they had just borrowed a place in North Korea for transshipment. It would take a few days for them to be transported to the next stop - the area ruled by Haihan. However, it is difficult to provide better conditions in Seogwipo, so the people who were transported here can only continue to be patient and wait for the arrival of the ship responsible for transshipment.
Xiunian had nothing to do, so he planned to find his companions at Guangming Temple. However, the monks from Guangming Temple came three days earlier than him, and after asking for a long time, they found out that they were placed in another place. Xiunian went to the guard of his camp to plead for mercy, and was finally allowed to be transferred to that camp.
However, Xiunian, who had finally managed to get through, was not welcomed by his companions. The senior brother with whom he had the best relationship in the past also seemed to be a different person, with a very cold attitude. As for the host, he was unwilling to meet him and did not welcome him back to the Guangming Temple group.
Xiunian patiently inquired slowly, only to find out that he had been treated as a traitor by the monks of Guangming Temple. The monks believed that he betrayed Guangming Temple for his own selfish desires and became a lackey of the Haihan people.
"The host has a destiny, and you should go back to where you came from. Guangming Temple is small and can no longer accommodate a giant Buddha like you! Brother Xiunian, let's go!"
Xiunian didn't feel angry when she heard this cold eviction order, but was just disappointed. He believed that what he was doing was saving the lives of the monks of Guangming Temple, but his former companions did not agree with his actions. Xiunian had no way to persuade the monks to trust him again, so he had no choice but to leave.
However, this camp is not a place where he can be transferred at will or leave whenever he wants. At this time, if he wants to transfer back, it will not work. He can only continue to stay. Fortunately, there were seven to eight hundred people settled in this camp, so he could stay far away so as not to be an eyesore to each other.
But it was a blessing in disguise. The wonderful thing about fate is that it is unpredictable. Just when Xiu Nian thought he was starting to be unlucky, God gave him a new opportunity.
On the day Xiunian changed camps, some kindhearted people came here to help with porridge. This was a great joy for the people who had been hungry for two days. However, there were too many hungry and anxious people, and when they heard that there would be a porridge relief later, the order was disrupted. The Haihan soldiers in charge of the guards yelled at them, but they could not have a very good effect because of the language barrier.
At this time, some people thought of Xiunian who had just been transferred here. It is said that this monk received special treatment from the transfer camp because he helped organize the immigration boarding in Hirado. The officer in charge of the camp summoned him and asked him straight to the point if he could help maintain order.
"If you can organize the porridge relief work properly, then I can give you a chance to choose your next destination." The conditions given by the officer were very tempting to Xiunian: "There are at least four places. You can choose, what do you think?”
"Young monk, you should do your best!" Xiunian agreed without any hesitation. He didn't want to miss such a good opportunity, not to choose the best destination, but because this choice would save him from having to go to the same place with his companions from Guangming Temple.
Some people have some innate talents, and Xiunian obviously has extraordinary talents in terms of organizational skills. Even though he was new to the camp and was completely unfamiliar with the people in the camp, he quickly found the organizer. With the feeling, he took the tin trumpet given by Hai Hanbing, climbed to a tree branch and started shouting to the people.
It only took a short time for Xiunian to let these hungry and red-eyed people understand how to get food later, and what punishment they would suffer if they disobeyed the arrangement. Then he began to direct the people to line up from a high place. Of course, the process of queuing up required the intervention of Haihan soldiers. There will always be some people who have to suffer a little before they obey the command. At this time, whips and sticks will show off. The tin trumpet in Nian's hand is more effective.
“This Japanese monk is a bit interesting!”
"This monk can also speak Chinese? That's really convenient!"
This movement has attracted officers from several nearby camps to come and watch. They are quite envious that this camp has found a capable and willing candidate to cooperate. Having such a person available can indeed save a lot in the management process because Trouble caused by language barrier.
Xiunian roared until her lips and mouth were dry. After burning a stick of incense, she finally got hundreds of people in the camp to line up in several columns and wait quietly for the porridge.
Xiunian also saw the monks from Guangming Temple in the team, standing only a few feet away from him. However, Xiunian didn't see any gratitude in their eyes, only fear and jealousy.
(End of chapter)