Chapter 3070
No matter how good Aragones's calculation is, given his current situation, Ni Bodhisattva crossing the river cannot save himself, and he will definitely not be able to change the arrangements of this group of Spanish immigrants.
In order to calm the matter, he could only follow the requirements of the civil affairs officials and go forward to appease them, telling these people not to cause trouble and to obey Haihan's arrangement to board the ship and rush to the settlement. He promised these people that he would continue to negotiate with Haihan officials to ensure that they would receive the treatment they deserve in their new home.
If we can apply for shipping qualifications in the future, maybe this island settlement will be accepted as a destination one day, and then these Hispanic immigrants who were sent to settle there may come in handy.
After some persuasion, these Spaniards finally followed Aragones's advice, did not allow the conflict to intensify further, and honestly went to the dock to board the ship.
It was only by their luck that they met Aragones and they were able to avoid disaster. If they continued to make trouble, they would really be sent to the mines to work as coolies.
And this is just a small episode in the resettlement of Hispanic immigrants. According to the previous lottery results, Hispanic immigrants will be dispersed to multiple settlements.
Most of these settlements are only village-sized. Immigrants have to face a series of problems such as food, clothing, housing and transportation after arriving there. Coupled with the language barrier, many problems will inevitably arise in the future.
When things have reached this point, Wang Tom can finally submit a summary report of this operation to the Executive Committee. The operation to seize San Diego Bay lasted for several months, and the investment was extremely huge, but fortunately the process was relatively smooth, and the operation goals set by Wang Tom were basically achieved.
Haihan's army occupied San Diego Bay and destroyed a Spanish armed fleet at a very low cost of casualties. This ensured that the Spaniards would be unable to launch counterattacks from the sea for a period of time in the future and won valuable territory for Haihan's colonial areas in North America. development time.
This battle also gained more than 3,000 people, including prisoners of war. For the North American region where human resources were extremely tight, its significance was even greater than victory on the battlefield.
The expeditionary force spent nearly four years establishing a foothold in North America, and remained unknown during this period. Now that it has finally handed over this report card, Wang Tom can finally apply to the Executive Committee for more supplies and weapons. , production equipment, and organized larger-scale transoceanic immigration operations.
At the same time, on the other side of the ocean in Sanya, local newspapers have begun to publish relevant reports on the battle for San Diego Bay. It was only at this time that many people remembered that there was such a force deployed thousands of miles away, and it had been quietly opening up territory for the country for several years.
The street-facing seats on the fifth floor of Jingsi Pavilion are still occupied by loyal customer Tan Tianming today.
On the table in front of him, in addition to the "Haihan Times" that he must buy every issue, there is now an additional copy of "Sanya Express".
Since he happened to read the Express article last time, he had an extra expense when buying newspapers. This is not because he has any preference for the express article style, but simply because he wants to have more comprehensive information.
He was also worried that articles that would have a negative impact on the Star Island Region would appear again. If he failed to deal with them in time, it would be a dereliction of duty on his part.
After previously communicating with Ning Qi about the Portuguese spending money on propaganda, Tan Tianming became more thoughtful when reading newspapers. He would think about the trends contained in international news, and behind those articles with different positions, Who is the real profiteer. Whenever Haihan achieves a major military victory, the battle process is the focus of reports in various newspapers, and this time is certainly no exception.
The Times and Express both devoted a lot of space to reporting in detail the process of this operation, including detailed information such as the size of the troops used by Haihan and the specific number of enemies killed and captured.
Tan Tianming paid attention to the time of the last battle, and it was less than ten days from today. For relevant reports to appear in newspapers so quickly, this is obviously a manipulation by the North American authorities, who first announced the news to stir up public opinion. The executive committee will of course take this factor into consideration when formulating awards in the future.
This method is not unfamiliar to Tan Tianming, because the Singdao District has used similar methods before to hype the results in several major newspapers.
It's just that the Sing Tao Region did not encounter a real opponent in its operations in the Strait of Malacca, and no fierce war broke out. After making preliminary arrangements, several key islands were captured almost straight away. Several potential competitors were intimidated by the scale of Xingdao's troop deployment, and no one dared to jump out and confront Haihan.
Through actions, the Sing Tao Region expanded its actual control area to the north of the Strait of Malacca, truly achieving complete control of the Malacca waterway. It is no exaggeration to say that this will have a profound impact on the maritime industry in the next few hundred years and will be an important harvest for future generations.
The Xingdao Region captured the target at the lowest cost without spending a single soldier. The process was simply perfect.
But in terms of news value, such a smooth and calm action process is certainly not as sensational as the fierce naval battle in North America that annihilated the Spanish fleet.
For ordinary people in the country, it is still difficult to truly realize the importance of the Malacca Strait, and they will not immediately feel the changes it brings to their lives. How much new land has been occupied, how many people have been added, and how many enemy troops have been eliminated. These are the data that the public will be interested in and can truly generate cognition.
The North American side actually destroyed an armed fleet and captured several thousand Spaniards. These specific figures are obviously more convincing to ordinary people.
Even from Tan Tianming's point of view, he had to admit that North America fought this battle quite beautifully. If it were the Xingdao Region that operated it, it would probably be difficult to do better than the North American Region.
However, the newspaper's praise of the North American region greatly exceeded the report on the South China Sea war situation some time ago, which made Tan Tianming feel a little uncomfortable.
What made him even more unhappy was that this issue of the Express had Fu Qiqiang's commentary article, and its content was to list the results of recent military operations in Star Island and North America, and to arbitrarily discuss them through simple data comparisons. Touting North American action gains.
Although there were no words in the article that were obviously derogatory to Xingdao, it was clearly a bit of a compliment. The more Tan Tianming read it, the more angry he became. He immediately called the waiter to pay the bill and took the newspaper to Huo De to pass it on.
(End of chapter)