Chapter 3435
Before Qian Tiandun led his troops to the south, he had been stationed in the northern border of the empire all year round. In recent years, he had rarely dealt with southern officials. Therefore, Qian Shaobao did not think that his father would have much influence in the south, but this was obviously a wrong judgment.
Qian Tiandun's prestige in the country was far beyond his imagination. Even in Jinlan Port in Annan, thousands of miles away from the Northern Region, Qian Tiandun has a group of young second-generation fans.
Qian Shaobao already understood at this time that the enthusiasm shown by these civil and military officials in Camlan Port was all due to his background. And their respect for Qian Tiandun seemed to be no less than that of northern officials.
After all, when these officials were young, Qian Tiandun was already a world-famous victorious general. Most of them had more or less regarded Qian Tiandun as their idol and role model.
Now it was Qian Tiandun's family who came to Cam Ranh Port as guests. This emotion of longing and reverence was naturally projected onto Qian Shaobao.
After Qian Shaobao understood Qiu Zhiguo's intention, he generously praised the Camlan Port Shipyard for its support to the special warfare division. He also took advantage of the situation and inquired about the special warfare division's ordering of warships here.
Qian Shaobao's trip was originally to go to Phuket Island for the special warfare division. In addition, he was Qian Tiandun's son. Qiu Zhiguo naturally would not hide anything from him. He even introduced the cooperation between Cam Ranh Port and the special warfare division in detail. .
Qian Tiandun visited Cam Ranh Port on his way south last year. After visiting the local military port facilities and understanding the technical level of the shipyard, he had already said hello to this place at that time, hoping to build the equipment needed for the special warfare division here. warship.
Naturally, Qiu Zhiguo would not refuse such a deal that came to him, not to mention that the other party was Qian Tiandun.
According to the agreement between the two parties, the Cam Ranh Port Shipyard will build an expedition-class warship, an exploration-class warship, four Barracuda-class troop carriers, two Yugong-class supply ships, and a A Sailfish-class Type C high-speed reconnaissance ship.
In addition, there are orders for six warships from the Xingdao region, which has already filled the shipyard's construction schedule for next year.
Qiu Zhiguo said with some hesitation: "Unfortunately, our shipbuilding scale here is limited and cannot meet the needs of General Qian and General Luo. I heard that they have also assigned some orders to the shipyards in Hue Port and Vung Tau Port for processing."
Qian Shaobao thought that it was not just Annan that was busy with this matter. Several government-built shipyards on Hainan Island had also received orders from the Xingdao Region and the Special Warfare Division.
Qian Tiandun and Roger have already set their sights on the Indian Ocean region. Their plans are huge, and the existing fleet size is naturally far from enough, so they will start large-scale shipbuilding this year. But even if orders are spread among multiple shipyards, the shipbuilding progress may not be able to keep up with their action plans.
After visiting the shipyard, Qiu Zhiguo was preparing to take Qian Shaobao and Li Dechang to the next location. At this time, someone came to inform him that several civilian ships had entered the port. The ships were seriously damaged by sea storms, and there were also people on board. Dead or wounded, please go to the dock to check.
In the event of such an emergency, the next visit arrangement will naturally be unable to proceed. Qiu Zhiguo was waiting to apologize, but Qian Shaobao took the initiative to go to the dock to see what was going on.
Qiu Zhiguo was eager to have more opportunities to communicate with Qian Shaobao, so he readily agreed and immediately drove to the dock where the accident occurred.
When I got off the bus, I saw that there were four ships in total, all of which were civilian versions of the Yugong-class heavy-duty sailboats. Due to the construction technology, the cost of this kind of ship is higher than that of the traditional Fuzhou Guangzhou ship, and it is generally equipped by powerful large shipyards.
Looking from the dock, the damage to these ships does not seem serious. The main damage visible to the naked eye is the damage to the sail ropes, presumably caused by the strong winds at sea.
The medical team led by Jessica arrived one step ahead of them and was already carrying the injured people off the ship on stretchers. Qian Xiaobao noticed that there were several groups of soldiers on the pier, guarding the springboard that had been set up, seemingly to prevent others on the ship from landing.
Qiu Zhiguo immediately called the steward at the dock and asked him to summon the people in charge of these ships.
Later, several dark-skinned men were brought over, and the steward said that these men were the bosses of the ship.
After Qiu Zhiguo inquired, it turned out that these ships belonged to Guangzhou Zhan's Shipping Company. They encountered a storm on the way from Guangzhou to Xingdao, so they came to Cam Ranh Port to take shelter.
As they could see, the damage to the ship was not too serious, but the sail ropes damaged by the storm needed to be repaired in Cam Ranh Port before it could go out to sea.
The casualties on the ship were mainly caused by various impacts on the ship caused by the rough waves. The current statistics are that five people were killed and more than 40 people were injured to varying degrees.
Qian Shaobao interjected: "In that case, why not evacuate the people on the ship ashore as soon as possible?"
Dalian, the leader of the ship, waved his hands and said: "My lord, this is impossible. The identities of the people on the ship are complicated. If they are evacuated ashore, there may be chaos. It is better to let them stay on the ship."
Qiu Zhiguo asked: "Are these ships carrying... immigrants?"
The boss of the ship nodded and said: "They are all shipped from the north, and each ship carries about five hundred people."
Qiu Zhiguo said: "I will order people to prepare food and water. You can distribute them as soon as possible to calm the emotions of the people on the ship and not to cause any trouble!"
Several ship bosses quickly bowed and thanked him. Seeing that Qiu Zhiguo made no other requests, they hurried back to the ship.
Qiu Zhiguo immediately asked the dock steward to prepare supplies, and then explained the reason to Qian Shaobao and Li Dechang who were confused.
It turns out that this kind of immigrant fleet transporting people to the south has been running on this route for several months. During this period, immigrant ships occasionally stopped at Cam Ranh Port for supplies, so Qiu Zhiguo was not surprised by this.
As for the reason why the immigrants on the ship are not allowed to disembark, as the boss of the ship said, the identities of the people on the ship are relatively complicated, so they will not be arranged to go ashore to rest during the stop.
When Qian Shaobao heard this, he understood a little bit, and asked Qiu Zhiguo: "These immigrants are not ordinary civilians, right?"
Qiu Zhiguo nodded and said: "As far as I know, many of them were captured in the Faming War in the first half of the year. It is also for safety reasons that they are not allowed to disembark."
In the first half of the war against the Ming Dynasty, Haihan conquered cities and occupied many state capitals, and also captured a large number of Ming troops and related personnel. For these prisoners of war, it is certainly not realistic or humane to kill them all, but whether they are released on the spot or resettled nearby, the risk will be very high, and only resettlement in a different place is a safer approach.
The best places for these people to go are, of course, overseas colonies that are far away from the mainland and have a huge demand for immigrants.