Chapter 3447
Tan Tianlei's words sounded somewhat reasonable, but he did not directly answer Qian Shaobao's question.
Before Qian Shaobao could say anything, Li Dechang coughed twice and changed the subject: "Brother Tan, how are the immigrants sent to areas under General Qian's rule screened? Is this the same way?"
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Tan Tianlei shook his head and responded: "That's different. According to General Qian's request, the immigrants sent to the three islands are mainly young and strong Han people. In the past two days, several immigrant ships will set off from Xingdao. Yesterday you Li Yuande, whom I have met, will be responsible for this transportation task, and you two can go and see it yourself.”
Qian Shaobao thought that these details were not mentioned when talking to Li Yuande yesterday. Whether Tan Tianlei's words were true or false, he would know when he asked Li Yuande later. There was no need to question the other party at the moment. But if this is the case, then Xingdao is kind and willing to allocate the more valuable Han youth to Qian Tiandun.
After getting Tan Tianlei's permission, Qian Shaobao stepped forward and randomly found a few Han-looking immigrants and asked them about their origins and experiences.
As expected, many of them came from the areas captured by Haihan this year, especially those from Hejian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture. Presumably, this group of immigrants was sent from the Northern Region.
Although these immigrants all claimed to be ordinary people, from Qian Shaobao's perspective, it was not difficult to tell that some of them must have been soldiers. Presumably these people were also worried that their status as prisoners of war would be challenged, so they did not dare to tell them frankly.
Qian Shaobao was not worried that these prisoners of war would cause trouble. They had long since become a piece of loose sand without organization, and the resettlement place they were assigned was also in a foreign country far away from the Ming Dynasty. In such a strange environment, they had no one to whom they could be loyal. If you can rely on Haihan to survive, how can you think of escaping or resisting?
This is why domestic prisoners and prisoners of war are exiled to such distant places. The purpose is to completely eliminate the idea of resistance among these dangerous people.
After careful observation, Qian Shaobao concluded that the proportion of Han people in this immigrant camp was indeed not high. There were almost all people of all skin colors and appearances here. Many people may not understand Chinese at all, so The immigration officers who manage this place also come from several ethnic groups.
Such a strange sight is completely unseen in Haihan. However, Tan Tianlei and Li Dechang have lived on Star Island since they were young, and they are obviously accustomed to this.
Qian Shaobao suddenly remembered something and asked Tan Tianlei: "The Xingdao Region accepts prisoners and prisoners of war from the country, but what should we do if we want to exile local prisoners? Should we exile them to remote islands?"
Tan Tianlei said: "We will exile some prisoners whose identities are sensitive and cannot be detained locally to the Luzon Region. Similarly, the Luzon Region will also have similar operations. In this way, there is no need to worry that these prisoners will try to Escape, or seek special care.”
Qian Shaobao couldn't help but be stunned. This answer was completely beyond his expectation. He never expected that the two overseas regions of Luzon and Singdao would handle the issue of prisoner exile in this way.
Tan Tianlei then introduced to him that this practice had actually been going on for many years. As early as 1637, after the battle to attack the city of Manila, the Haihan Army transported a large number of enemy prisoners of war captured in Manila to Star Island for exile, in order to eliminate local security risks and at the same time allow these prisoners of war to play their part in Star Island. residual value.
Then the two places reached a tacit understanding and this practice has been used ever since. However, in the absence of large-scale wars, there are not many people actually operating this kind of exchange and exile. After a year, the two regions combined will have only two to three hundred people at most. After the visit, the itinerary arranged by Tan Tianlei came to an end. That afternoon, Li Dechang and Qian Shaobao went their separate ways.
Li Dechang was going to the yamen of the Ministry of Security to hand over work matters, while Qian Shaobao was accompanied by the Luo brothers to visit the garrison base in Xingdao.
Since the establishment of the Xingdao Region, the number of wars with neighboring countries has not been many. Compared with other regions, it is relatively peaceful. Moreover, in the past thirty years, the Executive Committee has always focused its development on the north, so the size and equipment level of the garrison on Star Island cannot be compared with places like the Northern Region and the East China Sea Region.
However, Roger, who was born as a soldier, attaches no less importance to the military than the governor of any region. The scale of the navy and army bases built locally far exceeds the actual garrison needs. So last year, Qian Tiandun led his troops south to Star Island, and nearly 10,000 troops were settled here without much effort.
Qian Shaobao also made a special trip to visit the Xingdao Mercenary Group. This special armed force composed of multi-ethnic fighters is famous for its ability to organize and carry out transnational military operations. It not only earns a large amount of income for Xingdao, but also Continuously demonstrate to the outside world the military strength possessed by Xingdao.
When Qian Shaobao set off from Sanya, Shao Tianhu, the head of the Xingdao office who saw him off the ship at the dock, had served as the commander of the first battalion of the Xingdao mercenary regiment before being stationed in Sanya.
When visiting the shooting range, the Luo brothers took the initiative to invite Qian Shaobao to have a try. Without waiting for his consent, he ordered someone to fetch three rifles. It seemed that he wanted to compete with him in shooting skills.
Of course Qian Shaobao understood that the two brothers wanted to take this opportunity to weigh themselves. However, Qian Tiandun personally taught him military skills since he was a child. Shooting is naturally one of the required courses. He has rich experience in live-fire shooting of various standard firearms in the Haihan Army, and will not suffer from stage fright at this time. .
The three then started a shooting competition on the shooting range. Qian Shaobao soon discovered that the Luo brothers' marksmanship was not bad at all, and they had obviously also undergone a lot of shooting training. Although their shooting skills are not yet good enough to be snipers, they are definitely much higher than ordinary soldiers.
The ten rounds of shooting at the gun target thirty feet away were quickly completed, and a soldier immediately retrieved the gun target for the three of them to inspect together.
Judging from the results, the performance of the three people was actually in the middle, and the gap was not obvious. Naturally, they couldn't help but compliment each other.
When he returned to his residence after the day's trip, Qian Shaobao sent someone to invite Li Yuande over again and asked him about the details of the immigration allocation to verify what Tan Tianlei said today.
After listening to Qian Shaobao's description, Li Yuande laughed and said: "What Tan Tianlei said is indeed the truth, but he didn't finish what he said."
Qian Shaobao asked: "How to say?"
Li Yuande said: "The distribution method is indeed what he said, but the number is far from meeting General Qian's requirements. Every time I come here, I have to accept at least a thousand people, but the so-called young and strong Han people can have three to five hundred at a time." Even if the people are quite good, so every time we come to transport immigrants, we still have to meet many conditions that are not suitable, otherwise we simply won’t be able to get enough.”