The surviving people in Jiangyin City left the mouth of the Yangtze River and entered the sea on the ships of the Zhoushan Ming Army.The Han people were unwilling to leave their homeland until they had no choice but to do so, and everyone stood at the bow of the boat, silently looking at the land, with mixed tastes in their hearts.The scenery is not different, the deep sorrow of the Jin people, and the vain wishes of the Song people.Looking at the far away continent, everyone's eyes were melancholy, and their hearts were all sad, and they went thousands of miles, not knowing if they would have a chance to recover this river and mountain.The destination of the fleet is Zhoushan, the Zhoushan archipelago is located in the northeast of Zhejiang, opposite Ningbo, there are many islands and reefs, dotted with hundreds of large and small islands, with Zhoushan Island being the largest.The space in the cabin is small, coupled with the high wind and waves at sea, a large number of people are seasick, and everyone is miserable, but fortunately, the journey is not long, and the fleet finally arrived at the main island of Zhoushan after sailing on the sea for five days.At this time, Zhao Ming stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sparkling sea, and flocks of seagulls hovering on the sea.Between the sea and the sky, the fishing boats rode the wind and waves in the sea, throwing fishing nets, and the Ming army sentinel boats shuttled on the sea surface to patrol the sea.Seeing this scene, everyone was in a much better mood, Cheng Bi pointed to the distance, "Everyone, that is Zhoushan Island, or the place of Daming." ”For those who have lost their homes, the sight of the island in front of them makes everyone feel emotional.At this time, two sentinel ships in the distance came through the waves, communicated with the fleet in the language of flags, and then led the fleet into the harbor.Zhao Ming and the others stood at the bow of the ship, and when they saw the fleet sailing into the harbor, he looked around and saw thousands of large and small ships moored in the harbor, and he felt extremely shocked in his heart.Zheng Sen said on the side: "Zhoushan is close to Zhejiang, close to Nanzhili, and the smuggling trade of the entire eastern Zhejiang is carried out here. ”The Zheng family in Fujian has five merchants from the mountains and seas, the five merchants of the mountains are responsible for purchasing goods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the five merchants of the sea are responsible for transporting the goods overseas.Zhoushan is a transit point for smuggling merchants and trades at sea, and the Zheng family in Fujian also has many ships here.This is also the reason why Zhoushan is close to Zhejiang, and the general soldier Huang Binqing did not serve Lu Jianguo, but supported the Fujian Longwu Imperial Court.The ship stopped in the harbor, and everyone stepped off the big boat, and their feet went to the ground, and they immediately felt a sense of steadiness in their hearts."
Virtuous nephew!
You're worried about me!
”A rough voice came from afar.Zhao Ming and the others turned their heads to look, and saw a burly general with a beard, surrounded by a group of soldiers, laughing and walking over.The person who came was none other than Huang Binqing, the chief soldier of Zhoushan, Sulubo, who heard that Zheng Sen had come ashore and immediately came to greet him in person.Huang Binqing is a native of Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong is familiar with each other, when Zheng Sen went to Nanjing by land and water, he once passed Zhoushan and was treated by Huang Binqing."
Shibo, don't come unharmed~" Zheng Sen hurriedly saluted.Huang Binqing came up and held his hand, and then pulled him back, "Virtuous nephew!"
Your father has written to me several times and asked about your situation, and now that you have returned safely, I have also given an explanation to the master.Come on, you follow me into the house, let's have a good talk~" Zheng Sen couldn't break free, and hurriedly said: "Shibo, I'll introduce you to one person, as well as Yan Gong and Chen Gong who fought against the Qing Dynasty in Jiangyin~" Huang Binqing glanced back at Zhao Ming and the others, and smiled perfunctorily, "Don't worry, there will be time in the future, Xiaoqing, you let people settle them!"
”After speaking, he pulled Zheng Sen away.Zhao Ming frowned slightly, his face was unhappy, "This Huang Binqing is too arrogant!"
”Yan Yingyuan didn't speak, and Chen Mingyu shook his head slightly, "He is the chief soldier of the imperial court, Su Lubo, we are just ordinary people." ”At this time, the general who was ordered by Huang Binqing, after casually ordering a small colonel, followed Huang Binqing quickly, and did not take Zhao Ming and the others seriously."
Come with me!"
Baihu came over and said casually.Zhao Ming and the others had to take the people to follow, and listened to the hundred households as they walked: "There are too many people on the island, it is already overcrowded, and there is a shortage of all kinds of materials, so I am wronged that you are staying outside the city for the time being." ”The Nanjing court was destroyed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented shaving hair and easy clothes, and the Jiangnan was in turmoil, and many people and gentry crossed the sea to Zhoushan.Like Jiangyin, the resistance to the Qing Dynasty failed, and there were hundreds of thousands of rebels and civilians who fled, and the entire Zhoushan was overcrowded, and the officials and soldiers of Zhoushan were not surprised.Zhao Ming and the others listened to the words of the hundred households, and saw that outside Zhoushan City, there were straw huts and tents built by refugees and rebels everywhere, which seemed very chaotic.At this time, Baihu took the group to the bottom of a hill and turned around, "This is it."
You send ten people to collect things with me, I'll give you an account first, it won't be too much, and you can figure out the rest by yourself!
”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "We are familiar with Damu, please give us more food and tents!"
”Baihu didn't want to be careless, he glanced up at Zhao Ming, saw that he was mighty, and confessed: "It's because of the instructions that we prepared some supplies for you, and we don't care about the others going ashore!"
”Chen Mingyu frowned and said: "It's all an anti-Qing rebel army, how can you ignore it?"
”Baihu said angrily: "How can you manage it, can you manage it?"
How big is Zhoushan, hundreds of thousands of people are pouring in at once, and the food can't be changed!
”Everyone was silent when they heard this, originally thinking that they would be able to settle down in Zhoushan, but now it seems that the hard days have just begun.After speaking, the hundred households left with their hands, and Zhao Ming asked Liu Si to bring someone over and bring the materials back.At ten o'clock in the evening, Liu Si pushed back more than a dozen carts and brought back some tents, iron pots and food.Chen Mingyu took stock, the tent was not enough at all, and the food was only enough to eat for more than ten days.Everyone was sad for a while, Zhao Ming had a calm face, and there was nothing he could do.Yan Yingyuan said: "Bury the pot and cook the rice first, let everyone have a full meal, and find Damu tomorrow to find some way!"
”So the gentlemen cooked the rice, and the people worked all the way, and after eating, they lay down on the ground and fell asleep.The old and weak women and children slept in tents, and the men lay down among the dead leaves for the night.Early the next morning, Zhao Ming went to find Zheng Sen, was stopped at the city gate, waited for a long time, and got a letter, Zheng Sen had taken a fleet to Fujian overnight yesterday and went back to Fujian.Zhao Ming returned to the camp and gave the letter to Yan Yingyuan and the others to watch, and everyone was at a loss.Two days later, hundreds of households came over and informed them that they could not continue to stay in Zhoushan.There are too many people gathered on the island, Zhoushan can't afford to raise it, and if it goes on like this, there will inevitably be chaos, Huang Binqing ordered that the refugees gathered on the island be distributed to many islands, and the officials and soldiers only provide some rations, and the rest is only for the refugees to figure out their own way.Perhaps Zheng Sen had an explanation, Huang Binqing gave another batch of rations, and Zhao Ming and others took food and materials and moved to Jintang Island, not far from Zhoushan, as an outpost of Zhoushan Island.()