Chapter 101 Ma Hetai returns home in fine clothes (please follow up!)

At Mingyan Port, dozens of large fortune ships blocked the sky and blocked out the sun, surrounding the entire dock with water.

The lucky ships were all sailors with money-rat tail hairdos. This was not an invasion from the Tatars, but the return of Ma Hetai's tribute group!

The sailors were quickly kicked off the ship by Ma Hetai's men. They were hired by Ma Hetai in the Qing Dynasty. They were of no use once they landed ashore. They were quickly captured to avoid causing trouble.

On the shore, Wang Yang led the soldiers from the Second Guards Town of Luzon and had been waiting here for a long time.

After the sailors disembarked, they didn't think anything was wrong at first. When the soldiers of the Guards came threatening them with muskets and bayonets, they realized that something was wrong.

Sailor Li Xiaoyong looked at the approaching Guards soldiers and thought, this is not the Kingdom of Makassar at all. Could it be that he has entered a pirate den?

But that's not right. The group of soldiers on the opposite side looked more ferocious than the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers. In short, something was wrong.

He couldn't run away, and resisting would be a dead end, so he simply knelt down on the ground.

Fortunately, these sailors were poor people, and Wang Yang didn't want to do anything to them. He just took them and locked them up for a little education.

"Little General Wang, Ma is lucky to have lived up to his command!" Seeing Wang Yang, Ma Hetai felt like meeting a relative, clasping his hands and smiling.

The money is in the sky, and the money spent is the money exchanged for the luminous pearls, so he doesn't feel bad.

For every number of registered household registrations, the excess were arrested for concealing population information and tax evasion, and were exiled (sold) for three thousand miles.

As a result, after some Tatar officials made a lot of money after the first few trial transactions, their actions became more and more exaggerated.

"Twenty percent! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Hetai was extremely happy. These return gifts were all exchanged for Ye Mingzhu. He could take away 20%, which was a huge profit!

During this period, the Tatar Qing Dynasty cracked down on human trafficking quite severely.

Relying on the gold medals awarded by Kangxi, Ma Hetai met many local officials of the Qing Dynasty. He said that Makassar was in urgent need of civilian husbands. He also said that for every person he got, he would give one tael of silver in return.

In order to prevent epidemics, the first thing they did when they got off the ship was to arrange for them to take a bath in the bathhouse.

What are these Tatar officials doing as officials?

Isn't it just to make money? As for the salary, it is so small, who cares!

Moreover, one tael of silver per person is a lot, aren't they just some poor people? The most important thing our Qing Dynasty lacks is population!

Today, the Qing Dynasty has not yet implemented the practice of apportioning people into acres. In order to avoid the poll tax, the phenomenon of people underreporting their population is very serious.

The Tatar officials knew that as long as these ordinary people were not forced into desperation and had food to eat, they would not resist.

Some of the refugees also died on this journey. There was no way around it. Some of those who had crossed the ocean were weak and fell ill. They fell down before they had time to enjoy the blessings in Luzon.

After all, it was not a separation between life and death, it was just a matter of dividing men and women into two groups to bathe and disinfect, so the refugees did not have to fight against the fierce-looking Guards.

"Lao Ma, thank you for your hard work. The king already knows your contribution. When you go to Dongning Mansion, the king will reward you well!" Wang Yang also smiled happily.

It was really good to serve Zheng Kezang, with clear rewards and punishments. He wanted to pay tribute again, Ma Hetai thought happily.

After all, he knew that Zheng Kezang's population was too small.

On the pier of Mingyan Port, the Guards soldiers stood on the bow of the ship and kept shouting.

Following his shouts, groups of refugees with ragged clothes and hesitant faces disembarked from the boat one by one under the command of the soldiers of the Guards.

Fortunately, these money-minded Tatar officials are somewhat sensible.

This is indeed the case. Exile is not beheading, and the whole family is still together, so these people do not dare to have much resistance to being exiled to Makassar.

It is said that if you clear the prefecture in three years, you will earn one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.

After the refugees entered the transit area, the Guards soldiers divided them into two groups based on men and women.

It is foreseeable that with this great success, he will probably have to go back and continue doing this in the future.

About 10,000 hungry people were taken away from Anhui, and the rest were lured here in the name of recruiting workers.

The soldiers of the Guards escorted the refugees to the quarantine area on the side of the pier.

They have practiced this process of bathing, disinfection, and isolation many times before and are already familiar with it.

Once a human trafficker is caught, no matter whether he succeeds or not, the principal will be hanged directly, the accomplices will be punished with a rod of 80% and exiled for three thousand miles, and the more serious ones will be punished with no one, and the accomplices will be exiled with a rod of 100% and sent to the army for four thousand miles.

In other words, even if a large number of people were sold to Ma and Tai, the registered population of the Qing Dynasty would not decrease.

"By the way, the king said that Nian Zaiqin has made great contributions, and you can take 20% of the tribute from the Qing Dynasty in return!" Wang Yang remembered Zheng Kezang's explanation and told him the good news.

Some Tatar officials even asked the police to go to the countryside with the registered population to arrest people.

"Okay, little general, Luzon is more comfortable. Ma really suffered a lot in Tatar!" Ma Hetai complained.

This caused some small commotion among the refugees, but the commotion was quickly eliminated by the fierce eyes and bayonets of the Guards.

A large public bathhouse was built in the transit area that can accommodate thousands of people bathing at the same time.

Da Wula on the side didn't bother to expose him. This trip was indeed so smooth because of his ability to get both sides. He also opened up routes for many Tatar officials, and he might be able to go there and deceive them again in the future.

Ma Hetai also happened to encounter a famine this time, so he took the opportunity to fish them out.

"Please pay attention to where you step. Don't walk around after everyone disembarks. Someone will arrange accommodation and provide food for you!"

"Watch your own children, take care of your mother-in-law, and don't make mistakes!"

Other soldiers who had been waiting on the dock for a long time immediately stepped forward to guide these refugees.

There was no such thing as a bathhouse in Luzon. For the sake of the population of 20,000, the Luzon Protectorate, under the order of Zheng Kezang, immediately built a refugee transit area near the pier.

"Old Ma, I won't accompany you for now. It's important to relocate the refugees now." Wang Yang said goodbye to Ma Hetai and went to direct the soldiers to relocate the refugees.

In order to prevent the poor from causing trouble, people are arrested one by one, and all the young and old are taken away, as long as the total registered population matches.

Speaking of which, nearly 20,000 people were transported on this trip, which was not easy.

After entering the bathhouse, each refugee was given a simple soap made from plant ash and animal fat.

They were required to wash every part of their bodies.

Moreover, once the men among the refugees walked forward after taking a shower, the Guards actually arrested them to shave off their braids!

My parents were affected by my body and skin, but fortunately they didn't have the strength to resist, otherwise something would have happened.

"You are Chinese, you are not allowed to have pig tails in the future, otherwise you will have braids but no hair!" After shaving, every refugee was warned like this.

However, their complaints soon disappeared because the Guards gave them too much!
Chapter completed!