Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 220

A large number of refugees crossed the actual control border of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and wandered from the north to Guangdong.A boundary shows two completely different worlds. When the refugee wave took shape, Nanming began careful research and preparations, and activated an emergency plan that was not pre-made.Not only did a large amount of materials come together, but various military and local departments began to coordinate their work.

The Guangdong Provincial Government, the Shaozhou Government, and the Nanxiong Government, together with the South China Military Region, dispatched a large amount of manpower to establish refugee receiving stations in the border area.Among them, the military dispatched about [-] officers and soldiers to cooperate, and the local government recruited some volunteers to participate in the resettlement operation together with government officials.

Outside the gate of the resettlement station, more than a dozen soldiers of the National Restoration Army, public officials, and volunteers were shouting in very loud voices.

"... Folks, enter the resettlement station. My Ming government will distribute winter clothes to you and provide you with a place to live temporarily. Enter now, and you will receive a shock of porridge and rice. Everyone must be orderly, don't push, don't create Chaos. You have to be checked when you enter the station, you can't bring dangerous items, and you have to disinfect!"

Because the inside and outside of the resettlement station are separated by a fence wrapped with barbed wire, it is possible to see what is going on inside from the outside.The refugees who come here can see that the staff at the gate are searching for the refugees. After entering, there is a place where the porridge is given out. , They took a wooden or wooden dinner plate, and the master served them a large spoonful of sticky rice porridge, and gave them two pickles.

Obviously very hungry, but still patiently waiting in line, this scene is very shocking.At least the refugees standing outside don't quite understand it.In fact, it was not that there were no refugees rushing forward to snatch the food, but standing next to the master congee chef was a row of tall soldiers of the Zionist Army, with rifles in their hands and gleaming bayonets on the rifles.

On the other side after eating, winter clothes and bedding are distributed. The temperature is still very low, and most of the poor refugees are dressed in rags. Although the clothes distributed by the resettlement station are not very good, they are at least warm.Speaking of it, I still have to thank the strong textile industry in Australia. A large amount of cotton cloth produced in Australia came to Guangdong and was made into garments.In just a few months, basically the local big and small cloth merchants will go bankrupt.At any rate, the provincial government summoned its textile industry workers, ordinary handicraft families were transformed into textile factory workers, cloth merchants, tailor shops, etc. were transformed into factories, and so on.

Of course, the most conspicuous place is the center of the resettlement station. Dozens of barbers hold bright scissors in their hands. Any man who enters the resettlement station must cut off the money rat tail on the back of his head.

Regarding this, the refugees are generally in a stable mood. This is not the end of the Qing Dynasty after all, and the Chinese are not sick enough to have any feelings for money rat tails. Most of the refugees have only had ugly hair accessories for a short time, and they want to cut them off at this time.

"You need to cut your braids." Zhou Zhong, a young man with a disheveled face, looked over there, slightly worried.

His elder brother Zhou Da said weakly: "Live is the most important thing. We escaped during this journey. I don't know how many corpses fell on the side of the road. They died of freezing and starvation. It's really a crime. Anyway, I came to Guangdong. This is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it’s better to use the old court, there are porridge donors here, so we two brothers can finally save our lives.”

Zhou Zhong said regretfully: "If you cut your braid, you won't be able to go back to your hometown..."

Zhou Da snorted, and scolded: "Second brother, are you stupid in reading and reading? Go home and we brothers will eat and drink, and we will talk about it if we can survive in Guangdong. At that time, maybe the prince's soldiers and horses They killed our hometown and drove all the tartars away, and at that time, we don’t need braids or braids when we go back to our hometown.”

The age difference between the two brothers of the Zhou family is seven or eight years old. Zhou Da single-handedly brought up his younger brother Zhou Zhong. It can be said that the eldest brother is like a father.Zhou Da even lived frugally to save money for his younger brother, and asked his younger brother to let him study, hoping that his younger brother will be successful, but he himself is an illiterate farmer.It's just that Zhou Zhong is weak in nature, and he doesn't achieve much in reading.Every day at home, he respects his elder brother more, and he dare not answer back what his elder brother says.

Zhou Zhong was helpless, and sighed: "It's a pity for my sister-in-law and my nephew and niece."

Zhou Da's face was frosty, and he was even more compassionate.He had already married and had children, but in a catastrophe, a pair of his sons and daughters contracted a cold and died of illness. In order to survive, his pretty wife went to hook up with the landlords in the village. They were also snatched away, and the two had no choice but to flee south with the refugees.

"Don't talk about that, the mother-in-law can be found again, and the baby can be born again." Zhou Da's character is firm.

The two brothers had already arrived at the gate of the resettlement station. At this time, the staff in front shouted loudly: "Dear folks, line up and enter the resettlement station in an orderly manner. We have enough food and winter clothes to give everyone , don't push! Let the families with the elderly, children and women go first!"

Zhou Da heard this, and said angrily: "It's really unlucky for the two of us, and we still have to let those dragging families take care of us."

Zhou Zhongdao: "This can be regarded as a virtuous courtesy. My two brothers have already arrived here, so let's wait for a while."

At this moment, the two brothers suddenly heard a few sneaky people talking outside.

"What's the matter? You can't get into the camp like this. This group of thieves didn't expect to be so vigilant in collecting refugees. What should we do, Mr. Zhao?"

"It doesn't matter, the mission of our brothers is not to kill the Ming army. Let's make trouble here, causing chaos here, and let the Ming army conflict with the refugees."

Zhou Da and Zhou Zhong were shocked when they heard this. The two brothers saw that some men among the refugees took out sharp weapons such as short knives from their bodies, and slashed viciously at the refugees beside them. past.

"Killed! The Ming army killed!"

The armed thugs began to slash people among the refugees, some even raised their knives to attack the civil servants and volunteers of the Ming Dynasty standing outside the resettlement station, and some attacked Ming soldiers with weapons.

The scene immediately became chaotic, shouts of killing and screams came, and soon gunshots also rang out.The soldiers of the National Restoration Army guarding the gate were also panicked. They raised their guns, but they didn't know who to shoot.The crowd was in chaos, armed thugs continued to kill and injure people, and the refugees who were about to line up to enter the camp also fled everywhere.

(End of this chapter)