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Chapter 270 Yin Island

Just as the time travelers were conducting a pilot in Wangjia Village, Qin Zheng and Wang Yunpeng took a platoon to Yindao by boat to examine the salt industry here. Also accompanying him was Cheng Shishuo, the radar chief of the Kunming ship. He served in the Beihai Fleet as a radar technician in the old time and space for eight months and had been to Yindao.

It turned out that the South China Sea Fleet was the earliest Chinese Navy to assemble the Type 052d missile destroyer in the old time and space, while the North China Sea Fleet was the last of the three major fleets to assemble this type of warship. Therefore, in order to help the North China Sea Fleet to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, a group of technicians from the South China Sea Fleet were transferred to the North China Sea Fleet for technical support, and Cheng Shishuo was one of them.

The Beihai Fleet's station is Qingdao. Cheng Shishuo is familiar with the Qingdao area. He has visited the Hanjia Folk Village in Hongdao twice, and has traveled through the waters around Hongdao many times by warship. Therefore, this time the Kunming ship returned to Tianjin to station, but he left Cheng Shishuo as a staff officer of the Qingdao command.

Red Island is also the Yin Island in this time and space. In the 1960s of the old time and space, when the mountains and rivers across the country were red, the locals changed Yin Island to Red Island to express their revolutionary spirit, and continued to use it until the time travel occurred.

In the old time and space, Hongdao was connected with the mainland and became a peninsula in Jiaozhou Bay. However, in this time and space, Yindao was still an independent island in the sea, and it would take more than ten years to connect with the land.

The group took a 318 boat from Qingdao Bay Pier Pier in the early morning and drove into Jiaozhou Bay. After more than an hour of sailing, they arrived near Langjun Port on Yindao.

Langjun Port is located in the northeast of Yin Island and is the largest port on Yin Island. The "Langjun" here is not the name of a woman to call her husband, but refers to Langjun, the leader of the Dongyi tribe in the Yanhuang era. According to historical research, the world's fishery originated from China, and China's fishery originated from the Dongyi tribe. It is said that the leader Langjun family members built nets to build ships and went to sea to catch fish. Therefore, Langjun was respected by later generations as the "fishing ancestor".

Yindao is a typical marine civilized society, and has always been based on fishing and salt industry as its economic pillar. Therefore, the fishing ancestor Langjun family and the salt clan Susha family have their own temples on Yindao. It can be seen that fishing and salt have not been separated since ancient times.

Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng and Cheng Shishuo stood on the boat, looking at the undulating and gentle land contours on the distant coastline. However, the island was lush and green, and the trees were dotted with village houses, reflecting the blue sea and blue sky. It was indeed a pleasant scenery. There were sails and monuments in Langjun Port, and the seagulls flew by in the sky, making crisp sounds from time to time. In the distance, you can see the villages, shops, towering towers, and crowds of people on the shore.

Qin Zheng paid attention to the fact that fishing boats were big and small. The largest one was a two-masted large ship. The side of the boat was three or four meters high, estimated to be more than 100 tons. There were also small fishing boats that didn't even have sails and could only rely on oars and oars to power, but they were all wooden boats. Although it was the fishing moratorium season, the people on the boat were still busy, repairing nets, repairing ships, repairing sails, changing masts, etc.

Cheng Shishuo held his cell phone and took a photo while saying, "This scenery is much better than when I came here. This is an original ancient building landscape. Unlike the Han Family Folk Village I have visited, they are all modern antique buildings."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "This is Hanjia Village."

Cheng Shishuo said: "Yes, Hanjia Village is an old resident of Yin Island, and is considered a big family. In the old time and space, most of the residents in the northeast of Hongdao were surnamed Han. Ju said that the ancestors of Hanjia Village in Yin Island were descendants of Hanqi during the Spring and Autumn Period. It has been passed down to about 16 and 7 generations, and most of them make a living by making salt. In the old time and space, Hanjia Folk Village was funded by the residents of Hanjia Village. It was probably in this area, mainly based on fishing and salt culture as the selling point."

Wang Yunpeng said: "That's great. This time we are going to inspect the salt manufacturing industry in Yindao."

Everyone was talking at the bow, and at this time, Boat 318 also entered the port and was moored about 100 meters away from the shore, which naturally became the focus of other wooden boats' attention. However, when they saw the double 14.5mm machine gun on the bow, they all honestly turned their eyes back.

Qin Zheng and others boarded the motorboat and headed to the shore. A platoon of soldiers accompanied him also took turns to land on the motorboat. At this time, more than a dozen people came over, with their expressions nervous, with swords and guns in their hands, and three or four of them were holding rifles at them. However, the rifle looked like it, it should be a single-shot rifle. However, the People's Army accompanying him did not dare to be careless. More than a dozen soldiers also raised the rifles in their hands. Li Zhen, the platoon leader, shouted: "Stop, don't move forward any more."

At this time, Qin Zheng said, "Put down all the guns, we should not come to fight." Then he said to the group: "Friends, don't get me wrong. We are the People's Army. Come and take a look at it on Yin Island. There is no need to use a knife and a gun like this."

The group of people was also moved when they heard this. Because the Qing court signed the [China-Germany Jiao-Australia Concession Treaty] with Germany, Yin Island was included in the German Concession Area. Not long ago, someone came back from Qingdao and informed the residents of the island that the German army in Qingdao had been defeated by an army that called itself the People's Army, and this People's Army was formed by a group of overseas Chinese. It is said that this group of overseas Chinese not only defeated the German army, but before that, they also defeated the British army of Weiweihai and the Eight-Nation Alliance that captured Tianjin.

This news surprised and delighted the residents of the island. Because Yin Island was included in the German Concession area, the islanders were naturally unwilling to give up. Now that the German army was defeated by others, the islanders were naturally happy, but who were the overseas Chinese who defeated the German army, and what would they deal with Yin Island, no one had to know, so this also made the islanders very worried.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a gray robe jumped out, first he called everyone to put down the weapons. On the one hand, the other party had already put down the weapons, and he was still so tense, which was not suitable. On the other hand, the other party was fully armed army, and he only had 3 or 4 rifles on his side, so he would definitely suffer a significant loss when fighting. Then he bowed to everyone and said, "In Han Gaocheng, Xiahanjia Village, I don't know what the number of soldiers calls him, what are the keys to come to Yin Island?"

Li Zhen said: "This is our Qin political commissar. He came to Yindao to inspect. Now the German army has been defeated by us. Now all the German concessions are taken over by our People's Army, so Yindao is now under our jurisdiction."

Han Gaocheng looked like a small person in charge on a dock, and he also had some knowledge. He knew some things about the People's Army, and he heard about the "political commissar" of the top officials of the People's Army. This time he actually went to Yindao to inspect and investigate. But he didn't know what he should call it.

It turned out that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, civilians or lower-level officials were generally not called officials directly, and most official positions had another respectful title, such as the military ministers who were honored as central hall, the governors who were respectful as department hall or building platform, the governors who were respectful as Futai, the admiral, the military gate, the governors who were respectful as military gate, the governors who were respectful as military gate, and even the magistrates who were respectful as military officials or the great master. However, even the magistrates who were respectful as military officials, they were probably the "political commissar" who was also a military post such as the general, so they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "The villain has seen the Qin military gate." When the others saw it, they all put down their swords and guns and kowtowed to Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng smiled, but did not correct it, pulled Han Gaocheng up and said, "Don't kneel down, get up, everyone should get up."

After Han Gaocheng got up, he said, "Please sit in the outpost for a while first. The villain will call the chief security officer to come to see the military gate."

Qin Zheng said: "If you are not busy, is there a salt field here?"

Han Gaocheng hurriedly said: "Just behind the market, there is a salt field."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Take us to the salt field to have a look, and call the chief guard to the salt field directly."

Han Gaocheng did not dare to disobey and said, "Yes, please follow the villain."

The group followed Han Gaocheng and passed through the market. Qin Zheng and Wang Yunpeng both observed carefully that the market was about 200 meters long, with shops on both sides. Basically, the sales of seafood were seafood, including live fish, shrimp, clams, turtles, shells, kelp, as well as dried goods, as well as items from pearls, shells, corals, and starfish. There were also a small amount of daily necessities such as firewood, rice, rapeseed cloth, and even two butchers. It was very rich and there were a lot of people. It could be seen that it was quite prosperous and lively.

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "The market is so lively."

Han Gaocheng said: "The New Year is about two months away. Every household always needs to buy some things, and merchants from all over the world also need to prepare New Year's goods. The most lively thing in the year is this or two months. In another month, the market will be deserted. All the things that should be bought are bought. Merchants will have to wait until the beginning of spring before coming again.

Qin Zheng nodded again and said, "How much tax can a merchant ship receive when he comes to the port every year?"

Han Gaocheng was stunned and said, "This villain doesn't know, so he has to ask the tax department."

After hearing this, Qin Zheng did not ask any further. After passing through the market, the group turned two more turns before coming to the salt yard. The salt yard covered a very wide area, with dozens of acres. There were more than ten rows of reed grates on one side. Under the reed grates were rows of stone stoves, each row had about ten stoves, but at this time at least more than half of the stoves were vacant, and less than half were still working.

In the middle of the two rows of stoves is a long stone sink. In front of each stove, a long bamboo tube extends out and is plugged with cork. As long as the cork is pulled out, the water in the sink flows from the bamboo tube into a large iron pot and cooks it into salt. At the end of the sink is a large square stone pool with an edge that is much higher than the sink, nearly two meters high. There is a layer of wooden rack on both sides, and a door beam is also installed in the sky, and a winch rope is installed. At this time, someone used the winch to pull up a bucket of water and poured it into the sink.
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