After eating a shrimp-stuffed bun and drinking a bowl of seafood porridge that tasted really good, Passos seemed to have forgotten his previous anger.

But when he returned to his room and fell asleep again on the bed, could Passos really forget that nightmare?

When Mrs. Socrates, who was Passos' mother, heard the bad news, she fainted. There is no danger of war in Nanmingzhou, but it is the greatest danger to sail from mainland China to Nanmingzhou, and it will take too long and too long a voyage.

The place where the son used to work was in the northeast, which can be regarded as the northernmost part of the empire, but now he has been transferred to the southernmost part of the empire, such a barren place, Mrs. Socrates has a feeling that 'her son is going to cross the north and south of the earth'. It's ridiculous and terrifying.

At that time, Passos's father directly woke up his wife and persuaded her: Don't worry, there may be room for maneuver in this matter.

The Socrates family was one of the first people to submit to China, and although Socrates himself had been teaching at the Foreign Language Institute, he had also worked as a business consultant for some people in his early years, and he had some connections in the upper class of Chen and Han society. There are many dignitaries who know each other.

But Passos's mother's tears still fell, but she was more sober than Passos's father, "The letter of appointment has come down, where is there room for maneuver." Passos is going to Southern Mingzhou. "This kind of letter of appointment is submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Minerals, and then the Ministry of Mines passes the deliberation and then issues it, and it is not guaranteed that the cabinet has a backup, and the Socrates family does not have the ability to make such changes.

Of course, Passos, who returned to Nanjing from the northeast in a daze, was not willing to go to Nanmingzhou, not because he was afraid of the dangers along the sea, but for his own future. His brain calmed down, and then in front of the balance of 'Aiqing and Future', it was obvious that he was looking at 'Future'. He was done when he went to Nanmingzhou. Passos pleaded with his father, saying that I didn't want to go to Southern Minnesot, and that my father would save me.

But Mr. Socrates said with a cold face: "You have to go if you don't want to, unless you don't want to get involved in politics anymore." For this, Socrates was also on fire. The son was sent to such a dangerous place in Nanmingzhou, and he only found out about it after the matter was settled.

Now, a ship that will sail to Nanmingzhou in three days is docked at the Nanjing dock.

Passos still didn't give up, and continued to plead and say to his father: "Father, is there really no way? Nanmingzhou is so far away from Nanjing, it is the most remote corner of the empire, and I will be completely forgotten. ”

But Mr. Socrates told his son, Do you know who did it? It is the new commander-in-chief of Jiapigou, as well as the Ministry of Mines.

Passos was stunned for a moment, he forgot about the Ministry of Minerals, and all his attention was on the new commander-in-chief. "How could it be him?" He didn't show his stuff, how could he be such a big man who couldn't resist at all? Could it be that he ...... already exposed his feet and was grasped by the new commander-in-chief?

Pasos, whose face turned pale, aroused his father's suspicions. Socrates asked his son with a cold face, "What did you do?" When did you offend the new commander-in-chief? ”

Over the years of naturalization in China, Socrates himself also knew some Chinese culture, and he knew that the Chinese were very particular about struggle tactics, and as long as they did not have a deep hatred, they would not be so blatantly and unconcealed. It has been some years since Socrates surrendered to China, and he has not seen it.

The new commander-in-chief and the Ministry of Mines must not have concealed their own handwriting, otherwise they would not have found traces so easily.

Like a frightened cat, Passos exploded in an instant, his facial muscles twisted tensely, and he flatly denied, "Father, I didn't." I haven't seen the new commander-in-chief a few times, how can I offend him? In fact, at this moment, Passos's heart was very frightened, and he thought that he had leaked out.

Socrates really had fear in his heart, and his son was so frightened that he even insisted that he hadn't done anything, was this because he was old and confused or blind?

Socrates continued to ask Passos with a cold face: "And lie and say, what exactly have you done?" ”

Passos's city was not so shallow, it was only because he subconsciously felt safe in his home, facing his father, let down his vigilance, and was suddenly frightened, and the traces were revealed.

But unless Passos was mad, he would never dare to tell the truth to Mr. Socrates, and he could only grit his teeth and say, "Father, I really have not done anything that I dare not do." ”

Then Mr. Socrates slapped his son in the face.

That slap, Passos still remembers clearly.

Socrates called his son's personal retinue, and after a harsh rebuke and intimidation, Passos' retinue told the truth. Socrates realized how much of a mistake his son had made, and that the anonymous report letter that had caused a lot of uproar was actually the work of his own son.

"Bastard, stupid. Even a pig is smarter than you. You're a pig. Are you going to send your entire family to hell? ”

The father's fierce voice echoed in Passos's mind again, and Passos suddenly woke up from his slumber. It's a bright spring outside! Shine a light on Passos, who has a large area of darkness in his heart.

The coal mine not far from Antarctic Town does not produce much, and it seems that there is not a lot of manpower to work here. But this is the most important core industry of Antarctic Town, because the combustion supply of the entire Antarctic Town, as well as brick kilns, cement kilns, and pottery kilns, all depend on this coal mine. There are also metallurgical factories and wood processing rooms that need to be built in the future, the latter of which has always mastered a little rule after years of exploration by Chen Han, even if the quality of the wood baked by steam is worse than that of natural drying, but the basic line of making ships can be achieved. This thing and the metallurgical plant will be built in the future. If the forecast is correct, the military factory will appear in Antarctic Town in the future.

If the supply of living fuel can still rely on wood, then the next series of things can not be solved by one wood.

The labor camp in the coal mines was a contingent of pure European prisoners of war, mainly Dutch, and some Spanish miscellaneous soldiers captured in Luzon.

Those Spaniards were not beheaded by Chen Han one by one, Chen Ming could not throw the face of the Spaniards, but he had to sell the face of the Gallic rooster, and he believed that even if John Bull was very happy to see China and Spain at war, he would never want to see tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers and civilians and church personnel beheaded one by one.

But very few of these people have been released, and with the exception of a few people with status, many are still undergoing labor reform. Because there has not yet been an armistice treaty between China and the West?

In the time that followed, a number of people died. Some of them died of real exhaustion, sickness and dangerous accidents, and some of them were killed, such as a few people with a long history in Manila, and some of them were women. The whereabouts of the latter are ashamed to be spoken.

However, there were not many Spaniards who were brought to Nanming by the continuation of the South Seas.

The people in the coal mine camps were also more Dutch.

For example, the Spaniards and the Dutch were much more obedient. The Dutch throughout the East Indies were more of a 'merchant's pursuit', while the Spaniards had a bit of 'aristocratic dignity'.

And the Dutch already had a sign for the front car, and the lessons of the Spaniards after their capture were in front of them, how could they not know to learn them?

Don't say it's coolies, go to the plantation to work, even to dig dung, they will also endure disgusting to do it. No matter how lowly the work can keep them alive, it is God's blessing.

The Spaniards proved a theory that is extremely true with their lives - as long as they are captured, as long as they enter the labor camps of the Chinese, they must have the consciousness of being prisoners. Whether you were a high-ranking lord or a lowly scoundrel beggar, there is one supreme rule to follow here: unconditional obedience to the orders of the 'overseer'.

Expressing your displeasure with the 'overseer' is a terrible end. In the first place, many Spaniards should have lost their lives because they did not understand the conditions of the "labor camps". It's not cost-effective.

These 'overseers' include the Sulus, who were the first to serve the Chinese in the South Seas, and some are pro-Chinese Malays, Luzons, Koreans who were annexed by China, and the Japanese who are evil dogs under China, many of whom are unusually bad.

The lackeys of the Chinese know very well how to please their masters, it is their nature to deceive and flatter, the fox and the tiger are their soul-penetrating talents, and the viciousness and cruelty are their own original faces.

But Qin Youzi, who took over the original person in charge and is now in charge of the construction of the entire Antarctic Town, knows that in the newly opened residential area of Antarctic Town, he needs these 'ruthless people' to manage more and more labor prisoners in the future, not only in the coal mines, but also in the ports and quarries.

Because the development of the entire Antarctic Island is obviously a huge plan, the scale here may not be much worse than that of Mohu in the future. More and more immigrants and prisoners will come here, and soon the 'population' here will exceed the 2,000 mark, then 3,000, 4,000.

Three or five years later, there are more than 10,000 official residents here, and Qin Youzi is not surprised. And the number of prisoners in the labor camp will be several times this, otherwise it would be too much of a joke for him to suddenly be transferred to Antarctic Town.

Although there is also a 'town' in the suffix, can the town of Hexian, with hundreds of thousands of residents, be compared to the town of Antarctica?

Give Antarctic Town a hundred years, and the population may not be comparable to the current Hexian Town, so there is only one reason - the strategic importance here.

Just like the original Singapore.

In the years of obscurity, the level of Singapore has always been the same level as that of Hongji Port.

The labor camps sent here are all serious offenders, and the people in them have no human rights. They can only wait for the signing of an armistice agreement between China and Spain and China and the Netherlands, and before that, they are 'two-legged sheep' who have no basic rights in life, and the captains and battalion commanders who manage them have absolute power over life and death.

Of course, there is also a limit to the number of 'deaths' per month.

In the coal mines, for example, there are less than 500 prisoners in the labor camp, and there are about 60 'supervisors' and security forces, all of whom are under the jurisdiction of the battalion commander. In addition to this, there was a squad of gendarmes, which was also the object of the battalion commander's careful treatment. In fact, not only in the coal mines, but also in Antarctic Town, the gendarmerie is also something that the public office does not dare to provoke easily.

In a corner of the coal mining area, in a large vegetable field, five or six white men with leg shackles are carrying a dung bucket and a scoop with a long handle in the other, and pouring the accumulated dung from the dung bucket into the field.

This is the source of fresh vegetables for everyone in the coal mining area, there are two large and one small and three pieces, one small one is nearby, and two large ones are outside.

The smell in the vegetable field is terrible, and after one fertilization, the smell does not dissipate for several days.

For the white people in the fields, this is definitely a nightmare they don't want to face. But at the guns of the Chinese, the chosen ones succumbed.

After one submission, there was a second, a third, and when habit became natural, these whites did not know that even they themselves had been contaminated with that disgusting smell.

Although the labor camps thrown into Nanming Prefecture are the most 'sinful' labor camps, the people in them are either scum villains or soldiers who have resisted desperately, and these people obediently put away their personalities in the face of more vicious 'overseers' and security.

There is no way. Wicked people have their own evil grinding, and no matter how fierce a person is, when facing a group of 'overseers' whose monthly salary has been deducted, they must also be silent.

In the labor camp, the salary of the 'overseer' was completely deducted, and there was only one reason, because there were too many casualties among the workers under him.

If it is a dangerous place, there is a death quota in the labor camp.

For example, if a team is allowed to have two deaths/month, or three deaths/month, and if the number of deaths exceeds two-thirds, or if the worker is injured or disabled, then his salary will be deducted a certain amount.

The salaries of the "overseers" are not low, everyone has the experience of being deducted from their salaries, and the overseers here can be regarded as vicious.

Wicked people have a smell, and they may be able to behave mildly for a short time, just like a good person with a good character. But after a long time, it will definitely leak.

After all, the work of 'overseer' is also a high-risk and high-stress occupation, and no matter how good-tempered people come to do this work, they will become explosive and irritable over time.

When a group of wicked people with their hands and feet tied face the wicked people with knives and guns, the former can only give in.

The town of Antarctica, and indeed the entire state of Nanming, is not allowed to say 'god', and anyone caught saying this word will be punished. The two schools of Buddhism and Taoism had already begun to enter, and tempted Westerners in the labor camps to convert with things and better living conditions, but the effect was not great, far worse than that of Luzon and the East Indies.

It's like the gap between the barren Nanming Prefecture and the rich Nanyang.