Chapter 43 Restless
Luo Shengdong's resentment did not last long and was interrupted by the sudden appearance of an outsider.
A guy dressed as a fisherman emerged from nowhere, grabbed a shovel and started poking at the ground. Luo Shengdong quickly stopped him: "What are you doing? Stop poking!"
Previously, Luo Shengdong and his subordinates spent a whole hour to level the land according to the standards required by Shorthair. Why did a messy guy suddenly appear? If he hadn't been concerned about the strict rules of the labor camp, which would result in various deductions for making mistakes, Luo Shengdong would have just said hello.
The man raised his head, with a look of undisguised panic. Under the bright lights around the construction site, Luo Shengdong noticed obvious traces of smoke and fire on his face. Looking at the man's expression, Luo Shengdong seemed to understand something.
"Are you the person they are looking for?" Luo Shengdong asked calmly, but the hand behind his back quietly grasped a crowbar.
The man shook his head repeatedly and said: "I am not a pirate, I am here to work just like you."
"I didn't say they were looking for pirates." A smile suddenly appeared on Luo Shengdong's lips.
The man knew that he had spilled the beans in a hurry, but before he could react, Luo Shengdong had already swung the stick on his head. In a daze, he seemed to be able to hear Luo Shengdong's voice: "Hold this guy down! If the brothers have a chance to escape, we'll land on him!"
At about nine o'clock that night, the worried Tao Donglai and others finally got a reply from Ning Qi, claiming that with the efforts of many people, they had captured the pirate remnant and successfully smashed the other party's major conspiracy to sabotage the hydropower station project. Of course, the latter sentence was added by Ning Qi on his own initiative. Hundreds of people worked hard to catch such a guy and almost got fooled by the opponent. In the end, he was caught by the Ming army prisoners. It was really shameful to say it.
However, Tao Donglai and others here also automatically filtered out the last sentence. A pirate spy knows something about hydropower station projects, and he is not a reactionary Taiwanese spy who sneaked into the mainland to cause sabotage. At this moment, no one would deliberately try to ruin Ning Qi's face, and they all expressed their appreciation and condolences to the efforts of the commanders and soldiers in the rear. But Ning Qi mentioned another thing, which immediately diverted everyone's attention away from the pirates.
"You said that Ming army officer applied to negotiate with us?" Tao Donglai asked almost in disbelief: "He, a man who has been captured for more than half a month, now wants to negotiate?"
"And he asked to talk to the person with the highest rank." Ning Qi's voice also sounded helpless: "It's hard for me to explain to him what our collective decision-making system is."
"Old Ning, you are such a nerd. What do you need to explain to him? Just tell him that he is not qualified to negotiate with us." Yan Chujie took the walkie-talkie with some displeasure and interjected: "I think this guy has probably eaten too much recently. Are you too full to digest? It’s time to ask Gu Wei to give him extra lessons tomorrow!”
"But I saw that he was very serious, not joking, and he said there were ways to solve our labor shortage problem."
"What?" Tao Donglai dragged the walkie-talkie back: "Labor?"
"This guy is an official after all, and he probably sees where our current problem lies. I think since he dares to say this, he might have some useful information, right?" Ning Qi expressed his opinion hesitantly.
Now Yan Chujie was not in a hurry to speak. The matter involved labor force, which was currently the highest priority matter besides the war. Although the Executive Committee had formulated many plans to introduce people before crossing over, most of those plans focused on the medium to long term. In fact, there was no particularly good way to acquire people in this desolate land in the early stages of crossing over. The Executive Committee has also long been mentally prepared to face a serious shortage of labor force in the first half year or even one year of the time travel. If someone came out at this time and said that they could solve the population problem that plagues the people in time, it would be difficult for those of you here to resist this temptation.
"How about we bring him here tomorrow and listen to what he has to say first?" Even Yan Chujie, who had always been decisive, became hesitant at this time. "Let's do it this way." Tao Donglai finally made the decision: "Ning Qi, we can't get away for now. You can arrange for someone to send the officer to Base No. 1 tomorrow."
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After Luo Shengdong made the request, he was quickly taken away from the construction site and imprisoned in a separate shed. Luo Shengdong knew that he had found an opportunity, an opportunity to escape from the current slave life, but he was not fully sure how to make good use of this opportunity. He knew that some of the conditions he was about to propose would seem ridiculous to Shorthair, and these conditions would likely anger Shorthair and cause very serious consequences - such as causing his points to instantly drop to the death penalty standard. But on the other hand, he may also be free. If he is lucky enough, he may even have the opportunity to return to Yazhou and return to his past life.
Luo Shengdong spent the whole night repeatedly refining his plan, rehearsing all the uncertainties in it in his mind, striving to win with one blow. He barely slept a wink all night long. When dawn came, Luo Shengdong suddenly thought of an irrelevant question - Shorthair's military force was so strong. If it gained more people, wouldn't it be possible to train more fire gun soldiers? By then, Yazhou Who has the power to suppress them in this three-thirds of an acre of land?
This question made Luo Shengdong feel more and more scared the more he thought about it, and he even regretted why he had so boldly asked the short-haired leader to negotiate. But the matter has come to this, and there is no possibility of recovery. In the end, Luo Shengdong can only comfort himself with a pragmatic mentality: "Whatever goes wrong will happen later. First, I have to survive well. Otherwise, we won’t even have the chance to face the problem.”
Someone brought breakfast to Luo Shengdong early the next morning. The content was the same as in the past days. The difference was that this was the first time he had breakfast alone in more than 20 days of being captured, without the surrounding people. With dozens of subordinates around him, Luo Shengdong actually felt a little uncomfortable.
After breakfast, Luo Shengdong was escorted to the dock. He saw Chief Gu and Chief Ren from the labor camp, as well as the short-haired leader surnamed Ning, who was higher than them. The eyes of these people looked at him with meaning, as if they wanted to read the flowers on his face.
Ren Liang stared at Luo Shengdong and said in a deep voice: "Luo Shengdong, I know that although you are obedient on the surface, you are actually a very restless person in your heart. Do you know that if you do something wrong this time, you will probably... Hanged in Port Victory?”
Luo Shengdong didn't know where the courage came from, and responded with trembling lips: "I will not die, I will survive!"
Ren Liang sighed and said nothing more. Gu Wei waved his hand, and someone came over and escorted Luo Shengdong onto the boat. When Luo Shengdong saw the other party taking out the white soft belt, he consciously stretched out his hand and waited for the other party to put it on him. Every time there is a long-distance move, all prisoners will be treated like this, and Luo Shengdong has become accustomed to this kind of treatment.
There are three people in the escort team, two are responsible for guarding, and one is operating the stern motor. Of course, the shuttle team would not waste fuel and manpower. They only escorted Luo Shengdong back to Victory Port. The ship was also filled with various fruits, vegetables and rice wine traded from the Li people, and they set off last night to rush back to Victory Port. Some personal items from that team.
Luo Shengdong was actually very interested in the chugging iron box at the stern that could propel the ship on the water. He had even thought that the large iron ships in Victory Port were propelled by similar devices to cross the sea. But Luo Shengdong didn't ask any more questions about this. It wasn't that he didn't dare to ask, but that he simply couldn't understand what Short Hair said. What is "starting chicken" and what is "spiral sauce"? Luo Shengdong has no idea what it is. Is it possible that there is a chicken hidden in the iron box?
Luo Shengdong has seen a lot of similar things on the construction site during this period, including four-wheeled monster vehicles that can drag huge rocks, flameless lamps that emit dazzling white light at night, and those short-haired people who can travel thousands of miles with them. Although Luo Shengdong didn't understand the meaning of the small black box that transmitted sound, as a junior officer who was determined to make progress and had read several military books, he was sensitive to the huge role these strange items would play in the war - - A strange car can carry hundreds of civilians, a fireless lamp can relieve the worries of night battles, and the sound transmission box is even more incredible. Imagine that when attacking and defending a city, the leading generals of one side can keep track of the real-time battle situation at the four city gates at any time. How outrageous is this?
As for the powerful repeating firecrackers equipped by short-haired soldiers, they are almost unsolvable in infantry field battles. Luo Shengdong thought of this and subconsciously glanced at the two short-haired soldiers sitting opposite him. They had this kind of big killer weapon in their hands. There is no match rope or purge on the gun, and there is no need to load ammunition when firing. Why have I never heard of such a powerful weapon before?
More than an hour later, the boat docked at the small trestle near Base No. 1. Some women were already waiting here to help unload the cargo from the boat. After Luo Shengdong got off the ship, he was surprised to find that there were a lot of changes here. First of all, a strange circle of fortifications had been built around the camp called "Base 1" by the shorthairs. There were many protruding and concave structures, and they were clearly divided. Out of the three barriers of high, middle and low Wall, Luo Shengdong couldn't figure out the secret of this kind of fortification for the moment, but he knew that according to short-haired habits, he would never do anything useless, so he could only keep the appearance of this fortification in his mind for the time being. , I will think about it slowly when I have the opportunity in the future.
Next, outside the gate of Base No. 1, there were 70 or 80 people kneeling together, all with their heads in their hands. Luo Shengdong knew at a glance that these people must be prisoners - he himself had enjoyed the same treatment after being captured. Most of these people were wearing shorts, shorts, barefoot, and had dark skin. At first glance, they looked like sailors. Luo Shengdong thought to himself that these were the pirates who came to this place yesterday looking for death.
Next to the kneeling pirates, there was a row of corpses with their heads covered with cloth. Unexpectedly, these were the unlucky ones who had succeeded in committing suicide. When Luo Shengdong saw these corpses, his eyes lit up unconsciously - if these heads were brought back to Yazhou, they would be real military exploits!
(End of chapter)