Chapter 46 Reaching Cooperation
When they returned to the port in the afternoon, the military and police department brought back twenty-seven pirates who had surrendered. In addition, they also found three pirate corpses washed ashore by the waves. As for the dozen or so missing pirates, the Military and Police Department no longer intends to waste manpower and material resources going into the mountains to hunt them down, and will just let them fend for themselves in nature. In this way, in this wave of confrontations with pirates, Chuangzhong finally got about a hundred free laborers and four sailing ships.
The more than twenty pirate corpses that were originally going to be dug and buried were ordered by Tao Donglai to be temporarily shelved until the executive committee made a final decision on Luo Shengdong's matter. If the situation can go as Luo Shengdong said, then the benefits these pirate corpses can bring to the time traveler may be far greater than those of a hundred or so living people.
But there is no doubt that regardless of whether Luo Shengdong's plan will be implemented, these new prisoners will be organized into labor camps, and they must work hard if they want to continue to live. If they can persist through a long life of hard labor, perhaps some of them will have a chance to regain their freedom in a few years.
After listening to Tao Donglai's introduction, Yan Chujie expressed a cautious attitude: "It sounds good, but there may be many surprises in the actual implementation, such as whether Luo Shengdong's rhetoric can really deceive his boss." ? How sure is he that he will be promoted on merit? Even if everything goes smoothly, what if he can't mobilize labor for us in the end? The most important thing is that we have no way of determining who Luo Shengdong is. Are people really reliable? ”
"This man is very smart and understands the situation very accurately. I believe that during his time in the labor camp, he must have been observing us, thinking about us, and thinking about how to find a suitable reason to persuade us. With his knowledge, he may not understand what kind of existence we are, but he did notice our shortcomings - population." Tao Donglai slowly said his thoughts: "What we want to build. The social system and the production system to be copied must be based on a large population. The method proposed by Luo Shengdong is indeed a shortcut to solve the problem for our current situation. ”
"You mean, we should try his method?" Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai have been friends for many years, and they immediately understood what he meant.
Tao Donglai nodded and said: "No one dares to guarantee whether Luo Shengdong is reliable. But I think this is not the point. The point is that we know what he wants and what his purpose is. If he just wants to get away, Then I don’t think he would wait so long in the labor camp before speaking. Since he doesn’t plan to go back empty-handed, it means that he really wants to seize this opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.”
After two o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers marched towards the interior with this large group of pirate prisoners. Because there were too many people, the military and police department did not choose to waste fuel and take a boat upstream from the waterway. Instead, they tied the hands of these people behind their backs with straps according to the previous method of escorting hard laborers in labor camps, and then used tough climbing ropes to Units of twenty people are directly connected together. This will not affect the normal progress. Even if someone wants to escape on the way, they will fail because of the involvement of other people. Also accompanying him was Luo Shengdong, who was spared the treatment of having his hands tied upside down this time. However, if the discussion of the executive committee did not pass his proposal, then the only result waiting for him would be to go back to the labor camp and continue to work. Coolie chief.
The road extending inland from Base No. 1 along the Tiandu River is about three meters wide. At present, the road surface has only undergone basic filling treatment. As for the construction methods such as road hardening, it is estimated that it will remain on paper for a long time. time. Along the way, you can see a large number of logs stacked along the way. These are trees that were cut down when the road was opened and have not had time to be transported out. With the recent addition of a large number of labor forces, the speed of opening up this land artery is also accelerating. According to a report from the Ministry of Construction, it will take at most three or four days to complete the entire line.
After this road is built, the traffic time between Base 1 and Base 2 will be greatly shortened. There may be a large number of oxcarts on this road in the future. As of now, from Li people More than 40 cattle have been sent as trading goods. After the spring plowing, most of these cattle will join the transportation team as new forces.
After arriving at Base No. 1, a group of pirate prisoners were immediately driven to a labor camp. They will be divided into more than a dozen groups, and each group will be joined by two or three Ming army prisoners who are already familiar with the rules of the labor camp. This group of laborers will be put into the construction site where they should go as soon as possible in the form of old men leading new ones. After several days of labor reform, some of them with skills will be selected, such as sailors, carpenters, etc., and will be sent to work elsewhere.
At this time, Luo Shengdong will no longer receive any special treatment, and he will once again return to his familiar environment and take up the hoe. However, he was brought up separately again soon, because the special meeting of the executive committee had begun, and Tao Donglai needed him to come forward for an "on-site defense." Even though Luo Shengdong had been prepared in advance, he was still confused by the questions from a group of time travel committee members. In the end, he no longer knew whether he had said anything wrong, and could only keep swearing that he had no second thoughts. Tao Dong came to see that everyone had finished asking questions, so he had Luo Shengdong taken away. The next thing is to discuss and come up with a unified opinion. The focus of the debate is still on Luo Shengdong's reliability, but there is not much controversy about the feasibility of this plan. Almost all committee members believe that this is a good opportunity to open a window for trade and population introduction. If it can be implemented, it will be worthwhile to drag out and kill all the pirates, not to mention paying a few pirate heads. But the key to the problem lies in how trustworthy Luo Shengdong himself is, whether he will change his mind after letting him go, and how the time-travelers can ensure that this guy will not act randomly.
At the end of the meeting, Tao Donglai's theory of interest bundling prevailed - if Luo Shengdong wanted to get promoted and make a fortune, this time he would have to rely on the help of the public; and subsequent cooperation would make Luo Shengdong gradually realize that his interests and The interests of the public are closely related and indivisible.
"No matter how much he swears, it is not as reliable as actual benefits." Tao Donglai concluded his opinion in one sentence.
After the voting, the intention to deal with this matter was basically determined. The time traveling generals would hand over the pirate's head to Luo Shengdong and let him take a few soldiers to return to the cliff in the captured pirate boat. State, and then repay the favor in the name of destroying pirates. As for future plans, it still depends on whether this first step can be implemented smoothly.
Although things have been settled, there are still many specific things to be done in order to implement them. For example, after Luo Shengdong returns to Yazhou, how to keep in touch with him is a big problem for the traveling community. Although the distance by sea between Shengli Port and Yazhou is not too far, if a ship in this era encounters some wind and waves on the way, it may take two or three days to come and go. As a news channel, it is too slow and time-sensitive. Sex simply cannot meet the requirements of the transhumance. Of course, it is impossible to leave high-tech gadgets like radios to Luo Shengdong, but it would be too risky to send people who can use radios to go to Yazhou with him. Who knows what this guy will do? He wouldn't change his mind as soon as he entered Yazhou City and arrest the people who traveled through time to ask for credit.
Finally, the Military and Police Department made a suggestion, sending a special operations team on a catamaran sailboat to follow them to Yazhou, but not into the mouth of the Ningyuan River, because that place is already under the jurisdiction of Yazhou Water Village . In addition to members from various relevant departments, this special operations team will also bring along several more reliable local people. Whether they are buying supplies locally, sending them to Yazhou to inquire about information, or working with Luo Sheng East contact can come in handy.
In addition to the pirates' heads, the executive committee also plans to hand over the repairs to the most damaged small Guangzhou ship to Luo Shengdong to take back for delivery. Together with the captured pirate weapons, it is enough to prove that Luo Shengdong He and his men had a fierce battle with pirates during this sea patrol, which can also explain the Ming soldiers who died in the battle and the Haicang ship "under repair".
The executive committee finally gave Luo Shengdong a quota of six people, which was also the minimum number of people required to drive the small Guangzhou ship. After receiving the notice, Luo Shengdong almost jumped with joy. He quickly went to the labor camp and picked out five cronies. The military and police department then escorted these people back to Victory Port before dark - the pirate corpses were already parked. If you leave it for a day or two, it might start to smell, so you have to hurry up and get rid of it. Moreover, no time-traveling sect would do this matter of cutting off a dead person's head. This could only be done by Luo Shengdong, who wanted to make meritorious deeds, and his people.
After providing lime and machetes, the soldiers from the Military Police Department retreated decisively. However, Luo Shengdong and several of his men had a strong psychological endurance. They picked up the machete and chopped off all the more than twenty heads with a crackle, and then immediately marinated them with lime. Someone brought several wooden boxes found from pirate ships, and more than twenty heads were packed into three boxes. After the incident, Luo Shengdong and his men dragged the headless corpses to a nearby hillside, where a large pit had been dug last night to bury the corpses.
After burying these corpses, Luo Shengdong sat down on the ground so tiredly. He didn't sleep all night last night. Today he walked back and forth between the two bases, dragged corpses and filled holes. All his energy had been exhausted. Despite this, he was very excited in his heart, because he knew that he had made the right move, and that his hard work for the past half month would not be in vain, and his promotion and fortune were just around the corner.
(End of chapter)