1627 Rise of the South China Sea

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 got out of nowhere, grabbed a shovel and started poking on the ground.Luo Shengdong quickly stopped him: "What are you doing? Don't poke randomly!"

Previously, Luo Shengdong and his subordinates spent an entire hour to level the land according to the level required by the short-haired. Why did a guy suddenly appear?If it wasn't for the fact that the labor camps were strict, and that once a mistake was made, all kinds of points would be deducted, Luo Shengdong would have greeted him with a big mouth.

The man raised his head, a look of panic that could not be concealed on his face.Under the bright lights around the construction site, Luo Shengdong noticed that there were obvious traces of smoke and fire on his face. Looking at the expression of this man, Luo Shengdong seemed to understand something.

"You're the person they're looking for, right?" Luo Shengdong asked calmly, but the hand behind him was quietly clutching a crowbar.

The man shook his head repeatedly and said, "I'm not a pirate, I'm here to work just like you."

"I didn't say they were looking for pirates." Luo Shengdong's mouth suddenly showed a smile.

Knowing that he was in a hurry, the man slipped his tongue, but before he could react, Luo Shengdong had already swung a stick on his head.In a trance, he seemed to be able to hear Luo Shengdong's voice: "Hold this guy down! Brothers, if there is a chance to escape, I will land on him!"

At nine o'clock that night, the worried Tao Donglai and others finally got a reply from Ning Qi, claiming that the pirate remnant had been captured with the efforts of many people, and that the other party's major conspiracy to destroy the hydropower station project had been successfully smashed.Of course, the latter sentence was added by Ning Qi at his own discretion. Hundreds of people worked hard to capture such a guy, and he was almost fooled by the other party. In the end, he was caught by the Ming army. It's a bit shameful to say it.

However, Tao Donglai and the others also automatically filtered the last sentence. A pirate spy knows what hydropower project is, and it is not a Taiwan reactionary agent who sneaked into the mainland to destroy it.At this moment, everyone would not deliberately try to save Ning Qi's face, and they also expressed their appreciation and condolences to the efforts of the commanders and fighters in the rear.But Ning Qi mentioned another thing, which immediately moved everyone's attention away from the pirates.

"You said that the Ming army officer applied to negotiate with us?" Tao Donglai asked in disbelief: "He, a man who has been captured for more than half a month, now proposes to negotiate?"

"And he asked to talk to the person with the highest rank." Ning Qi's voice also sounded helpless: "It is difficult for me to explain to him what our collective decision-making system is all about."

"Old Ning, you are really a nerd, what do you need to explain to him? Just tell him that he is not qualified to negotiate with us and that's it." Yan Chujie took the walkie-talkie a little unhappily and interjected, "I think this guy has probably eaten too much recently. Can’t digest it? It’s time to ask Gu Wei to make up for him tomorrow!”

"But I see him being serious, not joking, and he said there is a way to solve our underserved 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 open his mouth, maybe he's a bit of a jerk?" Ning Qi hesitated to express his opinion.

Now Yan Chujie is not in a hurry to speak. The matter involves labor, which is currently the highest priority other than war.Although the Executive Committee has formulated many plans for introducing population before the crossing, but those plans are mostly aimed at the medium and long term. As for how to obtain population in this barren land in the early stage of crossing, there has never been a particularly good way. The Executive Committee has long been prepared to face a serious shortage of labor in the first half a year or even a year of the crossing.If someone jumped out at this time and said that they could solve the population problem that plagued the people, it would be difficult for these people here to withstand this temptation.

"Why don't you bring someone over tomorrow and listen to what he has to say?" Even the always decisive Yan Chujie became hesitant at this time.

"Let's do it like this." Tao Donglai finally made a decision: "Ning Qi, we can't get away for the time being. You will arrange for someone to send that officer to Base No. [-] tomorrow."

After Luo Shengdong made a request, he was quickly taken away from the construction site and locked 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 feel absurd to Shorthair, and that these conditions were likely to anger Shorthair and cause very serious consequences - such as instantly dropping his points to the death penalty threshold.But on the other hand, he may also be free, and if he is lucky enough, he may even have the opportunity to return to Yazhou and return to his past life.

Luo Shengdong had been mulling over his plans all night, deducing all the uncertainties in his mind, trying to win with one blow, and he hardly slept through the night.When dawn came, Luo Shengdong suddenly thought of an irrelevant question - the short-haired force was so powerful, if it gained more population, wouldn't it be possible to train more firearms, then Yazhou Who could have the strength to suppress them in this third of an acre?

This question made Luo Shengdong feel more and more afraid, and even regretted why he had so rashly asked the short-haired leader to negotiate.But the matter has come to this point, and there is no possibility of recovery. In the end, Luo Shengdong can only comfort himself with a pragmatic mentality: "If something goes wrong, it will be in the future. First of all, I have to live well. Otherwise, there will be no chance to face the problem.”

Someone brought Luo Shengdong breakfast early the next morning. The content remained the same as in the past days. The difference was that this was the first time he had breakfast alone since he was captured for more than 20 days, without being surrounded by him. Among the dozens of subordinates, Luo Shengdong actually felt that he was still a little uncomfortable.

After breakfast, Luo Shengdong was escorted to the pier, and he saw the labor camp's Chief Gu, Chief Ren, and the short-haired leader surnamed Ning, who was more senior than them.These people looked at him with meaningful eyes, as if to see 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 at heart. Do you know that if you do something wrong this time, it is very likely that you will Hanged in Victory Harbor?"

Luo Shengdong didn't know where the courage came from, and responded with trembling lips: "I won't die, I will survive!"

Ren Liang sighed and said nothing, Gu Wei waved his hand, and someone came over to escort Luo Shengdong onto the boat.Seeing that the other party took out the white soft belt, Luo Shengdong consciously stretched out his hand and waited for the other party to put it on him.Every time there is a long-distance movement, all the prisoners will be treated like this, and Luo Shengdong is also used to this kind of treatment.

The escort team consisted of three people, two of whom were in charge of guarding, and one who operated the motor at the stern.Of course, Chuanzhong will not waste oil and manpower, just to escort Luo Sheng back to Victory Port. The boat is also full of fruits, vegetables and rice wine traded from the Li people, and he set off last night to rush back to Victory Port. Some personal items from that team.

Luo Shengdong was actually very interested in the iron box at the stern that could propel the boat on the water. He even thought that those big iron boats in Victory Harbor were propelled by similar devices to cross the sea.But Luo Shengdong didn't ask anything more about it. It wasn't that he didn't dare to ask, but what the short hair said made him not understand at all.What "starting chicken", what "spiral sauce", Luo Shengdong didn't understand what it was, could it be possible that there was still a chicken hidden in that iron box?

Luo Shengdong has seen a lot of similar things on the construction site in this section, such as four-wheeled vehicles that can drag thousands of kilograms of boulders, no-flame lights that emit dazzling white light at night, and those short-haired people who can wear them for thousands of miles. Although Luo Shengdong didn't understand the sound transmission's black box, as a grass-roots officer who had read several military books, he was very sensitive to the huge role these strange items would play in war— - A strange car can support a hundred civilians, no fire lights can solve the worries of night battles, and the sound transmission box is even more incredible. Imagine that when the city is attacked and defended, the leading generals of one party can keep abreast of the real-time battle situation of the city gates. What a heaven-defying thing is this?

As for the powerful burst guns equipped by the short-haired soldiers, they are almost impossible to solve in the field of infantry.Luo Shengdong thought of this, and subconsciously glanced at the two short-haired soldiers sitting opposite him, who were holding such a big killer in their hands.There is no match rope on the gun, no clear rod, and no ammunition charge is required when firing. Why have I never heard of such a powerful weapon before?

More than an hour later, the boat docked at a small trestle near Base No. [-], where some women were already waiting to help unload the cargo from the boat.After Luo Shengdong got off the ship, he was surprised to find that the changes here were not small. First of all, a circle of strange fortifications had been built on the periphery of the camp that the shorthairs called "Base No. [-]". After leaving the three retaining walls of high school and low, Luo Shengdong couldn't see the mystery of this fortification for a while, but he knew that according to the habit of short hair, he would never do anything useless. The appearance of the fortifications is remembered in my mind, and I will slowly ponder it later when I have the opportunity.

Next, outside the gate of Base No. 80, there were seven, no.Luo Shengdong knew at a glance that these people must be prisoners—he had enjoyed the same treatment after being captured.Most of these people are short coats, shorts and bare feet, with dark skin, they look like sailors, Luo Shengdong thought to himself that these are the pirates who came to this place yesterday looking for death.

Next to the kneeling pirates, there was a row of corpses whose heads were covered with cloth.Luo Shengdong's eyes lit up unconsciously when he saw these corpses - if these heads were taken back to Yazhou, it would be a real feat!

(End of this chapter)