1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 46 Reaching Cooperation

When returning to the port in the afternoon, the Military and Police Department brought back 27 pirates who had surrendered to their fate. In addition, the bodies of three pirates washed ashore by waves were also found by the sea.As for the dozen or so pirates who have disappeared, the military and police department no longer intends to waste manpower and material resources into the mountains to hunt them down, and just let them fend for themselves in nature.In this way, in this wave of confrontation with the pirates, the people who traveled through finally got a hundred or so free labor and four sailing ships.

The more than 20 corpses of pirates that were to be dug and buried were also temporarily put aside by Tao Donglai's order, until the executive committee made a final decision on Luo Shengdong's matter.If the situation can really go on as Luo Shengdong said, then the benefits that these pirate corpses can bring to the traversers are probably far greater than the hundred or so living people.

But there is no doubt about it, no matter whether Luo Shengdong's plan will be implemented or not, these newly arrived prisoners will be put into labor camps. If they want to continue to live, they must work hard.If they can endure a long life of hard labor, perhaps some of them will have a chance to be free 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 confident is he that he will be promoted due to his merits? Even if everything goes well, what if he can't transfer the labor force to us in the end? The most important thing is that we can't be sure about Luo Shengdong. Are people really trustworthy?"

"This man is very smart and has a good view of the situation. I believe that he must have been watching us all the time during the labor camp, thinking about us, and figuring out how to find a suitable reason to convince us. With his knowledge, he may not understand what kind of existence we are, but he did notice our shortcoming—population." Tao Donglai slowly expressed his thoughts: "What we want to build The social system and the production system to be replicated 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 Dong had been friends for many years and immediately understood what he meant.

Tao Donglai nodded and said: "Luo Shengdong is a reliable person, no one dares to guarantee. But I don't think this is 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 have waited so long in the labor camp to speak. Since he didn't plan to go back empty-handed, it means that he really wanted to seize this opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune."

After two o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers marched inland with this large group of pirate prisoners.Because of the large number of people, the military and police department did not choose to spend fuel to go upstream by boat from the waterway. Instead, they followed the previous method of escorting labor camps to hard labor, tied their hands behind their backs with straps, and then used tough climbing ropes to Units of 20 people are directly linked together.This will not affect the normal progress. Even if someone wants to escape on the way, it will fail because of the involvement of other people.Luo Shengdong was also with him. This time, he was exempted from the treatment of having his hands tied upside down. However, if the executive committee's discussion did not pass his proposal, then the result waiting for him could only be to go back to the labor camp and continue working as a labor camp. Coolie.

The road extending from the No. [-] base to the inland along the Tiandu River is about three meters wide. At present, the road surface has only been basically filled and leveled. 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 piled up along the way. These are trees that were cut down when the road was opened and have not yet been transported out.With the recent addition of a large number of laborers, the speed of opening this land artery is also accelerating. According to the report of the Ministry of Construction, it will take three or four days at most to complete the whole line.

After this road is completed, the traffic time between the No. 40 base and the No. [-] base will be greatly shortened. There may be a large number of bullock carts on this road in the future. As of now, from the people of Li More than [-] cattle have been sent as trade objects, and most of these cattle will be added to the transport team as a new force after the spring plowing.

After arriving at Base No. [-], a group of pirate captives were immediately driven to a labor camp.They will be divided into more than a dozen groups, and each group will join two or three prisoners of the Ming army who are already familiar with the rules of the labor camp, and use the old and new form to release the labor force to the construction site where they should go as soon as possible.After several days of reform through labor, some of them with skills will be selected, such as sailors, carpenters, etc., will be sent to work elsewhere.

At this time, Luo Shengdong won't have any special treatment anymore, and once again returned to the environment he was familiar with and picked up his hoe.But soon he was brought up separately, because the special meeting of the executive committee had already begun, and Tao Donglai needed him to come forward for an "on-site defense".Rao Shi Luo Shengdong had already prepared in advance, but he was still dizzy when asked by a group of Transmigration members. In the end, he didn't know if he had said anything wrong, so he could only keep swearing and swearing that he had no second thoughts.

Tao Dong came to see that everyone was almost asking, and let Luo Shengdong be taken away.The next thing is to discuss a unified opinion. The focus of the debate is still on Luo Shengdong's reliability, but there is little controversy about the feasibility of this plan.Almost all the committee members believed that this was a good opportunity to open the window for trade and population introduction. If it could be implemented, it would be worthwhile to drag all the pirates out, not to mention paying a few pirates' heads.But the crux of the question is how credible Luo Shengdong himself is, whether he will change his mind after letting him go back, and how can Chuanzhong ensure that this guy will not mess around.

At the end of the meeting, Tao Donglai's interest-binding theory prevailed. If Luo Shengdong wanted to get promoted, he would have to rely on the help of Chuanzhong this time; The interests of transcendence are closely related and inseparable.

"No matter how much he swears and swears, it is not as reliable as actual interests." Tao Donglai finally summed up his opinion in one sentence.

After voting, the major intention to deal with this matter has been basically determined. Chuanzhong will hand over the pirate's head to Luo Shengdong, and let him take a few personal soldiers and drive the captured pirate boat back to the cliff. State, and then ask for a reward in the name of exterminating the pirates.As for the subsequent plan, it depends on whether this first step can be successfully implemented.

Although things are set, there are still many concrete things to be done to implement them.For example, after Luo Shengdong returned to Yazhou, how to keep in touch with him on the Chuanzhong side was a big problem.Although the sea route between Victory Port and Yazhou is not too far, if the ship of this era encounters some wind and waves on the road, it will take two or three days to come and go. As a news channel, it is too slow and the timeliness Sex simply cannot meet the requirements of transcending the crowd.Of course, it's impossible to give Luo Shengdong a high-tech thing like a radio, but it would be too risky to send someone who could use the radio to go to Yazhou with him. He wouldn't change his mind as soon as he entered the city of Yazhou, and would arrest the Transmigrators for merit.

In the end, the Military and Police Department made a suggestion to send a special action team to ride a catamaran and go to Yazhou together, but not into the mouth of the Ningyuan River, because that place is already under the jurisdiction of Yazhou Water Village. .This special action team will bring a few reliable local Ming people in addition to the people from various relevant departments. At that time, whether it is to buy supplies locally, or to send to Yazhou to inquire about news, or to communicate with Luo Sheng East contacts can all come in handy.

In addition to the pirate's head, the executive committee also intends to hand over the most damaged small ship to Luo Shengdong for repair and repair, and the captured pirate weapons are enough to prove that Luo Shengdong He and his subordinates had a fierce battle with the pirates during this sea patrol, which can also explain the dead Ming soldiers and the "maintenance" Haicang ship.

The executive committee finally gave Luo Shengdong a quota of six people, which is also the minimum number of people required to drive the small ship.Luo Shengdong, who was notified, almost jumped up unhappily. He hurriedly went to the labor camp to pick out five cronies, and then the military and police department escorted these people back to Victory Harbor before dark -- those pirate corpses had already been parked. After a day, if you leave it for another day or two, it will start to taste bad, and you must take the time to deal with it.Moreover, there is no transcendental assembly to cut off the head of a dead person. This can only be done by Luo Shengdong, who is determined to make a contribution, with his people.

After the soldiers of the military and police department provided lime and machetes, they decisively retreated far away.On the contrary, Luo Shengdong and his subordinates had a strong psychological endurance. They picked up the machete and chopped off more than 20 heads with a crackle, and then immediately pickled them with lime.Someone brought several wooden boxes from the pirate ship, and more than 20 heads were packed into three boxes.After the work was done, Luo Shengdong and his men dragged the headless corpses to a nearby hillside, where a large pit had been dug last night for the burial of the corpses.

After burying the bodies, Luo Shengdong sat down on the ground so tired.He didn't sleep all night last night, and today he walked back and forth between the two bases on foot, and then dragged the corpse and filled the hole, which had exhausted all his physical strength.Despite this, he was very excited in his heart, because he knew that this step was a right bet, and his hardships for more than half a month would not be in vain, and promotion and fortune were just around the corner.

(End of this chapter)