The wind blows from the South Sea

Chapter 95 The ghost guy is coming
At this time, the city of Surabaya is still a busy and noisy large construction site.

Except for a few streets in the south of the city that have been completed first, most of the streets in the east, north and west of the city are in the cleaning stage after backfilling and are being paved with bricks or rubble.

Nowadays, the 2,670 mules and horses arriving in Surabaya City every day are fully loaded with this kind of building materials, and even some of the freshly fired road bricks are still warm.

In conjunction with the paving and reconstruction of roads, some shack wooden house areas in the west of the city have been demolished. Residents of these wooden house areas can obtain a free piece of homestead land on newly divided plots in the suburbs.

And buy wood at discounted prices, basically half price.

For the shortfall, you can go to Nanyang Bank to apply for a loan of more than 40 silver coins. As long as you use the land as collateral, there is basically no problem in applying.

A small number of indigenous and Chinese residents who had their low-rise shacks demolished were not satisfied with such conditions and once united to make trouble at the municipal committee, hoping to fight for better compensation.

As a result, the police station involuntarily knocked him to the ground and trapped him. He was directly sent to Landoshan Mine for hard labor on the charge of gathering a crowd to cause trouble.

Then, no more...

Warlord rule is essentially a high-pressure dictatorship. The so-called democracy and people-friendliness are just false decorations. Once you offend him, you will know why the flowers are so red in a minute.

Regardless of whether there is a riot in the Bromo Mountains or in a remote indigenous tribal area, the Nanyang Army can attack nearby and arrive within a day and launch military suppression.

Only those large bridges that often exceed 100 meters are time-consuming and labor-intensive to build, and it is difficult to complete them without more than four or five months.

The project that is currently being finalized is expected to be completed in another two weeks.

The more than 2,000 indigenous coolies under Feng Zhaoliang will then move to the construction of bridges and road widening and paving projects outside the city to realize the sandstone conversion of the main roads.

Many bridges are in disrepair, or are simply spliced ​​together from a few large logs. It is very easy for the mules, horses and carts passing by to overturn on these old bridges, tip over or break their axles, becoming an obstruction point for road traffic.

In just over 30 kilometers of road from Surabaya City to Yanwang City, 26 large and small bridges need to be rebuilt.

Since it was under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Army, Feng Guohui could not tolerate this situation continuing, so the next step was to focus on bridge renovation.

After the Nanyang Army vigorously improved public security and cleared up traffic obstructions and difficulties, there was no problem.

nowadays

On the more than 160-kilometer-long traffic arterial road from Yanwang City to Bromo Town in the south and Tianjia Town in the east, no less than a hundred bridges need to be built and more than bridges need to be renovated.

The construction of smaller bridges ranging from 20 to 30 to 30 to 40 meters can usually be completed in more than a month.

Through various above-mentioned measures, the Nanyang Army has further strengthened its overall control over the entire Central Java region.

Generally speaking

Suppress mountain bandits, attack domineering indigenous nobles, eliminate village bandit bullies and strong men with a history of evil deeds, and establish the foundation for the grassroots rule of the Nanyang Army.

On the one hand, these projects will mobilize local resources for construction, and on the other hand, they will rely on the team of indigenous coolies under Sun Zhaoliang.

Even so
Feng Guohui is also confident that within 8 to 9 months, all trunk roads and bridges in the entire East Java region will be renovated, and those that should be built will be built, and those that should be repaired will be repaired.

as tropical coastal areas
There is abundant sunshine and large annual rainfall. The river system around Surabaya City is quite developed, along with many bridges.

At present, in addition to Mai Laowei's third regiment and Wang Erzhu's newly formed eighth regiment, the other six regiments under the Nanyang Army are performing military sweeps in various towns and villages in East Java.

Once the roads are built, agricultural and sideline products and materials from inland areas can be transported in large quantities, leading to a further prosperous economic development.

Depending on the size of the new bridge required, it can be divided into bridge repair teams ranging from 2600 to 20 people to two to three hundred people. More than people can be divided into more than bridge repair teams for separate construction.

For example, what minerals and specialties are there in the Bromo Mountains?
In the past, due to transportation and the fragmentation of indigenous tribes, it could not be transported at all, and it was impossible to turn it into money and then drive local economic development.

That is to say, some wealthy indigenous households who were interested in the Nanyang Army were conquered, given the appointment of managing villages and tribes, and they were asked to assist the Nanyang Army in managing the countryside.

Reporting and asking for instructions more often must be consistent with the Nanyang Army's rural policy.

After those indigenous people were captured, they were basically sent to the Langtuo Mountain Mine to perform hard labor, and they would never have the chance to come out in this life.

The relevant military operations have continued for nearly two months and have achieved excellent results, greatly strengthening the Nanyang Army's ability to control the grassroots.

According to reports from subordinates

At present, each regiment has rarely dispatched large groups of troops to carry out military operations to eliminate mountain bandits. The entire East Java area has been repeatedly sorted out by the dragnet team several times, and it is difficult to see the bandits again.

As for the previous cases of local indigenous tribes transforming themselves into bandits seeking wealth and murder, it is now rare to see them.

The Nanyang Army has generally placed spies among the grassroots indigenous tribes and villages. If it tries to do such bad things again, it will be difficult to escape subsequent investigation.

Nowadays, the regiments are basically divided into camps and companies and are stationed in the countryside. They use means such as painting slogans and centralized education to warn the indigenous villagers not to violate laws and disciplines, to obey arrangements, to pay grain taxes in full and on time, and to actively participate in collective labor in villages and towns, including building construction projects. Roads, bridges, farmland water conservancy facilities, etc.

These meticulous tasks are to consolidate the results of the military crackdown some time ago and help the selected wealthy indigenous households in villages and towns establish their prestige and become the spokesperson of the countryside. The Nanyang Army has grown to a current size of 5,500 to 600 people. If there is no war, the monthly expenditure will be more than 60,000 silver coins, which is indeed a big burden.

Although the salary of a soldier is only six cents per month, to ensure that each soldier has enough food and can often see meat, the monthly cost is no less than 2.2 silver dollars.

If there are combat missions, various combat subsidies and rewards, and injury and rescue pensions, the funds required will skyrocket, and it is by no means a small amount.

Fortunately, it was supported by large profits from smuggling spices in the early stage, and the properties of the Huang family, Qiao family, and hundreds of white colonists were successively searched, otherwise it would be really disappointing.

nowadays

As dozens of industrial and mining enterprises in Tieshan Town have been put into operation one after another, generating a steady stream of industrial profits, it seems that they have overcome the difficult situation and are on the right track of prosperity and development.

Just when Feng Guohui led people to inspect the streets after completion, his men came to report urgently;
The envoy sent by the Dutch Governor-General called the sailing warship of the Royal Navy, which had arrived in the Surabaya Strait, and ordered the leader of the Nanyang Company to go and greet Yun Yun.

When Feng Guohui heard the report, he couldn't help but laugh. He stood on the spot and looked around and said;

"Did I hear wrongly, or are these red ghost guys not awake? Zhong feels full of absurdity.

Now I command;
The First and Second Battalions of the Artillery Battalion were urgently mobilized for closed training in Mount Lando, and rushed to the aid of Surabaya Port in case of war..."

Feng Guohui took out the gold pocket watch on his body and checked the time. It was now 10:17 a.m., and then continued the order; "All members of the 2st and 00nd Artillery Battalions will arrive at the Seven Star Fortress before : pm. Kill without mercy!

In addition, the newly-organized 7th Regiment and the newly-organized 6th Regiment were urgently ordered to arrive in Surabaya City before 6:00 pm today to report to the military headquarters in an armed emergency march.

If you exceed the time limit, you will be beheaded without mercy! "

"As you command, Your Majesty the Marshal."

When the military order was delivered, the officers immediately gave a solemn military salute, then turned and left immediately, preparing to ride on horseback to deliver the military order.

This time it was not a large-scale attack by Dutch colonists, but just two sailing warships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, anchored one after another in the Surabaya Strait.

The total number of sailors and soldiers totaled five to six hundred people.

There are more than 8 people in Wang Erzhu's newly formed 600th Regiment in Surabaya City. They are directly under the Nanyang Army. There are more than 260 people in the guard battalion or guard camp led by Fan Dali, more than 40 people in the Guards Cavalry, and some miscellaneous troops of the Nanyang Army with more than 300 people. .

After such a calculation, the total strength has exceeded a thousand people.

Therefore, Feng Guohui is not afraid of this bullshit Dutch envoy at all. The current 1st and 2nd Artillery Battalions are still training in a closed camp at Langtuoshan Mine.

The purpose of urgently dispatching the artillery force back was to give the two Dutch sailing warships a severe blow when necessary, to dampen their arrogance.

As for the newly formed 6th and 7th regiments, they are a backup plan to nip problems in the bud.

In the event that the two sides meet in battle, the Nanyang Army will quickly overwhelm the opponent with its absolute strength advantage and achieve an undisputed victory.

Nothing else, I just have more soldiers, so what if I bully you?
Facing the heavy troops of the Dutch colonists, all the Chinese businessmen who accompanied Feng Guohui on the inspection turned green, and the atmosphere quickly became tense.

Feng Guohui knew why, but he had no intention of enlightening them. Some things needed to be understood by oneself.

He commanded;

"Go tell the red ghost guy that at 3 p.m., our Nanyang Army will hold a ceremony at the port to welcome guests from afar."

"As you command, Your Majesty the Marshal."

The men followed the order and left quickly. Feng Guohui hugged everyone present and saluted, and said;
"Today, if a ghost comes from afar as a guest, Feng should welcome him personally. This is the way of hospitality in our country of Chinese etiquette.

Since I have official duties, I won't spend much time with you.

Now that the urban reconstruction project is coming to an end, I hope that all committee members will finish it well, leave no regrets, and bring the entire project to a perfect conclusion.

The general affairs that each person is responsible for should be carefully checked. Are there any errors or omissions?
Only after review and review, a meeting will be held to evaluate the pros and cons and form a complete summary report can it be considered complete.

Most future urban construction affairs will follow this process.

With that said, everyone, take your leave. "

"We will strictly follow the commander-in-chief's instructions and dare not disobey him at any time." The committee members clasped their fists in return.

Chen Guohui nodded, then turned around and strode away.

Now that these ghost guys are here, of course, as the host, we must be fully prepared with both soft and hard skills...

(End of this chapter)