Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 263 Navy Curry and Press Censorship

After many days of labor, the timber piled up in Yulin Fort has accumulated hundreds of cubic meters.These logs have been piled up in the compound of Yulinbao.Bai Guoshi knew that the best way to store wood is to store it in water. Wood soaked in fresh water can be kept away from air for a long time without decay.But this requires sufficient water surface, which is not available near Yulin Fort.

If the dry storage method is used, it is simple and easy. The rainy season in Yulin has not yet come, and the drying is quite fast. However, if the wood is to be transported away by boats in the future, the dried wood will quickly absorb water and sink in the sea. Going down will cause a lot of trouble for towing.

So he can only use the most convenient wet storage method that has a certain impact on wood.The felled wood is piled into piles, each pile is about 25 cubic meters, covered with branches and leaves, and people are sent to water it regularly every day to maintain a certain humidity.

However, such a preservation method should not exceed three months at best, otherwise the wood will be damaged.According to Wang Luobin, they will resend the ship in 30 days at most, and it is estimated that the problem will not be too big if it is piled up for a month.

There are a lot of scraps left over from logging, and Bai Guoshi arranged for people to collect all these branches and dry them on the beach to be used as firewood for Yulinbao.I also chose some thicker branches to burn charcoal.The firepower of charcoal is more stable and calorific than dry wood, and it is more convenient to use.

Then all the people in Yulinbao devoted themselves to the work of picking coconuts.The coconuts near the shore have basically been picked by the fleet. They began to go deep into the inland areas to pick them, and they can pick hundreds of them every day.In the evening, everyone splits the coconuts to drink coconut juice, and the excess coconut juice is poured into clay pots and stored in a refrigerator well.Coconut meat dried copra.

Wang Tao saw the coconut meat drying on the palm leaves on the beach, drank the coconut water and wandered around, and suddenly remembered Ah San—coconut meat is often used as a raw material for curry in India, so he used coconut meat, Mr. Hu The sent lamb, pumpkin and seasonings left over from the fleet made a lamb curry.The hot, fragrant and spicy curry sauce was poured on the freshly cooked rice. Although the sailors were exposed to the spiciness of chili for the first time, they found it very novel, but everyone ate happily.That day happened to be a Friday, so Wang Tao became the inventor of curry rice, and established the habit of eating curry rice every Friday in the navy in the future.

The activities in Yulin Fort attracted Hu Xun's attention, so he went across the bay to visit these newly settled residents under the pretext of sending ready-made clothes.Wang Tao made curry rice again, which made Mr. Hu's mouth flushed. With a cup of cool and delicious coconut milk, Mr. Hu was addicted to it.Now ask for the recipe of this curry rice, and ask where does this unusually spicy taste come from?Wang Tao knew that chili peppers should have been introduced to China during the Wanli period, but this place obviously didn't know there was such a crop, so he told him that it was chili peppers, which came from outside the region.Hu Xun asked for some seeds to go back to plant, but Yulinbao had no seeds except chili powder and chili paste, so he only sent him a bag of chili powder.

Hu Xun asked them if they harvested a large number of coconut trees for overseas trade?He was very familiar with overseas trade, and said that he had never seen a foreign ship transporting dried coconuts so far. Wang Tao hurriedly asked, is there any businessman in Qiongshan County who came to buy dried coconuts?

"I've heard that there are merchants from the mansion in Yazhou who have received dried coconuts, but they don't come often. Wenchang is only two days away from Qiongshan by sea, and the coconuts there are a hundred times more than here, and the road is so close. Why bother?" I’m here to buy copra. Besides, it’s several days away from Yazhou City, so it’s beyond reach.”

Wang Tao wondered if the dried coconut merchants in Qiongshan were not as tightly controlled as imagined.This guy Lin Quanan was either lazy and fabricated a reason, or he never came to such a barren place.But after thinking about it, he is a businessman, and he always goes to the city to trade, and he is naturally not the same way as a pioneering team like himself.

"To tell you the truth," Wang Tao said, "Brother, I opened an oil-pressing workshop in Lingao, and I specialize in extracting oil from dried coconuts. I can make a lot of money selling them overseas in Australia, but Lingao doesn't produce coconuts, so I searched everywhere. "

These remarks were made specifically for Hu Xun, making him feel that this was an opportunity for cooperation.Unexpectedly, Mr. Hu didn't care about this matter at all. He just chatted a few times and said that people from the county would come to the countryside in a few days. I gave some sugar and two bottles of Guoshi Wushuang wine to Mr. Hu, and said that I will give another reward after the work is completed.

After sending Hu Xun away, Wang Tao felt a little disappointed. Originally, he thought that Mr. Hu would take the initiative to ask to participate in the business of collecting coconuts and logging. Not to mention an extra layer of protection, there will be a lot more manpower.As a result, there was no reaction at all.

He didn't expect that a wealthy family in a remote place like Mr. Hu, who has very limited knowledge and has long been used to the days of plucking geese and waiting for filial piety, would be willing to do such a labor-intensive business.It doesn't matter whether it is logging or picking coconuts in Yulin Castle, as long as it gives him some benefits, as for whether there can be more profits, it is not within the scope of consideration.

Bai Guoshi said: "It's a pity that the people in Anyou Leshi and his village are gone, otherwise we can light all the coconuts without any problem."

Lao Di said: "Yeah, I just occupy the latrine and don't shit. I'll just kill him in the future. All the population inside will be merged into Yulin Fort."

"In a few months, when our large group of immigrants arrives, Mr. Hu will definitely not be able to sit still, and then there will naturally be a showdown. Should we obey our leadership, or prepare to cut ourselves off from the people." Wang Tao sighed, " If you don’t participate in such a good opportunity to go to the revolution—at least you can be a democrat, and your descendants can join the local CPPCC.

Sighing is sighing, the work of collecting resources is still going on.After work, because of boredom, Yulinbao often communicates with Lingao Main Station and Changhuabao to exchange life conditions and personal feelings.Ding Ding was so inspired after seeing a telegram sent by them at the receiving station of Lingao Telecom, he used the material on the telegram to use his wonderful pen to write a prose of "Yulingang Night Talk", signed " "Nantian Sentinel" was published in "Lingao Times", but it was not expected to be very popular among the cross-travelers, so Wang Tao was appointed as a special correspondent, and every few days he would write a newsletter, which would be serialized after he polished it.Wang Tao lived up to expectations, and immediately wrote another article after receiving the telegram.Ding Ding continued to revise and polish overnight.After finishing the typesetting, the manuscript was handed over to Zhou Dongtian early in the morning to engrave wax paper, ready to be printed.

Unexpectedly, before the newspaper was printed, Ding Ding received a call from Zhou Dongtian.

"Newspapers can no longer be printed," Zhou Dongtian said helplessly, "I received a notification from the superior department: the series of essays in Yulingang Notes has leaked secrets, and the newspaper must be edited before it can be printed. In addition, the issue of the newspaper that was published a few days ago is notifying all Recycled." He added, "And said that in the future, any article in the Times that publishes such news must be submitted for censorship before printing—"

"Who has this stupid rule!" Ding Ding almost jumped up. After D-Day, he and Pan Pan, two husband and wife shops, had no funds and no treatment. They were basically black households. The establishment, and now suddenly there is a familiar "receive a notification from the superior department"!

"MMD, I haven't written about the corruption of the executive committee yet! Give me an official voice first!" Ding Ding immediately found the executive committee compound.

After entering the compound, he hesitated again: As long as everyone in the crossing has the experience of working in an agency, he knows that the cloudy "superior department" is the hardest to find, and he will have it when the notice is issued.Once looking for it, no one will admit that they are the "relevant department".

After thinking about it, I decided to go to the printing room to find Zhou Dongtian and inquire about the inside information.Although he works in printing, he has been working part-time as an internal affairs office. Since the reason is the so-called "leaking secrets", it is very likely that the relevant department is an internal affairs office or an intelligence office.

Sure enough, Zhou Dongtian knew something about it, and said that the matter was a call from Ran Yao.Of course Ran Yao Ding Ding knew it. It turned out that he was working for the security team. After the organization was adjusted, he was transferred to the Internal Affairs Committee.

So he left the compound in one breath and came to the compound of the Internal Affairs Committee, where few people usually go, but was stopped by two sentries at the door, because he had neither registered an appointment in advance nor had a pass to enter the compound. Don't let him in.After being furious and displaying the prestige of the chief, he still declared failure-"If you don't register or have a pass, you can't enter. This is an order."The sentinel can't speak Mandarin well, but he can only speak this sentence fluently.

Ding Ding was kicked out of the door like a defeated rooster, and was planning to report back to the agency to look through the address book to find Ran Yao's mobile phone number before making a theory, but he saw a fat man coming out of the yard with his stomach full.Seeing this scene, he walked over slowly and asked, "What's the matter with this comrade?"

"You still call me comrade! It's only been a few days since D-Day landed!" Ding Ding was so angry that he shouted, "I want to see Ran Yao, come out to me, Ran Yao! You persecute freedom of speech!" The momentum has long attracted crowds in the core area of ​​Bairen City, but the Internal Affairs Committee is located in a remote place, and no one pays attention to it.

"Don't shout, Ran Yao went to host a meeting at Bopu, are you Tintin? Let's talk about it." The fat man was still amiable.

"who are you?"

"Oh, I'm a clerk on the committee, little man." The fat man smiled broadly.

This is Ding Ding's first time entering the compound of the Internal Affairs Committee.As soon as I walked into the compound with green brick walls and thorny plants all over the walls, I felt a chill rushing up from my feet, and I couldn't help shivering.A small two-story building of green bricks was built on one body and two wings in the courtyard. Many trees were transplanted in the courtyard, covering the courtyard with thick shade from the sun.

The fat man let Ding Ding into a simple room not far from the door. There were some furniture and stationery in it, probably a place to receive visitors.Someone brought a cup of teabag.Ding Ding sneered and said:

"Are you inviting me to tea?"

"You can also drink plain water." The fat man said softly, "We don't have coffee here."

Ding Ding immediately talked about the restrictions on publishing.What is the meaning of such so-called "secrecy"? Why can't the general time traveler know the latest situation of the time travel group?Do you still have the awareness of respecting the right to know of the general public?

"That's it. Of course it's respectful. The Internal Affairs Committee is just an ordinary organization." The fat man smiled tepidly, and didn't directly answer his question. "How many copies of "Lingao Times" are printed every day?"

"Three hundred copies." Ding Ding said angrily. Originally, he wanted to print a thousand copies, but there were gaps in the ink, paper, and printing equipment.

"According to the figures reported by the Times to the Planning Commission, more than half of these newspapers are in the hands of the traversers, including for departments, enterprises, and reading rooms in dormitories. Go to Dongmen City for retail sales, right?"

"Yes. If more resources were allocated to me, the circulation could be even more—"

"The more the times are published, the louder our voice will be to promote us, and the greater the influence on the indigenous people. This is the established policy of the executive committee." The fat man said slowly, "But you think: the newspaper is in the hands of the indigenous people, A lot of news spread inadvertently—"

"Just for this? After that, should President Wen, Governor Ma and other people who travel through the newspapers use aliases and stamp their faces? Don't publish anything in the newspapers, just write that today is safe and sound, or simply publish Some Du Wen's tirade is ready!"

"Don't worry." The fat man is still light and rainy, "I read the series of reports on Yulingang, and they are very good. Everyone's evaluation is also very high. The reason why the internal affairs committee did not agree to publish this article is because of the comrades who went to overseas stations. Our safety—the time, place, people, and equipment are all included in the report. If the newspaper leaks out, if it is seen by Liu Xiang or other people who are not good for us—the small fortress of more than a dozen people will be destroyed in an instant. Went out."

Tintin was terrified.Thinking about it this way, he was indeed negligent.But he was unwilling to reconcile, and said stubbornly: "Yulin is not called Yulin now! Where did the people of the Ming Dynasty have the ability to reason?"

"Dadonghai should be called Dadonghai." The fat man said, "There is also Anyoule City, which is the name of this time and space. How could people in the Ming Dynasty not know? Even Anyoule City is written on the opposite side of Yulin Castle. How do you know?"

Ding Ding was speechless, he clearly felt that he was justified, but being overwhelmed by the big hat of the other party, he was irrefutable.The interests of the time-traveling people come first. It cannot be said that the personal safety of these people is inferior to everyone's right to know, right?

(End of this chapter)