Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 297 Sweet Hong Kong Situation - Breaking His Arm

The more Lin Zhuang listened, the colder his heart became. He didn't expect things to change so much in the past seven or eight days.Worrying about how to solve the matter, there was another verbal conflict between the sugar cooker and the laborers.The two sides disputed whether to make trouble, who should make trouble, and whether to "restore ancient law".

The two groups, which had always been divided by income differences, were only temporarily united by a common enemy.After Chen Tianxiong's work of "stirring the masses to fight against the masses" continued, the laborers felt that since it was a job, it would be the same in South China, and there was no need to "revert to the ancient method"-it would be of no benefit to them.

Lin Zhuang was thinking in his heart: Chen Tianxiong's tactic has blown away all the people's hearts on his side, and it is impossible to burn incense and start trouble at the agreed time.If he can't act on time, and Zhu Sanye can't give an explanation, Haiyitang will no longer trust him in the future.For my own future plans, it is better to seek refuge in South China—at least seek refuge in the past, and I can still get the [-] rebates for the settlement fee.Regardless of whether he is in Xuwen in the future, he will have the capital to do anything.

Having made up his mind, he went to South China to see Chen Tianxiong that night.

Once a dog leg becomes a traitor, he always spares no effort in betraying the interests of his former owner.With his full support, the recruitment of unemployed workers from Tangliao in South China went smoothly.According to Chen Tianxiong's instructions, Liao Daxing has prepared a large number of blank employment deeds that have been sealed in the "households" of the county government. The certificates and insurance are all available. The workers only need to fill in their names and press their fingerprints in the past. It's a contract.The whole process took less than half a day.

A storm subsided so quickly.Needless to say, the laborers have finally settled down in their lives; even the pond cookers who are most opposed to South China have succumbed to the general trend.After all, if there is no trouble, the "ancient method of making ponds" will not be restored.And I and my family always have to eat.Realistic needs are always the most powerful.In the end, except for a very small number of people who were unwilling to go to South China, most people signed a contract with South China and were hired as workers.

After everyone signed a work contract, they immediately got a Spanish silver dollar and half a stone of rice for their family, and then they were given a month's leave, and they were asked to go home first to settle down with their families.

The purpose of Wen Tong's doing this is to avoid adding too many strangers in the factory suddenly. Although South China has gone to a serious problem, the situation is still uncertain. Destroy.Even if there is no such person, the new workers have just entered the factory, and there is not enough work for them to do, so it is very quiet and lively, and it is easy to cause trouble.

So simply send them all back, and there will be time to take care of this group of people after the matter is settled.

The few workers who are homeless or whose hometowns are far away are first taken in by Huanantang Bank to arrange accommodation and meals.However, Wen Tong also prepared work for them, that is, to help build a house on the open space of Nanmentang outside the South China Sugar Factory, and build a simple "workers' village".Ma Sanqiang became the leader of this group of workers because of his prestige among the crowd.

This matter can be resolved smoothly, and even the grandfather in the county is relieved-after all, if there is a fight, it will also affect the performance appraisal.What's more, the unemployed workers still have their reasons.Huanan was able to take the initiative to suffer a little bit to understand the matter, and gained a lot of favor from the county magistrate.

Zhu Sanye smashed a cup.For several days in a row, the entire Zhuzhai was completely silent, not even a cough could be heard from up and down.

Lin Zhuang completely disappeared from Xu Wen.According to some people, he received 200 yuan in silver from Huanan, and left Xu Wen far away, lest the third master Zhu come to settle accounts with him, and some people said that he was dead.He died on the county boundary between Xuwen and Haikang without any money.As for who killed him, some said that the third master Zhu hated him as a rebel and sent someone to kill him; others said that South China crossed the river and demolished the bridge and killed him to silence him;

The sugar from Leizhou is still pouring into the warehouses in South China.The air in Haiyi Hall has become extremely restless.The owners and shopkeepers of the various sugar shops who used to obey Zhu Sanye's words now have doubts about him.Although no one has brought it up publicly, Zhu Sanye knows that this day is not far away.

If South China cannot be resolved, not only will his reputation be discredited, but even the Haiyitang organization will collapse in an instant.

Zhu An's chaos: This is the first time he has encountered such a tough and powerful opponent.The immediate immediate effect is resorting to methods such as murder and arson.With a quick cut, it might be possible to end the existence of South China in one fell swoop.But the huge shadow looming behind Huanan made him hesitate and give up—if Huanan suffered such a big loss, the forces behind them would not let it go.This is not to kill a small out-of-town businessman who went to the countryside to buy sugar in private, nor is it to burn a shipping company that is against him.

The news from Guangzhou comforted him a little--Guangzhou has been tight recently, and it is very difficult to mobilize 20 and [-] silver.I'm afraid South China's current bank deposits are also at their last juncture.As long as you grit your teeth and persist, maybe things will turn around.

Guan Qiuhan sent another 5000 taels of silver to Gu Dachun, asking them to buy guns and add boats as soon as possible, expand the team, and completely block Hai'an Port. As long as the sugar boats can't get out, the silver boats can't get in.South China is still the same.

Zhu An's abacus, the cross-timers in South China also estimated at the meeting that it was seven or eight.The matter of breaking the sea blockade is now handled by the navy, and they don't need to worry about it.The key is to deal with destructive events such as arson.For people in this time and space: the simplest, most effective, and hardest way to guard against is arson.The most common method used by tenants and servants to resist their masters is arson.Arson is a felony, but it was difficult to pursue in ancient society.The entire factory area of ​​the South China Sugar Factory is full of flammable materials, and it must be spectacular to burn.

Fortunately, the terrain of South China Sugar Factory is not bad.It stands alone on a piece of wasteland, with a river on one side, an official road on the other, and most of one side is covered by a pond like Nanmentang.There are far fewer areas that require key fortifications.Mei Lin worked tirelessly to direct the construction of infrastructure projects: building firewalls on all sides, digging fire prevention ditches—especially a fire prevention ditches between the worker's village and the sugar factory.Excavate reservoirs in the factory area for fire prevention.The site where bagasse is stacked and dried is isolated from workshops, warehouses and living areas by wind-fired walls to ensure that other buildings will not be affected even if there is a fire.Wen Tong asked Liao Dahua to prepare firefighting equipment such as torches, lanterns, hook poles, buckets, and axes. He also added two hand-pressed water trucks so that the basic militiamen could work part-time as firefighters for daily training.

Beiwei trained and improved the original security system and militia.Arranged night shift duty and emergency contact means every night.The emergency assembly number for the strong men in the South China factory area was stipulated, and several night assembly and fire fighting drills were also carried out.After a few days like this, the hastily pulled up militia team looked a little well-trained.

In addition to defense, preparations for offense were also made.With the guidance of Xiao Zhanfeng, a local, the information obtained by Qiwei Escort, and finally, the situation learned from the mouths of unemployed workers recruited.Chen Tianxiong produced a fairly accurate background intelligence document.Including the map of Hai'an Street, the location and traffic conditions of various important targets, and also managed to get the plane structure of Haiyi Hall, the location of Zhu Sanye's residence, etc. - among which Lin Zhuang contributed the most.Zhu An's own living habits and activity rules have also been mastered. He even used a digital camera + telephoto lens to take photos of the main members of Haiyitang, their family members and key members of his subordinates, and made a personal file.

A hall in the sugar shop was completely enclosed, and it became Beiwei's combat command room. He and his special investigation team made several plans in it.Case A, in which Zhu An was ambushed and killed directly on the road; Case B, in which he attacked and killed Zhu An's house; Case C, in which he set fire to Haiyi Hall; and Case D, in which a near massacre occurred.

The case of Ding is the most terrifying: the special investigation team will kill all the main personnel of Haiyitang within [-] hours, including the shopkeepers, shopkeepers, stewards, and even their family members.

"It's too cruel, killing too many people," Wen Tong said.

"It's just a battle plan." Bei Wei explained, "Be prepared."

"I declare that I absolutely disagree with such a bloody treatment."

Bei Wei didn't answer. He felt that there was no need to explain to those who didn't know what a "combat plan" was, and he couldn't explain it clearly.In fact, his colleagues who formulated these plans also made a set of earthly branch plans, which were used in case of failure to retreat. There were also four types: Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao.Seeing that Wen Tong took the plan so seriously, he felt that there was no need to show it to him—to avoid making a fuss again.

Lingao, Bopu Port.

The Big Whale is mooring in the harbor.After the coal was loaded, the pitch-black deck and hull had been washed clean with seawater by hard-working naval soldiers and shipyard workers.

Chang Shide's digging operations in Vietnam lasted for almost two weeks, and finally selected several open-pit mining sites that can be mined.It was originally planned to return with a full load of coal, but the structure of the big whale is not suitable for loading unpackaged bulk cargo, so it only transported less than [-] tons of coal back to Lingao.

This discovery greatly inspired the industry department, and of course it also gave the foreign affairs department a big problem-how to occupy Hongji?

A country can be conquered by directly sailing a ship and setting up a few cannons, which is still a bit beyond the reach of the traversers.Leizhou's sugar industry has not yet been settled, and it is really difficult to open another mine.There is a special discussion in the executive committee on how to fully occupy Hongji's coal mine.

Chang Shide naturally did not participate in the discussion of the executive committee, nor did he go back to Leizhou directly - he was still thinking about the rice he hoarded in Vietnam.In this way, Gu Dachun got an advantage and caught Guang Bing, otherwise the pirates of the Gu family would cry that their luck was too bad.

Right now, the whale is preparing for a special mission.To be precise, this is a fishing operation.The fish caught were the pirates of the Gu family.Big whales are bait, bait big enough to swallow a fisherman.

On the pier, full straw bags are piled up and ready to be loaded.Thanks to the efforts of the mechanical department, the level of mechanized loading and unloading in Bopu has become higher and higher. Not only has the number of manpower booms increased to four, but a large crane driven by a steam engine has also been installed.In order to meet the logistics needs of Bopu mainly for bulk cargo, the machinery department is researching belt conveyors and grab machines.Once installed in place, the loading and unloading efficiency of salt, rice, iron ore and coal will increase tenfold or dozens of times.A large number of loading and unloading labor on the wharf will be liberated.

The rice that will be shipped to Xuwen is [-] shi, which is directly allocated by the Planning Commission to South China from the inventory.Because of the reliable source of Vietnamese rice, Ma Qianju became much more comfortable in allocating grain.According to the Navy's speculation, the pirates should have been tipped off by someone in Xuwen Port like Hai'an Street.Therefore, the possibility of an accident when the ship enters Xuwen Port is relatively small, and it is safe to transport food along the way.

The Admiralty had discussed how to eliminate the pirates near Hai'an Street, and everyone agreed that sending warships out to sweep them would not have much effect—unless they attacked ships indiscriminately.Otherwise, the other party can pretend to be a civilian ship to escape the search.

With the power of passing through the navy, it is easy to deal with such low-level pirates.The only thing to consider is to minimize your own losses and be able to eradicate the two key elements.

The best way is to go straight to the nest and wipe it out completely.However, the time-traveling crowd lacks sources of information in this regard.

Therefore, the most effective way to choose is "fishing". In fact, Chen Tianxiong also proposed this suggestion.Fortunately, the opponent's intentions are very obvious, and it is quite easy to trap them.

Using a large whale as bait, this ship has a special shape, and the pirates knew it was a South China ship at a glance, and it was an easy target to identify.

Wu De took over the task this time.Professional naval personnel are all out to sea to explore for resources.He is the only ex-naval officer left here in Lingao.This heavy burden was naturally carried by him.

The battle plan is fishing, but if you want to catch fish cleanly, you must have the initiative.

Through the public in the light, the enemy is in the dark.The navy is very unfamiliar with the sea conditions off the coast of Xuwen, and the enemy's attack is very likely to choose offshore waters.The coastline in this area is full of islands and hidden reefs. The opponent is more familiar with the sea conditions than his own. He can use the favorable natural environment to hide himself, observe the movements of the traversers, and choose the most suitable time to attack the Big Whale.

Initiative!He was deeply troubled by this problem.

(End of this chapter)