Win the Ding 1617

However, expanding the navy is easy to say, but it is a huge project to do.

The most important thing is the screening and cleaning of the soldiers and sailors of the former Liuxiang Group who were captured.

If you can't clear out those pirates among these people who specialize in killing people and taking goods for a living at sea, and taking pleasure in annihilation and massacre, will these people take advantage of the chaos to mutiny when they go to sea in the future, seize the ship and go to sea to continue It's not good to be a bandit, or to mutiny.

In Cam Ranh Bay, the largest home port of the South China Army Navy, more than 2000 captured sailors and more than 3000 newly recruited sailors gathered here for training.

According to the establishment of one square team for every [-] people, a team of more than [-] recruits gathered on land by the seaside of Cam Ranh Bay and stood by.Seeing the team officers and the law enforcement members of the law enforcement department carrying a whip made of raw buffalo leather and copper wire to patrol between the squares, a low voice came from the depths of the square from time to time.

"Go! What's the air? If you start a fight with Lao Tzu and jump to the gang, maybe who is sitting here and who is holding the whip!"

There was a commotion in front of the crowd, and a dozen soldiers and law enforcement teams escorted a man in navy uniform to the crowd.

The recruits and prisoners had already known that there would be a big man coming today, and many people were wondering if it was Li Shouhan, who beheaded Liu Laoxiang on Nan'ao Island and gave his head to Zheng Zhilong, his new commander-in-chief?

But judging from his clothing and aura, he doesn't look like the commander-in-chief of an army, but rather looks like a general.From the removed star imprint on the cuff of his navy uniform, this person should be the leader of the navy. [

"Everyone! I'm Zhang Xiaohu! I used to be your colleague! I was the one who intercepted the Dutch fleet at Brothers Islet and defeated them that day!"

Hearing that this guy in front of him is Zhang Xiaohu, the "Tiger Shark" who roamed the sea back then, and defeated the Dutchman, who has always been known for his strong ships and guns, thousands of people couldn't help raising their heads to look at him carefully.

"I know that all of you were taken in by our army on Nan'ao Island. Oh, the brothers who took in were not convinced. They thought that our Nanzhong Army only knew how to use artillery fire and dared not fight hand-to-hand. It's a joke! If you rely entirely on hand-to-hand combat and meet each other with swords and guns, everyone will install artillery on the boat. Make a ball?!"

"Let me tell you the truth, the largest ship in our navy can be equipped with more than a hundred cannons. Once the cannons are fired, no matter what kind of hero you are, you will be turned into a puddle of flesh and blood in front of the cannons!"

After hearing this, those sailors who thought they were tough and brave lowered their heads, yes!If jumping to the gang works, what are you doing with large and small cannons on board?Just hop on each other's boats and fight!

Seeing the artillery fire of the South China Army that day, the intensive and ferocious firepower has become a nightmare for many people.One round of artillery fire sank a Dafu boat carrying more than a hundred people, and then used the artillery fire from the other side to deal with another boat.In the densely lined Liu Xiang fleet, it was really as easy and natural as a ding Ding Jie Niu, as if effortless.

Seeing those captives bow their heads and dare not speak, Zhang Xiaohu struck while the iron was hot.

"I also came from a sea life. We can't hide our tricks from the gong-beater. We are all colleagues. Let me ask you brothers."

"Where are your homes?"

"The capital of Chaozhou!"

"Shantou!"

"Zhangzhou Mansion!"

"Quanzhou Prefecture!"

Voices came from various teams near and far. However, the captives were more or less cautious, only talking about the mansion, and not asking questions below, so as to prevent their family members from being violated by the South China Army.

"Hmph! According to my lord's words, they are places with less land, more population, and near the sea."[

"Then let me ask, if you have [-] acres of land and more than two buffaloes, horses, and donkeys, it is also counted. Brothers like this, please stand up and let me have a look. Those who plant other people's land or the land of the ancestral hall are not counted." !"

"Boss Zhang, are you happy with the poor? Everyone knows that in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou, and Shantou, the upper-class people are the shipowners, the lower-class people work their lives at sea, and the middle-class people work in the fields. Look at us. Does this group of brothers seem to have so many fields and animals in their family? They all expect to go home with their salary to buy rice to support their families!"

A voice came from a distance, although it was not loud, it was clearly heard by the people, and immediately caused a buzz of discussion among the prisoners, which presumably aroused a resonance.

"Oh! My brother, I was wrong! I'll ask another question!"

"Those who have a business shop at home, those who have a boat on the sea, who are the owner of the ship, stand up and let me see!"

Still no one.

Instead, there were more voices refuting Zhang Xiaohu from the crowd.

"Master Zhang, if there is a business shop and a boat, who would fight desperately at sea?! Wouldn't you marry a few wives in the city, eat good wine and meat every day, and then donate some money to schools everywhere? , earn yourself a reputation as a good man?"

"Exactly! Listening to ditties every day, watching beautiful girls dance, counting foreign money, fanning a fan, sitting in a sedan chair, collecting rent, isn't that kind of life lived by a fairy?"

"Then why can't you live such a life?"

Zhang Xiaohu's words seemed to pour a spoonful of oil on the fire, and the flames shot up into the sky immediately.

"Our ancestral graves were not buried well!"

"That's right! The feng shui of the ancestor's grave is not good!"

"Our horoscope is wrong, and we are destined to suffer and suffer!"

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly heated up, Zhang Xiaohu sneered secretly in his heart, and nodded slightly in the direction of the first question in the distance to express his gratitude.

"Let me ask you again, brothers, we live at sea, how do we distribute the looted goods? I am also from the sea, so don't tell me that everyone divides it equally!"

This sentence immediately hit the heart of all the prisoners.Among the bandits, the distribution of stolen goods is strictly graded. It is not the so-called brothers who share it together, but the leaders take at least half of it, and the leaders of all levels divide another half, and the rest is shared by the younger ones.This point is also described in the Water Margin, which most promotes the loyalty of the rivers and lakes. The heroes of Liangshan went down the mountain to rob property. The share is what the little guys share.In the later period of the Communist Party of China, the joint-stock phenomenon also appeared in the bandit gangs, and the distribution of stolen goods was divided according to the number of guns you owned.Bandits without guns can only rent them from bandits with guns.When distributing the stolen goods, such bandits without guns not only get less stolen goods, but also turn over part of the stolen goods to the gun owners as rent.

Although the pirates have not yet developed to this point, there is also a practice of distributing profits according to ships or capital.

Liu Xiangfen's profit is definitely much more than that of ordinary ship owners, and the income of ship owners is hundreds of times that of ordinary sailors.

"I want to ask my brothers, who is the one who is in trouble, wrestles with the waves, fights with the enemy ships, meets with the Francois and the Spaniards, and meets with swords and guns? Is it the owner of the ship? Or Liu Xiangli? Dashe these people?"

"No! It's us!"

"That's right! We're working hard and they're drinking tea and listening to music in the cabin!"

"That's right! I've been working so hard on the sea, and I don't even have a pension when I die! I've failed, and I don't even have enough "medicine"! You can only die by yourself! It's your fate to make it through. If you can't make it through, throw it into the sea and you're done. !"

Two or three agitated pirate prisoners ran up to a man in the formation who had kept his head down and kept silent, and dragged him out of the crowd.

Zhang Xiaohu and the others looked intently, although he was a prisoner, but upon closer inspection, this man's complexion was good, and the skin on his face was not as dark as other sailors.

"I've seen you awkward for a long time! I only found out when I took a shower yesterday that you are not a sailor at all!"

A prisoner jumped up and cursed loudly, cursing in his mouth, his hands were not idle, and with a sudden force, he tore off the man's clothes.

"Look, big guy! Is he our sailor?! Is he someone who has been exposed to wind, sun, and rain?!"

Everyone looked at the stripped naked upper body of the man, but they were not tanned and shiny like ordinary sailors, on the contrary, they were quite naked.

"Say! Who are you?!"

Several law enforcement team members all held their knives in their hands and put them on the captive's neck.The sharp blade left bloodstains on the man's neck.

"I am, I am a gunner! I am not a sailor!"

"Gunner?" A law enforcement team member sheathed his knife and grabbed the man's palm to observe carefully, "Gunner? Why is there no gunpowder in your skin texture? Why are there no calluses on your hands? Tell me! Don't tell the truth, old men But it will be punished!"

After being picked out from the crowd by his accomplices and threatened by the law enforcement team, the man couldn't hold on any longer, and fell to his knees with a plop, "Forgive me, Mr. Zhang!"

But it turned out to be a ship owner.There are four or five boats under his command.

Not long after he joined the Liuxiang Group, he was pulled into this seemingly profitable business. Unexpectedly, one of the four ships was burned, one was sunk, and two were captured.What's even more unfortunate is that he himself was salvaged by the navy of the South China Army after falling into the water and became a prisoner.

"I still have some property in my family, and I am willing to donate them all, as long as my lord can spare my life!"

"Put it aside!" Zhang Xiaohu looked at the man with a bit of disgust at the snot and tears on his face, the spineless thing, and the face of messing around in the sea!

"Brothers, take a good look around and see if there are any people you don't know. They don't look like our men who live on the water? Those who usually give away much more money than you, it's unreasonable to have too many That kind of person!"

"grown ups!"

Unknowingly, the tone and words used by the prisoners to address Zhang Xiaohu changed.

"Did you always say that when we worked under Liu Laoxiang, we paid less money? The brothers want to know how the adults and sailors in our South China Army Navy get their money? Is it the same? It’s the same as Liu Laoxiang’s place!? One leader is worth dozens of sailors?”

alright!It's easy to ask here!

Zhang Xiaohu laughed in his heart.

He pointed to a navy soldier on duty, "You, come here."

The sailor hesitated, "Your Excellency is calling me?"

"Yes, it's you!"

The sailor hastily closed the faucet of the musket in his hand, and checked the flint carefully to make sure that it would not go off. Then he put the musket behind his back and walked quickly to the wooden platform where Zhang Xiaohu was lecturing.

"Tell everyone, your current military salary, income, property, wife and children!"

The sailor hesitated for a moment, turned around, and faced the black mass of heads, "Brothers, I am He Tian, ​​the captain of the training fleet of the Naval Division of the South China Army. Like many brothers, I am also from Fujian. Because I had no money to live on, so I went to Nanzhong to become a navy officer. Right now, I have two wives, one is a Fusang woman and the other is a Siamese woman. I have five children.”

Wow!There was an uproar among the prisoners.Among these people, if you want to say that they are boys, they are almost rare.However, those who have two wives and five children in their families are also rare. Men who are almost begging for a living at sea, dare to marry wives, and not many people can afford to marry wives.

"Brother, can you support so many wives and children?"

There was a strange cry from the crowd.Then there was a burst of laughter.

"Damn! My monthly military salary is five silver dollars, I have four dollars for sea allowances, and three dollars for apprenticeship subsidies. How much is this?!"

"12 yuan!"

"In addition, the general is sympathetic to the hard work of us people. Every time we go to sea, we are allowed to carry [-] kilograms of goods**. Don't underestimate the [-] kilograms. This is tax-free! I can travel to Manga in about a month and a half. For the Westerners there, you can get at least twice the profit, but I won’t tell you how much it is!”

"Also, my wife and children still own the land we bought in Jiulongjiang, and now my Fusang brother-in-law brings dozens of Japanese and native people to reclaim it there. I also own hundreds of acres of land! After one year, there are two thousand shi for rice alone! When did we children in Zhangzhou Prefecture dare to dream of having so many fields?!"

"Which brother said just now that our men at sea are suffering, and we have to die if we don't have enough medicine? Here, everyone has a life-saving kit, all kinds of commonly used medicinal materials, pills, powders and ointments. , there are cotton cloths to wrap the wounds! Even if the Dragon Lord takes a fancy to you and recruits you to be a son-in-law, don’t worry about your family members. In addition to pensions, you also have insurance. It’s enough to support your wife and children!”

Sentences are like cannons blasting the psychological defense of the captives. Unexpectedly, a mere naval commander has so much income and family property, and what's more, he has a family.If you have descendants, you don't have to worry about no one offering incense to your ancestors.

Just when everyone was thinking about how much military salary they could receive in the navy, when they could marry a wife, settle down with a few children, and pass on the incense of their ancestors, suddenly the crowd Someone was shocked again.

"He Jiachang, if you say so, you are so rich, why do you come out to the sea!? Are you lying to our brothers? Be careful that you will be punished by Mazu when you go to sea!"

After hearing this, He Tian's face was flushed with anger, and he pulled another person in armored long uniform past him.

"He's my brother on the same boat, with the same surname, but different ethnicity, Lao He, tell these boys how your family is!"

The old He grinned, "I'm not like him. There are so many women in my family. I'm just a daughter-in-law from my hometown. I've already been accepted to Jinlan Bay. Two sons and one daughter. I won't say anything else, what?" Fields! Military pay! He has already said it just now, so I will say the same thing, I am also the owner of a ship!"

The power of these words is simply the fierce bombardment of cron cannons and mortars.What?A mere armor chief is actually the owner of a ship?

"I am a woman who is more able to manage the house. I saved money. In addition to buying some raw waste for reclamation, I also invested 100 yuan in silver dollars in the sea boat company. Now I am one of the owners of a fishing trawler. Every year I come down, There is at least 130 yuan in dividends! And it is after paying taxes!"

"Now my wife goes to the sea boat office every three to five days, looking forward to another opportunity to invest in another sea boat! This time, I must invest more shares, and a lot of money!"

"As for the fact that someone suspected that our brother was lying to everyone just now, what a joke! Is it necessary for us to lie to you? In the past, there was a fight between various ship gangs at sea, and the people who captured each other, did it take so much trouble? Useful people, willing Those who do stay, those who don’t want to do it, I will reward you with a knife and kick into the sea to feed the sharks. The reason why our brothers are still at sea is that firstly, we like life at sea, and secondly, we can make money and buy more fields , buy shares to build a bigger sea boat, and when I have money, I will build a sea boat myself!"

The behavior of the crowd became distinct.The captives bowed their heads in deep thought without saying a word, thinking about their own affairs, thinking about how to live such a life.As for the recruits recruited by Nan'ao Island, they were excitedly discussing in low voices in the team, if they could be promoted to the position of Jiachang, would they also be able to make the whole family worry about food and clothing?

Finally, some of the recruits couldn't hold back anymore.

"My lord! We are all brothers who joined the army on Nan'ao Island, and want to know, if we enlist in the army, how long will it take to be promoted to the position of the two armor chiefs?!"

Sitting on the chair and resting for a while, Zhang Xiaohu laughed at the recruit who stood up to ask questions, "You don't want to know when you can be promoted to a chief, but you want to know when you can make money like them, okay?" Go home and marry that beautiful girl back to warm your bed and have a baby?!"

This rude question caused the crowd to burst into laughter again, and made the recruit blush with shame. He happened to have a good girl in the village, and when he came out to join the army, he planned to marry her back with military pay.

"We have always encouraged people to make progress here! If you are a good hand, you can sail and steer, you can investigate climate, hydrology and astronomy, or you can calculate, you can write, and you are brave in battle, I suggest you go to the Naval Academy for an exam and say Maybe after a year, you will be treated as a captain in the training fleet!"

"Follow Marshal Li! Wealthy and land have girls!"

"Follow Marshal Li! Get promoted and buy land to marry a wife!"

Vulgar but targeted chants erupted from the crowd.

During the sound of slogans, people in each square team were kicked out, some of them were ship owners, and some of them were the leaders of various levels in the pirate gangs that had accumulated for many years.

"Throw that horse! You guys have bullied us enough on weekdays, and today I will let you taste Lao Tzu's fist!"

Separated and imprisoned these more than a hundred people, the enthusiasm in the arena is still undiminished.

"My lord, I am a good helmsman!"

"My lord, I am the best at sailing!"

"My lord, I am the gunner, and I shoot fast and accurately!"

"grown ups!..."

"Quiet!"

Zhang Xiaohu waved his arms and yelled loudly, making thousands of people gradually quiet down.

"Joining our Nanzhong Army Navy is no problem, as long as your family background is clean and you don't have blood debts in your hands, unlike them," Zhang Xiaohu pointed to the group of people who were tied up by the law enforcement team on the side of the battlefield. The leader of the pirates, "he has done a lot of crimes. You can get a job in our South Central Army."

"But! Our army has strict discipline and strict orders. Anyone who does not obey the general's order will be dealt with by military law! Have you seen me?!"

Zhang Xiaohu stretched out his arms and raised them high so that people in the distance could see them.

"Originally there was a star on the sleeve of my clothes! It was the logo of Lao Tzu as the commander of the left wing of the navy. With this star, others would know that I have more than one ship under my command! But, look! Do you still have it now?! "

The obvious marks on the cuffs can be seen where the stars used to be, but now there is only a dark mark left.

Seeing that this god-like figure in the eyes of everyone was dismissed, everyone in the arena was stunned.He has no job and is a person who treats crimes, so is what he said effective? !

"I intercepted the Dutch navy at Brothers Islet and defeated them. I knocked out five ships and only one ship remained. Everyone must know about this?! That was the happiest battle I fought! But It was also a battle that almost missed the important event of the lord!"

"If it weren't for the fact that I still have some merits, and the brothers have interceded with me, I am afraid that my head has already been chopped off and commanded the entire army!"

Zhang Xiaohu's personal statement gave the six thousand people who were about to join the Navy of the South China Army a more intuitive understanding of the military discipline of the navy. "Hey! It turns out that this law is really ungrateful! You won the battle, but you almost delayed the big event, so you will be beheaded?!"

However, this approach is much better than erecting a log at the gate of the city.The enforcement of military discipline is so strict, so the reward system must be the same.

Watching everyone start to go to their respective training grounds under the leadership of each team officer, and began to identify their identities, appraise their professional skills, go through the formalities of enlisting in the army, etc., Zhang Xiaohu wiped the sweat from his head, and followed the law enforcement team back. To the Navy Hall.

"My lord, I've said everything you told me. This scene is too difficult to sing. If it weren't for the help of my brothers below, I wouldn't be able to get off the stage!"

Shou Han, who was looking at the naval expansion plan, looked up, "Say what you want to say quickly! Don't talk nonsense!"

Zhang Xiaohu salivated and yelled at the guard, "Look, we violated military discipline, and you are also locked up. We have read the book, and we understand the truth. We have also read the defense at the officers' meeting at all levels. I also admitted that I was wrong, should I also let our official return to his original post?!"

"Snapped!"

Shou Han slapped the table violently, Zhang Xiaohu took a step back in fright.I don't know what kind of temper this master is going to lose.

"Zhang Xiaohu, if you want to restore the official position, you have to give me some more credit! Now I give you a few options, one is to go to Luzon, help Zhang Cheng kill the Spaniards there, and then go to Dayuan , the same is to fight the Spanish Red Maoyi. Then hand over the territory to Zheng Zhilong. The second one is to go to Arakan. The king there is about to be tortured to death by Dongyu Wang Mangying’s family. Go help him, as soon as possible Go to Xitian Paradise. Then, you have to take his territory and people from me."

"Go to Arakan? Destroy his king? It's easy! But, why are there still his people?!"

The guard gave Zhang Xiaohu a disdainful look, "I don't think you plan to have a big ship. The people under King Arakan's rule are all good at making ships. You didn't occupy that place for the future sailors. How many sailors does the expansion provide?!"

"Also, during this period of time, the 6000 people and the people from the Naval Academy will be handed over to you. You must listen to me. An old sailor of the South China Army will bring a recruit and a pirate prisoner. These prisoners must not be allowed to Over-proportioned on a boat, understand?!"

"understand!"

Seeing that the dream of being reinstated as an official and owning a large ship is about to come true, Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but nod like a chicken pecking at broken rice when answering Shou Han's request. (To be continued.

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