But Xi Yazhou was confident: "We will handle the dealings with the government. [Read the full text] You don't have to worry." In fact, he already had a plan in mind - we are playing tricks with the ancients, and we can't get the upper hand by making plans. Break it with force.
The people in Yancun looked at each other, as if they didn't believe it. However, these short-haired gentlemen in front of them are not good men and women. Bairentan defeated hundreds of local braves, so maybe they can win. Xi Yazhou was not eager to prove anything and only asked: "If we get the salt lesson back, can everyone be united? Then the two old boys from the Gou family will definitely not be willing to give in and will come to make trouble -"
"That's so scary." Tan Chengqing shook his arms and said with certainty, "With his small skills, any young man in the village can deal with the three of them!"
Tan Guihuang sighed: "It's just that there are no swords and guns, and our village has suffered enough from this. There are empty fists in both hands, and there is not even anything to vent one's anger on."
"We have plenty of weapons," Xi Yazhou said.
"Then we can work together," Tan Chengqing said with enthusiasm from her heart, "Damn it, people have to die anyway, living like this is too useless. A good man can't be angry with turtles, he must have a sword and a gun," he said with his teeth One bite, "I'll fight him no matter what."
"Okay!" Xi Yazhou said excitedly, "The problem now is to let the villagers have enough food, and to try to rescue the village chief and others first. Then we will talk about other things."
"Yes!" Several people said excitedly, "If people's hearts are determined, they can do anything."
"How many people are there in the village now?" Xi Yazhou asked Tan Guihuang, "How many young women and children are there?"
"There are probably more than 400 people, mainly women, children, old and young. Most of the young and middle-aged people are hiding outside to cultivate wasteland. In total, there are more than 200 people."
Not counting the young and strong people outside, the village alone has to supply more than 400 people. Based on the low standard of half a kilogram of rice per person per day, the daily food consumption is 250 kilograms. This is for a traveler who has already consumed more than half of the food. Not a small number. In addition, we have to rescue all the people who were arrested in the salt field. It seems that Gou Da, a big business, must be beaten!
"If all the young people return to the village," Xi Yazhou asked Tan Guihuang, "how much salt can be produced every day?"
The father and son faced each other and made an assessment: "We can produce more than two thousand kilograms every day. The weather has been good recently, which is a good day for salt drying."
Xi Yazhou thought, this is equivalent to one ton a day, which is a lot for manual labor, but for the chemical industry department, one ton of salt is not enough for a small chemical plant to consume raw materials for one day. It seems that the improvement of the salt production method is not enough. There is a lot of leeway. But that’s a story for later. The main topic right now is to use salt as a commodity and exchange it for food and cloth as soon as possible.
Lingao itself is unable to consume so much edible salt. In fact, most of Hainan's salt is exported to the mainland. We have to find a market for this salt. After Xiao Zishan went to Guangzhou, he still had no news. Even if he was informed immediately that there was a large amount of salt available for sale, it would be difficult to quench his thirst for water from afar. He thought for a moment and asked again:
"Are the merchants who came to your village to collect salt still come now?"
"How dare you come here!" Tan Guihuang said, "Since Gou Dahu colluded with gangsters, robbed a salt ship in Leizhou, and killed all the merchants and ship owners, no one dares to come to us to buy salt anymore."
"Are you familiar with us? Just invite them to collect salt, and we can provide you with the protection of force." Xi Yazhou vowed, looking at their doubtful eyes, "Why, we have such a big iron ship, how can we be afraid of a few small seamen?" thief?"
Tan Guihuang nodded, as if he was serious about it: "Sure! I used to receive these salt merchants, and I am familiar with their trade names. There is a Fu Lao named Liu Gang in Leizhou, who is a small businessman. Although he also buys salt merchants, Selling salt, but often mixed with smuggling. He may be more courageous. Let me go to Haikang!" (Note: Leizhou has two counties: Haikang and Xuwen
"I'd better go, you're getting older," Tan Chengqing saw that her old father was about to go away and quickly stopped him.
"Going to Haikang is just a matter of crossing the sea. We also need to keep people in the village."
"We will send a boat to take you across the sea tomorrow." Although Xi Yazhou knew that doing so would be a bit labor-intensive - even a wooden boat would not take half a day to cross the sea from Ma Niao to Leizhou Peninsula. But this moment is the time to show the strength of the time traveler.
"Chengqing," Xi Yazhou said to Tan Chengqing, "could you please go and call back all the young men who have fled outside tomorrow? Let's form a group!"
"Establish a group?"
"Yes, the Gou family can have a servant, Xiangyong. Such a large salt village cannot survive without its own weapons. Even if the Gou family does not come, we must be prepared for pirates. Tomorrow we will allocate weapons from Bairentan."
"Sure! I'll go do it tomorrow." Tan Chengqing became excited.
"Okay, now I have to talk about rescuing people." Xi Yazhou said, "It's not difficult to save people. However, once you are rescued, you will fall out with the Gou family. Do you have the determination and Do you want to fight to the end?" He said deliberately, "If you don't have this determination, then you can also use soft skills. You must first collect two hundred salts and then go and redeem the person." This was also a way to provoke the general.
The father and son looked at each other and said in unison: "Fuck! If we give up an inch in the past, he will move in a foot. If we don't knock him down, sooner or later this salt field and salt village will all belong to the Gou family!"
"Okay, then we will arrange to rescue people. You can find me some people who are familiar with the Gou family's situation tomorrow."
"Okay! Let's go back and talk to the villagers and make arrangements together."
These people disappeared into the night outside, and the atmosphere in the tent became much more lively. Everyone is happy that such a situation can be opened today.
Xi Yazhou discussed some things with everyone again and decided to transport a batch of food from Bairen City for relief tomorrow, as well as weapons - these things are not needed by the time traveler anyway.
Early the next morning, there was some vitality in the village. The people of the work team continued to build their own camp while looking at the beach. There were already people working in the village with longing figures. Compared with the desolate scene of yesterday, they have great confidence. Many people who originally viewed their propaganda work yesterday with suspicion or even ridicule are now convinced of Xi Yazhou's "old-fashioned policy."
The sun shines on the churning sea water, reflecting the mottled and shimmering light. This new day, not surprisingly, means the beginning of a new era for the residents of the salt farm.
Outside the remaining walls of Gehong Temple, curious children gathered - unlike the skeptical adults, the short hairs of these sugar balls that brought a sweet and sour taste were like people from another world to them. . They watched these people working with strange tools intently. The things of these people looked so exquisite and luxurious - even a candy ball was wrapped in colorful transparent paper. The children had formed their own patterns since last night. There was a craze for collecting fruit candy wrappers. Every time a short-haired guy walked by, everyone would hold their breath to see if he would take out a candy ball. Everyone would stare closely at the lucky guy, watching him eagerly stuff the candy ball into his mouth and put it in his mouth. He held the paper in his hand as if he were holding some treasure.
"These children can be our new blood in the future." Wang Luobin said to Xi Yazhou. Seeing these sallow, skinny, half-naked children, the first comprehensive industrial and technical school that had been envisioned for a long time came to mind again.
"Then let's just set up one." Xi Yazhou said, "What does the land reform team do? Fighting landlords, dividing fields, and running night schools--"
"That's right!" Wang Luobin nodded excitedly, "I forgot all about this." He said a little ashamedly: "I always thought of being like a regular school, with school buildings, dormitories, canteens, and laboratories... So I thought I’ve been here several times, but I always feel that supplies are still scarce and the time to run a school is not yet ripe. In fact, to run a school, a room and a blackboard are enough!”
"There are thirty of us, and all of us can be teachers for children." Xi Yazhou said, "Otherwise, wouldn't everyone be bored to death at night?" Night schools can not only provide education, but also allow everyone to have fun in this extremely boring night. Things can kill time and kill two birds with one stone.
"Okay, then I'll go prepare this right away." Wang Luobin walked away happily.
The first construction task for the traversers is energy. As a small independent stronghold on the seaside, wind turbines are the best choice. Lingao itself is relatively rich in wind resources.
He Ying led his team members to use a primitive boom and pulley method to hoist a heavy packaging box onto a high platform made of stones. Judging from the appearance of the stone platform, it should have been a bell and drum tower in the past, but the stone platform The building collapsed many years ago. There was just a thick layer of rubble and dirt on the countertop. He Ying wiped his sweat and measured the altitude. Together with the height of the 5-meter platform, this place was nearly 10 meters above sea level. The foundation was relatively solid and the windward side was open. The wind was so strong that the sweat dried up in a short time. He couldn't help but shudder. This should be a suitable place.
An hour later, a two-meter-high structure resembling a high-voltage power line tower was erected.
Two hours later, what looked like a fan head was installed on the shelf.
Two and a half hours later, the fan blades of the nose were installed.
A black box has been placed under the shelf, and a thick cable is connected to the "fan" on the shelf.
He Ying stepped on the shelf and pulled down the fan blade safety. The "electric fan" started spinning, and the black box made a long beep. Clean Energy Facility One begins work.
This wind turbine was purchased off-the-shelf. The fan blades are made of fiberglass, the motor is a small DC motor, and there is a battery in the transformer box under the shelf. In fact, the electricity that comes out is charged first and then supplied. This way the voltage will be more stable and the power will be only 4oo watts.
In addition to lighting, the 4oo watts of electricity can only be used to run things like computers, which is enough for the time being. According to the plan of the energy department, once the situation in the salt field stabilizes, a small thermal motor will be put into production here - it is said that it is self-produced, and the people in the mechanical team have been drawing drawings of the boiler recently.
Don't make any trouble with this self-produced small motor. He has no intention of installing it when the time comes. He Ying, who was installing the motor, muttered to himself that he personally brought a small motor, but it was requisitioned by the Planning Commission as soon as he landed. Because of this motor, he became a member of the energy team of the Ministry of Industry.
