While I was busy, I saw a ship coming in the wind and waves on the sea from a distance. The unique ship shadow allowed the observation post to recognize at a glance that it was the 67-type multi-purpose boarding boat of Chuangzhong. [Read the latest chapter] The ship has not moved since it entered the port - for fear of wasting fuel.
However, the salt workers on the beach were all panicked, dropped their tools and ran towards the village in a panic - the sea was not peaceful these days. Every ship coming from the sea could be an enemy.
Zhang Xingjiao was well-informed and took the Tan family and his son at the entrance of the village to reassure everyone that this was the boat of those short-haired masters and would not be in the way.
The travelers were very happy. This was the first time in more than two months that they saw their ship sailing on the sea. The Executive Committee has dispatched a ship that is never easily used, which shows how seriously it attaches importance to this mission - no one wants to work in a position that is not taken seriously.
Xi Yazhou raised his arm: "Let's go to the beach to greet the navy!"
"Navy!" Everyone laughed and felt quite proud. Aren't they the most advanced navy in this time and space?
At this moment, the boarding boat let out a long and passionate roar. Before the whistle blew, it had already emerged from the long waves and headed towards the coast towards them.
Those who didn't have any tasks walked towards the beach together, followed by dozens of curious children and villagers.
The boarding boat had a deep draft and could not get too close. Xi Yazhou turned on the intercom and the two sides called, only to find out that in addition to the food, cloth and weapons that the work team applied for yesterday, the boat also carried a Purchase daily necessities and building materials.
"Find us a berth with a draft of 1.2-1.5 meters so that we can grab the beach and unload the cargo." Chen Haiyang called on the intercom.
"Okay, please wait a moment!"
The western part of Hainan Island is dominated by rocky shorelines. In addition to the tidal flats formed by the alluvial sediment in the harbor, small rocky harbors can be said to be everywhere. I soon found a small harbor not far away with a very clear water surface. It is small, barely able to accommodate two or three fishing boats.
The boarding boat drove at slow speed and slowly sailed into the harbor. The boarding boat, which had been renovated before crossing, looked beautiful and majestic now. A new unloading boom was installed on the ship. The two machine gun positions on the ship building each have a military member holding an SKS rifle, an 8o steel helmet, and an orange life jacket. They look heroic and resemble the People's Liberation Army in another time and space - it would be great if each had a machine gun. . Xi Yazhou was thinking wildly. Seeing everyone coming to greet them, they smiled and waved to the welcoming crowd on the shore.
The engine roared one last time, took a long breath, and stopped.
We boarded a boat to grab the beach and put down the gangplank. What came out of the boat was a tall and sturdy man with a round face and big eyes. The children who followed him were all frightened into silence. The figure, who was 19cm tall and weighed 11okkg, was simply a giant to people at the time. This strong man is Chen Haiyang from the military team. He is wearing his own navy blue training uniform and is full of energy.
Chen Haiyang led four military members to Xi Yazhou, lined up in a row, and performed a military salute:
"Report, Chen Haiyang, captain of the Navy's Wuzhishan boat, has been ordered to escort the cargo to arrive. Now I follow your orders."
"Organize the unloading immediately!" Xi Yazhou returned the gift with a smile, "Let the masses see what you brought them!"
"Yes! Organize the unloading immediately."
After Xi Yazhou shook hands with Chen Haiyang and the others and thanked them, he opened the written document given to him by the Executive Committee. He read it and said with a smile:
"Great! Great! It really solves the problem."
He excitedly said to Zhang Xingjiao: "Tell Mr. Tan to gather the villagers to prepare for unloading!"
As the villagers slowly gathered around, Xi Yazhou climbed onto the ship's roof and stood on a high place, with hundreds of eyes staring at him:
"Folks!" Xi Yazhou said with a smile on his face and waved his hand holding the document, "We have been given food and clothing from Bairen City. For the time being, one thousand kilograms of rice has been allocated to the village! These rice are a penny. No, give it all to everyone!”
There was an incredible silence at first, followed by cheers a moment later. Zhang Xingjiao had summoned some young people through the Tan family and his son last night and taught them to cheer according to the code. Some old people and women looked at the boats full of grain and rice and shed tears. Their voices gradually became lower and lower, but were replaced by the tears of gratitude from the masses.
Xi Yazhou continued the voice that had just calmed down and said: "There are still fifty pieces of cloth, all of which are used to make clothes for everyone. This requires the women in the village to help! However, there is not enough cloth. The clothes made may be Only one piece per family, but there will be more later——"
Before Zhang Xingjiao finished speaking, there was another burst of cheers from the crowd.
"Folks!" Xi Yazhou packed up the documents. "Our livelihood depends on labor, not relief alone. Now Bairencheng needs a lot of sea salt. Let's use our efforts to produce it ourselves. As much sea salt as we have!"
"We have as much strength and salt as we need!" Under the leadership of the Tan family father and son and several people around them, the crowd was incited to great enthusiasm.
Zhang Xingjiao saw that the atmosphere was very lively, and stood up quickly as arranged by the chairperson: "Fellow folks! I, Zhang Xingjiao, is also a local aborigine. He has been educated for several years. In the past, the real estate and fields were dominated by wealthy households. In the end, even the ancestral graves were occupied. If you dig it up for him, you won't be able to survive even if you bully him..." He mentioned the painful part and kept wiping his eyes with his sleeves. The people below also started to frown, "The big family has ruined my family and everyone. We have no clothes and no food." He wiped his eyes and shouted in a hoarse voice, "The short-haired men are here, feed us, clothe us, and help us give birth. Who wants to be wordy again, who wants to take advantage of us again? --"
"Needless to say!" the young people roared angrily, "Gou Dahu, the bastard, comes again and smashes his dog's head!"
The elderly people all looked a little scared, but now that the atmosphere had been inflamed, they did not dare to openly say anything discouraging.
"That's right!" Xi Yazhou shouted excitedly, "This salt field is a salt field approved by the imperial court. It is a place where our ancestors made it with a load of water and a spoonful of salt. Why should he, a wealthy family, seize wealth? We must protect the salt. , protect grain and rice, protect our homes, and protect the fruits of our labor!"
The mood of the crowd was extremely high. Du Wen, who was standing aside, kept smiling excitedly at first, but then frowned. Xi Yazhou left some foreshadowing in this speech and did not say that the salt farm belonged to the people - according to the executive committee's thinking, the salt farm would become the property of the public in the future.
Amid the noise of the crowd, Xi Yazhou walked down the deck of the boat with satisfaction. Bundles of weapons had been unloaded on the ground. These were weapons captured in the Bairentan Battle. Now it has been renovated.
In addition to food and cloth, the boarding boat also transported red bricks, cement, and some simple tables, chairs and benches recently produced by Bopu Wood Processing Factory to the work team. Since the members of the mechanical team had nothing to do for the time being, they used the wood processing factory. The wood processing equipment has made some modern furniture for everyone to use.
The work team's camp was also renovated, with building materials available. Under the guidance of professionals from the construction team that came with the ship, everyone worked together and quickly completed a turret-style building. There are several reasonably comfortable tile-roofed houses in the surrounding area. A new antenna tower was also added to bring the 15 radio stations. Outside the wall, Xi Yazhouyao Architecture Group built a screen wall as a publicity board
On the same day, under the chairmanship of Xi Yazhou, a village committee was established, with a production team and a militia team under it. At Du Wen's suggestion, a women's group was also established - rural women in Hainan all work in the fields and are known for doing hard work, so ethics such as male and female defense have little market here.
The militia team was captained by Tan Chengqing, and Zhang Xingjiao wrote a report to the county to the effect that because the village had been repeatedly invaded by pirates, Xiangyong was established to protect the village. This legal process still needs to be in place.
The militia team is composed of sixty young men. The salt people know some fists and kicks. After getting the weapons, everyone is very energetic and takes time for training in the morning and evening. It was so lively with swords and guns flying. Xi Yazhou watched from the sidelines, but felt that although these things were somewhat powerful when fighting alone, they might not be enough for real hand-to-hand combat. Xi Yazhou saw Huang Jiazhai Xiangyong's attack during the battle at Bairentan: it was powerful and well organized. If such a team came, the militia without any organization or discipline would probably collapse at the drop of a hat.
Xi Yazhou had a certain experience in educating recruits, but these militiamen used swords and spears. He was not sure whether it was appropriate to rashly educate recruits in the firearms era.
"It would be great if we could equip them with firearms!" Xi Yazhou watched their drill and returned to the command post. The people led by Chen Haiyang are still in the camp - they are waiting for the salt farmers to collect thirty tons of salt. When the salt is collected, they will cross the sea with Tan Guihuang to Leizhou to open the sales channel of salt.
"The firearms won't be available for a while," Chen Haiyang thought for a moment, "We can practice formation and physical fitness first. These two are useful in the army of any era."
"You must first be reliable politically, and then you can be strong militarily!" Du Wen suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She was now fully devoted to organizing the women's group. She was with Tan Xiaoqin every day, learning to speak the local dialect, " Our organization is still superficial.”
These words shocked everyone present. Indeed, the enthusiasm of the salt people has indeed been aroused now, but they are not yet politically reliable at this time, and they only became allies of the time travelers due to the trend of the times. There are still some question marks about the firmness of the position.
Xi Yazhou thought for a while and said: "At present, we need to establish an organization first. The village committee and militia have been established, but they have not yet taken root in the salt field. We must cultivate activists among the salt people and display a group of people who share weal and woe. Only in this way can we take root in the salt field. We must continue to promote cadres from the salt people."
Everyone agrees with Xi Yazhou's opinion. Du Wen said: "I want to set up a training class - let's call it Ma Niao Farmer Training Center. It will train some salt farmers and develop a backbone, and I will give the lecture. What do you think?"
This view is exactly the same as Wang Luobin’s idea. But Xi Yazhou didn't want Du Wen to lecture on political theory. He said: "Okay, the name of the training center is good. It just so happens that Wang Gong also has the idea of holding a technical training class. Let's do this together. Let's start with literacy and learning to speak Mandarin! We all have to spend part of our time giving lectures. "
