Ran Yao originally felt that it was not worth it for him to spend his life in exchange for twelve ships, but now that he has brought more ships and he is living well, he can't help but be happy for him from the bottom of his heart. 【Read the latest chapter】
Li Di was busy here, directing the ship to move to the anchorage. The anchorage was cleared for these almost eighty ships, and then Wu De also came: "purifying", rationing clothes and food, and arranging accommodation for more than a thousand people were not originally a big deal for the quarantine camp who was already familiar with the business, but this This group of people is no more than a group of refugees transported from Guangzhou, but a group of pirates who must be dealt with carefully. Wu De was afraid that Yang He was young and inexperienced, so he decided to take charge himself.
"Should we mobilize another company for reinforcements?"
"No need." Wu De said, "There are only two companies of Gwanghae soldiers here, and there is also an infantry company of riot control. The regular army that has been trained for several months cannot defeat a thousand pirates of all ages, so we might as well run away. Australia." He paused, "Besides, don't be too nervous, people will think we are a gangster."
So the tone of being loose on the outside and tight on the inside was set. But "What if they want to see Ren Fu or He Xin?" These two people arrived at Lingao early, and their whereabouts and treatment can obviously be regarded as models.
"We won't let them see him for the time being. Xiao Wei, it's up to you to train Ren Fu properly."
"Don't the training matters belong to Ran Yao? This can be regarded as brainwashing at best." Wei Aiwen pressed down his big-brimmed hat that was about to fly up in the sea breeze, and touched his armed belt.
"He Xin is actually easy to talk to - this guy has no idea, he is just a weakling, a wallflower, and he will do whatever he is asked to do. Ren Fu is not good enough. He thinks that we are unjust and will seize his ship if we don't sell food... "
"Tell him that Zhu Cai is going to die?"
"It's easy to talk about this. If we can't talk about it, we are deliberately trying to blackmail Zhucai."
"We need to educate him well and let him know that we, Lingao, represent the right direction of historical exhibition." Wu De said, thinking that this matter is still a bit tricky. I took Yang He to the quarantine camp.
There are constant telegrams from both sides here, and Lelin has already reported the approximate number of people on the ship. The kitchen in the quarantine camp was immediately opened. The air door of the recently renovated briquette stove was opened to blow air inside. After a while, the newly added briquettes were burning red. In the pot was the usual first meal of the quarantine camp: gruel.
Wu De looked at it and shook his head: "Add half more rice and more vegetables."
"It doesn't mean that people who have been hungry for too long cannot eat enough..."
"They are not hungry people. Even if they have eaten less or less recently, they cannot be compared with the refugees who have been without food or water for many days - they need to add more vegetables, there is nothing to eat at sea."
Dormitories, clothing, and health personnel prepared to conduct physical examinations and treatments for them were all in place. Having made all preparations, in order to add to the atmosphere, Ding Ding has hired the only group of folk trumpeters in the county to wait at the dock, ready to play and welcome. We are also planning to ask students from national schools to line up to welcome him.
Chen Haiyang said: "It doesn't have to be too grand. These pirates can't be too noble, lest they become arrogant!"
After Lin Baiguang and Le Lin exchanged information, they returned to Shi Shishi's ship, and the entire fleet sailed toward Bobu under the escort of the patrol fleet.
Not long after, I saw four ships in front of me with their masts hung with colorful flags. The strange-shaped ships were cutting through the waves. The waves were rolling and the momentum was extremely amazing. Shi Shishi was surprised. There were no sails or oars on this boat, but it was traveling so fast. It was probably the "iron speedboat" of the Australians. In a moment, the four iron clippers were ahead of the fleet. Just as Shi Shishi was about to tell the helmsman to be careful, he saw the bows of the four ships pointed towards the two wings. They had already avoided the fleet and detoured to the two wings.
As if for a show, these four iron clippers changed formation from time to time around the entire fleet, sometimes faster and sometimes slower, sometimes holding the line and sometimes leading the fleet, and shuttled back and forth in the fleet from time to time.
"So fast!" Shi Shishi was an old pirate. Of course he knew what this terrible maneuverability meant. Not only did the opponent not need to consider the wind direction, but he could also adjust the direction of travel anytime and anywhere, as flexibly as a fish. No wonder the Australians only have a thousand people, and only seven or eight ships can gain a foothold in Lingao. Liu Xiang and the big shopkeeper are helpless against them!
Sailors and family members on various ships heard that the Australian "iron clippers" were coming to greet them, and they all rushed to the deck to see these ships. They had no need for sails and oars, they were made of iron but would not sink, and they had the "spirit of ghosts and gods". "Powerful" "iron clipper".
"It's really made of iron! My mother. Iron won't sink in water!"
"It's probably not Chinese iron."
"Who knew! It could run so fast without sails."
"Monster! Monster!" Some sailors shouted in terror, and were knocked to the ground by the leader. He was immediately dragged into the cabin by his cronies and imprisoned. These words will let the Australians know that they will not be able to live with it.
The leaders knew very well that this was a courtesy and a warning from the Australians, and they all felt very complicated. After all, no one except Shi Shishi knew the situation among the Australians.
After escorting for a while, the fishing boat suddenly increased its power and soon disappeared from their sight, leaving as quickly as it came. At this time, the buoy outside Bobu Harbor had appeared in Lin Baiguang's sight. Then, a puff of white smoke came out of the towering Bopu beacon tower, and then there was the sound of rolling thunderous cannons.
"This is a salute to welcome you all," Lin Baiguang said.
Seventy-eight large and small sea-going ships, the largest weighing more than 300 tons, the smallest weighing more than 40 tons, are all common Guangzhou ships and Fuzhou ships on the southeast coast. Now they are along the natural breakwater made of rocks on Lingaojiao. Line up and drop the anchor. This naturally formed rock embankment has been transformed into a real sea embankment. Roads, lighthouses, forts, and trestles have been built on the embankment to facilitate people to board the embankment. The pirates on the ship helped the young and old to the embankment from the trestle.
On the pier, the percussion group Ding Ding hired was taking turns playing "Happy Meeting" and "Flowers Lianzhi".
Shi Shishi and a dozen of the main leaders had already put on their best clothes and went to meet the "Australian big boss" under the guidance of Lin Baiguang.
The place where Chen Haiyang chose to meet the defected pirate leader was in front of the customs building in Bopu. Although the Customs House is just a three-story red brick building, there is a large open space in front of it paved with cinders. There is no clock on the clock tower, so it looks quite majestic. Especially standing on the square in front of the building, you can clearly see the huge silhouette of the Fengcheng Ship opposite the back bay of the Customs Building. Enough to impress.
Chen Haiyang had a high-backed navy captain's chair placed on the steps in front of the customs building. Navy cadets were transferred from the Military and Political School and counted as escorts. They all wore navy uniforms and wore the latest machine-made navy sergeant's sword. The cadets lined up on both sides of him, their backs straight and majestic.
Starting from the bottom of the steps and extending to the entrance of the square, sixty people each from the Army and Navy were on guard, with their brightly polished bayonets arranged in a straight line.
The pirate leaders followed Lin Baiguang and walked cautiously. Except for Shi Shishi, it was the first time for everyone else to come to Lingao. The shock of the moment when the huge iron ship appeared in the field of vision has not faded away. On the other side of the bay, tall pavilions stood with their long arms stretched out. From time to time, bursts of white smoke appeared, and there was a roaring sound.
"It's spinning, it's spinning!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.
Sure enough, the long arm on a huge pavilion was slowly rotating, and below it was a long rope, hanging some huge cargo. Suddenly, a high-pitched and passionate scream was heard in the distance. The sound spread across the bay and soared into the sky, frightening them all.
"Damn, what the hell is that..."
"Don't talk!" Shi Shishi whispered.
Shi Shishi originally thought that the big boss of Lingao would be more polite and let him meet him at the pier. The two sides hugged each other and left. Then everyone drinks and eats meat together - in recent years, whenever someone pulls a team to vote for the big shopkeeper, it's mostly this routine. Unexpectedly, Lingao was full of official authority. I can't help but feel a little awkward.
A cordon was set up outside the square. All servants and soldiers were not allowed to enter, and the swords they carried were left outside. From the entrance to the steps, two lines of soldiers were on tight guard, and the entire square was silent. The only sound was the fluttering of the flag.
Lin Baiguang led them through the cordon to the steps. Without any orders, these people all knelt down.
Chen Haiyang can now speak a few words of Cantonese and Hokkien in this time and space, but he does not say a word, only telling them to get up in straight Mandarin without kneeling. Xiong Buyou, who was serving as the translator on the side, took a step forward and spoke first in Cantonese and then in Hokkien.
This kind of etiquette was the result of discussions between several people present. Chen Haiyang did not speak dialects in order to show the status of Mandarin as the "national language", and asked Xiong Buyou to use popular dialect translations to show respect for Jiang Ren.
Shi Shishi and others quickly stood up and saw the big boss sitting on the steps. He looked like he was only in his early thirties. He was sitting on a high-backed wicker chair. He was only wearing a small blue cloth jacket with a double breast and a waistband that Australians like to wear. He was wearing a cloth belt - this outfit was extremely simple, almost the same as the young soldiers around him.
This was the first time for everyone to see such a simple big boss, and they were a little at a loss.
It was Shi Shishi who had more dealings with the Cross-Travel Group. He hurriedly took a step forward, clasped his fists in salute, and said something like "I have admired the reputation for a long time, and I am willing to serve, and we will work together and work together in unity from now on." After saying this, he presented the books he had brought - the rosters and account books of ships, grain, weapons, and gunpowder that had been transcribed at sea in the past two days. As a sign of sincerity! ~!
