If you want to keep the ships, you can continue to command the fleet. [Read the latest chapter] Southeast Asia Company, a newly established joint venture company participating in the Foreign Trade Committee, specializes in overseas trade. The bosses used the ships to take shares. Each ship of 100 tons is counted as one share, and so on for ships over 100 tons. Vessels less than 100 tons will not be accepted.
In addition to carrying out overseas trade activities, ships participating in the Southeast Asia Company must also complete transportation, combat and patrol tasks assigned by the Navy Ministry - the Southeast Asia Company is under the dual leadership of the Foreign Trade Commission and the Navy Department. However, at a level level, the company's management can participate in enlarged meetings of the executive committee.
After this policy was introduced, everyone found it acceptable. Although after replenishing personnel and coordinating logistics, their personal control over the fleet has been greatly reduced. But being able to maintain control of the fleet still makes many people feel psychologically more comfortable.
Most people choose to join Southeast Asian companies. Since we are going to a long sea and it is useless to keep small boats, we might as well pay them all in and get some money in exchange. Shi Shishi was different from others. He insisted on handing over all his ships to the organization without paying a penny. He only asked that he could be a minor official like "Chief Qian" in the Navy Department. Wei Aiwen felt puzzled - why did this pirate leader suddenly become so enlightened? Did he really think that we could attack Beijing and make him a minister of the dragon?
Lin Dan also handed over his boat without hesitation. He also doesn't want money, but he has a requirement: the Time Travel Group must do its best to help him find the whereabouts of his family members.
"You will be given as much money as you need. This is credibility." Wei Aiwen said, "As for finding your family, I will do my best - aren't we a family anymore?"
Fatty Hu quickly handed over all five of his ships. He asked not to go to sea anymore - he wanted to build a farm.
"Before I became a pirate, I was a good farmer. If it hadn't been for the plague of six poplars and seven poplars that burned down my village, I wouldn't be doing this business."
"If you hadn't done this business, you might have been ruined long ago." Lin Dan said, "You, a rich country man, are just fat."
After some registration and deployment, five of the eleven leaders who brought the boats were willing to hand over all the boats. Among them, Hu Wumei - also known as Fatty Hu, his parents gave him such a female name because of the difficulties in having children - He expressed that he did not want to continue to eat this bowl of rice from the sea, and wanted to use the money to buy some fields and houses to settle down.
"You don't need to buy a farm. We will allocate a house for you. Let's do this. You can be the head of a farm for us." Wu De nodded beside him. "There is a school farm outside the county town. There are hundreds of people there." The land is short of a person in charge. Just take your wife, children, and relatives to live there. You can also take a few of your soldiers with you."
"Sure, managing a farm is my job." Hu Wumei was quite satisfied with this arrangement. "I also want to buy some fields, is that okay?"
Wu De nodded and said: "Of course you can, but we have policies for buying land. You have to wait a little - money is always money by your side anyway, and I can't lose you!"
"My dear fifth sister is very satisfied with this arrangement.
Shi Shishi, Lin Dan, Li Guang and others are willing to directly join the "Navy" of the Australian Group.
The other six people joined the Southeast Asia Company. They also surrendered some small ships and only kept the large ships. On average, each person also has three to five large ships.
Yan Ming took the people from Delong Grain Company to handle the boat redemption on the spot. The measurement units of ancient Chinese ships are relatively complex. Some are based on materials, some are calculated based on size, and some are calculated based on load capacity. Yan Ming's cost-effective price is based on the shipbuilding prices of ships of various sizes along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian collected by Guangzhou Station as the basic reference point, and then evaluates the material, condition, and accessories of the ship to give the price. All in all, the price is favorable. In fact, these ships have been drifting at sea for two or three years without any repairs, and are generally in poor condition.
The price is all in silver. Pay the bosses in full. This can be regarded as winning their trust. Yan Ming estimates that based on Lingao's current consumption situation, these people will soon be tired of silver that is not very useful.
After the formalities are completed, each leader will designate a few close associates to handle the handover procedures for the ship. After the planning committee personnel opened the seals, the artillery, ammunition, food, materials, personal luggage, etc. on each ship were removed one by one. All personal belongings will be collected after being disinfected. As for artillery, food, weapons and other items, they are all registered by the Planning Commission. Regardless of whether the ships are redeemed, the shipyards will need to fully renovate and refit them. to carry out the mission in the fall.
After the arrangements were made, a two-month leave was announced for everyone to settle their families and deal with private matters. Subsequently, doctors from the Ministry of Health also conducted physical examinations on the leaders and their families - several of them entered the STD prevention and treatment center on the spot. The remaining people went through a "purification" process and received the keys to their respective homes.
This group of residences specifically for pirate leaders are located in the high-end residential area of Bobu Commune. This is a pilot high-end residential area built in batches. A total of three rows of twelve townhouses were constructed. Except for Hu Wumei and Lin Dan, who went to the farm, the other nine households of the pirate leaders moved in. Because Lin Dan was alone, he felt that living alone in such a big house was boring, so he asked to live in a navy barracks. Chen Haiyang allocated him an officer's dormitory in the Bopu Naval Camp.
The decoration, furniture, and furnishings inside include all daily necessities. Wu De instructed that they should reflect the four major standards of "neatness, cleanliness, comfort, and dignity." There are also flowers and trees planted in the front and back yards. It makes the pirate family members who are used to living in a small environment at sea feel very comfortable and comfortable. And the faucet that can automatically discharge water by turning the lever caused a sensation.
The Cross Travel Group also assigned a caretaker to each household, who was basically an old man who looked after the door, cleaned the house, and received visitors. Wearing a brand new Tsing Yi and sitting at the door, he looked very grand. In fact, they are all part-time informants who receive subsidies from the General Administration of Political Security.
When each family moved, Ding Ding, the head of the cultural and publicity department, called the percussion team as usual to play the percussion and set off firecrackers, trying to create a joyful atmosphere. Then, in the names of Wei Aiwen, Chen Haiyang, Wu De, and Lin Baiguang, they sent gifts to celebrate the move. Congratulatory gifts, finally, congratulatory gifts were sent in the name of the Executive Committee.
The leaders were still confused about the Australian system for a while. Some people thought that the "Executive Committee" was probably the name of the Australian emperor. Some of them were literate and knew that it was the name of an organization such as the "Cabinet". No matter what, it is a rare blessing. So when the gifts arrived, everyone still knelt down and kowtowed in thanks. Then he respectfully placed the gift in the middle of the hall. Wei Aiwen, who came to congratulate him, couldn't laugh or cry.
The gifts sent were all simple. There were no gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy or paintings. They were all daily necessities: firewood, rice, oil, salt, cloth, silk and the like. Although it is not valuable, it is a very considerate move for newcomers who have just arrived and don’t even know where to go to buy things.
Finally, a housewarming banquet was served from the canteen. Wei Aiwen, Chen Haiyang and others personally accompanied them, and the atmosphere was very warm. Everyone is very grateful for all the preferential treatment given after logging into 6.
Then there was "learning" every now and then. The content of learning is nothing more than watching movies and taking classes. In addition, when the Communist Party was engaged in "ideological transformation", it had tried and tested "visits". The only regret is that Chuan Chuan Group does not have so many industrial and mining enterprises to show them, and the scale of most of these enterprises seems to be a bit shabby. However, the semi-modern production capabilities displayed by a limited number of factories were enough to shock people in the medieval era.
Wei Aiwen assigned each leader a student from the Political Department's training class to serve as a translator in name, so that they could understand the content of the propaganda and essentially conduct one-on-one infiltration propaganda.
They also visited the 6th Navy's drills, artillery target shooting, and infantry formation drills. However, apart from the powerful power of artillery fire, these gadgets did not impress them as much as the factory. They were just for fun - most of the bosses knew very little about military matters. Even the tactics of naval battles are not good enough. They basically charge according to the flag, shoot with cannons when they are far away, fire rockets when they are close enough, and finally jump into gangs to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
In addition to visiting and watching movies, lectures are also held. Although most of them are illiterate, they are not literate at this stage - these people are used to being carefree and do not know enough about the importance of knowledge. It is impossible to ask them to sit in class seriously like students. Therefore, the lectures are symposium-style and focus on ideological indoctrination. In addition to Wei Aiwen himself, Lin Baiguang, Wu De, Chen Haiyang and others came in turn. The symposium is usually held in the pavilion of the farm. There is tea, snacks and fruits, food and drink, and chat. In such chats, the views of the cross-travel group are slowly instilled, and sometimes questions and doubts are answered. From the science popularization of why iron ships can float on water to whether the "Australians" want to rebel and take over the world - Wei Aiwen always smiles mysteriously and does not answer the question of whether it is a rebellion.
This method of talking about equality and mutual trust gave the leaders a great impression - almost all of them came from poor backgrounds and were used to the brutality of the government. Although there was a somewhat "democratic" atmosphere in the pirate group, under the family-style management system, the Because of his foreign surname, he could only keep his complaints about various injustices within the group hidden in his heart. Now everyone is talking openly, talking freely, and feeling quite happy. Many people couldn't help but vent their dissatisfaction with Mr. Zhu Cai. Wei Aiwen nodded while listening, thinking that they were in the quarantine camp, and the sailors were probably venting their dissatisfaction with their group. ! ~!
