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Lin Baiguang has read the entire war game and the simulated artillery damage test report, just like a person with a good hand will not care about the opponent's delay for a few minutes. 【Read full text】
The Zheng family's delay is nothing more than trying to regain some points and gain more benefits in the private negotiations below.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help humming leisurely: "...I am originally a casual person in Wollongong..."
In another time and space, there was a county leader in the county where Lin Baiguang worked who loved Peking Opera, so Lin Baiguang learned a few verses to cooperate with the leader - and his singing was not bad.
Three or four days later, Lin Baiguang was finally invited to have "concrete discussions."
The business cooperation progressed relatively smoothly after both parties had an intention. The two parties conducted a series of negotiations on price, payment methods and ship navigation safety.
In terms of supply prices, Lin Baiguang was relatively relaxed - the cost of salt in the Senate was very low, so a slightly lower quotation would not be a big deal. However, in terms of payment, he rejected the three-quarter settlement method of year-round supply.
"This won't work." Lin Baiguang shook his head. "Not to mention, the Zheng family's Anhai ship arrived in Japan, but they went to collect the payment the next year? Didn't the local businessmen in Japan pay on the spot?"
You sell to [Japanese] myself and collect cash, and I will naturally have to collect cash when I sell to you. Lin Baiguang refused to give in.
The reason why I am willing to pay cash is because the goods shipped by Chinese merchants are hot commodities, and the private salt he controls is also a hot commodity in Fujian.
However, he still made a small concession: the Zheng family could use indigo, medicinal materials, wood, porcelain and tea produced locally in Fujian to pay half of the salt price. These goods can either be used for foreign trade, or can be directly utilized by the Senate. They are also quite useful commodities compared to silver.
The two sides quickly reached an agreement that Senate ships flying the flag of the Dabo Shipping Company and the Morning Star flag could enter Weitou Bay, with a limit of three ships at a time and a maximum of fifteen ships per month. Regardless of the size of the ship, as for the cargo transported, half of the cargo space on each ship must be salt. No other restrictions. Zheng Hongkui said that they also had a huge demand for food. If the Senate was willing to transport it for sale, the price could be favorable - Fujian was also a province with a major food shortage at the time. Lin Baiguang immediately said, "We can consider it."
Senate ships entering Weitou Bay must block the cannon fire doors in accordance with the rules, and must put away and seal the gunpowder magazines and weapons together. Hanging the flag of the Zheng family, etc. - this was also the practice at the time, and it was not considered a loss of power and humiliation of the country. Lin Baiguang agreed one by one.
As long as ships can continue to enter Weitou Bay, we can easily collect the entire defense and hydrological and tidal conditions of Weitou Bay and collect enough data for the "final solution".
Lu Wenyuan wore a large cloak and rode a not-so-excellent Mongolian horse, patrolling along the "wicker edge". He was surrounded by a group of servants on foot. Holding a whistle stick, knife and gun.
It’s already freezing cold in Shandong in November. The wind made the wicker fence whistle. The frost from last night has not completely melted away yet.
The planted willows have survived, but now, the leaves have fallen off, leaving only the bare willows.
"wicker edge" is what he called the wicker fence set up on Qimu Island - and his servants, tenants, and servants didn't know what was going on, so they also called it that.
It has been his regular schedule to inspect the wicker edge every day. As long as there is any damage, it will be repaired immediately. The strong men among the tenants recruited, regardless of whether they are local warriors or not. Half of the people patrol the wicker edge every day, repairing and strengthening it. The wicker edging has been transformed from a single wattle fence into a double wattle fence. Starting a month ago, they planted antlers and horses between the two fences.
The people under his command only thought that this was because Lu Daguan was being cautious - after all, soldiers, bandits, and refugees were rampant here in Shandong, and if the big families didn't live in the city, they would form strongholds to protect themselves. But he didn't take it seriously because the Lu Daguan people on Qimu Island had already built a very solid brick and stone stockade. Ordinary bandits and soldiers cannot chew it down. Not even going to this deserted island by the sea.
Only Huang Ande knew that they were about to deal with the rebels, whose main force was the Liaodong cavalry, who were very mobile and had strong combat effectiveness. They must have considerable defensive measures.
A group of people patrolled in the biting sea breeze to the gate with a wicker edge. It was a simple wooden structure gate. This gate was much more complicated than the simple wicker edge. There was a gate tower above the thick gate, and there was a shooting gun on the gate tower. hole. It is covered with a cover and is guarded day and night by village warriors.
Lu Wenyuan personally climbed up to the gatehouse and inspected the quilt and charcoal that Xiang Yong used to keep out the cold at night. Whether the torches used for lighting are adequately prepared, whether the fire rockets used for alarms are dry and usable, and meticulous - only if you pay enough attention to it, will your subordinates pay attention to it.
Although Lu Wenyuan is based on Qimu Island and is engaged in construction projects and agricultural development every day, but through radio. He knew the steps of the entire operation clearly. A month ago, the Ocean Fleet officially landed in Taiwan, kicking off the engine operation.
Three weeks later, he received a telegram: Taiwan's decontamination camp had reached the standard of completing the decontamination of 2,000 people. Ask him to pay attention to accepting refugees from the southern region of Lu (bookstore.shushu5. fastest updated) - Daochang Zhang is starting to collect refugees, and soon the first batch will be transferred to Qimu Island.
On Qimu Island, the necessary facilities are generally complete. Temporary shacks have been completed on the island and can accommodate 3,000 people. A considerable amount of food, medicine and necessary cold-warming supplies have also been stored.
Due to limited conditions, Qimu Island is just a transit station. It does not perform more complicated "purification" and just provides the refugees with basic food and clothing, and then quickly transfers them out. The main destination for transshipment at this stage is Taiwan - the transshipment to Jeju will have to wait until the spring of next year. On the one hand, the time schedule is too late, and on the other hand, it is also to avoid Jeju's winter. Shipping to Taiwan can at least save a lot of cotton-padded clothes, quilts and fuel.
Looking out from the gate tower, the land of Shandong is vast and desolate - this year is a famine year, and Dongsanfu, which was already barren and mountainous, looks increasingly desolate. Although it was almost noon, there was no smoke as far as the eye could see. There are not many ships visible in Longkou Bay.
The sound of mule bells rang in the distance. It was the return of the "people-picking team" organized by Lu Wenyuan. In fact, it is a patrol unit that takes in refugees. Each team consists of several two-wheeled mule carts and a team of village warriors. They go to nearby villages and roads to take in refugees, and they can take in many people every time. Women, children, old and young, and those who were too hungry to walk were taken in cars, while those who could walk walked on their own, and were taken in batches to temporary refugee camps on the island.
In less than half a month, more than 500 people have been taken in here, many of whom were already dying of hunger when they were picked up. Among them are many infants and young children abandoned on the roadside and in empty houses. Due to lack of food, clothing and care, many of them would not survive even if they were picked up.
Every day, many corpses are moved out from the wicker-edge gate and sent to the wasteland far away for burial.
"It's too miserable." Lu Wenyuan murmured. Since his deployment, he has seen many scenes that shake his nerves. Even so, he often felt uncomfortable with it all. Especially when the villagers carry the bodies of refugees who died during the night out of the shanty towns every morning. He always avoided looking at it. Lest you can't bear it.
Death, famine and destruction will always be just a topic and a set of numbers for those who have not personally experienced them, and they will only feel terrifying when faced with them.
The village heroes quickly opened the door and let the motorcade and people flow in. People walked sparsely, and finally they all came in. The village heroes had to shout to drive them away, and at the same time distribute a piece of millet pancake to each refugee. Relay - I don't dare to give more, for fear that they will be exhausted.
Lu Wenyuan came down from the gatehouse and asked Wang Qisuo, who was leading the team out: "How many people have been taken in?"
"Reply to the master." Although Wang Qisuo was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket and a hat, his face was still red from the cold and his nose was dripping with water. "There are no people around anymore. Today, there are more than 40 people taken in. Most of them are children and adults." Women, and some old men and women. Some of them are starving to death. I don’t know if they can survive the night.”
"Thank you for your hard work. After sending people to the camp, you and your brothers can rest first."
"Thank you, sir!"
Lu Wenyuan then returned to the farm. On the leveled open space in front of the farm, women were rubbing Haiying vegetables on the reed mat. The young leaves of seaweed picked from the deserted grassland by the seaside are exposed to the sun and kneaded into balls to remove the bitter juice. They are then sunned for an afternoon and kneaded again to make them pliable and strong. The strands are like tea leaves. If you dry them the next day, the water will completely evaporate. The dried Haiying vegetables will be dried and can be eaten at any time in a bag.
After Lu Wenyuan introduced the plant on the tidal flat, this seaside weed with strong vitality immediately grew vigorously - Haiyingcai has strong vitality and is extremely tolerant to salt and alkali. The ones that grow in places with less saline and alkali are tender green, and the ones that grow in places with more saline and alkali are red. The stronger the saline and alkali, the heavier the red color will be, but it does not affect its growth.
He ordered the women of the tenant farmers to pick it, and then taught them step by step how to process it. No one knew what the master did with processing so many wild vegetables. It was not until the first batch of refugees were taken in that these dried Haiying vegetables came in handy.
Dried Haiying vegetables do not have the dry and strange smell that wild vegetables often have, and the taste is light. It is also quite rich in nutrients. During the three years of natural disasters, many people relied on it to survive. In the old days, some people mixed it with lard residue to make steamed buns or eat it cold. Lu Wenyuan is not so particular here. He uses dried Haiying vegetables as a filler for the refugees and mixes them into relief rations and cooks them into a paste.
As for the fuel used for the fire, the straw from Haiying Cai was used. (If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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