Park Dehuan's current position is Feng Zongze's "civilian assistant", which is actually equivalent to the role of "translator" with expanded scope of authority. [Read the latest chapter]. Because Feng Zongze’s Korean is not his mother tongue, and there is still a gap of hundreds of years, sometimes it cannot be expressed very clearly. At this time, Park Dehuan, who is proficient in Chinese, is needed to act as a bridge. His younger brother Pu Demeng arranged to work as a clerk in the Military Control Commission.
Park Dehuan has a lot of work and is very heavy. Within a few days, the common people and official slaves in Jeju City knew that he was now the "red man" of the "short-haired Japanese pirates".
Families with a little wealth in the city and outside the city, including shopkeepers of shops and workshops in the city, and landlords and herdsmen outside the city, all came to give him gifts, treat him to meals and say good things, just to pray for peace: the Pu family brothers are here For almost ten years, he can be considered as half a local native, and he knows all the details inside and outside the city of Jeju.
This kind of thing is not difficult at all. The Senate basically respects the private property of the indigenous people - even if it wants to seize it, it will use various economic means. Since he was not prepared to impose excessive taxes, Park Dehuan was just promising some empty favors.
Park De-hwan's consciousness is certainly not at the level of "refuse to corrode and never touch". Inevitably, I felt a little elated. Busy with work during the day and busy with socializing at night.
He and his brother also moved to a good house outside the prison camp in Jeju. He also used a former official maid to cook and wash for him, making him a prominent figure in the local area.
Feng Zongze was not unaware of these things. He secretly monitored his every move through the work network initially developed in the local area by the special commissioners of the General Administration of Political Security. Generally speaking, local leading parties like Park Deok-hwan are only transitional. Whether they can reach the level of real naturalized cadres depends on their ability and understanding.
Furthermore, he also wants Park Dehuan to do better - now he is a benchmark figure. If there are not enough interests, it will be impossible to recruit enough traitors in a short period of time. At the moment, Park Dehuan is just eating, drinking, and receiving small gifts, and has not yet reached the key issues of right and wrong. He could tolerate him for a while.
The big waves wash away the sand, and those who lead the way will be overwhelmed at first, but time will wash out the natives who are suitable to be molded into "new people". Let time verify whether Park Dehuan has the qualities to become a "newcomer".
Park Dehuan didn't know that he was under a cold gaze. Still working enthusiastically every day. With his best assistance. Jeju's temporary county prison was the first to resume operations. People and servants who had fled outside also returned to their homes one after another. Shops were open for business and farmers went to work in the fields. For more exciting novels, please go to
Basic order was restored. After the normal operation of society, the first thing Feng Zongze did was to check the roster of all official slaves in the Jeju prison camp, and basically found out the household registration, number of people, gender, age, property and current employment status.
The official slaves on Jeju Island did a variety of jobs, including everything. This includes everything from cooking, catching seafood, harvesting grass, raising horses and cattle, working on the land, and even providing sexual services. Basically, all the products and labor required by the local government of the Li Dynasty were actually borne by official slaves. The largest number of official slaves and maidservants were used in the local farming communities.
The Li Dynasty gave each prison camp a certain amount of wasteland, which was then reclaimed by each prison camp and used as farmland. The income from farming is used to pay for military expenses, with the purpose of supplementing military supplies. In fact, the income from farming was often used as general expenses for the government or as private money for pastors. The farmland was cultivated by official maids. Because of the serious drawbacks of farming, the system of using official slaves to cultivate farmland was abolished during the reign of King Seongjong. However, official slaves are still responsible for farming in Jeju Island.
Because the land on Jeju Island is barren, most areas are not suitable for the development of paddy fields, so the farmlands are mainly dry land used to grow barley and buckwheat - North Korea rarely grew wheat at that time. Most of the elders still remember the saying "flour is a very precious ingredient".
These official slaves were actually state serfs. Feng Zongze believed that it was Wu Nanhai who engaged in intensive agriculture. A good candidate for a large farm: land and labor are readily available.
The official slaves responsible for grazing and raising were also accepted by the agricultural department, and were prepared to be reorganized into a specialized livestock production team by the Agricultural Committee.
The remaining official slaves engaged in handicrafts and supply operations were directly accepted by the Military Control Commission and reorganized into local labor squadrons.
As a major administrative move, Feng Zongze posted a notice. The first order was issued in the name of the Jeju Military Control Commission of the Senate, freeing all official slaves and maids on Jeju Island as good men, and they were no longer allowed to be called "public and unworthy" in the future.
At the same time, the personal tribute of official servants and maidservants was abolished: "Even if you are exempted from being a white servant, all the personal tributes you originally owed will be exempted, and the accumulated debts to the good people over the years will no longer be matched."
Although this move is nothing more than changing his identity, it is of great significance in winning people's hearts. It was also quite shocking to the local people. The locals privately called these official slaves who were released and restored their Baiding status as "Kun Baiding" - meaning that they only got the status of Baiding after the arrival of Kunwa.
From the perspective of the original official slaves, this order was "earth-shaking": the status of slaves was abolished, and they were no longer "untouchables" who were relegated to another register - not only their own status was liberated, but also future generations could It goes without saying that when you turn around and become a human being, you need to be grateful.
The Park brothers burst into tears the day they saw the announcement. same day. They were not the only family to cry bitterly.
The release of slaves was nominal, and the exemption of personal tribute was economic. A two-pronged approach. Feng Zongze first won over the official slaves who accounted for more than one-third of the population of Jeju Island.
Once you have your own base of people, it will be easy to do whatever you want.
He also opened granaries in the three cities at the same time to release grain, and provided relief to the most needy officials, slaves, and common people. Adopting orphans, various measures to win people's hearts followed one after another. The people gradually became more and more welcoming of "Kun Japanese" from their original fear and suspicion.
"The next step is to gather the team." Feng Zongze said to Nangong Wudi.
"As long as there is food, it's easy to pull up the team."
Recruiting the security army did not take much effort: the new conquerors neither killed nor looted - this gave everyone a sufficient sense of security. After observing the content of their three meals a day, recruiting new soldiers became a matter of course. It's very simple. In this era of long-term chronic famine, countless people have taken risks and sold their lives just to have enough food.
Nangong Wuwei is very picky about new recruits. He doesn't want Bai Ding, but only wants those who have a background as slaves. And they must be official slaves engaged in manual labor. He considered those who worked around the officials to be the "privileged class" among the officials' servants, who were "unreliable" and he did not want them at all. Recruits ranged in age from sixteen to twenty-two. Must be taller than 1.5 meters. Basic health. Be physically strong: Of course this is a relative term.
Even with these conditions, there are more than 400 qualified people. Originally, the Jeju Island Front Committee only planned to recruit three companies. In the end, the three people decided together that as long as they were qualified, they would all be accepted: there is no such thing as too much cannon fodder. Even if they can't be sent on missions right away, there's still no problem working as coolies.
The recruits were initially screened, and those who were literate were individually selected and prepared to be trained as administrative cadres. At present, they are thrown into the coaching field for basic training.
The martial arts field in front of Gwandeokjeong Pavilion is in full swing. The newly recruited Jeju Island security forces are conducting formation training in squad units.
The new recruits, who had their heads shaved and been purified, wore the standard uniform of the security army, the khaki "Soviet-style pullover" and leggings. They only wore the distinctive "big hat" on their heads. They were trained by the soldiers on the training ground. They were driven to learn to goose and queue.
The content of the training has also been further simplified. Because there are no plans to equip them with firearms at the moment, the Jeju Security Army only conducts formation, assassination and simple tactical coordination training. The weapons used are standard spears and machetes.
Responsible for training are corporals and senior soldiers selected from the army and security forces. Although there is a language barrier, as the good soldier Szeke once said: soldier education is all about using fists and kicks. In particular, the security forces came to train soldiers, and Baga and Sanbin continued to provide them.
The sidelines of the training ground were crowded with curious people, pointing at everything on the training ground. Park Deok-hwan is also among them.
He was not here to watch the fun, but had just received a task: Feng Zongze asked him to investigate the inventory of finished bows and arrows, semi-finished products and raw materials in various bow and arrow shops in the city, and also to investigate the number of craftsmen and assistants in each shop, and the area of business premises. and approximate funding status.
After occupying the three cities, a large number of bows and arrows were seized from the official warehouses in each place. This was originally an important bow and arrow production area for the Li Dynasty. However, Nangong Wudi decided not to equip the security forces: bows and arrows require too much practice, are very professional weapons, and the actual combat effectiveness is completely incomparable with rifles - in the future, these security forces will definitely have to replace themselves with Southeast Asian rifles, no It is necessary to waste energy and time on bow and arrow practice.
However, a large number of bows and arrows are excellent trade goods - Nangong Wudi originally wanted to do business with the Manchus, although the Manchus were very poor and had limited purchasing power. But they will definitely welcome bows and arrows, necessities and consumables for war.
Since Jeju Island has such an "industry", it can also be considered to support it as its current main export product.
That's why Park Dehuan got such a job.
Such errands are commonplace for him - but in the past he has always "assisted in the work", this time he is officially in charge. So I was very excited. After dinner in the evening, I returned home and was about to rest when someone suddenly came to invite me.
The person who came to invite him was also a former official servant. However, he had some money at first. After arriving in Jeju, he bribed the officials in charge and started a small business in the local area. Later, he simply became the agent of a large business group in the capital. Responsible for local business operations. (To be continued)rq
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