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The price is extremely cheap, especially when they pay in silver. In fact, the most popular goods here are silver. As long as you can get the silver, everything is a fraction or even a few tenths of the original price. Sold at a price of one. 【Read full text】
After Huang Ande was optimistic about the goods, he returned to the island with the purchased population. This time the journey went very smoothly and no one died. After returning to the island, he reported to Zhu Mingxia about the purchase of Zheng Yuee.
Zhu Mingxia smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "For this matter, I will deduct two taels of silver from your military pay. You are also kind. As for the girl, give it to the health worker first and wait for the ship to arrive. We will evacuate the wounded and sick together. When we get to Lingao, ask Dr. Deng from the General Hospital to take a look."
Deng Platinum from the General Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Jiang Qiuyan, the only psychiatrist in the Senate, jointly established the Mental Health Center of the Ministry of Health - in fact, it was just a listed institution that treated some mental patients when they were free. When you are interested, go for psychological counseling or something like that.
Zhu Mingxia thinks that Zheng Yue'e's situation is at best a stress reaction under strong stimulation - it is also very common in the military. It is estimated that psychological counseling can be used to recover.
"Yes! Thank you, chief." Huang Ande saluted and hesitated, "Chief, I have a question."
"Say it." Zhu Mingxia didn't take it seriously.
"The people of Denglai are so miserable... human life is worse than that of pigs and dogs..." Huang Ande said a little excitedly. After all, the Dengzhou area was his hometown, and his eyes turned red. "The force of our Fubo Army is so..." It’s so powerful, just kill all these rebels, why do you still want to do business with them?!”
Zhu Mingxia was startled. So far, the naturalized civilian officers and soldiers of Fubo Army have never questioned the command of the senators - to them, the Senate is a god-like existence.
This is a very dangerous sign. Zhu Mingxia thought to himself, because he is a native of Dengzhou. Naturally, I can't bear to see such a tragic situation in my hometown.
Of course, he could have convinced him with just one sentence, but Zhu Mingxia attached great importance to ideological and political work, not to mention Huang Ande was an officer and would be the backbone of the Fubo Army in the future, so he had to speak out.
"Sit down." Zhu Mingxia pointed to the chair in his office.
Huang Ande hesitated for a moment, saluted and sat down.
"Do you think our Fubo Army is very powerful?"
"Sir, yes!" Huang Ande stood up to report again, but Zhu Mingxia waved his hand. "We are having a heart-to-heart talk now, we don't have to follow the rules."
"Do you think it's okay for us to go north to attack Dengzhou and defeat the rebels?"
"Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde are just like chickens and dogs."
Zhu Mingxia thought to himself that he was really a bit "explicit". No wonder people say Shandong is the "hometown of saints".
"We can indeed defeat the rebels now, but what happens after we are defeated?" he asked.
Huang Ande hesitated for a moment. What happens after defeating the rebels? He really hadn't thought about it. According to his thinking model, these were all issues considered by "above". He was stunned for a moment and said: "The people live and work in peace and contentment..."
Zhu Mingxia looked into Huang Ande's eyes: "Live and work in peace and contentment? You yourself are a native of Dengzhou. Did the people of Dengzhou live and work in peace and contentment in the past?"
The answer is obvious - Denglai was famous for its people's poverty and embarrassment of life until the Republic of China. Just an ordinary year. It is common for people to starve to death and flee famine.
Huang Ande hesitated and said: "Although we are not living and working in peace and contentment, it is not so miserable..." As he said this, he thought of all the miserable situations he had seen every time he went to the market in the past few days. He couldn't help but shed tears and quickly wiped them with his sleeves.
Zhu Mingxia patted his shoulder. Said: "You are right. If it weren't for Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, the people would have been able to starve to death peacefully. If they couldn't survive, they would have had a way to escape and sell their children. We have defeated Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde now just to bring benefits to the people. Do you want to strive for such a world?"
"Of course not." Huang Ande said quickly, "It would be great if everyone could be like Lingao."
"Like Lingao." Zhu Mingxia nodded. "Even if they can't be like Lingao, if they can have a peaceful environment where they can farm and live their lives with peace of mind, the people will be very satisfied."
"Yes!" Huang Ande said, "The common people are not afraid of poverty and hardship. They don't want anything but a peaceful life."
"But you know that these peaceful days are not easy to come by." Zhu Mingxia said seriously, "You are an old naturalized citizen and an old soldier. You know how the peaceful days in Lingao-Hainan came to be."
Huang Ande nodded. He had experienced the second counter-encirclement and security war and still remembered the days and nights of the original battle.
"How many comrades have we sacrificed and how much have we spent to allow the people of Hainan Island to live the kind of peaceful life you expect." Zhu Mingxia spoke with emotion, "You know the rifle in your hand, the clothes on your body, the clothes on your feet How do you get the shoes and the solid food you need?"
"It was provided by the great Senate!" This was the standard answer provided by Wei Aiwen, but Huang Ande didn't feel ridiculous when he answered like this - he believed this sentence from the bottom of his heart.
"Yes! This was provided by the Senate and was obtained by the hard work of the majority of naturalized people. Workers worked hard by the fire in factories, farmers worked under the scorching sun, and sailors risked their lives to sail ships. , the miners worked desperately in the coal mines, so Hainan Island has the peaceful days you talk about!" Zhu Mingxia used a series of lyrical parallel sentences to increase his persuasiveness.
"It is easy for us to defeat the rebels now. But what about in the future? Don't forget that there is another officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty who has harmed the people as much as them. Even if they don't harm the people and get out as soon as possible, the people can continue to live a peaceful life. Is it okay to just starve to death and run away?"
"Of course not!" Huang Ande said firmly and forcefully.
Zhu Mingxia said, "Military chaos, banditry, excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes - the world of the Ming Dynasty has long been devastated by wars and devastation. There are suffering people everywhere. As the sword of the Senate, we must take a broader view: have a broader mind. The world, what I am determined to save is the people of the world!" He said and waved his hand with full emotion.
Huang Ande's passion was also aroused: "Save the people of the world?!" Although he had long sensed the ambition of the Senate, he had never heard a senator express it so frankly: a strong emotional surge. in his heart. The pride of achievement instantly overwhelmed the feeling of pity.
"Yes, it is for the suffering people all over the world!" Zhu Mingxia nodded solemnly: "So our first task is to quietly accumulate strength. Trying to absorb as many people as possible from Denglai to strengthen ourselves is what we should do now Doing things is not done for the sake of the suffering of the people in one place: it is just a small benevolence and a small righteousness, not a great benevolence and righteousness that takes into account the world!"
"Yes, I understand!" Huang Ande jumped up excitedly and stood at attention, saluting, "Serve the Senate and the people!"
After Huang Ande left, Zhu Mingxia took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat. It is not easy to educate a person. He thought, looking at Huang Ande's retreating back with complicated emotions.
"Your Excellency Speaker, the enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee will be held in fifteen minutes..."
Qian Honghuang, the personal secretary to the Senate Speaker, who was wearing a female clerk's uniform, opened the door of his office and said respectfully.
"Okay, I'll be right away." Qian Shuiting packed up the documents on the table. He took out a briefcase from the wooden partition on the wall, and then took out a stack of documents from the safe in the house - it was no longer made of reinforced concrete, but a real riveted steel plate safe, and he counted them carefully. Put it in the briefcase and fasten the lock.
Then, he looked at his own image in the cosmetic mirror on the wall, checked whether the wrinkles of his clothes were crisp, and wiped his hair. Qian Shuiting is a person who attaches great importance to his own image. He is also the only member of the executive committee who installs full-body plastic surgery mirrors in his office. When he was in the United States, he liked to see how American politicians shaped their own image, from hairstyles to clothing to behavior. Now I can't help but practice it physically.
Today's meeting was actually held to discuss his "veteran military proposal." The Manila Silver Plan has passed the vote of the Senate and is officially included in the discussion stage of the Executive Committee.
Ever since Qian Shuiting first proposed on BBS at the end of 1630 that he go to the waters off the Philippines to rob the Spanish galleon that transported American silver to Manila in 1631, this proposal has gained great popularity.
Hoisting skull and crossbones flags, carrying machetes, and wearing blindfolds, they jumped onto enemy ships, then stepped on silver boxes and forced the crew to walk on the rickety planks... The imaginations of many sailing gangs suddenly expanded uncontrollably. . Although some critics say that regardless of red or black, the standard pirate skull and crossbones flag of later generations had not appeared in 1630, but no one paid attention to their disappointing replies. It is said that the number of treasures can reach up to one million taels of silver, making many people's pupils immediately turn into the shape of ingots.
It is just because the time is not ripe that this extremely popular proposal has been postponed until now. However, interested parties have been keeping an eye on the plan. Operations to collect information for the operation are ongoing. The details of the plan were discussed at several small gatherings aboard the Flying Cloud.
For more than two years, a group of people worked together to continuously collect information and conduct small-scale war games. The simple plan was continuously supplemented, and a feasibility report with detailed content and specific figures was formed.
