"The five shuttle ships remained behind, and all other warships drove towards Jilong Port."

"Commander, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Zeng Tai asked like a curious baby.

Seeing Zhuo Yiqing's solemn face, Zeng Tai knew something must have happened.

"Let me tell you again, let brothers hurry up and prepare supplies, and we will set out within one hour."

Dong Liang issued a military order this time to ask Zhuo Yiqing to arrive at Jilong Port within five days.

This is a major challenge for the privateer fleet.

They have not even sailed at such a long distance.

However, this group of pirates who used to be quite fast were still quite fast, and they were ready in less than half an hour.

More than twenty rocket boats left the port of Dongfushan first.

Dongfushan is located on the easternmost side of the Zhoushan Islands and is now the temporary destination of the privateer fleet.

They eroded the Zhoushan Islands little by little from east to west.

"Commander, what's wrong? Why did we suddenly leave the Zhoushan Islands? The situation is very good now. What if the Qing army makes a comeback after we leave?"

"Why do they come back? Let's talk about it when they have a warship. We may not be able to come back soon. This time we go back, there will be a tough battle. Our private fleet must not be absent. Otherwise, the Navy's people look down on us even more."

"Hard battle? Commander, who will fight with this time?" Zeng Tai asked curiously.

"Fighting with foreigners, the head of state said that the Americans had a fleet that might invade Dongfan Island, and we are going to assist in the war this time."

"Foreigners? OK, it would be fun if you could knock out a few foreigners' sea boats."

The biggest target of the privateer's attack is the foreign merchant ships, and they have never attacked foreign warships.

For some reason, Zeng Tai felt a little expectation in his heart.

"Don't be too happy too early. Foreign warships are not that easy to deal with. We must be prepared for sacrifice this time."

...

At the same time, Guo You is already on the route back to Jilong.

He has been in the waters near the Minjiang River estuary recently, and it only takes two or three days to arrive at Jilong Port.

He had no burden here, so he set out immediately after getting the news.

All counties and towns on Dongfan Island have been mobilized.

The Chinese government itself attaches more importance to efficiency.

The Jilong County School Farm was already crowded at this time. In addition to the 500 garrison team, there were dozens of teams on the school Farm at this time.

Each team has its own name, for example, the militia of Pingxi Brigade is called Pingxi Squadron.

Each squadron has about one hundred people, and there will be about one hundred and fifty people in larger villages, and there may be only seventy or eighty people in smaller villages.

The scene was a little chaotic and the militia team was not very neat.

After all, these militia squadrons have just been established, and some have only participated in training for a few days.

However, when they saw the garrison team standing neatly at the front, they felt a little embarrassed, moved their steps and tried hard to align with the people beside them.

"Standing at attention..." Suddenly, an order came.

These people quickly merged their heels together, and some people looked down to see if their toes were separated.

It's very similar to a high school student who participated in military training on the first day.

"You are all good men from all over the countryside. Now the Qing court can't stand us in a good life with land and food. They colluded with foreigners and wanted to take the foreigners' boat to take our fields back. I'll ask you if you want it?" After Qiu Ashui prepared the team, Sun Guoyou shouted at the top of his voice.

"I don't want to!"

"I don't want to!"

...

Although they are all simple farm men, they still understand the truth.

This field is allocated to them by the Chinese people, and only the Chinese people can ensure that they continue to own these farmlands.

Not only the farmland they were assigned, but now all the families have also reclaimed some wasteland.

They knew very well that if the Qing government came back, all these would definitely be gone.

Nothing is more important than farmland in the hearts of Chinese people.

Sun Guoyou's rhetoric was prepared in advance. If he simply said that foreigners came to attack, rather than saying that the Qing government colluded with foreigners, it would arouse the disgust of the people.

"Home is ours. Now the Qing Dynasty and foreigners are coming to grab it, so we will take up swords and guns to defend our home."

"From today on all brigades, all the militias are practicing daily, and everyone will take all their weapons back."

...

Sun Guoyou made arrangements for the defense of Jilong County.

Each brigade must formulate its own retreat route. If the foreigners really come to the rescue, they must retreat to the mountains to hide along the retreat route.

Each brigade is commanded by the brigade leader, and the militia squadron leader commands the militia to cover it.

The grassroots rule model established by the Chinese people on Dongfan Island was played out for the first time.

In the history of Dongfan Island, for the first time, without the help of gentry landlords, all villagers were allowed to obey the government's command.

Jilong County was first controlled by the Chinese, so the organizational system is the most complete.

The Jilong County Working Group arranged several small teams to go to various villages to preach the cruelty of foreigners.

"These foreigners are mostly blonde and blue-eyed, and like to eat bloody flesh. They want to eat the kind of bloody water when eating beef. Do you know why?"

Wu Qiqi was originally a magistrate of the county government. After joining the Chinese people, he became a member of the county office because he knew Jilong County very well.

At this time, he was leading two garrison soldiers to mobilize and preach the water source production brigade outside the county town.

"Master Wu, is this foreigner a cannibalism?" asked the bold one.

"Hehe, it's not about eating people. You should know that there is no benefit to fall into the hands of foreigners. In their eyes, we are not human at all. Now that each family goes back and put away the important things. If it is not important, you can find a place to hide it simply. As long as the foreigners come, follow the militia to retreat into the southern mountain and bring some food. Our head of state will soon lead troops to rescue everyone."

"You must know that Dongfan Island is too big, and the head of state does not know where the foreigners land. They can only make this bad decision. Don't bring more things when they escape. Those foreigners have long legs, and you can't get away with them if you bring too much."

"Oh, Master Wu, everyone understands what you said. If you keep the green mountains there, you won't be afraid of burning firewood."

There are still a few people with some knowledge in the village.

"It is the Chinese who care about our people. Not only do they divide land and reduce taxes, but when an enemy comes, they also think about the safety of our people first." said an old man with gray hair.

"The old man is right. Wu used to work for the Qing court, but now he is working for the Chinese people. He is most deeply touched. The Chinese people are not easy to do. Everyone is busy doing things. The head of state sets an example and is thrifty. Do you know that the head of state has not even a maid. Do you think the people below who do things are not diligent?"

When Wu Qiqi learned that the Chinese officials were not divided into officials and officials, and everyone had room for promotion, so he decided to surrender to the Chinese.

Under the Qing Dynasty, people like him may not be able to become officials in their entire lives.

No matter how many things he does, his achievements will be given to the county magistrate. Usually, he looks majestic, but in fact he is equivalent to the servant of the county magistrate.

The biggest difference between Chinese officials and Qing officials is that Chinese officials can go to the people.

The working group of the county office spends most of the time traveling between various brigades.

The county office, the various yards, cities and brigades belonging to the county town.
Chapter completed!