Although the East China Sea was a remote place in the eyes of the previous imperial court, the taxes on fishermen were no less than those of the people in the Central Plains.
Coupled with rampant piracy, fishermen's lives have been difficult all these years. Many fishermen's fishing boats have been used for more than ten or even decades. Many fishing boats are severely decayed, but fishermen cannot afford to replace them with new ones.
I can only make do with sewing and patching.
In order to pick kelp as quickly as possible, Jinfeng does not restrict the age and size of fishing boats. As long as the fishing boats are willing to go to Maolang Island, they can participate.
In recent times, many fishing boats have actually been in danger at sea, but because the fishermen are good at water, and whether they are picking kelp on Maolang Island or transporting seaweed back to the dock, there are usually other fishing boats around, so there have been no
There have been casualties.
This is also the reason why Zheng Chiyuan and Jin Feng are confused.
If the ship leaked and sank, they could still accept it. How could it disappear for no reason?
"Currently we only know that this ship is missing, and we have no way of knowing the specific reason." The deputy general said helplessly: "But we can basically rule out a shipwreck, because this is a new ship that has only been used for three years, and if it is a shipwreck,
There are always some clues left, but now I haven't found any."
Even if the wooden boat leaked and sank, there would be a lot of wood chips and daily necessities floating on the water, but the navy did not find any floating objects.
"What about the fellow travelers?" Zheng Chiyuan asked again.
"After the ship left Maolang Island, the sailor accidentally tore the sail while hoisting the sail. Not long after it left Maolang Island, the escort brothers in charge asked the ship owner to return to Maolang Island by himself.
, give the kelp to another ship for transportation, and wait until he repairs the sail before shipping it on the next trip."
The deputy general explained: "But the brothers from the escort team sent that fleet back, and after returning to Maolang Island, they discovered that the ship did not return to Maolang Island, nor did it return to the drying yard. When the escort team returned, it did not return to Maolang Island.
Didn't see it.
So the brothers from the escort team dispatched airships and hot air balloons to launch search and rescue work. However, the search and rescue team searched the route between Maolang Island and the drying ground several times, and found no clues at all, so they reported it and asked for instructions whether to continue.
I can’t make up my mind about expanding the scope of the search, so I want to ask the general for instructions!”
After saying that, the deputy general glanced at Jin Feng, meaning that Zheng Chiyuan asked Jin Feng for instructions.
But Zheng Chiyuan once again ignored the deputy general's eye reminder and said without hesitation: "Mr. has emphasized many times that the safety of the people is the first production standard! Do you still need to ask for instructions? Of course we must continue the search and rescue!"
Whether the ship is lost or hijacked by pirates, they must be found!"
Jin Feng has indeed emphasized in many conferences and small meetings that when encountering a safety accident, the life safety of workers and bodyguards must be ensured first, and the safety of property second.
In the feudal era, many powerful people did not regard the lives of the people as their own, so many people suspected that Jin Feng said this to win people's hearts.
But based on Zheng Chiyuan's observation and understanding of Jin Feng, he knew that Jin Feng said this from the bottom of his heart.
He really values human life more than money.
That's why Zheng Chiyuan directly issued the order without asking Jin Feng for instructions.
Because he knew that even if he asked Jin Feng for instructions, he would get the same answer. On the contrary, it would appear that he was not responsible and capable, and he had to ask the leader for instructions on the work within his responsibilities.
Of course, after the order was issued, Zheng Chiyuan turned around and asked Jin Feng for his opinion: "Sir, do you have anything else to add?"
"No, just carry out search and rescue as you just said," Jin Feng said: "Before we confirm whether the workers on the fishing boat are alive or dead, we must do our best to search and rescue them based on the criterion that they are still alive!"
"yes!"
Zheng Chiyuan straightened his back and saluted Jin Feng.
Chapter 1529 Pirates Reappear (2 / 2)
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From Jin Feng's words just now, Zheng Chiyuan felt that he attached great importance to this matter, so he took out a stack of documents from the guard's package and handed it to Jin Feng with both hands: "Sir, such a big thing happened, I want to go back first
The navy will go and find out the situation. This is my recent work summary. Sir, you can take a look at it when you have time. For the rest, I will report to you in a few days, okay?"
"You go and work on this first, and we'll talk about the rest later." Jin Feng took the document and handed it to the hammer behind him.
"Yes!" Zheng Chiyuan saluted again, then turned around and left in a hurry.
This matter can be big or small.
Nowadays, countless people in the Central Plains and Jiangnan starve to death every day and are killed by gangsters. At most, a few people on a fishing boat die. It is not a big deal at all.
However, this fishing boat disappeared on the route between Maolang Island and the drying ground, and it was most likely caused by a pirate attack.
Because Maolang Island is not far from the drying ground, the possibility of fishermen losing their way is almost zero if there have been strong winds, waves and fog in recent days.
As for the water leakage and shipwreck, the deputy general also explained before that the probability is also very small.
Then the possibility of pirate attacks increases.
After all, patrolling speedboats and hot air balloons cannot be placed every few miles. Pirates can still find patrol patterns and gaps as long as they observe for a period of time.
If pirates really hijacked fishing boats, they would have posed a threat to the transportation of kelp.
On a larger scale, this incident also threatened the strategic direction set by Jin Feng and Ninth Princess, and could even be said to threaten the lives of countless people in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
Therefore, Zheng Chiyuan was not just showing off in front of Jin Feng, but he really took this matter seriously. After returning, he immediately expanded the search and rescue team and scope, and even sat in the headquarters to supervise the matter.
As the search and rescue scope became larger and larger, the search and rescue team finally found clues.
At noon on the third day when the search scope was expanded, the deputy general hurried into the headquarters: "General, general, we found the ship!"
"Where?" Zheng Chiyuan asked quickly.
"On a small island more than a hundred miles away in the north, it is one of the small islands near where we once captured the Huangmao Pirates." The deputy general replied: "Not only did we find the ship, we also found a survivor.
!”
"Survivor?" Zheng Chiyuan frowned.
Since he is a survivor, it means that other fishermen on the boat have perished.
"What did the survivors say? Why did they go to that island?" Zheng Chiyuan asked.
"Why else? They were hijacked by a group of pirates!" the deputy general replied with a sigh.
Although he already had a suspicion in his mind, Zheng Chiyuan was still very angry when the suspicion was confirmed.
"Weren't the surrounding pirates wiped out by us? Where did the pirates come from?"
Zheng Chiyuan patted the table and asked, "Have you caught these bastards?"