~.< >-~ 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.
The Zheng family's delay is nothing more than an attempt 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 refused to supply the whole year and settle accounts in three quarters.
"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 payment the next year? Didn't the local businessmen in Japan pay on the spot?"
You sell to the Japanese and charge cash, so naturally I have to charge cash when I sell to you. Lin Baiguang refused to budge on this.
The Japanese were willing to pay cash because the goods shipped by the Chinese merchants were in high demand, and the private salt he controlled was also in high demand in Fujian.
However, he still made a small concession: the Zheng family can 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 the Senate can directly use them.
, it is also a quite useful commodity compared to silver.
The two sides quickly reached an agreement. Senate ships flying the flag of Dabo Shipping Company and the Morning Star flag can 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 transportation
There are no restrictions on the incoming goods except that half of the cargo space on each ship must be salt. Zheng Hongkui said that they also have a great demand for food. If the Senate is willing to transport it and sell it, the price can be favorable - Fujian was also in short supply at the time.
Lin Baiguang, a major grain province, immediately said that he could consider it.
The Senate ships entering Weitou Bay must follow the rules to block the cannon fire doors, collect and seal the gunpowder magazines and weapons, and fly 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 one by one
promise.
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 was wearing a large cloak and riding a not very good Mongolian horse, patrolling along the "wicker edge". He was surrounded by a group of servants on foot, holding whistle sticks, swords and guns.
It's already freezing cold in Shandong in November. The wind makes the wicker fence whistle. The frost last night has not completely melted away yet.
The planted willow tree has survived, but now, the leaves have fallen off, leaving only the bare willow tree.
"wicker edge" is what he called the wicker fence he set up on Qimu Island - his servants, tenants, and servants also called it that way without knowing what was going on.
It has been his regular schedule to inspect the wicker edge every day. As long as there is a damaged place, it will be repaired immediately. Among the tenants recruited, half of them, whether they are village warriors or not, are at the wicker edge every day.
Patrolling, repairing and strengthening. The wicker fence has been transformed from a single fence into a double fence. Starting a month ago, they planted antlers and horses between the two fences.
His subordinates only thought it was because Lu Daguan was being cautious - after all, soldiers, bandits, and refugees were rampant here in Shandong, and if a large family did not live in the city, they would form a stronghold to protect themselves. However, they did not take it seriously when he built a wicker border -
―Because the Ludaguan people on Qimu Island have built a very strong brick and stone village. Ordinary bandits and soldiers cannot chew it down, let alone come 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 had to take appropriate defensive measures.
A group of people patrolled in the biting sea breeze to the wicker-edged gate. It was a simple wooden structure gate. This gate was much more complicated than the simple wicker-edged gate. There was a gate tower above the thick gate, and there was a shooting gun on the gate tower.
The hole is covered with a cover and is guarded day and night by village warriors.
Lu Wenyuan personally climbed up the gatehouse and checked whether the quilts and charcoal torches used by Xiang Yong to keep out the cold at night were adequately prepared, and whether the fire rockets used to alarm were dry and usable. He was meticulous - only
If you pay enough attention to yourself, your subordinates will pay attention to you.
Although Lu Wenyuan is based on Qimu Island and is engaged in construction projects and agricultural development every day, through the radio, he knows the steps of the entire operation clearly. A month ago, the Ocean Fleet officially landed in Taiwan and started the engine.
Prelude to the action.
Three weeks later, he received a telegram: Taiwan's decontamination camp had reached the standard for decontaminating 2,000 people. He was asked to pay attention to accepting refugees from the southern Shandong area - Daochang Zhang was starting to collect refugees, and soon
The first batch is to be transferred to Qimu Island.
On Qimu Island, the necessary facilities are generally complete. Temporary shacks have been completed on the island to accommodate 3,000 people. A considerable amount of food, medicine and necessary cold-proof supplies have also been stored.
Due to limited conditions, Qimu Island is just a transfer 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 transfer at this stage is Taiwan - the transfer to Jeju will have to wait until next year.
It's spring. On the one hand, we can't keep up with the schedule. On the other hand, we also want to avoid the winter in Jeju. Shipping to Taiwan can at least save a lot of cotton 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 the originally barren and mountainous Dongsanfu has become increasingly desolate. Although it is almost noon, there is no smoke anywhere as far as the eye can 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. It was actually a patrol team to take in refugees. Each team consisted of several two-wheeled mule carts and a team of rural warriors, and went to nearby villages.
We went to the main road to take in refugees, and we were able to take in many people every time. Women, children, old and young, and those who were too hungry to walk were taken in cars, and those who could walk walked on their own, and were taken in batches to the temporary refugee camps on the island.
In less than half a month, more than 500 people have been taken in here. Many of them were already dying of hunger when they were picked up. Many of them were infants and young children who were abandoned on the roadside and in empty houses because of lack of food.
, clothes and care, even if they are picked up, many of them will not survive.
Every day, many corpses are moved out from the wicker-edged gate and sent to the wasteland far away for burial.
"It's so miserable." Lu Wenyuan murmured. Since his deployment, he has seen many scenes that can shock his nerves. Even so, he still often feels uncomfortable with all this, especially every morning.
When the villagers carried the bodies of refugees who died at night out of the shanty towns, he would always avoid looking at them, lest he wouldn't be able to 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 they are truly faced with them.
The village heroes quickly opened the door and let the convoys 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 went down to the gate and asked Wang Qisuo, who was leading the team out: "How many people have been taken in?"
"Reply to the master," Wang Qisuo said, even though he 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 is no one around anymore. There are more than 40 people taken in today, most of them are children and children."
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 the 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 kneading Haiyingcai on the reed mat. The young leaves of Haiyingcai picked from the desert grassland by the sea were dried and bunched into balls.
Knead it vigorously again to remove the bitter juice, and then dry it for an afternoon. After kneading it again, it will become pliable and strong. It will look like tea leaves one by one. If it is dried again the next day, the water will have completely evaporated, and Haiying Cai will be dried.
The seeds are dried and can be put in a bag and eaten at any time.
After Lu Wenyuan introduced the species on the tidal flat, this kind of 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 little salt and alkali are bright green.
, what grows in places with a lot of salt and alkali is red. The stronger the salt and alkali, the heavier the red color, but it does not affect its growth.
He ordered the women of the tenant households to pick them, and then taught them how to process them step by step. No one knew what the master did with processing so many wild vegetables, until after the first batch of refugees were taken in, these dried Haiying vegetables came in handy.
Dried Haiying vegetables don't have the dry and strange smell that wild vegetables often have, and they taste light. They are also quite nutritious. Many people lived on it during the three-year natural disaster. In the old days, some people used it to mix it with lard residue to make steamed buns or salad.
Eat. 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, I used straw from Hai Ying Cai. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)