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 dozen of the original price.
Sold at a price of one.
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 Yue'e.
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 sick and injured 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 with a strong presence, which admitted some mental patients when they were free.
When you are interested, go for psychological counseling or the like.
Zhu Mingxia thinks that Zheng Yue'e's situation is at most 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 simply 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 great."
They are 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 the 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, he would naturally not be able to bear seeing such a tragic situation in his hometown.
Of course, he could directly convince him with 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. 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 "explainable". No wonder people say that 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 will happen after defeating the rebels? He really has never thought about it. According to his thinking mode, these are all issues considered by "above". He was stunned for a moment and said: "The common people can 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 until the Republic of China. Even in ordinary times, it was common for people to starve to death and flee for 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 these days, and couldn't help but shed tears. He quickly wiped them with his sleeves.
Zhu Mingxia patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are right. Without Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, the people would have been able to starve to death peacefully. If they couldn't survive, they would still have a way out to sell their children and daughters. We are defeated now.
Did Kong Youde kill Li Jiucheng just to win such a worldly order for the people?"
"Of course not." Huang Ande said quickly, "It would be great if everyone could be like Lingao."
"Just like Lingao." Zhu Mingxia nodded, "Even if it can't be like Lingao, the people will be very satisfied if they can have a peaceful environment where they can farm and live with peace of mind."
"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 your shoes and solid food?"
"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 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 common people. Even if they don't harm the common people and get out as soon as possible, the common people can continue to live in peace.
Is it better 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 in flames of war, and the ground is devastated. 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 emotion.
Huang Ande's passion was also aroused: "Save the people all over 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 making great achievements 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's not easy to educate someone. He thought about it and looked at the back of Huang Ande who was leaving in the distance 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, took down a briefcase from the wooden partition on the wall, and then took out the safe in the house - it was no longer made of reinforced concrete.
, but took out a stack of documents from the real steel plate riveted safe, carefully counted them, put them in the briefcase, and fastened the lock.
Then, he looked at his own image in the plastic surgery mirror on the wall, looked at 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, and he is also obsessed with it.
He is the only member of the committee who wears full-body plastic surgery mirrors in his office. When he was in the United States, he liked to watch how American politicians shaped their own image, from hairstyles to clothing to behavior. Now he can't help but practice it himself.
Today's meeting was actually held to discuss his "Senator's Military and Political Proposal". The Manila Silver Plan has passed the vote of the Senate and has been 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 scimitars, 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 scholars say that regardless of red or black, the standard pirate skull 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.
Many people's pupils immediately turned 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, people who are interested in it have been paying attention to this plan. The operation of collecting information for this operation has been ongoing. Feiyun
The implementation details of the plan were discussed at several small gatherings on board.
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.