Chapter 78 Sweet Harbor Storm--Break one of his arms
Chapter 78 Sweet Harbor Storm--Break one of his arms
The more Lin Zhuang listened, the colder his heart became. He didn't expect that things had changed so much in the past seven or eight days. While he was worrying about how to solve the problem, another verbal conflict broke out between the candy cook and the laborers. The two sides were arguing about whether or not to
There were disputes over who was going to make trouble, and whether to "restore the ancient laws".
There has always been a rift between these two groups due to income differences, but they were temporarily united by a common enemy. After Chen Tianxiong's work of "provoking the masses to fight against the masses" continued, the workers felt that since they were
Work is the same in South China. There is no need to "restore the ancient methods" - it will not do them any good if they are restored.
Lin Zhuang thought in his mind: Chen Tianxiong's move was a blow to the bottom of the pot, and the people's hearts on his side were scattered. It was impossible to burn incense and start an uprising at the agreed time. If they couldn't take action on time, there was nothing they could do about Mr. Zhu.
If you give me an explanation, Haiyitang will never trust you again. For your future plans, it is better to go to South China - at least if you go there, you can still get a 28% rebate on the settlement fee. No matter whether you are in Xuwen or not in the future,
You have the capital to do anything.
I made up my mind to go to South China that night to ask for a meeting with Chen Tianxiong.
Once a loser becomes a traitor, he will always spare no effort when betraying the interests of his former master. With his full support, the recruitment of unemployed workers in sugar houses in South China went smoothly. Liao Daxing had already followed Chen Tianxiong's instructions.
, we have prepared a large number of blank employment contracts that have been certified in the "households" of the county government. They are all complete with insurance and insurance. The workers only need to fill in their names and press their fingerprints to sign the contract. The whole process is easy to use.
Less than half a day.
The storm subsided quickly. Needless to say, the laborers finally had a stable life. Even the pond boiler who was most opposed to South China also succumbed to the general trend. After all, making trouble can't be done, "making ponds with ancient methods"
It will never recover again. And you and your family will always have to eat. Real needs are always the most powerful. In the end, except for a very few people who are unwilling to go to South China, most people have signed contracts with South China and are employed.
Became a worker.
After everyone signed a contract to work, they were immediately given a Spanish silver dollar and half a stone to help them settle down. They were then given a month's leave and asked to go home first to settle their families.
Wen Tong's purpose in doing this is to avoid a sudden increase in the number of strangers in the factory. Although Huanan has lost a serious threat, the situation is still uncertain. There is no guarantee that some people from Haiyitang will be mixed among these workers and take the opportunity to break into Huanan.
Carry out sabotage. Even if there are no such people, new workers have just entered the factory and there are not enough things to do for them. They are very quiet and lively, and it is easy to cause trouble.
So I simply sent them all back, and it was too late to take care of this group of people after everything was sorted out.
A few workers who were homeless or whose hometowns were far away were first taken in by Huanan Tangxing and provided with shelter and food. However, Wen Tong also prepared a job for them, which was to help build houses on the Nanmentang open space outside the Huanan Sugar Factory.
A simple "workers' village" was built. Ma Sanqiang became the leader of this group of workers because he had some prestige among the crowd.
This matter can be resolved smoothly, and even the county magistrate is relieved - after all, if there is a fight, it will have an impact on the performance appraisal. Not to mention that the unemployed workers are still being reasonable. South China can take the initiative to eat
I finally understood the matter and gained a lot of favor from the county magistrate.
Mr. Zhu smashed a cup. For several days, the entire Zhu residence was completely silent, and not even a cough could be heard.
Lin Zhuang completely disappeared from Xuwen. According to some people, he received 200 pieces of silver from Huanan and stayed far away from Xuwen to avoid Master Zhu from coming to settle accounts with him. Some people said that he was already dead.
. He died on the county boundary from Xu Wen to Haikang, without a penny on him. As for who killed him, some say that Mr. Zhu sent someone to kill him because he hated him for being a rebel; others say that he crossed the river in South China and demolished the bridge.
Kill him to silence him; or he may be killed by a strongman just because his money was exposed.
Sugar from Leizhou is still pouring into the warehouses in South China. The air in Haiyi Hall has become extremely anxious. The owners and shopkeepers of various sugar shops who used to obey Master Zhu are now suspicious of him.
.Although no one has raised it publicly yet, Master Zhu knows that this day is not far away.
If South China cannot be solved, not only will his reputation be ruined, but the Hai Yi Tang organization will also collapse in an instant.
Zhu An is in chaos: This is the first time he has encountered such a tough and powerful opponent. The immediate solution is to resort to methods such as murder and arson. Cutting the mess with a quick knife may be able to end the existence of South China in one fell swoop.
But the huge shadow that loomed behind Huanan made him hesitate and give up - if Huanan suffered such a big loss, the forces behind them would not let it go. This was not about killing someone who went to the countryside to buy sugar in private.
A small out-of-town businessman who wanted to sell goods did not burn down a shipping company that was against him.
The news from Guangzhou gave him some comfort - money in Guangzhou has been tight recently, and it is difficult to mobilize 100,000 and 200,000 silver. I am afraid that the current silver deposits in South China are at the last moment. As long as you grit your teeth and persist, maybe things will happen.
There can still be a turning point.
At that moment, Gu Qiuhan sent another five thousand taels of silver to Gu Dachun, asking them to buy cannons and ships as soon as possible, expand the team, and completely blockade Hai'an Port. As long as the sugar ships can't get out, the silver ships can't get in. South China is still doomed.
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Zhu An's calculations were also estimated by the South China Travelers at the meeting. The matter of breaking the naval blockade is now handled by the navy and they do not need to worry about it. The key is to deal with destructive events such as arson. For
For people in this time and space: the simplest, most effective, and most difficult to guard against method of retaliation is arson. The most common tactic used by tenants and slaves to resist their masters is arson. Arson is a serious crime, but it was difficult to be prosecuted in ancient society.
The entire South China Sugar Refinery is full of flammable materials, and the burning must be spectacular.
Fortunately, the terrain of the South China Sugar Factory is not bad. It stands alone on a wasteland, with a river on one side and an official road on the other. Most of one side is covered by a pond like Nanmen Pond, and the other side was originally a large open space.
The "workers' village" is now being built. There are far fewer areas that need to be fortified. Meilin tirelessly directs the continued infrastructure construction: building firewalls on all sides and digging fireproof ditches - especially between the workers' village and the sugar factory.
A fire prevention channel. A water reservoir was dug in the factory area to prevent fire. The site where sugarcane bagasse is piled and dried is isolated from the workshop, warehouse and living area with a wind and fire wall to ensure that even if a fire breaks out, it will not affect other buildings. Wen Tong
Liao Dahua also needed to prepare fire-fighting equipment such as torches, lanterns, hooks, buckets, axes, etc., and also purchased two hand-operated water trucks, so that the basic militiamen could work part-time as the fire-fighting team and train every day.
Bei Wei trained and improved the original alert system and militia team. He arranged night shifts and emergency contact methods every night. He also provided emergency assembly numbers for the strong men in the South China factory area, and also conducted several night gatherings to put out fires.
After a few days of this exercise, the hastily assembled militia looked somewhat well-trained.
In addition to defense, preparations were also made for attack. With the guidance of Xiao Zhanfeng, a local, the intelligence obtained by the Qiwei Escort Bureau, and finally the information learned from the mouths of the unemployed workers recruited, Chen Tianxiong made a plan.
A very accurate set of background information, including the map of Hai'an Street, the location and traffic conditions of various important targets, and also managed to obtain the plan structure of Haiyi Hall, the location of Master Zhu San's residence, etc. - among which Lin Zhuang's contribution
Max. Zhu An has also mastered his own living habits and activity patterns. He even used a digital camera + a long focal length lens to take photos of the main members of Hai Yi Tang, their family members and key members of his staff, and created a personal file.
A hall in the candy store was completely sealed, and it became Bei Wei's combat command room. He and his special detectives made several plans there. One of them was to directly ambush and kill Zhu An's armor on the road.
Case B, which involved an attack on his house and killing him, Case C, which involved setting fire to Haiyi Hall, and Case D, which was a near-massacre.
The Ding case is the most terrifying: the special investigation team will kill all the main personnel of Hai Yi Tang within twelve hours, including the shop owners, shopkeepers, managers, and even their family members.
"It's too cruel, killing too many people," Wen Tong said.
"It's just a combat plan." Bei Wei explained, "Be prepared for any eventuality."
"I declare that I absolutely disagree with such a bloody way of handling the incident."
Bei Wei didn't answer. He felt that there was no need to explain to people who didn't understand what a "combat plan" was, and he couldn't explain it clearly. In fact, his colleagues who formulated these plans also made a set of earthly branch plans to prepare for anything.
There are four types of plans that can be used when retreating in case of failure: Zi, Chou, Yin and Mao. Seeing that Wen Tong took the plan so seriously, he felt there was no need to show it to him - to avoid making another fuss.
Lingao, Bopu Port.
The Great Whale is moored in the harbor. The darkened decks and hull after loading coal have been washed clean with sea water by hard-working navy soldiers and shipyard employees.
Chang Shide's digging operation in Vietnam lasted for almost two weeks, and he finally selected a number of open-pit mining sites where coal could be mined. He originally planned to return with a shipload of coal, but the structure of the whale was not suitable for loading unpacked
Of the bulk cargo, less than 100 tons of coal were transported back to Lingao.
This discovery gave the industrial sector great excitement, and of course it also gave the foreign affairs department a big problem - how to occupy Hongji?
Simply sailing over and setting up a few cannons can conquer a country, which is still a little too powerful for time travellers. The sugar industry in Leizhou has not been completed yet, and it is really difficult to open up the mines. How to fully occupy it?
Regarding Hongji's coal mine, special discussions are ongoing within the executive committee.
Chang Shide naturally did not participate in the discussion of the executive committee, nor did he go back to Leizhou directly - he was still thinking about the rice he had hoarded in Vietnam. This gave Gu Dachun an advantage and caught Guang Bing, otherwise the Gu family
The pirate will probably cry about his bad luck.
Right now, the big whale is preparing to carry out a special mission. To be precise, this is a fishing operation. The fish being caught are the pirates of the Gu family. The big whale is the bait, a bait big enough to swallow the fisherman.
On the pier, there are piles of full straw bags ready for loading. Thanks to the efforts of the mechanical department, Bopu's mechanized loading and unloading level has become higher and higher. Not only has the number of manual booms increased to four, but also the number of
A large crane driven by a steam engine. In order to adapt to Bopu's bulk cargo-based logistics needs, the machinery department is studying belt conveyors and grab machines. Once installed in place, the loading and unloading efficiency of salt, rice, iron ore and coal will be
An improvement of ten times or dozens of times. A large number of loading and unloading labor on the docks will be liberated.
What will be shipped to Xuwen is 200 shi of rice, which was allocated directly to South China from the inventory by the Planning Commission. Because of the reliable source of Vietnamese rice, Ma Qianzhu became much more comfortable in allocating grain. According to the Navy
It is speculated that the pirates should have someone at Xuwen Port such as Hai'an Street who specially informs them. Therefore, the possibility of an accident when the ship enters Xuwen Port is relatively small, and you can safely transport food there.
The Navy Department has discussed how to eliminate pirates near Hai'an Street. Everyone agrees that proactively sending warships out to clean up will not have much effect - unless they attack ships indiscriminately when they see them. Otherwise, the other party can pretend to be
The civilian ship evaded search.
With the strength of the navy, it is easy to deal with such low-class pirates. The only thing to consider is to minimize one's own losses and be able to eradicate these two key factors.
The best way is to go straight to the nest and eliminate it completely. However, the time travelers lack intelligence sources in this regard.
Therefore, the most effective method that can be chosen is "fishing". In fact, this is what Chen Tianxiong proposed. Fortunately, the opponent's intentions are very obvious, and it is quite easy to trap them.
Using a large whale as bait, this ship has a special shape. Pirates can tell at a glance that it is a ship from South China, making it an easy target to identify.
Wu De took over the task this time. All professional navy soldiers went to sea to explore resources. He is the only former naval officer left in Lingao. This heavy responsibility naturally falls to him.
The battle plan is to fish, but if you want to catch the fish cleanly, you must take the initiative.
The enemy is in the dark while the enemy is in the dark. The navy is very unfamiliar with the sea conditions along the coast of Xuwen, so the enemy will most likely choose offshore waters to attack. The coastline in this area is lined with islands and reefs, and the opponent is more familiar with the sea conditions than our own.
There are many, you can use the favorable natural environment to hide yourself, observe the movements of the traversers, and choose the most suitable time to launch an attack on the Great Whale.
Initiative! He was deeply troubled by this problem.