One hundred and seventy-eighth chapter recruit surrender
Chapter 178: Recruit surrender and accept rebellion
In addition to revising legal provisions, just writing legal documents is also a big project - this is something that ordinary people cannot do. These "unemployed" people have to work.
"No problem! If you go on the road like this, Ma Jia, my brothers will definitely help you!" Several people immediately agreed.
"However, we have jobs assigned during the day, so we have to come to work at night.
"I'll go to Wu De and ask him to 'loan' you all to me for a few days."
Wu De supported the establishment of a judicial system and would not refuse such a secondment. If he did not go through the secondment procedure, not only would the work of this group of people be considered voluntary labor, but it would also have to be done outside working hours.
Everyone is happy to be able to get away from a few days of boring work and do something relevant.
The vests took a big sip of kvass, and everyone in the law club seemed to be in good spirits. This is a good sign. Now is an era when engineers rule the country. In the future, it is likely that, like the United States, it will be an era where lawyers rule the country...
After the meeting, Ma Jia made a report to Wu De, requesting that these people be "assigned" to work at the Maritime Court, and then went to Xiao Zishan to file an application, requesting that some office expenses should be allocated to purchase the work.
Enjoyable items such as drinks and cigarettes.
Xiao Zishan was very generous. Not only did he immediately write an appropriation note to him, but he also issued him a special purchase certificate so that he could purchase some additional "special goods."
In the past, the special products were mainly consumer goods that were not produced in this time and space, mainly various foods: including cola, cigarettes, instant noodles, cans, etc., as well as daily necessities such as toilet water, essential oil, towels and ten drops of water, and medicines.
These items are mainly supplied to those who engage in "heavy physical work" and "dangerous work", and are sometimes given as prizes to individuals who have received commendations.
As supply improves and inventories decrease, the items on this special offer list are also changing. Some items have been removed - such as cigarettes, cola and instant noodles. Others have been added. The biggest change is products produced by local industries.
It has increased. In fact, there are many items that are not considered "high-end", but due to production capacity issues, they cannot be widely supplied. For example, the cold storage on the Fengcheng Wheel makes several kinds of popsicles, although the raw materials are only fruits, mung beans, and adzuki beans.
It's just sugar and filtered water, but it's provided on a per capita basis. Everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, is given one cup per day. Children under 13 years old are provided with an extra cup.
Ma Jia looked at the items on the special purchase certificate: "Leizhou Sugar" rum (750ml), the purchase limit is one bottle per day; Lingao brand cigarettes, each person is limited to 10 cigarettes per pack per day; although there are only two items
, but the signals reflected are quite intriguing.
"It seems that there are many people in the executive committee who are optimistic about us." Ma Jia said to himself.
Only he could clearly realize why there was such a wonderful difference in the attitudes of everyone on the executive committee.
"It's been almost a year since I landed." Ma Jia muttered to himself and stuffed the list into his pocket.
The members of the Law Club were busy with the piracy case of the five-masted ship, but a guest came to the shop.
This person came to Bopu on a small fishing boat. According to the recent state of emergency, all ships arriving at Lingao-Xuwenyang must undergo inspection. When the navy boarded the ship for inspection, the person lied and claimed that he was arriving.
A merchant selling rice in Lingao - the boat was indeed full of food. After landing, he revealed his identity to the naval officer on duty at the dock: he was the envoy of Zhu Cai Lao. Last year, Zhu Cai Lao was captured during the "fishing" battle.
The captured pirate leader Shi Shishi.
At that time, Ma Qianzhu let him go back in order to have peace talks with Mr. Zhu Cai. However, there was no news about this man after he left. After that, Mr. Zhu Cai rarely came to the sea near Qiongzhou for activities. The peace talks were put on hold.
As soon as Shi Shishi arrived at Bopu, he asked to see "Chief Ma". He brought Zhu Cai Lao's request for peace talks and a letter.
In the letter, Mr. Zhu Cai had a very tough tone, saying that he was willing to negotiate peace with the "Australians", but the Australian Group must compensate him for all the losses caused by the destruction of the Gou family in Lingao - he proposed to Chuanchuan Group that he should be given an outlet to sell glass.
He was not interested in the matter of trade patent rights as compensation. He directly asked the Cross Travel Group to take 40,000 Spanish silver as compensation, and at the same time give him an equal amount of silver as a loan, and he could pay a monthly interest of 2% on the loan. In addition, he also named the request.
The Crossing Group provides artillery, gunpowder, and if possible, it would be best to build some ships for him. These can be purchased with cash or goods.
Although the tone of the letter was very loud, and it had the meaning of "the adults don't care about the faults of the villains" and "immediately knock on the door if they don't agree", but after Ma Qianzhu studied it over and over for a long time, he felt that the letter was a bit stern and internal.
Zhu Cai Lao's urgent need for money, weapons, and ships clearly revealed that he was in urgent need of support.
"If we had the strength now to set up a maritime blackwater company to make soy sauce, Zheng Zhilong would still have a headache." Chen Haiyang, who studied the letters together, said.
"If he had this strength, we would have destroyed him long ago and taken over his ship and people." Ma Qianzhu took the letter and couldn't decide. "The information in our hands is still too little." He said sadly.
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Except for the Intelligence Committee's search for fragments of historical records in old papers, the information about the pirate group that the Travel Group can obtain basically comes from the information collected by the Guangzhou Station along the coast of Guangdong. The characteristic is that the information collected is mainly hearsay, and the content is very confusing.
The news in the newspapers published by the dignified Ming Dynasty Governor of Guangdong, the Inspector, and the Governor's Yamen were equally confusing. A major pirate leader often had several different names. Yu Eshui had already made a list of duplicate names to avoid new ones.
After the information comes, you still have to check the book.
Ma Qianzhu didn't know that Mr. Zhu Cai had been having a rough time in the past year. His two fleets, the northern and southern fleets, which were originally operating in the waters of Fujian, had collapsed under the joint encirclement and suppression by the Ming army and Zheng Zhilong. At this juncture,
On the Internet, an "Australian" came out of nowhere and beat him with a sap. The Gou family was his biggest seller and hiding place of stolen goods. This loss was enough to make him vomit blood. The sudden financial stress made him lose money.
Yuan was in great embarrassment and his subordinates were seriously unstable. Some people and boats were immediately dispersed. Zhu Cai didn't want to go to Lingao to avenge himself and regain his property, but the situation at sea was complicated and Liu Xiang's squeeze forced him to first
To deal with this young man who suddenly rose up. After his attempt to grab the ship failed, he led the southern fleet to go north to Fujian, hoping to gain enough profits in Fujian to rebuild the fleet. At that time, Fujian's oceanic foreign trade was extremely prosperous. One was the route to Japan,
Second, trade with the Dutch who were entrenched in Tai Yuan Port in Taiwan was a lucrative business.
After arriving at the ocean in Fujian, he collected many scattered ships and robbed and attacked several land targets, supplemented food and wages, and Zhu Cailao regained his momentum. However, Zheng Zhilong had long regarded all maritime trade in the ocean in Fujian as a
Forbidden, he would naturally not welcome Zhu Cai Lao's arrival. Li Kuiqi was even more dissatisfied with his taking advantage of the situation, and all parties continued to clash across the ocean in Fujian. Zhu Cai Lao's economic situation was relatively poor, and he gradually lost in the fight.
Under this situation, Zhu Cailao planned to return to the east of Guangdong, but Liu Xiang, who had already established a firm foothold on the ocean in the east of Guangdong, did not want him to come back. The first batch of returning ships was intercepted by Liu Xiang's fleet at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong.
Interception, the two sides fought a battle, although there was no winner, Zhu Cailao's passive situation was not relieved in any way.
"You've been working hard all the way, so go down and have a rest first." Ma Qianzhu said kindly, and then ordered someone to take him to a business building in Dongmen City to check in. As for his men and the sailors on the ship, they were arranged to stay in Bo Pu
Sailor Inn residence.
The Executive Committee immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss Zhu Cai Lao's terms for the peace talks. To be honest, they were not harsh. The loot they got from Gou's family definitely exceeded 40,000 Spanish silver, and he was willing to pay interest on the loan he proposed.
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"Zhu Cai Lao will not live long." Yu Eshui said, "There is no value in negotiating peace with him now, unless we plan to form an alliance with him."
Historically, Zhu Cai's veteran general was defeated by Zheng Zhilong when he attacked Min'an in August this year, and then his entire army was annihilated in Nanri.
Obviously, the main issue to be discussed by the Chuan Chuan Group is: Should we change history and save the old Zhucai Group?
Some people agree. After all, the existence of the Zhucai Lao Group can contain Zheng Zhilong, and at the same time, it can also contain the Liu Xiang Group in disguise. From the perspective of the traversing group, the more forces on the sea and the more chaotic the better, so as to traverse the sea of the group.
In terms of strength, it is not a problem to protect its trade and shipping to Guangdong in chaos, but it is still not strong enough to fight a large-scale decisive battle at sea.
Others believe that it is not necessary to save the Zhucai Lao Group. First of all, they cannot annex this maritime force now, and secondly, once they reach an agreement with him, they may assume more and more responsibilities. This is something the Chuanchuan Group is very unwilling to do.
have witnessed.
Wen Desi was not interested in forming an alliance. In his opinion, the investment in this matter was too great and uneconomical. If he wanted to save the Zhucai Old Group, he would have to provide him with monetary support as he requested and at the same time sell him weapons. Unfortunately.
The only thing is that neither of these two time travelers are very rich. Even if the number can be negotiated, it is still a large number. Besides, artillery and gunpowder are also urgently needed materials for the time travel group itself.
"I believe that the amount proposed by Mr. Zhu Cai is by no means a big deal, but that he really needs so much money to run the fleet. And this may be just the beginning."
Once you start investing in this business, it is likely to become a bottomless pit - if the situation of the Zhucai Old Group does not improve with their support - this is very possible, and most people on the executive committee are not so arrogant.
Thinking that he can change the direction of history at will - even if he doesn't come to ask for help, the Crossing Group will have to continue to expand its gambling capital in order to save its investment. This kind of thing often starts with wanting to spend small money to do big things, but ends up spending a lot of money.
More and more, things are getting worse and worse. Just look at how Americans fell into Vietnam.
This is the so-called one moment, another moment. Ma Qianju thought to himself that Si Lou Baining proposed the peace talks in order to stabilize Zhu Cai Lao and make some benefit transfers without affecting core interests, so as to avoid or delay his launch of the war as much as possible.
The purpose of large-scale retaliation is to buy more time for Lingao's construction.
Zhu Cai Lao didn't play his cards when they were at their weakest. Whether it was the luck of the crossing group or Liu Xiang's restraint, the most critical period at the beginning has passed. At this time, if he talks with Zhu Cai Lao again, his
The value is not great anymore. If the historical information provided by Yu Eshui is accurate and Zhu Cailao's lifespan is less than two months, what benefit will it bring to our side if we help him extend his lifespan?
The biggest benefit is to keep an extra force at sea to contain Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong.
However, as the Intelligence Committee deepened its research on this period of history, Yu Eshui made a bold prediction, believing that the chaos on the Fujian-Guangdong Sea would continue for a long time at least within three or four years. After all, Zheng Zhilong killed Liu
It will be eight years since Chongzhen. One more Zhucai Laoshao and one Zhucai Lao will not have much impact on the time traveler. Perhaps it would be better to divorce the Zhucai Lao who has already formally formed a relationship with the time traveler.
At this time, Yu Eshui was speaking: "...Everyone, it is already the end of June of 1629 in the Gregorian calendar. In less than a month, Zhu Cailao will be defeated by the Ming army in Min'an, Fujian, and then be defeated by the Ming army in Nanri.
Zheng Zhilong is eliminated - in this last remaining month, how are we going to influence him?"
"Inform him not to attack Min'an, and not to go to Nanri when escaping-"
"First, we don't know whether he will listen to our suggestions; secondly, we have very limited knowledge of the details of this period of history. So it is difficult to make an overall judgment. If he asks us, where can we go if we don't attack Min'an?
, who has the ability to come up with a strategy that is beneficial to both him and us?"
People really can't figure it out.
"So what we have to do is not to save him, but to act as a vulture," Yu Eshui used an unpleasant but vivid metaphor, "...to obtain as much practical benefits as possible from his dead body."
The so-called actual benefits are not gold and silver treasures, but the personnel and ships of the Zhucai Lao Group. This is what Chen Haiyang has always wanted.
The task of recruiting and surrendering Zhu Cai's old subordinates fell to the Enemy Work Department of the General Political Security Administration, which was officially named "Rong Work".
Ran Yao summoned his secret weapon in the convening office of the Political Security Administration.
"Invite the Minister of Enemy Industry to come to the office."
"Yes, Chief." The teenage correspondent Hu Lai did a Prussian heel-touch, turned around and ran out. The students in the military and political schools who work as administrative trainees in the General Administration of Political Security are all bitter and hateful types.
, basically he came naked. The political review standards for Ran Yao’s recruitment were even harsher than those of the executive committee: no relatives allowed, it’s best not to even remember his last name; it’s best not to remember where his hometown is;
It's a huge pain, and it's best if you are the person who is transported. Finally, you have to pass a series of tests. Any child who shows greedy, restless, weak, and likes to chat will be eliminated.
Lin Baiguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Enemy Industry, walked in quickly. He used to be the deputy director of the county party committee office in a certain county. He had his own way of thinking about being an official and climbed to a very high position at a young age. However, his ambitions were far higher than those in a certain county.
Being a civil servant in a small and gray county is a big job. Ran Yao knew that this man was a typical Chinese bureaucrat. He always had a smile on his face, always spoke in an organized manner, and always commented on everything to the point. He drank and drank vigorously.
He never fails; sometimes he treats others better than his own brothers; he can also turn against others at any time.
Ran Yao also knew that this man had brought all the necessities he had brought with him on board the ship, including dozens of cigarettes - but he had never smoked one. Every time Ran Yao convened a meeting of the General Security Administration, there were words on the table.
There were one or two packs of Chinese cigarettes from unknown sources, and he must have taken them out.
The most suspicious thing is that he has a solar-powered PDA. He often looks at it at night and sometimes writes something. No one knows what he is writing. Ran Yao believes that he is definitely not writing a novel.
, it’s possible that he’s writing a diary or something like that. Maybe it’s still a black account book.
Once when Ran Yao was discussing work with Ma Qianzhu, Ma Qianzhu once said something incomprehensible:
"Does any of you keep a diary?"
At that time, Ran Yao didn't realize what the governor was talking about, so he could only vaguely say no. Ma Qianzhu did not continue the topic.
Later, Wen Desi once made a strange comment to him in private: "Writing a diary is a good habit. Comrades who have this habit should pay more attention to it."
It took Ran Yao a month or two to realize what they were talking about.
How did they know that the Minister of Enemy Industry had such a habit? Apparently, there were people unknown to him in the Political Security Administration or the House Committee who were reporting intelligence directly to the leaders of the Executive Committee.
This inference is not surprising to Ran Yao, who is accustomed to public security work. Such a powerful department cannot be completely left to him alone. Just like how he secretly installed the "Ten-Man Group" in the army and navy.
However, Lin Baiguang is indeed very capable and has a very positive work attitude. He can be called a god. Not only did he quickly learn the difficult-to-understand Lingao dialect, he also taught himself Cantonese vernacular, Minnan dialect and Nanjing Mandarin. Recently, he
I found that this person was repeating a strange dialect again in the morning.
"This is Manchu." He replied to those who asked.
Ran Yao thought to himself: This guy's ambition is really quite big - but only with ambition can you be motivated.
Lin Baiguang walked in.
"Sit down." Ran Yao got straight to the point, "I just accepted a task from the Executive Committee. Your Enemy Industry Department will be responsible for this task."
"Understood, what is the mission?"
Ran Yao briefly conveyed the intention of the executive committee.
"What, have you considered how to proceed?"
"It's difficult." Lin Baiguang replied seriously, "We don't have any 'relationships' to exploit among the pirates. So far, the only connection we have is Zhang Youfu - but he is only related to the outer members of the pirates.
And it’s impossible to judge whether this person is reliable now.”