Ran Yao originally felt that it was not worth it for him to spend his life in exchange for twelve ships, but now that he has brought more ships and he is living well, he can't help but be happy for him from the bottom of his heart.
Li Di was busy for a while, directing the ships to move anchorages to make way for the nearly eighty ships. Then Wu De also came: "purifying" more than a thousand people, rationing clothes and food, and arranging accommodation for the already familiar people.
The business quarantine camp was originally not a big deal, but this group of people was no more than the refugees transported from Guangzhou, but a group of pirates, which had to be dealt with carefully. Wu De was afraid that Yanghe was young and inexperienced, so he decided to take charge himself.
"Should we mobilize another company for reinforcements?"
"No need." Wu De said, "There are only two companies of Guanghai soldiers here, and there is also an infantry company of riot control. The regular army that has been trained for several months cannot defeat a thousand pirates of all ages, so we might as well run away.
Australia." He paused, "Besides, don't be too nervous, people will think we are a gangster."
So the tone of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside was set. But "What if they want to see Ren Fu or He Xin?" These two people arrived at Lingao early, and their whereabouts and treatment can obviously be regarded as models.
"We won't let them see you for the time being. Xiao Wei, it's up to you to train Ren Fu properly."
"Don't the training matters belong to Ran Yao? This is considered brainwashing at best." Wei Aiwen pressed down his big-brimmed hat that was about to fly up in the sea breeze, and touched his armed belt.
"He Xin is actually easy to talk to - this guy has no idea, he is just a weakling, a wallflower, and he will do whatever he is asked to do. Ren Fu is not good enough. He thinks that we are unjust and will seize his ship if we don't sell food...
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"Tell him that Zhu Cai is going to die?"
"It's easy to talk about this. If we can't talk about it, we have evil intentions. Zhucai is old."
"We must enlighten him and let him know that our Lingao represents the correct direction of historical development." Wu De said, thinking that this matter was a bit tricky, so he took Yanghe to the quarantine camp.
There are constant telegrams from both sides, and Lelin has reported the approximate number of people on the ship. The kitchen in the quarantine camp was immediately opened. The air door of the recently renovated briquette stove was opened to blow air inside, and the newly added briquettes were soon added.
It burned red. In the pot was the usual first meal of the quarantine camp: gruel.
Wu De looked at it and shook his head: "Add half more rice and more vegetables."
"It doesn't mean that people who have been hungry for too long cannot eat enough..."
"They are not hungry people. Even if they have eaten less or less recently, they cannot be compared with the refugees who have not had anything to eat or drink for many days. They need to add more vegetables. There is nothing to eat at sea."
Dormitories, clothing, and health personnel ready to conduct physical examinations and treatments for them have arrived one after another. All preparations have been made. In order to add to the atmosphere, Ding Ding has hired the only group of folk trumpeters in the county to wait at the dock.
, prepared to advocate and welcome. We were also prepared to ask students from national schools to line up to welcome.
Chen Haiyang said: "It doesn't have to be too grand. These pirates can't be too noble, lest they become arrogant!"
After Lin Baiguang and Le Lin exchanged information, they returned to Shi Shishi's ship, and the entire fleet sailed towards Bobu under the escort of the patrol fleet.
Not long after, he saw four odd-shaped ships ahead of them with their masts hung with colorful flags. They were moving forward through the waves. The waves were rolling and their momentum was extremely amazing. Shi Shishi was surprised. This ship had no sails or oars, and it was moving like this.
The speed was so fast that it was probably the "iron clipper" of the Australians. In a moment, these four iron clippers caught up with the fleet. Just as Shi Shishi was about to tell the helmsman to be careful, he saw the bows of the four ships pointed towards the two wings.
Already avoiding the fleet, they took a roundabout route to the two wings.
As if for a show, these four iron clippers changed formation from time to time around the entire fleet, sometimes faster and sometimes slower, sometimes leading the formation and sometimes leading the fleet, and shuttled back and forth in the fleet from time to time.
"So fast!" Shi Shishi is an old pirate. Of course he knows what this terrible maneuverability means. Not only does the opponent not need to consider the wind direction, but he can also adjust the direction of travel anytime and anywhere, as flexibly as a fish. No wonder the Australians
Only a thousand people and seven or eight ships can establish a foothold in Lingao. Liu Xiang and the big shopkeeper are helpless against them!
Sailors and family members on various ships heard that the Australian "iron clippers" were coming to greet them, and they all rushed to the deck to see these ships. They had no need for sails and oars, they were made of iron but would not sink, and they had the "spirit of ghosts and gods".
The "iron clipper" of "strength".
"It's really made of iron! My mother, iron won't sink in water!"
"It's probably not Chinese iron."
"Who knew! It could run so fast without sails."
"Monster! Monster!" Some sailors screamed in terror, and were knocked to the ground by the leader. They were immediately dragged into the cabin and imprisoned by his henchmen. These words made the Australians know that they would not be able to live with them.
The leaders knew very well that this was a courtesy and a warning from the Australians, and they all felt very complicated. After all, no one knew the situation among the Australians except Shi Shishi.
After escorting the fishing boat for a while, it suddenly increased its power and quickly disappeared from their sight. It left as quickly as it came. At this time, the buoy outside Bobu Harbor had already appeared in Lin Baiguang's sight. Then, the towering
A puff of white smoke came out of the Bobu beacon tower, and then there was the sound of rolling thunderous cannons.
"This is a salute to welcome you all," Lin Baiguang said.
Seventy-eight large and small sea-going ships, the largest weighing more than 300 tons, the smallest weighing more than 40 tons, are all common Guangzhou and Fuzhou ships on the southeast coast. Now they are along the natural breakwater made of rocks on Lingaojiao.
They lined up in a row and dropped the anchor. This naturally formed rock embankment has been transformed into a real sea embankment. Roads, lighthouses, forts, and trestles have been built on the embankment to facilitate the landing of people.
The pirates helped the young and old from the trestle to the embankment.
On the pier, the percussion group Ding Ding hired was taking turns playing "Happy Encounter" and "Flowers Lian Zhi".
Shi Shishi and a dozen of the main leaders had already put on their best clothes and went to meet the "Australian big boss" under the guidance of Lin Baiguang.
The place where Chen Haiyang chose to meet the pirate leader who had defected was in front of the Customs Building in Bopu. Although the Customs Building was just a three-story red brick building, there was a large open space in front of it paved with cinders. There was no clock on the clock tower. It looked like
It's quite majestic. Especially standing on the square in front of the building, you can clearly see the huge silhouette of the Fengcheng Ship across the back bay of the Customs Building. It's enough to leave a deep impression on people.
Chen Haiyang had a high-back navy captain's chair placed on the steps in front of the customs building. Navy cadets were transferred from the military and political school to serve as escorts. They all wore navy uniforms and wore the latest issued uniforms.
A machine-made navy sergeant's sword. The cadets lined up on both sides of him, with their backs straight and majestic.
Starting from the bottom of the steps and extending to the entrance of the square, sixty people each from the army and navy were on guard, with their brightly polished bayonets arranged in a straight line.
The pirate leaders followed Lin Baiguang and walked cautiously. Except for Shi Shishi, it was the first time for everyone else to come to Lingao. The shock of the moment when the huge iron ship appeared in the field of vision has not faded away, and they saw the other side of the bay.
, tall pavilions stood tall, stretching out their long arms. From time to time, bursts of white smoke came out, and there was a roaring sound.
"It's spinning, it's spinning!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.
Sure enough, the long arm on a huge pavilion was rotating slowly, and there was a long rope underneath, hanging some huge cargo. Suddenly, a high-pitched and passionate scream was heard from afar, and the sound spread across the bay.
Soaring into the sky, they were all frightened.
"Damn, what the hell is that..."
"Don't talk!" Shi Shishi whispered.
Shi Shishi originally thought that the big boss of Lingao would be more polite and asked him to meet him at the pier. The two sides hugged each other and walked over. Then everyone drank and ate meat together - in recent years, whenever someone pulls a team to vote for the big shopkeeper, most of them
This is the routine. I didn’t expect that Lingao would be so powerful. I felt a little awkward.
A cordon was set up outside the square. No servants or soldiers were allowed to enter, and the swords they carried were left outside. From the entrance to the steps, two lines of soldiers were heavily guarded. The entire square was silent. Only the flags were there.
The sound of hunting and fluttering.
Lin Baiguang led them through the cordon to the steps. Without any orders, these people all knelt down.
Chen Haiyang can now speak a few words of Cantonese and Hokkien in this time and space, but he does not say a word. He only tells them to get up in straight Mandarin without kneeling. Xiong Buyou, who is the translator next to him, takes a step forward and speaks first.
I said it in Cantonese and then in Hokkien.
This kind of etiquette was the result of discussions between several people present. Chen Haiyang did not speak dialects in order to show the status of Mandarin as the "national language", and asked Xiong Buyou to use popular dialect translations to show respect for Jiang Ren.
Shi Shishi and others quickly stood up and saw the big boss sitting on the steps. He looked like he was only in his early thirties. He was sitting on a high-backed wicker chair. He was only wearing a blue cloth jacket with a double lapel and a waistband that Australians like to wear.
He was wearing a cloth belt - this outfit was extremely simple, almost the same as the young soldiers around him.
This was the first time for everyone to see such a simple big boss, and they were a little at a loss.
Shi Shishi had more dealings with the Crossing Group. He hurriedly took a step forward, clasped his fists and saluted, and said something like "I've long admired the reputation, and I'm willing to serve, and we will work together and work together in unity from now on." After saying this,
He presented the books he had brought - the rosters and accounts of ships, grain, weapons, and gunpowder that he had transcribed during the past two days at sea - as a token of his sincerity.