If you want to keep the ships, you can continue to lead the fleet. Join the newly formed joint chartered company of the Foreign Trade Committee-Southeast Asia Company, specializing in overseas trade. The leaders use the ships to invest in shares. Each ship of 100 tons counts as one share.
The same applies to vessels over one hundred tons. Vessels below one hundred tons will not be accepted.
In addition to carrying out overseas trade activities, ships participating in the Southeast Asia Company must also complete transportation, combat and patrol tasks assigned by the Navy Ministry - the Southeast Asia Company is under the dual leadership of the Foreign Trade Commission and the Navy Ministry. However, in terms of level, the company
The management can participate in the enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee.
After the introduction of this policy, everyone found it acceptable. Although after additional personnel and logistics coordination, their personal control over the fleet has been greatly reduced. However, being able to maintain control of the fleet still makes many people feel psychologically more comfortable.
Most people chose to join the Southeast Asia Company. Since they had to go to long seas and the small ships were useless, they might as well pay them all in and get some money. Shi Shishi was different from others. He firmly demanded that all his ships be turned over.
Give it to the organization, and it doesn’t cost a penny. It only requires that you can be a minor official like "Chief Qian" in the Navy Department. Wei Aiwen felt strange - why did this pirate leader suddenly become so enlightened? Did he really feel that we already
Can he conquer Beijing and make him a minister of Conglong?
Lin Dan also handed over his boat without hesitation. He also didn't want any money, but he also had a requirement: the travel group must fully help him find the whereabouts of his family members.
"You will be given as much money as you need. This is credibility." Wei Aiwen said, "As for finding your family members, I will do my best - aren't we a family anymore?"
Fatty Hu simply handed over all five of his ships. He asked not to go to sea anymore - he wanted to build a farm.
"Before I became a pirate, I was a good farmer. If my farm hadn't been burned down by the plague of six poplars and seven poplars, I wouldn't be doing this business."
"If you hadn't done this business, you might have been ruined long ago." Lin Dan said, "You, a rich country man, are just fat."
After some registration and deployment, five of the eleven leaders who brought the boats were willing to hand over all the boats. Among them, Hu Wumei - also known as Fatty Hu, his parents gave him such a female name because of the difficulties in having children -
He expressed that he did not want to continue to eat this bowl of rice from the sea, and wanted to use the money to buy some land and a house to settle down.
"You don't need to buy a farmhouse. We allocate a house for you. Let's do this. You can be the head of a farm for us." Wu De, who was standing next to him, nodded, "There is a school farm outside the county gate. There are hundreds of people there.
The land is short of a person in charge. You can take your wife, children, and relatives to live there. You can also take a few of your soldiers with you."
"Sure, managing a farm is my job." Hu Wumei was quite satisfied with this arrangement. "I also want to buy some fields, is that okay?"
Wu De nodded and said: "Of course you can, but we have policies for buying land. You have to wait a little - money is always money by your side anyway, and I can't lose you!"
"Okay, okay." Hu Wumei was very satisfied with this arrangement.
Shi Shishi, Lin Dan, Li Guangfa and others are willing to directly join the "Navy" of the Australian Group.
The other six people joined the Southeast Asia Company. They also surrendered some small ships and only kept the large ships. On average, each person still had three to five large ships.
Yan Ming took the people from Delong Grain Company to handle the redemption of the ship on site. The measurement units of ancient Chinese ships are relatively complicated. Some are based on materials, some are calculated based on size, and some are calculated based on load capacity. Yan Ming's cost-effective price is
Based on the shipbuilding prices of ships of various sizes along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian collected by Guangzhou Station as the basic reference point, the materials, conditions, and accessories of the ships were evaluated and the prices were given. In general, the prices were favorable. In fact, these ships were
It has been drifting at sea for two or three years without any repairs, and is generally in poor condition.
The prices were all made of silver, and the leaders were paid in full. This was considered as gaining their trust. Yan Ming estimated that based on Lingao's current consumption situation, these people would soon be dissatisfied with the silver that was not very useful.
Tired of it.
After the formalities were completed, each leader designated a few confidants to handle the handover procedures for the ships. After the planning committee personnel opened the seals, the artillery, ammunition, food, materials, personal luggage, etc. on each ship were carried off one by one. Private
All items will be collected by everyone after being disinfected. As for artillery, food, weapons and other items, all items such as artillery, food, and weapons will be registered by the Planning Commission. Regardless of whether these ships are redeemed or not, the shipyard must conduct comprehensive renovations and modifications on them.
to carry out the mission in the fall.
After the arrangements were made, a two-month leave was announced for everyone to settle down with their families and deal with personal matters. Afterwards, doctors from the Ministry of Health also conducted physical examinations on the leaders and their families - several of them contracted sexually transmitted diseases on the spot.
Control Center. The remaining people received the keys to their respective homes after going through the "purification" process.
This batch of residences specifically for pirate leaders are located in the high-end residential area of Bobu Commune. This is the first batch of pilot high-end residential areas to be built. There are twelve townhouses in each row, and a total of three rows were built. Pirate leaders
Except for Hu Wumei and Lin Dan, who went to the farm, the other nine households all moved in. Lin Dan felt that living alone in such a big house was boring, so she asked to live in a navy barracks. Chen Haiyang
An officer's dormitory was allocated to him in the Bopu Naval Camp.
The interior decoration, furniture, furnishings, including daily necessities, are all available. Wu De instructed that they should reflect the four major standards of "neatness, cleanliness, comfort, and dignity". Flowers and trees were also planted in the front and rear yards. It made people accustomed to the narrow environment at sea.
The pirate family members felt very comfortable and comfortable in their daily life. And the faucet that could automatically dispense water by turning the lever simply caused a sensation.
The Chuanchuan Group also arranged a caretaker for each household. He is basically an old man who looks after the door, cleans the house, and receives visitors. He sits at the door wearing a brand-new Tsing Yi and looks very dignified. In fact, it is all
A part-time whistleblower receiving a stipend from the General Administration of Political Security.
When each family moved, Ding Ding, the head of the cultural and publicity department, called the percussion team as usual to play the percussion and set off firecrackers, trying to create a joyful atmosphere. Then, in the names of Wei Aiwen, Chen Haiyang, Wu De, and Lin Baiguang, they sent gifts to celebrate the move.
Congratulatory gifts, finally, congratulatory gifts were sent in the name of the Executive Committee.
The leaders were still confused about the Australian system for a while. Some people thought that the "Executive Committee" was probably the name of the Australian emperor. Some of them were literate and knew that it was the name of an organization like the "Cabinet". Regardless.
No matter what, it is a rare favor. So when the gift arrived, everyone knelt down and kowtowed to express gratitude. They then respectfully placed the gift in the middle of the hall. Wei Aiwen, who came to congratulate him, couldn't laugh or cry.
The gifts sent were very simple. There were no gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy or paintings. They were all daily necessities: firewood, rice, oil, salt, cloth, silk, and the like. Although they were not valuable, they were very useful to newcomers who had just arrived and didn’t even know where to go shopping.
It's a very considerate move.
Finally, a housewarming banquet was served from the canteen. Wei Aiwen, Chen Haiyang and others personally accompanied us, and the atmosphere was very warm. Everyone was very grateful for the various preferential treatment given after landing.
Then came "study" every now and then. The content of the study was nothing more than watching movies and taking classes. In addition, the "visit" that had been tried and tested when the Communist Party was engaged in "reforming ideas". The only regret is that Chuanchuan Group does not have so many industrial and mining enterprises.
Show it to them, and the scale of most of these companies seems to be a bit shabby. However, the semi-modern production capabilities displayed by a limited number of factories were enough to shock the people of the medieval times.
Wei Aiwen assigned each leader to a student from the Political Department's training class, who was nominally a translator so that they could understand the content of the lecture, and essentially carried out one-on-one infiltration propaganda.
They also visited the army and navy drills, artillery target shooting, and infantry formation drills. However, apart from the powerful power of the artillery shooting, these things were not as impressive as the factory. They were just watching the fun - most of the bosses were not interested in military matters.
I know very little about it. Even the tactics of naval battles are mediocre. They basically charge according to the flag, shoot with cannons if they are far away, fire rockets if they are close enough, and finally jump into gangs to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
In addition to visiting and watching movies, lectures are also held. Although most of them are illiterate, they are not engaged in literacy at this stage - these people are used to being carefree and do not know enough about the importance of knowledge. If they are to be like students
It is not enough to sit down and attend class in a serious manner. Therefore, the lectures are in the form of a symposium, focusing on ideological indoctrination. In addition to Wei Aiwen himself, there are also people such as Lin Baiguang, Wu De, Chen Haiyang, etc. who come in turns. The symposium is usually held on the farm.
It was held in the pavilion, with tea, snacks and fruits, eating and drinking, and chatting. In such chats, the views of the crossing group were slowly instilled, and sometimes questions were answered. From the perspective of popular science, why can iron ships float on the water?
When asked whether the "Australians" want to rebel and conquer the world - Wei Aiwen always smiles mysteriously and does not answer the question.
This method of talking about equality and mutual trust gave the leaders a great impression - almost all of them came from poor backgrounds and were used to the brutality of the government. Although there was a somewhat "democratic" atmosphere in the pirate group, under the family-style management system, the
Because I have a foreign surname, I can only keep my complaints about various injustices within the group in my heart. Now everyone is talking openly and speaking freely, which is quite enjoyable. Many people can't help but vent their dissatisfaction towards Mr. Zhu Cai.
. Wei Aiwen nodded while listening, thinking that this was in the quarantine camp, and the sailors were probably venting their dissatisfaction with their group.