1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 25 Labor Camp ([-])

The prisoners on the shore worked very hard, but unfortunately the progress was not very fast. After all, these people were professional soldiers rather than professional carpenters, and the axes and saws were not as easy as the knives and guns they were used to.By noon, a team of talents brought by Luo Shengdong was able to prepare the wood for the construction of the trestle bridge.After half a day of high-intensity labor, the prisoners who only had a bowl of white rice porridge in the morning began to feel empty, but now there will be no food for them. brine.

The other team responsible for entering the inland land reclamation progressed a little better. There were no large forests in this flat area, which saved a lot of trouble, so their task was to clean up all the shrubs and weeds in the area designated by Gao Huan. Cut it off, then stack it together and burn it into plant ash. At the same time, it is necessary to dig out ditches and ridges on the edge of the demarcated land to prepare for the next step of water diversion and irrigation.After one morning, they have already dealt with an area about the size of two football fields, which is about 20 mu of land. At this rate, they still hope to complete the [-] mu of land reclamation task stipulated by Gao Huan before the sun goes down.

In addition, the wasteland reclamation team also made a small gain in the process - they hit three pythons, and the weight was not light, and the largest one took three people to lift.Of course, these results were finally handed over to the short-haired leaders of the labor camp, and they would eventually become the food for the Transmigrators tonight.

One thing the captives didn't know was that the area of ​​240 mu designated by Gao Huan for them was slightly larger than the area of ​​this era. It is recorded in "History of Ming Dynasty Shihuo Zhi" that "Fantian takes the near Guo as the upper land, and the farther as the middle land and the lower land. Five feet is a step, 10 steps are mu, and a hundred mu is an hectare." Calculated according to the weights and measures of the Ming Dynasty , the area of ​​one mu is about [-]% smaller than that of later generations.It's not that Gao Huan intends to punish them, but that the weights and measures adopted by the time-travelers must be based on future generations. If we want to use the current measurement standards in this regard, it will only cause great confusion to the work of the time-travelers themselves.

The prisoners didn't have lunch, but the overseers of the transmigrators couldn't go hungry.At noon, a small wooden boat came from the other side of the river, and the food was delivered by local fishermen who came to do odd jobs.Today's cooking class's work is the well-received Spanish paella before. The use of various spices makes the air permeate with a tempting smell. The only people on the east bank of the Tiandu River who can't smell this fragrance are the ones who are still burning the ash. The group is forced to reclaim the wasteland.

The group of people carrying logs on the shore smelled the aroma of the food on the boat, and unconsciously slowed down their movements. Some people were already choking their throats and swallowing saliva.Seeing this, Gu Wei got up and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and do things, you will have a chance to eat another meal tomorrow when you are done!"

Hearing this sentence, the prisoners suddenly realized, and understood why the shorthairs stipulated that the points could be exchanged for three meals a day.If you only eat two meals a day for such a large amount of labor, I am afraid that you will collapse after three or five days. At that time, you will be exhausted, you will not be able to complete the task and you will not get points, and you will have no hope of regaining your freedom. It is also necessary to exchange half of the points for enough food.

Only a very small number of smart people in the captives realize that this is a "trick" of the short-haired, and intends to use some means to make them spend their hard-earned points constantly.Luo Shengdong even spontaneously linked the theory to practice: "Since General Zhang's brother-in-law opened a gambling stall in Yazhou City, General Zhang would often take the officers in the village to go there after paying his salary. Bet, so that everyone's military salaries go in with the left hand and the right hand out, this is not the same as the short-haired points, playing tricks to trick people!"

But in addition to worrying, Luo Shengdong also knows that he is powerless to change something. Everyone knows that points are the only way to keep them alive. Even if he is Luo Shengdong, it is not the same that he hopes to save enough points to regain his freedom one day. Hope?

The hungry prisoners continued to work hard in the afternoon. Occasionally, some people wanted to be lazy or take a longer rest. Without the guards speaking, Luo Shengdong and the team leaders would naturally urge them. The ones will even put up their fists and kicks together.When the trestle bridge began to piling in the water, the sun had already started to slant westward, and Luo Shengdong was so anxious to jump into the water himself to straighten the stakes.Even so, the progress of the project is still slower than planned, and the task will definitely not be completed if this continues.

Just when Luo Shengdong was about to feel desperate, a group of people from the wasteland reclamation team completed the task ahead of schedule and returned to the shore.Luo Shengdong is now holding on to the life-saving straw, and he doesn't care about the disgraced appearance of each and every one of these people, so they catch up with the trestle construction site without even washing their faces.After combining the two into one, hurry up and hurry, and finally completed the construction of the trestle before the sun went down.

When Cai Hongzhan was pacing back and forth on the trestle to check and accept the project, Luo Shengdong felt that his breathing was a little uneasy. Not so nervous now.

Finally, Cai Hongzhan nodded towards Gu Wei, indicating that the trestle bridge project was accepted.Gu Wei didn't mean to be greedy for the full power, he patted Ren Liang's shoulder next to him and said, "I'm done overseeing the work, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Ren Liang smiled slightly, stood on the bow to clear his throat, and then said loudly: "Everyone, listen up! Now the team leader counts the tools of the team, and after turning them in, line up and stand in groups!"

In view of the large amount of iron tools for labor, the prisoners must not be kept overnight for safety reasons, so they must be counted and turned over every day after the labor is completed, and distributed before the start of work the next day.Although a little more troublesome, the safety first rule of the Executive Committee will not change because of this.

After finally waiting for these things to be completed and all the prisoners to line up on the shore, Ren Liang began to announce the results of today's labor: "Today, both teams have completed the scheduled labor tasks, so everyone can get the basic two. points."

There was a sound of exhalation from the crowd, and it seemed that everyone's heart was hanging, and it was not until Ren Liang announced the result that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"In addition, the wasteland reclamation team helped build the trestle bridge after completing its own task, so everyone in the wasteland reclamation team can get an extra bonus point." Ren Liang calmly added a piece of good news.

As soon as the news was announced, some people in the crowd on the shore immediately showed an undisguised excited look on their faces.Just because of the rules, no one dared to make a direct sound.And this directly led to the fact that when Ren Liang registered whether to use the points to exchange for three meals, almost a dozen people in the wasteland team raised their hands without exception - now they have three points in hand, take one point to exchange Tomorrow I can have a full meal, and my work must be a little easier than today.

The remaining people who only scored two points, after hesitating for a while, also began to raise their hands in twos and threes.These people have limited knowledge and may not understand the deep meaning of the arrangement of short hair, but if they can't eat enough tomorrow, I'm afraid they won't even be able to keep the two basic points.Luo Shengdong looked around, sighed and raised his hand weakly.

After returning to the barge's cell, Luo Shengdong found that the ten sailors had also returned, and asked how they were doing today.

The helmsman Liu Shun was the sailor leader of the ship. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "I have been running the ship in the water village for almost ten years, and I have never been so tired. Lord Luo, look at these brothers, all of them are so tired. It's like a dog!"

After Luo Shengdong's inquiries, he realized that these sailors were arranged to operate the Haicang boat to patrol the sea in the morning. Of course, there were many shorthairs with live ammunition on the boat.In the process of sailing, the shorthair asked these sailors to keep changing the course, raising and lowering sails, repeatedly, and even asked them to do damage control measures such as how to plug leaks and put out fires on board many times. It seems that It seems that it is to learn how to operate the Haicang ship.In the afternoon, the sailors were pulled to a place on the shore that had just been leveled and began to build a shed. It is said that Shorthair planned to build a shipyard to manufacture wooden boats by himself.Of course, these sailors also got two points after a day of hard work.Like the team on Luo Shengdong's side, the sailors also chose to exchange their points for meals in order to ensure that they have enough physical strength to complete the hard labor tomorrow.

After listening, Luo Shengdong sighed and said, "It seems that we will hardly have a bright future."

Liu Shun said in shock, "Why did Lord Luo say this?"

"Today, the short-haired thieves drove us to open up wasteland in the east of the river. I think the land they have demarcated is probably as many as a thousand mu. The short-haired thieves are reclaiming wasteland and farming, and they are repairing factories and ships. They definitely want to settle here and never leave. ." Luo Shengdong reluctantly expressed his analysis of what he knew.

What Luo Shengdong can't imagine is that the shorthairs are not just planning to settle here, but to transform this place into a starting point for future global hegemony.However, the future overlords can't enjoy the golden clothes and jade food at this time, and there are thousands of jobs waiting for them to unfold one by one.For example, although it was already night, lights were set up around Base No. [-], and a group of young people were working overtime to build the peripheral fortifications of Base No. [-] in accordance with the requirements of the Military Police Department and the Ministry of Construction.

Because the current conditions are very limited in all aspects, the defensive wall of the fortification can only be dominated by civil structures for the time being. Two layers of wood with the thickness of the arms are used as walls, and the middle is filled with sand about one foot thick, which can effectively prevent opponents. ranged attack weapon.The side facing the coast adopts a bastion design. In addition to the prominent angular defense department, a high and low multi-stage three-dimensional defense system will be adopted to ensure that the fire-focusing advantage can be fully exerted within the range of the Type 56 semi-automatic.Coupled with the ditch that is about to be completed on the periphery, a miniature moat can be formed outside the No. [-] base after the introduction of Tiandu River water.

According to the estimates of the Military and Police Department, after the fortifications are completed, Chuanzhong can at least easily resist the offensive of three to four thousand space-time troops in Base No. [-] with a warning. Strength, the current protective wall is still not enough to see, and we can only rebuild and strengthen it when conditions permit in the future.Of course, according to the guidelines of the Executive Committee of "defending the enemy outside the territory", the future military development idea must be to establish a strong naval gunboat fleet to protect the safety of Victory Port, and with the establishment of artillery units, the corresponding coastal defense batteries will also be It will appear at the key position of the estuary of the harbor, and the security of Base No. [-] will be greatly increased.

(End of this chapter)