Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 414 Departure

Lin Dan said, "Don't daydream. Back then, Xiang Yu said 'I will see Jiangdong's elders without words'. Why? 3000 people followed him out to fight and none of them came back! You have been out fighting all these years, and your nephews, relatives, and fellow villagers in your hometown How many came out with you, and how many died? Just go back like this and still want to live a stable life? It’s no wonder those brothers’ old mothers and widows don’t kick your threshold down!”

Lin Dan said again: "You can go ashore, each of you has a lot of money, and no one knows what you have been doing all these years. If you don't have a knife or gun in your hand, aren't you a big fat sheep? Even if the government doesn't come to trouble you, those evil gentry If I want to find out about you, why don't you obediently spit out the money?

"Furthermore, who here has not had any enemies over the years? Those who killed someone else's mother, robbed someone's wife and daughter, and burned someone's house... At that time, everyone will have revenge for their injustice and revenge. Can we stay? A life is hard to say!"

When Fatty Hu heard this, he sat down dejectedly, and the people who were eager to go home also fell silent.

There is no future for defecting to other big gangs, and it is impossible to stand on your own, and even returning home to enjoy blessings in the end has become very difficult.

No way out, this feeling strongly usurped their hearts.It seems that the boundless darkness hangs over everyone's head.

Only then did Lin Baiguang stand up, and he coughed:

"Everyone, why not go to Lingao?"

"Lingao?!" Lin Dan woke up like a dream, "Going to join the Australians?!"

Shi Shishi also seemed to remember: "That's right, let's join the Australians!"

However, everyone still looked at Lin Baiguang with hesitation—it is the same thing to say when drinking, but when things come to an end, you have to think carefully if you want to really do it.

"Brothers!" Lin Baiguang had gathered enough energy these days, and was just waiting for this moment.At this moment, the soul of the director of the County Investment Promotion Office possessed him!He began to elaborate on a draft he had been typing for weeks.It is important to explain: At present, when Lingao is in a state of waste, if everyone goes to join him, he will definitely be reused.Moreover, the Australians occupy Lingao, and they have bases for resting and mooring ships, and everyone has a house, so they don't drift around at sea like in the past, and they often suffer from water and food shortages.

These remarks are quite touching. The hardships of wandering at sea are not something ordinary people can bear.But this Australian has very little foundation after all, and he doesn't know how long he can stay in Lingao. Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Shi Shishi - he is the only one who has been to Lingao here.

Shi Shishi nodded: "Brother Lin, I can trust you! I am willing to go to Lingao!"

It's almost a hammer definition.Everyone looked at each other and couldn't think of any better ideas.At this time, someone suddenly asked: "I have something I want to ask Brother Lin for advice!"

Lin Baiguang knew that this was the question-and-answer stage of investment promotion.It seemed that the person asking the question was an unfamiliar leader named Li Guangfa, who had brought three boats.He came here by accident, originally he just wanted to get water here, but when he saw everyone gathered here, he stayed - after all, there are so many people, so it's easy to take care of them.

"The ability of the Australians, brother Shi has been to Lingao, he has seen it all, and he will not deceive the brothers. But how long do the Australians plan to stay in Lingao?"

This matter is a matter of great importance. Since everyone wants to go to the Lord's house, they must have a safe place. They can't go today and break up tomorrow.

"When the surname is not Zhu, we will stay in Lingao!" Lin Baiguang said without hesitation.

"Okay!" Shi Shishi couldn't help applauding - he didn't expect Brother Lin to be so proud.

"Brothers have pride!" Li Guangfa nodded, "What if Master Liu or Zheng Zhilong don't let you stay in Lingao?"

"Hehe," Lin Baiguang said with a smile, "Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong combined, it's just wishful thinking to drive us away from Lingao!" He said, "My words are groundless, and those who are willing to go to Lingao will naturally let everyone see If you come to Lingao, you don't think it's a place to stay for a long time, I will give you food and gunpowder, and you can come and go as you like, and you will never break your promise."

Seeing is believing, instead of explaining in vain how much technology and industry they do not understand, it is better to let them see the power of cannons and motor boats with their own eyes.Moreover, in the past year, news of Australians having large iron boats, fast boats, and fast guns and cannons has spread widely in Fujian and Guangdong. It spread everywhere.It is impossible not to have an impact on these people.

In addition, Lin Baiguang firmly believes that the thriving and upward social atmosphere that the Time Travel Group has gradually built in Lingao after one year of operation in the local area will infect this group of unexamined pirate leaders—everyone has ideals.

Fatty Hu said: "I am also willing to go to Lingao!"

Lin Dan also nodded at this time: "I would like to go too."

In such an atmosphere, everyone expressed their willingness to go.At least I am willing to see if the Australians are a force worth relying on.

Lin Baiguang saw that there were still some leaders who were silent, so they just kept silent.I thought that instead of letting them not talk now and make trouble secretly, it would be better to speak up and be open and aboveboard.Then he said: "This matter is never forced. If anyone is willing to go to Lingao, I will walk upside down to meet you! If you don't want to go, you can do it yourself."

In the end, about thirty boats refused to go to Lingao and planned to find their own way out.The remaining nearly [-] boats expressed their willingness to go to Lingao.From Dadanyu to Lingao, there are still a few days to go by sea, and there are large and small boats in the fleet, so it is inconvenient to take overseas routes.When traveling in the inner sea, one must be prepared for the possibility of encountering Liu Xiang's fleet.For the sake of command, everyone recommended Shi Shishi to be the general manager.Shi Shishi distributed the excess ammunition on the ship to the ships that were out of ammunition, and put women, children, and children on several large ships so as not to be distracted during the battle.

Arrangements have been made, everyone returns to the ship to prepare.Prepare to sail to Lingao at dawn.

Lin Baiguang was very excited. He didn't expect the persuasion work to be so smooth. It seems that the hard work on Nanri Island was in place.But he didn't dare to express his excitement in words, and the closer to the critical moment, the more he couldn't be paralyzed.He secretly reminded himself.

He was about to go to bed when suddenly Shi Shishi came.

"Brother Lin, we will be a family from now on. I need you to take care of me!" Shi Shishi said with a respectful attitude, and brought up a small box as he spoke.When I opened it, I saw that the yellow inside was yellow, and the green was green. They were all precious jewelry, and they were so golden that they were so eye-catching.

"This is a little thought from the leaders."

"You brothers are too far-fetched!" Lin Baiguang was moved by Caibao, but then he thought about what he was going to do?Then he changed a very sincere attitude and said, "Brother Shi! These property are all earned by the brothers with one knife and one gun. How can I get it? My conscience will be disturbed if I take it. Don't worry, brother, Lingao is now in the time of employing people. , everyone has gone, naturally they all have a good future."

"Okay, brother, I believe what you say." Seeing that his attitude was sincere and resolute, Shi Shishi no longer forced himself.

Chen Haiyang, Wei Aiwen and Ran Yao are inspecting the people and ships that are going to be dispatched to recruit the remnants of Zhucai's veterans at Bopu.In order to prevent being eaten by others if the recruitment fails, it is prudent to decide that it is better to equip a small fleet and set off, at least to be able to protect itself.They now have twelve large ships brought by He Xin, all of which are sea-going ships of more than [-] to [-] tons.Once equipped, it is enough to protect yourself.

The navy made simple modifications to the ship, removed various iron cannons of different quality and caliber, and replaced them with "low-configuration" naval cannons designed by the weapon design team.

The so-called low-configuration naval artillery is a naval artillery that adheres to the principle of "high and low matching", and the equipment is simple to manufacture and low in cost.It is composed of a 24-pound smoothbore cannon and a 48-pound short-barreled Caron gun, and is specially equipped for sailing warships.It is also ready for export in the future.

These ships are more than adequate to defend themselves at sea with full guns and ammunition.Congratulations to the new sailors After a few days of education and publicity, some people have expressed their willingness to join Lingao.Chen Haiyang decided that one-third of each ship would be allocated, and the rest would be filled by naval sailors and people from the Marine Corps.

I am very busy.Suddenly Chen Lidi ran out of the port office out of breath and reported to him that Lin Baiguang had returned.

"He's back? Where? Where?" Ran Yao asked repeatedly.

"Just passed Ma Niao! I met the third patrol detachment! He brought back dozens of boats!"

When Chen Haiyang heard about the many boats he had brought back, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Is it Zhucai's boat? How many boats are there?"

"It's quite a lot, there are seventy or eighty ships. There are more than 1000 people." Li Di couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, "He boarded Le Lin's flagship and just talked to me."

"Seventy or eighty ships! What kind of ships are they?"

"Some are big and some are small, many of them are big ships!"

Seventy or eighty ships!This is a fortune!Even if they are all small-tonnage ships like Lingao Towwind, it will be a considerable increase to the sea power of the Crossing Group, not to mention that they are all equipped with sailors.

"Let's go and have a look." Chen Haiyang couldn't hold back his joy—Mr. Zhu Cai was really awesome, and he sent two big gifts back and forth.

"Don't worry, the boat hasn't passed the horse yet." Li Di smiled like a flower, "Lin Baiguang said: As soon as they entered the Qiongzhou Strait, the beacon towers along the coast lit the beacon fire one by one—probably to scare them." It's broken."

"We still should go to meet him, to show our solemnity." Wei Aiwen suggested, "At least we have to send an executive committee member to..."

"I'll go." Chen Haiyang said, "I'm the head of the Navy!"

Lin Baiguang pulled so many boats back in one go, not only in the eyes of Chen Haiyang and others, but also in the eyes of Ran Yao. It is already a remarkable achievement to get twelve large boats from Mr. Zhucai. .

(End of this chapter)