Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 416 Digestion

Chen Haiyang nodded to be accepted, and as usual, he said words of encouragement and consolation, and then Shi Shishi presented another gift, which was specially selected from the treasures of each family for today's ceremony: a pair of high-quality Japanese swords, a For the pure white and flawless Hetian jade lion, a set of wine vessels: a gold inlaid treasure holding pot and four white jade inlaid gold cups.Finally, there is a box of small red gold ingots, one or two each, totaling fifty.

Chen Haiyang glanced over and thought to himself: These pirates really have a solid foundation!

However, he had already heard the complaints from the sailors who came earlier, saying that they had been in arrears for one or two months. It seemed that the bosses still had a lot of money in their pockets.

Since this is a public gift, it is a symbol of sincerity, so Chen Haiyang naturally wants to accept it.Accept it at the moment, and hand it over to the planning committee to register and put it into the warehouse.

After accepting the gift, Chen Haiyang looked at them slowly, and waited for a while before opening his mouth and saying:

"The leaders are here to join me in Lingao, and you are my Australian people. From then on, we are a family. Working together is not just a word, but a definite practice. Do you know?!"

"Yes, little ones understand!" Shi Shishi began to sweat on his back.

"Let's invite the bosses to join us." Chen Haiyang showed a smile on his face, "I will cleanse the dust for the bosses!"

After the ceremony, Lin Baiguang brought the leaders to the cafeteria of Bopu, where a welcome banquet had already been set up.As for the men, women and children on board, people from the Yanghe Quarantine Camp naturally came to count and register the number of people.Then lead to "purification" and eat.As for the inventory of supplies, because there are people's private property on board, the planning committee will not go on board to check the grain and supplies on board for the time being, and only send people to stand guard at the upper and lower trestles of each ship.

Eighty large and small seagoing ships, the smallest is a large sampan that can carry more than 20 people, and the largest is more than 400 tons.They are all Cantonese and Fuzhou boats that are common in this area.

The addition of so many ships to the navy not only greatly increased the strength of the sea, but also solved the shortage of sea transportation. The situation of being both a warship and a transport ship was finally eased.

Just after the welcome banquet, Chen Haiyang has already started planning the distribution plan for these ships in the Ministry of the Navy.Now there are too many miscellaneous ships under the Ministry of the Navy, so we need to make some adjustments and plans.

But things are not that simple.These ships are still the private property of the leaders so far.Their defection is not an unconditional surrender, but a "joint stock" nature. As the chairman, they cannot directly deprive the shareholders of the means of production.The result of this is that no one will come to "joint stock" in the future.

In terms of strength, the pirate leaders are now at an absolute disadvantage. Whether it is resistance or escape, it is impossible for them.But soliciting people's hearts is a long way to go.

What the traversers need is "absorption", not "union".This tone is the basic purpose of absorbing indigenous people to participate in the traversing group, so giving them the status of allies is not considered.

These pirates who came to serve are not prisoners of war who have been deprived of everything, nor are they desperate hungry people, but organized and organized armed groups

The leaders of this group are naturally not happy to completely absorb it-this kind of group has a strong private nature, and everyone regards the ships and sailors as their own private property.So how to "reform" these established pirates has become an urgent task.

"Xiao Wei, I'll leave this job to you." Ma Qianzhu said in the office, "You have to use your brains to help us eat this team of more than 1000 people, and you can't eat without indigestion. Understand? ?”

"Yes, Mr. Ma, this matter is up to me." Wei Aiwen was full of confidence.

Wei Aiwen's absorption plan is very traditional. In short, it is "to appease the upper class, win over the middle class, and win over the lower class."

The most important thing is to fight for the lower class.They have a large number of people, and they are always in a neglected position when distributing benefits.There is not much common interest with the leaders at all, and there may be a lot of complaints.It's relatively easy to win over them.

Once the lower levels are won over, the middle-level elements are nothing but scumbags, and even if the upper-level elements complain, they will be powerless to resist because they have lost the support of the grassroots.At that time, it's okay to treat them preferentially to set an example, or directly destroy them, it all depends on the interests of the traversers.

As for the upper class, Wei Aiwen believes that they can also be divided - the demands of the leaders are not consistent.In the report submitted immediately after landing, Lin Baiguang pointed out that the current ideas of these leaders are not consistent.People like Fatty Hu want to find a safe place to enjoy life in peace; Lin Dan is eager to find his wife and children; Shi Shishi wants to continue to make a fortune by climbing this big tree...

"We divide and conquer, and we can quickly absorb them." Wei Aiwen explained his thinking to Ma Qianzhu.

"You are fully responsible for this matter. People including Ren Fu and He Xin must also work hard. We are short of ships, and even more short of sailors. We must win over the sailors and the technical backbones inside as soon as possible."

"Also, there is the issue of the treatment of the bosses," Wei Aiwen hesitated, "There must be an explanation for this matter, the sailors can say it, just follow the supplies of the navy soldiers, what about the bosses?"

Now the crossing group has implemented the workers' occupation and technical grade system among the indigenous people, but the communist-style supply system is still adopted for administrative personnel and army and navy officers and soldiers. Officers and administrative personnel only get more allowances, and ordinary soldiers and employees Not much difference.

"You are not busy with this, the executive committee has to consider it." Ma Qianzhu remembered the matter of the administrative hierarchy system that he proposed during the meeting and was shot, "Now, what treatment will you give this group of people? "

The first is the issue of salary and treatment. They don't rely on this to live under Zhu Cai's old men. Robbery and trade are the source of income...

Thinking of this, Ma Qianzhu's eyes brightened: Yes, if you insist on turning them into captains of the navy or fleet commanders, living on wages, not being motivated and complaining, it is better to let them develop their strengths and go to work. Own old business.

"Their position is not in the Ministry of the Navy, but in the Foreign Business Committee!"

He sat down again and began to formulate an opinion on how to deal with this group of people.

In the evening, a meeting was held in the Executive Committee.Ma Qianju expounded his views and assumptions at the meeting.

"This proposal is good, otherwise this group of people will be very difficult to deal with. I am afraid that it is not reliable enough to entrust them to lead the troops."

"Well, just let them go about their old business!"

So someone proposed to reconsider the establishment of a "Southeast Asian company".The executive committee of this so-called "Southeast Asia Company" has already envisaged many days. Its purpose is to directly conduct maritime trade with Southeast Asia, obtain agricultural, forestry and mineral resources in Southeast Asia, and in the future, when its strength increases, it can also undertake the work of colonial expansion.Similar to the nature of the East India Company.

But this idea ran aground because there were not many ships suitable for long-distance voyages under the Ministry of the Navy, and they did not have talents familiar with this area under their command.Now it is appropriate to let Mr. Zhucai, the leader of the great sea merchant, do this.

"In the past, firstly, there were not enough boats, and secondly, we were afraid of conflicts in the local area. We have too few people and boats to protect ourselves. But now with the addition of such a new force, the conditions for direct trade in Southeast Asia are ripe." Ma Qian Zhu said.

Li Haiyang was very excited: "When necessary, they can also be ordered to privately plunder the local waters. Crack down on European trade in the local area."

"Not yet." Wen Desi objected, "private plundering will cause hatred. Our presence in Southeast Asia is still blank. Don't do it if you don't have a firm foothold. The Dutch, Spaniards, and British are not easy to mess with. Really want to When there is a conflict, we have no foothold in the local area, and we are easily defeated by them. In addition, private plundering is a kind of piracy, and this group of people are both merchants and thieves. , we may not be able to control it. At that time, it will cause endless harm."

Wen Desi continued: "Whether it's private plundering or colonization, don't do it until we have the ability to really intervene in Southeast Asian affairs. Just keep your own trade security."

In Wen Desi's vision, the ships of Southeast Asian companies will trade in formations, forming a large convoy each time they set sail—similar to the annual maritime trade tours carried out by the Venetians in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.Such a large fleet has enough personnel and force to protect itself while sailing.Whether it is Europeans or other maritime business groups, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Our navy doesn't understand trade matters," Chen Haiyang said. "I just want to know: What is the attitude of the Executive Committee towards their people and ships? Should they be allowed to retain their original organizational and command systems, or should they be completely dismantled?" Reorganization?"

"The reorganization of Peking retains the institutional system." Ma Qianju said.

That is to say, the establishment system is retained in name, but in practice, personnel infiltration and personnel structure adjustments are used to gradually deprive the leaders of their control over the original people.

"According to the numbers on the roster and the inspection results sent by the quarantine camp." Wu De opened the folder, "There are 1803 people in total. Among them, there are 230 women, children, and elderly people over 20. In fact, every ship on board The average sailor number is less than [-]."

Obviously, even if women, children, old and young are counted, and the small boats that only need a few people are removed, they are still seriously short of manpower.

"In this way, to make these ships operate again, it is necessary to replenish sailors." Wu De looked at the ship inspection table of the Planning Commission, "Remove the small sampans and so on, at least 1500 more people must be added, so that these ships can be fully equipped. operate."

(End of this chapter)