Chapter 23 Labor camp (1)

Luo Shengdong woke up when the sky was just getting dark. Although he barely slept a wink that night, Luo Shengdong still struggled to sit up. The air was still filled with an unpleasant and pungent smell. Luo Shengdong knew that

That's the smell of livestock. The livestock shed at the second uncle's house in Yazhou City has this smell. Yesterday, Luo Shengdong saw a livestock shed with cows and horses in it from a distance on the dock. He must have used this kind of flat-shaped barn.

Iron ships were brought here. But why these short-haired pirates would take the trouble to transport livestock across the sea to this deserted place, Luo Shengdong really couldn't understand. And how did this iron ship without sails and oars get across the sea?

Coming from the sea also made him feel very puzzled.

After a night, Luo Shengdong's emotions have basically calmed down. Looking back on the capture process of his team yesterday, he can no longer feel any luck. And the strength displayed by the other party has also shown that they are not Luo Shengdong.

The "South Sea Pirates" that Dong Shi considered before, just this big ship made of iron, would probably require more than 10,000 kilograms of refined iron, and even the imperial court's shipyard must not be able to build it. And the gray-white giant ship docked at the dock

It seemed to be made of fine iron, and its volume was at least ten times the size of this flat iron ship. Luo Shengdong could not imagine how much that giant ship was worth. As for the fact that they claimed to be "overseas Chinese", Luo Shengdong felt that

How believable is it? Otherwise, how can we explain the similarity in appearance and language? Perhaps this is the real reason why the other party left people like him alive?

Luo Shengdong looked around. Everyone else was still sleeping soundly, and some were even snoring peacefully. Although the cabin where they were imprisoned was not big, fortunately it had an iron mesh on the top, which provided good ventilation and short hair.

They did not use anything like shackles to tie them up. They even took off the white soft belts that tied their wrists before. However, the cloth and leather armors worn by everyone were confiscated. There were placed in the cabin

A toilet, another bucket filled with water, and a bamboo-cut cup for them to drink water. Although yesterday's dinner was just gruel, the fragrant and glutinous rice was definitely not what they usually eat in the military camp.

The low-quality japonica rice they received was comparable, which showed that these short-haired people were not short of food and grass, and even had enough to share with the captives. Judging from these signs, Luo Shengdong believed that at least these short-haired people were not going to kill the prisoners yet.

Intend.

But what is the meaning of neither killing nor letting go? It seems unreasonable to say that these short-haired men are going to attack Yazhou City. Yazhou has nothing to produce, and even if they capture it, they will just grab money and food.

Do shorthairs who have better food than the men in the city go to grab grain? I’m afraid they may not be able to value that little bit of old millet! As for the money, the money in Yazhou City together may not be enough to buy a building

The fine iron required for a short-haired giant ship feels like a rich man going to rob a beggar. It makes no sense at all. Luo Shengdong thought about it so much that his head hurt, but he still couldn't come up with a clue. Of course.

Even in his wildest dreams, Luo Shengdong could not have imagined that those mysterious short-haired people were fighting so hard last night over how to allocate their labor force that they were about to break up. And their fate was actually determined the moment they were captured.

has been decided.

At seven o'clock in the morning, a majestic "Soviet March" sounded from the speakers on the roof, and Base No. 1 slowly woke up from the silence. The passers-by took washbasins, towels, toothbrushes, and facial cleansers and began to wash their hands in front of the temporary water supply facilities.

Queuing up. The sentries of the Military and Police Department completed their first change of guard today. The night watch sentries returned to the station, yawned and sat at the door of the barracks, waiting for the notification from the cooking class to start the meal. A few curious children quietly slipped into the livestock

Outside the shed, looking at the tall horses through the fence, he may still be imagining that one day he will become a general commanding battles on horseback.

Of course, the dozens of prisoners held in flat-bottomed barges have not been forgotten. While the travelers were having dinner at Base No. 1, they also got their first meal of the day, a bowl of white rice porridge with pickles that was exactly the same as last night.

.After Luo Shengdong, as the highest officer among the captured personnel, started, the others picked up their bowls and started eating.

Luo Shengdong had just taken two bites of rice when he heard someone whispering next to him: "This is much better than what we usually eat." "Today's porridge is thicker than last night. Are these shorthairs pirates or good people?" "Really?

It seems good to have two meals of rice porridge every day..."

"Silence!" Luo Shengdong lowered his voice and yelled, "No unreasonable comments!"

After breakfast, someone used a bucket to collect the dishes and chopsticks above the cabin. Soon another group of people came, dressed like the short-haired group that fought yesterday, holding strange repeating firecrackers in their hands.

With a long shining spear tip. The short-haired guy in the lead said something, and a fisherman kid translated next to him. Luo Shengdong knew that this was the local fisherman who had mixed up with the short-haired guy, and he secretly cursed "should be killed."

, but his ears were quietly perked up, fearing that he might have missed a sentence.

Soon Luo Shengdong understood Short Hair's intention - Short Hair wanted them to obey the command honestly, because he was going to release them from the ship to do some work. But before that, Short Hair had to do some things to them.

Description of the rules: Those who follow these rules will be free one day, while those who violate these rules will only die.

As soon as they heard that they had a chance to regain their freedom, the prisoners immediately started making noises, but what greeted them was a basin of cold water - a real large basin of sea water poured down on their heads, which immediately calmed down the prisoners who were just a little excited.

.

"The first rule is to raise your hand and shout a report before speaking. You can only speak after getting permission."

After listening to this, no one dared to make any more random noises. Just now Shorthair said, "Breaking the rules will lead to death." If a soldier died on the battlefield while eating food, it would be really unfair if he died because he talked too much.

"Report!" Soon some shrewd people understood the spirit, raised their hands fearfully and shouted.

"Say." The short-haired guy who took the lead seemed very satisfied with this performance and pointed at the person who raised his hand.

"This leader, may I ask how we can regain our freedom?"

The answer to this question is undoubtedly what the prisoners are eager to know. Everyone looks up at the short-haired leader standing on the roof of the cabin, hoping that he can give them a reassuring answer. However, the short-haired leader is not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, they were released from the cabin, lined up in the open space beside the dock, and then began to announce the solution to them. However, because some people did not understand the language, the entire solution was in several different dialects.

After talking over and over again three times, the prisoners basically understood what was going on.

After listening to this, Luo Shengdong realized that this plan was not simple, and after thinking about it for a while, he slowly figured it out. According to Short Hair's arrangement, a total of forty-seven prisoners in Yazhou Water Village will be organized into "reform through labor camps."

, to put it simply, it is to use hard labor instead of imprisonment. This labor system is different from the military labor, conscripted civilian labor and prisoner hard labor that Luo Shengdong knows, because the short hair has joined a system called "points system"

s things.

Shorthair will assign a certain amount of tasks to the prisoners every day. If they can complete the task, each person will get two points. Those who fail to complete the task will only get one point. If you exceed the task, you may get bonus points.

This kind of points can be used to exchange for better food, better living conditions, opportunities to get treatment when sick, and even precious rest days. For example, the food treatment of captives now is two meals a day, morning and evening. Using one point a day can

You can have an extra meal at noon, and you can eat fish in all three meals of the day.

Of course, the points are not just added but not subtracted. Points will be deducted for evading work, points will be deducted for not obeying orders, and points will be deducted for fights between prisoners... There are more than ten types of points deducted, which makes everyone feel dizzy.

But everyone understood the last one - deducting minus twenty points is equivalent to running away and killing!

The personal points of each prisoner are only counted by Short Hair, and cannot be traded or transferred between prisoners. The same is true for the items or benefits exchanged for points. This basically eliminates the situation of officers bullying the weak and squeezing soldiers' points. At the same time, officers must also

Participate in labor, otherwise not only will you not be able to obtain points, but you will also be deducted for evading labor.

As for the freedom issue that the captives are most concerned about, they can also be redeemed with points, but the points required are larger - one thousand points can be exchanged for freedom. When they heard this, the captives were excited again, but they didn't

If people dare to speak out openly, they just clenched their fists secretly. A thousand points doesn't sound difficult at all. Two points a day. If everything goes well, it will take a little more than a year. Anyway, it seems that as long as you abide by the rules and work hard, you will get it.

Shorthairs can no longer kill, so there seems to be nothing wrong with being able to survive and eat white rice for a year?

Of course, there are also more astute people such as Luo Shengdong and others who have vaguely realized that this so-called "points system" is not that simple, but limited by their experience, they can't figure out the meaning of the short-haired people doing this. They can only

First, obey the shorthair's arrangements honestly and wait for the limelight before making any plans.

After the plan was announced, the first ten sailors were taken away directly. Their labor reform location will be the planned shipyard and the captured Haicang ship. The specific arrangements will be taken over by the Ministry of Shipping. Then Luo Shengdong

After being called out of the queue, he was appointed as the leader of the labor camp, responsible for managing the thirty-six prisoners under his command. The thirty-six prisoners will be divided equally into four groups, with one person appointed by Luo Shengdong for each group.

Long. For the team with the worst daily workload completion, all team members of this team will not be able to use their points to redeem anything within two days, and the team leader’s points will be deducted. If more than two teams are unable to complete the day’s work, not only will

The team leader's points will be deducted, and Luo Shengdong's points will also be deducted accordingly.

The team leader and the big boss must also assume the responsibility of supervising their subordinates and implement the joint sitting system. If someone in a certain group escapes, points will be deducted for everyone in the group. If the whole group escapes, they will directly join the big boss.

In addition, the team leader and the big boss are temporary positions. The team members will re-vote on the first day of each month to elect the team leader, and then the newly elected team leader will vote to decide whether to re-elect a new big boss. If there is a majority in favor,

Then Luo Shengdong would resign directly, and all the prisoners would jointly elect the new leader of the labor camp.

As soon as these detailed rules came out, Luo Shengdong really began to realize the ingenuity of Short Mao's use of this point system. Although he was given the title of a big boss by Short Hair, what he did was actually the work of a supervisor, and the following

Whether a person does well or not has a direct impact on him. If the person below does not do well, he may be dragged out and beheaded after seven or eight days at most because his points have been deducted to the lower limit. But if in order to complete

If you squeeze the people below you too hard in order to fulfill your mission, you may be demoted to a civilian one month later due to public opinion, and then you will probably be retaliated even more harshly by your former subordinates.

And the leaders of these four groups are not just nepotism. If the person who is the leader is not capable enough and the group he leads cannot complete the tasks assigned by Short Hair, it will also affect Luo Shengdong's own interests.

But if you are too capable, you might be pried off from your position as the boss in a month. This is also a dilemma.
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