Chapter 25 Labor Camp (3)

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 their axes and saws were not as good as the knives and guns they were used to. By noon, Luo Shengdong and others

A team of people on the side were able to finish preparing the wood used to build the trestle. After half a day of intense labor, the prisoners who only had a bowl of white rice porridge in the morning began to feel empty in their stomachs, but now there will be no

Food was provided to them, and the only thing they could eat was a large bucket of fresh salt water placed on the shore.

The other team responsible for entering the inland to open up wasteland has made slightly better progress. There are no large forests in this flat area, which saves a lot of trouble. Therefore, their task is to remove all the shrubs and weeds in the area designated by Gao Huan.

Cut them off, then pile them together and burn them into ashes. At the same time, they also have to dig out furrows on the edges of the designated plots to prepare for the next step of diversion of water for irrigation. In one morning, they have processed about two football fields.

The total area is about twenty acres of land. At this rate, there is still hope to complete the fifty acres of land reclamation task stipulated by Gao Huan before the sun goes down.

In addition, the land reclamation team also made some small gains during this process - they shot three pythons, and they were quite heavy. It took three people to lift the largest one. Of course, these results were eventually handed over to the labor camp's shortcomings.

Mao’s leadership will eventually become the extra food tonight for the time travellers.

One thing the captives didn't know was that the fifty-acre area designated by Gao Huan for them was slightly larger than the area of ​​​​this era. "History of Ming Dynasty·Shihuo Zhi" recorded, "Wherever the fields are, the area close to Guo is the highest."

The land that is far away is the middle land, and the lower land is. Five feet is a step, two hundred and forty steps is an mu, and a hundred acres is a hectare." Calculated according to the weights and measures of the Ming Dynasty, the area of ​​an acre is about 10% smaller than that of later generations.

This is not because Gao Huan intends to punish them, but the weights and measures used by the Time Travelers must be based on future generations. If the current measurement standards are to be used 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 couldn't go hungry. At noon, a small wooden boat came across from the other side of the river, and the people who delivered the meals were actually local fishermen who came to do odd jobs. Today's cooking class work was the work of the previous university.

The highly praised Spanish paella, the use of various spices fills the air with an attractive smell. The only people on the east bank of the Tiandu River who cannot smell this fragrance are probably the hard-working land reclamation teams who are still burning plant ashes.

A group of people carrying wood on the shore smelled the aroma of the food on the boat and unconsciously slowed down their movements. Some people were already slurping their throats and swallowing saliva. Upon seeing this, Gu Wei stood up and yelled at the top of his voice.

: "Hurry up and do your work. Only when you finish it will you have a chance to have another meal tomorrow!"

After hearing this sentence, the captives suddenly understood why the shorthairs had stipulated that points could be exchanged for three meals a day. If such a heavy workload only eats two meals a day, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive for three to five days.

If you collapse, your energy will be exhausted, and you will not be able to get points for completing tasks, and there will be no hope of regaining your freedom. It seems that it is necessary to exchange half of the points for enough food.

Only a handful of smart people among the prisoners figured out that this was Shorthair's "trick" and planned to use some means to make them spend their hard-earned points. Luo Shengdong even spontaneously connected the theory

Actual: "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 gamble after paying them, causing everyone's military pay to go in with the left hand and go out with the right hand.

Isn’t this just like short-haired points, playing tricks to deceive people!”

But despite his worries, Luo Shengdong also knew that he was powerless to change anything. Everyone knew that points were the only way for them to survive. Even he, Luo Shengdong, hoped to one day save enough points to regain his freedom.

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 having to say anything, Luo Shengdong and the team leaders would naturally urge them.

They would even fight with fists and kicks. When the piles for the trestle began to be driven in the water, the sun had already begun to set. Luo Shengdong was so anxious that he jumped into the water himself to straighten the wooden piles. Even so, the progress of the project was still slower than planned. According to the

If this continues, we will definitely not be able to complete the task.

Just when Luo Shengdong was about to feel desperate, a group of people from the land reclamation team completed their mission ahead of schedule and returned to the shore. Luo Shengdong was now grasping at straws, and he couldn't care less about the disgraceful appearance of each of these people.

The group of people rushed back to the trestle construction site without even asking for permission. After being combined into one, they hurried slowly and hurriedly, 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 accept the project, Luo Shengdong felt that his breathing was a little unsmooth. He remembered that the Hainan Guard commander had inspected his subordinates when he came to Yazhou for inspection a year ago. At that time, he felt like

I'm not as nervous as I am now.

Finally, Cai Hongzhan nodded towards Gu Wei, signaling that the trestle project had passed the acceptance test. Gu Wei had no intention of taking all the credit, so he patted Ren Liang on the shoulder next to him and said, "I've finished supervising the work, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Here you go."

Ren Liang smiled slightly, stood on the bow of the ship, cleared his throat, and then said loudly: "Everyone, listen up! Now the team leader will count the tools of the group, and after handing them over, stand in line according to the group!"

In view of the large amount of iron tools used in labor, for safety reasons, the prisoners must not be allowed to keep them overnight, so they must be counted and handed over after the work is completed every day, and then distributed before starting the next day. Although it is a bit troublesome, the safety regulations followed by the Executive Committee

The Law of One will not change as a result.

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

points."

There was a sound of exhalation in the crowd, and it seemed that everyone's hearts were still in suspense. It was not until Ren Liang announced the result that he let out a sigh of relief.

"In addition, the land reclamation team helped build the trestle after completing their own tasks, so everyone in the land reclamation team can get an extra bonus point." Ren Liang added the good news calmly.

As soon as the news was announced, there was an expression of excitement that could not be concealed on the faces of some people on the shore. However, due to the rules, no one dared to make a direct sound. This directly led to whether Ren Liang should use points for registration later.

When exchanging three meals for each meal, a dozen people from the land reclamation team almost without exception raised their hands - now that they have three points in hand, they can exchange one point for having enough to eat tomorrow, and their work will surely be better than today's.

Take it easy.

The remaining people who only got two points, after hesitating for a while, began to raise their hands in twos and threes. These people have limited knowledge and may not understand the meaning of Shorthair's arrangement, but if they can't eat enough tomorrow,

I'm afraid he can't even keep the two basic points. Luo Shengdong looked around, sighed and then raised his hand feebly.

After returning to the cell on the barge, Luo Shengdong found that the ten sailors had also returned, so he asked them how they were doing today.

Helmsman Liu Shun is the leader of this 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. Mr. Luo, look at these brothers, they are all so tired.

Like a dog!"

After Luo Shengdong inquired carefully, he found out that these sailors were arranged to operate the Haicang ship to patrol the sea in the morning. Of course, there were a lot of short hairs on the ship with guns and live ammunition. During the boat trip, the short hairs required these sailors to constantly change the course.

The sails were raised and lowered many times, and they were even asked to do damage control measures such as how to plug leaks and put out fires on the ship many times. It seemed that they wanted to learn how to operate a Haicang ship. And in the afternoon, they were asked to do this.

The sailors who were helping were pulled to a newly leveled place on the shore and began to build work sheds. It is said that Shorthair planned to build a shipyard to manufacture wooden boats by itself. Of course, these sailors also got some benefits after a day of hard work.

Two points were awarded correspondingly. Like Luo Shengdong's team, the sailors also chose to exchange points for meals in order to ensure they had enough physical strength to complete tomorrow's hard work.

After hearing this, Luo Shengdong sighed and said, "It seems like it will be hard for us to get ahead."

Liu Shun was shocked and said: "Why did Mr. Luo say this?"

"Today, the short-haired thieves drove us to open up wasteland in the east of Hedong. I think the land they have designated is probably as large as a thousand acres. The short-haired thieves are not only clearing wasteland for farming, but also repairing factories and building ships. They are definitely determined to settle here.

." Luo Shengdong reluctantly expressed his analysis of the situation he knew.

What Luo Shengdong couldn't imagine was that the shorthairs didn't just plan to settle here, but wanted to transform this place into the starting point for future global hegemony. However, the future overlords would not be able to enjoy fine clothing and food at this time.

There are countless tasks waiting for them to start one by one. For example, although it is already dark at this time, lights have been set up outside the No. 1 base, and a group of young people are following the requirements of the Military and Police Department and the Ministry of Construction.

, working overtime to build the outer defenses of Base No. 1.

Because the current conditions in all aspects are very limited, the defensive wall of the fortification can only be based on civil structures for the time being. Two layers of arm-thick wood are used as the wall, and the middle is filled with about one foot of sand. This can effectively prevent opponents.

A long-range attack weapon. The side facing the coast adopts a bastion design. In addition to the protruding angular defense part, it will also adopt a high and low multi-stage three-dimensional defense system to ensure that the fire concentration advantage can be fully exerted within the range of the Type 56 semi-automatic. In addition,

The outer trench is almost completed and will form a miniature moat outside Base No. 1 after water from the Tiandu River is introduced.

According to the estimates of the Military and Police Department, after the defense fortifications are completed, the traversing troops can easily withstand at least three to four thousand Japanese air force offensives in Base No. 1 with early warning. However, if they have to face military forces equipped with artillery,

Strength, the current protective wall is still a bit inadequate, and we can only wait for future conditions to allow it to be rebuilt and reinforced. Of course, in accordance with the Executive Committee’s guidelines of “defending the enemy outside the territory”, the future military development idea must be to build a strong

A naval gunboat fleet will be deployed to protect the safety of Victory Port, and with the establishment of the artillery unit, corresponding coastal defense batteries will also appear at key locations at the port's outlet. By then, the security of Base No. 1 will be greatly increased.
Chapter completed!