Chapter 42 Round-up

Naozhou Island is located in the southeast sea of ​​Zhanjiang. It is an island outside Zhanjiang City. It covers an area of ​​more than 50 square kilometers, is surrounded by the sea, and has a dangerous terrain. This place has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, and is one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Zhanjiang" in later generations. Southern Song Dynasty

The last two emperors witnessed the fall of the dynasty on Naozhou Island. In later generations, there are still many relics from the Southern Song Dynasty on the island. I never thought that such a place with great historical value would actually become a pirate in the late Ming Dynasty.

den of thieves.

Tao Donglai has been to Zhanjiang many times, and once he landed on Naozhou Island. He was deeply impressed by the Song Dynasty City ruins and other historical sites on the island, so when Gu Kai mentioned the name of Naozhou Island, he quickly remembered it.

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"The current situation is very different from our previous expectations!" Tao Donglai said with emotion.

In the military defense plan made by the Military and Police Department before the crossing, it was assumed that the pirate forces that might invade would mainly come from the South China Sea. Because of its vast territory, sparsely populated area, lack of abundant products, and not being on a major commercial waterway, it is really difficult for the Sanya area to

Attracting large groups of pirates to cross the sea, only small groups of pirates from Southeast Asia will be interested in coming specifically to rob the coastal fishermen here.

In this era, the relatively weak South China Sea pirates are completely different from the pirates off the coast of China. For example, the Shibazhi Pirate Group on the coast of Fujian and Guangdong is a huge existence that commands tens of thousands of pirates. At this time, the leader Zheng Zhilong already has

Hundreds of ships are the most powerful armed force in the coastal areas of Fujian. Even the local garrison in Fujian can't do anything to them. Although the pirates attacking from Naozhou Island are not too large in scale, they are, after all,

It comes from the direction of the mainland. If the existence of the Chuangzhong really arouses the covetousness of some large pirates in the coastal areas of the mainland, then the military defense pressure will increase a lot.

Of course, the specific situation requires further interrogation results as a reference. Several leading figures then discussed how to strengthen combat preparations in the near future, how to conduct the next day's clearing operation, etc.

Unconsciously, an hour passed. Tao Donglai raised his hand to check the time, frowned and said, "Why hasn't there been any news from there? Lao Yan, please contact me and ask about the progress."

What Tao Donglai was referring to was the arrest of pirate spies at Base No. 2. He thought that after passing on the information known here, the arrest operation would have results soon, but after so long, there was still no result.

When I got the response, it seemed that it was not as smooth as expected.

Soon Ning Qi's furious voice came from the radio: "This guy is a thief. He ran away before we could take action. However, we have already blocked people near the camp. It's just that it's dark now."

I can’t even see it, and the search speed is very slow.”

"Don't worry, everything is fine here in Victory Port. Let our people pay more attention to safety and remember that safety comes first under any circumstances!" After hearing this, Yan Chujie quickly gave a few words. Although there are still many people there.

Most of the people from the Military and Police Department, but those who could fight, were brought to Victory Port. Ning Qi was impatient. He was searching for fugitives in the wild in the dark, so he didn't want to cause any complications.

Ning Qi was not only furious now, but also murderous.

When Tao Yan and his team set off from Base No. 2, Ningqi had already begun to gather manpower for control. When the site was originally selected, the executive committee set up the camp on the east bank of the Tiandu River, and

For safety reasons, the temporary residences of migrant workers were set up on the west bank of the Tiandu River. Ningqi asked Gu Le to lead 30 people to set up controls on the west bank. The main purpose was to cut off the access upstream and downstream along the Tiandu River and prevent

The possible hidden spy escaped.

After finally waiting for the news from Victory Port, Ning Qi immediately arranged for people to start investigating the outsiders stationed in the area after learning the physical characteristics of the suspect. However, as soon as the investigation started, the pirate detective who turned into a migrant worker sniffed out

Something smelled wrong, and two fires were set off in the temporary residence to disrupt the situation. Ning Qi had to send people to organize firefighting to comfort the migrant workers, and at the same time asked the people from the Military and Police Department to quickly catch this rat droppings.

Fortunately, when the incident occurred, Guwei had people immediately blockade the perimeter of the temporary residence. Under the fire of twenty or thirty tactical flashlights, even a rabbit could not escape from the encirclement.

It has become a situation of catching a turtle in a urn.

Although the temporary residence of the migrant workers has become a mess, the construction site of the hydropower station is still continuing. The current sufficient labor force ensures that the project can be carried out 24 hours a day, and hundreds of people are divided into three shifts around the clock.

Rushing to work. The night shift is undoubtedly the hardest. In the first few days, the executive committee had to pay double the salary to hire enough local laborers to stay up late and work overtime.

However, the Executive Committee recently made an adjustment to the personnel arrangement, and moved all the labor camps that were originally used to break stones at mining sites to the hydropower station construction site. This is mainly for several purposes. First, the Executive Committee does not want these

The prisoners of the Ming army knew too early about the news that Chuanzhong was mining iron ore here; secondly, putting these people to work at night and resting during the day would make it easier to guard them with less manpower; thirdly, and most importantly, these people

Free labor is arranged to work at night when the salary is highest, which can help the executive committee save the expenses of dozens of migrant workers every day.

The captives have actually been living a pretty good life recently. Although they are still exhausted every day, at least their living environment is guaranteed. They have three meals of porridge and fish every day, and they also exchanged points for a clean shack to live in. What if?

If the labor tasks are completed well on a certain day, they will get permission from the labor camp chief to exchange their points for rice wine or fruit wine provided by the Li people. Although the exchange rate of these inferior wines is as high as one point to one or two wines, and only one point is allowed per person.

A maximum of two points can be redeemed, and there are still many people who are still happy to exchange points for drinks to relieve their fatigue.

Because of his good performance during this period, Luo Shengdong finally received an "official" treatment - the daily basic points were raised from two to three. This means that under the same labor intensity, he will earn more than those in the labor camp.

These friends got half more points! Luo Shengdong couldn't help but feel a little excited every time he thought about the possibility of regaining his freedom a few months earlier than others.

But then he criticized himself for his mentality of being content with being rich: "I thought that I, Luo Shengdong, was the great commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy, but I was so complacent about such a trivial thing. I was simply giving the imperial court, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War

My father is in disgrace! With my ability, no matter what... I have to save enough points half a year in advance... Hey, something seems to be wrong..."

"Luo Shengdong!"

"Arrived!" Luo Shengdong responded reflexively and quickly put all the messy calculations behind him. During the more than half a month since he entered the labor camp, in addition to the fixed schedule he was forced to develop, he also had to show up for roll calls.

It became one of Luo Shengdong’s biggest changes.

Of course, Luo Shengdong didn't accept this change at first. I can't just do whatever you say. At least I have to retain a little bit of dignity as a Ming officer. But after being starved for several meals, Luo Shengdong finally understood.

What exactly does "the situation is stronger than the people" that Chief Ren often talks about mean?

"Keep an eye on all your people! From now on, we will count the number of people every half an hour, and report any situation immediately. Do you understand?" The person who came to give the order was his immediate superior, Ren Liang.

"I understand, I understand." Luo Shengdong nodded repeatedly.

Of the two officers in the labor camp, Luo Shengdong actually feared Ren Liang more than Gu Wei. Although Ren Liang looked gentle and his voice was not as assertive as Gu Wei, Luo Shengdong knew that this officer was evil.

Quite a few. Luo Shengdong heard Chief Gu mention that every time he announced those weird new regulations or new points redemption projects, it was the work of Chief Ren. Sometimes Luo Shengdong even thought, just because of this

After being trained under the command of the commander for more than half a month, I guess it would not be a big problem if I became a prison officer now.

"Sir Ren, I heard there seems to be some chaos in the west. Did something happen?" Luo Shengdong carefully tested Ren Liang's tone. In fact, during dinner, he saw a large group of short-haired soldiers carrying muskets on their backs by boat.

It went downstream, and when the fire broke out at the west station just now, someone on the construction site had already seen it and spread the news. Although Luo Shengdong didn't know the reason, he could guess that something must have happened, but this

The chaos shouldn't be serious, otherwise work on the construction site would have stopped, so he dared to directly inquire about the information.

Ren Liang smiled and had no intention of hiding anything: "Some pirate spies have sneaked in here, and we are arresting them."

"Pirate!" Luo Shengdong couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he heard this. Didn't he end up in this situation just because he wanted to come here to fight pirates and make meritorious deeds? As a result, he didn't get a promotion and a salary increase to marry Bai Fumei, but instead became

Prisoner.

"Don't worry, we have captured all the pirates at the port, and now only this spy is left. Keep an eye on your people, I will come back later." Ren Liang did not hide his pride,

Although he was not able to witness the battle at the port, in Ren Liang's opinion, the combat effectiveness of these incoming pirates should be on par with Luo Shengdong and the Ming army - they were all scum.

Luo Shengdong felt annoyed and angry at the same time. What was annoying was that if he had set out half a month late, he might have met these pirates at sea, beat them up directly on the sea, and then took the pirates' heads with him

Wouldn't it be wonderful to go back and receive the merit? What's so annoying is that these short-haired men actually mobilized troops to deal with the pirates. It's like dogs meddling in their own business. Moreover, the short-haired men don't look at the target at all, and even beat the soldiers and thieves. This stance

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