Zhu Shoushan said to Qian Guoyu: "Sir Qian, Guoping is still young, and there are some inconsiderate things to speak, please bear with me more." ”

Qian Guoyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, in fact, what he said also has a certain truth, overseas Chinese in Nanyang have been bullied for hundreds of years, no wonder he hates those natives in his heart." ”

Zhu Shoushan listened, and he was quite emotional in his heart, and said: "Chief Qian is right, don't look at the surface scenery of the master over the years, in fact, he is in the dark star."

Qian Guoyu said: "Don't worry, the overseas Chinese in Nanyang will not be bullied in the future, as long as we are here, we will not let the overseas Chinese in Nanyang be bullied by others again." ”

Although Zhu Shoushan felt that Qian Guoyu was talking too loudly, after all, they had indeed just rescued the farm, which had never happened before, so he didn't say anything.

In the afternoon, Li Lixin arrived at the farm with a company of troops, as well as a medical team, along with Zhang Zhijun and Zhang Zizhang. Before they could depart, the Qingzhou and Yizhou had returned to the dock and lowered the captured prisoners to the dock. Zhang Zhijun and Zhang Zizhang learned that the overseas Chinese had fought a battle with the Dutch, and they had sunk 6 Dutch ships, and they couldn't help but be surprised and happy. Now that I see that the overseas Chinese have defeated the indigenous army with only 200 troops, I have to admit that the overseas Chinese really have two hits.

However, in this way, the Zhang family is tantamount to completely offending the Dutch and the local natives of Java, after all, even if they don't know that the overseas Chinese were attracted by Zhang Zhenxun, but the Zhang family provides ports and farms for overseas Chinese, even fools can see that the relationship between the Zhang family and overseas Chinese is not shallow. Of course, the Dutch colonial authorities did not dare to ask for Zhang Zhenxun's life, because now Zhang Zhenxun is not an ordinary businessman, but the consul of Chunting in Singapore, a diplomatic official of a country, although the Qing court does not have any influence in the world, but after all, the size is huge, and the Netherlands is not a power, of course, it does not dare to easily cause diplomatic trouble. But in the future, it will definitely suppress the Zhang family and encroach on the Zhang family's industry in Nanyang.

But Zhang Zhijun also knows that overseas Chinese can't be blamed for this, how the battle at sea happened, Zhang Zhijun doesn't know, but the battle on the farm was indeed provoked by the natives first, and the overseas Chinese want to rescue the farm, naturally they can't be soft, and they have traveled all the way from China to protect the overseas Chinese, this courage and open-mindedness are indeed very rare, and they are much more responsible and capable than the Qing court. Or a force to rely on.

Qian Guoyu first briefly introduced the battle to everyone, and learned that there were a large number of wounded people on the farm, Li Lixin immediately ordered the medical personnel who accompanied him to treat them. And Zhu Shoushan also arranged a few rooms for the medical staff as a temporary field hospital.

Then everyone continued to discuss, Zhang Zhijun first said: "Today's farm can be preserved, thanks to the People's Army, otherwise not only the farm will not be protected, but the more than 1,000 people on the farm may not be spared, I really want to thank the two commanders, as well as the brothers of the People's Army." ”

Li Lixin said: "Mr. Zhang is too awarded, these are our duties. ”

Zhang Zhijun said: "My father's meaning is to use this farm as the garrison of the People's Army on the island of Java, since the People's Army has come, and has the grace to relieve the siege of the farm, so I want to hand over this farm to the People's Army to manage, all the people on the farm, etc., all must obey the orders of the People's Army, and all the materials in the farm are also deployed and used by the People's Army. ”

Li Lixin was stunned for a moment, and said: "This is not good, we are just temporarily borrowing the farm to survive, we only need to have a place to stay, how can we take over the entire farm? The farm is still under your management." ”

Zhang Zhijun said: "Chief Li doesn't have to excuse himself, the People's Army is protecting overseas Chinese in Java this time, how can there be just a place to stay, although this farm is not a good place, but it is still a spacious place, which is suitable for the use of the People's Army." ”

Zhu Shoushan also said: "Yes, all the people on our farm were rescued by the People's Army, and we are willing to obey the orders of the People's Army." ”

In fact, Li Lixin also hopes to be able to fully control the farm, so that it is easy to arrange and dispatch, but after all, the farm is the property of the Zhang family, and it is temporarily lent to the People's Army, so it is not easy to force it, even if the other party takes the initiative to put it forward, and the attitude is also very sincere, so he did not refrain again.

Zhu Shoushan immediately gathered all the people on the farm, as well as those who had fled to the farm to take refuge, and announced that from this moment on, the farm would be taken over by the People's Army, and all personnel must obey the orders of the People's Army.

Then Li Lixin also began to arrange the arming of the farm, the area of the farm is very large, there are more than 3,000 acres, about the size of 300 football fields, the inner city only occupies an area of more than 100 acres, and in front of the inner city, there is an empty square of about 200 acres, and the ground has been hardened, originally used as a place for rough processing after the harvest of plants, and there are several large warehouses and livestock sheds. The battle just now was mainly concentrated in this square area.

The rest are all planting areas and roads and canals, but in the planting area, there are also about 10 small houses and small open spaces next to the roads, which are set up for the convenience of nearby management of plants, and more than 3,000 acres of Bijing is a fairly broad area. On the periphery of the farm, a wooden fence wall was built, about 1.5 meters high, and an aqueduct with a width of 3 or 4 meters was dug to divert water into the farm for irrigation, and to prevent wild beasts. Of course, when the indigenous army attacked the farm, some of the wooden fences were destroyed, but most of them were good and had some defensive capabilities.

However, the inner city is very well built, it is a brick structure, and the walls are about 3 meters high and 1.5 meters wide, which can be used as a defense. There are also a lot of houses in the city, and the Rongna People's Army is fully sufficient for now, but it will not be enough for the arrival of the continuing troops, and it will also have to take into account the other refugees who will continue to be hosted, so it will be necessary to add new shelters.

So Li Lixin made arrangements to set aside a part of the room in the inner city to serve as a headquarters, a temporary hospital, a warehouse, and a prison cell, and sealed the windows of the prison room and strengthened the door. The prisoners will be numbered and managed, because the KPA will not raise prisoners for nothing, they all have to work. The rest of the people living in the inner city remained still, and the KPA soldiers were stationed in the inner city only with regimental headquarters, and the rest were all building new residences outside the city.

The out-of-town quarters were located in the square in front of the inner city and were divided into two parts, one for soldiers and one for refugees, who might be added later. The People's Army would carry some tents with them, and the Zhang family had prepared a large number of tents, which were enough for now, and some simple rooms could be built. In fact, Java is located in the tropics, and it is hot all year round, so it doesn't matter much if you sleep in the open air, but there are many mosquitoes on the farm, and if you sleep in the open, you will suffer from bites, so you must also have a house.

In general, there are many plants on the farm, and most of them are tall plants, which are easy to hide, and now the KPA is not very numerous, leaving two combat platoons, a 60 mortar platoon and a machine gun platoon stationed at the docks, and the ability to control the farm is limited. Defenses can only be concentrated in the castle and surrounding areas, and only point control can be set up in the farm area outside the inner city. It is possible to use the small houses around the farm as control points, and a small army can be placed to control an area.

Of course, there are not many old and young people on the farm, and the vast majority of them are young and middle-aged men, so there is no shortage of labor. The elderly, women, and young children are responsible for cooking, boiling water, and laundry. Young men were organized, and the first to reinstate the farm guards was to assist and supplement the KPA. In addition, the establishment of the escort force will be expanded to 200 people, divided into four squadrons, each squadron will be set up with four more squadrons, and the gap will be recruited from the existing farm personnel, and the main task is to maintain order on the farm, and if necessary, it can also cooperate with the People's Army.

In the past, the original personnel of the escort team were scattered into various squads, mainly considering that they had a certain amount of combat experience, and the battles they experienced were about the same level as those of group fights, but after all, they had seen death, which was much stronger than ordinary people, so they could drive new recruits. The captain of the escort team is still Zhang Guoping, and the squadron leader, squad leader and others are also appointed by Zhang Guoping. However, the KPA sends instructors to guide them in training, and when they reach a certain level of training, they will be issued with Type 01 rifles for use by the KPA.

After accepting the appointment, Zhang Guoping was also very happy, because although the Dutch colonial authorities allowed the Zhang family to form an escort team, in order to limit the development of the escort force, only allowed the escort team to be equipped with single-shot rifles. The KPA, on the other hand, uses repeating rifles, which can carry six rounds at a time. This is also where Zhang Guoping is not convinced, and now it is good to be able to use the same weapons as the People's Army.

The rest of the young men on the farm were divided into 100 men and commanded by Zhu Shoushan, who were mainly responsible for manual work such as building houses, wooden fences, logging wood, digging trenches and repairing fortifications. In this way, each man has his own duty, each according to his own way, without interfering with one another, and each with his own send.

Zhang Zhijun, Zhang Zizhang and others were quite satisfied, although they gave the lead of the farm to the People's Army, but the People's Army obviously did not take the opportunity to squeeze out or empty the Zhang family, whether it was the escort team, or other personnel, they were still under the actual management and command of the Zhang family, which not only reflected the respect for the Zhang family, but also showed that they had no ambition for the Zhang family's industry.

In the end, Li Lixin selected more than 10 people from the farm's personnel who were shrewd, capable, flexible, and familiar with the terrain in this area, and went to the four corners to inquire about information and collect intelligence.