Chapter 029: Pirates Attack
More than a dozen formal workshops have been built in the workshop area, the soap workshop occupies one near the intersection, the ironmaking workshop and the coal washing workshop are located on both sides of the road at the foot of the mine, and the ironmaking workshop and the steelmaking workshop are reserved for the time being, which have not yet been built.
The workshop for manufacturing gun barrels was merged by Ji Xinyu and Iron and Steel Research, renamed "Arsenal", and occupied a large workshop of 2,000 square meters; The porcelain workshop was led by Yan Kuan, the porcelain leader brought by the Shu Wangfu, the painter workshop was led by Zhao Zhi, the head of the painters, and the jade workshop was led by Qian Yunfei, the leader of the jade craftsmen.
To the north of the largest intersection in Lingchuan Mansion, a row of houses has been established by Ji Xinyu, which has become a temporary government office location, which is listed as a civil affairs office and an inspection office, and then inside is the place where He Xingwang arranged the Shizi Mansion for Ji Xinyu, and the civil affairs office is responsible for receiving and recording the daily affairs of the displaced people, and setting up a notice board at the door and posting notices; Chen Yu dispatched guards who did not need to patrol to be on duty at the patrol station to be responsible for daily civil disputes in the territory.
There is also a notice board at the intersection outside the forest of Lingchuan Province, which is located at the entrance of the Lingchuan business house, and it is a notice board specially posted for all nearby villagers.
At this time, the announcement of the distribution of land and the establishment of the academy was posted on the notice board at the entrance of the civil affairs office, which probably stated that all the displaced people who were sheltered could receive 20 acres of land for each man over the age of 18 and 10 acres for women; The land is rent-free in the first year, and every 10 in the second year, and those with excellent planting will be exempted from it; Those who have time in addition to farming can participate in the construction of the lane and receive different amounts of wages according to different types of work; All men and women under the age of 18 will be enrolled in the temporary academy to study and learn Chinese characters, and will be relocated to the new academy after the establishment of the new academy is completed.
No one cared about the notice at first, until one or two of the homeless people found out, which immediately caused a sensation among all the homeless, and several homeless people who knew how to read were surrounded by groups, asking in detail about the specific content of the notice, and several literate homeless people were also painful and happy to read more than a dozen times. The homeless people who finally understood the content of the notice began to run to tell each other, many of the homeless people knelt on the road at the door of the civil affairs office, and more knelt at the door of Ji Xinyu's unfinished Shizi Mansion and wept bitterly.
Originally, I thought that these homeless people would be treated like slaves, and they could only eat half-full, and the work must be the most tiring, but many homeless people have already accepted their fate, and it is better than starving to death outside. As a result, not only can I eat three meals a day, but I also do the same work as other people, although I was not paid before, it was also a matter of temporary resettlement, but now I not only pay for my wages but also divide the land, and even give children the opportunity to read and write. Literacy in Zhongzhou is a great thing, only those who read have the opportunity to read, and those who have the opportunity to win fame and fame.
For many poor people, reading is an opportunity to turn over, but it is very difficult to get this opportunity, not many poor people can afford to buy books, can afford to read, poor children can only grow up to farm to eat, otherwise they will starve to death.
As soon as this notice came out, many nearby villagers wanted to go to Lingchuan Mansion, but the notice was only for the displaced people who were accepted this time, and other villagers were not able to accept it for the time being, and many villagers were very disappointed, and they were also full of expectations for Lingchuan Mansion.
He Xingwang arranged the construction of the Shizi Mansion has also laid a good framework, the main body of several rows of buildings inside has been completed, and the garden on one side is still under construction.
After Ji Xinyu finished the play and arranged the homeless, he easily went to the newly built mansion with He Xingwang and Liu Qin for two days, and was driven out by He Xingwang after giving a few unprofessional opinions.
After a few days of clearing, the woods have cleared a clearing, and the daily shooting training is also underway, and now more than 50 guards are familiar with the valley rifle, and the accuracy of shooting has also improved a lot. Chen Yu, Chen Liang and Wang Fan can already hit 100 shots from 100 meters away, especially Chen Liang, the moving target can also be 10 shots and 10 hits from 100 meters away, and the other five guards also showed very good shooting talents, which are on par with Chen Liang.
After a few shots, Ji Xinyu checked the platoon training and comprehensive training, although it was only a few days, it was still good.
Just as Ji Xinyu was trying to revise and improve the training manual and integrate and adjust the guards, two boats were slowly approaching in a small abandoned port not far north of Lingchuan Mansion, and dozens of figures were jumping off the boats. A few skinny pirates jumped around the front door like black monkeys, their robbed clothes fluttering in the wind and looking extremely ill-fitting.
These people were the fishermen of Fujian and Guangdong, and the heavy tax burden of the imperial court made them have no livelihood, and the imperial court banned the sea for decades, and they saw that groups of fellow villagers who secretly went to the sea made a lot of money, so they also organized dozens of people together, and learned from others to go to the sea to do pirate work. I heard that last year someone took a big advantage in Qiongzhou, and the garrisons of Qiongzhou did not dare to go to sea, and this year they also learned from their predecessors and wanted to come to Qiongzhou to rob them.
After landing, they found that several villages along the coast had long been empty, and the houses were cleaner than their ships, so they could only assemble their troops to advance inland, ready to grab a few villages and return to the sea, the pirates walked six miles along the path, and only found one village, which was still abandoned, which made the pirates a little anxious, and continued to walk inland for a while, just when the pirates were about to cry and return to the sea, finally a village of considerable size appeared in the sight of the pirates.
This is called Futian Village, only more than five miles away from Lingchuan Mansion, the arrival of Lingchuan Mansion has made many male laborers in the village go to work, the village where there are not many people is quieter, and now most of the people left behind are the elderly, women and children who weave cloth at home, and a few male laborers who have not been recruited to work are taking care of the rice that is about to mature in the rice field.
The arrival of the pirates soon attracted the attention of the villagers working in the fields, and the first reaction of the villagers who were frightened by the pirates last year was to immediately run back, and ran to the entrance of the village to carry the gong hanging on the tree, and struck it, shouting as they struck: "The pirates are coming, run!" ”
The villagers who heard the shouting were stunned for a moment, and then they all used their strength to carry the child and ran south, shouting as they ran. Running for their lives is always much faster than the usual speed of running, and it didn't take long for the villagers to run away, and looking at the fleeing villagers, the pirates were very angry, and the women they wanted had run away, and they could only see if there was anything of value left in the village.
After searching around, I really found some silver and stored food, as well as four old men who didn't have time to run, and one of the little pirates said helplessly to the boss: "Boss, this Qiongzhou Island is really as vulnerable as the legend, but it's a pity that there are only a few old guys left in the whole village, the women are gone, and the brothers haven't opened meat for several months." ”
The pirate leader shook his thick arms and said with a smile: "It's not that you guys are too flamboyant, so that these people find out, and there is not even a person who can do it." ”
"Then let's just continue to walk south after we finish grabbing, it looks like there are large rice fields in front, and there should be a village not far away." The little pirate played with the rusty firebolt in his hand and said, wandering on the sea all the year round, the barrel of this firebolt has been rusted into shape, even if it can still be fired, it is estimated that a few more coins of gunpowder will explode, such a firebolt is not so much used to kill the enemy, but to scare and scare people to strengthen their courage. However, even with such firearms, there are only three in this pirate group, and every time they show up, basically no one dares to move, and the deterrent effect is still very strong.