The Executive Committee discussed the remaining two issues, and most of them felt that it was their aim not to harass the people, and it made not much difference whether they agreed or not. The controversy is mainly on the second point, whether to release the captives or not. Wu De and the people in the construction team are firmly opposed, the former has just been trained and they are relatively comfortable in all aspects, and the latter is now busy with the amount of work, and the absence of the labor team will greatly affect the efficiency.

The others were also reluctant to give up on these people, and Zuihou decided to let go only of the small landlords, rich peasants, and the like, who did not have enough price to attract these people for the time being, and as for the others, they did not let go for the time being, so as to establish the indigenous subordinate liliang as soon as possible.

After making this decision, Wu De combed through all the captives overnight, and made a list of about a dozen or so people who could be released, all of whom were big families or rich peasants, and it was useless to keep these people, but it was better to let them go and get some real gains.

They also negotiated some terms and set a condition for negotiation. The next day, Zhang Youfu came to visit with a simple gift of eight colors, obviously to thank them for allowing the corpses to be collected, but in fact to find out how their tone was.

Xi Yaya put forward his own three demands:

1. Traversers can trade with locals anywhere in the county and trade all kinds of goods freely. The government and others shall not obstruct it.

2. The traverser may be a freelance worker in the county.

3. Traversers are free to walk in the county.

At the same time, he said that regardless of whether the county agreed to these three articles, in order to show their sincerity, they could release some of them, and he also put forward a list of people who were ready to be released, and asked them to see if there was anything to add. If you want to take someone away immediately, you can release them immediately. If there is nothing special, then bring some sedan chair animals to pick up people tomorrow.

Zhang Youfu naturally didn't dare to make decisions about this matter, so he copied a copy of the personnel and conditions for release and took it away.

Wu Mingjin received these conditions, and he couldn't pay attention to them, some things are easy to say, but some are really important, especially this trading commodity - he vaguely felt that this was a bit like the red-haired people who sent ships to ask for the opening of ports a few years ago, and the conditions for trade, aren't these people also all the way? So he hurriedly went to Master Wang to discuss.

Master Wang pondered for a moment, drank a pot of strong tea, and then made up his mind, and asked in a low voice: "Dong Weng, you should just go down." ”

Wu Mingjin shook his head and said: "I have two concerns, one is that if they follow the old wisdom of the Buddha Lang Ji and do not leave, take Bairen as the city and Bopu as the port, this place will become the second Xiangshanao, and the imperial court will definitely not allow it; Second, although the hired workers are free, once they sail away in the future, they will not create a sin of leaving people's flesh and blood. ”

Master Wang smiled: "Dong Weng is too worried. The most important thing at the moment is to appease the gentlemen and collect the autumn grain. After half a year and a year, go to the province to do some activities and seek a transfer, whether it is Xiangshanao or not has nothing to do with the master. As for the separation of human flesh and blood, it is a matter of your own will, and it is also your own fault to be a servant for such a foreigner, and to bring it overseas. ”

Wu Mingjin thought about it for a while, and thought that it was only like this, so he summoned Zhang Youfu and said that these things are all thieves, but they must not leave the handwriting evidence. Zhang Youfu comprehended the situation, and went to gather the heads of the families who were waiting to redeem the people, and asked them to take out the thanksgiving gifts.

Some of these families were captured, and they were all anxious like ants on a hot pot, pleading for mercy in the east and trusting people in the west, wanting to find someone to agree with the pirates, willing to pay money to ransom people, and even planning to go bankrupt as long as they could save their lives. It's just that the source of this group of pirates is unknown, and they have not been able to catch up. Now I heard that the other party doesn't want a ransom, and he will release him tomorrow, and asking anyone to take out an extra tael of silver is like peeling off a layer of skin from his body, which hurts to the heart, and one is crying poor one by one. Zhang Youfu was so angry that he had to wipe off his face and threatened that if he couldn't negotiate a suitable amount, he wouldn't go to Bairentan to pick up people tomorrow. "Whoever wants to pick up someone will go by himself!" As he spoke, he made a look of brushing his sleeves away.

Where everyone is willing to let him go, they are all blocked, and Wu Ya, the county Cheng here, also followed the pretense to say some good words of consolation, one sang with a red face, the other sang with a white face, and said that it was good to say evil, Zuihou decided to ask everyone to take out six hundred taels of silver, one hundred horses of Qiong cloth (note: cotton cloth produced in Hainan), four pigs and one cow. In addition, he took out thirty taels of silver and gave Zhang Youfu as a reward. The silver and cloth were divided among the families according to their property. Everyone was satisfied with this total, because if it were to redeem someone, it would cost at least three or four times as much money. After the number was agreed, everyone was worried about whether the number would satisfy the leader. They decided to ask Zhang Youfu to go tomorrow, explain the amount, and if Xi Ya agreed, send the silver and cloth to pick up the people.

The next day, Zhang Youfu took the sedan chair and livestock to see Xi Yaya, he told Xi Yaya a lot of difficult words for the big households, and then said the amount of silver and cloth, Xi Yaya not only did not show the meaning of too little, but said some words of appreciation, and did not wait for the county to send the silver and cloth, so he directly released those small landlords and rich peasants.

This helped the gentry to favor them even more, and they were ordinary commoners, who knew their actions and felt that these pirates were benevolent and righteous people, and heard that they never burned, killed, and plundered. Those who were a little more bold left the city and went home - there was still a lot of work to be done in the fields, and after a few days, the refugees in the county town were all scattered. The county seat has changed from the original south gate, which was only open for two or three hours, to three gates. The tension that had lasted for more than a month slowly subsided. After a few more days, pedestrians who had been cut off from the road appeared one after another, and there were farmers working in the fields near Bairentan.

"Peace is indeed beautiful." Xiao Zishan stood on the sentry tower and said intoxicated.

"Peace is temporary." Bei Wei said behind his back with a calm face. The hunting jihua he advocated had undergone two adjustments and was already ready to go, but it was announced that it would be temporarily shelved because of this peace conference. These days, he has been practicing Ye Mengyan every day with the vigor of "gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and gold", and this group of young men who have been clamoring to be special forces can be heard every day The screams of these dozen or so people on the training ground can be heard.

ATF's Xue Ziliang also painfully realized how to change his fate in the process of driving a bulldozer. He noticed Bei Wei's training session and slipped to the training ground after work every day. At first, Bei Wei was reluctant to deal with him, but when he gave a few very professional opinions in the training session, the two often began to exchange some opinions. Xue Ziliang took the opportunity to show his hand in front of Bei Wei, and several beautiful tactical moves and excellent marksmanship impressed the former reconnaissance company commander. That's when he showed his cards: before joining the ATF, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Forcerecon and fought in the Iraq War.

"You see, I'm also a veteran." Xue Ziliang looked at Bei Wei affectionately with a look full of loneliness, so the hearts of the two former scouts in China and the United States vibrated and collided with sparks of resonance. The expressions of the two were so full of manly fortitude and tenderness that there was a legend of Brokeback Mountain among the special forces cadets that day.

Next, the two communicated more frequently on the training ground, and there was a lot to say between their peers, especially those who still respected each other. Although there are many majors in the military group, even those with professional backgrounds in armored forces and ships, he is the only reconnaissance major in the military group. In normal times, except for being able to talk about some specialties with former infantry commanders like He Ming and Xi Yaya, there is nothing else to talk about. Now that there is such a person as Xue Ziliang, there are many common topics. The two of them went deeper and deeper from the actions and tactics of the special forces to various issues of the army. Of course, rumors about the two have also become popular.

Bei Wei himself was still unaware. When He Ming, as an old comrade, euphemistically proposed to him: As the main leading cadre of the military group, he should pay attention to the influence in his private life, he still found it difficult to understand: How can a person who never pretends to be a girl have a rumor of a life style. Speaking of which, he can't get used to seeing Xi Asia and the girls being too hot!

It wasn't until the rumor of zuihou reached his ears that he suddenly realized that the problems of his private life were not limited to the relationship between men and women. After his face turned from red to blue and then to pale, he ran out. Xi Yaya hurriedly led someone out with him, afraid that he would do something stupid on impulse. After some investigation, Bei Wei announced in the special forces training team that each team member would do an additional 200 push-ups after the end of the day's training, until the rumors of him and Xue Ziliang disappeared.

However, this did not affect the friendship between him and Xue Ziliang. Xue Weini used his innate keen insight into human affairs as a Chinese to rediscover his way of survival in this once unfamiliar environment.

For most travelers, the biggest change brought about by the détente with the locals is at the dinner table. When Wu Nanhai vividly wrote the words "braised pork" on the blackboard served today in the canteen, the canteen was almost crushed as soon as the haode counter was built.