173 Unexpected Surprises
From the next day, the thousands of people on Daishan Island began to operate systematically under the leadership of Shen Yue's men.
The people of the island, having eaten well last night, and having eaten well in the morning, began to quickly sort out the mess on the whole island, stimulated by twenty dollars a day.
Although the island has been inhabited for a long time, it has not been developed much.
The land of the entire island does not belong to the military households living on the island, but to the command yamen, which saves Young Master Shen a lot of trouble, and land acquisition and demolition like later generations are not easy to complete.
Before the arrival of the loyal military households of Longshan, they could only use their subordinates to lead the team to work, and there were many flat lands on the island, and other places were densely wooded, and the timber needed to build a house could be obtained by directly cutting wood.
Collecting seaweed, cutting thatch, and other building materials requires a lot of manpower.
There are more than 1,000 people, very few young and strong, and most of them are old and weak women and children.
There are less than 200 young people who can meet Shen Yue's recruitment conditions, and these two hundred people were re-disrupted by Shen Jiu and incorporated into Minzhuang.
In each team, there are Shen Jiaminzhuang, Xu Jiading, and these newly recruited people.
The women of the royal family were still on the boat, and they were not allowed to get off the boat and make contact with the people on the island.
Joining Minzhuang is not mandatory.
Shen Jiaminzhuang's treatment is much better than other jobs, with food and housing, a basic salary of 30 yuan a day, and clothes in early summer, autumn and winter. The diet is also much better than that of the average person.
People who did not have enough food and clothing on the island enthusiastically signed up, and even the old men in their fifties and sixties asked to join the team, but Shen Jiu refused mercilessly.
Shen Yue considered the positioning of this island on the boat, the former Daishan Island did not belong to a port city with developed trade, mainly with fishing as the economic pillar, and it was obviously not good at present, and the matter of fishing was not reliable at all.
Whether to build an island for troops or a bridgehead to enter the deep sea, he has never been able to make up his mind.
It is not suitable to build a bridgehead and hang it overseas, and it is easy to be attacked, especially now that the strength is not strong enough, Zheng Zhilong's officials and bandits may attack at any time, and even the Dutch may land on the island at any time, which is not suitable.
Just as an island for garrison, the main direction of development must be placed in Wujiawan, which area is suitable for development, but the land belongs to the Wang family.
While he was in a hurry, there was a commotion outside.
Could it be that Minzhuang has clashed with the aborigines of the island?
Worried that something would happen, Shen Yue hurriedly got off the boat, and when he arrived at the front of the dock, he saw hundreds of young men confronting Minzhuang and arguing about something.
Shen Yue couldn't help frowning and walked over.
Seeing Shen Yue coming, everyone stopped talking.
Shen Yue asked Shen Jiu, "What's the matter?" What about Kang Taiping? ”
If these people don't obey discipline, Shen Yue really doesn't know whether to kill a hundred people.
"Young master, these are the people who were hidden by the various families before, they are in the mountains and forests far away from the sea, and they hide in the mountains and forests when a boat arrives on weekdays, and they come back to work when the people who command the yamen leave...... Yesterday we proposed various policies, no more salt, someone reported to them, came out......" Shen Jiu hurriedly explained.
When Shen Yue heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
It's a good thing that he lacks a population right now, and he has a large population.
"Young master, they all asked to join Minzhuang, and many of them were not suitable for their age and physical condition...... "Shen Jiu said, "and they quarreled over this matter." ”
Shen Yue looked at the unkind young man in front of him and couldn't help frowning.
"You want to join my team?" Shen Yue stepped forward and asked them.
"My lord, we are now in the prime ......of life," a middle-aged man in his thirties stood up, "We were originally military households on the island, and it is only natural for us to be renaturalized and serve adults. ”
He wisely did not say to serve the imperial court.
On this island, whoever feeds them and wears them will serve them.
The previous command yamen exploited them too much.
"You all think so?" Shen Yue asked, everyone nodded, and Shen Yue was about to speak, when Kang Taiping, who was covered in sweat, ran over.
This old man is the highest person in charge elected by everyone on the island, but he does not rely on his status and status to stop working, not only is he personally directing and coordinating the division of labor among the people on the island, but he is also rolling up his sleeves and working.
"My lord, these are the children of the island, they are not sensible, if there is a collision, look at the lord Haihan." Kang Taiping was stunned when he saw Shen Yue, and explained in a panic.
He was afraid that he would collide with Shen Yue and leave them alone, and when the time came, they would really call the heavens and the earth not spiritual.
On this island, there are no seeds, no houses, and it is impossible to survive by catching marine fish in the sea.
Shen Yue looked at him, and then at the unruly young men, but did not speak, guessing the old man's thoughts.
The old man didn't come before, and he came out and turned it upside down.
"My lord, the previous command of the yamen was to levy salt according to the head, and the young and strong need to pay more salt, so ......," Kang Taiping explained.
"I don't care what your previous identity was, if you want to join my team, you must come as requested! Those who do not meet the requirements cannot join Minzhuang! After Shen Yue listened, he didn't bother to pay attention to how Ding Haiwei exploited them.
Qian Longxi seems to be following the old method.
"Those who don't meet the requirements can't join, and at the same time, you must report according to the team assigned to you by the officer!" Shen Yue said coldly.
His team was mixed, and from the very beginning, it was necessary to disrupt the formation, otherwise it would be difficult to control the formation of various hills in the future.
Just like the Kuomintang back then, it was unified on the surface, but it was indeed a mess inside the world.
"My lord, they are in their thirties, why don't you let them enlist in the army? Many of these children have practiced ......," Kang Taiping asked Shen Yue.
"Do I need to explain it to you?" Shen Yue questioned Kang Taiping, "If they all become soldiers, who will be responsible for the production on the island?" In this case, if you suffer a disaster, you have to rely on a group of old people, women and children to solve it? ”
"Your Excellency is merciful!" At the beginning, when he heard Shen Yue's cold words, Kang Taiping was still stunned, and when he heard Shen Yue's words, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Yue.
The other people also knelt down and kowtowed.
This made Shen Yue surprised, how much were they exploited before?
After getting up, Kang Taiping saw that Shen Yue was not allowed to intercede at all, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he stood aside.
"Your Excellency!" At this time, Yun Guang flew in front of Shen Yue and reported in a low voice, "In the woods behind, there are still hundreds of people, most of them are young and ......strong."
"So much?" Shen Yue was overjoyed, "It's a good thing to have a large population!" The construction of the island will be able to start quickly, first build the house, then reclaim the land, and build a workshop......"
This is an unexpected surprise on the island.