After Qin Kai set up a soup kitchen at the Deqing Wharf in the Xijiang River, a large number of refugees from Luoding Prefecture and Zhaoqing gathered at the Deqing Wharf under the guidance of local officials.

This kind of action has greatly improved the centripetal force of these young students and their sense of identification with the Mawei value system, and the gratitude of the victims to these students has also greatly improved their sense of honor.

Lu led 100 pro-soldiers to be responsible for the security of this side, and seeing the steady stream of victims, he germinated the idea of continuing to march upstream to understand the disaster situation.

So Lu led this small steamer with 50 soldiers and a group of students to Wuzhou, but he didn't expect that such a good show of officers and soldiers catching bandits would be staged at the small wharf here

There were so many victims on this shore, Lu Shu immediately sent students to investigate, and at the same time arranged for people to prepare for grain relief, the soldiers began to prepare for the release of grain in a very orderly manner, those people were gathered, the thunderous and stormy scene on the trestle had just happened, everyone was in awe of these god-like soldiers, which made the disaster relief work more smooth.

Using a simple stone platform, seven or eight soldiers began to loudly announce the disaster relief regulations, "Fellow villagers, we are the protectors of Lord Qin, the governor of Guangdong, and we are entrusted by Lord Qin to release food to everyone...... Everyone stood according to the village, and then came to us to register, and each household received a road slip and a grain ......."

Lu led the commander's subordinates to clean up the corpses of the bandits, at this time, a few people came forward to give a salute, it seemed that the appearance of the person, not like a refugee, but like a shopkeeper, his expression was a little strange arched in return, "A few, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Naturally, it was Ji Fan, who came, and when he saw that the bandits had been cleaned up, he ran out and prepared to continue the soup kitchen, but now this group of soldiers is watching the field, so he came up to say something, he pointed to the porridge shack that was still steaming not far away, "This adult, I am a local businessman, and I am giving porridge here today, and there are still some porridge that cannot be distributed......"

Lu Shu looked at the porridge shed not far away, it turned out to be a local businessman who came to do good deeds, his face suddenly became a little polite, this road to disaster relief, but the warmth and coldness of the people have seen too much, Deqing Mansion and Zhaoqing Mansion are also rich places, but the victims outside the city are in pieces, that is, some old grain has been swept out of the yamen to give porridge, and there are very few rich people who are willing to give porridge.

Zhang Jian sent students into the city to solicit disaster relief, only a few businessmen were very enthusiastic to contribute money and food to help the disaster relief, but the ordinary people in the city were more willing to raise money to help those outside the disaster victims, which is a few words of wealth and benevolence, which can cover a large number of rich people.

"What's the shopkeeper's surname? What to buy and sell? Thinking of this, Lu Shu spoke much more kindly.

"Don't have the surname Ji Mingfan, do local local product trading" Ji Fan saw Lu Shuo's polite attitude, but he was also a little frightened, these soldiers have always been difficult to mess with, could it be that they want to fight their own ideas?

"Oh......" Lu Rate smiled slightly, "Shopkeeper Ji, then you can continue to give porridge, by the way, let me ask you, has there been an increase or decrease in the number of victims in the past two days?" ”

Ji Fan immediately asked the family to continue to give porridge, and he was so good that he would accompany Lu Shu to talk, for fear that he would offend these soldiers, seeing Lu Shu asking this question, he thought about it carefully and said: "My lord, when I came to give porridge the day before yesterday, there were only five or six hundred victims in this person and town, and after a day, there should be about a thousand people today."

"Then did the Wuzhou Yamen open a warehouse for disaster relief?"

"No, it's all the people who provide disaster relief on their own"

“……”

Between the conversations between the two, Lu Shu had a better understanding of the situation here, and under careful questioning, it seemed that the disaster situation in Wuzhou was only the tip of the iceberg.

After the victims were divided into villages, they were quickly registered with the students, and each family received a road slip with the names of family members on it, and at the same time received a bag of food according to the number of heads, which made these people on the verge of death extremely excited, and only those who had really faced starvation could feel the preciousness of food......

It was Niu Dazhu's turn to register, and after reporting his name, the young man who looked like a talent wrote a yellow road slip, stamped a big square seal on it, and there were already soldiers next to him who handed him a bag of food of more than four catties, and the soldier who was full of murderous spirit just now actually smiled and sent food to himself, which made him very excited, and he knelt down and kowtowed a few times.

The soldier next to him immediately pulled him up, "Fellow, you don't have to thank us, take the road, go to the dock in front of you and wait for the boat, and go down all the way to Guangzhou...... By the way, all the children in your family can go to the school run by the governor to study, and the governor will also give them free meals."

Niu Dazhuang heard it in the clouds, holding the road strip and a bag of rice, the family was excited to death, and finally met the old man of Qingtian, escaped death, for what the soldier said to himself, he really doubted whether there was a problem with his ears, how could there be such a good thing, and carefully talked to the villagers in the same village next to him, only to confirm that it was not his own ear problem, but a true fact.

Soon, under the organization of these students and soldiers, all the victims of the disaster were organized, five families elected a group leader, ten families elected a group leader, and the nearly 1,000 victims were divided into two brigades and more than a dozen large groups, and they were organized and began to build simple houses near the wharf.

When Ji Fan walked around among the victims, he obviously heard those staggering good conditions, which made him admire this great governor who cared about the disaster victims, so he volunteered to participate in the disaster relief affairs on Lu Rate's side, and the next day, another disaster victims arrived here, and the first batch of families such as Niu Dazhuang and others had successively boarded the hired boats at the dock and sailed directly to De'an Mansion downstream.

Every day, hundreds, or even thousands of families appear in the camps of the province, holding uniformly formatted road slips and registering to get enough food, and many of them spontaneously come out to take on the chores in the camp so that they can get an extra reward.

The orderly distribution of small groups, large groups, squads, and brigades of the management model, almost completely copied the management of the army, in this special situation, it is very effective and efficient, Zhang Jian took a large number of students to participate in the practice, and the students also gained the ability to actually handle affairs that could not be mastered in learning.

Soon Zhang Jian transferred more students from Mawei again, this kind of complicated affairs is definitely a good place to train students, and from this disaster relief operation involving several prefectures and counties, a group of capable students have emerged, in addition, a group of conscientious businessmen like Ji Fan, as well as some local officials who are prominent in Xiàn have also been included in Qin Kai's vision.

A steady stream of victims sent to Guangzhou boarded the first ship again, and after a small half-day voyage came to his destination - Zhanjiang, the new county seat of Leizhou Prefecture, where they saw the huge construction of the project, the factories have appeared in a large area of open space, and the workers are sweating and raining on the construction site.

Niu Dazhuang's family also came to this poor and white city one day in mid-April, and after going ashore, as the captain of this team, he followed the escorted officers to the local yamen to report, to be honest, this yamen is very simple, that is, a large courtyard, there are many small houses.

Chen Bingkun, the commander-in-chief of the entire Zhanjiang construction, is stationed here, and every small room here is almost the construction headquarters of a large factory, and a few student soldiers at the gate are giving a brief notice to the new victims.

The student soldiers pointed to a few things in Niu Dazhuang's hands and told them one by one, "Fellow villagers, the few things you hold in your hands must not be lost, they are all issued to you by Lord Qin, the governor of the country, and one is your family's household registration book, which proves that you have work here, and the paper covered with printing is a coupon for you to receive daily necessities and subsidies."

The student soldier took out another piece of paper with more than ten small squares, "This piece of paper is a free boat to take the big sea, as long as there is a vacant space on the ship, you can go to Guangzhou at any time to purchase the things you need...... Of course, food and shelter, Lord Qin has already prepared it for you, there is no shortage at all, here, those who can endure hardships can live a good life."

Every family that arrived here saw this poor and white land, and inevitably had some ideas, but when they received the first batch of food and work clothes comparable to their new clothes for the New Year, all their doubts disappeared, and they immediately threw themselves into the big construction without hesitation, because what they thought, this Qin Daren, who had never met before, gave them more than the amount.

Soon, these people assigned to each factory signed a contract, and they could choose to sign a contract for three years, five years, and ten years, and the two sides agreed on the salary, and promised that after serving the Mawei shipmaster for 5 years, they would get a set of houses according to the size of the registered population rationed by the shipmaster.

In fact, based on the construction cost of the construction team under Mawei, the price of building a house is 50 taels of silver, which is only the total salary of a junior worker for two years, and the bonus property for five years of service is not excessive from any point of view.

Such generous conditions are completely unimaginable for these people who were still struggling on the line of life and death, without exception, they all signed a ten-year contract, and some even proposed to sign a lifelong contract

When the content of the "Qing-Japan Friendship Contract" reached Qin Kai's side, he was busy reorganizing the Guangdong Navy Division that had just been merged, and when he heard this name, the name of a hero involuntarily appeared in his mind, Guan Tianpei, the Guangdong Navy Admiral who was a big book in the Opium War...... However, the current Admiral of Guangdong Navy, Wang Rentian, is a complete straw bale.

This negotiation is naturally handled by Sun Fu, and the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy Division is also one of the three major Admirals of the Qing Dynasty, the official title of the first grade, but this martial arts rank is nothing in this era, and it is not at all as noble and powerful as Qin Kai, the governor of the second grade.

There are now 12 warships in the Guangdong Navy, but all of them are old-fashioned sailboats, old and useless, Sun Fu gave all his brains to Wang Rentian, and after the original team of the Guangdong Sailor was cut by more than half, the responsibilities were adjusted to Guangdong Jiangfang, responsible for port security, which is to feed up, eat and drink, and slowly decompose.

And Wang Rentian's side, Qin Kai allowed him, and after he took a share of the merits of the Guangdong Sailor in the future, he also left it alone, he had already thought about it, and when the credit was in hand, he would think about it and continue to make a fortune.

However, for the time being, the Guangzhou Fleet is an empty shell, Xu Shoushan temporarily served as the commander of the Guangzhou Fleet, and his 701 Heavy Patrol was the flagship of the Guangzhou Naval Division, and at the same time the ironclad ship "Huashan" and the ironwaki cruiser "Chaowu", "Dengyingzhou" and "Chengqing" were merged into the Guangzhou Naval Division.

At this moment, the poor and white Guangzhou fleet can be regarded as having basic strength, this is the fleet that has gone through the Ryukyu War, after the fleet organization is completed, Xu Shoushan was found by Qin Kai, as soon as they met, Qin Kai handed him a telegram, "Yushan, this is a telegram from Subic in the Philippines."

Xu Shoushan didn't run that line, but now Chen Mo and Wan Dafu in the fleet have run many times, he took the telegram and saw that it was the important news that was sorted out and sent by the shopkeeper Liu who was in charge of the operation of the China South Ocean Company.

Xu Shoushan held the telegram and was a little puzzled, "What do you mean...... Did you help suppress bandits in the past? ”

"Yushan, this is one of the tasks by the way, in addition, Mawei Shipping Company has a large number of fleets to set off with you, including a prospecting team, all of which are composed of students in the school, and the leader of the team is Kuang Rongguang, a boy who studied in the United States, he studied minerals in the United States, and it is your important responsibility to protect this prospecting team."

"My lord, why did you go so far to prospect for minerals? Could it be that China is so big, there is no place for minerals? Xu Shoushan obviously did not understand the reason for this ocean-going operation.

"Let's take care of Guangdong now, there are almost no big minerals, I got the news, Nanyang is rich in minerals, you just follow my arrangement, in addition, from Zhang Kui's side to bring a battalion of new troops to integrate the Chinese forces in Nanyang as much as possible, Yushan, this time to Nanyang, to start our reputation as a protector, to promote our Chinese national prestige"

"Understood" Xu Shoushan naturally understood the importance of this voyage at this time, Qin Kai had already issued that Nanyang announcement, and now it was time to do this

Qin Kai nodded, took out a map and a few letterheads from the bookshelf on the side, and introduced to Xu Shoushan in detail the situation in Nanyang and some of his thoughts in the process of going to Nanyang. ,

In Saigon, South Vietnam, under the wonderful night, the residence of the Governor of Cochinchina, Lu Mei, was already brightly lit, and a luxurious feast was being held, which was the birthday party of Susan, the wife of Lu Mei, in the atmosphere of the stars holding the moon, the governor's wife dressed up to receive the blessings of hundreds of bureaucrats and their wives on the spot.

But Governor Lu Mei only showed his face at the beginning of the banquet, and then disappeared from the lively banquet with the commander of the French Far East Fleet, Gu Ba, while the two of them were sitting in a quiet study of Lu Mei and talking about something.

"Lieutenant General Gu Ba, can there be any progress in preparing for the war in North Vietnam?" Lu Mei asked casually.

"Lord Joferi has succeeded in forming a cabinet?" Gu Ba was a little surprised, the war in Vietnam has been truce for more than half a year, and he has not received a definite answer from the country, and now Lu Mei asked about this, obviously the situation in the country has changed fundamentally, he shook the delicate tall glass wine glass, and gently tasted the red wine of Raphael Hill Lodge shipped from mainland France,

"As you expected, I have just received accurate information, Lord Ruferi has completed the formation of a cabinet, General Shameraku has been appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the war against the Qing State is obviously imperative" Lu Mei nodded, this General Shameraku is a super hawk in France, and has always emphasized that he must be tough against the Qing State in the Far East, attacking from the northern part of Vietnam and Burma to the hinterland of southwest China.

Gu Ba nodded slowly, straightened his waist, and said: "Your Excellency Governor, the navy has already completed its preparations, and the two fast cruisers drawn from the country have arrived, however, I will not build a coastal defense to attack the north again, that offensive route has completely lost its suddenness and, it is vulnerable to the attack of the Qing fleet, which has an advantage in speed, this time I propose to you, I will command the main force of the army and complete this great march."

"Oh......" Lu Mei was obviously a little surprised by this request of Lone, the last time he valued Li Weiye very much in the defeat of North Vietnam, most of the army was lost, and he died in Hanoi, which made him very embarrassed, after all, he was single-handedly raised, but he didn't expect Li Weiye, who has the temperament of a poet, to be so stupid in military affairs.

"Do you have a suitable commander for the Far Eastern Fleet?"

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