Chapter 83: The Ryukyu Messenger (I)
Updated: 202-2-6
On the afternoon of October 31, in the Jiuniangfeng Radar Guantong Station on Dunan Island, Chen Tingjun was holding a cup of tea and a Taoist booklet "Natural Taoist Classics". This pamphlet is written by a neo-Taoist fanatic in the travel team, and is divided into five volumes: creation, scriptures, morality, practice, and precepts, describing the picture of the "Book of Genesis" such as the Big Bang and the origin of mankind in the eyes of Neo-Taoism.
Chen Tingjun, male, 22 years old, was formerly the owner of a cottage factory, specializing in the production of communication equipment, and believes in Taoism.
"I've been trying to !! without learning a foreign language." These are the words that he always put on his lips.
Although Chen Tingjun has a very smart brain and strong hands-on ability, he just doesn't like English. So after graduating from middle school, I was admitted to a technical school and learned a lot of communication technology.
"Stationmaster, come on, there is a situation in the direction of three o'clock."
A new fighter shouted.
Chen Tingjun thought that these three o'clock were due east, and the fleet from Zhoushan should be in the northerly direction, and the direction of one o'clock on the display screen. He put down the pamphlet in his hand, and with a hint of suspicion, checked the phosphor screen of the radar.
This meter of Jiuniang Peak is very close to Qinglongwei, although it is only the second peak on Dunan Island, a building was built on it, and a radar antenna was placed on the building, which was higher than the first peak, and the surrounding sea conditions were all displayed on the radar fluorescent screen.
Chen Tingjun arrived from the fluorescent screen, and an unfamiliar ship came to the east, and the direction of this ship was Gunna Bay on Dunan Island. At this moment, several beating black dots also appeared in the northerly direction.
Well, the fleet from Zhoushan arrived, and Chen Tingjun immediately reported the situation to Lu Huitian by phone.
A sailboat rises and falls with the waves, and many seagulls fly around the boat.
Mao Hengde knew that so many seagulls accompanied the boat proved that his destination, Dunang Island, was about to arrive.
Mao Hengde is a member of the Ryukyu underworld. At this time, Ryukyu officials were divided into two factions: the so-called black party and the white party.
From the beginning of the 7th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was invaded by the Satsuma Domain of Japan and has been under its control. The White Party supported the Satsuma Domain's rule. The Black Party, on the other hand, hoped to use the power of Western countries to break free from the Satsuma Domain.
The "Prince's" trip to Japan in early July frightened the Japanese shogunate. After reaching an agreement with the Ming Dynasty, the shogunate issued a document ordering Satsuma to retreat from the Ryukyus.
Mao Hengde and other black party figures have been suppressed by the "white party", and Satsuma retreated from the Ryukyus in a gray manner, allowing the black party to suppress the white party at once.
The emerging Ming Dynasty was so fierce that it scared off Satsuma before it reached the Ryukyus, and the black party members were very affectionate to this legendary Ming Dynasty. Hearing that the Ming Dynasty occupied Dunan Island, the first idea of the Ryukyu Black Party was to pay tribute, to have a good relationship with this new Ming Dynasty, and to use their strength to deal with Oriental devils and Western devils. The White Party believes that the Celestial Empire is still in power by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the new Ming Dynasty has not yet been established, so it should be cautious and patient and wait for the situation to develop.
The black and white parties debated for a long time, and finally the lord of the country, King Shangtai, decided to appoint Mao Hengde as an envoy to go to Dunan Island to understand the situation.
Sitting in the cabin, although Mao Hengde was very calm and closed his eyes, his mind was like the sea outside the boat, with rough waves.
Before the Ming Dynasty showed up, it drove away the Satsuma Bo, who had abused the Ryukyus for more than 200 years, from the Ryukyus, how dare Mao Hengde not tremble and deal with it carefully.
"My lord, here comes the boat! A ship came from the direction of Dunang Island. Mao Hengde's guards reported to the cabin.
Mao Hengde poked his head out of the cabin, and a galleys in front of him were chopping waves towards them.
When I arrived, this Dunan Island was in front, and this should be the Ming Sentinel Ship. Mao Hengde's heart tightened, and he hurriedly sorted out his clothes.
To the red flag of the sun and moon fluttering in the wind on the mast of the galleys, Mao Hengde's guards stood at the bow of the ship and shouted, "Mao Hengde, the third official of the Ryukyu State Wind Watch, was ordered by the lord of the country to send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty~~~"
"What, watch the wind~~ Envoy~~" Lu Huitian got the report, a little dizzy, Dinghai's fleet is about to arrive, how can I have time to pay attention to them at this time.
He thought about it, picked up the walkie-talkie, and asked the coast guard ship to lead the Ryukyu envoy to Kuuna Bay. Since Ryukyu wants to watch the wind, let Wei Ruiqi go to receive them first.
Under the guidance of the Daming Coast Guard ship, the Ryukyu envoy ship slowly sailed towards Kumina Bay. As the ship was about to enter the port, a thick cloud of smoke rose from the sea to the west.
Mao Hengde couldn't help but raise the curtain and squint his eyes. I saw two steamers dragging long black smoke, followed by many other ships, heading towards the west side of the island.
This is the strong ship and cannon of the Ming Dynasty, which is much stronger than the Jianzhou Manchu Qing Dynasty. Mao Hengde felt that he had really come to the right place this time.
Two steamships pulled a long stream of black smoke into Kowloon Bay, Dunang Island, followed by the Prince, the Xuanwu and the fishing boat.
Lu Huitian, Mu Luoyi, Lin Dejia, Sima Ye and others had already gathered at the barge wharf to welcome the arrival of Qian Shuiting and others.
There are also many lively islanders of Dunan Island standing on the beach by the sea.
As soon as the boat docked, Lu Huitian greeted him, "Qian Shoufu, Wang Sima, and Commissar Mao, I can look forward to you!" There was a situation here just now, and the Ryukyus sent an emissary. ”
"Okay, Ryukyu has sent an emissary." Qian Shuiting went to the dock, was in a good mood, and asked Lu Huitian, "What is the opinion of the Executive Committee on this?" ”
"This guy arrived around the same time as you, and we haven't had time to report to the Executive Committee yet. I asked the coast guard boat to send them to the village of Zuna, and Wei Ruiqi to entertain them. ”
"Lu Huitian, you kid, you are not authentic, do you want to lure the snake out of the hole and wipe out the unstable factors on Dunan Island." Mao Pi scolded with a smile.
"Jumping up and down, just those hairy people, do you still need to worry about this?!" Lu Huitian didn't care, "If you have to worry, you are also worried about the coal problem." Dunan Island consumes dozens of tons of coal every day, and the coal it used to get is almost exhausted. Now that you come, I can easily go to Keelung. ”
Wang Tiezhu, "Okay, the main reason I'm here this time is to check on the situation in Keelung. ”
In the construction of industrialization, coal is the first. As the future head of the government, Qian Shuiting is particularly concerned about the energy industry. He asked with concern, "Is coal consumption so high?" ”
"It's normal." Lin Dejia said lightly, "A wheel kiln can produce 2.5 million bricks per month. Our coal consumption for 10,000 standard bricks is about 0 tons. Our two brick-burning kilns on Dunana Island alone need more than 10 tons of coal every day. ”
"Yes, we also have a vertical kiln that burns cement on Dunant Island, and that guy consumes a lot of coal."
While laughing, Qian Shuiting stepped on the barge that used as a wharf twice with his foot, and said with a smile, "This barge is okay as a wharf!" ”
Mao Pi nodded, "Although it is a temporary facility, it has played a great role, and the coal brought from Keelung Port depends on this wharf." ”
Wang Tiehammer checked it carefully, and he shook his head again and again, "This can't work, it can't prevent typhoons." With several typhoons passing through the Ryukyus every year, Dunan Island needs permanent dock facilities. ”
Wang Tiezhui is from the navy, and defending against Taiwan is their regular work every year.
"We lack steel." Lin Dejia has always been succinct in his speech, "To build a floating dock and breakwater for Keelung Port, we can only use bamboo bars. ”
Steel is needed to build a permanent wharf facility, and it is steel that is lacking in Dunang Island. Although it is not difficult to make strip steel, it also requires a large amount of steel as a raw material.
"Steelmaking and ironmaking, this only needs to wait for the Keelung Iron and Steel Plant to be launched~~" Qian Shuiting looked up to the northeast of Dunan Island.
To the northeast of Dunang Island is Keelung. In order to ensure the loading and unloading of various materials for transporting to Taiwan immediately after the capture of Keelung, so that the construction of industrial projects such as coal mines and steel mills can be carried out as soon as possible, Dunan Island will first build floating concrete piers and breakwaters, and when Keelung is captured, it will be towed to the floating docks and breakwaters by steamships to Keelung Port, and then they will be assembled.
At this time, there was a burst of theme music from Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" from the shore. Above the pier is the camp of Qinglongwei, and the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which has been changed from digital TV to film, is being shown on the large playground.
A large screen has been erected close to the fence in the camp, and the screen is facing the large playground of the camp.
There was a trench outside the camp wall, and outside the ditch was the main road, and on this side of the main road was the beach by the sea.
The islanders who had just arrived on the steamer were noisy and noisy, and sat down on the beach and played a movie.
Seeing Qian Shuiting and Wang Tiezhu, Mao Pi turned his attention to the islanders and explained, "We show movies in the playground every night, which helps the islanders brainwash and allows them to learn Chinese faster." ”
"This screen projection is good, both sides can be used, and it has to be very clear outside the camp." Lu added, "After all, these islanders are outsiders, and they are not safe enough to enter the camp casually. ”
In the distance, a young man wearing a cultural shirt printed with the sun and moon pattern appeared on the east bank of the Qinglong River, and he ran all the way across the Qinglong Bridge and ran towards the gate of the Qinglong Guard, but was stopped by a sentry.
Lu Huitian knew this young man, he was a villager from Zuna Village, and he had been following Wei Siyu, the son of Wei Ruiqi, the son of Wei Ruiqi, on Dunan Island, and went to Qinglongwei every day to work for them, and this cultural shirt was the clothing issued to them.
For three months, except for rest days, Wei Siyu was responsible for directing the island's laborers to help Qinglongwei work every day.
The young adults of Dunan Island, who were originally hired by the Ming Dynasty, brought a large amount of daily necessities such as food, salt, and clothing to the tribe after they worked.
When the remuneration is rich, there are more and more islanders who are willing to work for Qinglongwei, and the number of hired workers under Wei Siyu's jurisdiction has risen from more than 100 people at the beginning to 200 or 300 people, and now almost all the young and strong laborers on the island are working for Qinglongwei.
In their spare time, these wage earners were constantly brainwashed by television and movies to learn to speak Chinese. While they take away the remuneration of their labor, they also bring a new concept to the people, the Ming Dynasty is our country, and we are all the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The film and television shown on the playground in the Qinglongwei camp area attracted a large number of islanders every night. Although there were heavily armed guards guarding the camp gate, they still had a clear view of the big screen when they stopped outside the camp.
Under the impact of modern civilized life, the people of Dunan Island have all risen up to yearn for the Ming Dynasty.
This young man made a special trip to report to them, and he told Lu Huitian that Mao Hengde, the envoy of the lord of the Ryukyus, had arrived at the Zuna Village Society.