The third day later, just after midnight.

Zhu Daolin quietly appeared on the empty earth hill on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary, and through the slight mist, Zhu Daolin could clearly see the mottled and dilapidated Baoshan Acropolis under the reflection of the piles of bonfires below, and the more than 300 tents neatly arranged along the south and west sides of the siege.

To Zhu Daolin's surprise, he saw seven warships and transport ships anchored in the bay of the Huangpu River estuary, and after careful calculation, he found that the entire fleet had returned two days earlier than the estimated time.

Zhu Daolin was overjoyed by such a smooth voyage, and he quickly observed his surroundings, transferred the 3,000 tons of steel and 1,800 tons of cement in the King Kong circle to the flat river bank covered with weeds on the east side of the Tushan Mountain, and then picked up the canvas hiking bag and strode down the Tushan Mountain, until he was stopped by the sleepy guard on duty at the north gate of the siege.

Zhu Daolin stared at the two guards who pulled out their waist knives and shouted "lie down" in front of them, stopped and loudly identified themselves:

"I'm Zhu Daolin, why isn't there a sentry on the Baoshan Mountain in front? Who's the star officer tonight? You, go and call Shi Qingyang to me! ”

Under the trance of the firelight, the two guards saw Zhu Daolin's three-grade official uniform and appearance clearly, and they were so frightened that they immediately threw away their waist knives and knelt down.

This kneeling immediately annoyed Zhu Daolin, and he stepped forward in a few steps to grab one of the guards, pushed him to the low city gate, and ordered him to call Shi Qingyang over, and then kicked the trembling young guard who was kneeling on the ground with his foot: "Pick up the weapon and get up and speak." ”

The young guard hurriedly picked up his waist knife and got up, and after a few shakes it finally stood firm, bent over, and trembled to ask for punishment.

Zhu Daolin sighed: "I know that you have been practicing very hard in the past few months, not only to help the fleet take care of and transport the disaster victims who continue to come, but also to take out your own food to supply the tens of thousands of fathers and villagers who have moved in one after another. I have all this in mind, and I am proud of you, and I will reward you with 1,200 officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Institute after this busy time. ”

"The reason why I scolded you just now is that you have not fulfilled your duties, and I have been standing on the treasure mountain by the river, less than 80 steps away from you. It's so nice tonight, it's all stars, you haven't seen me for so long, it's a dereliction of duty! ”

"Also, the army has long canceled the kneeling salute, as a new recruit after months of training, you should know how to face the commander, how to be a Ming soldier, I hope there will be no kneeling next time."

"General Xie taught. Subordinates remember! ”

The young soldier finally came back to his senses, and gave a military salute to Zhu Daolin in a panic, and when he saw his boss Shi Qingyang and a group of officials running out of the city gate in a hurry, he immediately retreated to the side and didn't dare to breathe.

Shi Qingyang and the two deputy Qianhu under his command, the three officers and captains of the freshwater fleet ran to Zhu Daolin and saluted together, and just as he was about to speak, he was frightened by Zhu Daolin's loud reprimand:

"Shi Qingyang, I don't care how tired you are or how high your credit is, you must make a deep review of tonight's lax defense! Tonight's star officer must be removed from his official position. Sent to the Jinling South Camp to train from scratch, if you don't follow the order. Immediately give him twenty lashes according to the law, and then let him get out of Lao Tzu's army! ”

"Yes...... Subordinates obey! ”

Shi Qingyang lowered his head in shame, everyone on the side shuddered, and in the face of Zhu Daolin, who was rarely angry, no one dared to raise his head.

The small courtyard of the Qianhu official in the Baoshan Acropolis is low and dilapidated, illuminated by the dim oil lamp. You can still see the cracks on the mud wall and the roof beams that have been displaced, Zhu Daolin, who came in for the first time, took a closer look, and felt mixed feelings in his heart, which was very unpleasant.

The nine generals watched Zhu Daolin's every move nervously, until Zhu Daolin sat on the chair that Shi Qingyang had moved. Motioning for everyone to sit down, the generals moved the square stools and stools on the side and sat down.

Zhu Daolin looked at the nine generals sitting in a semicircle in front of him, motioned to Xu Wentao, the deputy in charge of immigration and transfer, to sit closer, tell everyone about his upcoming work report in Beijing, and then began to assign tasks:

"The next thing to do is to do four things, the first thing is to transfer young and strong labor from the 8,000 families who have not yet been sent to the resettlement sites after dawn, and move all the cement on the riverbank to the houses for storage, and if it gets wet or damp, it will be scrapped, and Lao Shi is personally responsible for this."

"Yes!"

Shi Qingyang replied loudly, secretly relieved in his heart, his important young star officer was willing to accept the punishment and went to the Jinling South Battalion to start from a small soldier, which made him feel much more at ease.

Zhu Daolin continued: "The second thing is for Wen Tao, together with all the town officials of the Tamsui fleet, to go into the middle of the 2,800 households that are about to move to Tamsui to appease and publicize, telling them how big the Tamsui Port and Taipei County, Hot Spring Town, and Luzhou Town are, and how fertile the land is......

"As long as they get to freshwater, each family can get 20 acres of land, and the government will distribute farm tools, seeds and wood to build houses for free, and distribute enough food for everyone to eat until the beginning of spring next year, and the land they cultivate does not need to be paid within three years, and after three years, they only need to pay 20% of the harvest, there is no poll tax, and there is no tax ......."

"After the beginning of spring next year, the children will be able to enter the county and town public schools for free, and the breakfast and lunch of the children who enter the school will be provided free of charge by the school!"

"In short, we must do everything we can to make the people overcome the fear of going to the sea and see the hope of a good life."

Xu Wentao immediately replied: "My subordinates remember, go back and write down what the adults said, so that the 300 brothers under his command and the fleet commander are all familiar with it." ”

Zhu Daolin nodded: "The third thing is the construction of Baoshan Port and Baoshan Barracks, tomorrow morning, after I have seen the officers and soldiers of the fleet and the immigrants, I will go to survey with several construction directors who arrived before to determine the scale and approximate duration of the construction of the port and barracks......

"Thousands of tons of steel and fast-solidifying cement have arrived, and thousands of tons of special cement will be shipped from Tianshu Pavilion in the next step, and the merchants and farmers on both sides of the upstream have mobilized, and they will soon bring enough stone bricks and tiles to sell to us."

"Here, I would like to remind you that these two projects are the top priorities in the next six months, and we must go all out!"

"Old Shi, while you are relocating the six migrant settlements, you must protect the 20,000 people who built the port and the barracks, and the construction of the main business, and there is a special person in charge of building houses and opening up wasteland in the settlements, so you don't have to worry about it, but you must send officers and soldiers to strictly protect it."

Shi Qingyang stood up again and puffed up his chest: "This is a matter for his subordinates, please rest assured general!" ”

Zhu Daolin motioned for him to sit down: "The last thing is for you to do it, old history, send someone to the surrounding offices early tomorrow morning to pass the order, ordering all the hereditary officers of the small banner and above of the thousand households and the hundred households to come to the Baoshan Acropolis at noon the day after tomorrow to hold a meeting of the whole army, and those who are absent will be dismissed from their posts, and the military fields will be recovered, and they will never be hired!" ”

The general in the hall trembled in his heart, knowing that Zhu Daolin was really moving.

In the ensuing discussions, no one dared to conceal the existing problems, and those who had difficulties immediately submitted a request to Zhu Daolin to solve them, which made this impromptu meeting very fruitful. (To be continued......)