Chapter 282: The Power of Example (Part II)
The temporary prison in Dong Van Luh, the capital of Lan Phuong province, is full of criminals. During this period of time, the mainland has sent many criminals in prisons, and these criminals are the biggest test for the security problem in Nanyang. At present, Taiwan is also adopting the method of blocking rather than sparse, first starting to screen these criminals, and then taking them to prison one by one. And these guys are usually some garbage and have no use, but now they have to be mobilized to join the mercenaries, so that they can be used as some civilian forces in Taiwan.
At this time, no matter how Taiwan's military expands, An will not be able to expand. Even if Taiwan expands to 20 divisions and 300,000 people, it will not be able to completely occupy Nanyang. The area of Nanyang is so large that it is impossible to suppress it with such a small army as Taiwan. In particular, the existence of a large number of indigenous people is even more difficult to manage, and it is very easy to threaten the safety of Taiwanese immigrants. Therefore, the clean-up of the natives is to be handed over to those mercenaries, and these mercenaries will also be the main force of the clean-up. As for the regular army, it is mainly used to maintain the strategic suppression of various opposition forces, while the security of the army will be carried out by the local garrison and militia. As for the next clean-up of the natives, it was also learned from the United States many years ago, using the method of hunting Indians with bounties so that they could be cleaned up gradually. And this qiē is mainly composed of mercenaries.
"Governor Wang, Lord Wang has arrived!"
Then everyone stood up, and those who were being guarded and disciplined, led by the correctional officers of the security department, stood up and welcomed them.
"Alright, sit down! I'm here to listen to the preaching today, so let this tiger leader preach! Wang Guorui said.
And the mercenary captain named Tiger also felt excited, because he didn't expect that the Emperor Rui of Nanyang would also come to listen to his preaching in person. This made him feel very excited. He didn't expect that he, a former gangster, was actually qualified to speak in front of the governor, which was a blessing that he couldn't cultivate in eight lifetimes!
"Ladies and gentlemen, I was just a gangster before, doing some things to oppress the people in Fujian. But then. Under the inspiration and teachings of Lord Wang, we formed a mercenary group. And our mercenaries took the initiative to assist the army under Lord Wang to clean up the natives. And these natives not only oppressed us Chinese, but also robbed us Chinese of our wealth. And now that the Chinese are here, then we naturally have to protect the Chinese, and then have revenge and resentment. ”
"And, the Taiwanese Wang told us that every time we go to clean up the natives. Not only can you get subsidies from the army, but the booty captured is also very huge. When I went out this time, I couldn't catch a lot of natives, as well as all kinds of aboriginal property, and then I sold them all for 10,000 silver dollars. Then, after paying two-tenths of the tax, plus the subsidy, it was more than 10,000 silver dollars. And in this way, more than 30 of us, each of whom can get hundreds of silver dollars! Tiger said excitedly.
And the gangsters and ruffians who were disciplined suddenly had eyes as red as rabbits. Obviously, I didn't expect to make so much money doing this kind of thing! In just a few days, he actually earned tens of thousands of silver dollars. The average is hundreds of silver dollars per person. Such a lucrative business, how easy is it? That is, just clean up some natives! And these natives don't seem to have much strength compared to them, and the Taiwanese side is also willing to sell some second-hand weapons, and then let them go to fight the natives.
Before, they still had great doubts about being mercenaries, but now that they see that being a mercenary is so profitable, this simply makes them feel red. And next. They all feel that there is money to be made in this matter, so why not go?
"You know what? I usually bullied the good people, and although the people gave us money, they didn't have much money, and many times a day it was less than a silver dollar. Moreover. The people don't know how to scold us behind our backs! But this mercenary went to hunt the natives differently, when we mercenaries came back, the people saw us at that time, it was as if they saw heroes! Those people saw us, and we are all heroes! And in the tropical rainforest, there is gold everywhere! We've made tens of thousands of silver dollars this time, and it won't be long before we can all earn more! And there are tens of millions of natives in these tropical rainforests! Tens of millions, these are gold mines! ”
Hearing this tiger's statement, the gangsters in those temporary prisons also felt their blood boiling, because they all wanted to see the incomparably bright prospects. And the rainforest is full of gold, as if the natives are everywhere. And everyone heard that there are tens of millions of natives, and if each of them can be sold for ten or twenty silver dollars, how much money must there be! At that time, if you can only eat one or more of them, you can eat a lot of money, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. As long as you can meet someone like this tiger mercenary group a few times, the wealth of that lifetime is enough for retirement.
Moreover, this kind of job that makes money and can also get the respect of the people, this is also applauded and popular in a term in the movie, so this kind of business is done! Those thugs also agreed with this, because what is it to bully those good people in their own country, they have the ability to bully those enemies! Those natives are a threat to the people, and if you go and clean them up, you will not only gain great wealth, but also gain the respect of the people. This kind of respect is a good thing that has not been possible in the past, and in the past they extorted the people only to make them hate. But now, if they do this, they will not only gain the respect of the people, but more importantly, they will be able to obtain a lot of wealth, so that they will all start to be tempted.
Wang Guorui looked at the excited look in those people's hearts, and he also knew that this preaching was a preliminary success. Because those gangsters saw that it was so easy to make money this time, they were all tempted. They will then form a peak period for the formation of mercenary groups, and then as mercenary units begin to be formed, more and more natives will be cleared. And although these mercenaries seem to be able to gain a lot of wealth, this is only at the beginning, just like the reform and opening up in later generations, when doing business was simply foolish and could make money.
But once later, more and more people do business, and more and more people participate in the competition, then the business will become more and more difficult to do. And how could this mercenary not be like this? All business is based on his inevitable business laws, and it is very good to do business when supply exceeds demand. However, if there is an oversupply, then I am afraid that it will become more and more difficult to do business, after all, there is competition. At present, there are tens of millions of indigenous people in Nanyang, which seems to be very large, attracting the attention of countless people who want to gain benefits. But the speed at which the natives give birth can never be as fast as those mercenaries arresting and cleaning up. And now tens of millions of natives need a large number of mercenaries to clean up, as if fools can make money. But once more than ten years later, the natives are becoming fewer and fewer, and they cannot support so many mercenaries, so the mercenary industry is becoming more and more difficult. At that time, it was either going out and looking for business in a foreign country. And if you stay where you are, sooner or later you will have to disband.
However, this qiē has nothing to do with Wang Guorui. Because Wang Guorui knows that there must be a reason for the existence of zài in this world, and the existence of mercenaries also has its reason. At present, Taiwan needs them to help itself deal with these natives and do dirty things that the regular army does not want to do, is not suitable to do, and is inconvenient to do. Moreover, it can also save military spending for the Taiwanese army, after all, the cost of using mercenaries is lower than that of using a regular army. This is enough to illustrate from the situation of the US imperialists in later generations. Later in the era, the cost of using the regular army became higher and higher, but mercenaries gradually came into the field of vision of the country's rulers, and the benefits of mercenaries were also many.
As for the future, everyone can also restrict the development of these mercenaries step by step, and then let them become a dog in the hands of the government. You can let it out and bite people when you need it, and if you don't need it, you can stay and help deal with some unsightly things.
Moreover, the formation of mercenaries can also allow some socially unstable elements to join the mercenaries and maintain social order at a certain time. Just like when the Song Dynasty was in the Song Dynasty, whenever there was a famine, a large number of people were recruited into the army. However, these so-called "armies" do not really protect the country, but actually participate in various agricultural productions and water conservancy projects. In fact, this is similar to the production and construction corps of later generations. In this way, social stability can be maintained, and then the management methods of the army can be used to organize the disaster victims to produce and survive the famine in a stable manner, so as not to cause civil unrest. I have to say that although the Song Dynasty had a weak army, this method is also worth learning. Therefore, those factors of social instability were added to some informal military organizations, and then they were able to indirectly contribute to the country and prevent them from endangering the society. Of course, these birdmen must not let them join the regular army, because if they join the regular army, it will destroy the atmosphere of the regular army, which will definitely not work. And mercenaries, that is, the best choice, let them easily cause social instability together to harm foreign countries, isn't it the best way? (To be continued......)