At first, the UN prisoners were not satisfied with the fact that they were forced to take a shower after returning from work, and that they could only eat after washing, and that the water in the bamboo pipe still smelled strange.

Seriously, the UN captives were really tired after a long day's work, they had to dig all kinds of pits, carry the soil away, and keep clearing all kinds of stones of all sizes before transporting them away. The coal can only be stopped when it is seen – it is dug up and then transported to a designated place to be stacked – and the place where it is stacked is different for each group.

At first, everyone was dizzy from the sun, and the sun in July and August was so sunny, especially when their hair was cut off, and they didn't grow much—but they were able to do two hours of work, and they could rest for a while, and Dr. Rodman, who always led his men and brought light salt water to everyone, and I don't know what else was added to the water, and it was really delicious—and few people fainted at that time.

Everybody could see Dr. Rodman carrying the fainted man to a cool place, as if stabbing him in the face with a needle, until the fainted man woke up — no more bloodletting, but it was scary.

Later, they sent bamboo hats, which were a little smaller than those of the overseers, but they could still block the sunlight and did not interfere with their work. They have often seen this kind of hat in Batavia City, and the people of the Ming Continent wear it, right? I didn't expect to wear it myself one day.

There are always people who want to be lazy, they hide from the sight of the overseer, they lie down secretly for a while, but they will always be caught, and then they will be beaten badly - even the people in the same group do not sympathize with this, they will work less, someone will have to work more, everything must be counted according to the fruits of labor, and if there is less fruit, there will be less food.

At first, they thought that the security guards with muskets and bayonets were watching them in the distance—but some sharp-eyed people said that there seemed to be people looking at them with binoculars in the distance—but when they looked into the distance, they couldn't see anything.

When they had finished their day's work and dragged their tired bodies back to the forward base, they saw the bearded guard with a few people waiting there.

The bearded guard shouted again: "You filthy white-skinned pigs, come over to me, and go to eat after bathing!" ”

At the same time, he drew the rattan in his hand and brushed it again. For many days, his style hasn't changed at all.

Behind them, there were more than a dozen security guards with firearms on their backs and long bayonets, and there might be a little farther away, but they couldn't see clearly.

The lucky fool Selwyn hurriedly closed his mouth tightly, and the last time he accidentally muttered a sentence, he was discovered by this bearded guard and whipped twice. Fortunately, he had experience at the time, but he just lowered his head, didn't dare to speak, and didn't dare to look the other party in the eyes-

In fact, this experience has been circulating among them for a long time - but there are always newcomers who forget it, and dare to look at the guards angrily, and what is still in their mouths, such newcomers often don't remember this experience until they are pumped out of their patience - and those who can't remember, a Frenchman, who can't stand it, resists, but before the guard who drew him draws his knife, the security guard in the distance shouts: "You wait and retreat immediately!" ”

The guard glared at the Frenchman viciously and withdrew.

The security team members pointed directly at the Frenchman with a firecrackle and shouted, "Kneel down and spare you from death!" ”

There are UN prisoners who understand Hokkien and also shout in a low voice, he wants you to kneel, he wants you to kneel!

The Frenchman, perhaps in a fit of rage, hesitated a little, when the crowd saw the security guard and opened fire.

Without the lit arquebus, or the flintlock kab, the security guard sat back, and with a loud snap the Frenchman's head shattered, like the watermelon they occasionally ate - no one dared to argue with the guards since.

The bearded guard triumphantly struck his palms with rattan at this time, and watched the filthy red-haired men obediently enter the bath. The rest waited in line honestly.

Their labour-tools were taken away in groups before they reached the forward base, and they had to be matched with pre-registered numbers.

King Liu looked at the obedient captives, smiled, and thought to himself.

The rules, then they are more powerful than the gang rules, before they came, they were repeatedly instructed by Yongshengbo, and the people of this group of Hantang Group recognized a rule, as long as they obeyed it - not to mention, although he was privately called Liu Bandit King by his brothers, but compared with Yongshengbo's old man - it was nothing, without the Hantang Group, it would be impossible for him to talk to his old man in this life.

The bath water came from a cement pool built on a high place, and every morning, the water was rumbled with a pump. The water that had been basking for a day was very warm, and before each bath, Dr. Rodman had mixed something into it.

In the forward base, maybe only this Rodmen doctor can get the smiling faces of the guards - first, he is a doctor, a pirate, a bandit, a soldier, there is no disrespect for such a person - besides, he is the apprentice of the Han Tang group, the apprentice of a man with a red face, listening to the brother of the security team, that person is a real doctor, and it is not easy to get along.

But why do the people of the Hantang Group love to let others take a bath? Even a guard like himself is no exception?

The brother of the security team said disdainfully, it is disinfection - don't you think that when I wait here, there are many fewer mosquitoes?!

The bearded guard nodded hurriedly to show that he understood. Xindao, I, King Liu Bandit, have been taught by these abandoned pawns of the original Zheng family today-Yongsheng Bo has words, but listen to orders-The third master Zheng Bin is like a fish in water here, but his own family is also here-

A month later, until these stinky red-haired furmen took the initiative to take a bath every time they got off work, and the bearded Liu Bandit King also cut off his beard - the guards were like this, don't make the original Zheng family's abandoned pawns laugh.

After Director Sun Defa and Jin Mingchi technicians blasted a few more locations near Keelung, they estimated that the amount of labor was enough for the gang to work for two or three months, so they discussed with several directors over the radio and formulated a short-term plan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the local Ming farmers Xia Xian, they were mobilized to go to the volcanic tun area in the north to mine sulfur or sulfide, these two samples are accompanied, whether they are sent to Keelung, Taipei's Hongmao City, they can be exchanged for grain, this credit is not easy to establish, and it must be taken seriously.

At the same time, Zheng Bin was also informed of the news, there is no sulfur, there is no gunpowder, they want so many firearms to be useful? Let them organize the people to mine, and we'll collect the tax for the time being – the sulphur they mine to cover the tax. After they have developed the surface deposits, we will have time to blast them and more deposits will be revealed. The total amount is more than 2 million tons, let these ancients dig hard, how much can they dig?

The area is too rugged for transportation, so close it for the time being, when it doesn't exist.

In history, the Dutch and the people of the Ming Continent have also searched many times, but they have not found the real place - presumably no one can know the exact location of the road now.

Another important point is that there is a large amount of iron sand precipitation on the riverbed of various Xikou areas in northern Taiwan - according to the archaeological data of the world, the local aborigines often use the iron sand here to make iron tools, of course, not to mention their tragic smelting skills.

At this time, it is also time to consider the plan that was originally interrupted by the involvement of the Zheng family.

At that time, the Hantang Group originally used its mind on the Ming people who ran to Macau. The Hantang Group has discussed that people who can realize that it is not good before the collapse of the Ming Continent and can take the initiative to run away are generally intellectually stronger. Just as a large ship is often the first thing a rat feels before it sinks.

Macau also tried to send Ming merchants to trade, and at that time it also took the initiative to provide a lot of useful information for the Hantang Group, such as some things about Batavia and some things about Manila.

From this, the Hantang Group can preliminarily judge that, at least, among the Ming merchants in Macau, the reputation of the Hantang Group is quite good.

When they were about to set out to recruit Ming people in Macau, the unexpected move of the Zheng family disrupted the rhythm of the time, and the matter was put on hold for a while.

When the directors of the Hantang Group were formulating the plan for northern Taiwan, they also brought up this matter again by the way.

At that time, the result of their discussion was that it could be carried out now - so they pulled the plywood boat controlled by He Bin out of the convoy first, and took some charcoal, sugar and pepper to Macao to trade, not seeking profit from the trade, and recruiting Ming people was the key.

It is said that after He Bin went to Macau, he was startled at first, thinking that the Dutch were coveting Macao again, but when He Bin proudly showed the flag of the Hantang Group, the people there were immediately relieved, this is the ship of the Hantang Group, and it is the Galen ship that they captured the Dutch - since the Hantang Group officially unveiled its flag in June, the Shuanglong Flag flying high in the sky over the city of Geranza has made most of the surrounding forces know the Tao in a month or two.

The Macau side was also interested in Ho Bin's arrival, and almost 80 percent of the Dutch's power in Batavia City was swept away by them. The key point is that instead of the situation where the two sides are entangled to the death, and there is no situation that cannot be solved for several years, as Macau hoped, it is one-sided - not a single boat escapes.

This completely upended their understanding of naval warfare - even they did not know when the fleet of ships in Batavia had departed, let alone the farther town of Geranza.

There were more and more rumors that followed, and the more rumors there were, the more contradictions there were.

Later, I heard that the Zheng family in Xiamen and the city of Relan were very close, and the president of the Macau Chamber of Commerce, De Along, was relieved, as long as they didn't think about Macau-

When He Bin communicated his intentions with the Macau Customs, the President of the Macau Chamber of Commerce, De Aaron, ordered them to recruit at will, there are too many Ming people, I am really afraid that they will gather a crowd to make trouble - let our merchant ships also help them - the Dutch pirates have been eaten by bigger pirates, God, is there better news than this?!

After He Bin returned smoothly with the recruited personnel, the people of the Hantang Group were secretly happy - although it was delayed, it was not too late.