That night, the report on the organization's adjustments was sent to Tokyo Island. The island first congratulated them on their achievements! Everyone agreed to unify their statement and call it the " Zhoushan Special Administrative Region Self-Defense Militia ". Since there was a special word in it, the scope was up to them! Then, he carved various seals, prepared flags, documents, and so on; He also informed them that they could not send any strong reinforcements to the island at the moment and asked Zhoushan to stabilize for a week! The only thing they had to send out now was a fishing boat…
He also reminded them to make good use of the Nanyang people and send the next batch of Nanyang people who were locked up on Tokyo Island over to attack the British…
The news from Zhoushan was quickly reported to all the people on Tokyo Island, causing a huge reaction on the island. The people on the island did not expect that in just two days, the people sent out had made such great progress.
The people who were originally restless and restless seemed to have taken a calming pill and settled down all of a sudden. The various adjustments on Tokyo Island were also carried out smoothly. There was also a group of people who applied to develop in Zhoushan. This was a matter for the future and not for the time being.
As the leader of the team on land, Zhao Liang volunteered to take up the position of the director of the Zhoushan Special Zone Dinghai District Executive Committee. According to the later generations, he was equivalent to a chief! However, there were only six working members under him at the moment. The duties that each of them had were terrifying. They were in charge of everything from eating, drinking, sleeping, to birth, old age, illness, and death. They were in charge of everything from the sky to the ground and all the way to the sea…
It sounded scary, but in fact, it was not that much. Because now, they only needed to start from two places, which were Dao Tou City and Shanty Town. Of course, Zhao Liang knew that what was the use of just relying on these few people? They had to use the locals.
Early in the morning, Chen Dongbiao, who had received the news beforehand, and Boss Yu Manchang, who was staying in the city, led a few of their subordinates and butlers to welcome Zhao Liang, Huang Deqiang, Yu Zhiwen, and six managers to Daotou City. The office address was chosen to be at the home of someone who had abandoned their home and did not return.
Zhao Liang and the others were quite satisfied when they arrived. This family had two storefront houses facing the street. It was located in the middle of the small city, so it was more convenient to get around. After passing through the storefront house and passing through a corridor, there was a small courtyard connected to the back. On both sides of the courtyard were the warehouse, the servants 'quarters, the kitchen, and so on. Behind the courtyard was the master's main room, forming a closed courtyard. This was a quiet place in the midst of the bustle. It was suitable for office work and convenient to understand the people's feelings. Moreover, if something happened, the door could be blocked, and the corridor could be controlled for defense! She thought to herself that Boss Yu was not bad at doing things.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw two women, one old and one young, cleaning the room. They might have seen them and immediately stopped what they were doing to greet them.
"Boss Yu, Boss Chen! This room will be ready soon…"
Zhao Liang looked a little familiar. Before he could remember where he had seen him before, Boss Yu had already introduced him to them.
"Commander Huang, Deputy Commander Yu, Director Zhao…These two are the ones we invited to take care of everyone's daily affairs in the future. This is Mrs. Liu and her granddaughter, Cuiying. They've been living here for generations, and they're very hardworking. Otherwise, we wouldn't have let them come…"
As Boss Yu spoke, he observed their reactions. When he found that there was nothing strange about them, he continued to introduce them.
"Her man has been lying at home ever since he was injured. Commander Li had already sent a doctor to take a look at him yesterday. They were even discussing the matter of repairing the house. They were extremely grateful, so when they heard that you were coming, they had to come and serve you…"
When Zhao Liang heard this, he remembered the two of them and their family. Although he pitied their misfortune, he also secretly blamed Boss Yu for not informing them beforehand. This girl was too young. She looked less than 15 years old. Wasn't this child labor? However, since they were already here, and there were a lot of things to do later, it should be useful to have a few people to help them sort things out. If it didn't work, they could just adjust it in the future. Thinking of this, he smiled and expressed that it didn't matter.
"Boss Yu, it's really hard on you…Since they're here, let them stay!”
Just as he was about to turn around and speak to his group, the old and young man knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you, benefactor! Thank you, benefactor!"
This gave him a fright and he quickly went up to pull them up! Then, he took this opportunity to educate the few people beside him.
"This can't be! Aren't you embarrassing us? We can't do this in the future. Helping you is what we should do. We just…"
Zhao Liang had wanted to say that they were the soldiers of the people, but who would understand what he was saying now? He could only change his sentence.
"We are the same as everyone else! They all relied on their own hands to earn a living! There are no masters or adults here! Not now! There would never be one in the future! For example, if you are happy to greet me, you can call me by my name or call me Xiao Zhao, or simply call me comrade! The others were the same! Did you hear that?"
"Besides, we don't like such etiquette! In the future, no matter who our people are, don't kowtow! We only kneel to the heavens and to our parents. No one else will kneel! It's not that we don't want to kneel, but they're not worthy of us kneeling!”
Initially, Zhao Liang wanted to continue, but after thinking about it, he decided not to scare them too much. He would take it slow in the future. This thought was not something that could be changed in a short period of time. He said to the two women,
"I believe that with my own hands, the difficulties will definitely be resolved! You guys go and do your work now…"
Then, he returned to his group."
"From now on, we will work in this main room. The front room will be sealed off and used as a reception room. The two rooms will be used as gatekeepers and on-duty.”
When Boss Yu heard this, he couldn't do it."
"Aiya, how can this be? Director Zhao, what arrangements do you need? Just let us know and I'll send someone! How could he dare to trouble the few of you…How many comrades are there?"
That Chen Dongbiao's blood was boiling after hearing Zhao Liang's words just now. It was really to his liking! However, when he heard that Zhao Liang and the others wanted to do it themselves, he was a beat slower than Boss Yu.
"Yes, yes, Director Zhao. No matter what, you don't have to do anything! Just say it! We can't do anything else, but we'll take care of the rest! You just need to point out the location.”
Zhao Liang saw how enthusiastic they were, so he did not hold back and called out,
"Alright then! Then let's do it together. There's strength in numbers!”
Zhao Liang didn't expect that his casual words would actually make Chen Dongbiao repeat himself several times.
"Strength in numbers? There was strength in numbers! That's right! Director Zhao, you said it too well! That's right! There was strength in numbers! Director Zhao's standard was really high! How dare you say such things!"
Chen Dongbiao's last sentence almost made Zhao Liang fall…
In fact, it was indeed so. In less than an hour, everyone had temporarily arranged the office. The five main rooms were divided into the director's office, the conference room, the civil affairs hall, the political affairs department, and the militia headquarters office. Other than the kitchen on both sides, the other rooms were also divided into rooms for different purposes.
There weren't enough desks and chairs for the office, so he even took some from the bosses for temporary use!
Now that they had a name, they began to recruit. Zhao Liang looked at Chen Dongbiao and the few subordinates he brought. No matter how he looked at them, they didn't look like people who were involved in civil affairs…Now, he had more soldiers than people, and the main job was to focus on civil affairs, or was there less people?
Regiment Commander Huang and Regiment Commander Yu finally had a place to themselves now. They no longer had to stay on the ship and eat or sleep. Therefore, they were quite happy to drink the Longjing tea made by Cui Hua. As they slowly tasted it, they looked at the schedule of their work and occasionally discussed it…
Zhao Liang saw Zhou Junliang, who was in charge of civil affairs, chatting happily with Chen Dongbiao and the others. He looked like he had just met them. He could not help but admire these professionals for having their own tricks! Thinking about it, if it were him, he really wouldn't know where to start!
Seeing that the work here had basically been completed, and it was almost eight o'clock, Zhao Liang greeted the few people who stayed behind. He then brought Deputy Commander Yu and the three supervisors who were preparing to go to the shanty town on the other side, as well as two locals who were guiding them, out of the small town and arrived at the dock area.
The dock was no longer as deserted as yesterday. There were several sand boats that seemed to have loaded their goods and were waiting to sail. On the sand boats beside them, there were a few locals carrying sacks on their shoulders to load things.
Zhao Liang was usually not interested in such things, but today, his identity was different. In addition, he was now seeing the real labor of the old society's dock workers, so he stood there and watched with interest. A local guide saw that Zhao Liang and the others were interested, so he came up and introduced,
"Director Zhao, these ships are loaded to Shanghai. They are mainly loaded with sun-dried fish, marinated fish fillets, jellyfish, cuttlefish, and other local seafood. Then, they are loaded with food from Shanghai. The river here is relatively small, so there are not many ships coming and going here. Generally, fishing boats rarely come here.”
Zhao Liang felt a little strange and could not help but ask curiously,
"What's going on?"
"Fishing boats usually stop at the Shen family's door in front!”
"Oh! I see."
It was the same in the future. It seemed that the port here was mostly used for cargo transportation, and most fishing boats docked at Shenjiamen. It turned out that this was the case in history.
As they spoke, the ferry had already docked at the dock. After the people who got off the ferry left first, they also boarded the ferry. Once they boarded the ferry, Zhao Liang felt a little strange. He remembered that when he read novels in the past, people usually called the ferry a little old. It was obvious that the elderly were the ones who carried the boat. Today, he met a young man and couldn't help but take a few more glances. He was just about to ask curiously, but the boat had already reached the other end, so he put away the idea of asking.
After they got ashore, they bid farewell to the ferry and rushed all the way to Shanty Village. When they entered the village, the people who came from the later generations shook their heads when they saw the surrounding environment. If it was not for the mission, they would not have wanted to go deeper!
There were all sorts of things in a few shallow ditches. The ditches were overgrown with weeds, and all kinds of rotten smells drilled into his nose. A few muddy roads were full of potholes, and if he was not careful, he would step into them…There were piles of garbage everywhere!
The straw huts at the side were one after another, and the low eaves were not even as tall as a person. This made them finally understand what it meant to have no choice but to lower one's head under the eaves! They had not seen a decent house along the way. The people here seemed to be too poor!
The three staff members, who were originally a little excited, had their expressions change!
Zhao Liang did not expect the situation here to be so unbearable. He was secretly worried for the few people beside him. The work below was not easy to do.
Not long after, a few village chiefs were found by the locals who had gone to look for them. It seemed that they had already told the village chiefs about the situation on the way, so before Zhao Liang and the others could introduce themselves, the one who seemed to be the leader had already rushed forward to greet them,
"It must be Director Zhao! Welcome, welcome! I'm the village chief of the three villages here. My name is Ma Guanglin!”
After that, he introduced the people behind him one by one. Similarly, Zhao Liang also introduced the people on his side and the reason why they came here. After exchanging greetings, Village Chief Ma led them forward while introducing the situation in the village. It seemed that this person was familiar with this place. Therefore, he introduced it in detail, including who lived in each place, who had escaped and who had joined the Self-Defense Army. His mind was clear.
In the end, they finally arrived at a relatively large straw hut and invited everyone inside. How could Zhao Liang be interested now? He only hoped that he could leave this place as soon as possible! This was not a place for humans to live…
However, his sense of responsibility made him stay. However, Zhao Liang was really unwilling to go in and sit! Since he had decided to come, he should take the lead!
Moreover, if he wanted to truly take root here, he had to start from the practical things in front of him. He immediately discussed it with a few of the officers. The place lacked everything except manpower. Therefore, they decided to immediately mobilize the masses and improve the living environment here first.
At the same time, he informed the village chiefs. When the village chiefs heard this, they were shocked. These people were really doing it! They were not just a little touched. In the past, they had also thought of doing this, but their appeal was not enough. Not many people were willing to do this for free, so they had been dragging it out until now. They did not expect these people to come and propose to improve everyone's living environment before they even had a sip of water. They were really meeting a noble person when they went out!
After that, the village chiefs went to gather manpower. Regardless of whether they were men, women, old or young, when they heard that someone was leading the way, everyone rushed over.
Zhao Liang then reported the situation here to the leaders and requested for all the shovels and other tools to be sent over. At first, everyone did not understand. Why did they need tools after going down for not long? After hearing it clearly, he said that he had done it right!
Everyone praised Zhao Liang for his foresight, and then everyone treated this practical project as their number one mission! The people in several places were asked to do good deeds for the nearby residents!
After the notice was issued and everyone took action, another problem arose. They did not have enough tools!
At first, Chen Dongbiao and Boss Yu didn't understand why these people needed shovels, hoes, and iron poles. Could it be that they wanted to open up wasteland because there wasn't enough food? After figuring out the situation, these tools were still in short supply... They led those who had not gone out to work... He had never thought of doing it for these people who came to help him!
It didn't take long for the entire Daodou City and Shanty Town to become a construction site! Boisterous scenes were everywhere, such as leveling roads, digging ditches, transporting garbage and repairing houses. Those self-defense members who were training had also joined in this project. Those who could not move freely had boiled water at home. Some children were either carrying tea to people or helping adults to pour soil and mow grass…
As the insects, mosquitoes, rats, and snakes that were disturbed were looking for new hiding places, they were all wiped out amidst the shouts of the people. As the roads were leveled, the ditches were dug deep, the protective ditches were repaired, the weeds were cleared, and the public wells were cleaned up…Everyone was slowly dissatisfied with the current situation. They launched a new round of battle to eliminate pests in all corners of the world. Then, the scope became wider and wider. In their own rooms, the junk piles outside their houses…
Seeing how the masses had started organizing activities to improve their living environment, and then spontaneously formed a large-scale hygiene campaign for everyone to eliminate the four pests, the vast number of transmigrators were caught off guard. They quickly organized various lime, sulfur, and other items to be used for disinfection and drying in the room and the surrounding area, causing the small Daotou Town to run out of these few items in stock for a while...
As for the houses that had not been repaired, under the organization of the staff, they were quickly repaired! While everyone was still in the mood, Zhao Liang and the others led everyone to level up a few areas for drying aquatic products! After planning out the drainage ditch, they pulled wood from the mountain and built a few rainproof pergola. They also built a few office rooms on the side. Under the suggestion of a staff member, even the simple rooms used by the school were built!
Such a big move in these two places attracted the attention of several villages in the surrounding areas. They sent people over to investigate. When the people sent over saw the brand new environment, they were so surprised that they were speechless!
The people here were obviously shocked by their own achievements. Looking at the different surroundings and the clean and tidy new home, many people began to feel that their bodies were not clean. At first, some people jumped into the moat to wash themselves. As more and more people came, the river could not hold so many people!
This time, the transmigrators were prepared. They began to give each of them a piece of soap! Then half a piece…then a small piece…and…and then he rubbed it on and took it back…it turned out that there was not enough soap!
Zhao Liang did not expect that his momentary action would attract such a huge response. Later on, everyone gave this event a name: New Culture Patriotic Health Movement! This day was designated as Patriotic Health Day!
However, such an event also brought about many repercussions. The biggest one was that someone secretly spread that someone had eaten three big bowls of rice that night! Then, she was punished by the waiter and was not allowed to sleep! This person would not dare to raise his head in front of others in the future…
Then, those warehouses that were out of stock desperately asked for delivery…
It increased Zhao Liang's burden…There were villages that wanted to join the Self-Defense Army…but they were getting further and further away from the county!
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