When Zhao Liang and the others saw this scene, their first impression was that the place had become " famous ". This was too similar to the scene on TV where they beat up the rich and split the land! What food and use? Even the bamboo chairs were brought out…
The few gentry from Nan Ao Village who had followed Zhao Liang and the others here were furious and afraid when they saw the situation…Those people from the yamen kept shouting,
"Rebel! It was a rebellion! This group of unruly people have all rebelled!"
Zhao Liang and the others couldn't stand it anymore. No matter what, they couldn't snatch it openly like this, right? They sent out a few patrol teams to maintain the local social order. These people who were working in the yamen immediately volunteered to take on the role of guides. With their help, the order on the streets was quickly restored. Those things that had not been stolen in time were returned to the original owners, and those that had been stolen were also recorded by the people in the yamen. This made Zhao Liang quite impressed. They really did what they did.
Then, everyone arrived at the temporary residence of the original yamen in Ganlan…There was a yamen of a fishing shop near the dock. Two stone lions were placed in front of the door. The door frame was hung with the flat door of the Sea Calming Office, but there was no drum to be played. Two big lanterns were still fluttering in the wind under the eaves. The two vermilion doors were not small. The small door on the side might have been modified temporarily. The high wall was hundreds of meters in circumference. It could be seen that this fishing shop must have been quite rich in the past. However, it was empty now. The door was open, and there were some items scattered on the ground. It was obvious that they had been robbed…
Standing on the steps in front of the door, he looked up and saw the entire bay. Not far away were two small islands that were not very high, which just happened to block the ocean currents from the bay. It was a good port, but the sea water in the bay was not deep and seemed to be a little blocked. There were only a few small fishing boats anchored in the bay. No wonder the later generations surrounded this place as farmland!
How did these black people get in?
Just as Zhao Liang was lamenting, Zhu Gang had already run over to report that the order of the streets had been stabilized. The situation had also been clarified. The gentry who had a little bit of reputation in Ganlan had all been taken away! They only got some small shrimps and crabs, and everyone asked what to do next.
Zhao Liang laughed.
"Then let's do it step by step! First, let everyone eat and wash well. Let the staff who stayed behind understand the local situation as soon as possible. We will have to stand down next. We can't help much! Those few people working in the yamen are still useful. It's best to trick them into going to the city. Leave this place to us to develop!”
Zhu Gang also smiled and said," That's easy. They're scared out of their wits here. There's no need to ask them to leave!" However, there are too few people here in Ganlan. Look at how big this town is? Just now, he checked the number of households in the register. This Gan Lan was under the jurisdiction of the Eight Maps of Sea Calming, but the head of this map could not be found now. Everyone said that he had run away, but they did not know where he had run off to. He had not returned yet!”
"Didn't this person get caught?"
"No! They had not planned to catch him at that time, so he could run out. He did not expect this person to be so timid!”
"Then let's not bother about him. We'll still use our own methods to catch the boss and support the second! We'll talk about it when he comes back!"
"Alright! I'll make the arrangements now! Go in and accompany these local tycoons. Otherwise, I don't know what Huang Deqiang is talking about with them…"
"Aren't there a few of his security guards inside? He didn't dare to spout nonsense! Besides, Old Huang is quite supportive of us. He's not like that Yu guy, who's timid and full of ideas! It should not be tidied up yet. Where should I sit? So it's better to enjoy the scenery here, hehe…"
Zhu Gang didn't want to go in anymore. He took out a box of cigarettes and said,"
"Then I won't go in either. Have a cigarette!”
Zhao Liang took a look.
"Isn't this the smuggled cigarette we caught last time? How did you get it?"
"Oh! This is from Li Hailong, and he told everyone to smoke sparingly. The tobacco factory hasn't been set up yet, and I'm afraid that everyone will be cut off from cooking. Haha, but I heard from the manager that a simple tobacco factory will be set up next month. There's also a match factory, a soap factory, and a paper factory. However, the tobacco factory will not be over-manufactured, so we have to put away the cigarette butts now. They'll still be useful in the future!”
Zhao Liang found it interesting.
"Haha! There's no such thing as being thrifty, right? When the filter was produced, it would be a high-tech product! In a few years, I think it's enough!”
"I'm used to it. I have no choice but to think of a way to solve it myself!”
Zhu Gang then changed the topic.
"I say, what's the use of these dried olives? Would they also come to reclaim land from the sea like in the future?”
Zhao Liang replied without thinking,
"That won't happen. It's too time-consuming and expensive! I think this place is to control the few islands outside, so they sent troops to station here! Also, it should be for salt. As far as I know, there are many salt pans around here!”
"Oh! He understood! With salt, they could start the salt industry! This was currently second only to the oil industry! It should be worth developing. It's just that Zhoushan is a little small, and the road traffic is not convenient. For example, this time, it took us nearly four hours to get here! Transportation will be a big problem in the future!"
"Yeah, we'll have to rely on Li Hailong's fishing boats in the future. They'll rust if we don't use them now! The roads could not be repaired now. Explosives were not enough for war!”
Zhu Gang thought for a moment and said,
"That's true! However, we have to develop everything. It's just that we don't have enough manpower. We have to think of a way to get more people…"
Zhao Liang said emotionally,
"That's right! Zhoushan is said to have a population of more than 100,000 to 200,000, but how many are under our jurisdiction now? Step by step! Even if we don't beat that English devil, he'll still have to come back to our place! He couldn't escape! At most, he would change the treaty! However, our current development problem is the most important. If we want to make guns and cannons, we need steel. There are too many questions…"
They wanted to continue chatting, but the room had already been tidied up. Someone had invited them in to rest…
It was called rest, but it was just a name. All sorts of things made it impossible for them to rest. When he arrived at the living room, he found that everyone was also chatting inside, but the target had changed. Other than the local gentry who had followed him here, there were also a few yamen officials and a few leaders of the Black Water Army. Old Huang had apparently been publicly elected as the leader of the group that chased away the foreigners! He was now sitting in the main seat of the hall.
When he saw Zhao Liang and the other two enter, Old Huang immediately came forward and politely invited Zhao Liang to take a seat. When Zhao Liang saw this formation, he knew that they were using the opportunity to chat to understand each other's background. Thinking about how they still had to deal with the mainland in the future, it was better for Old Huang with his big braid to appear, so he insisted on letting Old Huang host!
Old Huang got Zhao Liang's permission and returned to the seat of honor. However, Old Huang's abdication just now was noticed by some people. This time, everyone fell silent. They just looked at the two who had arrived last. When Zhao Liang saw this, he got Zhu Gang to introduce the information he had obtained so far to everyone. According to the reports of a few braver people, the British bandits were now on three sailing boats and several sand boats, heading out to the ocean…As for where exactly they went, they would have to wait for the next step of the investigation.
Then, he briefly mentioned the situation of the dried olives that he had just collected. Apart from a few people being captured, most of the rich families were robbed one by one. However, most of them were robbed of money, and the rest of the people did not suffer any losses.
Then, he asked about the situation of the yamen. It turned out that the Qing government was afraid that the local people would not listen to the government and lose control after Zhoushan was occupied by the British for a long time. Therefore, they made such a bad move and set up a temporary yamen here. It turned out that this place was far from Dinghai and there was nothing special here. This foreigner usually did not come here, but he did not expect that his house would be raided this time…
When they were asked who came up with this stupid idea, one of the officers, ignoring the looks of the people around him, told everyone discontentedly that it was the idea of a student surnamed Huang of the imperial envoy. Then, he suppressed it step by step. When he reached Ningshao Terrace Road, he gave the Sea Calming Hall a task. The Sea Calming Hall also sent a few people who were usually not very obedient to be sent here!
They used to live on the island and usually stayed at home at night before rushing over in the morning. This morning, they came over to take a look and realized that something was wrong. They immediately fled to Huangsha Ao and then to Nandong Ao, so they were not captured.
Then, he said that the Sea Calming Hall was temporarily relying on Ning Bo, and the main official was still Shi Gongshou, who was originally here. However, he was being carried on, which meant that he had committed a crime and made a meritorious service.
He also answered the situation of the officers and soldiers here. There was not a single official officer on the island. Those who fled last year had generally returned to the mainland. They had only temporarily organized more than 30 scattered soldiers here to serve as yamen constables. Now, they had also fled.
After introducing the situation, the quick-talker sighed and said how he would live in the future. This caused those colleagues to frown. After asking, they found out that after the yamen was robbed, they would definitely be punished and fired. Without a job, they would not have any income. Naturally, they would have a hard time…
When Zhao Liang heard this, he was secretly happy. On the surface, he pretended to be concerned and said,
"I don't think you guys need to be sad. Everyone knows that the Westerners are powerful. You guys naturally can't defeat that foreigner. Now that things have turned out this way, the government will naturally consider arranging a new position for you!”
Zhao Liang's words seemed to have pricked a hornet's nest. Originally, the officers had not made much noise. Now that they suddenly realized that they were about to be investigated by the higher-ups, they actually started complaining without caring about anything.
"Why would the officials care about us servants? "Usually, if they're not satisfied, they'll make fun of us. In front of these masters, we're even worse than dogs. If it weren't for the fact that we have to take care of our family, we wouldn't be eating this food!”
"That's right! The villagers usually only see us as decent people, but they don't know that we also have difficulties that we can't say. The higher-ups want us to collect money and goods, and we can't do anything about it. If we can't complete the task, we can't report it. This is great. We've offended the higher-ups and the villagers! I really can't live like this…"
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