The New Story of the Opium War
50 Chapter Forty Nine Demolish the City Walls?

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Zhao Liang continued to work on Chen Dongbiao's thoughts.

"You saw the expressions of those carpenters just now, right? Think about it again. Now, the work that they originally needed two days to complete was completed in less than half a day. Then, they could do other things. Wouldn't that increase their income? With our machines, isn't the speed much faster? I've been emphasizing that you should learn how to write, but if you don't, how are you going to use these machines?”

"Director Zhao, I understand what you're saying, but for a rough person like me, seeing those words gives me a headache!”

"I also understand that at your age, it's already past the best time to learn. However, in the future, we will let people like you learn and use it in the process of work.”

"Right! What we are doing today is called a sandbox. It needs to be kept a secret! Don't tell anyone. You have to be careful!”

"Yes, sir! Director Zhao, although I don't know why you want to keep it a secret, I will definitely remember your words!”

"Why keep it a secret? Let me give you an example. If someone wants to go to a place but is not familiar with it, he will have to spend a lot of time asking for directions. If he can't find the way, he may get lost and can't get to the place he wants to go. However, once he is familiar with it, he will quickly find the place. This is the advantage of this sandbox! If we were in a war, this would be the meaning of what you said just now!”

"Oh! I understand now! Yes, it needs to be kept a secret!"

As Zhao Liang spoke to Chen Dongbiao, he continued to perfect the details of the sand table. Unexpectedly, Li Hailong's voice came from outside,

"Zhao Liang? Zhao Liang…Which room did you hide in?"

"Sigh! It's here!"

When he came out of the door with his hands full of mud, he found that it was not just Li Hailong alone. Behind him were Wang Wenbao, Tao Xuelong, Zhu Gang, and a few unfamiliar faces. He could not help but be a little surprised.

"Captain Wang, Xiao Tao, Xiao Zhu, what brings you here?”

It was Li Hailong who answered him,"

"We were going to the county office for a meeting. We passed by your place and happened to drag you along, so we didn't inform you. Sigh! Look at your muddy hands. What are you doing? Why does this place look like a carpenter's shop…"

Zhao Liang wiped his hands on the wood shavings and explained casually,

"It's all because this map is not easy to use. I made a sand table as soon as I came back…"

Wang Wenbao's interest was piqued."

"Xiao Zhao! When did you learn how to make a sandbox? Why didn't I know…I have to go and see if anyone is interested?”

Everyone was naturally interested when they heard that. They followed Captain Wang into the room to see what was going on. When they saw the roughly formed sand table, Wang Wenbao, who grew up in Zhoushan, saw many differences at a glance, especially the coastal bay parts. It was basically different from his memory. He could not help but ask Zhao Liang in surprise,

"Xiao Zhao! This sand table is not bad. I think we can make it bigger! But are you sure you didn't make a mistake with the topography of Zhoushan? Look at this Ganlan area. Why did it become a sea apart from mountains? Where did the flat land go? How deep was the coastline? And this Cen Gang, the coastline is almost running to Siqian Street…"

Zhao Liang slapped his legs aggrievedly.

"Sigh! Captain, it's been hard on me. The map we used must be changed in the future! Where are the places you mentioned just now? Basically, they were all from the gulf! Apart from the mountains, there was nothing else that could be used as a reference! If it weren't for the guidance of those locals, he would have run a lot of this wrong way!”

Li Hailong did not have a deep impression of Zhoushan. Now that he looked at the sandbox, he felt that it was out of the ordinary. He did not find anything wrong with it. He quite agreed with Wang Wenbao's words about the scope.

"Political Commissar Zhao, you've worked hard this time! Why didn't you take a good rest the moment you came back! This sandbox was indeed well done and timely! People like us weren't familiar with Zhoushan in the past, but now that we have this sandbox, it's clear at a glance! But you have to keep it a secret!"

When he heard the word 'confidence', Chen Dongbiao, who was standing beside him, also chimed in,

"Commander Wang, just now, Director Zhao also reminded me to pay attention to the confidentiality of this sandbox! You can't tell anyone!"

Hearing his words, Wang Wenbao happily praised,

"Xiao Zhao is right. Captain Chen, not only do we need to keep this sandbox a secret, but we also need to keep a lot of things a secret. We can tell the public about those things, but we can only use those things internally. We are still sorting them out. Once we confirm it and send the documents, you have to emphasize this to your subordinates! This was discipline! You can't violate it!"

"Yes, sir! Please rest assured, I understand. Now, I will ask my subordinates and the nearby villagers to be careful not to tell outsiders about everything we have here so that they don't know our background. This way, our chances of winning will be higher!”

"En! Our Captain Chen is so enlightened now! It should be worthy of praise! Of course, as leaders, we must always pay attention to what we should say and what we should hide. We must develop good habits!”

Then, everyone talked about the problems on the sand table and the map, and they all talked about their opinions and improvements. Wang Wenbao followed everyone's opinions and talked about his own ideas again.

" Since we know that the terrain has changed a lot, we need to make some adjustments when we use the map. Not only the land, but the ocean as well. Zhao, Li, I think we can consider setting up a special department to prepare for our future work!”

Everyone knew the importance of this map, whether it was in the past or the future. Today, after being reminded by Zhao Liang's sand table, this matter was brought up and confirmed without any dispute.

After this matter was basically over, everyone brought up the purpose of looking for Zhao Liang and the others. At this time, Zhao Liang also noticed a few new faces that he had never seen before. He seemed to have seen a few of them before, but he could not remember them!

When Wang Wenbao saw his appearance, he laughed apologetically and introduced them to him one by one. Only then did Zhao Liang realize that two of them were smugglers who had been caught and transmigrated together with him! As the captain of the ship, Zhao Wenfeng and the boatswain, Wen Yongzhong, Zhao Liang rushed up to shake hands with the two of them and joked,

"I'm really sorry! He had forgotten about the two of you when there were too many things! However, I still have to apologize to the two of you for bringing you to this ancient time! Haha, if it was banishment, it would be too far!”

The ship's boss, Zhao Wenfeng, said excitedly,

"Political Commissar Zhao, oh! I should be calling you Director Zhao now. It's fate that we can be together, right? As a citizen of China, who didn't want their country to become stronger? No longer being bullied by the superpowers? We smugglers also have this kind of awareness and passion! We have to thank you and Commander Wang! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to reach the ancient times! Let's not talk about the past. Now that we have a chance to turn things around, we all hope that the leaders will give us a chance to go to the battlefield and teach those ancient bandits a lesson!”

At this time, Wang Wenbao also chimed in,

"Haha, Little Zhao, it's really touching to talk about Boss Zhao's enthusiasm. When they heard that it was the Qing Dynasty, during the Opium War, their first request was to take a few of their ships to fight the British! He wanted to take back Taiwan and Hong Kong and not let the regrets of future generations reappear! "After hearing our plan, they actively supported our operation. This time, they basically followed us, which also strengthened our strength. The operations in many areas later will also rely on them!”

When Zhao Liang heard this, he once again thanked Boss Zhao and the others for their righteous actions. Boss Zhao was not humble either:

"Now that we're from the same organization, Director Zhao, if you're so polite, you're pushing us out! Haha!"

Zhao Liang also laughed out loud when he heard that. This laughter contained many meanings, but in fact, it was an acknowledgment of the other party's identity. In the words of the future generations, they were comrades!

This episode passed quickly. After listening to Wang Wenbao's simple introduction, Zhao Liang understood that a lot of things had happened on Tokyo Island in the past few days. In particular, the reorganization of the logistics and armed forces had basically been completed! That was how his operation went smoothly. Then, Zhoushan also began the administrative work. The meeting that was prepared today was about these situations.

Then, everyone rushed to the county government office. There were still some local government officials waiting for a meeting there! Along the way, Zhao Liang saw the open fields outside the city. It was a bit like the construction sites in the future. There were people coming and going everywhere, and there were also a lot of materials piled up. When Wang Wenbao saw this, he patiently introduced them to Zhao Liang, This piece of land was owned by the government. This time, they had used it to open a factory. The land in the shanty town in the south was also owned by the government. In the future, there would be a new industrial development zone there. The residents were prepared to move to Hebei. This way, firstly, the housing would be transformed, and secondly, the land use principles would be standardized!

After listening to Wang Wenbao's introduction, Zhao Liang now felt that in just a few days, the government's organizational work was many times faster than when he was in charge! He couldn't help but sigh.

"Old Wang! It seems that we can only care about the war. The construction of this place is really not something we know how to do! It had only been a few days, but he had already planned and designed this place to such a scale. He had to be impressed!”

Li Hailong laughed and said,"

"Brother Zhao! Do you know why it's so fast? Haha, a large portion of them copied the original construction drawings here! It was just lowering the original design and construction standards. It would be a problem if it was not fast! But this way, it gave me quite a lot of inspiration. In the future, every time we occupy a place, we can use this method. That's why we have to sort out the information of the future. This way, the early preparations will be a little bigger!”

Zhao Liang still affirmed their work.

"To be able to think of such a method is not simple. This is worth learning from!"

Li Hailong also revealed another piece of information.

"Brother Zhao, there's something you definitely don't know. Someone even proposed to tear down the city wall and build houses for the slums! It might be raised at the meeting today…"

When Zhao Liang heard this, his thoughts couldn't keep up.

"This city wall is fine. Wouldn't it be a pity to tear it down? Besides, we're only occupying this city now. We should at least make a model, right?”

Wang Wenbao seemed to be quite emotional.

"This city wall is also a problem. If we keep it, it can only be considered a memento. It has no effect on defense at all. Therefore, some people proposed to demolish the bricks to build a house. However, doing so would definitely have a huge impact on the locals! Keeping the city wall is a sign of unity for them, but keeping it means spending time to protect and repair it. However, we don't have the energy to do so at the moment, so it's difficult for everyone to make a decision at once!”

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