Chapter 342 Reception Camp
On December 14, Qu Mao did not go to the Yidao civilian dock to meet the returning Yancheng trade fleet, but went to the southernmost tip of the outlying island. After several days of negotiations, it was also forced by the Yicun territory to provide a small amount of food supply. The anti-Yicun alliance The heroes or commanders of the second batch of invading fleets fully accepted the conditions offered by the territory of Yi Village and formally declared their surrender to the territory of Yi Village.
Qu Mao still seriously underestimated the total number of the second batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance. Among the 30 enemy warships still floating on the sea, there are a total of 3,200 naval fighters on board, while the 15,000 who landed in the forward base The landing force figures are relatively accurate.
But after several attempts to break out, although the army soldiers in the territory of Yi Village were very restrained, hundreds of landing soldiers were killed during the breakout process, and there were about 14,700 people left when they surrendered.
The total number of landing troops and naval fighters who surrendered to the territory of Yi Village is about 18,000, completely exceeding the expectations of Qu Mao and others. There are also 4 medium-sized warships and 26 small warships. These 30 warships They are all very complete warships and can be directly commissioned for service.
In the landing advance base of the second batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance, simple fences, 15 temporary docks, 8 simple thatched huts, and 1 thatched hut have been built. The rest are marching tents, or simply landing The soldiers lit bonfires at night and slept on the ground around the bonfire.
Fortunately, there has been no rain on the outlying islands these days, otherwise, I am afraid that the second batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance will land and surrender at the forward base sooner.
Qu Mao did not go deep into the landing advance base of the second batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance. He just asked Xuande to understand the situation and asked, "Xuande, what should we do next?"
Xuande said: "My lord, according to your intention, this place will be built as a trading port in the future. A village will be built within the area where the second invasion fleet of the original Anti-Yi Village Alliance landed and advanced. Our army's temporary camp will Build a small city with a side length of one kilometer.
Now to deal with these people, the subordinates, Zhen Fu, Su Li, and Kong Ming, will set up two tables at the narrow passage connecting the second batch of invasion fleet landing advance base of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance to the main body of the outlying island, and deal with the 1.8 cases one by one. million people.
Continue to be a fighter or choose to be a freeman, let them choose for themselves. "
Qu Mao asked suspiciously: "Damn it! There are 18,000 people here, and when are you going to do it one by one? And what if the prisoners of war choose to join the army, so what if they choose to become free citizens? Don't they have to be resettled one by one? ?”
Xuande smiled and said: "Yes, my lord, at the other end of the passage, there are naval representatives sent by Lord Su Qiaoer, Lord Zhao Pan, and Lord Sylvia.
If you don’t want to continue to join the army, then we will remove their military posts and turn them into free citizens when we receive them, and hand them over to Master Su Qiaoer for arrangement;
No trouble, my lord, the four of us can do it all in a few days. "
Qu Mao sighed, handed the list of 37 people he had copied to Xuande, and said, "Here are the commanders or heroes in this landing advance base. You should give priority to it and let Zhen Fu be in charge!"
Xuan De looked at the list carefully, and said: "My lord, the heroes on the list are indeed the heroes who negotiated with Lord Zhen Fu."
Seeing that Xuande was still questioning the authenticity of the list, Qu Mao rolled his eyes and said, "Don't doubt it, you can't be wrong.
Give Sylvia Ocean a list of captain-level commanders. She is very interested in the captains of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance. This time there should be captains of medium-sized warships.
As for other things, just follow your ideas.
I request that the disposal of these 18,000 prisoners of war must be completed before January 10. If the workload is really too heavy for you to complete as scheduled, then call some village chiefs and reserve village chiefs to assist you in completing it.
You can even transfer other heroes, so be sure to handle it as quickly as possible. It will take a lot of time to return to the heart and cultivate loyalty.
In the future, this place will be called Digang, and the village will be Dicun. The city transformed from our army’s temporary camp is called Dicheng. This is the only gathering place of residents named after the city in Yicun’s territory. "
Xuande nodded while recording, just asked: "Master, Di Village is 6 square kilometers, isn't it a bit big?"
Qu Maodao: "We modeled the Yancheng Port to build Di Village, but the 6 square kilometers may not be enough.
Xuande, you also have to pay attention, our command value is not enough, so Zhen Fu may be transferred back to the Yi Village Tavern by me at any time to recruit wandering heroes.
We only captured three heroes in the second batch of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance's invasion fleet. I feel that there must be more than this number. Let's see how many wandering heroes will appear in the tavern.
The dominance value is not enough, the hero’s dominance value is definitely a drop in the bucket, it is still necessary for Kong Ming to directly select someone to become a free citizen. They were then recruited to build the dams for the Lihe Reservoir on the outlying islands, as well as the dams on both sides of the Lihe River.
These two projects have been in progress for almost a year, and we strive to complete these two particularly large projects by the end of January. "
Xuande said: "My lord, ending it together means that we will free up more free citizens or surrendered soldiers at once. At that time, there will still be a situation where the command value is not enough."
Qu Mao said: "After the project is completed, we can consider opening more new projects, and the new projects can continue to relocate these citizens and prisoners of war, as well as the freedmen we transferred directly.
The serious imbalance in the ratio of male to female population is also a serious problem. At first, I thought that as long as we make money here faster than their previous territories, their loyalty will definitely increase rapidly. Now it seems that if we do not solve the problem of gender ratio, it will also lead to new dissatisfaction. "
Xuande said: "This, my subordinates can't do anything about it. But with so many disputes on the mainland at present, my subordinates think that there should be more women than men in general. It's just that we can't exchange a large number of people here."
Qu Mao said: "Oh, what the hell, I didn't think that the second batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance could send so many fighters here, so let's take one step at a time."
Xuande said: "Yes, my lord! The subordinates know, let's solve the matter of receiving the camp first, and then we will have a meeting to discuss the issue of command value. What do you think?"
Qu Mao said: "Damn! It's the only way to do this first, hurry up."
(end of this chapter)