231 Preparation for secrecy

Suddenly, the ordinary people in the Chicken Coop Harbor found that the Chicken Coop Harbor had made a big move again. Since more than two months ago, groups of Hongtang soldiers have been fully armed into the jungle, and for this purpose, more than 1,000 logistics personnel have been recruited from the villagers of Jilonggang to help carry food and materials.

Later, every once in a while, a group of hideous aborigines were escorted to a newly built prison camp not far from Jilong Harbor to watch and detain, so that except for the villagers who came from Bengang and experienced the harassment of Jilong Harbor, other villagers always ran curiously to watch this group of aborigines who were already captives, but still stared at others like fierce gods.

Suddenly, several notices were posted at the same time in the government office building and the port bulletin board in Jilonggang Town, which basically said: From now on, Jilongshan and its huge territory within a radius of 15 miles will be requisitioned by the Hongtang Whale Department as a place for daily military training. All the villagers who wander around this area for no reason will be severely punished.

Although for the people of Jonlong Port, the specific location of Jetch Hill is not something that those who are accustomed to living simply between their place of residence and the land can know. But for Hong Tang, a group of Qiu Ba stations who carried guns and killed people without calculation, they also took this notice to heart, and naturally they were very curious, but no one was willing to try the so-called severe punishment on this notice.

With the posting of these notices and announcements, the Chicken Coop Harbor was once again busy, a lot of supplies were transported to the Chicken Coop Harbor warehouse for storage, a large number of craftsmen were requisitioned and transferred, and at the same time, the more than 2,000 indigenous captives who had been raised for more than a month were also driven.

With the exception of the immature and the elderly, all the other natives who were still able to work among the captives were driven to begin preparations for the development of Chicken Coop Mountain. It's not that Li Tianyang is not humane enough for them, but now that Jilong Harbor is in the spring ploughing season, there is no extra manpower to help Li Tianyang and them start the preliminary work, so Li Tianyang, who is in a hurry, can only effectively use this group of captives to work!

The first thing is to build a flat road between the jungle between Jilong Harbor and Jilong Mountain for more than ten miles, so that many materials can be transported to the location of Wu Jie and their chosen station more quickly.

Due to more than two months of fighting, a steady stream of logistics was transported into the jungle by the logistics personnel who followed Wu Jie and his sweeping team, so in fact, there was already a rough road between the two places that had been trampled and sorted out by the logistics personnel. Next, these captives only need to rearrange the road under the supervision and guidance of the Hongtang soldiers, and the workload is actually not large.

Subsequently, a large number of buildings and daily necessities were transported into the jungle through this improvised road, followed by the special operations battalion and the first battalion of the whale department, which also started and marched towards the vast primeval jungle.

In the meantime, it is naturally indispensable to secretly peek into the unknown people who inquired about the purpose of Li Tianyang's huge operation, who asked Li Tianyang to position the chicken coop port as the window of their team to the outside world, and the self-owned trading market in the surrounding waters!

Although the reputation of Chicken Coop Port is still not obvious, the gradually improved facilities such as shops, restaurants, brothels and gambling houses in the port have attracted many maritime merchants and pirates in the past. Therefore, at this time, in the chicken coop harbor, it can also be said that there are all kinds of characters, which is why Li Tianyang pays great attention to secrecy.

Li Tianyang himself never thought that God would make such a big joke with him, when he chose Jilong Port, Li Tianyang only took a fancy to the excellent deep-water wharf of Jilong Port and the favorable terrain on both sides of it. Of course, the two strongholds across Dayuan Island, one east and one west, also prove the huge ambition in Li Tianyang's heart.

Who would have thought that a golden vein would be found near this chicken coop port, which was insisted on being built into a free trading market by Li Tianyang! This actually made Li Tianyang hesitate for a long time, whether to close the chicken coop port and no longer allow personnel from other teams and forces to enter the port, so as to control this secret to the greatest extent from outsiders.

But in the end, Li Tianyang still gave up this choice, and finally accumulated a little popularity for Jilong Port, and also made the surrounding maritime merchants and pirates agree and believe in Jilong Port.

Moreover, with the strength and foundation of Li Tianyang's team now, it is not enough to open up a third stronghold, because their manpower is really insufficient, especially as a person in a middle and senior leadership position, Li Tianyang really can't find another town mayor who has the ability and determination to lead a region. Not to mention, the manpower, defense forces, and huge backup materials needed to open up the wasteland.

Here, it also reflects from the side that the foundation of Li Tianyang's team is still shallow, and the talent reserve is relatively scarce.

For various reasons, Li Tianyang could only give up the idea of closing the chicken cage port, and instead find a way to control the spread of news from the root.

The posting of this notice is enough to dispel the doubts in the hearts of many outsiders, and at the same time make them dare not act rashly, after all, as far as the military garrison is concerned, it is normal to prohibit outsiders from entering and leaving, and to defend it tightly.

At the same time, Li Tianyang also let Wu Jie capture a large number of natives, as the labor of mining gold veins, not only can minimize the cost of the team, but also as mentioned earlier, the aborigines have no concept of gold and silver, so naturally they do not know how to hide gold and silver, which brings great convenience to management.

Of course, Li Tianyang is not one of those evil invaders of the West, and he still maintains a minimum of humanity for the local aborigines, and will not treat blacks as pigs, cattle and livestock like Westerners conquered African blacks.

Therefore, in his plan, although the natives were strictly imprisoned and imprisoned, Li Tianyang would also protect the minimum human dignity of the natives, and strictly control the labor intensity within the acceptable range of the natives.

At the same time, Li Tianyang also planned to set up schools and shops in the mining area, issue bills with monetary value to the natives who performed well and worked for a long time, and at the same time teach the natives to learn Chinese and Chinese characters, so as to tame the natives from the younger generation and regain their hearts.

Overall, in the first year or two, Li Tianyang would use these indigenous captives for free, and in the years that followed, Li Tianyang had no intention of really using the indigenous people as livestock, after all, Li Tianyang had never been one of those evil capitalist classes.

(End of chapter)