Although there is a prison army in Shamen Town, it seems that it has no effect on the town. Everyone was very jealous of this new prison army at the beginning, although Li Jing repeatedly said that this prison army would be different from other prison troops, so everyone should respect Zhang Chengye as much as possible. However, there are still some fears in the hearts of everyone, the eunuch is an arrogant and domineering existence in the eyes of everyone in the late Tang Dynasty, in Wang Chong's words, ten eunuchs are lined up and assassinated with guns, but only one of them can be unjustly killed.

Although this is an exaggeration, it can also show the impression of the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty in the hearts of ordinary people and soldiers. However, after Zhang Chengye went to the island, except for the next day, after convening the military academies for a review, and after making an appointment with the ten generals and deputy ten generals of each battalion, there was no follow-up action.

He didn't intervene in the military affairs of Shamen Town as everyone imagined, but these days, he followed the island's big housekeeper soldier Cao Shen Military Zhang Hong all day long, busy packing boxes, and preparing the tributes that Shamen Town was preparing to present to the emperor. Everything on the island is business as usual, and nothing has changed much because of his presence.

After carefully testing Zhang Chengye several times, Li Jing finally affirmed that this was Zhang Chengye, the eunuch who was most loyal to the Tang Dynasty in the history of the late Tang Dynasty. After confirming, Li Jing was no longer so careful, and simply threw him to Zhang Hong to accompany him.

For Li Jing, he still has more things to deal with.

Although the garrisons of one town, two forts and nine garrisons have been properly arranged, the things to deal with are too big. First of all, the matter of the East China Sea in Zhao'an Town, Li Jing invited the three masters of Yellowbeard as soon as possible, and invited Whitebeard, who had already washed his hands. Even Megan and Julie called.

"My idea is to organize the brothers of Zhen Donghai into a sailor battalion of 1,000 people. The camp is angry. It has a thousand soldiers, divided into five capitals. ”

Huangbeard and the others were very satisfied with Qingzhou's decision to throw them to Li Jing, and if they really wanted them to accept other people's recruitment, they had no bottom in their hearts. Anyway, the current situation is almost following Li Jing, and all that is missing is a name. After listening to Li Jing's preliminary adaptation plan, Huangbeard asked: "There are 3,000 brothers in Donghai, my town, and 12,000 other family members. If only the head of the camp of a thousand men is kept, what will happen to the rest? ”

"Pick out the most elite of them and one thousand brothers to adapt the Angry Waves Battalion. The remaining brothers can go ashore to join the workshop, or they can be given land. Even you can join the caravan of the four seas that is being built in the town, and as for the families of the brothers, they can all move to Shamen Town and arrange to go to the big and small black mountain islands. The brothers who remain in the army after the reorganization will naturally be paid for food and food in the future, and even the brothers who quit the army will also have settling-in expenses and arrange work, so that they will not have no place to live. The wives of the brothers were allowed to work in the workshops, and the children were allowed to attend the same school as the children of the island. ”

The three of them were still a little hesitant. "Can't you get a battalion of 3,000 people and put all your brothers into it?"

Whitebeard understood Li Jing's thoughts. The officer is different from the pirates, everything is bound by many rules, and he said loudly: "Since you accept Zhao'an, you can't be as unruly as before." What should I do, everyone listens to Ji Yu, he will make proper arrangements, and he will not lose his brothers. ”

Li Jing chuckled, "We have known each other for a day or two, and we are all brothers who have been killed shoulder to shoulder in blood and fire many times. I will not treat everyone badly, Huang Dangjia will serve as the ten generals of the Nutao Battalion, and the Red Dangjia and the Black Dangjia will serve as the deputy ten generals and the battalion capital Yuhou. In addition, Bai Dangjia will serve as the head of the battalion, and the rest of the original captains will also serve as the first class of the general. At present, the Angry Waves Camp will be composed entirely of Zhen Donghai's brothers, and the military officers will also be held by Zhen Donghai's brothers, and I will not send anyone else to the Angry Waves Camp. ”

Things have to come step by step, and Li Jing is unwilling to rush it, so that these pirates have other psychology. As long as you accept Zhao'an, it won't be long before Zhendonghai will completely become a part of Shamen Town, which cannot be changed.

The next day, under the witness of the generals, Li Jing specially brought Zhang Chengye together to make a ceremony to recruit an and return to Shun, at the Taishan Wharf, Huangbeard and others led the fleet of Zhendonghai to come from the sea to surrender, and presented the order flag, war sword and roster. Li Jing announced Zhao'an on the spot, and reorganized Zhendonghai into the Nutao Battalion, and appointed Huangbeard and other pirate leaders as the officers of the Nutao Battalion on the spot, and then specially selected Shuanglu Reef as the camp base of the Nutao Battalion.

The most elite of the 3,000 pirates were left behind and incorporated into the Angry Waves Camp, and the remaining 2,000 were separated from the army and went ashore to become ordinary people, arranged to enter the workshop of the workshop, entered the construction site of the land, and some were arranged to join the caravan, fishing team, etc., all of whom received a large amount of settlement money and had a new life. There are a lot of settling-in expenses, a full 100 guan, of which Li Jing gave 50 guan, and Huangbeard and others took out Zhendonghai's savings and gave 50 each. With this 100 yuan of money, it is enough for them to start their lives again.

At first, Zhendonghai's Yellow Beard and others were worried that everyone would be unwilling, but they unexpectedly found that everyone was very satisfied with accepting Li Jing's adaptation and even washing their hands and going ashore. Although life at sea is free, but in fact, it is a knife head licking blood, no one knows when Lu Dao will suddenly die at sea one day, and he does not know when Lu Dao's lair will be suppressed by the official army, and he is always worried. Now that they have accepted Zhao'an, they still believe in Li Jing Zhao'an, they have seen the safety and prosperity of Salmon Island a long time ago, and they have always been secretly envious in their hearts. Now that they can join Shamen Town, everyone is very satisfied.

After recruiting the town of Donghai and moving their families to Zishamen Town, the population of Shamen Town increased by nearly 20,000 again. Counting the previous looting of Turtle Island and other islands, now under Li Jing's rule, the entire Shamen Town, one town, two forts, and nine garrisons, a total of 17 islands and reefs, have exceeded 150,000 people, of which the permanent population has also exceeded 120,000, and there are nearly 30,000 mobile workers.

Although the town of Salmon has seventeen islands at once, many of them are small islands and reefs, many of which are uninhabitable, and some of them have been used as military bases. The only islands that can be truly inhabited are the Great Black Mountain Island, the Little Black Mountain Island, and Salmon Island. The total area is estimated to be 30,000 mu, and the cultivated area is more than 20,000 mu.

Li Jing resettled the people of the other forts of Daxie, which had been plundered several times, to the large and small black mountain islands, which had about 8,000 households and 40,000 people. So many people. Even if they give them all the land. Each household is only two and a half acres of land. It's simply not enough to settle down.

In this regard, Li Jing simply implemented the hoarding fort system, with 500 households as a fort, and divided these immigrants into 16 forts, each fort was allocated 1,250 acres of land. In addition, Beibao built a pig and sheep farm and a chicken and duck farm to raise pigs, chickens and ducks for the town. In addition, the forts were asked to form fishing teams, go to the sea to fish, and supply the town and the army with the fish they caught. And sold, the surplus is also pickled and dried fish and other storage. In addition, some handicraft workshops were set up in various hoarding forts to do some external processing for some large workshops in Shamen Town. In this way, although the land is insufficient, the other incomes are completely enough to sustain the living, and even a little richer than the original.

After dealing with these people, all that was left was the 10,000 captive slaves that Qingnipu had exchanged for, as well as the captives and surrendered soldiers of Da Xie Yan.

"Let's get it all in the workshop." Li Jing replied directly to the new town clerk Li Chun. The conditions on Salmon Island are limited, and it is difficult to truly hoard land and raise the army. However, Salmen Town also has a huge advantage that cannot be matched by the mainland. That is, they guarded the largest port of Dengzhou in the north and the maritime trade route. It would be stupid not to do business if you have such conditions, but to devote yourself to digging food in those 10,000 acres of land. Li Jing had already made plans for Shamen Town. That is, the Great and Small Black Forts will be the places to hoard the land and the people, the other islands and reefs will be the places for military training, and the town of Shamen will be built into a military and commercial center.

Shamon Island will focus on the development of those workshops, from ordnance workshops to quilt workshops, and even liquor workshops, rock sugar workshops, perfume workshops, etc., Li Jing will try his best to expand their scale, take advantage of the prosperity of Dengzhou Port, and start a unique business of deep processing. The profits from commercial output, and even maritime trade, were exchanged for food, and all kinds of necessary materials.

Standing on the school grounds, Li Jing said to the slaves of the black crows and crows that had gathered: "You are slaves now, but you will not be slaves forever. You have lost your freedom now, but I am willing to give you back your freedom. But there is only one premise, and that is to stay in Shamen Town with peace of mind. Some of you have been chosen as soldiers, and you have been given weapons and armor to fight for me. Some people will be sent to the workshop and pick up tools to create all kinds of goods. Whatever your fate, as long as you can stay and do things with peace of mind, I can promise that you will all be free. ”

Li Jing's promise was simple: slaves who were selected to join the army would receive freeman status as long as they cut off five enemy heads during wartime, or serve for five years, and they could choose to remain in the army or leave. The slaves in the other workshops were similar, either serving eight years of labor or performing well and were granted early free status. During their service, they receive half the salary of other workers.

And those female slaves, Li Jing was more direct, either serving for eight years, or marrying the officers and soldiers of Shamen Town, once married to the officers and soldiers of the town, they could immediately obtain the status of free people.

The captured Da Xie soldiers were treated poorly, and they were to be transferred to prisoner-of-war camps as free laborers for three years. Those who have performed well at the end of three years can be transferred to the labor camp and work for five years with half pay, and can be released or choose to stay at the end of the year. Then they will be able to become free permanent residents of the island. Of course, they can also choose to apply to join the town army logistics battalion after one year of the prisoner of war camp, and exchange their military exploits for freeman status.

As for the group of 2,000 people who surrendered and surrendered, they will be directly organized into a transport battalion, and they will be responsible for logistics and heavy transportation work as logistics soldiers, and after serving for three years or obtaining three battlefield enemy heads, they can obtain the status of free citizens in Shamen Town or leave.

"Fight for freedom, as long as you work hard, your freedom is not a problem. It is not a dream to get rich rewards, even to promote officers, or even to obtain a mansion in the town, and to marry a beautiful woman from Liaodong. Struggle, your freedom is in your own hands. After Li Jing had announced all the conditions for their redemption of their freedom, he incited loudly with passion.

Although Li Jing kept shouting that they could leave at any time as long as they met the conditions, Li Jing believed that when that time came, it was estimated that there would not be many people who were really willing to leave. He had that confidence, and by that time, no one would want to leave. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )