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Volume 1 Chapter 71 Post-War Arrangements

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    The entire Dutch army was wiped out, not a single one could escape, only corpses were prisoners.  Ping Hailong, who was planning to take advantage, was also forced to retreat. When the news came back, everyone became excited.

    The impact of this victory was too great. It gave the people of the Federation the confidence to continue fighting against the Dutch and other Westerners, and established incomparable confidence; it let everyone know that these Westerners were the same.  It will bleed, and it will die.

    At the same time, the victory of this battle also allowed the newly established political system of the Federation to be truly recognized by everyone; although everyone agreed to join the Federation before, some people were not satisfied with the rules of the Federation.

    The system is not the same, especially the rich farmers who own a large amount of land. They have a lot of resentment and often criticize the federation's system in private.

    But as soon as the battle ended, and groups of Dutch prisoners were escorted by the escort soldiers, the discordant voices were heard, and everyone recognized the Federation from the bottom of their hearts.

    And when the Dutch were captured, held back by their hands, and strung together through the village, the whole village was boiling to the climax.

    "Long live the President!" "Long live the Federation!"

    "Long live the President!" "Long live the Federation!"

    ?Every person who was filled with excitement and excitement unconsciously shouted this sentence. They repeated it over and over again without getting tired of it. The huge echo made the straw in the hut chirp.

    ? ? Everyone¡¯s emotions, following the slogans, are becoming more and more passionate and loud.

    On the side of the road, a woman with red eyes shed big tears. In the end, she squatted on the ground, covering her face with her hands and burst into tears.  Her husband and brother both died at the hands of the Dutch, and now she can only depend on her mother.

    Among the prisoners in the middle of the road, there might be his enemy, and she finally had hope of revenge.

    Standing next to this woman is a white-haired old lady.  She had been holding back her tears. When the daughter-in-law next to her burst into tears, the old lady desperately hugged her frail body into her arms, and the tears fell from her eyes.

    This woman cried, and so did many other villagers who had the same experience as her.  Even the residents of Dafeng Village who have not yet been harmed by the Dutch are red-eyed.

    "For these simple villagers, they don't understand the truth. All they need is to survive simply, have enough to eat, and have clothes to wear. But before, they lived in unimaginable pain.  Exploited by bureaucrats, exorbitant taxes, and squeezed by landlords below, and then the arrival of the Dutch, life became harder and harder day by day.

    Today, their tears are flowing freely, but they are not sad tears.  They were crying with joy. Many of them were natives of Dafeng Village and had been loyal followers of Wu Yiping for a long time. They regarded him as their own son and gave him the most heartfelt blessings and tears for his success.

    Some are federations that have moved in from afar with suspicion, joining under the threat of starvation.  But after today, they will also become loyal fans of the president. Just look at the Dutch people in the middle and you will know how correct their choice was.

    On the entire island, I have never heard of anyone being able to capture more than a hundred Dutchmen!  And how many Dutch people are there in front of us now?  ?  Although I haven't had time to make detailed statistics yet, I can still get a general idea at a glance.  There were not only one thousand, but also eight hundred prisoners.

    Today¡¯s Dutch people have received a traditional reception from the Chinese. Rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves and other things are very precious and edible, so of course they cannot be used on the Dutch.  So reusable smelly shoes, torn socks, roadside mud and sewage became flowers in the hands of villagers and kept being sent to the Dutch. Some people even kept saying "bah, bah" on the dilapidated and narrow roads.  It rained all of a sudden

    A long line of Dutch people are like products on the assembly line of later generations. After passing through the village once, each person will be marked with a mark, either sewage or silt. The unlucky one may be thrown away by the naughty child.  A pile of horse manure.

    As the prisoners walked over, the shouting did not stop, but became louder and louder!  Ringing through the sky!  The sky was so shaken that not a single bird passed by

    Three days have passed since the battle. These three days were spent treating the wounded and cleaning the battlefield. All the injured people in the Federation were treated. After the treatment of the Federation was completed, some remaining medicines were distributed.  For the captured Dutch, of course, the delay of three days caused the death of some seriously injured Dutch, but what did it matter? For Wu Yiping, it was just a few less miners.

    Now the post-war summary meeting is in progress, Wu Yiping silently looked at the statistical results, althoughThe losses of the escort were much smaller than those of the Dutch, but Wu Yiping still couldn't be happy.

    783 people were killed and 254 injured in the village protection team, including 61 villagers from Dafeng Village who were carrying crossbows.  This adds up to more than 600 deaths.  This is the biggest casualty Wu Yiping has experienced since he came to this era.

    There were more than 3,100 Dutch who came to attack Dafeng Village, and 1,165 people died. The remaining people became prisoners, which was equivalent to leaving more than half of the Dutch behind.

    However, according to the final statistics, more than 200 prisoners have disabled hands and feet, so after calculation, there are still more than 1,000 prisoners who are truly capable of working.  Wu Yiping finally no longer had to worry about not having enough coolies, but now he was worried about too many prisoners to guard.

    In addition to the population, more than 2,000 intact matchlocks, some projectiles and propellants were seized, as well as Carlos' money, more than 1,800 gold coins, and many robbed belongings belonging to residents of Taiwan Island.  Gold, silver and jade.

    Of course, what made Wu Yiping the most happy was the seizure of five sailing warships. These five sailing warships were basically brand new. As long as the sails were hung up again and the relevant personnel were trained, they could sail.  Wu Yiping has always been worried about his sea power, but he didn't expect that someone would give him a pillow when he fell asleep.  Although the Dafeng is powerful, it can't sing alone; just like this time when Ping Hailong encountered it, if he had a certain number of other warships besides the Dafeng, Ping Hailong would definitely not be able to retreat in a arrogant manner.

    "Okay, now that everyone knows the losses and gains from this battle, let's first talk about what to do with the captured prisoners and the captured things."

    Still in that school, Liang Yong, who is in charge of military affairs, and his deputy Luo Hu, Liu Rui, who is in charge of science and technology, Zhang Deyun of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lu Mingyu of the Logistics Department, Gu Yonglong of the Commerce Department, and the newly promoted battalion commander  Yan Dade and Wu Shunkun, as well as more than ten council members.  In short, all the big and small bosses under Wu Yiping gathered together.

    "The escort team is recruiting people again. This will cause many families to lose their main labor force, and they can just supplement the prisoners as labor force." Lu Mingyu spoke first and said that after looking at everyone sitting here, he saw no one.  Only then did he continue: "We can break it down. Those whose families do not have a main labor force will get one prisoner for every two households"

    At this time, Luo Hu said: "Our current food distribution is already tight. I heard that the Dutch have the habit of ransoming prisoners. How about we contact them! See what price they offer. Or exchange some food for them  "

    After hearing this, Wu Shunkun, who hated the Dutch so much, quit. He said angrily: "These Western pigs cannot be released. Should we let them go back and let them harm us Chinese again? In my opinion,

    "Let's behead them all so that we don't waste our food."  "

    "Can't kill! These are our excellent labor force!"

    "But we don't have enough food!"

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    The seized things are easy to handle and no one has any objections. The key is these prisoners.  If not handled well, it will cause big trouble.

    Wu Yiping saw them arguing, so he clapped his hands and said:

    "On the issue of prisoners, please listen to my thoughts first. I will definitely not release those whose hands and feet are intact. First of all, we have to let the villagers identify if there are people who have committed crimes against us Chinese. Regardless of the crime.  No matter how big or small the crime is, all will be beheaded;"

    "The remaining prisoners must also atone for the crimes they committed. Everyone has set standards, such as helping us produce 100,000 catties of rice, or digging 10,000 tons of coal As long as the atonement is completed,

    We can also let them go.  "

    "And we have five sailing battleships. If we want to sail them skillfully, we have to learn from these prisoners. In addition, these people have a very huge use." After saying this, Wu Yiping deliberately stopped and drank slowly.  He drank the water and whetted their appetites It wasn't until everyone was staring at him that Wu Yiping continued slowly:

    "We are now completely on par with the Dutch. They have suffered such a big loss. After the news comes out, they will definitely not give up. They will definitely lead a large army to attack us. When they come to attack us again,  We will tie up all these prisoners and pull them to the front of the position to serve as human shields. I will see what they do then"

    Having said this, Wu Yiping smiled triumphantly unconsciously.  I thought in my heart, "Gah! I learned this from a certain empire in later generations. When the time comes, use all these moves on these enemies."

    This time, I don¡¯t know if they can live thickly!  "After he finished laughing, he continued:

    "And now there is another urgent project that needs these prisoners to complete." Wu Yiping stared atHe watched everyone look around and continued: "That's the woods behind the beach. This time we almost got on the fire attack, so my idea is to cut down all the trees and then open up all the flat areas for planting.  Serve the food. This will be done by the captives."

    "In a word, the captives cannot be released. They must work together and agree to management to prevent them from being lazy or escapingand then subsidize the fruits of their labor to families who do not have the main labor force."

    "As for those disabled prisoners, leaving them here is a waste of food. Let's deal with them according to Luo Hu's method, let the Dutch spend money to redeem them, and let them have the headache of these disabled prisoners."

    After Wu Yiping said this, he gestured to them and asked them to express their opinions.

    "I think the method the president said is very good. It not only allows these Dutch people to slowly atone for their sins, but also serves as a shield for us." Lu Mingyu first expressed his opinion and agreed with Wu Yiping's decision.

    Luo Hu thought for a moment and agreed: "This is an excellent method that not only solves our problem of insufficient labor force, but also punishes these Dutch people. The most important thing is,

    We can take the initiative the next time the Dutch arrive.  "

    Wu Shunkun thought about it and felt that there was no problem in doing it this way, so he also adopted this method.
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