Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 117 Safety Fort ([-])

Anda Shiwu waited for Xu Wenxuan's arrival with some trepidation.Although the superiors and colleagues in the coal mining area unanimously supported his actions and insisted on detaining the imprisoned Guaranis, he was still a little uneasy.He felt that he had really caused trouble for everyone this time, and he was very sorry.Moreover, the incident was so big that a large amount of coal in the mining area could not be transported out, and the losses caused may not be small, and I don't know how my superiors will punish me.

Anda Fifteen looked sadly at his uniform, thinking to himself: Maybe he will be deprived of his status as a warrior.

A whole day has passed since the night patrol murder incident. Although the Guarani people have dispersed a lot, there are still many crowded outside the walls of coal mines and coal washing plants, and even the tracks for transporting coal have been removed by them. cut.Although the coal mines and coal washing plants are still operating normally, the coal has been completely unable to be transported abroad, and a large amount of clean coal and raw coal are piled up in the open space.

Generally speaking, the Guaranís acted in a reasonable manner. At least they did not try to attack the coal mines and coal washing plant production areas that were heavily surrounded by barbed wire and thick brick walls.Even when a platoon of troops originally stationed in the coal mine had been withdrawn last month, they still did not dare to cross the threshold.

The seemingly tough but actually weak attitude of worrying about gains and losses, wanting to make troubles for greater benefits, but not causing irreversible things, was seen through by the sophisticated Xu Wenxuan at a glance. Very confident.

Seeing Xu Wenxuan get off the boat, Anda Fifteen immediately walked up, hesitating to speak: "Commander Xu..."

Xu Wenxuan patted Anda Fifteen on the shoulder with a smile, and comforted him: "Deputy Director Anda, don't worry, the superior has no intention of holding you accountable. On the contrary, Mr. Qian is quite satisfied with your performance, and he even praised you for your courage. Do something."

"Master Mingzhu really said that?" Anda Fifteen was suddenly excited.

"Well, he also asked me to tell Mr. Anda that I will have to worry about security matters in the future." Xu Wenxuan said.

"Hay!" Anda Shiwu put his legs together and stood at attention, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Then let's hurry over there now. The sooner the matter is dealt with, the coal can be shipped out sooner." Xu Wenxuan walked forward as he said.

Sure enough, the track from the wharf to the coal mining area has been cut off by more than ten meters. There are still Guarani people scattered in the surrounding fields in twos and threes. Subdue the police.Around the entrance of the coal mine wall, there were about thirty Guarani people walking around, but they were not bold enough to rush into the coal mine wall.

Anda Fifteen held his head high and his chest high. Excited, he stared at the Guaranis with fierce eyes. His subordinates were even more rude. After negotiating with the Tatan guards at the gate, they walked directly to the coal mine management office.

Xu Wenxuan didn't dare to put on airs when he got here, he walked quickly to the brick and tile bungalows, took a closer look, and found that Baishui, the director of the Ping'an Coal Mine, and Ai Cha, the director of the coal washing plant, were there. their entourage.Xu Wenxuan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Mine Manager Bai and Factory Manager Ai, both adults are here. Fortunately, the provincial officials have made another trip."

"What did Lao Qian say?" Sitting behind the pine desk, Bai Shui raised his eyes to look at Xu Wenxuan, then lowered his head and continued writing.

"Master Qian said that the promulgation of the "Land and Resources Law" has shown the determination of the central government. We should no longer hesitate and connive, and should severely punish criminals who attack state organs and enterprises." Xu Wenxuan relayed Qian Hao If so, say.

"Oh? Old Qian said so? Hehe, I also heard that this law was promulgated. There was a fierce fight with the Charuyas at the Lower Yihe Fort. It is said that someone invoked the provisions of this law terms." Bai Shui stood up rubbing his hands, with a happy expression, "Grandma, those people from the Ministry of Justice finally got back to business! Before they clamored all day to act according to the law, they were really crazy. They really should come to the grassroots to see Look, how complicated the situation is, how difficult things are! Sitting in the office all day, just slapping your head like this, doing that, just causing us trouble, stupid!"

"That's right! What the hell, let us tie our hands and feet. Now a bunch of natives are blocking the factory gate, it's really embarrassing!" Ai Cha also echoed, "I have long thought that the bird man Bai Siwen didn't like it Oh, but I didn't expect this guy to be able to fool me. This time, I let him become the leader of the central government. It's really depressing. I don't know what idiots voted for him!"

Regarding the words and deeds of the two adults in front of them who blatantly slandered the senior officials of the Ministry, Xu Wenxuan watched his eyes and nose, and his nose and heart, as if he saw nothing or heard nothing.

Bai Shui walked back to the desk excitedly, picked up a piece of white paper full of words on the desk, put it down after thinking about it, and shouted to an attendant at the door: "Go, call me Anda Fifteen." .”

Anda Fifteen quickly rushed over, and saw him standing at attention in front of Baishui with a "snap", silently waiting for the order.

"Anda, you go to the mining area to inform everyone to suspend work, and gather at the mine." Bai Shui ordered, "Also, open the arsenal and take out the weapons."

Anda Fifteen immediately obeyed his orders and left.

Seeing Bai Shui's order to open the arsenal, Xu Wenxuan was a little taken aback for a moment. In a hurry, he didn't care about his identity, and hurriedly asked, "Mine Manager Bai wants to arm the miners and go out to exterminate the natives? No way, no way!"

"When did I say I was going to exterminate those natives?" Bai Shui cast a sidelong glance at Xu Wenxuan, and said, "Assistant Xu, Lao Bai, I'm not that ferocious. I'm releasing weapons just in case. But, this Helping the natives is indeed a bit too lawless, even vicious incidents that attack state organs, it is really unreasonable not to catch a few typical examples."

"Yes! Lao Bai, I support you!" Ai Cha also yelled, "No, there are still a bunch of tool-stealing thieves locked up in the prison, and this time they will be dealt with together."

Xu Wenxuan didn't speak, thinking that the two adults didn't seem to intend to destroy this native tribe, and in fact they didn't have the strength at the moment.Then, they are nothing more than catching a few culprits, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, first deterring these natives, and then trying to find a way to subdue them.

After all, people's hearts are always lacking. If you blindly make friends and win them over, these natives will have a lot of ideas that they shouldn't have.It's time to resort to thunderous means, so as to improve the memory of these natives and let them know that it is better to be honest in the future.Thinking of this, Xu Wenxuan stopped talking, and making noise at this time would only annoy the two adults.

Soon, more than 200 miners, both on-duty and off-duty, gathered.After regular military training, they formed a neat 5-row phalanx under the command of the foreman. Anda Shifu led the team to open the arsenal, and 50 32-B flintlock rifles were distributed to the first row of miners one by one. , and the 4 rows of miners behind had an extra 2.7-meter spear in their hands.

Bai Shui and others walked to the front of the miners' queue and gave them a simple mobilization.These Tatans opened their mouths wide and listened with difficulty, not knowing if they understood.Baishui didn't care about that. What he needed now was to arm the miners to deter the Guaranís who were peeping outside the door.

Xu Wenxuan watched calmly as the organized Tatan miners marched in a neat queue, and some Guaranís who couldn't dodge were captured on the spot.After the whole team opened the gate, they dispersed in small groups to arrest those Guarani people who were active nearby.

These Tartan miners, who had been popular with Guaraní on weekdays, were ruthless at this time. If the Guarani people blocked near the coal mine and coal washing plant resisted, they would be shot with muskets and stabbed with spears.Some Guarani people who watched the excitement from a distance were also affected. They were also kicked and beaten violently by these Tatans who were in a state of venting.After Xu Wenxuan read it, he was speechless. The two superiors had already said that none of the Guarani people was innocent, and all of them were "guilty", so what else to say?I can only hope that these Guarani people are smart enough, don't try to resist at this time, and try to save their lives.

The Tartan miners did not return until the evening under the restraint of the foreman. The entire team captured almost 20 unlucky Guaranís who were too late to escape.In addition, more than a dozen Guaranís died during the arrest.

White water is not sloppy at all.Because he, the coal mine manager, has many powers such as organizing production, paying wages, training militia, suppressing riots, and judging criminals, he organized nearly 600 people from all miners and their families in the coal mining area to watch a public trial directed by him. General Assembly.

In this public trial meeting, several Guarani people who were caught by the police station during the night patrol a few days ago for stealing coal mining tools were also taken out of prison and stood trial together with the Guarani people captured today.There were 30 defendants in total. Bai Shui picked up a piece of paper he had written long ago, and read the crimes of these defendants for a long time.Xu Wenxuan listened attentively, and it seemed that he was mainly accused of stealing property, destroying public property, gathering crowds to riot, and obstructing production.

After the charges were read, the people below were confused.Bai Shui didn't care, and continued to read the verdict. After reading, he took the large seal at hand and stamped the verdict. It was officially issued that the four Guarani thieves were hanged, eight people were exiled to the Falkland Islands, and 18 people were 3 - Sentences ranging from 5 years to imprisonment.

After the verdict came out, Xu Wenxuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, at least there was no one-headed killing, and the next step is to see the reaction of the Guarani tribe.

(End of this chapter)