While Lu Da was busy cutting meat and steaming fish, he also listened with a smile. He felt extremely proud that he could become a companion of the good men who broke through the fort today and become a part of this group.

At this time, if you don’t have a high salary and high salary, even if you get twice the amount of money, Lu Da would not want to leave.

The only thing he was worried about was that the four brothers were from all over the world. Lu Dafu should be in Xinghe Fort, and Lu San might be in Heihe Fort. The one who was most worried about was Lu Si. It was not clear which military station he was assigned to. If he knew that Lu Si was in the military station that self-destructed, he might not be in a better mood as he is now.

The four brothers joined the army together, which is not common in the Heyusheng team. It is also because the review was not strict after the large number of enrollment of the baggage troops, otherwise Lu Si would not be able to enter.

"Don't be depressed, kid." Lu Da waved his big iron spoon, made a thick jar of meat soup, and shoveled a large salted fish, and put it together in Zhang Yansheng's lunch box and the jar.

The soldiers and baggage soldiers first used their meals. The rice was cooked early. When the troops fought back, the sun was still bright. When the civil affairs personnel and Han merchants came to make the meals, the sun was slanting, but the light was still enough. Until everyone got the meal and went back to eat and wash it, the genius had just wiped the black.

Lu Da's face was covered with sweat. It was not good to be a cook. He had to stay in front of the fire stove every day. If it was fine in winter, the temperature was already very high in the early summer, so he would naturally be sweating profusely when standing in front of the stove.

Zhang Yansheng was already the latest group to come. The people were not as well organized as soldiers. After each received the soup and cakes, some people went back to enjoy them with their wives and children. They left in a hurry. Bachelors and men gathered together to eat in groups. Everyone sat around the well or under the eaves. The evening breeze made people feel very refreshed. Everyone drank soup in a rush and ate the cakes with salted fish, and they had a lot of fun.

Not everyone has salted broth and salted fish. Generally, one serving is a family. If a single man gathers up four people to get one, the cake will be enough.

Zhang Yansheng was having sex with a few teenagers, and others had already started eating. Zhang Yansheng's face was still a little dumb. He took a bite of his pancake, but he did not snatch the salted fish with the teenagers to serve the meal.

"I miss my family again︽≥︽≥︽≥︽≥︽≥︽≥︽≥,m.▼.c↑om?" Lu Da wiped his sweat with a towel, brought his own meal and sat next to Zhang Yansheng.

The cook must have a natural advantage in food. Lu Da’s lunch box contains not only salted fish with broth, but also a few pieces of sheep hooves and elbows of sauce. He took two pieces into Zhang Yansheng’s lunch box and said, “The world is big, and the food is the biggest. Do you have to know that you look like this here? Don’t they worry about death?”

Lu Da said again: "You guy, I think of my fourth brother as soon as I see you. He is about the same age as you. He has become a baggage soldier. I don't know if he can endure the suffering, nor where to station, and whether there is any danger..."

Zhang Yansheng said: "My family is in Bansheng City, and most of the Han Shang and Hanmin are withdrawn. My father is definitely fine. He is a director of the chamber of commerce. I am afraid that things will be urgent, so my mother and two younger brothers don't come out..."

The two sat opposite each other for a while, Lu Daqiang smiled and said, "I comfort you, I sigh here, I am not talking. Come, brother, eat, how close does Heihe Fort be to Bansheng Land? It's a hundred miles away. With the transportation capacity of our and Yusheng, how many people can't get out? Besides, your father is the director of our Chamber of Commerce. How many people have withdrawn? Even there are people coming here from Bansheng Land, but you can relax..."

Maybe he was hungry, or maybe Lu Da’s consolation was effective, so Zhang Yansheng started to eat in big mouthfuls.

Lu Da himself was not very hungry and had no appetite for food after cooking.

When he was the leader of the gang, he had gained about 20 pounds in two months. Later, he gradually lost weight after training every day. Now he is much stronger than when he was at home, especially when his shoulders are wider, his waist becomes thinner, his legs are long and well-proportioned, and he has a lot of muscles. A man with such a figure seems to have changed his body than when he was doing farm work. The baggage soldiers often joke that after returning to his hometown, regardless of the identity of the baggage soldiers, this body alone is enough to marry a family.

"I don't know when this battle will be finished." Lu Da sat cross-legged and said with a serious look on his face: "I have saved some money. When the battle is over, I will take a leave and go home to get a wife."

Zhang Yansheng was so hungry that he was not choking. After a while, he said, "What's the best thing about marrying a wife? I'm not old enough now. If I'm old enough, I'll join the army."

"Do you just sign up for the military school?" Lu Da said: "Then you come out of the school, and you have to salute when I see you."

Zhang Yansheng shook his head and said, "I want to be a warrior first, and then kill a group of Northern Captains."

"Then you eat more." Lu laughed and said, "You don't understand the benefits of marrying a wife, but when you really become a strong man, you will understand then."

Zhang Yansheng said: "Just like you understand, you have never married you."

Lu Dayizheng scratched his head and said after a while: "Stinky food can't stop you from talking. Hurry up and eat it. Only the strong soldiers of the warriors will accept you. Otherwise, who do you think we and Yusheng's business group will accept it?"

...

"I've been walking for four months!"

A gray city was finally approaching, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. A few of them had a little less emotional self-control and immediately sat down on the ground. Mo Zongtong sighed. He could hold on and didn't sit down.

The ground was like the grassland, with green grass everywhere, wild flowers blooming on the hills and roads everywhere. The only difference from the situation they came along was that there were many men in gray robes cutting down trees by the side of the forest. The sound of saws and axes cutting trees was spread far away in the open space, and the other was the laughter and shouting in Russian.

The city is also a typical Russian building. In the eyes of Mo Zongtong, Zhang Xuwen and others who express their feelings, this is a very strange architectural community, pointed and round buildings below, one by one, like big onions, which are completely two concepts with Chinese architecture.

Zhang Xuwen said: "This is the crystallization of different civilizations, and it is different from the yurt like the Tartars."

Mo Zongtong, He Bin, Zheng Zhilong and others all came to the scene... After getting along with the Russians for a long time, they had to admit that these Russians were rude, rough and very hostile, but they did not just be rough in their work. Russians also had a delicate and admirable side. In any case, this is indeed a civilized race, not the uncivilized backward and barbaric like the Tartars.

Starting from Lizhuang, then exiting the rushing entrance, passing through the Tumote tribe, the Tushetu tribe, the Chechen tribe, and then passing through Irkutsk, and then crossing the vast dense forests. After nearly four months of long journeys, marking grasslands, dense forests, valleys, and rivers all the way. Finally, I arrived at the final destination of this trip, and it was also the largest city in the Far East, Tomsk.

The people in the city should have also discovered that Mo Zongtong and others were still with them. Madoff and a team set off in advance a month ago. They did not explore or draw maps, but were just rushing to the road, and they should have reached about a month earlier than them.

"If you calculate the time," Mozong Channel: "The Russians follow several rivers from Irkutsk and mobilize horse-drawn carriages. It takes about two months for a single trade. If we count our time, it takes at least three months. We can conduct large-scale trade four or five times a year. After deducting the high cost of long-distance trade, they still have a lot of profit. No wonder these guys are desperate to trade with us."

Now Mo Zongtong, Zhang Xuwen and others have also figured out the details of the Russians. Russians can only be considered second-rate or even third-rate countries in Europe. Now the first-rate powers are the Netherlands and Spain. They are located in Western Europe and have been well-known for their early enlightenment. After the baptism of the Renaissance, they have been colonized for a hundred years and have a large number of colonies overseas.

The Chinese always think that the countries in Thailand are countries. In fact, Spain is not large now, but it is not. It is equivalent to the Sichuan province of the Ming Dynasty. Its overseas colonies are more than ten times the local area. Its local area and colonial population also have a population of over ten million. This is actually a standard big country. It can control millions of square kilometers of land and population thousands of miles away, and can continuously plunder wealth to the local area. From this alone, can the national strength and civilization level of the Ming Dynasty be above Spain?

The Netherlands is not a colony, and there are more than 20,000 local merchant ships, of course, including many ships, and there are more than 10,000 large merchant ships. The entire country is almost composed of sailors. This country is also the first country in Europe with bourgeois rule. It is a country of merchants and civilians. The number of merchant ships on the sea and the wealth of the country is far above the Ming Dynasty and Russia.

In addition to the Netherlands and Spain, Britain, Portugal and other countries are also first-class powers. The British are full of strength. Now during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the British have used privateers to constantly seize the wealth of the Spaniards at sea and snatch business roads with the Dutch. The two countries have launched many large-scale naval battles, and this war will last for many years.

On the border with Russia, the biggest enemy of the Russians was Sweden. In later generations, it was a standard country with harmless humans and animals, but at this time it was a standard military power. Gustav II was a genius of military science. The core subordinate of this king was an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people with many veterans, few cavalry but elite artillery, and very strong artillery. Under Gustav's command, Sweden won many foreign wars. The Russians had been defeated several times under the Swedish artillery fire. The estuary he captured was robbed back and was beaten so badly.

As time goes by, the situation in Europe gradually emerged in the minds of Mo Zongtong, Zhang Xuwen and others. Zheng Zhilong and others also gained a lot of knowledge. Only then did Zheng Zhilong and others realize that Europe is not only the Netherlands and Spain, but also several countries, each with their own strengths. Countries like Russia have spanned two continents, Eurasia and Asia, and their territory is astonishingly large. However, they still have a long way to go if they want to become a first-class power.
Chapter completed!