Chapter 870 Base

It is obvious that He Yusheng's war horses were transported from the northern seas. These large animals are very precious. You can see that there are many grooms and veterinarians taking care of them.

After passing through the fence, there are horse sheds, pig nests, chicken coops, and then large storage areas. Most of the various buildings are permanent buildings built with bricks. There are also a large number of barracks in the outer building area, and more than a thousand soldiers wearing gray robes are practicing on the campus.

Hearing the skilled military horns and the sound of drills, the people from Lizhuang couldn't help but burst into tears.

What a familiar picture!

The inner area is also included in the office areas, school areas, and research departments such as the marching department.

Office areas, school areas, research areas, as well as military areas, grain storage areas, etc.

Zhang Xuwen noticed that there were wells inside and outside the camp, and a small river was diverted in, flowing gurgling.

"The river water and well water have been treated." Chang Wei told Zhang Xuwen: "The most noteworthy thing here in Taiwan is not only the complex environment, but also the many enemies and potential enemies. The most critical threat is epidemic disease. We use broken porcelain pieces, gravel and coarse cloth to filter the well water and river water according to the big brother's method. The water boils and drinks it. Recently, the number of epidemic patients has been greatly reduced."

Zhang Xuwen praised: "The military doctors in the marching department are really amazing."

Chang Wei nodded and said, "They are indeed very capable..."

There was no wine at lunch at noon because Li Shouxin and Jiang Kui and other senior garrison leaders also had to go to the banquet. For fairness, everyone had to not drink like these officers.

The dishes are also very southern, with various seafood and fish. In this era, eating meat is the highest justice. The so-called vigorous seafood is not as tight as in later generations. It is mainly population and transportation. In this era, there is no way to transport a large amount of seafood to the inland to participate in the consumption process, so the only thing that can eat seafood is nearshore areas. In addition, the total population and fishing methods are restricted. It can be said that China's offshore fishery resources are still extremely rich. The various seafood on the table are among the finest products, but in people's eyes, it is not as high as the braised pork or roasted mutton.

Before the meal, Zhang Xuwen and Li Shouxin and others exchanged a few greetings. He was not familiar with Li Shouxin, and there were not many acquaintances in the entire Fourth Regiment. However, Jiang Kui was once a member of the attendant department. Although he was both literary and military, he met each other every day, and when he met, he was much more intimate than others.

As expected, eating was just eating. Chang Wei sat in the main seat, swung his chopsticks and said, "Everyone, let's do it."

Even if everyone moved their chopsticks together, no one would drink it. Everyone was holding a braised grouper to make a meal, and it would take a short while to make a mess of cups and plates.

After eating, Chang Wei stood up and glanced at everyone, and said, "That's it. You all who are new to the world today will be free to do it. The regular meeting will be held tomorrow morning to assign specific duties."

Everyone stood up, and Chang Wei had already entered the inner room with his hands behind his back.

After everyone dispersed, Zhang Xuwen said to Jiang Kui: "Brother Jiang, I want to go out and go around."

Li Pingzhi also said: "I am willing to go with you."

Jiang Kui said: "You just got off the boat, don't you take a break?"

Zhang Xuwen smiled and said, "No need, I'm not very tired." He said, "The same is true for Chang Zhengshi?"

"I used to talk and laugh, and I would drink during festivals or special things. Recently, I may have heard that the Military Affairs Office is particularly difficult this year, but Taiwan is not only unable to help, but if we start to build a large schooner according to the plan of Dyzhnev, the ship will need to be tested continuously from design to ship completion, which is already very expensive. In addition, the test consumption will cost more than 100,000 taels per ship, which is a bottomless pit."

Zhang Xuwen said in surprise: "So expensive?"

"Dyzhnev insisted on using nanmu to build schooners. He said there was no oak and there was less teak. Nanmu was the minimum requirement. There were still many mahogany from Liaodong in the drying room here. This guy just didn't need it. He insisted on using the wood that had been drying for several years. Fujian has been building ships, and there is good wood, so the price is too expensive. Moreover, this Dyzhnev also said it was difficult to succeed in one go. It was impossible for us to make a wider 100,000 taels per ship."

"I understand." Zhang Xuwen nodded calmly and said: "He should be worried that most of the profits of this year's maritime trade will be deducted again, and it will be difficult to help Datong."

"Yes." Jiang Kui said: "Young Master Chang is not worried about slander and ridicule. His identity is afraid of this? He just felt that he had used so much money for so long, but he didn't fight. He just started to get a clue. School, sailor, captain, and many things. Sometimes, I feel that he is doubting his ability."

"It's already very good!" Zhang Xuwen said: "Brother Jiang will take me around, let's touch the pulse gate in Taiwan."

Jiang Kui glanced at Li Pingzhi, and Zhang Xuwen quickly said, "This brother Li is also the rising star of our military commander. He is highly valued by Lord Sun and Lord Zhang. This time he called him to sort out the post tour along the way. After everything was ready to go on track, he would return to Datong to report his duties, and he would be a very useful rising star in the future."

"I dare not." Li Pingzhi bowed and said modestly.

Jiang Kui nodded and said nothing. When the person brought the horses, he took the people to the periphery.

When he arrived at the military camp, Jiang Kui saw Li Shouxin on the side of the road and shouted: "Commander Li, I want to take people out for a walk. Please call the official to the Stars to let the door open."

"Wait a minute." Li Shouxin called out, and then ordered the officers around him to prepare. After a while, a team of more than 50 people rushed over, all of which were musketmen with muskets and bayonets.

Zhang Xuwen whispered: "The situation here in Taiwan is so tense?"

Jiang Kui looked a little gloomy, and looked around and said, "The situation is a bit complicated. Recently, we are competing for routes with Yan Siqi. Everyone mainly makes money in Japan. This was nothing, but now Li Dan is seriously ill and we are on the side of Li Guozhu. Yan Siqi still had the idea of ​​taking Hirado Island to become independent. He wanted to do this, but was driven away by Japan. Li Dan helped him. Now Li Dan is almost out of the way, and Yan Siqi is determined to take his position. It is not wrong for Yan Siqi's side, but unfortunately we are on the opposite side. Now both sides are safe on the surface, but they are waiting for news about Li Dan's health. Li Dan is fine, it is fine here, Li Dan has something to do, and there is something to do here. In addition, the natives on the island keep causing trouble for us, coming from time to time, and the Dutch are close to the elbow, so the situation is still very tense."

"Native people?" Zhang Xuwen asked a little strangely, "Didn't the lord tell us not to learn from the Dutch. The Dutch treats the natives very cruelly, so we will treat them with gentleness. So that there will be natives coming?"

Everyone got on their horses and walked out. The long fence door opened in the distance. A small team of soldiers rode out first, scattered into scattered lines of guarding, and more soldiers surrounded Zhang Xuwen, Jiang Kui and others and walked out.

"I have to say that this matter is a bit pretentious." Jiang Kui didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he said a very disrespectful judgment in a muffled voice, and then he didn't say anything.

The atmosphere was a little dull, and there seemed to be dark clouds in the distance. Everyone rode a horse for a while and felt a little sweaty on their bodies.

The climate is very humid, and people in the north feel a little difficult to breathe.

The smell of sea breeze in the air is obvious. After all, it is only a few miles away from the coast. If you are a little higher, you can see the boundless blue sea.

Everyone rushed across the road, and the road was obviously traces of He Yusheng's repair. It was originally a wasteland full of shrubs and weeds.

After rushing out for several miles, there were two or three small villages. There were wooden fences and arrow towers outside the village, and there were several people who looked like civilians holding muskets.

"That's the Tunbao militia." Jiang Kui introduced: "Our main force is usually stationed in the village and has built more than a dozen Tunbao military platforms outside the Tunbao area. In order to prevent infiltration, Tunbao here has built defense facilities and also selected brave men among the people to practice muskets and protect them."

Zhang Xuwen, Li Pingzhi and others looked at the military farms on the roadside with great attention. From Yingpan to these military farms, the fields were about 10,000 mu, and some wintering crops were planted.

Taiwan is very suitable for rice. Some plots are obviously preparing to grow rice. Taiwan has sufficient rainfall. The fields have only made some measures to divert and store water. It is not like Datong where wells and water trucks are dug everywhere.

Some plots are preparing to plant spring sugarcane, and the planting time is just right at this time.

Taiwan is very suitable for growing sugarcane, which is also a plan proposed by Datong. Not only should sugarcane be planted, but it is also an important crop for large-scale reclamation in the future.

Zhang Xuwen frowned and said, "All of this?"

There was a total area of ​​less than ten miles and more than 15,000 acres of land. There were indeed some military stations garrisons outside. When they saw Zhang Xuwen and others, they had cavalry coming out to provoke, and when they saw that they were their own people, they returned to the military station.

There is green everywhere in the distance, and undeveloped forests and shrubs everywhere. There are few roads to see, and at most you can see traces of someone stepping on the shrubs.

At this time, Taiwan had almost never developed any of them. Even when the second generation of the Jiang family presided over the major road project running through Taiwan, the mountains were still wilderness and the conditions were very difficult, which took ten years of hard work to build the road. At that time, it was hundreds of years later.

When people stopped horses, there was a larger herd of deer looming in the bushes.

"All of these." Jiang Kui smiled bitterly: "Maybe you think there are fewer, but when we came here, these lands were all shrubs and forests, and it was not easy to burn, because there were no dead leaves, so we could only solve them slowly with knives and hoes. And the most important thing is that we were short of manpower. Yan Siqi and the others moved a total of more than 10,000 people. Most of them kept the sugarcane and deer-catching and skinning, and went fishing. We only designed the design to build more than 100 households and more than 600 people. In addition, we also took action. Later, the army came over, and the reclamation speed accelerated, and we had the current more than 10,000 acres of land."

"I'm just talking." Zhang Xuwen thought of the situation just introduced, and immediately said: "It's really not easy."

Li Pingzhi showed deep thoughts—
Chapter completed!