Starting from the dredging of the first section of the river on June 2, in the next month, the fleet dredged two blocked rivers, three shallows, and widened one river surface, which was a remarkable achievement. By the end of this month, they had advanced to the river surface near the Thirty-Three People City in the Later World.

After arriving here, Shao Shude put two hundred immigrants and one hundred pirate slaves down the boat. They will build a brand new city and port here as their place of residence in the future. From the Changshan Iron Mine Area to the downstream Milin Lake, the entire transport channel extends nearly 200 kilometers. Even if you go downstream, these shallow water transport ships in the inland river will have to sail for about a week (no boating at night) to reach Milin Lake. Therefore, it is necessary to add ports and supply points in the middle of the waterway.

The Thirty-Three People City, which later generations, is located on the north bank of the Yi River, and is located in the cross-alluvial area of ​​several tributaries of the Negro River. It has abundant water, fertile land, and convenient transportation. In addition, it is already at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the Great Kuchlia Mountains, so it is natural and necessary to build a town here. In fact, not only here, the inland port will be built at the lower reaches of the Yi River into Lake Milin in the future. With these ports and supply points along the way, the route will be smoother in the future.

Four shallow water transport ships in the inland river were sent back by Shao Shude to transport supplies, building materials and the second batch of immigrants. The remaining people, including Shao Shude, all began to clean up weeds and bushes, level the land, dig foundations, and contribute to the construction of the new castle. The men leveled the land, excavated the foundations, and built houses, while the women used some simple tools to deal with the fur hunted in recent times.

The brothers of the cavalry battalion used fishing nets, fish hooks and other tools to hunt more than 200 large otters, while some Chalua sailors used catapult ropes to capture more than 100 South American ostrichs, which not only added a large amount of fresh meat to the entire team, but also obtained a total of more than 300 high-quality fur.

This hunting behavior made Meng Hu, a biologist who accompanied the team frown. He was not sure whether these people would hunt all the aquatic animals on both sides of the Yi River in the future if the government did not order a ban, because their fur could be sold at a high price.

Meng Hu was sent by the Ministry of Agriculture to work on his own. He followed the fleet of the Iron Mine Working Group upstream along the river to investigate the ecological conditions of Milin Lake and the banks of the Yi River. He and Shao Shude were also old acquaintances. When he went to Yazi Lake to develop a coal mine last time, he squeezed into the expedition team and carefully investigated the ecology of the Yazi Lake basin. After returning, he published the investigation diary in a book called National Geographic impurities that he had made himself. This investigation diary vividly describes the species and distribution of animals and plants around Yazi Lake, as well as the lifestyle of local indigenous people. There is a large market among the crossings of Dongfang Port and a small number of senior immigrant staff.

This time he accepted the commission from the Ministry of Agriculture to investigate the fisheries, forestry and soil fertility on both sides of the Milin Lake and the Yi River. While completing his job, he did not forget to do private work. For example, the large number of large otters living in the swamps in the middle and lower reaches of the Yi River, the fish that can be seen in the naked eye, and the South American ostrich and jackal in the grasslands on both sides of the river are the subjects he likes.

"I have to regret to point out that our behavior of hunting big otters for short-term economic benefits is extremely shortsighted and stupid. Because this will cause the entire big otter population to shrink sharply and imbalance in the ecological chain, which ultimately endangers our living environment. A senior cavalry officer took a defensive and ignorant attitude towards this kind of indiscriminate hunting and killing, and only economic benefits are in his eyes. A wetland area with abundant water and grass has established a human city, and thousands of South American ostrich, jackal, big otter and other animals are displaced and forced to migrate. All of this was caused by the order of a senior government official..." Meng Hu, the "angry youth" who traveled from the 21st century to the 17th century, wrote on his manuscript paper, pointing his finger directly at some leaders.

"Teacher!" One of his assistants suddenly shouted, his voice trembling a little.

"Don't make noise, I still haven't finished writing a paragraph, and I won't have this inspiration in a while." Meng Hu didn't raise his head and sat on the grass and continued writing.

"No! Teacher, there is something wrong!" Another assistant also shouted loudly, pulling Meng Hu and running back while shouting.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Meng Hu asked dissatisfiedly, but soon he shut up, and like his assistant, he turned around and covered his head and ran back. Behind them, there were a large group of Chalua people wearing animal skins and linens rushed over with spears and muskets!

At this time, the left-behind personnel in the camp had already discovered the abnormal situation here. The crisp sound of gongs and sharp whistles sounded almost at the same time. Shao Shude organized personnel to distribute weapons, and hundreds of engineering construction personnel, technicians and management personnel were assigned a musket. Many of them had participated in more than one battle. At this moment, picking up weapons to rectify a little bit of an order would be an army that was not inferior to the regular army. As for the new immigrants, they were assigned some spears. Shao Shude ordered them to wait until the Chalua people hit the barbed wire later to form tight formations and poke the spears to block the other side, and give the musketeers more shooting opportunities.

Musketeers of the 72 officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion and hundreds of construction personnel were scattered in the spearmen's queue, loading ammunition, and quietly waiting for the arrival of the Chalua people through the barbed wire. At this time, almost everyone was glad that they carried a large amount of barbed wire before the departure, and they were also tired of pulling barbed wire and hanging barbed wire every time they arrived. Sometimes, this good habit can really save lives.

Xu Yu looked at the Chalua people who were rushing towards him with a serious expression about 200 meters ahead. As the officer with the highest rank here, the command power had been handed over to him after the battle began. It was very difficult for the army to capture the Chalua people to replenish the population. Unexpectedly, when they did not need them to appear, hundreds of people suddenly poured out. This matter was a big deal! And there was even more unpleasant thing, that is, these Chalua people actually had muskets in their hands!

Where did they get muskets? How could they have muskets? Xu Yu was depressed. Although they seemed to be all muskets, they were also muskets. It seems that there were almost dozens of them. Damn, it must have been given by the Spanish! Those Jesuit missionaries, just teach them how to farm, raise livestock and believe in God, why did you get muskets for them! Isn’t this intentional trouble?

There was no more time to sigh for him. Because the Chalua people had rushed to about a hundred meters away, Xu Yu stood on the far right side of the queue and blew the copper whistle in his mouth.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The first row of musketeers fired a volley in front of the barbed wire. After the shooting, they quickly retracted into the spearmen's queue and began to load nervously.

Meng Hu gasped, while loading the flintlock rifle in his hand with a familiar way, and then tamping the lead bullet with a strip, he kept muttering: "Bless the Bodhisattva, bless the Supreme Lord! I haven't fought a war for a long time, and it's rare to have a last round of formation. I have no eyes on the sword and gun. You must bless me with peace and safety."

The musketeers in the second row also retreated after the volley shot, and the Chalua rushed closer. Meng Hu consciously took a step forward. At this time, he clearly heard the sound of heavier and heavier gasping from a tall blonde spearman on his left. He looked a little young and nervous, and his legs were trembling a little involuntarily.

After the third row of musketeers fired volleys, they also retreated. Meng Hu patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous, you won't die!", then stepped forward and stood still. He raised his gun, placed it flat, aimed, and then closed his eyes under the officer's sharp copper whistle, and gently pulled the trigger.

The firing hammer with flint slammed hard on the fire curtain, and the hot sparks generated fell into the pot of medicine, successfully igniting the induction medicine, and the musket was fired smoothly. After the firing was completed, he did not look at the results of the battle, and quickly retreated back into the spear cluster to start loading and loading.

After four rounds of volleys, the Chalua fell down a total of seventy or eighty people. The remaining Chalua spearmen were still rushing forward without fear, while their mezzanine gunmen had already started to line up to shoot. They carried long fuses and tinders on them. In the quick trotter just now, some of them had their fuses dropped, and some of them had their fuses extinguished, and they were all busy preparing for the shooting.

But the precious time they wasted on the battlefield was proved deadly, because the enemy would not wait for you to light the fuse before competing with you. The musketeers who traveled through the journey made two rounds of volleys again. The current focus of this time was the Chalua Musketeers in front of them. The dense formations of these rare Chalua Musketeers are easy to shoot, and of course they are easy to shoot. So under the dense shooting of lead bullets, the first Chalua Musketeers fell in pieces.

The death of the first row of musketeers made the second row of musketeers even more panicked, and their lack of training was exposed. Some people started shooting alone after completing the shooting preparations, while others were still busy loading ammunition, and some even inserted a bar into the barrel and fired it out. Their sporadic shooting only caused the death of few soldiers on the crossing crowd, and the crossing crowd responded to them with more violent volleys of gunfire.
Chapter completed!