The seeds of Haiyingcai can also be used to extract oil. [Read full text] Although the number of seaweed seeds harvested this year is limited, it still provides some valuable oil. Lu Wenyuan's three meals a day are fried in this oil.
Lu Wenyuan ate the lunch at the farm alone. It was said to be a "special offer", but in fact the quality was really pitiful. The best dish on the table is the diced bacon and scrambled eggs from Tianchu Factory, plus a few plates of vegetables - the so-called vegetables are actually dried vegetables and pickles shipped from Lingao. In Shandong in November, there are not even a few green vegetables. Can't even see it, let alone fresh vegetables. The only vegetable that can be called fresh is the local cabbage stored in the cellar. Lu Wenyuan's life secretary made a cabbage and shrimp soup.
After having lunch at the farm and taking a short rest, Lu Wenyuan went to inspect the refugee camp without stopping. The refugee camp is located on the leeward and sunny side of the island - even so, it is still bone-chillingly cold. Because they are temporary buildings, they are all quickly built wooden shacks with poor thermal insulation. In addition, he does not have many cotton-padded clothes to supply, so he relies on the stone stoves with flues installed in each longhouse for heating. Fuel consumption is huge every day.
It is difficult to collect enough firewood during the lean years - there is almost no straw in the fields, and the forest coverage in Dongsanfu is not high.
Fortunately, there are still many coal-producing places in Shandong. There are quite a few small coal mines and the price is not expensive. Using his connections in the Shandong church, he was able to easily purchase coal and transport it to Longkou by ship.
As soon as he lifted up the thick curtain of the long house, a smell mixed with sweat, body odor and coal odor rushed straight to his nose, and Lu Wenyuan couldn't help but frown.
He looked up at the long transom windows near the roof. They were all open at last - otherwise someone would really be killed. There was no sign of smoke pouring from the chimney either.
The roof is sloped and equipped with several glass skylights, which surprised many refugees and thought that this kind-hearted Mr. Deer was extravagant. In fact, this was just to use more sunlight and use less fuel.
The passage is made of rammed earth, with raised ground made of dry clay bricks on both sides - there is a flue below that uses the waste heat of the stove - and it is covered with thick wheat straw and dried seaweed. The refugees huddled together in small groups to keep warm.
The temperature in the room can barely be maintained at about ten degrees, which is basically guaranteed not to freeze to death.
Lu Wenyuan took a tour. There were only old, young, women and children in the house, and all the young and strong men had been taken out to work. A line of earthen ramparts and trenches protected by bastions is currently being built around the refugee camp. Farms cannot carry out agricultural production in winter and can only build more infrastructure.
After looking at all the rooms, I went to the kitchen to check the hygiene and food rationing situation. Special relief rations shipped from Hong Kong are used here. Local food prices are high. The quality has deteriorated again, and Lu Wenyuan has given up hope of replenishing food on the spot.
In addition to relief rations, at his request, "milk substitute powder" was also shipped from Lingao - rice flour with a small amount of sugar to ensure that as many children as possible can be saved. Lu Wenyuan inspected the kitchen very carefully. Carefully, he had a very clear account in his mind: the Cheka had a quantified table for each food consumption in the relief program, and required each kitchen to strictly abide by it.
There is nothing wrong with the accounts and inventory. Finally, he paid special attention to whether the cook, who was a naturalized citizen, had any signs of gaining weight, and wondered whether he should weigh himself - Lu Wenyuan, like all the elders, did not believe in the power of morality. After leaving the kitchen, he asked his entourage for the hundredth time: "Is there any new news?"
"Report to the chief, not yet."
"Yeah." A gust of cold wind blew, and Lu Wenyuan couldn't help but shrink his neck. Wrapping up the cloak tightly - the winter of the Little Ice Age is really not a good place to cover! He found that he had frostbite and his feet were sore and itchy. I have used the chilblain ointment from the Ministry of Health and I don't think it has any effect.
What worries him more than the severe cold is that, according to his experience, if the temperature has dropped to this level in early November. Then at the coldest time, the sea surface of Longkou Bay is likely to freeze.
If it's just thin ice, it's not a big problem. Lu Wenyuan was very afraid that the sea would eventually form an ice surface that could allow people to walk on. The water was not deep and the relatively closed bay could easily form thick ice. Bohai Bay will be largely frozen in the winter of the 21st century. In this case, the wicker edge he set up on the sand embankment would lose its function of delaying the enemy, and the farms and refugee camps would be directly exposed to the enemy's edge. The fortifications he was currently rushing to repair were motivated by such worries.
His eyes turned to the beach. In addition to the women working on the beach, fishing for kelp and drying sea vegetables, a group of strong men were running along the beach in the cold wind wearing vests and shouting slogans. One is a stocky man with a hooded head. A man also wearing a vest followed, shouting loudly from time to time.
This is the Chen Sigen detachment of the special reconnaissance team that arrived here not long ago. After arriving, they are intensifying their cold resistance training. With them here, Lu Wenyuan felt a little relieved - the machine guns they were equipped with were powerful weapons.
Due to the weather, the Shandong detachment of the northbound detachment, which was originally planned to arrive a week ago, did not arrive on time by ferry, and the main force is currently still stranded in Taiwan. Only an advance company carrying four 48-pound naval guns landed on the scheduled date, and now the gun positions are being built in full swing.
He looked at his watch. Today was November 1, 1631. According to the normal historical trajectory, yesterday, October 31, 1631, Kong Youde, who was sent to Liaodong by Sun Yuanhua to reinforce the Ming army, returned to the army. When passing Wuqiao, due to lack of supplies, his soldiers "grabbed food on the spot" and clashed with local gentry. The whole army was in commotion, Kong Youde was kidnapped, and a mutiny broke out. A Dengzhou rebellion that lasted for nearly two years officially kicked off.
Although Qimu Island is quite remote, it is within the territory of Huang County, and it is the place where the rebels and officers and soldiers fought repeatedly. In the highly mobile situation where the rebels are mainly cavalry, no one can guarantee that the war will not spread here. Lu Wenyuan must have sufficient means of self-protection - especially now that the northbound detachment has not yet been put in place.
He looked out to sea, hoping to see the black smoke and sail shadows of the fleet on the horizon, but there was nothing - the sea was empty.
Lu Wenyuan sighed and walked back - on the bastion, the soldiers were doing artillery drills in full swing. Some people simply took off their thick woolen jackets and practiced wearing only single clothes. But the atmosphere failed to infect him. He returned to the conference room at the farm gloomily and asked his secretary again, "Is there any new news from Taiwan?"
"No new news." The secretary replied, but she added a new situation: a telegram was sent from Yizhou ten minutes ago.
The content of the telegram was to inquire about the reception capacity of the Qimu Island refugee camp. If possible, he planned to transfer some of the refugees to Qimu Island.
Zhang Daochang has made brilliant achievements in the direction of Yizhou. Using the power of the Dadianzhuang family, he has not only gained a firm foothold, but also the operation of taking in refugees in the name of charity has been carried out smoothly. Not long ago, he experimentally transported a group of refugees to Qimu Island to verify whether the refugee transportation route he planned was feasible.
"Call back to Yizhou and don't send any more refugees for the time being. The current situation in Shandong is unclear and it may be difficult to keep the roads open..."
While he was dictating the contents of the call back, Chen Sigen walked in - this strong man with a well-proportioned figure and a red face, who was a fitness coach. While wiping his sweat with a towel, he said with a smile: "Would you like to follow me and take a sauna every day and then work out?" Exercise will keep your whole body warm and you won’t be afraid of the cold in winter.”
"Thank you. I don't plan to steam it first and then freeze it." Lu Wenyuan said weakly, taking out a seal from his inner pocket and stamping it on the message, "Send it out immediately."
After Chen Sigen arrived on Qimu Island, he immediately built a sauna for himself, took the soldiers to use the sauna every day, and then took them to run in the wilderness wearing vests - according to him, this is to improve the body's cold resistance. Best way: Finns and Russians love saunas.
Lu Wenyuan sent his secretary, and then he said to Chen Sigen: "Old Chen, if the rebels attack now, do you think we can withstand it?"
Chen Sigen was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed: "It's not about whether we can withstand it, it's about how we can fight better..."
"That's a bit of an exaggeration - Kong Youde still has more than 2,000 capable Liaodong cavalry."
"Have the cavalry heard of machine guns?" Chen Sigen said, "Let's not talk about machine guns. My detachment is full of automatic weapons. Basically, after a round of concentrated fire, the enemy will definitely disperse. It is difficult to fight an annihilation battle. It is impossible to fight a rout battle. Question." He patted Lu Wenyuan on the shoulder - the force was so strong that he almost fell down, "Besides there are the advance company and those cannons, this alone is enough for Kong Youde to drink a pot."
Although Chen Sigen said this, Lu Wenyuan was still a little worried. He has sent a group of spies to be active on the road leading to Huang County every day in order to detect the arrival of the rebels in time.
Chen Sigen was not interested in Kong Youde - Kong Youde's fate had already been decided when the Senate decided to intervene. He led the special reconnaissance team to participate in Operation Engine. In addition to providing special operations support for the entire operation, he also had another mission.
The basic attitude of the Engine Operation Command towards the Dengzhou Rebellion is "orderly chaos," which means that the turmoil should be expanded to the entire Dongsan Prefecture, create as many refugees as possible, and then accommodate them. However, their army projection and personnel transportation capabilities are limited after all, and the number of people they can rush to transport at any time is limited. In order to avoid losing too much population and social wealth, the chaotic situation must be controlled at the same time, "rhythmically" "of. Make sure that the places that should be messy are messy and the places that shouldn't be messy are absolutely not messy. (To be continued.
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