Only after Zhao Xin and the others saw Huang Maocai again more than a month later did they know that when Huang arrived at Xinxingsha on the southeast side of Chongming Island that night, there were already more than a dozen large and medium-sized sailing ships moored on the nearby ocean. Water boat.
The so-called shuttle boat is a lucky boat. The characteristic of this kind of boat is that there is no bow post at the bow position, and the bow is like a big open mouth. The bottom of the boat is painted with white ash to prevent the corrosion of barnacles and other shellfish.
The length of the boat is between 36 and 37 meters, and its width is 7 meters. It has 24 cabins and can carry 1,500 stones. Each ship is equipped with more than 30 sailors and boatmen, and 80 sailors. Zhongganzhuan is 23 meters long, 6 meters wide and 2 meters deep. It is equipped with more than 20 sailors and boatmen and 60 sailors.
The water boat has a wide deck and a shallow belly. The hull is 22 meters long and the beam is nearly 6 meters wide. This kind of ship was originally a type of transport ship along the Jiangnan coast. It was mainly used by the navy in the Qing Dynasty to capture pirates at sea; it is also a large and medium-sized sea-going ship.
(The shortcoming of the large sailing ship is that it has poor maneuverability. It is said that it is as tall as a city and cannot be driven by human power. It relies entirely on favorable winds and tides. However, it is inconvenient to return. Moreover, its draft is deep, so it can only benefit from the open ocean. In the Caspian Sea, it is Yijiao is shallow and must be rescued by the sentinel boat.")
Fortunately, Lao Huang's sand boat was hung with the Susong Navy's sentinel flag bought for 500 taels of silver, so he passed the inspection without any danger. However, when the Qing army sentry ship boarded the ship for inspection, Lao Huang tentatively asked the general manager.
After receiving the five taels of silver handed over by Lao Huang, the manager said with a smile: "Thank you for coming back tonight, otherwise we would be in trouble tomorrow."
"Oh. How do you say this?"
Mr. Nabo explained: "According to the order of Master Lan, the admiral of Jiangnan Water and Land, starting from tomorrow, the sea in Chongming area will be banned. All ships will be suspended from going to sea for two days. Ships returning from overseas must be boarded and inspected by the patrol navy before they are allowed to enter the inner ocean." .”
Lao Huang then asked what was going on with these large and medium-sized sailing boats with lanterns hanging on the sea. Mr. Nabo explained that these were warships from Chuansha Camp and Wusong Camp. The reason for gathering here was to sail to the Qiesi Islands and Yangshan Islands early tomorrow morning for inspection.
Lao Huang deliberately pretended to be puzzled and asked: "What happened to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this?"
The manager then briefly talked about the murder and kidnapping cases in Yangzhou. Lao Huang listened and looked shocked.
Too suspenseful! Lao Huang was extremely glad that he left early. If he had postponed his departure until tomorrow, he might have bumped into the navy. At the same time, he also began to worry about Wang Yuanfang and others who stayed on the island.
The next morning, Wang Yuanfang came to the top of the front pit at the highest point of Flower and Bird Island alone. This is the highest point of the entire Flower and Bird Mountain, with an altitude of more than 200 meters. The top is bare and the view is wide. Standing here, you can have a bird's eye view of most of the island and the nearby sea. It is also the highest peak among the Qiaosi Islands. The purpose of his coming here is to select the site for the radio relay station to be set up in the future. Anyway, Deng Fei hasn't arrived yet, so he took care of this matter in advance while he had time.
At almost one o'clock at noon, when Wang Yuanfang was preparing to go down the mountain, he noticed a shadow of a sail appearing on the sea in the northwest direction. After he watched it with a telescope for a while, several Qing troops finally revealed themselves. The bronze cannon on the bow reflected a yellow metallic light under the sunlight.
Wang Yuanfang did not expect the Qing navy to arrive so soon. As he ran down the mountain, he used a walkie-talkie to notify Ding Guofeng at the bottom of the mountain, asking everyone to get on the boat quickly; if the Qing army was blocked on the island, They absolutely can't hold on to this.
After receiving the news, Ding Guofeng immediately arranged for everyone to board the ship. Lao Huang couldn't take care of the supplies he brought, and a group of girls helped each other again and started boarding the ship.
At this time, the disadvantages of the three-inch golden lotus were seen. More than thirty "skinny horses" could not walk fast at all. The sand at the beach is very soft and can easily cause your feet to sprain.
Seeing this, Ding Guofeng, who was in a hurry, no longer cared about the relationship between men and women. He picked up a girl with a sprained foot, hugged her and ran to the boat. The girl was so frightened that she turned pale and screamed. When Lu Shoushan and others saw it, they didn't hesitate, so they each picked up one and got on the boat. Suddenly there was a cry on the beach.
"Put me down!"
"Don't move!"
Liu Siting was responsible for carrying the fifteen girls onto the boat, carrying them on her back and hugging them. After several trips, she was very tired.
When Wang Yuanfang went down the mountain and ran to the beach, there were still a dozen "skinny horses" and seven or eight girls who had not boarded the boat. By the time everyone got on the boat, an hour had passed since the Qing warship was discovered.
But the Thor hasn’t arrived yet, what should I do? All the weapons of Wang Yuanfang and the others are two Negev 5.56mm light machine guns, four pistols, two assault rifles and two SKS. There are a lot of bullets, but these light weapons alone cannot defeat the Qing army's pursuit of the boats! Not to mention there are cannons on the other side's ship.
Fortunately, Wang Yuanfang and Ding Guofeng filled up the official boat with oil in the morning, otherwise it would be too late to refuel now.
Wang Yuanfang thought, now he can only run to Jeju Island, which is more than 240 nautical miles away in the northeast. Deng Fei has said before that his route to the south this time is from the Tsushima Strait and will pass through the southern part of Jeju Island.
So, when the Qing army's warships just passed Goutou Neck on the east side of Flower and Bird Island, they saw a white strange ship jumping out from the left side of the fleet at the speed of flying. And behind the large glass window on the ship, a group of beautiful young ladies became an unforgettable scene for many Qing army sailors.
By the time the Qing army's warships hurriedly turned around, the official boat had turned into a small white dot on the sea. In this way, Wang Yuanfang and the others entered the vast sea; as for whether the Qing navy was chasing after them and how long they pursued them? Then we don’t know at all.
The official boat Zhao Xin bought is an inland river speedboat. Although it has a strong endurance, it is in danger of capsizing when encountering large waves at sea; and the small radar on the boat cannot detect very far. Wang Yuanfang could only rely on the compass and memory on the ship to drive in the direction of Jeju Island.
But the above are not the most terrible things.
When Zhao Xin first took the boat, he didn't add water to the water tank because he was in a hurry. When they evacuated before, they left all the supplies on the island. Although there are still some bread and other things, there are 10 bottles of mineral water for fifty-three people.
Now we are in big trouble!
The five men discussed it, and they kept a bottle of water for themselves, and the rest was divided among the women and children. But this is not enough!
After entering the vast sea, the "skinny horses" began to cry, wondering what their fate would be. A dozen girls gradually began to cry because they had to control their drinking water. Liu Siting was very busy. After comforting the older one, she had to coax the younger one.
The crying of adults and children finally made Ding Guofeng anxious. He went down to the cabin and yelled a few words, saying that if anyone made trouble again, he would throw her into the sea. The cabin was finally quiet now, and a group of girls were so frightened that they could only sob softly.
One day later, when Wang Yuanfang and the others arrived at the southern part of Jeju Island, dozens of people on the boat were already thirsty and had smoke coming from their throats. Wang Yuanfang took Lu Shoushan and Xu Dayong to the island to find water, while Ding Guofeng and Pan Xiucheng stayed on the ship to call the Thor.
Fortunately, Jeju Island at this time was only a place used by the Li Dynasty to exile prisoners and raise horses, and the Jeju Mu Yamen was in the north of the island, and there were only a few small villages in the south. Wang Yuanfang and Lu Shoushan finally found a well in a small village.
But how did you say something? After the girls on the leaky boat drank the well water they brought back, several of them became upset and began to vomit and have diarrhea. Now Director Liu Da didn't want to recruit any more. She never expected that such a thing would happen, and she didn't prepare any sand star drugs at all.
Dozens of people stayed like this for two days, and finally relied on the communication equipment on the official boat to contact the Thor that had just passed through the Tsushima Strait, and finally returned safely.
After listening to Wang Yuanfang's story, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng were both sighing and feeling lucky.
If Wang Yuanfang hadn't made a decisive decision and retreated immediately, he would have been rounded up by the Qing navy. These thin horses have all met Lao Huang. Once captured and interrogated by the Qing army, Shen Jingdan's line will be over.
In the next two weeks, these "intellectual women" and girls headed by Tang Xiao gradually settled down in Beihai Town. In order to accommodate them, Zhao Xin asked Chen Qingsong to build several sets of wood carvings for them and arranged for security police to stand guard and patrol. Because of their language and living habits, the fifteen trafficked girls were also taken care of by these "skinny horses".
During this period, Liu Siting took A Miao and a group of female nurses to conduct physical examinations on the new women. The results of the examination are almost all malnutrition and too thin! Regarding the issue of the three-inch golden lotus, these girls were determined not to let go, no matter how much Director Liu Da talked. There was no other way, so Director Liu Da had to ask a carpenter to make a wooden stick for each of the girls so that they could walk with it when they went out.
The arrival of thirty-two women with small feet from the Qing Dynasty caused a sensation in Beihai Town. Every day, men and women come to see the strange things near the residence. Whenever someone was watching outside the house, Tang Xiao and the others would be so frightened that they would not come out. And Tang Xiao and the others' figures and style also attracted the admiration of many homeless people. Not to mention men, even women are envious of her. This is a beauty from the heavens!
Zhao Xin was very helpless about this. On the one hand, he conveyed the order to the refugees through the district chiefs not to watch; on the other hand, he personally explained to Tang Xiao that the purpose of bringing them here was to teach children to read.
After Tang Xiao met Zhao Xin himself, he finally understood that the man who went to choose the thin horse at home was the mastermind who turned Yangzhou City upside down and was also the big boss in the town.
However, what shocked Tang Xiao and the others the most was that the men in Beihai Town did not have braids and had short hair. This is clearly a group of "anti-thieves"! A group of barbarians!
During this period, most girls accepted their fate uneasily. After passing the assessment of the nine-member group headed by Lao You, he began to teach children in school and teach them reading and literacy. When they discovered that there was actually a Qing woman named Shen Xuan in the school, they gradually realized that Zhao Xin had not lied to them.
Before the end of September in the lunar calendar, the first wave of wheat sown begins to be harvested. Due to the emphasis on black soil, no pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used during the wheat growing period, and even field weeding is done manually.
Thanks to Chen Qingsong's efforts, Beihai Town has reclaimed a total of 50,000 acres of farmland this year. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually only 500 hectares. According to the allocation standard of fifty acres per household, only one thousand households were allocated, and Beihai Town now has more than four thousand households. Chen Qingsong’s reclamation target for next year is 3,000 hectares.
The roaring sound of machines and the spectacular sight during harvesting attract many people to the fields to watch. When the ancient people in Beihai Town saw the RX 9620 driving over the wheat field, not only did it complete the harvest, but even the wheat straw was crushed and turned into fertilizer and returned to the field, they all agreed that it was Zhao Xin's "divine power".
Shen Xuan, who brought the school children to watch the harvest scene, listened to the discussions of the refugees and looked at Zhao Xin with a different look, her bright eyes filled with brilliance.
When Tang Xiao and the others saw several huge RX9620s for the first time, they were all frightened. No matter how much the students around him urged him, he never dared to take a step forward. It wasn't until Shen Xuan explained to them that this was just a piece of machinery used for farming that they dared to look closer.
"Forget it, take your time." Zhao Xin thought helplessly.
Although superstition is not good, it makes him very effective in giving orders in Beihai Town; sometimes Chen Qingsong explains things to the refugees for a long time but to no avail, while Zhao Xin lets the refugees go to work with just one sentence.
The yield per mu of wheat harvested for the first time is not high, with an average of just over three hundred kilograms per mu. According to Chen Qingsong, it is already very good to have this harvest in the first year. The next step is to implement the "early, narrow and dense" cultivation model that was commonly used in another time and space. Through reasonable dense planting, optimizing the fertilization structure, strengthening water and fertilizer management, and timely pesticide control, it is expected that the yield per mu will exceed 600 per mu next year. catty. Now with Fang Hua, a chemistry teacher, he can design different amounts and proportions of fertilizers by testing the nutrient content of the soil in different plots.
After the autumn harvest, intense land preparation work begins again in the fields so that the land can reach the best sowing condition for overwintering.
In early October, after the engine overhaul was completed, the Thor took more than 300 Qing prisoners and two platoons of soldiers to Soulengji Island. The gold mining that Zhao Xin had always been obsessed with finally started. Wang Changsheng, the former second-in-command of pirates, and his subordinates were promoted to mine supervisors.
Facing the lonely island and the guards with live ammunition, Ouchi guard Li Dagang finally gave up his plan to escape from prison, and like other ordinary Qing soldiers, he began to live as a miner twelve hours a day.
Although Zhao Xin was very strict with these people, he never skimped on food. Therefore, although the life of the miners of the prisoners of the Qing army was hard, they were provided with enough rice and steamed buns every day; they could also eat meat once a week, which they had never experienced in the Qing Dynasty. Many people's mentality gradually began to change in this subtle way, until one day they subconsciously said "We are in Beihai Town".
A year has passed since Zhao Xin came to this era. He thought he was still the compassionate guy, but in fact, he had changed unknowingly. He has gone from a small entrepreneurial boss full of passion to a powerful man who can control the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people in Beihai Town.
On the eighth day of October in the forty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, Fukang'an, who was far away in Gansu to deal with the aftermath of the "Hui Rebellion", read the official documents sent by the Military Aircraft Department about the three major cases in Yangzhou and the Jiangnan Water and Land Admiral's Yamen. After thinking about it, he wrote a memorial to Qianlong.
Under the bright candlelight, a twisted warhead was placed on the table.
This was picked up by him on the battlefield of Furjiaha River.
(End of chapter)
