On the playground in the North Navy training base, more than 200 Sauron recruits were doing the horse-riding crotch pose, each with their left hand yin and their right hand yang, and they had to think about a child holding them in their hands. Opposite them, Wang Yuanfang, the commander of the training base, and other members of the training team also had the same posture.
Wen Dai is just seventeen this year, and the new wife in the family has not yet married. He has no idea what it feels like to hold a child. At this moment, Rapini beside him is sweating on his forehead, and his arms are round, just like It's like a big piece of wood to hold.
Since Wu Zhong entered the military camp, the recruits have to stand on horseback for two hours every morning, and for an hour before going to bed at night. He explained to Wang Yuanfang that if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to develop kung fu; if he learned fighting skills as soon as he started, he could certainly kill the enemy with his youth and strength, but it would be too harmful to the body, and all diseases would come after he turned forty.
When everyone present was sweating profusely and their arms and legs were shaking, Wu Zhong appeared. He first looked at Wang Yuanfang, then walked back and forth in the team, shaking his head slightly.
After practicing for more than ten days, most of the soldiers are still stiff and have no strength to hold a baby like a mountain. They are just as struggling to hold a big stone.
So Wu Zhong walked back to Wang Yuanfang, asked him to get up, and asked him to follow him to the playground. Then he said: "Master Wang, Commander Wang, this is not possible. It has been more than ten days, and all of your subordinates are still standing. You idiot, your hard work doesn’t last long!”
Wang Yuanfang hurriedly asked what to do. Wu Zhong thought for a moment and said, "There is a way, but it would be a waste of food."
Wang Yuanfang was a little confused and thought, what does this have to do with food?
Wu Zhong stroked his beard and asked, "Do you have any soybeans?"
"Yes, I have."
“When making tofu, it needs to be tender, and you won’t get it when it’s too old.”
"Ouch!" Wang Yuanfang slapped his thigh and understood immediately, and said hurriedly: "You still have more old ideas, this method is really amazing!"
So he immediately called the guard over and asked him to inform the canteen to soak the soybeans immediately; first, he brought three hundred kilograms to prepare tofu.
When the officer in charge of catering at the training base received the notice, he found an abacus and clicked it, and couldn't help but gasp.
According to the standard of making one pound of tofu from 300 grams of soybeans, if a person has two pieces, four hundred pounds of tofu will be needed at one time. Then the canteen has to soak more than two hundred pounds of soybeans a day to make enough; in a month, it will be more than six thousand pounds.
Good guy! Even if the warehouse was turned upside down, the collective would not be able to collect a thousand kilograms of soybeans. The officer thought for a while and then called the cavalry battalion.
"Captain Sa, it's me."
"If you have anything to say, please tell me. I'm still busy training."
"Don't worry, let me ask you something, how many black beans do you still have?"
"Black beans?" Samu Suxin, the cavalry battalion commander, said: "How did I know this?" So he asked his subordinates. After a while, his subordinates said that there were still more than three thousand kilograms left.
When the officer in charge of the food heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'll send someone over this afternoon to pull two thousand kilograms over first."
Upon hearing this, Samusu hurriedly said: "This can't be done! The cavalry battalion has been heavily trained recently, and the war horses have to be fed every day."
The two talked for a long time, but Samusu disagreed. The officer in charge of food had no choice but to go to Li Ji, who was in charge of logistics supplies, for help. Li Ji first asked Wang Yuanfang about the reason, and then asked someone to check the account books and found that there were only five thousand kilograms of black beans left in the warehouse. It's definitely fine for feeding horses, but it's not enough for new recruits.
The problem is that Wu Zhong has only been teaching for three months, and it is too late to plant beans now. Liji had no choice but to go to the Ministry of Trade and Zhao Xin's father-in-law for help.
Shen Jingdan laughed after hearing this and said that this matter is not easy. If you go to Liaodong, you can rob or buy. In recent years, Shanghai's Shachuan Gang alone has trafficked more than four million shi of soybeans from the northeast to the south of the Yangtze River every year.
According to the standard dendrobium dendrobium issued by the Qing Dynasty ministers, one stone of soybeans equals 123.2 kilograms in later generations; and due to different quality of fresh and old grains, it is normal for each stone to fluctuate by 2 to 3 kilograms, so four million stones is about 250,000 tons.
It is said that during the change of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the devastating damage caused by the war made the agriculture in Liaodong region recover very slowly. Until around the 39th year of Kangxi's reign, the areas under the jurisdiction of the three major generals in the Northeast still needed regular food relief. By the fifteenth year of Qianlong's reign, land reclamation in the Northeast began to expand. The cultivated land area was close to 20 million acres, and it was finally self-sufficient with a slight surplus. So the Qing government allowed a certain amount of soybeans to be exported from Northeast China. By the forty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, all bans on the export of grains and soybeans were lifted.
Since the 50th year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing government once again restricted the export of grains due to the use of troops in Beihai Town; partial export of soybeans was allowed on the premise of ensuring military needs, and the annual trade volume remained at about four million shi.
After Zhao Xin learned about the situation from Shen Jingdan, two days later he issued an order in the name of the Northern Navy General Staff to mobilize the entire Marine Corps Battalion, along with the Thor and Beihai No. 1 and No. 2, to the Jinzhou area in Liaodong to purchase soybeans.
In this order, the North Naval Staff, at the request of the Ministry of Trade, made the following requirements for the Marine Battalion: 1. Under the premise of not being attacked by the other party, it is not allowed to fire at sand, birds, and guard ships encountered along the way; 2. The transaction is fair, and no deductions are allowed, and the price can be increased by 15% of the normal market price; 3. The minimum purchase quantity of this soybean trade is 5,000 tons, which is 82,000 shi.
In addition, in this operation, in addition to the Ministry of Trade sending personnel to be responsible for on-site procurement, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji will be accompanying them as observers.
As a result, what was originally a small matter for Sauron's new recruits to squat on horseback, due to Wu Zhong's suggestion, eventually turned into an important military operation involving three large ships and an entire marine battalion to go to the Liaodong Peninsula to purchase soybeans.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the five second-class sailing battleships purchased by the Qing government from the British were sailing from Guangzhou to the sea off Tanggu. At this time, the fleet had already passed Haizhou.
It turned out that Fukang'an and the East India Company were talking about taking over warships offshore Guangdong. The first is not to let Westerners go north, lest they become ambitious and peep at important points along the way; the second is to let the officers and soldiers of the Shuiying camp skillfully operate all the joints on the ship before heading north. It looks good both on the inside and outside.
It is said that the failure of the Hunchun Battle made Qianlong and the Manchu civil and military officials realize how powerful the Northern Navy was, and became increasingly nervous. Qianlong, who was already seventy-eight years old, was most afraid that the Northern Navy would find another way to suddenly attack Tianjin from the sea and attack the capital, repeating the "Ji Si Change" of the previous Ming Dynasty.
So he ignored the problem that the new ship still needed a running-in period, and ordered five second-class sailing ships and the third-class training ship "Dingbei" to go north together. This can not only protect the safety of the sea off Tanggu, but also inspect and accept ships, and test the training results of Guangdong Water Camp. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.
Among the important officials of the Qing court who were responsible for going to Tianjin for acceptance inspection, they included Yongyan, the fifteenth son of the emperor, who had been canonized as Prince Heshuojia, Prince Heshuoyi, Yonglang, the commander of the Manchurian capital of Xianglan Banner, the minister in charge of the Manchurian Firearms Camp, and Ding. Prince Mian'en, bachelor, military minister, Lifanyuan Shangshu, Hubu Shangshu Heshen, Zhenghongqi Manchu Dutong, Interior Minister, War Shangshu Fu Chang'an, etc. In addition, the generals of Xi'an, the main generals of the Eight Mongolian Banners of Qinghai, the deputy commanders of each banner's military positions in Beijing, the admiral of Shaanxi and Gansu Green Camp, the commander-in-chief who arrived in the capital to complete the ceremony, as well as the Beijing Camp, the Firearms Camp, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Works A large number of specific staff from the , Lifanyuan and Military Academy accompanied him.
Fortunately, Tianjin is close to the capital and has convenient transportation. Even though it is early winter, it can be done by horseback in three days. Qianlong can recall him at any time if something happens.
The reason why Qianlong let so many generals go was to cheer up the generals who led the troops out of the border. Let these people see that the big iron ships in Beihai Town are nothing to be afraid of; when the imperial court sends troops to recapture Hunchun, the hundreds of giant cannons on the five sailing ships will be their reassurance.
As a result, a great war in East Asia triggered by "buying soybeans to make tofu" suddenly came without preparation on both sides...
Although there is no ice in the South China Sea in October, the strong wind from Siberia mixed with rain and snow splashes on the sea near the land, making the sky and earth a blur. In the southeastern sky, the rumbling thunder is like the low roar of wild beasts, which makes people's faces change when they hear it.
At this time, the waves in the South China Sea were turbulent, and the black and white waves continued to slap the Thor's hull as the hull rose and fell. Huge waves come one after another, with no end in sight. The bow of the ship would plunge into the waves, and then rush straight up, trembling all over, and roll into the air with tons of sea water.
On the two motor sailing ships Beihai No. 1 and 2, the soldiers of the Marine Battalion in the cabins vomited all sorts of things, and they lay down on the hammocks weakly one by one.
On the Thor, experienced and hungry sailors would hold blankets and pillows and run to the cabin on the bottom floor of the stern, where they found a place to stay. Those on duty on the upper floors would be miserable. The deck would be like a huge seesaw, rising and falling again.
"Ugh~~!" In a cabin on the second floor of the Thor, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were sitting in the corner of the bed, holding a red plastic tube in their hands. They were already out of breath and couldn't wait to Even the gall will be vomited out.
Before sailing, the military doctor accompanying the team distributed seasickness medicine to everyone. But Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji didn't take the medicine even after taking it. They were not worried about the small white pills they were given, so they were both weak-footed shrimps now.
"Brother Junzhi, it wasn't so bumpy when we came here. Ugh~~"
"Regret, regret, regret that I didn't... vomit~~"
This winter voyage was an ordeal for everyone on the three ships. If it weren't for the fact that they were anxious to buy soybeans and worried that they would not be able to buy them in a few days, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei would never go to sea.
Everyone was forced to huddle in the cabin, and many people became seasick, so many people became restless.
The South China Sea has a temperate maritime monsoon climate. Every year from October to May of the following year, extratropical cyclones formed in Siberia and the northern continent move from west to east, and their movement routes directly attack the South China Sea and the Tatar Strait in the north.
Extratropical cyclones are likely to rapidly deepen and develop after entering the sea, and then they will become particularly violent, producing storms with a wide range and strong waves. The central air pressure of this kind of cyclone is usually relatively high before it breaks out. Ship pilots will think it is a weak cyclone and easily ignore it. However, after 12 hours, it will explode strongly, accompanied by strong winds and waves, which will catch ocean-going ships off guard.
At the same time, in winter, due to the influence of the Tsushima Warm Current, the sea surface temperature is not low, the air stratification is unstable, and thunderstorms may occur. A lightning attack will affect or even damage the communication equipment on the ship.
The current strategy adopted by Deng Fei is to cross the front and the narrow windy area in the center as vertically as possible to shorten the time to pass through the strong wind and wave area. When the fleet passes through the Tsushima Strait and enters the Bohai Strait, the wind and waves will be much lighter.
Don't think that seafarers don't get seasick. They are a very small minority. Nelson, known as the "British Naval God of War", suffered from seasickness more severely than anyone else, and was nicknamed "The Seasick Admiral".
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door. Hong Liangji weakly tilted his head to look at Jiang Fan, and then buried his head in the bucket again. So Jiang Fan reluctantly climbed out of bed, staggered to the door, opened the door and saw a sailor on the ship.
"Gentlemen, the canteen is now open for dinner. Go early, otherwise there will be no room." The expression on the sailor's face was very sincere, and he did not feel uncomfortable at all due to the shaking of the ship; this man was one of the very few.
It's okay not to mention food. As soon as the sailor finished speaking, Jiang Fan finally couldn't help it anymore and squirted again with a "pop". The sailor opposite had already noticed that something was wrong with his expression, so he quickly turned aside, but luckily, he didn't get splashed...
In the cockpit on the fourth floor, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei stood in front of the navigation chart and studied the route. They each held a plastic bucket at their feet, and their expressions were not very good.
It is said that the captain has the right to get seasick. If nothing else, the shaking on the top floor alone is worse than anywhere else. It is almost like riding a roller coaster. It is ridiculous.
"Damn, I didn't expect the sea conditions to be so bad. What do you think we are doing here for? Just to buy soybeans for the squad leader?"
After Ding Guofeng finished complaining, he saw Deng Fei lowered his head to draw pictures and said nothing, so he continued to complain: "Just for those Sauron soldiers, is it worth it? Master Wu said that he should hold the baby in his arms and hold the sky with his hands. This is good. He can hold his hands one by one tomorrow. Squatting on horseback with Doufu on your back, it’s quite a sight!”
After finishing his work, Deng Fei put the pencil away and said with a smile: "You should stop complaining, it's so noisy. Isn't it good to buy soybeans? In addition to making tofu, you can also squeeze oil. The soybean cake can be used as feed or fertilizer."
At this time, the "anti-drowsiness system" was about to enter the countdown again. Deng Fei walked over and pressed the reset button and said to Ding Guofeng: "It's time to start dinner. You watch first while I go eat."
"I'll go! Are you still human? Can you survive in this sea state?"
"Are you going to be hungry if you don't eat? You won't have enough energy by then. To tell you the truth, I have encountered sea conditions rougher than this when traveling to South America and Europe, and I have long been used to it."
At the same time, in the captain's cabin of Beihai 2, Guo Xuexian had just finished his homework on the map. Because of his outstanding performance during the Hunchun Campaign, his "acting captain" who had been inactive for a year was finally promoted to a regular captain. In fact, if Zheng Wenxian had not returned to Guangzhou to get married and was tasked with bringing the ship back from Siam, Guo Xuexian would not be the captain of Beihai 2.
Compared with other members of the Red Flag Gang who came to Beihai from Guangdong, including even the captain of Beihai No. 1, Guo Xuexian was the most knowledgeable person. He loved reading. If he hadn't been robbed by Zheng Wenxian and his family had no choice but to join the gang, he might have taken the scholar examination.
However, without that opportunity, how could he come to Beihai Town? I have read so many books, learned so many skills, and seen a different kind of world.
In the history of another time and space, the Black Flag Gang who dominated the South China Sea went to sea, led his men ashore to rob, kill countless people, and finally accepted the recruitment of "Guo Po Dai", in this time and space, he is already a major in the Northern Navy. An officer.
Guo Xuexian looked out through the glass, then put on a thick fox fur coat and opened the cabin door. The howling sea breeze, raindrops and sea water immediately wet his cheeks and chest.
In an instant, a purple lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud "click" that shook the world.
"Haha! Rain and snow are hitting the ocean, and thunder is rolling in. It's so happy!"
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