The Thor arrived in the ocean between Son Tra Peninsula and Da Cham Island in the afternoon of the same day, which is still more than 20 kilometers away from Hoi An Port. Because it was winter and it was raining, there were no fishermen going out to sea around.
At dusk, as the rain gradually weakened, Ye Chengxiang and two of his men, escorted by several Beihai navy men who had changed into Qing Dynasty clothes, quietly landed on Dazhan Island in a rubber speedboat. Once here, the rest was simple. He went directly to the fishing village on the island and hired a speedboat at a high price.
Although the hired fishermen were somewhat surprised, Ye Chengxiang and his two men were both locals of Hoi An, and he was the young owner of the "Lien Chang Ji" in the city. He was generous, so the fishermen were naturally happy to earn this extra money.
Ye Chengxiang was in a hurry to return to Hoi An, and several fishermen also risked their lives under the heavy reward. The fishing boat more than 20 meters long shuttled through the wind and rain on the dark sea, and it took only more than two hours to pass the Dazhan Flood Checkpoint at the mouth of the Qiuyan River. At midnight, the group arrived at the pier south of Datang Street.
This place is not far from Lien Chang Ji, just across two streets. When Ye Zhanrong was woken up by his family, he learned that his son had suddenly returned and brought several Qing people with him. Knowing that there was a situation, he hurriedly got up and dressed and went to the shop in the front yard.
"Chengxiang, why are you back? Who are these?"
"Father, my son came back by boat from Dazhan Island overnight. I have a business and I need your help to come up with an idea."
"Oh! You have come all the way, are you hungry?" Ye Zhanrong nodded. He asked the servants who followed him to prepare tea and rice. After the servants went out, he used an oil lamp to carefully look at the several visitors dressed as Qing people.
There were five people from the Northern Navy who accompanied Ye Chengxiang back this time. Except for one young man who looked like a southerner, the others all had strong bodies, broad faces, sharp edges, and clearly looked like Annan or Fujian-Cantonese people. different. Although they all had smiles on their faces at the moment, the bloodiness and fierceness in their sharp eyes made Ye Zhanrong secretly frightened.
When Ye Chengxiang saw it, he quickly introduced to his father in a low voice, saying that the five people who accompanied him back were elite men of the Northern Navy, and they were all as brave as ten.
After hearing this, Ye Zhanrong quickly raised his hands and said, "I wonder what you call me?"
The young man who looked like a southerner said in Cantonese: "I am Xialin Daosheng, a Chaozhou native. These are my companions. They are all from outside the northern border and cannot understand the southern dialect."
"Oh!" Ye Zhanrong said no wonder.
Wen Dai, Rapini and others, who were sitting aside with expressionless faces, looked at Lin Daosheng and the Ye family's father and son talking and laughing. They were at a loss and couldn't understand at all. Although Wang Yuanfang also asked Lin Daosheng and other southerners to teach Cantonese during the trip south, this thing was really like a heavenly book for those Sauron soldiers who only spoke Mandarin fluently.
Since the Battle of Jiangping, the most slippery Annan dialects spoken by northerners in the Northern Navy are "Nuosongkongye" (handling the gun without killing), "Zongdui Kuanhong poisonous soldier" (We treat prisoners leniently) and " Natural history deliberately frost” (put down weapons).
More than half an hour later, Ye Zhanrong was overjoyed after listening to his son and Lin Daosheng's story. So he stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will take care of the boat. Twenty large open sterns will be available at noon tomorrow, and the two black stern boats from my Ye family will also be presented."
Lin Daosheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Then please leave it to the old man. Before we leave, our commander has told us that in order to ensure the safety of the Ye family, your whole family can board the Thor. Our ship is very big, and there is no problem in accommodating your family." .”
Early the next morning, Ye Zhanrong and his son went to the port to build a ship. Now that he is relying on the Northern Navy, Ye Zhanrong is even more eager to avenge his eldest son and his family. He also worked hard and even ignored the business of his shop. The father and son spent a day, buying and renting, and spent more than 600 taels of silver to get the required number of ships.
Fortunately, the large openings and sterns that Deng Fei wanted were all fishing boats, so they could be easily handled by officials and interrogators when leaving the port. If more than 20 large blackbirds were to come, things would be very serious. Moreover, with the unexpected appearance of He Xiwen, sailors to drive the boat were no longer a problem. All they had to do was hire local people to drive the boat to the vicinity of Dazhan Island.
The unexpected move of the Ye family and his son soon alarmed various merchants on Datang Street. In the evening, everyone was talking about it, and even business partners and neighbors who had been with him for many years came to inquire and show their concern.
After a night of packing and preparation, on the early morning of the third day, the hired sailors sailed out of Hoi An Port in twenty fishing boats, led by the Ye family's two black boats.
While Deng Fei and the others were busy preparing, Zhao Xin, who was far away in Yeniseisk, also quietly returned to Beihai Town. Zhao Liang, who had just returned from Boli, was very surprised to see Zhao Xin who suddenly appeared.
"Why did you come back in such a cold weather?"
"Something unexpected happened. Deng Fei's plan has changed. I have to go south to deliver arms and supplies."
Zhao Xin then briefly talked to Zhao Liang, and Zhao Liang became very angry after hearing this. He immediately checked the inventory account of the arsenal, and then frowned and said: "Two thousand of the '1790 rifles' produced before were shipped to Yaksa, but now there are only more than 500 in the warehouse."
"Okay, I'll take away five hundred rods. How many 84 revolvers are there?"
"Well, this is more. Counting the ones returned from the Aoba Camp and the Ainu Camp for replacement, the total is 2,357."
Zhao Xin was startled after hearing this, and then said: "Then I will take away a thousand."
After finishing his business, Zhao Liang seized the time and spent half a day and one night discussing the construction progress of the Khabarovsk Steel Plant with Zhao Xin. Now Zhao Liang is running between Beihai Town and Boli, and he is very busy.
The steel plant set up by Beihai Town in Khabarovsk this time has a scale of 3 million tons. In another time and space, it was just a small private operation, but in this time and space, it is the largest in the world.
However, because the level of knowledge and skills of farmers in the Qing Dynasty in the 18th century was far lower than that of other times and places, the construction period of the entire project is tentatively set at four years, and the production and operation period is twenty years. According to conservative estimates, the output in the first year of production can reach one million tons, and thereafter the output can be maintained at an annual growth rate of 30%.
The entire steel plant is divided into eight major projects, including the comprehensive material plant, coke plant, sintering workshop, pellet workshop, ironmaking workshop, steelmaking and continuous casting workshop, bar engineering and furnace coil engineering. In addition, there are also gas pipeline networks, oxygen stations, power plants, water supply and drainage systems, communication systems, etc.
Among them, the sintering workshop produces sinter, the pellet workshop provides acidic oxidation pellets to the ironmaking workshop, the continuous casting workshop produces billets and slabs, the bar engineering produces round steel and steel bars, and the furnace coil engineering It produces hot-rolled steel plates.
The production equipment of the steelmaking workshop includes two 80-ton converters, which adopt top-bottom double blowing technology and can produce up to 1.71 million tons of steel billets annually. The steel that can be produced in the future includes plain carbon steel, low alloy steel and alloy steel, welded wire steel, cold pier steel, and spring steel.
If the knowledge and technical level of workers improve, standard alloy steels such as 40, 45, 40Gr, 20MnSi Q235, 16Mn, Q345, Q235, 15Mn, etc. can also be produced in the future.
According to Zhao Liang's estimation, the 40-alloy steel god code will not be available for at least five years. It would be good to be able to produce low-alloy steel in the first five years. In short, the early products mainly focus on related equipment for railways and shipbuilding, including steel and steel plates needed for rails and bridges.
In terms of the number of workers needed in the steel plant, the total number of workers is expected to reach 8,000. This would be enough in another time and space with more than 3,000 people!
Zhao Xin looked at the densely packed pages of construction projects and process requirements in the report, and wondered how some time-travelers could build trains and even seamless steel pipes by relying on a group of ancient blacksmiths. Haha, as soon as the upper and lower lips touched, everything happened in the blink of an eye. That's much more powerful than going back and forth on your own!
Finally, let’s talk about investment. This is the biggest headache for Zhao Xin. The construction planning and investment plan of the entire project were made by a few veteran engineers invited, and it can be said that there is no water in it. Of course, since we came in the 18th century, we couldn't get any kickbacks even if we wanted to.
The equipment investment of the entire project is 2.1 billion, the engineering investment is 800 million, and the supporting power plant construction is 300 million, for a total of 3.2 billion. Calculated according to the basic price of gold in another time and space, these alone would require eight tons of gold.
In addition, more than 100 engineers and old workers over 50 years old were invited (abducted) from another time and space, which is 600 million. Yes, Zhao Xin has reduced employment costs. As more and more "beaters" work under his command, Zhao Xin's financial pressure is also increasing.
The eighteenth century was an era when silver was widely available, but silver in another time and space was worthless, so he could only dump gold.
Fortunately, he now controls Linggao, the highest-grade gold mine in the world. It is said that in another time and space, with the support of countless advanced mining equipment, the annual output of the Linggao Gold Mine was as high as 7 to 10 tons, but don't dream about it in this time and space.
With the current production capacity of Beihai Town, plus the Hongzhiwu Mine in Ezo and other scattered small gold mines, Zhao Xin can now maintain an annual gold income of 2 to 3 tons.
In addition, there is no land use cost, and ordinary construction personnel are paid in silver coins. Furthermore, the investment does not need to be completed at once; other equipment manufacturers also have to have a timetable for production. Therefore, Zhao Xin does not need to cash out several tons of gold at once, otherwise not only will the international gold price be smashed by him, but the high-profile risks will also increase to a level that will never return.
In order to build an industrialized country in the 18th century, today's Zhao Xin has already broken away from the vulgar taste of "getting rich means settling down, hugging the left and right", and is moving towards a pure person, a moral person...forget it, really I can’t make it up anymore.
Zhao Xin searched around Beihai Town, and then yawned and left quietly. At this time, the Thor had returned to the waters of Hue with more than 20 wooden boats. The first thing Deng Fei and the others had to do was to meet that He Xiwen.
Mr. He, who was standing on the black boat, raised his neck and looked at the Thunder God, which was like a hill. He couldn't help gasping, thinking that today was really a knife in the butt, which opened his eyes.
The moment after boarding the ship, He Xiwen considered switching to Beihai Town.
Look at Guo Xuexian, he has already become a high official in his twenties and is in charge of a giant sailing ship in Western style. If you lead someone to vote there, how can you manage two things? If the Northern Navy conquers the entire Qing Dynasty, can I also become the founding lord of the country? Not to mention the third grade of Annan Kingdom, even if he is the king of the country, he is not as good as the king!
So after meeting Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang, He Xiwen's first words after exchanging greetings were: "Dare you ask when Prince Zhao will ascend the throne and become emperor? He is willing to do his best!"
Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang looked at each other and thought to themselves that this person is quite fierce.
"I heard from Guo Xuexian that Lord He has already served as a military attache of the third rank in Jiu Ruan's place, hasn't he?"
Hearing Deng Fei's words, He Xiwen blushed and said nonchalantly: "A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good minister chooses his master. This, this..."
"Master He wants to say that a good minister should choose his master and serve him."
"That's right! Mr. Deng is very knowledgeable, and He is ashamed of himself! Alas, He was poor when he was young and only attended private school for a few years, which makes you laugh."
Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang had learned some information about He Xiwen from Zheng Lianchang before. As a pirate family that has been entrenched in the Pearl River Estuary for many years, Zheng Lianchang doesn't seem to have much ambition, but he knows all the pirates along the coast of Guangdong very well.
At this time, the two heard He Xiwen say: "He had a fight with the Tatar navy on his way back from Guangdong. He personally killed one of the opponent's generals. It's okay to come to meet the two generals this time." As soon as he could find a gift, He gave the seized waist knife and yellow mantle to the two of them."
After saying that, He Xiwen asked Huang Zhongtong, who was holding a satin leather baggage, to bring it over.
As soon as the baggage was opened, the yellow mantle was returned, but the green shark skin sheathed Yan Fei Dao attracted everyone's attention. I saw that the handle, guard, and scabbard of this knife are all made of gilt copper, with beautiful lines and exquisite craftsmanship. When Wang Yuanfang stood up and slowly pulled out the knife, he saw that the broad blade was covered with fine patterns, which could only be obtained after hundreds of times of hard work and hammering. He couldn't help but admired: "What a knife!"
Yanling knives in the early Qing Dynasty were more practical, with a wider and thicker blade, many deeper blood grooves, and a relatively small number of lines, usually less than three. They often had little decoration and the overall layout was sparse. In the middle and late period, as the role of cold weapons on the battlefield weakened, the ceremonial use of the military attache's sword was greater than its actual combat function, and the blade of the Yanling Sword also became narrower and thinner.
However, Wang Yuanfang just praised it, then inserted the knife back and said to He Xiwen: "Master He should keep such a good thing for himself."
He Xiwen's expression changed, thinking that the other party was refusing to surrender to him. Just as he was about to explain, Wang Yuanfang continued: "We have a lot of these things over there. I'll give you one someday when I have the opportunity."
The Northern Navy has also captured a lot of weapons from the Qing army in recent years, among which there are many waist knives of generals, including assistant leaders, generals, and deputy commanders. The most precious one is Fukang'an's waist knife. It was given by Emperor Qianlong. These things were thrown into the warehouse before. Later, after everyone's new house was built, Zhao Xin took the lead and others took them home as decorations.
He Xiwen felt relieved when he saw that Wang Yuanfang's expression didn't seem to be fake.
"Okay, we all understand what Mr. He means. If anything happens, we'll talk about it after we capture Hue."
After Deng Fei finished speaking, he asked Jiang Fan to spread out the map on the table. This is a map of the inside and outside of Hue City drawn by the staff of the General Staff through many days of drone reconnaissance. It depicts the layout of the city and the surrounding mountains, lakes, and waterways. Although it may not be accurate, it is sufficient.
The look in He Xiwen's eyes became more and more surprised. He had never seen such a detailed map before. At this moment, in his heart, the Beihai Navy became more and more mysterious.
Wang Yuanfang pointed to the Xun Pass leading to the Xiangjiang River and said: "Our plan is to use eight large open-stern boats equipped with artillery as the vanguard, all the way into Hue City, the Marine Corps, the special operations battalion, oh, and Master He's men and horses formed other flat-bottomed boats to follow. All the boats moved forward in double columns. If they encountered Xishan soldiers and horses blocking them along the way, the small group of men and horses did not need to pay attention and just opened fire; if it was a large group of men and horses equipped with artillery, try to use Artillery attack. According to our reconnaissance, the Xishan Army may have laid iron cables or sunken ships on the Xiangjiang River to block it. At that time, we hope that Lord He’s troops will cooperate with the cleanup."
He Xiwen was stunned when he heard this. Is that all he thought? He hesitated and asked: "Although He has never been to Hue, I have heard that the Xiangjiang waterway is extremely wide. Furthermore, a large open-stern boat is only fifteen feet wide, so how can it launch a cannon?"
Wang Yuanfang smiled and said: "Don't worry about this, our army's artillery is completely different from what Mr. He has seen."
He Xiwen lowered his head and looked at it for a long time, then thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's not right. If the Xishan bandits take away all the food and grass in the city and hide their soldiers and horses in Haiyunling and the west of the city, once we enter the city, they are likely to It will cut off the water channel and trap our army inside, and it will be difficult to come out at that time."
Huang Zhongtong, who was looking at the map at the side, also interjected: "That's right. Thousands of troops and horses have no food and grass, even if they attack them, it will be useless!"
Hearing the concerns of He Xiwen and Huang Zhongtong, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang, Jiang Fan and others were all happy.
Deng Fei said: "Haha, Mr. He, we have considered the worries you mentioned in advance. Don't worry about food and grass. You and your people should keep your hearts in your stomach! The way the Northern Navy fights is similar to all the armies you have seen before. They are all different, this time we are just trying our best, and I am sure you will be shocked when the time comes."
"Is it different?" He Xiwen and Huang Zhong looked at Deng Fei and the others with confused expressions, wondering what was different about fighting.
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