However, in order to preserve the original data, Liu Yuanwai brought a map for Zhang Desen and marked the approximate location according to the map drawn by Tang Shijie, while Tang Shijie's map was left on Zhang Desen's spaceship and was not taken away. Next came the preparation time, and Zhang Desen handed over the spacecraft and some agricultural equipment to Liu Yuting to take care of.
Liu Yuting accepted this task very happily, and because Zhang Desen decided to take one of the two lifeboats on the spacecraft away, if they were free, the two could communicate through the communicator, which made Liu Yuting extremely happy. In this way, she doesn't have to worry too much about the pain of separation.
Just because it is necessary to prevent terrorists from monitoring the radio waves when sending information, this function cannot be used frequently. You must contact Zhang Desen when he confirms that it is safe, but it is good to have some sustenance in your heart.
Next, there is constant preparation. I wonder what difficulties we will encounter if we face off against such a civilization for the first time? Although Zhang Desen has experienced hundreds of battles, he has never faced off against this type of enemy. The new challenge makes Zhang Desen full of expectations, but at the same time, there is also a lot of pressure.
The next day, Li Longfang came over to prepare with Zhang Desen and the others. In this way, after more than a month of preparation, the craftsmen arranged by Liu Yuanwai had already made a batch of home-made equipment for Zhang Desen and the others. , although humans in this universe are still in the cold weapon age, they can already make artillery.
Coupled with the information Zhang Desen brought from the original universe, these home-made guns and explosives were manufactured, including the Brown Bess musket that Zhang Desen asked Liu Yuanwai and others to help imitate in the first place. These firearms are mainly loaded with ammunition and gunpowder from the front, and can only be fired after passing the gun through the gun bar.
Zhang Desen also took the time to train a group of teams specializing in the use of firearms. Moreover, what Zhang Desen did not expect was that just before the end of the month, Liu Yuanwai had people from the Liu family who were training Zhang Desen rush to make the Northern Expedition Army uniforms from Zhang Desen's original universe, and one person and two set.
Moreover, all the designs are fully in line with Zhang Desen's requirements, and they are even issued with a unified large back knife hanging behind his back. Except that it is not equipped with a pistol and the gun used is a brown bass musket, it is almost the same as the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Zhang Desen immediately thought of the Tiejun back then, which made Zhang Desen very excited and at the same time very emotional.
However, the Prime Minister's Mansion led by Li Longfang looked down upon these things, so they did not want to assemble these things, and Zhang Desen did not force it. Anyway, Zhang Desen planned to go on this expedition to let Li Longfang and the others understand why people cannot be conservative.
On January 13, Zhang Desen's birthday, the Liu family also held a celebration for Zhang Desen. Prime Minister Zhang Chengwei and the second prince Zhao Guangzhou also came.
After all this, Zhang Desen was ready to go. On the day of departure, Zhang Chengwei also came to see him off. After Zhang Desen expressed his gratitude, he took Li Longfang and Zhao Chengming to the Zhonghe Pier in Xidu City, which is closest to Liu's mansion. In order to ensure convenient movement, Zhang Desen and others planned to go to Yunnan by water.
First, take a boat from the Zhonghe River in the Western Capital City out of the Tiansong Shuimen of the Western Capital City to Yangzhou, and then go upstream along the Yangtze River from Yangzhou to Yunnan. Of course, Liu Yuanwai's father and daughter also came to see him off at this time.
After everyone was sent off to the Zhonghe Pier closest to Liu's residence, everyone took care of themselves. As the sails were raised, the fleet left the pier and said goodbye.
Thanks to the Prime Minister's help, there will be no problems and there will be people taking care of him before leaving Daxing.
The total number of people in this commercial fleet (including generals from the Zhang family led by Li Longfang and generals from the Liu family led by Zhao Chengming) totaled about 5,000, of which 1,500 were from the Liu family who used firearms. Hundreds of people, the Zhang family generals also have 1,500 people, and the rest are caravan personnel and so on.
Of course, during this departure, we will also go to South Dian to sell a batch of goods, and at the same time purchase a batch of goods in Yunnan to sell back to the Western Capital. Of course, we will only call them a trading fleet to the outside world.
Everything goes well on the way. When they arrive in Yunnan, there will be two thousand people to guard the fleet and cooperate with the caravans in commercial activities, and the remaining one thousand people will be responsible for reception or support.
Because the technological levels are so far apart, Zhang Desen plans to take only a few people to carry out operations similar to special operations after arriving at the target location.
After almost a month's journey, the Liu family's merchant fleet arrived in Dali, Yunnan. What surprised Zhang Desen was that the Dali in this universe was called Dali, which made Zhang Desen not hesitate to call her name. It's so easy to make mistakes.
Moreover, the South Dian Kingdom in this universe seems to have dug a canal from the Jinsha River to the Lancang River to facilitate transportation, passing right through Dali City, so the fleet can reach Dali City directly!
Then, Zhang Desen and the others went to the general trading house run by the Liu family in Dali to rest and unload goods. They planned to spend the night first and discuss the next action.
The business manager who greeted them in this business was named Zhou Jintang. When Zhang Desen heard this name at first, he felt that this man's name was really worthy of his profession, and the shrewdness in his eyes made people feel that nothing could trouble him.
And he quickly helped Zhang Desen and others arrange their accommodation, and told Zhang Desen and others that they had made preparations for their trip. They could visit Dali City and learn about the local customs, but Zhang Desen and others had other things to do. , so it means no need.
As for business matters, Zhu Chengshun, the steward sent by Liu Yuanwai, came to deal with him. It has to be said that although it is not the Western Capital, the Liu family business is still very impressive. Zhang Desen couldn't help but sigh, if the Liu family's business strength was put in the original universe, would it be able to enter the world's top 500 companies?
It's just that there is no time to waste thinking about this matter now. The next thing they have to do is to find the base of the Terrorist in this area. After taking a bath and resting for an hour, Zhang Desen asked people to collect a lot of news about strange events in Yunnan in order to find the needed clues.
I have to say, I don’t know if I don’t collect it, but I will be shocked when I collect it. There are really a lot of weird events, but most of them are very boring things, including a water tank being haunted, a magical baby prescribing medicine to cure diseases, and even a fairy coming, but in the end it was discovered that she was someone pretending to be someone, etc.
Many of them were boring, but they made Zhang Desen waste a lot of time, so he had to call Li Longfa and Zhao Chengming to search together to find some possible clues and save time as much as possible.
Just when Zhang Desen felt a little tired from searching, Zhao Chengming on the side suddenly shouted:
"There is one here, right in Dali City, huh?!! It appears every night, look!"
After Zhang Desen and Li Longfang heard this, they immediately went over to watch it together. Not to mention, it was really an unexpected surprise. Maybe they could check it out and get some clues. It seems that the evening will be very busy.
After Zhang Desen and Li Longfang heard Zhao Chengming's words, they immediately looked at each other. Not to mention, this was really something special. This thing is that a monster, half human and half monkey, often appears in this city.
According to the information, this monster will appear at midnight (that is, from 23:00 to 1:00 in the morning). According to eyewitness accounts, this monster looks like this:
It looks a bit like a monkey. And it often wears a metal helmet, has metal claws, glowing red eyes, and a strange metal plate on its chest, and this metal plate is very close to the monster's body, and it looks like It's like it's part of the meat.
The creature is covered in dense black hair and is approximately two meters tall. It can jump to rooftops effortlessly, scratch others with its long, venomous claws, and remain elusive.
They often appear suddenly in the city at the third watch, and then grab one or two living people, regardless of gender, and stun them with electricity from their mouths before taking them away. So far, no one has come back, which makes people panic.
Therefore, at midnight, every household would close their doors and windows, praying that the monster would not find them.
It's not that people don't want to destroy it, it's just that they have organized many collective sieges, but they can't hurt it. Even if you stab it with a knife, no blood will flow out. It's just that if some people's knife handles are made of metal, they will be killed by the lightning emitted from it.
The final result was that the monster successfully took a few living people away, and those people never came back, but the monster came back often, basically on time.
When Zhang Desen and others saw this, they couldn't help but have doubts on their faces. Because from what the information says, this monster is very powerful and its body is very flexible. Zhang Desen looked at these materials and couldn't help but wonder. Is this monster a tool for collecting human specimens?
Because every time he would capture some people and then disappear. However, if this monster can be tracked, then it is possible to find the terrifying lair directly without spending too much time. He couldn't help but said to Li Longfa and Zhao Chengming beside him:
"It seems we need to pay a visit to this monster. What do you two think?"
"I'm willing to do my best!" the two said at the same time.
Zhang Desen frowned and said:
"I want to hear your opinions!"
Hearing this, Li Longfang first said:
"Master..."
Zhang Desen interrupted and said:
"Just call me Desen. I never get used to calling you Master!"
"I... can't scream!"
"Then, take your time. Can you tell me what to do first?"
"Oh, what I mean is to find a few people who are good at walking on mountain roads to track him?"
"If you take a mountain road, you will most likely lose it before you even set off. The other party may come from the sky. Comrade Zhao Chengming, what do you think?"
Zhao Chengming replied:
"I think it's better to kill it on the spot and see who comes to rescue it. After that, let's track it..." Zhao Chengming said that he was a little less confident later because he also fell into a dead end.
However, Zhang Desen said:
"If you ask me, I still have to kill him on the spot. If the people who come to rescue him later are fearful, they will probably fly from the sky, and the things on my lifeboat can track them. Once we know where they are, we will go Searching in that area will definitely be faster this way.”
"Yes, I will obey your orders!" they both said at the same time.
