A few days later, more than a dozen large ships of the advance party sailed very leisurely on the sea.

Since the last time I wiped out all those pirates and pirates, the rest of the trip has been much quieter, and no more long-eyed pirates and pirates dare to rob them.

Of course, Dong Mu, Li Yuanshan and the others didn't know that the group of pirates they eliminated was the biggest pirates and the biggest pirates on this side of the East China Sea.

Wang Zhi got the news that there were more than a dozen big ships of fat sheep from the port of Tianjin that were going south, so he also united with Matsuura Takanobu, the biggest Japanese leader, plus some pirate groups he supported to make a big deal together.

Who knows, this kick hit the iron plate, the fat sheep did not eat, but these pirates and pirates were all folded in, it can be said that this battle, almost the East China Sea side of the pirates, pirates to clean up.

Naturally, no one dared to rob them next.

"According to the itinerary, we can arrive in Ryukyu today~"

On the 'General', Li Yuanshan took the sextant and carefully calculated the location of the fleet, and after the calculation, he also said with great certainty.

"That's probably the Ryukyus~"

By Li Yuanshan's side, Zhang Lun looked at the sea to the east with a telescope in his hand, and the outline of the land suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"I'll take a look~"

"That's right, this is Ryukyu Island~"

"Here we are~"

Li Yuanshan hurriedly picked up the telescope, and looked carefully, the outline of the land in front of him was constantly expanding, and the field of vision was getting bigger and bigger, there was no doubt that this must be Ryukyu Island.

On the other ships, the lookout in charge of the lookout also saw everything on the Ryukyu Island, and the bells rang continuously, and suddenly everyone came to their senses, and in half a month, they finally arrived at the Ryukyus.

In the northern part of the Ryukyu Road, at the mouth of what was later called the Tamsui River, more than a dozen large ships slowly sailed up the Tamsui River, preparing to find a place to anchor and then find a suitable place to establish an advance base.

The Tamsui River, located in the northern part of the Ryukyu Island, is the third longest river on the Ryukyu Road and the only navigable river on the Ryukyu Road.

The flow of this river is very stable, and historically it was the only navigable river on the island, but later, with the opening of the island, by the end of the 19th century, the river was gradually silted up and lost its ability to navigate.

But now it is the twelfth year of Hongji, and at this time, Ryukyu Island is still a barbarian land, and there is no development at all, so here in the Tamsui River, the ships of the advance team can also go up directly along the Tamsui River.

At a bay in the Tamsui River, where the water flow is gentle, it is a natural harbor area, where the ships of the advance team anchored, and a group of advance team members stepped on the Ryukyu Road in full armor and set foot on this magical land.

"Phew~Finally arrived in the Ryukyus~"

Stepping on the land of the Ryukyus, Li Yuanshan breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and then looked around, and everywhere he saw were tall and dense primeval forests, the terrain was very gentle, and he could see the mountains in the distance with a telescope.

It's uninhabited, a wild place, and there's not a hint of human habitation.

"Savage Land~"

Zhang Lun looked at the land in front of him and couldn't help but say.

When they arrived on Ryukyu Island, the advance team became extremely busy.

A group of members of the advance team, fully armed, continued to spread and explore in all directions, figuring out the surrounding situation first.

There were also teams of advance team members who began to cut trees, weed, and build simple docks in the river bend to unload the ship's cargo.

The construction of an advance base on this side of the Ryukyu Island is equivalent to the construction of a new city, so the location of the new city is particularly crucial.

There are many factors that need to be considered in the construction of a new city.

And since it's here on Ryukyu Island, there's a lot more to consider.

There are barbarians here, and they are quite fierce, so safety has become the first factor to consider, of course, the existence of cement is very simple to build a city, plus there are artillery and bows and arrows, security is still enough to guarantee.

Then there is the convenience of transportation, because to prepare for the later immigration, it is naturally best to rely on the Tamsui River, which is connected by the Tamsui River, and the boats can directly arrive at the new city here, and the immigrants and material resources will be transported over continuously.

In addition, there are many factors that need to be taken into account, such as water use, future development and expansion, transportation, etc.

In terms of water, Liu Jin considered that the miasma on Ryukyu Island was very strong, and there were many mosquitoes, which were easy to breed all kinds of diseases, especially malaria.

So Liu Jin thought from the beginning that the new city should adopt a unified tap water supply and a unified sewer drainage system.

It is not difficult to get tap water, Europeans have been slowly promoting and popularizing it in the 30s of the 18th century, and the reason why Europeans have come up with this thing is actually because they are plagued by diseases.

Medieval Europe can be described in one word, and that is stinky!

From the princes and nobles to the common people, the cities of Europe are stinking.

At that time, there was no water supply system in Europe, and there was no drainage system, and the cities were full of all kinds of excrement, so that all kinds of diseases breeded.

Even those kings or something, each king has a lot of castles and palaces, in order to change their lives often, and if they don't change, there is no way to live in them, it is too smelly and dirty.

In addition, the Europeans of the Middle Ages believed that bathing would make them sick, so they basically didn't take a bath, which is why spices and perfumes were popular in Europe.

Later, in order to solve this problem, the Europeans came up with a unified water supply system and a unified water slapping system, which solved the problem of stinking European cities.

The benefits of tap water and sewerage are evident and are very useful in preventing disease.

The Ryukyu Road is full of miasma and mosquitoes, and if we don't do a good job in this area, there will definitely be problems in the future.

The construction of tap water and sewerage is not difficult, especially if it is considered and designed from the beginning.

"Haha, there are deer on this island~"

Soon, the daytime passed, and in the evening, the team members who went out to explore came back one after another, and someone hunted a deer one after another, and carried it back.

Near the bay where the ship was anchored, the members of the advance team had leveled out a piece of land, set up tents here, smoked the surrounding land with fire, and drove away mosquitoes, snakes and ants, and prepared to use this place as a temporary camp.

The smoke rises, a large pot is set up, the meat stewed in the pot emits bursts of fragrance, and the team members are already hungry after a day's fatigue, holding the dishes and chopsticks and waiting for the meal.

The advance team was smashed into it with real money from Liu Jin's side.

The salary of the advance team members is quite considerable, the most ordinary members have several taels of silver a month, as for talents like Li Yuanshan, the monthly salary is hundreds of taels of silver, without this number, there is no way to invite students who graduated from Tianjin Maritime Academy.

And this is still for everyone's sake on Liu Jin's face, otherwise everyone can go to sea casually, and they can earn this number in a month, where do you need to come to Ryukyu Road to suffer hardships.

In terms of the food of the advance team, there is naturally nothing to say, the roots are level here at Tianjin Maritime College, the meals are full, the fish and meat are complete, and you can choose noodles and rice.

When it was time to eat, the whole camp was filled with cheers.

"Smack~"

"I'll go, the mosquitoes here are also poisonous~"

Zhang Lun ate and ate heavily, while swatting the mosquitoes that were biting him to death, and then looked at the mosquitoes carefully, and then looked at the place where they were bitten, as long as they were bitten by mosquitoes, they immediately picked up a big bag.

"Of course it's amazing, this is a wild place, miasma, mosquitoes are rampant, this is no joke."

Li Yuanshan on the side seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and he didn't care about the heat, he wrapped himself tightly, and mosquitoes couldn't get their mouths.

"Tell me to go down, so that the brothers seem to remember to hang up the mosquito net at night, and light the mosquito coil, so as not to feed the mosquitoes here."

Zhang Lun hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food, and immediately went to order.

Now he has no appearance of a prince and nobleman, his face is tanned, his hair is cut short, and he is wearing a uniform advance team uniform.

When eating, like the other advance team members, he had a good appetite, and he didn't chew slowly, and his words became more rude, and he didn't have the same atmosphere as before.

Of course, not only Zhang Lun, but also the people sent by Emperor Hongzhi, everyone is silently changing, even Dong Mu and the eunuchs sent to supervise the army are also changing.

Soon, the night slowly fell, a beautiful full meal, and a refreshing bath by the Tamsui River, and the members of the advance team began to fall asleep slowly.

Because sufficient preparations were made in advance, a large number of mosquito nets and mosquito coils were prepared, so the first night of arriving here, the advance team members slept soundly.

The mosquitoes that are rampant here have not affected everyone's sleep at all, so that everyone can get a good rest and lay the foundation for the next city construction.

Of course, the barbarians here also did not come to disturb the rest of the advance team, the barbarians are still in the tribal stage, the tribe is not large, in the face of such a large-scale advance team, even if they know, they dare not come.