Wang Luobin held a commander's meeting in the stern of the Zhenhai, which was attended by all the main cadres, including Li Haiping on the Hangzhou. ()

"This is our first major exploration site," Wang said, "and the Shilu iron ore mine is located upstream of the Changhua River." ”

"Our exploration team is ready to go." Cui Yunhong was in high spirits.

"It's not busy," Wang Luobin spread out the map, "Shilu is quite far from the mouth of the Changhua River, the straight-line distance is almost 50 kilometers, most of them are hilly and mountainous, and it will take at least two days to go back and forth. In addition, it takes at least two days to explore the area, and the fleet has to stay here for more than five days. ”

"It's too optimistic." Mu Min frowned, "There are very few Han people in Changhua County, and out of the county seat is Li District." The exploration team had to go deep into the Li area, and they had to deal with it along the way, but not so quickly. ”

"It's good to bring a few Li people from Lingao. It's—" Wang Luobin was a little annoyed. After Mu Min's work in the Li District, the relationship between Li Tong and Lingao is now quite good, and the trade between the two sides is advancing by leaps and bounds. After the national school system matured, Mu Min and Jihua recruited students from the ethnic classes in the Li District.

"It's useless, here Li people and Lingao roots. It's not the same thing. Mu Min checked the information of the Li people on Hainan Island. Most of the Li people in Changhua are Mei Foo Li, while the "Bu Pei Li" in Lingao belongs to the Yu Li, not only the language is completely different, but even the culture has many differences.

"Is Mobil easy to deal with?"

"It's easy to fight, it's not easy to fight. The fame of the Han people is in. Local is very bad. Mu Min smiled bitterly, since she was transferred to the Li Miao office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she has dealt with the Li people a lot, saying, "In their opinion, the Han government is asking for money, and the merchants are cheating money." However, the vendors were still welcome, after all, the salt and groceries they brought were the things they needed for life. ”

"Let's pretend to be a vendor and enter the Li district."

"It's best to find a familiar Li here in Changhua County to lead the way."

"Let's go to Changhua County tomorrow to have a look."

The exploration team went back and forth for a long time, and Wang Luobin decided that the fleet was not here. Instead, set up a camp on the side of Sanjiagang, garrisoned by a small team of men and horses, to receive the exploration team, and if the results of the exploration are encouraging, the camp can be expanded into a permanent fortress.

After building the camp, the fleet set off for Yazhou to explore Yulin. Minato Wada Iron Mine. Wang Luobin decided to build a camp in Yulin Harbor as appropriate, and then continue north, circumnavigating Hainan Island and returning to Lingao.

After the route is opened, if it is officially decided to mine certain mines, it will be . To open regular routes.

"If I'm not mistaken. It is relatively easy to mine Tiandu, and the Executive Committee is likely to start from there. However, Changhua has high-quality quartz placer mines, which are also important to us. ”

"Yulin Port is a high-quality naval port." Li Haiping said.

Wang Luobin said: "I'll talk about this later, and it's easy to say anything when I have iron." ”

"I have a question," Cui Yunhong raised his hand and said, "You guys are talking about the Li people in the Li District, why don't you talk about the reaction of the government?" We're going to make a camp here, won't they come out and interfere? There are more than 500 heavily armed brothers on D-Day, how many people can we keep in this camp? ”

"You can rest assured," Wang Luobin took out the mission information given to him by the Intelligence Committee, "This Changhua County has only 672 household registrations, and the total population is 2,600 people-men, women, and children, all of whom are young or not. There are up to 500 people in Changhua County. If you are willing, it will not be a problem to attack it immediately and make you the county master. ”

"What if pirates come?"

"You're too timid, aren't you?" Li Haiping was dissatisfied, "Forget it, brother, I'll stay and help you calm down." I have a 56 and a half in my left hand and a Glock in my right hand, and I will see which of the pirates who are not open-eyed, and my brother has caught them and lined up to give you chrysanthemums. "Everyone.

Cui Yunhong didn't like this kind of joke very much, but knowing Li Haiping was also kind to him. I had to hold back.

Wang Luobin smiled: "According to the intelligence, there is no reason to think that pirates will come to Changhua. What is there to grab in this place of Changhua? ”

After some discussion, it was decided that the fleet would rest here for two days, concentrate on building a camp in Liliang, and at the same time mine a batch of quartz sand to take it away.

Wang Luobin, Li Haiping, Mu Min, Cui Yunhong and others took more than 30 soldiers to the shore in small boats and found a village to inquire. The residents of the village saw their strange appearance, all had doubts, but did not run away, Xiong Buyou changed several dialects to communicate, and learned that Wuni Port because of the Changhua River in the early years, the fields were washed away, and the port was very silted, and ships could not enter and leave the sea for a long time, so Sanjiagang became the main port for merchants and people in the county. However, it is far away from the county seat and separated by the river, which is very inconvenient. The people near the county seat are all bitter. As for the ruins, it was indeed a camp of the Ming army in the past, but it has been abandoned for a long time.

The survey team surveyed the surrounding terrain and decided to build a camp on the abandoned fortress of the Ming army in Sanjiagang, according to the on-site exploration of the survey team, there is a fresh water well here, the foundation is ready-made, and there are still many stones available on the original site.

Wang Luobin ordered: "Take out all the ballast stones in the bilge as building materials and replace them with quartz sand ballast." "It's a sin not to take it back, anyway, it's ballast, and it doesn't take up cargo space.

So they all went out, took out hoes and baskets, and dug in the sand. The people in the village were surprised to see it, this group of people had nothing to do, just digging up the sand all over the ground, what kind of treasure was it? A young man came to inquire, and Xiong Buyou immediately recruited workers, and the sugar, salt, and sewing needles and other things taken out on the spot immediately made the strong laborers in the village pour out. After a while, the snow-white sand had been dug up in pieces, and the ballast cargo of the two ships was also a bag of quartz sand.

The stakes were high in the camp, and the sailors were all on their own. It was already anticipated that some permanent and semi-permanent buildings might be built in the area, so the ship brought some cement, iron, timber profiles and hardware, as well as various tools. The half-hanging carpenter of Yellow Paw was used as a construction worker, and the construction was lifted with the help of a pulley. By evening, more than half of the camp had been completed. Yellow Paw first repaired several houses that were in relatively good condition, repaired the facades, and added roofs with tents. The outer wall of the camp was originally one zhang high, but it collapsed quite badly, and it was demolished a lot by the nearby villagers, and it was difficult to repair it all, only the wall was repaired to chest height, and many new fences were erected on it.

The size of the camp has been greatly reduced, after all, there are only a few personnel left here to guard, and it is too large to control. The final camp consisted of only three houses surrounded by a breastwork and a well. Originally, there was a trench on the periphery of the entire Ming army camp, which had been silted up to the point that it was almost invisible, and it was not restored.

Wang Luobin named this place Changhua Fort. Since Li Haiping took the initiative to ask Ying, he was appointed as the first commander of Changhua Fort. The remaining squadron consisted of two squads of marines, and the flotilla left behind enough food for forty days, as well as a lot of ammunition and grenades. In addition to Li Haiping, the people who were left behind were the exploration team that went to Shiroku to explore, and a number of people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intelligence Committee.

Because it is not known what the future development prospects will be, the conditions of the new Changhua Fort are very difficult, and the only thing that can be called modern is a 15W radio station and a matching hand-cranked generator. A few people are alone, and the radio is the lifeline.

"It's not far from Lingao." Before leaving, Wang Luobin instructed, "You have to call the main station every day and keep in touch." In case there is any problem, Bopu will send a speedboat over, and it will definitely come to the rescue 24 hours a day. ”

"No problem." Li Haiping said with confidence, but in fact, he secretly complained in his heart, not that he was afraid of any danger, but that several people were left on this coast, living a primitive life with nothing, and there was not even an electric light at night, which was too uncomfortable.

"We can return to Lingao in twenty days at most, and we will definitely send a boat back by the thirtieth day. You have to pay attention to safety and ensure the movement of the explorers. Try not to get into conflict with the locals. Wang Luobin instructed.

"Understood. You can rest assured. ”

The next day, the work of repairing the house and mining continued, led by Mu Min, Xiong Buyou and other people from the foreign affairs department, and the group all changed into local clothes, carrying a few backpacks with some daily groceries. The Special Reconnaissance Team sent several people to follow behind for protection.

Changhua County can be said to be undisturbed by their arrival. Compared to the D-day Lingao, where there was a beacon fire and a brave village, this place is simply undefended - there are almost no pedestrians on the road. The group of people moved along the road, and the course of the Changhua River dried up at this time, and there was sand everywhere on the riverbed that could be passed. This is a typical savanna climate, belongs to the hottest place in the whole Hainan, now it is only March, the temperature has been around 30 degrees Celsius, and the group can't go far and is already sweating profusely.

"It's dry and hot, it's almost like Africa." Mu Min was afraid of tanning, so she wore a cyan flower bucket that Yuli women often wear. He wrapped his head tightly in a handkerchief and wore a straw hat. Clothes are tightly worn, and naturally the hottest is the same.

The sand plains here stretch inland from the seashore to the interior, and sand dunes can be seen everywhere. During this period, there is a river formed by the intrusion of seawater. Large trees are almost invisible, but various shrubs are abundant and clumped with young leaves. From time to time, goats can be seen looking for young grass among the rocks and sand.

"Changhua suckling sheep, it's delicious-" Xiong Buyou remembered to eat again.

"Lamb?"