The order issued by the cabinet arrived at the Guangxi Metropolitan Command Envoy half a month later.

Wu Tongzhi, as the commander of the capital, did not have any idea of sending troops to clean up the anti-thief volunteers in eastern Guangdong when he got the documents.

A month after the Volunteers broke through Maoming County, Wu Tongzhi knew about the situation, and after gaining an in-depth understanding of it, Wu Tongzhi had no idea of making meritorious contributions in the past.

The officials in Nanjing didn't know how powerful the volunteers were, but he was near the volunteers, and the volunteers didn't care about others sending people to investigate, so Wu Tongzhi knew more about the situation than the officials in Yuezhou City.

At present, the Volunteer Army has more than 100,000 open troops, has basically achieved fire unification, is equipped with a large number of artillery, and fights bravely.

I heard that the artillery can kill people from a distance of 100 meters, and the artillery even kills and injures several people with one shot.

Such strength is there, relying on Guangxi's little strength to go over, let alone encirclement and suppression, it is not bad to be able to escape back.

The 30,000 troops sent by Yuezhou City at the beginning, Wu Tongzhi knew very well what happened, he didn't think that his soldiers were stronger than the soldiers in Yuezhou City.

Even if the troops from the three nearby provinces were mobilized in paperwork, Wu Tongzhi still didn't think that he could win.

As for the order to come down from Nanjing, Wu Tongzhi could not delay it, but there were policies and countermeasures at the top, and his method was to delay.

Whatever, it's a few months to drag it out first, and it will also take more than half a year to transfer troops from Hunan and Fujian, so take your time.

In the four months since Chen Zijian left, the port has been expanded, and the unloading capacity has increased by more than ten times.

With cement, the expansion is not a big project, and it can be easily done with only 300 people.

After a week-long voyage, twenty transport ships from Luzon to Denbai County arrived.

Twenty transport ships were renovated to transport oil, and last month, Li Si and his people discovered an oil extraction area in the northern part of Luzon Island, which belongs to a shallow oil layer, and there were originally Middle East people who exploited it, and then the Spaniards arrived, and the Middle East people fled to leave the oil production point.

Li Si sent people to find this place and soon resumed oil production. And then there was the arrival of oil carriers.

Oil, also known as Fierce Oil, was used by the Persians in the Middle East to equip their ships and spew oil to burn ships when they got close to enemy ships.

It's just that the Persians don't know how to refine the components of oil, only use crude oil.

"Haha, this lord, we are coming back from Luzon, this is the oil that the chief ordered to need, you see make room for us."

The person in charge of the oil carrier, Zhang Qiu came to talk, don't look at the electric white unloading port is quite big, but there are already signs of prosperity here.

The port is full of fishing boats returning from the sea, and it is really troublesome for oil carriers to get in.

"Ah, what the chief wants, you wait, I'll go and call the people above, by the way, what are you transporting."

"Oil, Luzon is back."

After a while, a group of fast horses came over, looking at the size of the horses, more than one meter seven tall, smooth and shiny fur, absolutely BMW.

Li Hu dismounted, and the guards next to him pulled the horse rope for him.

"Who, you guys got the oil back."

The person in charge of the port who went to report just now said, "This is Commander Zhang of the Volunteer Army, one of the seven generals of the chief. ”

When Li Gan heard Li Hu's position, a military salute passed, "Report to the army commander, Li Gan, the former commander of the twelfth platoon of the fifth brigade of the Jaguar Regiment." ”

Li Hu: "Oh, you are Niu Sheng's soldier, take me to see the oil." ”

Li Hu heard Chen Zijian say that oil has a great effect on the volunteers, what a lot of things can be made, very valuable, more valuable than gold, Li Hu didn't understand, what things can be more valuable than gold.

Li Gan took everyone on the boat, opened the reserve hatch, and there was a pungent smell, and some of the smell of rotten eggs entered everyone's noses.

Li Hu: "What a smell, it smells so bad." ”

Take a small wooden stick next to it and stir it out of the oil, the black viscous liquid sticks to it, and the taste becomes stronger when you get closer. Give it to Li Gan casually.

"That's what the chief wants, what can I do with it?"

Li Gan laughed: "The military commander, this subordinate doesn't know." ”

Li Hu "I don't know when the chief will come back, he has completed several tasks for us, and now my brother is staying at home and making trouble again." ”

Before Chen Zijian went out, he gave several army commanders the task of pacifying several counties around Maoming County, and having a buffer zone with the government, and by the way, encircling and suppressing bandits and bandits.

The 100,000 volunteers cleaned up such a small task, not too simple.

Li Hu: "Who is that, how did the oil be arranged." ”

The person in charge said, "The chief has built a special place to reserve oil on the other side, and in the future, you can transport this oil back, and you can go there directly, so you don't have to waste time here." ”

Li Gan: "Okay, let's go over and lead the way." ”

Li Hu got off the ship, he heard that the oil had come back to see the excitement, but he was not interested after seeing it.

Soon twenty oil carriers went to another place, and a hole with a height of five meters and a diameter of four meters was artificially excavated not far from the sea.

When he arrived at the oil reserve area, Li Gan saw that dozens of round mouths for oil reserves had been built, and when the person in charge of the port left, he temporarily recruited 50 people nearby.

"You all tie a damp cloth to your face later, it doesn't smell good, but don't worry, it's not poisonous. We didn't see any problems all the way through. ”

"Shopkeeper, you're laughing, there's no problem, we're all good at work, and we won't give you trouble."

Because the fishing industry began to develop in Dianbai County, many people joined forces to buy a converted fortune boat to go to sea, and then sell the caught fish to the canning factory run by Chen Zijian.

Among them, a large number of moving jobs were required, which gave birth to professional moving workers.

Li Gan is looking for this kind of people.

The work of transferring oil did not take much effort.

"Captain, can we go to Zhangjiacheng to have fun later!"

Li Gan took out a cigarette, and the young man next to him hurriedly came over to draw a match and lit it for him.

That's right, Li Gan smoked a Daming version of cigarettes.

Tobacco leaves were brought by Europeans from the Americas, and it was not a rare thing in the southern region, and Chen Zijian was surprised when he first saw it.

Then there were cigarette factories, which specialized in making cigarettes for the benefit of smokers.

As for saying that cigarettes are harmful to health or something, the average age of the people in this era is not more than 40, and it doesn't matter what they are harmful or not.

Cigarettes have a sobering and soothing effect, and the pressure of the volunteers after going to the battlefield cannot be vented, and it is difficult to say what they will do.

The function of cigarettes is to calm the mood for a short time, and as for the addiction to smoking, this little problem is not a concern.

Moreover, tobacco has been popularized in the south, and Chen Zijian can reduce the harmful components by fermenting tobacco.

Cigarettes are different from things like opium, which can directly destroy people's bodies and wills, and the harm of cigarettes can happen in ten or decades.

Li Gan swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog, and agreed to come down without thinking too long, they went to sea for a month or two, so that the crew had time to relieve their boredom.

If someone on board is depressed, it can cause even more harm.

From Dianbai County to Zhangjiacheng, there are special buses and carriages. It can be reached in an hour by sitting on it, and the car is fitted with thick mats and a smooth cement road.

The bus that was soon chartered set off with hundreds of crew members.

Twenty transport ships are naturally more than that, and things are easy to do in a few times.

In the carriage, Kong Lin took a comfortable position and asked the groom in front of him, uh, it was the bus driver.

"Big brother's surname? Here's one. ”

The driver looked back and saw Kong Lin's cigarettes, and he didn't look at the old horse, anyway, the horse would walk along the cement road for a short time, and there would be no problems.

"Yes, I can smoke this Yellow Crane Tower, I heard that a pack of 100 coins is a pack."

Kong Lin: "Haha, my brother said that he laughed, he just went to sea to earn some hard-earned money, and there was nowhere to spend it at sea." What did the old brother do before. ”

The driver put the cigarette under his nose and smelled it, took the match and lit it, and spit out the cigarette before he was full of emotion.

"Hey, it's also bad luck, the ancestors didn't bless me, a few months ago I was a small soldier in the Tiger Army, in the past Xu Wen County was a bandit, at that time it was all close combat, and my left leg was scrapped by the bandits, and I became a semi-crippled, and I had problems walking. After recovering from his injuries, he quit the Volunteers. If he hadn't been injured, now Lao Tzu would not have been a problem to be a small platoon commander by virtue of his merits. ”

Kong Lin looked at the inconspicuous driver, but he didn't expect that he was still a big bull, a good man on the battlefield.

Because of Chen Zijian's emphasis on the army, in the sphere of influence of the volunteers, the status of the volunteers ranks in the top three, why is the status high and simple. The platoon commander I just mentioned has more than ten silver coins per month.

If you are rich and courageous, the volunteers will be rich, and their status will naturally improve.

"Brother is amazing."

The driver regretted, "Hey, the ancestors didn't bless me, I missed the opportunity, and now I don't need to fight in close combat with the Minnie guns and artillery that are all equipped." ”

After saying that, he sighed for a while, thinking that he was one of the early to join the Volunteers, practicing more than 2,000 stabs every day, and now the Volunteers have basically eliminated the Mitsubishi spear.

Kong Lin: "Yes, it's changed so much, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it." ”

Driver: "What are you doing in town?" ”

Kong Lin's face was a little unnatural, "Hehe, brother, haven't you been floating on the sea for a few months, take your brother to the Qinglou for a walk." ”

After saying that, it was very funny to squeeze your eyes and make your face.

Qinglou Chen Zijian has no idea of banning, it is very simple, even if there is no way to eliminate such things in future generations, if you can't see it in the open, it just goes underground, and the future generations can't do it, let alone the current Ming Dynasty.

The driver spat out a puff of smoke, "Hehe, I heard that there are a group of red-haired women over there, you can try it." ”

Kong Lin: "Haha, I'll definitely try it when I have time, by the way, brother, I heard that the volunteers have a good treatment when they retire, how do you do this?" ”

Driver: "The logistics department arranged for me to work as a supervisor in the factory to help the chief supervise the corruption problem. But I'm too lazy to stay in a small place, and it's not bad to be this groom. ”

Don't look at the groom is not very eye-catching, the current bus system is a monopoly, the driver in addition to the basic salary has other earnings, no less than five silver coins per month, than ordinary people into the factory to do things a lot higher, but also relatively free.

There was no shelter around the carriage, and six people sat on it to see the outside.

"Tut-tut, that's amazing."

Passing by hundreds of your bridge, Kong Lin passed by a few times, every time you pass by will be amazed, since the bridge is completed and opened to traffic, from Dianbai to Zhangjiacheng can be directly rushed by land, no need to transfer by boat.

Driver: "No, I heard that tens of thousands of people were used to build this bridge, and the people who built the bridge made it according to the chief's idea." ”

Kong Lin: "Brother, have you seen the chief, I heard that the chief is pulling out a thousand catties." ”

The driver smiled, "I haven't seen the chief shoot, but I heard the first veteran who told the chief that the chief could hold a tree of more than ten meters as a weapon to kill the enemy, you think about who is the leader's opponent in that situation." ”

Kong Lin: "Hey, I really want to pay homage to the chief, if it weren't for the chief, I'd just be a poor farmer now, and I can't eat enough for a day." ”

After crossing the bridge, there are five service areas, and five service areas are built on the Zhangdian Highway to give the transportation team a resting place.

"Brother, let's go, let the little brother invite you to have a drink. If you don't get drunk, you don't go home. ”

"Ha, you're welcome."