However, the result of the war always increased the hatred, and after that, the indomitable tribal warriors harassed the small group of Sin'an Fortress from time to time, although no one dared to attack the wooden wall later, but those natives who worked in Sin'an Castle during the day and returned to the jungle at night immediately became the targets of the tribal warriors, and these people would often be robbed by those losers on the way back to the jungle on the outskirts to vent their anger, and sometimes, this kind of robbery actually happened not far from the wooden wall doorway.

It's just a demonstration against me! Is it tolerable or intolerable?

Wei Hong finally became angry, during that time, in order to stop these crimes that happened under his nose, he had to take the guards out of the wooden wall to expel these small groups of bandits, but this kind of guerrilla-style harassment made Wei Hong head and two, and he had to send several capable teams to attack everywhere at the same time, extinguishing fires everywhere, and was often in a state of exhaustion.

Therefore, when it comes to work intensity, in the period after the war, Wei Hong was much more tired than Hou Xianglin, because whether it was to expel the bandits outside the wall, or military training inside the wall, as well as daily patrols, etc., he needed to practice it.

So it didn't take long for Wei Hong to look around, and his skin was darkened by a shade, if it weren't for the difference in clothing and height, at first glance it would be no different from the local natives.

However, at this time, Hou Xianglin, Brother Hou, has gained a lot of weight!

Although Hou Xianglin also has work pressure, on the whole, Hou's work is indeed a lot easier, because in most daily situations, he just moves a chair, puts it under a large oilcloth parasol, and sits on the chair to guide everyone in construction.

If the weather is fine, Hou Xianglin often wears a pair of large sunglasses to appear, and there are a few followers standing beside him, they not only serve with teapots and cups, but also run forward and backward to pass the word, and behind him there are four guards armed with spears or knives for close protection, and at this time Hou Xianglin is cross-legged, leaning on the back of the chair, from time to time to a group of people who are working not far away.

Therefore, although he has never had a Sunday day off these days, he feels more relaxed than in the Red Mansion, not to mention that Zezilia comes to "visit" his fiancé from time to time, so in Wei Hong's eyes, Brother Hou is simply a fairy life.

Although the construction of the new Governor's Palace at this time was still only a foundation, more than half of the road and storage shed projects in the entire Sin'an City had been completed, and the supporting facilities of the Blue Wharf had been completed with the full support of the garrison.

At about eight o'clock in the morning of April 15, Wei Hong sent a telegram from the Nicole to Brother Hou:

"At eight o'clock this morning, the ship has left the Red Wharf and headed north-west, with a speed of ten knots, and the destination: Xin'an Port. Accompanied by Sun Lao, Qiao Xiaomu and Xiao Pingguo, the former came to propose to Duchess Margaret, the middle one came to assist in the construction of the ** factory in Xin'an City, and the last one came to be an instructor for the military band of the garrison...... Our ship is expected to arrive in Sinanjo in 10 days. Nicole, Gu Jin. April 15, 1658. ”

After receiving this telegram, Wei Hong, who was a little tired during this time, was sure that the Nicole would come soon, and the bullets consumed a while ago would be replenished, and he could practice with live ammunition again.

And Hou Xianglin hurriedly went to Dili City, he told Pimont in person, asking him to count the ore and coal collected recently, and when the Nicole came, it would be shipped to Xin'an Port immediately, Hou Xianglin emphasized that it should be collected as much as possible, and the Australian side will collect as much as you have.

In the evening, Hou Xianglin also took a detour to the Duchess's Manor to report the news, when Hou Xianglin returned to the stilt house in Xin'an City, Wei Hong said to Brother Hou, Sun Lao is also getting married, should we give gifts?

Hou Xianglin suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly sent a telegram:

"Elder Sun is going to propose to the duchess, and I am going to get married on Pentecost, have you brought a gift?"

Nicole called back immediately:

"Hindsight! Are you just thinking about it now? We've been ready for a long time! You hurry up and urge Pimont to get the ore ready......"

Hou Xianglin immediately called back:

"At present, Pimont has accumulated 600 tons of iron placer ore and 300 tons of coal."

An hour later, Xiao Fei called back from the Red Mansion:

"Holley said that this little ore is too little, not enough for him to eat."

Hou Xianglin hurriedly called back:

"That number is expected to double by the end of April."

Xiao Fei of the Red Chamber called back:

Now we are experimenting with coking ovens and planning to produce coke, and the coal at home is basically used for coal coke chemical industry, and we can't arrange it here. In addition, Ren Ke said that he also wanted to come to Timor to help Brother Hou......"

Hou Xianglin called back:

"Welcome, welcome, brother, Wei Hong and I are busy now......"

After a while, Nicole called:

"Remind you that there is a large amount of industrial equipment on board, so please prepare the warehouse."

Hou Xianglin called back:

"Understood, greenhouses are being built."

At this time, the old bus of the Red House called:

"Ren Ke's request was denied, the metallurgical group is very busy now, and recently is experimenting with wet copper smelting, he was pulled by the metallurgical group as a half professional to be the person in charge, and it is expected that he will be released after half a year."

……

At seven o'clock in the morning on April 8, 1658, the Pride called:

"I arrived in Puerto Holo an hour ago and am now in contact with the representative of the State of Sulu, Haruban."

The Pride changed course at 10 a.m. on April 6 and sailed north to Harbor Holo.

Three days ago, that is, at 10 o'clock in the morning of April 6, Zhu Beiguo, who was on duty in the communication room, received a telegram from Hou Xianglin from Xin'an City to the Red Chamber and the Pride at the same time, at this time the Pride had already gone south out of the Sulu Sea and was on its way to Timor Island.

Considering that the trade of Sulu had not yet been completed, the brothers immediately sent a telegram to the Red Mansion, suggesting that the Pride should return to Holo Harbor and complete the original plan to purchase materials from Sulu and negotiate the release of Han Chinese slaves.

The Red Mansion promptly called back and agreed to the suggestion of Li and Zhu, so the Pride immediately turned around and sailed towards Sulu, and arrived at the port of Holo on the morning of the third day.

For Sulu, this is not the first time that the two sides have dealt with each other, and Zhu Beiguo met with the representatives of Sulu, Haluban and Zheng Fu, very smoothly, and soon talked about two serious things on this trip: the procurement of materials and the release of Han tenant slaves.

The previous thing is very easy to do, the Australians come here with real money to buy things, of course, the king and the prime minister are not able to ask for it, and after a morning of talking, Zhu Beiguo soon acquired his most priority purchase goods: copper, tin sand and lead sand, these goods are produced in the eastern part of Sulawesi and the western part of Mindanao under the control of the Sulu Kingdom, although the quantity is not much, but the quality is still good.

Other aspects of procurement are also smoothly in the heart, through conversation, Zhu Beiguo learned that this Haluban and Zheng Fu were both promoted before, Captain Ha is now the minister in charge of negotiations with Australia, directly ranked in the court, but the name of this position is very long, after Zheng Fu scratched his ears and cheeks next to the translation, Zhu Beiguo finally understood, probably should be the trade plenipotentiary and Minister of Trade and other positions, but according to the official name of Sulu, what is Suri, Zhu Beiguo didn't know too much about these complicated names.

As for Zheng Fu, he was also promoted from the status of a royal servant to "Habersuri", this name is short, but Zhu Beiguo remembers it, probably a position such as deputy trade representative and secretary of the king.