At the mouth of Shen'ao Bay outside Nan'ao City, about 400 meters away from the island, is the Lieyu Island that Chen Kai passed through when he came. Lieyu resembles a cow's leg and was originally called a cow's leg island. However, the Jinshan near Shenao Island resembles a tiger, and this island happens to be located in the place of the tiger's mouth, and there is a tendency to hunt tigers, so it is called Hunting Island.

The Lieyu Island is engraved with the words "the sea is broad and the heart is ambitious", and there are guns, forts and lookouts built for coastal defense. At the mouth of the tiger, Zheng Chenggong personally led the army to the north slowly out of Lieyu Bay, like a tiger out of the tiger with the anger of revenge, and gradually disappeared into the sea and sky.

Between the defense and the attack, the generals and officials who saw off the army at the port were looking far away, and it was not until Zheng Chenggong's flagship disappeared that they withdrew their gaze and began to think about the following things.

However, these people did not include Chen Kai, it was not that he did not come to see him off, but he just looked at it for a while, his mind was no longer here, and he went back to the things that Zheng Chenggong had explained before, and at this moment, it was past the time to think and was about to put it into action. Only this time, someone went out one step ahead of him.

"Chen joins the army."

"Hou Ye Chen."

Chen Bao, the loyal and brave marquis, called Chen Kai's name, and everyone present hurriedly retreated, lest they get too close to Chen Kai and make Chen Bao unhappy. However, Chen Kai was calm, bowed, and waited for Chen Bao's words.

"The army is on the march, Ben Hou is recruiting and training new soldiers, and the other side has been captured by the captive division. I just want to know, when will the Armory Workshop be able to craft the weapons needed for the local garrison? ”

This matter is exactly what Chen Kai is going to discuss with Chen Bao. Chen Bao was the first to mention it here, and he also knew that Zheng Chenggong had taken away the soldiers, horses, and ships of the six towns, and Nanao was at its weakest moment, and what he held was nothing more than this strait. Chen Bao is the head town of South Australia, and it is his responsibility to defend it, even if there are new soldiers everywhere, there is a difference between having weapons and not having weapons after all.

"Back to Marquis Chen, the general had instructed the lower officials before setting off on this matter, and the lower officials went back to urge the craftsmen to build weapons. However, before they can do so, they will need to use the pointed wooden guns they have been trained to do for the time being. ”

"This matter has its own plans, and Chen joins the army as soon as possible."

"The lower official knows, then the lower official retired first."

Leaving the port, Chen Kai went all the way south and soon arrived at the city of Nanao. Nanao City opens four gates, the east is called "Chaoxu", the west is called "Yangwei", the north is called "Hou Chao", and the south is called "Jincheng". Previously, the army came out from the barracks in the city from this tide gate, and at this moment Chen Kai also entered from this tide gate, and the city gate was restored to the same as before, Chen Bao did not close the city gate due to lack of troops, and the people also did their own livelihood as they did on weekdays, as if the disappeared army and that mission had nothing to do with them.

Only those relatives who are in the army are still in the port, in Wupingzhai, in any place where they can be overlooked, and look at the place where their relatives disappeared, and they have not returned for a long time.

"This time, I don't know how many soldiers will die on the battlefield, but I hope my efforts can redeem some."

For this dispatch, although Chen Kai tried his best, he did not give much hope. He vaguely remembered that when Zheng Chenggong first started, the number of troops sent was not bad, but the victory rate was not very good. Even if you can win, you will soon suffer a crushing defeat and spit out everything you swallowed.

In the final analysis, in today's situation, the gap in strength between the Ming and Qing dynasties is too large, and this army itself is full of new recruits and lack of experience among officers. When he first arrived, what Chen Kai could do was to make up for more weapons to ensure that every soldier could go into battle with a real weapon, so that one more Qing army would die, and I hope one more Ming army would survive. And those soldiers who have been in battle and killed people can transform from recruits to veterans with combat experience, and they will have more hope of winning the next battle.

With this thought, Chen Kai, who realized that time was not waiting, hurriedly walked towards the ordnance workshop. When the army goes out, there is no need to transport weapons to the center and left from such a large distance, but the army guarding South Australia also needs weapons. In other words, even if the needs of Nanao Town are met, when Zheng Chenggong returns to the division, the inevitable expansion of the army will inevitably require more weapons, and his purpose is only one:

That is, it is better to let weapons wait for people than for weapons!

Walking along Guiding Street, Chen Kai had to pass in front of the gate of the main town office. This time, it was the first time he had passed by here, but it was only this time that he really had a chance to take a closer look.

Aside from the gray tiles and red walls and the huge plaques, there are two fine-leaved ficus trees on both sides of the gate, which are about a few decades old. Next to the thicker one, there was a rectangular stone with a recess on each side of the stone, which seemed to be used for lifting.

"Recruitment tree, soldier inspection stone."

It was here that Zheng Chenggong announced his rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and recruited more soldiers to augment the troops. It is said that the stone weighed more than 200 catties, and those who joined the army only had to lift it up and walk three steps to pass the test. For this thing, Chen Kai is eager to try, but once he takes into account his current identity, a civil official, there is no reason to move the soldier inspection stone, not to mention whether it is suitable or not, at least if it can't be done, his face will be thrown into the sea first.

However, the power of tradition forced him to give up trying that hand, but he still couldn't suppress the emotion of traveling through hundreds of years.

"Gu Rongmei recruited soldiers, and the hunting island stayed in the oath field. Mandao ruthless real wood and stone, always for the people of the lofty ideals forever. ”

In order to commemorate, but also to develop tourism, a statue of Zheng Chenggong was built under the tree. But for more than a month, Zheng Chenggong, who had been replaced by a fake, was beside him, laughing and angry, all in front of his eyes, and even the warriors who were the first to follow Zheng Chenggong to fight against the Qing Dynasty went out under his watch.

At this moment, although Chen Kai did not move the stone, the sense of mission in his heart told him that his joining would definitely bring different changes to this army that had insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for decades!

The armory workshop is Chen Kai's first home field, what Zheng Chenggong ordered, he has also made plans these days, just to be implemented. According to Zheng Chenggong's instructions, the next stage of the weapons manufacturing task of the ordnance workshop should be based on swords and shields. However, the defenders of South Australia are now in urgent need of a large number of weapons to arm the soldiers, and the sword and shield are not easy to form combat effectiveness, and the production speed is even more limited.

"Today and tomorrow, the work plan will continue as usual. The day after tomorrow, June 20, the compensatory leave of June 11 will be compensated, and the rest of June 21 will remain unchanged. The roll call ends early and starts work. ”