[Some readers reported that the pace was slow, in fact, I wanted to try to show the general environment of the early seventeenth century, and it took a lot of time to consult the literature, and I felt that those who were not happy with the rhythm could be raised slowly, and they would not be eunuchs anyway]

A full month after Wang Xingping left Beijing and returned to the west, in an extraterritorial port 7,000 miles away from Kyoto in the Ming Dynasty, a soldier was reading a report in Chinese with a strange accent.

'All Recruits and Soldiers,

Hello!

It's the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and it's been a year since you came to the army, and this year you'll spend a different holiday in the camp from home, write a letter to you, and exchange ideas.

Are you eating well? Twenty years ago, like all of you, I first joined the army. At that time, whether it was the Japanese army or the Fubo army, there was no allowance, and it was not good to be able to eat enough food. Life in Australia is very hard, and there are no dishes added to each festival, but there are slightly more staple foods. Now life in the army is much better, but remember not to waste, at the current festival, what do you want to eat boldly to say to the military department.

Are you still training hard? When I first arrived in the army, there was not much training, and it was difficult to do so, and the Senate required that the recruits should go into battle in January, and there were no good firearms, so I only practiced assassination and fighting. Now that you have nine subjects when you enlist in the army, although it is not much, you must first figure out the essentials, and if you don't understand, you should ask the squad leader for advice. Some subjects such as array, shooting, bomb throwing, self-rescue, mutual aid, etc., should be practiced well, but the training should be carried out in a certain way. Don't practice on your own, don't give up on yourself, a few days and a while, evaluate teaching and learning. When you are a recruit, you dare to suggest that you are a good soldier.

The squad leader with the troops may endure? When I was newly enlisted, the squad leader was irritable and often angry, but he was a cold-faced and hot-hearted man. At that time, there was not enough food to eat, so the squad leader gave me meat and camped in the open, he always slept on the military tent, and he had to take my post at night. On a long march, when he saw that I was young, he always wanted to help me carry my armor. He died in battle at an early age, but I regarded him as a brother.

In my Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers are extremely glorious. Its honor, in the contribution to the people of the world, in the dedication to the Chinese family, you will often live in the camp in the future, especially in combat readiness training and combat, you will cherish this army more and more, comrades-in-arms must form a deep friendship. I hope that you will be able to become a good soldier of the Senate.

The first festival is especially good. I remind you that you must take a bath carefully, especially for soldiers in the mountains and rainforests, to dry their quilts, wash their military uniforms, and dry their shoes. Those who are literate remember to write a letter to their home and say hello to them on my behalf. I also have to insist on exercising and taking roll calls every day. When you have nothing to do, you can read and play ball, and if you have something to do to help the kitchen and the farmer, you can also go with you. Remember to ask for leave when you go out, and be sure to cancel your leave when you return to the camp, and the military order cannot be abolished.

I wish you a happy Dragon Boat Festival and a healthy family!

Zhu Dazhao, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, summoned the envoy of the eastern road of Linghai

June 14, 3690 A.D.

"Damn, let the Army take the lead again."

Wang Wenshan choked on the headlines in today's "Xinhua Daily" halfway through the meal, but his fiery temper was still unabated, and he did not hesitate to arrange other veterans in front of the indigenous warriors. At the beginning of the year, the Haidong Road Recruitment Division, which was established for the Luzon Raiders, was originally a joint operation of the navy and the army, but the plan of the cross-sea operation allowed the army to steal the lead, and Zhu Dazhao, who praised the Japanese army, became the envoy, but the head of the Fubo army, another central deputy Liu Dawu, was arranged to sit in Coconut City (note: later Jakarta).

The reason is also ready-made, that is, it is necessary to ensure the strategic projection capability to the southwest direction at any time.

In addition to the two ships of Qinglan, which is stationed in Brunei, and Shi Yu and Shooter, who have been ordered to assemble in Princesa, the military division is located in Kuching and can come north to the mouth of the Kowloon River at any time, and the Kirin will enter Machen to deter the main shipping lanes of the Spice Islands.

The five ships of Tianlong, Giant Blade, Leopard Head, Lei Yan and Blunt Sword, which have recently completed sea trials, are all concentrated at the mouth of the Chirion River, and the Coconut City Port Yanran, which has been built less than a year ago, has become the strategic support and the most important naval base of the Senate on the island of Java. It is precisely because this place is already the maritime hub of the Senate that it is logical for Liu Dawu to be here.

It's just that in this way, the strategic posture of the Senate has also undergone a major adjustment.

Today, Zhu Dazhao actually wrote this letter of condolence to the recruits on behalf of the whole army, and the front page of "Xinhua Daily" reprinted it in full.

Ma Qianhu didn't care, and said while eating: "Last year, the Fubo Army failed to catch the big fish, and the army should be scolded, which is also something that can't be helped, but this holy calendar looks awkward, I don't know what it means." ”

Last year, the navy planned to go to the waters off Luzon to intercept the silver galen from the Americas, but the four galens arrived safely in Manila as scheduled, and the navy was stunned that none of them could be caught. As for its combat operations in the past year, apart from collecting taxes along the coast, it has not been able to fight any major battles, and judging from its performance in the past year, the Fubo Army is more like a logistics transport team that praises the Japanese army.

It's not even as good as Quark and Jaco—at least these two slave catchers really sent a lot of slaves from Bali and Banten to Ma Chen, and fought with the Spaniards a few times in the middle, although there were also casualties but the exchange ratio was quite good, and I heard that a few more ships were invested this year.

Speaking of the strategy of this coconut city, the navy's role is pitiful, although the Fubo army raid was successful, but the whole operation is still not good-looking, and there were even some casualties in the melee, and seven Fubo soldiers stayed in Java forever.

"It's been a day since this matter was rumored, and it has been counted since the founding of Cheng Tang, and it seems that it is older, Song Chengyin."

Feng Xiaochen didn't have much appetite, and he didn't care about the navy's own twists and turns, but because of the weather, he really lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot, and when he heard Ma Qianhu asking about the year number, he was a little more energetic, and his tone seemed to be very clear about this matter, "That is, the previous generational engineering Mei Xue also thinks it is not very reliable, otherwise it can really be added to five thousand years." ”

"Then it's better to use Confucius's birthday directly." Wang Wenshan said absent-mindedly.

"Kong Dan? Then when I go to the mainland in the future, what will I do with the descendants of Yan Shenggong? We know the details of the Mongols, but the fools and fools don't know. ”

Feng Xiaochen continued to smile, after the twenty-first century, thanks to the prosperity of genetic science, there is already conclusive biological evidence about the wild history of Beikong being changed by the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty, but this kind of thing is not easy to explain, so naturally you can't ask for trouble, so after thinking about going to the Senate, you have forcibly pushed this holy calendar forward for more than a thousand years. Naturally, all the previous historical materials would have to be rewritten, but fortunately it was only a replacement text, and fortunately, Mei Casey and the rest of the Emperor Han Party were willing to spend energy on this matter, so no one talked about it anymore.

The light gray clouds press against the sky, which always makes people feel that the mountain rain is coming, and there is a little depression in the clearness.

On the north side of the canteen where the three people dined, on a sandbar rammed earth about 200 meters away, is the first fortress to be built on the east side of the Chirion estuary - the Triumph Fort, the fort wall on each side is less than 100 meters, but there is a fortress connected to the main fort at each corner, which is extremely neatly repaired, standing in an excellent position at the mouth of the river, relying on several Type 90 fortress guns (note: according to the Armstrong cannon transformation, the original model is Type 19, the model changes with the change of the year number) can control the ships coming and going in the estuary and all the buildings within nearly ten miles to the left.

The Dutch, who had been halfway fortified last year, had been given a new lease of life by the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty, and no one could have imagined that the four forces of Banten, the governor of Jayagarda, the Dutch, and the British had been fighting for many years in this place, but all of them had made wedding dresses for others.

Liu Dawu is standing on the south wall of the Triumph Fort at the moment looking at the grand scene under the low clouds in the distance, the project in full swing is unfolding around the wall of the Coconut City Port Area, the wall is made of bricks and stones, the north side is connected with the Coconut Castle, the east wall is only more than 200 meters long from north to south, spread out parallel along the Chirion River Channel, the easternmost part of the south wall is less than 150 meters away from the river bank, from the coconut castle, the boxy layout looks extremely comfortable.

Further beyond the city walls is a plain dotted with coconut palms, and you can vaguely see local natives farming outside the city, and wooden sheds for trading are scattered around.

Surrounded by the walls were new houses on a black scorched earth, barracks, exchanges, town halls, arsenals, and dockyards, all of which were being built on the scorched earth of Cohen, the new governor of the East India Company, when he was forced to leave.

The fire was set by the Dutch, which gave Liu Dawu a lot of propaganda space politically, and as long as the locals who remained here did not participate in the hostilities against the Fubo army, the destroyed houses and fields could be compensated by the Great Song Dynasty, and this virtue made the prestige of the Senate quickly rise in the city.

Liu Dawu was followed by not only the guards, but also a lean middle-aged man, black and thin, with squinted eyes, if it weren't for the wisp of beard, he would look like a native man. This person is only in his twenties, and it is Yang Kun, the contractor of this coconut city infrastructure, who can see that Liu Dawu is quite satisfied with his work.

His words were full of relief, "The progress is good, the moat and the canal can be completed before the Dragon Boat Festival, right?" ”

Yang Kun hurriedly bowed down and replied: "It's all the chief's incentive method that is easy to use, but it is an extra thirty percent of the salary, and the construction period is twice as fast, the villain really admires it." ”

There is a shortage of people here in Coconut City, and there is a shortage of craftsmen, and there is no other family except the Chinese who have the skills to build the city. The Dutch were looking for Yang Kun to strengthen the merchant house last year, and later he helped the Fubo army to renovate the fortress, and he was even more familiar with the road.

Liu Dawu would not be willing to let the precious military power be used to build the city, this drudgery naturally fell on Yang Kun, in order to get this business, he also helped the Fubo army to lead a way, which can be regarded as a full vote.

According to the progress publicity and reward methods handed over by Liu Dawu, these fellow villagers of Yang Kun really entered the alley. The Dutch paid the Chinese craftsmen one guilder per day, and the British gave 12 pence, which was roughly at the level of Sangandong (note: the unit of measurement around the islands of Malay Peninsula, Java, and Sumatra, one gandong is about 1.75 liters and weighs about 3 kilograms) rice. Liu Dawu not only guaranteed this amount, but also gave an extra 100 catties of rice every day to reward the fastest group of workers, a method that has been tried and tested repeatedly in Brunei and Kuching.

"You all deserve it, as long as you do it well, such projects will naturally be indispensable to you in the future." Liu Dawu was in a good mood and continued to draw cakes for the other party.

Yang Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted again.

He still remembered that before the future of the chiefs, although there were many Chinese merchants here in Java, neither the Hongyi nor the natives looked down on them. The clansmen left their hometowns to come here to beg for a living, just to make money, and there were never a few things that were bullied.

But after the leaders came, the situation was completely different, just take this veteran Liu, who was a general of the Great Song Dynasty, but never took a share. He himself said that he was of the same language and the same species, but the officials in his hometown of Fujian had never seen such a kind of person of the same language and the same species. In Liu Dawu's place, Yang Kun has been respected for a long time, as long as he does his errands well, he will definitely be able to get the remuneration he deserves, and the difference from the past is that there is great spiritual satisfaction in addition to material.

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