After the exercise, Li Mingyuan led the cavalry brigade around the Andes twice, captured three Andean condors, and set off for home.

The long-distance rush is a huge and cumbersome project, and everything must be prepared for the transfer of personnel, the procurement of medicines, the supply of food and materials, etc.

According to preliminary estimates, together with the 30,000 Chinese workers returned by the Peruvian side, the total number of Chinese transferred will reach 150,000.

The one-time transfer of 150,000 people required too much logistical pressure, so Li Mingyuan divided the 150,000 Chinese into three parts, and 8,000 people crossed the sea on captured warships and merchant ships to the southern Brazilian province of Rio Gran do Sul.

The nearly 40,000 field troops set out ahead of schedule with the aim of defeating the Brazilian army and finding a way for the follow-up troops.

The garrison and the Chinese logistics personnel set out last, and after the field army defeated the Brazilian army and opened the road to southern Brazil, they moved to Rio Oglan do Sul to settle down.

In terms of medicines, in addition to using the gold in his hand to buy Western medicines, Li Mingyuan also organized more than 30 traditional Chinese medicine doctors to go to the plantation to collect medicinal materials.

After the Chinese arrived in South America, they not only brought the Chinese living habits, but also brought traditional Chinese medicine to South America.

When Spain ruled South America, the colonists imported a large number of Chinese from the Philippines, and then transplanted oriental herbs to Peru and other places for cultivation.

Therefore, Li Mingyuan didn't have to make much effort to collect the herbs he needed in the nearby plantation.

In terms of food, the entire southern part of Peru was occupied by the Chinese Independence Army, and the looted food was enough for the Chinese troops to reach their destination.

In addition to food, medicine and other daily necessities, Li Mingyuan also plans to move out of the small arms factory in Arequipa City.

The Arequipa military factory mainly produces rifles, cartridges and small artillery.

The military factories were small in size but fully equipped, and by transporting the equipment to Rio Gran do Sul, the Chinese troops could establish an initial military industry and produce munitions from local materials.

Although Li Mingyuan had a lot of gold in his hands, in the early days of his arrival in Rio Gran do Sul, the Chinese army was likely to be sanctioned by Britain and the United States and other countries, and could not be replenished with weapons, so the importance of owning a small military factory became apparent.

The Arequipa military factory consisted of a hundred core workers, who were transported aboard ships along with the machinery and equipment of the munitions factory, while large quantities of gold were escorted by the garrison.

"Liu Pu, what do the soldiers think about the transfer?"

After sorting out the various arrangements in the transfer, Li Mingyuan turned the problem to the soldiers.

"Although people are a little reluctant to live in the place where they live now, they are still in favor of moving to the south of Brazil."

"After a few years in Peru, it's normal to be a little reluctant to leave suddenly." Li Mingyuan nodded.

"Shizi, there have been some bad phenomena in the army recently, some laborers who joined later have slacked off in training, and some people secretly smoke big cigarettes."

"Soldiers smoke big cigarettes? When did this start? Li Mingyuan frowned, and forced back his anger and said.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had no way, and used the Confucianism of literary prison and castration and deletion to mentally enslave the Han people, while many Chinese people did not want to make progress, did not dare to resist the oppression of the Manchus, smoked opium to anesthetize themselves, and finally left a despicable image of a money rat tail and smoking opium in the eyes of foreigners, and then was defeated by the Japanese, who had always looked down on them, and wore the label of the sick man of East Asia.

Li Mingyuan came to this world, and he could not do anything about things in Chinese mainland, but he did not expect that there were people in his army who smoked big cigarettes, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to rush out immediately and shoot all the soldiers who smoked big cigarettes.

"The soldiers who smoked big cigarettes were members of the garrison, and when they used to work in the mines, the mine owners lured them to smoke opium, and during this time, there was no war in the army, so when they were idle, they became addicted to cigarettes." Liu Pu carefully explained,

"It's not an active smoker, and it's understandable." Li Mingyuan's face softened a lot.

"But you can't open the mouth for smoking big cigarettes, Liu Pu, tomorrow we will start investigating how many people in the army smoke big cigarettes," Li Mingyuan said sharply.

"Yes, Shizi, but what should we do with these smokers?"

"It's not easy to deal with them? Bring together all the people who smoke big cigarettes to get rid of drugs. Li Mingyuan sneered.

"Understood." Liu Pu knew from Li Mingyuan's expression that those who smoked marijuana would not end well, but he didn't say much, because smoking marijuana not only destroys people's willpower, but also seriously affects the combat effectiveness of soldiers and the morale of the troops.

"Liu Pu, the investigation of marijuana smoking will be handed over to the people below first, and you and I will go outside immediately,"

"Okay." Liu Pu agreed.

Li Mingyuan went back and changed into a military uniform worn by ordinary soldiers, and wore more than a hundred guards and walked out of the city.

The sun was shining, and the city of Arequipa was crowded with pedestrians, and groups of Chinese troops rode pack horses and wagons towards the city, while groups of Peruvian locals dragged out of the city.

After Li Mingyuan occupied the city of Arequipa, there were not many restrictions on ordinary Peruvian people, as long as they honestly handed over a part of the grain and did not confront the Chinese Independence Army, the Chinese troops would not harm them.

Anthony was also among the crowd out of the city, and after capturing Arequipa, Li Mingyuan fulfilled his promise and released Anthony and his wife.

Anthony held the position of overseer in the Chinese Independence Army, and he had no access to the core secrets of the Chinese army, so he was released, and Li Mingyuan was not worried that he would pose a threat to the Chinese Independence Army.

Not only Anthony, but also the tens of thousands of Peruvian troops captured by Li Mingyuan will be slowly released, and news came from Manuel that the trade materials and personnel requested by Li Mingyuan have been prepared, and a week later, the two parties will officially trade.

At that time, after Li Mingyuan gets what he wants, he will leave Peru and hand over tens of thousands of Peruvian prisoners and the mining area in southern Peru to Pedro.

"Anthony, what's wrong with you? Aren't you happy to leave the clutches of this bunch of barbarians? Mary, who was holding some simple salutes, wondered when she saw her husband Anthony looking at Arequipa with nostalgia.

"No, I'm just a little emotional." Anthony shook his head.

"My dear, don't be an overseer for anyone else, it's too dangerous here, let's go back to Prussia." Mary's occupation of southern Peru by the Chinese Independence Army scared her so much that she couldn't resist wanting to go back to her European homeland as soon as she came out of Arequipa.

"My dear, Europe has been fighting all these years, and we can't live a good life when we go back, we still stay in Peru, last time I helped the Chinese troops enter the city and made a contribution, they gave me a sum of money, we can buy a large piece of land again, and then build a big villa." Anthony said to his wife.

"The Peruvians won't recognize you and arrest you, right?" Mary was not fascinated by the beautiful picture described by Anthony, and asked worriedly at first.

"Don't worry, baby. I was just helping the Chinese scouts into the city, and the Peruvians didn't notice me. ”

"God forbid, I hope we don't encounter this group of barbarians again in the future." Mary draws crossroads on her chest.

"No, they're leaving," Anthony said, pointing to the Chinese people on the road.

"Honey, let's hurry up, in case they regret it, we'll be in trouble." Mary didn't want to stay here for a minute, and hurriedly pulled Anthony away.