The main island of Changguo County is not big, 90 miles from east to west, less than 40 miles from north to south, mainly hilly and mountainous, not many plains, mostly in the low part of the coastal sea, typhoons and waves come together, many winds and droughts, and the grain harvest completely depends on the sky.

There are no mountains or rivers on the whole island, and the fresh water resources are mainly underground, and the draft depends on digging wells, but the fresh water resources are quite abundant. This also answers Yang Congyi's question, why so many puddles were dug in the hills behind the camp, originally thought to store water nearby to prevent the barracks from catching fire, it turned out that this puddle was still used to solve the draft problem.

Although Yang Congyi didn't know where Changguo County was at first, he carefully asked about the size of the island, the distance from the mainland, and quietly took out the atlas, that is, he understood where Changguo County was, it turned out to be the famous Zhoushan in later generations, and Changguo County governed the entire Zhoushan Islands, but there were only more than ten really inhabited islands, and they couldn't grow food, couldn't pay taxes, how to survive? They can only make a living on the big island.

Zhoushan is a famous fishing ground, the aquatic products are abundant, no wonder the county order heard that he wanted to buy fish and shrimp for ten pennies, he immediately agreed, and was so happy, the fishery is full of fish, not to mention 10,000 catties a day, it is 100,000 catties a day, it is estimated that it can also be salvaged. Ten dollars a pound is indeed a bit too expensive, but the words have been spoken, and they can't be taken back, see how to cut the price with the county order in the future, and save a little bit of military spending.

Back at the camp, it was almost dark.

The sergeants were exhausted from a long day of drilling, and they lay in the barracks and did not want to move. They haven't practiced for more than a month, and the intensity of the drill was not so great before, at most two hours a day, that's still a minority, and today from morning to night, they have practiced for no less than five hours, and the people who beat the iron will also be tired and lie down.

Yang Congyi summoned the food chiefs of all the quarters that night and told them the decision to improve the diet of the sergeants, saying that the Xuanwei Army has great responsibilities and heavy tasks, and must eat well every day, ensure that each person has two catties of food per day, and the food must be full. Let me tell you again, the training is hard, and it is not enough to eat only light pickles and rice, but also to let the soldiers eat meat every day.

At this point, the food chiefs suddenly exploded, how is this possible! If they really want to eat meat, they can eat forty or fifty pigs a day, but where there are so many pigs, and the food money given is not enough, no matter how special the Xuanwei Army is, it is impossible to have meat to eat every day, and it is not enough to eat meat every day if the soldiers' salaries are deducted.

When Yang Congyi told everyone the news that Xuanwei Jun purchased 10,000 catties of fish and shrimp from Changguo County every day, the food chiefs immediately smiled and applauded. The whole army has meat to eat, and they naturally have meat to eat, 10,000 catties of fish and shrimp a day, although they don't know how much, but it sounds like a large number.

At the same time, Yang Congyi told them that since there is a huge supply of fish and shrimp, they should study and study together if they have time, how to make the fish and shrimp more delicious, don't eat the same way for a month, and the generals will get tired of eating too much. Steaming, boiling, making fish balls, making fish noodles, are all choices, and the food chiefs should discuss with each other, change their tricks, and make delicious things, which is the responsibility of the food chief, not just make the rice.

Thinking that they would have meat to eat every day in the future, the food chiefs were very happy, and agreed to whatever the prison army asked them. As long as there is meat to eat, nothing else matters!

This mobilization meeting, initiated by Yang Congyi, to improve military meals and food, ended with his warning: "Only by eating a good meal can we fight a good war."

The food chiefs were very excited, and shouted in unison: "Eat well, fight a good battle!" After three shouts in a row, the crowd disbanded.

As soon as the disbandment was disbanded, the chief of the food rushed away and went back to tell everyone the good news that they would be able to eat meat every day in the future.

A quarter of an hour later, the entire Xuanwei army camp was boiling.

The shouts of "eat well, fight well" resounded throughout the camp.

Yang Congyi looked at Zhao An, who came in a panic, and hurriedly calmed him down, telling him that the camp was fine, and the soldiers were just too excited, not mutinied.

Then he will purchase 10,000 catties of fish and shrimp every day to improve the food of the soldiers, and tell Zhao An as it is, so that he can rest assured.

Zhao An only knew that it was a false alarm after hearing it, but it also scared him enough.

Zhao An was also very happy to learn that there would be enough fish and shrimp every day to improve the food of the soldiers. Don't look at him as an officer, there is not much oil and water in the meal, especially after coming to Changguo County, there is a shortage of materials, and he can't eat pork at all. Now that Yang Congyi has solved the problem of eating meat, and he still has meat to eat every day, he is also happy to hear it, not to mention the ordinary soldiers who can only eat pickles with rice all day long.

The next day, the Changguo County government began to mobilize the people to go to the sea to catch fish, and at noon on the third day, several large truckloads of fish and shrimp were sent to the barracks, and they were weighed on the spot, with more than 3,200 catties, and in the afternoon, several carts were sent, more than 2,000 catties.

The Huotou Army, who had never seen so many fish and shrimp, was scared enough. How long will it take to clean up these fish and shrimp? This is the question on the mind of every firehead.

A few thousand fish is indeed too much for one person, but for a team of hundreds of firehead troops, as long as it is distributed, one person can only handle dozens of catties of fish and shrimp, and it will not take much time.

But this can't be blamed on them, who of them has ever seen a mountain of fish? There are too many fish, and the impact of this scene on them is too great, so they naturally feel that it is difficult to do it.

The fireheads, under the command of the chief of the caterers, soon began to separate themselves to process the fresh sea fish. There are a lot of fish types, and there seem to be many kinds of fish, but they don't know each other, and they don't need to know them, just clean them up.

After the drill that day, the soldiers dragged their tired bodies and ate a meal of boiled fish with a hundred times more energy. I was very excited, and I sighed with emotion, I had never eaten such a delicious fish, and after eating the fish in the bowl, I was still greedy, and shouted at the Huotou Army to have some more.

In the months that followed, whenever the Huotou Army brought out boiled fish, they automatically chose not to eat fish, but only pickles with rice.

"Only by eating well can we fight a good battle" is the slogan of the soldiers, and "enough fish and meat" is the promise of the Huotou Army, and the soldiers of the Xuanwei Army have really been managed enough by the fish and meat in the following months.

But they also benefited from an almost unlimited supply of fish and meat, so that their bodies could withstand the daily high-intensity training, and in a short period of time, Xuanwei Army achieved results.

A few days later, Yang Congyi took Zhang Biao and others across the sea by boat and came to Yin County, where Mingzhou Prefecture was located, where they waited for the arrival of the new army.

More than 1,000 people of the new army had to cross the sea, and several large ships were needed to send them to Changguo County at one time, but obviously there was no need, and it was not impossible to transport them in two trips. As soon as the people are in place, they should board the ship immediately, so as not to be stranded on the shore and cause only trouble.

Taking advantage of the time to wait for the new army, Yang Congyi took the neat Xuanwei Army to play the banner of the Xuanwei Army recruitment in the downtown area, and set up the recruitment flag and began to recruit new soldiers.

However, not many people paid attention, at most some people came to see the excitement, but that's all, no one came to apply. Even with the generous recruitment treatment, there were very few people who came to inquire. This is too different from when the army was recruited in Anqing, and the people here don't seem to be interested in joining the army at all.

In most of the day, two people were recruited, they were landless fishermen, fishing did not make money, it was difficult to support their families, there were many families, they could not pay the fishing tax alone, they could not support them at all, there was food in the barracks, and joining the army was also a choice.

The next day, the recruitment continued, and there were only a few applicants.

Offshore Mingzhou, the land is fertile, almost all of it is flat and fertile land, but if there are one or two good fields in the family, there can be a good harvest, and there is no land or land can also be rented and planted, and it can also survive. Moreover, Mingzhou is close to Lin'an, and there are naturally many ways to make money, and there are very few people who can't live a difficult life. Joining the army has to risk war, and it is common to shed blood and lose your life, and it is not a good way for people who are accustomed to living in peace to earn a living.

Mingzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, except for the Jin people who came to it 20 years ago, and destroyed it, the first few hundred years were a peaceful and stable life, basically no swords, and recruited troops in a peaceful and peaceful place, it is strange that there can be many people. Recruiting troops in Mingzhou is estimated to be not much different from recruiting troops in Lin'an, and they are all busy.

After two days of recruitment, there were only five people. Yang Congyi figured it out and directly gave up continuing to recruit troops in Mingzhou.

Recruiting troops is still in Jiangbei, Huaidong or Huaixi is a choice, or let Shen Jin and Lin Song go back to their hometown to recruit a group? It's an option, and it's totally possible to try. There is still a shortage of 500 people in the Xuanwei army, and since the imperial court has given the establishment, there is no shortage of one, and all of them will be used.

The new army arrived in Yinxian at noon on the third day, and Yang Congyi joined Jiang Kai, Shen Jin, and others. Because it was still early, it was completely possible to rush to the beach to board the ship, so the whole army did not rest, and immediately rushed to the beach under the leadership of Zhang Biao and others.

When we arrived at the beach, the sun was about to set, because there were many islands and reefs in the sea, it was not safe for the day hacker ship to sail, so it was only possible to go to Changguo County once before dark, and could not return.

Since the new army was already on the seashore, it was impossible to return in two groups, and it had to requisition passenger ships.

Zhang Biao and Jiang Kai took the teaching regiment and 600 new troops to take three pre-booked passenger ships to the Xuanwei Army garrison in Changguo County.

Yang Congyi and others temporarily requisitioned four more ships, and half an hour later, the remaining new military boarded the ships offshore and sailed into the sea.

The mainland is forty miles away from Changguo County, and it takes half an hour when the wind is downwind, and it takes more than an hour if there is no wind, and at least two hours when there is a headwind. Fortunately, the weather has been good recently, there are no typhoons and no rain, and the sea is calm.

Half an hour later, the sun receded, and there was no more light in the sky, and the sea was gradually hazy.

In order to prevent the sea conditions from being clear, the passenger ship washed up on the island and ran aground, and the boatman hung a lantern on the bow of the ship early, among which a long bamboo pole stretched out from the bow of the ship, and a huge lantern was hung on it, which could be seen clearly within three feet.