"Yiyi, I don't know, I suddenly feel very tired. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Xu Lang's mood was much lowered, "I'm leaving again, I'm leaving you and the children again, I don't want to leave, I want to be with you forever." ”

"Xu Lang." Cheng Yiyi held Xu Lang's hand, "I'm not, I want to be with you all the time." Cheer up, I want to see you happy, and we will be happy when you are happy. ”

"I will." Xu Lang patted Cheng Yiyi's hand, "Yiyi, thank you for understanding me." ”

"It's all old husbands and wives, why do you still say thank you." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile.

"Sister Yiyi, it's all cleaned up, you guys should rest early." Zhao Zhiruo walked in from outside the house after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, "I'm also going to rest." ”

"Zhiruo." Xu Lang grabbed Zhao Zhiruo, "Let's sleep together tonight." ”

Since Zhao Zhiruo became pregnant, she has lived alone in a side house, and she has not moved back since giving birth. Hearing Xu Lang say this, Zhao Zhiruo was a little shy and looked at Cheng Yiyi unconsciously.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Cheng Yiyi smiled, "Follow your wish for the eldest son." ”

Xu Lang was supported by two women and staggered back to the bedroom, snoring on the bed.

"This guy." Cheng Yiyi looked at Xu Lang's four-fold appearance and smiled, "I thought he could do much tonight, the feeling is to let the two of us come to see him sleep." ”

"Sister Yiyi, I'll go get a towel and wipe it for him, don't vomit again later."

"Go ahead." Cheng Yiyi looked at Xu Lang's appearance and sighed secretly in her heart, "Xu Lang, you are too tired." ”

Li Fuqiang and Xu Tianbin stood on the deck of the newly launched 500-ton battleship Xiamen, holding binoculars and looking in the direction of Kampot. Behind them was another 30-gunboat-class Changhua and several civilian ships hired from Vietnam. Yulinwan sent a six-member team to Vietnam this time, and Sun Dalei formed a new three-member decision-making group with Li Fuqiang and Xu Tianbin as a representative of the committee.

Xu Tianbin put down the binoculars: "Sir Li, why doesn't there seem to be anyone here." ”

"Of course there is no one now." Li Fuqiang replied, "In later generations, Kampot was only a small city of only 10,000 or 20,000 people, not to mention that now, I am afraid that there is not even a small village." ”

"Then why did you choose to stay here?" Sun Dalei, who was beside Li Fuqiang, asked.

"Commissar Sun." Li Fuqiang explained, "Although there is no one in this place now, it is very close to Phnom Penh, only 240 miles. Although Phnom Penh is not yet the capital of Cambodia, it has always been a big city. Moreover, in this era, Cambodia has great internal contradictions, and its relations with Vietnam and Thailand are also good and bad. ”

"You can do it, Li Fuqiang." Sun Dalei boasted, "I have put a lot of effort into Vietnam during this time. ”

"Hehe, no way." Li Fuqiang said with a smile, "If you want to penetrate into Southeast Asia, in addition to military means, you really have to use some political skills." ”

Several small boats rowed in from a distance, and a naval lieutenant boarded the deck of the Xiamen: "Report to the sir, my subordinates have completed their exploration, and there is a harbor about three nautical miles west of which is suitable for the draft of the warship." The topography and hardness of the beach are also suitable for us to camp. ”

"Good." Li Fuqiang shouted loudly, "I order, turn the rudder left, set off to the west, and we will land." ”

The battleship hoisted its sails and headed for the harbor to the west.

Sun Dalei asked again: "Li Fuqiang, we have a total of 800 soldiers here this time, and there are not many pioneer regiments, if you plant pepper here, what are you going to do?" ”

"I've planned all these things." Li Fuqiang replied, "In later generations, Kampot was planted with white pepper, black pepper and red pepper. I brought some seeds from all kinds this time, so let's try them out first to see which variety has a higher yield. As for the people, after we settle down, we will first use the army and the pioneer regiment to open up the wasteland and farm, and then send people to Phnom Penh to have a look, and it is best to hire locals. ”

"Cambodia won't have any reaction, right?"

"What are you afraid of?" Li Fuqiang said with a smile, "We are still playing the banner of North Vietnam this time, and if there is really any conflict, let Cambodia settle accounts with Vietnam." Let's grow our land honestly, I have heard that the profit of pepper is very high, and if it is really shipped to Europe, it will cost more than ten or twenty times the profit. ”

"Hahahaha." Xu Tianbin smiled on the side, "Chief Li, I think you are doing business very well." ”

"That's it." Li Fuqiang patted his chest, "I have done business in Vietnam in my last life. ”

"Is that a gain or a loss?" Sun Dalei asked with a smile.

"Ugh." Li Fuqiang sighed, as if there was something unspeakable, "Don't say it, don't say it." ”

"Commissioner Sun, did my daughter-in-law tie the child's feet in the end?" Li Fuqiang changed the topic, and he learned from Sun Dalei about the foot-binding dispute in Yulin Bay.

"Don't worry about this, no." Sun Dalei replied, "Our Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women and Children has been promulgated, and foot binding is absolutely prohibited. Your daughter-in-law didn't really want to bind the child's feet before, but Tan Jing and Cheng Yiyi went to her in person, and she gave up this idea. ”

"That's good." Li Fuqiang said, "If she really dares to bind my daughter's feet, I will divorce her." ”

"Hahahaha." Sun Dalei and Xu Tianbin laughed in unison.

It was already the end of April when Xu Lang and Lin Zhaolong arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River in later generations, and Jiang Beiming also came from Beijing to the mouth of the Yellow River to wait for the samples brought by Lin Zhaolong.

Everyone gathered in the camp where Wang Zhaoxing had already set up.

"Lao Wang, what is Chen Yingyuan's reaction to our coming to a regiment this time?" Xu Lang was most concerned about Chen Yingyuan's problem.

He didn't react much, just asked a few casual questions. Wang Zhaoxing said, "But he asked us about the warships and artillery that we promised him. ”

"And how did you answer?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"How else can I answer." Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "I can only drag it, I said that my family is working hard to catch up, and it will take a long time to build a battleship, anyway, Chen Yingyuan doesn't know anything about the navy." ”

"It's really yours, even the governor dares to fool you." Jiang Beiming smiled and asked, "What happened to the leased land?" ”

"Chen Yingyuan agreed, and leased the place of the Sanshan Island gold mine to us in the future, which can be about more than 30 square kilometers." Wang Zhaoxing replied, "But we don't have enough manpower now, and even if we rent it, we can't get gold." ”

"Lao Wang, can you dig up gold and then say." Xu Lang instructed, "But we must negotiate this matter with Chen Yingyuan as soon as possible, not more than October." ”

"Why?" Everyone didn't understand why Xu Lang said this, and asked in unison.

"According to historical records, Chen Yingyuan's governor of Denglai worked until October this year, and then he was replaced by Yang Erxing, and next year he was replaced by Yang Wenyue." Xu Lang explained, "As for whether there will be any changes now, no one knows, so we have to finalize this matter before Chen Yingyuan leaves." ”

"Still going to be replaced?" Wang Zhaoxing touched his head, "Then I'll hurry up." ”

"Beiming." Xu Lang asked again, "When exactly will you and Wu Sangui meet in Tianjin?" ”

"I didn't say specifically." Jiang Beiming replied, "Didn't you also be there at the beginning, I just said it was May." Since you have brought the sample, I will go to Tianjin to wait for him in the next few days. Is there any indication at home? ”

"There are instructions at home." Xu Lang said, "The family's intention is to formally sign a contract with Wu Sangui, and the price can be lowered slightly, but this business must be used to tie the Wu family father and son." And if we can use business to drive a wedge between the Wu family and Zu Dashou, we can not only gain Chongzhen's trust, but also prevent Guan Ning Tieqi from hugging each other. ”

"Is this what you mean by the family or what you Xu Lang mean?" Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Your Xu Lang's ability to sow discord is not small." ”

"Hehe, don't hurt me." Xu Lang smiled and asked, "Beiming, there is another important thing, the suggestion we made to Wang Chengen is whether there is a clear answer to the matter of collecting industrial tax and commercial tax in Qiongzhou Mansion now, and the family is very anxious about this matter." ”

"Not yet." Jiang Beiming replied, "After you returned to Yulin Bay, I inquired about it on the side, and the cabinet has always had a negative attitude towards this matter, so Chongzhen did not make a final statement. ”

"Xu Lang, Zhaolong, Director Gu." Wang Zhaoxing asked, "Even if you go to Yan'an this time and take root and get out of crude oil, what will you do next?" Will the crude oil be shipped back to Yulin Bay or will it be refined locally? ”

"According to the current situation, the crude oil should be transported back to Yulin Bay for refining." Gu Yunkun said, "According to the refining method of later generations, one ton of crude oil can produce about 20% gasoline and 38% diesel. Of course, we can't reach this level at all, according to the fuel consumption of the 777 and our current oil production rate, I am afraid that we will have to refine hundreds of tons of crude oil in order for the 777 to have the ability to sail and fight. ”

"So much?" Everyone present was taken aback, "How long will it take to extract that much crude oil?" ”

"According to the original history, the first oil well in Yan'an produced just over a ton of oil per day." Gu Yunkun explained, "Even if you dig deeper, according to the fracking method, the daily oil output is only three tons. In other words, it will be a year later at the earliest, and No. 777 will not be able to move. ”

"Is that in time?" Lin Zhaolong was anxious, "Director Gu, why didn't you say this question earlier, we are about to enter Japan with Zheng Zhilong." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Gu Yunkun smiled apologetically, "Actually, I've already talked to Xia Yang and Zhang Guodong about this issue. The two of them mean that this matter will be kept secret first, because there is no way to do it. If we give up Yan'an, there will be no hope. Now I can only go to Yan'an to take root, there is more than one oil well in Yanchang Oilfield, we can fight a few more, let's fight for it, I can only say that I can make No. 777 move in half a year. ”

"Let's do what our family wants." Jiang Beiming has been complaining until now, to no avail, "Everyone is thinking about what else is missing, if there is no problem, everyone will hurry up and act separately." ”

Early in the morning of the third day, the teams set off separately. Jiang Beiming and Wang Zhaoxing went to Tianjin by boat, and Xu Lang and Lin Zhaolong continued to set off towards Yan'an with the well-drilling team of the Independent Regiment and Gu Yunkun.

According to the marching route formulated by Gao Chen, in order to avoid the peasant army, the independent regiment had to take the route from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan in the north, from Taiyuan to Yan'an, the total distance was about 2,000 miles, and it took about 20 days to walk.

Xu Lang forged another order from the Ministry of War and fooled the prefectures and counties along the way. The army marched westward for more than ten days.

"Gao Chen, where are we?" Xu Lang asked on his horse.

Gao Chen took out the map and looked at it for a while: "Back to the chief, we have now passed Taiyuan and are about to arrive in Fenyang County." ”

Xu Lang looked up at the sky, and caught up with Lin Zhaolong in front: "Zhaolong, it's getting dark, should we continue to hurry or camp here?" ”

Lin Zhaolong twisted his head and looked at the surrounding terrain: "I think let's camp here, the terrain here is quite flat, and if you go further, you will enter the mountains." ”

"Alright, let's camp here."

Lin Zhaolong shouted, "Heralds, heralds, stop advancing and camp on the spot." ”

The troops stopped, and an hour later the sun set and the camp was built. Dotted bonfires light up the dim night sky, and the aroma of food wafts through the breeze.