"The envoy of the kingdom is Mingjian. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Yin Ji arched his hand at Xu Lang, "My country is small and weak, and it is really helpless to form an alliance with Dajin, and it is also an expedient measure. Our country is still mindful. ”

"Don't worry about it, you two." Xu Lang smiled, "I just said it casually, but my emperor still understands your country's thoughts." I think your country already knows the power of my Ming fleet, and it will be sooner or later to sweep away the reverse gold. Please also go back and tell your king that the safety of your country has always been at the heart of our emperor and will never sit idly by. ”

"The subordinate understands." Hong Yihan and Yin Ji nodded again and again, "The subordinates will definitely perform the Heavenly Pilgrimage when they go back." ”

Hong Yihan and Yin Ji went back, and Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing arranged for the mixed brigade to pack up and prepare to go to Nanpu.

Han Wantao called Xu Lang into the room alone: "Xu Lang, there is something I didn't understand when I was negotiating with North Korea, you tell me." ”

"What don't you understand? Let's take Nanpu, what else do you not understand, Brigade Commander Han. ”

"Don't be poor." Han Wantao said, "What you said to Yin Ji at the end is the alliance with the Manchus, and your tone is very threatening. ”

"yes." Xu Lang replied, "I'm just threatening them, there's nothing wrong with that." ”

"How is this okay?" Han Wantao was a little anxious again, "Didn't you say that you were most worried about the Manchu Qing Dynasty now meddling in North Korea's affairs, you threaten them so much, what if North Korea and the Manchus turn around and break off diplomatic relations, and the Manchus come over?" Do you want our Nanpu? ”

"So that's what you're worried about." Xu Lang smiled, "Don't worry so much, the North Koreans are not stupid, although we won the battle this time, but our people can't scare them." North Korea will still be between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchus, and will not turn against the Manchus. Even if Li Ju has any moves, don't forget that we still have Li Hui in our hands, and when the time comes, let Li Hui fall to Huang Taiji, won't there be two North Koreas? ”

Han Wantao thought carefully for a while and scratched his head: "Anyway, I can't figure it out, you can do it, let's go to Nanpu and talk." ”

Han Wantao, Xu Lang and others stood on a high ground in Nanpu Port.

"That's where our barracks are built." Han Wantao pointed to a clearing in front of him and said, "The terrain here is a bit similar to Yulin Bay, let's build a wall on the high ground in the north to seal the land route." ”

"You can't just build walls." Zeng Guangxian said, "This is no better than Yulin Bay, we have to be on guard against the Manchu Qing Dynasty at all times, so we have to build a city." Repairing the barracks to be stronger and larger can be regarded as preparation for 2 years later. ”

"It's a little difficult." Xu Lang looked at the open space below, "We count the SH army this time as less than 3,000 people, and there is no pioneer group." We still have to go to Dengzhou, I'm afraid that no one will build the city wall, and it would be good to be able to build the barracks. ”

"We can hire North Koreans." Wang Zhaoxing proposed, "Didn't you hire Vietnamese people to do construction when you were in Vietnam?" ”

"But there are no North Koreans here." Xu Lang smiled, "I can't even see a figure." ”

"Xu Lang." Han Wantao asked, "Didn't you say that this place is very close to Pyongyang, can't we go to Pyongyang to recruit people?" ”

"Enough to choke." Xu Lang replied, "Don't forget that Li Liang's condition is that Guanghaijun can't leave Nanpu, and if you go to Pyongyang, Li Liang won't be able to sit still." ”

"Forget it, that's all for later." Zeng Guangxian said, "Let's build the barracks first, and it will be November soon, and North Korea will be much colder than Yulin Bay." If the barracks can't be built, our soldiers will freeze again. ”

All the men of the mixed brigade were busy for 2 months, and the Nanpu barracks was finally completed.

The entire barracks city is a square city, built of rammed earth. The side is four miles long, the height is three zhang three, the thickness is about four zhang, the four corners of the city are built with piers, and only the north and south two gates are opened. Twenty six-pounder guns were placed on the city walls, and huge watchtowers stood tall.

Inside the barracks, rammed earth houses are scattered in rows. In the center was a deep well, on which the entire barracks depended for drinking water.

"It's done." In the brigade headquarters of the barracks, Han Wantao stretched.

"More to come." Xu Lang asked, "There are still ten days to go before the New Year, and I'm afraid we will spend this year in North Korea." ”

"Where do you want to go if you're not in North Korea?" Zeng Guangxian smiled, "Why don't you go back to Yulin Bay?" ”

"He doesn't have to go back to Yulin Bay, the lieutenant colonel can go back to his own home, Fushan." Wang Zhaoxing quipped.

"I can't go back, just stay in North Korea honestly." Xu Lang stretched his back, "But everyone, we don't have much food in stock, at most we will hold on for another month." ”

"It's a lot of trouble." Zeng Guangxian said, "We sent people to Pyongyang several times to buy grain, but North Korea is not rich, and there is little food in the first place. Li Liang is still making trouble, not letting those merchants sell to us, we can buy too little. ”

"What about the surrounding countryside?" Han Wantao asked, "Didn't you let people take a look?" ”

"Go." Zeng Guangxian replied, "It was An Guoxin who led the people there, and he didn't buy it, the key is that North Korea is really too poor, and he can't buy anything with silver." ”

"How poor can you be?" Wang Zhaoxing asked with a smile, "Can you be poorer than 400 years later?" ”

"Hahahaha." Everyone laughed together, "Lao Wang, you." ”

Han Wantao said again: "Joke is joke, you have to find a way to get food." After the New Year, we have to go to Dengzhou, and if we don't have food, we will definitely not work. ”

"Try to figure it out." Zeng Guangxian glanced at Xu Lang, "There is something wrong with our winter clothes." Originally, it was prepared for two sets per person, but now it is not enough, and some soldiers' clothes are torn and dirty and have no need to be replaced, so we have to find a way to get some winter clothes. ”

"Don't look at me." Xu Lang said, "The matter of Fushan is our collective decision, and I am not pretending to be public or private. ”

"I didn't mean that." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "But we did ignore a lot of problems when we came to North Korea this time, just thinking that we could buy things with silver, but I didn't expect that there would really be times when we couldn't spend money." ”

"Xu Lang." Han Wantao didn't answer Zeng Guangxian's words, "Have you informed Yulin Bay of our situation?" ”

"Informed. I released 2 pigeons more than a month ago, but even if Yulin Bay knew that we were short of food and clothing, they couldn't transport it to us now, North Korea is not Vietnam, it's too far. ”

"That." Wang Zhaoxing had just said the word "that" when he was interrupted by a report at the door.

A second lieutenant of the Navy stood at the entrance of the brigade headquarters: "Report to the chief, intercept a Da Mingfu ship." ”

"Da Ming Fu Ship?" Everyone was stunned, "How can there be a Da Ming Fu ship in this place?" ”

"Who's on board?" Han Wantao asked.

"Report sir, the people on the boat said that they were from Yulin Bay."

"People from Yulin Bay?" Everyone was stunned again, "How can someone from Yulin Bay come to Nanpu now?" Or on the Daming Fu boat? ”

"Where are the people? Who is it? Zeng Guangxian and Xu Lang asked almost at the same time.

"The person was in the barracks, but he didn't say who it was, he only said that he wanted to see the commanders, and he also said that he brought a letter from Chairman Zhang of the Military Commission."

"Go, go, go out and see who it is."

Several people walked out of the brigade headquarters, and in the barracks stood a richly dressed Ming merchant.

"Who are you? Why come to us? Han Wantao asked at the man's back.

This person turned around and gave a military salute to Han Wantao and the others: "I have seen all the commanders in my humble position. ”

Everyone saw clearly at this time, it was Xie Tian from the Second General Affairs Department.

"Xie Tian, sit." Han Wantao greeted in the brigade headquarters, "How did you get here, where did you come from?" ”

"Report sir." Xie Tian stood up again, "Chief of Staff Xu's letter has been received by the Military Commission, and the liaison network of our Second General Affairs Department has now been established. The Military Commission knew that you were short of food and winter clothes here, so it ordered the lowly to purchase a batch of food and clothes from TJ Wei and send them by sea. There were about 20,000 catties of grain and a batch of winter clothes on board, but they were all ordinary people's clothes, and there were no military uniforms. ”

"If you have winter clothes, where are you going to get military uniforms at TJ Wei." Han Wantao asked again, "How many days will your network be able to send the news back to Yulin Bay at the earliest?" ”

"Brigade Commander back to Korea." Xie Tian replied, "It takes about ten days from TJ Wei to Guangzhou, and then I use flying pigeons to pass on the book when I arrive in Guangzhou." ”

"Xie Tian." Xu Lang suddenly asked, "Since you know that our mixed brigade is short of food and clothing, why did you only bring 20,000 catties of food this time, and 20,000 catties is only enough for us to eat for a few days." ”

"Back to Chief of Staff, the principal gave me the order to send less food for the first time. Because SD is at war, the principal is afraid of an accident at sea, so let me find out the route first, and then I can increase the volume of transportation the second time. ”

"This Wang Hua." Han Wantao smiled, "It's quite careful." ”

"Did your principal tell you anything?" Xu Lang asked again.

"What our president means is to let the subordinate department discuss with the chiefs, and our General Affairs Department 2 wants to set up a point in Nanpu. If there is any news to be sent back to Yulin Bay, it can be done by our people from the Second General Affairs Department, which will be faster. ”

"That's fine." Han Wantao replied, "We still have to rely on your network, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Report sir, no." Xie Tian saluted again, "The principal's order, everything is in the letter, and the chiefs only need to read the letter to know." ”

Han Wantao and the others thought about it, and they didn't have anything to ask.

Xie Tian saw that everyone had no problem, so he said: "If there is nothing wrong with the chiefs, the humble post will not be delayed here." He also had to rush back to TJ Wei to purchase the next batch of grain. ”

"Okay, you can get busy with yours first." Han Wantao said, "Just leave your people behind." ”

Xie Tian saluted and turned to go out.

Han Wantao opened the bamboo tube with the lead seal in front of him, took out the letters from the 2 committees to the mixed brigade, and handed them to Xu Lang and them after reading them.

In their letters, Qian Binsu and Zhang Guodong gave a brief account of what had happened in Yulin Bay and the Vietnamese side in the past few months.

Everything was normal in Yulin Bay, and Qiu Peng's shipyard handed over four more warships to Zheng Zhilong, and by November, Yulin Bay had delivered a total of six warships, 150 artillery pieces, and more than 1,000 guns. Zheng Zhilong also paid the remaining 1 million silver to Yulin Bay, and for the expedition to Liaodong in the following year, Qiu Peng's shipyard launched two more warships, one of which was used as an experimental product, and it was improved, and the tonnage would be larger.

Song Yingxing had completely let go of his hands and started working, this scientist of the Ming Dynasty on the one hand and the military research institute jointly developed a new type of machine, and on the other hand, he began to train technicians in the Yulinwan Academy and some travelers from the former Normal University. It's just that it may be the reason for the lack of adaptation, Song Yingxing has fallen ill twice in the past few months.

Shi Xianyang worked overtime, and various laws in Yulin Bay were approved and implemented by the General Assembly one after another.

The work of the Vietnamese side was somewhat reduced, and it was decided that the Vietnamese side would not make any military moves until the military operation in Korea was over, and would concentrate on business and trade.

Finally, Zhang Guodong said in the letter that if the mixed brigade can gain a firm foothold in North Korea, it would be better for Han Wantao to return to Yulin Bay. First, you can see her daughter, and second, you can also make a detailed report on the situation in North Korea and SD with her family, so as to lay the foundation for the Liaodong operation in the following year.