There is strength in numbers.

More than 20,000 people worked together, even if women and children were involved, and all of them were motivated, because Mao Jue promised that all the tools and materials would be made by him, and after the new city was built, every family could get a house for free.

This is to build a house for yourself, and you may live here for the rest of your life, who knows which one is your own? The man in charge of the construction really tried his best to hit every hammer, and in the clanging sound, one building after another rose from the ground.

The streets of the new town are very Scandinavian-style, first with thick beams on the concrete foundation with round holes to build a skeleton, and then with wooden planks instead of bricks, tightly nailed to these load-bearing columns, creating walls, floors, ceilings and spired roofs, from a distance, the house looks like a Viking longhouse in the movie.

However, in order to prevent fire, the fireplace behind the house is completely made of reinforced concrete, next to the corner of the house, towering to the sky, and those Western fireplaces are exactly the same, and the repaired wooden house, but also with lime all over the past, just like the later generations to scrape white, the outside of the wooden house, but the inside looks like a new house in the middle and later generations.

If you use the traditional Chinese mortise and tenon structure, without nails, such a wooden house can be more durable and durable, but there are too many projects that need to be rushed.

After all, it is located in a foreign region, and the protection work must also be done well, in a month, the two thousand and one hundred houses in the city have just been built, and as for the yamen, warehouses and other political places, the public places have not yet started, and the city wall with a circumference of several kilometers has already been a small half, and it is expected that the building will be five meters high, and it is already three meters at this time, and it is not four city gates in four directions, which have been built early.

Or take local materials, the interior is burned with a layer of anticorrosive wood as the core, accompanied by steel bars to increase strength, the outer layer is concrete directly piled up, two rows of concrete stairs on both sides of the five-meter-wide and three-meter-high city gate, and the newly burned baby bricks are also used to build the city gate building.

Below, the new stone plaque that has been painted with tung and shiny black and shiny has been firmly nailed to it.

Red Twin Cities!

The first colonial city of the Dongjiang River overseas was named so by Mao Jue, and the big river next to it was also named Hongshuanghe, which is said to commemorate the general before getting off the boat, the head hung two red and named it so, and took the meaning of red and red, double happiness, and the buildings in the city are an even number, it is said that Mao Jue also planned to paint all the roofs red, and this name is also reasonable.

It's just that it is said that on the day the name of the city was confirmed, the general's foreign wife chased after her own general, and made trouble for half a small river.

Red double, just one person has a second red, Mao Jue is on the head, and Adriana is there, so it is not enough for outsiders.

It is said that Zhang Xianzhong has a famous stele of seven killings, the inscription is born of all things to support people, and people have nothing to repay the sky, kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! In one way, he's right.

Mao Jue came for a month, the forest is a few hundred meters back, and even the stumps have been dug out as firewood, leaving one big pit after another in the ground, these rich and fertile land, in the spring of next year, will be distributed as a field, only the first crop of bud rice is planted, these displaced people from afar can really take root.

At this time, Dongjiang is still asking for nature.

The forest that has been gnawed down hard, the sound of rustling came from under the thick needles, lying in the snow, the ears under the hair and fur hat blown by the cold wind were red, but the excitement made his face flush, bubbling with heat, the last time he was lying in the snow was the battle of Yizhou, but this time the enemy was not the Zhenglan flag of Jianzhou Jurchen, but a group of deer.

The ship's first mate's nautical diary can clearly record the date, and the New Year will be celebrated in three days! But even the 2,000 troops of the requisitioned and transferred guards have been invested in the construction of the new city, and they have not prepared anything, and when Su Changmei, who is in charge of logistics, came over and said it, Mao Jue then remembered, it can be regarded as a transfer of more than 200 people from the hands of people, and went into the wild forest to hunt, so as to get some fresh meat and beat the tooth sacrifice, and the canned fish is about to eat people and cry.

The smell of wild animals came to her face, and the eyebrows of Sakura Ji around her were raised, although there were also deer in the Wa Kingdom, but she grew so big, she hadn't eaten it a few times, and the rice was all after becoming the small surname of Mao Jue's retainers, so she could let go of her belly and eat it casually, and she hadn't hunted a few times, and the taste obviously made her uncomfortable.

In fact, Mao Jue is also an authentic hunting rookie, other generals take their subordinates to hunt every once in a while, he has been busy struggling on the death line, officially hunting, this is the first time.

It seems that spoilers are not good, I know too many historical upheavals in advance, and this day is worrying for Mao Jue. Fortunately, now, he can put down his burden and go hunting happily.

But this time his leadership position is temporarily lost, there is a specialization in the art industry, this time lying in the front, commanding with a fist, is the most experienced old hunter, this time followed the Sumu chieftain Su Mu Yeertai, this guy don't look at people, hunting is definitely an expert, just like Crouching Tiger lying in the snowdrift, there are actually two simple sunglasses with a slit carved in the middle of the eyes, that professional is full of energy!

In his staring, several other Sumu tribesmen had already circled behind the deer, but they were still parallel to the wind, and the deer's sense of smell was not bad, as soon as the people reached the upper wind, just like Sakurahime was smoked and frowned, the entire deer herd would be alert.

Under the tree, the people in charge of driving it were already in place, and they actually used a piece of porcelain to reflect it in the forest, and this Yeertai's face also became serious, and he turned around and followed Mao Jue and a few other hurried orders.

"General, brothers, as soon as I wave my hand, you will shoot arrows, oh, shoot, and then the brethren on horseback will drive them from the flank, and drive the deer down the hill, and if the wounded ones can't run fast, we will be able to catch them! Don't run away, outflank in an arc behind, don't let the deer have a chance to turn around and escape!"

"Ben will be saved! You too, listen to Lord Sumu's words, do you hear it!"

"Mark and obey!"

"Shh

Hurriedly gestured with his hand at the corner of his mouth, obviously feeling a little unreliable, this thing turned his head sadly, and immediately raised his fist.

It looks unreliable, but shouting is really reliable, after all, even if it is a guard, there are more than ten days of training every month, of which ambush shooting is one of the important subjects This Yeertai didn't wait to pull out the bow, and in the sound of the bang, dozens of people suddenly stood up from the snow, and the crackling gunfire hit the deer herd more than ten meters away.

Historically, Britain would rather give up the traditional longbow for hundreds of years, but also to use the musket that was still very unreliable at that time as a standard equipment, the power of firearms and bows and arrows is different here, the deer herd that bowed its head and grazes has not raised its head, crackling was knocked over more than a dozen, and even a head was knocked off, and Su Mu Yeertai was stunned, and forgot to shoot the bow and arrow in his hand.

"General Sumu?"

It was Mao Jue's words that brought this goods back to his senses, and seeing that the deer herd began to be violently chased down the mountain by more than a dozen people from the upwind port, he also suddenly realized that he shouted loudly.

"Get on the horse! Let's chase!"

The war horse, which had been pressed to the ground for half a day, finally stood up with a snort, and as the knight turned over and got on the horse, these grass-eating fellows didn't care whether the deer were grazing like themselves, and they had already raised their hooves impatiently and galloped downward.

"Sutai, Namkin, a few of you pack up the deer, and the rest, chase! Drive!"

This time he fell behind, but he didn't expect this round of ambush to have such a big gain, shouting loudly that a few Sumu tribesmen behind him stopped, and Yeertai then pumped his horse's buttocks and followed up with the cavalry.

Snowflakes are thunderbolts from the slopes of the hill not down, the steep mountain woodland is also like an earthquake, thousands of hooves smashed on the ground, after all, it is not a dragoon, the ground is accurate, but the horse is far behind, some of the guards and even gunpowder are scattered in the bumps, the guns are scattered, at this time it really depends on the play of the Jurchen hunters, although the riding shooting is far from the accuracy of the foot shooting, but the feather arrows like the locusts fall on the back of the deer, bleeding, the deer with the arrow can not run and fall to the ground, stopped by the knight in front and hung on the horse, and then follow the team.

The chase lasted for almost two hours, the horse couldn't run, the hunting team stopped, the herd of hundreds of big deer was a little less than half, more than 200 were hunted, a deer 150 catties to 200 catties or so, remove the bones, skin, can also have about 15,000 or 6,000 catties of meat, tomorrow to do another day, plus the set of sets, dig the pit, set up to a little hare badger or something, the day after tomorrow for the New Year, almost one person can share a pound or two of meat dumplings, there is also such a New Year's atmosphere.

Immediately hung a deer, after all, he was still young, Mao Jue himself was also panting with excitement, and kept shouting, just now his revolver was also full of two or three rounds, although he was dumb and fired a few rounds, and I don't know whether he hit or not, but this shooting seems to be more interesting than shooting people, and he can't stop shouting with the war horse under him.

is also flattering, carrying a bow and arrows to lead the horse, Yeertai smiled and came back, and respectfully hugged his fist at Mao Jue.

"The master will ride and shoot the unparalleled, no wonder my Dadongjiang is powerful in Liaodong, but just hitting these deer can't set off the bravery of the master, this is halfway through, the last general seems to see a bear hole, the master is willing to hunt again?"

"Bear?"

Not to mention, Mao Jue was really aroused, in later generations, this thing is a protected animal, it scratches your paw and it's okay, you want to beat him, but you have to go in, Mao Jue also met in the zoo, although he arrived in the Dongjiang River, he could get one or two bears down the mountain every winter hunting, and he also had a bear skin mattress, but it was the first time he hunted a bear by himself.

What's more, a brown bear can weigh a small half a ton, remove the bear's skin bones and intestines, and can also have hundreds of catties of meat.

"Why are you still stunned? Let's go!"

With a shout, the elated young men who pulled the war horses and galloped led the deer, shouted and walked back.

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I have to admire the vision of the old hunter Yeertai, and when he glanced at the bottom of a mountain beam, the snow sealed most of it, revealing a hole more than half a meter large, and he was stunned to remember, nearby, he also found bear feces, and scratched the claw traces left by the tree, and determined that this was a bear hole.

According to the method of the Jurchen hunters, first worship the bear god, and then dig a pit near the entrance of the cave, and then light a fire at the mouth of the bear cave, smoke into it, hundreds of people waited anxiously, for half an hour, the shocking bear roar finally sounded, three giant bears of almost two meters were drunk like drunk, and then several old Jurchens in the Su Mu Department carried torches and screamed to drive away, and there were no dangers of falling into the big pit.

Mao Jue's prey is three more bears.

This thing is too heavy, the horse must not move, or when Yeertai shows his skills, in his command, the Dongjiang guard soldiers cut some wood, and use some deer skins that are different to make leather ropes, pull them into leather strips, part of them are used for binding, part of them are used for lubrication, and a dozen huge climbing plows are set up in this way, and with the hunted deer, the horses can drag them back to the mountain.

As he walked, these young men who had played wild were still laughing loudly, but when they climbed back to the mountain beam where they encountered the deer along the horseshoe prints, Mao Jue couldn't laugh.

There were still some traces of blood on the ground, and messy footprints, but in the first wave of gunfire, the dozen or so deer that were shot down were all gone, and it was not a big deal if the deer were gone, but the six or seven Sumu tribesmen who stayed behind to collect their prey also disappeared from the world.

"Sutai! Namkin!"

Unable to hold back their anxiety, the surrounding guards simply led their horses and shouted in all directions, and more than a dozen officers gathered in the middle, looking down at those traces, and their faces were very grim.

"Could it be that you have met a mountain ghost!"

In these years, there are all kinds of strange legends in the mountains, just like in the night walk of a hundred ghosts in Japanese mythology, there are dozens of monsters living in the mountains, and an officer of the Yiju mountain guard couldn't help but say with an ugly face.

"Where are there so many mountain ghosts, besides, even if there are mountain ghosts, you have to be afraid of people! Our master will kill people under his hands, and the gods will be mighty, which little ghost dares not to open his eyes and provoke our master!"

Someone immediately retorted disdainfully, but then he shook his head uncertainly.

"Perhaps, you may encounter some beasts!"

"Not a beast!"

As he spoke, Su Mu Yeertai, who was lying on the ground pondering, stood up with an extremely ugly face, and walked quickly and quickly to Mao Jue with something in his hands.

"Jurchen?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten, there are also barbarian tribes here! The past two years have been too comfortable, Sutai and Namujin are also old hunters, and they actually forgot to guard against other barbarians!"

Many people have seen Bei Ye's wilderness survival in later generations, but for the savage Jurchen, every day is considered a wilderness survival, especially in winter, when there are few things in the cold and freezing, even for a rabbit, it is possible to fight each other with swords.

The three departments of Sumu are not bad, after all, they have primitive farming, and they are better to survive in winter, but even so, the competition for prey in winter between Sumu, Jiashan, and Baizuo is also one after another, and it is not news that a few people die every year, so that this Sakhalin Island is more primitive, and the savage Jurchens who live entirely on hunting have more reason to shoot at these dozen deer.

Mao Jue knocked his head a little annoyed, this is a dereliction of duty on his part, before he came, he already knew that there were savage Jurchen pirates here, but he hadn't encountered them for so many days, and he was also self-sustaining and powerful, he actually forgot about this threat, looking at the surprised and angry looks of his subordinates around him, Mao Jue couldn't help but turn his head to the mountains and wilderness again.

"Let everyone assemble, take the sentry as a unit, and go to the forest to look for it, whether you can find it or not, half a minister, you must return here! Must go down before dark!"

"But this hatred! It can't be like that!"

With a bang, Mao Jue's dagger slammed into the trunk.

(End of chapter)