Let's say that Chao Gai took people to visit Heilong Island for the first time, and found that this Heilong Island is too good, the land is large and the land is fertile, and the area is at least half the size of Jingdong East Road, which is equivalent to the area of half of Shandong Province, and there can be more than 1,000 miles of land from north to south. The southern mountains are deserted and uninhabited, and wild beasts are rampant. The central mountains and plains coexisted, and after a short period of time, it was found that there were more than a dozen tribes and villages, with a limited population, about 20,000 people, of which the very unfriendly and warlike Tunu people were almost 9,000 in size. The northern part of Heilong Island is a fertile plain, which is very suitable for grazing, almost nearly 100,000 people, of course, the specific number is not easy to say, after all, Chao Gai and the others did not go to the north at all, only in the south and the center.

After Chao Gai led the fleet, he left Lu Fang in the middle, and there was a small fishing village in the middle, called Baiyu Village, which had a history, and it was actually a person who migrated from the sixteen states of Yanyun, that is, a person from the northern part of Hebei. The village chief's surname is Yan, called Yan Huaiyuan, and the leader of the Zhuang Ding is called Yan Kuohai. There are one hundred and fifty strong men in the village, and there has been a recent war with the Tunu people, and the hatred is over.

Lu Fang led the troops to live in Baiyu Village, and later, considering that it was inconvenient for the troops to live in the village, he set up camp two miles south of the village.

Originally, only 50 cavalry and 50 sword and shield soldiers were left for Lu Fang, but later Chao Gai considered that Lu Fang might not be able to stand on the pillar alone, and after returning to New Jeju Island, he arranged two flying eagle ships to send Lu Fang a hundred archers, a hundred craftsmen, and 300,000 fine rice, as well as some cotton clothes, iron pots and other daily necessities.

As soon as the supplies arrived, Lu Fang was very happy, and immediately went to find Yan Kuohai, Yan Kuohai was practicing swordsmanship, this kid is a martial arts idiot, and it is easy to be fascinated.

"Kuohai, Chao Tuanlian sent a batch of materials and went over to carry them together." Lu Fang said.

Yan Kuohai was fascinated by martial arts practice, and said: "The strong men in the village listen to you, you can take someone to carry it, I still have to practice knives." ”

Lu Fangdao: "Don't you want to be a soldier, what is the most important thing to be a soldier, obey orders, don't say let you carry supplies, even if you want to charge into battle, you can't frown, go quickly." ”

Yan Kuohai said: "Yes, this will be issued." ”

One hundred and fifty Zhuang Ding from Baiyu Village, plus the people of Lu Fang's fleet, carried supplies. When he came to the dock, Yan Kuohai was surprised: "Why are your boats so big?" ”

"Of course, this is a naval warship, can it not be big?" Lu Fang said.

As he was talking, a hundred archers came down from the ship, standing neatly on the dock, and they all came over to report to Lu Fang, saying that from now on, these 100 archers will be dispatched by Lu Fang.

Lu Fang said: "You have worked hard from afar, go to the camp to rest first, and we will carry the supplies." ”

"Yes." Although the archers were eager to sit down and rest immediately after a long boat ride, they still walked to the barracks to rest in a neat pace. There were also a hundred craftsmen accompanying him, all of whom were also a hundred people, but these hundred craftsmen walked in a twisted way, and there was no formation at all.

Lu Fang looked at Yan Kuohai next to him, this guy was wandering, Lu Fang said: "I went to carry the materials, what are you looking at." ”

Yan Kuohai said: "Bows and arrows, waist knives, leather armor, what neat archers." Although the waist knife with a scabbard can't be seen clearly, but I don't think it will be a good thing, I used to hear people from the Liao Kingdom say that the archers of the Great Song Dynasty were lambs once they fought in close combat, and it didn't seem to be exactly. Can I have a bow and arrow? ”

Lü Fang explained: "Infantry archers mainly shoot arrows in clusters, and they do not require high accuracy. Usual training also focuses on bows and arrows, but it is equipped with a supporting weapon, a waist knife. This knife is also quite combat-effective, slightly worse than the weight of the sword and shield soldier's sword, and the other differences are not much. As for wanting a bow and arrow, don't think about it for the time being, recruit new recruits in a few days, and then you will definitely have your bow and arrow as long as you pass the selection. ”

Lu Fang, Yan Kuohai and others took the big guys and began to carry materials, cotton clothes and iron pots and other things are not too much, but the amount of rice is too much, 300,000 catties of rice are piled up like a hill, and they are full of them in the warehouse of the barracks. The last bag of rice was carried into the warehouse, and the strong men were so tired that they sat on the ground. The sword and shield soldiers are also tired enough, but they are well disciplined and still in shape.

Lu Fang said: "The cavalry is on duty, the sword and shield soldiers and the strong men should go to rest, and add food in the canteen at night, don't delay the meal." ”

"Okay, great." Everyone was very happy to hear that they could rest, and they went to rest in a hurry.

Lu Fang took Yan Kuohai back to Baiyu Village, and the village chief Yan Huaiyuan was taking a group of old and weak women and children to make smoked fish, and they were busy. The sea is rich in crabs, prawns, all kinds of fish, but the winter is unusually cold, and the winter is as long as six months, in the autumn began to make smoked fish, the smoked fish production process is simple, but it takes time, the salmon is cut into two pieces from the middle, salted, and then placed in a fumigation room with firewood to smoke, and when the surface of the fish is smoked with a layer of black ash, it is already OK. This fish is enough to last for half a year.

Lu Fang said: "Village Chief Yan, you all eat this all winter, how can the nutrition be enough." ”

Yan Huaiyuan said with a smile: "Lu Dutou don't worry, the weather is not cold now, so make smoked fish, and wait for a few days in early winter, the sea has not yet frozen, we will go to hunt fresh fish and come back, at that time, only need to snow on the line, each family builds a snowdrift in the yard, put the fresh fish inside, the fish is very cold, and it is fresh when you eat it." ”

"It's not enough to just eat fish, isn't there a dozen villages within a hundred and ten miles nearby, some of them graze sheep, some herd reindeer, and they can exchange some meat to eat." Lu Fang proposed.

Yan Kuohai next to him pursed his lips and said, "I eat fish every day, and I'm tired of eating crooked." But what is the way, five catties of fresh fish can be exchanged for a catty of live sheep, and the price difference is too big, so everyone is unwilling to change. ”

Lu Fangdao: "This price is also reasonable, I think there are a lot of fish in the sea, and there are hundreds of catties in one net." ”

Yan Huaiyuan said: "That's right, not only in the sea, but also in the river at the mouth of the sea, and even in the nearby pond there are fish everywhere. The most common cod is twenty or thirty pounds a piece, but the situation in the village is terrible. Fishing boats, nets are rotten. As long as there are good fishing boats and fishing nets, I can lead 50 old fishermen to net tens of thousands of catties a day. When it snows, he will pile up hundreds of thousands of catties in the snow nest, and he can exchange reindeer, roe deer, and sheep with other tribes. ”

Lu Fang secretly thought that according to Chao Gai's instructions, Lu Fang should not only protect Baiyu Village from the harm of the Tunu people, but also pull up a team to prepare for the future development of Black Dragon Island. Although another hundred archers came, and Lu Fang had an armed force of 200 people, there were some things that could not be done by force alone, and they had to be helped by local people of high moral character.

Lu Fang said: "Uncle Yan will follow me to the port, and I will show you something good." ”

Lu Fang, Yan Huaiyuan, and Yan Kuohai came to the port, and the two flying eagle ships that came to deliver the goods were still there. Yan Huaiyuan said: "Lu Dutou, shouldn't you lend us these two big boats for fishing?" ”

"Haha, Uncle Yan laughed, this is the battleship of the navy, take a rest and they will leave tomorrow. But I can lend you two other centipede boats, there. Lu Fang pointed to the two eighteen-meter-long centipede boats next to him.

The eighteen-meter-long centipede boat is long enough, Yan Huaiyuan touched his head: "This boat is big enough, I'm afraid I have to learn for a long time to drive this boat." ”

"These boats are reserved for our army, and each ship is equipped with three sailors, and if you want to use it, you just have to have people rowing the boat. When the troops are not in use, you can use these two centipede boats to catch fish, and there are also fishing nets in the supplies. ”

Lu Fang made a list and gave 20 fishing nets, 20 logging saws, and 10,000 catties of rice to the white fish boat.

Yan Huaiyuan was a little speechless, very excited, the farming on Heilong Island is particularly underdeveloped, and he hasn't eaten rice for many years.

As soon as it was sent, it was 10,000 catties of rice, and there were only a few hundred people in the entire Baiyu Village, not to mention that one hundred and fifty strong men had gone to the barracks to eat.

Lu Fang arranged for Yan Huaiyuan to catch more fish, and when it snowed, he froze some fresh fish. As for rice, the focus is on the old and weak in the village. The two sides handed over the materials, Yan Huaiyuan was very happy, very excited, and full of confidence that he could catch hundreds of thousands of catties of fish this year.

The new archers and craftsmen rested for a day and went about their normal life the next day.

The craftsmen went to a nearby place to start cutting down trees to build a kind of wheelless cart that was pulled on the ground, and Lu Fang remembered that this was the sleigh that Chao Gai was talking about. It's not snowing yet, but it's good to be prepared.

The strong man of Baiyu Village asked Lu Fang to arrange for a hundred people to cut grass nearby and prepare forage for the war horses, so as not to have any grass when the heavy snow comes.

Lu Fang called Yan Kuohai and asked: "We have to go and earn a circle, contact the tribes, especially those tribes that don't deal with the Tunu people, and contact the feelings." ”

Yan Kuohai said: "Most of the villages are the same as our village, the scale of three or five hundred people, a single village is not capable of fighting against the Tunu people, we must show our strength to get in touch, otherwise they will not believe us." As for what to bring, of course, it is smoked fish, and most villages that are not near the sea do not know how to fish. ”

Lu Fang immediately arranged for one hundred and fifty strong men from Baiyu Village and one hundred craftsmen in the barracks to guard Baiyu Village. Lu Fang led 50 cavalry, 50 sword and shield soldiers, 100 archers, and a whole team of 200 soldiers led by Yan Kuohai on a military visit. The cavalry also carried a lot of smoked fish on their horses, which were diplomatic gifts.

Military visits are exquisite, and the minutes show strength without making others think that they are coming to fight. Whenever they were about to arrive at a village, the team stopped three or four miles away, Yan Kuohai took a few archers over to communicate first, and then Lu Fang passed.

[This book was first published from, the first time to see the genuine content!] ]

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