The fifth volume destroys the barbarians and sweeps the world

"I've seen Ludutu." Li wanted to take the lead, and everyone saluted.

Lu Xinrong wore a blue robe representing the color of the ocean, with a vertical collar like a military robe, and the belt in the middle of the waist was very tight, and a saber and firearm were hung.

There is an obvious feeling of wind and frost on the young face, which makes people see the maturity that is not commensurate with his age, and there is a faint murderous aura in it.

This superior has been in power for a long time, and naturally he has majesty.

"Gentlemen, please rise." Lu Xinrong didn't smile, and his hands only supported him.

After everyone straightened up, Lu Xinrong smiled at Yin Yuang and nodded slightly, "You are here, there is a great shortage of people here in Taiwan." ”

Then he said loudly to the crowd: "I have set up the wine, and I will give you the wind, everyone please." ”

Everyone had nothing to say, and followed Lu Xinrong together.

Behind him is the blue sea, the waves are shining, the waves are blooming, the beach looks very white from a distance, and when you walk closely, you can see that it is still light yellow.

There are several trestle bridges, and then there is a field of sand and stones, and the harbor does not feel very large, and there is a river nearby, which should be the mouth of a large river.

There are trees everywhere, so lush that you can barely see the edges.

Inside the pier, I saw a lot of buildings, and the crowd became denser.

The first impression of this place is that it is very energetic, full of walking people, all dressed as maritime merchants, and of course there are a large number of sailors, all of whom do not look like good people.

Almost everyone carried a sword, and many carried a long or short firecracker.

Compared to other places in the Ming Dynasty, these guys at sea obviously know what works better...... Almost no one has a bow and arrow left.

There are also a large number of warehouses in the docks, and the rooms are very shabby, but there are a large number of goods hoarded in the warehouses, and there are many people with weapons guarding them.

An official introduced: "These are Zheng Zhilong's warehouses, and those people are also their subordinates. ”

Everyone nodded slightly, and realized that this side is not only a place to turn outside, but also a place where fish and dragons are mixed, and the forces of all parties are intertwined.

"There's a supply base for the Dutch over there." Someone pointed to the large warehouse area not far away and said, "Hongmaoyi is building a fort in the coastal area of Dayuan.

Use that side as their supply base and trade hub, and sooner or later the warehouses here will be vacated.

Here, they still have to pay the land fee to the Zheng family, and they are already unhappy. ”

Li Xiang asked, "Is that city big?" ”

"It's huge." The official stroked his hand and said: "At first, the largest building complex here was a few stockades set up by Yan Siqi and others, that is, they were fenced with wooden fences, but the place was very large.

Then we came and built a large number of buildings, but now from the planning point of view, the Hongmao City built by Hongmao is the largest, and it is a large city near the sea, not a military fort. ”

Li Xiang glanced at Lu Xinrong and said, "If we have a chance, we will go and have a look." ”

Lu Xinrong turned around and said, "You are the leader of the Taiwan Escort Team, don't ask me for this trivial matter." You will be given a full range of subordinates and guards at the bottom, and you can't travel here without guards. ”

"There is labor." Li wanted to hug his fists.

The crowd continued to walk, and there were a large number of carriages in front of them, and after everyone got into the carriage, the carriage started, and after walking five or six miles, it stopped.

The surrounding situation is completely different from the chaos of the docks.

The complex was enclosed by a large fence, and every few dozen paces there was an arrow tower on the fence, on which were soldiers on duty with guns.

The land on the periphery has been developed, and a large field of green leaves is overgrown, and some farmers are bending down to cut weeds in the fields.

The avenue is straight, dozens of large cars are parked outside, and some technicians and workers are repairing and maintaining the vehicles.

The stables were in the fence, hundreds of horses were locked together, and a smell of horses wafted in, but the people from the north felt kind......

Since entering the south, I have not seen a large-scale herd of war horses.

Even if there are horses, they are the kind of short horses that pull goods and carts in the southwest, Mongolian horses are already considered to be small and medium-sized horses, and horses in the southwest are said to be more resilient, but they are also smaller, and there are few suitable for war horses.

The horses of the Dingnan army were obviously shipped from the north, and these large animals were very valuable, and it can be seen that there are many grooms and veterinarians taking care of them.

Yin Yuang finally understood why Hou Ye asked them to leave their horses in Fujian.

Passing through the fence, on either side are the stables, pig coops, chicken coops, and then a large storage area.

Most of the buildings are permanent brick-burnt buildings, and there are a large number of barracks in the outlying construction areas, where more than 1,000 soldiers in red robes are practicing on the colonel's field.

Hearing the sound of skilled military trumpets and drills, the soldiers from Xuanda couldn't help but burst into tears.

What a familiar picture!

Yin Yuang noticed that there were wells inside and outside the camp, and a small river was being diverted in, gurgling and flowing.

"The river water and the well water have been treated." Lu Xinrong said to Li Xiang: "The most noteworthy thing here in Taiwan is not only that the environment is complex, there are many enemies and potential enemies, but the most critical threat is epidemics.

According to the method of the Hou Ye, we used broken porcelain shards, broken stones, and coarse cloth to filter the well water and river water, and then boiled the water to drink, and the number of people suffering from the epidemic has been greatly reduced recently. ”

At the luncheon at noon, everyone drank a little wine, and the dishes were also very southern, with all kinds of seafood and fish.

In fact, in this era, eating meat is the highest justice, and the so-called raw seafood is not as tight as that of later generations.

The main thing is still population and transportation.

In this era, there was no way to transport a large amount of seafood to the inland to participate in the consumption link, so the only way to eat seafood was near the sea.

Coupled with the restrictions on the overall population and fishing methods, it can be said that China's coastal fishery resources are still incomparably rich, and all kinds of seafood on the table are the best of the best.

However, in the eyes of the soldiers, it is not as good as the last braised pork or roasted mutton.

Before drinking, Lu Xinrong said a few words, then sat in the main seat, flicked his chopsticks, and said, "Let's go, everyone." ”

Everyone moved their chopsticks together, holding the braised grouper and drinking, and after a while, the cups and plates were in a mess.

Soldiers, originally not so particular.

After eating and drinking, Lu Xinrong got up and glanced at everyone, and said, "That's it, the new arrivals are free to move around today, and they will have a regular meeting tomorrow morning to assign specific duties." ”

Everyone got up, and Lu Xinrong had already entered the back room with his hands behind his back.

After everyone dispersed, Li Xiang said to Yin Yuang: "Go out and go around." ”

Yin Yung nodded, didn't say anything, and waited for the people to bring the horses, and then led the people to the periphery.

When he arrived at the barracks area, Li Xiang saw his former colleague Li Shouxin on the side of the road, and shouted: "Commander Li, I want to take people out for a walk, please ask the star officer on duty to release the door." ”

"Wait a minute." Li Shouxin shouted, and then ordered the officers around him to prepare, and after a short while, a team of more than 50 people rushed over on horseback, all of them armed with muskets and bayonets.

Li Xiang whispered: "The situation on Taiwan's side is so tense? ”

Li Shouxin's expression was a little gloomy, he looked left and right, and said: "The situation is a little complicated, the natives on the island keep making trouble for us, and they attack from time to time.

Coupled with the fact that the Dutch are close to their elbows, it is not optimistic. ”

"Turen?" Li Xiang was a little strange and asked: "Didn't Master Hou say that we should not learn from the Dutch, the Dutch treat the natives very cruelly, and we will rule them with tenderness, so there will be natives attacking?" ”

Everyone got on their horses and went out, the long fence gate opened in the distance, and a small group of soldiers rode out first, scattered into a straggler line to stand guard, and more soldiers surrounded them and went out.

"In this matter, I have to say that Hou Ye has taken it for granted."

Li Shouxin didn't want to say more on this topic, so he said a very disrespectful judgment in a muffled voice, and then stopped talking.

The atmosphere was a little dull, there seemed to be dark clouds in the distance, and everyone rode and ran for a while, and they actually felt slightly sweating.

It's just that the climate is very humid, and people in the north feel a little difficult to breathe.

The smell of the sea breeze is evident in the air, after all, it is only a few miles from the coast, and the blue and endless sea can be seen from a little higher ground.

Everyone galloped across the avenue, and the road was obviously the traces of the Dingnan army's repair, which should have been a wasteland overgrown with shrubs and weeds.

After running for several miles, there were two or three small villages, and there were also wooden fences and arrow towers on the periphery of the villages, on which stood a few people who looked like people with firearms.

"That's the Tunpu militia." Li Shouxin introduced: "Our main force is usually stationed in the stockade, and there are more than a dozen forts and military platforms built on the periphery of the tunken area.

In order to prevent infiltration, the fort here still built defensive facilities, and also selected strong and courageous men among the people to practice fire guns to protect themselves. ”

Li Xiang, Yin Yuang and the others looked at Tuntian on the side of the road very attentively.

From Yingpan to these tunpu, five or six miles in a row, the fields opened out are about 10,000 acres, and some wintering crops are planted.

Taiwan is very suitable for rice, and there are some plots that are obviously preparing for rice planting.

Taiwan has abundant rainfall, and only some measures have been taken to divert and store water in the fields, and there are no wells and waterwheels dug everywhere like in Datong.

There are plots of land that are being prepared for planting sugar cane in the spring, and this is the right time for planting.

Taiwan is very suitable for growing sugarcane, which is also the plan proposed by Qin Haoming, sugarcane should not only be planted, but also an important crop for large-scale reclamation in the future.

Li Xiang frowned and said, "All of these? ”

There are less than ten miles in total, more than 15,000 acres of land, and there are indeed some garrison military platforms on the periphery.

In the distance, there is greenery everywhere, undeveloped forests and shrubs everywhere, and there are few roads to be seen, at most there are traces of shrubs that have been trodden.

At this time, Taiwan was almost completely undeveloped, and even a few hundred years later, when the second generation of the Chiang family presided over the major highway project through Taiwan, the mountains were just as wild.

Conditions were so difficult that it took ten years to build the road, hundreds of years later.

While people were stopping, there was also a large herd of deer looming in the bush.

"All of that." Li Shouxin smiled bitterly: "Maybe you think it's relatively little, but when we first came here, these lands were all bushes, and it was not easy to burn."

Because there are no dead leaves, it can only be solved slowly with a knife and hoe.

And the most important thing is that we are short of manpower, the Zheng family has only moved a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and most of them have kept their own sugarcane, deer hunting, skinning, and fishing.

We managed to get a few thousand people here, plus we did it ourselves, and then the army came, and the reclamation speed was accelerated, so that we have the current more than 10,000 acres of land. ”

"It's a gaffe." Li thought about the situation he had just introduced, and said solemnly: "It's really not easy. ”

Yin Yuang showed a thoughtful expression, these situations are to be fed back.

"Boat, ship is coming!"

I don't know who shouted, and people turned their eyes to the sea.

The blue of the sea and the blue of the sky are almost impossible to see, only a few white clouds in the sky, and the white sail shadows on the sails on the sea give the large blue some different scenery.

The fleet of ships on the sea is arranged in a column, like a long snake riding the wind and waves.