Unlike the Chilean Copper Mine, the saltpeter mine that King Zhang Guoan gave to Wang Zheng was not a point but a surface.

It covers a range of 19 to 26 degrees south latitude and a distance of forty to eighty kilometers from the coast.

Governor Wang Zheng knew in advance that the place where saltpeter was produced was so hot that it could not grow grass and trees at all, and it rarely rained, perhaps it was precisely because of this that the saltpeter ore was of high grade.

This time they came to mine the saltpeter mine without looking for a special technician------ saltpeter mine is extremely easy to distinguish, not to mention, according to King Zhang Guoan, the saltpeter mine there has many ore points, large scale of mineral deposits, thick ore layer, high grade, shallow burial, easy to mine characteristics.

The average miner can mine the deposit very smoothly.

When their fleet reached this area, Governor Wang Zheng also ordered the ship to be stopped, and the Imperial Army reconnaissance squad was released to go ashore, and at the same time sent an Imperial Navy warship with the simple task of finding a suitable place to build a large dock.

Even if there are devils living here, you have to make way for the Federal Empire, unless you are willing to help with mining!

Governor Wang Zheng also called Captain Zhang Hongfan and asked him to lead his team to the north, cooperate with another army jungle reconnaissance squad to reconnoiter the situation, and provided him with a five-masted sea ship.

Governor Wang Zheng did not tell him that there was a silver mine near that place, but only told him to choose a suitable place there and build a living base for people to advance in advance.

Governor Wang Zheng told him that there might be some indigenous tribes there, and unlike Australia and New Zealand, some of them had already entered the Bronze Age and had formed a state, which was not small.

Safety comes first!

If the shore is not suitable, abandon the mission, anchor at sea, and wait for backup to arrive.

Captain Zhang Hongfan smiled dumbly and asked him to give up the mission?

He has never been such a person, if he can't even deal with those natives who use copper knives, what else can he do??

I heard that they can't even use wheels, so what else can they do???

Captain Zhang Hongfan left with confidence, he liked to act alone after his own release, and he didn't like to let people wave around.

After sailing for more than half a month, the captain said.

At this time, the coast is no longer the same Chilean copper and saltpeter mines, hehe, similar to the east coast of Australia.

The Imperial Army's jungle reconnaissance squad ignored them, and they carried their own bags and rowed their own swordfish assault boats ashore.

Captain Zhang Hongfan and Deputy Captain Zong Xiong watched from the deck as they disappeared into the jungle without a trace.

I heard that they were stationed at the mouth of the Wenlai River, where the forest is deeper than here?

Captain Zhang Hongfan whispered: "Give me the same arms and equipment, and then let me recruit people on my own, and I will definitely be able to build such an army." ”

Deputy Captain Zong Xiong chewed gum and said, "I can too, and I can walk as fast as I can!" ”

You can blow it------- but do what you have to do, he took his brothers to the coast one after another by barge, and also sent a team of people to see the surrounding area, there was no human population within a hundred and ten miles.

They then began to look for a good place to build a base.

It was hard to find for a while, there was no suitable open space, and there were trees of all sizes and weeds more than one person tall.

But you can't just put the base on the beach, right?

Captain Zhang Hongfan reluctantly led everyone to start cutting trees and clearing weeds------ which were originally arranged for future laborers, but he didn't expect to do it first.

This is not suitable for burning the land directly, so they can only put the cut branches and weeds on the beach and expose them to the sun until they are almost dry, and then transport them back to their original places, sprinkle some kerosene, and then burn the wasteland.

It took nearly ten days of hard work to clear a suitable place.

Damn, it's tiring, and some sailors got off the ship to help.

There are always unexpected surprises when they work hard, and they can easily capture a group of natives!

Actually, it wasn't a capture, the gang suddenly appeared on the cordon, and when they were surrounded, those people didn't resist at all------ it seems that the black smoke caused by their burning attracted the gang of people.

Captain Zhang Hongfan welcomed this kind of initiative of the natives, but unfortunately most of them were women and children, as well as old women.

Men in better physical condition, no more than four!

The old woman had been babbling something that no one could understand but their own.

Deputy Captain Zongxiong chewed gum, looked at the gang, saw that they were dressed in tatters, and said, "They are people who are begging along the street, right?" Why doesn't it look like taking refuge on your own initiative? Or come and ask us for food! ”

Captain Zhang Hongfan thought for a while and said, "I just want food, can we not give it?" You see they are still draped in linen, at least it means that they can spin linen! ”

Next, they gave them some dough cakes and opened a dozen canned meats for them------ and found that they couldn't use chopsticks, so they let them grab and eat.

Apparently hungry, they took a brief look at the food and began to eat it.

The order of the meal was okay, and they were all humble to the old woman.

Then the gang did not go away, but sat on the ground and watched them work.

In the evening, Captain Zhang Hongfan had to set up two tents for them, so they couldn't watch them sleep in the open air, right?!

When the kerosene gas lamps were hung in the camp, the gang suddenly screamed, quite loudly!

Captain Zhang Hongfan's first reaction was to pull out the steel knife hanging from his waist, and Deputy Captain Zongxiong immediately picked up the gun!

What's going on?!

At this time, Captain Zhang Hongfan and the others saw the gang kneeling on the ground, and the old woman raised her hands to the sky, not knowing what to howl.

Deputy Captain Zong Xiong put down the gun first, and also buckled the insurance------- since following the head of the Gangneung regiment, their weapons have been changed!

He smiled and said, "You see them calling at the gas lamp, it must have scared it------- it's fine, it'll be fine in a while." ”

Captain Zhang Hongfan shouted at the gang: "Don't scream at night!" ”

I guess those people can't understand it, but maybe they can hear that they are unhappy, and they don't scream.

In the camp, a few kerosene gas lamps were lit one after another, hanging high on wooden pillars, illuminating the entire camp brightly, attracting countless small flying insects.

There is no way, the deadline is quite tight, and you have to work overtime at night.

Captain Zhang Hongfan and Captain Zong Xiong were building wooden houses back and forth, and the gang sat quietly watching them work.

If it weren't for the fact that they were exhausted, Captain Zhang Hongfan would have picked up the leather whip a long time ago, where is we working, what are you doing in a daze?!

The situation got better the next day, and after breakfast, Deputy Captain Zong Xiong dragged out four men and asked them to carry things, and the four guys respectfully did so, and they were willing to take the initiative to help.

PS: The third update on the first day of the Lunar New Year!