After this welcome banquet, Major Xin was already completely drunk, and with a smile on his face, he fell to the ground at once, and was directly carried away by two of his subordinates.

They drank no more than 30 degrees of liquor, which could be drunk, and Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong knew that he was really tired.

There were still extra rooms in the barracks, and Lieutenant Colonel Zhou and the others went ashore in one group, while the other group remained on the ship.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong walked along the Buyi River on this starry night.

He listened to the cheerful cries of frogs in the reeds on the banks of the Buyi River, and felt the peace and quiet brought by this seemingly inconspicuous military camp.

It is extremely difficult to develop from a blank slate at any time...... It seems that they could have done better, but that was just the opinion of the bystanders.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong thinks that even if he comes here to develop himself, he will not necessarily do better than Major Xinda.

They are not only the heroes of the sea in the army, but also the builders of the Legacy!

That night, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou slept very soundly, and did not dream at all.

The next day, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong asked the navy photographer he brought with him to take pictures of everyone.

Knowing that these photos were going to be sent to the military headquarters for filing, many people became nervous...... They put on the cleanest military uniforms and carefully sorted out each other's military rituals.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong and Major Xin took a group photo first.

Major Xin was visibly nervous, his tanned face was tightened, and he didn't smile at all...... On the contrary, it seems that Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong is fair-skinned and younger.

In fact, Major Xin was two years younger than him.

This was followed by a group photo of the officers from both sides...... Similarly, Navy personnel are younger than the Army.

Then there are photos of the soldiers...... Even the Inca auxiliaries took pictures...... The auxiliaries still had a look of horror on their faces, and they always thought that the box would take their souls and print them on paper.

If it weren't for the Imperial soldiers who had taken the film first, they wouldn't have dared to shoot it.

Major Xin also deliberately let the natives also take pictures...... Instead, they weren't afraid at all, grinning at the box camera and munching on a piece of candy.

Next comes the heavy hem work.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong did not let the army brothers help, they arranged for their own people to pass through the three-masted sea boats, plus the use of barge boats, little by little to put the supplies belonging to the place on the five-masted transport ships that had been parked in the estuary waters.

It took them ten days!

Their navy has already measured the hydrological conditions of the lower and middle reaches of the Buyi River...... It's a pity that the location of this forward barracks can't allow the five-masted battleship to dock directly.

Not all places have a natural harbor like the Tianci seaport in the Nankai area.

As a result, their bargeing process is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Major Xin stroked the slatted containers, which were almost the same size, as if he were touching his own son.

This two-meter-high, two-point-and-five-meter-wide, five-meter-long slatted container saves a lot of trouble in the shipment of supplies------ otherwise, the supplies belonging to them on the two five-masted naval transport ships will not be able to finish in 20 days.

The rest of the Imperial Navy were not idle, helping their army brothers to expand their farmlands and catch more catches------ and the indigenous women were the first to adopt the habit of eating sea fish, although they had just learned how to handle and dry their catches.

In fact, everyone was busy, except for some of the indigenous elders who watched from a distance as they unloaded their goods on the makeshift dock.

My river god, those people use houses bigger than tents to pack things, they came from the depths of the sea, right?!

Their chiefs and elders had already decided to move closer to those people!

Major Xin didn't have the time to pay attention to their thoughts, as long as they didn't get in the way, they could do anything.

Major Xinda, who received a large amount of production and living materials, scratched his head and said:

"Old Zhou, these are enough for nearly 10,000 people------ I don't have anything here for you to take away."

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong sighed and said: "If I didn't have to go to the West Coast, it would not be too much to give you all the supplies, you are much more desolate here than the Nankai area." ”

"Yes, I heard that you are developing very fast, and you threaten to compete with Shandong------ I can't compare here!"

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong comforted him and said: "Don't worry------ as long as the entire round-the-world route is established, are you still afraid that no one will come?!" ”

"Hehe, if someone comes to me to set up a farm and ranch, I will suggest to the above that no taxes be collected for ten years, and give each of them an Inca concubine!"

The two laughed, of course it was a joke.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong received an order to build a small naval base in the silver mining area on the west coast of Nanyindi Continent------ although the hydrological conditions here are also good, but at present, it seems that there is really no need to build it.

However, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong brought a batch of cement components for the wharf, which could build a semi-permanent riverbank wharf, which could directly allow three-masted ships to dock.

The docks originally built by the Army Brothers are still preserved for small river boats.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong stayed here for nearly two months, and it was finally time to set sail again.

When they left in a three-masted seagoing vessel, everyone, including the natives, was watching them from the shore.

This time apart, I don't know what year or month we can meet again.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong combined with Major Xinda's sea state report, and slightly estimated that it would take two years to travel the entire round-the-world route!

If there is a supply of trade along the way, it may not take more than three years.

But this is really not too long------ if the legendary big ironclad ship can really be built, the fast and large sea ship may shorten the time again, right?

Although the Nankai Naval Base is tens of thousands of miles away from the main island of Liuqiu, the rumor that the Liuqiu Shipyard is closing its doors to build large ironclad ships can also spread to the fleets of the two places in the ------ and there have been several back and forth.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong's fleet went all the way south, and they did not speed up, still carefully measuring all kinds of data.

In about twenty days, they found the Laomai Strait according to the coordinates given to them by Major Xinda.

But before he could go in, he heard the observation post on the mast shouting: "Sixty degrees to the northwest, there is an island of fur dogs------ and the gods are full of fur seals!" ”

A fur seal is a good thing, its skin is worth it, and its kidneys are worth even more!

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong looked at the time and thought that they had time to do a brief survey of the surrounding environment------- at least prove that there was still some commercial use here.

Sure enough, the west wind is blowing wildly here, and the weather is overcast and cold!

Without the attraction of interests, I'm afraid no one wants to come here.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong sent the three-masted ship to measure the results ------ Fur Dog Island, and many people were going there with sticks in their hands.

They had experience in killing fur seals in the Nankai area.

Well, you can sign up for the measurement, but you have to wear a life jacket on all!

More than a dozen assault boats, carrying hundreds of people wearing red and yellow basha wooden life jackets, rushed towards Fur Dog Island in the wind and waves.

In the eyes of the navy, the wind and waves described by the army are just normal------ six or seven sea winds, three or four meter waves, it is really commonplace.

On that island, the fur seals who have never seen a man are going to be out of luck.

PS: Thank you for the reward.