Lu Da was busy cutting meat and steamed fish, and he also listened with a smile, he felt extremely proud in his heart, he felt extremely fortunate to be the companion of the good men who broke out of the fort today, and to be a part of this group.

At this time, don't say that it is a high salary and high salary, even if the silver is less than double, Lu Da is also reluctant to leave.

The only thing that worries him is that the four brothers are in the north and south, Lu Dafu should be in Xinghe Fort, Lu San may be in Xiaohehe Fort, the most worried is Lu Si, I heard which military platform he is in, Lu Da is not very clear, if he knows that Lu Si is in the military platform where he blew himself up, I am afraid that his mood is not as good as now.

The four brothers served as soldiers together, which is not common in the team of Heyusheng, and it is also because the review is not strict after a large number of recruits, otherwise Lu Si will not be able to enter.

"Baby, don't be depressed." Lu Da waved a big iron spoon, hit a thick jar of broth, shoveled a large salted fish, and put it in Zhang Yansheng's lunch box and jar together.

The soldiers and the soldiers first eat, the meal is made early, the sun is still shining when the departments go back, and when the civil affairs personnel and the Han merchants and Han people come to eat, the sun is still slanting westward, but the light is still enough, until everyone eats, and then go back to eat and wash, the genius has just been darkened.

Lu Da's face was full of sweat, being a cook is not good, he has to stay in front of the stove every day, if it is good in winter, the temperature during the day is already very high at the beginning of summer, and standing in front of the stove is naturally full of sweat.

Zhang Yansheng is already the latest group to come, the people are not as orderly as the soldiers, after each person received the rice soup and cakes, some people went back to enjoy them with their wives and children, and they were in a hurry, and the single people gathered in groups to eat, everyone was sitting in the area of the well platform or under the eaves, the evening breeze was very light, everyone drank the soup in a hurry, and ate the cakes with salted fish, and they were very happy to eat.

Not everyone has salted broth and salted fish, usually a family serving, if a single person is to gather four people to get a share, the cake is enough.

Zhang Yansheng is partnering with a few teenagers, others have already started to eat, Zhang Yansheng's face is still a little stunned, he took a bite of his cake, and he didn't grab the salted fish with those teenagers.

"Boy, do you miss your family again?" Lu Da wiped his sweat with a towel, brought his share of food and sat next to Zhang Yansheng.

The cooks must have a natural advantage in eating, Lu Da's lunch box not only has meat soup and salted fish, but also a few pieces of sauce sheep's trotters and sauce elbows, he took two pieces into Zhang Yansheng's lunch box, and said: "The world is big, the food is the biggest, you must know that you look like this here, they don't have to worry about death?" ”

Lu Da said again: "You kid, as soon as I see you, I think of my fourth brother, he is about the same age as you, he is a soldier, I don't know if I can endure the hardship, I don't know where to station, whether there is any danger......"

Zhang Yansheng said: "My family is in Bansheng City, and the above said that most of the Han businessmen and Han people were withdrawn, my father must be fine, he is a director of the Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that the matter is urgent, my mother and two younger brothers did not come out......"

The two sat opposite each other for a while, and Lu Daqiang smiled and said: "I comfort you, I am here for a long time, I can't say anything, come, little brother, eat, how close do you want Xiaohehe Fort to be to Bansheng, a hundred and ten miles away, with the capacity of us and Yusheng, how many people can't get out?" Besides, you also said that your father is the director of our Chamber of Commerce, how many people have withdrawn, and there are even people who have come from the ground here, but you can relax......"

Xu was hungry, or maybe Lu Da's persuasion really had an effect, and Zhang Yansheng began to eat in large gulps.

Lu Da himself was not very hungry, and he had no appetite to eat for a while after cooking.

When he first became a gang leader, he gained more than 20 pounds in two months, and then gradually lost weight in daily exercises, and now he is still much stronger than when he was at home, especially when his shoulders are wide, his waist has become thinner, his legs are long and well-proportioned, and he has grown a lot of muscles.

"I don't know when this battle will end." Lu Da sat cross-legged and said with a straight face: "I have already saved some silver, and when this battle is over, I will take a leave of absence and go home to marry my daughter-in-law." ”

Zhang Yansheng was choked, and only after half a sound did he say, "What's so good about marrying a daughter-in-law?" I'm not old enough now, and when I'm old enough, I'll go to the army. ”

"Did you kid apply directly to the military academy?" Lu Dadao: "Then you come out of the academy, I have to salute when I see you." ”

Zhang Yansheng shook his head and said: "I want to be a soldier first, and then kill a group of northern captives." ”

"Then you eat more." Lu laughed and said: "You don't understand the benefits of marrying a daughter-in-law, but when you really become a strong young man, you will understand at that time." ”

Zhang Yansheng said: "As if you know, you have never been married." ”

Lu Dayizheng scratched his head, and said after half a sound: "Stinky boy, this meal can't stop your mouth, hurry up and eat, the tall and strong soldiers will accept you, otherwise do you think we and Yusheng's merchant group will also accept it?" ”

……

"It's been four months!"

A gray city was finally in front of him, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and a few people with a little less emotional self-control suddenly sat on the ground, Mo Zongtong let out a sigh, he could hold on, and did not sit down.

The ground was the same as the steppe, there was green grass everywhere, the hillsides were full of wild flowers, the hills and roads were full of dense forests that could not be seen as far as they could see, the only difference was that there were many men in gray robes cutting down trees on the edge of the dense forest, the sound of saws and axes cutting trees far away in the open area, and the sound of laughter and shouting in Russian.

The city is also a typical Russian architecture, in the eyes of Mo Zongtong and Zhang Xuwen and others, this is a very strange architectural complex, with a pointed roof, and a circular building below, one by one, like a big onion, which is completely different from Chinese architecture.

Zhang Xuwen said: "This is the crystallization of different civilizations, and the yurt of the Tartar is two different things. ”

Mo Zongtong and He Bin, Zheng Zhilong and others nodded one after another...... After getting along with the Russians for a long time, they have to admit that these old hairy people are rude, rough, and very angry, but they are not blindly rough in doing things, and the Russians also have a fine and admirable side, no matter what, this is indeed a civilized race, not the uncivilized backward barbarism of the Tatars.

Starting from Lizhuang, then out of Chongkou, passing through the Tumut Department, the Tushetu Department, the Chechen Department, and then passing through Irkutsk, and then crossing the vast dense forest, nearly four months of long journey, all the way marking the steppe, dense forests, valley roads, rivers, and finally arrived at the final destination of the trip, which is also the largest city of the Russians in the Far East at this time, Tomsk.

The people in the city should have also noticed Mo Zongtong and the others, Petrin and the others were still with them, Madoff and a small detachment had been on the road a month earlier, they didn't explore and draw maps, they were just in a hurry, and they should have arrived about a month earlier than them.

"If you calculate the time," Mo Zong said, "the Russians follow a few rivers from Irkutsk, and then mobilize horse-drawn carriages, about two months for a single trip to trade, counting our time, at least three months, four or five large-scale trades can be carried out a year, after deducting the high cost of long-distance trade, they still have heavy profits, no wonder these guys desperately want to trade with us." ”

Now Mo Zongtong and Zhang Xuwen and others have also figured out the details of the Russians, the Russians can only be regarded as second-rate or even third-rate countries in Europe, and now the first-class powers are the Netherlands and Spain, located in Western Europe, early civilization, after the baptism of the Renaissance, has been colonized for a hundred years, and has a large number of colonies overseas.

Chinese always think that the Taixi countries are small countries, in fact, the current Spanish mainland is not big, but it is not small, equivalent to the Sichuan province of Daming is larger, and its overseas colonies are more than ten times the area of the mainland, and its native area plus the number of colonial population is also more than 10 million people, this is actually a standard big country, and can control millions of square kilometers of land and people thousands of miles away, and can continue to plunder wealth to the mainland, just from this point of view, can it be said that Daming's national strength and civilization level are above Spain?

The Netherlands, not to mention the colonies, has more than 20,000 merchant ships on the mainland, of course, including many small ships, and more than 10,000 large merchant ships, and the whole country is almost composed of sailors, and this country is also the first bourgeois country in Europe, a country of merchants and civilians, and its many merchant ships at sea, the wealth of the country, is far above the Ming Dynasty and Russia.

In addition to the Netherlands and Spain, as well as the United Kingdom, Portugal and other countries are also first-class powers, the British are full of strength, now is the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the British have used privateers to rob the wealth of the Spaniards at sea, and the Dutch to grab the trade routes, the two countries have launched a number of large-scale naval battles, this war will continue for many years.

In the border with Russia, the biggest enemy of the Russians is Sweden, which is a standard small country that is harmless to humans and animals in later generations, but at this time it is a standard military power, Gustav II is a genius of military science, the core subordinates of this king are an army of thirty or forty thousand people, there are many veterans, few and fine cavalry, the artillery is very large, and the strength is very strong, under the command of Gustav, Sweden has won many foreign wars, and the Russians have been defeated several times under the fire of the Swedes, The captured outlet to the sea was snatched back again, and it was beaten so badly.

With the passage of time, the situation of the whole Europe has slowly emerged in the minds of Mo Zongtong and Zhang Xuwen and others, Zheng Zhilong and others have also grown a lot of knowledge, and only then did Zheng Zhilong and others know that Europe is not only the Netherlands and Spain, but also a number of countries, each with its own strengths, countries like Russia have straddled the two continents of Europe and Asia, and the territory is amazing, but they still have a long way to go if they want to become a first-class power.