On the Yilan Plain, the Mandrae of Magalans bowed their heads to Ludwig. Philhoff horse front.

This is a Jeju Mongolian horse, not very tall, if in Europe or the Americas, it is difficult to match the majesty of the conqueror. But on the Yilan Plain, it was enough to give Filhoff a sense of superiority that stood out from the crowd.

The conqueror waved his hand, and two soldiers stepped forward, stripped the Magaran head's leather garment, and kicked him in the knee. The vanquished naked** fell to their knees.

After a pause, the thousands of soldiers around them raised their weapons in their right hands, took off their military caps in their left hands and waved them in the air.

"Hooray!"

"Jincheng will win!"

Filhoff turned his head to see the soldier's face blackened with sweat and smoke.

The Magalam were a powerful indigenous tribe with a population of 10,000 and a strong people, who were not easy to conquer. After Jincheng conquered Keelung, this was the fourth year, and he was able to free up his hands to deal with this Tufan tribe that was close at hand.

"Report to Keelung that I have conquered Yilan and captured 10,000 men and animals." Filhoff said triumphantly, "Tell Mr. Governor that I hope to get a triumph." ”

"Yes, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." The communications staff officer touched the heel of his boot and raised his right hand in a standard Roman salute.

"Mr. Yuan," Filhoff said to Yuan Anjie, "according to the conditions agreed in advance, you can go and choose 400 women. ”

Xiao Yuanying went south to Taiwan with the first wave of immigrant fleets, and after a short rest, he was transferred by Taipei Prefecture to conquer the Yilan Plain. According to the plan, the Yilan Plain will receive 40,000 migrants, and Filhoff must complete combat missions before then.

The number of troops was not too many, and with the addition of the small Yuan battalion, Filhof had a total of 1,400 men. The Magalans resisted more stubbornly than expected, and it wasn't until the arrival of a new fleet of immigrants that Filhoff was able to get the job done.

"What is the general going to do with the rest of the people?" Yuan Anjie asked curiously.

Filhoff still had the smile of the conqueror, "The first man was sent to Keelung for settlement, the young woman was rewarded to the soldiers, and as for the others, they were very much needed in the mines of Jinguashi." ”

Yuan Anjie's heart was cold. Although he has just come to Taipei, the name of the Golden Melon Stone Demon Cave has been heard like thunder. It is extremely difficult for a young man to survive a year if he goes in.

After cheering, the soldiers tied the prisoners of war to ropes one by one, and someone on the beach took a soldering iron and made a mark on their foreheads. The Pirates of the Caribbean had nothing to innovate, these were the methods used by the Spaniards against the Indians.

……

The Peace Fort received a report from Yilan, and Maiden was finally relieved.

"After two months of hard work, Ludwig finally got it done." The Order was not very satisfied with Filhoff's progress.

Maiden excused him, saying, "The Magalans are not easy to fight, and we quickly swept the plains, but they retreated into the mountains between Taipei and Yilan to continue to resist. Filhoff did a good job. ”

"This is the credit of that little Yuan battalion, they have fought in the mountains of China, and they have more experience in mountain warfare."

"Aren't you going to arrange a triumph for him?"

"The front line is hard, and the triumphant ceremony still has to be given," Shou ordered to light his pipe and spit out a circle of smoke, "Taiwan is mountainous, you should remember to let him arrange more mountain warfare training in the future." ”

"I will," Maiden said, standing up and walking to the map, "this April, your term is coming to an end." ”

Shou Xuan said: "I will arrange the re-election, you will gather the veterans in Taipei another day, and I will return to Jincheng with their votes." ”

"There's no problem with that," Maiden nodded, "I want to ask, what are your plans for the army for the next five years?" Continuing to get immigrants from China is a regular job. To develop a thermal engine, we will work together with Jincheng. The key now is the military. Taiwan has a population of more than 200,000, and I heard that Li Junchang did well in Houjiang, and he relied on the Zhenla country to obtain slaves more easily. Local development is on track. The question now is how do we defend what we have. ”

Shou Xuan took a sip of wine, "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Maiden walked to the map, "Taipei, Sanya, Houjiang, Jincheng." We have four territories spread over a 1,800-nautical-mile route, which is our core interest. ”

Shou Xian put down his glass, "You mean that our naval strength does not match our interests?" ”

"Yes," Maiden said, "even though I am an Army myself, as the Chief Executive of Taipei, the sea forces we have do not reassure me. Whether it's expanding or defending shipping routes, or even going door-to-door to collect debts, our maritime power is insufficient. Sometimes this even gives me insomnia. ”

Orderly smiled, "I agree, but resource allocation is a problem. If we lean toward the navy, it will inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of the army. ”

"I wrote a letter to Holren, and together we convinced him."

"It's not enough to convince the army, the army has to have other ways to resettle." "Let's study it together." ”

Maiden handed Shou a report.

"What is this?"

"The Taiwan timber survey, it took me three years to complete, you will be pleasantly surprised."

Sho turned the first page, "Oak? ”

Oak is a general name for plants in the family Shellaceae, including Quercus spp., C. glauca, etc., and does not specifically refer to a certain tree species. Bucketaceae is the dominant species in broad-leaved forests in Taiwan.

Maiden couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, "There are a lot of oaks in Taiwan, it can be said that they are everywhere, and there are many big trees with a height of more than 30 meters. ”

Only in Taiping Mountain near Taipei, Luodong Mountain in Yilan has a large area of red-skinned green grass, stone oak and quercus species, which are scored according to the weight, hardness, toughness, strength, and corrosion resistance of wood, and at the same time get very heavy, very strong, very high, very strong, very strong, very rot resistance evaluation of wood.

"I have organized expeditions into the interior," Maiden finally laughed, "and they reported to me that there was also a top-quality plank oak in the central mountains, at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Enough to build the best battleships. “

Maiden turned a few pages for Shou Order, "Camphor wood is easy to bend after steaming, and can be used as ribs with a large degree of curvature. Taiwan's fir and spruce have 30-meter-high large trees, which are good materials for masts. ”

Large evergreen trees with a height of 20 or 30 meters, such as camphor and nanshu, are everywhere in Taiwan.

Shou Zhi nodded, "Very good, but what do you use the keel for?" Nanyang can use 40 meters, 50 meters of large teak wood to make the keel. ”

"Beech and elm are used for small boats, and big ships have to be tested."

There are many Taiwanese beeches growing in Taipei, and beech wood is also in the elm family, which has strong compression and bending resistance, moisture resistance, and is commonly used as a keel for warships.

Shou Xuan nodded, and there was another question, "Alpine oak above 1,000 meters above sea level, you can't mine it now." ”

"I'm just scouting the alpine oak and demarcating the growing area." "Actually, the low mountain oak near Taipei is enough for us for a long time. ”

The mountains with an altitude of about 800 meters such as Taiping Mountain and Sanxing Mountain near Taipei include Quercus rubiflora, Quercus rubiflora, Quercus rubiflora, Quercus rubrum, Quercus rubrum and Quercus chinensis.

The degree of corrosion resistance of redstone oak is slightly inferior, and other indicators are good, and it can be used as an armed merchant ship. The hardness and corrosion resistance of Hongqinggang are excellent, but the trouble is that the difference between longitudinal and radial dry shrinkage is a little large, and there will be more broken materials for ship materials.

The hard and red oak are the top materials of the battleship class, with a radial and longitudinal dry shrinkage ratio of less than 1.5, a small to medium dry shrinkage volume, and all indicators are "even" and "most".

Shou Xuan sighed, "It's a pity that we can't build battleships now." ”

"This matter is up to you, and it must be solved," Maiden said excitedly, "I'll be in charge of finding wood, and you'll be in charge of the design and construction of battleships." ”

"Okay, you cut down the top ship materials first, and it will take a few years to use them, and I will find a way."

Taiwan's shipbuilding timber of different attributes is very complete, and only the Taiwanese juniper, known as the sacred tree, was noticed before Shou Xian. The Japanese used Taiwanese juniper to make the deck of the Yamato, a very tall tree located in the central mountain range, which was temporarily unusable.

Now, with oak and beech, there is no hurry to use red cypress. By integrating Taipei's existing timber resources, it has been possible to build a good warship.

"You have brought me nearly 1,000 shipowners this time, and I plan to build a shipyard in Nanao Port."

"Why not Keelung?" The order was slightly surprised.

"There is too much rain in Keelung, and it is troublesome to work." Maiden rubbed his hands in, "I can't wait." I cut down a lot of trees from mining before. Although it is not a law, the first batch of Taipei low-mountain red green gang and stone oak that were cut down have been dry for 4 years. This year I'm going to try to build a dhow. ”

Well, it's a good thing that my friend is full of energy, and Shouxuan said, "When the south wind rises, I'll bring you a few shipwrights from Jincheng who can build a bulletin ship, and you can try it." ”

Four years is not enough for the wood to dry thoroughly, and the built ship can only be used for about 5 to 10 years, which is a waste of resources. However, as a technical reserve and to deal with the imminent war, it is also acceptable.

"It's funny," Maiden's excitement was contagious to Order, "the native makes the battleship out of teak, and you build the battleship out of oak." The teak fleet and the oak fleet, it's really exciting. ”

The hardness and other indicators of teak and the degree of corrosion and waterproofing are even better than that of oak, and the tensile indicators are also excellent, but the performance in the static bending, longitudinal breaking and longitudinal compression indicators is average, and these three indicators are not as good as elm. This is also the reason why the British used elm beech trees to make battleship keels.

In comparison, the indicators of oak are more balanced.

It's not that I haven't thought about the steam drying kiln, but it is more technically difficult than the atmospheric steam engine, and there are some hidden dangers, so I won't consider it for the time being.

Jincheng had already begun to stock up on teak, and by the time the shipyard and research institute had eaten up the large warships, the wood would almost be finished. Taiwan is a little later, that is, two years away.

In Taiwan's planning, Tamsui is used as a commercial port, and the construction of Junk merchant ships is placed there. There are three shipyards under construction in Tamsui, one opened by Shen Tingyang, one opened by Huang Binqing, and a slightly smaller shipyard belonged to Pan Xuezhong, a Zhejiang businessman who first cooperated with Taiwan.

The allies have taken a fancy to Taiwan's abundant timber resources, and the main materials of the Junk ship have always been secondary materials such as camphor wood nanmu and cedar pine, which are soft and easy to process, and easy to increase.

From the perspective of the Chinese people, there are really too many sacred trees in Taiwan, red cypress, Xiao Nan, camphor, 30 meters, more than 50 meters of big trees, it is really the most eager wood for the mainland carpenters and the court.

Red cypress is found in the mountains above 2,000 meters above sea level, and Nanmu is slightly lower in elevation, and can be found in the mountainside at 1,500 meters. Pan Xuezhong's family started in the timber business in the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang, and once he followed the expedition team to see a 52-meter-high, 4.5-meter-diameter super camphor tree in the mountains, and then he couldn't walk, so he moved his family from Jinhua to Taiwan.

Note: In the 50s of the last century, this camphor tree king is still there.