Yu Guozhen is ready to return north, and he must also return north.

Although with the establishment of the new Xiangzhai, his foundation focus officially shifted to the south, but Xiang'an and Nanzhili still played a very important role for him. Half of his men remained in Xiang'an, and Nanzhili was his main commodity market, in other words, his money bag.

But before returning to the north, he had to clear up the troubles, and at least for half a year, no surrounding forces would be able to pose too much threat to Xinxiangzhai.

"Little official, the news from Guangzhou, Liu Xianglao was defeated, Liu Xianglao, Liu Jin and others all sank into the sea, and Li Husan's whereabouts are unknown."

Xun Shilu stood respectfully in front of Yu Guozhen and forwarded the news he had just received. This is excellent news, he looked at Yu Guozhen's gaze, and he had a little more admiration.

Only their new Xiangzhai people know what kind of role Yu Guozhen judged in the battle between Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xianglao, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xianglao, these two leaders of the Dahai Kou who crisscrossed the Ming Sea Frontier, almost completely danced according to Yu Guozhen's arrangement.

"Huh? Liu Xianglao couldn't help but fight a little...... How did Zheng Yiguan lose? ”

"Zheng Zhihu drowned for Liu Xiang's old plan, and Zheng Yiguan lost an arm."

Zheng Zhihu ...... It's still dead. Yu Guozhen began to carefully read the battle report from Guangzhou.

In the original history, it should be the Battle of Humen that occurred in the eighth year of Chongzhen, because Yu Guozhen greatly weakened Liu Xianglao's strength in the Battle of Xinxiang and advanced, and on the sixth day of October in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong's fleet and Liu Xianglao's fleet will fight in Humen. At this time, Liu Xianglao had no way to retreat, there was no strategic room for maneuver at all, and he was faced with the dilemma of being attacked from three sides: Zheng Zhilong from the north, Ming officers and soldiers from the northwest, plus the Xinxiang Fishery Political Bureau from the West Sea.

In just over a month, the sailors of the Xinxiang Fishery Administration Bureau have been integrated into a scale. In addition to constantly harassing Liu Xianglao's sea area to the east, most of the boats were fishing along the coast of Qinzhou Bay and the West Sea to supply Xinxiangzhai for food. But now there is a problem, at this time the fish resources in the West Sea are extremely rich, and there is no freezing storage method for a large number of fish harvested, and finally it can only be dumped in vain.

For this reason, on the Qinjiang River, southeast of Xinxiang Village, a new village has begun to be built, and the role of this village is to boil fish fat to make soap.

This is the chemistry content of the second year of high school in later generations, although there is no caustic soda, but the plant ash can be reluctantly replaced, and at this time there is already a technology for making soap balls, which has been recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" by Li Shizhen, who has passed away. It's just that that the process requires a large amount of honey locust, so the cost is large, and now Yu Guozhen only uses almost cost-free fish fat and plant ash, plus some alcohol and spices distilled by himself, the cost is very low.

Yu Guozhen estimated the output, and said that there was no problem in producing 500 pieces of soap, and since the soap workshop had been built, a series of industries such as tooth powder, toothbrushes, and soap boxes had also appeared. Tooth powder has been around since ancient times, and it is not a new thing for the ancient Chinese who like to be clean, but Yu Guozhen has slightly changed the formula to make it smell more fragrant and have a stronger descaling ability. It is said that the world's first toothbrush made of bristles was made by Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, and Xinxiang made a toothbrush with a wooden handle, and the style refers to the appearance of the toothbrush of later generations, so it looks delicate and cute.

As for the soap dish, it's not so much a soap dish as a fat powder box. Simple woodworking lathes allow Xinxiang to cut wood extremely fast, and together with a standardized production line, the small wooden box containing soap, tooth powder and toothbrush is divided into several production steps and finally assembled by a female worker.

"Now that Liu Xiang's old forces have also disappeared, then I can go north a little earlier, Xinxiang's side, nominally by Brother Guowei, Jiuhe, you and Zhang Zheng, Jiang'an will have a good life...... Assist him. ”

When he said this, Xun Shilu had already retreated, and it was Luo Jiuhe standing in front of Yu Guozhen. Yu Guozhen looked at Luo Jiuhe, and Luo Jiuhe nodded vigorously, indicating that he understood what he meant.

"After the families of those sailors under your command move in, you have to personally inquire about the resettlement, only in this way can you win their sincere support and firmly grasp the fishery situation for me. Yu Dahai and Xun Shilu, the two of them have talents, you don't have to be stingy with power, as long as our own people can familiarize themselves with naval warfare as soon as possible, it is necessary to give them power appropriately. ”

"Yes, petty official, you just have to rest assured, I will never let down the trust of the petty officials on this part of the sea."

Yu Guozhen still has a lot of trust in Luo Jiuhe, although he is light in his mouth, he is steady in his work, and in this regard, he is stronger than Jiang'an.

"Okay, you go out and call Zhang Zheng in." Yu Guozhen said.

After a while, Zhang Zheng came to him, Yu Guozhen didn't speak, just frowned, and after a while, Zhang Zheng really couldn't help it: "Little official, call the villain, just tell me if you have something!" ”

"Zhang Zheng, there is indeed one thing, but it's a pity that Wuya is not here, if Ye Wuya is here, it is safest to hand over this matter to him."

Zhang Zheng bit his teeth slightly, and an unconvincing light shot out of his eyes. Although he is a young man in the second phase of the houseguard, one issue later than Luo Jiuhe and Ye Wuya, he feels that his ability is definitely not worse than these two. Luo Jiuhe is now in the Fishery Administration Bureau, and he can't compete directly with him, so Ye Wuya is the target he wants to surpass.

He was also unconvinced by Ye Wuya, and wanted to beat Ye Wuya everywhere.

"Alas, I'm going to return to the north myself, Jiuhe is responsible for the sea, who will be responsible for this mess on land?" Yu Guozhen muttered to himself.

"Why do the little officials provoke me, can't I compare to Wuya?" Zhang Zheng finally couldn't help but shout: "I'm just half a year behind him, if not, how can I be inferior to him?" ”

"Oh?"

"The petty officials are returning to the north, and all the affairs on the land of Xinxiang will be handed over to me!" Zhang Zheng was already blushing and his neck was thick: "When the little official came back, there was something wrong, the little official took off all the three frames on my shoulders and let me start from Xinwei!" ”

"Do you have that confidence?" Yu Guozhen looked surprised.

"That's natural, I've been with the petty officials for two years!"

"Well, let me ask you, where do you think our biggest threat on land comes from?"

"This is also asked by the little officials, naturally it is the collusion between the people of Dong and the people of Annan, such as the last time the mountain suffered a big loss, Gaoping Mo's also lost troops and generals, it is said that their little prince was injured, how can he give up, he must come to retaliate."

"In that case, how do you deal with it-you have to pay attention, you only have eighty people in your hands, thirty guards of our teaching team, and fifty new soldiers you brought, how can you deal with these eighty people alone?"

"The petty officials have already arranged it, and when they can pick it, Luo Dong will be on them, and there are nine rivers on the sea, so they can only attack from the boundary of Shi Luo Tong, and now Shi Luo Dong does not dare to borrow from them. If the villain comes to deal with it, it is to help Shi Luo Tong to entangle with them, and never let the two sides have a chance to relax, the more frequent the fight between them, the deeper the grudge, then the safer we are. Hearing that there were only eighty people in his hands, and most of them were newcomers with little combat experience, Zhang Zheng was stunned for a moment, this time he did not rush to respond, and thought for half a minute before answering.

Yu Guozhen was originally worried that Zhang Zheng was striving for merit, Zhang Zheng's ability is indeed good, but he is a little narrow-minded, and he will be more cautious in doing things if he uses the method of agitation to provoke him. Hearing him say this, Yu Guozhen nodded again and again: "That's good, that's good......"

"In addition, although the petty officials only left me eighty people, but there are a lot of people available in our hands, the total manpower of the Dugu general, although the combat effectiveness is not as good as ours, but they are officers and soldiers after all, dealing with the people of Qi, the people of the people have some scruples, and they use it well, these officers and soldiers are better than our people!" Zhang Zheng was not satisfied with this, his eyes flashed.

"Polar ...... Very well, that being the case, Zhang Zheng! ”

"In!"

"After I return to the north, you and Jiuhe and Jiang'an, assist Guowei's cousin, and protect Xinxiang!"

"Yes!" Zhang Zheng puffed up his chest, he saw Yu Guozhen's look of high hope, and he was also proud in his heart. Although he is only the second phase of the guard, he is not inferior to the best of the first phase!

"Next...... Call the shore in. Yu Guozhen said.

After Jiang'an, Yu Guozhen did not summon anyone again, in terms of internal affairs, his cousin Yu Guowei was enough to defend it, as long as he acted according to the plan he set, there was no need to be in a hurry. He stood up, stretched, and reflected on his own arrangement for a moment, figuring out where there might be loopholes, and after thinking that even if there was any accident, he could make up for it, and he smiled with satisfaction.

Next, he was ready to go back, and this time he stayed in Xinxiang for more than four months and nearly five months, and the harvest was far better than he expected.

At this moment, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Yu Guozhen was slightly surprised when he heard such footsteps.

"What's going on?" Qi Niu's shouts came in.

"Little brother of the Qi family, let me go, I have something important to ask to see...... Ah, you're here! ”

The person who spoke was Yu Dahai, Yu Guozhen's heart moved, this guy was supposed to be east of the Leizhou Peninsula to join the excitement of the battle between Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xianglao, and by the way, see if he could pick up some cheap.

But now that he has returned to Qinzhou, then it is only possible that something big has happened.

"Let Brother Dahai come in, you all come in, and listen to what's going on." Yu Guozhen ordered.

After Yu Dahai entered the house, there was obvious excitement on his face, he first saluted Yu Guozhen, and then said in a deep voice: "Childe, there are two things to report to you, one is that according to Childe's intentions, we brought Liu Xiang's craftsmen from half of the shipyard, and now these people are on the dock. ”

"Ah, well done!" Yu Guozhen suddenly felt happy in his heart, he was short of skilled shipwrights!

"Another thing...... Li Husan brought someone to join the son! Yu Dahai's next news caught Yu Guozhen completely off guard.

(To be continued)