On September 18, Zhang Wei wrote a letter about his current situation and asked Long Yi and Long Er to send it to Fang Liang in Shokos Town. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Fang Liang learned that now the young master has exchanged silver for more than 6 million points, and has more than 25,000 troops; Now that the system has been upgraded to the town level, but the navy has not been unlocked, so we must continue to lurk, not expose our strength, and continue to exchange silver in Pontianak to accumulate strength, but I hope that Fang Liang can occupy more territory in the inland area, at least 10,000 square kilometers of territory, so that the system can be upgraded to the city level, so even if the navy is not unlocked, we are not afraid of any enemy on land. I also asked about the development of this area and whether there was anything that needed help.

Fang Liang was happy with the young master's achievements in Pontianak, thinking that if he continued to stay in Saukos, he would still be worried about points, but now he is okay, just wait for himself to expand his territory and upgrade the system, and now he has become a laggard.

In order to occupy 10,000 square kilometers of land, the 1st Battalion was sent to Sanggao Town; Have the 2nd Battalion put the front near the border with the British colonies; Let the 6th Battalion occupy the towns of Benti and Xenanin; Only the 5th Battalion was left to garrison the town of Shokos; If these places are occupied, the territory should exceed 10,000 square kilometers.

Fang Liang wrote another letter and asked Long Yi to bring it to Zhang Wei. Now the troops are somewhat insufficient; In addition, I hope that the young master can send some ammunition supplies back. Then he reported to the young master the area that has been occupied and the area that will be occupied, and it is enough to upgrade the occupied territory to the county level, but it is uncertain whether it can be upgraded to the city level.

Long Yi and Long 2 rested for the night in Shokos, and on the 19th, they hurried back and arrived at Pontianak that night.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Wei discussed with Han Xin for a while, and was still very satisfied with Fang Liang's achievements in the past month, the territory he had occupied far exceeded the area required to upgrade to the county level, and it was not far from upgrading to the city level.

"Young master, you have to pay attention to one problem, that is, the current territory has developed to the limit, without the navy, it is difficult to continue to expand, now there are either mountains, borders, or big rivers and swamps around, and the sea to the west, there is no place to expand."

Zhang Wei looked at the map in a daze, to the south is the Capuas River, and without the navy, he doesn't even dare to approach the river; To the west, it is already within 10 kilometers of the sea; To the northeast, it was already close to the border line of the British colonies, and in the east, inland, there was no road, and if there was no warship to escort it, it would not dare to occupy it at all. It is not possible to cross the Ka River and develop inland to the south, where there are swamps and jungles, and there are basically no natives, and it is very dangerous for the troops to go.

"So what to do?" Zhang Wei asked.

Han Xin said: "Young master, we can only wait for the system to be upgraded to the county level first, and then wait for 1 month, if we can't continue to upgrade to the city level, then we can only forcibly occupy Pontianak and Yamaguchiyang; In addition, after upgrading to the county level, we must increase the number of gold exchanges and make a good reserve of points in order to deal with various emergencies. Also, don't put too much pressure on Fang Liang, you see that he has sent his troops to Sangao, there is really no place to occupy, this is very dangerous, it will be exposed in advance and attract Dutch warships. ”

Zhang Wei thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a good solution, and he felt that it was better to wait for the system to be upgraded to the county level, and it wouldn't be long anyway. However, before the system was upgraded, it was necessary to return to the town of Shokos once, send back some food baggage and ammunition supplies, and leave an artillery company in case of emergency.

On the evening of September 19, Zhang Wei called Han Xin, James, and battalion commander Zhao Baolai to his study, told everyone about the current situation, and told him that he would go back to Shokos Town to see what needed to be prepared here.

James asked, "Young Master, when are you leaving?" When will you come back? ”

"I'm going to leave early tomorrow morning, for up to four days."

"Then at least 5 days of gold must be reserved, that is, 10 tons, otherwise it may affect foreign transactions."

"Okay, I'll put the gold in the basement early tomorrow morning, in addition, I only take Long Yi and Long Er with me this time, and I will leave the rest of the guards to you, you must bring enough guards when you go out, it's an extraordinary time, I don't know how many eyes are staring at you."

"Yes, thank you young master for your concern."

"Battalion Commander Zhao has worked a little harder these days, when I was here, I had systematic map monitoring, and I could find some spies, in the past few days since I left, you have to do a good job of defending and all of you have entered a combat state."

"Yes, young master"

"In a while, Staff Officer Han and Battalion Commander Zhao will check the sentry posts and defenses again, and add more secret posts."

"Yes, young master"

"Tomorrow, Staff Officer Han and I will go back to take a look, you haven't been to our territory yet. Depart tomorrow morning at 6am. ”

"Yes, young master"

After the meeting was dismissed, Zhang Wei was ready to rest, Battalion Commander Zhao and Staff Officer Han checked the defense again, and James arranged for someone to get up early tomorrow to prepare breakfast for Zhang Wei and others.

Zhang Wei got up at 5 o'clock on September 20, first put 10 tons of gold in the underground warehouse, and sent 1 platoon of troops to defend, and then went to breakfast.

Departure at 6 o'clock on time. Zhang Wei and his entourage of 4 people rode directly to the east after leaving the city.

This time, Zhang Wei rode a horse a lot better, he was no longer as nervous as the first time, and his speed was much faster. This time, I was able to take a look at the surrounding scenery while walking. This is the place where the Great Plains meets the swamps, with towering trees in the distance, shrubs in the distance, and black oily soil on the ground.

Arrived at the town of Shokos in the afternoon of the same day, and Fang Liang was very surprised by Zhang Wei's arrival.

Fang Liang immediately arranged for the local indigenous handymen to take out the best food and prepare dinner. Zhang Wei and the four of them still took a bath first, and they rushed all day in this hot and stuffy jungle path, and they were covered with the smell of sweat.

Then Zhang Wei introduced them to each other, Han Xin as his staff officer at any time, and was in charge of intelligence; As the chief of the general staff of the army, Fang Liang is responsible for the stationing and training of the local army and the war plan, etc., and has no government for the time being, and is in charge of all political affairs on the territory.

Dinner was hearty, with fish and shrimp, chicken, lamb and pork, and the rest of the vegetables and eggs.

"Your little life is very comfortable, how can you say that there are no supplies?"

"Young master, what I'm talking about is that there are no weapons and ammunition, especially since the bullets are below the cordon. After you left, the captured sheep and pigs were kept by these aborigines, and they could eat them whenever they wanted, fish and shrimp were also fished by them, and vegetables were grown by indigenous women. ”

"Yes, this also improves my life, and I can also earn points through colonization, which is a good model."

"Young master, don't you know, usually these natives are very lazy, and now they rush to do work, it's really unrepaired."

"The natives are like this, they are not civilized, they are not lazy, they don't know what to do, it is good to have food. Why don't they rob it everywhere? Therefore, these natives cannot be treated as human beings at any time, they are only worthy of being slaves, and the master is satisfied with what he eats. ”

"What the young master said is really right, these people are like pugs, if you are weak, he thinks it is easy to bully; If you are strong, you are his master; I heard them report that when they go out to clear the indigenous villages, our soldiers are only responsible for surrounding them, letting these natives go in and clear them, and they don't use guns at all, they directly use machetes, and it's really neat to cut people, the local natives don't know how to resist at all, let them hack to death, and the young and strong have to dig their own graves, and now the settlement is much smoother than when we started. ”

"Of course, waste also has utilization value, that is, manure can also fertilize the field, and these aborigines have these functions in addition to fertilizing the field."

After dinner, Zhang Wei went to rest, there is something to talk about tomorrow, a day of horseback riding is also very tiring, especially now that he is not an adult, and his body is not fully developed.

Han Xin and Fang Liang were drinking tea and chatting, and soon they went to rest, and today Han Xin was also tired.