Chapter 24 Commencement

The fleet, which had been waiting for a long time, finally looked forward to the long-awaited sunny day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The rain seemed to have been turned off by someone, and suddenly, without sound or warning, the sun rose from the sea level at that moment, and the sun was shining brightly.

This so-called colonial fleet can finally get to work.

Forests that have rained for more than a month cannot be solved by fire. It's also not an indigenous gathering place, and it's also an important and busy shipping route, so everything is on your own.

Naturally, the first thing that was built was the wharf.

The cement carried with the fleet played a role. These are still thoughtful by the logistics staff, mixing cement and quicklime, quicklime is outside, cement is in the middle, and the cement is miraculously not compacted.

The Marines' job is simpler: cut down trees.

So do the Marines have more meaningful work, and some are still cutting down trees.

So the Marines have the most meaningful job, of course: cutting down trees every day.

Nearly 500 people were distributed in an area of about 20 acres, and the big trees were cut down first, and after drying them for a period of time, some of them were used as fuel, and some of them were burned directly. The work lasted about ten days before the twenty acres of land were leveled. Then a log cabin on stilts was built.

In order to prevent mosquitoes, this quicklime is scattered everywhere, and even the house is stocked with quicklime to keep it dry. Of course, not all of this quicklime is brought from Guangzhou, and the quicklime has already begun to be fired here, which is also a very simple job.

It's just that there is one person who is full of resentment about these things.

"When can we go to Luzon?" Wu Yuanqing thought in pieces, he naturally wouldn't do these things. He has only one job: fishing. The fish caught every day is never less than 20 catties.

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it when we're almost done building this base and have a place to stay." The eldest grandson refused to arrive.

"But don't you think it's a waste of time? We can leave Zhang Zhong here to take care of these things, he can do it. Wu Yuanqing suggested.

"No way!" The eldest grandson did not explain and refused directly.

"Then you can tell me a specific time, this can always be done!" Wu Yuanqing said almost in a pleading tone.

"No, let's build this base first." If Changsun Tang just planned to get a vote and leave, there was no need to build here. But if we want to change the way people think about the sea, then a city, a city that can provide a steady stream of great benefits, can definitely be built.

And then from here, to occupy the whole of the South Seas, and even to find Australia along the archipelago, this is not a possibility, but only a matter of time.

"Then why don't you tell me the general direction, and I'll find it myself." Wu Yuanqing knew that Changsun Tang would not agree easily, so he proposed such a compromise plan.

"Nope." The eldest grandson still refused.

In fact, this matter is not that Changsun Tang does not plan to find it, if Wu Yuanqing can find it, he will also save some effort, but looking for ore is not such a simple thing.

Thinking that there are so many professional geological exploration personnel in later generations, it is not easy to find a mine with professional equipment. This time he went to the South Seas, although Changsun Tang brought miners, but with the current conditions, it is too difficult to find a mineral deposit in the vast primeval forest, and this can only be carried out as the second stage of work.

But these words were long enough for Sun Tang to say to Wu Yuan Qingming.

He only needs to build this fortress first, have a stronghold, and then this place will not be abandoned. Now, with his own prestige and the spices he was about to embark on, it was enough to keep this place for now.

Colonization is not so simple, this is the biggest feeling of Changsun Tang at present.

If there are fewer people, they can only be colonized; There are so many people, and it is an important task to maintain the livelihood of so many people. Judging from the current population of Nanyang, all this is really difficult.

After two months of construction, the "city" named "Jinshan" by Changsun Tang was established. It's just that the "city" can accommodate only about 500 people.

Because only so many people's houses were built. It is enough to rotate the population of 500 people.

Changsun Yu left all the logistics personnel and a hundred marines behind, and also left the corresponding ships. He and Wu Yuanqing finally embarked on the road of finding spices.

Regarding the Spice Islands, Changsun Tang only knows that the specific location is really unclear to the east of Kalimantan Island, and even if the specific location is clear, it will take a lot of trouble to find it with the current navigation technology.

Fortunately, God finally felt that the eldest grandson was a little bit back, and decided to compensate for it.

After a half-circle along the island of Kalimantan, known as the "Big Island", and then a short drive east, the fleet came across a large area of spices.

So the eldest grandson naturally named the island "Spice Island".

Well, I'll forgive the eldest grandson's ability to choose a name. Previously, the small port was named "Jinshan", which is understandable. Just like the later generations of Cantonese people who crossed the ocean to break through, it is a truth. To take this name is to misunderstand others and let others be fooled. As for the big island and the spice island, we can really ignore it.

Anyway, Wu Yuanqing protested many times, but this protest was really ineffective.

When a group of people happily picked the star anise, nutmeg and other precious spices on the tree, they suddenly found a very serious problem: how should these spices be preserved?

If you don't dry it, there is no place for it, and there is not enough time, as for not drying, Changsun Tang just sneered "hehe", and the fool who made this suggestion was driven down by everyone.

Originally, if the quantity was small, it would not be a big problem to dry on this deck, and according to the high heat in the equatorial region, it would be fine in a few days, and the question is whether anyone wants to get the worthless spices here back and sell them for a good price.

As a result, not only was the ship overloaded, but the deck was covered with a thick layer of spices.

As the leader of this fleet, the first thing he needs to do is to ensure that the crew goes back safely, and the second thing is how to get the maximum benefits.

So. The returning ship could only endure the pain of pouring the bags of priceless spices into the blue sea.

The eldest grandson didn't expect that he would really be able to drink a bowl of soy milk and pour a bowl of soy milk one day. (To be continued.) )