Zhao Meng, Wanji and others are now looking forward to Zhao Lie's return, which can be described as longing.

With the further increase in the number of refugees, the production of artillery and armor in the artisan battalion and the further recruitment of manpower in the sailor battalion saw that the cost was even more huge.

"I can't live this day," Zhao Meng looked at the salary list sent by the shipyard in front of him, and had a splitting headache.

Wan Ji nodded in agreement, in the past few months, the silver mountain that Macao moved back has bottomed out, if it weren't for the more than 200,000 taels of silver and goods plundered by the plundering fleet, Shidao would have to go bankrupt now.

Today, the shipyard started to work on eight Galen ships, and five clippers, the collection list followed, the last five Galen have been launched, into the final installation stage, the slipway immediately laid down the next eight Galen keels, and at the same time laid down a more than 300 tons of flying clippers keel, said that these are all adult requirements, as fast as possible to build Galen ships. This is just the construction of ships, as well as supporting artillery, guns, personnel, in addition, a hundred tons of flying clippers only cost more than 3,000 taels of silver, but the number is too large, ten have been built, and there are still five at the moment, and there are personnel, it is really a silver ship piled up with a lot of silver.

Zhao Meng, Wan Ji and others never thought that the most expensive thing was the shipyard.

Fortunately, the number of Liao people who came to Shidao basically stagnated, and those who could be recruited basically came, and those who did not come had a job in the local area, and they didn't want to be displaced anymore. Nowadays, many local homeless people have come to Shidao.

Brother, good brother, come back quickly, brother, I really can't stand it.

My lord, go back quickly, your subordinates will be out of trouble soon.

Maybe I heard the broken thoughts of two people, at the beginning of the sixth afternoon of August, the clipper ship on Dashanzi Island returned, and the adults returned.

Zhao Lie unloaded more than 1,000 prisoners of war on Xiaoshanzi Island, and stipulated that they would be quarantined for half a month to observe their wounded and sick.

After a day's delay like this, Zhao Lie checked the situation on Dashanzi Island at this time, only to see that the Jianqiao Bridge had been expanded, the barracks had been doubled, and the fort guarding the wharf had begun to be built.

A day later, at the beginning of the morning, Zhao Lie led the fleet back to Shidao, in the afternoon, Wei Qing and other battleships arrived at Shidao Bay, the forts on both sides had been completed, the forts were three stories high, and each fort was equipped with fifteen cannons, all of which were more than twelve pounds of heavy guns, and the largest was a thirty-two-pound cannon.

Due to the limited wharf in Shidao Bay, Zhao Lie ordered the ships to dock in batches, except for a few sailors who were in good health, all the rest entered the sailor's barracks, and were not allowed to go out.

Zhao Meng, Wan Ji, Tang Xianwen, Ma Tao, and Xu Hong were not idle, putting gold and silver and other property into the warehouse, counting the materials, and disposing of the wounded and sick, which was also a busy mess.

One of the most astonishing things was the entry of the two great galleons and the abundance of gold and silver treasures.

Shidao Wharf is not small according to their previous concepts, but when a Galen giant ship Taishan occupies most of the wharf, Zhao Meng said a word, the wharf still has to be expanded, and the big guy nodded deeply and agreed.

Yes, Zhao Lie named the two giant ships Taishan and Huashan, the three five or six hundred-ton warships Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong, the Desham as Wei Yan, and the three Dutch merchant ships as Daming Lake, Chaohu, and Dongting Lake.

When Wan Ji led people into the huge ship and began to carry gold and silver, he was stunned by the hundreds of boxes of gold and silver in the ship, and he was really almost in tears.

Although Li Hu and Zhao Da on the ship, Zhao Meng and Wan Ji on the shore persuaded Zhao Lie to get off the ship first, Zhao Lie still insisted on landing at the end, this is an example for the whole army, for ordinary soldiers, this is a spur for the generals.

Zhao Meng, Wan Ji, Tang Xianwen, Alexandra and others were waiting at the dock, watching Zhao Lie walk down the gangway, only to see that Zhao Lie's beard was scattered, his clothes were wrinkled, and after getting off the boat, Zhao Lie's feet were a little floating, and he had not stepped on land for a long time, and his legs were already uncomfortable when he just boarded the dock.

Alexandra saw Zhao Lie like this, her heart ached, and she took two steps to get closer to Zhao Lie, Zhao Lie hurriedly waved her hand, and Marta stopped Alexandra,

"Alexandra, I'm afraid I'm sick and I'll see you in ten days." In front of the public, Zhao Lie couldn't make too many affectionate expressions, so he had to smile apologetically.

Alexandra nodded slightly with tears in her eyes.

Zhao Lie greeted Zhao Meng, Wan Ji and others, and ordered 300,000 stones of rice and grain to be entered, and then went to the sailor camp with Zhao Da, Li Hu, Yu Dabao and other Wei Qing personnel.

Alexandra saw Zhao Lie's figure disappear, and tears couldn't help but flow. These days, the continuous arrival of refugees makes her understand the reason why Zhao Lie is so desperate, such a wave of refugees is unimaginable in her opinion, and their future is all on Zhao Lie's shoulders. Alexandra deeply felt the pain caused by the northern barbarians to the Ming people, and understood the heavy pressure on Zhao Lie, although Zhao Lie was a heretic, but what he did was to spread the gospel all over the world, bringing hope to the suffering people to live.

She therefore understood that Zhao Lie had traveled thousands of miles to experience enemies, storms, diseases, and other hardships, and that his tenacity and courage came from, and that he was determined and courageous to change this tragic situation and bring a new future to the people of Daming, and she liked him and admired him, although Zhao Lie was slightly younger than her.

Zhao Lie took a good bath and slept for two whole days, one was tired from the journey, the other was a huge pressure, and the condition of the illness at the end of the voyage was serious, which made Zhao Lie tense his nerves, and finally more than 60 people died of illness, and the same people were seriously ill, so it can be said that the fleet finally went to Shidao.

The sailors in the sailor battalion were mainly resting, curing, and supplementing nutrition, and everyone ate and drank well and slept well, and after six or seven days, most of them regained their energy, during which time seven sailors died, and the other patients were basically cured.

Zhao Lie was heartbroken, the soldiers who died of illness quickly caught up with the soldiers who died in battle, and it is even more regrettable today when manpower is in short supply.

Ten days later, in the middle of the hour, leaving Qi Wei to garrison the sailor camp, Zhao Lie and Li Hu, Zhao Da, and Yu Dabao walked out of the sailor camp, only to see Zhao Meng, Wan Ji, Huang Han, Tang Xianwen, Alexandra and others were already waiting outside the camp gate, as soon as Zhao Lie appeared, several people saluted and greeted, Zhao Lie returned the salute, Zhao Meng stepped forward and greeted him, "Second brother, it can be regarded as looking forward to you coming back." ”

"Big brother, Shidao is the foundation of you and me, big brother, it's hard for you to wait." Zhao Lie said with emotion, Zhao Lie knew that what was left to Zhao Meng was a mess, but Zhao Lie had to go, otherwise, without the treasures of Spain, he would not be able to develop rapidly at all, and Huang Taiji, the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty, was about to take the stage, and this person could be said to be the decisive figure in Jiannu's entry into the Central Plains. He was already lagging behind, but this person took the stage, and Jiannu left himself even farther behind. Time is running out.

Alexandra stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Lie's arm and didn't let go, everyone was on the side, she didn't speak, but her tearful eyes showed everything.

Zhao Lie smiled and held one of her hands and comforted her.

Alexandra smiled, beautiful and moving.

Everyone on the side looked around, as if something big had happened around them, which drew everyone's attention.

"Huang Han, what are you looking at, there's nothing there." Yu Dabao asked honestly and kindly.

I'll go, Huang Han is almost angry, this fool. He glanced at Yu Dabao.

"Huang Han, what's the matter, you just say it, I don't know how to play dumb riddles," Yu Dabao said impatiently.

Everyone on the side laughed wildly, and Zhao Lie and Alexandra also laughed out loud.

Yu Dabao......

Zhao Lie did not return to the mansion immediately, Zhao Lie led everyone to the Martyrs' Shrine, when everyone entered the West Wing, more than 100 tablets were placed on the originally empty altar, most of them were killed in battle, and some were sick on the way.

Zhao Lie solemnly led everyone to kneel and pay tribute to the martyrs, Alexandra looked at Zhao Lie's tense face in the smoke, and her tearful eyes understood the pressure on him, so many refugees, as well as the soldiers who died in the war and the livelihood of the family, all depended on Zhao Lie.

Alexandra, who had tears in her eyes, also did the same, lighting incense and praying sincerely.

Zhao Lie stood silent for a long time in the face of the increased tablet, and the expansion of this tablet lineup could only increase Zhao Lie's guilt, after all, their battle deaths were indirectly caused by Zhao Lie, if there was no Zhao Lie's arrival, maybe they would not have died.

"Lie, they probably wouldn't have died without you, but more people in the camps would have died of hunger." Alexandra stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Lie's arm and comforted.

Zhao Lie patted Alexandra's arm gratefully, yes, if it weren't for his arrival, many refugees would have died of hunger and cold or turned into slaves, and the war deaths of these brothers were exchanged for hundreds of thousands, no, it should be the survival of millions of people.

Zhao Lie finally looked at the confession and left the Martyrs' Shrine with his head held high.

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