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There were 1,500 soldiers stationed here in Kaohsiung, and Zhao Lian handed over 2,000 troops to Mao Geng, which can be regarded as a local transfer in the Kaohsiung Special Economic Zone.

There are eight disciples brought by Mao Geng, and in addition, there are also a number of reformers recruited in Xinhua.

There were as many as four recruits in Xinhua before and after, and a total of more than 200 people were recruited, but as soon as they heard that they were going to go to the wild island, more than half of them were ready to leave the Mao Workshop (at this time it was still the Mao Workshop, and Mao Geng had not yet burned the bag to call himself the Mao Group), but when he turned his head and left the Mao Workshop, there may not be a better place to go, because the Su family, the Fu family and the Dun family will not accept these people who leave the Mao Workshop, and the Huaxi Construction Company will not open this opening, unless someone is willing to go to Zhancheng. It's better to go to Taiwan than to Champong! Xinhua here, in addition to Mao's workshop and these few, it is difficult to find a better owner, so many wavering elements finally decided to go to Taiwan, anyway, they have already left their hometown once, Xinhua here is only a short foothold, not their hometown, these more or less enterprising spirit of the reformed people once again joined the ranks of immigrants.

Ninety-three reformers from Mao's workshop came, and some of them dragged their families with them, with a total of 231 people including their families, and Mao Geng decided to treat these people who followed him to Taiwan.

The newly built houses in Kaohsiung are still mainly temporary in nature, and everything is like this, first seeking to have, and then seeking refinement, so it is not possible to build brick houses for people for the time being. However, a large number of trees here in Kaohsiung came in handy, Mao Geng adopted the method of using local materials, and at the same time adopted the design of standardized modular houses, all temporary houses were built into log houses, and without exception, these log houses all borrowed from the idea of frame building in later generations, that is, like building a pavilion, first erect the pillars around it, and then set up the top cover, and cover it with cement powa, so that after having a pavilion frame, people can live in it first, and then nail the round wooden walls and doors and windows around it. The log house uses a lot of horse nails and nails to connect and fix the logs, which is the same as the consideration of building a woolen boat, and this kind of temporary house can be dismantled back into logs at any time, and the removed logs can be used for other purposes, which is very in line with the concept of circular economy. In any case, the log house is still a grade better than the bamboo house, and in this regard, the reformed people who have transferred from Xinhua to Taiwan are at least quite satisfied with the housing.

Zhang Haisan also came to Taiwan from Xinhua this time, Mao Geng felt that Zhang Haisan was a good person, and he should be able to help himself in Taiwan, but staying in Xinhua is such a big creation, so he warmly invited Zhang Haisan to come to Taiwan. On the tenth day of Chen Liang's departure from Penghu, Zhang Haisan led a group of people from Mao's workshop also rushed to Penghu, and soon they also moved to Kaohsiung and participated in the construction of Kaohsiung.

On this day, Zhao Luan came to Kaohsiung accompanied by Han Yanxuan, and after a walk, he came to Mao Geng's special residence.

The special residence is slightly different from the log house, that is, the walls around it are all brick walls, and the windows are equipped with glass, and nothing else is different.

Sitting down at the oval table, Zhao Luan praised first:

"Mr. Mao was ingenious and came up with a way to build this log house, and it was not easy to build so many log houses in less than 30 days!"

Mao Geng hurriedly modest:

"Guogong praised it falsely! After all, these houses are not comparable to brick houses, just to allow soldiers and people from all walks of life to have a temporary residence, and after a transition, they can live in formal brick houses after a year, ashamed! ”

Han Yanxuan was naturally very surprised when he saw that a township suddenly appeared in Kaohsiung, compared to the construction of Taipei, it seemed to be as slow as a snail. However, Mao Geng's office room here in Kaohsiung is also very simple, and of course it will be built quickly, while Taipei is building a Taiwan mansion, of course, it has to be very particular. According to the practice of building a city in the Great Song Dynasty, Taipei will build a city anyway, and if it is built like this, I am afraid that it may not be completed by this time next year.

Han Yanxuan felt that the "Kaohsiung Special Economic Zone" that Mao Geng had not even planned for the city, which seemed to be too special. It's just that there has been an appointment for a long time, and Mao Geng has the final say in this special zone, and Han Yanxuan also knows that Zhao Lu is also very puzzled by Mao Geng's move, but it is not easy to question it. But Zhao Lian is inconvenient to speak, so he can knock on the side:

"Hehe, Maote's approach is fast but fast, which is admirable. However, I am a little puzzled, if the city is not built here, in case the barbarians come to attack, 12,000 barbarians are not enough to fear, if tens of thousands of barbarians flock to it, if there is no city to rely on, can Mao Te be sure to hold on? ”

Mao Geng knew that although this was a question raised by Han Yanxuan, it was actually a question from Zhao Lu, and even Guo Xixian had questioned it before, it was a common practice to build a city in recent years, not to mention that there were unknown hostile barbarians nearby, in the hearts of all the people in the Great Song Dynasty, when the brunt was to build a city in order to protect themselves, but Mao Geng had no plan so far, Mao Geng picked up the wooden stick and pointed at the sand table, looking confident:

"Guogong, please look, Lord Han, although Kaohsiung has no city, but a double layer of barbed wire has been pulled, between the barbed wire, there are mines, oh, this mine is the iron artillery, if someone forcibly crosses the outer layer of barbed wire, they will step on the iron artillery, even if it is not killed, it will be injured, the garrison soldiers immediately know that someone has invaded, and our army has enough time to fortify. The indigenous peoples here have primitive weapons, and there is no need to worry about them, even if they can cross the first barbed wire, they will have no difficulty crossing the second barbed wire, and even if they cross the second one, they can only return in the end. ”

"Mines, self-iron artillery? What kind of powerful weapons does Mr. Mao know? ”

Zhao Lu was a little excited, and was faintly dissatisfied with Mao Geng's failure to report the matter as soon as possible.

Seeing Zhao Lu like this, Guo Xixian hurriedly picked up a sample of a mine and explained:

"Qi Yu Guogong, this is the thing. The day before yesterday, someone had sent this thing to Penghu, but for some reason it could not be reported to the Guogong in time. ”

This time, Zhao Lu went to Taipei first and then came to Kaohsiung from Taipei, so naturally he didn't know about the landmines.

Zhao Lian saw that this was just a thing like a ceramic ball, with a circular boss in the middle, and he was curious for a moment and asked:

"But I don't know why it can explode on its own?"

Mao Geng was beside him, and at this time he took out a small wooden box, then pushed open the wooden box, picked up a wooden stick from the wooden box, and said to Zhao Luan:

"Guogong, please look."

Zhao Lian paid attention to it, and only then did he see that one end of the small wooden stick was a thick round head, and the round head was gray-black, and he didn't know what it was. I saw Mao Geng pick up the small wooden stick and quickly swiped it on the side of the wooden box, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", and one end of the small wooden stick burned.

"The reason why this mine can explode on its own is the same as this match. Actually, it's the same as the fire sickle. ”

Han Yanxuan smiled, as if he understood the joints. In the early years, it was popular to use thin pieces of wood dipped in sulfur to start fires, and the matches mentioned by Mao Geng seem to be based on the same principle.

Zhao Lu was curious, took the "match" handed over by Mao Geng, and looked carefully, one side of the wooden box turned out to be a coarse porcelain piece, the porcelain piece was as rough as a whetstone, and there were two grooves on the porcelain piece, and Mao Geng seemed to have a groove when he crossed it.

Mao Geng also tried to pull out a small wooden stick and cut it across the groove of the porcelain piece in the same way, but did not ignite the wooden stick.

"Work harder."

The second time, Zhao Lian finally ignited the small wooden stick, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

It is said that Mao Geng has adjusted the formula many times in order to make this match, and there is glass powder, stibnite (antimony trioxide) powder, sulfur, and a trace of nitrate, but it seems that this match is still too safe, if it is not operated properly, there is a chance that it will not burn.

"It's the same with this mine, when a person steps on a mine, the mechanism inside rubs against it, igniting the gunpowder, and the mine explodes immediately."

Landmines are better, and they don't need to be considered for safety, so they explode at the touch of a button.

Zhao Lian was excited for a while, but then he was a little wilted:

"It's a pity that the power of this iron cannon is not good, even if it is blown up, it is only a scare component, at most it will hurt the legs and feet, but unfortunately Mr. Mao is clear."

Zhou Xun next to Guo Xixian couldn't help but speak:

"Qi Yu Guogong, the gunpowder in this mine has been mixed by Mr. Mao, and the power is much higher, the day before yesterday, a barbarian crossed the first barbed wire, stepped on the mine, and was blown up."

Zhou Xun was the commander of the 2,000-chamber army, and he was deeply shocked when he witnessed this incident with his own eyes. However, after Mao Geng went to see the scene, he judged that the unlucky guy only died of excessive blood loss because he was not treated in time, and it was not necessarily that the mine could kill people on the spot.

"Really?"

Seeing that everyone on Mao Geng's side nodded, Zhao Lu was excited for a while, so he looked at Mao Geng and said:

"What is Mr. Mao's way to make gunpowder more powerful?"

Mao Geng said in his heart, I just doped copper oxide in it, and the most important thing is to purify nitrate. Then I took the opportunity to make a request:

"Guogong, the lower official asked the imperial court to transport a batch of nitrate, and the lower official tried it here in Kaohsiung to see if he could make the gunpowder more powerful. Gunpowder is also used for firing cement quarrying here, and if the lower officials can find a way to increase the power of the explosion, they can teach it to the ordnance supervisor, and then the force of the Great Song Dynasty can go to a higher level. ”

The reason why Mao Geng did not build a city was that his biggest reliance was on firearms. However, the key defect of the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty is that the gunpowder is impure, and the most deficient of it is the impurity of nitrate.