As a naval general who could only command civilian ships for a long time, Wu Sen was really poor, while the Haihan Navy had large warships, powerful artillery, mature military systems and tactics, good logistical support, and high morale brought by invincibility, and was almost an impeccable army. In the face of the strength shown by the Haihan Navy, Wu Sen really couldn't refuse the other party's solicitation against his will, which had nothing to do with the political concept he had always held, and it would probably be difficult for any soldier from a naval division to resist joining such a powerful navy. The enemy warship that once made Takemori hate it at the beginning has now become within reach, and it is expected that he will be able to go to sea with his former opponents on such a warship in the future, and such a change makes Takemori sigh at the impermanence of the world.

After the day's evaluation and testing, Wu Sen did not immediately receive an order from the navy. As Luo Shengdong expected, Wang Tom only gave Wu Sen an admission notice from Shengli Harbor Military Academy, and let him enroll on the same day with the notice. As for the assignment of his position, it depends on how he behaved during the training. Even if Wu Sen's professional skills are good, he must at least complete two to three months of theoretical training before he can be expected to enter the navy. During this period, he will also have enough time to slowly get to know the society under the rule of the Haihan Executive Committee, and when he actually joins the Haihan Navy, his mentality may be very different from now.

In fact, there are more than 300 soldiers and sailors under the Navy Division who have been captured by the Hai Han Militia in all the battles in South Vietnam, and most of the personnel captured last year have joined the cargo fleet under the Navy or the Ministry of Shipping.

Of course, Wu Sen's appearance did not disappoint the military, and there was finally a "wise" change in political attitude, otherwise this cowhide would blow up, and the Ruan brothers would inevitably take the blame for Wu Sen's affairs, not to mention that Wu Sen would be sent back to the hard labor camp and detained at that time. If the Ruan brothers don't do it well, they will also be implicated because of this.

On May 11, 1629, April 19 of the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, two white sailing boats, one large and one small, appeared on the sea near Changhua County on the west coast of Qiongzhou Island. Both ships have flat hulls, white hulls and sails, and move through the waves at breakneck speed.

The two fathers and sons, who were drying their nets on the beach, also noticed the strange boats approaching, but the fishermen were not intimidated by what they saw. The father patted his son's head and said, "Go back, let your mother quickly make a fire and boil water." When I prepared the meal, I said that the Haihan people were coming!"

These two strange-looking sailing ships are naturally the "Feisu" and "Lightning" two catamarans from Shengli Harbor, and this is not the first time they have been here, the Haihan people have been here as early as the seventh year of the Apocalypse, in the past year, these two sailing ships have taken turns to visit here almost once a month, and the fishermen of Changhua Fishing Village have long been accustomed to these visitors from Shengli Port in Qiongnan. In their opinion, these Haihan people are very friendly. Not only do they bring cheap salt and rice every time, but they also hire villagers to help them do what they can, such as providing accommodation and food for these visitors.

Although this small fishing port is not large, only one-third of the area of Sanya inland port, it is already the best natural port near the mouth of the Changhua River. In the future, the Executive Committee's inland development plan involves a large amount of material transportation, and this place will become a cargo distribution center by the sea. Of course. The entire boundary of the adjacent fishing village will definitely be requisitioned by the Executive Committee. As for the villagers in the fishing village, if they are willing to be included in the executive committee, they will definitely get a stable job and will not have to worry about their livelihood in the future. But if there are some discordant voices, there will also be armed militias and security police who will be dispatched to teach them how to behave. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

The two ships began to lower their sails and slow down at the mouth of the Changhua River. Slowly sailed into the harbor of Changhua Fishing Port. Originally, there were only four or five fishermen on the coast here, and it was relatively reluctant to call it a fishing village, but since the Haihan people set foot here, they regularly visit here and bring some cheap goods, and over time, there are more than ten or twenty families here. Originally, there were no wharf facilities on the shore, and the fishermen's boats were directly washed on the riverbank. Then tow to the shore and park. Last year, with the help and auspices of the Haihan people, local fishermen built several trestle bridges in the harbor for large ships to dock, and also built a gravel breakwater at the entrance to the harbor to prevent the tide from backing up.

Liu Shanxia stood on the bow of the "Feisu" and saw the fishermen on the shore waving to him, and waved his hand to show his friendliness. Qiao Zhiya next to him smiled: "He didn't greet you, he asked you to throw the cable to him!"

Liu Shanxia put down his hand stupidly, picked up the cable coiled in the bow of the boat, and threw it out vigorously, and after the fisherman who waved his hand caught it, he fixed it to the cable pile on the shore.

"Lao Chen, meet again!" Qiao Zhiya is not the first time to come here, and he has already freshened up with the aborigines here, and before he got off the boat, he greeted the fishermen on the shore loudly.

"Master Qiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's always been good?" The fisherman known as Lao Chen hurriedly greeted Qiao Zhiya.

"Very good!" Qiao Zhiya stepped on the side of the boat, and then jumped onto the trestle: "By the way, what about your son, Lao Chen?"

"Tell him to go back and let his mother prepare hot water and meals for the masters!" Lao Chen replied respectfully: "I don't know how many people Master Qiao brought over this time, and the small ones should prepare a place to stay at night as soon as possible." ”

"There are more people who have come here this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to live in this village. Qiao Zhiya waved his hand and said, "It's okay, we'll set up a tent to solve it ourselves." By the way, there are still a few baskets of fresh fish on the boat, you ask someone to carry them down and add food at noon!"

The flotilla led by Qiao Zhiya and Liu Shanxia was mainly to survey the traffic conditions from the sea to the inland Shilu mining area, and to start selecting a site to plan the future land freight route. To develop the Shilu iron ore mine, it is necessary to build a land passage with a length of more than 25 kilometers, which is almost twice the length of the Tiandu-Shengli Port-Sanya Port communication line that has already been put into operation, and the amount of work is quite large. Although the Ministry of Construction has sent many batches of personnel to this side to conduct topographic surveys in the early stage, Liu Shanxia is now the second-in-command of the Ministry of Construction and the project leader of almost all large-scale infrastructure projects.

And Qiao Zhiya as a member of the military. He was born in the engineering corps again, and it was perfectly suitable to serve as a military representative for this operation. In addition to him, the elder Morgan, who had always been happy to go out on the field, also came, because the possibility of armed conflict on this mission was not very likely, so his main duty was to serve as a doctor, and by the way, he was responsible for piloting another sailing ship with a slightly smaller hull, the "Lightning".

Also worth mentioning is Superintendent No. 2 Fu Li, who has been seconded from the Ministry of Justice on a temporary basis. The reason why Fu Li will be on this team is because he may need to communicate with the local indigenous people during this trip.

The location of the Shiroku iron ore mine has entered the inland mountainous area. The mountainous areas on Hainan Island have always been the territory of the Li mountain people. In the mountainous area near Shilu, there are several Li mountain people, and they are communicating with the Li people. Runes obviously have a unique advantage. And he himself gladly accepted this task, and it must be much more interesting to have the opportunity to deal with the Li compatriots in other parts of the island than to check the immigrants in Shengli Port every day.

After both ships docked to the shore, more than 30 people came down from the boats, most of them were militiamen from the Haihan militia and a few technicians from the Ministry of Construction. Although it is expected that there will be no armed conflict under such circumstances, the Executive Committee has always been stingy with the deployment of troops in this field service, so it still asked the Military Commission to transfer a platoon of army forces to the operation as a guard.

The fleet had departed from Victory Harbor the day before, and had rested at the Yingge Sea Salt Farm that night**. At present, more than 700 immigrants have moved in to Yinggehai. The commune was initially established, and the construction of the production sites of the salt works began to be organized, but it was probably necessary to wait until the second half of the year at the earliest to form a mass production scale like the salt works in the east.

It was the first time for Fu Li to come to Changhua in the field, and he was also full of curiosity about the surrounding Qiqi, and after getting off the boat for a while, he couldn't help but ask Qiao Zhiya, "Brother Qiao." It's still early, so why don't we just head inland and stay here?"

"Because our people haven't arrived yet, we'll have to wait here for a while, maybe a couple of hours, maybe a day or two. Qiao Zhiya and Fu Li didn't see each other. So he told him the reason.

"Wait a minute, didn't we nod when we set off this time, why didn't anyone come with us on the boat?" Fu Li asked puzzled.

"It's not that we didn't get on our ship, it's that the person we're waiting for didn't come out of Victory Harbor. Qiao Zhiya patiently explained: "Do you know what the mission we came here this time is?"

"Prospecting, I heard Mr. Ning and Mr. Tao say that there is a very large iron mine in the inland here, and we are here to mine this iron mine. Fu Li is also a well-informed person among the naturalized people, and several big leaders will not hide these things from him, and he already knows the true purpose of this operation before he sets off.

"That's right. But when it comes to prospecting, you won't, I won't, and neither will Brother Liu and Old Morgan from the Ministry of Construction, so I can only wait for experts to come. Qiao Zhiya patted Fu Li on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go and see what delicious things will be eaten at noon." ”

The so-called prospecting expert is naturally Tian Yeyou, the only professional among the first batch of people who went to the Black Earth Port in North Vietnam. Tian Yeyou worked in the North China Geological Survey Bureau before the crossing, and was one of the few mining-related experts in the entire crossing group, and the prospecting work of Tiandu Iron Mine and Damao Manganese Phosphate Mine was basically organized by him. After going to Heitu Port to explore the local coal mine the year before last, Tian Yeyou simply stayed in Heitu Port and never returned.

According to Zhou Hengxing, who was later transferred back to Shengli Port, Tian Yeyou liked the quiet life and beautiful coastal scenery very much, and already planned to settle there for a long time. After the Heitu Port Management Committee established trade ties with Lianzhou and Qinzhou in Guangxi, the refined coal of Heitu Port became the main export product of the local area, and Tian Yeyou, who was the director of mining, also rose in value, and last year he simply married the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Qinzhou, solving the personal fate problem that had plagued him for a long time before the crossing. Of course, there are a lot of people like Tian Yeyou who have found a partner in this time and space after crossing over, but really like him, there are not many people in Ming Media who are marrying and starting a family, and Tian Yeyou himself can be regarded as opening a precedent for the members of the crossing group in terms of marriage and love relationships, and only after him did members begin to marry the opposite sex in this time and space.

After the development of the Black Earth Port, the Executive Committee has not carried out any further development actions in terms of mineral deposits. It was not until this year, after gradually stabilizing the external environment and having a certain population size, that the Executive Committee once again put forward the plan to develop the Shiroku Iron Mine. Although the burial site of the Shiroku iron ore mine is not a secret, and there are detailed records in the large database, how to determine the exact point of the vein and how to formulate the mining plan under the actual situation. But it's not something that a layman can do by looking at the information on paper. At this time, it is necessary to have more professional personnel. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the development plan. So the Executive Committee sent a telegram to Heitu Port, asking Tian Yeyou to set off to the fishing village at the mouth of the Changhua River to meet the special team that had departed from Shengli Port to the local area.

Of course, there are no advanced clippers such as catamarans in Heitu Port, and there are not even "exploration-class" civilian passenger and cargo sailboats produced by the Shengli Port Shipyard in the past two years. The only few high-end cargo ships are all arranged by the Ministry of Shipping on the route from Sanya to Guangzhou, because the goods carried on that route need a shorter turnaround period to obtain more benefits, and the ships between Heitu Port and Sanya are almost all carrying black coal that does not need to be shelf-by-quality, and the transportation time is not too much of a problem a few days earlier and a few days late, anyway, the current output and capacity of Heitu Port have exceeded the production needs of Tiandu Industrial Zone, and there is even spare energy to transport the output of coal to Lianzhou, Qinzhou, Danzhou and other places for sale. Moreover, because of the low price and good quality, the competitiveness of the refined coal in Heitu Port in the market is very strong -- last year, all the local lignite coal kilns in Danzhou were forced to go bankrupt and shut down, and a large number of Danzhou young people were persuaded by Yaxing to go south to Sanya by boat to work for the Haihan people, which can be regarded as indirectly promoting the introduction of immigrants from Sanya.

The sea ship that Tian Yeyou was on actually departed on the same day as the two ships of the special team, but his luck was not good, and the situation began to change shortly after leaving the port. Since the ship was carrying an important person, Tian Yeyou, for safety, the ship reversed back to the port and waited for one more day. When Qiao Zhiya and his party arrived in Changhua, the sea boat that Tian Yeyou was on had not yet reached Fushuizhou Island halfway, and it would take at least a day or so to reach Changhua.

After the special team had dinner in the fishing village, Qiao Zhiya took the initiative to go to the nearby county seat of Changhua to have a look. Liu Shanxia was a little worried about this: "Changhua is the territory of Danzhou. If something happens to us here in Changhua, it's a bit of a problem. ”

"There won't be any trouble, I've been to the county many times, it's fine. The people here are very simple, you just have to send a little thing to the people, and they will treat you as a good person. Qiao Zhiya smiled and comforted.

"Oh, that's right...... Wrong. I'm a good person!" Liu Shanxia glared at himself and defended himself.

So the accompanying militia left half of the people in the fishing village to guard the boats and supplies, and the others, led by Qiao Zhiya, left the fishing village and marched southeast on foot. According to Qiao Zhiya, the county seat is only about five miles away from the fishing village, and it can be reached by foot.

According to historical records, Changhua City was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, but the city wall built at that time was still an earthen wall structure, and only a small section of the city wall was made of local bricks. In the ninth year of Yongle, that is, in 1411 AD, the local area of Changhua was often harassed by pirates and pirates, so Xu Mao, the commander of the guard army stationed in Changhua, organized the people to rebuild the city wall in order to resist the incursion, and the stone brick wall was used around the city. At that time, the circumference of the city wall built was five miles, six meters high, the city tower part was five meters thick, there were five hundred and fifty stone buttresses, eight more shops, four city towers, four city gates, the southeast and northwest were respectively Qizhan Gate, Ninghe Gate, Zhenhai Gate, Ningwu Gate.

Ming orthodoxy ten years, that is, in 1445 A.D., Changhua Zhixian Zhou Zhen organized the people to dig a deep trench with a span of five feet outside the city, after the completion of this project, Changhua City finally formed a complete and solid structure, and the reliability of its city defense facilities can be compared with the cliff city. Of course, Changhua is only the county seat, but Yacheng is the seat of the state, and the size of the garrison is still quite different, especially Yacheng and Yazhou Water Village, a special type of troops, and no matter what the actual combat effectiveness is, Changhua can not be compared with this type of equipment alone.

According to the infiltration of Changhua County in the early stage, the military has long had a clear understanding of the situation of the local garrison. At present, there are only more than 400 guards stationed in Changhua City, and this amount of troops relies on city defense, which is enough to deal with pirates who come ashore to plunder, but it is not enough to fight against the Haihan militia. The city defense of Changhua City may seem quite strong in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the military, even the imperial city in Hue City cannot be compared, and it will not be too difficult to deal with the garrison here.