When I looked again, I saw other empty horses or camels carrying wild boars, or camels carrying wild wolves, wild deer, etc., as well as bear skins, and bulging cloth bags.

"You're here"

After seeing Shang Ziyi, Long 13 put his right hand on the saddle, and the whole person flew off the horse, and then threw the whip to Wang Dingguo.

Shang Ziyi and the others hurried over to salute.

Long 13 smiled and said, "In three days, we will sweep away the big insects and beasts in the nearby twenty-mile mountains, and we can get some meat."

Then he said to Long Xiaoju, "Since there are no more beasts, there will be more wild deer and other animals, and in the future, you can hunt across the three mountains, thinking that the soldiers will improve their food."

Seeing that Shang Ziyi seemed to have a bad face, he knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "It's my fault, I just let the shipyard change the production method without telling you, and I won't take it as an example, but I also have a reason."

Shang Ziyi asked, "What is the reason?"

Long 13 said, "The situation is not optimistic, Gao Yingxiang's group is okay to say, either into Dabie Mountain, Tongbai Mountain, or into Hubei, but Zijin Liang and Bu Mu are not authentic, Zijin Liang is okay to say, he came from the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain, and it has little to do with us

"But that non-muddy with seven or eight people, people have arrived in Xinyang Prefecture, and they are about to cross Tongbai Mountain, according to his virtue, knowing that our department occupies Nanyang Mansion, he will definitely come over to fight the autumn wind."

"Fu Zonglong's men and horses followed him, once Fu Zonglong followed, most of the three divisions of Mu Wenshou, Ma Degong, and Tang Jiuzhou would also be launched, according to the information intercepted by Long Xiaoshi, Zhu Xieyuan's army, which was originally in Kuizhou Mansion, had already gone down the river in thousands of ships."

"At present, most of them have already arrived in Yiling Prefecture, and when they get here, if they think that Li Zicheng and the others are not worried, it is very likely that they will go north to attack us and others together with Xuan Mo, Fu Zonglong, etc., and at that time, if there is no sailor to protect the Hanshui area, the situation will be quite unfavorable."

(Yiling Prefecture, later Yichang)

"Not to worry about? Didn't Zhu Xieyuan's army go for Li Zicheng and others, who had already crossed the Yangtze River?"

"Oops", Long 13 sighed, "According to the intercepted information, when the official army was last Qinwang, several groups of men and horses from Yunnan and Guangxi have been staying in Guangdong, and now they have been called back by the imperial court, most of them are letting the Guangxi wolf soldiers and Yunnan Tusi soldiers go to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng and others."

"And let Zhu Xieyuan continue to encircle and suppress us."

"How so?"

"In the intercepted recitals, there is the content of the newly appointed Zhu Xieyuan as the commander of the Yangtze River, so that Zhu Xieyuan has the authority to mobilize the entire water division and land division along the Yangtze River."

"If he uses the sailor ship to mobilize the elite soldiers of the entire Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Huguang to Xiangyang Mansion, it will be enough for us to drink a pot."

Shang Ziyi said: "Don't worry too much about the big boss, if you want to mobilize these sailors and guards, how can you do it without half a year of planning, he will mobilize the Huguang water division and guards at most, most of the Huguang water divisions are in Wuchang Mansion, just that little man, don't worry."

Long Thirteen nodded, "That being said, we must also take precautions and quickly establish our own sailors."

"And to build a sailor, you need a lot of ships, which requires a lot of ship materials and artillery, and the current pass rate of our artillery production is not high, and only three or four of the ten guns are used, like the current progress can no longer meet the needs, and the progress must be accelerated."

"I have already told the shipyard that sand boats can be built a little larger, up to four zhang long, one zhang wide, and six feet high, so that the capacity can be increased, and each sand boat can carry thirty stones of iron ore and twenty pieces of wood, and the speed can be increased."

That night, the group had dinner in Xiaguan Town, and naturally asked the cook to cook several large pots of various meats they had hunted to accompany the meal.

After the meal, Long 13 said to Shang Ziyi, "I heard that the ships here can sail at night, so I might as well take a boat and return to the inner countryside overnight......

"No"

I saw Shang Ziyi, Long Xiaoju and others all dissuaded.

"Why is that?"

Shang Ziyi said: "Although there are night boats, but that is only a few of the day departure and overnight sailing, and there has never been a boat at night, although this turbulent water can sail, but there are also many reefs on the way, the vision is not good at night, if you are unfortunate enough to meet us, it is good to say, the big boss is the backbone of my department, isn't it ......"

Long 13 waved his hand, "Since it is sailing at night again, the speed of this river is not fast, as long as you put on a lantern and sail close to the center of the river, besides, this turbulent water is generally only about six feet deep, even if there is an accident, it is nothing."

"Besides, I just want to see the situation of this inland waterway shipping, ships are used during the day, and they can't be delayed, it's best at night, look at the scenery, sleep, and the road will pass."

Seeing that he insisted, Shang Ziyi had no choice but to give up.

"In that case, there are exactly two ships here that are dedicated to carrying passengers, plus two small boats......

"Boats?"

"This ......"

Dragon Thirteen instantly understood, "Are you afraid that once there is an accident, there will be a small boat that can be rescued?"

He waved his hand, "Where are there so many accidents, in this way, since it is to observe the shipping situation, there is no need to start the passenger ship, just use the sand boat carrying the cargo, dispatch two, and then follow the two small boats."

"No", this time Shang Ziyi stiffened, "A cargo ship, a passenger ship, a passenger ship can carry twenty people, and the big boss sits on the passenger ship with some guards."

Long Thirteen couldn't resist him, so he had to agree.

So, Long 13 asked Wang Dingguo to take a hundred guards to ride south by land overnight, and he took a passenger ship, followed by a cargo ship and two small boats from the waterway.

After setting off, Long Thirteen learned Shang Ziyi's intention to dispatch two small boats.

A small boat leads the way in front, and the boat behind sails to the light of the boat, while the other boat follows the passenger ship closely, just in case.

The so-called passenger ship is exactly the same as the main structure of the sand boat, which is nothing more than the construction of an epongy in the middle of the ship, which can carry ten people, and ten guards can only sit outside the tent with the sailors.

The wind direction of Nanyang Mansion in spring is uncertain, not to mention that it is impossible to use the sails at night, so for the sake of safety, Shang Ziyi brought a few more boatmen who rowed and rocked the oars.

When the boat reached the center of the river, the small boat in the front, although it was very close, had turned into a ball of fire, and then there was the passenger boat that Long Thirteen was riding, the small boat was next to the passenger ship, and the cargo ship was at the back.

Long 13 walked to the stern, where two boatmen in single clothes were rocking the oar, in fact, to let the boat leave the dock, in addition to using the penny to open it, it was mainly the oar that worked, if you were not in a hurry, you could also use the oar to go down the river.

"Boss, I brought four more boatmen, and the boat was very difficult to shake, and it had to be replaced every half an hour, and there were originally four people in the oars, but because the effort was lighter than that of the row, only two people were prepared, and it was just a matter of turning."

Dragon Thirteen nodded, "It's okay, my guards can also be on top at any time."

Shang Ziyi shook his head, "There is a specialization in the art industry, don't underestimate this rocking and paddling, if you don't practice together for a long time, you can't just have strength."

Dragon Thirteen stopped insisting.

After walking around the boat, because the turbulent water was flowing smoothly, although it was at night, it was also quite comfortable, and Long Thirteen walked for a while before he was happy, and then returned to the cabin to rest.

There was no word all night, and when he woke up, it was already dawn, and at this time, the outline of the walls of Red Eyebrow Fort was clearly visible!

"How long has it been?"

Shang Ziyi replied, "We started from the beginning of the hour, and now it is the middle of the next day."

Long Thirteen secretly thought: "When I set off, I used the simulator to check the time, it was seven o'clock in the evening, and now it is nine o'clock in the morning, which means that fourteen hours have passed, and there is still half the way, according to this progress, wouldn't it be possible to reach the county seat of Neixiang tonight."

However, he quickly understood, "Shang Ziyi is old, and he must have ordered the ship to slow down when sailing at night, and now that it is daylight, it will definitely speed up, and it is estimated that it will be yellow

It's dusk."

Then he said: "Let's go to the shore, rest for a while in Chimei Fort, just have breakfast here, and see the resettlement of the old camp."

Chimei Fort was originally a merchant fort under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty Mansion that specialized in the management of the surrounding granges, and Xiao Qiangshi took over and naturally assigned half of the fields under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty to the old farmers, and half of the fields were assigned to the tenants who used to cultivate for the Tang Dynasty's Mansion.

However, Long 13 did not immediately carry out a stormy "agrarian revolution" here after taking Nanyang Mansion, and he knew that his foundation was not yet solid.

Therefore, in addition to confiscating the land of the vassal kings such as the Tang King and the Lu King, as well as a few gentry, he still maintained the status quo for other gentry, merchants, and landlords who owned more land.

However, he should not worry too much.

Nanyang Mansion, hundreds of years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the land was seized by the Tang Dynasty and King Jing, and the land of King Jing was later taken over by the most domineering King Lu of the late Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, as long as the land of King Tang and King Lu was confiscated, his needs could basically be met.

Of course, no matter how fair the little strong master is, no matter how sympathetic he is, and no matter how innocent he is, the huge figure of the dynasty that has lasted for hundreds of years in the eyes of the common people cannot be erased if he wants to.

Therefore, even if Long 13 wanted to redistribute the land to these tenants, there were still some people who chose to continue to cultivate for those who did not have their land confiscated.

For these people, Long Thirteen did not treat them differently, in his heart, these people are the norm, and the people who choose to accept his land are also because there are too few people who have not had their land confiscated.

And what is the difference between choosing a small strong teacher, whether as a tenant or as a taxpayer?

In Chimei Fort, about seventy percent of the land belongs to the Tang King and the Lu King, but thirty percent is still in the hands of the previous people.

In another section, after Dragon Thirteen came here, he did not enforce the decree of confiscation of land for merchants, no matter how big or small, but allowed them to continue to do business freely on their own territory.

In later life, he read many books about Li Zicheng and agreed with the views revealed in several books.

"Li Zicheng made two fundamental mistakes, one was to carry out the strategy of brutal dispossession at the local level before he achieved absolute superiority, and the other was to continue to implement this strategy after achieving absolute superiority."

"Especially the latter, if he hadn't done this, he would certainly not have easily occupied the Yellow River valley when the Manchu army moved south."

In contrast, the strategy of a certain army in later generations was much more clever.

Long Thirteen walked on the street of Chimei Fort, he did not have many people, although they were all wearing military uniforms, but they did not attract too much attention, at this time, due to the geographical location of Chimei Fort, there are not too many small strong divisions who pass through here to rest and stay.