"Then do we, Xinsheng Island, need to be on guard?" Hu Pingjiang asked.

"Of course, I brought some weapons from Batavia. You organize the hungry people on the island and train them a little bit." Cao Xiong said: "Although the Dutch said, the Spanish will only come to attack us Han people."

It’s mainland China. But there’s no guarantee that if it happens to you, it won’t look good. With so many people eating every day, we’d better let them reinforce the city’s defenses.”

"We are definitely not afraid of the Spanish coming in force. I am just worried that they will come with a few ships and trap us on the island." Hu Pingjiang said worriedly.

"While you're free, hurry to Chenla on the other side to buy more food and stockpile it. Also, I sent someone to send a message to Zheng Zhilong, asking them to help bring immigrants from Daming. What are you afraid of?"

When Hu Pingjiang heard this, he was stunned, and then he laughed, "Master Cao, you are the best! It would be best if Zheng Zhilong and his fleet had a conflict with the Spanish on our side!"

Cao Xiong also laughed. He had no choice but to take this approach. But he still hoped that the Spaniards would not come to seize our new island. What a great place, not far from Ming Dynasty and Batavia, and there are industries nearby.

Chenla, Champa, and Annam, which had a lot of food, had no chance of being trapped for a while.

Along with Cao Xiong and several other ships, there were six or seven hired Dutch, Chenla, and Ming merchant ships. They would carry some of the grain in ballast and then load all the immigrants and transport them to Batavia.

In Batavia, Hu Wenjin also hired eight merchant ships, and the "Polang No. 1" coming from Hanzhou was filled with immigrants and various war preparation supplies, and sailed directly to Hanzhou without passing through Xinxiang Fort.

Chen Zutao was a small maritime trader who traveled between the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang. He owned two lucky ships and worked hard to move products from various places in several trading centers in Nanyang to earn some profits from maritime trade.

More than ten days ago, a businessman named Hu hired two of his ships, backed by Brother Kapitan Lin Liu, a Chinese from Batavia, to transport some grain, cloth, metal and other supplies at the dock. The remaining

The cabins were all filled with hungry people from the Ming Dynasty. It was said that they were going to a continent in the south.

If Brother Lin Liu hadn't acted as a guarantee, and if the businessman surnamed Hu hadn't directly paid a 30% deposit, Chen Zutaohai wouldn't have dared to go to this unknown place. It was so remote that he hadn't even heard of any businessman mentioning this place called Hanzhou.

Looking at the businessman surnamed Hu, he obviously looks like a Ming man. The sailors on the leading ship are all Ming people. So, this Hanzhou should be a territory occupied by us Ming people.

After sailing for more than ten days, we saw a lush coastline in the distance. Following the lead ship, we slowly sailed into a bay.

Why are there bursts of muffled thunder? Looking at the sky, it doesn't mean there is going to be a thunderstorm.

Someone on the leading ship shouted loudly, asking all the merchant ships following to pause for a moment.

After waiting for about half an hour, a small boat sailed out and greeted many merchant ships to sail into the harbor one after another. The muffled thunder just now also stopped and no longer sounded.

Chen Zutao stood on the lucky boat and looked at this strange place. On the wooden trestle, more than a hundred people had gathered, wearing simple linen shirts and knee-length shorts, whispering to the incoming ships. These people,

They must be dock workers unloading the cargo, all of them look like Akito.

After docking, Chen Zutao took a few guys off the boat and went to the depths of the dock.

"All arrivals can only enter the dock warehouse area to rest and eat, and are not allowed to go out and walk around at will!" A man who looked like a clerk said loudly to them with an open loudspeaker.

Chen Zutao saw many soldiers in gray "livery uniforms" patrolling back and forth at the dock and the nearby warehouse area carrying knives, spears, or muskets.

More than a hundred meters south of the warehouse area, there is a fortress with many artillery mounted on the wall. Several soldiers in black "uniforms" also held muskets and looked at the dock.

Oops, why does this place feel like a heavily defended military city! Moreover, when a merchant ship comes, the people on board are not allowed to move around. This is exactly like guarding against foreign spies. Are they preparing to fight with others?

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"Old Hu, why are you back?" Yu Fukun couldn't help being surprised when he saw Hu Wenjin, whom he hadn't seen for more than a year.

"Master Cao asked me to hire more merchant ships to bring people and supplies back as soon as possible." Hu Wenjin grabbed Yu Fukun and said, "Old Yu, tell me, can we stop the Spanish attack?"

"Tsk!" Yu Fukun sneered, "No matter how many people come from Spain, they are all sending coolies to our Hanzhou Mine!"

"What?" Hu Wenjin was stunned, "Spain is going to bring more than a dozen warships and more than a thousand soldiers!"

"More than a thousand soldiers? Just more than a thousand coolies!" Yu Fukun patted Hu Wenjin on the shoulder, "You haven't been in Hanzhou for a long time, so you don't know how strong we are."

"Why don't I know?" Hu Wenjin said: "I know how many people were transported to Hanzhou one after another. But those were seven to eight thousand hungry people!"

"In the past, we were hungry people. Now that we have arrived in Hanzhou, there are thousands of soldiers!"

Thousands of immigrants, except during the busy farming season, in which month do they not conduct rural soldier training? In another year, we can lead the rural soldiers to compete with the elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield!

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"Third Brother, what are you..." Qi Tian led a group of craftsmen and country soldiers, dragging a newly manufactured 24-pound cannon to the training range outside the Heishan City military camp. Then, at the entrance of the military camp, he saw a man in uniform.

Qi Dalu in military uniform.

"Commander Yu asked me to come to the Marine Corps to study." Qi Dalu stood in front of Qi Tian in high spirits, "Now I feel more and more that the Marine Corps uniforms are more beautiful than the Dutch uniforms!"

Qi Tian smiled. If we really want to talk about "beautiful", the European military uniforms of this period were beautiful, with bright red uniforms, various exquisite military uniform accessories, flashy three-cornered hats or two-cornered hats, and a light and confident step.

.Well, full of aristocratic style!

The military uniforms of Hanzhou can be described in one word, simple! There are no accessories at all on the military uniforms, except for the wide armed belts and the simple cap badge with crossed swords. But all of this makes the entire military uniform full of the violent aesthetics of later generations.

concept.

The solemn and concise, silent obedience, ruthless killing, and fully armed Marines will present the external manifestation of this state violence machine.

Marine Corps officers and soldiers have undergone more than a year of training and actual combat, and commanders at all levels have also proven their qualifications in the process.

When Qi Dalu joined the Marine Corps at this time, he could only train with many new recruits as a trainee officer. In the future actual combat, he would be promoted step by step.

Of course, as Cao Xiong's nephew and Qi Tian's third brother, his promotion pace will be slightly faster.

After the cooperation of dozens of craftsmen and several months of continuous trial production, the weapons workshop finally pulled out a 24-pound heavy cannon from the workshop that looked quite qualified. Today, Qi Tian was specially called here.

, conduct a test shot.

"It weighs one to two tons, right?" Qi Tian looked at the long and thick heavy cannon mounted on a wooden and iron artillery cart, and it was dragged step by step to the shooting range with difficulty.

"Going back to the general manager, the entire cannon body weighs 3,700 kilograms... It has been optimized a lot, and the weight cannot be reduced anymore!" Liu Mingbao, a cannon-casting craftsman from Oyster Mirror, said with his hands. He was worried that Qi Tian was not familiar with the weight of the cannon.

Satisfied, I have to drag it back for renovation.

One kilogram in the Ming Dynasty was 16 taels, which is equivalent to 500 grams today. Thirty-seven hundred kilograms, which is more than 1,800 kilograms, is really a "heavy" cannon.

At this time, Qitian does not care about the weight of artillery. As long as it is powerful and has a long range, it can be deployed in coastal defense forts. Everything else is secondary.

The coastal defense fort is equipped with several powerful 24-pound guns, which will definitely give the Spanish warships a big "surprise". It is best to keep a few of them.

Tan Zhongfu returned to his residence in Jianye City wearing a straight Marine Corps uniform and carrying a bag.

"Afu, why are you back?" The neighbor asked in surprise as he watched Tan Zhongfu walk to the door of his yard.

"Today is my turn for my monthly vacation." Tan Zhongfu nodded reservedly towards his neighbors, and entered the house with his head held high under the envious eyes of many.

The Marine Corps is the only formal armed force in Hanzhou, and all the soldiers among all the immigrants were selected after rounds of screening before they were formed.

Due to the impending Spanish invasion and the expansion of the Marine Corps, Tan Zhongfu was selected as an outstanding rural soldier and became a member of more than 500 Marines.

The treatment of Marines is the same as that of sailors who go out. The monthly salary is three taels of silver, which is much higher than the current salary of Ming soldiers. Moreover, on weekdays, fish, meat, eggs and poultry are supplemented from time to time, as well as sugar, cloth and other in-kind welfare benefits. At the same time, as a

The families of Marine Corps soldiers also enjoy priority in land allocation.

Therefore, Marine Corps soldiers are an enviable special group in Hanzhou.

Tan Zhongfu's Persian wife diligently helped him take off his military uniform and put on his daily linen clothes.

"You are pregnant with a child, so don't work too hard on weekdays. If you can't do any work, you can go to the head of the front yard for help." Tan Zhongfu looked at his Persian wife with a round belly and said softly.

The Persian wife blinked, looked at Tan Zhongfu, seemed to understand, smiled brightly, and nodded vigorously.

"Silly woman!" Tan Zhongfu stood up with a smile and went out to clean up the somewhat messy courtyard.

Black Mountain City.

Taketa Sanada packed up his luggage and uniform, and nodded to his Aceh native wife, "I'm going back to the military camp. You take good care of yourself and the child in your belly at home. If there is a shortage of food at home, please call me.

The neighbor went to find the village chief."

The native wife nodded silently and sent Taketa Sanada to the gate of the courtyard.

"Well, I will come back after the war. I leave everything to you at home." Sanada Taketa reached out and shook his wife's hand, then turned and left.
Chapter completed!