Weihai Fort Pier welcomed the arrival of three more Hanzhou transport ships. Along with a large amount of supplies, there were also more than 200 immigrants, which brought the entire Weihai Fort population to more than 1,000 people. They will join those who settled earlier.

Immigrants build their homes together.

As the commander of Weihai Fort, Wang Zhenliang greatly welcomed the increase in population. Because according to the plan of the Hanzhou Civilian Government, Weihai Fort will be built into an important base for going north and south. In addition to being responsible for a series of supplies for the eastern front, Wang Zhenliang

In addition to the transportation of materials at various points, immigrants from the Ming Dynasty arrived in Hanzhou in the later period, and used this to move south to important nodes.

Therefore, a large amount of construction materials and a large number of labor forces in Hanzhou will be transported to Weihai Fort one after another, hoping to build it into an important transit base and material transportation base in the shortest possible time.

In this case, Weihai Fort cannot develop passively and slowly like Haijiao Fort and Beikou Fort in the north. Wang Zhenliang was one of the first Ming people to immigrate to Hanzhou. He was not as lucky as Pan Qifeng, and he was immediately noticed by the general manager.

, and was gradually promoted to deputy general manager of the civilian government.

However, as a former Huaibei property owner, his knowledge and adaptability are beyond ordinary people. From the time when the Republic of China was first established, he served as a field officer under the agricultural affairs, then as the civil deputy chief officer, and finally after the establishment of Weihai Fort, he was appointed by Qi Tian.

Transferred to be the first commander of Weihai Fort.

The commanders of the newly colonized areas were naturally not military officials like those in the Ming Dynasty, but civil affairs officials who were subordinate to the civil government and had the same rank as the chief officials.

Moreover, according to some officials of the civil government, after the three-year period for some farmers to allocate their land comes this year, several towns such as Jianye City and Heishan City will partially cancel land reclamation controls and resume normal rural management. So,

The establishment of prefectures and counties above the countryside is naturally a matter of course.

In the future, it is impossible to say that when Weihai Fort develops, it will become a place of great power. For this reason, Wang Zhenliang, in addition to doing preliminary planning and construction in Weihai Fort, he also established two buildings in the northwest and southwest directions five or six kilometers away from Weihai Fort.

More than a hundred people were moved to each settlement.

After more than half a year of reclamation, more than 5,000 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed near Weihai Fort, of which more than 2,000 acres have been planted with potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum, and soybeans. If all the remaining farmland is planted in the second season,

Food. Perhaps, next year, Weihai Fort will be able to partially achieve self-sufficiency in food.

Everything now is laying a solid foundation for great development in the future.

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The two light "Flying Fish" slowly docked at the wooden pier of Jinhua Fort (now Lai City, Papua New Guinea), and a dozen Hanzhou natives gathered around them excitedly.

I finally saw someone coming from Hanzhou. I had experienced the prosperity of Jianye City and Heishan City, but now I was suddenly sent to this uninhabited island by Master Hanzhou. Although there were two batches of personnel and supplies added one after another.

.However, they still feel that life is a bit "hard".

However, they did not dare to complain at all. Mr. Hanzhou seemed gentle and gentle on weekdays, but when it came to killing people, he was not merciless at all, not to mention that they also had many powerful fire-breathing sticks (fire guns) and fire-breathing barrels.

(artillery).

In Jinhua Fort, the Hanzhou natives had to bring the Luzon natives to build basic residential houses and warehouses in the camp. Although they had been trained for a long time before coming here, the wooden houses and warehouses they built looked crooked and were not as good as the Han people.

Master Zhou built it beautifully and neatly.

Dong Fengshan took a look at the camp. They were all stupid savages with no brains. After more than two months, they had only built more than forty wooden houses, two rows of warehouses, and wooden defensive fences on the outside. They were also loosely built. Could it be that they just

Don't be afraid that cannibals will come and eat them all!

Dong Fengshan found the Hanzhou indigenous leader in charge of the camp and reprimanded them. He ordered them to re-reinforce and encrypt the outer defensive wooden fence next month to stop the attacks of the savages.

At the same time, he also asked the Hanzhou natives to clear the 500-meter area around the camp before resupplying next month, and to properly cultivate some farmland and plant vegetables there.

What a bunch of stupid savages, they can survive for more than two months without food!

After leaving the personnel and supplies at Jinhua Fort, the two "Feiyu" ships led by Dong Fengshan sailed out of the bay and continued to explore northwest to find and determine the next transfer and supply point for immigrants from the east.

In mid-May, the exploration fleet arrived near the northeastern tip of the Bird of Paradise Peninsula in the northwest of New Guinea, near the city of Manokwari. Considering that on the return journey, the two "Flying Fish" will also pass through Weiyuan Fort to transfer the rotating Marine Corps

and brought them back to the mainland of Hanzhou. Therefore, the fleet drew a navigation chart and returned in a hurry.

At this point, after nearly nine months of exploration, Hanzhou has understood and mastered the detailed nautical charts of most of Weiyuan Island (Guinea Island), and has actually controlled the southeastern peninsula of the island. In order to prepare for large-scale immigration from the east in the future,

A solid step has been taken.

In addition, as long as Hanzhou firmly occupies Weiyuan Fort (today's Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), it will form a key with Cape Fort (today's Bamaga, Australia) on the Hanzhou continent opposite, and connect Hanzhou to

The eastern and southeastern parts of the mainland became the rear in the geographical sense, laying the foundation for the development and rise of Hanzhou.

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"This is our new shipyard for building big ships and professional warships?" Cao Xiong looked excitedly at the two huge shipyards in front of him.

"Yes, this is our new shipyard in Hanzhou where we will build large warships in the future!" Qi Tian said proudly.

The new shipyard is only more than 500 meters away from the original shipyard. Hanzhou used more than 2,000 people to excavate a channel of more than 100 meters from a shoal area directly to the new shipyard.

On the shore of the new shipyard, all the original dense forests were cut down, hills and rocks were removed, and hundreds of construction workers were busy building a new fortress to protect the safety of the new shipyard.

Tight coastal defense forts and narrow access channels will make it difficult for any incoming enemy to attack the shipyard from the sea. Instead, they can only launch an attack from land with difficulty. However, on land, they will face heavily defended fortresses and

The heroic and capable Hanzhou Marines.

"How long until this shipyard can start building ships?" Cao Xiong asked.

"In a week, the shipbuilders should be able to move in and start building the ship."

"Is there enough ship material in stock?"

"So far, Hanzhou has accumulated various ship materials and equipment, and it is estimated that three to four large ships like the Pioneer can be built."

"It's not enough!" Cao Xiong said: "At least ten ships must be built within two years!"

"There is no rush." ​​Qi Tian said with a smile: "Even if we build so many big ships, we don't have that many sailors!"

"Oh!" Cao Xiong smiled bitterly. Hanzhou's population base was still a bit small. It seemed that whatever he did, there would always be a shortage of people.

"Build two professional warships first to strengthen our Hanzhou maritime attack power." Qi Tian said: "We must at least control the sea in the northern waters of Hanzhou to form a strong defense against Xinxiang Fort, Jianye City, Beikou Fort, Haijiao Fort and

Maritime security guarantee on the front line of Weiyuanbao."

"You have considered it well!" Cao Xiong nodded, "We do not let anyone come and leave at our doorstep in Hanzhou. We can prevent immigrants from sinking their ships in the future!

"

Qi Tian nodded, revenge on the Portuguese must be carried out, otherwise, how will we be able to gain a foothold in Nanyang and conquer Nanyang in the future.

"My wife from Mainland China is pregnant." Cao Xiong said casually on the way back to Jianye City.

"Oh, I have another nephew!" Qi Tian said with a smile.

"She has been pregnant for three months, and she still wants to teach in a girls' school." Seeing that Qi Tian didn't understand what he meant, Cao Xiong simply pointed it out directly.

"It's just teaching in a female school, so it should be fine."

"She is the nephew-in-law of the Commander-in-Chief of Hanzhou and the sister-in-law of the Chief Executive of the Civilian Government. She should not be so public."

"Uncle, you treat the people of Hanzhou a little differently. All the garment workshops and weaving and embroidery workshops in Jianye City are women."

"Decent!" Cao Xiong glared at Qi Tian angrily.

When he was in Dengzhou, Qi Tian, ​​who had read some books, used to be so religious and observant of etiquette. How could he be so careless when he came to Hanzhou? Shouldn't women just give birth to children at home and take care of the housework?

"Uncle, there are some men in the world who don't force too many women. Besides, Hanzhou has a declining population and insufficient manpower. How can we let all the women stay idle at home?"

"I didn't say that all women should stay at home idle." Cao Xiong said patiently, "Daughters-in-law from Mainland China have different identities after all!"

"However, she doesn't want to stay at home. She likes to teach students in a girls' school."

"You..." Cao Xiong said angrily, "You bastard, how can you have the same virtues as the third child?"

"Let me tell you, it turns out that third brother is also willing for third sister-in-law to teach in the girls' school."

"If you have a wife, do you want her to do things?"

"Of course, as long as she wants to."

"I don't know what to say!" Cao Xiong waved his hand, dropped Qi Tian, ​​and rode straight towards Jianye City.

"The little bastard is already eighteen years old. It's time to find him a wife!" Cao Xiong thought about it halfway.

After entering Jianye City, Cao Xiong dismounted and walked slowly. Looking at the increasing number of pedestrians on the street and the neat rows of houses, he suddenly felt particularly at ease.

It was noon, and several groups of trainees from the Army and Navy training centers marched neatly towards the cafeteria. Several children followed beside them, shouting happily, trying to walk in uniform steps. However, they were quickly caught by their parents.

, dragged away from the direction of the queue.

Workshop workers who finished their shift in twos and threes were walking on the road, talking, laughing, and discussing with each other, recounting their interesting experiences or problems that arose at work.

Several Marine officers in green and black military uniforms with resolute expressions hurried out of the city, about to convey the latest military deployment made by Hanzhou to the soldiers in the military camp outside the city.

In a building in the south of the city, hundreds of students were each in the classroom, respectfully saluting their teachers. Then, holding books in hand, they walked quickly towards the cafeteria.

Jianye City, Heishan City, New Huai'an, Kaiyuan Fort... the towns and villages built by Hanzhou all seem to be blooming with a high-spirited vitality.

Three years after Hanzhou was first established, the foundation was completed.

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Chapter completed!