Chapter 417 Visiting Changhua

As a naval general who could only command civilian ships for a long time, Wu Sen was really scared. However, the Haihan Navy had large warships, powerful artillery, mature military systems and tactics, and good

The logistical support and the high morale brought by invincibility make it an almost impeccable army. Faced with the strength displayed by the Haihan Navy, Wu Sen really couldn't refuse the other party's recruitment against his will. This was inconsistent with

The political philosophy he has always held has nothing to do with it. It is probably difficult for any soldier with a naval background to resist the temptation to join such a powerful navy. The enemy warships that once made Wu Sen gnash his teeth with hatred are now

But it has become within reach, and it is expected that in the future, he can go to sea and fight side by side with his former opponents on such a warship. Such changes made Wu Sen couldn't help but lament the impermanence of the world.

After the assessment test that day, Wu Sen did not immediately receive a transfer order from the Navy. Just as Luo Shengdong expected, Wang Tom only gave Wu Sen an admission notice from the Victory Port Military Academy, asking him to use the notice to transfer to the Shengli Port Military Academy on the same day.

Enrollment. As for his job assignment, it depends on his performance during the training period. Even if Wu Sen's personal professional skills are good, he must complete at least two to three months of theoretical training before he can hope to enter the navy.

During this period, he will also have enough time to slowly get to know the society under the Haihan Executive Committee. When he actually joins the Haihan Navy, his mentality may be very different from now.

He is not the only South Vietnamese prisoner of war with similar experiences to Wu Sen. In fact, the Haihan Militia captured a total of more than 300 soldiers and sailors of the Navy in previous battles in South Vietnam. Some of those captured last year were already

Most of them have joined the navy or the cargo fleet under the Ministry of Shipping. It's just that an officer of Wu Sen's level is really unique. In addition, with the strong recommendation of the Ruan brothers from the leading party, the military will give such a

High attention.

Of course, Wu Sen's performance did not disappoint the military, and there was finally a "smart" change in political attitude. Otherwise, the Ruan brothers would definitely take the blame for Wu Sen's affairs. Don't say anything at that time.

Wu Sen will be sent back to the hard labor camp and detained, and the Ruan brothers may also be implicated.

On May 11, 1629, the nineteenth day of April in the second year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, two white sailing ships, one large and one small, appeared on the sea near Changhua County on the west coast of Qiongzhou Island.

The sails are all white and they travel through the waves at very fast speeds.

The two father and son who were drying their fishing nets on the beach also noticed the two approaching strange boats. However, the fisherman and his son were not frightened by the sight in front of them. The father patted his son on the head and said: "Go back.

Tell your mother to quickly light a fire, boil water, and prepare meals, and tell them that the Haihan people are coming!"

These two strange-looking sailing ships are naturally the two catamaran sailing ships "Speed" and "Lightning" from Victory Port. This is not their first time here. The Haihan people have been here as early as the seventh year of Apocalypse.

Here, in the past year, these two sailing ships have taken turns visiting here almost once a month, and the fishermen in Changhua Fishing Village have long been accustomed to these visitors from Qiongnan Victory Port. In their view,

Come, these Haihan people are very friendly. Not only will they bring cheap refined salt and rice every time, but they will also hire villagers here to help them do whatever they can with generous remuneration, such as providing accommodation and food for these visitors.

Next to this fishing village is an inland river fishing port that has been spotted by the Ministry of Maritime Transport early on. Although this small fishing port is small, only one-third of the area of ​​Sanya Inland River Port, it is already the best natural port near the estuary of the Changhua River.

.In the future, the Executive Committee’s development plan for the inland will involve the transportation of a large amount of materials, and this place will become a cargo distribution center on the seaside. Of course, the entire border 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 under the executive committee, they will definitely be able to get a stable job, and they will not have to worry about their livelihood in the future. But if there are some discordant voices, there will also be armed

Vigilante groups and security police were dispatched to teach them how to behave.

The two ships began to lower their sails and slow down at the mouth of the Changhua River, and slowly sailed into the harbor of Changhua Fishing Port. There were originally only four or five fishermen on the coast here, and they could barely be called fishing villages. However, since the Haihan people set foot there

After arriving here, they would visit here regularly and bring some cheap goods. Over time, there were already more than ten or twenty households here. There were no dock facilities on the shore, and the fishermen's boats would go directly to the river bank.

Then it was towed to the shore and parked. Last year, with the funding and sponsorship of the Haihan people, local fishermen built several trestles for large ships to dock in the harbor, and also built a section at the entrance of the harbor to prevent the rise and fall of sea water from causing backflow.

gravel breakwater.

Liu Shanxia stood on the bow of the "Speed" and saw the fishermen on the shore waving to him. He also waved to show friendship. Qiao Zhiya next to him smiled and said: "He is not saying hello to you, he is asking you to

Throw him the rope!"

Liu Shanxia put down his hands angrily, picked up the cable coiled at the bow of the boat, and threw it out with all his strength. The fisherman who waved his hand caught it and fixed it to the cable pile on the shore.

"Old Chen, we meet again!" This is not the first time that Qiao Zhiya has come here. He has already freshened up with the aborigines here. Before getting off the boat, he loudly greeted the fishermen on the shore.

"Master Qiao, long time no see, how are you?" The fisherman, known as Lao Chen, quickly bowed to Qiao Zhiya to say hello.

"Very good!" Qiao Zhiya stepped on the side of the ship and jumped onto the trestle: "By the way, where is your son, Lao Chen?"

"Tell him to go back and let his mother prepare hot water and meals for you all!" Lao Chen responded respectfully: "I don't know how many people Master Qiao has brought here this time, so I can prepare a place to stay for the night as soon as possible."

"There are more people coming this time, I'm afraid you can't live in this village." Qiao Zhiya waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, we will set up a tent ourselves. By the way, there are still a few baskets of fresh fish on the boat. You can ask someone to carry it.

Come down and have lunch!"

The fleet that visited Changhua this time was led by Qiao Zhiya and Liu Shanxia. It mainly surveyed the traffic conditions from the seaside to the inland Shilu mining area, and began to select sites and plan future land freight routes. To develop the Shilu iron ore, it is necessary to build a

The length of the land channel is more than 25 kilometers, which is almost twice the length of the Tiandu-Shengli Port-Sanya Port transportation line that has been put into operation. The amount of work is quite large. Although the Ministry of Construction has sent many batches in the early stage

A lot of people came here to conduct terrain surveys, but Liu Shanxia is now the second-in-command of the Ministry of Construction and the project leader of almost all large-scale infrastructure projects. The final plan for this project can only be made after he comes here to conduct on-site inspections.

Conclusion.

As a member of the military and an engineer, Qiao Zhiya was the perfect person to serve as the military representative for this operation. In addition to him, old Morgan, who always enjoys going out in the field, also came with him. Because this mission happened

The possibility of armed conflict is not high, so his main responsibility is still as a doctor, and he is also responsible for driving another sailboat with a slightly smaller hull, the "Lightning".

Another member of the team worth mentioning is Second Superintendent Fu Li, who was temporarily seconded from the Ministry of Justice. The reason why Fu Li appears in this team is because he may be needed to come forward to negotiate with the local police during this trip.

Communicate with indigenous peoples.

The Shilu Iron Mine is located in an inland mountainous area, and the mountainous areas on Hainan Island have always been the territory of the Li mountain people. There are several Li mountain people living in the mountainous area near Shilu.

In terms of communication, Fu Li obviously has a unique advantage. And he himself readily accepted this task. Being able to have the opportunity to deal with Li compatriots elsewhere on the island is definitely more interesting than checking those immigrants in Victory Port every day.

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After the two ships docked at the shore, more than 30 people got off the ship, most of them 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 the situation

, but the Executive Committee has never been stingy with the deployment of troops in this kind of field service, so it still asked the Military Commission to deploy a platoon of Army troops as escorts for this operation.

The fleet set off from Victory Port the day before and rested overnight at the Yinggehai Salt Field. At present, more than 700 immigrants have moved into Yinggehai, a commune has been initially established, and the immigrants have begun to organize the construction of a salt field.

As for the production site of the salt farm, it will probably have to wait until the second half of the year at the earliest before it can reach the scale of mass production like the salt farms in the east.

This was the first time Fu Li came to Changhua on a field trip, and he was full of curiosity about everything around him. Not long after getting off the boat, he couldn't help but asked Qiao Zhiya: "Brother Qiao, it's still early, why don't we

Heading directly inland, why should we stay here?"

"Because our people haven't arrived yet, we have to wait here for a while, maybe a few hours, maybe a day or two." Qiao Zhiya and Fu Li didn't notice anything, so they told him the reason.

"Waiting for someone? Didn't we nod our heads when we set off this time? Why is there anyone who hasn't boarded the boat and come with us?" Fu Li asked in confusion.

"It's not that they didn't get on our ship, it's that the person we are waiting for did not come from Victory Port." Qiao Zhiya explained patiently: "Do you know what our mission here is?"

"Prospecting, I heard from Mr. Ning and Mr. Tao that there is a very large iron ore in the inland here. We are here to mine this iron ore." Fu Li is also well-informed among the naturalized people.

People, the big bosses would not hide these things from him. He already knew the true purpose of this operation before setting off.

"That's right, but when it comes to prospecting, you and I don't know how, and neither do Brother Liu or Old Morgan from the Ministry of Construction, so we can only wait for the experts to come." Qiao Zhiya patted Fuli on the shoulder and said, "Let's go.

Let’s go see what’s delicious for lunch first.”

The so-called prospecting expert is naturally Tian Yeyou, the only professional among the first group of people who went to North Vietnam's Black Earth Port. Tian Yeyou worked in the North China Geological Survey Bureau before crossing over, and is considered one of the few mining-related experts in the entire crossing group.

, 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 mines the year before last, Tian Yeyou simply stayed in Heitu Port and never came back.

According to Zhou Hengxing, who was later transferred back to Shengli Port to work, Tian Yeyou liked the quiet life and beautiful coastal scenery there very much, and had planned to settle there for a long time. The Heitu Port Management Committee established trade with Lianzhou and Qinzhou in the direction of Guangxi

After the contact, the clean coal from Heitu Port became the main local export product. As a mining supervisor, Tian Yeyou's net worth also increased. Last year, he simply married the daughter of a wealthy Qinzhou businessman, solving the personal destiny that had troubled him for a long time before traveling.

Question. Of course, there are many people like Tian Yeyou who have found partners in this time and space after time travel, but like him, there are not many people who are married to Ming Media and have families. Tian Yeyou himself can be regarded as one of the members of the time travel group in terms of marriage and love relationships.

For the first time, after him, members began to marry members of the opposite sex in this time and space one after another.

After the development of Black Tu Port, the Executive Committee has not carried out any further development actions on mineral deposits. It was not until this year that after the external environment was gradually stabilized and a certain population size was achieved, the Executive Committee once again considered the development of Shilu Iron Mine.

The plan was put forward. Although the burial point of Shilu Iron Mine is not a secret, and there are detailed records in the large database, how to determine the exact location of the veins and how to formulate a mining plan under actual conditions is not

A layman can complete the work by looking at the information on paper. At this time, more professional personnel must be involved 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 for Changchun.

The fishing village at the mouth of Huajiang River met with the special team that set off from Victory Port to the local area.

Of course, there are no advanced fast ships like catamarans in Black Earth Port, not even the "Exploration Class" civilian passenger and cargo sailing ships produced by the Victory Port Shipyard in the past two years - the only few high-end cargo ships have all been used by the Ministry of Shipping.

It was arranged on the route from Sanya to Guangzhou, because the goods carried by that route require a shorter turnover period in order to obtain more profits, and almost all the goods carried by the ships between Heitu Port and Sanya do not need to be guaranteed.

For black coal, it is not a big problem whether the transportation time is a few days earlier or later. Anyway, the current output and transportation capacity of Black Tu Port have exceeded the production needs of Tiandu Industrial Zone, and there is even spare capacity to transport the produced coal to Liandu.

It is sold in Qinzhou, Danzhou and other places, and due to its low price and high quality, Heitugang clean coal is very competitive in the market - last year it actually forced all the local lignite coal mines in Danzhou to go bankrupt and cease operations, resulting in a large number of

Under the persuasion of Yaxing, Danzhou Qingzhuang took a boat south to Sanya to work for the Haihan people, which indirectly promoted the introduction of immigrants to the Sanya area.

The ship Tian Yeyou was on actually set off on the same day as the two ships of the special mission team. However, he was not very lucky. Soon after leaving the port, the situation began to change. Since the ship carried an important person like Tian Yeyou, for safety reasons, the ship

The ship returned to the port and waited for another day. When Qiao Zhiya and his party arrived in Changhua, the ship 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 a meal in the fishing village, Qiao Zhiya took the initiative to propose a visit to the nearby Changhua County. Liu Shanxia was a little worried about this: "Changhua belongs to Danzhou. If something happens to us in Changhua, it will be terrible.

It’s a bit troublesome.”

"There won't be any trouble. I've been to the county seat many times. It's okay. The people here are very simple. As long as you give some small things to the people, they will treat you as a good person." Qiao Zhiya comforted with a smile.

"Oh, that's right...no, I'm a good person!" Liu Shanxia defended himself with wide eyes.

So half of the accompanying militiamen were left to guard the boats and supplies in the fishing village. The rest, led by Qiao Zhiya, left the fishing village and headed southeast on foot. According to Qiao Zhiya, the county seat is only about five miles away from the fishing village.

It's a quick walk away.

According to historical records, Changhua City was first built in the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, but the city wall built at that time was still an earth wall structure, and only a small section of the city wall was made of locally burned bricks. In the ninth year of Yongle, that is, 1411 AD, Changhua City

Frequently harassed by Japanese pirates and pirates, Xu Mao, the commander of the garrison stationed in Changhua, organized the people to rebuild the city wall in order to resist the intrusion, and built stone and brick walls around the city. The city wall built at that time was five miles in circumference.

It is six meters high and the tower part is five meters thick. There are 550 stone stacks, eight watchtowers, four towers, and four city gates. They are Qizhan Gate, Ninghe Gate, Zhenhai Gate, and Ningwu Gate in the southeast and northwest.

Door.

In the 10th year of the Ming Dynasty, that is, 1445 AD, Zhou Zhen, the magistrate of Changhua County, organized 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.

The reliability of its city defense facilities is comparable to that of Yacheng. Of course, Changhua is only a county seat, but Yacheng is the seat of state governance. The size of the garrison is still quite different, especially Yacheng also has the special unit of Yazhou Water Village, and

No matter what the actual combat effectiveness is, Changhua cannot compare with the equipment of this unit alone.

Based on its early infiltration into Changhua County, the military has already had a clear picture of the local garrison situation. Currently, there are only more than 400 guards stationed in Changhua City. This small number of troops relies on city defense to deal with the plundering troops ashore.

The pirates are good enough, but if they want to fight the Haihan militia, they are not enough. The city defense of Changhua City may seem strong in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the military, even the emperor in Hue City is

It can't be compared to the city of Johto, and it won't be too technically difficult to deal with the garrison here.
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