Li Quan is a man of action, but not a man of blind action. As a newbie in sailing, it would be irresponsible for the crew to sail directly.
After he returned from Japan, he quickly acquired five ships, all of which were very strong warships. He also needed to remove some artillery pieces. First, he could reduce the load and hold more food and drinking water; second, he could stabilize his center of gravity and withstand the ocean.
Sail the big waves.
Li Quan planned to spend a year doing business between China and Japan, so that he could become familiar with the Sino-Japanese routes and quickly improve his navigation ability.
Five seagoing ships were assigned to him with sailors and experienced captains. These people signed up voluntarily and were selected from the navy. They were able to receive a high settling-in fee before going out to sea.
As for the soldiers accompanying the ship, Li Quan needs to recruit them himself. The sources of soldiers come from veterans and peasant soldiers. Why should he recruit them himself?
Only the troops recruited by Li Quan can obey him. If there are no obedient soldiers to follow, Li Quan may be unable to control himself in an unknown and dangerous situation. The captains and sailors from the navy will directly join forces to rebel.
It's all possible.
Vasco da Gama and Magellan all encountered captains who led rebellions.
Zhao Han was very optimistic about this young man, so he asked him to recruit soldiers himself. This order was the key to the success of the global voyage.
It was already early winter when Li Quan took over the ship.
There is no fighting in the Heilongjiang Basin. The aristocratic generals sent by the tsar as the vanguard broke out into internal strife with the Cossack leaders in Siberia. Although the situation has been stabilized, we will definitely not be able to go south to Heilongjiang this year. We must wait until the snow melts in spring next year.
Wang Fuchen, who is responsible for fighting Russia, has led his troops to Hailanpao.
There are not many soldiers under Wang Fuchen, and all of them are single. They are either unmarried or already widowed. They have been given sufficient housing expenses, and they will have to be stationed in Hailanpao for a long time in the future.
The leaders of the large and small tribes along the Heilongjiang River had to send their unmarried daughters to marry the soldiers under Wang Fuchen's command. This was still not enough, so each tribe had a quota and sent as many unmarried girls as possible.
All tribes are willing to do this.
Firstly, the Datong Army will use food as betrothal gifts, which can solve the urgent needs of the tribes. Secondly, they were burned, looted, and bullied miserably by the Cossacks, and the Datong Army can help them. Thirdly, the Datong Army will definitely dominate this place, so many people will get married.
It will be beneficial to their future development.
Hailanpao is located at the intersection of Heilongjiang and Jingqili Rivers. There used to be several large tribes along the river nearby, and there were even "relatives of the emperors" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty nearby. However, they were all plundered by Cossacks, and a lot of tribal nobles were killed.
, many tribesmen died due to cold and hunger.
After the Datong Army was stationed in Hailanpao, hundreds of Daur people came to seek refuge with their families.
They helped the Datong army repair the walled city, and they could make a living by the way. After the walled city was repaired, the Datong army lived in the walled city, while the Daur people settled around the walled city, and together they grew food in the abandoned fields.
Because they have a common enemy, the Datong Army and the Daur people can actually coexist harmoniously, and even share the same hatred.
The selection of a concubine for the crown prince has begun, but Zhang Tingxun will definitely not be able to attend the wedding.
There were 10 candidates for the imperial concubine in each province, and they had to wait until after the Chinese New Year before being sent to Nanjing for re-election. However, Zhang Tingxun ran away after the Chinese New Year, and even went straight to Heilongjiang by boat without telling his family.
At this time, the Anton Protectorate, formerly the Heilongjiang Governor, was still based near Harbin.
A large number of scholars, actors, courtesans, and booksellers who "discussed land politics", as well as their wives and children, were exiled to Harbin to replenish the population...
After a cold winter, no one died of starvation, but dozens of people died of illness. All died because they could not stand the cold, caught colds and had fevers.
When Zhang Tingxun arrived in Harbin, the snow here had melted. He saw many people clumsily plowing the fields outside the walled city.
These exiles are all educated people. Even if there are soldiers with peasant backgrounds who teach them how to farm, it is still difficult to get started quickly. Sometimes after a day of hard work, the soldiers work more, while those guys look on stupidly.
Li Zheng personally rode out of the city for inspection. When he saw this scene, he immediately became furious: "You just use a whip if you can't learn how to do it. How can you be pampered when you get here?"
Then, a magical scene appeared, the exiles whipped the cattle, and the soldiers whipped the exiles. "Don't whip the cattle hard, the cattle are more valuable than you!" The soldiers whipped their whips angrily.
The famous talented man ventured to open a frontier, and he was learning to drive oxen to plow the ground. He could not hold the heavy plow firmly, and always staggered when moving forward. He could not understand the temperament of the oxen, and often made the plowing oxen reluctant.
Work.
Since there were not enough cattle for farming, more exiles had to plow the land manually.
Mao Bijiang suffered a serious illness in the winter, and his health was just getting better at this time. The cattle that were unwilling to obey, and the soldiers who kept yelling and scolding made him feel extremely wronged, and he shed tears while working.
He wanted to write a poem to express his resentment, but the sergeant didn't give him a chance. The adjutant came riding on horseback: "Captain, there is a report from the military academy!"
Li Zheng was furious at this moment and said angrily: "Take him to register for camp, what are you going to do if you tell me this?"
The adjutant said: "This person is the son of Governor Zhang."
"The little bastard from Zhang Tieniu's family came to our place?" Li Zheng was very surprised.
At the gate of the walled city, Zhang Tingxun saw Li Zheng and said with a smile: "My nephew is paying my respects to my uncle!"
Li Zheng didn't look good: "It's so cold here that even peeing in winter turns to ice. What the hell are you doing here?"
Zhang Tingxun sighed: "I didn't get a diploma at the military academy, and I ranked third among the graduates, so I simply came to serve as a captain under my uncle."
"Nonsense, if you died of illness here, why wouldn't your father fight for me?" Li Zheng already had a huge head.
Zhang Tingxun said: "When a good man is alive, he should get his fame from his horse."
"You speak so politely, why can't you get a diploma from the military academy?" Li Zheng said sarcastically. Zhang Tingxun was speechless.
Li Zheng added: "I have no battle to fight here. In the next few years, I will mainly focus on pacifying the people, farming and building cities. How about you go and learn farming?"
Zhang Tingxun said: "Aren't you fighting with Rakshasa ghosts?" "It's far away, taking a bath in Hailan." Li Zheng said. Zhang Tingxun said: "I want to go to Hailan to take a bath!"
Li Zheng said angrily: "Get out of here."
Zhang Tingxun knelt down and said: "Uncle, my nephew is not joking. My nephew is not good at studying and can't compare with others in everything, so he still has a lot of strength. Your Majesty is very good to your nephew. He first recruited your nephew into the imperial family."
She went to the city school and made an exception to allow her nephew to study at the Nanjing Military Academy. The military academy here failed to pass the diploma, and the mother wanted to ask His Majesty to arrange a police job. This was too embarrassing, and the nephew had to make a difference on his own.
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Li Zheng's tone softened slightly and asked: "Does your Majesty know that you have come to Heilongjiang?"
Zhang Tingxun replied: "If Your Majesty does not agree, how can they dare to let me come here? They are afraid that my father will cause trouble."
Li Zheng comforted him and said, "Since you're here, stay here well and don't think about Hailan Pao again. I'll give you a few years to promote you to the rank of sentry commander, and you can take the opportunity to be transferred to other troops. It's better than being here in this world of ice and snow."
Harbin is stronger."
"If this is the case, I will be looked down upon by others even more," Zhang Tingxun began to kowtow, "please ask my uncle to let me go to Hailan Pao and fight with Rakshasa ghosts and real swords and guns, so that I can achieve meritorious service and be promoted without being laughed at."…
Li Zheng used delaying tactics: "You have been tired all the way, go to the camp to rest first, and slowly arrange things in the future."
Zhang Tingxun said: "Uncle, don't try to coax me. Although I am stupid at studying, I am not really stupid. If my uncle doesn't agree, my nephew will jump into the river and commit suicide!"
Li Zheng smiled and said: "You can swim, you can't drown."
Zhang Tingxun stood up suddenly and ran towards the Songhua River. He also picked up a stone from the shore and jumped into the river without saying a word. The river bubbled and gurgled.
Li Zheng was dumbfounded, and then shouted: "Hurry up and save people!" This guy is just like his father, who is a fool.
When he fished it out, he only choked on some water and was not in any danger to his life.
Zhang Tingxun hehe Zhile: "Uncle, don't think about locking me up. If you don't let your nephew go to Hailan, he will jump into the river when he finds the opportunity. A manly man, spit on a nail, and if he says suicide, he will definitely commit suicide. Speak.
You're a son of a bitch if you don't count."
Li Zheng was speechless. He had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, how could he encounter such a ruthless gangster? "Stay here first and then talk about it." Li Zheng still planned to deal with it. Zhang Tingxun turned around and planned to jump into the river again, but was firmly held down by the soldiers next to him.
This guy was pressed with his face on the ground, and he was still acting like a rogue: "Don't make me angry. If I really make you angry, I will commit suicide even if I jump into the manhole!"
Li Zheng looked at the group of exiles in the distance, and then at Zhang Tingxun who saw the cheating, and felt that he should not be the guardian of Anton.
After thinking for a long time, Li Zheng squatted down, approached Zhang Tingxun and asked, "Do you really want to fight that much?"
"I've been thinking about it for a long time," Zhang Tingxun said. "The colorful world of Nanjing may look very comfortable to others, but I feel suffocated. It's so nice here, riding the fastest horse and dancing the most skillfully."
Killing the most ferocious enemies with your sword is the real pleasure! My father has looked down on me since I was a child, and he also looked down on my mother. I want to show him that I am better at fighting than he is!"
"Are you angry with your father?" Li Zheng said.
Zhang Tieniu's first wife is a widow from Wuxing Town. At first, she didn't know much about it, and she didn't think too far ahead. It would be good if her buttocks were big enough to give birth.
Gradually, he disliked his wife and kept a concubine outside. Even if he could take a vacation to visit relatives, he would not come back. In recent years, he had sent back several concubines to have children one after another, and his household registration was in Nanjing for the convenience of studying.
Zhang Tingxun admired his father but hated his father at the same time. This idea took root and he made up his mind to make a name for himself in the army.
Li Zheng looked at Zhang Tingxun's glasses, and Zhang Tingxun looked at him calmly.
Looks can't deceive, and that person has definitely told Li Zheng that if he doesn't agree, he will definitely commit suicide.
Li Zheng sighed and said, "Then you go. There happens to be a batch of grain and grass to be sent to Hailanpao. You can go north with the grain transport team."