On the playground inside the North Navy training base, more than 200 Sauron recruits were doing squatting posture on horseback. Each one of them had yin in their left hand and yang in their right hand, and they had to think about a child holding them in their hands. Opposite them, as a
Wang Yuanfang, the commander of the training base, and other members of the training team also had the same posture.
Wen Dai is just seventeen this year, and the new wife at home has not yet married. He has no idea what it feels like to hold a child. At the same time, Rapini beside him is sweating on his forehead and his arms are round, just like
It's like holding a big log.
Since Wu Zhong entered the military camp, the recruits have to stand on horseback for two hours every morning, and for an hour before going to bed at night. He explained to Wang Yuanfang that if you don't do this, you won't be able to develop kung fu; if you can learn fighting skills as soon as you get up,
, although you can kill the enemy with your youth and strength, but it is too harmful to the body, and all diseases will come after you turn 40.
When everyone present was sweating profusely and their arms and legs were shaking, Wu Zhong appeared. He first looked at Wang Yuanfang, then walked back and forth in the team, shaking his head slightly.
After practicing for more than ten days, most of the soldiers are still stiff and do not have the strength to hold a baby like a mountain. It is as hard as holding a big stone.
So Wu Zhong walked back to Wang Yuanfang, asked him to get up, and asked him to follow him to the playground. Then he said: "Master Wang, Commander Wang, this is not possible. It has been more than ten days, and all of your subordinates are still standing.
You idiot, your hard work doesn’t last long!”
Wang Yuanfang hurriedly asked what to do. Wu Zhong thought for a moment and said, "There is a way, but it would be a waste of food."
Wang Yuanfang was a little confused and thought, what does this have to do with food?
Wu Zhong stroked his beard and asked, "Do you have any soybeans?"
"Yes, I have."
"When making tofu, it needs to be tender, not too old."
"Ouch!" Wang Yuanfang slapped his thigh and understood immediately, and said hurriedly: "You still have more old ideas, this method is really amazing!"
So he immediately called the guard over and asked him to inform the canteen to soak the soybeans immediately; first, he brought three hundred kilograms to prepare tofu.
When the officer in charge of catering at the training base received the notice, he found an abacus and clicked it, and couldn't help but gasp.
According to the standard of making one pound of tofu from 300 grams of soybeans, if two people have two pieces of it, four hundred pounds of tofu will be needed at one time. Then the cafeteria will have to soak more than two hundred pounds of soybeans a day to make enough; in one month, it will be more than six thousand pounds.
Good guy! Even if the warehouse was turned upside down, the whole party couldn't get together a thousand kilograms of soybeans. The officer thought for a while, so he called the cavalry battalion.
"Captain Sa, it's me."
"If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. I'm still busy training."
"Don't worry, let me ask you something, how many black beans do you still have?"
"Black beans?" Samu Suxin, the cavalry battalion commander, said: "How could I know this?" So he asked his subordinates. After a while, his subordinates said that there were still more than three thousand kilograms left.
When the officer in charge of the food heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'll send someone over this afternoon to pull two thousand kilograms over first."
Upon hearing this, Samusu hurriedly said: "This can't be done! The cavalry battalion's training tasks have been heavy recently, and the war horses have to be fed every day."
The two talked for a long time, but Samusu disagreed. The officer in charge of food had no choice but to go to Li Ji, who was in charge of logistics materials, for help. Li Ji first asked Wang Yuanfang about the reason, and then had the account books checked and found the warehouse. There are only 5,000 kilograms of black beans left in it. It will definitely be fine for the horses, but it won’t be enough to feed the new soldiers with tofu.
The problem was that Wu Zhong had only taught for three months, and it was too late to plant beans now. Li Ji had no choice but to go to the Ministry of Trade and Zhao Xin's father-in-law for help.
Shen Jingdan laughed after hearing this and said that this matter is not easy. Go to Liaodong and you can rob or buy. In recent years, the Shachuan Gang in Shanghai alone has trafficked more than 4 million soybeans from the northeast to the south of the Yangtze River every year. stone.
According to the standard weight of dendrobium grains issued by the Qing Dynasty ministers, one stone of soybeans equals 123.2 kilograms in later generations; and due to the different quality of fresh and old grains, it is normal for each stone to fluctuate by 2 to 3 kilograms, so four million stones is about 250,000 tons.
It is said that at the time of the replacement of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the devastating damage caused by the war made the agriculture in Liaodong recover very slowly. Until around the 39th year of Kangxi, the areas under the jurisdiction of the three major generals in the Northeast still needed regular food relief. By the 15th year of Qianlong's reign, , land reclamation in the Northeast began to expand, with the cultivated area approaching 20 million acres, and it was finally self-sufficient with a slight surplus. So the Qing government allowed a certain amount of Northeastern soybeans to be exported. By the 44th year of Qianlong's reign, all restricted grain and The ban on soybean exports was completely lifted.
Since the 50th year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing government once again restricted the export of grain due to the military deployment in Beihai Town; partial export of soybeans was allowed on the premise of ensuring military needs, and the annual trade volume remained at about four million shi.
After Zhao Xin learned about the situation from Shen Jingdan, two days later he issued an order in the name of the Northern Navy General Staff Headquarters to mobilize the entire Marine Corps Battalion, along with the Thor, Beihai No. 1 and No. 2, to the Jinzhou area in Liaodong to purchase soybeans.
In this order, the North Naval Staff, at the request of the Ministry of Trade, made the following requirements for the Marine Battalion: 1. Under the premise of not being attacked by the other party, it is not allowed to fire on sand, birds, and guard ships encountered along the way; 2. Buying and selling To be fair, no deductions are allowed and the price can be increased by 15% to 30% of the normal market price; third, the minimum purchase quantity for this soybean trade is 5,000 tons, which is 82,000 shi.
In addition, during this operation, in addition to the Ministry of Trade sending personnel to be responsible for on-site procurement, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji will be accompanying them as observers.
As a result, what was originally a small matter for Sauron's new recruits to squat on horseback, due to Wu Zhong's suggestion, eventually turned into an important military operation involving three large ships and an entire marine battalion to go to the Liaodong Peninsula to purchase soybeans.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the five second-class sailing battleships purchased by the Qing government from the British were sailing from Guangzhou to the sea off Tanggu. At this time, the fleet had already passed Haizhou.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Originally, Fukangan and the East India Company were talking about receiving warships offshore Guangdong. First, there was no need for Westerners to go north to avoid their ambitions and peeking at important points along the way; The second is to let the officers and soldiers of the water camp skillfully operate all the joints on the ship before heading north. It will look good both in appearance and inside.
It is said that the failure of the Hunchun Battle made Qianlong and the Manchu civil and military officials realize how powerful the Northern Navy was, and it was impossible to deceive themselves and others anymore, so they became increasingly nervous. The seventy-eight-year-old Qianlong was most afraid of the Northern Navy at this time.
The navy would find another way, suddenly attack from the sea, conquer Tianjin, and attack the capital, repeating the "Ji Si Change" in the previous Ming Dynasty.
So he ignored the problem of the running-in period required for the acceptance of new ships and ordered five second-class sailing ships and the third-class training ship "Dingbei" to go north together. This could not only protect the safety of Tanggu's outer sea, but also inspect and accept the ships and inspect Guangdong.
Shuiying’s training results can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
Among the important officials of the Qing court who were responsible for going to Tianjin for acceptance inspection, they included Yongyan, the fifteenth son of the emperor, who had been canonized as Prince Heshuojia, Prince Heshuoyi, Yonglang, the commander of Manchuria with the blue banner, the minister in charge of the Manchurian Firearms Camp, and Ding.
Prince Min'en of the county, a bachelor, minister of military aircraft, minister of the Lifan Yuan, minister of household affairs He Shen, governor of Zhenghong Banner Manchuria, minister of the interior, minister of war Fu Chang'an, etc.
In addition, the General of Xi'an, the main generals of the Eight Mongolian Banners of Qinghai, the deputy commanders of each banner in Beijing, the admiral of Shaanxi and Gansu Green Camp, the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi-Gan Green Camp who arrived in the capital and completed the face-to-face ceremony, as well as the Beijing Camp, Firearms Camp, War Department, Household Department, and Work Department
, a large number of specific staff from the Lifan Yuan and the Military Preparatory Yuan accompanied him.
Fortunately, Tianjin is close to the capital and has convenient transportation. Even though it is early winter, it can be traveled back and forth by horseback in three days. Qianlong can recall him at any time if something happens.
The reason why Qianlong asked so many generals to go was to cheer up the generals who were leading the troops out of the border. Let these people see that the big iron ships in Beihai Town are nothing to be afraid of; when the imperial court sent troops to recapture Hunchun, the five sailing ships
The hundreds of giant cannons on board will be their reassurance.
As a result, a great war in East Asia triggered by "buying soybeans to make tofu" suddenly came without preparation on both sides...
Although there is no ice in the South China Sea in October, the strong wind from Siberia mixed with rain and snow splashes on the offshore ocean, making the world a vast expanse. In the southeastern sky, there are rumbles of thunder and lightning between the clouds.
, just like the low roar of a giant whip when it beats a wild beast, it makes people's faces change when they hear it.
At this time, the waves in the South China Sea were rough, and the black and white waves were constantly beating on the hull of the Thor as the hull rose and fell. The huge waves came one after another, with no end in sight. The bow of the ship would plunge into the waves,
Then it rushed straight up, trembling all over, and rolled into the air with tons of sea water.
On the two motor sailing ships Beihai No. 1 and No. 2, all the soldiers of the Marine Battalion were huddled in the cabins, and there were many who were seasick. The cabin was filled with vomit, and the high morale of many people when they set off to leave the port was gone.
live.
On the Thor, those experienced sailors would hold blankets and pillows and run to the cabin at the bottom of the stern, where they found a place to stay. But those on duty on the upper floors were in misery, and the deck would look like a
Like a huge seesaw, it rises and falls again.
"Ugh~~!" In a cabin on the second floor of the Thor, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were sitting in the corner of the bed, holding a red plastic tube in their hands. They were out of breath and couldn't wait to
Even the gall will be vomited out.
Before sailing, the military doctor accompanying the team distributed seasickness pills to everyone. However, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji did not take the pills. They were not at ease with the small white pills they were given, so they
After a while, they will all turn into soft-legged shrimps.
"Brother Junzhi, it wasn't so bumpy when we came here. Ugh~~"
"Regret, regret, regret for not doing it before... vomit~~"
For everyone on the three ships, this winter voyage was really torture. If it weren't for the rush to buy soybeans and the fear that the sea would freeze in a few days, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei would never go to sea.
The South China Sea has a temperate maritime monsoon climate. From October to May of the following year, the temperate cyclones formed in Siberia and the northern continent move from west to east, and their moving routes will directly invade the South China Sea and the Tatar Strait in the north.
After the extratropical cyclone enters the sea, it is likely to deepen and develop rapidly, and then it will become particularly violent, producing a wide range of storms and large wind waves. The central air pressure of this kind of cyclone is generally relatively high before it breaks out, and ship pilots will think it is a weak cyclone and easily
Ignore it, but it will explode violently after 12 hours, accompanied by strong winds and waves, catching ocean-going ships off guard.
At the same time, due to the influence of the Tsushima Warm Current in winter, the surface temperature of the sea water is not low, the air stratification is unstable, and thunderstorms will occur. Lightning strikes will affect the communication equipment on the ship and even damage it.
The current strategy adopted by Deng Fei is to allow the fleet to pass vertically through the front and the narrow windy area in the center to shorten the time of passing through the strong winds and waves. When the fleet passes through the Tsushima Strait and enters the Bohai Strait, the wind and waves will be much smaller.
Don't think that sailors don't get seasick. They are only a very small minority. Nelson, known as the "British Navy God of War", was seasick, and he got seasick more than anyone else. He was nicknamed "The Seasick Admiral".
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door. Hong Liangji tilted his head weakly and looked at Jiang Fan, and then buried his head in the bucket. So Jiang Fan reluctantly climbed out of bed, staggered to the door, and opened the door.
He looks like a sailor on the ship.
"Gentlemen, the mess hall is now open for dinner. Go early, otherwise there will be no room." The expression on the sailor's face was very sincere, and he did not feel uncomfortable at all due to the shaking of the ship's hull; this man was one of the very few.
It's okay not to mention food. As soon as the sailor finished speaking, Jiang Fan finally couldn't bear it anymore and sprayed again with a "pop". The sailor opposite had already noticed that something was wrong with his face, so he quickly turned to the side, "It's okay, no."
Splash...
In the cockpit on the fourth floor, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei stood in front of the navigation chart and studied the route. They each held a plastic bucket at their feet, and their expressions were not very good.
It is said that the captain has the right to get seasick. If nothing else, the shaking on the top floor alone is worse than anywhere else. It is almost like riding a roller coaster. It is so ridiculous.
"Damn, I didn't expect the sea conditions to be so bad. What do you think we are doing here for? Just to buy soybeans for the squad leader?"
After Ding Guofeng finished complaining, he saw Deng Fei lowering his head to draw a picture and not saying anything, so he continued to complain: "Just for those Sauron soldiers, is it worth it? Master Wu said that he should hold the baby in his arms and hold the sky with his hands. This is not a bad idea. He can hold his hands one by one tomorrow.
Squatting on horseback with tofu on your back is quite a sight!"
After finishing his work, Deng Fei put the pencil away and said with a smile: "You should stop complaining, it's so noisy. Isn't it a good idea to buy soybeans? In addition to making tofu, you can also extract oil, and the soybean cake can be used as feed or fertilizer."
At this time, the "anti-drowsiness system" was about to enter the countdown again. Deng Fei walked over and pressed the reset button and said to Ding Guofeng: "It's time to start dinner. You watch first while I go eat."
"I'll go! Are you still human? Can you survive in this sea state?"
"If you don't eat, you won't have enough energy by then. To tell you the truth, we have encountered sea conditions that are rougher than this when traveling to South America and Europe, and we have long been used to it."
At the same time, in the captain's cabin of Beihai No. 2, Guo Xuexian had just finished the homework on the map. Because of his outstanding performance during the Hunchun Battle, his "acting captain" who had been idle for a year was finally promoted. In fact, if it weren't for Zheng Wenxian
Returning to Guangzhou to get married, and at the same time shouldering the task of bringing the ship back from Siam, it was not Guo Xuexian's turn to be the captain of the Beihai No. 2.
Compared with other members of the Red Flag Gang who came to Beihai from Guangdong, including even the captain of Beihai No. 1, Guo Xuexian was the most knowledgeable person. He loved reading, and had he not been robbed by Zheng Wenxian, his whole family had no choice but to join the gang.
Maybe I'll take the exam to become a scholar.
However, without that encounter, how could he have come to Beihai Town? He had read so many books, learned so many skills, and seen a different kind of world.
In the history of another time and space, the Black Flag Gang who dominated the South China Sea went to sea, led his men ashore to plunder, kill countless people, and finally accepted the recruitment of "Guo Po Dai", in this time and space, he is already a lieutenant commander of the Northern Navy.
An officer.
Guo Xuexian looked out through the glass, then put on a thick fox fur coat, opened the cabin door, and the howling sea breeze, accompanied by raindrops and sea water, immediately wet his cheeks and chest.
In an instant, a purple lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud "click" sound that shook the world.
"Haha! Rain and snow hit the ocean, thunder and lightning. It's so happy!"