"Commander, this is the change in Sakhalin Island today."
"Okay! That's great. You finally opened up the situation and gained a foothold here."
Liang Fa returned with Zhang Keda, and while describing the changes that had taken place in Sakhalin Island, he presented a newly drawn map.
On this map, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, and even the Bering Strait are all vivid.
Although he was a cheater, the maps used by Shandong were much more detailed than those provided by European scholars, but they were still not complete and detailed.
After all, he has never been to many places. Even a geographer cannot draw a map of the entire world correctly from memory alone.
But it's different now.
Through the efforts of Wu Jiang's expedition team, the entire North Pacific area has been unveiled.
Although detailed and in-depth exploration cannot yet be carried out, it will not be difficult to develop them in the future after the geographical conditions of the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Bering Strait and the Strait of Okhotsk coast have been clearly explored.
Zuo Mengeng lay on the map. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it and couldn't bear to let go.
These are endless wealth.
In the original history, China missed these things. But this time, it must firmly grasp them.
After thinking for a while, he pointed to the Bering Strait and asked, "Who discovered this place?"
"It was discovered by a surveying and mapping staff officer named Yu Zhenping from the General Staff Department."
Zuo Mengeng immediately made up his mind.
"In this case, from now on this place will be named Zhenping Strait."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they began to envy Yu Zhenping, whom they had never met before.
Human life is limited, but the earth and ocean are infinite.
With this naming, Yu Zhenping will definitely go down in history and be remembered by the world.
"Huang Taiji is currently conquering the Chahar tribe. He has no energy left to attack Port Arthur, let alone Sakhalin Island, which is thousands of miles away. I predict that from now on, he will not be able to conquer the north. So next time you go to Sakhalin
When we get to the island, tell Wei Yuanfeng, Zhang Chun, Mang Gurtai and others that they might as well be more courageous and move faster to bring all that vast land under our name."
When Wu Jiang's expedition team returned to Sakhalin Island, the army heading north had already established a firm foothold in the Heilongjiang River Basin.
Through interactions and transactions with the Geji River Guards, all nearby tribes became aware of their existence.
More and more people came over to trade with the Northward Legion and regarded the Northward Legion as friends.
After the relationship stabilized, Wei Yuanfeng began to recruit workers from various tribes.
Anyone who is willing to work at the Sakhalin Shipyard will be paid by the Northward Legion.
These rewards are not money.
Money is of no use in a place like this.
Various metal tools, cloth, and salt are all things that various tribes like.
Especially the iron pot has greatly solved the life problems of primitive tribes.
Think about it, even the Mongolian grasslands cannot stew meat in iron pots because the Ming Dynasty banned the trade of ironware.
The Mongolian cavalry went south, and among the treasures they grabbed, the iron pot was the most important thing.
And this kind of thing is everywhere in the army heading north.
Zhang Keda came back this time and had already asked Zuo Mengeng for instructions.
The army heading north plans to build an iron smelting plant on Sakhalin Island to produce various products.
Naturally, the center had no reason not to agree to this request.
After almost all the metal tools stored by the army heading north were traded, Wei Yuanfeng creatively used another better product to reach deals with various primitive tribes.
What product?
It's just brick and mortar housing.
Some primitive tribesmen came to work in the shipyard and lived in dormitories built of bricks and cement.
This sturdy, safe and warm house conquered these primitive people at once.
In the end, these people didn't even want their beloved iron pots, so they wanted to ask the troops heading north to help them build such new houses.
This request is really a dream for the army heading north.
After all, some metal tools require very high craftsmanship. Even if the army heading north established an iron smelting plant, they would not be able to produce them on their own, and the supply of supplies would be limited.
Unlike bricks and tiles, cement can be made from local soil, which can be said to be endless.
The two sides hit it off immediately.
Within a few months, starting with Gejihewei, all tribes had fixed residences with brick and tile structures.
When Zhang Keda and others returned to the voyage, winter was coming soon.
Amidst the howling cold wind, the primitive people living in brick houses listened to the whistling white wind outside the house, while the house was burning hot, and their gratitude to the troops marching north had already caught up with the gods.
This winter, their people will never freeze to death again.
Under the influence of the Northward Legion, these primitive tribes suddenly crossed over the primitive stage and the feudal stage, and directly entered the new society.
The indigenous residents who worked in the shipyard learned a lot of new things while working, and even mastered the Chinese language.
Under the influence of their ears and eyes, their level of civilization is also improving rapidly.
The traditional primitive tribal system has begun to arouse their dissatisfaction.
I believe it won’t be long before these primitive tribes will undergo transformation and integrate into their new life.
This time Zhang Keda and Liang Fa came back and brought new things to improve the quality of life.
Liang Fa took out a sealed iron lunch box, and when he opened it and saw the contents inside, Zuo Mengeng's eyes couldn't help but stare.
"Commander, we caught a lot of big fish near the mouth of a big river, each one weighing a hundred pounds. The eggs of these fish are all very delicious, but they are not easy to preserve and will spoil quickly. Then someone thought
I found a way to pickle the fish eggs with salt, and I didn’t expect the taste to be even better. I brought some back specially for you to try."
Zuo Mengeng couldn't laugh or cry.
Unexpectedly, these people actually made caviar without any instructions.
In later generations, this stuff will be the top ingredient that is worth gold.
But now it seems that the methods of the troops heading north were too rough, and this good food was wasted.
Under Liang Fa's eager gaze, Zuo Mengeng took a spoonful.
How to say?
Even the caviar produced under such rough methods is far more delicious than those produced in later generations.
There is only one reason.
The caviar of later generations is basically artificially cultured, but these are all natural products.
Looking at the crystal clear, plump and round caviar, Zuo Mengeng thought of something.
"Quickly go and invite Minister Deng Yuhan, Academician Galileo and Ms. Cheslett to come over."
When it comes to eating caviar, Europeans are obviously better at it.
Now that Shandong has such a good thing, it seems that it can operate well and become a profitable commodity.
Deng Yuhan and the other three were in Jinan, so they arrived very quickly.
When they saw caviar, the three people acted very exaggeratedly.
"This is definitely the best caviar. If it were sold to France, the nobles there would be willing to exchange it for gold."
The French have a special liking for caviar, but France itself does not produce this kind of thing.
The caviar that the French eat is imported from the Black Sea area.
Only the richest nobles could eat it.
As the most influential country on the European continent, influenced by France, caviar has become a status symbol across Europe.
Deng Yuhan and the others have never eaten it, but they have been admiring this ingredient for a long time.
"Mr. Commander, I made some bread, which can be used to complement the taste of caviar."
Every time Chester visited the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, he would bring home-made European food.
But this time, the bread she took out had some prototypes of later sandwiches.
Spread the caviar on top and gently put it into your mouth.
The toasted sweet bread, paired with the naturally salty caviar, is truly the ultimate enjoyment.