1739. Good times are like water and fair like the moon, shining in my eyes are the stars.
The night was vast, and the lotus pond camp was filled with people.
Yang Fan drove away Jiannu, and more than 30,000 people in the army broke out from Yongding Gate and returned to the Lotus Pond Camp.
After all, they are no longer officers and soldiers of the Beijing Camp. It is inappropriate to continue living in the Nanyuan Camp. Moreover, Yongding Gate is the gate of the country and the enemies have all been driven away. It would be inappropriate for him to lead an army to block the gate of the country.
As a result, the entire army broke camp and retreated to the Lotus Pond Camp. Nanyuan was handed over to the people sent by the British.
Tonight, Yang Fan decided to celebrate. After all, the army just won the battle. One is to reward according to merit. In Yang Fan's style, rewards must be timely, otherwise it will affect morale.
Of these more than 30,000 people, 20,000 are from the Beitangkou Development Zone. Although they are veterans of the Beijing camp, they have been doing business for two years.
Yang Fan decided to train them to become emerging forces in this country - industrial and commercial owners.
Daming is too old and there is no hope of rescue.
No matter how much blood transfusion is given to the aging body, it can only survive.
Yang Fan now has a tense relationship with Dong Lin, and it is impossible to support the Southeast Industrial and Commercial Group. So he decided to support a local industrial and commercial class in the north.
He hoped that people of this class would be aggressive and have the courage to explore overseas and spread the power of the Ming Dynasty to the entire Blue Star. Yang Fan felt that these veterans of many battles were the most suitable.
He did not think highly of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty. These people were merciful to their enemies and unkind to their friends. They were too ruthless to their subordinates and too soft to outside forces. They were really useless.
And they only know how to play zero-sum games on a plate. They don’t understand and are unwilling to expand outside and make the cake bigger. The Age of Discovery has already begun for a century and a half.
Ming Dynasty is already late, so why not be more proactive?
Soon everyone's rewards were distributed. Of course, they were all Yang family's money. If the slaves were not driven away, Yang Fan's territory would not be able to operate normally, and Yang Fan was not willing to pay out of his own pocket.
Obviously Chongzhen would not reimburse him. At most, he would be given some benefits in terms of official title.
They were able to come back this time because of their fierce loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and their sense of responsibility to the people. When Yang Fan took them there, he instilled the concept of country and nation. Under his influence, these people all became Han nationalists.
In their view, the overall interests of the Han people are above all else.
Tomorrow they are going to take the train back to Beitangkou. It will be a long time to travel. Even if their business has just started, they have been away for such a long time. It is not good for no one to watch the business at home.
After the war, they also missed their wives and children. Some of their family members were still in the capital and planned to go home and visit them when the city gates opened tomorrow morning.
There are bonfires everywhere in the camp, roasting whole lambs, and drinking Lotus liquor. They are now rich and have a better life, but they still like naan bread and roasted whole lambs in the military camp.
Ma Xiaoping sprayed a mouthful of white wine on the roasted whole lamb, and used a small bag to spread spices on it. Looking at the roasted lamb, which was sizzling and oily, everyone drooled.
I really miss the days on the grassland. At that time, the commander led them to win battles every day and eat roasted sheep every day.
After the 20,000 people leave tomorrow, there will be only 3,600 Sauron Infantry Regiment left in the camp, 3,600 pirates led by Mo Zuo, and 3,600 Yang Fan's servants.
Processing barracks, tank brigade, automobile brigade, baggage brigade, etc.
The barracks were full of people shouting and drinking, drinking like crazy. Yang Fan liked peace and quiet, so he took his family far away from them and asked the engineers to build a temporary wooden pavilion by the lotus pond.
Nowadays, there are more and more architectural forms that are quickly assembled with wooden components. In fact, the structures of ancient buildings are similar. The components are all the same, it just depends on how they are arranged and combined.
Yang Fan and his family were sitting in a pavilion near the water, having a family dinner.
During this period of time, Xiao Niangpi really wanted to eat donkey meat, but she never had time to get it. So she rushed the grinding table to kill the donkey and cook it on fire.
Mo Zhui is leaving tomorrow, and Yang Fan has arranged for him to take the pirate group to the northwest in advance.
Now that the railway has been built through Hami and is extending to Dihua City, a war is about to begin. The northwest is not safe, and Yang Fan's troops are tight, so he decided to call in the pirate regiment to serve as a road protection team.
The main purpose is to prevent the Yarkand Khanate from attacking railway workers. Yang Fan can't think about building a railway to southern Xinjiang now. After he solves Mongolia in the desert, he will build the railway all the way to the west, all the way to Tsaritsin, and then connect it to
to the ports on the Black Sea.
In this way, Yang Fan can directly connect to Europe by rail. Take a train from Tianjin to the Black Sea port, and then connect the Mediterranean and Western Europe by sea. Of course, if you want to pass through the Bosporus, you must obtain permission from the Ottoman Empire.
At present, merchant ships are allowed to pass, but warships are not.
When merchant ships passed through, the Ottoman Empire only levied taxes. The trade routes were open.
The seagoing ships of this era were hundreds of tons, and the load capacity was only a thousand tons. The main reason was that the speed was too slow. From Europe to Daming, it took 166 days at the fastest, and only half a year for a one-way trip at the slowest speed. The transportation capacity was not as good as Yang Fan's.
Where's the train?
The distance of the train from Tianjin to the seaport of Savastopol in the Crimean Khanate is about 7,600 kilometers. Yang Fan’s 762 narrow-gauge train operates at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour, with a maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour. It travels at 600 kilometers per hour day and night.
In terms of speed, it only takes two weeks to reach the Black Sea port.
A train has more than 60 carriages and can carry more than 2,400 tons of freight. How many trains can this railway run at the same time?
Under normal circumstances, up to dozens, hundreds, or even hundreds of trains can run on a railway at the same time.
For example, the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line has a total length of about 1,976 kilometers, and each automatic block zone is about 1.2-1.3 kilometers. One train can run in 2-3 block zones. Therefore, if the transportation is relatively busy during the season, Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line
A maximum of 600-700 trains can run on one railway on the new line at the same time.
With the railway and the Black Sea shipping, Yang Fan wants to use advanced industrial products to flood Europe and block their way to develop industry.
Follow other people's paths and leave others with nowhere to go.
When Yang Fan's cheap industrial products flood Europe, their industry will no longer be able to sprout. If they adopt a trade protection strategy, Yang Fan's gunboats will come in handy. The Mongolian army will also go to talk to them.
"Master, what are you thinking about?" Xiao Niangpi, who was sitting next to him, put her arms around Yang Fan's waist and asked gently.
Only then did Yang Fan wake up from flying. Yang Fan said with a smile: "I'm thinking that when the railway is built to the Black Sea, I will take you to the resort of Yalta."
"Wow! That's great." Xiao Niangpi likes to travel around, taste delicious food, and collect precious jewelry and furs.
"Master, Master, Ceylon, which you promised me before, hasn't gone yet." Lin Yueru said immediately, and hurriedly hugged Yang Fan and acted coquettishly on the other side.
"Yes, yes, I haven't gone to the Maldives either." Mei Xiang also said quickly.
Chen Xi's eyes are full of little stars. He is so happy to follow the master.
Travel and taste delicious food all over the world, as well as all kinds of rare and good things.
The last time I went to Luzon, I ate seafood every day and it was absolutely delicious.
Each of them dug out many rewards from the shells and saved a small box of pearls. Chen Xi even made a string of very rare black pearl necklaces.
Looking at the large red lotuses in bloom on the water in front of him. The bright moon and stars in the sky were reflected on the water. Smelling the body fragrance of the ladies, Yang Fan felt a little drunk even without drinking.
Yang Fan is actually very lazy. He really doesn't want to go around to fight, so it would be nice to just hold them at home like this every day.
"Master, I want to eat donkey meat pot stickers, especially the ones you fried by yourself." The little girl Kazilan's big eyes are shining. Even though they are an old couple, her eyes are full of her lover, her husband, and her son.
's father.
It is said that marriage is the tomb of love, but a good marriage will only make the flowers of love bloom more brilliantly.
Yang Fan asked the maids to bring a pan and an alcohol stove. He used a small glass pot, poured some olive oil, and put the donkey meat dumplings wrapped by the maids flat on the pan one by one. Fry the pot stickers until they sizzle.
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"Master, you haven't composed a poem for a long time. Please compose a poem for me." Xiao Niangpi said expectantly, holding Yang Fan's arm.
Yang Fan saw that his wife was very interested and nodded.
He looked at the surrounding scenery and the moonlight, thought for a while, and chanted:
“I have written about lovesickness all the time without stopping, especially with my obsession and hard work.
The pride is gone, I drink from the cup, and I listen to the wonderful verses.
Talking freely and arrogantly about the present is no longer the case, and recounting the past in detail is a waste of time.
Good times are like water and fair like the moon, shining in the stars in my eyes."
Volume 5: The Southern Expedition and the Northern War, the End of Dinghaibo