Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Forest

Chen Mu found that his incitement was indeed very strong, and when he was still doubting whether others understood what he was saying, Xu Zhenming found him.

Zhao Shizhen's father-in-law made it clear that he hoped to transfer to Beiyang or Dongyang Military Mansion, and attached his suggestion that he stayed up late to write a plan for the construction near Beiyang Military Mansion, which caught Chen Mu off guard.

"The next concern lies in the fact that the military government has fewer constraints than the imperial court, and the art of water conservancy and construction can contribute to the military government, and it can also implement the water law in the Beiyang jurisdiction, and improve the "Lushui Ketan", and I hope that the marshal will allow it."

Someone volunteered to join, and it was also an experienced six departments to give things, of course it was a good thing, Chen Mu readily agreed, and made the decision to issue a warrant to the officials after the Beiyang Yamen was built.

Moreover, Xu Zhenming's suggestion was also very effective, he had explored the craftsmen to fire bricks and tiles, and at this time, there were not only experienced craftsmen at the Beiyang Yamen construction site, but also good brick kilns, and kiln masters from Linqing, Shandong.

Even if Xu Zhenming did not understand the brick and tile factory system conceived by Chen Mu, it did not prevent him from substituting Chen Mu's idea of a government-run kiln factory.

As long as the Beiyang Military Government gives the craftsmen a levy silver and a flat commission in the future, and then fully convinces, most of the craftsmen are willing to stay here.

Within a few days, the fleet carrying various materials from Nanyang according to Chen Mu's requirements docked at the port, and the goods were unloaded into the newly built warehouse, and at the same time, the two military guards led their fully armed subordinates to the Beiyang Yamen construction site to take care of this batch of very, very, very valuable goods.

265,000 taels of silver, 3,200 taels of gold, all kinds of ordnance, tools, supplies, and ships.

The gold and silver were valuable, but the boxes that carried them were not large, with more than eighty boxes in the wooden crates that Nanyangwei used to carry rockets, which were only a small part of the convoy, and more carrying space was used to transport cement, lathes, books, and manpower and steam engines.

Yang Qingluan came over with potatoes, and the sweet potatoes were sent by her to serve Yan Qingyao in the military guard, although the little thing is named Hailong, but now let Xiao Jing Haibo cross the sea by boat with the little shopkeeper I am afraid that it will break my brain, not to mention that the little shopkeeper also needs to recuperate, Chen Mu plans to wait for the foundation here to be laid, and the ship in Spain has not yet come back to ask for a long vacation to live on Junfu Weidao for a few months.

In addition to the family members, Xiang Fei, Liandou and others also brought the Chen family to take a boat, and Lao Pinto still stayed in Nanyang, but only sent a letter to justify the reason why he did not follow Chen Mu to the north, the letter said that he got the news through the church, Europa has appeared a lot of books in recent years, and he will help Chen Mu collect some and translate some in Nanyang Wei.

That being said, Chen Mu and Pinto both knew very well that this was to alleviate the embarrassment, firstly, the Ming Empire's decree did not allow the Portuguese to land outside of Haojing, and secondly, Chen Mu never seemed willing to let foreigners land on their land.

Just like the Liandou group who are now confined to the boat and can only stare at the land close at hand but can't get off the boat, Chen Mu didn't specifically order them to get off the boat or not let them get off the boat, but people subconsciously think that they shouldn't get off the boat.

After the end of the Burma War, as the best of the Jiading, they were thrown into the Navy Lecture Hall for a six-month intensive training, and then took the latest infantry in Nanyang and were ordered to go north.

After the cargo on the ship was unloaded, the first four bells of the first four guns of each team made them quickly line up in the port on the shore, and the helmets, cuirasses, arm bindings, shin armor, and boots were meticulous, and they carried standard leather backpacks and bedding rolls on their backs, and their waists full of bamboo cartridges carried shorns, and some of them also had a handcuff, and most of them had their main weapons being bird guns with support on their shoulders.

A team of eleven people, there are three helmets with helmets and guns in the team, the colors of the guns are different, one red, one black, one blue, red is the small flag officer, black is the deputy small flag, and the blue is the propaganda officer, the three officers have clear responsibilities, and there is often a small map bag next to the water bladder on the waist.

In each team, there is also a banner army with the same armor but an extra earth-colored netted cloak covering the upper half of the body, and the banner army wearing this cloak usually looks prouder than the others, and the long gun in the hand is also different from the others, with an extra pair of cylinders.

They attracted the attention of the lazy banner army at the mouth of Dagu, and they looked at the flag army quickly assembled at the port with a timid expression on the wall, and the people whispered in their ears one after another, saying: This is Jing Haibo's family.

But in a moment, another horn cannon sounded, their cannon is very simple, neither the small-caliber artillery used by the Ming army in the past, nor the three-eyed gun used by the Qijia army in northern Xinjiang, but a kind of handcuff that rotates and fires continuously, the sound is not loud, it can only be heard clearly by the phalanx of 100 people, and there is no spare strength in the farther place, so every time the cannon is released, it is fired by each team.

In addition to the family members, there are also craftsmen who march with the army, more than a hundred family craftsmen who have followed Chen Mu since the Xuanfu, covering all walks of life, these old craftsmen look more happy than anyone else, Chen Mu gives a very good salary for hired workers, and they can still receive money when they are not working, and now they finally have a new job, but it obviously makes them happier.

Because when there is work, they will receive full pay!

On the construction site of Beiyang Yamen, the Dagu Banner Army had prepared rich food for them, and Chen Mu went to the warehouse immediately after the previous response to count and inquire about the baggage.

His palm was covered with a long letter from Nanyang Junfu Island from Nanyang Junfu Island on the warehouse table with his palm, and Shao Tingda, who came to escort the goods, said to him: "Brother Mu, can't you remember?" In the early years, we were in Qingyuan Gorge, there were miners gathered, and we were ordered to suppress it, and the mine chief was released by you, called Yang Rong. ”

Hearing Shao Tingda say this, Chen Mu seemed to be a little impressed, and slowly nodded and asked: "What's wrong with him, I still want him to be my head of the house, but then there is no news of him." ”

"Later, he went to sea, went to Luzon, Japan, went as far as Goa, and opened a mine in Sulu to resume his old business. Shao Tingda said and took off his helmet, rubbed the short hair like a steel whisker under the hair towel and said, "Transporting the baggage, I didn't let him follow, I will come over by myself in a few days." ”

Chen Mu nodded to indicate that he knew, and said to Shao Tingda: "This time you go back to Nanyang, please ask the courtier's brother to inform the guards that you must not slack off in training the troops, and I may borrow troops from Nanyang in the next two years." ”

Shao Tingda obviously knew the inside story and asked, "Is it Xiyi?" ”

Chen Mu nodded slowly, didn't say more, turned around and sighed: "No one will easily admit defeat, especially a king." ”

His hand clenched the long letter tightly, and on it, Pinto had received news from Portugal that after the First World War, King Philip II of Spain had ordered the country to be deforested, to build dockyards along the coast, and to build a fleet of allegiance to Christ like never before.

This news means that when the Spanish envoy signed the treaty at the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, on the other side of the sea, Spain was gathering its national strength to build the so-called great and fortunate fleet, and at this time, the purpose of this fleet may not be Elizabeth of England.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled, in the distance, the majestic and heroic troops were marching into the Beiyang Military Mansion Academy, and the rulers on the other side of the ocean had already made an extremely sober judgment of the situation.

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