A small sailboat slowly sailed into the docks of Blackwater Harbor. The dock workers on the shore took the rope thrown by the sailors, expertly tied it to the stake, and then blew the brass whistle that hung around his neck. As the whistle fell, a large group of dockers emerged from the lounge, put their gangplanks onto the deck of the boat, and walked up to pick up the buckets of catch handed by the dockers. The catch is mainly crabs, and the coastal areas around Sakhalin Island are mostly found in these large crabs, such as blind pearl snow monster crab and Japanese mitten crab.

One of the major specialties of Sakhalin Island of the Russians in later generations is all kinds of crabs, with an annual output of thousands of tons, sometimes even tens of thousands of tons, and Japanese fishing boats often secretly drive to the waters of Sakhalin to catch crabs. In addition to crabs, sea cucumbers off Sakhalin Island are also abundant, especially in the waters near Sawao Island, which has been a key production area for later generations. The area is very suitable for the growth of sea cucumbers, and the Russian government has invited Chinese companies to go there for sea cucumber and other aquaculture.

In addition to crabs and sea cucumbers, there are also some catches of squid, cod, herring, Sakhalin sturgeon, etc., but in relatively small quantities. The dock workers carefully held the barrels, filled with fresh catch, and headed for the ice cellar. The ice cellar was built before the snow last year, and in the winter, the ice cellar workers went to the Heishui River to dig a large amount of ice, and then processed it into a standard-size shape and stored it in the ice cellar.

With the ice cellar, the large amount of fish caught by the people on the east coast will no longer have to be made into salted fish and smoked fish in a hurry as last year, and a lot of nutrients will be lost in vain. And, starting this month, the salmon fishing season is coming. This year, the East Coasters are well prepared. Whether it is fishing nets, fishing boats or fishermen, there are more than in previous years. The harvest will certainly be much higher than in previous years, so this ice cellar is really needed to store food.

The 6th, 7th, and 8th squadrons of the Advance Brigade, which were training at the dockside, also rushed over to help the dock workers and sailors carry the catches under the command of the deputy group leader Che Yuan, who led the team. Che Ran is also a former Dashun official, then the commander of Jiyang County, in May in the city of the gentry wanted to rebel, ready to capture and kill Che Ran, the history of his "Jue and first escape". In history, he didn't know what happened, but in this time and space, he fled to Yantai with a dozen or so followers. Surrendered to the East Coasters. After working as a Tuntian official in Yantai for more than a month, he was transferred to Heishui Port as another deputy captain of the newly formed 1st Brigade of the Stand-up Team. The 1st Brigade of the Stand Up Brigade consisted of 8 squadrons, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th squadrons were trained in Omari, the 6th, 7th, and 8th squadrons were trained in Blackwater, and the 9th and 10th squadrons were trained at the Port of Yuanmarari on Rishiri Island.

"Captain, you've been here in Blackwater for so many days, are you still used to it?" Someone on the side of the dock shouted to him from a distance, and when the chariot turned his head to look, he saw that it was Sergeant Johnson, who was in charge of the construction of the Blackwater Port. In addition to a few entourages around him, Wang Shichuan, the former commander of Zouping County, Dashun, also followed him. Wang Shichuan served as the commander of Zouping County for two months. After taking office, he chased stolen goods and helped him, which offended some people very much, and he couldn't stand up at this time, so he secretly ran to Yantai. Looking at Wang Shichuan's short and lean haircut, Che Yuan touched the back of his bare head and sighed imperceptibly.

He now understands that the people on the east coast are not actually the same people as Dashun, but they are rare local forces that are friendly to the Dashun regime. However, this is enough in today's world, at least to provide the most refuge place for the Dashun officials and generals at all levels in Shandong, so that everyone will not lose their lives in vain, or take refuge in the Qing court to appease the officials who have just arrived in northern Shandong not long ago. It is said that the people of the East Coast are descendants of the former Song Dynasty, and regardless of whether what they say is true or not, just by looking at them breaking the granaries of the clan landlords, distributing grain to the poor people, and actively organizing them to "produce for self-help", they are not bad for the Chinese people.

At least under their organization, many people who would have starved to death survived, especially the children who were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to cry before they came, and most of these children have recovered with the help of the people of the East Coast and adequate nutritional supplements (fish, eggs, milk). Now they are the most loyal supporters of the East Coast people, and even their families have slowly and sincerely accepted the rule of the East Coast people, and began to take the initiative to cut hair, pay attention to hygiene, and begin to learn the "official language" of the East Coast people.

Anyway, as long as the people on the east coast give themselves and a group of old brothers a way to live, and don't surrender to the Manchus, what if I protect them? Killed from northern Shaanxi to Shanxi, then to Henan, and then to Huguang, and then back to Shaanxi, I have never seen anything in my life, I have eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, and the official wife has played, and even the Beijing division has gone in for a walk, and at this time there is no regret about dying. That's it, now that you've voted for the East Coast, let's pack up and do it here. Didn't the people on the east coast say that they come from the east coast tens of thousands of miles away, even if they can't stay here, everyone can go back to the east coast itself, and they also divide the fields, cattle, houses, and women for everyone, this is such a good thing in his grandmother's world!

"Strong man, Xia Guan thinks it's very good here. What's that, the ground is fat, and it's all oil when you pinch it! I had never seen such a fat field when I was farming. There are many mountain goods and food in the forest, and there are many fish and shrimp in this river, in short, it is better than Shaanxi. Grandma is a bear, what do you say is such a good place, no one will occupy it. The chariot touched his head and said.

Johnson smiled, this Ming man only saw the "gentle" side of Blackwater Port in summer, but he had not seen the violent side of Blackwater Port in winter, and at that time, thinking about what Summer said, he must have felt a lot of emotion in his heart. But he was right about something, the nearby land is indeed very fertile, there are many animals in the mountains, and the fish and shrimp resources are very rich, anyway, Johnson has never seen such a rich fishing ground in Europe. After developing it well, and providing warm and comfortable housing for everyone, the whole island can feed hundreds of thousands of people.

"The construction here has not yet been completed, and when the walls, forts, lighthouses, and docks are completed, the enemy will not be able to threaten us; When the house is completed, you will no longer have to be afraid of the cold in winter. Don't worry, although I haven't been to Shaanxi, I am confident that I will build Heishui Port into a beautiful, solid big city. Sergeant Johnson said proudly.

At present, the city is gradually improving with his efforts bit by bit. As of today, the wharf and lighthouse of Heishui Port have been basically completed, and the current cement wharf can accommodate more than ten large ships to dock and unload at the same time, which is definitely one of the few large ports in Northeast Asia. After the completion of the last two sections of the trestle before the snowfall, the entire wharf will be able to accommodate 22 large ships to unload cargo at the same time, and the throughput capacity will be more powerful.

The East Coasters also built a lighthouse on the high ground near the pier to provide orientation for ships sailing at night and also to serve as a watchtower. At the top of the tower is a large incendiary brazier, the light of which is brightened by a set of locally brought combination lamps (which act as a spot and reflect) and then travels far beyond the sea. It is worth mentioning that the people on the east coast temporarily took out several other sets of combined lamps and put them on the boat, preparing to carry out light trapping after the arrival of the saury fishing flood in September, so that the production of this kind of fish and shrimp with phototaxis is bound to increase significantly.

As for the walls and forts, it seems that the completion of the city wall is far from being completed. Because Sakhalin doesn't have a long time of the year, people have been building warehouses and houses so that more people can live in warm rooms with fireplaces before the winter comes, so the construction of the city wall has been delayed. The brick kiln factory has now put most of its production capacity on the port side of Heishui to speed up the construction of houses. Frustratingly, however, the supply-demand relationship is distorted by the fact that only about 300 brick and stone houses with heating facilities have been built in the city so far, while the population of the city has reached more than 10,000.

"There are powerful people, I believe that our Blackwater City will definitely be built. The land here is so fertile, when the time comes, more people will be moved over to reclaim the land and dig coal, and sooner or later it will become a well-known and rich place. The chariot said half complimentally, half sincerely. According to his observations over the past period of time, he found that the people from the east coast were all doers. They don't like nonsense, and spend most of their time doing things in silence: clearing wasteland, building houses, digging ditches, logging and shipbuilding, etc., and they seem to have a set of "rules" that everyone must follow, which makes outsiders who are not integrated into the system very unaccustomed.

According to a teacher who gave them an ideological lesson, people like them, who came from an agrarian society and had free habits, had difficulty adapting to the rules and regulations of an industrialized society like the East Coast at first, and it took a long time to transform themselves into the East Coast society. Although he didn't quite understand what the teacher meant, he always felt that he had a point.

Thanks to the efforts of 750 officers and men of the three squadrons of the Stand Up Team, most of the catch was safely stacked in the ice cellars. Wang Shichuan, who was in charge of the warehouse and the ice cellar, ran over to inspect it carefully, and then, with the assistance of several ice cellar managers, closed the thick ice cellar door tightly and lowered the quilt hanging above the gate, and then rushed to Johnson and nodded to him.

Sergeant Johnson walked around the dock again, then patted the chariot on the shoulder, told him to hurry up and train his troops, for a major war might break out, and then walked with his retinue to the fields outside the city to see how the 2,000 acres of potatoes sown in May were growing. (To be continued......)