In Laizhou Bay, Shandong, as more and more military households join the Haw Par Army and begin to do things for the Haw Par Army, they are not worried about their livelihood. The hostility of the local military households towards the Haw Par Army, an outside force, has finally dissipated.

Looking at the surrounding walls of Yantian District, with the efforts of thousands of young people, the construction speed of hundreds of battles per day continues to stretch forward. Zhang Daotian, the director of the salt farm, can be said to be in his eyes and happy in his heart.

Because, so far, he has carved out two salt pans with cement. As soon as the fence is completed, the two salt pans can begin to dry salt in absolute secrecy.

And Wang Daotian is in his own future, the future of the entire salt farm...... A time of great anticipation. The little official who managed the materials and money suddenly walked over to his location with a hint of nervousness.

Before Wang Daotian, who was smiling, could speak, the other party said with an anxious face: "My lord, because the construction of the wall consumes a lot of cement, we don't have much cement from Shanxi. At the current rate of consumption, the remaining cement is only enough for us to need for five days......"

"And the wall we're building is only halfway there. As for the salt pans, which require a lot of cement, only two have been built, which is less than 10% of the total area. So, please do your best to bring cement from Shanxi. Otherwise, the entire salt plant would be shut down as a result. ”

Wang Daotian's brows furrowed, and he said to himself: "If it wasn't for your reminder, this official would have almost forgotten about this matter." ”

"According to the original plan, the cement we brought from Shanxi was used to repair the salt pans. It is now used to build a fence. It's definitely not enough. ”

"It's not just cement. There is not much food left...... After all. We only brought a month's ration for 10,000 people from Shanxi. Now, these rations feed more than 20,000 people......"

"In order to persevere until the follow-up food is sent from Shanxi, except for the recruits who are being trained, the rations of ordinary workers have been reduced by as much as 30%, and everyone is saving food as much as possible."

"Now it seems that we have to save on the use of cement......"

After speaking, he ordered directly to the little officer in front of him: "Notify me." In the next construction of the fence, cement was used in key parts. For other parts, temporarily use yellow mud to top the ......"

"This official has already written a document to the Governor's Palace, calculated according to the speed of the convoy, and in ten days, the grain and cement that the Governor's Palace has replenished for us will arrive at Laizhou Bay......"

As soon as the little official who got the reply left, another sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind Wang Daotian.

The huge Laizhou Bay, with the arrival of the Tiger and Leopard Army. The original officers and officers of the guard post have all left. So. There are still war horses in the entire Laizhou Bay, and only the Laizhou Bay garrison regiment commanded by He Guozhong is the only one that still has war horses.

In addition, the officers and men of the current garrison regiment are either patrolling around Laizhou Bay or training new recruits, and it is impossible to ride horses in Laizhou Bay.

Therefore, Wang Daotian, who heard the sound of horses' hooves, subconsciously thought that the first thought was: It must be He Guozhong's herald who came. Not only that, something must have happened at the station, otherwise, He Guozhong, who stayed at the station, would never send out the pro-guard platoon heralds who were only used at the critical moment.

Sure enough, the herald who was galloping his horse stopped as soon as he rushed in front of him, and then, very neatly, jumped off his horse and said to himself.

"Your Excellency...... Our head of the group has an order to let you go to Laizhou Bay Pier immediately......"

"Wharf ......" Hearing the report, Wang Daotian asked with a puzzled expression.

The Haw Par Army leased this salt farm from Shandong to dry salt, although it has a dock. However, because the Haw Par Army does not have its own navy and merchant vessels, only a few fishing boats usually dock at the pier to deliver fish to the Haw Par Army. Therefore, including Wang Daotian and He Guozhong, they didn't pay much attention to this wharf.

Because of this, after listening to the herald's announcement, Zhang Daotian's first reaction was to be suspicious.

Under the gaze of the herald, he asked loudly: "Did Regiment Commander He tell you what to do with this official at the dock, what is the important matter?" “

The herald shook his head and replied, "My lord, the regimental commander only asked me to inform you to go to the dock immediately, and did not say anything specific?" However, I seem to have heard from the head of the regiment that a large fleet of ships had come to the docks, and all that was transported was grain. “

"Food...... Could it be that the Governor's Mansion is bringing us grain by water......" Wang Daotian's eyes lit up and exclaimed loudly.

Then, facing the herald in front of him, he ordered with an expectant face: "Lend your war horse to this officer, and this officer will go to the dock immediately to see the fleet you mentioned...... You find a way to go back yourself. “

With the help of the war horse, Wang Daotian only took half an hour to reach the dock.

As soon as he jumped off the war horse, more than a dozen large ships that had stopped on the sea surface of the dock came into Wang Daotian's field of vision.

When Wang Daotian, who was looking forward to it, was led by the guards to find He Guozhong. A small official is reporting something to He Guozhong.

Seeing Wang Daotian hurrying in front of him, He Guozhong, who was not very proficient in political affairs, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he opened his mouth to Wang Daotian and introduced: "Lord Wang, this is Lord Zhou of the Foreign Trade Department who came with the fleet...... He was ordered to escort 150,000 quintals of grain to us from Jiangnan. Now, all of this food is still in the cabin, waiting for you to come and check it out, and then send it back to our station......"

150,000 quintals of grain, calculated according to 30,000 people, is more than a year's ration.

Therefore, after listening to He Guozhong's introduction, Wang Daotian's face full of expectation was quickly covered with a smile.

Facing the little official sent by the Foreign Trade Division, he shouted excitedly: "Then what are you waiting for? Immediately let the grain be brought to the dock. Inspect the ...... while transporting"

As the steady stream of grain was transported to the dock, the excitement on Wang Daotian's face was slowly replaced by calmness.

While inspecting the grain, he asked He Guozhong: "Head He, I just heard you say that all this grain was transported from Jiangnan?" “

Before He Guozhong could speak, the official of the Foreign Trade Department on the side took the lead in replying: "Yes, Lord Wang...... We started from Yangzhou and took the sea route, and it only took five days to get here. “

"Both the time spent and the overall cost of transportation have been reduced by more than half. What's more, you don't have to worry about interception and deduction by the local government along the way......"

Wang Daotian nodded thoughtfully and replied, "Since we are from Jiangnan, we only sent the food we urgently need." As for the cement, it is still on the official road from Datong to Laizhou Bay......" (to be continued......