The fleet led by Bai Kesi arrived in Miaoli in late April, and according to Haihan's knowledge, the rainy season on the island of Taiwan should be between April and May, but this climate data is from the statistics of several centuries later, and no one knows how much deviation it will be in the current era. It is difficult to predict exactly how the navigability of the Houlong River will be affected after the short rainy season. Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of this period of time to ensure that when the barge is navigable to the sulfur pit oil field, it is necessary to seize the time to organize the transportation capacity to rush some large materials into the mountainous area.

Under the constraints of such objective conditions, plans such as clearing out the indigenous tribes must be slowed down first, after all, the huge amount of materials that need to be transported into the mountains and the navigation that may be interrupted at any time in Houlong River are the main contradictions that need to be solved urgently, and the indigenous tribes are only hidden dangers at present, and the urgency of starting a war is not so high. Moreover, because of the unfamiliarity with the local geographical situation, the plans formulated by the military in advance were all based on armed escort as the main means, and did not make full preparations for taking the initiative to attack.

Once the direction of action is determined, the rest of the matter can be carried out according to the plan. Morgan had already planned the general course of action, and everyone discussed the division of labor during dinner, rested for the night, and could start working tomorrow.

Although Miaoli is a relatively unfamiliar place, and the field reconnaissance has only been carried out twice, for Haihan, the implementation of surprise colonial resettlement in a short period of time has been practiced in the past few years, and a set of relatively efficient action plans have been summed up, which only need to make certain adjustments to the specific target environment.

The next day, as soon as it was dark, the coastal camp was already busy. The cooking class began to prepare breakfast for the more than 1,000 people at three o'clock, so as to ensure that they could start work as soon as possible. Although breakfast is just rice porridge and pickles, the chef added a lot of fresh seafood to the porridge, and these worthless fish, shrimp and kelp immediately greatly improved the quality of breakfast, and many people woke up automatically after smelling the aroma of this seafood porridge in their sleep.

Naturally, the food of Bai Kesi and the others was better, with fresh meat buns and white flour steamed buns to choose from, as well as eggs and milk that only the chiefs could enjoy. The traversers have always enjoyed a better treatment in terms of life, even in a wilderness like Miaoli, there will not be much gap. They came to this era to enjoy the treatment of the superior, but they will not deliberately engage in any tricks to mingle with their subordinates, and the East Asian civilization of this era is still in a feudal dynasty with a clear distinction between respect and inferiority, and differential treatment is also one of the necessary means to maintain the majesty of the ruling class.

But today everyone has a task on their bodies, a bunch of things to do, and they are not in the mood to enjoy breakfast slowly.

The fleet led by Bai Kesi arrived here yesterday and still had a lot of supplies that had not had time to be unloaded on the shore, while on the other side was the flat-bottomed barge that had begun to load the unloaded cargo onto the inland river navigation. However, most of the flat-bottomed barges had already been loaded and formed when they set off from Penghu, and the first trip from the coastal camp along the Houlong River into the mountains could be directly hung behind the tugboat.

Due to the need to seize the time of the rainy season, Becks decided to put in all six steam tugboats, each of which could haul four fully loaded barges, and could transport dozens of tons of supplies upstream at a time. Considering that two additional strongholds will be built along the way, two of the six fleets will be responsible for transporting supplies and personnel to each of them, while the remaining four fleets will concentrate on transporting supplies to the area of the oil field out of the sulphur pit. In terms of military defense, Yu Yao and Morgan will sit in the coastal camp and the pit camp respectively, while the two armed strongholds in the middle will each deploy a platoon of troops and hand them over to the command of junior officers.

Bai Kesi, Liu Shanxia, Tian Yeyou, and Morgan were all going to the area of the pit out, and one of them was in charge of commanding a fleet. After eight o'clock in the morning, several people went on board separately and directed the fleet to set off. The fleets sailed out of the coastal camp in a row, and the end was more than half a mile away, and the scene looked magnificent, and it should be regarded as the largest fleet of ships that had ever passed on Houlong Creek.

Because a large number of armed men had to be transported to various strongholds along the way, almost every barge had a dozen or so heavily armed soldiers on its cargo, and a fleet could carry almost exactly one platoon of troops. Due to safety concerns, a large number of migrant workers will not board the ship until the second trip.

The fleet arrived at the first stronghold on the way more than two hours after its departure, and the river beach here was still uninhabited, and it seemed that Haihan's intention to set up a stronghold here would not meet any resistance. Once the flotilla is unloaded, it will return to the coastal camp, and if it goes well, it should be able to deliver personnel and supplies here again today. At that time, the number of civilian workers and logisticians will be stationed here, and it will take about two to three days to build a prototype of an armed stronghold with a civil structure here.

In the future, after the initial clearing of the surrounding area, more immigrants will soon move in here, and gradually control the area through reclamation, and the armed strongholds established in the early days will exist as political activities here. At that time, the townships formed in the two river bays in the south and north will also provide food and a part of the labor force for the oil fields in the nearby mountainous areas.

For time and safety reasons, the fleet did not stop to cook on the way, and everyone served lunch on the boat, even the crossers. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet successfully arrived at the location of the second river bay stronghold. A fleet of ships slowly approached the shore, and all that remained was to unload the ship's supplies to shore as quickly as possible, and then start building a stronghold. If the soldiers were quick enough, the fleet would have had time to return to the coastal camp before dark.

After crossing the bay, the terrain began to slowly rise, and the speed of the fleet of barges carrying heavy supplies slowed down significantly. Once inside the mountains, only the loud noise of the steam engines on a few tugboats could be heard throughout the forest, and any attempt to hide their tracks was in vain. Although it was only a few miles to the pit, it still took more than two hours to reach its destination.

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The fleet led by Bai Kesi arrived in Miaoli in late April, and according to Haihan's knowledge, the rainy season on the island of Taiwan should be between April and May, but this climate data is from the statistics of several centuries later, and no one knows how much deviation it will be in the current era. It is difficult to predict exactly how the navigability of the Houlong River will be affected after the short rainy season. Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of this period of time to ensure that when the barge is navigable to the sulfur pit oil field, it is necessary to seize the time to organize the transportation capacity to rush some large materials into the mountainous area.

Under the constraints of such objective conditions, plans such as clearing out the indigenous tribes must be slowed down first, after all, the huge amount of materials that need to be transported into the mountains and the navigation that may be interrupted at any time in Houlong River are the main contradictions that need to be solved urgently, and the indigenous tribes are only hidden dangers at present, and the urgency of starting a war is not so high. Moreover, because of the unfamiliarity with the local geographical situation, the plans formulated by the military in advance were all based on armed escort as the main means, and did not make full preparations for taking the initiative to attack.

Once the direction of action is determined, the rest of the matter can be carried out according to the plan. Morgan had already planned the general course of action, and everyone discussed the division of labor during dinner, rested for the night, and could start working tomorrow.

Although Miaoli is a relatively unfamiliar place, and the field reconnaissance has only been carried out twice, for Haihan, the implementation of surprise colonial resettlement in a short period of time has been practiced in the past few years, and a set of relatively efficient action plans have been summed up, which only need to make certain adjustments to the specific target environment.

The next day, as soon as it was dark, the coastal camp was already busy. The cooking class began to prepare breakfast for the more than 1,000 people at three o'clock, so as to ensure that they could start work as soon as possible. Although breakfast is just rice porridge and pickles, the chef added a lot of fresh seafood to the porridge, and these worthless fish, shrimp and kelp immediately greatly improved the quality of breakfast, and many people woke up automatically after smelling the aroma of this seafood porridge in their sleep.

Naturally, the food of Bai Kesi and the others was better, with fresh meat buns and white flour steamed buns to choose from, as well as eggs and milk that only the chiefs could enjoy. The traversers have always enjoyed a better treatment in terms of life, even in a wilderness like Miaoli, there will not be much gap. They came to this era to enjoy the treatment of the superior, but they will not deliberately engage in any tricks to mingle with their subordinates, and the East Asian civilization of this era is still in a feudal dynasty with a clear distinction between respect and inferiority, and differential treatment is also one of the necessary means to maintain the majesty of the ruling class.

But today everyone has a task on their bodies, a bunch of things to do, and they are not in the mood to enjoy breakfast slowly.

The fleet led by Bai Kesi arrived here yesterday and still had a lot of supplies that had not had time to be unloaded on the shore, while on the other side was the flat-bottomed barge that had begun to load the unloaded cargo onto the inland river navigation. However, most of the flat-bottomed barges had already been loaded and formed when they set off from Penghu, and the first trip from the coastal camp along the Houlong River into the mountains could be directly hung behind the tugboat.

Due to the need to seize the time of the rainy season, Becks decided to put in all six steam tugboats, each of which could haul four fully loaded barges, and could transport dozens of tons of supplies upstream at a time. Considering that two additional strongholds will be built along the way, two of the six fleets will be responsible for transporting supplies and personnel to each of them, while the remaining four fleets will concentrate on transporting supplies to the area of the oil field out of the sulphur pit. In terms of military defense, Yu Yao and Morgan will sit in the coastal camp and the pit camp respectively, while the two armed strongholds in the middle will each deploy a platoon of troops and hand them over to the command of junior officers.

Bai Kesi, Liu Shanxia, Tian Yeyou, and Morgan were all going to the area of the pit out, and one of them was in charge of commanding a fleet. After eight o'clock in the morning, several people went on board separately and directed the fleet to set off. The fleets sailed out of the coastal camp in a row, and the end was more than half a mile away, and the scene looked magnificent, and it should be regarded as the largest fleet of ships that had ever passed on Houlong Creek.

Because a large number of armed men had to be transported to various strongholds along the way, almost every barge had a dozen or so heavily armed soldiers on its cargo, and a fleet could carry almost exactly one platoon of troops. Due to safety concerns, a large number of migrant workers will not board the ship until the second trip.

The fleet arrived at the first stronghold on the way more than two hours after its departure, and the river beach here was still uninhabited, and it seemed that Haihan's intention to set up a stronghold here would not meet any resistance. Once the flotilla is unloaded, it will return to the coastal camp, and if it goes well, it should be able to deliver personnel and supplies here again today. At that time, the number of civilian workers and logisticians will be stationed here, and it will take about two to three days to build a prototype of an armed stronghold with a civil structure here.

In the future, after the initial clearing of the surrounding area, more immigrants will soon move in here, and gradually control the area through reclamation, and the armed strongholds established in the early days will exist as political activities here. At that time, the townships formed in the two river bays in the south and north will also provide food and a part of the labor force for the oil fields in the nearby mountainous areas.

For time and safety reasons, the fleet did not stop to cook on the way, and everyone served lunch on the boat, even the crossers. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet successfully arrived at the location of the second river bay stronghold. A fleet of ships slowly approached the shore, and all that remained was to unload the ship's supplies to shore as quickly as possible, and then start building a stronghold. If the soldiers were quick enough, the fleet would have had time to return to the coastal camp before dark.

After crossing the bay, the terrain began to slowly rise, and the speed of the fleet of barges carrying heavy supplies slowed down significantly. Once inside the mountains, only the loud noise of the steam engines on a few tugboats could be heard throughout the forest, and any attempt to hide their tracks was in vain. Although it was only a few miles to the pit, it still took more than two hours to reach its destination.