Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 446 Operation Soybean
On the playground in the North Navy training base, more than 200 Sauron recruits are riding a horse and squatting in the crotch, each with a left hand and a right hand, and they have to think about a child in their hands.Opposite them, Wang Yuanfang, who is the commander of the training base, and other members of the teaching team are also in the same posture.

Wen Dai is just seventeen this year, and the new daughter-in-law in the family has not yet married. He has no idea what it feels like to hold a child, and Rapini beside him is sweating on his forehead at the moment, with rounded arms, just like Like holding a big log.

Since Wu Zhong entered the barracks, the recruits had to stand on horseback for two hours every morning, and had to stand for an hour before going to bed at night.He explained to Wang Yuanfang that if he did not do this, he would not be able to develop kung fu; if he learned how to fight as soon as he came up, of course he could kill the enemy with his youth and strength, but it would be too harmful to the body, and all the diseases would come after he passed forty.

When everyone present was sweating profusely and their arms and legs were trembling uncontrollably, Wu Zhong appeared.He looked at Wang Yuanfang first, and then went back and forth in the team, shaking his head slightly.

After more than ten days of practice, most of the soldiers are still stiff. They don't have the strength to hold a baby like a mountain, just like holding a big rock.

So Wu Zhong walked back to Wang Yuanfang, asked the other party to get up, and asked him to follow him to the side of the playground, and then said: "Master Wang, Commander Wang, this is not possible, it has been more than ten days, and all of your subordinates are still standing. Stupid, your kung fu is not growing!"

Wang Yuanfang hurriedly asked what to do, Wu Zhong thought for a while and said, "There is a way, but it would be a waste of food."

Wang Yuanfang was a little confused, thinking what does this have to do with food?

Wu Zhong stroked his beard and asked, "Do you have soybeans?"

"Yes, I have."

"When making tofu, it has to be tender, it's not good when it's old."

"Ouch!" Wang Yuanfang slapped his thigh and immediately understood, and hurriedly said, "You still have a lot of old ideas, this method is absolutely brilliant!"

So he immediately called the guard over and asked him to inform the cafeteria to soak soybeans immediately; first, he brought three hundred catties to make tofu.

When the officer in charge of catering at the training base received the notice, he found an abacus and cracked a dozen, and couldn't help but gasp.

According to the standard of 300 grams of soybeans to produce a catty of tofu, two yuan per person, and 200 catties of tofu at a time, then the cafeteria has to soak more than 6000 catties of soybeans a day to be enough; in a month, it will be more than [-] catties.

Good guy!Even if the warehouse is turned upside down, a thousand catties of soybeans will not be able to come together.The officer thought about it, so he called the cavalry battalion.

"Battalion Commander Sa, it's me."

"Tell me something, I'm still busy with training."

"Don't worry, just ask, how many black beans do you have?"

"Black beans?" The cavalry battalion commander Samu Su thought that I didn't know this, so he asked his subordinates. After a while, his subordinates said that there were more than 3000 catties.

When the officer in charge of the catering heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Alright, I'll send someone over in the afternoon to bring over two thousand catties first."

When Samusu heard this, he hurriedly said: "This is impossible! Recently, the cavalry battalion has heavy training tasks, and the horses have to be refueled every day."

The two talked for a long time, but Samusu disagreed with life and death.The officer in charge of food had no choice but to go to Li Ji, who was in charge of logistics supplies, for help.Liji first asked Wang Yuanfang why, and then he had someone check the account books, and found that there were only five thousand catties of black beans left in the warehouse.It's definitely okay to feed horses, but it's not enough to feed tofu to recruits.

The problem is that Wu Zhong only teaches for three months, and it is too late to plant beans now.Li Ji had no choice but to seek help from the Ministry of Trade and Zhao Xin's father-in-law.

Shen Jingdan laughed when he heard this, and said that this matter is not easy, go to Liaodong, you can grab it or buy it.Over the past few years, the Shachuan gang in Shanghai alone has transported more than 400 million shi of soybeans from the northeast to the south of the Yangtze River every year.

According to the bulk density of barn dendrobium issued by the Ministry of the Qing Dynasty, one stone of soybeans equals 123.2 catties for future generations; and because of the difference in the quality of new grains, it is normal for each stone to fluctuate by 2 to 3 catties, so 400 million stones is about 25 tons.

It is said that at the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the devastating damage caused by the war made the agriculture in the Liaodong area recover very slowly.Until around the 39th year of Kangxi, the areas under the jurisdiction of the three major generals in Northeast China still needed regular food relief.In the 15th year of Qianlong, land reclamation in Northeast China began to expand, and the area of ​​cultivated land was close to 2000 million mu, and it was finally self-sufficient with a slight surplus.So the Qing court allowed a certain amount of Northeast soybeans to be exported.In the 44th year of Qianlong's reign, all bans on the export of grain and soybeans were lifted.

Since the 50th year of Qianlong, the Qing government once again restricted the export of grains due to the use of troops in Beihai Town; on the premise of ensuring military needs, the Qing government allowed partial exports of soybeans, and the annual trade volume remained at about 400 million shi.

After learning about the situation from Shen Jingdan, Zhao Xin issued an order two days later in the name of the General Staff of the Northern Navy to transfer all the Marine Battalion to take the Thor, Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] to Jinzhou, Liaodong, to purchase soybeans.

In this order, the Northern Navy Staff Headquarters, at the request of the Ministry of Trade, made the following requirements for the Marine Battalion: 15. Under the premise of not being attacked by the opponent, do not open fire on the sand, birds, and guard ships encountered along the way; 30. Buy and sell It is fair, and the price cannot be understated, and can be increased by 8%~[-]% of the normal market price; [-]. The minimum purchase volume of this soybean trade is [-] tons, which is [-] shi.

In addition, in this operation, in addition to the Ministry of Trade sending personnel to be responsible for on-site procurement, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji will accompany them as observers.

Therefore, a small matter that was originally squatting for Sauron's recruits, because of Wu Zhong's suggestion, turned into an important military operation to use three large ships and the entire Marine Battalion to purchase soybeans in the Liaodong Peninsula.

However, to everyone's surprise, the five second-class sailing battleships purchased by the Qing government from the British were sailing from Guangzhou to Tanggu, and the fleet had already passed Haizhou.

It turned out that Fukang'an and the East India Company were talking about receiving warships overseas in Guangdong.One is not to allow Westerners to go north, so as to avoid their wolfish ambitions and peek at the main points along the way; the other is to let the officers and soldiers of the water battalion first master the joints on the ship before going north.Both the face and the inside are good-looking.

It is said that the failure of the Battle of Hunchun caused Qianlong and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to realize how powerful the Northern Navy was, and it was impossible to deceive themselves and others, so they became more and more nervous.At this time, Qianlong, who was 78 years old, was most afraid that the Beihai Navy would find another way, and suddenly attacked from the sea, conquered Tianjin, and went straight to the capital, repeating the old story of the "Change of Jisi" in the previous Ming Dynasty.

So he ignored the need for a running-in period to receive the new ship, and ordered the five second-class sailing ships and the third-class training ship "Dingbei" to go north together.In this way, it can not only protect the safety of the outer sea of ​​Tanggu, but also inspect and accept the ships and test the training results of the Guangdong Water Camp, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Among the important officials of the Qing court who were in charge of going to Tianjin for inspection and acceptance inspection were the fifteenth son of the emperor Yongyan who had been canonized as Prince Heshuojia, Prince Heshuoyi, Tonglang of Xianglan Banner Manchuria, the minister in charge of the Manchuria Firearms Battalion, Ding Junwang Minen, Bachelor of Science, Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of Lifan Academy, Minister of Household Department He Shen, Zhenghongqi Manchuria Dutong, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Ministry of War Fu Chang'an, etc.

In addition, the generals of Xi'an, the main generals of the Eight Banners of Qinghai and Mongolia, the deputy capital commanders of each banner in Beijing, the admiral and chief soldier of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp who arrived in the capital and completed the sanctuary, as well as the Beijing Camp, the Firearms Battalion, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry A large number of specific staff from the Lifan Academy, the Lifan Academy, and the Armed Forces Academy accompanied them.

Fortunately, Tianjin is close to the capital, and the transportation is convenient. Although it is early winter, a fast horse can run back and forth in three days, and Qianlong can recall it at any time if he needs something.

The reason why Qianlong let so many generals go was also to cheer up the generals who led the troops out of the customs.Let these people see that the big iron ships in Beihai Town are nothing to be afraid of; when the imperial court dispatches troops to retake Hunchun, the hundreds of giant cannons on the five sailing ships will be their reassurance.

As a result, a sea battle in East Asia triggered by "buying soybeans to make tofu" came suddenly when neither side was prepared.
Although the South China Sea did not freeze over in October, the strong wind from Siberia mixed with rain and snow splashed on the ocean near the sea, and the sky and the earth were vast.In the southeast sky, rumbling thunder and lightning flashes among the clouds were like the roar of a giant whip whipping wild beasts, which made people's faces change.

At this time, the surface of the South China Sea was choppy, and black and white waves kept beating against the hull of the Thunder God as the hull rose and fell.The huge waves came one after another, with no end in sight.The bow of the boat would plunge into the waves and come straight up, trembling, carrying tons of water into the air.

On the two sailboats Beihai No. [-] and No. [-], all the soldiers of the marine battalion were huddled in the cabin, and there were not a few people who were seasick.The people in the cabin vomited all kinds of meat and vegetables, and the fighting spirit of many people when they set off to leave the port has disappeared at this moment.

On the Thor, those experienced sailors would run to the lower quarters aft with blankets and pillows, where they found a place to stay.And those who are on duty on the upper floors will be miserable. The deck will rise like a huge seesaw, and suddenly fall down again.

"Uh~~!" In a cabin on the second floor of the Thunder God, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji sat huddled in a corner of the bed, holding a red plastic tube in their hands, already out of breath, wishing they could Even the gall must be spit out.

Before sailing, the military doctor who accompanied the team gave seasickness medicine to everyone.But Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji took the medicine and didn't take it. The two of them were not at ease with the small white pills handed out, so they became soft-legged shrimps at the moment.

"Brother Jun, it wasn't so bumpy when we came here. Ugh~~"

"Regret, regret, regret at the beginning. Vomit~~"

The winter voyage was an ordeal for all on board the three ships.If it wasn't because they were in a hurry to buy soybeans and worried that the sea would freeze in a few days, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei would never go to sea.

The South China Sea belongs to the temperate marine monsoon climate.From October to May of the following year, extratropical cyclones formed from Siberia and the northern continent move from west to east, and the moving route will directly attack the South China Sea and the Tatar Strait in the north.

Extratropical cyclones are likely to deepen and develop rapidly after entering the sea, so they will become particularly violent, producing storms with a wide range and large waves.The central air pressure of this kind of cyclone is generally relatively high before the eruption, and the ship driver will think it is a weak cyclone and is easy to ignore, but it will erupt strongly after 12 hours, accompanied by strong winds and waves, which catch ocean-going ships off guard.

At the same time, due to the influence of the Tsushima warm current in winter, the sea surface temperature is not low, the air stratification is unstable, and thunderstorms will appear.The lightning attack will affect the communication equipment on the ship, or even be damaged.

The current strategy adopted by Deng Fei is to allow the fleet to cross the front line and the narrow windy area in the center vertically, so as to shorten the time to pass through the windy and rough area.When the fleet passes through the Tsushima Strait and enters the Bohai Strait, the wind and waves will be much smaller.

Don't think that seamen don't suffer from seasickness, they are very few.Known as the "British Navy God of War", Nelson was seasick more than anyone else, nicknamed "Seasick Admiral".

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Hong Liangji tilted his head weakly to look at Jiang Fan, and then buried his head in the bucket again.So Jiang Fan resisted and climbed out of bed, staggered to the door, opened the door and saw a sailor on board.

"Gentlemen, the canteen is open now. Go early, there will be no room for you when it's late." The expression on the sailor's face was very sincere, and he didn't feel uncomfortable at all because of the shaking of the ship; this was one of the very few.

It's okay not to mention the meal, but as soon as the sailor finished speaking, Jiang Fan finally couldn't help it, and sprayed again with a "poof".The sailor on the opposite side had already seen that his expression was wrong, so he quickly turned to one side, but fortunately, he didn't get splashed.
In the cockpit on the fourth floor, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei stood in front of the nautical chart and studied the route. They also held a plastic bucket under their feet, and their faces were not very good-looking.

Speaking of which, the captain has the right to get seasick. Not to mention anything else, the shaking of the top floor is worse than anything else, almost catching up with the roller coaster ride, flickering.

"Damn it, I didn't expect the sea conditions to be so bad. What do you think we're here for? Just to buy soybeans for the squad leader?"

After Ding Guofeng complained, he saw that Deng Fei bowed his head and drew pictures without speaking, so he continued to complain: "Is it worth it just because of those Sauron soldiers? Master Wu said that he would hold the baby in his arms and hold the sky. Squatting with tofu on horseback, what a scene!"

After finishing his work, Deng Fei put the pencil away, and said with a smile, "You should stop complaining, it's so noisy. Buying soybeans is not good? In addition to making tofu, you can also extract oil, and soybean cakes can be used as feed or fertilizer."

At this time, the "anti-drowsiness system" was about to enter the countdown again. Deng Fei walked over and pressed the reset button, and said to Ding Guofeng: "It's time for dinner, you watch first, I'll go eat."

"I'll go! Are you still human? Can you survive this kind of sea condition?"

"Are you hungry if you don't eat? You'll have no strength then. To tell you the truth, we have encountered sea conditions stronger than this when we traveled to South America and Europe before, and we have long been used to it."

At the same time, in the captain's room of Beihai No. [-], Guo Xuexian had just finished the homework on the map.Because of his outstanding performance during the Battle of Hunchun, his "acting captain" who had been suspended for a year finally became a regular.In fact, if Zheng Wenxian hadn't returned to Guangzhou to get married, and at the same time shouldered the task of bringing the ship back from Siam, Guo Xuexian would not have been the captain of Beihai No. [-].

Compared to the other members of the Red Flag Gang who came to Beihai from Guangdong together, even including the captain of Beihai No. [-], Guo Xuexian was the most knowledgeable person.He loves reading very much. If he hadn't been robbed by Zheng Wenxian back then, and the whole family had no choice but to join the gang, he might have gone to the scholar examination.

However, if he hadn't had that chance, how could he have come to Beihai Town?After reading so many books and learning so many skills, I saw another world.

In the history of another time and space, the Black Flag Gang that dominated the South China Sea went out to sea, took his men ashore to plunder, killed countless people, and finally accepted the "Guo Podai" who was recruited. In this time and space, he is already a major in the Beihai Navy. officer.

Guo Xuexian looked out through the glass, then put on a thick fox fur coat, opened the cabin door, and the howling sea breeze accompanied by raindrops and sea water immediately wet his cheeks and chest.

In an instant, a streak of purple lightning pierced across the sky, followed by a loud "click" that shook the entire world.

"Haha! The rain and snow hit Wang Yang, and the thunder and lightning struck. Have fun!"

(End of this chapter)