1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 170 War Preparation ([-])

"Does our Xinsheng Island need to be on guard?" Hu Pingjiang asked.

"Of course, I brought some weapons from Batavia. You organize the hungry people on the island and train them a little bit." Cao Xiong said: "Although the Dutch said, the Spaniards will only come to attack our Han people." Continental continent. But it’s hard to guarantee that if it runs to your place, it won’t look good. With so many people eating every day, let them reinforce the city defense.”

"The Spaniards come with hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we will definitely not be afraid of him. I am just worried that they will come with a few ships and trap us on the island." Hu Pingjiang said worriedly.

"Taking advantage of the spare time, I hurried to Chenla on the other side to buy more food and stock up. Also, I asked someone to send a message to Zheng Zhilong, asking them to help bring immigrants from Daming. What are you afraid of?"

Hu Pingjiang was stunned when he heard the words, and then laughed, "Master Cao, you are the tallest! It would be better if Zheng Zhilong's fleet clashed with the Spaniard on our side!"

Cao Xiong also laughed, he had no choice but to do this.But he still hopes that the Spaniard will not come and take our Newborn Island.What a wonderful place, not far from Daming and Batavia, and nearby are Chenla, Champa, and Annan, which produce a lot of grain, so there is no danger of being trapped for a while.

Along with several ships including Cao Xiong, there were six or seven hired Dutch, Chenla, and Ming merchant ships.They will carry part of the food ballast here, and then all the immigrants will be shipped to Batavia.

In Batavia, Hu Wenjin also hired eight merchant ships, and the "Polang 1" that came from Hanzhou, filled with immigrants and various war supplies, sailed directly to Hanzhou without passing through Xinxiangbao.

Chen Zutao is a small maritime merchant who travels between Daming and Nanyang. He has two lucky boats in his hands, and he works hard to sell products from various places in several trade centers in Nanyang to earn some profits from maritime trade.

More than ten days ago, a businessman surnamed Hu hired six lucky boats from Batavia, a Chinese named Kapitan Lin Liuge, as a guarantor.Part of the food, cloth, metal and other materials were shipped at the dock, and the rest of the space was filled with hungry people from Ming Dynasty.It is said that they are going to a continent to the south.

If Brother Lin hadn't been the guarantor, and the businessman surnamed Hu had paid a [-]% deposit directly, Chen Zutaohai wouldn't have dared to run to this unknown place.It's too remote, and I haven't heard any businessmen talk about this place called Hanzhou.

Looking at the businessman surnamed Hu, he obviously looks like a Ming person, and the sailors on the leading ship are also Ming people.Then, this Hanzhou should be a territory occupied by our Ming people.

After more than ten days of sailing, I saw a lush coastline in the distance.Following the lead ship, slowly sailed into a bay.

How come there are bursts of muffled thunder, look at the sky, it is not a thunderstorm.

On the leading ship, someone shouted loudly, causing all following merchant ships to pause for a while.

After waiting for about half an hour, a small boat sailed out, calling for many merchant ships to sail into the harbor one by one.And the bursts of muffled thunder just now also stopped and no longer sounded.

Chen Zutao stood on the lucky boat, looking at this strange place.On the wooden trestle, more than 100 people have gathered, wearing simple linen blouses and knee-length shorts, whispering to the approaching ships.These people must be dock workers unloading the cargo, and they all look like Ming people.

After docking, Chen Zutao got off the boat with a few men and went to the depths of the pier.

"All personnel arriving at the port can only enter the warehouse area of ​​the dock to rest and eat, and are not allowed to go out at will!" A Ming man with the appearance of a petty official said loudly to them with a loudspeaker that opened his mouth.

Chen Zutao saw the pier and the nearby warehouse area. Many soldiers in gray "living uniforms" were patrolling back and forth with knives, spears, or muskets.

More than 100 meters south of the warehouse area, there stands a fortress with many cannons on the wall.A few soldiers in black "living uniforms" also held muskets and looked at the pier.

Oh, how does this place feel like a heavily fortified military city!Moreover, when a merchant ship came, the people on board were not allowed to move around.This is exactly what it looks like to guard against foreign spies. Are they ready to fight with others?

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"Old Hu, why are you back?" Yu Fukun couldn't help being extremely surprised when he saw Hu Wenjin, whom he hadn't seen for more than a year.

"Master Cao asked me to hire more merchant ships and bring people and supplies back as soon as possible." Hu Wenjin grabbed Yu Fukun, "Old Yu, tell me. Can we stop the Spanish attack?"

"Hey!" Yu Fukun sneered, "No matter how many people come from Spain, they are all sending coolies to our Hanzhou mine!"

"What?" Hu Wenjin was stunned, "Spain wants to come with more than a dozen warships and more than 1000 soldiers!"

"More than 1000 soldiers? Isn't it just more than 1000 coolies!" Yu Fukun patted Hu Wenjin on the shoulder, "You haven't been in Hanzhou for a long time, so I don't know how strong we are."

"Why don't I know!" Hu Wenjin said, "I know how many people were transported to Hanzhou back and forth. But those are seven or eight thousand hungry people!"

"In the past, they were hungry people. When we arrived in Hanzhou, there were thousands of soldiers!"

Thousands of immigrants, except for the busy farming season, which month does not carry out rural soldier training?In another year, we can take the township soldiers to compete with the elite officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty on the battlefield!
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"Third brother, what are you..." Qi Tian led a group of craftsmen and soldiers, and dragged a newly-made 24-pound gun to the training range outside the military camp in Heishan City. Qi Dalu in the army uniform.

"Commander Yu asked me to study in the Marine Corps." Qi Dalu stood in front of Qi Tian energetically, "Now I feel more and more that the uniforms of the Marine Corps are more beautiful than those of the Dutch!"

Qi Tian smiled. If we really want to talk about "beautiful", the European military uniforms of this period are beautiful, such as bright red outfits, various exquisite military accessories, gaudy three-cornered hats or two-cornered hats, walking lightly and confidently .Well, full of aristocratic style!
And Hanzhou's military uniform can be described in one word, Jane!There are no accessories at all on the top and bottom of the military uniform, except for the wide armed belt and the simple cap badge with crossed swords.But all of this makes the whole set of military uniforms full of the violent aesthetic concepts of later generations.

Awe-inspiring and concise, silent obedience, ruthless killing, and fully armed marine soldiers will present the external manifestations of this kind of state violence machine.

The officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps have undergone more than a year of training and actual combat, and commanders at all levels have also proved their qualifications in the process.

Qi Dalu joined the Marine Corps at this time, and he could only train with many recruits as an intern officer.In the future actual combat, he will be promoted step by step according to the routine.

Of course, as Cao Xiong's nephew and Qi Tian's third brother, he will be promoted a little faster.

After the joint efforts of dozens of craftsmen in the armory workshop, and several months of continuous trial production, a 24-pound heavy gun that looked passable was finally pulled out from the workshop. Today, Qi Tian was specially called here , to test the gun.

"It weighs one to two tons, right?" Qi Tian watched as the long and thick heavy gun was mounted on a wooden and iron gun carriage, dragging it to the shooting range step by step with difficulty.

"Back to the chief manager, the entire cannon body weighs [-] jin. It has been optimized a lot, and the weight can no longer be reduced!" said Liu Mingbao, a cannon casting craftsman from Oyster Mirror, clasping his hands.He was worried that Qi Tian was not satisfied with the weight of the artillery and would drag it back for modification.

In the Ming Dynasty, a catty was 16 taels, equivalent to 500 grams today.Three thousand seven hundred catties, that is, more than one thousand eight hundred kilograms, is really a "heavy" gun.

At this time, how could Qi Tian care about the weight of the artillery, as long as it is powerful and has a long range, it can be deployed in the coastal defense fort, and everything else is secondary.

The coastal defense fort is equipped with several powerful 24-pound heavy guns, which will definitely give the Spanish warships a big "surprise" at that time, and it is best to keep a few ships.

Tan Zhongfu returned to his residence in Jianye City wearing a neat Marine Corps uniform and carrying a bag.

"Ah Fu, why are you back?"?The neighbor watched Tan Zhongfu walk to the gate of his yard and asked in surprise.

"Today is my turn to take a monthly vacation." Tan Zhongfu nodded reservedly to his neighbors, and under the envious eyes, he walked into the house with his head held high.

The Marine Corps is the only official armed force in Hanzhou. The soldiers are formed after rounds of screening among all the immigrants.

Due to the imminent invasion of the Spanish and the expansion of the Marine Corps, Tan Zhongfu was selected as an excellent rural soldier and became a member of more than [-] Marine Corps soldiers.

Marine Corps soldiers were treated on the same level as sailors who went out, and their monthly salary was three taels of silver, which was far higher than the current salary of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.And on weekdays, from time to time, there are supplements of fish, meat, eggs, and poultry, as well as in-kind benefits such as sugar and cloth.At the same time, as the family members of Marine Corps soldiers, they also enjoy the right to give priority to land.

Therefore, Marine soldiers are an enviable special group in Hanzhou.

Tan Zhongfu's Persian wife diligently helped him take off his military uniform and put on the linen clothes he wears at home.

"You have a baby in your stomach, so don't work too hard on weekdays. If you can't do some work, you can go to the workshop manager in the front yard for help." Tan Zhongfu looked at his Persian wife with a round belly, and said softly.

The Persian wife blinked, looked at Tan Zhongfu, seemed to understand, showed a bright smile, and nodded vigorously.

"Stupid lady!" Tan Zhongfu stood up with a smile, and went out to tidy up the messy courtyard.

Montenegro City.

Sanada Taketa packed up his luggage and uniform, and nodded to his Aceh native wife, "I'm back in the military camp. Take good care of yourself and your baby at home. If there is any shortage of food at home, you can greet me." The neighbors went to find the head of the village."

The native wife nodded silently and sent Taketa Sanada to the gate of the yard.

"Well, I won't be back until after the war. Everything at home is up to you." Taketa Sanada reached out to shake his wife's hand, then turned and left.

The native wife seemed to feel a slight threat of war, and she stared blankly at the figure of Sanada Taketa going away, her face covered with tears.

(End of this chapter)