open sea

Chapter 1136 The Road
"Bring me some more cumin."

The pork was fried in butter until it was oily, and the scent of cumin and Asian chili powder was sprinkled into people's noses. As the largest army leader by the river, Yingming had enough authority to let himself sit in the middle and give orders to everyone. .

Beside him, the knights of the vanguard tethered their horses by the camp and enjoyed rare delicacies with their general.The soldiers of the Alan Kingdom outside were not treated so well. Chen Mu did spend a lot of effort on training these people to be equal to the officers and soldiers.

Because the equality of the officers and soldiers of the Dongyang Military Mansion is limited to the officers and soldiers of the Dongyang Military Mansion, they will not be equal to the soldiers of the Alan Kingdom, which will be troublesome for both parties.

Of course, the 120 Irish soldiers who have fought six battles so far and none of them died have no complaints about this. It is a universal value that they can eat as much as they can. The miso brought by the army with the ship to satisfy their hunger, smelling the smell of fried meat with cumin and chili is enough for them to eat.

At least much better than those fighters who surrendered later.

If someone eats meat, someone must cut the meat; if someone cuts the meat, there must be meat, so where does the meat come from?It was the soldiers who had been recruited to surrender.

The pigs these days are not the kind of white-striped pigs like black pigs that are often seen later. Especially here, Ireland is an excellent pastoral area. Many people live on animal husbandry, raising both cattle, sheep and pigs. Irish people and They live together in the house. The pig here is a kind of wild boar, with long hard hair and tusks, lean and agile like a dog.

"Warning here is much more difficult than in Asia. There is nothing on the ground, and the people's homes are poorer. It's all like this, and these people are still robbing." Ying Ming said, complaining to Zhang Si, Wang Quan and others: "Kick Opening the door of the people's house, the stew in the earthenware pot is radish and nettle leaves that have been boiled for six days, and the bread with a hole in it is better than an ax and a hammer, that's all."

As Ying Ming said, he pointed his finger with a small dagger stuck in his flesh to the preaching officer. Gan Hai took out a small black hammer from his backpack at the right time, flicked it twice and said with a smile: "It's very handy for smashing nails in the military tent."

Zhang Si asked, "Isn't there meat?"

"Every household here raises pigs, many people raise sheep, and some raise cattle; but they are not raised for themselves. These pigs, cattle and sheep are to be fed to the lords and nobles. We will call all the way and tell where we go. of the people, we will take half of the livestock, and give the rest to the families of those who are willing to fight with me."

Ying Ming said, pointing his thumb behind his shoulder, surrounded by black and black Irish soldiers, said: "Now I have more than 700 people under my command, and their former lords are all dead."

"You also see that the best land is outside the mountains, but their lords have all moved into the mountains in order to avoid the English. The general and the king mean to let them come out of the mountains, so that the dwellers can own their houses and cultivate them. You Qitian, originally I wanted to keep a few soldiers, and you are here, just right."

In the past, Ying Xiaoqi was used to giving orders and not giving people a chance to answer, because there were too few people who could answer his questions in this land, so he thought about his own ideas and said: "You all will farm the land. , can also build bricks and tiles, and can also train soldiers..."

The first two were okay, but when it came to the training, Zhang Si said with a look of distress: "General, we don't know how to train soldiers."

"You came from Changsheng, have you never been trained in Baojia?"

"But the general." This time not only Zhang Si, but even the silent veteran Wang Quan was suspicious: "It was just a queue drill and weapon practice."

The chicken talks with the duck.

Ying Ming frowned, raised his finger and pointed at Zhang Sidao: "You don't understand at all, you were born in the Celestial Dynasty, and you can't imagine what the world outside the Celestial Dynasty is like. what."

"Do you know that the people here haven't trained battle formations for hundreds of years. In the Celestial Dynasty, an army without armor would make people think it's just a mob, but here, it's extremely strange that most of the people in an army have armor. .”

The impact of the world on Ying Ming is too strong.

The France and Ireland he saw with his own eyes, as well as the Ireland he heard about, were beyond the world known to the Celestial Empire—that was so backward.

"Look at them, they are not afraid of death."

Ying Ming ate fried pork, which was rare for him, and looked back at the Scottish mercenary leader and his soldiers who were sniffing and eating pancakes. They are tall and generally look thin, but they have a lot of strength. They come from a tribal alliance that has been enslaved, despised, and oppressed for a long time."

"Prince Zhu Xiaoen found the Celestial Empire for his people, and the Celestial Empire will give them some technology and help. They will easily defeat the old enemies just like Mongolia in history or every new barbarian who has become a vassal of the Celestial Empire from the tribal system."

"What they lack is the ability to drill in the army and use weapons. Of course, what is more important is the need for a fixed craftsman system. What do you want? Do you want to become a dignitary in the Kingdom of Alan? Or do you just want a fortune? For the former, I will serve the prince, as long as you plan and build a city for me, it will be here."

"It must have a port, a military stronghold, and enough houses to accommodate soldiers and their families, and then each of you can get land, dozens of acres? I don't know."

"If it's the latter, you can look for minerals on the island just for money. All the mines here belong to Daming to repay the cost of arming the Restoration Army. If you find the mines, you can register with the king, and [-]% of the production can be returned. All of you; in addition, you can also build ships on the shore, and contact merchants in England to buy iron ingots. We lack iron for weapons. Only a small amount of weapons and armor here are self-made, and most of them are imported by nobles from England, Spain or somewhere else Bought it."

Tao Hu, who was squatting on the ground, raised his hand: "The iron is here, what can I exchange for it?"

Ying Ming didn't expect him to be the first to be tempted, so he couldn't help laughing out loud. He answered first and then asked with a teasing smile, "Of course it was sold to King Alan. Why, the White Horse Department wants to sell iron from Muye?"

"I don't know either. My father wants to make the tribe develop into the modern age, just like Daming. It needs money, a lot of money, and I can do anything." Tao Huo touched the bone ornament that passed through the middle of his nose, and lowered his head to calculate. He said: "Building the city can give dozens of hectares of land, and then sell iron. When there are more people living here, they want to eat, and the land price will rise accordingly."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhang Si, and said, "You can make money, let's listen to the general."

Ying Ming felt very happy, his general banner is also a general here.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)