open sea

Chapter 823 Blockade
When the smallpox seedlings were used up, half of the people in the city were still waiting for the smallpox to show up. Production in Changsheng County had gradually resumed.

Although many people died, the preaching officers of the Ming army were also very powerful. They went to the local area to tell the people the benefits of vaccination. The soldiers also devoted themselves to taking care of the sick people, so that the situation did not deteriorate further.

Moreover, most of the people who were successfully vaccinated were very grateful to the government, and the smallpox that had terrified them for decades could no longer cause them any harm.

During the mourning process in Changsheng County, interesting things happened outside the county seat. After the immigrants established their villages, they soon discovered that there were many local people, but what is interesting is that there was no conflict.

Although the language is different, the clothes of the immigrants are like a call to arms. A banner army leads a few people to stand at the gate of the indigenous tribe to stabilize the situation.

Almost depends on the call.

The local people have long known about the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Spain. The people of the Ming Dynasty who came from nowhere defeated the huge, powerful and invincible Spaniards in this land.

In the understanding of the chiefs of each small tribe composed of several families, the Ming Dynasty should take over everything that belongs to Spain here.

In the letters that were sent back to Changsheng County like snowflakes, some village immigrants and local people built dikes against each other. This is a rare case, and only a few small banner officials who took care of them sent letters to express their concern about the situation.

There are also some village immigrants who set aside some land to lease to the natives, just like the imperial court requires them, everyone is equal to each other and becomes part of the village, and many immigrants do this.

Chen Mu would even think that if it wasn't for the presence of the Banner Army, if the government hadn't stipulated that this piece of land belonged to them earlier, according to the civilization level of most people far higher than the world average, they would definitely know that they are guests and know how to use it. What a way to be a guest.

This is a terrifying difference, and it is also an important problem Chen Mu has been trying to convince himself to face in his heart—he cannot be a colonist.

It's a strange assertion, but it's true that he couldn't be a colonist.

He came to this land with the most powerful fleet in the human world and the well-equipped Beiyang army. Facing the country, there are no indigenous tribes, and he can't even give birth to the idea of ​​"bullying" them, no matter the Spanish slaves or other tribes The slaves who are in his hands can no longer maintain the status of slaves.

Even asking the store to set a high price, you have to force yourself to complete it.

No matter what he does, he must face the condemnation from his conscience. He will condemn himself, and his colleagues, those subordinate officials and soldiers will also condemn this practice because it is unfair.

In terms of moral standards, his subordinates are much higher than him.

In addition to being provoked or passively entering a state of war, people actually feel contemptuous of his approach to villains.

But that's only because he acts like a villain, what if it's a more egregious bandit?
If you can tell whether you are a guest or not as the degree of civilization, there are many civilized people and few barbarians in all dynasties.

Europe is just the opposite.

What Chen Mu admired most was the practice of a few villages. They not only lived in harmony with the native people, but also taught new technologies from Ming Dynasty and taught Chinese on the basis of the native people's planting and pottery making.

The immigrant deputy lieutenants in those villages used to be people of insight in the country. There were tribute students, merchants, heirs of gentry, and even a small leader who belonged to Mongolia.

Although they all have insignificant identities in the long history, they are actually well-educated, and their living conditions and experience are far beyond ordinary people. It is these qualities that allow them to make decisions worthy of Chen Mu's praise.

This is of great help to the improvement of the "Daming Yazhou Law" that Zhao Shizhen and Xu Wei are compiling.

The more interesting thing happened on the east side. The preacher of Xiaoqi, the border village where he belongs, personally experienced the conversation between Xu Jin from a hundred households and the lieutenant Ding Hai, and then asked Ding Hai alone for his views on the border line. Send a rider to report to the military government.

The letter recorded in detail what kind of structure the Nine Sides of Ming Dynasty should have when an old soldier kept his eyes open at night. This structure was also considered by Ding Hai to be applicable to the border of Mingxi Mexico City.

In villages with [-] to [-] households, piers with water wells are set up in the middle of the villages for the temporary refuge of the people. Six piers are selected to take turns to look out, equipped with weapons such as bird guns and spears, and reserve wood and stones and other equipment for guarding the piers. Equip a cannon.

This is enough to be on guard.

The village has a militia of 50 people drilled by the deputy lieutenant. It is enough to be proficient in firing artillery and bird guns. Horses on patrol.

On this basis, a few barracks for the militiamen to rest were built outside the pier, and a wall of wooden piles was built outside, and a double-layer trench was built outside the wall to keep horses away, which is enough to control a five-mile radius.

The distance between the three villages in the horizontal direction of the border is nearly fifteen miles, and the messengers will arrive at least half an hour after changing horses twice. The imperial army built two medium-sized camps among the 81 villages, each with 27 elite soldiers, supplemented by [-] frontier camps. Villages with piers can guard the border with a radius of forty miles.

When Chen Mu saw this letter written by the Nine Frontiers veteran and recorded in the hands of Xiaoqi's preaching officer, he smiled while reading it.

These two are one who really dares to think, and the other who really dares to remember.

This method is a set of strong blockades. If it is used on the nine sides, the 12-mile border, 16 elite troops and [-] guard troops will be stationed, each with high-quality ordnance and supplies, and the old fortress will be built and the new fort will be built forward. .

If there is nothing to do, the elite troops will organize horse teams to cross the border to harass. One day they will rob a caravan and tomorrow they will rob a tribe. The leader of a tribe smaller than a thousand riders will not be able to take down the fortress at all. To prevent the attack, the leader of the large army will not be able to gather troops and gather to save one place. , everywhere else will be attacked.

Thinking about it this way, the Great Wall's north-south offensive and defensive situation will be changed. To be honest, Chen Mu feels that if he does this, the border will be pushed to Lake Baikal within ten years.

However, in the current situation, there are many guards who can play the role of militia on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, but there are very few troops who can play the role of elite soldiers. up.

What's more, the biggest problem restricting this set of steady and steady methods is not the army. It is forced to recruit. Li Chengliang collected 200 yuan, Ma Fang collected 200 yuan, and Qi Jiguang's Ji Town was seriously oversubscribed. Elite soldiers can be collected. Manpower is not a problem, the imperial court can make up their minds to spend money, spending 200 million taels of military pay, [-] million taels of military equipment, and [-] million taels of food and miscellaneous items a year.

But logistics is a big problem.

It gets colder as you go north, prepare 30 sets of winter clothes and quilts, and send them to the border soldiers. After layers of exploitation, only 15 sets are left, and the 15 sets and [-] sets have to be stuffed with money to give you. You can’t get it. The former guards, which should have logistics but bear the greatest possibility of casualties, will have deserters, and the solid front will quickly deteriorate and even be riddled with holes in three to five years.

It is meaningless to spend a lot of money and be beaten back a few years later.

However, this fantasy can be tried in Asia. Everything here has just begun, and it is a time full of vitality.

"I can repair this blockade."

(End of this chapter)