open sea

Chapter 906 Self-sufficiency
In fact, Beiyang has many ways to preserve food across the equator, not just freezing.

Before Zhao Shizhen set foot on the journey, the fleet from Majia Port had already arrived in Changsheng by riding the wind and waves. Four big blessing ships and seventeen fast sloops built in Majia Port were loaded with countless pottery jars with small mouths and big bellies. Come to port.

"Zhao Yongxian, the county magistrate, told me that Majia Port has become self-sufficient this year." Chen Mu stood on the window sill on the second floor of the yamen facing the coast with a letter, watching the big crane-winged boat docked by the port chief, with an indescribably complicated smile on his face Meaning: "Majiagang is actually self-sufficient!"

Aimu in Jie County is not yet self-sufficient. A few days ago, he sent a letter saying that after exploration, the land at the mouth of the estuary, which is called "California Bay" by Westerners, is extremely fertile, and its geology is similar to that of the Yangtze River estuary. It is said that it will be extensively cultivated and cultivated, and the self-sufficiency of nearly [-] people in Jie County will be guaranteed in the coming year.

That's great, Majiagang is already self-sufficient due to the freezing weather.

The goods transported by 21 large and small ships from Majia Port are all kimchi jars, but the contents are not kimchi, but more than 400 jars of sealed beef. , Chinese prickly ash and other spices are marinated and sealed.

It is said that as long as the altar is not opened, it can be released all the time.

The beef was sent by Zhao Yongxian to Changsheng for the garrison to eat. It was not exchanged for anything. Earlier, the fleet passed through Jincheng, where they exchanged forty walrus tusks and five hundred canned venison for grains and beans. Let people drive [-] pigs and [-] sheep to Majiagang before winter.

And paid for the tanning of seven hundred hides in cans.

Zou Yuanbiao in the yamen was anxious, his hands were like ADHD, he moved this for a while, then moved that for a while, and finally sighed after walking around the room for a long time, and asked Chen Mu after holding it in for a long time : "Marshal, you said that the magistrate of Zhao County taught someone to bring these beef jars, and he didn't ask me to exchange them. Should I give him something?"

"Zouzhi County, correct your mistake. Although those beef jars were unloaded at Changsheng Port, they were not given to you in Changsheng County, but to the Dongyang Military Government. Do you understand the difference? In short - it's about you What's up?"

Zou Yuanbiao was stunned suddenly, followed closely but was more worried about gains and losses. Chen Muzi opened his mouth wide and asked cautiously, "Should I send something to the military government office?"

Changsheng has indeed been self-sufficient for a long time. Not only is he self-sufficient, Zou Yuanbiao can also guarantee that the lives of ordinary people are much better than Majiagang, but what can he give away?Changsheng really has nothing to offer.

As he said that, Zou Zhixian's small eyes looked at Zhao Shizhen who was sitting with his hands folded and preparing for the long vacation.

"Why don't you send some water pumps to the military mansion?"

The water pump that Zou Yuanbiao mentioned is not a steam pump, but an old item in the water room of the Beiyang military camp, a hand-pressed water pump.

Zhao Shizhen, who learned and applied the "Chen's Tao Te Ching", took this thing in his head and brought it to the New World. The various departments of the Changsheng Dongyang Army Military Bureau are now established, and the soldiers and civil officials have long complained about this, so Zhao Shizhen hastened. The structure of this thing poured out of my head.

Regardless of the soldiers or the flag soldiers, they used hand-pressed water pumps in Beiyang. When they came here to start a business, digging a water well is also the old profession of the engineer battalion. Who doesn't complain about being tired of carrying water every day?

Not to mention that the magistrate of Zou County ran around the county government office and the military government office all day long. The more people came, the more he felt that the Banner Army who had lived in the Beiyang camp knew more. Country bumpkins pay the most attention to these living facilities.

No, I came to the Yamen of the Military Mansion today not only because there was a ship from Majiagang to deliver the goods, but when I was in a hurry, I turned around and urged Zhao Shizhen: "Chang Ji, don't forget before you leave. Then the water pressure writing is completed, send it to the Military Weapons Bureau, and Changsheng has hundreds of thousands of people waiting for it!"

"I know, I know, I'm almost done writing it. It's such a simple thing, and you Zhixian Zou made it with your heart, and you still insist on me writing it."

Zhao Shizhen was getting impatient, and it would take more than half a year to go to sea to drift. When he came back, he might have arrived in the fourth phase of Beiyang, so he didn't think it was a vacation.

"Panama said that the adoptive father was exploring the waters along the lake. I won't leave for half a month, so you just wait for me to compile the book for you."

Zhao Shizhen's father-in-law is naturally Xu Zhenming who fed mosquitoes in Panama to build a canal. After calmly accepting that he will become No. 1 in successfully crossing the equator with raw meat, the small unit has only one request, that is, don't assign him any work for a while, and wait for Xu Zhenming After resting in Panama, he set off, stayed in Panama for a few days, and then set off.

Deng Zilong has already started preparing ships and escorts for him there.

"Let's write it. In the future, wherever there is a water pressure pump, you, Zhao Changji, will be there. This is a good thing to leave a name in history." Chen Mu smiled, and turned to look at Zou Yuanbiao: "Why, are you going to press the government office of our military government office?" pump?"

"Actually, not only the military government office, but also the military camps everywhere. In the future, it is best to bring two for each battalion to accompany the military carriages."

Zou Yuanbiao's expression was serious, and he spoke conclusively: "When Chang Ji's water pressure writing is finished, I will take a look at it, and then I will make it to the Military Weapons Bureau. When it is done, I will install it in the military office first--I heard that the water pump can turn the ground Cover it to prevent people from poisoning."

Chen Mu laughed out loud as soon as he heard it. These words are obviously the words of a scholar who has never led troops to fight, not to mention that when the well is not in use, it must be covered with a stone plate or a car plate. This matter, just at night, the night watchman with wolf eyes surrounded the well with tents, and there was a big camp outside, which really made people touch the well, arson was better than poison.

What's more, if you really want such a low alert ability, it is more appropriate to directly attack at night.

However, he still nodded in approval and said: "Well said, it's a good thing to like to use your brain and love research, especially good. Do you know why the more prosperous the economy is, the slower the progress of science and technology? It's because I'm too lazy to use my brain and work hard to study, master knowledge and People with power often do not need to enjoy the conditions of progress brought about by technology.”

What Chen Mu was talking about was himself. He hadn’t fetched water by himself for many years. Whether he had a water pump had no effect on his daily life, and he didn’t notice it at all. Give him an absurd illusion.

It seems that the water can flow from the well to the vat by itself, and then flow from the vat to the basin every morning, and finally fly to the basin shelf in the inner room of the yamen.

Do you know what is the most divine?But after washing the face, the washbasin will leave by itself, put on a basin of clean water and lie down quietly as if you have never washed your face.

"It just so happens that these few days are easy, let's make a book together, and I have to use my brain."

Chen Mu leaned against the window sill and took a sip of suppressed black persimmon juice, stretched his waist and tapped his fingers casually on his temples, and said, "Look at what Chen can get out of his head, Tao Te Ching But I wrote it!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)