my steam dam

Chapter 171 Fight hard, Xungui!

On the route from Dengzhou to Jinzhou, a fleet of eight ships is sailing through the wind and waves.

In the cabin of one of the large ships, Mei Jingfu was wearing a thick mink fur coat, wrapped himself tightly in three layers, but still felt terribly cold.

"This damn weather is really cold!"

The sea is not like the land.

Although it is said that sea water will not freeze, but because there is no geothermal support from the earth, the temperature on the sea in winter is three times colder than that on land.

In addition, the fleet is made of large wooden ships, so it is absolutely impossible to light a fire in the cabin to keep warm, even with a heater.

In case of overturning, once the fire starts, a ship will have to be destroyed!

Mei Jingfu, who went to sea for the first time, was completely defeated by the biting cold in Bohai Bay in winter.

Mei Jingfu, who was still ambitious when he set off from Yingtian Mansion and wanted to start a big business for the Mei family, was lying on the big bed in the cabin like a sick cat, trembling all over while vomiting continuously.

Not only was he cold, but he was also seasick!

Opening his pale lips that had already lost some blood, Mei Jingfu asked tremblingly, "And how long will it take before we can reach the shore!"

The attendant looked at his young master worriedly: "Young master, there are still about two hours before we can land."

"It'll be fine once it docks. Jinzhou Port is the same as Yingtian Mansion. It has heating, and it's not cold at all!"

After the expansion of Jinzhou Port began, the craftsmen of Mohism fully considered the local weather factors.

Although Jinzhou Port is an ice-free port, it is freezing cold in winter, for the normal operation of the port and the life of the garrison.

Not only will the heating pipes be pre-buried in the planned new port, but even the existing old port is undergoing heating renovation.

Throughout Liaodong, if you want to say where there are the most steam engines, it must be Jinzhou Port.

All kinds of steam engines used for industrial construction can continuously provide high-temperature hot water for Jinzhou Port. Naturally, there are conditions for this heating.

"There are still two hours." Mei Jingfu closed his eyes in pain.

Going to Jianzhou is really much more difficult than he imagined!
Not just him.

Of the fleet of eight transport ships, five were transporting gold diggers and dignitaries who wanted to go to Jianzhou, and the remaining three were for immigrants to Liaodong.

Don't ask why these nobles can get more ships than immigrants.

The question is that the nobles have connections.

Those immigrants are not bad, everyone has lived a hard life, and the hardship of the bumpy journey is still bearable.

But those nobles, all of them are the second generation of the family who were spoiled and spoiled, how have they ever suffered this kind of crime since they were young!
After boarding the boat, these noble children were basically the same as Mei Jingfu, all of them vomited and vomited, and fell down a piece.

Fortunately, the strait between Dengzhou and Jinzhou is not that long.

After suffering for another two hours, these nobles finally arrived at Jinzhou Port with the miners and technical personnel prepared by their elders.

It wasn't until he got off the boat and stepped on the land of Jinzhou that Mei Jingfu felt a little down-to-earth and his mind was no longer light-headed.

"In the sea, the feeling of floating and sinking is really scary."

"There's no sense of security at all."

Mei Jingfu patted his chest with lingering fear, with an expression of life after a catastrophe.

He was really scared.

"Brother Mei! Brother Mei!"

A shout came from behind Mei Jingfu.

He leaned on the boy's shoulder and turned his head to look.

It turned out to be Geng Huan, the grandson of Changxing Hou's family, walking towards him quickly.

Mei Jingfu managed to put on a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Geng! Are you in good health this time crossing the sea?"

"It's okay, I've been on a boat in the early years, but I have some experience."

Geng Huan nodded with a smile, passed the servant, and personally supported Mei Jingfu, and said with a smile: "Brother Mei, it will be fine when we arrive in Jinzhou, and then we can go to Jianzhou by land."

"Although the journey is quite far away, there is always a carriage to take, so I don't have to endure the suffering of the boat."

Mei Jingfu patted his chest with lingering fear: "That's good, that's good."

"By the way, I haven't had time to ask in the future. I wonder how many people Brother Geng brought to Jianzhou this time?"

Mei Jingfu looked at Geng Huan curiously.

The Geng family is different from the Mei family.

The Geng family was the founding marquis of the Ming Dynasty, the father of the first Marquis of Changxing, who followed Emperor Hongwu to conquer the world back then, and was promoted to the general manager of the army.

Although he was later killed in the battle.

However, Geng Bingwen, who had been married before, inherited his father's position and was even more fierce than his father. He has successively served as the Marshal of the Commander-in-Chief, and the Minister of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and has repeatedly made military exploits.Later, he was granted the title of Marquis of Changxing with his military merits.

What's more, this Marquis of Changxing also escaped many major cases involving nobles during the Hongwu period.

This year, Marquis Changxing is 61 years old, and he is still active in the Ming Dynasty. He shines for Emperor Hongwu's career and is highly valued by the court.

He is currently the most influential military veteran and the founding father of the country!
The eldest sons of the Marquis of Changxing all married Princess Jiangdu, the eldest daughter of Prince Yiwen, and were made captains-in-law.

It is absolutely impossible for the Mei family, who is just a captain-in-law, to compare with the Geng family in power.

Mei Jingfu was very curious about how many people Geng Huan, with the support of the Geng family, brought to develop the Jianzhou gold mine.

Geng Huan smiled, stretched out a hand, spread it out in front of Mei Jingfu and shook it: "No more, no less, exactly 5000 people."

"And my grandfather said that if the mining goes well, another 5000 people will be transported to Jianzhou in the coming year!"

Geng Huan glanced left and right, approached Mei Jingfu, and whispered to him, "Among the 5000 people, 200 were selected by my grandfather from those who retired from the army. They are all men who can fight."

"After arriving in Jianzhou, we can form a mine protection team. Brother Peng Shi wrote in his letter that he can provide the mine protection team with a batch of second-hand ordnance eliminated by the capital of Jianzhou!"

"With firearms, we can go into the mountains and catch the savages by ourselves!"

"I have inquired about it. In the mine run by the Daming government, more than 5 savages have just entered. They were all caught by Brother Peng Shi and his troops in Jianzhou!"

"Although these savages don't understand the Ming language, as long as they are equipped with an interpreter, they can do their jobs very quickly, even better than the northern barbarian prisoners of war!"

"You only need to eat three meals a day, and they work very hard!"

"This is much cheaper than recruiting miners in China!"

"According to my grandfather's wishes, there will only be [-] Ming miners in our Geng family's mine, and the rest of the gap will be captured by savages to help us mine."

"North of Jianzhou, there are still a lot of savage tribes. It is not a problem to arrest 2 people a year!"

The more Mei Jingfu listened, the more upset he felt.

It has to be from a good family background!
His father gathered 1000 people for him.

As for the mine protection team, although my father mentioned it, he arranged for him five veterans. His father entrusted the Liaodong capital to find it, and he is now waiting for him in Jinzhou Port.

His father's cousin, Mei Yi, the eldest son of the Marquis of Runan, was the commander of the Liaodong capital before he was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, and he still had some contacts in Liaodong.

But even so, his father had the audacity to recruit five veterans for Mei Jingfu. He could only rely on these five veterans as the backbone to train a militia guard team to catch the savages.

Mei Jingfu was too greedy for Geng Huan's benefits.

He said with a shy face: "Brother Geng, after your mine protection team is completed, can you allow my younger brother's mine protection team to act together with you, and we will work together to catch the savages more efficiently!"

(End of this chapter)