Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 535 Akdan

The buttons on the woolen coats of the soldiers of the Guards Battalion are copper buttons engraved with the character Zhao in seal script, while the buttons on the woolen coats of ordinary soldiers are very common iron buttons.

After all, the Guards Battalion is Zhao Wen's personal soldiers and is directly commanded by Zhao Wen, so the configuration is better than that of other soldiers.

The room where Zhao Wen is located is not far from the construction site, that is, it is on the edge of the construction site.

Zhao Wen sat in the room, holding a cup of hot tea in both hands, sipping it.

The heavy snow outside the house was very heavy, like goose feathers.

The copper kettle hanging above the brazier was boiling and gurgling, and water vapor was constantly rising.

Although the conditions are a bit tough now, Zhao Wen doesn't think there is any difficulty.

Especially when Zhao Wen thought that he took the land lost by later generations into his hands, he was very excited.

"My lord, the fleet from Dengzhou has arrived. There are almost 50 ships, and they are all huge blessing ships." At this moment, Li Xiaosan's voice sounded outside.

A smile appeared on Zhao Wen's face. He put the teacup in his hand on the table next to the brazier, stood up, and walked towards the door.

As soon as the door was opened, the wind and snow poured in.

The cold wind rolled snowflakes straight into his neck, Zhao Wen shivered, wrapped his coat tightly, and walked outside.

The guard standing at the door looked at Zhao Wen who came out, hurried up to meet him, and followed behind Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen knew that the delay might be longer this time, so when he set off from Xuanzhen, he asked the team to bring winter clothes.Although the weather here is colder than that in the mainland, it can hold on.

"My lord, in addition to cement and other building materials, these ships also have food, winter coats and other supplies." Li Xiaosan walked behind Zhao Wen and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen nodded, "Let Mao Wenlongbu, Buhe and others come out, and let them bring some Jiannu prisoners out to carry supplies.

When winter came, the heavy snow kept coming, and these slaves and captives enjoyed the blessings. They stayed in the house one by one and did nothing. This would not work. "

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, and hurriedly ran to the back.

Zhao Wen wore a big leather hat, wrapped his coat around his body, tucked his hands in his sleeves, and wrapped his stomach around his stomach. Like a second-rate man in later generations, he walked towards the port.

Although it was four or five miles away from the port, Zhao Wen didn't want to ride a horse.

Riding a horse in this cold weather is really terribly cold.

This is not Xuan Town, the temperature is much lower than Xuan Town.

When Zhao Wen came to the port, some of the lucky boats had already docked at the port.

Because the number of ships is relatively large, and the port is relatively small, so many ships cannot be docked at one time.

The person in charge of the fleet stood in the open space of the port with a dozen followers. He looked at Zhao Wen who was wearing a coat and was surrounded by a dozen personal guards. He recognized Zhao Wen instantly and rushed to meet him.

"I have met my lord. This is Chen Jie, the deputy head of the Grain Depository Department under the house in Xuan Town, who came to escort the supplies under the order of Liu Wenzhong, Lord Liu." Chen Jie hurriedly saluted Zhao Wen.

The attendants standing behind him also hurriedly saluted Zhao Wen.

"Okay, stop saluting, how many things have you brought here? Do you have a detailed list, show me." Zhao Wen looked at Chen Jie.

"Yes, it's on me." Chen Jie hurriedly replied, then reached into his bosom, took out a booklet, and handed it to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen stretched out his right hand and took the booklet.

After looking through it for a long time, Zhao Wen returned the booklet to Chen Jie.

"The amount of cement is still a little small, and as for food and the like, it's not too small, but it can only last for more than a month or two months." Zhao Wen looked at the ships docked at the port and said. .

"My lord, besides our ships, there will be ships coming later. We are just the beginning. Now, supplies from Xuanzhen are being sent to Dengzhou in a steady stream. Before departure, the newly built ten A treasure ship is heading to Dengzhou, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the treasure ship transporting supplies will come here. There will be follow-up ships with the treasure ship, and the goods transported will be far greater than this time." Chen Jie hurriedly returned road.

Since Zhao Wen came back from Java, the shipyard on Phi Island has not stopped, working almost every day.

During these times, a total of twenty treasure ships were built.In addition to the treasure ships, many sailing battleships and blessing ships were also built.

Among them, ten treasure ships were transferred to Java by Zhao Wen, and the treasure ships built before were taken to America by Zheng Yiguan, so now there are only ten treasure ships that have not been built for a long time.

Originally, there could be more treasure ships, but Zhao Wen felt that it was unnecessary to manufacture more treasure ships now.

Now the number of treasure ships is enough, and the manufacturing cycle of treasure ships is long, requiring a lot of materials, which is a waste of time, so these are enough now, there is no need to rebuild, after all, the fleet cannot only have treasure ships.

Besides, after the capture of Liaodong, Zhao Wen planned to develop iron-clad ships.

Once the ironclad ship is successfully manufactured, the treasure ship is completely useless. Apart from running and transporting, it has no other capabilities, so there is no need to keep building treasure ships.

"That's about the same!" Zhao Wen nodded and said with relief.

While talking, Bu He and Mao Wenlong drove the Jiannu prisoners over.

As soon as these prisoners arrived at the port, they were driven by soldiers to carry supplies.

It was snowing heavily, and the snowflakes kept falling. These Jiannu captives stood in the heavy snow and kept carrying the supplies on the ship.

Mao Wenlong and Bu and their soldiers surrounded the port, quietly monitoring the slave prisoners.

If any of the Jiannu captives made any changes, they would be greeted with a leather whip.

Bu He's subordinates could do better. If Mao Wenlong's subordinates found out, they would beat the captives half to death.

The soldiers under Mao Wenlong basically fled from Liaodong to Phi Island, and they had a deep hatred with Jiannu, so of course they would not make Jiannu feel comfortable.

After Zhao Wen stood on the port for a short time, he returned to his room.

It would take at least a few days to unload these supplies, so there is no need for Zhao Wen to wait here all the time.

Zhao Wen was sitting in the room drinking hot tea, it was snowing heavily outside, especially in the deep mountains to the west, it was snowing heavily.

In a deep mountain about 80 miles away from Nuergan, in a clearing in the deepest part of the mountain, there lived a tribe, and the people in the tribe were wild Jurchens.

The tribe is not big, that is, about forty or fifty households, with a population of only three to five hundred people.

In a wooden house in the northwest corner of the tribe, a fire was burning in the wooden house.

A middle-aged man wearing animal skins was sitting by the fire, looking at the kang in the corner of the room.

"Has the fever not subsided yet?" The middle-aged man was the leader of the tribe. He looked at the men and women sitting by the kang and asked.

Lying on the kang was a child about seven or eight years old. The child's face was pale, and his body was covered with a black quilt whose original color could not be seen.

The woman looked at the child with a pale face, and cried, "Not yet, his forehead is as hot as a branding iron, woohoo, if this continues, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to live."

The woman put her right hand on the child's forehead and burst into tears.

The man was wearing clothes made of animal skins, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at his child, and sighing incessantly.

"What should we do? What should we do now? This is my third son. If he can't hold on anymore, what should I do for the rest of my life? Neither of the previous two sons lived past the age of four. What should I do now? ?” The man looked at his son on the kang, his face was full of sorrow.

The leader sat by the fire, and the light from the fire made the creases on his face red.

"Leader, what should I do? You think of a way, you think of a way, you must save him, if he can't survive, then what should I do in the future." The man walked up to the leader and thumped Kneeling down in front of the leader, he kowtowed non-stop.

The leader hurriedly helped the man up, "Akdan, you get up first. I came to you today because of the children's affairs. If it wasn't for this reason, I wouldn't have come at all."

"Leader, what do you think should be done?" Akdan was extremely frustrated and kept crying.

"It's not that there is no way to survive, but it's a little dangerous. I don't know if you dare to go." The leader looked at Akdan and said.

When Akdan heard that there was a way out, he immediately became excited, "Boss, what way out? Is there a way out? As long as I can save my child, I will go no matter what the difficulty is!"

"The way of life I'm talking about is those people who appear on the seashore. These people don't know where they come from, but looking at them, they can definitely cure the child's illness. If you can bring the child there to beg them, Maybe they will rescue the child." The leader looked in the direction of Nu'ergan and said.

After Zhao Wen and others arrived at Nuergan, they sent people to inspect the surrounding area with Nuergan as the center, and drew detailed maps.

Originally, the place where this tribe was located was also within the scope of the inspection, but because the location of this tribe is very remote and surrounded by dense forests, there is no way to enter without a guide, and the road is difficult, so the inspectors went around opened this place.

Originally, these people in the tribe didn't know about Zhao Wen's arrival, but a month ago, the leader of the tribe led his men out to hunt.

They were unlucky that day, and they went out for a long time without finding their prey.

In the end, he walked farther and farther, and after walking for several days, he came to the big mountain next to Nuergan.

As soon as they reached the mountain, they found the soldiers patrolling down the mountain and Anza's barracks.

After seeing these things, these people were terrified. It didn't take long to check, and before Zhao Wen's men found out, they turned around and ran away, regardless.

Later, these people were still worried and came to investigate several times.

At first, these people thought that these troops would only stay here for a few days and would leave after a while, but after checking several times, they found that these troops had no intention of leaving at all.

"But leader, we don't know what these people are, can we go?" The man became anxious when he heard the leader said to beg these people for help.

"I don't know who these people are. When I was very young, I heard from my elders that in the past, our area was called Nuer Gandusi, and it was under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty.

There are Ming garrisons on the island to the east and where these soldiers are now stationed.The elders said, what a good place Daming is, where everyone has good food, warm clothes, and lives in big houses, so there is no need to be afraid of winter at all.

It's just that this happened a hundred years ago, and no one knows if it's true or not.But what if this is true?What if these people belong to Daming?I heard that these Daming people are quite good to us people, and they will give us some rewards every year.If this is the case, isn't the child saved? "The leader roasted the fire, looked at the man sitting next to him, and began to speak.

Nu'er Gan is really remote. After Jiannu captured Liaodong, he hadn't extended his hand here yet.

When Jiannu stretches his hand here, he will have to wait until Jiannu enters the customs and sits in the world.

Although it is time for the Cossacks to attack the Far East, at this time, there are not many Cossacks appearing in Nuergan, and the Cossacks who appear here are only running over to scout the terrain and draw maps. There are not many Cossacks. Almost wiped out by Zhao Wen.

When the number of Cossacks increases sharply, it will take another ten years.

"Don't hesitate any longer. The child won't last long. If you don't want to go, the child's life will be gone. Now the road is in front of you. You can choose for yourself, life or death. , it’s up to you.” The leader looked at Akdan and said earnestly.

The expression on Akdan's face changed again and again. After a quarter of an hour, he slapped his thigh, gritted his teeth, and said with a heartbeat, "If you do it, you're waiting to die anyway, so it's better to fight!"

"In that case, I'll go with you. You should hurry up and get ready, it's best to start now, otherwise we won't be able to come back when the mountains are covered by heavy snow," the leader said.

Akdan nodded, and hurriedly told the woman, "You will wait at home for a few days, and the leader and I will come back in a few days. Don't worry, I will definitely cure the child this time!"

After Akdan finished speaking, he began to prepare.

Half an hour later, Akdan wrapped the child in several layers of animal skins, and tied it to his back with a hemp rope.After doing all this, he and the leader set off.

He held a simple bow and arrow in his hand, and followed his leader with a spear made of stone arrows, and on his back was a bag sewn from animal skins, which contained some dried meat.

The heavy snow kept falling, and the two and one child walked farther and farther away, and the traces they left on the road were quickly covered by the heavy snow.

The woman stood at the gate of the tribe, watching the disappearing figures of the two, praying in her heart.

(End of this chapter)