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Chapter 110 Killing the Three Wolves: Never be an enemy of the Hua Department

Runing Prefecture belongs to the upper reaches of Ru River and Huai River. In normal times, there are many tributaries and dense water network.

Therefore, Liu Sheng obtained dozens more shipbuilders from Queshan County and the more than [-] refugees who migrated there.

Coupled with the more complete tools and equipment in all aspects of the shipyard, Huabu's shipbuilding level has also been significantly improved compared to before.

When Liu Sheng led an expedition team to explore the Xinluo River, the largest river boat could only carry 30 people and was about 15 meters long.

The largest river boat this time has a capacity of 100 people, is 36 meters long and more than 10 meters wide.

Although it is not comparable to the large-scale building ships in the Ming Dynasty that can carry hundreds or even thousands of people, it is enough to carry salt factory workers and their families, as well as related supplies.

There are so many types of ships that they cannot be simply distinguished by big, medium and small.The shipyard manager asked Liu Sheng to name various types of ships during his previous inspection.

Liu Sheng's diagram is simple, and he calls boats with a capacity of less than 10 people, called river boats with a capacity of 10 to 50 people, Class D river boats, and river boats with a capacity of 50 to 100 people, called Class C river boats.

To go to Longshou Bay, the Chinese Department dispatched a total of 10 C-class river boats, more than 100 D-class river boats, and more than 100 walking boats.

Class C river boats not only have a shed, but also sails that can be adjusted according to the wind direction to help sail.

The last time Liu Sheng took the expedition team to the lower reaches, the flow was not bad and it was very fast.

But when you come back, you go against the current. Even if the water in this section of the Xinluo River is relatively gentle, rowing and pole-holding alone are much more difficult than going against the current.

However, wind often blows into the large valley from the west.

Therefore, after Liu Sheng returned to the Chinese Ministry, he ordered the shipyard to speed up the trial production of sailing river boats.

This time, both Class C and Class D river boats were equipped with sails. When they came back upstream, the wind was favorable most of the time, so it was less strenuous.

As for the boat, you can put it on the big boat when you come back...

Upper Luobu.

Sha Sanlang was taking dozens of tribesmen on a canoe to fish on the river.

I don’t know if it’s because Huabu hunters have hunted too much. In the past few months, there have been obviously fewer prey in Shangluobu hunting ground than before, making it more difficult to hunt.

In order to meet the tribe's meat needs, Sha Sanlang could only lead his tribe to fish.

But I don't know if it's his imagination, but there seem to be fewer fish in the river recently than before.

Even when caught, the fish seem not as big as before.

Thinking about the increasing number of people in the upper-class Hua tribe and countless people, Sha Sanlang felt as if a big stone had been pressed on his heart.

He felt that perhaps he should not have agreed to Huabu settling upstream in the first place.

However, thinking about the soft and beautiful cloth and the beautiful and practical ceramics traded from Huabu, he felt that his original decision was right.

Besides, when the Hua tribe first appeared, they had a large number of people. They couldn't start an inter-tribal battle just to drive away each other when they went to the Luo tribe, right?

If that was really done, given the strength of the Hua Department, the Shangluo Department might be gone by now.

Now, what Sha Sanlang is most afraid of is that Huabu, relying on its strong strength, ignores the original plan and expands downstream.

In this way, the hunting areas and fishing river sections of Shangluo tribe will be reduced, and the harvest from fishing and hunting will not be able to support the needs of the tribe, which will be troublesome.

If he wanted to drive out the Hua tribe and start a war, he would at least have to convince the Zhongluo tribe, Xialuo tribe, and even several tribes across the river to form an alliance.

But Sha Sanlang, who has experienced a tribal alliance war, knows that once a war occurs, if one side does not have the strength to win steadily, then it is very likely that both sides will end up with many tribesmen killed and injured, and the strength of the tribe will be weakened.

Therefore, if it was not a last resort, he would not want to go to war with Huabu.

'Perhaps, we should go to the leader of the Hua tribe and remind him not to forget the original agreement.

At the same time, we also need to let him know that although our Shangluo tribe does not have many people, there is a powerful tribal alliance behind us. '

Just when Sha Sanlang was fishing and thinking, the tribesmen around him suddenly let out a cry of surprise——

"Look upstream!"

"What are those? Huabu's boats?"

"Oh my God, there are so many boats, and they are so big!"

"The river is covered and you can't see it!"

"···"

When Sha Sanlang heard the sound and looked upstream, he was also stunned with shock.

I saw that there were countless large boats made of wood like Huabu's on the upper river!
As a chief, he could barely count more than a hundred.

Therefore, when the boats from the Hua tribe approached, he made a rough count and found that the boats from the Hua tribe had almost caught up with the number of people from the Shangluo tribe!

As for the Huabu soldiers standing in Dazhoushan, even he didn't know it!

After coming back to his senses, Sha Sanlang immediately called out to his clansmen——

"Go ashore! Go ashore!"

He was worried that Huabu was coming for Shangluobu.

Huabu's boat was so big, they definitely couldn't fight against Huabu on the river with their canoes.

But even if they go ashore, with dozens of them, they cannot be the opponents of Huabu.

So Sha Sanlang immediately sent people to inform the tribesmen to be alert and prepare for battle.

However, in the end, Huabu's boats quickly crossed the river and went away without stopping for a moment.

When the Huabu boat passed by, the feeling of covering the river surface gave Sha Sanlang and others a greater sense of shock and oppression.

Some of them even trembled uncontrollably and wanted to worship these boats as gods.

But seeing that the chief had no intention of taking the lead in killing the three wolves, people with such thoughts finally controlled themselves.Sha Sanlang kept watching Huabu's boat go away, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when there was no trace.

His body was covered in sweat.

At this moment, he deeply felt that Huabu was too terrible.

They must not become their enemies - even if several tribes unite, they may not be the opponents of the Hua tribe.

However, the worry about the expansion of the Chinese tribe and encroachment on fishing and hunting territory still existed in Sha Sanlang's heart, making him even more worried...

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the Huabu fleet arrived at Longshou Bay.

Because there has not been any development here and it is a purely natural environment, the first thing to do is to find a suitable location for building a salt factory.

This time, Liu Sheng not only brought 2000 salt workers and their families, nearly [-] people, but also two standing troops and an expedition team.

He made the most of his large numbers.

Let the expedition members group up and take a boat along the coast to explore good harbors and sites suitable for salt drying in the dry season.

It took about an hour to find a natural harbor with good conditions on the south bank of Longshou Bay, three or four miles west of the Xinluo River outlet.

It is an irregular inverted "L" shape, which can provide shelter from wind and waves, and the tidal flats along the coast are naturally suitable for transformation into salt fields.

Going south from the shore, the terrain rises step by step. After nearly two miles, there is a dense forest.

In this way, immigrants will not have to worry about wood for building houses and firewood for cooking salt for a long time.

Digging some ditches at the edge of the forest leading to the bay can prevent floods and waterlogging during the rainy season.

After choosing a place, Liu Sheng immediately brought everyone here, built a simple dock, landed and camped.

The next day.

The Huabu Longshouwan Sea Salt Factory was built with great fanfare.

As the leader of the Hua tribe and the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, Liu Sheng could not stay here for long, so he first led the managers of the salt factory and Kentun to conduct on-the-spot planning.

For example, where to build salt factory buildings such as salt workers' dormitories and warehouses, in which area the salt workers' families will be resettled for reclamation and farming, how to arrange the two standing army stations responsible for guarding the salt factory, etc.

In the end, it was decided that the families of salt workers would be organized into small teams of fifty households to build villages affiliated with the salt factory, forming a fan shape to surround the salt factory.

Each village is only more than one mile away from the salt factory area, and the distance between each village varies from one mile to three miles depending on the terrain.

Two standing armies were stationed at the north and south ends of the salt factory respectively.

The first post is responsible for the daily security work of the salt factory, mainly patrolling and standing guard in the salt factory.

The other post is responsible for patrolling the area between the ten villages to prevent wild beasts or natives from attacking the villages.

The tasks of the two sentries are not fixed and rotate every day.

The young men and women in each village are still automatically classified as civilian warriors like the four major camps and undergo morning training every day.

In this way, as long as it is not attacked by hundreds of natives, a single village can also have very good self-defense capabilities...
"Shunshan fell!"

With a loud and long cry, a large tree that was more than ten feet tall and required several people to hug it fell to the ground under the pull of a few hemp ropes.

Upon seeing this, Yang Wanyong first confirmed that there were no casualties, and then took people with axes and saws to clear the branches of the giant tree.

"Hey, dear, this is the first time I've seen such a big tree. I'm afraid it could be sold for dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver at our place!"

Hearing someone sighing like this, Yang Wanyong couldn't help laughing and said: "There are so many giant trees like this in the forest. If you have the ability, how many of them can you transport back to the Ming Dynasty?"

"How can I be lucky? Even if I can be lucky, I am not lucky - if I bring it back, it may be forcibly requisitioned by the government, or it may be forcibly bought by the powerful at a low price."

"Hahaha···"

Everyone around laughed happily.

Yang Wanyong also laughed.

Now he not only serves as the squad leader, that is, the village chief, but also as the captain of four villages. He has become a senior manager at Longshou Salt Factory.

His eldest son Yang Pengcheng was also appointed as the chief of salt work because of his outstanding performance in salt work training.

This is just because he is too young. If he were a few years older, he might be able to become the captain directly.

In a blink of an eye, the old Yang family became a prominent family here in the salt factory, which made Yang Wanyong feel that his decision to let his eldest son apply for a job as a salt worker was absolutely right.

The future is bright, and he is naturally very energetic and dedicated to his work.

In the past few days, under his supervision, both the village where he is the team leader and the other three villages under his supervision have carried out the logging and house building work in an orderly manner.

"The leader is here!"

Someone shouted happily.

Liu Sheng has been patrolling various construction sites these days to guide the work.

Although he is not angry or arrogant, he is approachable when getting along with the people, and his guidance is on point, making everyone admire him from the bottom of their hearts, and they are not resistant to his inspection work.

Yang Wanyong knew Liu Sheng's habits, so he greeted him: "Whatever you have to do, I'll just come and entertain you, the leader."

Soon, Yang Wanyong met Liu Sheng.

Without saying a few words, Liu Sheng went around to inspect everything, and then said: "The rainy season is coming soon. After you build the temporary wooden houses, you must quickly dig ditches to prevent floods and waterlogging, and store more dry firewood. Do you understand? ?”

Yang Wanyong nodded, "Don't worry, leader, I understand the importance."

If Liu Sheng wanted to say anything else, a man rushed here, sweating profusely, and handed over a letter, saying: "Chief, Commander Red has sent an urgent report from Queshan County!"

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)