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Chapter 75 The source of the gold rush, and then actual combat training

Although none of the other expedition members have seen the sea, some have heard that the sea is blue.

At this time, seeing the blue water in front of them, some people couldn't help but said: "Are we at the beach?"

Liu Sheng nodded, "Yes, we are at the beach!"

The rest of the people looked at the sea and were slightly stunned, and then they couldn't help but cheered——

"Is this the sea? It's really big! It's all water!"

"I can see the sea too, hahaha!"

"I didn't expect the sea to be so close to our Huabu. It only takes half a day to row there!"

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Listening to the cheers and discussions of the expedition members, Liu Sheng was also filled with joy and excitement.

Although he had long guessed that the Xinluo River would most likely merge into the sea, he did not expect it to be so close to the mouth of the sea.

After calculation, it only took more than 130 miles of waterway to get here from Huabu.

Looking at the time again, it was only around 4 p.m.In other words, including the time they took to rest and observe drawings, the entire voyage took just over seven hours.

If you row at full strength, you can probably get there in five or six hours.

If there is a southwesterly wind, it will be faster to use a sailing oar to follow the wind and the current.

Then, Liu Sheng looked around with a telescope and found that it didn't seem to be a real sea, but a bay.

But it's definitely not a freshwater lake, because the salty smell in the wind here is already obvious.

Considering that there were still more than two hours before dark, Liu Sheng led the expedition team and sailed westward along the south coast of the bay for another hour and arrived at a larger bay.

By observing and calculating the distance, as well as the surrounding terrain and the general shape of the bay, Liu Sheng has determined that the bay they first arrived at was Shuson Bay in California, which was the inlet after the confluence of the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River. Haikou.

Starting from this entrance, you have to cross four bays before you can see the Pacific Ocean.

And each of these four bays is larger than the other.

Flat-bottomed river boats could sail close to the shore and could not withstand wind and waves. Even to go to the peninsula where San Francisco would later be located, it would take more than 200 kilometers to sail, which is more than [-] miles.

Therefore, when they arrived at the second bay, Liu Sheng found a small natural port for the fleet to sail in and berth, and everyone landed and camped.

There were no accidents during the night and we passed through peacefully.

The next day Liu Sheng led the expedition team back.

For him, now that he has determined the location of Huabu and has seen the outlet, there is no need to go to see the Pacific Ocean - the route is more than 200 miles, and it will take at least a whole day to walk down it.

However, on the return trip, Liu Sheng spent several hours exploring the circular river bend with multiple waterways.

Sure enough, another large river coming from the southeast was discovered, which was later known as the San Joaquin River.

Liu Sheng was too lazy to think of an elegant name, so he directly renamed the river Joaquin River on the map he drew.

Hua represents the flower part, gold represents the gold in this area, and it also means eternal immortality, which is very suitable.

As for the Sacramento River, the name New Lo River was used instead.

Later, on the way back, Liu Sheng successively named several other important places on the map, and got addicted to naming places.

For example, Shusen Bay was renamed Longshou Bay by him because this bay looks like a dragon head, while Xinluo River looks like a long dragon.

After that, the circular river bend going east was directly named "Huilong Bay" by him, and the three islands in Huilong Bay were named "Fangdao", "Zhongchang Island" and "Xiaoyuandao" from east to west. ”, all named according to their appearance.

There is actually a larger island to the northeast of Fang Island, but Liu Sheng and others did not discover it before.Later, when I explored the Joaquin River, I discovered that there was a small river to the north that connected the Xinluo River and the Joaquin River.

So Liu Sheng named this large island, estimated to be 50 square kilometers, Jinluo Island, which is composed of the last characters of the names of the two rivers.

There is a small semicircular island to the northwest of Jinluo Island, which Liu Sheng named Banyue Island.

After passing Banyue Island and sailing upstream for [-] or [-] miles, you will find "Three Rivers".

In the "Three Rivers", take the westernmost Xinluo River upstream for fifteen or six miles, and you will reach the "Four Rivers".

Take the easternmost river channel at "Sihui" and go upstream for more than sixty miles to reach the riverside camp of Huabu.

Because it took several hours to explore the Bay and the Joaquin River, the expedition team did not return to the riverside camp until the afternoon of the third day...
On the fourth day, the fifth day of August, Liu Sheng led the expedition team to continue their efforts and explore the upper reaches of the Xinluo River on foot.

I found that eleven or two miles upstream, the Xinluo River, which flows from north to south, suddenly turned an almost ninety-degree bend to the east.

The native tribe that Liu Sheng had speculated before was on the northwest bank of this corner.

There seem to be more houses than in Upper Luobu, and the population is estimated to be about the same as that in Central Luobu, about 400 people.

The Xinluo River goes eastward for about ten miles, and then turns northward at almost ninety degrees.In addition, the Xinluo River also forked here, branching off into a south-flowing river channel.

It should be one of the two rivers east of Sanhe.

The Xinluo River goes upstream and goes north for another ten miles, and then turns westward nearly ninety degrees.After going west for six or seven miles, it turned northwest without making any major turns for dozens of miles.

Liu Sheng led the expedition team overland and explored for a whole day. After figuring out the river course fifty or sixty miles upstream, they did not go further upstream.

Because the continuous right-angled bend of Xinluo River is so classic, it is enough for him to confirm the corresponding location in later generations.

That's Sacramento, California!

As far as Liu Sheng knows, although most people in later generations think of San Francisco when they think of the California Gold Rush, in fact, the California Gold Rush did start in the capital, Sacramento.

In other words, there is gold in Sacramento, a lot of it.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng has secretly decided that the Huabu reclamation can develop to the upper reaches of the Xinluo River.On the other side of the estuary, just build a salt drying field first.

When there is a shortage of money in the future, people will be sent to look for gold in the rivers around Sidaowan.

As for the current stage, he is not short of money, and there is no need to spend limited manpower, material resources, and time to dig for gold.

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Liu Sheng led the expedition team to explore the upper and lower reaches of the Xinluo River for a total of one week.

Before he left, he asked the pro-army army to select another 200 people from among the civilian warriors according to the standards and procedures he set, and organize them into a two-post standing army.

Because Min Yong originally exercised every morning, the two new sentry recruits already had basic combat capabilities after a week of pro-military training.

Therefore, Liu Sheng spent three days dealing with some government affairs issues in Huachu Camp, Hebian Camp, Liujiazhai, and Dashuipingzhai.

The 60 literate young people were tested again - these 60 people had been studying on their own using the teaching materials he developed for the past half month, and it was time to practice.

Through written examinations and interviews, Liu Sheng selected 15 people for appointment as military and political officers, 20 people as primary school teachers, and 25 people as night school teachers.

Later, Liu Sheng took these 15 military and political officers, two sentry recruits, and a standing army of one sentry consisting mostly of miners (actually also recruits) through the space gate to Daming to prepare for another round of actual combat training.

So far, the Huabu has organized and trained a standing army of ten sentries.

Dashuipingzhai, Xizumaling, Mopanzhai, and Liujiazhai each have a sentry stationed there. The Liujiazhai post is served by the pro-army commander Wang Laowu as the temporary sentry officer.

In addition, Zhang Guying led one post to garrison the riverside camp, and Yang Heqing led two posts to garrison the Tongshan Iron Mine.

Including the three training posts in early August, there are exactly ten posts and 1000 people.

After arriving at Liujiazhai, Liu Sheng selected a team of recruits from the three sentinels and asked them to go to the surrounding three villages respectively. He also asked Hong Niangzi, Wen You, and Peng Youyi to each send a team of veterans.

Liujiazhai also had a group of veterans replaced by new recruits.

Liu Sheng did this, firstly, to lead the new with the old and improve the combat effectiveness of the three standing armies.

The second is to allow the standing troops stationed in each village to move around and avoid the situation where soldiers become generals.

At the same time, three generals were temporarily appointed, and Hong Niangzi and Peng Youyi were asked to lead a team of veterans each to conduct actual combat training with him. This also exercised their ability to lead troops in combat.

Let Wen You go to Dashui Ping Village to temporarily take over the duties of the Red Lady.

Because Dashui Pingzhai can be said to be the only way to enter the mountains to attack Liujiazhai, the strategic position is very important and cannot be missed.

Mopan Village, on the other hand, is deep in the mountains. Even if the enemy goes around and attacks Liujia Village, those who cross the mountains can only carry a small force, so it is easier to resist...

August eleventh.

Liujiazhai, Military Affairs Hall.

A big house was built on the Huachuying side, and a big house was built on the Liujiazhai side.It's just that the main house is smaller, with the three rooms total only about 120 square meters.

The left and right wing rooms are currently unoccupied, one stores soldiers and armor, and the other stores food.

After Hong Niangzi and Peng Youyi came over, Liu Sheng called them and more than a dozen captains to the military affairs hall for a meeting.

"Our actual combat training this time is targeting the evil gentry and local tyrants within a radius of [-] miles of Liujiazhai.

Those who oppressed the common people and took human lives indiscriminately had their homes searched and public trials were conducted. Those who deserved to be beheaded were beheaded, and those who were not guilty enough to die were sent to North America for reform through labor.

Those who have no bad reputation but own more than [-] acres of farmland are required to lend grain to our rebels without interest.

If the land is between [-] acres and [-] acres, you can borrow [-] dan.If the land is between [-] acres and [-] acres, you can borrow [-] dan.For [-] to [-] acres, borrow [-] shi.

If the land is between [-] acres and [-] acres, one thousand dan will be borrowed.If you have more than [-] acres, you can borrow [-] shi!

If they say that they don't have enough food at home, then they can lend the rebels the corresponding amount of silver based on the current food price in Runing! "

　Thanks to [Want to Live in the Misty Rain in Jiangnan] for the 2000 starting coin reward!
　　Thanks to [Zhao Deyou] for the 100 starting coin reward!
　　
　
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