Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 355 Another Port

After a while, the navy ship docked at the pirate pier.

Chai Lin looked around on the boat. This harbor is very good. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one entrance from the south. There is still water in the harbor more than ten meters deep, which can be used by Fuchuan and Galen boats.Compared with the small port of Dengyun Mountain, it is much better than 01:30.

The ten sandships from the caravan also came, with people from thirteen commercial firms on board. They were not used to participate in the war, but to let them see the military power of Chaijiazhuang. Only the stronger the firepower of Chaijiazhuang, Cangzhou The thirteen lines are more united.

In the previous battle, these caravans were not far away. Shan Shiqi, who came from afar, asked Du Xing, "Master Du, do you know that this is a war weapon, and it is so powerful that it smashes the enemy ship at a distance of several tens of feet?" , Thinking about it, if you hit someone, wouldn’t it be smashed to pieces.”

Du Xing shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. It's the first time I've seen it. I heard it's called the General Cannon, but I don't know what it's called. Our merchant ships are only equipped with double-bow steel arm crossbows."

This steel crossbow is very dexterous, two people can move quickly by lifting it, and two people cooperate to shoot quickly. It can shoot short spears to a distance of seventy feet, and its power is very powerful.

The thirteen commercial firms were completely shocked. They all knew that Chaijiazhuang was powerful, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful. Once the general's cannon was fired, it could shoot several miles away, and the sailors on board were even more like wolves and tigers. Very fierce.

Shan Shiqi was thoughtful, wondering if he wanted to join the Cangzhou Army, this is the life he wanted, and the business could be handed over to the family caravan.

When Lu Da and Shi Jin saw that the Chai Lin flagship was coming, they came to the port to greet them.

Chai Lin got off the warship with a smile and asked, "Two brothers, how are our casualties?"

"Brother Lao is worried. There are only three hundred pirates in the camp. They were defeated by us with a meal of small melons. We only injured more than twenty brothers, and no one was killed. We wiped out more than two hundred enemies and captured more than seventy people." Lu Da said happily.

Chai Lin said: "Okay, okay, well done. Pack up your things and take away all the gold and silver. Although this port is very good, it may not be possible to take it down."

Lu Da clapped his hands and said, "Brother, this cottage is backed by mountains, facing water in front, and surrounded by traps. If it is not a coincidence, it will be very difficult to attack today. The fat is in your mouth, how can you spit it out?" Reasonable, it is better to take four hundred elite soldiers from the Sajia to occupy this place first, and not allow the Dengzhou officers and soldiers to approach. My brother sent someone to discuss with the government whether to rent or buy it. It is best to take it down. If it cannot be taken down, the Sajia will be here as a bandit. It was taken by force in name, not that the Sa family boasted that Haikou, with four hundred soldiers, could withstand five thousand troops."

The Sword and Shield Battalion has excellent armor. If there are enough bows and arrows and small melons, the defense will definitely be fine.

"Okay, Luda obeys the order." Chailin said.

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"Now you are ordered to strengthen the fortifications and be ready to face the Dengzhou Xiang Army at any time. This is what we have laid down, and no one will be allowed to come." Chailin said.

"Promise to complete the task." Ruda shouted.

The others came and went quickly, and a group of people boarded the warship and returned.

When Chai Lin boarded the ship again, Mrs. Gu also came to the flagship.This time, Mrs. Gu and Zou Run were the first to take down the Black Shark Pirate easily.In the early stage, with the cooperation of these local people, the reconnaissance battalion figured out the path in the forest, and then formulated a battle plan for both land and water, and achieved a huge victory with minimal casualties.

Chai Lin said: "Sister-in-law Gu, I'm afraid this matter will trouble you. There are 3000 taels of silver here, and I will give it to you. You can go to the prefect of Dengzhou and take down this Shidao Port. You can rent it or buy it." .”

Mrs. Gu said: "You don't need to spend this unreasonable money. The Dengzhou Navy only has 700 people. It is just a transport team and has no combat power at all. You have seen the Dengzhou Xiang Army before. There are not 3000 people to put together, and to guard the city, how can they have the ability to send out this barren land."

"Tengzhou Prefecture is not terrible. What I worry about is that it will be bad if they report the matter to the court, so you should go and deal with this matter quickly. If the money is not enough, I will add more. Anything within 1 taels will do." Chailin said .

Mrs. Gu is a person with a big picture. Knowing that Chai Lin didn't want to reveal her strength in advance, she said immediately: "Brother will follow me back to the shop in a while, and I will go to the prefect with my family at night."

"It couldn't be better." Chailin said.

That night, the fleet stayed overnight at Dengyunshan Wharf. Chai Lin and the others did not go to Mrs. Gu's shop, but stayed in Zou Yuan's manor, after all, it was more spacious.

Early the next morning, Chai Yong led the second battalion of the navy and the caravan back to Cangzhou.

Chai Lin, Dian Zhengnan, Xie Bao and twenty personal guards were waiting here.

At noon, Sister-in-Law Gu came happily, and Sister-in-Law Gu said: "Brother, the matter is settled. The government office rents it to the Cangzhou Thirteen Bank at a price of 1000 taels of silver, and they can build docks and warehouses at the port by themselves."

Chai Lin was amused when he heard it, and said, "1000 taels is quite cheap."

"It's so expensive, it's 1000 taels a year, how big is that place, three to four hundred acres of wasteland, the wasteland is now only a few hundred yuan per acre, this price is too harsh, the government government treats my brother as a fool It's gone." Mrs. Gu said.

Chai Lin smiled and said: "It's fine if we negotiate. Let's repair the gun tower and build the port. The defense is like an iron barrel. Whether you give him money or not depends on his mood, hahaha."

Mrs. Gu gave the official document issued by the government office to Chai Lin, and Chai Lin took it carefully. This thing is actually useless. It depends on the strength. There is no reason for this year.

Chai Lin bid farewell to Mrs. Gu that day, and returned to Cangzhou on the Humpback Whale.

The Military Merit Department has listed the military merits of each battalion that participated in the battle. In this battle, 50 people participated in the pro-military battalion, 400 people participated in the second battalion of the Navy, and 600 people participated in the second battalion of Ruda Shijin.In addition to the rewards of the reconnaissance battalion for the early reconnaissance, they were handed out in a mess, and there was no cent left for the three thousand coins seized. This did not count the consumption of ammunition and the compensation for the dead.

From a direct point of view, it is a loss this time, but in the long run.After obtaining the control of Shidao Port, it is only more than 1000 miles from Shidao Port to Yangma Island, and it can be reached in two days.With this transfer station, the control and utilization of Yangma Island will be greatly improved, making Yangma Island fully equipped with the function of Tibetan soldiers.

However, it is cold now, and Shidao Port cannot be built immediately. It has to wait until the Lantern Festival after the Spring Festival.

The first year of Xuanhe was the third year that Chai Lin came to Chaijiazhuang.

This year's spring came earlier than before, and Chai Lin was full of vigor and strength.

Just on February [-], the weather has warmed up, and spring has returned to the earth.

On the [-] mu of sandy land in Chaijiazhuang West Village, red flags are flying, and thousands of men, women, and old people are working.

This is not collective labor, but each family is planting. There are [-] mu of good potato fields planned here.Chai Lin promised to buy potatoes at a price of one penny and two catties after deducting the potato seeds.Everyone knows the yield of potatoes per mu, easily four thousand catties, and the income of this mu of land can catch up with the previous income of seven or eight mu of land.

The farmers planted potatoes there in accordance with the guidance of the technical staff, high standards and strict requirements, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

The arable land is all arranged and raised high.The row spacing is [-] cm, and the plant spacing is [-] cm.Dig a hole with a hoe, put in potato pieces with sprouts, water, and bury the soil after the water is exhausted.

(End of this chapter)