Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 363
Three hundred soldiers led by Bao Xu were training at the school grounds at the top of their voices. Unlike the recruits, this veteran mainly practiced bomb throwing, throwing axes, and chopping.

"My brother." Bao Xu came over to salute.

Chai Lin said: "Deputy General Bao, there is no need to be polite. Where is Li Kui?"

"Battalion Commander Li has gone to cut wood." Bao Xu said.

Chai Lin said: "You arrange people to invite Wu Junshi and Li Battalion Commander, and let's have a meeting here."

"Yes." Bao Xu immediately arranged to call for someone.

After a while, Wu Yong came first, and then Li Kui also came panting on his horse. Before he arrived, the voice came first, shouting: "Brother, is there going to be a war?"

Chailin said, "Tie Niu, why do you like fighting so much?"

"During this period of time, I was cutting down trees every day, and I almost became a lumberjack. The pirates in Dongying were impatient and dared not come again after several beatings," Li Kui said.

Wu Yong said: "Brothers Tieniu fought bravely and took the lead. Recently, a small number of pirates, Zhang Ying, went ashore and were beaten and fled."

"Well, I know this, and I don't have to say anything about the soldiers led by Brother Tieniu. Is there a rich labor force on Yangma Island?" Chailin asked.

Wu Yong said: "There is a lot of manpower. Recently, the potatoes have been sown, and the rest of the corn will be sown soon. Now the manpower is mainly concentrated on the reclamation of wasteland, which will be completed soon according to the plan. If it is a few years, the land will be divided. For strong men, the land is definitely not enough."

"Yes, the total land is only 20 mu. However, I found an island in the north that is dozens of times larger than Yangma Island. The land is fertile and the water source is abundant. It can reclaim a large number of rice fields. First, we must mobilize [-] people who know how to mine stones and burn bricks. The craftsmen of the house, two hundred soldiers will leave tomorrow. Let’s make a stop.” Chailin said.

Wu Yongdao: "It's dozens of times larger than Yangma Island. That's not great. With a rice field of several million mu, can millions of people immigrate to it?"

Chai Lin opened the map, first pointed to Yangma Island, and then pointed to Dead Leaf Island. The map is rough, but it can be seen that Dead Leaf Island is much bigger than Yangma Island.

"The weather there is cold, and the thaw has just begun. There is only one season of crops, but there are abundant fishery resources, and there are more crabs, fish and shrimps in the sea than expected. The potential for comprehensive development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fish must be greater than that of Yangma Island. Yangma Island can only be regarded as a place for us to breed horses. It belongs to the wild and dense forest, and there are many wild animals, but it is not the wild animals that are deadly, but the various poisonous insects in the jungle. .

Wu Yong said: "Brother, when it comes to raising horses, I have something to report to you. In the third horse farm of Yangma Island, there are [-] mules bred by iron-shoe horses and black-headed donkeys. It has been born for more than two months. A total of three There are more than a hundred small mules, these small mules grow very well, and they have a characteristic that their hooves are very hard, a breed that has never been seen in the Central Plains, and the horse farm is temporarily named Iron-hoofed mules."

"Oh, what a great thing. Mules have also been bred, not bad."

Yangma Island mainly raises horses. These hundreds of mules are nothing more than an experiment, because mules have no ability to breed, and most of the mules are handed over to farmers who foster horses for breeding.

A mule has a better personality and strength than a horse. It is good at pulling carts and plowing the land. After training, it is a good hand at work.

Wu Yong said: "Brother, now we have more manpower, and the consumption is too high. The daily consumption of rice in the new barracks is more than 1 catties, which is less than [-]. If there are [-] soldiers, then the daily consumption is [-] catties of rice. "

Chai Lin said: "Rice is the cheapest consumption. Weapons, armor, and wages are the big ones. Otherwise, money is used for fun in wars. But recruits also create value, open up wasteland and plant vegetable gardens, cut trees and build bridges and roads. At least a balance can be maintained. After taking the Dead Leaf Island and reclaiming hundreds of thousands of acres of rice fields in two years, the pressure can be completely relieved. Rice is a fine grain, the main food."

Hundreds of thousands of acres of rice fields are still fertile black soil, and there is no pressure to produce [-] to [-] catties of rice per mu.Once there is a good harvest, military rations will not be a problem.

Wu Yong's blood boiled after hearing this, and with the equipment of the Cangzhou Army, firecrackers and cannons, it would not be a problem for an army of [-] to sweep the world.

Immediately Wu used to mobilize [-] craftsmen, and [-] soldiers were transferred from Li Kui's camp. The combat effectiveness of the recruits was too poor.Jiao Ting was transferred to lead two hundred elite veterans, and the veterans had strong combat effectiveness.

A group of 600 people mobilized before leaving. Chai Lin spoke impassionedly, saying: "You are lucky to be selected. You are the first batch of people who set foot on this strange island. You are all warriors. In order to reward your bravery, in addition to the normal In addition to the wages, each person has a land deed of one mu of black soil rice fields on Kuye Island.

The rice produced by black soil rice is the most delicious rice, and the taste is absolutely amazing. "

"Great, thank you sir." Everyone was very happy, and the rewards started before they reached the place.

There are also those who are knowledgeable. I understand that this dead leaf is definitely not better than Yangma Island, and the conditions may be very harsh.

As Chailin said, there are still many dangers in Dead Leaf Island, one is ferocious beasts, tigers, wolves, leopards, brown bears, each of which is fatal.However, fierce beasts are easy to prevent, and there is no major problem if you pay more attention. The most difficult thing to prevent is the poisonous insects. There are ticks in the forest, and [-]% of them are fine.

Li Kui said: "Brother, why don't I, Tie Niu, lead the team there? If you see any bobcats and beasts, you will have to run away when you see me, Tie Niu."

"No way, Dead Leaf Island is still a barren area and has little value. Yangma Island is not the case. There are too many things. Korea in the north and Dongying in the south are all staring at each other. This is the most important place. I will arrange Jiebao Assist Jiao Ting, be careful and nothing will happen, in a few months, I will transfer troops from Chaijiazhuang to replace Jiao Ting," said Chai Lin.

Early the next morning, Xu Tanhai, the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion of the navy, led two lucky boats, with a total of 180 sailors.

On board, [-] infantrymen and [-] craftsmen boarded the ship with various tools.

Accompanied by a burst of sirens, salutes sounded, and the lucky boat went out to sea.Chailin's Humpback Whale leads the way, and a fleet sets out for Dead Leaf Island.

Fu Chuan travels much more slowly, with the steam engine turned on to the maximum, an hour is no more than fifty or sixty miles.

The captain of Fuchuan is busy enough, recording sea conditions along the way, identifying islands along the way, etc., next time there will be no humpback whale to lead the way.However, this route is very simple, along the east coast of Koryo, all the way north.

The wind is not so good on this road, mainly relying on the steam engine, the sea conditions are good, there is no wind and waves, and the journey is faster than expected. Because there is a humpback whale in front of the navigation, the boat can also be sailed at night, and it arrived in two days.

With a vast continent in front of him, Xu Tanhai stared at one eye and said, "This island is too big."

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