This is how Yang Feng started his new round of construction in Huining.
It was not easy for him to open up the northern route for shipping.
First, we need to solve the problem of material transportation from the reclamation area to Huining.
That is, the Larin River Navigation.
Material transportation from scattered reclamation points to docks, dock storage construction, ships, and even stopping points along the route must be built in advance. Fortunately, the Lalin River or Huining River as it is now called has enough water itself to bear large quantities of cargo.
Water transportation of supplies.
Then there is the warehousing in Huining City.
This is very important.
After all, it needs to be stored throughout the winter, although there is no need to worry about mold and mildew...
The temperature of minus 30 degrees is better than that of cold storage.
However, rodent protection is a must.
Then there are the large number of Songhua River ships, which should be as large as possible.
After all, even if the journey goes smoothly, these transport teams will have to go for half a year. It will take them two months just to deliver the goods to Whale Sea Guard, and they can't go back the same way. The transport ship is also a one-time use and needs to go to Whale Sea Guard.
Ships carrying cargo go south and return via the same route as Yang Fenglai. If the whole process goes well, it will take more than four months. If it doesn't go well, it will really take half a year. In other words, this group of people are full-time. They leave in the spring and come back in the autumn.
As for Maodong, it is impossible to participate in other jobs.
Therefore, the current personnel of the reclamation team still need to make certain adjustments.
As for shipbuilding…
There is also a Jilin Shipyard behind it!
Just now that the development of Huining has ended, the large-scale shipbuilding task of this shipyard has also ended. The craftsmen recruited from all over the country are waiting for their new tasks. The shipyard will definitely retain it, but the thousands of craftsmen will definitely not be used.
Let Zhu Yuanzhang keep more than one thousand, and then in addition to maintaining the Huining Navy's warships, the remaining main job is to build ships for him. At worst, Ambassador Yang will pay them wages...
It was not Ambassador Yang who forced them to stay.
It was obviously His Majesty the Emperor who asked them to stay in this frozen place. Ambassador Yang was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see them suffer, so he found some ways for them to make money. Even those who were willing to start a family and start a business here, Ambassador Yang even matched them with women. No.
It’s just women. Ambassador Yang’s adopted daughters are inexhaustible. After all, these days, whether in Japan or Korea, including the chieftains, women are traded as commodities.
Then there is the shipping to Jinghaiwei, or the route downstream of the Songhua River.
But there are people here.
The navy of the Ming Army has long formed a stable cruise between Jilin and Wuguowei. Every year after opening the river, it sails all the way to Wuguowei to show the Ming Dynasty's dominance to the tribes along the way.
Then return.
As for the route from Wuguowei to Whale Sea Guard, we have indeed walked it twice. The first time was when we went to Whale Sea Guard to develop the Whale Sea Guard, that is, when the Whale Sea Guard was established, and the second time was when we went to build the temple. But these two times
The boats are also disposable. It takes too long to go back upstream from there, so it is better to abandon the boat and ride back.
But two times is enough to train someone who is familiar with the route.
Just let them lead the fleet.
What's more, there wasn't much product the first time. Currently, only 50,000 acres of soybeans are planted in the first phase of land reclamation. Based on the current average yield per mu, the harvest is about 80,000 shi.
Of course, it is a big ship that sets sail from Huining. In modern times, thousands of tons of inland river ships can be sailed on this route. Although the thousand-ton class is indeed an exaggeration, there is no problem with the thousand-ton class, so there are only dozens of ships. But with the current land reclamation
The speed will be expanded to 150,000 acres next year. Those large-scale land reclamation plows specially manufactured have ten plows side by side, and there will be more than a dozen oxen in front of them to pull the plows.
Most of these cattle are rented.
A cow works for a month, and then the herdsmen replace it with a new one.
The latter also likes this kind of cooperation.
Because they can exchange grain, ironware, and even salt, sugar, cloth, etc. from the land reclamation team.
The two sides are becoming interdependent.
It's a bit like the relationship between farmers and herdsmen who reclaimed wasteland in western Liaoning in the late Qing Dynasty. The former rented the latter's cattle and the latter bought the former's grain.
Of course, they have a harmonious relationship with each other.
This is different from the late Qing Dynasty.
After all, the herdsmen here don’t dare to lose their temper with the reclamation team members. Even if they really can’t fight, the boss behind these reclamation team members can make them restrain all their impulses. In fact, there is no need for Yang Feng, Zhang Dingbian, the old man
The guy went over to interact with them and scared them to death.
This is the prerequisite for mutual respect.
…
Two months later.
"This is the joy of harvest!"
Ambassador Yang stood at the edge of the harvested soybean field and looked at the harvester moving forward.
Of course you have to use a harvester.
Small animal-powered harvesters are much more efficient than manual harvesters. Even if they are twice as efficient, it is still a qualitative change. The one he is using now is actually a team of experts that Sister Liu hired to give him what he can achieve in this era.
The conditions were specially developed. In other words, several academician-level scientists were dedicated to taking care of animal-driven machinery for him.
It's indeed an exaggeration.
And it’s free of charge…
They really get nothing in return from Yang Feng.
At most, it verifies the existence of parallel universes and the theory of wormholes.
But it was only verified.
There are no other gains.
As for the ancient tombs he gave from this era, that is meaningless to these experts. All they want to know is how Yang Feng traveled through time and how the radio signal was transmitted back from here. But for now,
It is said that there has only been a small progress. Through the detection of a bunch of top scientific instruments, subtle changes in energy during his communication can be detected.
Then based on this change, the principle of wormholes is deduced.
But that's it.
Fortunately, if there is progress, we can't give up. After all, such an important subject as time travel is worthy of the obsession of scientists who have not made such groundbreaking discoveries for a long time.
As for his requests...
negligible.
Just find a disciple-level disciple to deal with it.
In the end, all of Yang Feng's current agricultural machinery, including supporting smelting technology and processing technology, are all realized in this way of Xia Ming's cross-time and space cooperation. At this moment, this harvester, which can be said to embody Xia Ming's cross-time and space wisdom, is composed of two heads.
The cow slowly walked through the soybean field, then drove the chain and gears, and used a reciprocating cutter to continuously cut off the soybeans from below, and then moved the lever to a wooden workbench behind.
The workers following behind kept lifting the soybean connecting rods inside the workbench and carried them into the following carriage.
Fill a cart and transport it immediately.
Another carriage waiting in line behind came forward to load the carriage.
Because these reclaimed fields are very long, with one field covering more than a mile, the cows pulling the harvester just need to keep their heads down and keep walking.
As for the drying area, it's right at the end of the field.
There is no problem of being stolen here. The soybeans transported back are thrown directly into the drying field, waiting to be dried by the sun. Then they are crushed by cattle pulling stone rollers. The drying field is compacted with Sanhe soil.
Very strong.
In this way, each harvesting team has a clear division of labor, and the endless soybeans are harvested as the cattle move forward.
“Can this thing also harvest wheat?”
Zhang Fu looked at the harvest scene.
In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation of ideals...
He resigned.
To be precise, he used lack of ability as the reason for asking for someone to be replaced as the commander of Longquan Guard. The Ministry of War saw that there was such a good thing? How many generals looked at the gray income of Longquan Guard for a year, and you actually quit your job?
So they immediately drafted a new candidate. Zhu Yuanzhang had already left things alone. Although the emperor's grandson was also very confused, since Zhang Fu resigned on his own, there was no need for him to stop him.
Finally, Zhang Fu was transferred back to Peiping and served as a commanding officer of Tongzhou Guards.
It's considered a downgrade.
As for now, he just came to invite Yang Feng to the meeting on behalf of Zhu Di.
King Yan has officially accepted the order and led the 30,000 cavalry divisions of the Beiping Dudu Division, the Peiping Dudu Division or Daning Du Division, and the Shanxi Xingdu Division into the grassland.
Although the number is not large, all of them have completed the reform.
That is to say, with Camel City as the core.
A large number of camels carry supplies. Once they encounter an enemy, they will immediately establish a base in the camel city and release their cavalry to fight the enemy. If the enemy attacks, they will use the camel city to defend themselves. This has become the main tactic of the northern armies at present, which is equivalent to fighting on the grassland.
Moving forward with a mobile fortress, in the past, it was necessary to mobilize a large number of infantry and civilians to go deep into the grassland, otherwise the safety of the transportation line could not be ensured. But now with this tactic, we can get rid of infantry and logistics to the maximum extent. After all, cavalry and camel cities can accompany the movement, and those
The supplies carried by camels are enough to support a large-scale battle.
A camel can carry about 400 kilograms of supplies.
And there is no need to carry extra feed.
Of course, you need to bring some just in case, but you can feed enough before leaving.
You can eat grass on the grassland.
They do not have the problem of being cut off from transportation lines.
Even if the enemy tries to intercept them on the grassland, the camels, which can move at the same speed as the cavalry, can quickly retreat.
Of course, you have to raise camels specifically.
So now in the Ming Dynasty, camels are becoming an important material second only to war horses. They are not only raised in large quantities in various pastures, but also purchased in large quantities from those Jisi guards in the Western Regions, especially from King Zhongshun of Hami. As for the camels in his hands,
Most of them are middlemen, exchanged from the current Oara and the Mongolian Khan. Originally, he was poisoned to death by Ghost Lichi in history.
"Yes, people from Huiningwei were borrowed to harvest wheat. These land reclamation teams also planted part of the wheat themselves. However, Huiningwei is divided into households and cannot cooperate like this."
Yang Feng said.
Of course this thing can cut wheat.
But whether harvesting wheat or soybeans, they all require cooperation. Although a harvester only needs one person to drive it, there are several people behind it to assist and transport it, and they are all strong laborers. The military households in Huiningwei are all
The work is divided into households, and there are only a few people in the family. The only ones who can really work are the husband and wife, and at most the parents. They do not have so many supporting vehicles or enough manpower.
Unless several companies cooperate.
But every minute counts when harvesting wheat, so who harvests it first?
This is still a military household, which already has a certain basis for cooperation. If it were farmers, let alone expect them to be able to use it.
Big agriculture needs cooperation.
"A field like yours is like arranging troops in formation!"
Zhang Fu said.
On the vast plain at this moment, harvesters like this are moving slowly, and transport carriages are also constantly going back and forth. They are really like chariots on the battlefield. The reclamation members of the harvesting teams cooperate with each other, and
Like soldiers on the battlefield, there are busy women on the drying grounds behind. Farther away in the residential area, trucks transporting water and food are also driving here, and there are even people under the shade of the trees who specialize in looking after children.
, babies were lying in hammocks.
A reclamation team is a whole.
Every team member is part of the whole.
Everyone has their place.
This is definitely a brand new experience for people in the small farmer era.
"It's almost the same. It's not just agriculture, it's also industry. Collaboration is the future."
Yang Feng said.
"Collaboration can turn into an army the fastest, right?"
Zhang Fu said.
"hehe!"
Yang Feng only haha.
Of course, everyone knows this kind of thing.
After all, the Ming army's guard system can be regarded as a rudimentary collaboration. In a guard house, those who farm, fight, make weapons, treat diseases, and even teach and do business all also work together in a division of labor, but those who farm are indeed
Each plant has its own business, but if it's water conservancy projects, it's also done in a military-style organization led by military officers.
As for the factories and reclamation teams that Yang Feng built over the years, initial disciplines have been completed through cooperation. Of course, troops can be recruited at any time if necessary.
But fortunately, he only does this in remote areas like Huining.
The threat is limited.
"You go back and tell King Yan that even if he sends troops, he still has to celebrate the New Year. At that time, I will go to Kaiping or go directly to Yuerhai to meet him."
Yang Feng said.
He has no interest in going to Peiping now.
Zhu Di had to be fully prepared to send troops, and he had to choose the right time.
Usually it is after the Chinese New Year, that is, just before the beginning of spring, because after the beginning of spring, the nomadic tribes dispersed to go out for grazing, and earlier in the winter, when it was ice and snow, the Ming army could not stand it. This was the only window period when the climate was slightly warmer.
, and the herdsmen have not dispersed yet, then just go straight to a few main wintering pastures.
Fishing Sea is the largest one among them.
Hulunbuir Prairie!
Although it is still minus 30 degrees, it is still better than Coulomb after all.
After losing the Monan Grassland, it was the only place that could be used as a wintering ground.
Zhang Fu didn't say much and continued to admire the scene of semi-mechanized harvesting.
He left Huining immediately.
Although his new position is Tongzhou Guard Commander Tongzhi, Tongzhou Guard, as a subordinate of the Beiping Dusi, is of course also included in this troop transfer. Therefore, after he returns to take office, he will lead the Tongzhou Guard cavalry to join the King of Yan's sweep.
Beizhong. And Yang Feng continued to complete his harvest in Huining. The 50,000 acres of soybeans in the entire reclamation area were all harvested and transported to the warehouse in Huining City before winter came. What is needed next is a long wait.
After winter has passed, the ships are then loaded onto ships and flowed down the Songhua River. While transporting to the Whale Sea Guard here, ships sailing from the south will also sail to this city, which can be said to be the northernmost city in the Ming Dynasty.
The transfer is completed there.
Finally, we will arrive in Jiangnan next winter.
Of course, Yang Feng didn't have to worry about this, he left in the twelfth lunar month.