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- Chapter 209 Constantly New
Having received a large amount of weapons and equipment, Lannuo Jiadi's armies continued to expand. For this reason, he also ordered a large amount of red cloth from Chen Zhenghao. The Tai people were willing to use red to show their bravery, and the price of the cloth was not expensive, and Chen Zhenghao was also happy with it. supply.
At this moment, Llanojiadi's power has expanded from the City of River Kwai to the entire southwest of Siam, and has successfully connected its sphere of influence with the Black Water Ming Kingdom.
In this way, every time you carry out slave trafficking and arms trading, you don¡¯t need to sneak to the west coast and transport it by sea.
Although it is of course more cost-effective to transport large-scale transactions by sea, the opening up of land transportation will naturally be more convenient for the supply of the new Sukhothai Dynasty in Lannogadi.
It is now a well-known fact that Llanojiadi has an affair with the Blackwater Ming Kingdom. Such a large amount of weapons and equipment is enough to fully arm nearly 5,000 Llanojiadi people.
At the same time, some basic weapons such as knives and spears provided Lanno Gadila with a large number of farmers and soldiers.
With so many weapons flowing from the Blackwater Kingdom, it would be the biggest joke in the world if Zhu Ming, the king of the Blackwater Kingdom, did not use them.
And Chen Zhenghao, who provided these weapons, is still alive and kicking, so the fact is obvious. This Chen Zhenghao must be an official of the Blackwater Ming Dynasty, but at this moment he has kidnapped Lannojiadi and put him on the chariot. Lannojia Di could only find ways to justify himself.
Speaking of the relationship between the two countries, in fact, the Ming Kingdom of Heishui and Siam do not have much historical grudges and hatred. Even the Ming Kingdom of Heishui has not invaded Siam. Therefore, the strength of the Ming Kingdom of Heishui in the early stage caused Siam to Under Lannogadi's deliberate downplay, the unrest of the domestic people gradually ceased to be a topic of conversation after dinner.
Then a lot of daily necessities appeared in the occupied areas controlled by Llanojiadi. Although the war caused great troubles in life, the entry of all kinds of strange utensils and food still made the Siamese people very worried. curious.
While Llanojiadi tried hard to downplay the hatred between Siamese civilians and the Black Water Ming Kingdom, he was itching with hatred in his heart. Chen Zhenghao had deceived Chen Zhenghao onto such a dangerous road of no return, and now Chen Zhenghao because of He rarely appeared due to security concerns, leaving Lannojiadi who wanted to trouble Chen Zhenghao at his wits' end, and now he could not do without the support of Heishui Mingguo.
Now on the market, there is a kind of chess piece game from Black Shui Mingguo. There are Pharaohs and Pharaohs on the chess pieces, and it is like the kind of stroke that has passed the border, and it can only be dark.
But the defeat of the king, Lanno Jiadi's ambitions at this moment are still expanding.
While Llanojiadi was conquering the city, civilians who were opponents of the new Sukhothai dynasty were captured and transported to the Blackwater Kingdom as slaves, and then worked by the Blackwater Kingdom for three years. After being released as a brainwashed civilian, he was again put on a ship and transported to the vast unknown sea.
This time, the large-scale maritime transportation that has lasted for two months is still going on.
The number of Siamese slaves who have been registered by the Import and Export Department of Funachon Port has reached 20,000. If these are all male slaves in their prime, the rest of the slaves with lower quality may not be able to hold up as soon as they are transported. However, it would bring instability to the team, so Zhu Ming wisely excluded them all from the team, and instead transported them to various mines or lumberyards on the overseas islands of the Blackwater Ming Kingdom that needed labor. .
Zhao Xin was entrusted with the important task of leading the Han army vanguard of more than 800 people and thousands of free craftsmen to the vanguard camp established in Zhanzhou.
Subsequent slave transport fleets continued to arrive.
Those Siamese slaves were originally quite optimistic about the future. No one mistreated them during the period of working in the Blackwater Kingdom, and they would be freed after three years, so everyone's mentality was relatively relaxed.
When they were loaded onto the big ship, everyone just thought they were going to be transferred to a larger island to continue working.
The cabin is quite spacious. Compared with the treatment of black slaves, the treatment of these Siamese slaves is really good, and they even have a certain degree of freedom.
But even with such relaxed conditions, this journey is still a journey of death for many people.
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There was also the tragedy of a bird ship carrying more than 200 slaves being attacked by disease and wind and waves halfway, causing the entire ship to be destroyed.
As soon as Zhao Xin arrived at the northwest end of Zhanzhou Continent, he started to? Stabilize the camp and send out craftsmen to explore the terrain.
Zhu Ming had previous travel experience in Australia, and at that time he conducted special research on Australia's customs and customs. The Pilbara region in the northwest tip of Australia is a rich area of ??high-quality iron ore, which occupied the largest share of Australian iron ore in later generations. More than ninety-five percent of the production.
Therefore, although Zhu Ming only gave an approximate area, he would certainly be able to tell the professional exploration craftsmen the approximate location.
Due to their own strength, the merchants came here by boat and interacted with the local indigenous people. They exchanged food and iron tools with the indigenous people for a lot of colorful bird feathers and furs, but when they saw Zhan Zhan, Due to the dangerous natural environment of the continent, those businessmen still retreated and left the most difficult development stage to Zhu Minglai.
So Xin Zhao¡¯s pioneering team has a very heavy task
After a month of construction, the camp has begun to take shape. With the constant arrival of slaves, Xin Zhao organized people to start cultivating the land around the camp. Now all food relies on sea transportation. In this way, everything is empty, even if the maritime trade is extremely strong. Even the Blackwater Mingguo could not hold on.
The Siamese slaves who arrived earlier have all started the work of reclaiming the land. Only after the first batch of grain is harvested in less than half a year, can Xin Zhao organize the manpower to really start the work of moving into the hinterland.
Even so, the preliminary exploration work must be done well. This time, Zhao Xin personally led 30 soldiers to protect five surveying craftsmen and moved toward the southeast of Zhanzhou.
A certain amount of exploration has been carried out along this direction. The king only told this generation that after his last observation, it is likely that there is a large iron mine, but the specific location still requires careful exploration by everyone.
As for Zhu Ming, he glanced across the sea from a distance and concluded that there would be iron ore in this area. People in the Blackwater Ming Kingdom really didn¡¯t want to get to the bottom of it. In their opinion, the omnipotence of the king was quite normal.
The sun was shining brightly at the moment, and just when Zhao Xin and others were preparing to continue climbing over the mountain in front of them, the situation suddenly changed, thick clouds were gathering in the sky, and a heavy rain was about to happen.
For top students like Zhao Xin who have been trained by the Naval Academy, a heavy rain naturally means that the facilities in the camp are complete. Although the excessive rainfall is a problem for everyone, when they first choose the camp site, they choose flat land and stay away from it. If you go to the beach and river bank, there won¡¯t be any major safety issues.
But now this exploration team is in trouble.
At this moment, everyone is surrounded by mountains and cannot advance or retreat. The plan for now is to quickly find a suitable place to take shelter from the rain.
You can't stay under big trees, and they couldn't find a suitable cave for a while. They found a low bush and put it together with an oilcloth to carry it first.
Pneumonia at this time is fatal, so everyone did not dare to underestimate what a heavy rain would bring, and even started to dig some small drainage ditches nearby to prevent rainwater from gathering around them.
The hurried preparations were just halfway through, and after a few thunders, heavy rain began to pour down.
The vision was blurry, and the people under the tarpaulin could only temporarily strengthen the tarpaulin built on the bushes to get a small dry place to stay.
Fortunately, this exploration team is all experienced people. It rained for half an hour, but this simple rain shelter was still able to hold up.
At this time, the rainwater flowing around Xin Zhao became more and more turbid, and there seemed to be a huge sound like the sound of wind blowing in his ears.
"Not good" Wang Mo, a craftsman with rich experience in mineral exploration in the mountains, changed his face, "This is a flash flood that is about to break out."
Hearing this, Zhao Xin glanced at the direction of the turbid muddy water. Although the vegetation on the opposite mountain was lush, it was mostly weeds and there were no towering trees. Disasters such as mudslides are indeed very possible.
"At that moment, Xin Zhao stopped hesitating and shouted, everyone wrapped in tarpaulin and left."
Then he pulled off the oilcloth on his head, wrapped it around his body, and walked ahead. There was no sign of a mudslide on the high ground behind him, and only that high ground was the hope for everyone to survive.
It¡¯s very urgent. Once a flash flood suddenly breaks out for everyone, it will happen in an instant. Maybe you will be buried before the thoughts in your mind can flash through. The steps under his feet were all extremely fast.
At this time, there was an explosion like a cannon blast from behind. The water on the mountain behind finally could no longer be stored, and the explosion caused it to collapse down.
Mixed with a large amount of sand, broken branches and leaves of trees, a stream of turbid muddy water rushed down like a galloping army of thousands of horses.
Everyone hereThere was just one thought in my mind, run quickly to the high ground on the opposite mountain.
But the speed of people was ultimately not as fast as the speed of the mudslide. Although they had already reached a slightly higher place, the mud rushing behind them still pounced on them one by one, making the sky dark and dark for a while.
After the mudslide, the light rain continued for a while and then stopped. This kind of heavy rain weather comes and goes quickly.
Zhao Xin rushed upward at the moment when the muddy water rushed towards him. The muddy water did not pour into his mouth, and the muddy water had become relatively stable after going uphill for a while, so he was not directly involved in it, but Rao still Even so, the huge pressure coming from his chest still made him lose consciousness as soon as his vision went dark.
When the reappearing sun shone brightly on his face, Zhao Xin woke up. At this moment, he was half lying in the mud, with huge pain in his hands, which were not scratched.
Pulling his body out of the mud, a piece of light shining in the sun caught his attention.
Xin Zhao picked up the colorful one from the sand, wiped it, and various tiny rays of light shone on one side.
Speaking of gems, Zhao Xin, who has been wandering on the sea for many years, has seen a lot, but this is the first time he has seen such a strange stone.
The appearance is just like ordinary pebbles, but it has countless crystal facets formed in it, each face shines with brilliant brilliance. Black, blue, red, yellow, purple and other colors can be seen on this stone. The quilt is really a strange stone.
But this was not the time to appreciate this. Xin Zhao put the stone in his pocket and began to look for his companions.
People who were like mud monkeys were found one by one. The difference is that some are still alive and some have died.
Until the sun turned west, a team of thirty-six people found twelve people who were still alive and four who had died. However, the remaining twenty people could not be found. They must have been buried deep in the soil. Maybe it was washed away.
This is the unknown prospect of the pioneers. There are too many difficulties and obstacles waiting for them, and they will have to pay the price of their lives.
Gathering everyone together, Xin Zhao took out the dry food found in his backpack. Although it was wrapped in oil paper, it was still broken and soaked in yellow muddy water.
Even so, Xin Zhao took a bite of half of the dry biscuit and said to eat quickly and have a good rest. As soon as it was clear, we returned to the camp. "
"Looking at the atmosphere of everyone, it was a bit depressing. There was nothing I could do. It would be uncomfortable for anyone to suddenly lose so many companions.
Xin Zhao took out the strange stone that was in the soil just now and showed it to everyone. I found it. "
Everyone's eyes lit up. To be honest, everyone had heard of various green or red gemstones. Many experienced warriors had seen them when they invaded various palaces, but thinking about such colorful stones, everyone But it¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve seen him.
I saw the surviving craftsman Wang Mo also took out a piece and I also picked up a piece. "
The piece in his hand was bigger than Xin Zhao's, and he showed a slightly pensive look. The old man heard that there was a kind of colorful stone on the beach, which was just like this stone. You see, there are many different colors flashing on one face. The color comes. But this is on the mountain. "
"This mountain is not far from the sea. Maybe this was also a beach before," one of the youngest surviving soldiers said.
"Everyone burst out laughing. The beach is just a beach. The sea has changed into a field. How could it turn into such a mountain? Children are really thinking nonsense. "
Everyone chatted casually for a while, but the atmosphere was no longer as dull as before.
Seeing that the atmosphere had improved slightly, Xin Zhao felt relieved at the moment. So many people in the team he led had already died, and the remaining ones must be led intact.
There was no words for the whole night, and the next day Zhao Xin urged everyone to return to the camp.
Fortunately, it didn¡¯t take long for them to come out. After a day¡¯s work, everyone returned to the camp.
The heavy rain that day also affected the camp. At the moment, everyone was busy with craftsmen repairing the barracks. The crops in the fields also suffered a lot. Groups of Siamese slaves were clearing some dead ones under the leadership of a few farmers. crops, and at the same time, the waterlogging in the fields must be drained, otherwise the seeds will rot even if they are planted.
Seeing a group of monkey-like people coming out of the camp, and thinking of Commander Zhanzhou who had gone out the day before yesterday, everyone thought it must be Zhao Xin and his party, and immediately came out to greet them.
Because Zhao Xin is responsible for the development of Zhanzhou, he has been appointed by Zhu Ming as the new commander of Zhanzhou. Militarized management is temporarily implemented. All creatures that set foot on Zhanzhou will be managed under the name of the commander of Zhanzhou.
Seeing this team that had obviously suffered a huge natural disaster, everyone immediately called a doctor to welcome them into the camp.
The two strange stones were handed over to specialized craftsmen. Although both stones were dazzling, they obviously needed further polishing. After such strange objects were returned to the Blackwater Kingdom, they would obviously also enhance the public of the Blackwater Kingdom. confidence, and at the same time increased Zhanzhou's status in the entire Blackwater Ming Kingdom.
Although Zhao Xin is loyal to Zhu Ming, he also knows that with the continuous expansion of the country's territory, whether each minister has a rear base area will become the basis for determining the size of the affairs in the future, even if the country's power is centralized in the future. Control, but now that there is an opportunity to develop Zhanzhou, there is always an opportunity to cultivate some capable subordinates. Xin Zhao insists on doing his best.
After resting in the camp for five days, Xin Zhao set out again with a team. At this time, the population of the camp had reached about 10,000. Except for a small number of free traders, the rest were soldiers, craftsmen and soldiers under Xin Zhao. Siamese slaves.
After Zhao Xin arranged everything properly, there was no civil administration to manage this place for the time being, so naturally Zhao Xin could only take the lead in conducting geological exploration.
Since the king of the country said that there is a large iron mine here, it must be there.
Hard work paid off. On the fifty-seventh day after Zhao Xin brought people to Zhanzhou, it was also the sixth day that Zhao Xin took people out to explore. Wang Mo insisted on coming out this time. They took the lead in exploring a shallow mineral vein on the surface.
It can be judged from the excavated samples that this is not a low-grade magnetite ore. This is enough. The Malay Peninsula lacks decent iron ore. Now many minerals need to be shipped from three overseas islands, and the quality is also difficult. Be satisfied.
Now a new mineral vein has indeed been found in Zhanzhou. According to the king, this will be a huge treasure place. Then the construction of a smelting plant here in the future can become a huge rear base for the Blackwater Ming Kingdom. Support, with such a strong rear fortress, Zhao Xin will definitely be able to go further with his talent as the leader of the country.
Thinking about the vast map he saw at the Naval Academy, Xin Zhao felt excited, but at this moment he also felt that the burden on him was heavier.
Chapter 209 Continuous new discoveries
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