Great Song Pirate

Chapter 370
As the annual Spring Festival is approaching again, and as the construction of Jilongzhai is becoming more and more prosperous, Liuqiu Island Jilongzhai has also become lively. A large number of ships have gathered from all directions to the wharf of Jilongzhai. The various materials needed here were unloaded batch after batch to the dock.

Xu Yi's mood is also very good as the various tasks here are progressing smoothly. From time to time, he counts the time with his fingers. According to the time, it may not be long. His brothers who are working far away should probably Arriving here, Xu Yi felt a little excited when he thought that he hadn't seen these brothers for so long. He had come to this point, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be without brothers like Shuimao. Xu Yi was very clear about this.

This is also the first time that Jilongzhai has been used as their meeting place. In order to welcome these brothers from all over the world, Xu Yi had asked Jia Qian to make arrangements in advance. Jia Qian built a large number of houses in the place originally reserved for the school. , used it as a post house to receive brothers from all parties during the Spring Festival, and sorted out the naval barracks in Jilongzhai to serve as the residences for the entourage of the commanders. All were prepared a month before the Spring Festival, and a large number of people were prepared. To welcome their arrival, the specifications cannot be regarded as grand, even compared to Dulong Island, the conditions are much better. Xu Yi is very satisfied with his arrangement. After a year of busy work, everyone should enjoy it.

The reason why Xu Yi arranged for everyone to gather in Jilongzhai was to let these brothers who had been away for a year come here to see their new base. During the Spring Festival last year, Jilongzhai was just established, but after After more than a year of construction, even compared with some towns on the land, it is not far behind. Although the current population here is not large, the workshops here occupy a large area, including There are as many as 2000 people working in the large workshops such as ironworks, cannon foundries, crossbow workshops, clothing workshops, and woodworking workshops. This is even the scale of Dulong Island before. Can't compare.

The rice fields reclaimed by the immigrants in Jilongzhai stretched out, almost beyond sight. This kind of scene is definitely not something you can see on Dulong Island. The people depend on food. After they have so many farmlands, at least There is nothing to worry about eating. At the same time, this scene also means that they have taken root here, giving them sufficient confidence. No matter where they go, Xu Yi wants the brothers to know that they There is already a place on Liuqiu Island that they can call home.

During this period of time, Xu Yi devoted all his energy to the establishment of the workshop area in Jilongzhai. Tiezuo recruited a large number of workers according to his request. These people were assigned to the former craftsmen as apprentices. He started to learn the art of blacksmithing. His purpose is very clear. If the Fubo Army wants to be invincible in the future, it will not work without its own ordnance factory. He must have an army that can support the Fubo Army's strength. Since Jilongzhai can produce its own coal, this factory has been selected by him in Jilongzhai. He wants to build Jilongzhai into a heavy industrial base for the Fubo Army.

As the core ironworks of the ordnance factory, he has spared no effort in investing his energy. So far, the ironworks here have built a prototype. Others plundered or purchased from other places to equip his troops. After this period of construction, Tie Zuo headed by Qin Huzi and Lei Tong has begun to provide knives and guns for the Fubo army in batches. Such as basic weapons, and the output is constantly doubling, the various tools needed by Jilongzhai and Danshuizhai are already completely self-sufficient, and the knives, guns and weapons they make are beyond the reach of master craftsmen like Leitong. Under the guidance and the support of their own advanced furnaces, the quality is absolutely superior, even if it is not as good as the swords made by those famous craftsmen, it is much better than the swords and guns they robbed and bought before. How many chips.

Moreover, Xu Yi did not completely stop the production of ballistas because he already had copper cannons. As a weapon for naval warfare, ballistas are not outdated at this time, and when firing kerosene bombs, they are very effective against the enemy. The power of square ships is not much worse than that of artillery. More importantly, ballistas are mostly made of wood, and the cost is much lower than that of bronze artillery. It is unrealistic for his current fleet to equip a large number of artillery. Ballista As an effective long-range weapon, it will not be completely replaced by copper cannons for a long time. This is also the conclusion he reached after careful consideration.

For this reason, he ordered Qin Huzi to set up a workshop here to continue to vigorously produce ballistas, so now they have a large number of ballistas stockpiled in their warehouses, and they will be distributed to fleets everywhere for equipment after the Spring Festival. He must strive to equip all his fleet's warships with ballistas within one year!After all, except for some main warships, most of his squadrons are ordinary cargo ships they plundered from various places. Most of the ships are not equipped with ballistas. Now that he has this strength, at least he must first Let's equip the brothers with ballistas!
That is, not long ago, Peng Shitou once again presented a big gift to Xu Yi. Since Xu Yi inspected the gold pan last time, Peng Shitou began to bring in a group of capable men according to Xu Yi's request. Going up along the Jilong River, they searched for gold mines in the valleys on both sides of the river. After investigating all the way, they paid more than a dozen lives and finally found a high-quality gold mine in one place. With a lot of experience, he could see the huge reserves of this gold mine at a glance, so he finally completed the prospecting task assigned to him by Xu Yi, and returned to Jilongzhai with his people.

After seeing the gold ores that Peng Shitou presented to him, Xu Yi was so happy that he felt like fainting, hard work pays off!This Peng Shitou really found the gold mine. Since then, his Fubo army has a stable source of income. Xu Yi patted Peng Shitou's shoulder vigorously a few times, feeling that no praise is enough now. After commending his achievements, Peng Shitou just smiled at him honestly, then took out another stone from the bag and placed it in front of Xu Yi.

"This is...?" Xu Yi held the dark green stone and felt familiar, so he asked Peng Shitou.

"Congratulations, my lord! This time we not only discovered a gold mine in that valley, but also accidentally discovered this kind of thing, which is malachite! With this thing, we can smelt copper! And in that valley, There are a lot of this kind of stone on the ground, and from what I can see, there are probably a lot of copper mines underneath!" Peng Shitou hurriedly explained to Xu Yi.

Now Xu Yi was really going to be dazzled by happiness. Originally, he was thinking about gold mines, but he never thought that God would buy one and get one free. When they discovered the gold mine, they also discovered the copper mine together. Now He was thinking about buying a large amount of copper and tin from Guangdong to make cannons, but he didn't expect that Peng Shitou even found copper mines!This is great news!

After Haosheng praised Peng Shitou, Xu Yi asked Peng Shitou to go back to rest. This time, he was not sure if the place where Peng Shitou found the gold and copper mines was the Jinguashi in later Taiwan, but judging from the situation Peng Shitou described , It should be close to ten, this valley is very close to the sea, if they go by land, they have to cross many valleys, the road is not easy to pass, and because there are some virgin forests along the way, snakes and insects are densely covered with miasma, this is why they The reason why so many people have been lost in a row for two months.

Before Peng Shitou came back, he checked nearby. There was a small bay outside the valley where the gold and copper mines were produced, which was suitable for docking ships, so Xu Yi immediately decided to send a boat to bring the Japanese slaves there for mining. , if he can collect enough copper ore here, then he can basically solve the raw materials for casting cannons by himself.

For a good thing like this, Xu Yi himself doesn't know how to describe his luck, so it must be God's favor!Since even God helped him, there was no reason for him not to take advantage of the unique conditions here to make a big splash.

Although it is winter according to the season, Jilongzhai still maintains a hot and humid feeling, without feeling cold at all. The only thing that does not make people feel happy is the frequent wind and rain in this place. The rain here is very heavy throughout the year. It caused a lot of trouble for the construction of Jilong Village, but this did not hinder their rapid development here. With the development of a large area of ​​land, the roads around Jilong Village are constantly being extended, one place after another The immigrant gathering points are connected by these roads, and pieces of land are reclaimed one after another. Under their expansion, the wasteland that was originally tense began to become abundant again, and some immigrants who were willing to farm began to be arranged to go to the new land. , Jilongzhai also began to accept new immigrants again.

Fortunately, Jia Qian and the others are in charge of these matters, so Xu Yi can concentrate on the factory. Otherwise, I am afraid that the immigrant affairs in Jilong Village and Danshui Village alone will be enough for Xu Yi to drink a pot. up.

The time was approaching the new year day by day in their busy schedule. As the new year approached, Xu Yi's brothers who had been looking forward to it for a long time finally arrived here one by one.

The first person Xu Yi received on the pier was Kong Qingxi. This time, Kong Qingxi brought three cargo ships, loaded with a lot of property and tens of thousands of catties of copper and tin purchased from Shaozhou, Guangdong, and rushed back to Jilongzhai. Seeing Xu Yi coming to pick him up in person on the pier, he quickly turned over and bowed, but Xu Yi hurriedly pulled him up.

Seeing Kong Qingxi's darkened face, Xu Yi smiled and said, "Brother Kong, you've worked hard! Please get up quickly! It seems that you, old Kong, have suffered a lot from the sun in the south! You've got a lot of tan after you haven't seen him for a few months! Let me tell you about what happened to you in Guangzhou! I guess you have suffered a lot!"

"Humble job is willing to work for the lord, how can there be any hard work to say? Don't be polite, my lord! I will introduce a person to the lord first. This brother is Zheng Guang. This time I went to Guangzhou, but I had a solid fight with brother Zheng. It was a battle! He was almost driven back! This time when I came back from the humble position, I brought him back with me, and I want the Lord to get to know him!" Kong Qingxi hurriedly said politely, and pulled out a person from the entourage behind him. Xu Yi introduced.

Hearing that Kong Qingxi introduced himself to Xu Yi, the man named Zheng Guang quickly came out in front of Xu Yi, knelt down in front of Xu Yi and shouted: "The humble Zheng Guang sees the lord! Please forgive Zheng Guang for offending me. sin!"

Xu Yi looked down at Zheng Guang. A few days ago, he heard about the battle between Kong Qingxi and Zheng Guang. Hearing the news sent back by Kong Qingxi that this Zheng Guang was captured by him, and later surrendered to their Fubo Army and became his deputy, he knew that the person Kong Qingxi valued would definitely not be mediocre, so he did not dare to underestimate him , stretched out his hand to hold this Zheng Guang from the ground with both hands and laughed: "So this is Brother Zheng! I have heard of your name a long time ago, the person who can almost drive Kong Qingxi back must not be a mortal, you It is really my luck to join our Fubo Army, Xu, how can you blame me? When you fought with Kong Qingxi, it was because you were not on the same road. Now that you are here with us, you are our own brother No more! Don't mention this matter again!"

Zheng Guang was looking forward to meeting their lord Xu Yi this time. At the beginning, Kong Qingxi led the Fubo Army fleet to a disastrous defeat and captured him in one fell swoop. At the beginning, he He was very unconvinced, but after being imprisoned by Kong Qingxi for a period of time, he also began to slowly figure it out. For him who has been at sea for so long, he knows the rules of the sea best. All in all, he took several times more people and ships than others to besiege the fleet led by Kong Qingxi. Not only did he not eat them, but he was captured alive. This shows his incompetence. No wonder he did something, but later Kong Qingxi saw that he was a capable man, so he didn't kill him, so he persuaded him to join the Fubo Army, and promised Zheng Guang to be his deputy in the future. Zheng Guang thought about it for a few days After that, he agreed.

During the days when Kong Qingxi was imprisoned, he saw that the Fubo army had strict discipline, and they were able to advance and retreat with certainty. It was going to sea to be a pirate, so it might not be a bad thing to follow this Fubo army, so after agreeing to Kong Qingxi's persuasion to surrender, he took the initiative to gather up those former brothers and transfer them to Kong Qingxi's subordinates together. After that, it didn't take long to work together to organize the sea forces outside Guangzhou, and truly became an absolutely powerful force in the sea outside Guangzhou.

Since the surrender of Kong Qingxi, Zheng Guang has heard a lot of rumors about Xu Yi from Kong Qingxi and the old troops of the Fubo Army he brought with him. Full of curiosity, in the previous battle with Kong Qingxi, Zheng Guang's fleet was severely beaten by the ballista in Kong Qingxi's fleet. Only after Dang Gui surrendered to the Fubo Army did he know that there are still such sharp fighters in the world. After hearing that such a ballista was actually made by Xu Yi, Zheng Guang became even more determined to meet Xu Yi.So this time when Kong Qingxi came back to report on his work during the New Year, Zheng Guang gave up his job of staying in Guangzhou and resolutely followed Kong Qingxi back to this legendary place.

Like everyone who met Xu Yi for the first time, Zheng Guang was surprised by his youth when he saw Xu Yi for the first time. Such a young man who looked only in his 20s actually possessed such powerful abilities. strength, and it is said that the current power of the Fubo Army was created by him alone. Zheng Guang even felt that the rumors were exaggerated, but when he saw the old Fubo Army who came back with Kong Qingxi, he saw Xu After seeing Yi's expression, he dispelled the doubts in his heart. If a person can have the respect of so many people, then he must have something special, so the rumors must not be fabricated!

Therefore, after Kong Qingxi introduced him to Xu Yi, Zheng Guang showed great respect to Xu Yi, and Xu Yi also showed him kindness and tolerance, without any pretentiousness, which Zheng Guang felt so far. Admire.

After seeing such a well-organized wharf and neat chicken cage village, Zheng Guang couldn't believe that such a big village was built in more than a year. Done!With Zheng Guang's knowledge, he didn't dare to imagine, and when they went to Jilong Village, they passed a river mouth. Gu Kong Qingxi told him that it was also a new village of Fubo Army, called Danshui Village, which was estimated to be larger in scale. Considering that the chicken cage village here would not be too small, he finally believed in the potential strength of the Fubo army!

Although Zheng Guang has been attached to the Fubo Army for several months, he did not really belong to the Fubo Army until today when he saw the chicken cage village in front of him. Yes, the purpose was to find a way to survive. Later, he even thought that one day he would attract the attention of the imperial court when he became bigger. One day, it might be good for the imperial court to recruit him to an official to solve his problems. But now he finds the opportunity In front of his eyes, if waiting for the imperial court to recruit security is a dream, then following the Fubo Army now, as long as he works hard, it may be possible to become a founding minister of the country!
Xu Yi talked and laughed happily along the way, and welcomed Kong Qingxi and the others into the village. Kong Qingxi lamented loudly the tremendous changes that had taken place here in the past few months. After seeing a thriving scene, Kong Qingxi's sense of pride naturally came from the bottom of his heart.

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