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In addition, there are imitation Huaxia 1705 rifles made by the British, 1711 imitation rifles of the New Qin Empire, and various imitation or improved steam engines dismantled from British steam engines.

The British have good things here, and the Spaniards have a lot of money and goods.

If the money and goods were sold, there must be several million Chinese yuan.

After more than 20 days, the cavalry who picked up the people in the mountains came back and brought back more than 3000 people who hid in the mountains. The Han family members who came here.

By this time the town had almost been restored.

The people who came lived in the town, and the fortifications around the town were almost repaired, and the villages within a radius of fifteen miles of the town were also cleared out for use by the garrison and prisoners. The prisoners finally used their hands to protect themselves. A house for lodging was built.

It's basically settled down here.

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Wearing the Major's uniform brought to him by Molin and the others, Zhuang Linma patrolled around non-stop. With the end of the war, the town ushered in another vigorous development. The town was developing well before, but at that time because The lack of strength, coupled with the backlash by the descendants of Mexicans and Han Chinese, caused the town to be destroyed in the flames of war. The fleet led by Zhuang Lin was nearly 200 people and the remaining elite officers of the navy were almost wiped out.

Now there are more than 7000 troops, more than 3 prisoners, and more than a dozen sailing warships. Although the tonnage is small, they are all armed merchant ships of three to four hundred tons, but this is not bad, better than Zhuang Lin and the others just now. There were many times when they came, and the strength and strength of the small town they had developed for half a year at that time could not be compared with the strength and strength of the town after a big war now.

After the Spaniards were defeated and fled, they were chased for more than 100 miles, and they were in constant panic. Now all the Spaniards within a range of more than 100 miles have been wiped out.

The Spanish immigrants within a hundred miles, as well as immigrants from various countries, the colonists, anyway, people were arrested and driven to small towns. Although this kind of behavior is cruel, in order to manage these people who do not belong to them, there are currently few troops. Under the circumstances, it can only be calculated in this way.

Within a radius of fifteen miles, many small villages were established for them to live during the period, and cavalry patrolled a radius of thirty miles.

The radius of the town is only one mile and five miles, the radius of the port is only one mile, and the sum of the two is no more than four miles.After this expansion, it is only five miles away, and with the addition of Lingbao next to it, the town is currently extremely crowded.

The wounded returned from their injuries one by one, went out to guard the countryside, and entered the barracks for restorative training. The barracks were stationed in the open space and key places between five miles and fifteen miles, next to the road, forming a line of protection, protecting the town and the outside world. The Mexicans and Spaniards, businessmen and immigrants from various countries within a radius of one hundred miles were captured.

The barracks were stationed about eight miles outside the town, and were divided into baggage, warehouses, arsenals, maintenance yards, wounded battalions, infantry garrison battalions, cavalry garrison battalions, naval garrison battalions, artillery battalions, and mercenary battalions.

In addition, the navy is also building two proposed stone fortress camps near the sea in the small town near the port. Soldiers and sailors stationed by the navy on the ship can rest in these two camps.At the same time, it can be used to protect ships in ports and seas, as well as shipyards and ship repair factories next to the docks.

There are so many barracks, but there are not many soldiers in each camp. The artillery battalion has more well-trained prisoners brought from the New Qin Empire, because there are too many heavy artillery and forts that need to be trimmed. They all have experience and under their command As long as the captured prisoners are not seriously injured, they have to repair forts, ship repair yards, docks, ports, and repair ships. There are many people here, and the other barracks are purely soldiers from each battalion.

After the people came, they all lived in the small town. There were not many people in the town. Some French businessmen and businessmen from other countries were released, and some compensation was made to them, but these businessmen who helped the Spaniards did not make compensation. Ransom and labor are required to atone.

Destroyed houses rose up one after another, and under the construction of many restored captives, the town took on a new look. In just two months, it not only expanded its scope, but also became a bit thriving.

It's just that no one came here to trade, and there were as many as a hundred ships in the port, but they were all ships captured by the British and Spaniards by the New Qin Empire.

There are also a few ships passing by occasionally, and all Spanish and foreign ships passing through this port to the other side of Panama have gone to other Spanish ports.

When Zhuang Lin came to the port, there were already fifteen first-class battleships on display in the port.These are all the remaining captured British steam engine battleships, which were repaired first. With the recovery of the wounded officers and soldiers of the navy, the vacancies of these fifteen battleships were gradually filled, and some of the original people were young and strong. People are assigned to warships, and this is paid. When the people come to the port, they don’t usually have any jobs. They either help on the docks, farm nearby, pick fruits in the forest, or hunt, or help with repairs. battleship.

Without merchants, Zhuang Lin and the others could only use a lot of jobs to reward the people who helped guard the port.

There are a lot of living supplies and food, because too many were seized. Although many of them were sunk into the sea during naval battles, there are still a lot of supplies that can be distributed to the common people and captives.

"I think it's better to use the original captives and slaves. The new ones can only use some Mexicans who have been screened. Then we need at least 350 people for each warship. We can arrange [-] soldiers plus [-] young and strong sailors as assistants. Anyway, these soldiers or sailors have been on the ship for a long time, and most of them are familiar with the life on the ship.

Each ship is equipped with 350 officers and [-] experienced sailors, plus some captives and miscellaneous servants. The captives are still appointed from the New Qin Empire, and the other captives do not need to board the ship. Of course, they can also be obtained from merchants. Among the captains and sailors we recruited, we recruited some mercenaries, as well as our mercenaries, so that there would be [-] people on each ship. " Song Qing said to Zhuang Lin.

Zhuang Lin thought as he walked, and quickly raised his head and said: "That's right, but in this way, our personnel will not be enough, at least the sailors will not be enough, 350 people, ten ships need 500 people, fifteen One ship needs 620 people, plus our original seventeen 1000-ton sailboats and some steam engine warships, now all the more than 3000 people on them have been transferred, and we have to add more than 3000 people, sailors plus hired Soldiers, plus the young and strong, also add less than [-] people.

What's more, with our transfer, there are only more than 3000 soldiers and young adults left, and the personnel are stretched. Moreover, we have no one to operate other warships. Merchant shipping, tax collection.There are still many places that need to be guarded and suppressed. Now not only 3 people have been captured, but also nearly 3000 foreign businessmen and immigrants from various places, as well as local Mexican indigenous residents and British. With these [-] people in the city Not enough to guard at all. "

He rubbed his forehead, and said in annoyance: "This British battleship is really manpower-intensive, unlike our ironclad ships, which only need 150 people, and at most 25 officials, the minimum operating manpower is only 69 people. .And once in battle, if you are hit by the enemy, a little bit of artillery fire will definitely cause a lot of casualties. Once a ship is sunk, there will be more than our battalion of soldiers and horses."

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Song Qingdao: "Then we can abolish some of the slaves. These slaves have been trained by us and can cooperate with the original mercenaries of the fleet to take care of the captives. Maybe we can add some more Mexicans on each ship. I think many Mexicans are not completely satisfied. Against us, we can recruit sailors among the Mexicans, soldiers can be laid off ten people per ship, the original captives can be laid off ten people, and slaves can be laid off 30 people, so that these people can operate some armed merchant ships and sailing ships Act as port tax collection and inspection duties.

The sailors cannot be dismissed, and neither can the officers. At most two per ship can be dismissed, and they can be supplemented by Mexicans or captives who perform well.The dismissed officers and some Mexicans, as well as some newly recovered wounded sailors, as well as mercenary sailors from the British and Spaniards, and some newly recovered soldiers and officers, make up a thousand or so people , it will be able to support the maritime patrol fleet under the original control of the subordinates. These warships also have combat effectiveness. Maybe a decisive battle will not work, but it is still possible to patrol the open sea.

The power of these people can all be handed over to our new Han Chinese officers who are interns in the navy this time. "

"Well, well, let's allocate it here first. In another month, most of the wounded who should be recovered have recovered, and the fleet will be formed accordingly. As for those who can no longer participate in the battle after recovery, they will learn from the Huaxia Empire and arrange Go to the village or various areas of the town to serve as some officials, set up our official shelf, and help us handle some civil affairs.

There are probably quite a few of these people, perhaps more than 1000 people, which is enough to manage a small town with tens of thousands of people.Selecting some highly respected people from the people also gives them some rights to help manage the people.This time we rested and recuperated, our strength has greatly increased, and we will be able to resist the Spaniards when they come again in the future. "

Zhuang Lin said very complacently.

Song Qing saw this and said: "We now have 34 ships, but the other ships are still being repaired, but after repairs, only [-]% of the combat power is left, or it is only suitable for offshore business transportation, I don't know. Can we get in touch and sell this ship to the French, the French merchants have approached us several times, they hope to compensate us for the merchant ships destroyed in the war, and sell them some warships captured this time at a low price as their merchant ship."

Zhuang Lin turned his head and said to Song Qing, "What do they use to pay?"

Song Qing quickly replied: "Although they have returned some of their money, most of them have been destroyed by the war. We can't fully compensate them. They are also responsible. At least war is a natural disaster, and no one can do anything about it. If this is the case, they should instead ask the Spaniards for money and compensation, but this is impossible. They have to run the route here, surrounded by Spanish ports and territories, and they will definitely not offend the Spaniards, so They found us, and they only need to pay part of the compensation."

He lowered his head and thought for a while, "If we have to pay, we can give them some small boats to let them go back to the ports of other Spaniards, let them take the boat or go back by themselves, raise goods or money to come here, and then take them away for compensation. The ships and the ships they bought, and some goods, the French hoped to buy a group of prisoners to use as their mercenaries or slaves."

"That's good, just give them some time and let them go back to raise money and goods. We still need a lot of goods here."

"In addition, choose some loyal people from among the Mexicans to train and join the sailors. After all, slaves are not as easy to use as obedient sailors, and sailors can order them to do anything. Slaves can only be used as coolies. We have to prevent them from rebelling and seizing warships. These are not without lessons. In order to fight against the British, we were captured by those captives and slaves off the coast of Newfoundland. Fortunately, we finally eliminated them, otherwise any One mistake is enough to cause a naval battle to fail.

In the future, the use of slaves should be reduced as much as possible, and slaves and captives can only be used on land.In the future, handymen will be hired to work in the bottom warehouse, and there should not be too many slaves. Out of the 30 people, only three to five people who violated the rules and seven or eight slaves will be assigned, making a total of ten or so people. If there are too many, it will be fine. From now on, it will be steam engines Warships, if they rebel and seize any one at will, we will suffer heavy losses. "

Song Qing nodded, "Understood, sir, I think we can still implement some British and local policies, try to give some specific affairs and some tasks of monitoring captives and slaves to the mercenaries, and then other soldiers learn and train , garrison, guard, fight, suppress resistance, and withdraw from trivial affairs, so as to rule a place with the least number of people. The British are doing very well here, and the Spaniards are not bad, we can follow suit.”

Zhuang Lin said: "That's good. We will gradually do this in the future, just like what we did in the New Qin Empire, but now we are surrounded by others, and we still have to do the task of guarding ourselves. In case there is sympathy and reaction among the mercenaries People in the water, we gave them a chance to form an army at any time to resist us. This is not good. The task of guarding the prisoners cannot be completely handed over to the mercenaries. The mercenaries should go to the battlefield to consume them. Temporarily going to patrol and go to sea to fight with the Spaniards around you can reduce the number of soldiers a little, and leave the soldiers to other warships or keep them on land."

After discussing with Song Qing, Zhuang Lin knew that the Navy now has fifteen British first-class battleships, two second-class battleships, and the remaining seventeen steam engine battleships that have fully recovered their combat effectiveness. And sailing ships, as well as some armed merchant ships, and most of the remaining merchant ships and warships will be repaired in a month.

However, most of the ships did not have enough crews and soldiers to board the ships. Due to loyalty or management reasons, the captives and slaves could only use some of the original wounded or destroyed by the main fleet of Morin. The captives or slaves who came out, or even the captives and slaves on the enemy's ship, could at best add some Mexicans who were close to them, or the Mexicans who were actually attached to the Spaniards after the local surrender.

After the fifteen first-class battleships and two second-class battleships were gradually staffed, Song Qing began to take them out to sea for cruising, and at the same time to find trouble for the Spaniards. Under the pursuit of such powerful and high-tonnage battleships, the Spaniards were in a panic. Unbearable, there is no ability to resist at all, because the Spanish warships that have been three hundred miles or even thousands of miles away have either been captured or sunk, and this has become a vacuum under the Spanish rule.

In a while, it is impossible for anyone to beat the current Zhuang Lin and the others.

The first thousand and 420 chapters of the army here are also managed by someone

Unknowingly, March has passed, and the fourth month has begun. The whole town has returned to its former prosperity. The French came as promised, and the French bought more than 50 repaired merchant ships and warships in one go. Most of the berths in the port were emptied at once, and then many French people came here to do business, and the town's supplies became more abundant.

But Song Qing and Zhuang Lin are both naval officers and soldiers, and they are really not good at commanding and arranging the army on land. They very much hope that Sweeping Thunder can send an army officer here.

So an armed merchant ship was sent back to deliver the letter, and at the beginning of the fourth month, a [-]-ton steam engine scout ship came here carrying dozens of army officers.

Song Qing and Zhuang Lin came to greet them at the pier. With someone to take care of things on land, Zhuang Lin can also start to re-invest in the construction of the fleet. After all, he is also a naval officer.

The pillar of the navy, a major officer.

The one who came was a captain named He Haole, who was the captain of the Sweeping Thunder and was also a second lieutenant officer of the field army of the Chinese Empire.Later, he was exiled, and was exiled to the Russian Expeditionary Army together with Sweeping Thunder and others. He survived nine deaths and one survived in the Romanian mercenary regiment. He followed Li Ya and the others to fight the world. The officer who survived many dangerous battles, He has been serving as a personal soldier of mine sweeping.

He didn't enter the officer corps, so he didn't have a chance to stand out. This time, Sao Tianlei received a request from Zhuang Lin who was transferred from Li Ya and the others, so he was sent here. Tang Yaweng is the supervisor of the main island. One of them is in charge of the army of the main island, and the other is in charge of the civil affairs on the main island. At the same time, Tang Yaweng is also the general material allocation officer of the New Qin Empire, and Sao Tianlei is also the leader of the army of the New Qin Empire. , which is equivalent to the commander of the army and the minister of logistics.

With the gradual formalization of the New Qin Empire, their appointments and positions gradually became regular, and the procedures of the New Qin Empire also began to be formalized, so Zhuang Lin's request was sent to Mo Lin, and Mo Lin asked Li Ya for instructions. Li Ya and the others asked Sweeping Thunder to send army officers to Zhuang Lin and the others.

Zhuang Lin and the others lost all their army officers, and they were members of the Navy, so they could only ask the locals to send officers. With local officers, they could free up their hands to take care of the fleet.