Lu Ming

In the following days, apart from the daily quarrels, Lao Huang was not idle.

First of all, the two old men surnamed Huang who lived in the same hotel checked out on the same day after saying goodbye to each other.

Huang Zhicheng and Huang Juren moved directly to the crossing districts with the best scenery—they are already worn out, so there is no need to stay in a hotel anymore.The smart comrade Zhong Xiuxiu has now begun to enjoy the fruits of the revolution: living in a villa, watching American dramas, and watching "Kung Fu" by the way.

Master Huang in Hangzhou bought a small wooden building near the General Hospital at a high price.There are many rooms in this small wooden building, and servants can be arranged. In the future, wives and concubines can live here to raise babies.

In the following time, Mr. Huang, who had slowly recovered from his foot injury, not only started exercising every day according to the doctor's advice, but also ran around the kiln area every day on crutches, experiencing the great source of industrial society.

At this time, Fang Tangjing, who was sent to Guangzhou on a business trip a few days ago, also sent back the first letter.

He has already visited the colleagues introduced by Nan Wang, and registered with the Guangzhou New Area Management Committee, which is currently in the demolition stage. Once the land transaction is released, he will immediately pick a suitable lot and sell it.

After reading the letter, Master Huang immediately replied, telling Fang Tangjing not to come back in a hurry, but to hang around more, just like he did research here, to find out the situation in Guangzhou Mansion first.

After contacting Fang Tangjing on the front foot, Nanwang came running on the back foot.

He hurriedly took the master out, rented a carriage, and Nan Wang kept urging the coachman to drive to the kiln area.

"Why is it so urgent?" Master Huang asked after getting into the car.

"My lord, the cannery is officially in operation. Let's go and have a look. If it succeeds, go to the Ministry of Commerce to register and negotiate!"

"Oh, then you have to go and have a look."

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Canned food, in fact, can be produced a long time ago based on the industrial capabilities of Chuanzhong.Whether it is tinplate, or food processing and disinfection, or bottle mouth packaging, these are not difficult.

The reason why canned food was not produced in the early stage was mainly because there was no demand: the troops were basically active in the surrounding areas, and they could get supplies in time no matter whether they were on the island or in the area under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, so the low-priority project of canned food was put on hold.

There is also a secondary reason for this is not enough sugar.

Sugar cane is a very fertilizer and soil intensive crop.In the first two years of crossing Zhongdeng Island, the main crops were used to feed the immigrants' staple food, and there was no spare energy to fiddle with sugar cane.

Before that, the local white sugar consumption was basically all sugar cane shipped from Fujian and squeezed on the spot.

This situation did not change until the second half of last year.When a large number of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes matured, the people across the world finally took a breather from the food problem, and began to sow some sugarcane fields with spare energy.

And the canning factory was officially launched recently because the above two conditions have changed-the cavalry stationed in the north needs canned food, and the local sugar cane has just matured.

When Master Huang and Nan Wang rushed to the newly opened canning factory in the kiln area, not only the people who came to inspect, but also some other well-informed businessmen were already doing research at the production line.

Naturally, the canning production line in the kiln area cannot be as high-end and automated as later generations.Whether it is food cooked in a large pot or various semi-manual tinplate packaging lines, it is full of a strong smell of black workshops.

However, although the equipment is simple, you can rest assured in terms of hygiene.Workers in clean overalls and hats are meticulously completing the process in front of them according to the procedures.

There are not many varieties in the cannery, mainly lychees in syrup, oranges in syrup, tempeh fish, and tomato sauce fish.

The sources of raw materials for these four kinds of canned food are very simple. Fujian is the main production area of ​​lychees and oranges, not to mention the other miscellaneous fish pieces, which are abundant in the cold storage.

After visiting the production line carefully, Mr. Huang found that compared with other large factories in the kiln area, the canning factory did not have high requirements for equipment.In addition to some large pots, there are boilers used to provide sterilizing steam, and some small sheet metal and packaging small machine tools.

In this way, it is theoretically possible for Mr. Huang to open a factory in Jiangnan.

After the visit, Mr. Huang bought a bunch of newly rolled cans from the factory, and then returned to his small wooden building with Nan Wang.

Pull the delicate iron ring on the top of the can hard, open the thin tinplate cover, pour the four dishes into the bowl, taste each, and then Mr. Huang gave a thumbs up on the spot: "The food in the tin can If the fruits and dishes can really last for years, it will be a big business."

"That's for sure, the grown-ups will definitely not smash their own signboards." Nan Wang smiled and lifted a small white paper sticker on the light yellow metal jar to the master's eyes.

This piece of white paper is the product introduction, and some simple information about the can is printed on it in small black letters: place of origin, ingredients, expiration date and factory code in Arabic numerals.

After seeing the string of small characters with a shelf life of "two years" written on the white paper, Mr. Huang closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then opened his eyes and asked, "How will this deal be financed?"

"First go to the Chikan Government Affairs Hall to register, declare and verify the capital, and then negotiate with the people from the Ministry of Commerce."

"Then you have to hurry up."

Just as Mr. Huang came to the door of the Chikan District Government and submitted an application for a partnership to open a canning factory in Hangzhou, several other application forms with the same content also appeared on the desks of the staff of the Ministry of Commerce.

The contents of these application forms are basically the same, except for the location of the factory: Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Guangdong... In short, these well-informed businessmen from all over the world are generally optimistic about the canned food business.

You must know that travelers in this era can only eat dry food on the road. If this kind of canned food is available, it will be a good thing for the middle class and rich people who are away from home.

Travelers are also happy to see the success of this.If the cannery is located in a place like Hangzhou, it can not only absorb various fruits and grain raw materials on the spot, but also recruit workers on the spot, and save the high shipping costs from Taiwan to the port, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

So Mr. Huang, who submitted the application, quickly started negotiations with the Ministry of Commerce.

Since Mr. Huang's details had already been grasped by the Intelligence Bureau in advance, the Ministry of Commerce saved the troublesome process of capital verification and background investigation, which led to the speeding up of the negotiation process.

In the end, Mr. Huang successfully reached an agreement with the Ministry of Commerce. In the near future, the two parties will cooperate to open a canning factory in Shanghai Port Industrial Zone, with the registered trademark "Meilin".

Chapter 432

When the first transport ship carrying canned food departed from Taijiang and traveled thousands of miles to the sea off Tianjin, it was already late February.

Taiwan at the moment has the best weather of the year.The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold, mosquitoes are scarce, vegetation has just begun a new round of luxuriance, everything is recovering, and the greenery is abundant.

However, thousands of miles away in the north, it is still shrouded in the wind and frost of the Little Ice Age.The entire northern land is a chilling scene, the mountains are frozen, the wasteland is desolate, and there are snow everywhere.

With a "poof", a grass stalk was spat out under the tree.

It was Mei Fuxi, the vice-captain of Flying Tiger Battalion A, who made such an uncivilized move.

Mei Ge'er no longer had the image of a son as before.More than a month of high-intensity cavalry training washed away his impetuosity, and replaced it with a rough and capable spirit.

At this moment, Mei Fuxi, wearing a green army coat, was sitting on a stump with a big horse and a golden sword, her leather boots stepped on the slush under her feet, and her back was leaning on a small tree.He held a large gray military jug in his left hand, and a piece of meat pie in his right hand, and was lazily sipping water and pie.

Mei Fuxi's team was small in number, with only 11 people and 22 horses in total.Now their location is in the Hebei Plain, in the Yanshan branch north of Tangshan.

The vast and majestic Yanshan Mountain System stretches for [-] miles from west to east, extending from Zhangjiakou in the north to Shanhaiguan near the Bohai Bay. Since ancient times, it has been an important barrier for the Central Plains regime to resist the nomadic peoples in the north.

150 miles north from the Acropolis of Tianjin, you can reach the southernmost part of Yanshan Mountain.Counting from the north of Tangshan, the remaining veins are about fifty li from north to south.

In the middle of this branch and the vast mountain system of the main Yanshan Mountain, there happened to be a flat corridor connecting Shanhaiguan and Beijing, which could allow large troops to pass through.

The city passes along the corridor, including Jizhou, Zunhua, Qian'an, Luanzhou, Santunying, Xifengkou, etc., are all important throats and have been served by thick ink in history.

It is now late February of [-], and the war situation in the entire Jingyuan area has undergone major changes.

Beginning this month, the Eight Banners army entrenched at the foot of the capital began to turn around one after another. Huang Taiji personally led the elite to break through the above-mentioned towns and passes one by one, thus guiding the army back north.

The reason why the Army of the Eight Banners wants to completely open up this corridor is also a last resort.

Before entering the customs, the route of the East and West armies of the Eight Banners was to break through several passes on the Great Wall such as Xifeng Pass, Longjing Pass, and Da'an Pass, enter the pass with light soldiers, and then get through the two key points of Zunhua and Santunying. At the node, they rushed straight to Tongzhou and surrounded the capital.

And now when the troops are withdrawing, because the Eight Banners soldiers have robbed a large amount of goods, food and people in the Jingyuan area for several months, the troops have become slow to expand, so Huang Taiji must open up the entire back road so that the slow large troops can pass.

So throughout February, a large number of Eight Banners troops, luggage and captured Ming people gathered in the corridor area.

At the same time, the Flying Tiger Battalion, which has been working for a while, has gradually moved closer to the north of Tianjin and extended its tentacles to the remaining veins of Yanshan Mountain with the improvement of the entire team's skills and tactics and confidence.

The establishment of the Flying Tiger Battalion is as follows: five centurions form the basic structure.Each of these hundred-man squads is subdivided into a scout squad and nine ordinary cavalry squads.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is called the "Night Not Collecting" reconnaissance team, which is usually led by a deputy captain with strong skills and tactics.And the captain of each team is served by a more experienced caravan guard.

These people have been guarding the caravan all year round, not only have certain organizational skills, but also know how to assess the situation, which is suitable for the current positioning of the Flying Tiger Camp by the high-level: to play a support role.

As the well-known "Young Hero" of Tianjin Wei, Mei Fuxi, at the beginning of the establishment of the army, relied on his excellent horsemanship to get a position as the deputy captain.

He and his nine leading soldiers have undergone quite rigorous training during this period.Due to the outstanding achievements, during the operation of the whole army going northward and entering the remaining veins of Yanshan Mountain, the investigation team under the jurisdiction of Team A took on the task of arrows and appeared in the upper left corner of the marching square.

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Just as Mei Fuxi was sitting in the dry miscellaneous forest in winter, swallowing the last piece of dry food in his hand, there was a slight "da da" sound from the side.

Mei Fuxi knew the news was coming without turning her head.

The sound of "da da" came from an iron box wrapped in a flowered cloth bag.This gaudy iron box was carried on the back by a special forces member who was five short and also dressed in flowered clothes.

There are only 50 special forces members in the early stage of training and reconnaissance, and they are scattered in various cavalry teams as non-staff communication officers.Therefore, Mei Fuxi's reconnaissance team, which was walking in front of the large army, was assigned one as a matter of course.

This communications officer is none other than Chen Huoding and Chen Erye, a member of the Special Forces who was granted the rank of Second Lieutenant by the Imperial Scholar.

Today's Second Master Chen is officially the captain of the Imperial Special Forces, and temporarily concurrently serves as the communication officer of the Flying Tiger Battalion A team.

After hearing the signal from the piggyback radio, Chen Erye reached out and took off the hand microphone and earphones, then muttered and started talking to the other end of the signal.

There are two kinds of tactical radios used by the special forces when they went north this time.

One is the VHF individual soldier radio. The frequency of the VHF segment is relatively strong in terms of diffraction and ground wave propagation, but it has poor penetration to buildings, so it is just used as a short-range communication for mountain or field soldiers.

In the pure electromagnetic environment of the 10th century, the communication distance of individual soldiers of the special forces members traveling through the Yanshan Mountains can generally be maintained at about [-] kilometers.

The other is a 120W digital shortwave radio.

This is used as a command station.Once the antenna of a high-wattage radio is erected, it can even achieve effective communication within 1000 kilometers.Even if the communication distance is affected in the mountains, this kind of radio station can fully support the communication network needs of the entire Flying Tiger Camp.

What Chen Huoding received just now was the enemy situation report from Qian Tieshan, commander of the Special Forces, from ten kilometers away.

"Everyone get up and leave." After the brief voice call, Chen Huoding turned his head and whispered something to Mei Fuxi, who immediately got up and ordered the team to move out.

Hearing the sound, the other nine team members hurriedly started to break out of the camp: quickly stuffed the last mouthful of dry food into their mouths, packed up the material bag hanging around the horse's neck, put a muzzle on the horse to prevent neighing, and finally cleaned up the alcohol/ Kerosene combi stove.

The current location of the team has penetrated the Yanshan Mountain in the northwest of Tangshan from south to north, and a little further north, you can see the plain corridor near Zunhua.So at this time, the team must be very cautious when camping, and they must not emit cooking smoke or loud horse neighing-the Eight Banners Tanma may appear nearby at any time.

After taking 2 minutes to break out of the camp, everyone in the team put on thick gray masks, and then got on their horses. The sharp soldiers hung up the binoculars on their chests, and under the command of Mei Fuxi's simple gestures, everyone spread out. Searching for the formation, he began to walk slowly through the mountains.

The whole search formation is like this: the two sharp soldiers on the left and right are responsible for the advancement and observation of the ridges on both sides.In the valley between the two mountains, there are also two cavalrymen who are responsible for opening the way ahead, while the rest of them follow a mile behind with replacement horses.

This search formation is a mode that is currently used by the Flying Tiger Camp.It comes from the teachings of some frontier soldiers-there are many retired and deserted frontier soldiers in the Flying Tiger Battalion. These people are quite familiar with the cavalry tactics between the northern mountains.

In this regard, all the southern soldiers, including those who crossed the border, were all students.In other words, during the more than one month of running-in, not only the local aborigines were trained, but the special forces from the south also learned a lot of cavalry tactics and marching details in the [-]th century.

This kind of thing is not available in the special forces syllabus brought by later generations.

However, even so, the natives of the Ming Dynasty, including Mei Fuxi, all accepted the command of the special forces honestly not long after the training started, and no one dared to pierce.

Because the huge gap in technology, knowledge, and equipment between the Ming people and the special forces cannot be made up for by a little battlefield experience.

At the beginning, many comrades in the auxiliary soldiers were secretly a little unconvinced about this group of pied soldiers who claimed to be Cao Zongbing's personal guards.

Because apart from the sharp guns in their hands, this group of people is actually not very good at riding, and they are not familiar with the Northland.Although the special forces members have undergone riding training in the south, they barely reached the passing line, and there is still a big gap between them and the cavalry in the north.

However, once the field training started, the aborigines quickly discovered the strengths of each other.

The first is the floral dress.Whether in plains or mountains, special forces members wearing black, yellow and green tri-color northern camouflage can easily lose Mingren's sight.

This situation is especially obvious in mountainous confrontations: the Ming soldiers, who claim to never accept them at night, are often attacked by special forces soldiers who come out from the side of the road. If they are a little farther away, the Ming people will not be able to find these people.

Mei Fuxi will never forget the fear she felt when she was strangled by an arm that suddenly protruded from a bush beside her.

After knowing how powerful this floral dress is, no one dares to underestimate it anymore.

Next came the march.

The cavalry team armed with binoculars, walkie-talkies, and radio stations quickly defeated the unequipped side in the confrontation.

Mei Fuxi is also the kind of person who would not believe in evil even if killed.However, when his Centurion was inexplicably surrounded and ambushed by an opponent with an inferior number, and was sentenced to lose three times in a day, he finally admitted defeat.

The last is the night attack.

The terrifying night attack of the pied soldiers completely overwhelmed Mingren.In the mountains, once night falls, unless all the Ming people don’t sleep, they will all be eliminated by the special forces. The feeling of the cold back of the dagger gently scratching their throats makes the men in Tianjin shudder.

At this time, the Ming people knew the horror of their opponents when they were elusive and had the "Night Eye" and "Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission" near their bodies.

In the days that followed, as the equestrian skills of the special forces improved, their well-trained tactical skills quickly surpassed Mingren.

Whether it is hand-to-hand combat, or continuous marching and cavalry combat, or the most basic and quality-testing tactical actions such as ambushes day and night, the aborigines quickly felt the tenacity and fear of the special forces in the midst of complaining-they gradually realized that even without firearms , if these fifty southern soldiers intend to kill all 500 of them, it will take about three days.

From then on, the auxiliary soldiers of Feihu Battalion obeyed.

Chapter 433 Test Results

The Feihu Battalion's entry of the entire army into the remaining veins of Yanshan Mountain is essentially a large-scale military training activity.

At this point in time, the main force of the Eight Banners has not completely withdrawn from the corridor area, so everyone can only go around in the mountains and engage in actual combat exercises, and cannot rush out for large-scale battles.

So after the troops entered the mountain, they immediately dispersed into five parts, launched a powerful search scene, and the personnel disappeared into the vast mountains.

Theoretically speaking, this kind of dispersion would easily lose contact, so the main force of the ancient cavalry would not do this except for the horses they let out.

However, with the communication equipment of later generations, the seemingly scattered formation of the Flying Tiger Camp is actually still a tight network, which can respond to the discovered situation at any time.

Commander Qian Tieshan, commander of the Special Forces, is located in the center of the entire curtain like a spider mother, sending and receiving information from all parties at any time, and commanding from the center.

The section of Yanshan Mountain that the troops entered was from Ji Town on the west side of the corridor to Qian'an on the east side of the corridor, with a length of 200 miles from east to west.

The section with the thickest mountain in the middle is from the south of Zunhua to Qian'an. There is a gap of 100 miles between the north and the south. More than 500 cavalrymen and thousands of horses who entered the mountain disappeared in this [-]-mile thick section. in the mountains.

This distance is only a 2-hour drive in later generations, and the Changshen Expressway just passes through the mountains, which is easy and enjoyable.

However, in the seventeenth century, the road was not easy.