Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 153 Vladivostok, a good place

The whirring north wind whirled and danced with the snowflakes.

On the surface of the Sea of ​​Japan.

Three schooners escorted the six Big Birds sailing north.

This kind of two-masted schooner has actually begun to withdraw from the sequence of the capital ship of the Ming Navy, and is now used more as a patrol and reconnaissance ship.

The big bird ship produced in Guangdong Shipyard has also undergone a series of optimizations.

The hull was strengthened, the sails were improved, and the shape of the ship became more slender to adapt to the waves of the ocean.

Now it is the main trading ship used by Ming Dynasty for ocean trade.

From Guangzhou to Japan, the free city of the Straits, and even the Chinese merchant ships that are now active in the Indian Ocean, they are basically this kind of big bird ships made in Guangdong.

Easy sailing, good speed and great load capacity.

Definitely one of the finest cargo ships of the era.

Now these six big bird ships are loaded with a cavalry infantry company and a dragoon battalion of the Ming army with a reinforced artillery company, as well as their weapons, ammunition, rations and horses. poor.

They also now have a flintlock gun in their hands, and they have undergone a ten-day assault emergency training before departure.

In terms of remuneration, it was not the usual coolie remuneration, but about [-]% of the wages of soldiers in the Ming army, plus the land coupons promised by the Manchuria Land Reclamation Department for at least [-] mu of land per person after five years.

Therefore, when recruiting people in Yingtian Mansion and Songjiang Mansion.

Quite a number of bachelors from Liangjiang enthusiastically signed up.

Without waiting for spring to warm up, or even before the harshest winter in Manchuria, he took a boat to the north, bypassed the Korean peninsula, and headed for the place marked as Vladivostok on the map.

Zeng Ada, the commander of the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force of the Manchurian Reclamation Division and now a lieutenant colonel, stood on the deck of one of the warships, frowning and staring at the coastline along the way.

Beside him was also an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, but he was wearing a white navy uniform, and his face was a little dignified.

He is the commander of the warship of the Vladivostok task force this time, Ye Tenghui, a son of Lan Fang Ye's family.

At this time of year, most of the coastline in Manchuria is frozen.

So Zeng Ada and Ye Tenghui looked all the way over, and what they felt was the increasingly cold temperature and the increasingly ice-covered coastline.

The two lieutenant colonels stood on the deck, under the heavy snow, their brows were furrowed.

If the coast is still frozen in Vladivostok, all the preparations made for more than a month ago will be in vain.

The fleet will have to go back home, and can only go north again after the ice and snow melt next spring.

It's just that in this way, it will inevitably delay the spring plowing.

If the seedlings could not be inserted earlier, the food for these thousands of people would have to rely on shipping supplies for at least two years, and the plan to expand Vladivostok's reclamation would be delayed by at least one year.

"I don't know where the emperor got the news. The coast here is sealed. The place in Vladivostok has reached Ningguta. Isn't it colder?"

Zeng Ada wrapped her wool felt coat tightly, but still couldn't feel any warmth.

It's freezing cold, thousands of people are sent to such bitterly cold places, and I don't know if they can stand firm
"It's reasonable for the emperor to occupy Vladivostok." Ye Tenghui said with a frown.

"Use 1000 or [-] soldiers to drive a nail in the back of the Manchus. If Vladivostok can really settle down, then with the method of Borneo, large-scale immigrants will be able to come over next spring. By that time, the Manchus will be cut off." Back way!"

"Maybe." Zeng Ada frowned.

"The General Staff asked us to pay attention to the movements of the Russians, but from the map, the Russians are still in the northern region. How can they come to Vladivostok?"

"The Russian Cossacks have a wide range of activities. They are nomadic tribes like the Mongols. It is not surprising to meet Cossacks in Vladivostok."

Just when the two were talking.

The watchman who was watching from the mast shouted: "The ice on the coast is shallow! The coastline! The coastline is not frozen!"

The two were immediately overjoyed.

Ye Tenghui climbed to the top of the front triangle sail in three steps and two steps, holding the rope with one hand, and holding the telescope in the other hand to investigate.

After a while, he also yelled: "I saw the coastline! The coastline is not frozen! God! This place really has an ice-free port!"

Zeng Ada was also shocked.

He is a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, and he has suffered an old crime when he came to this icy Northeast.

Now I heard that such a cold place actually has a coastline that does not freeze in winter.

The chill on the body immediately dissipated.

"Vladivostok! It's Vladivostok! Lao Ye!! Hahahaha!! Long live King Ming!! Long live 1!"

Zeng Ada also saw the unfrozen coastline through the telescope.

Immediately shouted excitedly.

Although Zhu Daohua is now proclaimed emperor.

But a "veteran" like Zeng Ada had called King Ming for so long, and when he got excited, he started calling Long Live King Ming again.

"Quick, quick, follow the coastline. From the map, Vladivostok is a bay!"

Both commanders yelled.

If there really is an ice-free port in the outer northeast region, then by the beginning of spring next year, Daming will definitely be able to transport tens of thousands of immigrants to settle here by virtue of the advantages of shipping!
Now, as the advance team, what they have to do is to build ports and fortresses to ensure the safety of the subsequent land reclamation team.

"It's here! It's here!"

Ye Tenghui took a deep breath.

in front of the telescope.

An excellent harbor appeared in front of him.

Judging from the shape and hydrological characteristics of the harbor, this is a natural deep-water port, and it is easy for large ships to dock at Wanshi.

"Warship alert! Hot air balloon lifts off!!"

Following Ye Tenghui's order.

A hot air balloon rose from the warship.

"Report! No human habitation was found!"

Zeng Ada and Ye Tenghui looked at each other.

Zeng Ada took a deep breath, "Send someone up to have a look first, this place is already close to Ninggu Pagoda, and it is the headquarters of the Qing Dajilin General!"

Ye Tenghui also nodded: "It's best to be careful!"

Dozens of ships docked far away on the sea, and a small Ming army team carefully docked in small boats.

Zhang Baozai was the commander of this advance team.

After the boat docked, he immediately jumped out of the boat with a military force, and immediately fell into the knee-deep snow.

"Change the sled! Hurry up!"

Zhang Baozai said loudly.

"Explore a radius of ten miles, and immediately sound the signal flare if there is any abnormal situation!"

"As ordered!"

More than 30 members of the advance team changed into sleds one after another, and then stood up on the snow.

In order to use the winter combat in the outer Northeast region, this cavalry infantry battalion can only give up the horses now-after all, fighting on horseback in the winter in the Northeast is risking its life.

Therefore, the soldiers of this advance team have all undergone special snow combat training.

A white wool snow cap is wrapped around a steel helmet on his head.

The body is also wrapped in a white cotton jacket, and a white blanket that is used as a cloak is also wrapped around it.

One by one wrapped like a polar bear.

In order to avoid snow blindness, this advance team was also equipped with goggles.

These equipment can be prepared for an army of thousands of people in a short time.

It is enough to show the strong industrial strength of Ming Dynasty.

soon.

After a short period of adaptation, more than 30 members of the advance team, carrying muskets and grenades, paddled their sleds in all directions.

An hour later.

The advance team members return.

Zeng Ada on the boat breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that this Manchuria area is indeed vast and sparsely populated, and the number of people is so small!"

Ye Tenghui smiled and said: "This is also due to the Qing Dynasty's policy of prohibiting Han people from going to Manchuria. In addition, the Qing Dynasty has often sent troops to Manchuria for more than 100 years. In the long run, the population of this Manchuria area will naturally decrease, and it will become a no-man's land."

Historically, the Russians have been extremely coveted in the Northeast.

They also succeeded in snatching the Outer Northeast from the Qing Dynasty.

Fortunately, China still has a large population.

After the Qing Dynasty's control over society weakened in the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of immigrants from Shandong and Hebei poured into the Northeast.

under the population advantage.

The Inner Northeast has finally become the territory of the Han family like the provinces of the Han land.

The proportion of Han population in the three northeastern provinces is almost higher than that of some provinces in the Central Plains.

In this era, occupation, multiplication of population, exclusion of alien races.

It is to open up the living space for future generations.

Achievements in the contemporary era, benefits in the future.

"Since this is the case, then the army should land first, build a proposed military fort, and then let the soldiers and civilians land. The port and bastion should be built as soon as possible. As long as there is a port protected by a bastion, even if General Jilin of the Qing Dynasty It's useless to pull the three or four thousand and eight banners below!"

Zeng Ada said.

Soon, under the command of two commanders of the navy and army.

1000 and two hundred Ming troops landed, watching their surroundings vigilantly.

under their protection.

More than 2000 soldiers and civilians began to board Vladivostok.

fell trees.

After igniting the fire and burning the surrounding snow and frozen hard land, the work began in full swing.

There are enough abundant forest resources.

There is no shortage of building materials for ports and bastions.

The progress of construction will be fast.

Zeng Ada and Ye Tenghui also went ashore, and each of our nest fortresses built with logs and rammed earth was covered with black soil.

Zeng Ada picked up a handful of black soil.

There was surprise and joy in the eyes.

"What a fat soil!!"

"If the temperature in spring and summer is suitable, what kind of bitter cold place is there for exiled prisoners! It's clearly Jiangnan outside the pass!"

Ye Tenghui also stroked the black soil and said.

"Good place, good place!"

Zeng Ada dug down with a hoe, and dug straight for one or two meters.

The black soil has not bottomed out either.

The soil is still dark, as if covered with a layer of black oil.

Black and shiny.

Zeng Ada straightened his waist.

"The Qing Dynasty tartars who attacked your mother, such a good place is left in ruins, waste of everything! Waste of everything!"

As Zeng Ada spoke, his nose became sour.

When the mother went to Nanyang.

More than 30 people from the whole family went there, and few survived in the end.

Travel to Nanyang.

That's hard work.
(End of this chapter)