The typhoon raged for a whole day and night. When the sun rose again, the dazzling sunlight shone from the glass into the house, and everyone seemed to come to life in an instant. Both men and women ran outside to breathe in the salty smell after the rain.

Smelly air.

Inatomi Yu kept trying hard to get close to the glass, carefully observing this new material that can transmit light and block typhoons. Typhoons are very common in Japan, and he knows very well how precious this thing is in Japan.

Li Xiao didn't have time to care whether an old Japanese soldier was looking or smelling when he was close to the glass. Now he wanted to take stock of the damage on the island!

The gold and silver are all in the cellar, so of course there won't be any problems. But other places are miserable. Seven or eight thousand kilograms of coal were blown away by the typhoon. There are also forty or fifty bags of cement that haven't had time to be moved.

Suffered a devastating disaster.

The only thing that was lucky was that Li Xiao moved the gunpowder into the newly built house in advance.

The rough blacksmith shop was basically gone, with only a few tools and a damaged blast furnace left. As for the broken shed of the wood workshop, it was okay for the masons. Wang Laosan moved all their things into the brick kiln.

Inside, although some rainwater got in, it was not serious.

Two captured Japanese warships were smashed on the rocks because their cables were blown off by huge waves. The remaining ships were okay. After this time, Li Xiao felt that it was very useful to replace the anchor chain with iron.

important.

A typhoon caused heavy losses to Pi Dao. It was like Li Xiao chasing a rabbit. The tube building was built. Otherwise, due to the huge destructive power of the typhoon, there is no telling how many people here would have survived.

As a last resort, Li Xiu and his people followed Liu Laoliu to go to Shandong again to buy coal. The blast furnace must resume production and the cement kiln must continue to burn cement. These are inseparable from coal, and winter will be here in a few months. Even more so.

Not wanting to be short of coal, more than 2,000 people set fire to it, enough to burn all the trees on the island.

What made Li Xiao scratch his head even more was that a lot of food was soaked in the sea water.

"How long will the food last?" Li Xiao scratched his head and asked. There are thousands of people, it's impossible not to eat.

"More than half a month is no problem. If you save a little and eat for a month, it will be enough." Ao Canghai looked at the roaring sea and spat. In this shitty weather, there is nothing wrong with a typhoon.

"Why don't you go to Shandong and buy some more!" Mao Wenlong interjected. He really wanted to go ashore now, and he really had enough of staying in Pidao.

"Buying is not an option after all. Although we have gained more than a thousand taels of gold, we can't help spending money like this, buying coal, building ships, and buying iron ore. This has cost a lot of money, and now it's winter. We still have to spend money.

I need to buy some cotton, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and cows, etc. I also need to buy some.

During the Chinese New Year this year, we can’t be the same as last year. Let’s eat rice, dried rice, and radish sticks...! I feel a little nauseous when I see radishes now.”

"Why don't we go grab some more food? I heard from the brothers who met the fishing boats at sea. Zhenjiang Fort has been restored again. The Tatars not only stationed troops there, but also offered a reward of one silver to the fishermen who found out where we are.

One hundred taels.

We took away their kennel, which not only robbed them of their food, but also cut off their thoughts, so that they would not always want to trouble us." Man Gui's body was always filled with violent genes.

In his opinion, production is not as good as robbery. If you want to get rich, robbery is definitely a shortcut.

"I think it's okay. Let's try to lower the Tatars' arrogance. Don't always think about causing trouble for us!" Li Xiao also agreed.

"That's done! I'm going to gather people now. We now have two large ships worth three thousand materials. They can carry a lot of things this time!"

Mao Wenlong moved his mouth, but still didn't speak.

"Brother Mangui, don't go this time." Li Xiao glanced at Mao Wenlong who had walked away and said to Mangui.

"Why?" Man Gui asked dumbly. For him who loves war, not being able to go out to fight is absolutely intolerable.

"Look at him! There is something wrong with this old guy. He has been secretly winning over some people recently. I'm afraid something will happen if we all leave."

"I know that the stupid official has no good intentions, Brother Xiao! Otherwise, let him...!" Man Gui made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"No! Shen Guangzuo's relationship has to be maintained by him. Without the support of Shandong, our survival is a problem, let alone other things. Coal, cotton, iron ore and other things. You are not allowed to buy any of them in Shandong. If You have offended the Shandong government. We still bought it! You can't go to Shandong to rob it. We are all people of the Ming Dynasty, and I can't do it."

Li Xiao said helplessly!

"Okay! I'll stay, you're a bitch, but I'll see what tricks he can do." Man Gui spat at Mao Wenlong who was walking away, and walked away angrily.

The fleet still set off in the middle of the night, and it was just dawn when they arrived at Zhenjiang Fort.

"Get off the boat! Get off the boat! Organize the defense line, organize the defense line!" Ao Canghai's deep voice rang on the beach.

The only disadvantage of Zhenjiang Fort is that there is no dock, and the soldiers need to land on the beach. Ao Canghai must take the first batch of more than 100 people to land to establish a strong beachhead and wait for the arrival of the second batch of soldiers!

Fortunately, this was the time when people were sleeping the most, and there was no one on the coast, let alone Tatar soldiers patrolling.

After the musketeers landed, it was already bright. The sun slightly peeked out from the sea level, and the rising sunlight cast a golden light on the sea water.

"Let's go!" Li Xiao gave the order, and the musketeers began to advance. Behind him were more than 500 recruits holding red tassel guns! Li Xiao only had so many muskets, and it was impossible to assemble them for more than 500 recruits. Now they They all held spears in their hands. In fact, this time, Li Xiao was planning to use them as laborers.

I had been to Zhenjiang Fort once, so I was familiar with it this time. But when I arrived at Zhenjiang Fort, Li Xiao was still surprised.

Outside Zhenjiang Fort, there are many granaries densely packed. On the other side, there is a larger fodder yard. The fodder inside can only be described as piled like a mountain.

"Everyone go into the woods!" Li Xiao was shocked and ordered everyone to hide in the woods.

"What's going on?" Ao Canghai came over and asked.

"Something's wrong! Look at all the food and fodder. It's definitely not just one or two thousand people. I believe there are five or six thousand people here. We definitely can't deal with so many people!" Li Xiao I feel regretful, why didn't I do a good investigation before the war?

After several victories, I was so dazzled that I forgot the words of the tactics instructor at the Military Academy. Victory is based on reconnaissance! Reconnaissance! Reconnaissance!
Chapter completed!