Chapter 198: Development of the Base

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, the sails were bulging, and the flags were fluttering. With the joy of victory, a fleet of ships sailed into the base.

The pier was a little small, just a huge rock. After the big ship stopped, the small boat had to dock on the shore next to it.

Liu Ruohan, Shide, Liu Lao Bo, and other workers were already standing aside, and their eyes were always looking at the familiar ship and the familiar figure.

Zhang Yang walked slowly off the boat and came to everyone.

The first thing he saw was Ruohan. She had obviously become thinner. These days, after he started a war, Ruohan had been silently worried about himself in the base, thank you for your hard work.

The third brother Shide and Mr. Liu were also looking at themselves. They were always purifying the coarse salt for themselves and creating wealth. Only with silver can they organize their army and resist the tyranny of the Tartars.

Lu Xing was also next to him. He was a technical talent. Only with him and Li Bosheng, his Tianque gun could become a reality. His workers were also valuable wealth. In their hands, Tianque guns that he dominated this era were born one by one.

Behind them were many workers, who knew that the Tartars wanted to come and attack, but under Zhang Yang's protection, all the invading Tartars had been eliminated and the base was safe and sound. Since they came here, they would be in absolute safety.

Even the workers' families came to the shore and looked at Zhang Yang.

This formation seemed to be welcoming the President, and it was almost like holding flowers to cheer. However, the reed flowers dancing on their heads were quite poetic and picturesque.

Zhang Yang waved his hand and said loudly: "Famous people, brothers and sisters, all the Tartars have been eliminated!"

It was confirmed from Zhang Yang that all the Tartars who were invading this time were buried in Desheng Lake, and they immediately became jubilant.

"Since everyone has come here, this is our home. It is absolutely safe for everyone to come here. If the Tartars dare to invade again next time, they will still be told that they will never come back!" Zhang Yang said loudly.

When we came here, people purify salt, smelify iron, and build weapons. Everyone knows in their hearts that outside is a crime of beheading. However, today's battle shows that they are very safe here. What is the Tartars? But now, the first-class people who are above all lie on the water of Desheng Lake, and there is no need to be afraid of Tartars anymore.

Pan, Shi Laoer, Shi Laosan and other boatmen were also excited when they saw such a vast momentum. The Tartars wanted to attack here, but they all died here. This place was like an outdoor peach garden. Are those advanced muskets produced from here?

They stood on the shore and dared not get close. Although they were all humans, they always felt that they were shorter than they were.

"Okay, everyone will go back and take your place. Otherwise, half of the salary today will be deducted." Zhang Yang said.

Suddenly, people got separated.

"Come here!" Zhang Yang shouted to the newly recruited boatmen today.

The boatmen walked over timidly and stood in front of Zhang Yang. They always felt that the other party seemed very tall and had an indescribable aura.

"You will live here in the future and belong to Bosheng for the time being. I have some business and need your help."

"No problem, I will definitely finish it for my brother!" The boatmen said, patting their chests.

"Sister Pan!" Zhang Yang continued to shout. The only woman among them was Sister Pan.

"Yes." Pan also came over.

"This is Liu Ruohan. She can't be busy on the island alone. Just help Ruohan!" Zhang Yang said.

Pan looked at Liu Ruohan and immediately understood something in his heart: "Okay, no problem. As long as I don't mind being clumsy, I can still do it as long as I don't mind being clumsy, I can deliver tea and water, and clean the room." Liu Ruohan was stunned. Why did Brother Shicheng find an aunt to help him? Since it was arranged by Brother Shicheng, there must be his reason, "Then there will be Sister Lao Pan."

"Ste, first, I ordered people to cook. My people have been hungry after fighting for a day." Zhang Yang continued to order.

"Yes, brother." Shit said, "I'll go now."

"After the meal, Shide, Mr. Liu, Li Bosheng, Lu Xing, you come to my room for a meeting." Zhang Yang said.

"Shi Xin, lead the team to the living area on the west side for dining, pay attention to discipline!"

"Yes, brother!" Shixin shouted happily to the back: "Line in line, reveal our momentum, line up and prepare for dinner!"

"Bosheng, take them and follow Shixin and prepare for dinner!" The boatmen were hungry in the reeds for a longer time. When they heard about eating, their eyes were about to come out.

People performed their own duties and gradually dispersed, leaving only Zhang Yang and Liu Ruohan, as well as Pan's family who were waiting aside.

"Sister Pan, you can go to dinner with them too!" Zhang Yang said.

"I have to follow the lady," Pan said.

Miss Liu Ruohan was stunned when he heard this: "Sister Pan, I am not a rich lady. We are all children from poor peasants and do not need to be taken care of. You have been on the lake for so long and have not eaten yet. Go and eat quickly!" She pulled Pan's rough hand and said.

Pan felt a little excited, "Then I won't bother you anymore. After dinner, I'll wait for each other." She followed the boatman and walked towards the living area to the west.

Finally two people were left, Liu Ruohan breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Shicheng."

"Well, Ruohan, you have been burdened these days." Zhang Yang said.

"Brother Shicheng, I'm not tired. I have nothing to do on this island all day, I just go around." Liu Ruohan said. "It's Brother Shicheng, you must be careful when you are outside!"

"Don't worry, Brother Shicheng is the nemesis of the Tartars. Those Tartars turned around and ran away when they saw Brother Shicheng." Zhang Yang said with a smile.

The sun shines on Liu Ruohan's body, and his long eyelashes blink in the sun, and his red cheeks are delicate and cute. Three thousand black hairs are flying behind his head.

"Brother Shicheng, you haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go home and I'll make you a lotus seed soup." Liu Ruohan said.

After saying this, Zhang Yang really felt hungry. When he went home, his home would be here in the future. After he went back, he had to send someone to take me over. For the time being, it was still relatively safe here.

Liu Ruohan snuggled beside Zhang Yang, like a bird dependent on others. She has been looking forward to Brother Shicheng's arrival for many times. Today, she finally waited for Brother Shicheng. She felt that she was suffering a long wait than those emperor's concubines, but for Brother Shicheng, she was willing.

Walking together on the land on the island, Ruohan felt very at ease and comfort. She hoped that she could keep walking like this, but it was a pity that it was impossible.

When I arrived at the familiar doorstep, I was no longer alone in the big yard, but its male owner finally came back.

Liu Ruohan ran into the house quickly, arranged Zhang Yang on the chair, and went to the kitchen to work hard.

Zhang Yang couldn't sit still and looked around, but he was very unfamiliar with his house.

He walked into the inner room and suddenly, he saw a pair of red shoes that had not been prepared yet, with a word "Xi" embroidered with thin thread on it.

Zhang Yang suddenly felt a thrill in his heart: According to his mother's arrangement, this Spring Festival, he will hold a wedding for himself and Ruohan. Ruohan has never urged him, and she is already silently buying her dowry.

This made Zhang Yang feel guilty that he married Ruohan, but he has been busy all the time and has long forgotten this matter. It has become that Ruohan married himself and owed her too much.

He walked into the kitchen, Ruohan was busy inside. On the stove, the lotus seed soup in the casserole was already bubbled and emitting an attractive fragrance.

Zhang Yang walked over, stretched out his hands, and hugged Ruohan from behind.

"Brother Shicheng, stop making trouble," Liu Ruohan was delighted, but his face remained silent: "You haven't eaten yet, I'll cook for you quickly."

"Let me eat it first and then talk about it." Zhang Yang's lips had already reached Ruohan's beautiful face and kissed him affectionately.

Liu Ruohan's cheeks turned red, but he also turned his head and put his cherry mouth over, wanting to refuse but still welcome him.

The lotus seed soup is still emitting an attractive fragrance.

After dinner, Zhang Yang summoned everyone to discuss the development of the base.

"Brother, this time I was very happy to fight the Tartars. If we give more Tianque guns to our base, we will definitely be able to beat the invading Tartars to the death." Li Bosheng said first. "Since Yuanheng left, there are only five or six Tianque guns at the base. Most of the people have been using spears during training."

Li Bosheng made great contributions, and naturally, he also wanted to get some good things from his elder brother. The Tianque gun was supervised and produced by him, but all the Tianque guns had been handed over to his elder brother, such as the waiter in a hotel, holding delicious dishes, and he had to give them to others, and he only had a greedy portion. What's more, this time, the elder brother gave him more than a dozen boatmen. He thought about it. The elder brother must have wanted him to take them and patrol the reed marsh and add more warning time. Fortunately, he happened to encounter it this time. If he was really touched by the Tartars, the consequences would be very serious.

"If the production capacity of Tianque guns increases further, if fifty guns can be produced every day, I will be the first to equip you." Zhang Yang said.

Li Bosheng immediately said speechlessly. He worked overtime and squeezed these blacksmiths, only about ten or fifty every day. If he didn't introduce many blacksmiths, it would be a fantasy.

Lu Xing sat aside without saying anything. He had not followed his elder brother for a long time and was very satisfied with being so valued, and he did not mention any requests.

"The production capacity of Tianque gun is not high for the time being, so we must first equip the troops and protect the base. We need to think of other methods."

What method? Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Zhang Yang.

"Bosheng, I remember, when you first came to the base, you told me that you could transform the reeds around you?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Yes, brother, nail the stakes under those useless waterways," Li Bosheng suddenly realized: "Brother, I understand."

"The reason why we can repel all the invading Tartars this time is mainly due to Bo Sheng's familiarity with the reed marsh. He used the reed marsh to protect us and attack the enemy. This tactic was used very well, but it can be improved. We should let the Tartars retreat when they are in trouble and cannot break into the reed marsh at all. Don't, like this time, I heard that two small boats successfully broke through the reed marsh and almost hit the base?"

Shid nodded. If he hadn't been trapped in a place where the stakes happened to be nailed, he had driven the Tartars away under the shooting of a few Tianque guns. Now he thought, it was so dangerous. If the Tartars came a little more, they might have really hit the island.

"My initial idea is to completely transform this reed marsh, not only to confuse the enemy, but also to attack the enemy." Zhang Yang began to talk about his plan: "In the useless waterway, nail the stakes, and also to make some mechanisms on those useless waterways. We have inexhaustible bamboos. For example, we can make bamboos like a row of bamboo guns like fences, and then use elastic bamboos to make large slingshots. Once the enemy enters and touches the mechanisms on the lake, then the bamboo tray can be launched and killed all the enemies of a boat." Zhang Yang said while gesturing.

Halfway through, Li Bosheng understood, brother, this move is ruthless, and you don’t have to do it yourself in the future. Just using this mechanism, you can completely eliminate the intruders. He has already begun to think about how to arrange these things.

There are several places where there are dead ends, where bamboo trays are arranged on three sides, and there are no hidden stakes under the waterway. The Tartars broke in and used these things to destroy them.

Li Bosheng showed a smug smile on his face, seeing whether the Tartars dared to attack the reed marsh!

"Bosheng, I'll give you this task, I must do it beautifully." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, brother, no problem." Li Bosheng was very happy when he thought of the Tartars touching the stakes, and finally found the waterway. As a result, there were even more terrifying killing weapons waiting for them.

"In addition to these, I will order Tang He to send people to patrol the lake continuously. Desheng Lake is our territory. We will defend it tightly inside and outside. Once the Tartars come to attack, Tang He will quickly lead the team to support it." Under layers of protection, it is impossible for the Tartars to launch a sneak attack.

Everyone nodded. The elder brother was very considerate. With these protections, the base was really solid.

Zhang Yang looked at Shide and Mr. Liu next to him and said, "Shide, how is it like this to purify coarse salt?"

Shid said with a little sad face: "Brother, since you hit the Baiju Salt Field, we have not introduced coarse salt. Now, work has been stopped and waiting for coarse salt to be transported in again. I thought my brother had forgotten that those large salt fields produce so much salt. When will it be transported?"

This time the salt field was built, but the salt people put down their work and participated in the rebel army. Therefore, the work of the salt field has come to a standstill. Except for some salt in the salt field, so far, there is indeed no coarse salt to purify.

"This coarse salt can be solved immediately. My idea is to move our coarse salt purification assembly line to Dingxi Salt Field." Zhang Yang said.

Originally, I planned to transfer Shid only, but after careful consideration, Zhang Yang felt that moving the entire assembly line would have a greater advantage.

As soon as this said, everyone was shocked: What are the big brothers doing? Move the assembly line here to Dingxi Salt Field?

"Brother, we have done a great job here, why should we go out again?"

"That's right, Shicheng, the workers here have regarded this place as their home. Why are they moving away now?" Old Man Liu also asked.

"There are three benefits to doing this. First, we initially set up the coarse salt here. We had to use the killing port to transport the coarse salt and transport the fine salt away. It was a waste of back and forth. After arriving at the salt field, the coarse salt was produced and can be processed directly. In this way, the back and forth transportation is reduced and the production efficiency is improved. There is no need for us to transport it back and forth again." Zhang Yang said.

This is very correct, and everyone knows it. It is indeed a waste to go back and forth.

"Secondly, we have a salt farm, and all the coarse salt is at our control. Therefore, if we want to expand the scale, the base will appear a little smaller. Moreover, here, the firewood used to burn dry salt water must be transported from outside. After moving to Dingxi farm, manpower and material resources are very easy to obtain, which is conducive to our further development." Zhang Yang continued.

"Brother, we must keep this method of purifying coarse salt. When we arrive at the salt field, can we ensure that our method is not leaked?" Shid asked.

"I have also considered this. Dingxichang has a tall wall. I plan to open up some places here to pick up some reliable people and join our ranks of coarse salt purification. Moreover, the assembly lines are carried out separately, and each process is handled by a special person, and they are isolated from each other. In this way, they are only familiar with one link and cannot contact other links, so they don't have to worry about leaking secrets. Anyone who participates in our work will live with the salt farm and specialize in a living area, just like now. Outside the salt farm, my team is guarded by my team." Zhang Yang said.

His meaning is very obvious. Although he moved out of the base, confidential work is the same as here. He chooses to work on the assembly line and earns money. He is also restricted from freedom to ensure that the secrets are not leaked. This is also normal. Anyway, he is voluntarily and voluntarily coming here to work and make money, so he must also accept these constraints.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhang Yang continued: "Third, after the coarse salt purification assembly line was moved out, we had a bigger place to make weapons. The output of Tianque guns must be increased as soon as possible."

"Then there must be more blacksmiths." Li Bosheng said.

"I will solve this problem of blacksmith as soon as possible." Zhang Yang said: "There is only one function in the future, that is, to continuously provide qualified Tianque guns to the team. This is our top priority."

"Where are blacksmiths? We almost got all the blacksmiths from Xinghua." Li Bosheng muttered.
Chapter completed!