After another half of a while, Zhou Huaian, who passed through the entire fishing village, was able to walk in a messy harbor area; then, under the guidance of the volunteer soldiers who cleaned and cleaned the battlefield, they came to a black tiled and earthen-walled building community. In front of me, here is the warehouse and storage area of this port city.
Although there were some traces of smoky fire, it was obvious that they had not been able to burn, and the rebel soldiers who had already killed in were put out again; then in some corners there were still small patches of blood in the big beach, and they were being dragged out. The corpses that were loaded into the truck and were sent to the landfill were traces of the remaining officers and soldiers who had been hiding during the period, as well as some criminals who tried to robbery in disorder.
There are also some young adults who are obviously locals, cowering or frowning. Under the supervision and urging of the rebel soldiers, they took various tools to clean up the waste and garbage on the street, and then relayed them. A bucket of water came from the ditch and was swept and washed along the main aisle and the ground.
In some temporarily requisitioned houses along the street, the smoke of burning wood and coal has already spread; the former is cooking hot soup to prepare the guards to replenish their strength, and the latter is boiling water for spare use to provide simple Required for sanitation;
In front of some houses, plain white cloth strips representing the second major squadron belonging to the battlefield rescue team were hung up so that the injured or sick soldiers could see them and go to the nearest for treatment and recuperation.
Several artisan teams and subordinate teams of the first major squadron also began to work clanging in the expropriated courtyard; there were constantly various collected materials along the temporary left and right dividing line drawn by the street. And continue to be sent to it.
Clearing the remnants of the enemy, cleaning the battlefield, sealing up warehouses and inventories, levying labor on the spot and controlling most young people in disguise; this set of procedures has already been explored and run-in quite skillfully in the previous battles.
Afterwards, looking at the warehouses that were freshly sealed in front of him, Zhou Huaian couldn't help sighing deeply. It was filled with boxes, baskets, loulous, urns, and altars of various objects; it seemed that they were all goods that were originally waiting for transshipment and sale, but they were backlogged in large quantities due to the war. Local here.
Among them, the splash warehouse with the largest space, filled with rattan boxes and stuffed with straw, is a piece of large and small porcelain objects stacked one after another, and there are tens of thousands of pieces after a rough estimate. Most of the sample inspections were biscuits and monochromatic porcelains with no flower heads and fine textures, and some were crude benzene wares with local characteristic red pottery; but the accumulation of such a large number is also a lot of value Of wealth.
Zhou Huai'an then remembered some of the information obtained from the previous survey along the way. Because the output on the land in the coastal area is limited, almost most of the mountain villages along the Rongjiang River use pottery and porcelain as a sideline. Therefore, Fengling Port here can be regarded as a regional export port for porcelain.
In other low-rise warehouses, the use of bamboo baskets and baskets on burlap paper as containers is dark gray with large particles of coarse sea salt with many visible grit, oyster shells, and clam crumbs; In the coastal areas of Lingnan, there is naturally a tradition of intercepting sea water to boil salt, and cutting reeds for firewood.
Although in terms of output and scale, it cannot be compared with the traditional sea salt fields such as Changlu in the north and Haisi in Lianghuai, it also meets a large part of the needs of the Lingnan coast to the inland areas. And this Fengling Port is one of the transit places for coastal transshipment and distribution, so the imperial court specially set up salt transport judges and inspectors in the state city to focus on its interests.
According to the marked weight on the salt baskets and baskets, they are divided into two types: 20 catties and half stones. There are about three thousand stones in quantity and weight, which is enough for the whole city of Zhoucheng to use for several years, or for pickling. There are dozens of whales.
Placed with these sea salt, there are many thick sugar boards packed in large urns and wrapped with oil paper and wax edges; each heavy gray is as heavy as a brick, break a little and put it in your mouth. You can immediately feel the burnt and bitterness of other impurities such as plant ash and sand.
After a long period of battle, Zhou Huaian has discovered the benefits and conveniences of these raw sugars; for example, they are directly consumed or converted to water during the march as a quick-acting means to replenish energy and physical strength; when tired, they can be combined with dried ginger, tea, and orange. Cooking the soup with dried plums and plums can not only relieve fatigue, but also treat and regulate some gastrointestinal diseases caused by long-term consumption of wild vegetable bran and many impurities.
Or it can be directly used as an additive and ration for the wounded's nutritional meal, which is also widely acclaimed. In the words of many rebel soldiers, even if I have been eating meat since I was in charge of the monk, I have tasted the sweet taste that I have never experienced in my life.
After all, with the development of sugar making technology in this era, the sugarcane juice squeezed out from Niula Shikun can already be heated and concentrated into syrup as a beverage, and then the syrup is further boiled to produce a semi-viscous sugar syrup, which can be used as a variety of Food additives. Just because of the inconvenience of circulation and the issue of shelf life, for most common people living inland in this era, perhaps generations of generations do not know what sugar is.
In addition, there are also stone honey made by slate exposure in smaller jars, and a little special icing sugar.
As far as Zhou Huaian knows, this era has already invented the scenting method of icing sugar by Monk Zou, through the process of retort steaming, kettle boiling, decoction, urn connection and frosting, and finally dripping condenses into the original icing;
The exquisite top grade is called "amber icing", which is very close to modern rock candy except for its yellowish color. However, the corresponding effort and cost have turned this gadget into a luxury for upper-level consumption and a tribute with other characteristics;
However, it is not a big problem for Zhou Huai'an; with these thousands of urns of crude sugar as a basis, after waiting for the rough steps to settle down, it is completely possible to teach people to use the yellow mud cake decolorization method to concoct it. Come with more affordable high-quality granulated sugar, and then earn the difference in price.
In the last smaller warehouse, a lot of copper coins and cloth, which were obviously used as taxes and prices, were even found. After the classification and packaging were completed, there were about dozens of tons. Copper coins can be used to spend military expenses and to pay for purchases and reward soldiers. The cloth can be used to buy clothes, shoes and socks. Compared with other things that cannot be eaten and used for a while, this is undoubtedly the most valuable this time. And the gain of meaning.
When he allocated a good use and walked out again, he saw the whistle and arrow whirring in the sky, and it made three consecutive sounds, but it was a temporary request for help.
"The stubbornly resisting remnant enemy actually needs reinforcements?"
Zhou Huaian couldn't help being surprised. After so long, hasn't he solved the opponent
A moment later, when he rushed to the scene with his mobile direct team and apprentice team; but he committed a murderous case. This battle, which is still stubbornly resisting, was born on the beach at the northeast end of the outer rim of the port city on the headland. ；
The densely sprawling mangroves and other tropical trees such as camphor, kapok, and dwarf banyans, as well as the rugged rocks protruding from the sea, somewhat conceal this inconspicuous but not small sandbank bund.
Because this remote corner is the sea on one side and the steep mountain-shaped fjord headland extending into the sea on the other, the view on land is blocked by ridges and vegetation, and can only be observed on the side of the sea; and this corner although The coast through the fjord is in parallel with the port city, but there is only a narrow road between the mangroves and the rocky beach, which is often eroded by the high tide of the sea.
Therefore, in the first time the Rebels attacked the Hong Kong city, they were not discovered or noticed. Later, a group of Rebel soldiers and chasers escaped sporadically and disappeared. It was only when they were ambushed and blocked in the dense forest and on the cliffs that they came out. Then he called for backup to attack and advance step by step, only to find out where the other way was.
When Zhou Huai'an led the team out of the shade of this dense forest, you would see a large sandy beach with chaos, and a messy pier and trestle built on the beach, as well as the outline of a large ocean ship. Clustered on the edge of the greenery of the bushes.
A "Qin" flag with a black border and a green background is flying in the sky, and the surroundings are scattered among this chaotic building, with at least hundreds of officers and soldiers.
Standing under his banner is an officer and general. This person has thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, wide face and square mouth; wearing a flying wing helmet, wearing silver scales and crimson armor, and a silver-backed sword in his hand, he is not an idle status at first sight;
I saw that he was majestic and yet calm and well-founded and supported the same courageous and courageous subordinates, relying on the terrain to form a battle before the battle, although the outnumbered enemies did not lose the wind; and not far from his feet, Many rebel corpses that were cut off at the waist or cut obliquely have already fallen, showing the corpses of the rebels.
"Did this catch a big fish with a lot of history..."
Zhou Huaian thought to himself in his heart.
Then I heard a few deafening roars erupting behind me
"You thief... An dare to show up here..."
"Qin Chou... Qin's head... take his life."
But when he saw the other party’s banner and characters, he was surrounded by the calm and unusual Cheng Da Bite, or the boldly prepared Laoguan, his eyes were all red, and the angry leaders rushed to wave their weapons forward. Pounced away.
Ha, what kind of rhythm and style of painting is this again, which opened up the violent mode; Zhou Huaian was surprised that he didn't have it. (End of this chapter)