Chapter 146: The Method of Naval Warfare
Before returning to Changning Guard, the leader of the newsboy named Peng An visited Su Ze with moon cakes.
Peng An respectfully presented gifts to Su Ze and paid tribute to Su Ze on behalf of more than a hundred orphans living on the streets in the city.
Su Ze also liked this sensible child very much. He told Peng An to wait until the renovation of the almshouse was completed, and then he could take his children to live in the almshouse. He also said that he would go to the almshouse to teach the children how to read.
While Peng An expressed his gratitude to Su Ze, he was also full of distrust towards the Almshouse.
Su Ze could only sigh. He could only say that the credibility of the Ming Dynasty was so bad that even the children did not trust it.
On the way back to Changning Guard, Xiong Wu said with a playful smile:
"Ms. Su, this kid is a good prospect. I heard that the newsboys he organized have defeated those soft-footed shrimps from Bawang Club! Haha!" Back then,
Luohanjiao and Bawang Society also often competes for territory in the city, and Xiong Wu's words are somewhat gloating.
Xiong Wu continued: "This kid is good! He will definitely have a big future in the future!"
Su Ze said coldly: "What kind of future? Be the leader of a club like you?"
Xiong Wu said quickly: "Ms. Su, this kid is better than me. You Don’t you want to know how these kids can beat the people from Bawang Club?”
Su Ze also became interested. Su Ze from Bawang Club heard Huang Tiju say that this is a group of street gangsters, and their fighting power is not low. Ordinary people No one dared to mess with him.
How did Peng An deal with the Bawang Club with just a bunch of newsboys?
Xiong Wu said: "Peng An scattered the children on the street. Once he found out that the Bawang Society's people were alone, he immediately ambushed the lone people and attacked more than a dozen thugs from the Bawang Society in one day!" "Later, no one from the Bawang Society was found
. If he dared to go out alone, Peng An asked his children to pour feces on the houses of the Bawang Club members. After tormenting these guys for three days, the Bawang Club raised its flag and surrendered!" After hearing Peng An's methods, Su Ze also smiled and said: "He is indeed
a Talent."
Xiong Wu said: "This kid is a scout. In the future, Xianggong Su will start an uprising, and this kid can be a secret agent!"
Su Ze glanced at Xiong Wu, and asked, "Do you want to fight again?" Imprisoned in Punishment Hall? You read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" well! Did you learn to use your time this time?"
Xiong Wu covered his head and said, "This time it's "Water Margin.""
Su Ze's riding whip did not swing down because Xiong Wu hasn't done anything bad these days, and he has accomplished meritorious service by catching those traffickers.
Since Yao Chun went to the county seat, Xiong Wu has been free. It is not an option to let him wander around Changning Wei all day long.
Su Ze was ready to give full play to Xiong Wu's residual value. He said, "After you go back, you will find a few smart guys from the Arhats and teach them the nine methods." Xiong Wu's eyes flashed: "Su Xianggong!
You There's really going to be an uprising!"
Su Ze waved his horsewhip out of thin air, which frightened Xiong Wu. Su Ze then said, "I
asked you to train them to find out information about the Japanese pirates. King Lu is about to land, and we need to Eliminate the threats near Changning Guard!"
Xiong Wu nodded in agreement.
This group of Arhats had been living on the streets for a long time, and Su Ze also discovered the usefulness of Xiong Wu and his group.
It's probably not possible to expect them to go into battle.
Lin Mojun had also organized and trained this group of people. They were worse than Zhu Qi's Yan Ding. The main reason was that this group of people was used to idleness on the streets. They were lazy and had many bad street habits and lacked discipline.
But let them go to find out information, or fight on the streets, these people are all good hands.
And Peng An, the leader of the newsboys in "The Surprise" gave Su Ze a new idea.
Who is more informed and less likely to be noticed than a street kid?
Even the famous Sherlock Holmes relies on street newsboys to get information. If he can capture the newsboy organizations in several cities in Yanping Prefecture, Su Ze's eyes and ears can completely extend to the entire Yanping Prefecture.
In other cities in Yanping Prefecture, as well as Fuzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture, "The Surprise" has good sales, and it can definitely unite these newsboys like Nanping City.
The best candidates to handle these matters are the Arhats under Xiong Wu.
They are familiar with the rules of the underworld and can find a place for the newsboys to gain a foothold.
The two of them talked and finally saw the newly built reservoir on Jianxi River. Changning Guard was approaching.
At this time, Changning Weizhong.
The news of the defeat of the two guards Qianhu also reached Changning Guard, and Lin Mojun frowned.
According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, "moon chasing" will be held on August 16th.
Chasing the Moon is a two-day holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will be held again on August 16th.
In the past, Changningwei did not have the habit of chasing the moon, but this year Changningwei's life has improved. Yesterday, the family temple held a moon appreciation party, but everyone still had some unfinished ideas.
Lin Mojun vaguely felt that something was missing during the Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday, so Lin Mojun asked Lin Liangjun to wait at the family temple, and when Su Ze came back, he invited him to come to Baihu House to enjoy the moon at night.
Lin Liangjun also couldn't sit still. After he arrived at the family temple, he took Lin Cainiang to the village gate.
Su Ze saw Lin Liangjun and Lin Cainiang greeting him at the entrance of Changningwei Village.
My peace of mind is still with Changning Guard!
Su Ze returned to the family temple with two carrot heads. Lin Cainiang immediately claimed the credit and said:
"Brother, I have taken back all the sweet potatoes in your field and sent most of them to the mining village! The rest are piled in the back compartment. It's the granary."
Su Ze remembered that he asked Lin Cainiang to look at the sweet potato field before leaving. He immediately stood up and went to check the sweet potatoes in the granary.
Seeing the sweet potatoes covering the granary, Lin Liangjun and Lin Cainiang both swallowed their saliva. They both remembered the sweet potato porridge Su Ze made at that time. Children are always irresistible to sweet things.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the good varieties or the planting methods, or whether time travel has had a wonderful effect. This batch of tobacco potatoes has not shown any degeneration of varieties.
"These are good seeds. We can eat them after they are harvested next spring."
Sweet potatoes have different harvest cycles depending on when they are sown.
Su Ze is a sweet potato planted in spring, and the maturity cycle is about five to six months. Because his agricultural skill level is good, and this is the first batch of seedlings that have not degraded, the sweet potato harvest this time is quite good.
It is now August (on the lunar calendar), and the harvested sweet potatoes are just in time for breeding and planting of winter-sown sweet potatoes.
The winter-sown sweet potatoes are being sown now so that they can be harvested in large quantities in the spring tomorrow.
Su Ze couldn't bear to eat anymore. The tobacco potatoes grown in these acres of land were used as grain seeds.
The two carrot heads were both farmers' sons. Of course they knew how precious grain was, so they could only swallow their saliva.
These days, Lin Cainiang is promoting tobacco and potato cultivation in Changningwei.
In fact, sweet potatoes are less resistant to hunger than rice and wheat. You will easily feel hungry after eating sweet potatoes for an hour or two.
But it is still good as an auxiliary food for the staple food on the table, and what Su Ze brought was high-quality tobacco potatoes improved by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in later generations, which was a pretty good food in ancient times when there was a lack of sweetness.
People in Changningwei are still somewhat resistant to the promotion of tobacco and potato cultivation. Except for the mountain fields reclaimed by Zhu Qi and Xiong Wu, tobacco and potatoes have been planted in the fields, but ordinary people in Changningwei are still unwilling to plant them. Later, under the leadership of Lin Qishu, several large growers in Changningwei took the lead in planting tobacco potatoes in their own Susukita fields.
However, Su Ze didn't care. The paddy fields in Changningwei were not suitable for planting tobacco potatoes. Su Ze planned to plant them in the mountains near the village. These tobacco potatoes would be enough to feed the mining thieves captured last time.
Of course, these mining thieves could not be allowed to live in vain. In addition to opening up mountains and fields, Su Ze also asked Lin Mojun to select suitable seedlings and form a new army.
It is very dangerous for miners to go into the mines, and it is a very cooperative job.
When encountering some mines, people need to hold on to ropes to lower the miners to the bottom of the mine. The excavated ore also needs to work together to send it up.
The miners are a naturally highly organized team. The Qi family army that Qi Jiguang had in his hands that fought in both the north and south were the fighting miners he recruited.
Compared with the group of Arhats under Xiong Wu, these mining thieves are the best source of soldiers.
After this season's sweet potato planting is completed, Lin Mojun will use these miners to form two additional households.
"Brother Aze, my brother is holding a moon-appreciation party at Baihu today. Grandpa and Ninth Auntie are both going. She invites you to go to the moon-appreciation today too!"
Su Ze knew the custom of "chasing the moon" and agreed immediately. Chang Ningwei still felt at home, and he also wanted to experience the moon viewing activity.
Lin Liangjun then said: "It's a strong tide tonight. After admiring the moon, brother Aze, do you want to go to the sea?"
Su Ze thought of this first skill he had just learned in time travel, and became interested.
There will be a large amount of marine cargo after the spring tide, so normal fishing should be done after the tide comes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the moon's gravity is strongest, and there will also be the largest ocean tides on this day.
Watching the tide is also one of the customs of coastal people celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, especially the Qiantang River tide is the most famous.
However, the people of Qiantang River may not be in the mood to watch the tide this year. The Japanese pirates are about to attack Ningbo and Hangzhou, so who is still in the mood to watch the tide.
Lin Liangjun said again: "You can pick up Xi Shi's tongue tomorrow!"
Xi Shi's tongue?
Su Ze's sea-driving skill was activated, and it turned out to be a car.
Xishi tongue is a specialty sea clam from the coast of Fujian. It is very delicious and is the top ingredient in Fujian.
But thinking that the war was about to start, Su Ze lost interest in going to the sea. He said: "I still won't go. Please pay attention to safety when you go to the sea." Lin Liangjun nodded and asked his friends to prepare the tools for the early morning sea
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Lin Cainiang also showed a yearning look. She was also at a playful age. She had enough to eat these days and started playing with Lin Liangjun.
"You go too. You can't go into the water when the tide is high. Pay attention to safety!"
Lin Cainiang had a smile on her face and immediately caught up with Lin Liangjun with her own fishing tool.
Su Ze was in a good mood. He went to the health school again to check the homework submitted by the children these days.
Lin Liangjun's learning progress is the fastest. This kid is the smartest among the children, but he has a lot of typos.
Lin Cainiang studies hard and her handwriting is well-shaped. It seems that she has put in hard work.
The remaining children were a bit speechless, but Su Ze also knew that Lin Chun and Lin Anzai did not work hard, but they did not have any talent in reading.
But it is also good for them to be able to read and write.
What surprised Su Ze was that Chen Zhimao, the son of the young patriarch Chen Haizhang of the Beishan Chen family, also had a good talent for reading.
He just started studying recently, but his exercises are already in good shape. Is it because of his good nutrition?
After working around for a while, the sky gradually darkened. Only then did Su Ze remember Lin Mojun's invitation to the moon. He went to the family temple to pick up Ninth Auntie and helped her walk towards the Hundred Household Office.
Lin Mojun had moved the table to the open space in front of the hundred households and put moon cakes and fruits on it. Her face was slightly red, and she didn't know how she invited Su Ze to come over and enjoy the moon.
I have something serious to talk about!
Lin Mojun pinched his face and saw that Su Ze, who was wearing a Confucian shirt, had arrived at Baihusuo.
"Mr. Su, great aunt."
Aunt Ninth smiled kindly, stuffed the mooncake in her hand to Lin Mojun and said,
"This is the mooncake Aze bought from Nanping City, specially brought to you."
Lin Mo Jun's face turned red, and then the old man came to Baihu House with his wife, daughter-in-law Lu and grandson on crutches.
Lin Zongyuan, a master craftsman from the shipyard, also came with his family, and the place gradually became lively.
Children like Lin Liangjun didn't know how crazy they were. Lin Mojun invited everyone to sit down, and then the group chatted and ate mooncakes while waiting for the moon to rise.
Salty, heretical, and unpalatable.
Su Ze put down the mooncakes. Mooncakes these days don't have as many rich flavors as later generations. The recipe is also very simple, which is to bake Hu cakes.
Come to think of it, white sugar is a rare thing these days. How can you make meringue mooncakes so luxurious?
However, everyone still ate with gusto. In previous years, before Su Ze came to Changning Wei, a full meal was a luxury, and there was no leisure time to hold a moon appreciation party.
They were all from the Wei Institute, so naturally they couldn't do anything like Fei Hua Ling and learn from scholars to do anything romantic.
As we chatted, the current situation naturally came up.
It was Lin Zongyuan, the master craftsman of the shipyard, who was the first to say:
"I have seen the ships of Zhendongwei and Dajinqianhusuo. They are both as good as our Changningwei! They disappeared all of a sudden!"
Lin Mojun also mentioned it. The latest news: "I heard that these Japanese pirates got Xiyi's cannon from nowhere. The main sail of the guard ship was knocked down before it could get close. The ship that went out to sea escaped in a small boat."
Everyone looked at Su Ze. At that time, everyone knew that Su Ze admired the Folan cannon, and they were obviously waiting for his way to fight the enemy.
Su Ze said: "The naval guns are not casually modified."
"The New World's steering and sailing methods are completely different from those of our Ming Dynasty. It may not be easy to go to sea now."
Su Ze blocked the two roads at once . died.
Lin Mojun was also a little disappointed. Changning Guard's current strength was enough to defend his hometown, but it would be difficult to go to sea to seek revenge against the Japanese pirates.
Su Ze changed the subject and said, "This King Lu's fleet is not invincible. I have a way to completely destroy the Japanese pirate navy!"
(End of Chapter)