With various registration statistics from the statistical office, the management and dispatch of various personnel by the Jinhai Town Assistant Operations Office can basically be basically accurate.

Yang Zhen said that 300 salt workers would be selected from the villages under the jurisdiction of Nan Road, so the young and strong laborers finally selected according to the map must be experienced salt workers.

For these young men who were drafted, they could either join the army in accordance with the conscription order, or they could obey the transfer order and work as saltmen in the Huanglongwei Salt Field. There was no third way.

Therefore, no one dared to refuse or run away when given the recruitment order from the Yantian Office of the Assistant Camp Affairs Office.

When we came to Jinhai Town, it was surrounded by the sea on three sides and full of Tatars in the north, so there was no way to escape.

Besides, Jinhai Town allotted them fields and made a home, but only asked them to send a young man from each household to work in the salt field. What could they do to escape?

After all, working in the salt field is a bit hard for immigrants who came from salt households, but it is still better than being drafted into the army to fight against the Manchu Tatars.

In this way, after the salt field was established, 300 salt workers were quickly mobilized. Then they used the coastal beaches to build dams and open salt ponds. They collected tidal water to attract seawater to fill the ponds, then evaporated the sun to produce brine, and finally introduced the salt fields to dry.

, until it crystallizes into salt.

This is the simplest sun tanning method, also called beach tanning method, and it does not have any advanced technical content.

The only problem is that the salt production is slower and the cycle is longer.

But its advantages are also very obvious, that is, it is cheaper than the salt boiling method, has lower labor costs, and lower costs of various materials. It is most suitable for the current situation of Jinhai Town.

On the evening of July 18, the 13th year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen came to a newly opened salt field in Huanglongwei Salt Field. After listening to Xia Shu’s summary of salt production methods from the salt workers, he made the decision without hesitation to adopt the method of salt production.

Tide, make brine, and then introduce the salt-making method of sun-drying salt in salt fields.

The method of drying salt has been around for a long time, but why did a large number of salt households still use the method of making brine and boiling salt from seawater until the Ming Dynasty?

In addition to boiling salt faster than drying salt, another important reason is that drying salt is easily affected by climatic conditions. Once the salt drying field encounters continuous rainy weather, it will be doomed.

On the one hand, there are not many times throughout the year that are truly suitable for the operation of salt drying plants.

On the other hand, although the coastline on the Chinese territory is very long from south to north, places that are truly suitable for using the sun salt method to make salt are not found everywhere.

However, for Yang Zhen, the Jinhai Town he currently governs is a perfect place to establish a salt drying field and produce sea salt through the salt drying method.

First of all, the sea water is clear, has less sediment, and has a high salinity content.

Secondly, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, has many windy days, thin clouds, strong sunshine and large evaporation.

Furthermore, the Liaodong Peninsula is located in the north, and the rainy season is very short. From March to November of the year, most of the weather is suitable for salt drying.

All these conditions make the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula a good place for seawater to produce brine and sun salt, and this is still the case hundreds of years later in the 21st century.

On the contrary, the small advantage of the salt boiling method is a huge disadvantage in Jinhae Town.

The southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula originally had small land. Now that it has absorbed and resettled a large number of immigrants, the limited land has been opened up into farmland. Not to mention that a large number of young people have to be recruited into the army and a large number of people have to engage in farming. There is simply not enough manpower to do it.

Making salt.

Even if they have enough manpower to invest in the salt fields, where are there so many forests for them to cut down and make firewood to boil salt in the salt fields?

After finalizing the general direction of salt production in the salt field, Yang Zhen set off the next day, passing through Nanguanling and Jinzhou City respectively, and then arrived at the Jinzhou Bay Shipyard on July 21, the 13th year of Chongzhen.

Here, Yang Zhen summoned Xu Tianchong, the chief soldier of Jinhai Middle Road, and Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang, who was in charge of Longwang Temple Shipyard affairs. He conveyed Emperor Chongzhen's latest decree to them in person, and informed them of his previous trip to Jianghua Island.

During this period, a secret agreement was reached with the kings and ministers of the Li Dynasty.

People like Shen Zhixiang and Xu Tianchong had all dealt with the emperors and ministers of the Li Dynasty back then. They knew the virtues of those people and learned the contents of the secret agreement between Yang Zhen and the emperors and ministers of the Li Dynasty. While they were happy, they also kept reminding Yang Zhen,

Be careful of the capriciousness of the Li Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.

The reminders from Shen Zhixiang and others also made Yang Zhen quickly make up his mind, and soon finalized the ownership of the newly launched warships from Jinzhou Shipyard.

This time, Jinzhou Shipyard newly launched ten large ships with 200 materials and twenty ships with 100 materials. Yang Zhen allocated them all to the South Road Naval Camp in one go.

At the same time, people were sent back to Lushun to pass the order, asking Qiu Zhenhai to recommend candidates to go north to receive new ships, and to form a new fleet as soon as possible to prepare for Yingzhou Island.

Although Yang Zhen has such rare treasures as Guanghai Lord Li Hui and Hong Ruifeng's legitimate son Hong Mingyi - currently, these two people are imprisoned in Lushun South City, but after listening to the persuasion of Shen Zhixiang and others,

Yang Zhen was indeed a little worried about the fickleness of the Li Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.

Moreover, Tang Ruowang has been to Dengzhou Prefecture for more than half a month, and there is no shocking news coming there, which is excellent news in itself.

This shows that the epidemic in Tengzhou Prefecture may not be as bad as I feared, and may even have eased or been brought under control.

After all, when he interrupted the immigration crossing, he had already informed Yuan Shu and Yue Qijie of the isolation and prevention methods that would prove effective hundreds of years later.

Now, coupled with the fact that he sent them Tang Ruowang, a Western missionary who knew the true meaning of prevention and control of the pimple plague epidemic, they should have it under control no matter what.

Calculating this, after the people sent by Qiu Zhenhai have taken over the new ships, equipped them with sufficient crews and sailors, and equipped them with artillery equipment, the migration to sea from Dengzhou should be restarted.

In the coming period of immigration, the primary destination will be Yingzhou Island.

Yang Zhen stayed in the Jinzhou Bay area for three days, then said goodbye to Shen Zhixiang, Xu Tianchong and others, and continued northward to Fuzhou City.

In the afternoon of July 24, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen and his party arrived at the outskirts of Fuzhou City and once again settled in the Yongfeng Temple where they had stayed.

Returning to Fuzhou City after a few months, the mood of Yang Zhen and his entourage was obviously different.

The last time Yang Zhen led his team came, he was very worried and worried, worried that Fuzhou City would be attacked by the Manchu Tatars at any time. But this time, he no longer had such worries.

In just a few months, Fuzhou City has changed. Not only did a huge bastion be built outside each of the original three city gates, but even the middle position outside the west wall, which originally had no city gates,

A bastion of the same specifications was also built.

The moat that was once dry and silted has been dug and dredged again. Not only did it draw water from the nearby Pearl River, but the dredged soil was also piled up against the city wall on the spot, almost level with the original Fuzhou City Wall.

All ready.

This is equivalent to adding a thick protective layer of earth to the city wall of Fuzhou City. Even if the Manchu Tatar army goes south again to the outside of Fuzhou City in the future and bombards the city wall of Fuzhou City with heavy artillery, the first ones to bear the brunt will be

The thick adobe layer outside the city wall, rather than directly on the wall bricks.

In this way, the bombardment power of the Manchu Tatar heavy artillery will be sharply reduced, and the destructive power of the city wall will also be greatly reduced.

On the afternoon of the day when Yang Zhen and his party arrived outside Fuzhou City, accompanied by Lu Pinqi, Xu Changyong, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and others who came to greet them after hearing the news, they visited the newly built city defense facilities in Fuzhou City, and then went to the north gate to

Outside Wengcheng, they rode their horses to review the officers and soldiers of the Fuzhou regiment stationed inside and outside Fuzhou City.

That night, Yang Zhen summoned the generals of Jinhai North Road to discuss matters at Yongfeng Temple where he was staying.

At this time, Hu Dabao, who was serving as the outpost of Jinhai Town North Road in the Turu Island area outside Xiongyue, also rushed back.

"Come on, let's talk about it. What's the situation with the two white flag men and horses of the Manchu Tatars on the other side of the Fudu River these days? How is the Mantatar rebuilding Xiongyue City going? Are there any signs of rebuilding the shipyard in the direction of Lianyun Island?

"

Since the end of the Battle of Guanma Mountain, the Fudu River north of Guanma Mountain and south of Xuguan Fort has become the actual dividing line between Jinhai Town and the Manchu Tatars.

The Manchu Tatar troops stationed along the line from Gaizhou City to Xiongyue City occasionally sent sentries across the Fudu River to the south to investigate, but each time they would withdraw to the north bank of the Fudu River before evening and would not stay south of the Fudu River.

The sentinel cavalry under Xu Changyong on Jinhai North Road almost stopped at the south bank of Fudu River and rarely crossed the border to the north.

This is not because the people on Jinhai North Road are timid, but because Jinhai North Road has an almost absolute advantage at sea, and it is completely possible to take the sea route to Lianyun Island off the coast of Gaizhou to investigate the situation.

Since they have such an advantage on the sea route, the cavalry team on Jinhai North Road is happy to keep a relatively safe distance from the Mantatar sentry cavalry.

"Captain, during this period of time, Dorgon, Prince Rui of Manta Tartar, oh no, Dorgon, Prince Rui, has gathered a large number of people on the ruins of the original Xiongyue City, and has supervised a large number of craftsmen and people to cut rocks.

Bricks are fired in vertical kilns, and Xiongyue City is rebuilt day and night. Now the reconstruction of Xiongyue City in Manta is about to be completed."

Faced with Yang Zhen's inquiry, Lu Pinqi, the commander-in-chief of the North Road Assistance Guard, naturally did his part and immediately came forward to report to Yang Zhen the progress of the Manchu Tatars in rebuilding Xiongyue City.

"If you say that Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Manchu Tatars, is indeed a person, - the governor should not blame him for praising Dorgon because of his humble position. The Xiongyue City they rebuilt was built by imitating our methods, and it was fucking repaired.

Bastion!"

"What? The Tatars have also started building bastions? Are you sure you are not mistaken?!"

When Yang Zhen heard Lu Pinqi say that the Mantatar project to rebuild Xiongyue City was about to be completed, he was not surprised at all, because this situation was originally expected by him.

But when he heard that Xiongyue City had been rebuilt and a bastion had been built, he was a little stunned for a moment.

The learning ability of these Mantatars is a bit too extraordinary.

How long had it been since they introduced the bastion to the battlefield in western Liaoning? Have they already realized the secrets of it? Have they already begun to imitate it and start applying it to the construction of their own city fortifications?

"Captain, this is certain. Moreover, bastions similar to ours have been built outside the east and west walls of the north and south gates of the rebuilt Xiongyue City, and additional bastions have been built outside the four gates of Gaizhou City!"

Yang Zhen asked Lu Pinqi a question. Before Lu Pinqi could answer him, he heard Hu Dabao's even more shocking answer.

"Ah? Gaizhou City has also begun to build more forts?"

"That's right, Governor, our fortress method has been learned by the Mantatars. However, considering the humble position, this is not entirely a bad thing. At least it shows that the Mantatars, the Ruijun Prince Dorgon, are now afraid of
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