From Propulsion City To Multiverse

Liuqiuzhou, Xinnangang in Pingtung County.

Many of the Song clan who migrated to Liuqiu lived in Pingtung.

Due to the typhoon last month, more than two acres of rice fields in Pingtung were affected, and the production was greatly reduced.

Fortunately, Champaign rice has a huge advantage, that is, the planting cycle is very short. As long as the late rice can be harvested smoothly, the local farmers can barely get enough food and clothing this year.

Song Lu, who was appointed as the deputy commander of the Liuqiu Squadron, was discussing his recent work with the fleet commander Lin Sandao.

The Liuqiu Squadron has a total of five berths, namely Danshui Port and Keelung Port in the north; Penghu Port and Xinnan Port in the south; and Hualien Port in the east.

Under normal circumstances, the fleet will not be moored in the port for a long time, unless it encounters typhoon weather.

A month ago, they happened to be in Hualien Port. They were planning to go south. Suddenly, they received a telegram from Xinnan Port saying that a typhoon was approaching. Then they stopped in Hualien for five days.

Now in the office of the naval port.

Lin Sandao, Song Lu, Wang Zhong, chief of staff, and Chang Guyu, the propaganda officer on board, were discussing what to do next.

There is a large map on the table, which is a large map of Southeast Asia, Lingnan, Liuqiu and other places.

There are countries in some of the above places, such as the Indo-China Peninsula bordering Guangnan Prefecture, where there are many small countries.

On the Nanyang Islands, there are also several small countries. .

Only the Luzon Islands, which are very close to Liuqiu, have only a few small tribes. In fact, the Kunlun slaves in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were not entirely people from Nanxizhou, and a small number of sea urchin people from the Luzon Islands (that is, Xiaohei). ).

Chief of Staff Wang Zhong picked up an investigation file: "According to our intelligence, there are currently a total of 12 tribes in the Luzon Islands, 3 of which are relatively large and are dominated by tribal alliances."

"What is the population? What race is the main race?" Chang Guyu asked.

"The population is very small. The largest part of Lan Island has a population of more than 3,000 people. The total population of the entire Luzon Islands is about 30,000 to 40,000. The people of the South Island are mainly people, and there are only about 4,000 people of sea urchins.

Among them, the Austronesian people use Austronesian language, and the sea urchin people have their own sea urchin language. The social development level of the entire archipelago is between primitive society and slave society. "

Chang Guyu looked at Lin Sandao and Song Lu. As a propaganda officer, he generally would not interfere in military operations unless the military operations violated the laws of the alliance.

"The Nandao people are actually the group of ancient Yue people who were expelled from the Fujian and Yue regions during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. I think these people can be assimilated and allowed to return to civilization, while the sea urchin people..." Lin Sandaoshi seems to have many concerns. .

Chang Guyu saw his concerns: "Are you worried about bloodline? Indeed, sea urchin people are not suitable for assimilation, and even some Austronesian people are not suitable."

Song Lu, who had just joined, was a little puzzled: "Comrade Gu Yu, why are sea urchins and some Austronesian people not suitable?"

"Comrade Song Lu, you don't know, there is a huge bloodline risk in the isolated island people, especially the cannibals and island-type islanders, which are the hardest hit areas."

Chang Guyu immediately explained what is inbreeding, what is prion, and what is genetic disease.

Compared with the Austronesians, who are relatively advanced in navigation technology, the sea urchins entered the Luzon Islands during the ancient ice age. At that time, Liuqiu, Luzon, and the Nanyang Islands were connected to the East Asian continent by land.

After this group of primitive people migrated to the Luzon Islands and other places, the earth ushered in an interglacial period, and the sea level quickly submerged the continental shelf, causing the Luzon Islands to become islands.

Sea urchins without navigation skills will be trapped in isolated islands.

This situation has a very terrible consequence, that is, people on the isolated island have to adopt inbreeding in order to reproduce offspring.

Although there is a probability of "double optimization" in consanguineous marriage, it is a small probability result, and most of the results are "malignant".

With the passage of time, the primitive people on these many small isolated islands will be devastated by the consequences of inbreeding, and will go to complete extinction.

The sea urchin people on the Big Island of Luzon can be passed down, or because the island is relatively large and can accommodate more primitive people, and there is a certain genetic diversity, which reduces the probability of their inbreeding.

However, according to the survey results of Heiyiwei, the situation of sea urchin people is still not optimistic. Among several sea urchin tribes, the proportion of children with dementia, congenital disabilities and genetic diseases is as high as 20-30%.

This is the reason why it is not easy to develop civilization on the island. There are a lot of genetic diseases in itself, so what about the development of civilization.

The alliance has formulated a strict management plan for this. This large number of ethnic groups with genetic defects are not allowed to intermarry with normal people.

Rather, by formulating blood pedigrees, that part of the normal people in these ethnic groups should implement strict marriages, and then introduce other races for re-hybridization, so that they can gradually dilute bad genes.

If Zheng Sen and others could get in touch with the headquarters, there would be no need for such a complicated plan. However, the communication with the headquarters still seems to be a long way off.

So they had to use this approach to make sure the genetic disease didn't spread.

This is the most appropriate disposal option at present.

After discussion, everyone decided to conquer the Luzon Islands, and began to formulate plans and report to the military at the same time.

Although the Liuqiu Squadron has only 3,000 people, it is more than enough to conquer a Luzon Islands, and this plan is also to cooperate with the local grand strategy.

As the People's Revolutionary Federation expanded its control area to the Bohai Sea, almost the entire southeastern coast was under the control of the People's Revolutionary Federation, and the flow of refugees from the Central Plains was almost continuous.

The agricultural population in Xuzhou itself is already saturated, and the land in Lingnan and Guangnan is not suitable for large-scale immigration.

If we insist on development, there are still some small river valleys, plains and small basins in the inland areas of Lingnan and Guangnan that can be developed. The question is is it worth it?

In Zheng Sen's view, it is not cost-effective to go deep into the hills and mountains to cultivate the land.

For example, in the current Liuqiu Prefecture, all the population of the central mountain range has been removed. Except for a small number of mines and forest farms, they are all nature reserves.

The same is true in Southeast Prefecture, which only develops the delta plains of the Oujiang, Minjiang, Hanjiang, and Zhangshui.

These delta plains along the coast and rivers are not only flat, but also convenient for transportation. Except for mining farms and forest farms, the inland mountains are not worthy of being developed as agricultural areas.

This will not only lead to ecological deterioration, soil erosion in the upper reaches of the river, but also the formation of a large mountain population.

The mountain population is not only difficult to live, but also prone to form bandits, clans, and local divisions.

Now Zheng Sen is trying to drive people out of the mountains, where will he reverse the car and resettle the people to the mountains.

Therefore, there is a strategic arrangement to develop the Luzon Islands.

Don't look at Luzon Islands, but as an archipelago area, the traffic is much better than the hilly mountains in the southwest and southeast.

Moreover, the developable potential of arable land in the Luzon Islands is 180 million mu, of which the coastal plains that are easy to develop are about 40 million mu.

There are such areas that are easy to develop and have convenient transportation, and they also migrate to the inland mountains, which is a hole in the forehead.

Once the Luzon Islands are developed, 2 million agricultural population can be resettled. If there are more people, they can continue to migrate to the coastal plains of the Nanyang Islands, Indo-China Peninsula and Oceania.

Anyway, the Human Revolutionary Alliance can now solve many tropical diseases, and has initially entered the industrial age, so there is no need to be afraid of the harsh environment of the tropics.

After all, the Europeans of later generations will face a much more difficult situation than the current Human Revolutionary League, and they have still successfully colonized more than half of the world.

There is no reason why the People's Revolutionary Alliance, which has more adequate conditions, a larger population and more advanced technology, cannot even develop in Southeast Asia.

July 11, 3 years of the new calendar. (Daye 14 years)

The Liuqiu Squadron, which has 3 Roaring-class steam warships, 12 scientific-class sailing warships, 24 Mengchong ships and 12 supply ships, set off from Xinnangang in a mighty manner.

Valley

At this time, in the seas of Southeast Asia, this fleet is almost invincible. Apart from the mighty power of nature, the maritime forces of other small countries are simply not qualified to let Liuqiu Squadron take full action.

15 Gaoshan people were summoned by preacher Chang Guyu, from more than a dozen aboriginal tribes in Liuqiu Prefecture. Their tribe is one of the branches of the South Island.

Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar Island in Nanxi Continent were actually all during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They migrated from Fujian and Yue to Liuqiu, and then Liuqiu migrated to various islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The degree of internal differentiation of the Austronesian language family is not as great as that between English and German.

Therefore, the Gaoshan people can communicate with the Austronesians in Luzon, which is why Chang Guyu called them with the boat.

On the South China Sea in July, there was a strong southwesterly wind. Fortunately, the ships of the Liuqiu Squadron had hard sails and could sail against the wind.

At the same time, in terms of route selection, Lin Sandao chose to take the Dongsha-Huangyan route in the South China Sea, because the east of Luzon and Liuqiu is the famous Pacific Kuroshio Current. If you want to go to the Eastern Ying Islands, you can take that route.

However, going south to the Luzon Islands, you cannot take the Kuroshio route.

On the flagship Scream.

Only Lin Sandao, an executive of the fleet, was on board, while Song Lu, Wang Zhong, and Chang Guyu were on other ships. This was an ocean-going fleet and had to be arranged normally.

Avoid fleet executives on a ship, and if there is an emergency, they will not be blamed.

Due to the headwind and the fact that the steam engine was not started, the fleet's speed was not fast, only about 6 to 7 knots.

The cook brought lunch to Lin Sandao. During the voyage, fish was the basic standard food, followed by rice and kimchi.

As for fresh vegetables, there are currently only shelf-stable winter melon, yam, water chestnut, mushroom, burdock, garlic and dried chili.

Some leafy vegetables can only be eaten in the first two or three days of the voyage.

In terms of fruit, it generally depends on the season, and also choose the type that is durable, such as green bananas, grapefruit, lemons, and persimmons.

Or bring some canned fruit.

As for the soy beans and tea leaves that are said to be necessary for sailing, the former is said to be used for bean sprouts to supplement vitamin C, while the latter is also said to be able to supplement vitamin C. This "nautical fetish" should be reserved for some travelers.

Anyway, the sailing fleet of the People's Revolutionary Federation is equipped with dried persimmon leaves for soaking in water to supplement vitamin C.

The vitamin C content of dried persimmon leaves is very high. The vitamin C content of dried persimmon leaves per 100 grams is as high as 300 to 400 mg, while the vitamin C content of green tea is less than one third of that of dried persimmon leaves.

Moreover, dried persimmon leaves do not contain caffeine, so there will be no hyperactivity and insomnia due to drinking tea.

The human body needs about 100 mg of vitamin C per day.

Use warm water to soak persimmon leaves, and then swallow the water and leaves together. Only 30 grams of persimmon leaves are needed per day to meet the vitamin C supply of the human body.

What's more, the fleet also reserves vegetables and fruits such as winter melon and grapefruit that can be maintained for a long time, which can also supplement some vitamins.

In fact, taking East Asia as the starting point for sailing has a unique advantage, that is, there are many islands and land along the way.

The southbound route can take the Indochina Peninsula-Malay Peninsula-Nanyang Islands-Oceania, or you can go to Liuqiu-Luzon Islands-Nanyang Islands-Oceania.

The western route can take the Strait of Malacca - the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula - the Deccan Peninsula - Ceylon - the Persian Gulf - the Red Sea - Nanxizhou.

The Eastern route can take Liuqiu - Ryukyu Islands - Dongying Islands - Kuril Islands - Bering Sea - North America.

If you are familiar with the Pacific circulation, you can also take the Pacific equatorial route.

Among these voyages, the most dangerous route is the Pacific equatorial route.

Replenishment points can be found along the way on other voyages, and there is no need to drift in the North Atlantic for two or three months like the Europeans.

In addition, the People's Revolutionary Federation is equipped with very reasonable supplies, with precise routes, ocean currents, climate, hydrology, and geographic information.

Unless it encounters a sudden natural disaster, it will be difficult for the Ryugu Squadron to do anything.

It is in this context.

On the eighth day after departure, Lin Sandao's telescope finally saw a large piece of land. Through the determination of the sextant, he could basically determine that the island of Luzon was not far away.

"Send a semaphore to inform all ships to prepare for landing and implement Class B alert."

"Yes."

After a while, the three Mengchong ships left the fleet and sailed cautiously towards the inner side of the bay.

After all, hydrological conditions are not static. According to the standard process of sailing in unknown seas, hydrological exploration must be carried out first with small boats, rather than swarming to the shore.

If it hits the rocks, or runs aground, it will not be worth the loss.

Sure enough, Lin Sandao's caution was correct. There were many undiscovered reefs on the route. The three Mengchong ships took two days to find a safe channel.

The fleet of warships entered the bay one after another. The wind and waves in the bay were much smaller, and they anchored near an estuary suitable for building a port.

There are no aboriginal people nearby. After all, the Luzon Islands will gradually enter the feudal era after the Tang Dynasty, and now there are only some small tribes.

After landing, Lin Sandao quickly called the executives for a meeting.

"There are four things to do now. First, build the port. Comrade Song Lu, this matter is left to you."

Song Lu nodded: "No problem."

"Second, for the area near the bay, conduct a survey to determine the location of the nearest aboriginal tribe. Chief of staff Wang Zhong is responsible for this."

"Yes."

Lin Sandao continued: "Third, organize the channel dredging work, determine the entry and exit channels of the bay, and at the same time blast some of the reefs that can be removed with explosives. I am personally responsible for this."

"The last thing is to contact the Naval Headquarters~www.readwn.com~ and set up a fixed wireless telegraph communication station here. Comrade Gu Yu is responsible for this."

Chang Guyu himself has the authority to contact the headquarters, which is the most suitable thing to do.

After the tasks were arranged for their respective duties, the entire fleet moved quickly.

There are 200 tons of cement in their supply ship, which was prepared for the rapid completion of the port construction. Song Lu also cooperated with several subordinates.

On the peninsula on the north side of the bay, choose a location suitable for building a lighthouse, and temporarily build a simple lighthouse to guide passing ships.

For the construction of the port, first select a nearby mountain, blast the stones on the mountain with explosives, and then use these stones and cement to build the port together.

In the channel in the bay, Lin Sandao led people to blast more than a dozen reefs, which greatly improved the safety of the channel.

This bay is named "Dingnan Bay", and the port is naturally Dingnan Port. In fact, this is the later Manila.

Wang Zhong, who was in charge of exploring the surrounding situation, also came into contact with a small tribe nearby three days later.