Chapter 698: The New Life of the Survivors (Seeking votes and subscriptions)

After the gun test, various standard parameters have been determined. Luo Chong quickly ordered the start of mass production, and first produced 200 12-pound standard artillery. Yes, it is a standard type, regardless of land and sea battles, all use the same type.

Luo Chong plans to make 120 guns to make a gunboat to support various places at any time, because the existing territory of the Han tribe, whether it is the big lake next to Kaiyuan County, or the estuary of the Tang tribe, or the overseas Zhudao, are all places that can be reached by boat, so it is very necessary to deploy such a mobile firepower.

The remaining 80 guns will leave 20 in the headquarters, and the remaining 60 will all be deployed in Kaiyuan County on the grassland. Some will be used for fixed artillery positions on the city wall for defense, and the other part will be installed with matching gun carriages for field mobile use.

The gun carriage has been developed, but the gun mount for fixed gun position has not been developed. This kind of gun mount for fixed gun position can be used whether on the city wall or on the ship. The only difference from the gun carriage is that this one cannot be maneuvered, but the ability to repel and reset must be optimized. The gun carriage used in the field mainly has higher requirements in terms of load and mobility, and the needs of both sides are different.

The characteristics of fixed gun positions are generally to add steel rails so that the gun carriage can only move forward and backward along the rails, and then ropes and pulleys must be installed on the bunker in front of the gun position to facilitate the gunner to operate in a compact space.

It took a few days to make the steel rails and gun mounts, and then Luo Chong took several guns and gun mount samples to the shipyard in Liuyang County. The Han tribe had started to test a 80-meter-long ship before, and now the keel has just been laid. While it is not yet fully built, it is just right to convert it into a sailing gunboat.

The hull is still the same hull, and basically no changes are needed. The only thing that needs to be changed is the layout of the internal cabins. Gunboats need a full-length deck, and they also need to separate dedicated gunpowder and shell magazines, as well as more reasonable crew living areas and other details.

Such a sailing gunboat requires a lot of people. You know, each gun needs a team. 120 guns, and each gun team has five people, which means 600 crew members. This does not include the sailors on the ship who are responsible for the operation of the ship. If all are added, I am afraid there will be more than 800 people.

So many people have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate on the ship, so the optimization of the cabin is necessary.

Another place that needs to be improved is the call command system. When the captain is commanding at the top level, the command must be transmitted to the gun decks below instantly, so that the gunboat can maximize its firepower advantage.

Renovating the cabin and designing the layout are both delicate jobs. In order to successfully germinate the first gunboat of the Han tribe, or the seeds of the navy, Luo Chong directly lived in Liuyang County and personally participated in the command work of shipbuilding every day.

While Luo Chong was busy building the gunboat, the six sailboats that went to support Youye also arrived at the Sanchakou River upstream of the Ruyang River and successfully connected with Youye's two-masted sailboat.

Youye's crew, who had not returned to their hometown for more than half a year, were naturally very excited, and the patriarchs or crew members of the survivors who came to watch the excitement on the ship were even more excited and shocked. They

were surprised that the Han tribe could build such a huge ship as a two-masted sailboat. After all, they had personally experienced this convenient and fast water transportation tool with super strong transportation capacity. However, they did not expect that the Han tribe would build so many. This time, five identical two-masted sailboats came at once, and there was also a larger three-masted sailboat to support them, which was twice as large as the one they were riding now.

Seeing that the Han tribe was so powerful, they had more confidence in defeating the white devils of the cannibals in the future, so that they could rescue their own people and go to the Han tribe with them to live a better life.

The representatives of both sides had a warm conversation and soon set off for the camp in the river valley. Taking advantage of the winter monsoon, the sails were swollen and pushed seven large ships. It took a full half month to reach the river valley camp. Youye and thousands of people in the camp had been looking forward to the material support from the Han tribe.

Otherwise, in another half month, when the weather gets colder and the river is frozen, the fleet will not be able to return before the spring snow melts. However, if they don't have seeds, the farming season will be delayed next spring, and the problem of feeding thousands of people will be really difficult to solve.

Fortunately, they finally rushed back.

In front of the simple dock in the river valley, thousands of people came out to welcome the return of the fleet, which also surprised the people who had just arrived from the Han tribe. They really didn't expect that Youye could collect so many "savages" so far away from the headquarters of the Han tribe. This must be a great achievement when he returns.

It's a pity that I didn't come out earlier. It seems that only by going out to venture can I have more opportunities to make great contributions. No, I must do the things the leader has told me to do well this time, and strive to win the leader's affirmation as soon as possible, so that I can get myself an expedition mission.

Many people who have just arrived here think so.

There are many people coming from the Han tribe this time. After all, it is a brand new settlement. Although it is only temporary, there are so many people after all, and there is no shortage of things to do. There are many craftsmen in various industries alone. They also brought a lot of good equipment, some of which Youye has never seen.

For example, the calcium carbide lamps brought on the ship. When Youye went out, the Han tribe didn't have this thing yet, but I didn't expect that they have already started mass production.

"Oh, You Changshi, congratulations, you have made a great contribution to the Han tribe this time." The new official representative bowed to Youye and congratulated him as soon as he got off the boat.

"No, no, this is not my own achievement. You Ye can't do so many things by yourself. I will need your help in the future. You can keep an eye on the camp here, and You Ye can find more people outside. Our achievements can continue to grow. The greater the achievements, the more we will share in the future." You Ye also said very tactfully.

"You Changshi is too polite. This is what we should do. We dare not refuse. Besides, we can't disappoint the leader's expectations. We are all contributing to the development of the tribe. There is no need to be so polite to each other." The new official representative also smiled and replied.

You Ye couldn't help but curse the old fox in his heart. I'm kind enough to share the credit with you, but you actually use the leader to pressure me.

But he naturally wouldn't say these words. He smiled and said a few polite words to the other party, and then began to command the people in the camp to carry supplies.

There are quite a lot of seeds and tools brought this time, as well as a lot of iron ingots, which can allow craftsmen to make farm tools here by themselves. They will be busy this winter. They have to make a lot of farm tools before the spring.

The rest of the daily necessities were also quickly moved down. Nearly a thousand iron pots were piled up in the open space in the middle of the camp, along with other tools, cloth and other supplies. The wealth of the Han tribe simply made the survivors in the camp speechless. These were only part of the idle inventory of the Han tribe. If the things used by the Han tribe's own people were added, how much daily necessities the Han tribe would have, they simply couldn't imagine.

Iron pots and cloth were things that could be obtained for free, but they couldn't be distributed directly. Since the camp was now fully taken over by the Han tribe, it had to be handled according to the rules of the Han tribe. The first thing to be done was to re-count the population and supplies and register them, so that it would be convenient to organize production and work after the beginning of spring next year.

Youye arranged accommodation for those who came from his hometown. Although the house was a bit simple, everyone was satisfied. At least it could shelter from the wind and rain, and there was a kang in the house, so it was completely no problem for people to live there. Merit cannot be earned so cheaply. If you are not prepared to endure hardships, you are not qualified to earn this merit.

There was also a simple official office for the officials, which was actually a small courtyard surrounded by a wall. Inside was an adobe house, which was slightly taller. There was also a flagpole in the middle of the courtyard with the flag of the Han tribe hanging on it.

The new tribesmen quickly put their office supplies in. They even brought their own desks, and of course, they also brought stationery.

The officials and clerks quickly got into their roles, brought a bunch of blank forms and bamboo slips, and began to work intensively on registering the households of the people. This was their first task.

Youye specially called the clan leaders of the survivors to a meeting and explained the meaning of registering the households of the people, as well as the benefits of doing so. They could clearly know the family status of all the people, so that they could arrange work and distribute materials reasonably. The clan leaders also understood this meaning and said that they would quickly sort out the matter when they returned.

The chaotic marriage and clan status in their own clans had to be sorted out again, and these things could only be done by their respective clan leaders.

After a day, the leaders of each surviving tribe sorted out the families in their tribes, and then the work of registering the households of all the people officially began.

Although it was very difficult for them to give each person a name according to their surname, they couldn't help but start thinking about names for themselves and their families when they thought that they could get a lot of good things as long as they registered their household registration.

The new officials were also very happy. Although it was very simple here, the layout of the entire camp was still good, and the houses were arranged in an orderly manner, which made their work much easier.

It was so cold that they naturally couldn't let everyone stand outside waiting, so they sent the clerks to call people in rows and start working according to the layout of the houses.

The people of the surviving tribe also received the notice soon, and then took their wives and children to register their household registration. After filling in the family information on the form, they took a household registration book made on the spot with bamboo slips from the clerk. The thing was actually written on the bamboo slips with a branding iron, and it couldn't be modified. Finally, a red-hot iron seal was used to stamp the household registration stamp used by the government on it.

Then they were told to keep this "household registration book" properly. In the future, the distribution of materials, job arrangements, and even salary payments would all be handled with the household registration book. In order to get more materials, the patriarchs of the survivors would naturally not conceal the population.

The people who got the household registration book soon received iron pots, cloth tools and other materials, and learned new cooking techniques from the craftsmen in the Han tribe who were responsible for distributing materials. Soon, a new cooking method quickly spread in the camp.

Earth stoves and iron pots, firewood stewed fish and meat, and then a circle of corn cakes were pasted on the edge of the pot. It was so delicious.

It was a pity that there were no vegetables to eat here. If it were in the Han tribe headquarters, every household would store radishes and cabbages in a cellar in winter. The Han tribe has not yet discovered this magical plant, Chinese cabbage, which is really a pity, but such a life has already satisfied the people of the survivors.

The newly delivered cloth was also put down according to the head of the person. There was not much, basically only enough to make underwear, and they still had to wear animal skins outside.

This is also the case in the Han tribe. Fortunately, the Han tribe has raised a lot of sheep in recent years. In winter, almost everyone has a sheepskin coat. After all, this is the most common animal skin that can be used to keep warm. Others are either rare or too expensive.

The Han tribe began to try to grow cotton at the beginning of this year. After success, they immediately promoted it and planted all the seeds. Until the winter came, they only harvested one season of cotton, and it was not a lot. Xiaodie used all of it to weave cloth.

However, the newly bred seeds were kept. As long as they wait until the beginning of next spring, the Han tribe can fully promote cotton planting in the tribe. After harvesting two more seasons next year, there will be enough cotton in stock. By next winter, the people can wear clothes and quilts made of cotton.

In fact, weaving has always been secondary. There are many fibers that can be used for weaving, but there are not many fibers that can be used as fillings and for keeping warm. If there is no cotton, wool can only be used. However, it is too difficult to use wool to make all the people wear cotton-padded jackets and cover themselves with quilts. The Han tribe must raise a lot of sheep to do this.

As for shoes, the Han tribe does not distribute them. They are generally made by the tribesmen themselves. Although these survivors do not have old clothes to make shoes, they can still wear straw shoes for a while. Don’t look at them as straw shoes. In fact, they can also be woven into airtight boots that can be worn in winter.

The survivors, who are wearing new clothes, wearing new shoes, having firewood at home and food in the pot, have more opportunities to learn at this time. They stay at home with nothing to do in winter, so some people go to watch the new craftsmen make equipment.

Wooden buckets, wooden wheelbarrows, iron kitchen knives, farm tools, these technical jobs were the first time that the people of the survivors had seen them. Seeing ordinary pieces of wood and iron turned into various good things in the hands of the craftsmen, some people were ready to sign up to learn on the spot.

Youye also made some arrangements for this situation. This is the front-line counterattack base camp. Since it has this title, it is naturally necessary to be more careful. It is necessary to ensure that all adult males have sufficient manpower. If they want to learn technology now, they can only let the underage children learn first. As for adults, Youye directly promised them that if they want to learn technology, they can wait until they return to the Han tribe in the future. The Han tribe has more technology to teach them, and there will be more choices at that time.

(End of this chapter)