This year's Patagonia platform has rarely snowed in the middle of winter, but this does not seem to be a good thing, because it may be detrimental to agricultural production next year, especially for important wheat-producing areas like Yancheng County.

Major Guo Handong has led the Eighth Mixed Battalion here for several days, and soldiers and officers were also allowed to go out to play in batches, which greatly boosted everyone's morale. This mixed battalion formed by several independent regular army companies in the Far East (at that time, most of them were infantry, artillery, cavalry, and baggage troops selected and recruited in the forward team systems of Denglai and Ningbo. Engineers and some staff members were fully equipped after arriving at the local area. The recruitment site of the battalion was designated as Xihu County). A while ago, they had been in the Brazilian inland to conquer the Guarani and Tupi people who were disobeying the East Coast government, and they had quite broken many tribes, so everyone had a lot of spare money on hand, and were waiting for the first to make a fake and let them go to the city to have fun.

Guo Handong, Pei Dade, Li Zhixin and other new officers of Guo led the horse to hunt in the suburbs. Guo Handong was lucky and hit a mountain lion. He planned to take off the skin and deal with it, and then make a chair cushion for his office in Dingnan Town. In the beautiful water and grass where multiple rivers meet, the Northern Patagonia Regional Administration has invested a lot of funds and manpower every year. The central government allocated half of them to the southern cone area. In one breath, the regional administration sent half of them to that area to settle. In order to ensure the safety of pioneers and materials, Major Guo Handong will stay there for a long time in the future to protect the newly established settlements in Dingnan Town and the surrounding areas.

In order to make Mr. Guo more legitimately make achievements in the Dingnan Town area, the Joint General Staff Headquarters temporarily organized a new unit to several main troops currently stationed in the middle and upper reaches of the Ludang River after a series of eases and compromises in interest. The first regiment was temporarily organized, with the commander of the sixth mixed battalion, Zhu Liang, the veteran commander of the sixth mixed battalion, and Major Guo Handong, who also served as the battalion commander of the eighth mixed battalion, served as the deputy commander of the regiment.

Considering that Zhu Liang, the commander of the temporary first regiment, was already old, the lieutenant colonel's commander had basically transitioned positions, and it was basically foreseeable that he would be promoted to be a colonel and retire directly after working for a few years. It was basically a foreseeable thing. Because of this, the commander of the temporary first regiment is not very responsible. Almost all the common affairs of the temporary first regiment are handled by Guo Handong. Zhu Liang will only participate in the discussion during the combat mission and finally decide on the combat plan.

By the way, the provisional first regiment of the temporary organization is quite large, including the eighth mixed battalion (full group), the second mixed battalion (simplified), the fourth mixed battalion (simplified), and the first independent field artillery company, with a total force of about 3,300 people.

However, although a regiment was temporarily organized, this does not mean that more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the regiment were gathered together to fight. In fact, in Patagonia, where the vast and sparsely populated, the departments of the temporary first regiment have even begun to fight in infantry companies to deal with the very scattered natives and protect more immigrants as much as possible. As for technical troops such as artillery, cavalry, engineering, and baggage troops, they are directly under the battalion and battalion departments, and they often move with the regiment or battalion departments on weekdays. Generally, they will be allocated and strengthened to each department only when the scale of military operations reaches a certain level.

According to the plan, Guo Handong and his two friends will go to Dingnan Town on May 15, 1669 to take office. Guo Handong is the deputy commander, Pei Dade is the lieutenant and company commander of the direct artillery company of the regiment, and Lieutenant Li Zhixin is the company commander of the first company of the Eighth Mixed Battalion. In addition, Lieutenant Li Ziqian, who was fighting in front of Dingnan Town at this time, basically a "relative and friends group" structure has surfaced.

Well, it’s a bit hilarious to say that the relatives and friends group is a bit of a joke, but in the temporary first regiment, the existence of a group of young and middle-aged officers led by Major Guo Handong is indeed irrefutable. Their group has a great say in the temporary first regiment and has a tacit understanding in the daily battle, so it is not taboo by superiors. After all, mountain doctrine is always inevitable, and people always subconsciously join forces. As long as it does not affect the main business, everything is still within the scope of the rules.

"When we see the peaceful and peaceful life in Yancheng County, our hard battles in the Ludang River and Shuoshui River (Limai River) areas have meaning." Several young people wearing brand new school officials, lieutenant uniforms and sabers hanging on their waists wandered on the quiet country road, looking at the sunset in the west, sighing.

This place is already very close to the county town, and there happened to be a market, so there are not many people. Although it is still a little far away from being flocked, it is not unpopular. Along the way, people in the market have different attitudes towards these three "general masters". Some of them have a look of awe, and they are Ming people who have immigrated for a short time. There are still the minds of these people, the fierce appearance of the Ming army, the fierce and domineering style of the Qing army; some of them are concerned about these guards.

The soldiers who protect their peaceful life are more respectful. Most of them are old citizens who have lived for many years, or masters who have been slapped on the inland front line. Because they have been exposed to more than one person, they are naturally not afraid, but are a little kind of intimate. In addition to these two types of people, the one who has the best impression of soldiers is that dozens of children chasing behind their butts, because they can trick delicious candies from them. If they are lucky, there is even a sweet food called "chocolate".

There are more mules and horses in the market than people! This is the first impression of the three new officers when they passed by, and the second impression is naturally the odor brought by these livestock and the "bombs" (mule and horse manure) that can be seen everywhere on the road. This odor is so impressive that it may be stronger than the stinky smell emitted by the feces piled up on the ground next to it. Fortunately, these mules and horse manures are also popular, and they don't need to be greeted by the person in charge of the market. Someone will inevitably come to shovel the feces away within half an hour. Sometimes, two people may even fight to grab a large piece of feces, and they are also drunk.

Because it is located in the Patagonia platform, various low-cost and affordable wool textiles produced by the United Textile Factory in Huangyang County in the south are widely loved by people and occupy a large number of markets, which greatly compresses the sales of cotton textiles. Since it will be winter, Guo Handong and others looked around and saw that many people in the market were wearing long fur socks on their legs, while the outside was covered with leather boots that were longer than the knee.

This kind of leather boot is usually cowhide. Thanks to the increasing hunting and killing of La Plata bison, the cowhide production on the East Coast has almost increased several times in recent years, and the price has also dropped sharply. This has caused cowhide products that used to occupy a large amount of output (once listed as strategic military supplies) due to military-purpose cowhide ammunition bags, armed belts, belts, military boots, water bags, and scabbards, and began to enter thousands of households of ordinary people. The market sales naturally expanded many times. Handicraftsmen or merchants engaged in this industry naturally smiled and said that this is ushering in a long-term bull market. How can you not be happy?

Similar to cowhide, sheepskin is also quite cheap in Patagonia and has almost become one of the slightly higher-end mass consumer goods. This may be because of the scarce rainfall in Taiwan and the vegetation characteristics are poor weeds or low shrubs that cattle do not like to eat. Based on this natural condition, a large number of sheep breeding in Taiwan can harvest wool regularly on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also produce a large amount of goat milk, animal fat, frozen meat and leather. This is undoubtedly extremely important for the people living in this area with more difficult conditions, and it is also the main way for them to obtain cash to exchange goods with foreign countries.

Guo Handong and others fought in Taiwan for several years, and had long ignored the local residents' favorite clothes to wear lambskin inlaid, because this was made of local materials. They often wore llama leather hats, lambskin coats, liquor in their pockets, rifles on their shoulders, and in the cold wind and heavy snow. They traveled through mountains and rivers with the regular army to clear out the Tverche barbarians who were destined to be enemies of the East Coast for generations.

There are also some women at the market. Most of them are housewives who come out to buy daily necessities. These people usually wear pleated skirts and loose tops, with long hair curled on the top of their heads and tightly tied with hairpins. Some women with family backgrounds (such as husbands returning from overseas colonies) will decorate gems around them, usually cheap gems from New China Island, which are sold very much on the east coast, and their clothes buttons also use black pearls from the origin of Tahiti. This gadget is the largest piece of material sold to the local area of ​​Tahiti. The price is not too expensive, but it cannot be said to be very cheap.

Of course, there are also some people wearing gold jewelry on their heads, ears and necks, but there are very few silver jewelry. This is probably because the East Coast is not as lacking as the Ming Dynasty in the Far East. Even ordinary women are willing to save money to create gold jewelry instead of wearing silver jewelry that is faintly silenced and street-like. Perhaps, only wives and daughters of non-national labor workers who have just arrived on the East Coast will wear some silver or homogeneous jewelry.

However, as people living in the Patconia area, the women here prefer to drink, and some even ride horses. Compared to the so-called big city women who like to apply rouge, wear pointed silk satin shoes, and often hold fans in their hands, their styles are very different. At first glance, they are the ones with stronger "combat power".

"I remember that the three counties of Yancheng, Daliang and Xuanwu were still a barren land back then. Except for Yancheng Port, they were all messy, and there were natives in the surrounding market. Decades ago, there were even a whole group of Spanish colonists killed by Tverches on the day of the festival. But now, hasn't it developed? This can only prove that the Spanish's knife is not sharp enough, and coercive measures are still needed to deal with those uncivilized and barbaric natives." Lieutenant Pei Dade, who has always had a relatively unrestrained personality, shook the sword in his hand and said in a proud tone.

There was a carriage ahead. The open carriage was loaded with goods, and it could be smelled from the stimulating smell. The sacks in the carriage must be filled with spices. There are many kinds of spices, among which pepper is imported from New China Island, and some are imported from the Dutch East India Company or the British East India Company; but other spices such as lilac, nutmeg, fennel, cumin, etc. cannot be produced by the East Coast people at all. They are imported goods from the East Indies, the Indian subcontinent and Persia.

In areas with high meat production, the demand for spices has always been very huge, such as Patagonia. The production of bison, lamb and seafood is very rich, not to mention the large number of three ostrich and llamas. Residents also love to eat meat very much, so they have developed a unique food culture. Grilled lamb kebabs, grilled beef tongues, lamb bones, etc. are from this land and eventually become popular on the entire East Coast.

The sales of spices have always been relatively good. Vessels coming from elsewhere always like to be loaded with spices, daily necessities, metal tools, machinery and equipment, medicines, high-end textiles, tobacco, sugar tea, wood and other commodities, and then take away the entire ship of salt, wheat, leather, cured meat, salted fish, cheese, animal fat, dried fruit and wool. Among them, the trade of spices, such as special commodities, has ranked among the top in various imported commodities. This is probably because of the vigorous development of the food processing industry in Yanchenggang and the increasing demand for local residents.

"Actually, there are not many people in Tverche. After several sweeping around Dingnan Town, the large tribes went to 70 to 800 times, and the small and medium tribes were hiding and hiding. Normal grazing, ploughing, or even hunting and gathering could not continue, and the population was greatly reduced. If such a continuous high pressure continued, the Tverche barbarians who refused to surrender would either die out or fight back to death, and in the end they were wiped out by us. There was no other way to go." Lieutenant Li Zhixin took over the words and heard him continue.

: "The Spaniards are actually not very similar to us. They have limited manpower and lack of supplies. Therefore, the colonization of the coastal areas of Patagonia was forced to stop after being fiercely counterattacked by the natives. However, the Tevechs were not a threat to the East Coast where resources can be allocated and manpower. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the First Regiment were temporarily organized, and several counties also trained a considerable number of militias. This could no longer eliminate the barbarians quickly, so we should not be distracted, embarrassing!"
Chapter completed!