Chapter 1089: Expedition Collection
As more than a dozen colleges started, a group of people took a train from Beijing to Tianjin Wei. Among them were senior students from the colleges, craftsmen, farmers, herders, teachers, and even children from farmers. The group of people was about to leave the mainland, arrive at Edo Castle from Tianjin Wei, and then follow the warm current of the North Pacific Ocean to the west coast of North America, targeting the San Francisco area on the west coast of North America.
"Are you all in this place? It will take at least three years for us to leave our hometown. It is best not to make any mistakes before we set out." The captain of the North American expedition team held a roster and was counting the members who went to establish the San Francisco colony.
Due to the sea mortality rate in the sailing era and the difficulties in establishing colonies, the expedition members must be prepared for sacrifice. If it were not for the government's large subsidies, the craftsmen, farmers, and herdsmen who had been relocated were unwilling to leave their hometowns and travel across the ocean to explore the unknown and wild primitive continent on the west coast of North America.
"Spring and summer are the best time to set off in spring and summer. If you arrive in the New World in winter, you will encounter cold and famine. The temperature in our destination, Kingsoft, is still very suitable for people. If you continue to advance along Kingsoft to the north, the mainland over there will be as cold as Siberia in winter." The captain said to himself while counting the players.
"Why did we change the new captain? The captain is really nagging. I guess he will be annoyed by him after he arrives in Kingsoft."
"I heard that when the captain who went to Ryukyu for field training with us returned to his hometown, the plague broke out in his village. He was infected with the plague. Although he survived, his eyes were blind."
"It's really sad that something like this happened. Something happened before I even set off."
"I wonder if the new captain is reliable. Does he look too young and less than thirty years old?"
"Don't you know who this new captain is? He used to be one of the few generals who pacified Nanyang, Cao Bianjiao! He served for the court when he was in his teens. His uncle is still the commander of more than a dozen corpses of the Jiuzhou Army. He himself also served as the temporary commander of the corps and has a high position and a powerful position."
"No way? An important military figure actually wants to be the captain of our North American expedition team. Can't he live a comfortable life forever? He can even become a general in a few years."
The team members privately discussed Cao Bianjiao, who was the new captain. Many people couldn't figure out that a general candidate who had made great achievements and had promising future would spend three years as the captain of the North American expedition team.
"I know a student from the Army Martial Arts Hall. It is said that our new captain was frustrated in love and the woman he wanted to pursue was about to get married, so he wanted to leave the capital when the woman got married, so he took the initiative to serve as the captain of our North American expedition team."
"Even if you escape, you don't have to escape to the unknown new world, right?"
"What is love? It's just that our new captain is a person who values feelings very much. Do you want to find a place as far as possible to relieve the pain caused by feelings?"
"It's hard to imagine who the woman the new captain is pursuing is, and he will actually reject a future general. If he agrees, wouldn't he be the general's wife?"
"The capital is full of dragons and tigers. Who knows who is also a big shot in love with this woman?"
Before leaving Tianjin Wei to go to the unknown new continent, everyone in their spare time talked about gossip about Cao Bianjiao.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about? Run three laps around the dock!" Cao Bianjiao, who was counting the team members, came over with a stern face and gave orders to them, as if in a military academy.
After several members of the expedition team learned that Cao Bianjiao was an officer, they were full of awe of Cao Bianjiao and did not dare to disobey his orders, so they had to run around the Tianjin Guard pier.
The merchants, porters and pedestrians at Tianjin Wei Wharf were curiously looking at the group of people gathered at the wharf, not knowing their identities and purpose.
Cao Bianjiao continued to count the expedition members. As these rumors said, Cao Bianjiao studied in the Army Martial Arts Hall and was pursuing Goya, who was also in the Army Martial Arts Hall. As a result, not only refused Goya, but Goya was also preparing to marry Yu Cheng. Cao Bianjiao was more or less hit.
Of course, as a soldier, Cao Bianjiao did not want to escape to the unknown new continent just because of such a blow, but because the war in East Asia subsided. In normal times, the military headquarters was tasked with quelling the rebellion of the newly conquered territory. Moreover, there were their own security forces and a standing army of 200,000 to 300,000 people, and there were few opportunities to go to war. In the face of a place with a population of tens of millions like Japan, the Army headquarters only dispatched an infantry brigade and then used the conflict between the local daimyo and the warriors to resolve the matter in Japan.
After Cao Bianjiao gradually calmed down in East Asia, he wanted to go to the new continent to take risks. This was the motivation for Cao Bianjiao to serve as the captain of the North American expedition team.
It was not just Cao Bianjiao himself, because the official encouraged the exploration of overseas and the new continent, there were many students who wanted to be adventurers in the Army Martial Arts Hall, Navy Martial Arts Hall, and the Capital University. Many members of the North American expedition team joined the voyage with the spirit of exploring and serving the motherland.
"This group of people went to Ryukyu for field training and didn't learn anything. It would be better to go to the military academy for three months." Cao Bianjiao was dissatisfied with the discipline of the expedition team he took over.
In the past, he led soldiers and was under semi-militarized management in military academy and had strict discipline requirements. At this time, he was not very satisfied when leading an expedition team that was not very strict.
"Are you a fifth-grade student from Agricultural University, Li Yizhu, and your ancestral home is Lushunwei?" Cao Bianjiao went on one team after another, wanting to get to know these team members as well as their specialties and abilities as soon as possible, so that after arriving in San Francisco, he could quickly arrange division of labor and build a new town.
"Yes...yes..." Li Yizhu asked nervously.
When she saw Cao Bianjiao's strict requirements, she thought Cao Bianjiao was originally a fierce person, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.
"The most important thing in the construction of new towns is food. Only sufficient food can meet the normal operation of the town. I'll ask you in the future." Cao Bianjiao was still full of respect for these technicians.
The Agricultural University studies how to increase crop yields, including fertilizers, farming systems, maintenance of land fertility, and hybrid varieties. Moreover, the current Agricultural University actually includes four major subjects: agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, providing a group of talents for agricultural progress. The construction of colonies is also inseparable from agricultural talents, and agriculture is also the foundation of industry.
Li Yizhu didn't expect that Cao Bianjiao's tone to her was quite gentle, and it seemed that he was not that fierce.
Chapter completed!