Starting from midday, the vanguard of the refugee army had already arrived at the Green Snake Forest. After a simple nutritious lunch made of fish soup, fish balls, steamed buns and pickles, we began to cross the sea and head to Shark Island.

In order to cross the sea this time, Xu Changqing prepared more than 200 bamboo rafts, plus a medium-sized clutch and three large sand ships brought by the Li family, with a very good carrying capacity.

However, the number of refugees is too large, with more than 10,000 people. This trip is definitely impossible, and it takes at least two trips.

But even if the weather is good today, the wind and waves are not big, and the transportation is very fast, the refugees have many elderly and weak people, and it takes a lot of time to board and disembark.

This means that it is definitely impossible to complete the task today.

Fortunately, everything was on track and there were no Tartars around, so Xu Changqing was not in a hurry.

While continuing to appease these refugees, Xu Changqing's eyes began to look further and look forward to the larger island.

The big island is about thirty or forty miles north of Ningyuan City, and is almost at the same latitude as the original Wanghaitai Fortress. It is very close to the small fishing village where Xu Changqing attacked Hutu, and about thirty miles away from the coastline.

That big island is almost two and a half-large of Shark Island. It is hard to tell what the name is, because the big island has no beaches, and although there are many flat places in the middle, it is inconvenient for boiling salt and drying salt. People in the early years had never used it.

I heard that it was used to detain prisoners in the early years.

Legend has it that this tradition is still the habit left by the An Lushan army in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the saying of the common people, it is even more yin energy!

Xu Changqing naturally scoffed at this.

I have so many people, so many men, and so many good men, but are I still afraid of mere yin energy?

A few days ago, Xu Changqing had already ordered Zhang Hu, Zhao Qiliang, Wang Hongyang and others to start laying out some infrastructure with some craftsmen.

This is also the biggest drawback facing the island, or Xu Changqing at this time.

There is no place that can serve as a solid foundation. If you cannot truly settle down and develop well, you can only follow the current situation and make a hammer and a stick.

However, in order to stabilize the foundation, maximize effectiveness and cohesion, Xu Changqing cannot disperse the population under his rule on various islands.

After all, it's inconvenient to contact!

Once something happens, including the Qing army really attacking by sea, it will not be fun, and the entire foundation may fail!

But no matter how difficult it is now, Xu Changqing can only grit his teeth and hold on!

Fortunately, Xu Changqing and his men have already figured out the route there, and it is not complicated. There are also harbors for large ships to berth in the nearby island groups, and all the conditions are suitable.

Even though there are not many fishing spots there, Xu Changqing is not worried about fishing with the foundation of Pigtrotter Island and Shark Island.

It is not a problem to ask the men to fish on both sides and send the fish directly over at that time.

What Xu Changqing was even more worried about was that there were not many reef groups around the island, the mountains were not high, there were not many cliffs, and almost all sides were bye, requiring great efforts to take care of it, which was actually very unfavorable to defense.

If the Qing army really wants to get out of their minds and insist on destroying themselves and passing by, it will be a bit unfunny.

After thinking for a while, Xu Changqing quickly suppressed this idea!

If the Qing army noticed the news that he had gone to that island, they would definitely have some action, which was inevitable.

However, this island must be visited, and if you don’t, you will not be able to develop!

What's more, the main front of the Ming army would soon move northward, and I think it would share some of the attention of the Qing army.

The rest is what level of defense you can achieve!

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In fact, the sea is different from land, and the Qing army's cavalry was useless on the island, and it was definitely not easy for them to get a ship!

"call."

Thinking of this, Xu Changqing couldn't help but breathe a long breath. If he could give Juehua Island to himself, how could there be so much trouble?

Unfortunately, this is not realistic.

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In the evening, the sunset is setting, and the sunset is full of colorful sunsets, extremely majestic and magnificent.

As Xu Changqing expected, there were so many people who could not be transported in a day, and only one and a half trips were transported, and there were about three or four thousand people in the Qingsnake Forest.

However, everything goes well, and you can almost go to Shark Island with a trip tomorrow morning.

At this time, the twenty-two people, Xu Zhong, Ma Luan, Zhang Hongqiang, and others, also accurately recorded these populations without touching the ground.

At this time, there were more than 10,700 refugees and more than 1,900 households.

Among them, there are more than 3,000 adult men, more than 4,000 adult strong women, more than 1,000 half-boys and girls, and nearly two thousand people, and the proportion of the elderly and weak is still extremely low.

Although this made Xu Changqing very grateful, he couldn't help but feel sad...

There is no way.

This era is too cruel, and the elimination rate is outrageous. Many elderly, weak, women and children cannot survive without strong support...

Even if there is support, I will only be hungry and full, today or tomorrow...

Fortunately, Xu Changqing's previous accumulation was very solid, and the five hundred auxiliary soldiers who were released at any time could become seeds.

But in order to maintain combat effectiveness, the soldiers must not be able to make big moves. They can only release the seeds of auxiliary soldiers and let them lead these newcomers to do all kinds of work.

Xu Changqing could only smile bitterly for a moment.

This is how intense his work is dozens of times more intense than that of later generations.

But at this time, Xu Changqing had no reason to retreat!

Fortunately, there is not much tonight, so I can have a good night's sleep.

…

No words all night.

With all the complicated affairs, Xu Changqing was not in the mood to test Shaoyao and the others' "basic skills".

Early the next morning, Xu Changqing personally guided the refugees to start cleaning up, having breakfast, and waiting for the main force of the fleet to come.

At the end of Chenshi, the fleet came over. The group quickly boarded the ship, abandoned some useless broken balls and eggs, and headed straight for Shark Island.

When we arrived at Shark Island, it was completely crowded with people everywhere.

Fortunately, both the children and the people have experience in this model of accepting newcomers. Although it is messy, the overall situation is not chaotic.

As Xu Changqing came over, the crowd suddenly became more restless and fell to his knees.

"The general is kind and righteous."

"Thank you for your life."

"The general is as blessed as the East China Sea, and the Duke and the Marquis will be for generations..."

"The general is really a great compassionate Bodhisattva reincarnation..."

"General..."

Xu Changqing thought the island was so crowded and the crowd would complain, and was about to comfort her. Who would have thought that she looked like a different person...

This also made Xu Changqing burst into tears with tears in a while!

Can you still find people who are more grateful than these ordinary people and kind?

It’s a bite of food!

Their request is really just a bite of food!

Xu Changqing immediately climbed up and delivered a chicken soup speech again, saying that within three days, everyone will move to a larger and better island so that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment.

"General is mighty!"

"General is mighty!"

"The general is mighty..."

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I don’t know who started it. In the blink of an eye, the wave spreads, igniting the entire Shark Island.

Especially the women who Xu Changqing saved from Hutu for the first time, he spontaneously came to the crowd and began to do their "priesthood" work.

Although the conditions in front of this are simple, the atmosphere and hope of the crowd are completely different.

But at this time, there were still a large amount of various supplies in Ningyuan and Qingshe Forest, and the people could take a break for the time being, but Xu Changqing had no time to rest.

After carefully checking it several times to ensure there were no mistakes, I handed over the matter to Xu Zhong to overview the overall situation. Uncle Hong, Ma Luan, Zhang Hongqiang and others were the deputy. Xu Changqing brought Uncle Guang and more than 400 Qingshen selected from the group of refugees whom Uncle Hong had rushed to yesterday. He quickly returned to the Qingshe Forest and transported the supplies to the first.

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But it wasn't even Green Snake Forest yet. Just as it was approaching the Pigtrotter Island, Xu Changqing and his group were a little confused!

I saw that on the sea, it seemed like a continuous moving castle, and there was no sight at all. There were probably hundreds of large ships of various types, slowly sailing towards the north along the inner sea!

That look, from a distance, it looks like a giant dragon!

"That's...that's Denley's fleet?"

Even an old fry like Uncle Guang was a little confused for a moment. It was the first time he had seen such a terrifying scene!
To be continued...