Philippines, Manila.&1t;/p>

A small boat was sailing on the tributary of the Pampanga River. Behind this fast crab boat were more than a dozen small boats of various types, all tied to slaves. The fleet was docked at the temporary dock under the cliff. All the slaves were removed. Li Mingxun took off his linen shirt and shorts, changed into wool pants and wool coats, and called the guards to escort the slaves into a huge cave.&1t;/p>

The further down the cave, the colder it became. Only the oil lamps hanging on the cliffs on both sides illuminated some roads. The air was filled with stench, echoing the heavy breathing of slaves and the supervisor's whip.&1t;/p>

The slaves were digging soil in the cave, and then carried the soil out of the cave with their backpacks. They said it was soil. In fact, these were all feces from bats and seabirds. Thousands of slaves had gathered in the cave.&1t;/p>

"Your Excellency, why are you...?" The chief in charge of this place was Ma Donglai. He looked at Li Mingxun in surprise with a stain on his face.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun took out his handkerchief, wiped his face, and said, "How come he looks so sloppy?"&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai smiled awkwardly and said, "I do something sloppy. I can deal with feces every day, so I can be more clean."&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled helplessly and asked, "How is it going to boil salt?"&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai patted his chest and said, "There is absolutely no problem. The bat dung here is very effective. Although the saltpeter produced cannot reach Chile and Indian goods, it can be supplied to the army."&1t;/p>

As he said that, Ma Donglai guided Li Mingxun out of the cave and saw the new slave. Ma Donglai asked, "Your Excellency, has the war been over?"&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled: "After you were in charge of the matter here, you never fought again. We signed a treaty with the Spaniards. Luzon is already a community!"&1t;/p>

"Congratulations to you..." Ma Donglai's congratulations were a little absent-minded.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun saw it and said nothing. He followed Ma Donglai back to the ground and entered the workshop. The valley was still cold and humid a month ago. Now it has just begun to show its scale. He has built a huge workshop and a charcoal farm, and there are often more than 2,000 people coming and going.&1t;/p>

After entering the workshop, Li Mingxun saw that the slave was pouring the dirt from the back basket into a huge clay tank, adding clean water, and stirring it evenly. This process takes about two to three hours. After that, the hole at the bottom of the clay tank will flow out of the yellow tailwater. The tailwater flows into a larger and newer clay tank along the wooden sink. Continue to add the dirt to stir, and then get the tailwater. Repeat this several times until the tailwater taken reaches the standard - put in a fresh egg, half-floating surface. If most of the soaking is added, add the dirt to stir. If too much floats, add the clean water and.&1t;/p>

Add the wood ash to the standard liquid, stir vigorously, and after taking out the tail water again, add the iron pot and heat it. When white crystals appear at the bottom of the pot, filter out the liquid, and then add the wood ash to stir. After a few times, the liquid is clear and then dry in the open air to get nitrate.&1t;/p>

"The craftsmen were sent by the base camp, and they were all immigrants from Shandong. They used to sweep and boil nitride in their hometown. Although the nitride soil was not bird droppings, their skills and processes were similar. These people were masters and slaves. Now they have produced about seven stones of saltpeter every day, but the quality is good and bad. The good are naturally used by the army. The poor are sold in the market. Although the worse are worse, the merchants in Yongning want as much as they want." Ma Donglai said proudly.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled. This saltpeter is not only for military purposes, but also for leather and papermaking. In Europe, extracting saltpeter from feces and urine is also the main means, which is also the reason why the West believes that bullets are shot from the urethra.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun said: "At present, wars are becoming more and more frequent, and saltpeter is in short supply. Is there any way to increase production?"&1t;/p>

"There are ways. Craftsmen are trying different wood ash. If they want to extract saltpeter of better quality, I asked the slaves to speed up logging. When the charcoal here can be self-sufficient, the yield will also increase. Now the limit on the yield is to transport the dirt. I have asked someone to go to the base camp to order a crane. As long as you use a pulley crane, the efficiency can be improved." Ma Donglai had already had a draft, so he answered it was not messy at all.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun nodded: "Is there anyone here who can replace you?"&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai didn't know why Li Mingxun would ask this question. He was stunned for a moment and immediately said, "Of course there is!"&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you can hand over the work and then follow me."&1t;/p>

The smell of the saltpeter field was really bad. Li Mingxun did not eat here, but took a boat to Manila. Ma Donglai sat next to Li Mingxun. Li Mingxun didn't speak, and he didn't dare to speak. Sitting quietly. After a long time, Li Mingxun suddenly asked: "You feel wronged when you are responsible for the saltpeter field."&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai lowered his head and did not speak, which was undoubtedly a pity. In his own opinion, he had been undercover in the Philippines for so many years and was persistent in the Fortress of Glory. At the most proud time, Ma Donglai even thought that he could serve as the Chief Executive of the Luzon Chief Executive District. It was not until Lin Qian's arrival that he realized that it was just a dream.&1t;/p>

The Chief Executive is the highest position in the community, with the status of a veteran, and his authority is no different from that of the governor. This is not only a merit, but the community is no longer a simple organization when he was undercover. The current community is full of bureaucracy, relationships, connections, strength and merit are indispensable. An undercover agent only contacts Li Mingxun and Lin Cheng for most of the time. Where did he get the connections? Moreover, Ma Donglai is too young after all. He is only a little older, but not as important as Ah Hai.&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai also knew this very well. He was in the Philippines all his important moments in his life and naturally wanted to serve in the Luzon administrative region. However, the Luzon administrative organization built by Lin Qian, such as municipality, shipping, development, economy and trade, was either taken over by the airborne bureaucrats in the base camp, or served by the Chinese leaders in Manila, and even those quasi-powers holding war bonds had certain cases, but it was not his turn. When Ma Donglai applied for a job from Lin Qian, he was placed in a saltpeter field. Although this was an important industry for the community, it was called a decent career in any case.&1t;/p>

"Actually, it's my arrangement to give you to the saltpeter farm." Li Mingxun said with a smile.&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai looked at Li Mingxun in surprise, because he thought it was Lin Qian's deliberate targeting. Li Mingxun explained: "Donglai, you are very capable and ambitious, but I don't know if your ambition matches your ability. In fact, you don't know. Arrange you here and want to make you sober through these two months, and I am very satisfied with your performance."&1t;/p>

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"Your Excellency, you...have other arrangements for me?" Ma Donglai learned from it and understood it more thoroughly. This time it was an inspection, and he had passed the inspection.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I will give you a more important task, and a secret task to open up a new territory. On the day of success, you will become the chief executive of this territory, and the Senate will have your place! But this will be very dangerous and difficult..."&1t;/p>

"I am willing, you, I am willing!" Ma Donglai expressed his urgently that what he wanted most was similar tasks. The territory he had opened up was a merit that no one could ignore. In this process, he would establish his own team, increase his qualifications, and gain voice in the community. This is the only way to become the Chief Executive.&1t;/p>

"Very good. Your current task is to deal with personal problems. You will be out in about a month. At that time, I will explain everything to you. You will be at least one year, maybe two or three years. You must be mentally prepared yourself!" Li Mingxun explained.&1t;/p>

"Personal question?" Ma Donglai was very confused.&1t;/p>

The two arrived in Manila and entered Santiago Castle. Li Mingxun pointed to a two-story building and said, "You have lived here during this period, everything has been arranged."&1t;/p>

Ma Dong looked at the small building. In the yard on the first floor, two Moroe female slaves were drying clothes. Seeing the European straight-through dress drying on the ropes and the lonely back of the balcony on the second floor, Ma Donglai naturally knew that it was Coquera's daughter, Miss Felisa.&1t;/p>

"Your Excellency, Miss Fei Lisa and I are just......" Ma Donglai quickly explained. He didn't want Li Mingxun to misunderstand or have other ideas.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled: "I just asked someone to put her in this small building. There is no intention and I will not force you to establish any relationship with her. I just hope that you can deal with her. No matter how you deal with it, others will deal with it appropriately."&1t;/p>

Yongning Administrative Region, Kamchatka Peninsula, Hot Spring Port.&1t;/p>

A large brig sailboat docked at the dock, sailors and slaves were transporting goods, dry noodles, bacon, spare canvas, ropes, and weapons included 150 flints, spare flints, armor, bayonets, and twenty Eskimos and corresponding sleds. A man stood on the silence rope of the mainmast, shouting in a thick voice, urging to complete the shipment as soon as possible, until a Genoese stepping on a gold-prosecuted leg came to the dock, and the man came down.&1t;/p>

"Sambar, who is raised by a bitch, you must have gone to the hot spring again. A bastard, no matter how much you soak, you won't be able to soak your black ass!" The man cursed viciously.&1t;/p>

Sambar pointed to his golden leg and said seriously: "I am now a member of the Yongning Chief Executive District. Even if you want to scold me, you have to call him the Excellency Sambar, who is raised by a bitch. Iron Hand, do you understand?"&1t;/p>

"Is that so? Sambar, a bitch...youth!" The iron hand that was enough to crush walnuts pinched Sambar's shoulder like iron pliers, and the voice came out from the gaps of his teeth.&1t;/p>

"Just kidding, brother Tie Hand, I'm just going to take a shower." Sambar said flatteringly as he felt the severe pain.&1t;/p>

People around him didn't care and continued to work. Song Tieshou nicknamed Tieshou, who is a captain in Yongning Chief Executive District, and an old friend of Sambar. If there were no these two people, there would be no hot spring port.&1t;/p>

Song Tieshou is an officer in the Chief Executive Officer's District and serves in the Kaituo Camp. The main task of the Kaituo Camp is to conquer all tribes in a ignorant state. If you surrender, it is to establish trade links and incorporate them into the pro-vassal system. If you are not convinced, the Kaituo Camp is a slave-catching team. The 6th Army of the Kaituo Camp searches for tribes along the Heilongjiang or other water systems, while Song Tieshou goes north along the coastline and conquers injustice.&1t;/p>

It is obvious that Song Tieshou's sea development ship and Sambar's prospecting team have a natural foundation for cooperation. The first cooperation between the two showed the Wild Boar River north of Vladivostok. The canyon was simply a mine nest, with all gold, silver, copper and iron. The rich mineral resources attracted a large amount of capital from the Ming Dynasty. As a result, Li Mingxun fulfilled his promise and used the first batch of gold produced in the Wild Boar River to make a pure gold prosthetic leg for Sambar.&1t;/p>

As the exploration site was north, the two of them explored the surrounding area of ​​the Whale Sea (Okhotsk Sea, called Whale Sea in ancient China.) for several years, and included more than a dozen large and small tribes into the territory of Yongning City. When exploring the coastline of the eastern side of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the ship crashed and was forced to spend the winter in the north. Unexpectedly, the unfreezing port of the Kamchatka Peninsula was found. Because there are many hot springs on the shore of this port, it was named the Hot Spring Port.&1t;/p>

The hot spring port is affected by the warm current of Japan and does not freeze all year round. It quickly became a supply point for whaling ships in winter and then became a small town. Sambar and Song Tieshou also used this as a base to continue exploring the northeast. Perhaps in the near future, they can reach the Americas, but Lee Mingxun needs them to go to another place at this moment.&1t;/p>

The fully prepared expedition ship, the Ultimate, was about to leave, and the notification ship from the Yongning Chief Executive District arrived.&1t;/p>

"Captain Song, His Excellency Sambar, and His Excellency the Consul of the Base Camp secretly ordered you to change your adventure plan and go to the Luzon administrative region to stand by. This order is urgent. If there is any violation, you will be engaged in military law!" After saying that, the official issued an order.&1t;/p>

Song Tieshou glanced at it and asked, "What happened? It's so urgent?"&1t;/p>

"The Chief Song of Yongning City asked me to send you a message and ask you to come out immediately. He asked me to tell you that you are the explorers with the most experienced community and the best expedition team members. The Supreme Consul needs you to explore a place full of gold." The informant said in a low voice.&1t;/p>

"Gold...is everywhere!" Sambar laughed and said, "I like gold!"&1t;/p>

At the same time, Cologne arrived in Batavia and headed to the Governor's residence. Cologne saw the sheriff in the square hanging on several indigenous people. He casually asked the assistant officials who were receiving: "What's the matter? Is it so mobilizing?"&1t;/p>

"These indigenous people stole the library the day before yesterday and set fire to the fire, causing some of the information in the navigation gallery to be damaged!" the assistant said casually.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!