back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 784 Fleet
From Dali Mansion to Qinzhou, the distance is only a thousand or two hundred miles, but there are many mountains and steep roads, and in addition to the need to covertly march, it often takes half a day to walk for a short distance.

Lu Chenhuan's personal soldiers once asked quietly, why do you have to hide like this? Is it going to war?

Fatty Lu glanced at the soldier, and said: "If you should know, you will definitely know. If you shouldn't know, just shut up and don't ask." This was already a very blatant warning. The Wanjun Army no longer dared to discuss why they had to move forward, and looking at the direction, they were walking all the way to the southeast. Could it be that they were going to Guangnan East Road?I have never heard of any gangsters on Guangnan East Road. You must know that Guangnan East Road at this time is the land of Guangdong, which is still inaccessible and full of miasma.In this southern barbarian land, even if they are thugs, the court should be powerless, right?

Everyone had doubts in their hearts, except for Lu Chenhuan and Zhe Kexing, who often got together and didn't know what to say.Both of these two are people with outstanding martial arts. If they want to talk about something unknown, ordinary people can't eavesdrop.Even the entourage beside Zhe Kexing only knew that the destination was not Guangnan East Road.

Out of Yunnan, the mountains are steep and flat, and all the way down, they are almost all low hills.At this time, the imperial army adjusted their marching strategy, resting during the day and rushing at night.Along the official road that Huangzhuang invested in repairing, they marched rapidly with torches.

So a strange scene appeared, in the dark night, a long fire dragon marched rapidly on the empty official road.The people in the distance saw it, and none of them dared to come out to watch the excitement.

Even so, it took nearly half a month to finally get to Qinzhou.

Qinzhou, known as Anzhou in ancient times, in the 33rd year of Qin Shihuang, the Qin Dynasty unified Lingnan, and established Nanhai, Guilin, and Xiangjun. Qinzhou City is under the jurisdiction of Xiangjun.In the former dynasty, it was renamed Qinzhou, taking the name of Qinjiang, which means Qinshun.Since ancient times, Qinzhou has been the southernmost sea estuary in China. It is a natural deep-water harbor with wide waters, little wind and waves, little incoming sand, stable beaches, and large ships can be parked.Often the fleets going out to sea for business have to go to Qinzhou to replenish fresh water before continuing their voyage.

Since Dashun opened up the sea trade, Qinzhou has become even busier.Ships with hundreds of materials are in the port of Qinzhou, which can only be regarded as pediatrics. There are often large ships with hundreds or even thousands of materials arriving.With more ships, there will naturally be more people, and with more people, the demand will also increase.In the city of Qinzhou, there are almost all the novelties of the Central Plains.Not only things from the Central Plains, but even things from Tianzhu, Persia and other places are also available.

All of a sudden, Qinzhou can almost be called the three major southern harbors with Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and there is a faint tendency to surpass it.

It's just that Qinzhou Port is limited by its geographical location. Although it is a natural deep-water harbor, the throughput is not too large. Even if it is expanded again and again, it still cannot accommodate many large ships.Gradually, merchants who went out to sea for trade understood a rule, big ships docked in Guangzhou, and small boats docked in Qinzhou.In this way, there will be neither jam nor time delay.

Because of the small load, the fresh water needs to be replenished in Qinzhou if the boat travels far away; while the large ship has a large load and a lot of fresh water, so there is no need to stop in Qinzhou.

But this day was very abnormal. There was a strange fleet sailing into Qinzhou Port.

This fleet, like ships going out to sea, has big sails.But its shape is long and flat like a loach fishing boat.An experienced old boatman would frown when he saw it: "Such a sea-going ship, the draft is not deep, and it is so big. If it encounters strong winds and waves, it will definitely capsize!"

But the old boatmen are also very surprised, why such a boat can go to sea in a grand manner, don't the shipbuilders know how to do it?
After the strange fleet sailed into Qinzhou Port, a team of officers and soldiers immediately blocked nearly half of the harbor, preventing all the people from approaching.The ships that were originally parked in the harbor were also driven away, causing people around to discuss: "Is this the royal fleet returning from the Great Qin (Roman Empire)? Otherwise, how could there be officers and soldiers guarding it!"

"No, no, in my opinion, this is the fleet of the big cannibals, and only the big cannibals will make these strange-shaped ships. It's strange to say, such a ship should have capsized in the waves long ago? "

"Old man, you don't understand this, as long as you get close to the shore, the boat will not capsize easily!"

"I see!"

To put it bluntly, the secret is worthless. Such a ship does have its advantages. The pointed bow makes riding the wind and waves not a problem, and it can greatly increase the speed of sailing.It's just that it's not safe from a security point of view.Because they didn't know that there was such a technology as "keel" at that time, these old boatmen still looked at such boats with the old eyes.Ships without a keel are built as wide as possible to reduce the side that is blown by the wind and to resist sudden storms.But with the "keel", there is no need to worry about the toughness and strength of the ship. As long as it is not a strong typhoon, it is estimated that such a ship cannot be blown over.

As soon as the strange boat touched the shore, a middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of an imperial navy officer came down, and an officer who looked like a captain of the imperial army stepped forward and said, "Jiaoxi Zou, the general has already held a banquet in the prefect's mansion of Qinzhou, please teach me how to move." Go to the banquet."

The navy officer frowned: "The military situation is urgent, do they still have the mind to eat, drink and have fun?"

The lieutenant of the Forbidden Army had a burning feeling on his face, but he still said neither humble nor overbearing: "Since the military order has been issued, I dare not disobey the order. Teacher Zou, please!"

"Forget it, I'd like to see what kind of medicine is sold in your general's gourd!" The naval officer, dressed in armor, stepped off the deck, and walked straight to Qinzhou City under the leadership of the captain. .

Compared with Chang'an, Qinzhou is incomparable.But Qinzhou wins in its beautiful rivers and mountains, and it also has a special charm.As the navy officer walked, he thought about it: "This Qinzhou is indeed a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is flat and surrounded by the sea. If the enemy advances from both sides of the sea and land, the city of Qinzhou is in danger of being destroyed. Previously, Jiaozhi dared To commit crimes is to insult Qinzhou's lack of elite soldiers and good generals, and another level of flatness!"

While thinking about it, he knew that the state government office had arrived.The captain led him into the back hall, only to see a fat man standing up from the table, he laughed and said, "Professor Zou, after more than a year's absence, his health is better than before! Today we meet again, it will be a big surprise!"

"General Lu, are you here safe and sound?" Zou Jiaoxi gave a light military salute, and greeted, "I remember that the emperor ordered the dispatch of troops, not to visit the mountains and rivers, for leisure and entertainment. The general is like this, and his heart is not good. Ashamed?"

This fat man is Lu Chenhuan, he smiled and said: "Zou Jiaoxi, you don't know anything about this, please sit down, I will answer you one by one."

This lesson was specially sent by Lu Chengqi to teach artillery. Zou You had already cooperated with Fatty Lu once in Liangshanshuibo.Zou You has always been upright and reticent, Lu Chenhuan also felt quite a headache.Seeing that he was unmoved, he glanced at the half-gray beard in front of the table, the official who looked like Zhizhou, and then slowly came to Zou You's side, whispering in his ear.

"So that's how it is!" Zou You was relieved, and immediately sat down and said, "I blamed the wrong general, and punished myself with a cup!"

Fatty Lu smiled and said: "That's exactly what it is! Come, come, don't be restrained, I will do it first as a respect!"

(End of this chapter)