"Lord, I heard the old man Shixie say that this place is called Zhuyazhou, and it was included in the rule of the Han Dynasty a long time ago, but it is sparsely populated, and there are only some local natives, so even if it is included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is rarely ruled here."

As for Hainan Island, in fact, Liu Zheng was not without ideas before, but because his navy had not yet completed its formation, it would definitely not be appropriate to send troops and horses to Zhuyazhou.

So this matter has been going on, but now that his ship has arrived here, he is naturally even more sad for Zhu Yazhou.

After all, in Liu Zheng's impression, there is an extremely rich iron ore on the island of Zhuyazhou, and if it can be developed, the iron ore that Liu Zheng's army needs in Jiaozhou in the future will not need to be imported.

"Gan Ning, remember, after our naval army is formed in Jiaozhou in the future, the first thing we will do is to defeat this island."

"Yes, my lord, I wrote it down."

Gan Ning responded to Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng did not continue to pay attention to Zhu Yazhou's problem at this time.

Bypassing the strait on this side of Zhuyazhou, Liu Zheng's fleet arrived at Nanhai County in just one day, where there is a small fishing village in Nanhai County.

In the future, this place will be the famous Shenzhen.

Now, of course, it's just a shallow sandy beach with a few thatched huts and a fishing net hanging from the outside.

Liu Zheng didn't even let his ship anchor here, so he continued to sail.

Because he was not familiar with the route, and Liu Zheng also walked along the coastline, it was easy to get lost at the beach at night, so he stopped nearby at night and rested for a night, and then continued to rush the next day.

When the sky was about to get dark the next day, I arrived at Xiamen, of course, Xiamen at this time is not called Xiamen, just a desert island, and there are no people, although it belongs to Yangzhou at this time.

However, Yangzhou does not care about the jurisdiction of this area, it belongs to the land of Baiyue, many different people live together, and the population is not dense, so the court does not pay attention to this place.

After Liu Zheng made a mark here, he continued to send people to sail.

Another day later, the fleet reached the boundary of Houguan County, Jian'an County, Yangzhou.

Here, it can be regarded as the real central part of Yangzhou, a place that belongs to some people, and it is also a place that has begun to be gradually controlled by the imperial court.

Houguan County is close to the sea, and most of the fishing gates make a living by going out to sea to fish, and they are not surprised to see that there are boats on the sea, but Liu Zheng is more and more excited about this, because he arrived in Jian'an County from Hepu County in only three days.

Of course, it is not called Jian'an now, it is still under the jurisdiction of Huiji County, and Jian'an will be divided after more than ten years.

However, it also made Liu Zheng excited, because of this speed, his idea of sailing by sea and doing business was feasible.

Originally, the transportation of goods by horse-drawn carriage on land was much slower than that of a ship on the sea.

After all, cargo and people are not the same as walking, which requires the use of chariots and horses, which will be slower, while fleets are different, driving along the sea, even if it is a day or two slower, the time is much faster than walking on land.

In addition, it also eliminates the need to pay tolls through various counties, and the safety and cost are greatly reduced.

After a day's pause at Houguan's place, Liu Zheng led his people to continue north.

Two days later, Liu Zheng arrived at another important location in Yangzhou, which is the mouth of the Yangtze River.

When he arrived here, Liu Zheng knew that his destination was about to arrive.

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, along these streams, you can go upstream, you can reach Poyang Lake, and continue to the coastal north, you can reach the Bohai Sea area, and when the time comes, it will be easy to go to Youzhou.

"Here we are, this is our destination."

"Here, what is this place?"

Gan Ning was not familiar with this place, but Zu Lang frowned a little.

"Here...... I seem to have heard people talk about it here, it is the estuary of the lower reaches of the waters of Poyang Lake. ”

After all, Zu Lang is a person from the water system of Poyang Lake, Zu Lang was the water area of Poyang Lake before, and the leader of the water thieves in Jing County for a generation, although he has not been to the lower reaches of this river often, he also knows something.

"That's right, this is the estuary of the waters of Poyang Lake, that is, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, I heard that this is Yan Baihu's territory?"

Liu Zheng looked at Zu Lang and asked Zu Lang.

Zulang nodded.

"Well, that guy Yan Baihu is active in the area of Wu County, and there should be a stronghold here."

"To be precise, in fact, Yan Baihu is not a water thief in Poyang Lake, but a water thief in this Taihu Lake."

Zu Lang still has some understanding of Yan Baihu, after all, they are collectively called the four major water thieves in Poyang Lake, and they still have some understanding of each other.

"Speaking of which, my lord, our ship was hijacked, I also suspected Yan Baihu at first, but this guy has been active on this side of Taihu Lake, rarely goes to Poyang Lake, and he is also a person with a head and face, and he has always been so bad as to attack our ships."

"The most unlikely person, perhaps the most likely person, don't rush to conclusions just yet, wait until we figure out the truth of the matter, we will know."

Liu Zheng did not argue more with Zu Lang, and at the same time began to guide the boats up the Yangtze River.

On this trip, they did not want to go directly to Poyang Lake, but to go to Xuzhou first, find the Mi family, apologize to the Mi family, and then discuss the trade issue from Jiaozhou, and finally deal with the hijacking.

From here, it is also possible to go to Xuzhou, as long as the boat stops in Jianye City, and then walks to Xuzhou, it will not take a few days.

The reason why he didn't sail directly over was that Liu Zheng's identity was not easy to expose now, so he needed to hide his figure.

Three days later.

Mijiawu Fort outside Xuzhou City.

Liu Zheng and his entourage dressed up in disguise and knocked on the door of Mi's house.

"Who!"

The Mi family's gatekeeper came to open the door impatiently, and as soon as the door opened, he saw Liu Zheng and his party outside.

"Who are you? Know what this place is? ”

Liu Zheng didn't speak, but Zu Lang on the side stood up and glanced at the nursing home at the door, his face was slightly majestic.

"Tell your second master, and say that Zulang is coming."

"Zulang!?"

When the nurse heard this name, there was a look of impatience on his face, but at this time, his face immediately changed.

"You...... Wait a minute, I'll go in and report it!" ”