The ferry port of Baling.

This is a ferry port built by Liu Zheng to connect Jiangxia and Changsha.

A pontoon bridge was built here, which could easily allow Liu Zheng's men and horses to quickly reach the territory of Jiangxia County.

Several generals under Liu Zheng received Liu Zheng's order at this time, and moved their respective soldiers and horses closer here, although they had not yet directly launched an attack on Ding Yuan's troops, but there was already some news circulating underneath, knowing that Liu Zheng was going to attack Jingzhou.

On the shore of Dongting Lake, the parade tower on the hills of Baling.

Liu Zheng took Zu Lang, Huang Zhong, and Gan Ning to review the army here.

He also has two armies, stationed in Changsha and Yuzhang respectively, that is, Sun Jian's battalion and Zhou Yu's battalion.

In the Jingzhou area, Liu Zheng had secretly mobilized an army of 100,000 and was ready to go to war at any time.

However, Liu Zheng is not in a hurry, he is still waiting, waiting for Yuan Shao's men and horses to fight with Liu Bei's men and horses first, otherwise Liu Zheng will not take the lead, after all, in case he is pitted by Yuan Shao's guy, let Liu Zheng take the initiative to fight with the imperial court, Yuan Shao is watching the excitement from the sidelines, but it is not something Liu Zheng wants to see.

The news from Yuan Shao's side has not yet come back, so Liu Zheng can naturally only practice soldiers and horses in Dongting Lake first, and toss these people stationed here first to make preparations before stationing.

"Lord, the ships on Dongting Lake at this time are the sailors we are stationed here, a total of more than 30 ships and five or six dragon boats."

The shipwreck is a small boat for assault, while the dragon ship is a large warship that carries many horses.

On this kind of river, dragon boats are useful, which can be used to transport people and horses, cross the river and attack, and the role of the ship is even greater. Able to pursue the enemy on the river.

Liu Zheng looked at the warships in the Dongting Lake, in fact, he also had some ships before, but they were still used to escort and protect the caravan ships when he was a bandit in Mingyue Cottage.

Later, with the addition of Zu Lang and others, after Liu Zheng's subordinates had a regular naval army, Liu Zheng's ships were basically assigned to Zu Lang.

Zulang's men and horses are mostly active in Dongting Lake, and there are many warships here.

"These ships are well-trained, and the sailors are becoming more and more regular, but General Zulang, can these sailors go to sea?"

The naval army has little effect on the battlefield of Jingzhou, after all, most of the time, the naval army can only play an important role on the river, and once it is on land, it is more useful to infantry and cavalry.

"Out to sea? Your Majesty wants to go to sea? ”

When Zu Lang heard Liu Zheng's words, he was stunned for a moment, but he still immediately asked Liu Zheng.

"I haven't thought about going to sea for the time being, but sooner or later we have to go to sea, so we have to prepare in advance, after all, if you go by land, it will take more than a month to go from Jianye to Funan, and if you take the waterway, it won't take too long."

"So I'm thinking that in the future, I will upgrade the navy more and transform them into a navy."

Liu Zheng explained to Zu Lang that they were in the south and had no war horses, so they could only raise the warship a little more.

Of course, Liu Zheng still has something that he didn't say, that is, after Liu Zheng unified the Three Kingdoms, his footsteps naturally could not stop like this, and the Western countries at this time had also completed the unification.

The powerful Roman Empire has reached the middle and late stages, and if Liu Zheng doesn't know these histories, it's better to say, Liu Zheng can still ignore them.

But since he is a time-traveler, and a time-traveler who knows the history of the West, Liu Zheng will naturally reach out to all parts of Europe after he has finished the affairs of the land of China.

"It's okay to go to sea, but among our ships, the only ones that can really sail on the sea are dragon boats, which are too small and easy to be overturned by wind and waves."

The sea is different from the river, on the river, the water is not rippling, and there are no big waves, as long as it can carry people, it can be called a ship.

On the sea, the wind and waves are huge, and once the weather is not very good, it is easy to destroy the ship and kill people.

Their caravans can only sail on the shore of the near sea, and they dare not go to sea at all, once they go to sea, the small boat is easy to have an accident, and only a ship of this magnitude can barely control the wind and waves.

Liu Zheng himself has been to the beach and knows some of the situation.

"Well, General Zulang, strengthen our shipbuilding technology and strive to build a treasure ship larger than the dragon ship, whether it is carrying cargo or people, it is very necessary to ship by sea."

Liu Zheng commanded Zu Lang, he is now preparing for going to the West.

After dealing with these people in the imperial court, Liu Zheng was ready to send his naval army to the West.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we each have a shipyard in Jianye and Jiangxia, and both places can build ships, and I will order someone to strengthen the manufacturing and research of dragon boats, but here we need a lot of financial support."

Nothing can be done with a single sentence, and what can be done requires money to smash, try and make mistakes, and then improve.

The same is true of ships that matter so much.

"Don't worry about money, I'll take care of it."

Although Liu Zheng is short of money now, it does not mean that Liu Zheng has no way to make money, he now has a lot of territory, and the business is the most developed, as long as he is given some time, these caravans under Liu Zheng can earn a lot of money.

Of course, Liu Zheng naturally did not rely on the caravan, but the four cabinet ministers under him, who had already discussed the affairs of Qianzhuang.

The opening of the money village has been put on the agenda, and now the money village is being built in various places under Liu Zheng's command, and only when the money village in each county is established, Liu Zheng will announce the opening of the money bank.

At that time, Liu Zheng will need to worry about money.

Just when Liu Zheng, Gan Ning and others were still observing the scenery here, Liu Zheng's Jinyi Guard, two people who were specially responsible for transmitting information, quickly walked over.

"Your Majesty, military intelligence."

As soon as the two words of military intelligence were said, Liu Zheng and the generals around Liu Zheng were in awe, and immediately looked at this brocade guard, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Xuzhou, saying that Yuan Shao's people, with an army of 40,000, went south from Qingzhou and went straight to Xuzhou."

As soon as this brocade guard said the news, it immediately made the faces of the people present excited.

"Good! Yuan Shao, the old horseman, finally made a move, it seems that he still can't bear it, since he made a move to Xuzhou as promised, then we can't be idle! ”

"Gan Ning!"

"The last general!"

Liu Zheng shouted at Gan Ning, and Gan Ning immediately stepped forward and responded immediately.