In mid-June of the ninth year of King Wu Cheng, after Ji Kang attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students of the academy. In July, Ji Kang took his mother and his party to Lushun, Qishi County.

Because after more than two years of hard work, the Lushun shipyard finally completed the construction of the first big ship.

The ship was divided into two tiers, could carry 500 sergeants, was equipped with sails, and was equipped with long-range striking capabilities - trebuchets and large bows. After more than a dozen sea trials, it has been affirmed that it can sail in the sea without worry, and has passed the acceptance of the army. This big ship is undoubtedly a "giant" in this era.

After Ji Kang heard the news of the construction of the big ship in May, he could no longer sit still in Xiangping City. looked at his mother and Qingzhu and Qingmei behind him, and showed a look of envy in his statement of his fantasy about the sea.

In addition, his maternal grandmother Zhao Weihou died of illness in early June, and his mother Ji Zhao was depressed after hearing about it, and she was always in a bad mood. Ji Kang decided to take his mother and them to Lushun, get on a boat and go around the sea, by the way, let his mother be a little happier and dissipate his sad feelings.

Ji Kang's maternal grandmother, Zhao Weihou, was also a female politician praised by later generations in Ji Kang's previous life. Many historians and military strategists even believe that if Zhao Wei had lived a few more years, the Battle of Changping would not have been possible for Zhao to fail, or even happen.

As a female politician, Zhao Weihou first put forward the idea of "people-oriented" in this era.

Once the king of Qi sent an envoy to the country of Zhao, Zhao Weihou asked the envoy of the king of Qi, saying, "Is the year okay?" Are the people unharmed? The servility of the messenger was so strong that he was not pleased to hear this, and said, "Ask not the king today, but the year and the people, will you not be cheap and then noble?" ”

Zhao Wei immediately replied: "Why do you have people? How can Gou Wumin have a king? ”

If there is no age, there will be no people, and if there is no people, there will be no king, and to despise the people is to abandon the fundamentals - this is Zhao Weihou's idea of governing the country. This is also what Ji Kang deeply admires, and this kind of thinking can also be felt in Ji Kang's mother, Ji Zhao, which shows that Zhao Weihou is also effective in educating her children.

Because he was going to attend the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students of the academy in June, Ji Kang was reluctant and did not come to Lushun. After the graduation ceremony, Ji Kang and his mother Ji Zhao immediately took everyone and set off for Lushun.

After a journey of more than ten days, I inspected the situation of the lower industrial zone in Anshan by the way, and arrived at Lushun in early July.

Around the big boat that Ji Kang and his mother were riding, there were also five warships with sails that could carry more than 200 soldiers. This is also the warship that Arthur Shipyard has built one after another in the past two years.

The personnel on these six warships are the 2,000 navy that Ji Kang has spent countless dollars to build in the past two years under the condition that everyone is puzzled.

Standing on the big ship of the "Xiangping" named by Ji Kang himself, the oncoming sea breeze blew the cloak worn by Ji Kang high.

The entire sea is blue, merging with the sky in the distance. The seagulls chirped beside the boat, causing Qingzhu, Qingmei, and the palace maids who came with her mother on the board of the boat to scream, and her mother also smiled.

Wangcai was also a little excited on the boat, and shouted "Wangwang" at the flying seagulls.

The old manager Ji Mao was so dizzy because he was "seasick" as soon as he got on the boat, and Ji Kang had no choice but to leave him in Lushun. He and his mother and others went to sea by boat.

Turning around, he looked at Shi Kang, who was intoxicated beside him, and asked with a smile: "Yearn for!" ”

Shi Kang looked at Ji Kang and said, "Childe, I didn't expect the sea to be so beautiful?" ”

Ji Kang smiled: "When the sea is angry, you haven't seen it yet!" Now is when she is at her most beautiful. Once you've been on board for a few years, you'll know what the sea is like. ”

Shi Dang thought of something, frowned and said, "Childe, you spent so much money to build this so-called navy. What are you going to do with it? Now the battles are all fought on land! ”

Ji Kang smiled and said to Shi Dang: "Come, I'll tell you." ”

The two came to the boat room where Ji Kang temporarily lived on the second floor, Ji Kang spread out a map on the table, and said to Shi Dang: "You see, this is the location of Lushun, to the west, we can quickly reach Liaoxi County by boat, and further away we can reach Jidu." ”

Then, he pointed to the south: "If you go south, you can reach the Qi and Chu countries that we have not been to." ”

Then he put his hand on the east side and pointed it heavily: "To the east, we can reach the "Minokuni" and "Samhan". Shi Kang, we can usually use ships to deliver supplies to Liaoxi and Liaodong counties. You said that in wartime, we send a force and there is an area that we have mentioned above, what will happen to the enemy. ”

Shi Kang, who has followed Ji Kang for so many years and studied in the academy for more than two years, is no longer the "ignorant" Shi Kang of the past. After staying by Ji Kang's side for so long, his sensitivity to the war is extraordinary.

Listening to everything Ji Kang said, he said happily: "Childe, if it is wartime, our army suddenly arrives at the opponent's territory on such a ship, and the other party will definitely be caught off guard." ”

Then, as if he had thought of something, Shi Dang pursed his lips and said, "Childe, you will continue to expand the navy in the future, won't you?" ”

Ji Kang nodded and said without hesitation: "It must be expanded, that's for sure." ”

"I want to stay in the Navy and take care of this Navy for you, okay?"

Shi Dang looked at Ji Kang, a little uneasy.

Ji Kang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Shi Kang for a long time without speaking. What are you doing here? Do you want to be a great "three-guarantee eunuch"! But that's encouraging, isn't it?

Ji Kang walked over, patted Shi Kang's shoulder, and said, "Shi Kang, I once had a dream that I had come to another great country. In that country, there was an internal servant like you, named Zheng He, who walked around the world with a huge fleet of tens of thousands of people and hundreds of ships, and his name went down in history. ”

Shi Kang's eyes shone brightly: "Childe, is that what we did, the world on the globe?" ”

Ji Kang nodded: "Yes, it's that world." Shi Kang, the place where we are is is only a small part of this world, and the outside world is very big and worth exploring for the rest of our lives. ”

Shi Dang's eyes shone even brighter: "Childe, I have decided, I will stay in the navy in the future." ”

Looking at the partner who grew up with him and had his own goal to strive for, Ji Kang's eyes were a little moist.

"Well, you're only twelve years old. In a few years, if you still want to come to the navy, I will send you. ”

Shi Dang nodded and said, "Childe, I will first collect the relevant information of the ship and the navy. In another two or three years, I will be able to come here for a few months a year and get acquainted with the state of the navy. In a few years, I think it's okay, and I'll tell you again. ”

As he spoke, he didn't know what came to mind, and tears fell.

Shi Dang wiped away the tears that flowed down and said, "Childe, I was able to come to you because my family was too poor at that time. His parents, two older brothers and younger sister were dying of starvation.

It just so happened that the palace came to recruit people, and I was just the right age, so my parents sent me to the palace. I remember very well that when I left, my parents and family hugged me and cried. Fortunately, after I arrived in the palace, I was assigned to serve you.

Now my family has also been taken to Liaodi by me, and has been assigned to live in a resettlement site in Xiangping, and has also been divided into dozens of acres of land.

The eldest brother also has a small business at home, the second brother said this year that he will enlist in the army in October, and the younger sister will study at Xiangping Academy next year. Every time I went home, my parents hugged me and cried, saying that if I had half of my current life at that time, they would not let me enter the palace and let me go this step.

But I don't regret it, it is the greatest luck in my life to meet Childe.

Don't you often say, "Geese have left their voices, and people have left their names". I know that Childe is ambitious, and I also want to follow you and leave a good name in history. ”

Ji Kang's eyes also turned red, and he held Shi Kang's shoulder and said, "Good brother, let's work together to transform this damn world." ”

Shi Dang nodded heavily: "Childe, I will always follow you until the day I close my eyes." ”

Ji Kang, his mother and others just circled Lushun at sea and returned to Port Arthur. Because the navy that is being formed now has no experience in warfare at all, and it jumps off ship to fight in the near future, and long-range strikes are trebuchets and large bows and crossbows, which Ji Kang himself figured out.

Before disembarking, the two captains of the "Xiangping" that Ji Kang followed, Li Min and Zhang Tian, who had just graduated from the academy this year, sat down and talked for a while.

Li Min and Zhang Tian's results can at least rank in the top 20 among the students who graduated from the college. In order to ensure the smooth construction of the navy, Ji Kang assigned the two to the navy, just because these two people turned out to be fishermen and were no strangers to boats.

"Davide, we have all taken your instructions to heart. Please rest assured, we now know the importance of the navy to our Liaodi, and we will certainly not disappoint your expectations. ”

Looking at Li Min and Zhang Tian's vigorous and combative appearances, Ji Kang felt a little relieved.

He encouraged the two: "This is the current situation in the navy, we have to start from scratch." Our current fleet, after all, is the first official naval formation among the nations. I assure you that the Navy will only grow, not shrink.

The ships being built now are only constantly exploring experience, and if nothing else, there will be more advanced ships than this "Xiangping" handed over to you next year, and they will get better and better in the future, and there will be more and more ships.

Now none of the countries have experience in water warfare, and even the Chu State also uses ships as a means of transporting supplies. Please remember that the reason why I named this fleet a navy, not a navy, is that I hope you will be able to gallop on the sea in the future.

In addition, I have selected three more students who have graduated from the academy this year, and they will come to the Navy in a few days to report. In this way, you can form a complete team according to the rules of the college.

Together, you should have more discussions, start from scratch, actively explore the experience of the navy in warfare, and then sum up the laws and turn them into norms, and this is your task. Okay, I'm leaving, you have to think more about what I just said, and take care of yourself. ”

Li Min and Zhang Tian raised their hands to Ji Kang and saluted according to the etiquette of the academy: "No."

Ji Kang then held a commendation meeting in the shipyard, and gave affirmation and encouragement to many personnel in the shipyard at the meeting. Encourage them to make persistent efforts in the future to build better and more ships for Liaodi.

Because of the shipyard director Kang Qi's shipbuilding meritorious service, he was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of Industry. His son Kang Le played an irreplaceable role in the construction of large ships, and was also appointed by Ji Kang as a shipyard clerk.

As for other shipbuilding meritorious personnel in the shipyard, Ji Kang gave different rewards and awards according to their merits.