Chapter 80: The Reef

There was nothing to say all the way, and after a few days, they arrived at Anqing Mansion, although the sailor warship of the Great Zhou Dynasty was primitive, but after all, there was such an existence as spiritual energy, and when the wind was down, it directly used the wind to move forward.

If there is no wind or headwind, the storm rune engraved on the ship will be directly activated, so as to generate wind to push the ship, of course, the size of the wind can be controlled by the amount of spiritual energy input by the spirit master, and it will not cause the ship to be blown over, such a thing is very skilled in the sailors and soldiers.

Ling Yu looked at this primitive way and didn't say anything, now there is no need to design more advanced naval warships, Ling Yu plans to directly put them on the airship, and at most add an artillery or something to enhance combat effectiveness during the transition period.

However, now the Great Zhou Shui Division does not have any combat missions, but it is not in a hurry, it would be better if he could skip such a transition period, now there is no one in the past, Xiao Ling has not come up with a design plan, Ling Yu can only wait, the important thing now is to counteract the rebellion.

The fleet was moored in the port of Anqing Mansion, and Ling Yu naturally sent a small boat ashore to inform the local officials before he docked, so as not to cause any misunderstanding.

Sun Liangpeng, the prefect of Anqing, who had already received the news, had already taken the officials and gentry representatives of Anqing Mansion to wait at the dock, of course, to meet Marquis Ling, but Marquis Ling just sent someone to say that he would not get off the boat, and sent someone to buy some things needed in the city of Anqing Mansion and leave immediately, without delay, after all, the military situation is like fire.

Although Sun Liangpeng could understand Ling Yu's approach, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, he was a member of the Sun family in Lingnan, but the Sun family had no conflict with Ling Yu, and he didn't say much, after all, he was a marquis, and he was the commander with tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, so he was much older than him.

However, since he brought someone to visit, he couldn't be anticlimactic, and communicated with the guards, saying that he was going to visit Marquis Ling on the boat and asked the guards to report.

The guards naturally wouldn't make it difficult for him, but Ling Yu's military regulations were very strict, just to prevent the soldiers from being arrogant.

The guards did not suspect him, and soon went in to interpret simultaneously, and after a while, with Ling Yu's order, they led everyone who came to meet them to the flagship and into the cabin.

Because the cabin is not large, there are many people who come, and it is relatively crowded, but everyone has no complaints, after all, Ling Yu is the Hou Ye, and they are also honored to meet the Hou Ye.

"Lord Sun, and all of you, squires, thank you very much for your enthusiasm for this candidate, but the military situation is urgent, and this candidate has no choice but to live up to your hospitality, and when this candidate returns from countering the rebellion, I will drink with you, and now I will replace the wine with tea, thank you for your hospitality." Ling Yu looked around at everyone and smiled, then picked up the tea bowl on the table, took a sip, and motioned to everyone.

"Hou Ye's words are serious, the lower official understands that Hou Ye is in military affairs, and there are many inconveniences, and the lower official admires Hou Ye's feelings of loyalty to the country like this, and hopes that in the future, Hou Ye can drink three cups with Hou Ye when he triumphs." As today's leader, Sun Liangpeng naturally raised the tea bowl in front of him with a smile on his face, motioned for everyone to follow, and then bowed to Ling Yu.

Ling Yu is not arrogant at all, this time it is a military emergency, so Sun Liangpeng also understands a lot, and the trace of displeasure in his heart has also dissipated a lot, the Sun family has plans to befriend Ling Yu, not only because Ling Yu is now tired, but also because the spirit guide of the Spirit Science Chamber of Commerce is too popular, Guangzhou Mansion, as a place that has more contact with the outside world, is naturally also a hot place for spirit guides, and the Sun family naturally hopes to be able to obtain the sales right of Guangdong Province by befriending Ling Yu, In this way, they can get the goods at a discount and make a bigger profit.

The scene was happy for a while, everyone was full of smiles, and after entertaining, Sun Liangpeng took everyone off the boat and went back, before leaving, Ling Yu also entrusted Sun Liangpeng to help the people sent by Ling Yu to buy the materials they needed, Sun Liangpeng heard about such a trivial matter, and naturally agreed.

After Sun Liangpeng returned, he immediately sent his henchman master to take Li Shu, who was sent out by Ling Yu, to buy in the city.

Originally, Li Shu was still very depressed when he was sent out, he was not familiar with life, he didn't know what to do, but now he was sleepy and someone sent a pillow, and he was very happy in his heart, and soon Li Shu took everyone to buy all kinds of supplies and returned to the fleet.

Ling Yu had already ordered someone to sort out a ship, and asked the craftsmen to transfer it over, and transport all the tools and other tools he had just purchased, so that the craftsmen could produce the things Ling Yu needed on this ship.

After some tossing, this ship became a comprehensive workshop ship, which could smelt iron and be built, and Ling Yu also got a lot of runes to ensure the safety of smelting iron on the ship.

After such a busy day, in the afternoon, Ling Yu ordered the fleet to set off again and march towards Chongqing Mansion.

At night, the fleet does not stop, but it will drive a little slower, the soldiers also rest and perform duties in batches, the fleet also moves smoothly, and there are no problems, Ling Yu is also equipped with a lot of improved psionic table lamps on each ship, this kind of psionic table lamp has the function of a searchlight, although it is not as powerful as a searchlight in another world, but now it is also a confidence for Ling Yu to dare to let the fleet travel at night.

This psionic searchlight was also improved by Ling Yu since the battle in Kaifeng, but it is only now put into use, in fact, the previous psionic hand-held lamp and Ling Yu's psionic locomotive had used similar spotlight technology, and this time it was just changed and used for sailing.

Although the entire fleet was brightly lit, they were not worried about encountering bandits, after all, with such a large fleet, which bandit would dare to attack so blindly.

Sailing smoothly, soon to the next day, the broad river, the gentle river breeze, Ling Yu put on a coat and walked out of the cabin, it is now more than a month, although the weather is still slightly cold, but it is already much better, looking at the white sails that cover the sky and the sun around him, Ling Yu is proud, if he has the same number of warships on the sea, he will inevitably drive Xiyi out of East Asia, and let it become the back garden of my Great Zhou.

At this moment, Li Shu came to report that Ma Qisheng and Jiang Yi were going to the flagship to find Ling Yu in a small boat.

Ling Yu nodded, motioning for Li Shu to bring people over, and after a while, Li Shu walked over with Ma Qisheng and Jiang Yi.

"Master Hou, fortunately, you don't disgrace your life, let's see if this can meet your requirements." Although Ma Qisheng was tired, his eyes were very excited, he was sent out this time and completed the things in Hou Ye's heart alone, and he was very complacent in his heart.

Jiang Yi also looked at Ling Yu with eager eyes, although he often helped Ling Yu with things when he was at the base, but there were many people at that time, this time he also completed his work independently, and he was also very excited in his heart.

"Well, yes, you can meet my requirements, both of you are good, you are indispensable for this meritorious service, this matter has a very big role on the battlefield, you will quickly build it according to this standard now, and strive to distribute all officers above the squad leader level before arriving in Chongqing Mansion, including at least 2 of each ship." Ling Yu smiled and waved his hand. Dream Island Library

"Yes, I will do my best to obey the orders of the Hou Ye, and my subordinates will do their best." Ma Qisheng and Jiang Yi respectfully bowed their hands, and they were very excited to get Ling Yu's affirmation, and they immediately returned to the workshop ship in a small boat and started manufacturing.

Ling Yu saw them leave, he was very relieved in his heart, it seems that the craftsmen of Da Zhou are indeed powerful, and they can basically meet the design requirements when they see the design drawings for the first time, although the structure of the telescope is relatively simple, but it cannot deny their ability.

"Hey, old fish, this telescope is good, you see, it's about two or three kilometers away from us, I can see it clearly with a telescope." Li Shu on the side was playing with the telescope, and there was no outsider, and Li Shu resumed his previous name for Ling Yu.

Now Li Shu is also like this, only outsiders will be afraid of Ling Yu's authority, other times it is still the same as before, Ling Yu is also happy, the ancients said that the height is not cold, he is already a marquis, how much can he understand the loneliness before Zhou Shaobin met him.

"Okay, if you like it, then this telescope will be sent to you first, and I will distribute it to the whole army in the future, and it will not be rare at that time, but the role of the telescope, you must also see it, if it is used well, it is okay to win more with less, of course, the premise is that the enemy does not have this thing." Ling Yu said with a smile, he didn't know if Xiyi had it, but there would be no one near Da Zhou who had this thing.

"I knew that you were the most close to me, thank you." Li Shu said with a smile as the telescope tightened his storage ring.

His storage ring is naturally a cheap storage ring that Ling Yu asked Xiao Ling to make before, the cost is very low, and now the two divisions of the new army have only been allocated one division, that is, the first division brought out, the main thing is that the production capacity is not enough, after this time the rebellion is over, presumably the production capacity of various things will increase a lot, after all, there are more and more spirit core manufacturing machines.

In this way, the fleet sailed smoothly on the Yangtze River, with the assistance of various runes, even if it encountered a countercurrent, it could also maintain a downwind speed, which made the fleet basically not encounter any difficulties.

When he arrived at Wuchang Mansion, Ling Yu ordered to repair it in Wuchang Mansion, and then docked, this time it was not like when he did not get off the boat in Anqing, this time Ling Yu led Li Shu, Lin Qing, Xie Xingping and other important generals into Wuchang City.

The prefect is naturally the same as the prefect of Anqing, with officials and gentry, and warmly received Ling Yu, Ling Yu will repair in Wuchang Mansion, one is because of the long voyage, when he was in Jiujiang Mansion, he did not dock directly and skipped it, although the military rations were distributed to the soldiers, and there was no big problem, but it was a reserve during the war, and now there are conditions to supply along the way, so he naturally stopped to replenish in Wuchang, and the second is that Ling Yu read the masterpiece of Taizu in his previous life, and he is very interested in the Wuchang fish, he wants to try it.

But maybe he is not accomplished enough, did not experience that kind of artistic conception, rested in Wuchang Mansion for a day, then set sail again, Wuchang prefect once again led the officials and gentry to see each other at the dock, the scene was very lively, although the people did not know what big people, but also followed the fun, making Wuchang City as lively as the end of the year.

Next, Ling Yu did not stop at Yuezhou Mansion and Jingzhou Mansion, and walked all the way to the vicinity of Kuizhou Mansion.

On this night, the fleet was also sailing in the same way as before, suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came, the fleet listened slowly, and after checking it, it turned out that some ships had hit the rocks, including Ling Yu's flagship, and there were also some minor injuries.

"What's going on? How can there be a reef in this place? Ling Yu frowned and asked.

"Master Hou, the last general doesn't know, the Yangtze River Sailor hasn't gone so far to the mainland for a long time." Xie Xingping was also sweating profusely, it was night now, and it was on the river, and he couldn't go to the village or the store, and he didn't know what to do.

"Check the loss, and then send a small boat to Kuizhou Mansion to report it, and let the local prefect send someone to guide us to Kuizhou Mansion to dock, and by the way, repair it, repair what should be repaired." Ling Yu thought about it, he didn't think much about it, although he didn't think of such a thing as touching the reef, it was not strange to encounter it occasionally.

"Yes, Master Hou, the last general will do it." Xie Xingping hurriedly took the order and left.

Next, Ling Yu arranged for Lin Qing to go out to appease the soldiers of the first division, and only Li Shu and Ling Yu were left in the cabin, and they were both asleep, but they didn't expect this to happen, so they didn't feel sleepy, so the two sat down.

"Old fish, I always feel that something is wrong, this section of the Yangtze River should be a waterway that many merchant ships will take, why is there a reef and not been cleared?" Li Shu asked.

"It's not surprising that we hit the rocks, our ships are relatively large, they are all full, the draft is deeper, usually the draft of merchant ships is not as deep as ours, it is normal for them not to encounter it, but even my flagship was damaged, although the injury is not serious, but it has to be delayed for a while to repair." Ling Yu said with a smile.

When Li Shu heard this, he nodded, although he felt that something was wrong in his heart, but what Ling Yu said was very reasonable, and he also accepted this statement for the time being.

"Hou Ye, it has been counted, including Hou Ye's flagship, a total of 5 ships have hit the reef, except for Hou Ye's flagship is not seriously injured, the other 4 ships have loopholes to varying degrees, but they have been blocked by the sailors for the time being, and now they need to be repaired by the Daokui Prefecture Mansion before they can continue to move forward." After a while, Xie Xingping came back to report, still uneasy in his heart, afraid that Ling Yu would accuse him of being careless.

"Well, let's go to Kuizhou Mansion to stay for a while, and go north to see if Kuizhou Mansion has received the latest battle report from Hanzhou, we have been drifting on the Yangtze River for so many days, and we haven't gotten any new news." Ling Yu thought about it and didn't blame Xie Xingping.

"Yes, Master Hou, the last general understands." Xie Xingping breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was not Ling Yu's descendant, and he was not familiar with Ling Yu, he was afraid that Ling Yu would be angry with him, but now that Ling Yu said this, he felt a little at ease.

"Master Hou, the Huang Governor of Kuizhou sent a guide over, saying that he could guide Master Hou to take the safe waterway to Kuizhou Mansion." As soon as Xie Xingping finished speaking, the soldiers outside came to report.

"Well, Admiral Xie, you go to see that guide, and then let him lead, and you command the fleet to go to Kuizhou Mansion." Ling Yu looked at Xie Xingping and said, he went to see the guide, Xie Xingping is professional in commanding the fleet, he doesn't go to mess around.

Xie Xingping took the order, and soon, the fleet soon bypassed the reef area under the command of Xie Xingping and slowly sailed towards Kuizhou Mansion.