As the vice admiral of the East China Sea Fleet, his original intention was to remind Cao Xing to dock and rest.

Cao Xing just shook his head and pointed to the west:

"There is a medium-sized island there, which is another professional point of the cape, although it is not as big as Fugui Island, but it is not inferior to Fugui Island, and it will be the third important city on the new route!

The scenery on the beach there is exceptionally beautiful, so let's call it Koh Samet! ”

Zhang Bao had already comprehended Cao Xing's divine foreknowledge, and did not argue again, but was a little worried about the members of the ship.

From east to west, Dragon Island, inland West Port, Gegong Island, Gegu Island, Gechang Island, five strongholds, each village is equipped with 100 regular soldiers, 50 banner soldiers, five Xiaotian soldiers, plus some family members.

Theoretically, this would reduce the fleet by more than a thousand, and some empty seats would be freed up, and it would be less crowded.

In fact, this is not the case, these are the largest islands or ports along the way, and it is the only way to pass through the east and west seas, there are many pirates living on it, and the pirates of the west port can also run inland, and the pirates of the four islands of Gegong are the turtles in the urn.

More than 3,000 people were taken prisoner along the way, and the total number of fleets increased instead of decreasing.

Although Zhang Bao's worries were not said, Cao Xing on a boat was also clear, and his daily inspections made him very familiar with all the conditions of the fleet.

Cao Xing thought in his heart:

Today, the entire ocean-going fleet is composed of more than 200 sailing ships, of which two five-masted ships with a standard capacity of 1,000 people, three-masted ships with a standard capacity of 300 people, and the rest are single-masted ships with a standard capacity of 100 people.

Of course, the standard can be exceeded, and the overload space is only a lot more than that of later buses, after all, buses do not have wide decks with fresh air and beautiful scenery.

The members of the fleet are 10,000 naval divisions, and this has not changed.

The original 10,000 army divisions have now divided 2,600 soldiers from Jinou Port to Gechang Island, two port cities, and six stockades.

The big change was still 10,000 soldiers, all of whom had a total of 4,000 men, and 2,000 of them were promoted to the backbone of the banner soldiers.

That is, the entire garrison team, only 6,000 women and children remained.

The biggest change was still in the labor camp, the original 10,000 labor prisoners, all healthy men, a total of 2,000, were incorporated into the flag soldiers.

In addition to the 10,000 newly formed Eight Banner soldiers in Chuhe County, the number of flag soldiers has reached 16,000, and they are mainly single, and the remaining 8,000 labor prisoners are not enough, and all the women and children are included in the Eight Banners as the families of the flag soldiers.

Only nearly 4,000 prisoners were added to the camp, about 1,000 healthy men.

To sum up, in addition to the more than 1,000 casualties and deaths, there are 10,000 naval divisions, 7,040 regular soldiers, 16,000 banner soldiers, 6,000 women and children's soldiers, 8,000 women and children's banner men, and 4,000 prisoners in labor reform.

This is the current state of their entire ocean-going fleet.

After Cao Xing calculated the home chassis of his fleet, he sighed:

"Zhang Bao, how many cities do you think we can build after we arrive at the body poison? How many villages? ”

Zhang Bao was worried about the seasick people in his heart, and Cao Xing's tone was also very calm, so he replied a little absentmindedly: "Twenty cities in one hundred villages? ”

Cao Xuan shook his head, not angry:

"In that case, Liu Bei will have to fight alone in the body poison."

The standard configuration of a city is 1,000 regular soldiers, 500 banner soldiers, 50 Xiaotian troops, and the village is one percent of a city, how can these people in the ocean fleet be enough?

Zhang Bao remembered his contempt, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "I'm sorry, lord, I was distracted." ”

"Zhang Bao! In the future, the new route will still need to be guarded by naval divisions, and the South China Sea Fleet alone will not work, and temporary ocean-going fleets will be formed frequently, and I can't accompany them every time! ”

Cao Xing added another sentence in his heart, the route has been opened, the supply bases along the way have also been built, the most difficult difficulties have been carried over by me, and there is a much less dangerous development problem, how can I do it myself every time.

Cautious people like to think, and the cautious Zhang Bao not only likes to think, but is also good at thinking, and soon thought of the key in Cao Xing's words.

In the future, he Zhang Bao is likely to serve as the acting governor of a fleet, whether it is acting for the East China Sea Fleet or the Ocean Fleet.

This is because the temporary governor of the temporarily formed ocean-going fleet can only be served by the governor or vice admiral of the four permanent fleets.

Zhang Bao is the deputy general.

The wind gradually became lighter, and the seasick people finally did not suffer so much, and the speed of the ship also decreased, but fortunately, a medium-sized island appeared in front of me.

According to tradition, any small green island that can be inhabited will be cleared, and the medium-sized island will become the habitat of the future Han people, at least a village will be derived from it.

"See the island! It's Samet Island that the lord said! ”

"Koh Samet has arrived!"

……

The members of the ship were cheering, those who could move ran to the deck, and those who couldn't were also occupied by excitement.

Finally, after the rain and sunny weather, I landed safely, and if I didn't land, I didn't even have stomach acid to vomit, and I couldn't eat, and it was possible to starve to death while holding food in my hand.

As soon as they approached Samet Island, the Eight Banners couldn't wait to put down their landing boats and began to paddle towards a tidal flat, which was not the best landing spot, because it was all rocks and other piles of rocks, but it was the closest point.

Looking at the Eight Banners soldiers who were so anxious, the soldiers of the land division were also unwilling, they were also seasick, and they also wanted to rest on land as soon as possible.

Just as the army division was about to land busily, the flag soldier began to shout, and the herald began to repeat:

"All regular soldiers are not allowed to land! All regular soldiers are not allowed to land! ”

"Huh?"

The soldiers of the land division were all crying with a sad face, but the order could not be disobeyed, so they could only wait, fortunately, they did not have to wait long, after completing the landing and passing the flag to express safety.

Cao Xing's order was once again transmitted to the entire fleet through the flag soldiers and heralds.

The same ease and comfort, except for a few twisted feet, there were no casualties, and Samet Island was swept by the flag soldiers again, pulling out hundreds of prisoners, and expanding the ranks of the labor camp to nearly 5,000, and there were no other waves.

The only flat-bottomed dhow, carrying Cao Xing and civil and military, chose a beach to complete the landing, and the moment their feet stepped on the ground, everyone exhaled deeply.

The heart is finally steady.

Seasickness is uncomfortable, and people are still land creatures after all.

"I know what you want most now is a good night's sleep in your tent, but I can't satisfy you, so go with me!"

Cao Xing spoke, although he dared not go?

The civil and military executives of the ocean-going fleet, under the escort of the tiger and leopard, began to walk towards the highest peak of the island, where there was a more beautiful scenery waiting for them. 11