On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Zongyang, at the wharf outside the city, the chief of the navy came to protect the children and the generals to send the angels on board, and when the other party's boat went upstream, the generals talked in a low voice, and everyone was happy, and the words were excited.

Listening to the buzzing whispers, Lai Hu'er did not scold, but talked and laughed with the left and right, because he was also in a good mood.

At the end of the year before last, the imperial court used troops against Chen Guo, and Laihu'er, as the head of the naval army of the Lingnan Road march, led the soldiers to fight bloodily, and made great contributions to the Lingnan Road march to conquer Jiangzhou, but not long after the Lingnan march pacified Lingbiao (Lingnan), the imperial court underwent great changes, and the prime minister Chi Dan broke with the Son of Heaven.

The outbreak of the civil war caught many people off guard, and for the soldiers on the march of Lingnan Road, the military exploits they made during the southern expedition may be far from being realized, and they can't help but be at a loss.

However, everyone has confidence in the king of Xiyang, not long after the change in Yecheng, the king of Xiyang miraculously rushed to Jiangzhou and Huangzhou in time from Lingbiao, thousands of miles away, stabilized the hearts of the people, and also issued rewards and pensions in time according to the military exploits made by the soldiers.

The money, grain and even land were distributed in full, but the official position and title were not up to the king of Xiyang, so there was no official promotion for the time being, but the soldiers were all excited about it, because they knew that the king of Xiyang would one day fulfill all this.

Therefore, the head of the navy came to protect the children and the soldiers under his command, and waited for the Chen army to counterattack, so that they could give a head-on blow.

With the change of the situation, the garrison of the navy army was transferred from Sangluozhou, on the river outside the city of Huangkou, Jiangzhou, to Zongyang, Zongyang County, Hezhou, as the gateway to Jiangzhou, to intercept the attacking Chen Guo's naval army at any time.

The soldiers of the navy looked forward to the moon and the moon day and night, but they did not look forward to the Chen State sailor, the Son of Heaven was in trouble, was rescued by the King of Xiyang, and came to Shannan again, and decided to join forces with Chen Guo to resist the Wei Chi clan, so the Yangtze River could not afford to fight.

So to Hu'er and the officers and soldiers of the navy stationed in Zongyang for more than half a year, the land soldiers and horses took Lujiang County, Hezhou and then stopped, Zongyang became a transit port for land and water transshipment, supporting the grain route of the Lujiang garrison.

Later, the Son of Heaven rebuilt the imperial court, and after the situation stabilized, he sent envoys to Shannan to commend the meritorious soldiers of the original Jiangnan West Road and Lingnan Road March, and add officials to knighthood.

The angel arrived in Zongyang and brought good news to the soldiers of the navy, so it is natural for the generals to be excited now, Laihu'er took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and saw that more than 20 minutes had passed, so he clapped his hands and said loudly:

"Okay, okay, one by one, laughing from ear to ear, just laugh in the room at night, it's not early, what should I do!"

"Yes, sir!"

The generals dispersed, not to go back to the camp to sleep, but to perform their duties step by step, although the officers and men of the navy were stationed in Zongyang, there was no war, but they have been preparing for war, including the rebuilding of the Jiangzhou navy, so today is another drill day.

After the Zhou State took the Jiangzhou area, the original Chen State Jiangzhou Navy was reorganized to rebuild the naval army that has been able to fight to enhance combat effectiveness, this important task was undertaken by the Huangzhou Navy Army, first in Poyang Lake personnel reorganization, replenishment, ship construction, and then the newly built Navy was transferred to Zongyang, while training and preparing for war.

Zongyang is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there is a big lake in its north, Zongyang is located at the mouth of the big lake, the cargo ship from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, after turning into the big lake at Zongyang, can go directly to the north bank of the lake Lujiang County boundary.

In the north of the lake, there is a river flowing from the Dabie Mountain, this river has abundant water, and the cargo ship can go up the river for a certain distance and then unload the grain and grass baggage, and go to the Lujiang River by land transfer, the land distance is only 50 miles, which is very convenient.

Therefore, the Huangzhou Navy stationed in Zongyang is not only responsible for the defense of the river and the training of the Jiangzhou Navy Army, but also maintains this important grain route, and has not been idle for most of the past six months to protect the children and the generals under their command.

The training of the water army was carried out in the big lake, and the area of the lake area is very large, and in many large and small villages along the coast, it is the fishermen who are also the people and the people, and the soldiers sent troops to sweep the lake area for half a year to ensure that no water bandits in the lake dare to attack and disturb the official army.

At the same time, they set up water villages and shipyards in the lake, drilled their naval forces, and built warships to enhance the combat effectiveness of their own naval forces, and on the side of the Yangtze River, they also set up water villages to control river defenses, not only to guard against the sneak attacks of the Chen army, but also to do a good job in collecting taxes.

What is a tax? Commercial tax paid by passing vessels.

Zhou (Yuwen) and Chen were on good terms, and Chen now only had the land of Sanwu and a Fengzhou with many mountains and few lands, and was using troops against Huainan, so it was necessary to buy a large amount of food and other materials from other places, so the trade between the two countries became more and more frequent.

Chen sent ships to the west, loaded with sea salt and other materials to Jiangzhou and even upstream Huangzhou to exchange grain, while merchant ships from all over Shannan, including Huangzhou, went down the river loaded with all kinds of materials to Chen to do business.

The Yangtze River shipping, which had been interrupted by the war, had been reactivated with the handshake between Zhou and Chen, so it was the duty of the Zongyang garrison to collect taxes on these ships passing through Zongyang.

Laihu'er came to the water village on the river, climbed the lookout to observe the river surface with a clairvoyant mirror, at this time there are many boats on the river passing near the water village, at a glance it is densely packed, like the carp crossing the river is very spectacular.

A large number of sailors are shuttling between these carp crossing the river, and the officers and soldiers on board also serve as tax collectors, berthing and collecting taxes on ships, and the tax is actually not high, and the ship owner is roughly divided into several grades according to the carrying capacity of the ship, and the owner pays the tax directly according to the grade.

In this way, there is no need to care whether the goods loaded in the ship are expensive or cheap, but the opening inspection is necessary, and Laihu'er always beware of the downstream Chen Jun crossing the river in white clothes to carry out a sneak attack, so he has always been very concerned about the inspection of Chen Guo's ships.

There are fast boats ready at all times in the riverside water village, and once it is found that the ships of Chen Guo heading west are not loaded with goods but many people, these fast boats can immediately rush out and set fires, so that the other party will not return.

One of the things that Laihu'er must do every day is to inspect the lookout to see if the soldiers have lax in patrolling the river defense, and to see how many of their own ships are advancing eastward.

Since the Jiangzhou area was occupied by the Zhou State, the Huangzhou business group and the powerful people from all over Jiangzhou joined forces to do business, and in just one year, the scale of this transaction increased sharply, and the ensuing large number of profits were like big water, holding the "boat" on the water to keep rising.

These "boats" floating on top of profits are large and small businesses, and then there are many officials and soldiers among the large and small owners, and everyone relies on the rising tide to get a lot of income, and Laihu'er is one of them, so he looked at the carp crossing the river in front of him, and looked forward to it.

The more ships going to Chen, the more business the Huangzhou merchant group buys and sells, and the more income the officials and soldiers who run the industry, so the Zongyang garrison welcomes its own ships with a smile and is so enthusiastic that it can't be more enthusiastic.

If it weren't for the Governor's Office that taxes must be collected, everyone would not want to collect money from their own fleets, after all, now that the Hongzhou Governor's Mansion has just been established, it is better to strictly abide by the law.

Lai Hu'er, who was observing the river with a clairvoyant scope, found several large ships with a slightly unique style among the dense ships, which were not small, but they still paid taxes as usual.

This is a ship under the name of Xiyang Wangfu, come to Hu'er to see its structure up close, these ships have pointed bottoms, I am afraid that the final destination is not a port along the Yangtze River, but a port along the coast.

Don't ask about things that shouldn't be asked, if the king of Xiyang doesn't say, no one will inquire about where these ships are going, but Laihu'er has his own guess about the destination of these ships: after entering the sea, he must go south to Panyu, Guangzhou.

Although the wind is not in the right direction now, the hard sail can make the wind in all directions, so the ship sails along the coastline, even if it is against the wind, there is no problem, thinking of this, Laihu'er remembers one more thing.

In spring and summer, the southeast wind blows, it is the season when the foreign Fanguo sea ships arrive in Panyu, Guangzhou, the other side will bring a large number of overseas treasures, and the Huangzhou caravan that has opened the trade route will transport these overseas treasures back to Huangzhou by land.

These goods are divided among the "distributors" at all levels, and then transshipped to various places for sale, so as to obtain a lot of profits, and among the owners of these "distributors", there are many officials and soldiers.

The Xiyang King's southern expedition to the Lingbiao not only created an opportunity for everyone to make meritorious contributions, but also brought a lot of money to everyone, so everyone was looking forward to the Xiyang King clearing the two Huai.

It's the best, even take Chen Guo and clean it up!