These eight gunboats are all the family of the new naval army of Eastern Wu, but Lu Xun is not conservative, he does not want to defend the port and wait for the Han army to kill him.

Therefore, when he heard that the Han fleet had reached the mouth of the Pearl River, he sent his naval fleet to the mouth of the Pearl River to look for fighters.

However, he still had reservations, he knew that the Han army had a thousand-ton ship and a deep draft, so he asked the Dongwu naval army to meet the enemy in the mouth of the Pearl River, instead of going out to the open sea.

The three reconnaissance ships of the Han army encountered these gunboats, and the reconnaissance ships of the Han army only had two guns in the bow and stern, and they were not opponents at all, but they could not catch up with the opponents when they ran.

The reconnaissance ship ran to the mouth of the Pearl River and reported the enemy situation to Ganning.

Ganning's main fleet has four Taishan-class, four Huashan-class, and sixteen Chang'an-class, but because of the draft problem, neither Taishan-class nor Huashan-class dare to enter the Pearl River estuary.

However, the Chang'an-class did not have such concerns, and Gan Ning let sixteen Chang'an-class ships enter the Pearl River Estuary to face the battle.

Each Chang'an-class ship had twenty-two guns, and it was more powerful than the Wu warships.

The Han army's experience in naval warfare was already very rich, and the sixteen warships seized advantageous positions and engaged on the sideboards, of course, when the distance was too far, the hit rate was extremely low.

The two sides gradually approached, the number of ships of the Han army was twice that of the Wu army, and the number of artillery was three times that of the Wu army, and the two sides invariably chose a close battle within 200 zhang.

Artillery bombardment, solid shells and shotguns at the same time, soon, the Han army, which was more skilled in artillery business and had a higher rate of fire, had a clear upper hand.

There were constantly warships of the Wu State that were hit in the waterline part, and there was too much water and began to capsize.

When a 500-ton galleon of Wu was sunk, the Wu navy waved the banner of retreat.

The Han warships then pursued, and the warships of the Wu State, there were still four left, two large and two small, and they ran back to Panyu Port at the mouth of the Pearl River by virtue of their familiarity with the waterway.

When the Han army pursued deeply, it encountered artillery attacks from both sides.

It turned out that Lu Xun was very strategic, and he built forts on the high ground on both sides of the Pearl River estuary, and installed the best artillery on them.

At the end of the naval battle, none of the Han warships sank, but they sank a large and three small ships of the Soochow navy, and four warships.

Although because of the fort built by Lu Xun, it blocked the Han army's attempt to continue to penetrate into the mouth of the Pearl River and kept the port of Panyu.

However, the Han army did not give up, but blocked the mouth of the Pearl River, so that the Eastern Wu naval army became an inland river fleet, just like their comrades in the Yangtze River.

Anyway, the Han army occupied Zhuyazhou, and the logistics supply would be very convenient.

Ganning left behind a detachment consisting of two Huashan-class warships, six Chang'an-class warships, and four reconnaissance ships, which were stationed at the mouth of the Pearl River and blockaded.

The main fleet went to Zhuyazhou again, Gan Ning and Lu Su discussed, leaving Lu Su and half of the ships to garrison Zhuyazhou and the Pearl River estuary, and Gan Ning led the army back to Jiaozhou Bay.

At this point, the entire coastal area of the Kyushu continent was under the control of the Han army's navy, and the merchants of the Han Empire monopolized the import and export trade of the Central Plains to overseas countries, making huge profits, and the taxes paid were also extremely high, and Lu Bu also received high returns.

The merchants' ocean-going cargo ships also became larger and larger, which also led to the development of shipbuilding in the coastal areas of Dahan and the training of a large number of sailors.

Already the daring merchants had begun to explore the routes to the Kushan Empire and the Sabbatical Empire, and they had already seen Indian merchants and Sabbatarian merchants coming from the sea in the Funan Kingdom.

In accordance with the central government's decree, the government in Dahan began to try out the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, recommending and selecting talents with excellent conduct, and the counties and counties that recommend outstanding talents will also receive Bole awards and preferential policies, and will be counted in their performance.

The magistrates in the counties and counties are no longer like before, burying talents and seeking only profits, but enthusiastically recommend and vigorously promote.

The central government has set up a special Ministry of Personnel, which is independent from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and is specifically responsible for evaluating the promotion and recommendation of civilian officials throughout the country.

Now the largest wealthy families and chaebols in the Han Empire are all emerging wealthy families such as Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Jia Xu, and Fu Zhi, and all the wealthy families and chaebols have relied on Lu Bu and his military group to get to where they are today.

They themselves are the rulers and vested interests of this new regime, as well as the biggest supporters, so the decrees issued by them are naturally well implemented from the top down, without any discount.

All the opponents have already been swept away, whether it is the National Defense Force or the central government, there are a large number of poor people, who have struggled from the bottom little by little, so they support the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

There is also a key work content listed by Lu Bu is transportation, Lu Bu even set up a separate Ministry of Communications in the central government, responsible for the construction of high-grade highways throughout the country, yes, all post roads, official roads are named highways.

And they are all on par with high-quality asphalt concrete pavement, and with the appearance of explosives, it is no longer difficult to open a mountain.

Moreover, wherever the highway goes, the team of road protection and maintenance will follow it, which also brings the dawn of civilization and the opportunity to develop the isolated area.

Produce and minerals from remote areas can be sent to developed areas, and then bring back a good income and scarce daily necessities.

Both the circulation of personnel and materials has been greatly strengthened, and various costs have been reduced accordingly.

Moreover, investing in road construction will get long-term and rich returns, which will benefit the country and the people, and there will be no harm in all benefits.

The third new policy of the new dynasty, which Lü Bu listed as a top priority, was to vigorously promote the popularization of education, and Lü Bu initially promoted three-year compulsory education in the territory of the Han Empire to eliminate all illiteracy.

All school-age children, whether from poor or wealthy backgrounds, are required to attend rural schools and various private schools.

In Lu Bu's words, even if I need to tighten my belt and save money, all the children of the Han Dynasty have gone to school and can write, and in the future, whether I am a soldier or working, or even farming and grazing, I must be literate and not illiterate.

Lü Bu set up a special Ministry of Education for this matter, with Fa Yan serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Education, and set up the Department of Supervision of the Ministry of Education, which was specially responsible for inspecting the implementation of this national policy and supervising the special use of education funds.

If you don't manage education well, I'm sorry, no matter how good your other political achievements are, don't even think about promotion.

The fourth major event, which is not new, but is clear, is the establishment of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, which invites many people with expertise in various fields to the Academy of Sciences, and pools the wisdom of all people to promote the progress of science and technology.

Many people do not have a high degree of education and profound theories, but they are outstanding in their fields of expertise, and they are even able to innovate and be willing to work hard to research.

This kind of brainstorming, similar to the study of state behavior, can bring together the strength of many people to make a breakthrough at a certain point.