Xinchu County has a vast area, all are primeval forests, surrounded by mountains and seas, in addition to graceful fishing and hunting resources, there are also a large number of undeveloped mineral resources, the most important thing is that there are countless good timbers here, and thousands of years of big trees can be seen everywhere.

The scale of such a large number of big trees has created the Chu army to build a shipyard here, and the scale is faintly more than the old Caojiagang Shipyard in Bohai County, the shipyard in Yushi County in Liaodong County, the Dongmu County Shipyard in Donglai County, the Wangjiagang Shipyard in the Canghai Miaoshan Islands, the Yuzhou Island Shipyard in the Huaihe Estuary, and the Chongming Island in the Dajiangkou River.

Even the Yangcao Port Shipyard at the mouth of the Yalu River, the Chibi Shipyard in Jiangxia, and the Longchuan Port Shipyard at the mouth of the Pearl River have some signs of being overtaken by it.

Perhaps in the future, only the Xijuan County Shipyard in Ninan County, the Majiangkou Shipyard in Jiuzhen County, and the Honghekou Shipyard in Jiaozhi County, which are also rich in timber resources and belong to the homeland of the Han Dynasty and have more abundant human resources, can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Xinchu Shipyard in Xinchu County!

In the spring of 322 AD, the ocean-going fleet led by Cao Xing stayed in Xinchu for a day, taking with them all the sailing ships newly built at the Xinchu Shipyard, plus the new sailing ships at the Xijuan Shipyard.

There are 10 three-masted ships and one five-masted ship.

The three largest ships in the world, two of the newest of which are in the ocean-going fleet.

The newly added eleven large sea ships vacated the loading space of 4,000 people, and Cao Xing carried 5,000 young men and women captives.

Seeing that all the new sailboats in the port were all taken away, Xinchu County ordered Cao Ying to stand on the dock in a daze for several hours, and did not go back silently until it was dark.

These will be transmitted to Cao Xing's ears through Jinyiwei.

The fleet is huge and the number of personnel has also increased, which makes Cao Xing full of expectations for this voyage.

Every day, I always talk and laugh with the civil and military officers on the ship, and from time to time take a small boat to the boats to condole, and everywhere I go, there will always be countless cheers.

This makes the originally boring sea voyage become colorful.

Out of the sea area of Xinchu County, the sea has entered the world of the law of the jungle.

On the bow of the five-masted sea ship, Cao Xing looked at Besifa who was "invited" by himself: "It is said that your fleet always suffers heavy losses in this chaotic sea?" ”

Bessefer nodded with a painful face, and the Chinese he spit out was much more fluent:

"That's right, my Excellency the Marquis of Chu."

"What about this time? Got in trouble again? ”

Bessefer heard what Cao Xin was referring to, and couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face:

"This sea area is the last section of the Maritime Silk Road from the West to the East, and it is the most chaotic place to raid, that is, to sail thousands of miles without risking, to obtain goods from the West, and to be unattended.

Especially after the Han Dynasty began to sweep the pirates, a large number of pirates fled here, and the sea caravans did not increase much, so that there were many pirates and caravans!

Your Excellency Tuo Chuhou's blessing, although my fleet has expanded dozens of times to thousands of sailors, it is still not enough compared to the tens of thousands of hungry wolves on the sea in this sea.

Fortunately, there is your banner protector Chuhou, so that these hungry wolves on the sea do not dare to be too presumptuous! ”

Does your own flag still have this effect? It seems that Zou Tao's South China Sea Fleet has not come to this sea area to conduct actual combat exercises!

However, looking at Besifa's painful appearance, he must have given him a lot of money to buy the road.

Cao Xuan turned around and climbed to the top of the command cabin, looking at the pure sea surface that was endless and there was no plank other than the Chu army, and his eyes looked at the small island in the sea with little smoke and no human figure in sight from time to time.

"Becifer, here's your chance to get your revenge! You lead the way and point out all the pirate lairs you know! Let's go collect the debt! My people also dare to blow the autumn wind! I don't want to live anymore! ”

Becifer looked at the five-masted sea ships like high-rise courtyards at his feet, looked at the sailing ships full of sea fortresses, and thought of the broken planks and broken fishing boats of the pirates, his eyes lit up, and he knelt on the ground with his legs respectfully, and used the most solemn kneeling salute in Persia: "No! ”

Looking at Besifa who was kneeling on the ground, Cao Xing's eyes swept over all the civil and military who showed contempt, especially among the young and vigorous fake sons for a while, and only after everyone's expressions returned to normal did he step forward to help the Persian who had died up.

The ocean-going fleet explores the sea with dhow lead paddle clippers to warn of reefs hidden by the departure from the shipping lane.

Led by the pathfinders, the fleet sailed to one of the largest islands in the vicinity, and when it found a beachhead suitable for landing, the fishing boats that stayed on the beachhead proved that Besif's guidance was correct.

Looking at the flag of hostility coming from the exploration fleet, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face: "Soldiers! It's time for the hunt! Pass the order! All the men who occupy people will be given a set of military uniforms and weapons of the Eight Banners, regardless of the color of the flag.

After the hunt, whether to keep the military uniform on their bodies and become a member of the Eight Banners, or continue to be a prisoner, it depends on their creation!

This small island is not big, according to Bessifa, it is only a hundred sea bandits, twenty times the strength of the army, I have only one request! Catch more alive! ”

"The Lord has a decree ......"

Cao Xing's order was passed on by word of mouth by megaphone and spread to the entire fleet.

However, after a quarter of an hour, the fleet that had completed the docking began to release the landing clippers, and more than 2,000 men who had just been taken prisoner, wearing the uniforms of the Eight Banners, holding the most expensive iron soldiers they had used, each with a pair of bows and arrows, began to scream and rush to the beach.

On the bow of the boat, looking at the occupants who had been beaten with chicken blood, the corners of Cao Xing's mouth smiled intentionally or unintentionally.

The 2,000 Cham men landed without much resistance, further proving that there were not many pirates on the island.

In fact, the danger of maritime trade is too high nowadays, so it is not developed, and the pirates mostly live by fishing and hunting, but when a ship passes by, they become pirates, and it is better to say that they are a group of primitive tribal mobs.

In the face of so many enemy troops, and at first glance, the weapons are still super combative, plus they don't know the purpose of the other party, how far and how far the pirates on the island hid, just like facing the forces of the pirates on the sea, they made full use of the terrain advantage and hid.

When the occupants found the thatched hut and tree house of the pirates, they saw a small pile of fresh wild vegetables, wild fruits, fresh meat, and some rabbits and wild ducks that had been locked up.

But Huanglong Tianzun stipulated that if you want to keep the Eight Banners military uniform on your body, the prerequisite is to catch a prisoner under the age of thirty-five, and now there is only a bunch of food, no one, how can you do it.

So the food was left for the naturalized Han people who accompanied the army.