The ocean-going fleet followed the new route from Xinchu County to Chuhe County, and cleared the first Haikoukou nest in the South China Sea with the method of capturing and adding eight flags, and all the islands along the way were difficult to see the preserved Haikoukou.

In the summer of 322 AD, the sky had just spit out fish white, and on the dock at the mouth of the Chu River, a group of Chu troops was already standing on the pier, their eyes looking east, as if they were waiting to see the sunrise.

It stands to reason that the people at this time were very afraid of officials, especially many of the people on the dock were still prisoners of labor reform, but a large group of Chu troops, each of whom was wearing a full set of iron armor, showed that their status was very high.

At the very least, it is also the commander of the Chu army, or the Dubo of the Hydra Eight Banners, which is placed in the most common Holy Elephant Eight Banners, that is, the level of the tun chief.

And how many garrisons are there in the entire Chu estuary?

However, there are 5,000 people, and the Eight Banners of the Holy Elephant still account for half, which means that almost all the high-ranking officials have arrived here.

However, the workers on the docks behaved as usual, what should they do or what they should do, and they did not look particularly afraid.

In the ironclad group, the leading general sighed: "A day or two away, the lord has walked from spring to summer, and it hasn't been a month, and it seems that this morning will be in vain." ”

The leading general was none other than Zou Tao, the governor of the South China Sea Fleet, who waved his hand lazily: "Disperse!" Tomorrow to continue! ”

"No!"

The generals agreed in unison, with a flood of momentum, which was very different from their casual generals.

Zou Tao also didn't care, took his hands, crooked his neck, and walked out of the invincible steps.

At this time, the person next to him suddenly coughed: "Ahem...... Ahem"

The rhythm of two long and one short made Zou Tao instantly feel like chicken blood, and suddenly walked with his head held high, becoming a standard soldier in seconds.

A group of people came in the opposite direction, they wore half iron armor, lined with leather armor, and wore yellow armbands on their wrists, they were the military discipline officers that the Chu army loved and hated.

Zou Tao was already like a child who made a mistake, lowered his head, and waited for the leading parent Xiahou to scold, waiting for a second The other party did not scold, and after waiting for another second, the other party did not start scolding, and the third second passed, and it was not yet.

This was beyond Xiahou Zheng's usual limit, Zou Tao couldn't help but raise his head bravely, and saw that Xiahou Zheng's eyes were looking east.

The mouth of the Chu River is the mouth of the Mekong River in later generations, and the coast is arc from north to west, that is to say, the east is the direction of sunrise, and it is also the direction of ships coming from Jiaozhou.

I saw that the sun had climbed out of the sea, dyeing the entire sea area golden, and among these golden brilliance, a sail stretched out, and the sail was embroidered with a big "Chu" character, and at the same time, a yellow dragon coiled the Chu character.

"It's Huanglong Tianzun! Huanglong Tianzun is here! ”

"Huanglong Tianzun has come from the sun!"

On the docks, workers with excellent eyesight began to shout, and many of them had already begun to pray, shouting: "Blessed and immeasurable! ”

No matter how slow Zou Tao was, he knew that the long-awaited lord had finally arrived, so he suddenly resumed his casual appearance and shouted loudly: "Hurry up!" Get ready to welcome your lord! ”

The ocean-going fleet slowly approached, revealing its full appearance, except for the two hundred sailing boats that had been notified in advance, and behind each of them there were a large number of fishing boats, and some large fishing boats were still shaking.

At the same time, the deck of the sailboat was slowly full of figures, but most of them were not soldiers of the Chu army, but people in tattered clothes and even shirtless.

Zou Tao, who was suspicious, still guided the ship to dock, and the Chu army had landed.

Groups of Chu troops rushed down, invited the people away first, and then pulled up a cordon, and then, like dumplings, countless men, women, and children in tatters were driven off the boat, and these unarmed people were driven aside and squatted together.

Zou Tao only counted roughly, not more than 10,000, the entire Chu River Estuary military and civilians combined did not have such a few people, when he found that most of these people spoke Zhanren and Funantu, and then looked at their dark and short appearance.

Zou Tao was moved.

Under the escort of the tiger and leopard, Cao Xuan led Wenwu down to the dock, looking at Zou Tao with green eyes, he only felt a little chill in the back of his neck.

Zou Tao didn't notice what was wrong with him, and happily led the generals to salute: "Welcome to the lord of Chuhe County!" ”

"Good! Good construction ...... in Chuhe County"

Cao Xing said polite words to Zou Tao, but always felt that something was wrong with his eyes, the more he thought about it, the more he thought that it was the eyes of the hungry wolf when he saw the fat sheep.

"What's the matter, my Zou Dudu? What appeals to you so much? ”

Zou Tao stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips, his expression showing greed:

"The group of things that the lord brought with him that spoke the Zhan language and the Funan native language."

I see, this is also an unexpected gain, I originally planned to come directly to the Chu River to rest and recuperate, and then go to the destination, passing through the fork of Besifa and others, and suddenly wanted to clean up the pirates on this route.

This newly derived South China Sea and even the first sea den in the Far East was cleaned up by himself in a month, and except for the inconvenient ones on the shore, all the islands became no man's land.

Oh, there are also some islands where there are so many people, but in the tropical islands where tropical diseases are rampant, there is no food, drink, medicine, even wild fruits and prey are extinct, and when these islands will become no man's land depends on their creation.

As for the miracles who defeated the disease and hunger, and finally made a raft and prepared to escape to the mainland, let alone whether there was or not, not to mention the vast sea, the Chu army patrol fleet that had expanded the patrol range to this route alone could be said to have destroyed their last hope.

What happened to them forever became a nightmare for the Holy Elephant, the Sky Wolf, and the Iron Camel Eight Banners.

Cao Xing shook his head, and couldn't laugh at the upright Zou Tao:

"Zou Dudu, they are people."

"Oh, got it, I want these people! Lord! ”

Cao Xing looked at Zou Tao's undisguised indifference to "these people" or things, and no longer delved into it:

"There are more than 15,000 captives here, men, women and children, thirty percent of the pirates of the new route are here, and the remaining seventy percent have also hid in the mountains on land.

I know that Chuhe County is short of people, and the third-class pavilion Marquis Wu State you are about to establish is short of people, but my Wu State monarch, I am also short of people! ”

Zou Tao was depressed all of a sudden.

"Hey! You are also an old man, and you are the first to be sealed by the imperial court, so I will reluctantly give you 3,000 people!

There are labor prisoners who built the state of Wu, and the people of the country of Wu will be recruited by yourself! ”