The timber port of the Ding Navy, which has just been opened, and the conditions are not yet perfect in all aspects, occupy a small position among the four ports of the Ding Navy.

But today, he came here specially, the distance between the four major ports of the Ding Navy is not close, from the first port to the third port, there are more than 10 kilometers, and the third port is 5 kilometers away from the timber port.

Even a carriage ride would take half an hour, and the journey would be too far away for Zhou Zhong to come unless necessary.

But today, he still came, and he went here secretly without carrying all his staff.

In Dinghai Houfu, Zhao Xin's words, under Zhou Zhong's temptation, showed a strong desire, that is, the expansion of Ding's navy was not far away.

Zhou Zhong is a scholar, and the reason why he didn't go further in the examination is that he knows that he is not the material that goes further, and he can't pass the imperial examination and get on the rise.

The Northern Song Dynasty is well-known for its emphasis on scholars, and the role of the imperial examination is very important, but not all, and it is not nothing, and it is not for nothing that people are born and eventually become extremely ministers, not to mention Zhou Chong, and he has never thought that he will be a very human minister, and it is already his greatest wish to be able to become a middle-level official like Wupin.

Don't underestimate this position, even in the Northern Song Dynasty, the entire center, officials above the fifth grade, except for inheriting the title, or the clan, really from the bottom, step by step to become more than the fifth grade, is really not much.

The five-rank official, at the very least, is also the principal official of a county, and as long as it develops steadily, it is enough to bring an ordinary landlord family to the level of a noble family.

Coming to Ding Haijun is also to seek a shortcut, a knot, regardless of the size of the territory, the position is fixed, even if it is a major official of the Dinghai Houfu, he can reach the height he requires, maybe such an official position, the power is not enough, but for him who is from a person's background, it is the best choice.

But after arriving at Ding Haijun, he found out how big this world is, although he still doesn't know that Zhao Xin is the prince, but it is certain that he is the strongest vassal in the Northern Song Dynasty, so he is also a rising tide as a subordinate official.

The specifications of the first government and four districts of the Ding Navy, as a port area, are also the first district in addition to the government, which is considered to be very strong, but now, another place has emerged.

The island that the Ding Navy has always been seeking, this island will be at least several times larger than the Ding Navy, and such an island will definitely have a different status in the Ding Navy in the future.

Zhao Xin's purpose in looking for them was very simple, that is, to determine the candidates in this area, so it was naturally impossible for him to give up such an opportunity.

Timber port, after being listed separately, is really not so conspicuous, even if it enters the Ding Navy every day, more than 10,000 cubic meters of wood, but there are not many ships transported, and there are not many lifting facilities in the port, but the speed of loading and unloading can be increased, and the timber in these ships can be unloaded quickly, and there is basically no delay.

Even if Zhou Zhong entered the port at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the port was a little empty, and the last ship, having just left the port, said that it could not go to other places, but after a temporary dock in Haizhou, it was still possible to turn into another direction.

The project of the Grand Canal is still under construction, the huge construction site, more than 45,000 people are working here, this is from the large-scale construction of the Ding Navy, has been gradually completed, the largest project, according to the construction period, about more than 2 months, this is as far as possible to catch up, because after June, it will enter the flood season of the Ding Navy, when the time, the continuous rainfall will bring difficulties to the construction.

Even with the advanced tools provided by the card system, it is impossible to completely ignore the weather conditions, and the possibility of encountering typhoons is reduced above 20 degrees north latitude, but strong winds above level 8 will still occur, especially in the summer.

Zhou Zhong stood in the harbor, although his eyes were looking forward, but in fact, he was a little out of focus, he silently sorted out the things he had mastered, as well as the information he got in Dinghai Houfu, and finally determined that Zhao Xin's purpose of looking for leaders for the Ryukyus was already obvious.

Without alarming anyone, he slowly rode away in a carriage, and after returning to the port area, a series of actions began to be made, and Zhou Zhong used the network at his disposal to begin to inquire about all the news related to the Ryukyus.

Ding Haijun, as early as a few years ago, sent a team to the Ryukyus. Others can ignore or not pay attention to the Ryukyus, Ding Navy is impossible, a 30,000-square-kilometer Ryukyus, more suitable for large-scale industrial development.

However, before the large-scale construction of ocean-going ships, it was impossible to develop the Ryukyus.

Ding Haijun is good to say, it is near Haizhou, a ship, most of the time, can reach, but Ryukyu, that is from the sea, at least more than 400 miles, this distance, for the Northern Song Dynasty in the 11th century, is not easy to set foot in.

Such a beautiful and rich island with many resources has never been used by mainland China.

Until Zhao Xin, who chose the Ding Navy, he only chose a port, but the future direction was the sea of stars, a huge Ryukyu, and he must not let it go, so after the Ding Navy had a little ability, he sent the first batch of personnel.

This batch of personnel, when they were first dispatched, was not known to everyone, and there were only a few who knew, and Zhou Zhong didn't know, and the reason why he was able to know was because he had mastered the port area.

There were only a few hundred people sent to the Ryukyus, but these people did not produce and could not produce anything.

This part of the people, compared to the entire Ryukyu natives, the proportion is very different, sent to the Ryukyus, does not mean that they do not pay attention to their life safety, must be considered for their sake, in this case, most of the things, need to be transported by the Ding Navy.

From steel, cement, to some daily consumption, and even some weapons, it must be transported thousands of miles from the Ding Navy, which consumes a lot of things, and Zhou Zhong controls the port area, that is, relying on these transport ships, I know some general information about Ryukyu.

Soon, some information was transmitted, but very little, some of the situation about the Ryukyus was only a little more complete than what Zhou Chong knew before, but Zhou Zhong knew very well what the reason was, that is, the entire Ding Navy took a fancy to these and controlled some key plots.

Fortunately, the contact between the Ding Navy and the current Ryukyus is relatively stable, with a total of 4 ships, walking on this route, it takes about a month to go back and forth, then, basically, a week, there is a ship back to the Ding Navy for replenishment.

The most recent one was on the third day, and it happened that the captain in charge of that boat was a fellow villager of Zhou Chong.

In the entire Northern Song Dynasty political arena, many things can be related to each other, for example, in the same year, fellow townspeople, classmates, although this captain, and him, there is a difference of one county, but the two counties are adjacent, the entire Hebei side, the personnel who came to the Ding Navy, there are not as many people as the two Huai, and the contact between them is relatively close, and the relationship can be involved.

More than 2 days later, after this supply ship docked, through some connections, Zhou Chong contacted the captain named Zhao Siyou, this is an old captain, almost 45 years old, at least 20 years older than Zhou Chong, but the mayor of the port area invited a banquet, and he was also a little flattered.

The port area, as one of the four districts of the government, is still the head of the four districts, the scope of control is not large, but it is very important, Zhao Siyou is a running boat, and the contact with him is also very close.

Zhou Zhong knew very well that this news was not known to everyone about the secrecy of Ding Haijun, at the beginning, there were two introducers, and after three rounds of drinking, both of them took the initiative to leave as agreed.

Zhao Siyou doesn't know anything, being able to run such a Ryukyu route is first trustworthy, and then technology.

When he went to the banquet before, he had already estimated that if there was something that Zhou Zhong could like, then there would only be Ryukyu, and he also considered what to say.

Although Ding Haijun made some restrictions on the Ryukyus, it was not a comprehensive restriction, and people at a certain level could still know that he would submit a report every month, summarize some information obtained from the Ryukyus, and submit it to the secretary department of the Hou Mansion, not only him, but also the other three captains, who also submitted some materials.

These things are all required to be kept secret, and Zhao Siyou has not much to do, and he must have signed a confidentiality agreement, but he told Zhou Chong that this level of confidentiality is not too high, at least, it is not the kind of top secret that only Zhao Xin himself or the supervisor can see.

A banquet, although he didn't get the news directly, but let Zhou Zhong get important information, the secretarial department, here is different from the archives department, its own level is not too high, before, about the port, there are some problems with transportation, he also went to the secretarial department, checked some information, where the level of confidentiality is there, but it is not high enough to exceed his level.

Early the next morning, after lunch, he went to the secretarial department, and after being reduced to section chief, he made his own request to read some information on the Ryukyus.

Ryukyu and the port area do not control each other, but its level of information confidentiality is not high, not to mention the district chief like Zhou Chong, the staff under the Hou Mansion, and the directors of dozens of bureaus, all of whom are qualified to read it, but no one pays attention to it, and Zhou Zhong is the first.

After successfully getting the information about the Ryukyus, Zhou Zhong immediately looked through it.

The relationship between the level of secrecy cannot be taken away, so it can only be read in the reading room of the secretarial department, but fortunately, there is not much information, almost a few hundred pages of documents, in the past few months, every time the supply, the person in charge of the island, and the ship, will form a basic report, a total, that is, dozens of copies.

According to Zhao Xin's requirements, these documents are more written in the vernacular, and the specifications and standards have also reached some indicators, these are the places that I am not used to when I first came to the Ding Navy.

But after staying in Ding Haijun for a long time, he realized that this method is not only simple to write, anyone can read it, even if it is illiterate, such intuitive orders and requirements are not easy to have objections, and the most important thing is to save time.

A beautiful, very well-worded, beautifully written article, it reads good, but to understand the meaning, it is not easy, only the standard vernacular, some indicators are quantified, will know what is in between, sometimes, take a rough look, as long as you see the data and key points, you know what is being talked about, and then you can operate according to this.

Efficiency, this point has never been paid attention to in the Northern Song Dynasty, unless it is the kind of thing that is urgent, in daily life, it is leisurely, but these, in the Ding Navy, do not exist, the reason is very simple, efficiency.

From the most detailed process, Ding Haijun, who pursues efficiency, is afraid of such a waste, a person can waste his own time, but a line, a factory, and even the entire region and Ding Haijun, how to waste.

wasting a person's time, it was only this period of time, but because of this, it delayed a series of follow-up things, which was Ding Haijun's taboo, that is, after gradually stepping into a leadership position, Zhou Chong gradually appreciated the benefits of this document.

The record is like a running account, but it tells the whole process of the whole process of the Ding Navy taking root, when he went to the island, there was no problem, and there was no initial settlement, and after that, in the half month of going to the island, with the support of materials, he began to establish a fixed base, a base that was enough to accommodate more than 1,000 people.

Zhou Chong can be regarded as outstanding from a person to the current head of the port area, but he has never been in contact with such an island.

There are more than 400 people in the first batch, of which 300 are elite soldiers, and the entire Ding Navy is only a few people, it turns out that a few months ago, the Ding Navy had already attached so much importance to this place.

Because of the lack of transportation capacity, when we went up, the food and supplies were halved, and there was no water, or in other words, there was very little water.

In order to solve the problem of water, these people spent 3 days in the port looking for a place with a natural spring and identified the settlement.

In order to avoid alarming the aborigines, they could not use the most efficient burning of the land, but used manpower, little by little, to clean up the surrounding plants, and after establishing a simple flat land, they began to build.

Zhou Zhong's mentality, after getting these documents, put peace, itself, this matter, is not a short time, something that can be decided, simply this exploration is also more interesting, first as a story to see, in fact, this story, very exciting.