The Wusongjiang Office is very lively today, and almost all the officials of the entire Songjiang Prefecture have arrived, and the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Jie Chongxi, the commander of the Songjiang Naval Division, Fan Xian, and the chief soldier of the Songjiang Prefecture, Fu Dingquan, led the civil and military officials to gather in the Wusongjiang Office.

In the distance, the figure of a dragon boat appeared, and the people on the shore were watching on tiptoe, waiting for the arrival of the holy driver.

With its unique geographical location, Songjiang Prefecture has taken advantage of the trend in the era of the rise of maritime merchants, from an ordinary Jiangnan town to a large taxpayer. Although there is a special development of Hou Xuanyan, these officials are also indispensable, and now that the emperor is here, it is the time to show his face, and no one will be left behind.

The dragon boat stopped on the shore, and the stepped conical plank, like a paved step, was thrown down from the boat and straightened, and there were already guards on both sides, hugging Hou Xuanyan to accompany the imperial concubine to get off the boat.

Yang Fujin was a little nervous in this scene, trying his best to pretend to be calm, pacing slowly with his neck in his hands, his face slightly flushed, and his palms were full of sweat. On the other hand, Hou Xuanyan was already familiar with the road, so he walked off the deck with a grin, looked around, and opened his mouth to scold: "Fan Xian, get here." ”

Fan Xiandi trotted over, hugged his fists on one knee and said: "Knock on my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

"I ask you, since you are an inspector of sailors today, doing such a vain thing, with streamers and flags, why don't you see the shadow of half a warship?"

Fan Xian secretly complained in his heart, where is there a reason for a battleship to welcome the king, but he didn't dare to argue with His Majesty with these words, otherwise he would be kicked.

At this time, the prefect of Songjiang stepped forward to relieve the siege and said: "Your Majesty, the water in the port here is shallow, not enough for the big ship to approach, and the sailors and soldiers have gathered in Jinshan Port, waiting for Your Majesty to inspect." ”

Hou Xuanyan's face softened slightly, and said: "The first principle of the sailor is to be pragmatic, we started later than others, and if we want to catch up and even surpass the lead, we have to pay more hard work." As for that set of red tape and flashy things, you can throw them away. ”

The Songjiang officials said in unison: "The ministers have been taught. ”

Fan Xian is his absolute confidant, one of the remnants of Jiading, so he can naturally beat and scold him. However, the prefect of Songjiang, Jie Chongxi, was an orthodox civil official, and he and Fu Dingquan raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty back then, which was singing and crying. This kind of person has a strong sense of self-esteem, and if he reprimands him at will, he is very likely to be angry, and it is very likely that he will leave any root cause.

Hou Xuanyan nodded with satisfaction, turned around and said: "The achievements of Songjiang Mansion are obvious to all, thanks to the intentions of all Aiqing, I am not a person who rewards and punishes unknown, and the transfer of officials in the coming year should give priority to promoting good and capable officials here." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chrysostom said, the people below are naturally very excited, with this sentence, I don't know how many times smoother the future career will be.

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When Hou Xuanyan and the imperial concubine boarded the carriage, the hundred officials followed behind him and entered the interior of the Wusongjiang Institute.

After Hou Xuanyan sat down, he patted Yang Fujin's palm and said, "Jin'er don't be nervous, what to do with a strained face, come and give me a smile." ”

Yang Fujin's face was shy, and he said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, it's the first time that people have accompanied you in front of so many people, and I'm afraid of embarrassing you, and now my heart is still pounding." ”

The carriage moved smoothly, and after a while, someone outside said loudly: "Your Majesty, Jinshan Port has arrived." ”

The palace maid lifted the curtain, Hou Xuanyan took the imperial concubine out of the car, and saw all kinds of ships parked on the sea in the distance.

Shipyards all over the south of the Yangtze River worked day and night with detailed drawings to make countless warships for the use of sailors.

In the imperial court, the policies of the Water Division, the Lifting Division, and the Battalion Division were all tilted, as long as the sailor stretched out his hand, asked for money for money, and asked for people to give people, and it really raised a big battle. At a glance, there was no margin at all, Fan Xian's face was colorful, and he said with his hands crossed: "Your Majesty, please board the ship to review the sailors." ”

Hou Xuanyan smiled, shook his finger and pointed at him and smiled: "You, haha, good, good, good, go, concubine, board!" ”

After boarding a Daifuku ship, you will slowly sail through the harbor, flanked by warships.

On the deck of each warship, the sailors stood with their heads held high, staring at their emperor.

Fan Xian was familiar with the warship, nodded and introduced it on the side: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a sharp-bottomed sea ship, suitable for long-distance sailing, equipped with spray canisters, firearms, rockets and artillery, which can fight from a distance or in close combat, and is our main warship." Covered with iron sheets, it is the finest steel produced by the newly developed coke cast steel of the Suzhou Craftsman Museum, which can easily withstand ordinary shells. ”

Hou Xuanyan stretched out his hand to shade the sun, and when he looked at it from afar, it was really majestic. Then he thought of something, opened his mouth and asked, "How many such ships do we have?" ”

"There are two kinds of ships, large and small, 583 large ships and 1,300 small boats."

"Well, that's good." The two thousand main warships are all warships that can sail far away, and Hou Xuanyan has confidence in his heart.

Fan Xian then pointed to the side and said: "This is a troop carrier, it does not carry a barrel, it is not loaded with weapons, it is purely used to transport infantry to land, the iron sheet covered around it is the thickest, and the buoyancy is also large, but the speed is not very fast." Our Songjiang Navy Division now has 100 troop carriers, each of which can carry 1,000 soldiers. ”

One thousand people, one hundred ships is 100,000, and a single Songjiang naval division can already carry the task of transporting 100,000 troops, Hou Xuanyan was overjoyed. This is already about the same level as the Dafu ship when Zheng He went to the West, and sure enough, as long as there is suitable soil, the wisdom of the Han people is completely crushing other races.

"Since it is a troop carrier, we should also consider the issue of speed, and let the craftsman hall find a way to change the power that drives the ship to move, not just relying on sails and manpower." Hou Xuanyan thought of the steamship and said casually.

Fan Xian didn't have his knowledge, and wondered: "Don't use sails and manpower?" So what else can you use? Xia Guan heard that there is a demon clan in the deep sea, and he can let the giant fish pull the boat..."Before he finished speaking, he was kicked in the buttocks, and Hou Xuanyan said with hatred: "Shut up!" You just have to tell the craftsman hall what I said, one more word, one less word, and your head will be cut off. ”

Fan Xian touched his neck, gasped, and began to silently recite Hou Xuanyan's words just now. The angry Hou Xuanyan no longer paid attention to him, and continued to follow the fortune boat to watch the warships on both sides.

After Fan Xian got acquainted with it, he immediately entered his work and continued to explain: "Now this is a horse clipper, with eight masts, thirty-seven zhang long and fifteen zhang wide, mainly used to transport war horses, weapons and food. The biggest feature is that it is fast, and ordinary shells can't catch up, so it's a good thing for transportation. ”

Thousands of sails compete for the current, thousands of people return to their hearts, looking at the strength of the Songjiang sailors, Hou Xuanyan is full of pride.

This is just my Songjiang Sailor, and the Fujian Sailor with similar strength, and the Denglai Sailor who is stronger than the Songjiang Sailor!

Try to see today's Huanhai, whose world is it!