Since Liu Bei pardoned those prisoners captured from Dong Zhuo, he sent Tai Shici to recruit these horses, these people said that they were slaves, but in fact, they were doing a lot of work in the fields, and those Wuhuan and Hun slaves were still different, Liu Bei had no intention of exhausting them, in fact, it was similar to the prisoner treatment of the Yellow Turban Army.

Therefore, when Tai Shici recruited these people, he felt that most of these people were quite good soldiers, so he got nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses.

These people were originally placed in Qingzhou, and Guan Yu got these soldiers and horses, so he wrote to Liu Bei, saying that he could attack Liaodong by sea. Liu Bei also agreed, allowed him to act cheaply, and gave him the title of general of Lou Chuan, this is the first general under Liu Bei, who knows that the second master gave Liu Bei such a big surprise.

After a little silence, Liu Bei still felt that it was better to let Guan Yu come to meet, so he ordered Guan Yu to come and meet.

On this day, Liu Bei was dealing with the matter of dividing Wuhuan, allocating land and slaves to the people and horses left here, and someone came to report that Guan Yu was coming.

Xuande hurriedly handsome Zhang Fei and others went to greet him, and when he walked halfway, he saw that there were about a hundred cavalry in front, guarding a general, and the banner was fluttering, it was Guan Yu.

Yun Chang saw Xuande, hurriedly rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, bowed his head, Liu Bei also got off the horse to help, Zhang Fei also got off the horse to bow to Guan Yu, and the three brothers had some joy when they met.

The three of them didn't see each other for a long time, first had a happy gathering, and then slept together, talking by candle and night.

The next day, Liu Bei asked a large banquet to celebrate Guan Yu's achievements and wash the dust, and Liu Bei asked how to lay Liaodong.

This is to give Guan Yu a chance to boast of his exploits, Guan Yu was quite proud in his heart, but his face was faint, and he just said: "Gongsun Du is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and it is not worth mentioning." Relying on the prestige of his brother, the soldiers used their lives, and the army was everywhere, naturally invincible and invincible. ”

This time, Guan Yu requisitioned a large number of ships that could sail in Qingzhou, crossed the sea to attack Liaodong, and Gongsun Du was still guarding against the direction of Wuhuan, and Guan Yu who came from the sea did not react at all, and was destroyed.

And the land of Liaodong was ruled by Gongsun Du for a short time, everyone still regarded themselves as subjects of the Han family, Guan Yu beheaded Gongsun Du, and killed or expelled the officials appointed by Gongsun Du, and there were 20,000 troops to suppress the formation, Liaodong Nai'an.

After that, Yun Chang said with a straight face: "There is just one thing, I have to guard against it!" ”

"Could it be that Gongsun Du still has remnants in Liaodong?" Liu Bei asked when he heard this.

"Definitely!" Guan Yu touched his beard, "Yu crossed the sea to attack Gongsun Du this time, Gongsun Du is simply impossible to prevent, and it is impossible to prevent it, but if one day, Yi Di comes from overseas with a huge ship, and if my Han family has no naval division to fight, wouldn't it be a sea frontier of thousands of miles, without defense, and it can be attacked by Yi Di everywhere?" ”

"And this way across the sea, there are a lot of fish, and in the sea, there is almost no end to the fish...... The so-called wealth comes from the ocean, and danger also comes from the ocean, and I hope that my brother can vigorously develop sailors. ”

Guan Yu talked eloquently, looking like a spokesperson for maritime interests.

When everyone heard Guan Yu say this, they were a little strange, and said in their hearts, why did your old man suddenly care so much about sea ships. Some smart people have already reacted that when Liu Bei played Guan Yu as the general of Lou Chuan, he once ordered all the ships of the naval division to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Yamen of the general of Lou Chuan. Guan Yu is now the general of the building, the sailors are all under his control, the butt decides the head, the more ships, the more powerful he naturally is.

This is actually Liu Bei's intention to hand over the water master to Guan Yu at the beginning.

Since Liu Bei occupied Qingzhou, he began the "Little Voyage Era", using the original craftsmen of Qingzhou to build many large ships and go to sea to fish. In ancient times, fish could be compared to bear's paws. This is also Liu Bei's use of the salt drying method to make a large amount of cheap salt, which can marinate a large number of salted fish, otherwise the fish is too perishable, and the economic effect is not so prominent.

Modern people may not imagine how developed the ships of the Han Dynasty were, when Emperor Xiaowen of Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao, the king of Wu, had not yet rebelled, he and Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, learned from Germany and Britain before World War I to play an arms race at sea, and finally Zhao Tuo built a super ship as long as 100 zhang. What is the concept of 100 zhang, that is 231 meters, the treasure of the US imperialism, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 100,000 tons, is only 300 meters long. Although after Zhao Tuo's ship was built, it capsized on the day of the trial voyage because it was too big, but with the technology of this era, it would be very perverted to be able to build such a large ship.

By the way, the Yue people in the Liangguang region, before the Qin and early Han dynasties, had their own set of religious beliefs and cultural systems. It took Zhao Tuo nearly a hundred years, because he lived for more than a hundred years and Sinicized all the Yue people under his rule, they used Chinese, wrote Chinese characters, and wore Hanfu, which was almost the same as China. Since then, the two Guangxi have become an inseparable part of China since ancient times.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Confucian scholars in the Qilu region attacked Sang Hong sheep, saying that he was too bad, and there were Sang Hong sheep in the sea, and there were no fish in the sea. Isn't this the fact that Sang Hongyang's fleet has caught all the fish in the coastal areas of Qilu. In the classical era, the ability to fish all along the coast shows how powerful the shipbuilding capacity of the Han Dynasty was.

Originally, in history, the ships built in the Han Dynasty were all building ships, and the building ships were often more than ten zhang or even twenty or thirty zhang long, more than ten zhang high, divided into three layers, and pushed by three huge sails.

The so-called "Wang Junlou went down to Yizhou, and the king of Jinling was gloomy." "That's what you use. However, there are all kinds of flaws and irrational designs. Therefore, Liu Bei built many fishing boats to catch fish according to the type of boats seen in later generations, which were used to meet the food needs when food was insufficient, and later added a lot of food sources to the people of Qingzhou.

Guan Yu is very adaptable, he commanded cavalry and infantry at the beginning, and later he was able to command the navy, in history, Guan Yu took the Jingzhou Navy Division to play a flooded Seventh Army, and it would not be a mistake to use him as the general of the Navy Division, and Guan Yu's status is high enough, and it can also improve the status of the Navy Division who is still not in the navy.

Liu Bei originally wanted to vigorously develop the navy, but seeing that Guan Yu took the initiative to propose it at this time, there was naturally no reason not to allow it.

Guan Yu was also overjoyed, he originally thought that the army was more important, and the main issue of fighting for the establishment and funding of the navy was a matter of position, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to agree so easily.

Of course, Liu Bei also said that the main thing for the sailor at this stage is to fish and provide food, and in the future, he will go south to fight Sanwu and go north to fight Sanhan, which is the time when the sailor will make great achievements.

Originally, the matter was over here, but Guan Yu said again: "I heard something, 'Lu Bu among people, red rabbit among horses', since Lu Wenhou is here today, he is willing to compete with Wenhou in martial arts." ”