Chapter 335: Southern Ports and Myths

Through this voyage, Wang Lang has basically understood the general situation of this world, and he can't help but feel more confident.

"How's it going down south?" Wang Lang asked.

"The south side is mostly jungle, and after sailing west from the southernmost point for half a year, we have seen two large rivers, which are at least several times wider than the big ones, and there are some wild people living in the jungle to the south, and those wild people seem to regard us as gods, and when I came back, I brought back four wild men, one adult and three children, who are now staying in Harbour City." Wu Gang said slowly.

Wang Lang nodded, pointed to the map in front of him and said, "Where is that big river?" ”

Wu Gang stepped forward and stared at the map carefully for a while, and pointed out two locations along the coast in the south of the map, and said, "It's probably in these two locations." ”

Wang Lang looked at the map, took out a charcoal pen, drew a circle in the approximate location of Yancheng, and suddenly found that the mouth of one of the rivers was very close to Yancheng, and if a road was opened from Yancheng to get there, building a port city there would save a lot of sailing time.

"Are the wildlings over there friendly to us?" Wang Lang asked.

Wu Gang nodded and said: "They are afraid of us, but they have no ill will towards us, I thought that His Majesty might conquer there, so I selected a few children of savages to come over and learn our language, which should come in handy when the army arrives there." ”

"You did the right thing, I will send someone to study those little children in the school palace." After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Mu and said, "What about Li Aiqing?" ”

When Li Mu heard this, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the situation in the north is a little different from that side, the sea in the north is very cold in winter, when we are halfway through, the sea is completely frozen, we have to build a stronghold on the seaside, where we have survived for almost two years, and after the ice melts, we continue to travel, we did not see human tracking along the way, in such a cold place, it is estimated that there will be no wild people to live there, after that, we arrived at the west side of the land, Beginning to sail south, in that desert area, we met General Wu's ships. ”

Wang Lang pondered for a while, looked at the map, and recorded this information in the blank space in the north, although the north can also establish port cities, but compared to the construction of those ice-free ports in the south, the construction of ports in the north is somewhat worth the loss, and he plans to build some fortress strongholds there.

After a general understanding of the experience of the two in the past two years, Wang Lang smiled: "I just called you from home as soon as I came back, and the two Aiqing won't blame me!" ”

When the two of them heard this, they said with two faces: "How dare the minister blame Your Majesty!" ”

Wang Lang stroked his beard and smiled: "You don't have to worry, I will give you a month's vacation, and I will accompany your family during this time, and I will have important arrangements for you at that time." ”

The two glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.

"Your Majesty, what should our navy do in the future." Wu Gang asked.

"I plan to build a port on the other side of the river you mentioned, Li Mu, you are responsible for guarding there, Wu Gang, you are responsible for guarding the harbor city, and now you have also been promoted to general, in the past two years, the shipyard has built six large ships, counting your previous Daxia Navy has a total of eight warships, you two each lead four warships, practice the way of sea combat, you must have the ability to fight a decisive battle with the enemy on the sea, and your task in the future is to train the navy." Wang Lang said slowly.

One person has four boats, one boat is counted according to more than 100 sailors, and the number of troops he has received has directly increased several times, compared with a general of the army leading 500 soldiers, the gold content of the navy's generals is higher, from this point, the two can see that Wang Lang attaches great importance to the navy, which makes the two very excited.

"Okay, there's nothing for you here, go back and stay with your family for a while, I heard that you all have your own children, I have two things here, take them back and play with your children." Wang Lang said, taking out two wave drums from under the desk and handing them to the two.

After receiving the wave drum, a warm current surged in the hearts of the two, His Majesty was so busy, and he could still think of his own child, which made them very moved.

The two immediately bowed and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for the reward, the minister will definitely protect my Great Xia Sea Frontier." ”

Wang Lang nodded and said, "With the two generals here, my Great Xia coastline will definitely be safe." ”

Ruined waved his hand, asked the two of them to step back, looked at the marked map, and said loudly: "Come on, call the Ministry of Industry Shangshu over." ”

The guards hurried away, and more than an hour later, Mu Feng hurried over, and was about to salute Wang Lang, Wang Lang hurriedly said: "Mu Aiqing is exempt, come and take a look at this map." ”

Mu Feng was curious, walked to the desk, looked at the unfamiliar map on the table, and asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, what is it at this time?" ”

"This is the outline map of the continent of my state, and the achievements of the navy in the past two years are on this map." Wang Lang said with a smile.

Mu Feng was shocked when he heard this, and looked at this map fixedly, looking at the shape of the continent he was in so vividly, this feeling was very strange, as if everything in this world was under control.

After a long time, Mu Feng sighed with emotion: "No wonder Your Majesty treats the navy so politely, with this picture, everything in the Shenzhou Continent is in full view, and it is indeed not an exaggeration to reward such a reward." ”

"Haha, what Mu Aiqing said is right, with this map, everything in our Xia Kingdom is under our control, and calling you here is to let you build a harbor here." Wang Lang smiled and nodded at the mouth of the river in the south.

Mu Feng looked there, then looked in the direction of Yancheng, touched his chin and thought for a while: "Your Majesty, this place is indeed very suitable for building a port, but it is not easy to get there, before that, a road must be built to connect there, but it is definitely not a simple matter to carve out such a long road in the jungle." ”

Wang Lang nodded and said: "I have already considered this, but even if there are big difficulties, we have to solve them, and this seaport relationship is our southern coastal defense, so we have to be cautious." ”

Mu Feng pondered for a while, nodded and said: "The minister understands, since this is the case, I will go back and prepare, make a count of the manpower and material resources required, and after everything is ready, the Ministry of Industry will send people over there to explore the terrain, and build a port while building a road, which can also make the progress much faster." ”

"I'm relieved to do things in the Ministry of Engineering, by the way, I have a recipe here, you go back and study it, arrange for people to conduct experiments, if it is successful, the new harbor will use this thing to replace the mud." Wang Lang searched for the stack of documents on the desk, and handed a piece of paper to Mu Feng.

Mu Feng looked at it and asked with some puzzlement: "Your Majesty, what is the use of burning stones?" ”

Wang Lang explained: "This thing is called cement, you do it according to this recipe, the powder obtained is stirred with water, and it will be very strong after drying, much better than mud, and I plan to use this thing to renovate the roads of Xia Kingdom in the future." ”

Mu Feng looked at the formula in his hand, although Wang Lang's inventions and creations were not as useful as usual, but this thing was too doubtful whether it was really as magical as Wang Lang said.

nodded and said, "Minister, I'll try." ”

"Well, during this time, I see that you are working harder, and strive to build the road and the port within half a year, as long as it is built, I will move a large number of people over." Wang Lang said slowly.

Mu Feng was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Why is Your Majesty so anxious, is there any news of the dinosaur people?" ”

Wang Lang shook his head and said, "Not yet, but I've been getting more and more worried recently, the current development speed of our Xia Kingdom is too slow, and it is very dangerous to continue like this." ”

Mu Feng was a little speechless, if this speed of development was still slow, he couldn't imagine what kind of situation it was not slow, the Xia Kingdom in the past two years had already been completely different from before, the food was abundant, and the materials were even more than before, I don't know how many times, and there were constantly new things to discover, which was something that could not be thought of before.

Cities have sprung up on the Shenzhou continent like mushrooms after a rain, and most of the wild people wandering around have been forcibly marked with the identity of the Xia people, it can be said that today's Xia country is a powerful empire that really dominates this continent, whether it is a wild man or a beast, it is not an enemy of the Xia army at all.

In this situation, Wang Lang still felt slow, he really didn't know what to say.

Wang Lang looked at Mu Feng, who looked strange, guessed his thoughts, and said slowly: "The military strength of the Xia Kingdom is very strong now, but our population is too sparse, I estimate that even if all the human beings in this continent are captured, it will not exceed a million, but those terrorist people must be much more than our number, millions of people, or even tens of millions of people, such a huge number, we must speed up the pace of unifying the continent, only by gathering all human beings, can we deal with the threat of those dinosaur people." ”

After listening to this, Mu Feng said: "Your Majesty, there shouldn't be so many dinosaur people, if that's the case, even if we are developing rapidly, so that women can have children more desperately, it will take time for children to grow up!" We simply can't resist. ”

"A large number of people does not necessarily mean that the strength is strong, I estimate that those dinosaur people are not a single race, it is likely to be divided into different countries, as long as our population reaches one million, we have the capital to compete with them, as long as we are not defeated by them all at once, then we have the hope of victory." Wang Lang said excitedly.

Mu Feng didn't know what Wang Lang was based on to make this judgment, although he was puzzled, he still chose to trust Wang Lang, since Wang Lang had a way to ensure that Xia Guo could be safe and sound, he just had to fully cooperate.

"Your Majesty, since a new seaport is to be built, will the shipyard be built new?" Mu Feng said.

Wang Lang thought for a while and said: "The shipyard should be built again, collect wood that can be used for shipbuilding in the jungle over there, this shipyard must reserve a large amount of wood, as long as the war begins, it must have the ability to quickly build ships, and the shipbuilding at this stage is still mainly based on the harbor city." ”

Mu Feng nodded and said, "The minister has written it down." ”

"By the way, how is the batch of crystals sent back half a year ago, have you made the things that your Ministry of Industry polished?" Wang Lang asked.

Mu Feng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, that crystal is too hard, and it is very difficult to polish, so far there are no usable lenses available." ”

Wang Lang sighed and said, "You continue to study this matter, this is also a very important thing for us." ”

After explaining these things, Mu Feng left the palace and began to prepare for the construction of the harbor, opening up a road within half a year, and the manpower and material resources required were definitely not a small amount.

In the north, it is returned to the three villages of Yu.

Since Chen Bai took office, after more than half a year of training, he has become a lot more stable than before, with the addition of a new population, this small village has increased a lot of population, white and yellow people account for half each.

In order to implement the policy conveyed above, Chen Bai greatly encouraged intermarriage between two races, and those who did not want to get married were often punished.

Some people even prefer to marry an old woman much older than themselves as their wife in order to avoid punishment, and plan to avoid this limelight before making other plans.

In the summer, the sun is scorching in the north, and it is not much cooler than in the south.

In order to improve the living standards of the villagers, Chen Bai organized the hunters in the village to hunt a large number of wild animals and raise the beasts that were caught alive.

A large number of fences were built outside the village, and all kinds of prey were kept in the fences, and even a few brown bears and cubs of the saber-toothed tiger were among them, and the fur of this beast was said to be very popular in Yancheng, and it was rumored that in Wang Lang's palace, the ground was paved with the fur of the saber-toothed tiger, which was extremely luxurious.

On the street outside the village, he saw several deer carts slowly walking towards the village from a distance, and Chen Bai knew that the trading post on the side of Guiyucheng had come to the village to buy goods again.

As the vehicle approached, Chen Bai greeted him, and when he saw that the person who came was a familiar person, he smiled and said, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

"Village Chief Chen, I haven't seen you for a few months, these three villages have really changed a lot! The village chief is very capable! The man surnamed Li complimented.

Chen Bai smiled and said: "It is my responsibility to build a party for Your Majesty, and some achievements are not worth mentioning." ”

The man surnamed Li smiled and said, "Village Chief Chen is modest, by the way, this time I will bring good things to your village!" You're going to want me to have a few drinks. ”

"Oh, what did Brother Li bring?" Chen Bai looked curiously at the vehicle behind him that was covered with straw mats.

"Village Chief Chen, please take a look!" The man surnamed Li lifted the straw mat of one of the cars.

"There are so many books and papers!" Chen Bai exclaimed.

The man surnamed Li smiled and said, "Is Village Chief Chen still satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied, thank you Brother Li this time." Chen Bai thanked him again and again.

"I know that Village Chief Chen is a lover of reading, and it just so happened that not long ago, the trade post sent a batch of the most popular books in Yancheng recently, so I left some for Village Chief Chen, you see this book, it is said to be a story written by His Majesty, and it is very popular in the south." The man surnamed Li said as he picked up a book with a very beautiful binding and said.

Chen Bai took the book and saw that the story would be written on the cover.

Open the first article, write a story about the distant ancients, when the world was not opened, there was a god called Pangu, who split the heaven and the earth, and evolved the story of all things, Chen Bai was deeply attracted by the bizarre stories in the book, and had long forgotten the existence of other people around him.