At the end of the negotiation, Gao Yihuan ate what he had already gotten and was basically satisfied.

For the Nanjing court, they did not lose much on the surface, the court did not need to take out much grain at once, the treasury did not pay a single copper, but the taxes of Hunan were missing, and the control of Changde and Yuezhou was just that.

As for Gao Jingzhong licking his face and proposing to be the emperor's brother-in-law, it was an immature suggestion made by Gao Jingzhong outside of the conditions.

Whether this matter is agreed or not depends on how Zhu Cihong decides, and it does not affect the agreement between the imperial court and Gao Yihuan.

Now Gao Dashuai has a concubine and is pregnant, but he has never married a wife.

It's not that Gao Dashuai doesn't want to take it, it's just that there is really no suitable person.

If you want to be a tall and handsome old Taishan, you must first be hard enough, and you must be rich and powerful.

Gao Yihuan's marriage is mostly related to politics, and it must be helpful to his hegemony, not casual.

However, it is not very easy to find such a person, even if it is not a princess, it must be the daughter of a prince of one party, or the daughter of an important subordinate under his command.

At this time, in the circle of tall and handsome, there are a bunch of bandits and hooligans, or there is no daughter of the right age, and there is really no suitable candidate.

Regarding this matter, the old man Gao Zurong was very anxious, and Gao Yihuan himself was also very anxious.

Gao Yihuan just mentioned it, and the rest was up to the Ming Dynasty to decide.

In his opinion, he is so capable and strong, and it is reasonable for the Zhu family to win him over, and there is no reason to refuse him.

At the end of the negotiations, the two Qincha left Wuchang in a bit of anger and brought back an agreement to quench their thirst.

Wei Wujun also withdrew from the city of Wuchang and retreated to the west bank of the Jinshui River, where they began to digest the territory they had eaten.

Dongting Lake, known as Yunmeng in ancient times, is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, on the south bank of the Jingjiang River, with vast waters, and was once known as "Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting" in ancient times.

In the vicinity of Dongting Lake, there are four major water systems of Lishui, Yuanjiang, Zishui and Xiangjiang flowing into the lake.

Around the lake, the land is fertile, and the lake is rich in products, and it is a well-deserved land of fishing and rice.

At this time, at the confluence of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River, Gao Yihuan led a group of generals and staff to stand on the shore.

"The north depends on horses, and the south depends on boats! This time, our forces crossed the Yangtze River, pocketed Changde and Yuezhou, and turned Dongting Lake into our inner lake. The river network here is vertical and horizontal, and there is no decent water army, but it can't be done! Gao Yihuan raised the horsewhip and rowed half a circle, on his left side is the misty Dongting Lake, where the water and the sky meet, and on the right side is the rolling Yangtze River, the scenery is very spectacular.

Jin Shenghuan nodded and agreed: "The big handsome is very right. This time, he fought with Jiang Shuishi, and found that the warships of the imperial court were indeed good. This time they had fewer ships, so the battery could repel it, and if there were more ships, the battery would not be able to stop it at all. If we don't have a working sailor, once we let the imperial sailors rush through Wuchang and then block the waterway, it will be troublesome. ”

After Jin Shenghuan saw the warship of the Jiang Water Division, he was still quite shocked in his heart, knowing that in the battle on the water, Wei Wujun's naval division was definitely not an opponent.

Gao Yihuan thought so, not to mention building a huge sailor to go to sea, at least he had to conquer Dongting Lake.

Although Gao Yihuan's finances now do not support him to build a powerful sailor while having a large army of horse steps, there is no problem in maintaining a well-equipped sailor with a size of thousands of people.

Now is the era of great navigation, the sooner you have a sailor, the better, Gao Yihuan is actually very yearning for the ocean.

Gao Yihuan said: "Ben Shuai is going to form the Dongting Naval Division, expand the naval division to 6,000 people, and build warships and artillery to equip them. Ben Shuai does not require them to be able to control the entire Yangtze River, at least they must have the strength to fight in Huguang! ”

It takes longer for a naval division to form a combat force than an infantry army, cavalry, or artillery corps, and it may take years, or even decades.

Gao Yihuan is also taking precautions, preparing to use the elite strategy to build a sailor, training talents and accumulating experience at the same time.

In this way, when he really has the ability to develop a water master, he will be able to have enough talents, so that he will not start from scratch, and he will be able to greatly reduce the time required for development.

Chen Mingxia shook his fan, "There are many fishermen around Dongting Lake, who can become a source of soldiers for the commander. In addition, there is a shipbuilding workshop in the south of Yuezhou City, and there should be many craftsmen, who may be able to be used by the marshal. ”

Yuezhou is an important commercial city in Huguang, and many grain ships have to stop in Yuezhou every day, and there are also many ships from the south of the Yangtze River to dock for supplies.

Because Yuezhou City has developed water transportation and ships come and go frequently, it is inevitable that there will be damage, so there is a workshop for shipbuilding and repairing ships.

This workshop mainly builds some merchant ships, as well as fishing boats on Dongting Lake, and the scale is not very large, and most people do not know about it.

Chen Mingxia had seen the scrolls of Yuezhou Mansion, so he knew that there was such a small workshop.

"Oh~" Gao Yihuan became interested, "Let's go, take Ben Shuai to take a look!" ”

The next group of people turned over and ran towards the shipbuilding workshop ten miles south of Yuezhou City.

When Gao Yihuan went north to southern Henan last year, he once instructed Zhao Zhuzi to form a 3,000-strong naval army for him.

Now these 3,000 sailors have been formed, but the strength makes Gao Yihuan dare not compliment, they can just operate the ship to transport things, not to mention the water war.

The navy division did not form combat power, in addition to Gao Yihuan's lack of effective naval generals, as well as talents who are familiar with water warfare, the small sampan of the naval division is also the main reason for limiting the strength of the naval army.

Shipbuilding is a technical job, if it is not built well, as soon as the waves hit and a few cannons, the ship may fall apart, and even some ships have an unreasonable structure, and they will sink directly as soon as the wind comes.

Such a ship will not only not improve the combat power of the sailor, but will harm the life of the sailor.

Gao Yihuan once had a number of boats built, but in addition to the small sampans that could be used, the larger ships basically had all kinds of problems, so they had to give up in the end.

At this time, Gao Yihuan is very interested in the shipbuilding workshop, hoping to build a batch of big ships that can show their skills in the big rivers and lakes.

At this time, Gao Yihuan took the lead, the horse was fast, and hundreds of people galloped behind him, which made people feel a sense of pride in their hearts, and they couldn't help but want to chant a poem.

Not long after, Gao Yihuan and his party arrived at a lake in the southern suburbs, and saw a few lonely houses, a lot of timber piled up in the open space, as well as a few broken small sampans, and half-built keels.

Someone in the workshop soon found Gao Yihuan and his party, they saw so many troops coming, the craftsman and the master were a little panicked, and a man in his forties walked out with some trepidation.

The guard stepped forward to bring the man to him, Gao Yihuan glanced at him, and then asked, "You are the owner of the shipyard?" ”

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