Chapter 159: The Flotilla Arrives

Half a month has passed in a flash, and today Li Zhen was rarely relieved from her busy work and came to the dock to wait for something.

At this time, it was already past noon, and the sun in the sky hung high, illuminating the whole world, but it did not dispel the severe cold at the head of the river, and there was still a thin mist on the pier, shrouding the distant scenery in haze.

However, the cold weather did not stop people's enthusiasm, the gongs and drums on the wharf were noisy, firecrackers were ringing, red flags were displayed, and there were crowds of people.

And when Li Zhen came to the dock, in addition to his guards, there were also officials of all sizes in Yuezhou, as long as they were not on official business, they all stood behind Li Zhen at this time, looking forward to it.

As the governor of the Yuezhou fleet at this time, whose status was second only to Li Zhen, Liu Renliang was also impressively listed (because Li Shimin was assassinated and Li Daozong was killed, in order to stabilize the situation between the DPRK and China, Cen Wenwen and Changsun Wuji stayed in Chang'an, and the rest of them had already gone to the battlefield separately, and Tianzhu and Dongjiao were about to go to war).

This is very rare, because since returning to Lingnan, Liu Renliang quickly took over the Yuezhou fleet, often led the fleet to go to sea for training, often going for three or five days, even if he did not go to sea, he would always stay in the fleet to deal with official business, unless it was to meet Li Zhen in person, it was rare to see him come out, but it was difficult to come out today.

"Your Highness, will our ship arrive today?" Liu Renliang stood next to him and couldn't wait to ask, which also explained the reason why he came out, because today is the day when Li Zhen said that a thousand ships will arrive - although he does not directly command these ships, but Li Zhen has positioned him as a marshal in the future, so the large and small ships in Yuezhou must be under his jurisdiction, as the supreme commander of the fleet, of course he will come out to meet his future subordinates. What's more, he was also very curious about this legendary 5,000-ton ship, so he rarely put down his official duties and went out.

"Of course." Li Zhen smiled and nodded: "According to the information from the Xunzhou Assassin History this morning, our fleet has passed through the territorial waters of Xunzhou yesterday afternoon, and it should have almost reached Xiangjiang this morning." ”

"That's going to be fast." Liu Renliang finally put his heart back in his stomach, Xiangjiang is at the mouth of Yuezhou Port, not far from Nanhai County, the seat of Yuezhou, even if it is against the current, at the speed of ordinary sailboats, it only takes half a day at most to come here, and it is already noon, which means that if everything goes well on this trip, the fleet should be about to arrive.

Thinking of this, Liu Renliang couldn't help but show a look of anticipation on his face - even if he was suspicious of Li Zhen's words, as a navy, Liu Renliang still very much hoped that what Li Zhen said was true.

Even if it's not true, half of it is true.

"Eh, look, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming......"

"Oh my God, there are so many sails."

"Cut, I haven't seen the world, this is how much, and it is said that there are more than a thousand ships this time."

“……”

Just as the two were talking, a commotion suddenly came from a distance, and it got closer and closer, and soon reached Li Zhen's ears.

A smile appeared on Li Zhen's face—it had finally arrived.

He didn't care about his demeanor, so he hurriedly jumped into the carriage, stood on the roof, looked into the distance with a telescope, and beckoned down as he looked: "Look, everyone, our ship has arrived." ”

"Your Highness is dangerous." Liu Renliang hurriedly jumped up desperately, blocking Li Zhen tightly behind him, he really didn't expect that as a civil official, he would have such good skills, it can be seen that the environment can really change people.

"It's okay, take a look, it's really spectacular." Li Zhen didn't care, he was already surrounded by his people, don't look at the crowd on the dock, in fact, everyone was under the surveillance of the internal guards, ensuring that as long as one person moved, he would be greeted by merciless bullets.

So although standing on the commanding heights, Li Zhen was not nervous, but stuffed the telescope into Liu Renliang's hand, and pointed to the distance of the port excitedly: "More than a thousand ships are lined up together, this scene may be this once in a lifetime." ”

"Thousand Sails Competition, this is the real Thousand Sails Competition." Liu Renliang had also put the telescope in front of him at this time, looking at the distant scene and muttering to himself, his expression was quite excited.

"Hey, it's a pity that you can only see this scene once." Li Zhen said with some regret, because the next more than 1,000 ships will be split into many parts by Li Zhen, and then cooperate with the supporting large and small ships to form a fleet to explore the ocean for the Tang Dynasty, and it will be difficult to gather together again.

"Your Highness, are these ships all subordinate? Are these all our ships? Is it all true? "The fleet is getting closer and closer, and nearly half of the ships have been completely exposed from the horizon in a perfect posture, and most of the remaining half of the hulls have been exposed, so many large ships gathered together, with their backs to the slightly cold sun in the sky and the faint mist, there is quite a sense of dreaminess, so that Liu Renliang is a little incredulous, suspecting that it is in a dream.

"Of course it's true, these are the ships that the palace has prepared for more than ten years, and they are also the basis for Datang to conquer the world in the future, and Datang's eternal foundation will start from these ships." Li Zhen was also infected by the spectacular scene in front of her, and her heart was inevitably a little agitated.

The fleet is getting closer and closer to the dock, and the appearance of the fleet is completely revealed in front of everyone, everyone freezes their breath, looking at the scene in front of them, their eyes are shocked, shocked, and envious. Unbelievable...... A wide range of emotions.

For those who have not seen this scene with their own eyes, it is difficult to imagine the shock of a thousand large ships put together—an indescribable oppression from momentum. The spectacular view was breathless for everyone, and it grew heavier as the fleet got closer.

You must know that this is a thousand-ton cargo ship, and it is all wood - a thousand-ton iron ship is already huge enough, as a wooden sailing ship, the size is much larger than that of a steel freighter of the same level, floating on the sea is like a small mountain, a thousand ships are a thousand mountains, so many mountains put together, the deterrent effect can be imagined.

Soon, with the sound of a vector horn, the fleet slowly approached the wharf - after more than a year of construction in Yuezhou Port, all wharves have been built, and according to Li Zhen's specifications, Yuezhou Port can berth 3,000 large ships at the same time, and the limit is more than 5,000 ships, so don't look at the number of these thousand ships, but for Yuezhou Port, it is just sprinkling.

(End of chapter)