Since before the Western Han Dynasty, there were wooden sailing ships from Ningbo Port to reach the Wa Kingdom, and the time required for the wooden sailing ships to cross the East China Sea from Ningbo to reach the area around the Wa Kingdom Zhijia Island was usually not more than ten days and nights, and the fastest was even only three days and nights.

The favorable natural conditions formed by nature have made the Wa Kingdom the most closely related overseas country with Ningbo. The maritime exchanges between the Ningbo region and the Wa Kingdom can be traced back to the distant prehistoric era. However, the early maritime exchanges between Ningbo and the Wa Kingdom were sporadic and accidental. In the Tang Dynasty, a sea route directly across the East China Sea appeared between Ningbo and the Wa Kingdom, thus creating good conditions for exchanges between the two places.

However, the real large-scale trade was formed from the liberalization of trade controls in the Southern Song Dynasty and the relaxation of overseas commodities and export commodities.

At that time, the Wa Kingdom had always been glorified as a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, rejecting Kublai Khan's letter of state, never recognizing the status of the Yuan Dynasty as the suzerain, and was also deeply influenced by the cultural heritage of the Han and Tang dynasties.

The fishermen along the way, all of whom were stunned by the huge fleet that set out from Quanzhou and slowly headed north, were not only stunned by the number of the huge fleet, but also by the huge size of the invincible warship.

The fleet was not moving very fast, and often stopped for several days in the ports along the way, and in addition to the daily wear and tear of supplying the huge fleet, there were many empty transport ships, waiting for the peasants and villagers recruited from all over the country to come aboard.

This is a huge plan, Zhao Tianyou only has a rough outline in his heart, and he can't guess what difficulties he will encounter in the specific implementation, so he can only think about the problems as much as possible.

"How can we load such farmers and ploughing oxen, and go to the middle of the sea to farm?"

Du Hu has always been worried about this, but this time Zhao Tianyou's tone is very tight, and he just doesn't reveal any news, these generals only know the existence of the Dongying Wa Kingdom, but they don't know the customs and customs there at all.

"Our ordinary people there are very hard-working, but the food they grow is too small, and they have to pay half of the harvest for taxes, and every year the weak farmers starve to death. Even if my family is wealthy, dozens of people up and down the family are barely fed, not to those rich families in Quanzhou, who have endless food and wine. ”

Cherry Maruko said and said, her eyes were slightly moist, because of the struggle between the forces of all parties, their family lost a lot of lives, if she hadn't been rescued repeatedly, I am afraid that she would have become a pile of bones, how could it be possible to sit on the bow of the ship so beautifully, and follow the peerless general to conquer Kyoto.

"Little Maruko, are all the girls there as white and tender as you? Then I'm going to find two, marry me home as a daughter-in-law, and go back to give birth to a lot of dolls! ”

The three dogs' squinting eyes looked up and down at the small pills like ripe peaches, and their mouths squirted saliva, but after Zhao Tianyou's knife-like gaze flashed next to him, he immediately sat upright and didn't dare to squint, and deliberately poked his fat belly to distract and resolve the embarrassment just now.

"How big is your house? I have already said that I have to marry seven or eight wives, how many have you really married? Do you have time to have a baby? Do you want me to take a leave of absence for you, please ask the general for approval! ”

The big fat doesn't like to mumble on weekdays, and when it comes to the critical time, the words are also very smooth, and they are snapped out one by one, so that Sangou's head almost gets into the crotch of his pants.

"Brother Sangou, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the women of our country are not in good shape, and their thin calves are not straight, you won't like to marry home!"

Maruko was smiling and joking, the atmosphere in the cabin was lively, and Sangou became the target of public criticism, but there were more people talking about this kid's cheekiness and joked with the other generals.

In the port of Ningbo, the ship was loaded with thousands of people and thousands of cattle and farm tools, and the sea was regarded as a natural farm, and it seemed that the number of farmers recruited was not enough. People have already formed a reflection of Zhao Tianyou's order, and feel that Zhao Tianyou must be right to do this, and naturally he is very cooperative, and the recruited farmers are even more happy, there is not enough food at home, and they can eat enough and make money when they come out to work, so naturally many people will come to apply.

At this time, in the port of Ningbo, there were already Japanese merchants stationed here all the year round, and it was almost impossible to conceal the movement and purpose of the march.

Song Jun was noncommittal about these small actions, and he didn't worry about it at all, in the face of absolute strength, any plan would become a laughing stock, and only the strength to crush everything was the king.

Since relying on tens of thousands of city guards in Guangzhou, he not only resisted the southern invasion army of hundreds of thousands of Boyan, but also successfully went on the northern expedition after his strength was full, and recaptured the territory lost more than 100 years ago, and began to gradually encroach on the original territory of Jin and Liao.

This army is now not only Zhao Tianyou confident, but also the 100,000 sailors are full of confidence, even if they are heading towards the end of the sea, they are still full of confidence, and they will sweep away all the difficulties and obstacles and enemies encountered.

As long as it is not like Kublai Khan's attack on the Wa Kingdom, the South China Sea Fleet will have no rivals on the ocean, and with the cooperation of the compass and the telescope, the dream of crossing the five continents and the four seas is just around the corner.

At this time, there were no mature navigation drawings, the blue sea was full of crises, dotted with reefs, Zhao Tianyou's memory of the sea channel in his heart, was not enough to ensure the safety of the route, so to use the local fishermen and merchant ships to teach or record the nautical charts as a basket book, draw and improve the standard naval navigation drawings.

Local officials at the port of Ningbo saw off a long list of food and drinks to cheer on the incoming South China Sea Fleet, and amid a rumbling salute, the huge fleet set sail and sailed toward the Wa Guo archipelago on the other side of the East China Sea.

From the moment the flagship fleet was anchored, it took three full hours for the huge fleet to completely leave Ningbo Harbor, and slowly disappeared into the sea level as the heavy sail shadows like mountains in the eyes full of energy.

"Lord Zhizhou, with such a large fleet, it is the first time in my life that my subordinates have seen it, those swarthy muzzles of cannons really suck people's souls! My Great Song Dynasty Navy is prosperous and prosperous, and it is about to glorify the five continents, and there is no country that can match me! ”

The tired but excited Ningbo Prefecture official wiped the sweat on his face and said: "The great creation of my Ningbo people is coming, as long as Lord Zhao conquers the Japanese country, my Ningbo port will prosper in a few years!" ”

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