"The headwind can adjust the angle of the sails and let the boat go diagonally!" Zhang Yi said: "It's a little slower, but it's still possible." ”

"It may take some time to confirm," Meng said. ”

"Don't be afraid, take your time!" Zhang Yi walked up to Meng Kang and said: "I didn't just want to see the ship this time, I have already separated a part of the navy from the navy to become a navy, and this force will fight on the sea in the future." The ships that have been built in the dock here cannot be transported to the sea by river, so I have to choose a new dock in Kure County, and this place will also be transferred to the mouth of the water or even the mouth of Chaisang. You have someone in charge of the river punts, and you will be fully responsible for the construction of the sea boats. ”

Meng Kang asked suspiciously, "Lord, we don't seem to need a sea boat, right?" ”

Zhang Yi waved his hand to let the people around him go a little farther, and then whispered: "I plan to build a navy within two years, go north to attack Cao Cao, and aid Yuan Shao." I need time now, and I can't let Cao Cao pacify the north. ”

Meng Kang said very strangely: "Can the lord conclude that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao? Yuan Shao is also the third prince of the fourth world. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "After the failure of Yuan Shaoguandu, the defeat has already been decided. You don't care about that, you just need to help me build a sea boat as soon as possible, after testing. You've done a great job! Meng Kang, you are a craftsman, and I hope you will always promise that you will have a heart for technology, do not get involved in any politics, and do not take sides. ”

Meng Kang didn't understand what was going on, "Did something happen?" Lord? ”

Zhang Yi said: "I just want to warn you, when your status is high in the future, don't get involved in politics, just take care of your own place." ”

Meng Kang nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Remember my words, and after explaining the work here, go to Gan Ning in the mouth of the water, and I will ask him to escort you to the shipyard!"

"No!"

Meng Kang was a little confused by Zhang Yi, but Zhang Yi had to warn. There was now a clear tendency for his subordinates to be divided, whether summoned or not, the faction was already obvious. Liu Ye, Lu Su and other people who first took refuge in Zhang Yi began to regard themselves as old men, they occupied important positions and had great influence. The new faction was led by Liu Muzhi, Zhu Zhi and others, all of whom had some Sun backgrounds, and some were forced or even had to help each other and support each other's work.

If it weren't for Zhang Yi's forces, the battle between the two sides would definitely be more intense.

No force can avoid this situation, Yuan Shao's subordinates have already presented this situation, and Cao Cao's is also brewing. If Cao Cao hadn't had a huge family and his family members occupied important positions, perhaps this problem might have erupted. And Cao Cao has a good assistant, Xun Yu! Xun Yu's existence made the contradictions under his command never break out, and it was not until after Xun Yu's death that those big families began to grasp the authority, and finally made a wedding dress for the Sima family.

Although Liu Ye and Liu Muzhi are both good strategists, they both have flaws, that is, their political ability is not top-notch, and they will inevitably fall into infighting. Zhang Yi now needs a political helper, at least to help him eliminate internal contradictions. If he couldn't eliminate it before it grew stronger, Zhang Yi could be sure that something would definitely go wrong with his forces.

Meng Kang quickly explained the matter of the dock, and the dock will also be transferred to the mouth of the water after the current ship is built.

Gan Ning took people to protect Meng Kang and marched towards Wu County, Gan Ning had already received Zhang Yi's appointment as the naval governor, he was very happy, and said to Meng Kang excitedly: "Meng Rafter, do you know? The wind and waves at sea are so interesting, you know? I was on the boat and almost got turned into the sea. ”

Meng Kang looked at Gan Ning helplessly, obviously unable to understand what this reckless man was thinking.

Li Jun and Pan Zhang sat in the back, looking at Meng Kang, who had been bombarded by Gan Ning's language, and gloated, "Lao Li, how long do you say this Meng Rafter can last?" ”

"I don't know! But I know he's annoyed by now! ”

"Agreed!"

Instead of getting off the boat, the crowd began to look for a suitable place to build a port and dock around the banks of the Wu River. After checking for more than a month, Meng Kang finally found a place, that is, the estuary of the Wusong River (also the estuary, but because it is very close to the sea, the ancients couldn't tell the difference). Meng Kang sent someone to inform Li Jing and asked him to send someone to help build the port and dock, and at the same time sent the design drawings of the port and dock to Shouchun and Zhang Yi's desk.

Zhang Yi saw the design of the port and the dock, compared it with the map of Wu County, and then felt that it was too coincidental! Louxian is about the first generation of today's Kunshan City, and the port and dock are almost today's downtown Shanghai.

This coincidence made Zhang Yi feel incredible, he had already thought that Meng Kang might choose Dantu (Zhenjiang), Biling (Changzhou), or even Zhangjiagang in the future, but he definitely didn't expect Meng Kang to choose Shanghai.

But seeing such a coincidence, Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel that it was providence to be like this? He directly issued an order to Li Jing to establish a military city there, the name of this city was Shanghai, and it was an independent county, which was directly responsible to Li Jing.

The construction of the city of Shanghai was not completed overnight, nor was the port and dockyard completed overnight. However, after the construction of this city, it will be more meaningful, and he hopes that this city will become a more advanced way for China to enter the era of sea power, at least to break the so-called first island chain and the second island chain. It takes countless years for the navy to accumulate, and it is possible for hundreds or thousands of years. He didn't believe that he had left China with the impression of sea power 2,000 years earlier, and that China would still be bullied by others in the future?

After Zhang Yi gave the order, he directly took his personal guards to the military camp to help collect grain. This year, Yangzhou is really a bumper harvest, not only Jiujiang, Lujiang, Yuzhang three systems have determined the harvest of the county, but also Danyang, Wu County has also harvested. It's just that at the time of harvesting, the weather is not very good, and if you don't rush to harvest, you may not be able to harvest.

There is a stipulation in Zhang Yi's strong military drill that by this time, the local garrison needs to help the people harvest grain. In this era of very low grain production, grain is an important strategic resource, and it must be relied on to feed people.

At this time, people have not learned two kinds a year, although Zhang Yi also wants to promote, but he has not yet found the seeds of winter wheat, so he does not dare to fully implement this decision now, can only find a piece of land to experiment, until the experiment comes out, he will be fully promoted.