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Facing the aggressive Heavenly Master Dao people, Liu Muzhi took a sip of wine unhurriedly.

After putting down the wine bottle, he picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to taste it.

Sun En and Lu Xun looked impatient and wanted to open their mouths to urge, but they were strictly forbidden by Sun Tai with his eyes.

After a long while, Liu Muzhi was full of food and drink.

I saw him smile and say, "I thought there was something in Hexi that was worth remembering by all the Taoist leaders." ”

"It turned out that the horizontal knife was very popular, and the horizontal knife was indeed quite popular with the outside world."

"In addition to the children of the family who want a high-grade horizontal knife but can't, even Nanjun Gong has bought a few for self-defense."

"Right Sima, you may have misunderstood, my Heavenly Master Dao is not to buy a few ......"

"Lingxiu, shut up!"

Sun Tai viciously reprimanded Sun Tai and forced back the words that he wanted to come to his lips.

He had already understood the deep meaning of Liu Mu's words, Hexi could sell armor weapons to Heavenly Master Dao, but he couldn't come publicly.

In addition, he also got a key piece of information from Liu Mu's words, that is, Huan Xuan was also buying armor to prepare for war.

Thinking of the imminent chaos in Jiangdong, Sun Tai was so excited that he almost looked up to the sky and roared.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Liu Muzhi bowed slightly, it was really easy to deal with smart people.

As for the Heavenly Master's planned rebellion, perhaps the court has not yet known about it, but Hexi has already heard about it.

However, Hexi was happy to see this, so it was not surprising that he sold his armor to the Heavenly Master Dao.

Moreover, at present, Liu Muzhi needs to rely on the Heavenly Master Dao ship to catch sea fish, and he can't offend them.

In addition, if you have a good relationship now, when Sanwu becomes a pot of porridge in the future, it will not be affected.

Next, Sun Tai and Liu Muzhi had a good time drinking and quickly finalized the cooperation agreement.

Heavenly Master Dao got the coveted armor, and Liu Muzhi solved the source of raw materials for the processing workshop, which can be said to be a great joy.

At the end of the feast, the two sides parted happily.

……

The next day, when Liu Muzhi woke up from a hangover, he began to visit the entire island, accompanied by Lu Xun.

Of course, during the visit, I consciously or unconsciously avoided all the hidden places.

In this regard, Liu Muzhi did not express dissatisfaction, and still visited the island scenery with great interest.

The area of the island is limited, and except for some places that cannot be visited, the two quickly walked around the island.

In the end, Liu Muzhi and the others came to the dock and watched the ships coming in and out of the dock.

After observing for a while, Liu Muzhi turned his head to look at Lu Xun and asked, "Yuanlong, why are they all sand boats and building boats?" ”

"Right Sima didn't know that because the deck building was particularly huge, the ship was too high, the center of gravity was unstable, and it was okay to drive in the river. Once you enter the sea with high waves and strong winds, it is easy to cause ship destruction and death. ”

"Don't look at the size of the sand ship is not as tall as the building ship, because of its small size, it is agile."

"And because it is a flat-bottomed, it is not suitable to run aground when sailing near shallow seas, and it is also called 'sand control flat-bottomed boat'."

"I see, Mu Zhi has been taught."

Sure enough, it is like a mountain across the line, don't look at Liu Muzhi's talent, but he doesn't know anything about maritime affairs, far less than Lu Xun, who has been floating on the sea for many years.

"Yuanlong, can I go to the boat and have a look?"

"What's not to do about that? Please come with you. Saying that, Lu Xun led Liu Muzhi to board a boat by sand.

Liu Muzhi gently stroked the hull with his hand and found that although the basic structure of the hull was made of wood, the entire cabin and board were covered with raw cowhide.

"This is used to set fires, don't look at the boat driving on the river and sea, there is water everywhere, but I am afraid of fire attack."

Liu Muyi listened to Lu Xun's explanation while carefully examining the hull structure.

But I saw that there were several oar holes on both sides of the ship, which were specially used to insert oars, and a huge sail was erected in the middle of the deck.

In the offshore area, large building ships cannot be used and are prone to capsizing.

On the contrary, some small and medium-sized sand boats, due to their small size, are very conducive to sailing at sea.

And some large sand ships are also enough to meet the deep-sea voyage.

It's just that ordinary people can't afford to buy large sand boats, and the government has little interest in deep-sea voyages.

So before the Song Dynasty, the ancient maritime trade was not very prosperous, and there were not even many pirates.

You must know that in history, Sun En was known as the ancestor of Chinese pirates, which shows that piracy was almost impossible before that.

Walking into the cabin, Liu Muzhi looked left and right with great interest, and found that there were windows on all four sides of each floor.

"It was a crossbow window spear hole, from where the sailors could attack the enemy with bows and arrows."

"Sure enough, it's a sharp weapon at sea." Liu Muzhi was full of praise for the short and concise sand boat.

When getting off the boat, Liu Muzhi asked casually as if unintentionally: "Yuanlong, I wonder if I can sell a batch of sea ships to Hexi?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Xun was stunned, and asked with a puzzled face: "What is the use of buying a sea ship in Hexi?" ”

"Hahaha, don't care what Hexi wants a sea boat for, Yuanlong only said if he can sell it."

Lu Xun was puzzled: "This ...... This, I don't dare to make decisions on my own, you need to ask about the sacrificial wine. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for Yuanlong's good news."

Liu Muzhi's proposal to buy a sea vessel was completely whimsical.

When he saw that Heavenly Master Dao was operating a piece of heaven and earth on an overseas island, he couldn't help but wonder if Hexi could also follow the other party's example.

The sea is vast, and there are many uninhabited islands overseas.

Whenever one is found, Hexi will have a foothold.

In the future, if war breaks out in Jiangdong, if the relevant personnel and materials are too late to evacuate, they can evacuate to the nearest island for refuge.

However, it is still quite difficult to do so.

In addition to the purchase of warships, it is also necessary to recruit the relevant sailors.

What's more important is that Liu Muzhi has been touching for a long time, and he has not found a person from Hexi who can take on this important task.

……

was coldly messed with by Liu Muzhi, and Lu Xun didn't have the heart to accompany Liu Muzhi around blindly.

He sent Liu Muzhi to rest, and hurried to find Sun Tai.

"What do you say?! Liu Muzhi wants to buy a sea boat? ”

"Sacrificial wine, why do you say that the people of Hexi suddenly proposed to buy sea boats?"

Sun Tai shook his head and said: "I can't guess the poor road, Hexi is located in the northwest, thousands of miles away from the sea, and there is no place to go to the sea to get some sea boats?" Could it be that Hexi wants to take root in Sanwu? ”

"I can't!"

"It's okay to do business here, once you want to gain a foothold and take root, not to mention the court, the Guangshi family is enough for them to drink a pot."

"Hey, it's really hard to guess what this right Sima is thinking."

"Sacrificial wine, in my opinion, no matter what the purpose of the Hexi people is, I should not give up this opportunity."

"After all, even if we don't do this business, there will be other people who sell ships to Hexi."

"Well, that's true."

It is not surprising that the Heavenly Master Dao people can't figure out Liu Muzhi's thoughts, after all, the ancient people lacked the awareness of the ocean.

Even if Sun Tai already has a powerful sailor, he will only think about developing to the mainland, but he will not think about conquering any sea.

And Liu Muzhi was also inspired by the Heavenly Master's Dao, and he had a flash of inspiration to 'develop' on the sea.

Even so, Liu Muzhi just wanted to find a way out.

……

During Liu Muzhi's departure, Sima Xiuzhi was suddenly busy.

While supervising the construction of the workshop, he also had to buy grain from the family and pack and seal the purchased grain.

On this day, Sima Xiuzhi wanted to come to the workshop to inspect as usual, and suddenly heard someone shouting and running.

"It's back, it's back, Right Sima is back."

Liu Muzhi first briefly told Sima Xiuzhi about his current trip to the island, and then put forward the idea of developing overseas.

Hearing this, Sima Xiuzhi couldn't help but feel dumbfounded by his whimsical thoughts.

"At present, it is necessary to find an overseas island as soon as possible, and it is better to stay away from Jiangdong so as not to be detected by outsiders."

"Hugh Zhi is from the royal family, I must have been in contact with the royal collection before, I don't know if I have ever seen it, have you ever seen an ancient book that specializes in introducing the scenery of the sea?"

Sima Xiuzhiqiang pressed down on the horror in his heart, closed his eyes, and began to search for the memories hidden in the depths of his mind.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said, "Don't say it, your subordinates really think of a good place." ”

"Where?" Liu Muzhi asked anxiously.

"Wu Guo Danyang Taishou Shen Ying once wrote a book called "Linhai Soil Chronicles", which was collected in the palace."

"When I was young, I had the pleasure of seeing an island called Yizhou."

"Yizhou is in the southeast of Linhai County, and it is about 2,000 miles to the county."

"Hahaha, when I heard Xiu Zhi say this, I suddenly remembered that there seems to be an account in "Three Kingdoms".

Liu Muzhi and Sima Xiuzhi became more and more excited the more they talked, and finally the two of them lay on the desk, and according to their respective impressions, they reluctantly drew a simple map, roughly marking the location of Yizhou.

Liu Muzhi pointed to the southeast sea frontier of the Great Jin Dynasty and said: "The geographical location of Yizhou is very important, and since the Eastern Wu, few people have paid attention to it. There are also natives on the island to drive, and once used by Hexi, it is enough to become a sea base. ”

At the moment, the two of them had decided on a plan, and Liu Muzhi immediately sent a letter to Wei Shuo and told him what he was planning in his heart.