This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is more grand than in previous years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBecause the imperial court recovered the lost territory in the north, this feat is too great, and it must be celebrated that year, the next year, and this year. Although there is now a rebellion in the south, the imperial court is mobilizing troops to suppress it, and the progress is quite smooth. In order to encourage the people and encourage themselves by the way, the officials and ministers of the imperial court regard this Mid-Autumn Festival as a political task, and it must be done in a big way!

The viewing platform by the river has changed from one floor to two floors, more than twice the size of previous years. The royal river lantern was originally a wooden lotus platform, but now it has been simply changed into a wooden boat painted with gold and silver, on which hundreds of arm-thick cetack wax are inserted, and it is parked outside the water gate, guarded by the Imperial Guards.

In addition, Emperor Lizong also set up more than ten tables of wine banquets in the cupola temple on the side of the Phoenix Mountain, preparing a big banquet for the ministers, everyone drank and wrote lyrics, and climbed the height to admire the moon. In order to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Great Song Dynasty court specially purchased 50,000 large fireworks from the Jinhe Empire, and after worshipping the tide god, it will be set off on the city wall.

Just when the people of Lin'an, the court officials, and the royal family were happily celebrating the festival, no one would have thought that a fleet was sailing from thousands of miles away, and at this time, they were bypassing the Lisi Islands by night, and the thieves drilled into Hangzhou Bay.

Jintang Island, outside the port of Mingzhou, is the largest anchorage of the Great Song Dynasty sailors at the mouth of the Qiantang River. Because there will be a big river tide today, all the naval warships have docked into the port, just wait for the dawn to put on red and hang colors to set sail, go to the river to give the officials and the people a good show, this is also a routine, in order to prevent the people from driving their own boats to make the tide to beg for color, and let everyone enjoy the demeanor of the tide, every year when the tide comes, the battleships of the naval division become the performance boats on the Qiantang River. If you can make the official family happy, maybe there will be a lot of rewards.

"Liu Juntou, you are on duty today, why didn't you go out on patrol on time?" At this time, in the naval camp on Jintang Island, two young officers were asking their subordinates loudly.

"Yudutou, today is the tide god coming, the little ones are preparing sacrifices, hesitate a little, don't blame the head, go cruising immediately!" Several sailors who were questioned saw that the officer was all smiling, and walked to the dock as they went, and got on a brig clipper.

"Brother Huairen, how can such discipline be accomplished? Now the imperial court is using troops in the south, but the sailor is here to prepare for the festival juggling. I have been in the book many times, but unfortunately it is like a stone in the sea, and the commander has not asked me about it once, he only cares about whether his family's sea ship has returned to Japan or not. In the face of such a group of soldiers, the young officer was helpless. This is not to blame the soldiers, the high-level of the sailor division also went back to Lin'an City for the holiday, can they still expect the low-level officers and big-headed soldiers to take it seriously?

"Brother Guibei, although you and I are both from the Sailor School and are also reused by the imperial court, it is better not to interfere too much in this kind of matter. It's not that the imperial court doesn't want to send sailors, but it doesn't dare, everyone knows which rebellious maritime merchants have an unclear relationship with the Jinhe Empire. If it was only a war on land, the Golden River Empire would not find an excuse to intervene, and once the war was extended to the sea, especially on the South Seas side, they would end up in person. Although my Great Song Naval Division has been constantly changing ships over the years, compared to the Royal Navy of the Jinhe Empire, it is superior to the judgment. In the first half of the year, when we escorted the caravan to the port of Kalamba, didn't we run into them on the way, do you think we really want to fight, can the Great Song Sailor be the enemy? ”

Another young officer patted his companion on the shoulder and shook his head helplessly. Now the Great Song Dynasty seems to be in a good form on the surface, but in fact, the more you come into contact with the high-level, the more you know that the danger is approaching. No one is a fool, the relationship between the Straits Company State and the Jinhe Empire can hide from ordinary people, and it can't hide from the court officials and these naval officers. They are also very worried about the future of Da Song, but they can't do anything about it.

"I hope that the Jinhe Empire can fight, as long as they can treat the Song people like their own people, it is not a bad thing. I was so disappointed by the government and the imperial court, how encouraging it was to defeat the Mongols and regain the north two years ago! Originally, I thought that the imperial court would make every effort to govern the country, but I didn't expect that the blood of the front-line soldiers had not dried up, so they thought about moving the capital and building a palace. If you can put all this money and goods into the sailors, you may not be able to fight the Royal Navy! The young officer watched as the brig slowly and reluctantly left the dock and disappeared into the dark sea, and turned to his companion to speak from the bottom of his heart.

He and his companions were both sailor officers who graduated from the Sailor School the year before last, which was modeled after the navigation school of the Jinhe Empire, which was specially designed to train middle-level commanders for the Great Song Navy, and also hired several naval generals of the Jinhe Empire as teachers. At the beginning, the Great Song Dynasty court did realize that the navy was a relatively special branch of the military, and without professional talents, it would not be able to exert its due combat effectiveness.

However, with the pacification of the war in the north, the new wind of reform in the Great Song Dynasty gradually disappeared. The gods and goddesses in the court began to fight for power and profit again, attacking each other, fighting endlessly for their own interests, and just moving the capital made the court divided into two factions: the north and the south. Everyone is busy with their own business, and no one cares about any future plans.

It's a pity that these young people with a heart to serve the country are full of pride when they are in school, and as soon as they walk out of the school gate, they have a basin of ice water in their pockets. not only poured a cold heart, but also made them truly realize how incompatible they are with the people around them. There is only one reason, their teachers are generals of the Jinhe Empire, and while they teach their own knowledge, they also inadvertently infect their worldview and values to their students.

"Shh......h You are crazy! Now that the relationship between the two countries is at a delicate moment, it is better to say less of this kind of words, even if you are not afraid of yourself, you have to think about the wife and the wife at home. I heard that even the Jinhe Empire teachers in the school have been withdrawn, and the day of our expedition is probably not far off. Brother Guibei, not only are you uncomfortable in the water division, but I also feel uncomfortable, or I'll go and talk to my family, let's just go back to school and be teachers, out of sight and out of mind. The other young officer, who was obviously a bit more tactful, also had grievances in his heart, but he generally did not show them. Listening to what he meant, his family is not an ordinary person, and he has a lot of means. It's no wonder that the children who come out of such a family will be deeper in the city.

"Hell! Urge, urge, sooner or later, our brothers will be urged by you to go to the ghost gate, and live a good life, thinking about going south all day to fight with the Royal Navy, and defeat! The two officers on the shore were chatting, and several sailors on the brig were not idle, and when they saw that the ship was far from the shore, the military leader surnamed Liu held on to the mast and spat, scolding hatefully.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone else is gathering with their families, and if they are not on duty, they can also go to Mingzhou City to visit, as for patrolling or something, drive a boat out and go around the neighborhood, and it will be a show. But this year was unlucky, and when I met so many raw melons and eggs to serve in the water division, not only was I not allowed to go to Mingzhou City for the holiday, but I also stared at the ships and people on duty, and I couldn't make one less trip.

"Commander, who is going to fight in the south?" Here he cursed, and the sailor next to him heard it and asked.

"Who else, our Zhao Dutou! I have heard from the heads of other battalions who are familiar with each other that he has already sent a note to the commander several times in a row, saying that he wants to invite the war to the south to fight with the Strait Company State. Isn't this a full meal! He thought that after a few days in the academy, he would really be a water general? Phew! Only when he saw the fleets of those maritime merchants did he know what a naval battle was, and these ships in our naval division were not as big as their size, their naval guns were not as thick, and their numbers were not as large as those of others, so why fight? If it is nothing to just fight the maritime merchants, the brothers may be able to fight if they risk their lives, but who doesn't know that the maritime merchants and the Royal Navy wear a pair of pants, and it depends on the owner to fight the dogs. Liu Juntou was sulky, and he complained more. He was not from a professional background and did not understand naval warfare so thoroughly, but this did not prevent him from accurately assessing the strength of both sides. This is not his opinion alone, many old sailors in the Great Song Dynasty Naval Division who have been in the Navy for many years and have seen large-scale naval battles basically have this opinion.

(To be continued.) )