Chapter 785: The Fleet
From Dali Mansion to Qinzhou, the period is only 1,200 miles, but there are many mountains and steep roads, and there are many hidden marches, often a short road, and it takes most of the day to walk. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lu Chenhuan's personal soldiers once quietly asked, why is it so hidden, is it going to war?
Fat Lu glanced at this pro-soldier and said, "You should know, you can definitely know, if you don't know, you just shut up and don't ask." Since then, the 50,000 forbidden troops have never dared to discuss why they want to pull out, and looking at this direction, they have been walking to the southeast, so can they go to the east of Guangnan? Have you ever heard of any bandits on Guangnan East Road, you must know that at this time, Guangnan East Road is Guangdong, or inaccessible, miasma land, Lingnan area, called Nanban by the Central Plains. In this southern barbarian land, even if it is a bandit, the imperial court should be powerless?
Everyone has doubts in their hearts, except for Lu Chenhuan and Zhi Kexing, these two people often get together and don't know what to say. These two people are both outstanding in martial arts, and if they want to say something unknown, ordinary people can't eavesdrop. Even if it was the entourage next to Zhi Kexing, he only knew that the destination was not Guangnan East Road.
Out of Yunnan, the mountains are steep and flat, and all the way down, almost all of them are low mounds. At this time, the forbidden army adjusted its marching strategy, resting during the day and hurrying at night. Along the official road that Huangzhuang spent money to repair, marched quickly with torches.
Then there was a strange scene, in the dark night, a long fire dragon marched rapidly on the empty official road. When the people in the distance saw it, none of them dared to come out to see the excitement.
Rao is like this, it still took nearly half a month to rush to Qinzhou.
Qinzhou, known as Anzhou in ancient times, Qin Shi Huang 33 years, Qin Dynasty unified Lingnan, placed Nanhai, Guilin, Xiang County, Qinzhou City belongs to the jurisdiction of Xiang County. In the previous dynasty, it was renamed Qinzhou, and Qinjiang was named after Qinshun. Since ancient times, Qinzhou is the southernmost outlet to the sea in China, a natural deep-water port, with wide waters, small wind and waves, less sand, stable shore and beach, and can park large ships. Often, the fleets that go to sea for trade must first go to Qinzhou to replenish fresh water before continuing to sail.
Since Dashun opened the sea trade, Qinzhou has been even busier. In the port of Qinzhou, the 100-material ship can only be regarded as a pediatric, and there are often hundreds of materials, or even thousands of large ships. When there are more ships, there are naturally more people, and when there are more people, the demand is also strong. In the city of Qinzhou, there are almost all the novelties in the original. Not only the gadgets of the Central Plains, but even things from Tianzhu, Persia and other places, there are also everything.
All of a sudden, Qinzhou can almost be called the three major harbors in the south along with Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and there is still a faint momentum of surpassing.
It's just that Qinzhou Port is limited by its geographical location, although it is a natural deep-water harbor, but the throughput is not too large, even if it is expanded repeatedly, it still can't accommodate many large ships. Gradually, the merchants who went to sea to trade understood a rule, the big ship docked in Guangzhou, and the small ship docked in Qinzhou. In this way, there will be no blockages and no time delays.
Because of the small loading capacity, if the boat sails far, the fresh water is not enough, and it needs to be replenished in Qinzhou; The large ships have a large load and a lot of fresh water, so there is no need to dock in Qinzhou.
But this day was very unusual, there was a strange fleet of ships, sailing into the port of Qinzhou.
This fleet, like the ships going to sea, has big sails. But its shape is like that of a loach fishing boat, long and flat. When an experienced old boatman saw it, he would frown: "Such a sea ship, the draft is not deep, and it is so big, if it encounters strong winds and waves, it will definitely capsize!" ”
But the old shipwrights are also very strange, why such a ship can go to sea in a grand manner, don't the shipbuilders know how to do it?
After the strange fleet sailed into the port of Qinzhou, a group of officers and soldiers immediately blocked nearly half of the harbor and forbade all the people to approach. The ships that had been parked in the harbor were also driven away, causing the surrounding people to discuss: "Could it be that this is the royal fleet that came back from Great Qin (Roman Empire)?" Otherwise, how could there be officers and soldiers guarding it! ”
"No, no, in my opinion, this is the fleet of big cannibals, and only big cannibals will make these strange ships. It's strange to say, such a ship should have capsized in the waves a long time ago? ”
"Old man, you don't understand this, as long as you are close to the shore, this boat will not capsize easily!"
"I see!"
The secret is worthless, such a ship does have its advantages, the pointed bow, riding the wind and waves is not a problem, and it can greatly increase the speed of sailing. It's just that in terms of security, it's really not very safe. Because they didn't know that there was such a technology as the "keel" at this time, these old shipwrights still looked at such a ship from the perspective of the old days. Boats without keels should be made as wide as possible to reduce the windy side and resist sudden storms. But with the "keel", there is no need to worry about the toughness and strength of the ship, as long as it is not a strong typhoon, it is estimated that it will not be able to overturn such a ship.
As soon as the strange ship docked, a middle-aged man dressed in the official uniform of the imperial court sailor, an officer who looked like a captain of the forbidden army, stepped forward and said: "Zou Jiaoxi, the general has set up a banquet in the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion, please teach Xi to move to the banquet." ”
The officer of the water division frowned: "The military situation is urgent, do they still have the heart to eat, drink and have fun?" ”
The forbidden military captain had a hot feeling on his face, but he still said without humility or arrogance: "Now that the military order has been issued, the small ones dare not disobey their orders." Zou Jiaoxi, please! ”
"Well, I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in your general's gourd!" The officer of the naval division, dressed in armor, walked down from the deck, and under the leadership of the captain, walked straight to Qinzhou City.
Compared with its Chang'an, Qinzhou is incomparable. But Qinzhou is beautiful in the rivers and mountains, and it has a unique charm. As he walked, the officer of the naval division pondered: "This Qinzhou is really a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, with a flat river and a sea outside. If the enemy advances from both land and sea, the city of Qinzhou is in danger of being broken. Wouldn't it be a bully to insult Qinzhou's elite soldiers and good generals, and another horse Pingchuan! ”
After thinking about it, the governor's government had arrived. The lieutenant led him into the back hall, only to see a fat man get up from the table and laugh and say: "Zou Jiaoxi, after more than a year of absence, his body is stronger than in the past!" Today, we meet again, and we should be a big white! ”
"General Lu, don't come unharmed?" This Zou Jiaoxi gave a military salute lightly and greeted, "I remember that the Holy Majesty ordered the dispatch of troops, not to visit the mountains and rivers and have leisure and recreation. The general is like this, is he ashamed in his heart? ”
This fat man is Lu Chenhuan, and he smiled and said: "Zou Jiaoxi, you don't know anything about this, please sit down, and wait for Ben to answer them one by one." ”
This teaching is an artillery training specially sent by Lu Chengqi, Zou You, who was in Liangshan Shuibo before, has already cooperated with Lu Fatzi once. Zou You has always been upright, and the oil and water do not enter, and Lu Chenhuan also feels a headache. Seeing that he was unmoved, he glanced at the half-white-bearded official in front of the table who looked like Zhizhou, and slowly came to Zou You's side, and whispered in his ear.
"I see!" Zou You was relieved, and immediately sat down and said, "It's me who blames the wrong general, punish yourself!" ”
Fat Lu smiled: "That's right!" Come on, come on, don't be restrained, you will do it first as a respect! (To be continued.) )