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However, within an hour, Ding Baokun came to report that the salaries of the sailors and soldiers were 15,000 taels of silver, and the maintenance of the warship was 30,000 taels of silver, a total of 45,000 taels of silver.

Zheng Xunrui immediately arranged for Zheng Jinhong to take out these silvers, in fact, after Ding Baokun said the maintenance cost of 10,000 taels of silver, Zheng Xunrui knew that it was not enough, on average, each warship was less than 30 taels of silver, you must know that the warships moored at the dock are almost all large warships, and the maintenance cost of only 30,000 taels of silver can be done.

Ding Baokun also didn't expect that Zheng Xunrui would be so refreshing, and immediately took out the silver.

Early the next morning, the warship began to be lively, the soldiers of the Zheng family, together with the soldiers of the Penglai Sailors, all went to the warship, and the craftsmen invited from Dengzhou also began to repair the warship, and the soldiers of the Zheng Jiajun also had to participate in this process, and they also had to be familiar with the structure of the warship.

Zheng Xunrui's requirements are very clear, the artillery on the warship is retained, the bow and crossbow are retained, and the rest of the firearms are basically withdrawn and preserved in the treasury of the zài, these firearms are not very useful, and the Zheng family army is not prepared for naval battles, or mainly land battles.

Improving and building warships, that is a matter for the future, and there is no need to think about it at the moment.

Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others all boarded the warship, and they were most concerned about the maintenance of the three three-masted warships, after all, Zheng Xunrui must have taken the three-masted warship.

The three-masted warship and the Daifuku ship and the huge fortune ship did shock many Zheng Jiajun's soldiers, and compared with these large warships, the Cao ship was simply a toy ship.

The Cao Gang is 4,000 young and strong. They have become the soldiers of the Zheng family's army, and in a few months, they have undergone rigorous training, and they thought they would be able to take on the heavy responsibility of this battle, after all, they are familiar with the structure of the ship. They also fell silent when they saw the huge warship, because they found that all their knowledge was not worth mentioning in the face of the huge warship.

Zheng Xunrui spent a day on the three-masted warship and became familiar with the structure of the warship.

Only until this time. Zheng Xunrui only understood the importance of small boats, the three-masted warship, the big fortune ship and the fortune ship, because of their huge size, the draft is too deep, it is often difficult to dock, and it is easy to run aground. Embark on a small boat.

The Penglai Naval Division only had thirty small boats, but fortunately they went to Shuangdao and Lushunkou this time. It is to sail in the sea, do not have to worry about the stranding, many sentinel ships, sea ships and Cangshan ships can directly dock, after all, the wharf of Lushunkou is also specially built by the Daming Naval Division, which can dock large warships.

From this point above. Zheng Xunrui knows the importance of staying on top of the situation.

He immediately arranged for Zheng Jinhong, Yang He and others to learn more about the situation of Shuangdao and Lushunkou, especially the relevant wharves, city construction, and the garrison of Houjin Tartar.

Finish arranging a qiē. Zheng Xunrui decided to go to Penglai Pavilion to have a look, now that he has time, go to Penglai Pavilion to have a look, relax, and mediate the tense feelings, which is good for the command of the operation in the future.

It's the Spring Festival soon, and Penglai Pavilion is particularly lively.

The wealthy gentry who lived in the local area would go to worship in order to have good luck in the coming year, and ordinary people would also go to worship in the hope that the wind and rain would be smooth and they could live a peaceful life.

Penglai Pavilion is only more than two miles away from Penglai City, Zheng Xunrui prepared a little, and took Hong Xinyu and others to take a look, Ding Baokun, the chief soldier of the water division, offered to lead the way, Zheng Xunrui did not refuse, but he would not worship, such a sacrifice had no effect.

Penglai Pavilion belongs to the Taoist holy land, the main building includes the Sanqing Palace, the Lu Zu Palace, the Su Gong Temple, the Tianhou Temple, the Dragon King Palace, the Penglai Pavilion and the Mida Temple, etc., the most famous of which is the Penglai Pavilion, this pavilion is built on the top of the mountain, with a high view, the surrounding scenery is in full view, and even the beautiful scenery of the mirage can be seen.

It is precisely because someone saw the mirage in the sea in Penglai Pavilion, so it is called the fairyland on earth, hundreds of years later, the mystery of the mirage has long been revealed, but in ancient times, no one understood why this spectacular scene appeared, and it was understandable to associate it with the gods.

While he was still walking up the mountain, Zheng Xunrui opened his mouth with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Ding, this official is rare to have leisure today, go to Penglai Pavilion to see, along the way you said so many magic things about Penglai Pavilion, the official is surging when he listens, and I really want to experience the beauty of the fairyland on earth immediately."

"My lord, if you want to see the fairyland on earth in Penglai Pavilion, you need to wait until summer and autumn, and it is difficult to see it now."

Zheng Xunrui certainly knows that mirages generally only appear in summer and autumn, and basically do not appear in winter and spring.

"General Ding, it seems that you don't understand what the official means, the official is thinking about asking you, two days have passed, you have been asking a lot of things, do you want to know the purpose of the officer's visit to Penglai City, you are a soldier, you should speak straightforwardly, this time I strive to follow the official to Penglai Pavilion, I am afraid that I also want to know the purpose of the official to Penglai."

Ding Baokun's face was a little red, although he only had two days to get along, but he found that Zheng Xunrui was different from many adults, without those crepe things, and he would not deliberately put out a shelf, the civil and military generals were all consciously inferior in front of the civil officials, not to mention that Zheng Xunrui was a second-class civil official in the imperial court.

"My lord, the last general really wants to know, but the last general knows that he shouldn't ask casually, and the last general is a soldier."

"Well, the answer is good, the officer also has some views on the Penglai Naval Division, the first time I saw it, the officer concluded that the sailors have not been trained for a long time, if they have been training at sea for a long time, the color of the face should be different, most of them are dark or bronze, the officer has seen many soldiers, their faces are pale, if they are training at sea all the time, the face cannot be white, as for the lack of military salary, the sailors are different from the guards and the sergeants, and there are indeed some difficulties. But it will not make the officers of the sailors unable to live. ”

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Ding Baokun's face turned even redder.

When he came to Sanqing Palace, there were a lot of people worshipping, Zheng Xunrui just walked in to take a look, and he didn't plan to worship, Ding Baokun on the side wanted to speak and stopped, but finally didn't speak.

As for the palaces such as Lu Zu Palace, Su Gong Temple, Tianhou Temple, Dragon King Palace and Mida Temple, Zheng Xunrui even just glanced at it.

Soon the group came to Penglai Pavilion.

Ding Baokun's meaning, Zheng Xunrui should be cleared when he arrives at Penglai Pavilion, after all, Zheng Xunrui is a second-class member of the imperial court, and when he came to Penglai Pavilion, many Taoist priests were going to come out to greet him, but Zheng Xunrui stopped this kind of practice, and he resolutely did not allow it, he and everyone put on ordinary clothes, just like ordinary people.

This already made Ding Baokun very strange, he had seen countless people from the court who came to Penglai Pavilion, including some adults who had left office, Zheng Xunrui's posture was the first time he had seen it.

There are almost no people in Penglai Pavilion, the local gentry and wealthy families generally do not come to Penglai Pavilion, including the common people will not come, they come to Penglai Pavilion, they are concerned about the matters of worship, looking forward to being able to worship and seek good luck, and they really like to Penglai Pavilion are those literati and officials, the literati and scholars find inspiration here, experience the magic of nature, and the officials come here, most of them want to see if the fairyland on earth is zài, and whether they can enjoy a good life.

When Zheng Xunrui and his entourage went to Penglai Pavilion, the two people who were in Penglai Pavilion had already left.

Zheng Xunrui looked at the sea and spoke to Ding Baokun.

"Mr. Ding, what's the place on that side of the sea?"

"Back to my lord, on the other side of the sea are Shuangdao, Lushun, and Jinzhou and other places."

"Oh, how are these places going now?"

"This is all occupied by the Houjin Tartars."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly.

"General Ding Bing, haven't you always wanted to know why the official came to Penglai City, just now the official asked you these questions, I think you should understand the reason."

Ding Baokun raised his head and looked at Zheng Xunrui, unusually surprised, Shuangdao and Lushunkou have been lost for more than three years, and have been occupied by Houjin Tatars, at the beginning of Houjin Tatars occupied Shuangdao and Lushunkou, Dengzhou and Laizhou and other places were particularly nervous, for fear that Houjin Tatars would attack Shandong by sea, but after a few years, Dengzhou and Laizhou have not been attacked, but Gyeonggi and other places, repeatedly encountered the attack of Houjin Tatars, and slowly no one paid attention to Shuangdao and Lushunkou and other places. Such an important strategic location was ignored by the Ming court.

As the chief soldier of the naval division, Ding Baokun knew the importance of Shuangdao and Lushunkou, because after Shuangdao and Lushunkou were occupied by the Houjin Tartars, the Penglai Naval Division was basically scrapped, the warships did not dare to go to sea, and the number of sergeants of the naval division began to shrink.

With the shrinking of the sailors, the days of Phi Dao became more and more difficult, and the imperial army stationed there basically had no hope and could not pose any threat, and their fate awaited them was to be completely wiped out by the Houjin Tartars.

Ding Baokun didn't know about the invasion of Korea led by Huang Taiji, and if he knew about it, he would definitely be even more surprised.

From Zheng Xunrui's words, Ding Baokun has already understood, it turns out that the Zheng family army is preparing to recover Shuangdao and Lushunkou, this is not a decision that ordinary people dare to make, the imperial army stationed in Dengzhou and Laizhou has no such idea at all, they can't hide from Houjin Tartar, how can they directly attack Houjin Tartar.

Ding Baokun's expression was a little excited, if Zheng Jiajun could recover Shuangdao and Lushunkou, and at the same time be able to directly control the water division, then the life of the Laizhou water division would definitely be different from before.

As for the significance of Zheng Jiajun's occupation of Shuangdao and Lushunkou, Ding Baokun couldn't think of so much. (To be continued......)