Chapter Ninety-One: Time at Sea
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Mao Geng is on the boat to the Penghu Islands at the moment, and as far as the eye can see, a sailboat is sailing on the sea, which is a very good feeling.
The day before yesterday, Xinhua's family finally arrived in Lin'an, but before they settled down, Mao Geng was about to go to the Penghu Islands again, and the destination was, of course, Taiwan.
Ling'er came to Lin'an, but she couldn't bring her family with her during the Taiwan campaign, so Ling'er stayed in Lin'an. The disciples who came with him, except for Tan Wangdi, followed Mao Geng to the Penghu Islands.
Lin'an's Qiē was all entrusted to Wen Yuan, hoping that Wen Yuan could persuade Chen Liang to go to Champa and have full authority to command overseas projects, and at the same time, he could also plan for peace in Champang.
From Zhao Luan's mouth, he heard that the official family did not object to Huaxi Construction to undertake the various projects of the Jin people, but still had some expectations to slaughter the Jin people, Mao Geng breathed a sigh of relief. But looking back, Zhao Tuan has such a mood, and it is easy to understand that what he can't get on the battlefield wants to win back in other aspects. What's more, Zhao Tuan is extremely sensitive to finances, and gives 3o taels of silver to the Jin people for nothing every year, which is of course painful in Zhao Tuan's heart, if there is a chance to earn this money back from the hands of the Jin people, it is probably what Zhao Tuan wants to do in his dreams. Zhao Tuan was already disheartened about the Northern Expedition to restore the Central Plains, but if there was an opportunity to slaughter Jin Ren in the shopping mall, it would definitely make Zhao Tuan happy.
However, Mao Geng has no chance to slaughter the Jin people for the time being, and all the qiē of Lin'an are handed over to Wen Yuan, including various transactions with the Jin people, and maybe the Jin people will also be inexplicably baited. But having said that, in an agrarian society, the economy is still in the stage of self-sufficiency, and fighting an economic war may not work.
Mao Geng thinks that he understands the thoughts of the officials, and feels that as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he has always been helpless in dealing with the Jin people.
What is rare is that the official family is still very enthusiastic about receiving Taiwan. Zhao Luan was ordered by the official family, and he was also eager to make meritorious contributions, so he gathered his subordinates the next day and deployed to march into Taiwan.
In view of the fact that there was a garrison of the Great Song Dynasty on the Penghu Islands for a long time, the front position for this advance into Taiwan was the Penghu Islands, and since the Penghu Islands were the frontier, the location of Deng6 was naturally Tainan, which was also an important reason why the Tainan region was the first to be opened in later generations.
According to the plan, the first stage of occupying Tainan, after gaining a foothold, according to Mao Geng's construction, he will immediately move north and occupy the Keelung area of Taipei. After that, it will be extended in depth.
Although there were only natives armed with primitive weapons on the island of Taiwan, the 6th unit of the Great Song Dynasty expedition to Taiwan did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and made sufficient pre-war preparations, so they began to transport soldiers and horses to the Penghu Islands in batches, and various materials began to arrive in a steady stream to the Penghu Islands. Once you get on 6, more materials will be transported from the Big 6.
Han Yanxuan was in charge of logistics, and Mao Geng could not command the attack of Deng 6, so he also belonged to the logistics stall.
The logistics stall is mixed with a lot of the second generation, third generation of officials, and the N generation of officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and the unique grace and shadow system of the Great Song Dynasty, for these children who were born in the family of eunuchs, they were born with political capital. In addition to choosing to squeeze the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination with thousands of troops and horses, they can also fight for their father, and if they are a little angry, they can mix up an official body.
There are eighty places in the Guozijian, which are reserved for the children of the eunuchs, which is about the same as the special enrollment of later generations, but their extra points are earned by fighting for their fathers. This time, those who infiltrated the logistics group for the expedition to Taiwan included six special recruits from the Guozijian and six other children of the eunuchs, all of whom responded to the call of the official family to conquer Taiwan and specially came to the team to mix points. This time, in order to gain the support of the official eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Yan specially promulgated a series of incentive measures, and all the children of the official eunuchs who participated in the Taiwan conquest plan could get the opportunity to be promoted. However, the Great Song Dynasty went to Hainan to become an official, which was regarded as exile, and Taiwan was a wild place, and many people avoided it, so even if the official family had a policy, the children of the official eunuchs were not enthusiastic about it at all.
Mao Geng and Han Yanxuan traveled on the same boat, but there were five eunuchs on this boat, and these five people may not have any ability to fight and do practical things, but it is not in vain to brag about the dragon gate formation. Mao Geng has never had a good impression of these sons, so in addition to chatting with Han Yanxuan the most, the second is to communicate with Jin Ding, a martial artist, Mao Geng has limited knowledge of cold weapon warfare in this era, except for Jin Ding on this ship, even Han Yanxuan is a layman for the war, and those gentlemen know nothing.
However, the range of activities on the ship is so large, this ship can be regarded as a big warship, Mao Geng estimated it, the displacement must be less than two hundred tons, after two days on such a ship that does not look up and does not look down, Mao Geng is also familiar with these five eunuchs. Although these five people usually have no one in their eyes, they still have a lot of respect for Mao Geng, one is because the current official family values it, and the other is that Han Yanxuan relies on Mao Geng very much. These five people also have some eyes, so Mao Geng and the five of them can get by on the big picture.
On this day, Mao Geng was watching the sea on the side of the ship, and Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai were with him. Suddenly, two big fish swept along the side of the boat, and it seemed that they were four or five feet under the water, and the five eunuchs not far away immediately shouted, and one of them operated a ratchet crossbow, and immediately shot an arrow, but the arrow was empty, and when he put on the second arrow and shot it again, the two fish had already disappeared.
The person who shot the arrow was named Fang Dengyue, Mao Geng didn't know whose son he was, but this person was very troublesome, and he couldn't be idle on the whole boat.
Fang Dengyue boasted of his kung fu at archery, but he didn't expect that an arrow would go away so closely, and he was unconvinced:
"The boat is so wobbly that it's going to be missed."
The four people next to him laughed, and made fun and ridicule, which made Fang Dengyue's face red.
Here Mao Geng explained the principle of refraction to Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai, the reason why Fang Dengyue did not shoot the swimming fish close at hand was actually not the reason for the boat to shake, nor Fang Dengyue's poor archery, but mostly because of the influence of refraction, which made Fang Dengyue miss in the end.
Mao Geng had the heart to cultivate Tan Xiaochun and later Zhu Xuanbai, so he almost taught with all his might, anyway, on the boat, he was idle, and it was always good to be able to teach a little more knowledge to his disciples.
Unexpectedly, among the five people, one of them listened attentively and listened to what Mao Geng said, and then he couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he simply came over to listen. Mao Geng felt that the principle of refraction did not involve any secrets, and he did not avoid this person, this person's name is Jiang Zhiang, and he can be regarded as a distant relative of Han Yanxuan, Han Yanxuan liked his cleverness, so he managed to find an official body for him. Two days ago, Jiang Zhiang was seasick and vomited very much, and he only recovered his strength today.
But Jiang Zhiang likes to get to the bottom of it, and with him joining, it is no longer Mao Geng's word, Jiang Zhiang keeps asking questions until he understands.
Mao Geng slowly admired Jiang Zhiang, this person is not only smart, but also has a very rare drilling energy, which seems to be a piece of material for natural science.
was already boring on the boat, but suddenly such a diligent and inquisitive person appeared, and Mao Geng was also ready to tap the potential of this person.
Since Mao Geng felt that Jiang Zhiang might be a very potential talent, he deliberately went to communicate with Han Yanxuan, preparing to bring this person to his name.
Han Yanxuan did not object to sending Jiang Zhiang to Mao Geng's door, but after all, Han Yanxuan didn't want Jiang Zhiang to be like Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai, Han Yanxuan hoped that Jiang Zhiang could have greater achievements. Mao Geng thought about it, and said that he could teach Jiang Zhiang the method of making an iron boat. Previously, Han Yanzhou asked many times about the production of iron ships, just because he talked about the iron ship at Zhou Bida's mansion that day, Han Yanzhou also heard about it, and in Han Yanzhou's eyes, if he could build an iron ship, he would be able to run rampant on the rivers and seas, at least the Great Song Dynasty Navy would be invincible in the world.
Mao Geng said this, and of course Han Yanxuan readily agreed. Jiang Zhiang then joined Mao Gengmen, and soon became the main force in shipbuilding.