The fleet did not stay in Quanzhou for a long time, and it was a waste of time to rest outside for a day to reach the Americas as quickly as possible, get three crops of rice, corn, and potatoes and then hurry back to China to plant, this was his goal, and the scenery on the road tasted the same wax in his eyes.

But Xu Yang is different, it is not easy to eat and drink at public expense, local hospitality, and put aside the luxury treatment that only cadres at or above the department level can have, not to mention the seaside vacation, this consumption bill is reimbursed by the public, and it doesn't feel too cool.

Therefore, Xu Yang was very unhappy with Lao Niu's rush to the road, as if he was learning from the west, the fleet had only rested in Quanzhou for four days, and many ships were still soaked in the dock, and the literature on geography, meteorology, shipbuilding, navigation, and ocean currents had not yet been collected, so this guy wanted to go to sea quickly.

"Uncle Niu, this sea ship has to go through a detailed inspection when it goes to sea, you see that the ships in the dock have been checked out of many small problems, such as the wooden planks are a little loose, the rope is too short, these are not solved at sea when they go to sea, for the lives of the soldiers, this maintenance must be needed."

When Niu Jinda heard this, he was speechless, his compassion for the sergeant Cheng Dù was definitely higher than Xu Yang's, and he would not let them take such a risk, so he had to acquiesce in the decision that the ships should go to the dock to rest

Meng Xiaoqi got his wish into the logistics supply department, and the two pieces of money issued by the public were directly delivered to his hands, with a heavy amount of money in his hand, and when he got home, his grandfather thought that he had stolen it from somewhere, so he insisted that he would return it, and it took a lot of effort to tell his deaf grandfather that he had entered the ocean-going naval division, and now he is a maintenance worker in the logistics department, and these money are all paid by the government in advance.

Since entering the logistics and supply department, Meng Xiaoqi feels that every day has a taste of life, the big ship about six or seven meters high is free to come and go with him, the sergeants on the ship are very kind, not at all like Uncle Wang said that the fierce gods and evil, especially General Biao Daguang, is very good to himself, although he looks vicious, but he is kind and very thick, and he has taken care of himself many times.

Among the many warships, except for the main ship and the two auxiliary ships of the 'Hongyun', which could not go up by themselves, the rest of the warships could go up to watch by themselves.

The steam engine room, dining room, and crew bathroom, all of which opened Meng Xiaoqi's eyes, this kind of magical cabin that he had never seen before was now open to himself, and there were many captain's rooms that low-level crew members couldn't enter, and the artillery room aroused Meng Xiaoqi's great curiosity.

Today's inspection is a very unique ship, the hull is covered with iron nails, it looks very strong, Meng Xiaoqi suddenly remembered that when he saw the fleet for the first time, he saw a man standing on this ship who seemed to be a god.

The ship drove into the dock, the workers picked up the thick rope, tied the boat tightly, and then boarded the ship for inspection, Meng Xiaoqi followed a dozen teenagers wearing the same clothes as himself to board the ship.

With a small hammer in hand, knock around, and any loose planks need to be informed and reinforced.

Today's ship is very special, I heard that it is the left and right guards in the fleet, as well as the former middle and lower pioneers, so the foreman specially advised today that this ship should be inspected more carefully.

With ropes hanging from his body, Meng Xiaoqi fell down from both sides of the hull, and on the way down, he kept checking whether there were small holes in the hull that could be corroded by insects and ants.

Then the somewhat rotted wood board is repainted with a new coat of paint.

After the inspection was completed and the paint was painted, Meng Xiaoqi was dragged up again, and as soon as he came up, he saw a tall and thin young man standing on the deck wearing a school captain's uniform.

"Meet the General." Meng Xiaoqi hurriedly kowtowed, this was all taught by the workers.

The tall and thin young man was a little flattered and said, "Excuse me, how is the inspection of this ship?" ”

"General Hui, this ship has been inspected, and it is all made of high-quality nan wood, so no wormholes have been found, and the small ones have been painted twice on it according to the explanation."

"Are they all hammered with hammers?" The tall and thin young man asked.

Meng Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment before he said: "It's all hammered, the hull is extremely strong, and I haven't found any planks that need to be replaced." ”

When the tall and thin young man heard this, he seemed to be very happy, pointed to himself, and said, "My name is Zhang Quandan, and I am now the captain of the second department of the steam furnace. ”

After seven days of rest, all the fleet has been rested in the dock, and many officers and men are also gearing up and ready to go.

On 12 March, the fleet departed from Quanzhou and sailed for the Ryukyus.

On the day of the opening of the boat, almost all the fishermen in Quanzhou came out to see them off, the number of people far exceeded all the ports docked in front, and there were small fishing boats everywhere to see off the fleet, and there were several civilian fishing boats in front of the battleship to lead the way, these are the fleets carefully selected by Fang Wenshu to often sail between the islands of Ryukyu, Luzon and other islands, and it is most suitable to lead the way for the fleet.

This time the fleet set off, but also took away a lot of Quanzhou young people, because Xu Yang suddenly remembered that since Luzon, it has been considered to be out of the Tang Dynasty, and there are still many natives on it, and it is obviously impossible for the army to be stationed there in large numbers, so it is necessary to colonize and occupy the survival territory of those natives, as a supply base on the way to the fleet.

From Quanzhou, the temperature is getting hotter and hotter, and it is obvious that it will transition from the YA tropical to the tropical, and from Quanzhou to the Ryukyus, you only need to cross one Taiwan Strait. The fleet had only been sailing for half a day before faintly seeing signs of land on the horizon ahead.

Xu Yang stood at the bow of the boat, the sea breeze blowing on his face, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings, the small island in front of him can be said to be a headache for everyone in the later life, Taiwan, how many people are haunted by the name.

Now, it is not called Taiwan, but Ryukyu.

The Ryukyu Islands are located in the East China Sea, northeast and southwest, and include the Osumi Islands, Togara Islands, Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands, Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands and other islands.

According to the boatmen on the fleet who led the way, the island is now divided into two camps, one is some Tang people who have moved out or fled from the Tang Dynasty, and there are some local natives, and there are often battles between the two sides.

Xu Yang heard this secret for the first time, and he only knew that during the Qing Dynasty, it seemed that this Ryukyu Island was a country on its own, but in fact, most of the residents on the island fled from the mainland, tracing back to their ancestors, they were still Chinese.

The fleet sailed very fast, and it only took an hour from the sight of land to the start of landing on the island.

Niu Jinda summoned all the officers above the rank of lieutenant to the main ship for a meeting to discuss the handling of policies in Taiwan.

According to Niu Jinda's original plan, the island did not have the slightest large port and resources, so it could be bypassed and headed to Luzon.

But as a later generation, how could Xu Yang not know about the disasters on Taiwan Island and the ownership of Diaoyu Island, which were all played with and applauded by the great powers, so Xu Yang planned to solve this matter from the source, so that future generations would have enough literature to deal with these things.

He strongly demanded that Niu Jinda carry out the occupation ceremony of this island, and send troops to purge all the natives on the island, restore the dominance of the Tang people here, and at the same time appoint a commander to govern the Ryukyus here, and at the same time set up a monument to the behavior of the fleet to be passed down through the ages.

Niu Jinda was originally very opposed to this kind of delaying time, but Xu Yang quietly told Niu Jinda that there are three crops of rice on this island, where there is abundant rain every year, and the grain output is extremely rich, and it can become a reserve granary of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

The fleet landed from Taipei, first of all, the landing ceremony, the ceremonial officer who accompanied the ship recorded the spectacular scene at that time, 'Niu Jin Dajia, the daughter of the public festival, the pioneer will plant the flag, the Tang Dragon flag on March 12, the second year of Zhenguan, planted in the Ryukyu Islands - "Tang Dynasty Historical Records""

Then it was to purge the natives on the island of Taiwan, and it only took one day to serve the entire natives in Taipei, and under the strong armor and sharp blade of the Tang army, even the nomadic tribes in the north could not resist, let alone the natives in the south who fished for a living.

The Tang army did not have the slightest aversion to this bloody behavior, but was eager to try, one by one scrambling to slaughter the natives who resisted on these islands, because of the suddenness of the incident, the natives did not organize a little formal resistance, those unconvinced men were killed, and the rest of the natives were all honest, one of them took a soldering iron and imprinted the slave mark on his face, and handed it over to the many Tang people in Tainan, telling them that these natives would be their slaves in the future.

He left a lieutenant and a team of 300 sergeants, appointed as the Grand Governor of the Ryukyus and the Ryukyu Escort respectively, and was responsible for the construction of the sea sculpture of the fleet to liberate the Ryukyus and the inscription of the monument.

The fleet bypassed Taiwan and arrived at the port of Kaohsiung in later generations, which was the largest port in Taiwan, but now it is still a primeval forest that no one has developed.

Niu Jinda thought so, and ordered the entire Tang people of Ryukyu to move to Kaohsiung in the future to build a port here, and Quanzhou should provide manpower and material support at the same time.

After the affairs of the Ryukyus were taken care of, the fleet once again embarked on the journey, and the next target, Luzon.

Raising the sails and following the monsoon current, the fleet slowly sailed out of Ryukyu Island in the setting sun, leaving behind the grateful Tang people on the island who bowed down to Dade.

On the ship, Niu Jinda held hundreds of seeds in his hand and asked with a suspicious face: "This is the seed of those three crops of rice?" Ben will see that this kind of seed is smaller than the local seeds of the Tang Dynasty, how can it produce rice three times a year? ”

Xu Yang smiled confidently: "Uncle Niu, what is concentrated is the essence!" ”RS