Although Quanzhou is known as the largest port in the East, it is still a bit unworthy of its name, after all, it is located in Lingnan, the most remote south of Datang.

At this time, Lingnan was not like the densely populated Guangzhou, Fujian Province, which was full of business opportunities. At present, Lingnan is still a sparsely populated and densely forested primeval rainforest.

For this kind of wild beasts, poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, damp and barren, and rare human tracks, Lingnan is a place of hardship in the eyes of everyone, and the rulers often send some officials who have made mistakes to Lingnan, which is enough to see the harsh conditions here.

The only thing that can be considered the largest port is because there are so many fishermen who rely on the sea to eat the sea, and after years of development, these fishermen have formed their own routes, and even fishermen have reached Singapore as far as Singapore.

Fang Wenshu respectfully handed over the charts summarized by those fishermen over the years to Niu Jinda, Xu Yang also took a closer look at it at the time, and compared with the world map of later generations, there was almost no error, which also surprised Xu Yang, the charts summarized by these fishermen were already so accurate.

In fact, Xu Yang also misunderstood these fishermen, in such a huge and vast place as the sea, the map is the most important, so from a very early human ancestors began to summarize and make Zuò nautical charts, which is convenient for their own positioning, and now, the accuracy is naturally very high.

While many generals were discussing the next march route in the Assassin's Mansion, the landing of the fleet was also in full swing.

Last night the fleet was divided into three parts, stopped at several docks in Quanzhou, sailed for three months, and is now undergoing final overhauls at the last stop of this Datang

Meng Xiaoqi didn't go fishing today, and the landing of a large warship like this has not happened in a hundred years, so today he followed Uncle Wang to the dock to watch these soldiers land.

There were already a lot of people on the dock, Meng Xiaoqi looked around, there were many familiar faces, most of them were villagers from the same township.

Seeing Meng Xiaoqi, the big guys also smiled lovingly, for this hard-working child, the people in the township took good care of him, and soon Meng Xiaoqi was taken care of to the front, where the field of vision was the widest, and the entire large fleet could be seen.

Meng Xiaoqi stood in front of the crowd and looked at the huge ships docked on the shore, although he had seen it yesterday, but now he still feels incredible when he sees it, such a huge sea ship is actually man-made, it feels amazing to think about it.

Meng Xiaoqi looked at these warships carefully, and now that they were docked, the sails of the warships had fallen, and they looked like a resting giant.

The battleship is a kind of ship shape that I have never seen before, I saw a row of black holes on both sides of the battleship, I don't know what is inside, but once you look at those round holes, you will have a feeling of palpitations, as if something terrifying will fly out of those black round holes.

Underneath the many round holes is a row of large wooden oars, these wooden oars are long and big, and the paint oil on the wood is still brand new, Meng Xiaoqi suddenly remembered that when he saw the battleship yesterday, these wooden oars were all put into the cabin, so why did this battleship travel so fast?

Just when Meng Xiaoqi was puzzled, a high horn sounded on the boat, followed by a low drum beat, and then a huge wooden board was slowly lifted out of the boat.

"Boom!" One end of the large plank fell to the ground, sending up a puff of mud and dust.

Then a group of sergeants in plain armor stepped down from the big planks in a column of four and walked down the big ship with neat steps.

Meng Xiaoqi stared at the sergeants wearing armor and swords at their waists with blazing eyes, and the envy in his eyes was overflowing.

A group of plain armor sergeants disembarked from the ship, followed by a group of archers armed with crossbows, and then a team of spearmen in thick armor and spears in hand.

The fishermen on the dock had never seen such a battle, and every exclamation of surprise erupted in the crowd, making the sergeants raise their heads even higher.

"Array." About 200 sergeants and about 100 orderlies and cooks disembarked from the big ship, and quickly assembled the team.

An open space on the pier was immediately filled with neat queues. Meng Xiaoqi's eyes brightened.

"Turn left, aim for the Assassin Mansion, run, walk." The sergeant in the captain's armor at the front shouted, and the group turned around, and then ignored the people watching in front of them, and ran directly along the road on the dock towards the Thorn Mansion.

"Uncle Wang, are these soldiers also government soldiers?" Meng Xiaoqi pulled the hem of Uncle Wang's clothes and asked.

"Seven gentlemen, they are not government soldiers." Uncle Wang smacked his lips and said, "Look at these sergeants, the wave flower pattern on the armor, these are all from the Lingnan Navy." ”

Meng Xiaoqi looked at it, and sure enough, each sergeant's shoulder armor was carved with a curly ring, which was the standard armor of the Lingnan Navy Division.

"Uncle Wang, I also want to enter the Lingnan Navy Division and be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty like them." Meng Xiaoqi said a little childishly.

"Haha, seven boys, this is not a joke." Uncle Wang immediately laughed when he heard Meng Xiaoqi's 'bold words'.

"Uncle Wang, why are you laughing at me, what does this Lingnan sailor need to get into?" Meng Xiaoqi was very yearning for this newborn dream, and grabbed the corner of Uncle Wang's clothes and kept shaking.

"Well." Uncle Wang was also a little speechless, "First of all, the water must be good"

"I'm very good at water, I've been in the water since I was six years old." Meng Xiaoqi's ears were fast, and he immediately answered, and he choked Uncle Wang all of a sudden.

"Uncle Wang, what do you say, what else?"

Uncle Wang couldn't say anything for a while, and finally had to say: "Seven people, this sailor is not something that ordinary people can enter, and ordinary people like us can't get in." ”

Hearing this, Meng Xiaoqi's originally hopeful eyes suddenly dimmed, and there seemed to be something in his heart affirming what Uncle Wang said, ordinary people are not qualified to enter the Tang Dynasty army like the Lingnan Water Division.

Just when Meng Xiaoqi was sad about the shattering of this short-lived dream, he saw a huge four-wheeled monster driving in the distance, the monster was spitting black smoke, walking on the dock without hurry, and when he looked closely, this monster was still full of sergeants.

On the four-wheeled monster, a bald man dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant shouted "The ocean-going fleet recruits, the logistics and supply department, the moon and silver are two, and it is required to be proficient in water, under the age of twenty, and over sixteen, those who hear the news, raise their hands and signal, they will come to recruit in person." ”

Hearing these words, not only Meng Xiaoqi was stunned, but everyone in the entire small dock was a little dazed, this is recruiting? Recruit people to the ocean-going fleet?

"Why, isn't there anyone who wants to join the expeditionary fleet?" The bald man looked at the crowd and asked with some disappointment, waving his hand, intending to continue to ask towards the next small pier.

"Me!" A delicate voice rang out from the crowd.

As soon as Biao Daguang turned around, he saw a slightly thin teenager who stood out from the crowd and raised his hand in front of the crowd.

Biao Daguang grinned and said, "Baby, get in the car!" ”RS