Han Feng looked at Zheng Yunming's clumsy calligraphy on the paper in a daze, his face was full of joy, for him who has no father and no mother, Zheng Yunming and Lai Ruyue are like his parents, this is not only a name, but also a family feeling.

Ruyue said: "This is not just up to you, Feng'er has to tell your uncle about this matter and see what he means." ”

Before Han Feng could answer, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

A young man about the same age as Han Feng danced an iron-inlaid whistle stick in his hand and forced the two guards at the gate of Qin Langzhong into the courtyard.

A girl in a brocade dress with arrow sleeves jumped into the courtyard and shouted, "Where is Zheng Yunming?" Where is the unlucky Zheng Yunming? ”

Although the tone is full of complaints, the voice is light and pleasant, and the opening is like a copper bell, which is very good.

Han Feng put down the paper, pulled out the saber from his waist, and rushed out of the room, swinging the horizontal knife in a posture. Zheng Yunming then walked out and said loudly: "This will be Zheng Yunming, who is looking for me?" ”

The woman was not afraid of the young man's questioning, turned to Zheng Yunming and asked, "Was the son of the Bai Bai family recruited to Xiangyang by you, and where is he now?" ”

The little lady of the Qin family secretly poked out half of her head in the door and said with a smile: "What does this lady have to do with the son of the Bai family?" Why did you chase him here? ”

The woman's willow eyebrows raised slightly, and she shouted: "The big husband stands up to the sky, hides in Tibet all day long like a mouse, and is also known as the resourceful Jiajing Lake, I'm sorry!" ”

Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "Girl, don't scold people, the military advisor went to Ezhou to rectify the mine not long after he arrived here, if you want to see the military advisor, you must be able to find it in Ezhou now." ”

The little lady nodded with satisfaction, turned around and went out.

The young man with the whistle stick was not in a hurry to leave, withdrew his momentum, looked at Han Feng, who was dressed all over and holding a waist knife, and asked, "Is your doll also General Zheng's guard?" ”

Han Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "I am Han Feng, a personal soldier of the Jing'e Metropolitan Administration, what advice does Your Excellency have?" ”

The young man put on a T-shaped step frame, held the whistle stick on his back, and shouted: "I have heard that Zheng Yunming, the head of the camp, has elite martial arts on his back, and even Xia Tiedao's own soldiers have been killed.

He was in high spirits, and the anxious voice of the little lady in brocade came from outside the door: "Wei Sheng! Where did he die? If you don't rush anymore, you can't find a post station at night! ”

Wei Sheng's face was ugly, and he said to Han Feng: "I don't have time today, I will definitely come to the door another day."

Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "No matter when, as long as it is a sincere exchange of martial arts, Jing Ejun welcomes it, hurry up and get on the road, otherwise your sister will be angry again." ”

Wei Sheng snorted and rushed out of the door to hurriedly chase after the Wei family's lady.

Lai Ruyue walked out of the house and said angrily: "How can you casually tell the White Army Division's Xingzang to a strange woman?" Even if she is not a spy of the Mongols, it is inevitable that she will not have some grievances and entanglements with the White Army."

Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "With the talent of a military advisor, if you are waiting for thousands of military horses, can't you still deal with a woman?" ”

Ruyue smiled lightly and said, "That's not necessarily. ”

Zheng Yunming paused for a moment, and immediately turned his face to Han Feng and said, "Inform Zheng Xian to pack up, we will go to Yuezhou immediately." ”

This surprised Ruyue, and she hurriedly said: "Xiao Zhao's system is coming soon, what are you running blindly at this time?" ”

Zheng Yunming replied briefly: "It is precisely to do a good job in the affairs of the navy before Xiao Zhao's arrival. ”

The curling cool breeze blew on the bow of the boat, and the smoke and waves of eight hundred miles were vast, so that Zheng Yunming's body and mind were completely integrated into the water and sky.

"If you live in the temple, you are worried about the people, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you are worried about the king, pure father, we are now wandering in the rivers and lakes." Zheng Yunming smiled: "Is it possible to consider the feelings of the Son of Heaven." ”

Yang Yan said with a straight face: "The emperor has a bunch of things to consider, and he won't think of enjoying the grand scenery of Dongting." Of course he was not happy, the army had just been expanded, and it was originally the time when he showed the regiment he had learned in his life to train sergeants, but he was pulled to Dongting by Zheng Yunming, and the drills of the whole army were handed over to Wang Deng, even if he commanded it himself in the future, he would inevitably feel uncomfortable.

Zheng Yunming shook his head: "You have really been squatting in the camp for too long, and you have completely lost the big picture of Yang Chun's father, who is free and easy. Let's take this trip is much more important than Jing Song's practice in the camp for a few days. It can be said that it is about the life and death of Jinghu. ”

He turned to the boatman and asked, "Boatman, what kind of ship is this boat?" ”

The boatman raised his head and replied, "This is a foot boat, and it has no other benefit, but it is stable, and it is the most suitable for carrying the general." ”

Zheng Yunming asked again: "Then do you know how many boats and fishermen are on the water of these 800 miles?" ”

The boatman thought for a while and said: "That's not good, the fish here are abundant and beautiful, many people go to the lake to live by fishing, there must be tens of thousands of boats on the cave, people, counting the footboat fleet on the waterway, there are more than 100,000 people." ”

Zheng Yunming nodded, turned around and looked at it for a moment, pointed to a manor under the shade of the trees in the distance and said, "Is that the home of Ship Master Zhang?" ”

The boatman replied respectfully: "This is it, everyone has to come to celebrate the owner of the boat on weekdays and festivals, and the villain will never admit his mistake." ”

At this time, a fast boat on the water came head-on, and the people on board shouted: "Dare to ask if the Jing'e army and Zheng Du have arrived?" ”

Ren Xiongwei stood at the bow of the ship and shouted: "It's all here!" ”

The man nodded, removed the horn from his neck, and blew it with a grunt.

The sound of the horn fluttered on the sparkling water, and countless unknown water birds in the reeds were startled, and suddenly an unknown number of boats came out of the reeds on the shore, and there were large ships and small boats, which were full of fishermen from Dongting, and the number was so large that it was like the water surface of 800 miles boiling together.

Everyone stood on the boat and shouted in unison: "Dongting Zhang Ship Master welcomes Zheng Dutong's arrival!" The cries of tens of thousands of people soared into the sky, shaking even the water surface with layers of ripples.

Yang Luo whispered in Zheng Yunming's ear: "It's a big battle. ”

Zheng Yunming said: "The letter has been passed in advance, and he also knows that the intention of our visit this time, and the dispatch of such a large formation, is nothing more than thinking about asking for more chips with the Metropolitan Department when it is absorbed." ”

While speaking, the boat had already docked, and Zhang Wei led Zhang Weixiao and the owners of the Dongting Thirty-two Boat Gang to wait on the shore.

Zheng Yunming moved ashore and rushed to see with a smile on his face. The attitude of the generals who have always defended one side towards the righteous people is either to drink or to send them away at will. Being able to send someone to deliver a handwritten letter was already regarded as a humble act of the general's corporal Lixian regardless of his status. Where has anyone ever seen a general-level figure personally visit the home of the leader of the rebel army?

Zheng Yunming took this trip to earn enough face for Zhang Yu, in front of the thirty-two ship owners, Zheng Yunming praised him for his "loyalty and righteousness" and "urgent danger" or something, saying that Zhang shipowner was full of red face, like his son won the championship Lang.

The crowd of stars and moons generally escorted Zheng Yunming into Zhuangzi, first let Zheng Yunming sit on the top, Zhang Yu accompanied him, and then the people of the Metropolitan Division, and when the officials were seated, the owners of each gang were seated according to their ranks.

Zheng Yunming glanced at the rude and arrogant group of people under the seat, he knew that the fate of Jinghu in the next ten years, no, twenty years, would fall on this group of people.

With the current field combat capability of the Great Song Dynasty, if it could not form an absolute superiority over the Mongols on the water, it would not be able to hold the Jinghu Lake at all. With this in mind, Zheng Yunming was determined to build a truly powerful maritime armed force and prevent the Mongols from leaving a single boat or a floating board on the borders of the Great Song Dynasty.

That's why we have to double down on these rough Dongting fishermen.

He stood up and said in a loud voice: "Everyone has already heard what Captain Zhang said about the purpose of today and the future. But before we get down to business, there are three more things to do. ”

He beckoned Zhang and said, "Master Zhang comes forward." ”

Zhang Yu knew that the time had come to receive the reward, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down.

"The Governor's Mansion investigated the righteous man of Dongting, Zhang Bo, with a naked heart for the country, trying his best to kill thieves, pacifying the chaos in Xiangyang, and being powerful. Specially awarded 5,000 pieces of money, 1,000 pieces of cloth, and a gold medal to show his merits, and hope to be more loyal and assist the officers and soldiers, and there will be no more rewards. ”

Zheng Yunming bent down and put the gold medal in Zhang Li's hand, and said with a smile: "In the future, we still need more efforts from the shipowner." ”

Zhang Yu responded happily, turned around and raised the gold medal, and everyone in the audience cheered.

"Then the second thing, I'd like to hear a number." After everyone sat down again, Zheng Yunming asked, "How many Ding Zhuang are there in Dongting now, and how many ships can be mobilized?" ”

Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, most of the fishermen are illiterate. Although the owner of Zhang's boat is a person who can read and write, he can only calculate the thousands of boats under his jurisdiction, and he himself does not know how many boats and fishermen there are in the entire Dongting.

"All the people and ships that are needed, all you need to do is give a number, and everyone should do their best to meet them." He could only use such words for a while beforehand.

"There are only 3,000 recruits in Dongting this time." Zheng Yunming explained: "But it is obviously impossible to block the enemy's more than 100,000 people from crossing the river alone, so once the enemy invades the Yangtze River and Hanshui, everyone in Dongting must mobilize and participate in the battle to defend Sangzi, so I want to get an approximate number in advance." ”

The owners of the boats in the seat, you look at me, I look at you, stood up one after another and reported to Zheng Yunming the number of boats and fishermen under his control. There will be one or two thousand boats for the largest, a few hundred for the few, and tens of thousands of fishermen and sailors.

If the discipline training is successful, even with these tens of thousands of strong men who are accustomed to wind and waves, they will not let the Mongols gain the upper hand. But Jinghu still needs an elite regular naval force to serve as the core combat mission.