In the fourth year of the Chu calendar, the woolen textile industry of Wei State rose, which caused a certain shock to the hemp textile industry of Chu State.

However, under the joint implementation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites, from improving official procurement, to assisting in reemployment, and then to promoting craftsmanship, the pressure of employment is relieved and the quality of workers is improved...... A series of pacification measures did not make the "shock" continue to affect the Chu State.

At the same time, the state of Chu also began to allocate troops and military spending, organized fleets to cruise in the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea, and landed on the Fried Seafood Peninsula from time to time to fight overseas and land with the Wei slave catchers......

At this time, the so-called "East China Sea" is actually the Yellow Sea in later generations, the sea of "Qilu in the north and Jianghuai in the south" - after the Yangtze River seized the Huai River in later generations, it was called the Yellow Sea.

As for the East China Sea further south in later generations, now because of Yizhou, it is habitually called "Yihai" by the Chu State, and as for the sea area south of Yizhou and corresponding to Jiaozhou, it is naturally the South China Sea.

After the Chu navy was decommissioned, the warships traded to the Wei were still in the improvement stage, although there were already a small number of finished products, but they were ...... It's not the turn of these families!

The most "trench" of these wealthy fleets is that there are one or two real warships, and the others are cargo ships that have undergone some warship modifications.

In comparison, whether it is quantity, quality, or the quality of sailors, it is not comparable to the Liaodong Navy of Chu State.

In the Bohai Sea, seeing the flag of the Chu Navy, these slave catchers had no choice but to flee from the wind.

The state of Chu already has its own national flag - on the blue flag cloth, there is a horizontal and vertical golden four-pointed star in the center, symbolizing "Shinong Industry and Commerce", and the flag of the navy is to move the four-corner pattern of the state of Chu to the upper left corner, and then there is a white pattern similar to a seagull in the middle.

Although Lu Bu disliked that this pattern was not deterrent enough, and Gan Ning disliked that this pattern was not gorgeous enough, Bai Tu still chose this pattern that looked relatively peaceful.

After all, Chu's navy is strong enough, and what to do in the future is not to use force to intimidate, but to emphasize peace and closeness - especially when opening up a new continent, if you see sharks or some hideous beasts as flags, it will inherently bring people a sense of aggression.

As for when force is needed, there is no need to intimidate, just defeat it......

For the Sanhan, Buyeo, and even the Xianbei tribe who were oppressed by the slave team, the naval flag of the Chu State, or the Chu State itself, was also endowed with abnormal emotions more and more.

Many fleets, and even tribes on land, began to hang patterns modeled after the navy of the Chu State to deter the enemy, but it was just ...... It didn't work out well.

After all, the warships of the Chu Navy and the small boats of the Sanhan people and the Zhouhu people are so different that no one can fail to see it, and it is impossible to fool them because they have hung the flag.

Equally......

There are also some Wei fleets that began to shamelessly fly the flag of Chu, firstly, to make the target relax their vigilance, and secondly, to ...... You can also take the blame for it.

Although the authenticity can also be seen from the size of the fleet and the shape of the warships, it has also brought a certain adverse impact on the reputation of the Chu Navy.

While Ling Tong was angry about this, he couldn't overreact, so he could only repay Jinling first.

After all...... Some of the ordinary caravans of the Wei State, which at least on the surface are indeed honest and dutiful, are also hoisting the military flag of the Chu State to guard against thieves, although after being discovered, they must also be warned, but they can't be sunk too, right?

As for the East China Sea, the main ones to intercept are the slave catchers who go to the southern part of the Fried Seafood Peninsula, and most of them are the navies of Zhouhu Port and the coastal ports of Chu State, which carry out daily patrols and interceptions.

The port of Donglai County in Qingzhou is usually mainly on guard against Qi Hou, and rarely goes out en masse, as for the port of Yizhou...... It's only responsible for its own surroundings - so enemy ships that are close to Yizhou, or enemy ships that want to land from Zhouhu, have a zero survival rate at the moment!

After all, Yizhou Port is still a confidential shipyard in Chu State, and there are many secret workshops on the island, so the level of secrecy and security can be imagined, and the fleet that dares to visit Yizhou has also chosen the wrong place.

Similarly, the southern part of Hu and Bozhou, because both of them had Chu naval docks, they were minimally affected by the slave capture team.

In March of the fifth year of the Chu calendar, the Marquis of Yan also sent an envoy to Baitu to protest to Baitu by paying tribute to the Chu State, and the navy of the Chu State violated the contract and entered the "Yan State".

Obviously, Gongsun Kang had realized that Wei had only lowered his prestige among those aliens, making them feel that Yan Hou was unreliable, and Chu's behavior was even more dangerous - the Chu navy was making those aliens think that Chu was more reliable than Yan!

The Wei State went to hunt slaves, and Gongsun Kang could tolerate it, after all, even if he was helpless against the Wei State, this did reduce his prestige, but at the same time, it also made these aliens have to rely more on themselves......

Even if Gongsun Kang doesn't go to the Wei State now, these alien races can only approach him with integrity, and they will be full of hatred for the Wei State, and if they have the opportunity in the future, they can raise their arms and shout...... Gongsun Kang's ambitions are not only in Liaodong!

However, after the Chu State intervened horizontally, the situation was different, and at the same time that the hatred of the alien races for the Wei State was full, the prestige and appeal of the Yan State plummeted, and the reputation of the Chu State rose and became the final winner.

This threat to the Yan State is even stronger than the Wei State!

However, the state of Chu was also very tough on this, and the Ministry of Rites directly emphasized that the navy of the state of Chu had not violated the contract - it had not entered Liaodong, mainly in the sea, and in the central and southern parts of the peninsula.

It is true that the navy of the Chu State has only played a sideline and has never entered the area where the Yan army is stationed, at most it is only the "influence divergence area" of the Yan State.

And Chu also took the initiative to condemn Yan Guo's inaction in the face of Wei bandits, and proposed to cooperate with Yan State, or Yan State to make way out, let the Chu army land, and go to the north to fight Wei bandits!

The envoys of the Yan State naturally resolutely opposed this, and at the same time, they didn't care about condemning the marginal balls of the Chu State Navy......

The changes in the Wei State also gradually attracted the attention of the Han princes such as the Marquis of Qi and the Marquis of Zheng.

After all, the Central Plains and Yongliang are also the dumping scope of the woolen textile industry of Wei, and a large amount of resources flowed into Wei, and after being harvested in the form of workshop tax to the Wei court, Wei's national strength also began to increase, and after Wei made a cheap profit, it also invested a lot of money in the research and development and construction of warships.

The shipyards under the Skillful Battalion have built more and more new warships, and even ...... Ma Jun felt that if it weren't for the fact that too many cost-effective vehicles and ships had been built in order to "coax" those princes of the DPRK and China, the effect would have been more significant!

Then in April of the fifth year of the Chu calendar, a major event occurred in the Wei State......

There is a family that poached the core craftsmen of the artisan camp and exposed!

For a while, the power dividing line between the imperial court and the wealthy right of the family became sensitive, and there were different voices in the court because of different interests......

In this regard, the King of Wei directly ordered the forbidden army to enter Yecheng overnight, and the garrisons in various places were also on alert......