On October 15, the sixth year of Baoyou, Zhao Jiaren's fleet left the port of Fuzhou. After leaving the Minjiang River, the five military ships went north and headed straight for Jiaxing Mansion.

As soon as Zhao Jiaren left, Zhao Yong ordered the school to immediately enter a state of alert. The school gates are closed, and the staff on duty is doubled. Now Zhao Jiaren has a total of more than 20 ships, only seven belong to the warship class, and the others belong to small armed merchant ships. Each of the seven warships that sailed out had about 200 people on board, and 1,400 people were equivalent to taking almost all the elites in Zhao Jiaren's school. Most of the people who stayed here were women and children.

Women and children are not without value in the school system, women have jobs such as textiles, and children represent the future. Because they are so valuable, they must be protected.

On the way north, Zhao Jiaren was also very worried, but he couldn't help it. The Mongol invasion of the south became more and more intense, and there was no news of the border war in the imperial court newspapers and various documents. For the Great Song Dynasty, there was only one reason not to talk about the war, and the imperial court was afraid that these bad news would shake people's hearts, so they simply did not let the people and middle and low-level officials know the news.

Zhao Jiaren felt that this was also the reason why the Yuan army's destruction of the Song Dynasty would be so smooth. Before the fall of Xiangyang and Fancheng, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty were calm, singing and dancing, as if there was no tragic war on the border. After the fall of Xiangyang and Fancheng, the imperial court immediately issued an order to organize the Qinwang army from all walks of life. This frightened the local people in a panic, and many people immediately became afraid, and the originally very scarce will to fight was even lowered. Coupled with the rapid progress of the Yuan army, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed so quickly. Zhao Jiaren reflected afterwards that if the whole country could feel the threat of war at that time, the Southern Song Dynasty would not have perished so quickly.

Although it is known that the Southern Song Dynasty was not destroyed in the war of the Mongols going south, history has changed, and the Pu family has tried to acquire artillery technology. If the Southern Song Dynasty is stumped, will it be able to survive the Mongol southern expedition?

Zhao Jiaren had already decided to participate in the war, but the Great Song Dynasty was a country that spoke of law. Since there is no evidence that can bring down the Pu family, it is impossible for Zhao Jiaren to bring his fleet into Quanzhou to destroy the Pu family before participating in the war. The only way left is to go north to Shandong to fight the autumn wind, and try to capture as many ships as possible to come back for renovation. Zhao Jiaren will not be able to return for half a year after going north to participate in the war against Mongolia in the future, and he will also have to leave enough warships to defend Zhao Jiaren's nest in Fuzhou.

The members of the fleet did not know what Zhao Jiaren really thought, and they talked excitedly about what would happen if they went to Shandong this time. The autumn wind is tight in October, and it is a good time to go to Shandong to fight the autumn wind. Each of the seven ships had two hundred people. When encountering the Yuan army ships again, it is completely easy to implement the gang jumping tactic, and at that time, it is not necessary to capture two ships, and it should be no problem to capture seven.

Such a warm atmosphere affected one person, and that was Zhao Jiaren's mother who went to Qingyuan Mansion. During the few days at sea, although Mrs. Zhao didn't say anything, she didn't give Zhao Jiaren any good looks. Zhao Jiaren felt grateful for his mother's cold treatment. If he was reprimanded by the old lady again, he had no choice but to go to another boat to stay.

A few days later, Zhao Jiaren arrived at Qingyuan Mansion. Zhao Zhizhuo didn't expect his wife to be willing to go to Qingyuan Mansion, so he was naturally overjoyed. Zhao Jiaren took off the cloth, and said goodbye to his parents and went to Huating County to find his eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin. After the brothers met, they naturally liked it, and Zhao Jiaren learned that Zhao Jiaren's cloth had arrived, so he immediately took a boat back to Qingyuan Mansion without saying a word.

Zhao Jiaren continued to lead the fleet north, and his destination was Haicheng. After reaping the benefits in the Battle of Haicheng last time, Zhao Jiaren was not only promoted, but also received the support of Jia Yidao and opened a commercial base in Haicheng. Zhao Jiaren also brought some cloth and wanted to sell it in Haicheng to Shandong. Although the two sides belonged to different countries, Zhao Jiaren believed that the Shandong people would not refuse to use cotton cloth because they were under Mongol rule. If the people of Shandong refuse to sell cotton cloth, Zhao Jiaren can also use the port of Haicheng to make a home port for attack.

There were still more than ten miles away from Haicheng Port, and the lookout post hurriedly got down from the mast and rushed into the captain's room on the back ship, "Mention it, there seems to be a Mongolian military ship ahead." ”

"What?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned, this luck is too good. If you want to fall asleep, there are Mongolians to send pillows?

"There were five or six large ships and seven or eight medium ships. The squad leader below said that it looked like a Mongolian ship. The young lookout post said excitedly to Zhao Jiaren.

Looking at the relieved expression mixed with the excitement of the lookout post, Zhao Jiaren suddenly felt that he had somewhat understood many of the 'rules' of the Age of Discovery. For example, veteran sailors would order new rookies to work on the watchtower. Because it was inconvenient to go up and down the masts, and the watchtower was narrow, the sailors who went up could not eat or drink to prevent drowning. Hungry on the watchtower, the new sailors were eager to see something, so that they could come down with a reasonable reason to stretch their muscles, drink water, eat a mouthful of food, and go to the toilet.

It was clear that the young lookout had also been motivated to work by such a seemingly old sailor's petty tactics of bullying the new sailor.

Thinking about it, Captain Li Hongjun strode in excitedly. "Headmaster...... Mention it, I went up and took a look. There were indeed Mongolian ships in the distance, and at least five of them were large Mongolian ships. We sent it this time! ”

Hearing the captain's agreement, the young sailor in charge of the lookout had a bright light on his face. As a novice, you are not qualified to go on the mast in battle, that is the job of the old sailors.

"Prepare for battle!" Zhao Jiaren ordered.

"Yes!" Li Hongjun responded excitedly and strode out of the captain's room.

Looking at Li Hongjun's happy back, Zhao Jiaren sighed. The war rookie Li Hongjun is so cute, he didn't know that Xia Gui and Mao Xing, who defended Haizhou and the Lianshui Army last time, had been promoted and left. At this time, the defense of Haizhou was probably an unknown small officer, and this small officer faced the Shandong Governor Li Pu who could send such a large-scale naval army, and his will to take Haizhou must be very resolute. Zhao Jiaren himself will not be satisfied with just capturing a few ships. In the current situation, he will inevitably let Li Hongjun and others plunge into the first land battle in his life.

But Zhao Jiaren quickly thought that maybe Haizhou had fallen at this time. If that were the case, there would be no need for him to participate in land battles. While thinking about it, the alarm bell outside was sounded, and in the loud dangdang sound, the loud voice of the propaganda committee member could be heard clearly: "If you encounter an enemy ship in front, all of you should prepare for battle." ”

"Roar!" The confident responses of the crew rang out on the ship.