Chapter 52: Hong Yi Goes to Sea

On the day when Dongfang Hong was looking for the Supreme Robe.

Hong Yi, who was far away in the Jing Navy, made the same decision as the original and went to sea, but the time was a few days later than the original.

"Hong Yi, are you going overseas?"

Yan Zhen and Duan Tianya glanced at each other: "What are you doing overseas?" ”

"Naturally, it's to avoid the Da Luo faction and Wei Taicang. Don't you want me to leave the Jinghai camp? Give me a messenger to explore the way at sea, prepare a few big ships, I will hide far away, and in the spring of next year, I will come back, directly resign from the post of general, and return to Yujing to deal with the scientific expedition, which is the best of both worlds. Isn't the handsome man unwilling to fulfill me? ”

A smile appeared on Hong Yi's face, and he smiled brightly, which was something he decided after thinking about it.

"Hong Yi, tell me honestly, did the prince let you go to sea?"

Yan Zhen obviously knew some inside information after breaking through the Martial Saint.

"No, the prince gave me the identity of a purple-clothed saint Wang Wei and let me decide the affairs around me on my own."

"In that case, I don't know what you need?"

"The soldiers of the entire Green Battalion followed me, five ships with eight hundred people. on every ship. There should be a hundred experienced sailors, and five helmsmen who could sail. I need some of the rest of the 30,000 arrows, 700 good bows and crossbows, and ballistas and other weapons for naval warfare. ”

"Five eight-hundred-strong tooth ships?"

"Yes, if you want to give more, I will accept it."

"Hong Yi, you know, such a big ship. It takes six or seven years to lay the keel. I have a whole Jing navy, that is, thirty ships. Even if we are all princes, you can't do this! ”

"I don't want you to give it for free, I'll rent it for two dollars, or even buy it."

Duan Tianya interjected on the side and asked, "How much money do you pay?" ”

"I won't let Dashuai suffer a loss of this, I will give Dashuai 100,000 taels first, these big ships, after I come back in a few months, I will hand them over to Dashuai. This time the marshal sent me to sea. It's just a way to explore and suppress bandits, not really buying and selling official ships. ”

Hong Yi remained silent.

"There are three at most, a large ship of 800 people, all of which have archives in the military department. As for arrows, bows, and ballistas, I can give you more. The soldiers of the Green Battalion, naturally, let you take it away. Also, let me mention to you two hundred sailors who sail the ship, and don't you trample on your five ironclad flyships with twenty men each? ”

Yan Zhen gave Hong Yi an eight-hundred-strong ship more than before.

"Okay, it's a word, I'll go back and prepare, the big handsome can be transferred now, and I'll leave tonight!" Hong Yi arched his hand. "In addition, the marshal can issue military orders and send other generals. Took over the Fifth Army. ”

"So fast? Leaving tonight? Why don't you stay for a drink? ”

Yan Zhen and Duan Tianya glanced at each other, but they didn't expect Hong Yi to leave so soon, they originally prepared a banquet and wanted to talk to this prince's worship brother.

Duan Tianya also wanted to join the Saint Wang Wei under Yan Zhen's bewitchment, so that Hong Yi could give Duan Tianya a convenience.

"Without further ado! Of course, the sooner the better, and it will save you more trouble for the handsome. ”

"Alas, then you have to be careful along the way, although the prince has sent ten blood drop masters by your side, you still have to pay attention to the masters of Wei Taicang and the Da Luo faction."

"Don't worry about my safety."

"It's... Well, pass me the word! ”

"Mo will say goodbye, and in the spring of next year, he will hand over his resignation here with Dashuai."

"Hey... Brother Hong walks slowly.... ”

"This brother of the prince is not simple, do you think about what he was like when he first came here, and what is he like now?" Duan Tianya looked at Hong Yi's back and said with some admiration.

"Hong Yi's martial arts cultivation has already broken through the grandmaster, such a young grandmaster, even a prince is rare." Yan Zhen said: "I hope he won't run into trouble when he goes to sea, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the prince." ”

At night, on the beach of the sea!

The autumn wind is bleak, the waves are not rising, the autumn and winter seasons belong to the dry period, and there are not as many changeable storms and tsunamis as in summer, which is the most suitable for going to sea.

The two 800-strong tooth ships quietly stayed on the pitch-black sea, lowered their huge anchors and fixed them, like an ancient sea beast, floating on the surface.

The beach was not quiet, but crowded, and cartloads of rice, vegetables, oil, porcelain, silk, silver, gold, charcoal, bows and arrows, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, clothing, knives and guns, fresh water, and so on were transported to the big ships by small boats.

The two sisters stood on the beach, commanding the sturdy sailors to carry all kinds of materials.

At this time, Hong Yi also signed the eight masters behind him, watching this cart of supplies take the night and transport them to the scene of the future that he had already imagined in his heart.

The big golden spider was so excited that it was jumping around, obviously excited to go to sea.

"Childe, a total of 10,000 catties of polished rice, vegetables, and meat, let's go to sea this time, a total of 300 soldiers of the Green Battalion, and 300 sailors of my own. Two hundred sailors of the Jing Navy, a total of more than 900 people, as long as they do not encounter storms, the food and fresh water they bring can support ten days, and after ten days, we will go to the port of the kamikaze country to replenish fresh water food. Sail again. ”

Hua Rongying commanded for more than an hour, and saw that a truckload of materials had almost arrived on the ship, so she came up to tell Hong Yi about the situation.

"It's still a little tighter, what if there is some sudden situation at sea, after staying for a few days, after all the food and fresh water are used up? It's better to bring some more, and the army hasn't moved. Grain and grass come first. ”

Hong Yi heard Hua Rongying's narration, frowned and thought, he attacked Giant Whale Island, and he already had experience in sea combat and sailing. Know that when you sail at sea, freshwater food is the most important.

"But it's two ships. Can't fit that much. Hua Langyue said: "We sold all the secret shops this time, received a total of more than 2.7 million yuan in silver, purchased all kinds of goods, prepared ships, and gave sailors a settling fee. Now this ship is full of cargo, fresh water grain. ”

Three large ships of 800 people, accompanied by five ironclad flying ships, carrying three loads of cargo, pulled up the sails, started the big pulp, sailed into the deep sea, and after a while, disappeared into the boundless ocean.

Hong Yi said that he would leave, take the masters and troops under his command, and set sail to sea!

At the same time that Hong Yi went to sea, the fleet of the Yunmeng Kingdom, which was thousands of miles away, had also sailed towards the wilderness.

Yunmeng's big ships are generally like 800 big tooth ships, more than 300 huge ships, in addition to carrying baggage, grain and grass, fresh water, equipment, medicine and other things, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people!

An army of 50,000 or 60,000 people, once out to sea and thousands of miles away, can be regarded as a huge war operation.

More than 300 large ships were arranged in a mysterious phalanx, surrounding the eight Peach God Fury Whale ships in the middle.

And the eight Peach God Angry Whale ships are in the direction of gossip, surrounding a boss ship in the middle.

This commander's big ship, the whole body is pitch black, like iron, and at a glance it looks like an ancient camel mountain of divine turtles surfaced, and the huge size is incalculable.

Just looking at the baffles on both sides of the deck like a city wall, as high as more than a dozen zhang, this big ship is simply a castle on the water, even if it is a fierce thing such as thunder, fire and iron cannons, it may not be able to bombard.

This legendary Zhenguo god ship of Yunmeng Kingdom, the 'Mengshen', is the power of the whole country, and it took two hundred years to build it by gathering skilled generals. This must be the one.

The big ships in the sea voyage are the best and most practical in the Kamikaze country. However, there are also big ships in Zhenguo, such as Daqian's royal dragon boat, Yunmeng's 'Mengshen', and 'Tianwu'. But it is a town that has spent infinite manpower, the power of the country, and several generations to build the prestige of the town and sacrifice to the heavens.

This Mengshen is much better than the Peach God Ship, but this thing is really too expensive, without the power of the whole country, it takes several generations, it can't be made at all, and the financial consumption is too powerful, a hundred times or a thousand times that of the Peach God Ship.

According to historical records, there was a dynasty in order to build dragon boats, but finally the finances collapsed, so that there was no money to suppress the peasant uprising, and finally the dynasty was destroyed.

However, with the demise of the dynasty, the dragon boat ships also disappeared.

PS: Hong Yi went to sea to give the original protagonist a chance to rise, after all, many of the original opportunities were robbed by Dongfang Hong.