As far as the eye can see, the lake is surrounded by lush forests, and even the entrance to the sea has to be carefully distinguished.

"This is God's gift to auspiciousness, and dreams will set sail from here!"

Yang Tao didn't know much about the navy, but he also knew how important this estuary was to Jixiang, it was the entrance to another world, and it was a new world.

Wang Xuan and the others took a large bamboo raft down the river from the construction site, and the land was not safe, so everyone could only choose the waterway, and they had to beware of attacks from the shore and underwater along the way, and they were mentally exhausted.

For Wang Xuan, this estuary is a cornucopia, a golden house, and Yan Ruyu.

"Check the gear, and in a quarter of an hour we'll be in the lake. ”

Yang Tao instructed everyone to get ready, so everyone checked each other's backpacks, various ropes, weapons and equipment, and replied with a gesture of completion.

"Raft No. 2 is in front, raft No. 3 is in the back, and Raft No. 1 is in the center. ”

Wang Xuan sat on the bamboo raft seat in the middle, his eyes looking around, and he was very interested.

"Measure the depth of the water here. ”

When the raft reached the impact zone of the estuary, the guards began to measure the depth of the water.

Two bamboo poles about ten meters long are tied together, which can detect the water area at a depth of 18 meters, and after a while, the results of the detection came from the No. 3 boat, which is eight meters.

Fortunately, under the long-term impact of the river, there should be less siltation here, and if it is used as the center of the circle, the surrounding water depth is afraid that it will be shallower.

Subsequently, the No. 3 bamboo raft was measured within a radius of nearly 1,000 meters where the river enters the lake, and the shalsmallest point is only three meters, and the deepest point is only five meters.

Then the three rafts sailed towards the mouth of the sea, and after about a quarter of an hour, they came to the junction of the lake and the sea.

The exit here is about 100 meters wide, the water depth is extremely shallow, and the land on both sides is at a low elevation, and some dense shrubs grow on it.

The inner area of the lake was overgrown with weeds and was extremely lush, and Wang Xuan even saw a few deer drinking vigilantly by the lake.

The water depth tested by Boat No. 3 was only two meters, which was also expected.

At the time of the census, the expedition had already measured the area, but the reality was much worse.

"Don't go near the shore, let's take a look outside. ”

Wang Xuan ordered to go to sea, so the three bamboo rafts slowly sailed away from the inner lake under the reaction of the penny, and the endless sea was presented in front of people, in Wang Xuan's opinion, it was much more magnificent than Xingyao Lake.

"This is the sea!"

Many people have never seen the sea, so in their opinion, the sea looks like the same as the Star Lake.

But they didn't know that the sea was far richer than Xingyao Lake, and it was also far more ferocious than Xingyao Lake.

Looking at the land on both sides of the sea in the north, there are patches of bare sandy beaches, some places are just cliffs and strange rocks, but there are no dense bushes, separated by water, like heaven and earth.

At the request of Wang Xuan, everyone drew a circle around the 'arms' of the inner lake, there was a cliff not far from the west, the altitude was only more than ten meters, and the following was a deep water area, which was very suitable for development into a freight terminal.

It was nearly in the afternoon, Wang Xuan and his entourage circled the inner lake again and discovered many reefs in the lake, which would bring great difficulties to the construction of the military port.

After some special places were marked, everyone began to return to the river, swimming upriver along the Xingyao River.

On July 2, 56 years of the Xia Yuan calendar, Wang Xuan stopped for a day in Laifu Town to learn about the progress of farming work.

The vegetable planting base has achieved results, most of the vegetable supply of Jixiang City and various construction sites comes from this, and the necessary facilities have been completed, and the secondary supporting construction is currently being done.

Although the five farms are not developed, they have harvested a lot this season, and the population continues to replenish, and it is expected that they will be fully cultivated in 57 years.

In this way, private acres in the north can be left fallow for a year to save some fertility.

Town Mayor Tian Dazhu, Deputy Mayor Wu Zhiyuan, and Public Security Bureau Director Tao Hu successively reported to Wang Xuan on their recent work.

Seeing that infrastructure construction was in full swing, Wang Xuan's heart was relieved.

"Prioritizing things and getting things in order, grabbing your eyebrows and mustaches will only make things worse. Therefore, as long as each of you principal officials grasps one thing and implements it without discount, you will find that most of the other problems have been solved by the way. ”

Wang Xuan said solemnly, he didn't want anything wrong with Laifu Town, he wanted to build a town in a 'modular' way.

"Someone has to take the lead and be responsible for everything, and if something happens, find the main person in charge. Don't blame each other in case of trouble, you have the courage to take responsibility, I said that I am not afraid of you making mistakes, I am afraid that you will make mistakes without thinking. ”

"Hygiene and construction safety are the most important and cannot be overemphasized, as you all know. In addition, the burden of the Public Security Bureau is very heavy, I hope you can protect the property and the safety of the people in Laifu Town, and the last incident in the Government Council is enough. ”

Tao Hu's heart was awe-inspiring, when the last incident happened, he was following Wang Xuan to the Xishan Song Clan's station, and he had not experienced it personally, but he knew the seriousness of the situation.

"Please rest assured, with my Tao Hu in Laifu for a day, I will not cause trouble to the Lord for a day!"

On July 3, Wang Xuan left Laifu Town, and before leaving, he said to the mayor of the town, Tian Dazhu: "Laifu should plan well, don't be in a hurry to make decisions, there are many experts and scholars in the Government Affairs Yuan and the Research Institute, and if you have difficulties, you will actively ask for help, and no one will laugh at you." If you slap a swollen face and make a fat person, and mess things up, then it's a shame. ”

Tian Dazhu smiled shyly and nodded uncontrollably, how funny it looked.

After returning to the lord's mansion for lunch, Wang Xuan began to design the sand table of the southern military port.

Due to the auspicious city sand table pearl in front, this time it is much easier, and the size is much smaller, but the key areas are explained in detail.

On 5 July, a group of admirals and Zheng San of the Ministry of Construction received a notice to hold a military meeting in the Admiralty building.

Wang Xuan brought the sand table over and showed it in front of everyone.

"This is the future naval port, the only way for us to 'go out' auspiciously, let's take a closer look. ”

Everyone learned about this information two years ago, and Wang Xuan also analyzed the future development strategy for the officials of the Government Council on the territory map, and now he has seen a more vivid military port sand table, and it is false to say that he is not excited.

After a while, Wang Xuan said: "Considering the Xingyao River as part of the military port, it doesn't look like a fork, but the two sides of the fork are bent inward?"

As soon as Wang Xuan said this, everyone really saw some ways.

"If the enemy comes from the sea and blocks the exit, won't we become turtles in an urn?" Zhao Qiang said, only he dared to say this.

When the other admirals heard Zhao Qiang say this, they thought about it, and it was not unreasonable, so they looked at Wang Xuan unconsciously.

Wang Xuan knocked on the table, and the bang was very rhythmic, "Don't you remember the huge movement that happened at the weapons test site last month?"

Oh, how can you not remember, we have artillery, that power, it is estimated that the walls of Jixiang City will not be able to support a few cannons, right?

"What does the Lord mean?" Qin Chao of the logistics department was excited, as if he had thought of the key point, and rubbed his palms back and forth.

"Turret!"

"Turret?"

Da Gaoqiang was thoughtful, he was a naval commander who had experienced actual combat, and he was very sensitive to the offensive and defensive cognition of naval ships, and immediately thought of the key points.

"The Lord means to set up artillery batteries on the land on either side?"

Wang Xuan laughed, "See, it's still Commander Da transparent, that's it." ”

Wang Xuan's voice of 'Commander Da' made him feel ashamed, and no one here was higher than his position, and he was at most the commander of the river fleet, and he couldn't get on the stage.

"Why, feel embarrassed?" Wang Xuan was also happy when he saw Da Gaoqiang's shy attitude, "There is more than this section of the inland river, you can't be satisfied, haha......"

Everyone laughed unconsciously, but in the midst of laughter, they heard some unspeakable messages.

Zheng San of the Ministry of Construction was a little anxious, except for Wang Xuan, he was the only one present who was not from the military, but could he compare with Wang Xuan?

This is a big secret, and if you don't speak, you don't have to talk about it, at least for Jixiang, it's a secret.

Once the news leaks, he is the only object of suspicion, and it is difficult to die!

After being stunned, Zheng San was a little proud, he was afraid that he was the first person in the government affairs system to learn the news, and the lord still trusted us!

After Wang Xuan's words fell, everyone smiled and became serious.

The young lord who brought them countless miracles and led Ji Xiang to glory step by step would not make such childish jokes.

It's not a slip of the tongue, this is not what the person who brought the new military training code should do, then there is only one truth!

Da Gaoqiang is not stupid, and he was a little overwhelmed with excitement for a while, "Under the office, everything under the office but according to the orders of the Lord, only effective death force to repay the grace of the Lord!"

Wang Xuan also gradually stopped laughing, seemingly casual, but a little serious: "You should serve me, but you deserve what you have today, so you don't need to thank anyone in this regard, including me." ”

"Lord, this~"

For the army, Wang Xuan only started to pay attention to it last year, and he had been drying it for another year before, so he rarely communicated with them, except for Wang Yu.

Some of Wang Xuan's thoughts and thinking, they are not used to it, and Wang Xuan also knows this, so he didn't say much.

"Okay, let's get down to business, a military port is the only way for us to go out auspiciously, and defense is more important than everything. You all know more or less the power of artillery, and once the reinforced concrete permanent forts are built on the land on both sides, the number of warships will not be enough for us to fight, Zhao Qiang, what do you think?"

Zhao Qiang participated in a live-fire test last month, so he naturally knows the power of the artillery, which is just an experiment.

"That is, the enemy was sunk before he could see the layout of our military port. ”

Zhao Qiang replied freehandedly, other lower-level admirals didn't know the specific power of artillery, and when they heard their commander praise it like this, they immediately smiled, his grandmother's, the good days of our navy have just begun!

"There is also an area on the outside that is suitable for a wharf, but it needs to be shoveled out of the nearly 10-meter-high mountain, so that the loading and unloading can meet the requirements. ”

Wang Xuan pointed to the land road on the west side of the outside, "This mountain is not high, but the distance between north and south is not short, nearly a thousand meters. But it's also a good thing, once it can be effectively developed, then this area can be used as a cargo warehouse for civilian ports. ”

Everyone looked at the sand table carefully, analyzing the pros and cons, and their expressions were very serious.

This is not anyone's business, and according to the way the Lord conducts things today, it is a good thing for everyone.

"As for how to develop this small mountain, we can talk about it later, but the silt and reefs in the inner lake must be cleaned up as a priority. ”

It is reasonable to say that the so-called priorities are the most important thing in the military port.

"Reefs, explosives can be used, and the implementation of underwater explosives blasting will be carried out by the Admiralty and the Research Institute, and I will see the results by the end of July at the latest. In addition, for the removal of silt accumulation in the inner lake, I plan to build a vessel dedicated to dredging. ”

Dredger?

The crowd was puzzled.

"A boat, with a semi-sealed dustpan or something in tow, dug up the silt from the bottom of the water and cleaned the river. This kind of boat can also be used for silt cleaning in the Xingyao River and Liuyin River, which is very convenient. ”

As soon as Wang Xuan said this, everyone became interested, and the venue began to discuss in a whisper.

The Admiralty intends to undertake the construction of such ships, and since the Lord has proposed it, then there must be a specific plan for its construction.

"This kind of ship will be built by the Lyuin shipyard, and the Admiralty or the Government Council will place an order. ”

Who would have thought that Wang Xuan would then make a final decision, the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and professional things should be left to professional people to do.