Li Kang nodded, but did not say anything, but turned his gaze to Zhang Qian on the side and asked, "Zhang Qing, do you have any arrangements left in the Thousand Islands Strait?"

When Zhang Qian heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates are in Dingyuanjiao, and here..." Li Kang and the others looked at Zhang Qian's fingers, only to see Zhang Qian's heavy finger pointing at an island at the west exit of the Thousand Islands Strait.

"Because of the limited manpower, the number of people left behind by his subordinates is not large, and they cannot play a military deterrent role for the time being, but they are only kept as sentry posts... Therefore, the subordinates did not leave any heavy weapons. Speaking of which, Zhang Qian said with some pity.

"You did the right thing, since you can't completely block it, just give up temporarily, there are too many people left, and if it doesn't work, it may be a bad thing, and the logistical pressure can be reduced with fewer people. Qi Jiguang nodded approvingly, at least Zhang Qian knew the truth of being greedy and chewing too much.

"Hehe..." Zhang Qian smiled reservedly and did not answer.

"Let's do what Zhang Qing said for the time being, but we can't let the people of Hedong control this waterway, even if it is beyond the reach of the whip for the time being, but the necessary means still have to be done... We'll talk about it later, and you go on. Li Kang said.

"No!" Zhang Qian said, "Because of its special environment, the Qiandao Strait must be careful and careful if you want to cross the Qiandao Strait, if everything goes well, it will take about twelve to fifteen days to pass, once you pass through the Qiandao Strait, then you will officially enter the storm sea that the people of Hedong say..."

"However, the Storm Sea is actually very large, and the Storm Sea that the Hedong people are accustomed to saying is only a small part of it in the north, and most of the seafarers in the Hedong people are also active in this area, and very few people open up around, even if they do it occasionally, they will be forced back by the desolation and danger around them....

"Well, these were the situations before we appeared, and not necessarily now!" Zhang Qian sighed.

Everyone knows what he means, in the past, there was no profit driven, and the people of Hedong naturally had no motivation to open up outward, but now it is different, the Chinese people are here, since people can come, why can't they go? The place where the Chinese people are located is not a wild place, who doesn't know that the Chinese people are rich?

This drama is what everyone is worried about, and it won't be good if the people of Hedong have the same idea as them.

Li Kang also had similar worries, but compared with the others, he was much less worried, because the worries of the Huaxia side were to a large extent from their own point of view, and who knows what the Hedong people themselves thought? Who can guarantee that they will certainly be able to afford the little interests on the sea? Although Huaxia is rich, it is not very large! Moreover, the Huaxia people themselves can deliver goods to their doors, and they can do business while sitting at the door of their homes, so why should they risk their lives to go to sea?

Just as the Europeans in history were worried that the Chinese would grab the market with them after seeing the interests of maritime trade, as a result, everyone knows that it is purely unfounded, and they have done business with others for hundreds of years, and in the end they still don't know where they are!

Although the people of Hedong will not know where Huaxia is, and they may not be as arrogant as ancient China, it is inevitable that their eyes will be on the mainland, because the Hedong countries and ancient China have a common characteristic, that is, they are not island countries, the main enemies and resources are on land, and without a navy, they will not die!

Without urgent needs and practical persecution, it is very difficult to get a country to change its national policy!

In fact, the international situation, geographical environment, and customs of the Hedong countries should be said to be between ancient China and Europe, and no one can say for sure what they will choose.

But in any case, in a short period of time, the status quo will not change, and at sea, Huaxia still has an absolute advantage.

Next, Zhang Qian made a report on some of the details of his party after arriving at the Storm Sea, which can be described as detailed, and explained all of them, which is basically similar to the news from Jinyiwei - the news of Jinyiwei was also obtained from Zhang Qian - after that, the main topics of discussion revolved around how to develop maritime trade, how to further strengthen the ties with the countries in the southeast of the river, how to strengthen the military strength of the Lin camp, how to cultivate pro-Chinese forces in various countries, and other major issues.

"The first step is to increase our maritime transportation capacity and maritime armed forces, which is the foundation of everything!" After everyone sat down again, the commander of the navy and the staff general took the lead in speaking. Only an armed force that has the determination and ability to fight against any small and small, responsible, and obliged to protect our Chinese merchant ships stationed in the Thousand Islands Strait or even the Storm Sea can deter all kinds of ghosts and spirits and safeguard the maritime interests of our Great China. So, I propose, to encourage private people to go to sea, and even, if necessary, to open some small-caliber cannons and retreating muskets to them. ”

What Kaifeng said were some clichés, and they were basically everyone's consensus, except for the last sentence of the open musket artillery.

For a while, everyone's eyes on Kaifeng were different, this guy really fought hard to develop the navy, and even came up with the trick of arming merchant ships, merchant ships were armed, in order to prevent them from jumping back, should the navy also be strengthened?

The corners of the army commander and major general Yue Fei's mouth twitched, this guy is a thief!

Ever since Li Kang was about to form the Third Cavalry Regiment, he had a bad premonition, this sign was wrong! There were already two cavalry regiments, why build another one! Isn't it obvious that Huaxia's next eyes are beginning to turn to the northern grasslands?

Can he not be in a hurry?

However, Yue Fei did not refute it directly, this matter has been said several times, everyone knows that Kaifeng is right, and it must be done, but the premise is, when to do it? How long will it take to complete? This is very particular. Didn't they all say that the hundred-year-old navy, he Yue has always been particular about it, so it took fifty years to build it.

"Commander Kai is right... Therefore, I also agree to send a navy to the Kuril Strait and even the Storm Sea to escort and deter.