Therefore, the main purpose of going south for the time being is to find a maritime "Silk Road" to the Hedong region, as long as the Silk Road is opened, the colonies opened up in the south will reflect their value.

Although even if it is really worthless, China will have to open up to the south sooner or later, but in that case, the investment will be large enough to stir the nerves of the chief financial officer, and the speed of progress is not much different from the westward expansion by land, except for the convenience of transportation, it will not reflect the advantages at all.

Naturally, Li Kang's mentality has also changed, from the beginning of the center of gravity on the south, the west only occasionally staring, to now the center of gravity is gradually moving west, both ends.

Just after the Lantern Festival in the sixth year of China, after more than five months of preparation, the army first began to act, taking the first step from Fuxi County in the south.

All the way from Fuxi County to the east, all the way from Yiyin County to the south, a large-scale sweep of Fuxi County, Yiyin County and the Hengduan Mountains surrounded by an area.

This area is a golden lake in the north, the golden river in the west, a part of the Hengduan Mountains in the east and south, and a large river flowing from the Hengduan Mountains to the golden lake in the northeast, because it is rich in various pebbles, so it is called "Stone River", that is, it is a completely enclosed area surrounded by water on both sides and mountains on both sides, with a total area of about 7,000-10,000 square kilometers.

The reason why it was first used was because it was simple and would not encounter major troubles; on the other hand, it was purely because the Chinese people were not happy to see it, and every time they looked at the map, there was always such an "enemy-occupied area" sandwiched between the two main control areas of China, and all the bigwigs were like a fish in their throats, and they were uncomfortable.

Therefore, this time is different from the previous training, the main purpose of this time is to occupy an area, and since it is necessary to occupy an area, then all threats must be swept away.

As a result, the forest natives who lived in that area were in great trouble, and they either surrendered, or fled or died, and there was no fourth way to go.

Yue Yun, the commander of the 11th Regiment in charge of this operation, was full of strength and vowed to clean this area spotlessly and return the world to a bright future.

After more than three years of training and actual combat, the current Huaxia Army has basically adapted to jungle warfare and mountain warfare, and the only terrain advantage of the forest natives has also been equaled by the Huaxia Army, and its destruction is a foregone conclusion.

A month later, the main indigenous force of the entire area was dispersed, most of them surrendered, and a small group burrowed into the mountains and forests, and disappeared, and since then, this closed area has become an "indivisible territory of China since ancient times".

When the war report was sent in triplicate to the Marshal's Office, the Privy Council and the Cabinet, the Cabinet immediately decided to temporarily set up Xuanling Town in the newly occupied area (the name of the town is taken from the name of the early Tang Dynasty Xiangfang Xuanling, the location is located 80 kilometers east of Fuxi Town, and the center of the whole closed area is southern), Ruhui Town (the name of the town is taken from the name of Du Ruhui in the early Tang Dynasty, and the location is located on the southwest bank of the Shihe River, the northeast corner of the entire closed area), so that one south and one north will firmly clamp this area in their hands.

However, although the operation went smoothly, the post-war investment was much larger than during the war, and in order to develop the newly established two towns, the army could not move again in a short period of time, and it was necessary to wait for the financial allocation again. There is no way, developing territory is not like doing business to open up the market, people can engage in franchise stores, but developing territory can only engage in direct stores, regardless of financial, material and manpower is a lot of expenses, and only one or two can be taken care of at a time.

While the Army was operating, the Navy followed suit.

First of all, there are three colonies selected by the navy, from north to south, which are a deep water bay located more than 1,000 miles south of Qihuan Town, the southernmost corner of the mainland, and the Beibu Gulf of Qiufu Island.

Deep Water Bay, as the name suggests, the sea water in the bay is very deep, enough to dock large warships, is a natural harbor, and there are two small islands opposite, one left and one right like two door gods, guarding the safety of Deep Water Bay, this is simply a godsend, as long as the fort is built on the island, and then the cannon is erected, tsk, the picture is so beautiful, all the heroes of the sea with bad intentions will want to cry after seeing it.

As a matter of course, it was favored by the navy, and was ready to build it into a pure military port, an invincible fortress in the world, and even the First Fleet had the urge to simply move its base to Deep Water Bay.

It's a pity that Deep Water Bay has been approved by Li Kang to the second fleet being formed as the base nest, and Liu Renliang is a step late, so he has no choice but to continue to shrink in Qihuan Town, which makes Qi Precipitate, the mayor of Qihuan Town, overjoyed.

Of course, deep water cannot be used as a purely military port, it will be divided into two parts, the main part is still to be used as a civilian port, for the possible future maritime trade transit, import and export.

As for the development of South Point and Beard Island, it will be necessary to wait for Deep Water Bay to get on track.

On the 31st day of the first month of the sixth year of China, a temporary wooden wharf had been built in Deep Water Bay at this time, several cargo ships slowly approached, and hundreds of slaves, boatmen, and immigrants began to unload goods on the wharf in an orderly manner in the greeting of the overseer.

Zhang Ping (a native of the late Fifth Dynasty and the early Northern Song Dynasty, the father of the world's shipyards), accompanied by a group of clerks, together with Zhou Tai, the captain of the Navy's Fei-2, and Liu Hai, the former reserve officer of the Wenlong Battery, disembarked from the gangway after the cargo was unloaded, and set foot on the land for which he would fight for at least three years.

The cabinet has decided to set up a new town near Deep Water Bay - Han Fei Town (the name of the town is taken from Han Feizi, the master of the Legalists in the Warring States Period), with Zhang Ping as the first mayor, and the specific address of the town will be selected by himself after personal observation.

Building a town is Zhang Ping's top priority, and secondly, he also shoulders the heavy responsibility of building the second shipyard and concurrently serves as the director of the second shipyard, which shows Li Kang's trust in him.

The positioning of the Second Shipyard as a pure warship factory and not accepting the manufacture of civilian ships could not be more obvious, that is, to shorten the formation time of the Second Fleet.

The Fei-2 and all its crew members, including Captain Zhou Tai, had already received an order from the Admiralty Department at this time to be assigned to the Second Fleet and stationed in Deep Water Bay from the day they arrived at Deep Water Bay to protect the safety of Deep Water Bay.

Liu Hai, the former commander of the Wenlong Island Fort, also came here, naturally because he wanted to build the fort on the two small islands opposite Deep Water Bay, and he would be transferred to the Shuangdao Fort Reserve Officer to command all the land forces in Han Feizhen.

Not only these two nameless islands, but the high ground near Deep Water Bay was also the location of the fort, and the Privy Council was bound to make Deep Water Bay impregnable and a super fortress.