Deng Zilong's mood was obviously not very good, but in front of Zhang Qian, he still reluctantly smiled and said a few polite words, seeing this, Zhang Qian, who had no intention of staying in Dingyuan Port for longer, left Dingyuan Port the next day and went to the Bowang Governor's District.

Bowang Governor Meng Hui, who has been in office for nearly two months, still has not come out of the depression of "promotion", yes, for others, it is a happy event to be promoted two levels in a row, but for Meng Hui, it is an out-and-out "disaster".

Suwu County, the most prosperous city in China so far, is even more lively than the capital Xin'an County, with a population of more than 100,000, or two-fifths of the total population.

Although it claims to be thousands of islands, in the area that has been explored, the largest Bowang Island is only slightly larger than Hong Kong Island, and there are only five of them, and there are still three of them that cannot be inhabited, and the population, well, it is the 500 people brought by Meng Hui, which can be said to be the bird that does not.

Regardless of the degree of prosperity, let's just talk about the strategic location.

Suwu County chokes the grassland in the north and controls the wilderness in the south, both directions are very likely to break out large-scale wars, as the military governor of Suwu County, it is natural that he will play an important role when the war breaks out, and it is the place where the warriors should stay the most.

If you want to find a pirate to practice your skills, then please sail thousands of miles west through the Thousand Islands Strait to the Storm Sea to meet the legendary pirate.

Hehe...

Therefore, he, the governor from the army, has a predictable future life, building houses, building docks, roads, warehouses... Until a brand new town appeared on the island of Bowang.

It sounds good, the founder of a city, what a sense of accomplishment.

"What a fart of achievement!" Meng Heng's spit was about to spray on the face of his deputy, Fan Zhen (former professor of the Department of Chinese Literature of Xin'an University, and prime minister of Zhou five generations later), "That's what you literati yearn for, I'm a martial artist!"

Seriously, if you are still in the Great Song Dynasty, there is such a good opportunity to transfer yourself to Wenchen and become a commander, Meng Hui will definitely raise his hands and feet in agreement, but unfortunately it is not the Great Song Dynasty now, and there is not much difference between civil and military, so Meng Hui is naturally more willing to do his old job.

Although he has not been removed from the military now, and his military rank is still maintained, he is already doing a civilian job, and when his two terms expire, he may really become a civilian official, and Meng Heng is unwilling to accept this reality.

Meng Heng is also very helpless, he knows that he is affected by his great-uncle and uncle (former great-grandfather and grandfather), and the three members of the Meng family all hold real power and high positions in the army, which is very unreasonable, especially when the regular army of the Chinese Army currently has only two brigades and three cavalry regiments, so Meng Heng can only be wronged for a few years, and after the development of the Chinese Army, it will be no big problem for him to go back.

"Tell the Governor!" Just when Fan Zhen was very embarrassed, the voice of the Governor's secretary came from outside.

"What's the matter?" Meng Heng asked out loud.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Zhang's fleet has returned, and it has now docked!"

"Oh, Brother Fan, let's go and greet him together?" Meng Heng stood up, tidied up his clothes, and then buttoned up his military hat, and then said to the political envoy beside him.

"That's as it should be..."Fan nodded slightly.

"This Meng Heng doesn't seem to be a pure martial artist, the layout on the dock is well organized, the planning is also very reasonable, and it is not messy..."Standing on the newly built small dock, Zhang Qian stomped his feet fiercely and said with satisfaction.

"Hehe, Governor Meng must have the ability, otherwise the king would not put him here as a leader... However, I heard that the political envoy of the Bowang Governor's District is Fan Wensu, who once held a high position as prime minister!" Hao Qizhao, another deacon of the Hedong Division who followed Zhang Qian, said lightly, this Hao Qizhao once showed off his talents in my Qing Dynasty, and naturally respected the model of Jinshi in his heart.

"Deacon Hao, before Fan Wensu came, he hadn't become a prime minister..."Zhang Qian said disapprerovingly.

"Uh... Hehe... Hehe..."Hao Qizhao smiled a little awkwardly and didn't speak.

Because of Meng Hui's hospitality, and the fact that this Bowang Island and even the entire Governor's District are named after Zhang Qian's "former" title, Zhang Qian was very kind to Bowang Island, and rested on Bowang Island for five days before setting off again.

Zhang Qian and his entourage traveled east through Bowang Island for four to six days to reach the western coast of the Qinhuang Peninsula, and at that time, it was equivalent to going home.

Not to mention Zhang Qian and his entourage, Meng Heng served as the governor of Bowang, and when he was about to leave His Majesty, Li Kang specially assigned two tasks to him.

1. Explore a waterway that can bypass Boding Bay and go straight from Bowang Island to Dingyuanjiao.

For this task, Li Kang also instructed Deng Zilong, the commander of the fleet to be dispatched across the strait, one to the northeast and the other to the southwest, going hand in hand, attacking from both sides, which can greatly shorten the exploration time and reduce the risk.

2. Build a flight base on the mainland coast in the northern part of Bowang Island, and then explore an air route from the Bowang Governorate to Changping Town, Fuxi County, Xin'an Town, and other inland counties and towns.

If the experiment is successful, then the distance from Huaxia to the southeast of the river is equal to half of the shortening, the hot air balloon may not be able to transport materials, but the transmission of news is more than enough, and with this valuable experience, Huaxia can also establish a hot air balloon docking station county by county, town by town, and lay an air postal system throughout the territory.

At the same time, it also provides strong support for the development of Tiannan, Bowang, Boding, the Strait area and the inland areas of China.

Therefore, Meng Heng's mission is heavy, and it is precisely because of these two tasks that Meng Heng did not "argue with reason" from Li Kang after receiving the order of the governor of Bowang.

A small offshore gunboat set sail from Bowang Harbor to the north to the mainland.

This time, Meng Hui did not bring the officials of the governor's district, but only his two secretaries and a team of guards.

The gunboat leaned on a simple wooden trestle bridge, put down Meng Heng and his party, and then turned around and left, the sea power of the Bowang Governor's District is limited, this gunboat still needs to patrol routinely, regardless of whether there is danger or not, this is the rule, it only needs to come over at the appointed time to pick up Meng Heng and the others to go back.

"Let's go..."Seeing the gunboat leave, Meng Heng waved his hand and led the group towards the forest, their "air base" was still some distance from the coast.

"Your Excellency the Governor, if this aerial experiment is successful, then if there is any urgent matter in the future, it will be convenient to go back to Xin'an! Liu Mindao, secretary to the governor.