Chapter 54
On March 4, 174 A.D., Li Yuxuan, Li Yuyang, and a dozen members of the Right Guard left the city of Sugar, and their destination was Bahrain.
At the moment when Li Yuxuan stepped out of Suger, the prototype of the navy appeared in his mind, and a series of plans and strategies also passed through his mind.
As Li Yuxuan expected, on March 6, 174 of the imperial calendar, Feng Tianyang, who had been his defeated general, led Fengxiang's 5,000 ironclad infantry regiment to sweep the southern part of the Carol Kingdom and completely consolidate its power.
At this time, Li Yuxuan and his entourage arrived in the coastal city of Bahrain.
Outside the Bahrain City Guard, Li Yuyang showed his waist card as the capital, and the soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly entered to report. After a few moments, a familiar voice came.
"Is it Lang Zhong or Li Yuyang?
Tang Xu's familiar figure immediately appeared at the door.
So far, only two people are in the rank of Dutong, namely Li Yuyang and Langzhong. Since the comer showed the waist card of the capital, there is no doubt that it must be one of the two. But unexpectedly, when he stepped out of the mansion, the first thing that caught his eye would be Li Yuxuan, the supreme commander of the "homeland", the ruling of Luo Pingyuan.
Tang Xu's reaction was not slow, and he immediately touched his heels, ready to salute Li Yuxuan, but was immediately stopped by him with a look. Under the guidance of Tang Xu, the group entered the room and immediately arrived at the meeting hall of the city guard mansion.
"What about Li Fang?" As soon as he sat down, Li Yuxuan asked about Li Fang's whereabouts.
I have already arrived in the mansion, why haven't I seen Li Fang come to see me. In this regard, Li Yuxuan felt a little unhappy in his heart.
"Major General Li has been supervising the construction of new warships in the shipyard for the past few days, so he is not in the mansion, and I will send someone to find it immediately. Tang Xu beckoned to send someone to the shipyard.
"No need, let's take a look later. ”
Listening to Tang Xu's words, Li Yuxuan's originally slightly stiff tone was obviously relaxed. Being able to think about building a ship proves that everyone is not lazy and is doing things.
"Tang Xu, I received a report that piracy has been rampant along the coast in recent months, and you can now give me a detailed introduction to the situation. ”
It turned out that the first time I came to deal with the problem of piracy, it was great, I studied it with Li Fang for several days, but I never came up with a good plan to deal with pirates. This time, I have a head sitting here, but I can save myself a lot of thought. Although he was thinking about his own affairs in his heart, Tang Xu didn't stop talking.
"There are three bands of pirates along the coast, and the leader of the largest group is nicknamed "Eagle", and his real name is Zheng Jing. It is said that his ancestors were from a family of seafarers, so he was very skilled in naval warfare, and he had four medium-sized warships under his command, and the flagship 'Zhubo' is said to be the fastest ship in this area. The other two bands of pirates are basically on his own, so his biggest threat is us. ”
"Zheng Jing, a family of seafarers, very good!"
Li Yuxuan laughed and stood up from his chair and said, "Let's go to the shipyard!" made Tang Xu and Li Yuyang confused.
Waterfront, shipyards.
Three huge warships rested silently on wooden frames, and hundreds of craftsmen were busy on the scaffolding of the giant ship's hull.
Li Fang was standing aside at the moment, staring at the giant ships in front of him, but his heart was irritable.
With good warships in the air, but no competent commanders and sailors, there is nothing you can do in the face of the blatant attacks of many pirates. In the past few months, the salt merchants have suffered huge losses due to pirate attacks, and the government has lost tens of thousands of gold in tax revenue. But even so, Li Fang still didn't dare to rashly send a fleet to the sea to fight, and no one knew better than himself the importance of these warships to the master of the family. These warships were the first and most important barrier to stop Feng Xiang's army. Once there were no such warships, Luo Pingyuan would be like a piece of fat at his fingertips in front of Feng Xiang.
The war a hundred years ago was too far away from the naval war, because the Tianlong Empire was compressed in the east of the continent, so that the Tianlong Empire had to develop maritime transportation and equip warships, it should be said that today Li Yuxuan will attach so much importance to naval warfare, which is related to the memory of the previous life, but the fundamental thing is the navigation technology that the Tianlong Empire has continuously developed.
Due to the threat of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, there are many countries that attach importance to navigation, but there are not many who attach so much importance to navigation as Li Yuxuan, and now the fleet has been completed, but there is a lack of qualified sailors, which is not what Li Yuxuan wants.
Li Fang has been tormented by this problem for nearly a month, and until now, there is no sign that he can get rid of this trouble.
"Major General Li, what is it that makes you feel unhappy?"
It's the head of the house!
Li Fang turned around sharply and found that standing at the gate of the shipyard was Li Yuxuan, the owner of the "homeland", as well as his deputy Tang Xu and Li Yuyang, the captain of the right guard of the "homeland".
Li Fang hurriedly approached Li Yuxuan, lowered his hand and said: "The subordinates are incompetent and have failed to control the sea area, resulting in a sharp drop in government taxes. ”
"No need, you don't know much about naval battles, and your opponent is a master in this area, so I am very satisfied with this treatment, and Major General Li does not need to blame himself. Li Yuxuan comforted Li Fang beside him with a smile on his face.
Then, under the guidance of Li Fang, Li Yuxuan and others visited the entire shipyard and carefully inquired about the progress and firepower configuration of the battleship, the speed of the ship and other aspects. After that, he went to the military port in Bahrain to visit the two main warships and two auxiliary ships that had been completed.
"Good! good!"
After nearly half a day of visiting, Li Yuxuan was obviously quite satisfied with the speed of the establishment of the fleet.
"Is there a fleet of salt merchants going to sea in the near future?" asked Li Yuxuan.
"My lord, there is a fleet of salt merchants going to sea in Bahrain every day. Early tomorrow morning, Bahrain's largest salt merchants will have a shipment of salt to the kingdom of Ya'an, the largest shipment in nearly a week. ”
"Very good, you go and get in touch, tomorrow I will go to sea with this fleet and meet that 'eagle'!"
"Master!" the crowd exclaimed again.
"My lord, the 'Eagle' has not appeared in the past few weeks, and it is said that it is heading to the southern waters, so a large amount of salt cargo will set off tomorrow for Ya'an in the north. Li Fang explained, "But if we really run into the 'eagle' and the head of the family is alone, in case something goes wrong, how will we face the soldiers of the 'homeland'!"
"yes!"
Li Fang and the others all knelt on one knee and begged Li Yuxuan to give up tomorrow's plan.
"The Black Dragon Knights are the most elite cavalry in the continent, and it is the foundation for me to dominate the world, but this is not yesterday, I still lack an eagle, an eagle that can lead my fleet across the seas!"
Li Yuxuan's gaze was hot and distant at the moment, and it seemed that there was already a blue wave in front of him, and a powerful imperial navy was marching forward in the sea breeze.
Yes, I need a strong navy, I need an eagle of the sea.
At this moment, Li Yuxuan was determined to build a huge fleet, which would become a tool for him to swallow the world.
Is "Eagle" Zheng Jing?
I, Li Yuxuan, the lord of the Luo Pingyuan and the head of the "homeland" family, were originally the ones who became the eagles!