The sea water was broken by the mighty warships of the Nine Shadows Kingdom one after another.

The waves rolled and the sea breeze roared.

The sails on the battleships of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were all inspired by the wind, and the water wheels on both sides of some warships flipped over and over at extremely fast speeds.

The fleet left the port at the foot of Dushuo Mountain, first traveled more than ten miles west by sea, and then galloped northwest.

Soon from the bright and cloudy day of the sunny day, the boat was under the dark clouds that made up for it.

The wind at sea became tighter, and a drizzle also drifted under the dark clouds, and the cold silk crackled on the hull of the fleet of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

On the deck, there was soon stagnant water flowing sideways, and the surrounding female walls were also constantly flowing.

Fortunately, the equipment and guns of the Nine Shadows Country are all waterproof. Otherwise, after traveling in the rain and fog for a while, wouldn't the firearms on the deck of the fleet be dumb?

However, the rain and fog became the best cover for this fleet. They burrowed into the rain fog and disappeared into the rain curtain, and then under the cover of the rain and fog, they continued on their way.

The waves of the sea are also surging under the rain and fog, like a giant beast that constantly roars in the deep sea. The huge waves, which were several feet or even feet high, kept hitting the bow and side of these warships of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In addition to the large warships, the small speedboats in the fleet were constantly rocking in the waves.

In the cabin of the Gongyuan flagship, you can faintly hear the sound of rain, wind and waves outside.

When the luminous beads slowly lit up in the cabin, Gong Yuan carefully looked at the map again, and his mind was still wandering around the road map that Ying Ling Star had crossed on the map before.

After carefully calculating the route in his heart, he said: "According to the original plan, our army will be able to reach the sea area on the south coast of Liubo Island at the earliest this evening, and at the latest at nightfall today, approaching the south coast of Liubo Island, which is only seven or eight miles away. ”。

On Gongyuan's indigo face, two long cyan eyebrows furrowed, and then said, "But now the route pointed out by Captain Ying will allow our fleet to reach the waters near the west coast of Liubo Island until the second half of the night or even at dawn." ”。

"No, I can't. Ying Lingxing shook his head slowly, and said categorically: "We must move forward at full speed, we must arrive here at least midnight after nightfall tonight, and launch an attack." ”。

Ying Lingxing's non-negotiable words were said in a very firm tone. But it doesn't have to force Gongyuan, it's just that his plan can't be delayed. Originally, it was a fast attack, and it was important to pay attention to the fact that the marching attack must be as fast as lightning and as fast as thunder.

If you delay more time, it will not be a fast attack, it will be easier to leak your whereabouts, but it will allow the enemy to be prepared and take precautions, and the casualties will be greater when the attack is carried out.

Although on this vast sea, it is a millimeter of loss, a difference of thousands of miles. In this case, the enemy's scout ships may not be able to find the traces and whereabouts of the fleet of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on the vast sea without any markers.

But sometimes, it's hard to say about the fate of the heavens.

A lot of times, it's just easy to have a lot of coincidences.

If this kind of coincidence happens, the whereabouts of this warship fleet of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be exposed, and the enemy will be prepared. Then, the plan formulated by Ying Lingxing to capture Liubo Island in a quick and decisive way will be aborted.

Gongyuan quickly thought of this, and he was indeed a little embarrassed for a while.

If the warships were all clippers, they could have done it, and arrived at the battle area on time according to Yinglingxing's requirements. But his fleet also had quite a few large warships, which were never as fast as the clippers.

Of course, it's not impossible to reach the west coast of Liubo Island at midnight, but it's a little more difficult.

"Well, it's all about making the fighters bleed less. After pondering for a moment, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said categorically: "I will now give an order, so that the sailors and helmsmen should all move for me, and the fleet will move at full speed." Guaranteed to arrive on the west coast of Rumpo Island at midnight tonight. ”。

Gong Yuan stood up suddenly, immediately summoned the herald and the herald, and said: "The order goes down, all the shipwrights and sailors of each ship will start work, and the people must not stop to ensure that each warship moves forward at full speed." Even if I am tired to death, I am tired to die in various positions, tired to death at work. ”。

This order has never been given since Gongyuan commanded the fleet of the Nine Shadow Kingdom, but it must be so if the fleet of the Nine Shadow Kingdom is to catch up with the planned time.

"No. The herald and the fungus man on his shoulder answered.

"Pass my military orders. At this time, Ying Lingxing also turned his head to look at them: "The sergeants under his command have also sent some soldiers out to take turns to help the sailors with their operations, and make every effort to ensure that the fleet moves forward at the fastest speed. ”。

"No. The herald replied and turned to leave the cabin.

"There is another matter, I also asked General Gongyuan to mobilize the accompanying boat of Rongbo, and the merman and the ghost of the boat divided their troops and quietly arrived in the sea area on the south coast of Liubo Island. Zhu Hai has been silent for a long time, but he has not been idle, and has come up with a plan that can improve Ying Lingxing's plan: "If you divide some troops and transfer them to the sea area on the north shore of Liubo Island, they will also be lurking." As soon as the enemy sends reinforcements, give them a front and rear flank under the water. We do not seek to completely annihilate the enemy rushing to our aid, but to hold back the enemy, destroy and scuttle the enemy's ships, weaken the enemy's reinforcements, and give our main attacking force time to attack and reduce the pressure of attack. ”。

I have to say that Xiao Shizhu's arrangement is correct. Zhu Hai's calmness, at a critical time, can always give Ying Lingxing some feasible good countermeasures.

This also makes Ying Lingxing, who is still very young, not frizzy, and can also make Ying Lingxing think carefully.

"Yes, this action can prevent enemy reinforcements, and secondly, it can also hold back reinforcements. Gong Yuan slapped his head and shouted excitedly: "Three, even if we occupy the island and the enemy wants to counterattack, we can catch them off guard." Wonderful, wonderful. ”。

There is no mistake in these three, which is exactly the wonderful thing that Zhu Hai thought of.

Moreover, there are a lot of sailors and soldiers arranged by Gongyuan under the sea, which is enough to divide the troops. And at sea, he can attack the enemy without a ghost, and attack upwards from the deep sea, which can always make the opponent unguardable.

However, Gongyuan still looked at Ying Lingxing first and asked for his opinion.

After all, now, Ying Ling Xing is their leader and conductor.

"It works. Ying Lingxing nodded without hesitation, looked at Zhu Hai with admiration, and said: "A veteran is a veteran, with a lot of experience, it seems that I still have a lot to learn from your seniors." ”。

Modest and humble, without the slightest arrogance, Zhu Hai was a little embarrassed, and after a smile, he said: "Learn from each other, learn from each other." ”。

All of a sudden, the relationship between the two generals has become much closer, and it is more conducive to coordination and unity.

"Okay, that's it, let's discuss your attack here. Gongyuan stood up and said, "I'll be responsible for urging the fleet to speed up, and the question of speed will be left to me, and I will ensure that you will be sent to the attack sea on time." ”。

After speaking, Gongyuan picked up his helmet on the table, put it on his head, and walked out of the cabin......

Yuque Palace, Juexiang Garden.

The black snow covered all the strange grass on the ground here. All kinds of ghost trees, the canopy was also suppressed in the snow.

The sky darkened as the sun went east.

In front of the main building, a fire rose in the Longwei Pavilion.

In the middle of the pavilion, there is a circular stove on the ground, and the wall of the shallow belly of the furnace has rectangular holes, and the buttons on both sides are connected by the chain. There are three hoof-shaped tall feet below.

In the underworld, the scorching wind charcoal made of endless wood was piled up in the furnace and ignited.

This charcoal is characterized by its durability and can be burned for a winter.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people do not know what to do when they don't need a stove, but the charcoal is still burning, but they don't often use this kind of charcoal. The Nine Shadows Kingdom also uses this charcoal for the furnace of steel needed to forge weapons.

The rest is used in the palace.

Generally, at the end of autumn, the palace maids will find a few stoves, install some hot wind charcoal, light them and place them together. If a stove is needed in any palace, send it to it. When you don't need it, you can send it to the underground heating tunnels that are all over the palace, the underground tunnels called the fire tunnels.

In this way, in the winter in the palace, the major halls and pavilions are overflowing with heating.

Moreover, this kind of charcoal is durable and resistant to burning, and it can burn for a quarter at a time, but it also saves a lot of manpower and can be used to do some other things.

Today, in the Longwei Pavilion of Juexiangyuan, there is also a stove lit, burning hot wind carbon, but it is not winter, but the snow makes it difficult for Xiao Shizhu to resist the cold.

And Longwei Pavilion has also been rebuilt, and it is no longer ventilated on all sides.

Several sides of this pavilion have sealed the walls, and there is not so much jade, so Xiao Shizhu lets people use stone bricks. And also opened windows in the walls. The left side is also equipped with the only door that can enter and exit.

Xiao Shizhu secretly put some bookshelves and the books he wanted to read in the pavilion. The major bookshelves stand next to the wall. In the past, I would also be here to meet with some ministers and discuss some important state affairs.

And some of his family banquets in the past were also set up here.

The pavilion is now sealed and relatively quiet, so families can eat here with peace of mind and casualness.

Today, Xiao Shizhu's dinner is also eaten here. Xiao Shizhu, who finished eating, did not leave, just sat in the pavilion, looking at his daughter Xiao Fuling, who also did not leave, and peeled oranges while sitting on the stove.

"Father, I heard you say that Dongyingzhou is about to go to war, don't you plan to go to the front line to command?" After peeling the orange, Xiao Poria handed it to the ghost mother who was sitting next to him, and asked Xiao Shizhu, who was drinking tea opposite, "I don't plan to give the front line any advice?"

Now there are only three of them left in the pavilion, and Xiao Fuling has no scruples when she speaks, and she is not worried that any secrets will be leaked.

"Across the sea of thousands of miles, my aunt, what am I commanding blindly here?" Xiao Shizhu listened to the yin wind that was still roaring outside the pavilion, smiled, and said: "Professional ghosts do professional things, so many professional generals on the front line, can't they command a big battle?"

Xiao Shizhu is like this, employing people without suspicion and suspicion, which makes the war of the Nine Shadows Kingdom always not be interfered and interfered with by the rear. In addition, the front line is always better informed than the rear, and it can better adjust strategies and tactics.

This is one of the reasons why the Nine Shadows Army often wins battles.

"But I heard that there are still millions of troops left in Dongyingzhou over there in Xudu, although they are abandoned, but these ghost soldiers still have to go to war with our country, just wait for the end of the rainy season, they will show their swords and guns and invade our country. Xiao Fuling was still a little worried, and after picking up another orange, she continued: "These troops are brave and good at fighting, not idle people, you can't go over, can those generals in Dongyingzhou cope with it themselves?"

Xiao Shizhu laughed, but he didn't have the slightest worry, he just said lightly: "So I transferred King Yama over." Isn't it the best way to use the ghost generals of the Beiyin Dynasty in the past to deal with the soldiers and ghost troops who are now abandoned by the Beiyin Dynasty?".

For her daughter, as long as she is willing to ask, Xiao Shizhu knows everything. In fact, he has already cultivated Xiao Lingling as a future successor.

And regardless of whether or not Xiao Fuling can also be cultivated into a Ming Monarch Holy Lord, even if he can't support this daughter to ascend to the throne, Xiao Shizhu can also make his daughter his right-hand man.

Xiao Poria over there had already peeled the oranges and ate them slowly. At the same time, he groaned and pondered.

Thinking about it, Xiao Fuling also felt that the policy and strategy specified by her father were not unreasonable and very appropriate.

King Yama is a ghost who has held an important position in the Northern Yin Dynasty for thousands of years. And as one of the kings of Hades, he also often fought for the army of Xudu.

For the tactics of the Northern Yin Dynasty, it is clear at a glance, and it is also a matter of knowing the roots.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, he wants the king of Yama to fight those Xudu army and the Xuandi army, and he just knows how to effectively deal with these enemies of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

"Poria, you still have to learn from your father about this kind of thing. The ghost mother took a handkerchief and helped her daughter wipe off the juice that overflowed from the corner of her mouth: "Fighting is not just a fight between you and me, strategic issues, employment issues, and economic issues, every step is interlocking." In the future, it's okay to learn more from your father. ”。

"Yes, learn more, and in the future, her wedding room will also be equipped with swords, guns, swords, halberds, sand tables and battle maps. Over there, Xiao Shizhu laughed and said, "I don't need any etiquette musicians." Directly arrange for a military band, a forbidden army, to send her to my son-in-law. ”。

"Dad, how old am I, are you looking forward to me getting married?" Xiao Fuling's face suddenly showed displeasure, pouted, complained a little, and said with some expectations: "Besides, if my future husband is not a man like you, my father, I don't want it." Those literati doctors, the soft-footed shrimp of the children of the family, are not worthy of the master. ”。

The requirements are quite high, which makes the ghost mother laugh happily on the side.

"Nonsense, your father and I are unique, how can anyone be exactly the same as me?" Xiao Shizhu, who immediately glared at his daughter, said: "Others have someone else's point, how can you shop around in this matter." Besides, there are also excellent children in the family. Look at that, what is the name of that child of the Qiuyue family?".

Xiao Shizhu, who forgot the other party's name for a while, turned his head to look at the ghost mother.

The ghost mother understood and said, "Autumn Baitong." ”。

"Yes, it's the kid. People will have the backbone and confidence to deal with corruption in the mountainous and forest areas of the south within two years. Xiao Shizhu patted his head and praised: "This kid is very manly, I heard Xuanjiao report that there were corrupt officials who often secretly threatened him at that time, and he was still not afraid, he was plotted several times, and he did not give up easily after escaping death." insisted on punishing corruption, and took over the production of many industries that had been privatized because of corruption to the imperial court. Raid the homes of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, cut off their heads, and go to jail for those who go to jail, vigorously and resolutely, and they are also very neat, this is not like a soft-footed shrimp. ”。

I never thought that the young man who was eye-catching on Xiao Shizhu's side was disdainful on his daughter Xiao Fuling's side.

Xiao Fuling snorted lightly and said disdainfully: "It's not a soft-footed shrimp yet." He is one of the members of this year's Ghost People's Conference, and when he sees me every day, he nods and bows, even if he can avoid me, he will avoid me, and I can't eat him, and he will be scared to see him, and he will have no integrity and backbone at all when he comes to me. ”。

"That's respect for you. The ghost mother also hurried and played a round.

Speaking of which, it is as if the couple is about to introduce their daughter to a son-in-law.

Xiao Shizhu also felt that the topic was a little off, and it was inappropriate, so he hurriedly coughed twice, picked up the notebook in his hand, flipped through the pages and opened the conversation at the same time, and asked Xiao Fuling: "Let's talk about this ghost people's conference, you can tell me and your mother after the meeting that you should oppose the monopoly of mass production, and tell me in detail." ”。

"Yes. Xiao Fuling sat up straight and slowly reported to her father: "Actually, this proposal is not just a matter of listening to the ghost people who came to the meeting at the conference, and most of the ghosts who came to the meeting said that businessmen from all over the world bought a large number of production industries. And some of the lessons I gained after I went on a business trip to the Howling Wind Plains. ”。

"On the Howling Plains, a large amount of minerals were purchased and mined by merchants, and this tax revenue increased, but it was also easy for these merchants to be seduced by foreign enemies. Inadvertently, capital flowed abroad. ”

In addition, some businessmen are not kind, and it is easy to deduct the wages of workers openly and secretly, which in the long run is easy to provoke popular revolt. It is possible to open up some of the high-profit industrial production that is based on the development of the country to businessmen, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of privatizing all or most of the industries by opening up all or most of them. ”

"My father wants to fight in all directions, and the economy comes first. The economy is stable and the country is stable. The economy is chaotic, and we don't need the enemy to fight us, and we will all collapse from the inside. "Don't look at this Xiao Lingling is still a little ghost, she learns a lot more, and she is a smart child, so she doesn't think about it, not only is her head the way, she is clearly organized, but she is less naïve and more mature.

This made Xiao Shizhu also see her growth, and listening to her daughter's very practical words, Xiao Shizhu felt very relieved.

In fact, even if his daughter doesn't say it, one of his first tasks after the country enters recuperation, there is also this matter.

But you have to think slowly, you can't rush it.

"Fortunately, in our country, the imperial court has long controlled the sale and trade, as well as the development of industry and commerce. Uncle Ah San has also done a good job in this regard, and the businessmen dare not blatantly evade taxes, not only in terms of tax control, but also in terms of workers' wages and price control. The best businessmen have not yet reached the opportunity to hoard supplies and drive up prices. After a pause, Xiao Fuling said again: "It's just that if this goes on for a long time, it will inevitably make these businessmen put themselves in danger, and they will not hesitate to break the law and make money." ”。

"Hmm. Xiao Shizhu also felt that what he said was reasonable, seeing that Xiao Fuling was confident, his face was full of confidence, thinking that Xiao Fuling had already made a plan, so Xiao Shizhu wanted to see how Xiao Poria's ability to govern the country grew, and asked: "If you are asked to deal with this matter, what should you do?"

Xiao Fuling really came prepared, just thought about it for a while, and then said slowly: "Speaking of which, this matter must be changed immediately, the country's economic lifeline should indeed be firmly in the hands of the imperial court, but it can't be rushed." The child has a humble opinion, it is better to divide it into several parts. First of all, it will acquire the raw material production industries needed by the military industry and the munitions supervision in various localities, so that it will gradually become 28 points from the current 55 cents, that is, 80 percent will be in the hands of the imperial court and become official camps, and 20 percent can be attributed to private businessmen and private enterprises. This is also convenient for control, so as to prevent a large number of funds and resources from quietly flowing abroad. ”。

Xiao Shizhu didn't interject, mumbled, and motioned for his daughter to continue.