Considering that it is not easy for the eldest brother Mi Zhu to come to the Jin Kingdom. And when they came, they prepared so many New Year's goods, and they couldn't let Mi Zhen's mother's family laugh at Jin Guo for being stingy, so Zhao Xing repeatedly kept Mi Zhu and asked him to stay in Jin for a while longer, and when the weather was warm, he returned to Qingzhou by boat with Qingxu Jun, and then returned to his hometown by land from Qingzhou.

Mi Zhu saw that Zhao Xing was retained, and did not shirk, so he happily lived in Zhao Xing's mansion, often exchanged some business experiences with Qin Yilu and Liu Jili, learned from the management methods of the Jin State Agricultural and Military Merchants Gold Bank, and prepared for the future operation of Qingzhou and Xuzhou Gold Bank.

Zhao Xing is not in a hurry to let Mi Zhu go, and he also has some inconvenient considerations of his own. First, among the return gifts that Zhao Xing prepared for Mi Zhu this time, there are some things that are too important, and he is not worried about Mi Zhu's private caravan on the road. In case some forces with ulterior motives pretended to be river thieves and intercepted some gifts that Zhao Xing had specially prepared for Kong Rong and Tao Qian, it would cause very dangerous consequences.

Second, Zhao Xing also intended to let Mi Zhu stay in the Jin Kingdom for a while longer, carefully studying and learning from the new business concepts and models of the Jin Kingdom, so that after he returned to Xuzhou, he would teach Tao Qian and Kong Rong some means that were beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood.

Because Mi Zhu lives in the mansion, it just so happens that Zhao Xing has not been busy recently, so he often takes the two children born to Mi Zhen and accompanies the children and his uncle to wander around in Crouching Tiger City, which can be regarded as taking time to accompany the children.

On this day, the carriage happened to pass by the gate of the Admiral's Mansion, which had not yet opened, and was spotted by the sharp-eyed Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu opened his mouth and asked: "Guochang, there is such a big mansion here, why is no one taking care of it?" As far as I know, there is now an inch of land in Crouching Tiger City, and no one will be so extravagant, right?"

Zhao Xing did not hide it, and replied truthfully: "This is where the Yamen of the Admiral of the Wu Jin State Navy is located, and now it is only because the candidate for the Admiral has not been decided, so the government has not been opened." ”

After hearing Zhao Xing's words, Mi Zhu suddenly became interested, and said: "Guochang might as well inform me in detail about the formation of the water division, the Mi family lives in the East China Sea, and they still know a little about this water thing." ”

When Zhao Xing heard Mi Zhu's words, he stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and said with some self-deprecation: "It's just that I've been busy lately, and I actually forgot that the East China Sea of Xuzhou was the place where Xu Fu crossed to the east back then.

Subsequently, Zhao Xing put together a series of plans to use the Yellow River waterway to transport goods and use the Quanzhou shipyard to form a sailor, hoping that Mi Zhu could provide him with some ideas that were easy to operate.

After Mi Zhu listened, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "What does Guochang mean is that the sailors and the water trade will develop at the same time, so that the sailors will provide protection for the water trade, and in the process of developing the water trade, they will build better warships for the sailors and explore more convenient waterways?"

After listening to his eldest brother's question, Zhao Xing thought to himself, in the end, he was an understanding person, and he got to the point as soon as he asked, so he nodded, indicating that he really thought about it in his heart.

Mi Zhu continued: "This strategy is feasible, but I secretly think that in the specific implementation process, we should uphold the idea of putting the people first and then the army, start with civilian ships and water caravans, and then build large ships suitable for water warfare after a certain foundation, and then gradually transform experienced sailors into sailors." ”

Zhao Xing didn't think about water trade and the formation of a sailor for a day or two, and when he heard Mi Zhu say this, he immediately understood what he meant, so he nodded and said: "Brother's words are very pertinent, the matter of forming a sailor is really not to be in a hurry, but I was a little impatient before." ”

Mi Zhu also said: "Although we should put civilian use first, take the first step. However, considering that in the future, the Jin State Naval Division will go east to Liaodong, Sanhan and Yingzhou to open up territory, so the formation of this naval division cannot be left behind, so it is advisable to recruit young men with good water quality in Qingzhou Donglai, Xuzhou Donghai and other states and counties close to the sea, first pretend to be an ordinary fleet of water exchanges, and conduct some basic training, and after the warship is manufactured on a large scale, it will be transformed into a sailor. ”

Zhao Xing nodded and said: "Brother's idea is steady and proper, and it is indeed a good strategy for the development of the water division, but now that my subordinates are gathered, they are all used to galloping on the horse, and it is difficult to find a general who is both wise and brave and familiar with water nature to take charge of this matter, which is really worrying." ”

Mi Zhu said with a smile: "It's not that Guochang's subordinates don't have suitable people, it's just that you have forgotten his origin, but you treat him as a member of the future immediately." ”

"Oh, there are people I left out?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but touch his nose and showed a very puzzled look.

"Fang Caiwu once said that Qingzhou Donglai, Xuzhou Donghai and other places are close to the sea, and there are many people who are good at living on the water. Mi Zhu reminded Zhao Xing and said.

Zhao Xing saw that Mi Zhu was mentioning Tai Shici, and suddenly smiled bitterly, and sat in the carriage without saying a word.

Zhao Xing was holding a criticism meeting in his heart! If he hadn't happened to pass by the gate of the Admiral's Mansion today, and it happened that the eldest brother Mi Zhu had asked curiously, his candidate for Admiral of the Navy Division didn't know when he would have a difficult birth.

As Mi Zhu said, Tai Shi Ci grew up in Donglai (now Yantai, Shandong), and he was used to seeing strong winds and strong Lang on the beach since he was a child. Since Tai Shi Ci was able to take on a great role in Eastern Wu in history, he was naturally not bad at water warfare, and perhaps he was not as famous as Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, and others in controlling the water army, but that was just because Tai Shi Ci died young, but it did not mean that his ability to control the water army was not enough!

Thinking about the trick, Zhao Xing said to his eldest brother with a wry smile: "It's really a fan of the authorities and a bystander, if it weren't for my brother's reminder today, I almost missed a big deal." I only thought that the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army were land battle divisions, and I never considered turning them into a naval army, and I even neglected Tai Shici!"

Mi Zhu was also relieved to see that Zhao Xing could accept the suggestion with an open mind. Because he knows: following this kind of hero who can listen to different opinions, the probability of success is obviously much higher.

That night, Zhao Xing immediately sent a letter to Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Xiu, and ordered the two to hand over immediately after seeing the letter. As for the position of commander of the first division of the Blue Wolf Army's heavy cavalry, which Zhang Xiucai took over for half a year, it was taken over by Zhang Xiu's old acquaintance and former general under Dong Zhuo.

At the same time, Zhao Xing asked people to urge the 100 shipwrights who remained next to the Yellow River in Xihe County to hurry up and build a batch of cargo ships carrying goods and men and horses, so that they could transport 20,000 Qingxu troops and some goods to the Gaotang Ferry in Qingzhou County at one time by May.

Zhao Xing also deliberately emphasized that although the construction deadline is in a hurry, the cargo ship must be built firmly and can withstand the wind and sway at sea. As for why he made such high demands, it is unknown.

PS: Nandao returned home very tired on the morning of June 12th, so let's hurry up and update a chapter, otherwise it will be interrupted today......

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