Dugu Lou ordered to go back from the people, and after sending a letter to Yan Hong, he said that the princess's condition was getting worse and worse, and she could no longer travel back.

This year, we can only celebrate the New Year in Changshan Prefecture and wait until next summer...... It depends.

also gave a letter to Yan Pingqiu, the content is similar, but in the tone of the master, he repented with peace of mind, three provinces of my body, self-cultivation, and study hard!

I'll take care of your mom for you, please rest assured......

Xiao Chen, as the governor, was officially promoted to the court, and the first thing he announced was to appoint Dugulou as the commander-in-chief of our navy in Yanyun County!

Let's call it Admiral.

But because of his special identity, this matter must be kept secret, and the big guys here just need to know it, but it is not easy to spread it.

His real name can't be used, just use the name Li Ling, in the future, everyone will call him Admiral Li or Master Li, and the name of Dugulou will never be mentioned again.

In the future, the shipyard will also be under his control, and Gongsun Ban, the Qinglong captain, will also officially belong to the sailor sequence, which can be regarded as justifiable.

Yue Zhonglin, who came back to report on his work, and a thousand soldiers were also given to Dugulou, otherwise it would not be good to say that there was not a single soldier under the command of a naval commander.

Isn't it said that Yue Zhonglin has been escorting grain and grass?

Not anymore.

Because Li Wanjiang suddenly showed kindness, he issued an order saying that Xiao Chen's troops were insufficient, and it would not be appropriate to divide troops to escort grain and grass, and the task of escorting grain and grass in the future would be handed over to Qin Gang......

The first thing Dugulou did after taking office was to recruit new soldiers.

In addition to being physically fit, there is only one requirement, that is, absolutely no seasickness, and the priority of being a fisherman.

Of course, if the water is particularly good, such as the kind that can hold your breath in the water for more than a stick of incense, the kind that can dive to a depth of 100 meters to catch crabs, and the kind that can swim in the water for a day without sinking......

There are really a lot of fishermen in Changshan Prefecture, they used to fish in Shunfeng Port for a living, and when the Rus people came, they all fled to Changshan Prefecture and changed to catch freshwater fish by the Bailong River.

The children of the fishermen's families have been living on sea boats since they were young, and they can swim when they are bare-bottomed, so seasickness is impossible, and it is almost ...... to say that seasickness is almost

Because Yanyun County has been in the midst of war, their fishing days are not easy, and the northerners actually don't like to eat fish.

If you can't catch fish, you can't live, and if you catch fish, you can't sell it.

So most of the fishermen were forced to become farmers.

But they still like the sea in their bones, and even if they can't go out to sea to fish, they can go out to sea to fight.

It's best to get rid of all the Ross devils in Downwind Harbor so we can fish again......

There is another reason why the big guy volunteered to join the sailor, that is, the military salary is very high, which is two percent more than the soldiers recruited by General Lin Yue!

And there are subsidies for going to sea...... Well done!

But there is only one question that the recruits don't understand, we're sailors, right? But where are our warships, I don't know?

There are no warships, not at the moment, anyway.

Dugulou asked Yue Zhonglin to conduct basic training for them first, enhance their physical strength, familiarize themselves with knives and guns, learn to set up formations, and know how to give orders.

In addition, he demanded that all sailors learn to use firearms!

The second thing Dugulou did was naturally shipbuilding.

Gongsun Ban has found several inlets in the gentle flow of the Bailong River that could be converted into a dock.

He is also a man of work, and in the past few days, he has led a group of people to dig through the ice on the river, and took advantage of the bottom of the waterline in winter to bring in stones and soil, and began to build a dam.

It's a pity that the docks on the river are too small and the draft is too shallow, so it is extremely difficult to build large sea vessels.

But Dugulou did not plan to build large warships, but ordered Gongsun Ban to build as many small clippers as possible under the existing conditions.

Small clippers are also divided into several types, one of which is as long as it can carry twenty people, and the specific requirements are to move flexibly and fast enough, but they cannot use sails, only pulp, which means that they must be maneuvered by manpower and cannot rely on the wind.

There is also a gunboat, as long as one cannon can be installed on the bow of each gunboat, the displacement does not have to be too high, the main thing is to optimize its maneuverability as much as possible.

There is also a fireship, during the battle, the cabin is filled with sulfur and oil and other flammable materials, and then a sharp iron tip is installed on the bow, which is directly nailed when it is close to the opponent's warship, and then the ship is set on fire, and the crew must jump into the sea to escape before the fire is burned.

In short, all of them are small ships, not a single large ship or even a medium-sized ship.

Everyone thinks that they have to rely on these small ships to fight against Rus's large warships...... It's a joke.

But Admiral Li's orders are like a mountain, and the big guys follow them.

What Dugulou needs most now is a gun that can be installed on a gunboat, because each gunboat can only carry one, so he hopes that the weight of the gun is light enough, the firepower is strong, and of course, the greater the power, the better.

This is going to have to be done by the madman, who is now starting to go crazy again, locking himself up in the design house of the Arsenal for days.

Everyone under his command knew his temper, and no one dared to disturb him, even if Dugulou, the commander of the Navy and the Navy, came to see him in person.

I could only invite the boss Xiao Chen, and then I broke into the door and saw the madman himself with a beard and stubble.

"Gunboat ......" The madman only said two words after listening to Dugulou's request, and suddenly tilted his head and fainted.

This frightened Xiao Chen, and he hurriedly ordered someone to carry him back to the governor's mansion and find Wen Shanchang to treat him.

"He's not sick either...... Wen Shanchang said with a frown, "Why does it seem like he fainted from hunger." ”

"Huh? No, how can a big living person still faint from hunger? Xiao Chen felt incredulous.

"I'm afraid that our crazy boss is really hungry and faint, he hasn't eaten for two days and two nights, he doesn't allow us to go in and disturb, we can only send food in through the window, but he is too busy to eat, we say he doesn't listen......" The craftsmen of several arsenals who followed over said gossiping.

"Huh? Where am I? While everyone was talking, the madman woke up leisurely, looked around, and looked dazed.

"Alas...... You're going to scare the hell out of me, you madman! Xiao Chen sighed helplessly, waved his hand and ordered all the craftsmen to withdraw, and asked someone to bring a bowl of hot milk with honey for the madman to drink.

"I just fainted from hunger? No, I remember I ate. "Crazy people have forgotten whether they have eaten in the past two days?

Xiao Chen ordered someone to forcibly put him in the bathroom with a bathroom in front of Ling'er, let him take a good bath, shave him, cut his hair and change clothes.

Then let him sleep for me!

Let's get a good night's sleep.

"What kind of sleep do you sleep, I'm not sleepy, I just had an idea to tell the boss what to say......" The madman struggled and refused to leave.