The Qingming rain that began at noon on March 11 was sprinkled until March 13, when the weather cleared up again.

Off the coast of Minnesota

It's March 14th.

Twenty or thirty miles away from the coast of Dinghai, on a fast-oared light boat near a 500-material naval vessel, Liu Laoqi took the seawater hit by the officials, swallowed a big mouthful without hesitation, and felt it carefully in his mouth, and Liu Lian, who came out next to him, also concocted the same method, swallowed a mouthful of seawater, endured the bitterness, and tried to taste it, but there was still only a mouth full of bitterness.

Soon I couldn't help but vomit.

After a while, Liu Laoqi spit out the seawater, looked up at the sky again, squinted his eyes and felt it carefully, and finally looked at Liu Lian and said firmly: "At most two days, there will be a wind, a south wind, no rain, suitable for going to sea." ”

Liu Lian was overjoyed in his heart, and subconsciously asked: "Old Liu, tell me carefully?" ”

Liu Laoqi looked over and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. As far as he can say, he has already spoken to this Camp Kai Shiro many times, and he really can't come up with anything more.

Liu Lian also realized that he was a little embarrassed by the old man in front of him.

In fact, the truth has long been figured out from the master of his own camp, the temperature, the current, the air pressure, the concentration of the seawater, and so on, in fact, Liu Laoqi feels these things. The problem is that this is a special talent that Liu Lao Qi is born with, and no one else can replicate it.

It's not that there is no solution, and it is a precision instrument that makes all kinds of test-related data.

Hanlin also said that in a short period of time, it can't be done.

Again, we can only judge on the basis of existing experience.

Quickly put these aside, Liu Lian was no longer embarrassed to ask the old man, and ordered the light boat to lean to the big boat, and he must go back as soon as possible to inform Shangguan of the news.

Back in Dinghai, it was already past noon.

Zhu Yuan still didn't take a nap today.

The first batch of grain ships was ready, and for several days in a row, it rained, but there was no wind, which made people anxious.

Hearing Liu Lian's report that he came back with Liu Laoqi, Zhu Yuan's depressed mood finally eased a little, and immediately called a meeting to arrange for going to sea within two days. Even if the wind doesn't come, it's a drill.

Today people are very together.

Wu Zhen also returned from the sea the day before yesterday.

The focus of everyone's attention is Xia Hai, who went to sea together a few days ago to hunt down Zhao Dingxi's commander Tianxingwei. Xia Hai will be the chief general responsible for escorting the first batch of grain ships, or will he take the initiative to ask Ying.

After all, it can be seen that this errand is very risky, but if it is done well, it is also a great achievement.

At present, when the Navy Governor's Mansion was first established, many positions were actually vacant, and it was easy to go further by showing it at this time.

Therefore, the main generals in charge of the three batches of grain ships are actually competing openly and secretly, rather than passing the buck to each other.

Or Zhu Yuan personally made the decision.

The three main generals have all been determined, the first batch is Xia Hai is in charge, the second group is Chang Xuan, and the last group is Zhang Cundao, who only arrived in Mingzhou a few days ago.

This is also the balance that Zhu Yuan took the initiative to make according to Lao Zhu's thoughts.

Otherwise, on the last trip, it will not be Zhang Cundao's turn, and there are many people who want to go.

As for Huagao.

A few years ago, Huada people had the idea of retreating bravely, and they had no intention of cultivating their own lineage, so Zhu Yuan arranged to determine Hua Gao's nephew Hua Yue as the second batch of Chang Xuan's deputies to go to sea. Hua Yue is a thousand households of the fifth grade, and as the deputy who commands Tongzhi from the third grade, his qualifications are a little shallow, but it is also reasonable.

After discussing here for more than an hour, Xia Hai was ordered to hurry to make arrangements.

Everyone is busy, too.

Zhu Yuan walked out of Mingyuan Hall, and as soon as he returned to his office in the West Chamber, Zhao Xu sent a letter over.

After taking it apart and looking at it, Zhu Yuan had a headache.

This letter was written by Huang Chen, the commander of Huai'anwei.

Huang Chen has another identity, the captain of the horse, the husband of Lao Zhu's niece Princess Qingyang.

Moreover, Huang Chen was originally awarded the commander of Mingzhou Wei, and Princess Qingyang went to talk to Lao Zhu, and then transferred to Huai'anwei, which is located on the grain road of the Northern Expedition. Then, this commander of Mingzhou Guard, who was not treated well before, fell on Zhu Yuan.

Two simple words, relatives!

When it comes to relatives, considering Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuan has to be cautious.

Huang Chen happened to be still giving Zhu Yuan a problem.

About the coastal lighthouse system.

According to the data sent back by the northbound mapping team, the Naval Governor's Office and the Yinghai Division recently selected a total of eight locations between Dinghai and Jiaozhou, and asked the local guard to set up lighthouses as soon as possible and station troops to be responsible for possible rescue needs.

It takes time to complete the arrangement, considering the urgency of the matter, the Navy Governor's Office and the Battalion and the Maritime Division have also given a plan for rights and interests, and there is no need to rush to do so, all places must choose a high position near the sea as soon as possible after receiving the order to light fireworks, and keep it for twelve hours a day without interruption.

Huang Chen is talking about this.

Huai'anwei's garrison is mainly in Huai'an, and it is more than 200 miles away from the nearest coast, but there are three locations in the coastal area of Huai'an Prefecture that have been selected.

What Huang Chen means is that the garrison soldiers can still solve it, and the key is security.

The southeast coast has been plagued by pirates over the years, especially the more and more frequent Japanese pirates, almost every year. If the lighthouse is set up rashly, the grain transportation team will not need to say whether they will get it or not, and it is more likely that they will guide the direction of the invasion to the pirates.

Therefore, Huang Chen hoped that Zhu Yuan would take back this order, and he could squeeze out some non-commissioned soldiers to garrison in the corresponding positions, but hoped that no lighthouses would be set up.

Zhu Yuan read the letter and had to call back Hua Gao, who had just left.

Obviously, behind Huang Chen's letter, he doesn't want to take responsibility.

After all, in case of setting up a lighthouse and attracting pirates to infest the place, Huai Anwei will be responsible. However, Huai'anwei's defense focus was actually along the canal, and it was unable to take care of the coastal area more than 200 miles away.

Hua Gao read the letter, and could only look at Zhu Yuan.

Hua Gao also knew that this matter was not easy to handle.

Hua Gao naturally knows very well what his lord's attitude towards people close to him is, so if it is someone else, the Navy Governor's Mansion and the Navy Department have issued a strict order to go over, and they must not waste food due to choking, and they must set up a lighthouse, which is enough. However, for Huang Chen, he can't say such heavy words, otherwise he will stab Lao Zhu, on one side he is like a parent, and on the other hand, he is a captain of the horse, Hua Gao feels that the board is likely to fall on him, the naval governor, who is sandwiched in the middle.

After some discussion, the two had to decide to advance certain plans.

To put it simply, the Navy Governor's Mansion and the Yinghai Division directly took over all the coastal areas of Huai'an Mansion, and if something happened, of course, it was on his own side, and Huang Chen thought that Huang Chen also had this idea, after all, the current is different from the later generations, and the coastal area is not popular, but more cumbersome.

Specific programmes have been drawn up for a long time.

It was Zhu Yuan who mentioned that the Navy Governor's Office should have at least three commanders under its jurisdiction, which is a higher level of military system than the Zhengsanpinwei Station, with a rank of the second rank and the commander of the commander.

Part of Lao Zhu's pro-army is the commander of the embassy.

Zhu Yuan's idea was to completely detach himself from the land, and in the future, gradually set up the East China Sea Metropolitan Command Mission, the Yellow Sea Metropolitan Command Mission, and the South China Sea Metropolitan Command Mission, and build three corresponding naval fleets.

As for the Camp and Sea Division, it is to set up Camp and Sea Divisions in important ports along the coast.

The reason why it was not implemented was that everything was created at the moment, and there was not so much energy, resources and manpower to do it.

Now, in fact, it still has no ability to roll it out in an all-round way, and it can only build a prototype.

However, it is also a kind of beginning.

After all, things have to be done sooner or later.

After paying attention, Zhu Yuan replied to Huang Chen, still hoping that the other party would light the fireworks, because the first batch of grain transportation teams may set off in the next few days, and the stakes are very high.

At the same time, it may be promised that the Navy Governor's Mansion and the Yinghai Division will take over the coastal affairs of Huai'an Province as soon as possible. The subtext is that if something happens, you won't be held responsible.