The seventh day of the fourth month.

Just as Shicheng was bustling with activity, and began to prepare for the canonization ceremony of the protector of the country, hundreds of miles away, the boundary of Asan Mansion was also lively.

Wide expanses of water crisscross the mountains, and the surging water splashes on the reef.

This big river, known as the source of life of the Chili people, still plays its role at this time, becoming a natural hazard that shelters the last land of the Chili people.

The rains had just stopped two days ago, and now it was time for the river to swell.

The riverbed, which was originally only half filled, was filled in two days under the flood of rain, and there is a faint sense that it will continue to rise and spread around.

Don't think about it, if it continues like this, then hundreds of miles nearby will inevitably usher in a flood.

However, it is precisely because of this that the surging river water has made many tidal flats on both sides of the river, which were originally not suitable for landing, and have become deep-water ports where large ships can be berthed.

If you take away the rushing water, now is actually a good time to cross the river.

It's not.

On the east bank of Lushui, tens of thousands of people were densely packed, and at this time, a long queue formed along the riverbank, and under the command of the officers, they boarded the boat one by one in an orderly manner.

"Are there enough boats to cross the river?"

In a field of sailboats, on the tallest big boat, Lu Yuan held on to the railing and blew the cool river breeze for a while, and then looked at the soldiers who were still busy boarding the ship. Turning his head, he asked.

"Back to the king, since my army captured Asan Mansion, I have been building boats, and there are more than 100 ships in the rest of the year, which can carry thousands of people.

On the side of the sailors, in order to cooperate with this river crossing operation, two sailors also came over, with more than 1,000 boats.

Combined, the two boats can carry more than 80,000 people across the river at one time.

This time, our army dispatched more than 60,000 people, which was enough to carry it all at once. Even if you count those large army supplies, there will be no more than two trips at most.

In one day, the river can be crossed. ”

Chu Wei, the chief manager of the water division next to him, said confidently.

This is the debut of their naval army, although it only carries transportation work, and there is no need to go to the battlefield at all.

But firstly, it is to review the results, and secondly, it is also to show his face in front of the king.

The news that Shicheng was preparing to canonize the true protector of the country had already spread. As the head of the water division and the former general, Chu Wei naturally knew the news quickly.

Although it is not clear what the origin of the real person Huang Xuan, who suddenly appeared to protect the country, is. But the strength of the other party has been confirmed by many ministers in Shicheng.

The true immortal Dao true person of the Eight Classics is comparable in strength to the grandmaster of the second innate realm.

Although it was a great thing for such a powerful murderer to join the Chu State, it felt a lot of pressure on Chu Wei, who was helping to go further.

Originally, in addition to Lu Yuan, the undoubted king, among the military, there was only the general Zhou Qing.

Needless to say, Lu Yuan, the king of Chu, as the lord of Chu, no one would compare with him.

And Zhou Qing, as a general, was brought up by Lu Yuan, and his strength was also an innate grandmaster. Whether it is identity, feelings, or strength, they far surpass Chu Wei, and he does not dare to hope to surpass the other party.

But the position of the general is not delusional, but the position of the third person in the military, he has the heart to fight.

After all, under Lu Yuan's sect, although in recent years, there have been many registered disciples who have broken through the first-class and ranked among the true legends.

But among them, the strongest and the best mixed have to be their original four true disciples, and now the four generals who are ranked, front, rear, left and right, Chu Wei, Li Liang, Han Shun, and Zhang You.

And Chu Wei has always regarded the other three as exceeding the goal.

But now Huang Xuan has been born, although he did not hold a military position, but only received the special name of a real person who protects the country.

But with his strength, as well as the authority appointed by the king to be in charge of important affairs in Qianzhong County, Huang Zhenren is already a real person, the third person in the Great Chu military.

In terms of status and status, it far surpasses these Quartet generals from the second rank.

That's it.

After all, losing to an immortal Dao real person who is equivalent to the second innate realm, Chu Wei has nothing to be unconvinced, others are better than him.

But the point is that according to the news he received, the lord of Xichuan State is about to surrender his land and join the court of Chu as an official.

At that time, with the identity and status of the other party, there is still strength, don't think about it, it is definitely a protector mage from the first grade.

At that time, with the other party's position, it is estimated that he will guard a county again, and there will be one more person with a higher status than him in the military.

In fact, if that's all there is to it, it's still just that.

After all, in the four counties of Great Chu, it is the proper duty to leave a congenital grandmaster in each county to guard it.

What worries Chu Wei is that the development trend of Dachu is getting better and better, and it is becoming more and more prosperous.

The domestic innate grandmasters, just like dumplings, popped up one after another.

It's only been a few years, huh?

From the fourth year of Shenwu to the present, it has not been two years, and there are three more innate grandmasters on the side of the Chu State.

At this rate, I'm afraid that in a few years, the number of this innate grandmaster will be able to double?

Well, although Chu Wei also knew that these were just his own delusions.

What kind of person is the Innate Grandmaster? What kind of style is the real person of Xiandao?

How could these land immortals say that they had them, and they all chose to come to the Chu State.

But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if.

With the current upward trend of the Chu State, I dare not say more, but in the next ten years, it is still very possible to add one or two more innate grandmasters.

That's where the problem comes in.

There are only four counties in the Chu Kingdom, and except for the king, each county now has an innate grandmaster watching.

Then when the time comes, how should the one or two new innate grandmasters go?

There are only a few positions that are high and powerful, and can exert the effect of the innate grandmaster.

The forbidden army in the capital is the army of the king, and it is absolutely impossible to teach the military power here.

Looking at Da Chu, he has both real power and the deterrent power of the innate grandmaster, and only the water master is left in such a position.

50,000 Dongting Sailors, all the naval armies of the Chu State are here, such an important force, only to be handed over to Chu Wei, a weak man who is not even a first-class peak, how unreasonable to look at.

There was not enough choice before, so let him be the head of the water division temporarily. It's nothing, it's a matter of urgency.

But now that there is a more suitable candidate, it is particularly eye-catching and unreasonable to let a person who is not congenital lead the national water division.

You must know that in Ningguo in the east, the one who commanded the 100,000 sailors of Ningguo has always been the Marquis of Wucheng, Shangguan Ming, the innate grandmaster of the Eight Classics.

As the Chu State, which is interested in surpassing Ningguo, replacing the other party, and becoming the overlord of Yangzhou, since there are conditions, the configuration here naturally cannot be bad.

The head of the 50,000 Dongting Water Masters, it must be the Innate Grandmaster.

Otherwise, there is a congenital grandmaster on one side, and there is no one on the other, not to mention that the row is much worse.

Just because the two armies are fighting against each other, and an innate grandmaster on the other side joins the battlefield, it will be a disaster for the water division of the Chu State.

Therefore, the promotion of an innate grandmaster to be the head of the water division is not only out of formal configuration, but also out of the needs of actual combat, and it has to be so.

This is the general trend and cannot be violated.

Chu Wei knew that with the increasing development of the Chu State, he would probably not be able to be the head of the water master for long in the end.

But the chief of the water division can't do it himself, so the deputy head of the water division, this position can always be counted on, right?

After all, he has also worked hard, personally developed from scratch, a ship, a sailor, and spent countless painstaking efforts to build the Chu State Naval Division to the current situation.

With this credit, it is definitely enough to be a deputy general manager who handles trivial matters.

After all, what kind of person is an innate grandmaster?

People's time is precious.

It's not for cultivation, it's for enjoyment, how can you have time to take care of your trivial matters.

Based on this, there is a need for the water division to configure a deputy manager to handle these daily chores.

And as long as you sit firmly in the position of the deputy head of the water division, it is difficult to say more, at least you can make yourself firmly in the top ten positions in the Great Chu military.

Knowing his own qualifications, this life is basically incongenital.

Being able to reach this position under a group of innate grandmasters has become Chu Wei's greatest expectation.

Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, I chose to personally lead the team to participate in this operation.

is to perform well in front of this king and master, and remind the other party of his own merits. Don't forget where you are when you talk about meritorious deeds in the future.

Obviously, his performance has played a role.

"Well, the boat is enough."

When Lu Yuan heard the reply, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, then turned around and smiled: "You did a very good job." In six years, you can take care of the sailor to the current state, which shows that you have put a lot of effort into it.

However, the scale of 30,000 sailors is still not enough.

Now that the Ning people are getting closer and closer, the 100,000 sailors on the other side of the other party are practicing on the side of the Chaisang camp every day, and from time to time they run to the border to show off their might.

Baling City is on the edge of the Chaisang camp, and a drum is beaten opposite, and it can be heard in the windward city.

How can the capital of one country be so threatened by other countries?

The quota of 50,000 Dongting Sailors, you should hurry up and recruit me as soon as possible this year. If you don't have enough money, make a report to the military department, I have already explained it, and I will approve it directly to you.

How's that, do you have the confidence to do this well? ”

Lu Yuan looked at his disciple with a smile.

Being looked at with the expectant gaze of his own king, Chu Wei suddenly felt a burst of pressure, and at the same time felt the importance of this trust.

Thinking of the goal in his heart, he naturally couldn't retreat at this time, and immediately said: "Don't worry, the king, as long as the military department can give enough money, then there are 20,000 sailors left, and the ministers will be able to recruit them this year." ”

Well, this year we will be able to recruit 20,000 sailors.

But the boat used by the 20,000 sailors will not be completed until the year after next at the earliest.

After all, shipbuilding is such a thing, it can't be done overnight and conjure up all at once.

Under normal circumstances, a qualified warship cannot be built in two or three years.

So for this kind of thing, no matter how urgent Chu Wei is, it is impossible for the shipyard to conjure it up for him.

If you insist on changing, it's not impossible. Unless he can accept the built ship, it will fall apart in a few months.

Then don't talk about a ship of 20,000 people, a ship of 100,000 people, the shipyard can also build it for him.

But this obviously did not meet the requirements of the sailors, nor did it meet the interests of the Chu State.

If Chu Wei really dared to do this, then in the end, let alone the credit, Lu Yuan didn't cut off his head, and he was sorry for the amount of silver he wasted.

At most, recruit people first, and then squeeze each boat to train the five sailors first. With enough manpower, and slowly replenishing ships every year, it should be regarded as accumulating veterans. ’

Chu Wei thought so in his heart.

As for this disciple's thoughts, of course, Lu Yuan was not clear.

However, he also understands a little about the difficulties of the expansion of the sailors, and knows that it is easy to recruit soldiers, but it is difficult to recruit ships.

But for Lu Yuan, ships or something, can slowly make up for it. It's really not good, and the requisition of domestic merchant ships can barely do anything.

At present, the most important thing is to fill the staffing first and pull people up first.

The pressure brought by Ning Guo was too great, and Lu Yuan had no time to wait for the water master to grow slowly, so he had to carry out some seedling pulling to help it grow.

Fortunately, pulling out seedlings at this point does not have much impact on the foundation of the water master, and it will not affect the future development.

The biggest problem, which is how much money is spent every year, suddenly increases.

However, this is a difficult difficulty that can be overcome for the now rich Chu State.

Just spend money to buy a sense of security, it's worth it!

Therefore, happily, Lu Yuan promised: "If you can really get the sailor up this year, then the title of General Wei who promised you before, the day the army is completed, Lone will let people give it as a reward." ”

Chu Wei was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and immediately thanked him and said: "Thank you for the grace of the king, the minister will do his best to become a water master this year." ”

Lu Yuan nodded, patted his disciple on the shoulder, changed his title, and soothed: "If you work hard, the master will not treat you badly." ”

"Yes!" Hearing this kind tone, Chu Wei was excited in his heart, and he already understood that his expectations were stable.

With the promise of the master, the chief of the water division does not dare, but the position of the deputy chief definitely has his own share.

The future is still promising.

Looking at this scene, the smile on Lu Yuan's face became closer and closer. Just like those normal teachers do to their disciples, they are full of kindness and kindness.

For Chu Wei, he is quite satisfied.

Since his debut, these true disciples, led by Chu Wei and Li Liang, have taken on the responsibilities of being disciples and helped Lu Yuan, the teacher, to manage his army well.

And now, more than ten years have passed, and the original disciples who were still a little immature have grown up one by one.

Under his own disciples, there are also twenty-one more first-class true legends.

Now these true disciples are not the commanders of any county, guarding one side. It is in the Forbidden Army Naval Division that he holds important positions above the general level.

It can be said that it is with these people as the backbone that the Chu army can have today's glory.

And among those true disciples, the one who performed the most was Chu Wei.

This man was given the responsibility of building a sailor.

Then, without any experience at all, relying on constantly poaching people in various countries, desperately putting orders in major shipyards, and digging domestic talents day and night, he relied on such perseverance to fight for the current situation of the sailors of Chu State.

With such great merit and such dazzling political achievements, it is naturally impossible for Lu Yuan not to see it.

So Chu Wei's worries were too much.

His credit Lu Yuan has always kept in his heart, even if he doesn't perform today, he will be rewarded in the future.

It's just that Chu Wei, a disciple, still has poor cultivation qualifications. Although I have also given a lot of elixir rewards over the years, he has also collected a lot of resources himself.

But after more than ten years of cultivation, it is only a first-class mid-stage cultivation, not even a late-stage one.

According to this cultivation realm, before he is sixty years old, it will be considered good to have first-class peak strength. If you want to go further and break through the innate nature, it is probably impossible in this life.

But then again, even if he has the ability to break through the innate nature, I don't have the extra resources to cultivate him.

Now the divine blood elixir in my hand, as well as the aura in the stored spirit jade tablet, are all left to Brother Sun and He Er. The remaining little bit is evenly produced, at most, to cultivate a few first-class martial artists, and it will not be able to cultivate innate at all.

It's fate. ’

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan secretly shook his head in his heart.

Although Chu Wei is diligent, his relationship with him is not as good as Sun Siwen and his son after all.

Even if there were really resources to cultivate an innate grandmaster, it would be a priority to give priority to those close to him.

And according to the distance between relatives and relatives, Chu Wei's status in Lu Yuan's heart has always been outside the top ten. There are really good things, but they can't be his turn at all.

So, it doesn't matter, even if you want to cultivate, the other party doesn't have that life.

'Well, in the past few years, let Chu Wei act as the deputy chief manager.

Then when Brother Sun has achieved congenitalism, he will be thrown to the water division to be the chief manager for a few years, and he will exercise and exercise the army.

At that time, with Chu Wei, an old soldier, Brother Sun can adapt to the army, and it will be much faster and easier. ’

Sighing softly, Lu Yuan made arrangements for Chu Wei and the future navy.

Just as the disciple thought.

With such a huge force of 50,000 sailors, Lu Yuan will only be handed over to someone who has enough strength and enough trust to lead it.

Obviously, in these two aspects, Chu Wei is completely inferior to Sun Siwen.

But the other party also has hard work, so the rank of general Wei of Zheng Erpin, as well as the position of deputy head of the water division, is the remuneration for the other party.

As for whether this disciple will accept this arrangement?

Judging from the conversation just now, it is obvious that the other party has this realization and has accepted his fate.

There is no need for Lu Yuan to worry about it at all.

To have such a "sensible" disciple, Lu Yuan was naturally very relieved.

At this time.

The soldiers and horses of various units have boarded the ships one after another, and more than 1,000 sailing ships are floating on the river, and they cannot see their heads at a glance when they raise their eyes.

On the other side of the river, the army of the Great Chief, looking at the dots, was like an army of sailors of pitch-black beasts, busy back and forth on the river bank nervously, desperately digging fortifications, and strictly guarded.

And for Lu Yuan, who didn't hide his actions at all, he just glanced at it and laughed at it.

This time, he had no idea of engaging in a sneak attack at all.

What I want for this dispatch is to be upright, and what I want is to be absolutely crushed.

Otherwise, there is no way to deter the Great Chang and the country, no way to make the other party lose heart, and no way to make the other party surrender.

glanced at Huang Xuan, who was following him, and then looked into the distance to the south.

Hundreds of miles away from here, in the land of Kunhai, Li Xiong should have received an order now, and he is leading the Kunhai army to cooperate with the attack on Dachangheguo.

Three innate combat powers, one is an ordinary first realm, one is equivalent to the second innate realm, and one is equivalent to the third innate realm, plus nearly 200,000 troops from the north and south.

With such a strong strength, it is crushing the past, and now the broken Great Changhe Kingdom, what can be used to stop it?

"Pass the orphan order, send troops!"

Lu Yuan retracted his gaze and looked at the countless soldiers on the deck below who were looking at him, and let out his majestic voice.