No money is the biggest problem Xu Yunyan faces now.
This made Xu Yunyan very helpless.
"What should we do? How many warships can we hit with the money we have now?"
"Five ships."
This was calculated by Jiang Fangguo after careful selection and skilled craftsmen controlling materials and other costs.
Xu Yunyan looked at the number of the five ships submitted to him by Jiang Fangguo and knocked on the table here.
"Five ships? Okay! Then we will build five warships. We will make calculations after all the warships have all their supplies."
Xu Yunyan made arrangements. After the imperial court ordered a suitable number of recruits to come to Qiongzhou, the five ships were finally completed.
After the completion of the construction of the five ships, they were equipped with exclusive naval officers and soldiers to go fishing at sea, which immediately became the norm. Only fishing at sea can continuously generate value for Datang.
Now it is not that the navy is temporarily unavailable. Not only can they go out to sea to catch fish to reward the border troops, but they can also catch lucky fish and deliver whale skin to the court to make fine leather armor, and fish that can be used by the court to supply scholars.
After this lighting fish oil was distributed to poor scholars in Chang'an by Li Shimin, it was a treasure for the scholars. The scholars who used to use several candles a night were relieved now. This fish oil is brighter than candles. , and the usage is low. Even if they light it for one night, the cost is not as much as that of a candle, which makes the poor scholar ecstatic.
After the imperial decree in Qiongzhou was issued, Xu Yunyan became the commander of the 4,000-man navy as it should be.
It's just that each ship only needs 200 people to be able to command it, and there are still 3,000 people left. Looking at these 3,000 people, Jiang Fangguo feels a little helpless.
"Sir, how should we arrange the extra 3,000 people? How about putting them all into Zhechong Mansion? Will they obey orders in Zhechong Mansion?"
Xu Yunyan looked at the 3,000 new troops and shook his head.
"No, since they are water masters, they must be able to become dragons on the water even if they don't have a boat."
Xu Yunyan's unreasonable words stunned Jiang Fangguo.
"General, what are you doing?"
"The ship can not only fight, but can also transport troops. Let us repair it now."
After Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Jiang Fangguo was a little unable to react.
"Repairing on the ship? 200 people on a ship are indeed able to control it like an arm. Add 600 people to it, and it is seriously overloaded. Is it really possible?"
Xu Yunyan looked at Jiang Fangguo's confusion here and couldn't help but smile.
"There is no need for each ship to carry 600 people or 300 people, and the others can take turns to board the ship. Let them become dragons on the sea. They can not only fight at sea, but also send this army to designated locations for land battles. I Let them become almighty warrior kings."
After Xu Yunyan spoke, Jiang Fangguo looked at Xu Yunyan's jumping thoughts and had no choice but to bow down and respond.
"The general's command is that we will make preparations according to the general's arrangements. Does the general think this is good?"
Xu Yunyan nodded when he saw Jiang Fangguo being so sensible.
"Okay, great, this is what we should do."
After another half month, Xu Yunyan took the time to go to Mei Jingjing's cemetery to chat with Mei Jingjing and talk about home affairs. Such procrastination finally allowed the new sailor to adapt to life on the ship.
Xu Yunyan couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he saw the navy officers and soldiers walking on the ship as if they were walking on flat ground and not affecting their actions at all.
There are still too few warships now. If there were more ships, all the soldiers could be pulled out at once. How majestic it would be to roam the sea. With these thousands of troops armed to the teeth, which of the surrounding small countries would not be happy with me, the Tang Dynasty? Clothes?
Xu Yunyan was just about to show off his talents. After going out to sea once, he saw towering water columns further south where he had hunted giant fish.
After seeing this water column, these navy officers and soldiers had heard of the lucky fish, but the lucky fish were hard to come by, so the idea of letting Xu Yunyan use it for military training was completely abandoned. But now they finally saw the lucky fish, no matter how many they were. Gotta take it.
Xu Yunyan directly gave the order, "Go towards the giant fish, no! Where the lucky fish is? We are going to hunt the lucky fish back."
It’s been a long time since I tasted the taste of this lucky fish. The Ministry of War and the imperial court also asked us to hand over our leather and fish oil.
It's just that we haven't encountered it. I have been suffering from the inability to do anything. Now we have encountered it again. Soldiers, follow me! "
After Xu Yunyan spoke, this group of people all looked at the water column in the distance as if they were looking at moving silver.
Yes, in order to encourage them to be brave and good at hunting such a huge lucky fish, the imperial court rewarded them a lot. If they catch a lucky fish, they will get an extra month's salary. Although it doesn't sound like much, if you If you hunt ten or eight animals, you will have enough money for the year.
Originally, the navy's salary was relatively generous, but with such a harvest, people all over the world would be jealous of them.
However, just when Xu Yunyan mobilized troops and horses to rush towards the location of Fuyu, the fish suddenly disappeared into the water as they arrived, perhaps unable to withstand the intimidation of so many warships.
"How could this be? Isn't this lucky fish too brave?"
Xu Yunyan said this from the side of the boat, while Jiang Fangguo was also here watching the lucky fish disappear and sighing.
"Sir, has our boat ever hunted lucky fish? It has the smell of lucky fish on it, so it frightened them?"
Come and try it quickly. 】
"No, I think there must be some reason. This lucky fish will not appear for no reason and then see the ship leave.
Did we disturb this lucky fish last time? After we arrived, he was still waiting for us there. He didn't leave until we launched the attack. "
Xu Yunyan said this here, and Jiang Fangguo sighed here.
"It looks like we're going to be in vain this time."
As soon as Jiang Fangguo said this, he noticed another water column rising in the distance, a new lucky fish?
This is what Xu Yunyan was thinking, but Jiang Fangguo pointed in the distance.
"General, there is a situation over there, and Fuyu went there."
Looking at the new water column, Xu Yunyan did not check with him whether it was the same one just now, and hurriedly turned the boat around to chase the lucky fish.
What he didn't notice was that the surveyors on the ship kept marking points here. They had completely deviated from the southerly course, and unknowingly turned a little westward.
When Xu Yunyan and the others finally caught up with the new lucky fish, after a series of battles, the lucky fish was finally dragged behind the boat. While the soldiers kept cheering here, the surveyor on the observation tower shouted loudly. Yell.
"Fortunate fish, there are lucky fish in the distance!"
What a good start!
Five boats caught one lucky fish. Although everyone was celebrating here, it would be good to catch a few more.
Everyone was even more happy when they heard what the sentry on the watchtower said.
Turn the boat around and head towards the lucky fish found on the watchtower.
The further they advanced, the further they deviated from the course. By the time they reached the end of the line of sight, it was already early morning after Xu Yunyan and the others had finished hunting the lucky fish.
After driving all day and night, they were getting further and further away from Qiongzhou. Looking at the horizon in the distance, Xu Yunyan was rubbing his head.
"Where is this going?"
I found a surveyor and looked at the direction of his ship's movement as he mapped it, south, west and south.
Is this Annan or somewhere else?
Although Xu Yunyan couldn't figure out where they were now, there was a coastline in front of them, and they also needed supplies. After thinking about it again and again, Xu Yunyan waved his hand.
"Soldiers, let's go to the front to resupply."
When Jiang Fangguo heard what Xu Yunyan said, he immediately agreed.
"But with the general making the decision, we never thought that a trip to sea would last so long. We don't have much stored supplies. We just went to the front to resupply. There is still some silver on board, not to mention we have lucky fish to fight with them. exchange."
Now that they had a plan, Xu Yunyan and Jiang Fangguo decided to lead the fleet towards the shore. Just after they approached the shore, the sound of horns sounded from the buildings on the shore that looked like warning towers.
As the horn sounded, people from some coastal villages immediately picked up the guy and rushed towards the seaside.
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