"Grain and grass can be transported by sea." Liu Heng said, "The ships going to Pidao to pull the big wood can hit a batch of grain silos. Several ships of grain are enough to last for a long time."
Hong Chengchou said: "It would be too much of a waste of ship power to only rely on sea transportation for food. After all, large trees need to be accumulated to transport them once. People on Pi Island cannot wait for food by sea."
"Mr. Hong is right." Liu Heng nodded in agreement and immediately said, "To be honest with Mr. Hong, the stability of Pi Island cannot rely entirely on sea transportation. Therefore, when we captured Pi Island, our naval fleet also Captured Jeju Island in North Korea.”
"Jeju Island?" Hong Chengchou frowned.
He didn't know much about the prefectures and counties of North Korea, and he didn't know much about an island in North Korea. He didn't even know where Jeju Island was.
"Bring the map." Liu Heng told Zhao Wu.
Soon Zhao Wu brought another map.
And this map is more like a nautical chart, with not only Korea, but also Japan and Daewang Island on it.
"Is this a sea map?" Hong Chengchou looked at the newly brought map and was stunned.
Liu Hengdao: "Yes, this is a nautical chart. The fleet must choose the safest route when sailing at sea, so as to ensure the safety of the fleet to the greatest extent."
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
I never expected that the Tiger Character Flag not only has maps of various places in the Ming Dynasty, but also maps of the grasslands, and now even has maps of several neighboring countries around the Ming Dynasty.
Even if it is just a rough chart, there are no detailed markings on Korea and Japan, but the Ming court itself does not have such a chart.
He became more and more optimistic about the future of Liu Heng and Tiger Flag.
"This is Jeju Island, and it is currently occupied by our people." Liu Heng pointed his finger at the location of Jeju Island.
Hong Chengchou lay down and took a closer look, and then said: "The location of Jeju Island is really great. It is not only between Daewang Island and Phi Island, but also across the sea from Japan. It is not very far from Songjiang Prefecture of Ming Dynasty."
"This place is used by North Korea to raise horses, and this large area can feed hundreds of thousands of people. Stationing a navy here is enough to ensure the safety of the entire road. In the future, the food of Pi Island can be obtained from here Transport it over." Liu Heng said.
Hong Chengchou bowed deeply to Liu Hengshen, stood up and said: "My subordinates originally thought that the garrison on Pi Island would be constrained by the counterfeit gold because of the food and grass problem, and they also wanted to persuade the lord to cooperate with the counterfeit gold. Unexpectedly, the lord had already made arrangements, and it was the subordinates Meng Lang."
Claiming to be a subordinate, he was completely convinced of Liu Heng.
Of course, his optimism for the Tiger Flag is indispensable.
"Mr. Hong is too humble." Liu Heng said with a smile, "I just took advantage of the good information. If Mr. Hong had such a chart in hand, he would definitely be more thorough than I thought."
Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, and said: "Even if my subordinates have such a sea chart, the arrangements they make are at most similar to those of my lord."
As an orthodox scholar, he was quite proud in front of a man like Liu Heng who started his business as a merchant.
Although officials from the Ming Dynasty also came to vote for the Tiger-Character Banner, most of them were military generals, and he was the only one among the civilian officials at the Chief Envoy level.
There is no civil servant like him in the entire Tiger Character Banner who is only one step away from taking charge of people's livelihood.
And in his opinion, with his joining, the Tiger Character Banner will be able to compete with the three forces of Ming Dynasty, Pseudo-Gold and Mongolia.
However, looking forward now, everything is just wishful thinking on his part.
The helmsman of the Tiger-Character Flag in front of him was determined and acted upon, anticipating the enemy's opportunities. No wonder the Tiger-Character Flag has achieved such success today.
Although he didn't know what kind of person Huang Taiji, the Great Khan who faked gold, was, what he knew about Emperor Qi of the Ming Dynasty was definitely not as good as Liu Heng.
"My lord, the food in the canteen has been prepared. My lord, would you like to go over and eat, or should your subordinates bring the food back to eat." Zhao Wu came to Liu Heng and asked.
Liu Heng looked back at the clock in the room, looked at the time on it, and said to Hong Chengchou with a smile: "I was so involved in chatting that I almost forgot to eat."
He stood up from his seat and continued: "People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry. Mr. Hong, let's go to the canteen to eat first, and we can continue chatting after eating."
"Everything depends on the master's arrangement." Hong Chengchou said.
"Let's go and eat." Liu Heng walked to the wooden stand and picked up his big teapot. He turned back and said to Zhao Wu, "Find Mr. Hong a guy to eat with."
"Everything is ready." Zhao Wu came over with two teapots and handed one to Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou hurriedly took it with both hands.
Liu Heng asked Zhao Wu, "What did you do at noon today?"
"Pork stewed with vermicelli, the staple food is rice." Zhao Wu replied.
Liu Heng licked his lips and said, "I haven't eaten stew for a while, and this time I have benefited from Mr. Hong."
"This subordinate hasn't eaten meat for a long time." Hong Chengchou's Adam's apple moved subconsciously.
After coming to Tiger Flag for so long, he could look everywhere, but the food he ate was rarely meaty. Now that he suddenly heard that meat was being eaten, his saliva couldn't help but flow to his mouth.
"Haha, just in time, let's go eat together." Liu Heng joked with a smile, took the teapot and walked out.
Zhao Wu and Hong Chengchou followed closely behind, and the insider followed at the end.
As soon as the few people came out of the check-in room, Yang Yuan came over.
Liu Heng, who was walking forward, saw him, stopped, turned his head and said to Hong Chengchou: "It seems that I can't accompany Mr. Hong to the canteen for dinner. Zhao Wu, please accompany Mr. Hong."
With that said, he handed the teapot in his hand to Zhao Wu.
"Mr. Hong, let's go!" Zhao Wu stacked the two tea jars together and made an invitation gesture with his other hand.
"Oh, okay." Hong Chengchou looked at Yang Yuan and then left with Zhao Wu.
Although he has stayed at Tiger Character Banner for a while, he has not seen many of the senior leaders of Tiger Character Banner. So far, he has only seen two. One is Chen Dali, who captured him, and the other is in Qingcheng. Saw Zhao Yutu.
Before learning more about the Tiger-Character Banner, he and most of the officials in the imperial court thought that Zhao Yutu was the number two figure in the Tiger-Character Banner. But after he learned more about it, he found out that the number two figure in the Tiger-Character Banner was a man named Li Shuheng.
No one in the Ming Dynasty knew about this person. If he hadn't gone to Qingcheng, he wouldn't have known that there was such an important figure in Tiger Character Banner.
Now I saw that Liu Heng was staying because of a strange man, and as the man walked over, the guards he passed saluted him one after another.
This made him guess that the visitor must be an important figure in the Tiger Flag.
