Just after discussing the situation in Pengcheng with Zhao Hong, after he left, Wang Zheng, who was sitting alone in the hall, pondered and turned his thoughts to the navy again.
After all, when Wang Zheng chose to abandon Linzi and go east to Xuzhou, he had the idea of avoiding the situation where all the heroes in the north were coming together and developing in the south where competition was weaker.
You must know that Sun Ce was an obvious success story in history. If we talk about the strength when he started, the little overlord may not be as good as Wang Zheng today. The other party can open up a situation in the south and create a good foundation for Dongfang, one of the three kingdoms in the future.
Wu laid the foundation for his hegemony, and Wang Zheng, who has a system, is naturally more confident.
If we want to pacify Jiangdong, we will naturally need a powerful navy.
Xuzhou's navy... is not very impressive when it comes to talking about it, and it has nothing to do with the word powerful.
However, Wang Zheng's mentality is very open-minded. Compared with the superiors, the inferiors are more than inferior. Compared with Jingzhou and Yangzhou, his navy is far inferior, but compared with Jizhou, Yanzhou is much stronger, right?
When Cao Cao unified the north and captured Jingzhou, didn't the navy have nothing to offer?
Otherwise, how could he have fallen into Pang Tong's conspiracy and suffered a disastrous defeat in Chibi?
At least now he's not starting from scratch.
In Wang Zheng's opinion, the next step to make Xuzhou's navy stronger was to focus on three aspects: ships, navy soldiers, and excellent naval warfare generals.
Chen Jiao was sent to join forces with the Bohai pirates to attack Donglai just to prepare for the last item.
Xuzhou currently has a shortage of warships, so buy them while building them. If your soldiers are unfamiliar with water warfare, contact them and practice. However, these things are different from capturing several coastal islands. You must be fully prepared and have a detailed plan.
Before Chen Jiao returns, all Wang Zheng can do now is to cross the river by feeling the stones.
First of all, it was naturally about shipbuilding. He had already noticed that the Pengcheng area had lush mountains and forests, and there was a lot of available wood. However, Xiapi, Pengcheng, Tanxian, and Langya were places with well-developed river systems or close to the seaside, where people could build ships.
There are also quite a few craftsmen.
Speaking of which, Xuzhou's naval force was not large-scale, and geography was not the main reason. It was more because the officials of the past dynasties did not pay attention to it.
Moreover, Huang Zhong under his command was from Jingzhou. Although in the original history, this tiger general had not performed well in water battles, Wang Zheng had also heard that during the previous chat, when Emperor Wu conquered Korea,
, his ancestor was an official responsible for supervising shipbuilding. Due to this origin and his hometown background, he also knows a little about shipbuilding.
With this thought in mind, Wang Zheng immediately issued an order vigorously and resolutely: "Instruct Huang Zhong, Zhang Zhao, Guo Jia and others to come to the house in the afternoon, and go to the shipbuilding department with me to have a look in the afternoon."
"Here."
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After arriving at the shipbuilding department, after a few words, Wang Zheng and others were all laymen, and it was difficult to judge the capabilities of the senior officials for a while. However, it was obvious that the dock in Xiapi was too small.
It may be barely enough to build small and medium-sized ships for civilian and commercial use, but it is really difficult to build large-scale ships for military needs.
Building a dock must be close to the water, and if you want to meet Wang Zheng's strategic plan, you need to choose a place near rivers and seas.
After some discussion, the next morning, under the leadership of Wang Zheng, everyone headed east.
There are no large rivers in Xuzhou, so from the very beginning we had to consider several cities along the coast. Ganyu and Haixi were the first to be eliminated as options, and in the end only Quxian was left.
Without him, Qu County is not only close to the sea, but also has a small island called Linqu opposite. The two formed an area with gentle water flow, which can be said to be a very suitable shipyard manufacturing site.
More importantly, Linqu Island has prosperous forests and a natural iron mine, which directly supplies the two major raw materials for shipbuilding. It is really the right time and the right location.
Of course, Wang Zheng actually felt that this place must be very suitable when he first saw the map.
The reason is that he has already left Huangtai, where his eyesight is dark, after traveling so far. In fact, Wang Zheng can vaguely guess the names of many cities in the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially the easily identifiable corner locations.
Xuzhou is the northern part of Jiangsu that will account for most of the future Celestial Empire, so Qu County is almost inseparable from Lianyungang.
If such a place is not suitable for building shipyards, then where else in Xuzhou is suitable?
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Although the Bohai Sea is a few hundred miles north of Qi County and Zhao County at the beginning of the journey, this is the first time Wang Zheng has come to the seaside in this life.
Wherever you can see, water birds fly low, fish leap into the water, fishing boats appear and disappear in the vast expanse of blue waves, they are greeted by the breaking waves, herons soar and gulls fly, green algae float in the wind, against the blue sky and white clouds, the clear sky is already here.
The world's most wonderful moving pictures.
The salty and humid sea breeze blows in your face, bringing a coolness and refreshing feeling.
Pointing at the poetic and picturesque scenery in front of him with his horsewhip, Wang Zheng looked around and laughed loudly: "If it weren't for the fact that I, the general, have all the gentlemen walking together to serve as filial piety, Mr. Zhang, how could you have appreciated such scenery all day long under the eucalyptus tablets?"
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When everyone heard this, they nodded one after another.
At this time, the county monarch and county lieutenant of Qu County were already waiting there with a group of people. Wang Zhengwenyan rejected the suggestion to go to the city to rest first, and only asked the people in front to lead the way. Then everyone walked through several salt fields along the coastline.
We visited several fishing grounds along the way, and finally turned to a bay that was sunken inwards.
Comparatively speaking, this place is the best. The area is large enough, the water is not deep, and there are no large rocks. It is not only flat, but also easy to defend. There is a small fishing village not far from the shore, and across the sea,
You can clearly see Linqu Island, which is only ten miles away.
Wang Zheng was very interested in this bay, and then consulted Guo Jia, Huang Zhong and others for their opinions, and they unanimously praised it.
"Since the dock is set here, this place will be the base of our navy in the future." Wang Zheng said casually: "The name Qu County is a bit difficult to pronounce. The author, who has an elementary school education, needs Baidu to know the pronunciation. It is not very convenient. Please change it.
Alright."
As soon as he opened his mouth, no one had any objections. Guo Jia said: "Qi, it's crooked and dry, so it's really not suitable."
The accompanying county prince immediately joked and said, "It would be a blessing to all the people of our county if the state pastor personally bestows his name."
"Haha." After hearing this, Wang Zheng smiled and thought for a while, but he was out of ideas and could not come up with a good name. He pointed to the sea and said: "Since it is near the sea, let's call it Haizhou."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a moment. Except for Huang Zhong, everyone present was considered a well-educated person. They had prepared a basket of good words waiting to be poured out, but they never expected that Wang Zheng would give such a name.
It's mediocre and unremarkable, nothing to praise.
After all, not everyone is like Zhao Hong and can boast that Dong Shi is a fairy. No matter what, a group of people racked their brains for a long time, and finally Zhang Zhao took the lead and said: "This name is very good!"
"The way to choose a name is nothing more than shape, meaning, combination and recitation. The name of Haizhou is to get the shape of the place and the city close to the sea. The second is to get the intention of the Lord. This is the foundation of our navy. The third is to get the name of Haizhou.
It is of extraordinary significance that the four elements and the five elements are combined. It can be said that the two are simple but have the best of the four."
"This is the name of the superior!"
When these words came out, not only Huang Zhong, the county prince and others were dumbfounded, but even Guo Jia, a proud and learned man, couldn't help but stare at Zhang Zhao beside him, secretly admiring him.
Good on you Zhang Zibu!
It’s really hard for you to come up with these reasons in such a short period of time. You are so smart and thick-skinned!
At this time, the county monarch also echoed: "Zhou Mu, now that our county has a new name, the name of Linqu Island is no longer worthy of its name. I also ask Zhou Mu to revive the name and name it as well!"
Looking ahead, he saw the shadows of trees reflected in the blue waves, the clouds reflecting the sun, and the rolling waves hit by swimming fish. The water rippled, forming a blurry scene that seemed both real and illusory. Wang Zheng's mind was agitated, and he remembered that in the past two or three years since his own time travel,
But he has completed a class leap that he had never experienced in his previous life. From a desperate and precarious refugee, to a powerful prince who now has five counties and millions of soldiers and civilians...
Isn't this kind of life just like a dream?
"Haike talks about Yingzhou, and it's hard to find letters in the misty waves..." Staring at the waves, Wang Zheng smiled and said: "Just call Yingke..."
This time Guo Jia finally seized the opportunity and immediately echoed loudly: "The name is a good name, and the poem is even better. The Yingzhi is also from the sea. Not only does it correspond to Haizhou, but he also named the host and guest, making a pun...
What the Lord recited just now seems to be the beginning of a poem, but is there a continuation?"
Wang Zheng laughed, but refused to read out the entire poem about banishing immortals. He had a riding and slashing system, but he didn’t need to rely on it to make a living. It was okay to say it casually, but it was pointless to show off deliberately. He just said: "The location is both
It has been selected, Mr. Zhang. When you get back, you will arrange for the shipbuilding company in Xiapi to move to Haizhou County as soon as possible. Once the shipbuilders are gathered, start immediately to build the dock, shipbuilding platform, etc."
"Here."
As he spoke, Wang Zheng climbed up to the high ground on the shore, looked around, and then gave instructions to Huang Zhong and the county prince respectively: "The important place of the shipyard needs to be closely guarded. Han Sheng will dispatch five hundred people to garrison when the time comes."
, two hundred people were added to Yingke Island. The county magistrate moved all the fishermen from the small fishing village behind to other places. In the future, no matter whether it is a fishing ground or a salt field, it will be banned within a radius of thirty miles."
"Here."
Wang Zheng and others circled around the bay again, surveying it carefully. Huang Zhong had a family education and put forward several matters that needed to be paid attention to when building a shipyard, and the county prince wrote them down one by one.
Needless to say, since the navy's shipyard was built in Qu County...oh no, it's Haizhou County, the importance of this place in Xuzhou will inevitably increase greatly in the future. During the process of building the shipyard, his side
We must cooperate well. If we do well, the future will be bright. If there is a slight mistake... there is no need to say more.
The ancients said: "Preparation leads to success". Shipyards and shipbuilding have been arranged in detail. Next, it is time to select sailors. The navy has just been built, and there is no experience in all aspects, so the scale cannot be large. Several people discussed it for a while.
, decided to temporarily set the upper limit of five thousand people, and make adjustments after Chen Jiao returns with the group of veterans who have experienced the war.
At present, we are trying our best to select the indigenous people along the coast and near the river, as well as some fishermen who are good at using water. Some of the veterans of the Heavenly Army are good at water and can operate boats. They will be arranged first when the time comes. However, in order to maintain the purity of the army, Wang Zheng has arranged it in advance.
I have already thought about it. In terms of generals, except for Chen Jiao in the early stage, and then Ning Quemudan, all generals must be the heavenly army in their own team.
On the shore of the bay, we finished discussing the business matters. We outlined the regulations clearly, and the rest was implemented.
It was rare to see the sea again. Wang Zheng was in high spirits. He climbed up to look far away and breathed in the clean air. He felt relaxed and happy. The county gentleman on the side seized the opportunity and immediately came forward to point out the beautiful scenery to him in the sea breeze.
The ministers sang and enjoyed themselves, and silently, the history of the changes in the royal government became more and more frequent.
You must know that Haizhou was originally the ancient name of Lianyungang, but it did not get its new name until the seventh year of Wuding in the Northern Dynasties and the Eastern Wei Dynasty three hundred years later.
That year, Gao Cheng, the powerful minister who named him, had completed all preparations to seize the throne of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but was assassinated by Shannu on the eve of his Zen acceptance.
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When Wang Zhengdong looked at the sea, he didn't know that at this time, his fellow Yellow Turbans in the west of China were being beaten to pieces.
In the spring and March of the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who had been recuperating for a long time, showed his fangs again.
With his general Xiahou Dun as the commander, he began a large-scale crusade against Yuan Shu's forces and the Yellow Turban bandits in Runan and Yingchuan counties in Yuzhou.
In less than ten months, the situation was overwhelming, and seven cities were conquered. At this time, the Yellow Turban Canal Commander He Yi, who was entrenched in Kunyang City, had not even had time to make any response, and his troops were already approaching the city.
Fortunately, the Yuzhou Yellow Turbans were the most loyal group of rebels in the world. After hearing the news, Liu Pi, Huang Jun, Baoman and other Yuzhou Yellow Turbans sent out troops to rescue without any hesitation.
The first person to rush to Kunyang's aid was Liu Pi.
This person is considered to be the type of Yellow Turban thieves who are most at odds with Cao Cao.
This Yellow Turban Rebel Army general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty followed Yuan Shu and Sun Jian. The most exaggerated thing is that he fell in love with Liu Bei at first sight. Not only did he give up Runan, which had been entrenched for many years, but he also wanted to follow him. Even in the original history
, Liu Pi's death was also to protect Liu Bei, but he was killed by Gao Lan, Cao Cao's general at the time.
It can be said that Yuzhou has changed so many forces, but Liu Pi never truly surrendered to Cao Cao.
It was true that he surrendered before, but he surrendered and rebelled again. He had just surrendered because of the defeat, but he turned around and Yuan Shao gave him a flirtatious look and immediately rebelled.
It's hard to explain why.
At this time, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the trajectory of history was already different, even beyond recognition.
Not only did Cao Cao launch the military operation against Yuzhou, where Xu Du was located, nearly three months later than the original history, but the time when Liu Pi and Liu Bei met was a full five years in advance.
The only thing that remained unchanged was that under the amazing effect of Liu Bei's charm that day, Liu Pi once again fell without any resistance.
This time Liu Pi did not immediately surrender Runan. However, after Liu Bei led the remaining troops to escape to Yuzhou, Liu Pi actually thought of summoning the Yuzhou Yellow Turbans to retrieve Xuzhou for Liu Bei...
The person who persuaded him to give up this idea at the critical moment was not Wang Zheng's identity as a fellow Yellow Turban. After all, if he had been concerned about this, Liu Pi would not have had such an idea.
It was the elder brother Yuan Shu who took the lead to speak.
Everyone knows that you are my little brother now. If you go to fight Wang Zheng, what will he think of me?
This guy is not easy to mess with. Unless you are sure of victory, you will risk your death and bring trouble to me!
Hearing that his eldest brother was so cautious, Liu Pi didn't dare to be careless. Later, after learning about Wang Zheng through various news channels, Liu Pi also panicked a little.
It seems a bit overwhelming!
In just over half a year, on this big stage in Xuzhou, many heroes were either defeated or ended in defeat. They were as powerful as Yuan Shu, but in the end they did not get any advantage even though they mobilized their troops.
It is said that even his younger brother Yuan Yin was strangled by Wang Zheng himself...
In the end, he pinched his nose and swallowed the bad breath, and continued to be an ally with Wang Zheng on the surface.
The same is true for Liu Bei. He had quite a lot of elites under his command at the time. Not to mention Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were the most powerful generals against ten thousand enemies. But in the end, didn't they escape from Xuzhou in embarrassment after being beaten by Wang Zheng?
After summarizing this information, Liu Pi could clearly analyze it as long as he didn't lose his mind. With his own military strength, he boasted of a hundred thousand troops to the outside world, but he could actually fight only more than ten thousand troops. If he killed
Go to Xuzhou...
I'm afraid it won't even be enough to fill the gap between Wang Zheng's teeth.