sweeping the world

Chapter 984

The extreme north of the Han Empire was still a land of ice and snow, but the south was already in full bloom in spring.

Fu Wei, who had just returned to the mainland from Asan Continent not long ago, was instantly dizzy by the pie falling from the sky, and he became the protector of one side.

The old Fu family was Liu Yan who joined the Han tribe during the difficult period of survival in Changguang County. Unfortunately, there were no high-end talents in the family at that time, so no member of the family could reach high positions.

But even if there are no high-end talents, Lao Fu's family still has some talented people who can work. With the continuous expansion of Liu Yan's rule, he has gradually become a figure at the county guard level, but there has been no development in the military.

The old Fu family really entered the first-class family after Fu Wei became Jiang Duling.

Since then, Fu Wei has received the full support of the old Fu family, but Fu Wei's development trajectory is somewhat different from the expectations of the old Fu family. He did not transfer from the official position of Jiangdu Ling to the army. The label of the water army, the development circle is limited to the water army.

China has been divided into "three armies" since ancient times. It originally referred to the infantry army, the chariot army, and the cavalry army. Later, the chariot army was gradually eliminated, and the naval forces such as buildings and ships replaced the chariot army in the "three armies".

Before Liu Che, the navy was basically a transparent person. It existed but not many people paid attention or cared about it. It was because Liu Che was going to attack the southern countries at that time that he got enough attention.

With the destruction of Minyue and Nanyue, the navy once again became dispensable, and even served as a fishing fleet in the future.

For a very long period of time, only when the country fell into a north-south division would Zhuxia's navy be re-emphasized. Usually the Yangtze River was used as the battlefield, and they fought life and death in that small ditch without any future. Until a winner is decided, then the navy once again becomes a dispensable role.

Although the Han Empire at that time was no longer just playing in the inland rivers, but had initially shown its ambitions for the sea, the concepts and cognitions formed for a long time still had a great influence.

The old Fu family is naturally extremely anxious about Fu Wei being restricted to the naval circle. What they expect is that Fu Wei can play a role in the army. There is still hope for the level of Shangzhong Lang.

Things took a turn for the better when the Han Empire decided to launch a cross-sea attack on the Gupta Empire.

Due to the lack of sufficient understanding of water warfare among the direct descendants of the Han Empire, many generals who originally belonged to the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were re-appointed and reused. A promotion like that.

The war between the Han Empire and the Gupta Empire was in the stage of sea confrontation for more than two years. A large group of naval combat talents emerged. It is the military merits on land that are the military merits, and the titles and rewards that should be obtained for the navy's meritorious service will not be less.

As a member of the direct line, Fu Wei, who has also played a major role, took over as the commander-in-chief of the fleet after the war in the Gupta Empire. The original Li Mai and Wang Kan were transferred back to the country.

After the meritorious deeds were evaluated, among the marquises were generals from the navy, including Fu Wei, Li Mai and Wang Kan.What is treated differently is that Fu Wei continues to be reused, while Wang Kan and Li Mai are transferred to relatively less important positions.

At this moment, Fu Wei, who became the Protector of the Nanyang Protectorate, stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the constantly rolling waves in front of him, still unable to hold himself in his heart.

There are only four guards in the entire Han Empire.

Li Kuang and Si Hongzhuang were absolutely in line with everyone's expectations. One of them defeated the Western Regions in advance so that Xie An could easily regain the entire Western Regions. The other participated in the entire war to destroy the Gupta Empire.

Qian Jiantong can be regarded as one of his direct descendants, but because he is a descendant of the Huns, no one would believe it if he was not affected, but no one mentioned it.

The Xiqian family decisively took refuge before Liu Yan made his fortune, and the patriarch Xiqian Boliao died while on an envoy to Murong Yanguo. To some extent, it cleared away the biggest obstacle in the officialdom that was still called Xiqian Jiantong at that time.

Qian Jiantong was one of the first generals under Liu Yan to become a general of Zhonglang, but after reaching the level of general of Zhonglang, he seemed to have encountered an invisible ceiling. He was General of Zhonglang from the seventh year of Yuanshuo until the 13th year of Yuanshuo He is still General Zhonglang, and he has not even moved his official position for six full years.

When such a situation occurs, it may not be that there is any suppression. At that time, what should be destroyed in northern Xinjiang has already been wiped out. There are not many large-scale wars and there are no opportunities for meritorious service. The other few Zhonglang generals are also lucky. In the great battlefield of the Western Regions, like the Zhonglang generals in the south and east, they lack the opportunity to gain military exploits, and their official positions and titles have not been promoted.

"This is my first time to go to sea." Qian Jiantong and Fu Wei were on the same boat, and when he came to Fu Wei's side, he said with emotion: "The sea is really as rumored, so vast and boundless!"

Fu Wei is going to take office, and Qian Jiantong is also going to take office, but the final location of one is in Malacca, and the other is going to Fahrenheit City.

It's not just them, there is another guard on board, that is, Hong Zhuang, the chief guard of the Annan Protectorate's Mansion.

They all returned to Chang'an to accept official positions and went through the procedures to receive their official robes and related seals, ribbons and tiger charms.

To travel from the mainland of the Han Empire to Malacca, Pingman City, and Fahrenheit City, although the three locations can be reached by land, the sea route is the most convenient way.

To go to the Heping Barbarian City of Malacca, you have to enter the primitive jungle in the southwest by land, and go over mountains and mountains to a ghostly place full of poisonous insects, beasts and poisonous miasmas.

From the mainland of the Han Empire to Fahrenheit City, either go to the Western Regions and then go south, you need to pass through seven or eight countries including the Hunnites, the Jidoro Dynasty, Youdexia...etc; or you choose to go to the plateau and browse the world The first peak, entered the boundary of Asan.

Going by land would not be the best choice, not to mention the danger, the time spent alone cannot be sure.

Taking the sea route is different. You can take a boat from Jiaozhou Bay or Jingkou, crossing the Yizhou Strait and then entering the Zhanghai (South China Sea). Fu Wei can land in Malacca, and Si Hongzhuang passes through Malacca. You can also land in the Asan Ocean, but Qian Jiantong still needs to sail through the Southwest Bay (Bay of Bengal) before he can land.

If you take the sea route during the monsoon season, it takes more than a month to get from Jingkou to Malacca, and it takes only about two months to reach Ketak on Ah San's side.

Without the convenience of the monsoon, it usually takes twice or twice as long, but it is definitely still much faster than going by land.

The three guards are on the same ship. If something happens, the enemy navy will come to fight, and no one can control the weather disaster. It is time for the Han Empire to re-select the guards.

The center didn't warn, they were aware of it, but no one was too worried.

"I know what you're thinking." Fu Wei had a great sense of superiority towards Qian Jiantong, who was on a boat for the first time: "The big ship we're standing on is the latest gunboat. It's 170 meters long. With a width of 42 meters and a draft of nine meters, it is no exaggeration to call it a mobile sea fortress!"

Liu Yan has provided the current navy with the concept of tonnage, but most people still recognize ships with intuitive length, width, and draft data.

As the flagship of the Nanyang Protectorate, it started construction in the 11th year of Yuanshuo, and it was launched at the beginning of this year. After three months of sea trials, it was supposed to be delivered to the Navy, but at that time the central government was already discussing the division of the Protectorate. It was delayed.

The center named this huge ship "Linzi". She is a well-deserved giant ship at sea today, and there is no ship of the same level as it.

Fu Wei can understand that warships are named after cities, but he really doesn't understand why he chose Linzi.

The Han Empire now has three super big cities, they are Chang'an, Jiankang, and Linzi. The first sea giant ship will serve in Nanyang. Many people think that the name "Jiankang" is more appropriate.

At the beginning, the center really wanted to name it "Jiankang", but Liu Yan directly intervened to finally decide to name it "Linzi", but like Fu Wei, no one knew why Liu Yan did that. s Choice.

Liu Yan would have such a choice. In fact, there is nothing else. If there is a super big city in Liaodong, he will choose a big city in Liaodong to name the new giant ship. The key is that there is no Liaodong.

There is no need for Liu Yan to explain this kind of "fun" to anyone. Because there is no super big city in Liaodong, he simply named the new giant ship "Linzi" because Linzi is near there.

"The navy of the Tianzhu Protectorate has no gunboats, and the size of ships for combat purposes is only 320." Qian Jiantong looked at Fu Wei with envy, and said with gusto: "The Nanyang Protectorate has only gunboats." The original eighty percent, there is such a huge ship, the size of the ship exceeds two thousand."

Fu Wei is also jealous that Tianzhu Protectorate has three standing troops.

Their Nanyang Protectorate's establishment only had the size of a standing army, but it was split into three divisions, stationed in various garrisons, and then split up sporadically.The largest resident is two songs, to whom to cry?
"The same is the Protectorate's Mansion. At least there are countries around the Protectorate's Mansion in Tianzhu..." Fu Wei did not hide his jealousy at all: "The big man is definitely going to conquer the entire Asan Continent."

Qian Jiantong also thought so.He felt a little sorry for Fu Wei. There are no countries around Nanyang, only the sea and islands. Even if he discovers a new island and makes meritorious service, can it be compared with military merit?One thing is, he is not a marquis now, but Fu Wei is already a marquis.

"What are you talking about?" Si Hongzhuang went to the bridge first and came over when he saw the two people at the bow.He kept looking at the ships around the flagship and said with emotion: "In less than eight years, the Han Dynasty has such a large navy."

The two people who were still talking, they didn't know what kind of mood they were looking at Si Hongzhuang with pity.

There are many countries around the Tianzhu Protectorate's Mansion. The Nanyang Protectorate's Mansion has the task of exploring the sea.

What can the Annan Protectorate's Mansion do?It's probably just exploring the deep mountains and old forests to catch savages, and then monitoring the fiefdoms of various families. There is really nothing else to do.

Si Hongzhuang was a little uncomfortable seeing the eyes of the two people. He didn't understand why at first, but he didn't care at all when he came back to his senses and said: "It will take a long, long time before the grain production area of ​​Dahan is formed. Before that, The area under the jurisdiction of Annan Duhufu is the largest grain-producing area that sends grain to the mainland. Even if the two major grain-producing areas in the local area are formed, will their status decline?"

In terms of jurisdiction, the Annan Protectorate is the largest of the four major protectorates. In terms of area, it is almost one-fifth of the size of the mainland.

Because of its location on the equator, the other side has also been developed by those families for many years, and has always assumed the important responsibility of delivering food to the local area. It can be said that its political status is not low at all.

It is not a big deal for the Annan Protectorate to have no one to fight against. Si Hongzhuang is also very aware of what kind of mission he is carrying as the protector of the Annan Protectorate. Ensuring food delivery is the most important task. Tighten those families.

As long as there is no mistake in the important task of transporting food to the mainland from the Annan Protectorate's jurisdiction, Si Hongzhuang knows that even if he has done nothing, he will never run away from the post of Minister when his term of office is up and he will be transferred back to China.

"Tianzhu Governor's Mansion also has a grain-producing area..." Qian Jiantong didn't want to argue with Si Hongzhuang, but with full of longing: "I heard that the output of the Ganges and Indus River basins can feed [-] million people?"

At this moment Fu Wei was heartbroken.

The Han Empire has successively introduced national policies to encourage births, and only a certain degree of idiot did not realize what that meant.

In order to increase the population, a generally peaceful environment is not the first element. In fact, the most important thing is to ensure sufficient food.

Regardless of whether it is in recent years or for a long time in the future, whichever place can provide a large amount of food, then its political status will not be shaken.

"There are seafood in the sea." Si Hongzhuang said to Fu Wei with a smile: "When you are exploring the sea area, it is also a bonus to catch fish."

Fu Wei rolled his eyes and had nothing to say.

Going out to sea to fish is no stranger to the Han people. The Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea, and Zhanghai... and even in further seas, can there be no Han Chinese fishing boats in the fishing season?

"It's not that there are other things to do besides fishing." Qian Jiantong felt that in the future, he would need the Nanyang Protectorate to provide maritime support, and he would not follow Si Hongzhuang to attack Fu Wei. He said: "The exploration team did not find copper mines in Luzon. Is it? The big man has always been short of copper, you can start with this."

Fu Wei rolled his eyes again.Does he still know that Luzon was explored to a super giant copper mine?
Having a copper mine is one thing, but who is in charge of it is another matter. Fu Wei, as the protector of the Nanyang Protectorate, has been told that it will belong to the Shaofu, otherwise he would be depressed.

"Don't be complacent." Fu Wei hid his depression and pretended to be very excited: "We will definitely find Nanchan Buzhou, and then you want to compare credit with me?"

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Accepting opinions, it will be called Nanchan Buzhou.

(End of this chapter)