Back in the city, it was already the second watch. Although there were not many people on the main street in the city, some merchants could not hold back from Jinkou Port, and many foreign merchants came back at this time because they had commercial firms in the city.

The gates of the city are tightly guarded, the bustle of the main street and the enthusiasm of the night food stalls make this originally remote state capital full of vitality.

The accompanying guards of Yu Wentuo and others dispersed and returned to the camp when they arrived outside the city, only a large number of hidden guards followed.

Yu Wentuo and Shen Bai walked side by side in the market, Shu Yu accompanied Daniel in front, and other hidden guards walked beside, making it impossible for others to approach.

"There are so many people going in and out of the city at night, is it safe here?" Yu Wentuo curiously asked Shen Bai beside him.

"There are bright and dark sentries in the front fifty miles, and a pass must be issued to enter and exit the city. There are fixed numbers of soldiers stationed in the city and soldiers in the tower, and there are [-] officers and soldiers patrolling the city." Shen Bai said accurately.

Yu Wentuo sneered: "You are so precious about these things, are you arranging them?"

"There is no arrangement, but I have reviewed it." Shen Bai pointed to his own brain: "So remember!"

Yu Wentuo glanced behind his hands and walked leisurely without saying anything.

When I walked to Aunt Mu's place, the stall's business was booming, but there was still a table left.

"You're here, and I have reserved a spot for you!" Aunt Mu saw that Shen Bai and the others were traveling in casual clothes, so she went forward to salute, and she didn't want to reveal their identities.

"Aunt Lao, you can look at it, you can order anything!" Shen Bai replied.

Aunt Mu said yes, and served him a large portion of lamb chop noodles, dog meat noodles, and a large portion of sheep's trotters.

The noodle soup is hot and fragrant, and the pepper leaves and green onions are scattered on it, which makes people appetite.

Yu Wentuo sat down, watched Shen Bai serve him noodles, took a sip of soup from the bowl and exclaimed in comfort, 'Happy! '

"Brother likes to eat it." Shen Bai picked up a sheep's trotter and handed it to him, and took one for himself. The braised sheep's trotter was full of strength and sauce, and Yu Wentuo also gnawed it with his hand.

"It seems that Abai eats everywhere in Liaodong! Everyone knows it!" Yu Wentuo said while eating.

"Brother is just joking, he just likes to walk around!" Shen Bai gnawed on a sheep's hoof, watched Shu Yu bury his face in eating noodles, and handed him one.

"He is easy-going and easy-going, and knows how to live. He likes to eat these authentic folk stalls. Ah Bai has the elements to be a good official." Yu Wentuo gnawed on one sheep's hoof, and stretched out his hand to grab another.

Shen Bai looked at it and smiled: "Brother also likes to eat food stalls?"

"It's not that I like it!" Yu Wentuo said with a mouth full of food, "I just like this kind of atmosphere."

The next morning, the brigade set off and went directly to Jinkou Port.

For breakfast, Shen Bai asked people to buy fried dough pies and beef soup, plus Duhufu's flax butter pancakes, which Yu Wentuo was very satisfied with.

The car driving out of the city was changed to a horse when it was outside the city. Yu Wentuo was the emperor, but he also led the army and was very skilled in riding a horse.

The cavalry of [-] tiger guards lined up, and the cloaks of the soldiers on the horses were blown by the north while the flags were fluttering.

"Let's go!" Xiao Yan came to lead the formation in person, and the cavalry team methodically led the way with three thousand front troops, guarding Yu Wentuo and the others in the middle.

Yu Wentuo rode his horse on the spacious turtle-backed avenue, looked at the scenery of the Northland, and waved his whip: "This road is not bad!"

"In order to facilitate military mobilization and commercial transportation, this direct road to the port was specially built." Shen Bai said riding on Zhuyue.

"With so much construction, is there a labor shortage in Liaodong Mansion?" Yu Wentuo asked curiously.

"Military-civilian integration, training and construction are mixed, this is one of the low-cost options for defending the border." Shen Bai replied, and Yu Wentuo nodded with satisfaction: "Will you continue to cultivate in the future?"

Shen Bai smiled: "No, this place will be handed over to the common people for development, and I only provide the policies they want."

"You don't like to stand out?" Yu Wentuo said with a white breath.

"It is taboo to be one of the best in life, and a hundred flowers should bloom together in doing things."

After hearing this, Yu Wentuo looked at the mouth of Jinkou where he could already see the coast.

The arrival of the cavalry from the Protectorate's Mansion is very common to the people of Jinkou Port. Now that the military and civilians in Jinkou are integrated, business development has become hot.

After Yu Wentuo entered the port, he walked in the port accompanied by Shen Bai and the others.

Walking to the newly built city wall and looking down, there is still a long section of the city wall under construction around it, and the location where the stone city wall is not built is tightly protected by wooden piles.

"Is this the Hucheng ditch where Yeluhao was burned?" Yu Wentuo asked, pointing to the moat in front of him. Water had already been diverted into the moat, and they entered under a wide suspension bridge just now.

"No, the previous one is already there, and now the scope has expanded a lot." Shen Bai pointed to the inner harbor area behind him.

"Yeah!" Yu Wentuo supported the city wall, looking at the flourishing inside: "How many people are there now?"

Shen Bai waved his hand, and Yu Xiaoguo came over to report: "My lord, there are now 320 permanent residents."

He didn't know Yu Wentuo's identity, but he knew Shu Yu, because they were all from the imperial army system.

"So clear, what is your job?" Yu Wentuo looked him up.

"My lord, my subordinate is the commander of the West Route Army and concurrently serves as the guardian of Jinkou." Yu Xiaoguo replied.

Yu Wentuo nodded: "Is it transferred from the imperial army?"

"Yes!"

"Where is my hometown?" Yu Wentuo asked carefully.

"It's from Bianjing." Yu Xiaoguo answered one by one.

Afterwards, Yu Wentuo asked questions about training, life, port construction, the arrival of merchants, the main types of goods traded, land sales planning, defense, personnel management, etc.

Yu Xiaoguo answered every item very well. The civil servants stationed at Jinkou Port are called sheriffs, and the various auxiliary tasks are also reflected one by one.

The cooperation of civil servants and generals made the development of the entire Jinkou move forward at a very fast speed.

Afterwards, Yu Wentuo boarded the patrol boat to see the cargo ships waiting to enter the port, the cargo ships undergoing inspection, and the inspection of offshore cargo ships leaving the port. The red flags guided the boats to enter and leave the port in an orderly manner.

Yu Wentuo looked at it and praised it very much.

After getting off the patrol boat, Yue Yang brought people over: "Master Zheng is polite."

Yu Wentuo and Yue Yang bowed their hands in return: "Brother Yue, is the boat from the Yue family here?"

"Come here, Mr. Zheng, is he interested in boarding the ship?" Yue Yang pointed to the fleet with the Yue flag.

"Let's go!" Yu Wentuo waved his hands cheerfully, and everyone passed together.

The Yuejia Merchant Ship is a large ship with five masts and seven sails, with a double-layer structure below and a double-layer structure above.

Merchant ships are armed, equipped with large crossbows, bows and arrows for naval warfare, and fire and oil throwing machines.

Yu Wentuo looked at them one by one, and was very interested in the above weapon configuration.

"If you don't load goods, how many people can you carry?" Shen Bai asked Yue Yang, his words caught Yu Wentuo's attention, Yu Wentuo touched his earlobe, and was very satisfied with Shen Bai's question.

Shen Bai naturally knew what Yu Wentuo was thinking, and asked himself to avoid him making detours.

"If you don't load cargo, but load people, it's no problem to load 150 people on each ship, and it will be more difficult if there are more." Yue Yang replied.

"How many such merchant ships are Yuejia or Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce?" Zihuan also asked with satisfaction.

"Prince Huishen, there is no problem with a total of three hundred ships of all sizes and models."

"Oh!" Yu Wentuo became interested: "How much is the ability to transport troops?"

"It's okay to keep [-] yuan!" Yue Yang gradually gained a measure of their conversation. After all, he is also an old man, and he is not stupid.

"Okay, Young Master Yue will go out to sea with us to have a look later." Yu Wentuo said to Yue Yang, which was also a hint to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai nodded to express his understanding.

Everyone went to the two gunboats that came to pick them up, and Hang Qingqing was also waiting at the pier.

"This is Hang Qingqing, the young head of the Hang family." Shen Bai introduced.

"Oh, it really is a heroine." Yu Wentuo said while looking at Xu Jin who was standing behind, with a concerned expression on his face.

Xu Jin touched his nose with a reddish face, and smiled helplessly at Yu Wentuo, Shen Bai peeked at him secretly, his smile was uglier than crying.

Hang Qingqing didn't know who this 'Master Zheng' who was admired by all the stars was, so he had to guess how extraordinary he was from the attitudes of Shen Bai and the others.

Boarding the newly built gunboat, Yu Wentuo looked at the soldiers on board, and asked Shen Bai: "How are the military divisions on the ship divided?"

"There are captains, sailors, gunners, guides, archers, drummers, cooks, and military medical officers." Shen Bai introduced them one by one.

Yu Wentuo nodded: "Have these two gunboats been named?"

"Jinkou and Yanshan." Zihuan interjected from the side.

"Why did you come up with this name?" Shu Yu looked at the brand-new gunboat curiously, but couldn't find where the gun was, so it was hard to ask everything.

"To commemorate the Battle of Jinkou and the Battle of Yanshan, the follow-up gunboats may be called 'Zhenyuangong, Zhongyonghou and Zhongyihou'!" Shen Bai explained.

"To commemorate Ji Yuan, Li Fazhen, and Fan Qing." Yu Wentuo couldn't help feeling: "Because of this, it's better to call it General Ji Yuan. Using their names directly is more meaningful."

"Very well, it will be according to Master Zheng." Shen Bai replied.

Their conversation was not low, and they didn't avoid anyone. Hang Qingqing, Yue Yang and the others heard all of their conversation.

Surprised at the weight of 'Master Zheng', both of them already had predictions about which side to guess.

"Set sail!" The captain issued an order, commanded the snare drum to beat, and the sergeants at all levels took their positions, and the two gunboats slowly sailed out of the military port.

"Are there no other warships waiting in the outer sea?" Shu Yu asked, pulling Shen Bai aside.

Shen Bai glanced at him: "The combat capability of this gunboat, two ships can reach two traditional fleets, and the gunboat has eight masts and twelve sails, and its speed is tens of nautical miles faster than traditional warships. If something happens, run Even the enemy ships can't catch up.

Each of the two ships is equipped with 80 'Flying Fish Guards' and [-] artillery pieces. Do you think it is not safe? "

Shu Yu said in a low voice: "Master's safety comes first, you have to weigh it."

"I know!" Shen Bai nodded.

"This boat is good, and there is also the captain's cabin." Yu Wentuo led everyone to sit in the cabin at the stern. Nine glazed windows allow you to see the sea view at the back, which also makes the captain's cabin very comfortable.

"I designed this, referring to many ships, and this is only possible in consideration of the size of the gunboat." Xu Jin said proudly.

"Oh?" Yu Wentuo clicked his tongue: "This is the design of a European warship. I didn't expect Mr. Wen Lan to come up with it."

Xu Jin didn't know much about Europe, so he just hummed: "Ah Bai took down those pieces of colored glaze from the Duhu Mansion. There are too few such things."

Yu Wentuo nodded: "The gunboats in the future will have to do this. As the captain, you still have to have a good rest. Only when you are comfortable can you command."

Shen Bai and Shu Yu came in together, the large captain's cabin was not crowded with these people.

"When are we going to the specific area?" Yu Wentuo looked at Shen Bai.

"After nightfall, you can have dinner on board, and you can also test the ocean-going capabilities of the gunboat." Shen Bai returned.

"Well, okay, what did you two do just now, did you visit the gunboat secretly without telling us?" Yu Wentuo looked at the long white waves drawn by the tail of the gunboat sailing at full speed, and was very happy in his heart.

"When the big ship goes a little further, we will conduct an artillery drill. How about you witness it one by one?" Shen Bai returned. The ship has just left the port, and there are still many cargo ships around.

"Okay!" Yu Wentuo said excitedly: "Mr. Wen Lan needs to improve the shortcomings a lot, and when the design drawings come out, Miss Hang can build quickly."

Xu Jin and Hang Qingqing agreed and smiled.

Master Ji from the Manufacturing Office who came with the ship came in and said to Shen Bai and the others, "Commander, the small cannon has been brought on board the ship, and the movable support has been installed, so it can be fired from the outer deck."

Shen Bai nodded: "Okay, you lead the way, take everyone to the gun cabin below."

"Yes!" Master Ji asked everyone to go to the cannon cabin together.

"Open the porthole!" The artillery commander gave an order, and the left and right portholes opened, and the gun compartment became bright and ventilated.

Eight cannons on the left and right are installed on a concave notch, and the wheels of the cannons are placed on it.

"What is this for?" Yue Yang looked curiously at the slot under the running wheel and asked.

"There is recoil when the artillery shoots. In order to quickly fill the gunpowder and solve the recoil, we made this back slot. The recoil when the artillery fires is counteracted in the back slot, and the artillery can quickly fill the gunpowder, and then easily push the muzzle out to speed up. The speed of firing." Master Ji's explanation made everyone suddenly enlightened.

This is also Shen Bai's intention, otherwise he will explain everything, and Yu Wentuo will suspect that everything is thought up by him, which will only increase unnecessary troubles.

"I haven't seen what it looks like when a cannon fires. I'll have to go down to see it later!" Yue Yang said excitedly, looking at the dark cannon, full of anticipation.

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