wild trail

Chapter 330 The Southern Port and Mythical Stories

Through this voyage, Wang Lang has basically understood the general situation of the world, and he couldn't help feeling more confident in his heart.

"How's the situation in the south?" Wang Lang asked.

"Most of the south is jungle. After sailing westward from the southernmost point for half a year, we saw two big rivers. Those two rivers were at least several times wider than the big rivers. Moreover, there were some savages living in the southern jungle. , Those savages seem to regard us as gods, when I came back, I brought back four savages, one adult and three children, and they are now staying in Harbor City." Wu Gang said slowly.

Wang Lang nodded, pointed to the map in front of him and said, "Where is that big river probably located?"

Wu Gang stepped forward and stared at the map carefully for a while, and pointed out two locations on the southern coast of the map, and said, "It's probably in these two locations."

Wang Lang looked at the map, took out a charcoal pen, and drew a circle at the approximate location of Yancheng. He suddenly found that the mouth of one of the rivers was very close to Yancheng. If a road was opened from Yancheng to get there, a port would be built there. Cities will save a lot of sailing time.

"Are the savages over there friendly to us?" Wang Lang asked.

Wu Gang nodded and said: "They are afraid of us, but they have no malice towards us. At first I thought that His Majesty might conquer there, so I picked a few wildling children to come over and learn our language. When the army arrives there, they should Can come in handy.”

"You did the right thing. I will send those children to study in the palace." After speaking, he looked at Li Mu and said, "Where is Li Aiqing?"

Hearing this, Li Mu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the situation in the north is a bit different from that over there. The sea in the north is very cold in winter. When we walked halfway, the sea was completely frozen. We had to build a stronghold by the sea. , where we survived for almost two years, and we continued on our way after the ice melted. We didn’t see any human beings on the way. In such a cold place, there probably wouldn’t be any savages living there. After that, we reached the western side of the land and started sailing south, and in that desert area, we encountered General Wu's ship."

Wang Lang pondered for a while, looked at the map, and recorded the information in the blank space in the north. Although port cities can also be built in the north, compared with building those ice-free ports in the south, the construction of ports in the north is not worth the loss. , he intends to build some strongholds over there.

After getting a general understanding of the two people's experience in the past two years, Wang Lang said with a smile: "I called you from home as soon as I came back. The two lovers will not blame me!"

When the two heard the words, they said with double-faced light: "How dare I blame Your Majesty!"

Wang Lang stroked his beard and smiled, "You don't have to worry. I'll give you a month's vacation. During this time, I will see your family members who are with you well. I have important arrangements for you then."

The two looked at each other, and they could see a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.

"Your Majesty, what should our navy do in the future?" Wu Gang asked.

"I plan to build a port on the other side of the river you mentioned. Li Mu, you are in charge of guarding it, and Wu Gang, you are in charge of guarding the harbor city. Now you have also been promoted to generals. In the past two years, the shipyard has built six large ships. Counting your former Great Xia Navy, which had a total of eight warships, the two of you will each command four warships and practice the way of fighting at sea. You must be able to fight decisively with the enemy on the sea. From now on, your task is to Training the navy." Wang Lang said slowly.

There are four boats per person, and one boat is calculated as more than 100 sailors. The number of troops received by oneself has been doubled several times. Compared with a general of the army leading 500 troops, the general of the navy has a higher gold content. From this point, The two can see that Wang Lang attaches great importance to the navy, which makes them very excited.

"Okay, I don't have anything to do here. Go back and stay with your family for a while. I heard that you all have children of your own. I have two things here. Take them back and give them to your children to play with." Wang Lang said. , took out two wave drums from under the desk and handed them to the two.

After receiving the wave drum, a warm current surged in the hearts of the two of them. His Majesty was so busy that he could still think of his own child, which moved them very much.

The two immediately bowed: "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty, I will definitely protect my Great Xia Sea."

Wang Lang nodded and said, "With the two generals here, my Great Xia coastline will be safe and sound."

Rui Rui waved his hand, let the two of them retreat, looked at the marked map, and said loudly: "Come on, call Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry."

The guards left in a hurry, and more than an hour later, Mu Feng hurried over, and was about to greet Wang Lang, when Wang Lang hurriedly said: "Mu Aiqing, please come and take a look at this map."

Out of curiosity, Mu Feng walked to the desk, looked at the unfamiliar map on the table, and asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, what is it at this time?"

"This is the outline map of the mainland of China. The achievements of the navy in the past two years are all on this map." Wang Lang laughed.

Mu Feng was startled when he heard the words, he fixed his eyes on the map, seeing the shape of the continent he was in so vividly, this feeling is very strange, as if everything in this world is under his control.

After a long time, Mu Feng said with emotion: "No wonder His Majesty treats the navy with such courtesy. With this picture, everything in the mainland of China can be seen. It is indeed not an exaggeration to reward such achievements."

"Haha, what Mu Aiqing said is right. With this map, we can control everything about our Xia Kingdom. I asked you to build a seaport here." A little bit at the mouth of the sea.

Mu Feng looked there, then looked at the direction of Yancheng, touched his chin and thought for a while, and received: "Your Majesty, this place is indeed suitable for building a port, but it is not easy to get there. Before that, a road must be built to connect There, but it is definitely not an easy thing to carve out such a long way in the jungle."

Wang Lang nodded and said: "I have already considered this, but we have to solve it no matter how difficult it is. The relationship between this seaport and our southern coastal defense has to be cautious."

Mu Feng pondered for a while, nodded his head and said: "I understand, since this is the case, I will go back and make preparations, and make a statistics of the required manpower and material resources. After everything is ready, the Ministry of Industry will send people to investigate there. Terrain, while building roads and ports at the same time, this can also make the progress much faster."

"I don't worry about the work of the Ministry of Industry. By the way, I have a formula here. You can study it after you go back and arrange manpower to conduct experiments. If it succeeds, the new seaport will use this material to replace the mud." Wang Lang piled up on the desk. Looking for Yi Zhan in the document, he handed a piece of paper to Mu Feng.

Mu Feng looked at it, and asked a little puzzled: "What is the use of burning stones, Your Majesty?"

Wang Lang explained: "This thing is called cement. You can make it according to this formula. The powder obtained will be mixed with water, and it will be very strong after drying. It is much easier to use than mud. In the future, I plan to use this thing to seal the roads of the Xia Kingdom. Renovate it."

Mu Feng looked at the formula in his hand, although Wang Lang's invention was not very useful under normal circumstances, but this thing is too doubtful whether it is really as magical as Wang Lang said.

Hungry, nodded and said: "Chen, I will try."

"Well, I see you are working hard during this period, and strive to build the road and the port within half a year. As long as the construction is completed, I will move a large number of people there." Wang Lang said slowly.

Mu Feng was startled, and quickly asked: "Why is Your Majesty so anxious, is there any news about the dinosaur man?"

Wang Lang shook his head and said, "Not yet, but I've become more and more worried recently. The current development speed of our Xia Kingdom is too slow, and it will be very dangerous to continue like this."

Mu Feng was a little speechless. If the speed of development was still slow, he couldn't even imagine what would happen if it wasn't slow. The Xia Kingdom in the past two years has long been completely different from before. I don't know how many times more than before, and new things are constantly being discovered, things that were simply unthinkable before.

Cities have sprung up on the mainland of China like mushrooms after a spring rain. Most of the savages wandering around are forcibly marked as Xia people. It can be said that the current Xia country is a powerful empire that truly dominates this continent. Whether it's a savage or a ferocious beast, they are not all enemies of Xia's army at all.

In such a situation, Wang Lang still felt slow, he really didn't know what to say.

Wang Lang looked at Mu Feng with a strange expression, guessed his thoughts, and said slowly: "Xia Guo's current military strength is very strong, but our population is too small, I guess even if the entire continent of this land is Human beings have been captured, and there are no more than a million people, but those horrible people must be much more than our number, millions, or even tens of millions of people, with such a huge number, we must speed up the pace of unifying the continent, only Only by gathering all human beings can we deal with the threat of those dinosaurs."

After hearing this, Mu Feng said: "Your Majesty, there shouldn't be so many dinosaurs. If that's the case, it means that we are developing rapidly and make women work harder to have children. It takes time for children to grow up! We There's simply no way to resist."

"A large number of people does not necessarily mean a strong force. I guess those dinosaurs are not a single group, they are likely to be divided into different countries. As long as our population reaches a million people, we will have the capital to compete with them, as long as we don't get caught by them. If it is defeated, then we have hope of victory." Wang Lang said excitedly.

Mu Feng didn't know why Wang Lang made this judgment. Although he was puzzled, he still chose to trust Wang Lang. Since Wang Lang has a way to ensure that Xia Guo can be safe, he just needs to cooperate with all his strength.

"Your Majesty, since a new seaport is going to be built, should the shipyard be built?" Mu Feng said.

Wang Lang thought for a while and said: "The shipyard should build another one, and collect wood that can be used for shipbuilding in the jungle over there. This shipyard needs to store a large amount of wood. As long as the war starts, it must have the ability to quickly build ships. The current shipbuilding Still focus on Harbor City.”

Mu Feng nodded and said: "I have made a note."

"By the way, what happened to the batch of crystals sent back half a year ago? Have you made the things polished by your Ministry of Industry?" Wang Lang asked.

Mu Feng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the crystal is too hard, and it is very difficult to polish it. So far, no usable lens has come out."

Wang Lang sighed and said, "You continue to study this matter, which is also very important to us."

After explaining these things, Mu Feng left the palace and began to prepare for the construction of the seaport. To open a road within half a year, the manpower and material resources needed are definitely not a small amount.

In the north, Guiyu Sancun.

Since Chen Bai took office, after more than half a year of training, he has become much more stable than before. With the addition of new population, this small village has increased a lot of population, half of which are Caucasian and yellow. .

In order to implement the policy conveyed from above, Chen Bai strongly encouraged intermarriage between two races, and those who were unwilling to marry were often punished. Chen Bai's tough attitude made Guiyu Sancun no single people within half a year.

Some people even prefer to marry an older woman who is much older than themselves in order to avoid punishment, planning to avoid the limelight before making other plans.

In summer in the north, the sun is scorching, but it is not much cooler than in the south.

In order to improve the living standards of the villagers, Chen Bai organized the hunters in the village to hunt a large number of animals and raise the wild animals that were captured alive.

A large number of fences were built outside the village, and all kinds of prey were kept in the fences. There were even a few brown bears and saber-toothed tiger cubs among them. It is said that the fur of this beast is very popular in Yancheng. There are even rumors that, In Wang Lang's palace, the ground is paved with the fur of a saber-toothed tiger, which is extremely luxurious.

On the street outside the village, he saw a few deer carts slowly approaching the village from a distance. Chen Bai knew that the trading station on the other side of Guiyu City had come to the village to buy goods again.

As the vehicle approached, Chen Bai went up to greet him, saw that the person was an acquaintance, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, long time no see!"

"Village Chief Chen, I haven't seen you in several months. The changes in these three villages are really great! The village chief is very capable!" the man surnamed Li complimented.

Chen Bai smiled and said: "It is my responsibility to build a party for His Majesty, and some achievements are not worth mentioning."

The man surnamed Li smiled and said, "Cunel Chief Chen is being modest. By the way, this time I brought something good to your village! You can buy me a few drinks."

"Oh, what did brother Li bring?" Chen Bai looked curiously at the vehicle behind which was covered with straw mats.

"Village Chief Chen, please take a look!" The man surnamed Li lifted the straw mat of one of the cars.

"There are so many books and paper!" Chen Bai exclaimed.

The man surnamed Li smiled and said, "Is Village Chief Chen still satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, thank you brother Li this time." Chen Bai thanked repeatedly.

"I know that Village Chief Chen likes to read. Just recently, the trading station sent a batch of the most popular books in Yancheng recently. I saved some for Village Chief Chen. Look at this book. It is said that it is a story written by His Majesty. It is very popular in the south." The man surnamed Li said as he picked up a beautifully bound book.

Chen Bai took the book, only to see that it said "Story Meeting" on the cover.

Open the first chapter and write a story about the distant ancient times, when the world was not opened, there was a god named Pan Gu who split the world and created all things. Chen Bai was deeply attracted by the bizarre stories in the book , I have already forgotten that there are other people around me.

(End of this chapter)