"Second brother...... Wu Haogu withdrew his gaze from the shipyard construction site that was under construction, and looked at his younger brother with a puzzled face, "It's not too early, let's go back to Jiehe Commercial Market first...... Sister Eighteen and Sister Ximen prepared dinner, authentic Kaifeng dishes! Several of your nephews and nieces are waiting to be called uncle! ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand at Chao again: "Mr. Jing Yu, my brother will go back first today." ”

Chao Shuo arched his hand and said with a smile: "The lower official is here to send it off." ”

The word "send" is polite, but his officialdom is obvious, how can he be a jinshi in the Yuanfeng period, although the official luck is not good, now he is just a courtier of the seventh grade, but he does not have to be inferior in front of Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen brothers.

Wu Haogu didn't completely treat him as a subordinate, so he naturally greeted him politely. Chao said that he is now a civil servant with civil qualifications, and there are really few civil officials who are willing to surrender their status like this in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is still a genuine Jinshi.

In the group of the PTZ department, he is a treasure! As long as he sits in the seat of the Shipyard and the Jiehe Shipyard, no one will be able to grab the land - the Jiehe Shipyard is big, and of course it is very eye-catching. Because although Jiehe Shipyard has a little official shares, it is fundamentally private. The official shares held by the Jiehe City Ship Division were less than 20% of the total share capital, and the Republic Bank and Jiehe Commercial City together took 40% of the shares, and the remaining 40% belonged to the shipyard craftsmen. Such a shipyard cannot be interfered with by serious officials!

After saying goodbye to Chao Shuo, the Erwu brothers got on their horses and took their entourage to the Jiehe Commercial Market. At this time, it was already winter, and it was approaching the end of the year, and the boundary river had already been frozen. However, the Jiehe commercial market is still very lively, even if it is a place where factories and workshops are gathered outside the city, it is still prosperous at this time.

The road leading to the city was made of stone, paved with large blocks of stone, and the horse's hooves clattered on it. The road is so wide that four carriages can be used in parallel, and there are low stone pillars in the middle of the road, which are used to divide the road into two parts, "up" and "down". The "upbound" is for the passage of cars and horses in the direction of Jiehe Commercial City. The "down" is for carriages and horses to walk in the direction of the Jiehe Shipyard.

"Up" and "down" can't be reversed, otherwise there will be a border river police patrol on duty to fine money and detain the carriage and horses!

In addition to the distinction between "up" and "down", there are several important intersections on this avenue known as "Shipyard Road", and there are police patrols holding small flags to direct traffic - the east and west compartments outside the south city of Jiehe Shang City, but the factories, docks, and schools are lined up, and the traffic is also quite congested.

On both sides of the "Shipyard Road", there are also specially built elevated walkways. The sidewalk is built on top of the drainage ditch next to the carriage road, paved with large bluestone slabs, only for pedestrians, not for carriages and horses. On the outside of the sidewalk, there are newly opened shops on the street, selling some daily necessities, and many food shops. Because of the closure in recent years, many factories and workshops in Dongchengxiang have given workers monthly money in advance, and many have also given an extra month or two of monthly money as bonuses. Therefore, the sidewalks are full of people who want to buy New Year's goods. The guys and bosses of all kinds of shops also shouted at the door with their voices open. This market atmosphere and liveliness are almost catching up with Kaifeng Mansion.

In addition to the common people on the street, there were also many officers and soldiers wearing red military jackets and Fan Yangli, all of whom were students of the Knight Academy. The Knight Academy is now a serious government-run military academy, nominally under the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department of the capital. However, the real power is still in the hands of Murong Wangwu, Murong Parrot, and Ximen Anguo, who are Wu Haogu's henchmen.

Now this school has a four-year long academic system (in the recent reform of the Yuntai Academy, the courses of the doctoral and generalist courses were merged into the professional college, and the academic system has been uniformly extended to four years, and the current Yuntai Academy has become more and more like a university in later generations) The military school has also taken annual leave, and many students who are too far away from home to go home for the New Year have come out in groups to wander around. Seeing Wu Haogu riding a tall horse and passing surrounded by his entourage, they all saluted him one after another, and Wu Haogu waved back on horseback.

Wu Haowen looked strange, "Big brother, why do they all salute you?" Are they from the Xuanfu Division? ”

"No, they're cadets of the Knight Academy." Wu Hao Gu said, "Because I am wearing a purple military attache uniform, I look like a Shangguan, so they have to salute." ”

In the army, it is necessary to emphasize the subordination of subordinates to superiors! This kind of thinking must be imperceptibly imprinted in the minds of the officers. Therefore, from the beginning of military training, the students have to salute the military attaché with a higher rank than them (if you don't know the military attaché, look at the color of the official uniform).

"I see," Wu Haowen nodded, "Is this the new rule?" ”

"It's the rule set by the military aircraft department." Wu Haogu replied, "It only needs to be implemented in the three major military studies and the new army that has been organized. ”

"The eldest brother's military governance is severe." Wu Haowen said this, but he thought in his heart: Do these little military attaches want to salute civil officials with higher official titles than them?

"Second brother," Wu Haogu spoke again, "your sea route commander is not an easy errand to do...... So I, as an elder brother, did some things when I was acting as the agent of the sea route commander. ”

"Brother is Xuanfu," Wu Haowen seemed open-minded, "I have already controlled the sea route commander." If there is anything you want the little brother to do, just say hello. ”

In fact, Hebei Xuanshuai does not control the sea route commander, nor does he control any of the commanders, but the sea route city ship system is made by Wu Haogu from a city ship, so all parties also acquiesce in his power.

Wu Haogu looked back at his brother, "It's best if you think like this...... The official family asked you to be the marshal of the sea route, just because you took a fancy to our two brothers with one heart.

My brother's Hebei Xuanfu is a small power and a big responsibility, if there is no more commander who can command, then it will really miss the major event of the Northern Expedition in the coming day. ”

Wu Haowen frowned and said, "The Northern Expedition in Japan should be based on land first, right?" But I don't see my brother making any big moves in rectifying the Hebei army. ”

"The Hebei army is in a hurry," Wu Haogu said, "and the Hebei army is intertwined, and there is no land to give, so it can't expect anything." Now we only need to rectify the Hebei Fourth Road and reduce the number of 120,000 people to less than 100,000, so that my brother's Xuanfu Division can get the posts of 20,000 new troops, and there will be no problem in organizing the four generals of the new army. ”

From 120,000 to 100,000 is the result of the game in all aspects, if it can't be implemented, then Wu Hao Gu Ke will go to Zhao Ji to go crazy.

The new army of the four generals obtained through disarmament, Wu Haogu will not let others interfere, and must be directly under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division - when he came to the Northern Expedition in Japan, he could point to the 20,000 new army plus thousands of knights and thousands of utility to charge into battle!

"What about the Sriwijaya City Division, the Sriwijaya Military Engine Room and the Nanyang Inspection Division?" Wu Haowen looked at his eldest brother and asked slowly.

Wu Haogu's Xuanfu seems to be a wood carving clay sculpture, in addition to the establishment of the Xuanfu Division's yamen and the Xuanfu Division's general army machine room, it seems to be messing around.

But when he was also the commander of the sea route, he made big moves one after another! Not only did it place an order for 300 ships in one go. In addition, two new yamen, the Sriwijaya City Ship Division and the Sriwijaya Military Engine Room, were established, and the strength of the Nanyang Inspection Department was greatly strengthened.

"Of course, the Shibo Division is the yamen that collects money," Wu Haogu said, "and the money in the Srivijaya Strait is more than any state capital in the Great Song Dynasty!" Is it okay to put it away well? Moreover, we also have to raise grain and grass in various parts of the South Seas, find land for reclamation, and set up commercial markets...... That is, what Caochen has to do all the way, he has to trouble Srivijaya City! ”

Wu Haogu is using the Srivijaya City Bosi as a transfer envoy all the way!

"As for the Sriwijaya military engine room," Wuhao Gudao, "the responsibility is also extremely heavy...... The dispatch of soldiers and horses and the construction of cities are all dispatched in the center of the military machine room.

As for the Nanyang Inspection Division, it is naturally in charge of the warfleet and the land mercenaries! At present, we have a total of 18 warships stationed in Sriwijaya, all of which are 'Zhaocai' type galleys. There were about 3,000 soldiers on land, most of whom were recruited from all over the country. ”

The "Fortune" type galley sailing warship is the original product of Jiehe Shipyard, a total of 18 are built, and now all of them are under the banner of the Nanyang Inspection Division. In addition, the Nanyang Inspection Department also has 12 Arabian galleys, all of which have been obtained by various means.

The 6,000 galleys currently under construction at the Jiehe Shipyard are "ramming" ships, equipped with ramming angles, and can be equipped with up to 300 oarsmen, sailors and deck soldiers.

After the completion of all 100 "collision" warships, the size of the "standing fleet" under the Sea Route Shipping and Construction Division will reach 118 ships and more than 35,000 sailors.

It should be able to undertake the two tasks of "sea power control" of the Northern Expedition and "security vigilance" of Srivijaya at the same time.

Of course, the cost of such a large fleet is astronomical. With 35,000 officers and soldiers alone, the annual expenditure will be several million. If it weren't for guarding the Sriwijaya Strait, the Sea Route City Shipping Division would not have been able to raise such a huge fleet under any circumstances.

And guarding such a "toll station", of course, you have to be prepared to fight with various challengers.

This is also the reason why Wu Haogu is eager to enhance the strength of the Nanyang Inspection Division!

"Big brother," although Wu Haowen's official voice was not very good, his brain was not confused, and he immediately thought that there was something wrong with the Three Buddhas, "The Three Buddhas Strait is probably going to use swords, right?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "The sword soldiers should be moving, right?" ”

"Doing!?" Wu Haowen was stunned and stunned, "Who are you fighting with?" ”

"It should be the Zhuyuan country of Tianzhu Kingdom!" Wu Haogu said slowly, "It's also possible that the fight hasn't started yet, how it is, we'll know when the spring begins." ”

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