Yuan Fang looked at Yuqing again: "You also have baggage?" ”

Yuqing nodded: "I saw that they brought so many carriages, so I asked people to prepare more supplies, anyway, a sheep is also a herd of sheep." ”

Yuan Fang really didn't know what to say, and waved his hand weakly: "Let's go." ”

Guan Xiaoyun's eyes rolled: "Brother-in-law, you go first, and I will arrive later." ”

Yuan Fang glared and said, "What are you kid doing?" ”

Guan Xiaoyun smiled: "I'll go and transfer our carriage here, it's like this anyway, there is a carriage that can still be warm and warm on the road." ”

Yuan Fang wanted to cry without tears, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, it's like this anyway." ”

Fifteen hundred female soldiers, plus the guards led by Tian Erniu, a team of almost 2,000 people left the military hospital and went straight to the south gate.

In the early morning of winter, most of the people are still lying in the bed, there are few pedestrians on the street, Yuan Fang and his party soon came to the south gate of the imperial capital, and some acquaintances who have been waiting here have been waiting for Yuan Fang to see him off, a bowl of spirits, a blessing, everyone according to the farewell, agreed to see him again in the future, and complained to each other.

Not long after leaving the city, Guan Xiaoyun chased after him with a three, two, or four-wheeled carriage, Yuan Fang did not let him get into the first carriage, Guan Xiaoyun also followed in cheekily, and Yuqing was also pulled into the carriage by Yuan Fang. This is a newly-made carriage, the interior is quite spacious, it can accommodate seven or eight people, except for Yuan Fang, Guan Xiaoyun and Yuqing, Sang Rou and several of them took turns to warm up their bodies, and at the same time dispersed the smoke in the carriage.

The remaining two carriages, one of which is used by the people of the base in turn, and the other is assigned to the female soldiers by Yuan Fang, among the female soldiers, some of them are in the menstrual period and cannot be too cold, which is also the difference and disadvantage between female soldiers and male soldiers.

A carriage, used by more than a thousand female soldiers, of course, is not enough, Yuan Fang will not favor one over the other, so, as the team continues to advance, a lot of carriages are requisitioned along the way, as a result, the convoy continues to expand, the team is getting more and more bloated, fortunately, the speed is not too slow, and it can reach expectations in less than an hour every day, without delaying the trip.

Guan Xiaofeng was in charge of Yuan Fang's supply and material transportation, he divided his men and horses into three parts, of which, a quarter rushed to Xizhou a year ago, and escorted the fog balloon and airship to the Nanzhou naval base with the team of the military factory, and the other quarter of the people and horses set off yesterday with a large amount of medical supplies and repair materials for the fog balloon, one day earlier than Yuan Fang and them, and the remaining half of the people, led by Guan Xiaofeng himself, escorted a large amount of fire oil and incendiary clay pots followed Yuan Fang.

On the third day after leaving the imperial capital, Guan Xiaofeng and Yuan Fang's two men and horses converged, and the team expanded again, which made Yuan Fang strange that the speed did not decrease but increased, and after careful observation, Yuan Fang suddenly realized that today's logistics carriages have all been replaced with rubber tires, which are more labor-saving than the previous wooden wheels, the load capacity has increased greatly, and the wear and tear has been reduced to a minimum, and the broken axles of the past rarely happen again.

In addition, whether it is the driver of the logistics unit or other personnel, they all have their own set, skilled in driving, starting and parking, following, avoiding roadblocks, etc., are so orderly and professional, which is not comparable to the coachmen of Yuan Fang and these female soldiers. There were no words all the way, and on the eleventh day, Yuan Fang and his entourage finally arrived at Guangpu Military Port in Pukou County, Nanzhou.

Guangpu Military Port, located in the bay of fifty miles southwest of Pukou County, Yingnan County, Nanzhou, is the only naval port of the Eastern Holy Empire.

How to say it, the Eastern Holy Empire does not pay much attention to the navigation industry, the emergence of the navy, but also only to curb the merchant ships of other countries, once also brilliant, with more than a dozen large transfer ships and hundreds of small ships, rampant in the imperial waters, showing off their might, and later the Japanese invaded, the two sides fought several times at sea, the navy was defeated and retreated, and the morale fell to the bottom, and now, there are only three poor big ships and more than a dozen small ships, all of which are scarred and dilapidated. When Yuan Fang came to the military port and saw the broken ships moored in the harbor, Yuan Fang almost vomited blood, this, this, this is the empire's maritime armament? This is the warship of the Navy?

Looking at the holes in the hull of the ship and the sails full of patches, Yuan Fang suspected that if such a boat went to the sea, it would fall apart when it encountered a slightly stronger wind, and if this kind of ship could win the battle, how weak would the enemy be?

Situ Muran saw Yuan Fang's expression, embarrassed and helpless, and said, "Let Lord Yuan smile, without silver, we can only do this." ”

Yuan Fang frowned and said, "I know that the empire ignores the navy, but hasn't there been some changes after Your Majesty ascended the throne?" Why are you still so in tatters? ”

Situ Muran sighed and said: "As Lord Yuan said, after His Majesty ascended the throne, the life of our navy is indeed better than before, but the little money given by the empire is not enough at all, Lord Yuan, you see, the military port has not been repaired for many years, the soldiers don't even have a decent barracks, and the silver allocated to us by the empire is just enough to repair the damaged hull, don't look at those wooden planks are inconspicuous, it is oak wood for special shipbuilding, our empire does not produce it, and we have to buy it from merchants from other empires, M's, this thing looks inconspicuous." , Death is expensive, a plank of one person high can buy a bicycle. Situ Muran knew that Yuan Fang was the inventor of the bicycle, and using the bicycle to make a comparison obviously gave Yuan Fang a more intuitive understanding.

Yuan Fang walked to the side of a small boat and patted the hull of the boat, it felt hard to the touch and the texture was delicate, which was indeed very different from ordinary wood: "General Situ, even so, can't you repair it well?" Isn't it fooling people to add a board to a hole like this? ”

Situ Muran's old face flushed: "Our professional ship repair craftsmen are limited, these timbers have just been transported, and I received an order from the imperial capital before that I was preparing to go to war, but it was too late, so I had to do this." ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if it looks ugly, as long as it doesn't sink." ”

Situ Muran patted his chest and promised: "You can rest assured that as long as we are not attacked, our warship will definitely not sink." ”

Yuan Fang glanced at Situ Muran: "Listening to your tone, it seems that you don't have any confidence at all." ”

Situ Muran is a real person, he doesn't know what tactfulness is, and he said honestly: "Lord Yuan, it's not that I don't have confidence, it's just the case, we have fought with the Japanese people many times, and we have fought no less than 100 times, but as a result, let alone winning, even when we have a slight upper hand." ”