The trouble that Chen Xuan said was more complicated, there was increasing pressure from the Taiwei Administration and the General's Mansion, and it had been more than a year since the Nanyang Fleet explored routes to the Peacock Continent and Central Asia, and many new routes had been found, but the legendary strait had never been discovered.

According to Chen Xuan's knowledge, the Wehrmacht will first gather 100,000 people to advance into the depths of the grassland, and the number of troops will increase to a total of 200,000 to start the first grassland combing operation, eliminating as many Hu people as possible, or driving the Hu people farther.

Of course, the grassland war has little to do with the Nanyang Fleet, and it is the Western Regions that gives Chen Xuan a headache.

The empire currently has about 130,000 troops in the Western Regions, Chen Xuan has heard some news, such as Li Xin killed the king of Loulan in the Loulan Palace, and for example, Li Xin This guy ran to fight with Wan with a group of rabble, the result was that Li Xin's tangled rabble was beaten by the Wan cavalry, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Cao Shen and Zhang Cang's reinforcements, Wan's slow pursuit could kill all the rabble led by Li Xin.

Chen Xuan actually didn't know which onion Wanguo was, but the situation of this "onion" was a bit special, Wanguo had the support of Kangjuguo, and Kangjuguo and some small countries had been instructed and secretly supported by Parthia and Bactria, and there seemed to be the shadow of the Peacock Dynasty?

How do you say that? Isn't it that the strength of the empire has attracted the attention of too many countries, those who have heard of it and those who have not heard of it, they have united to stumble on the empire!

"It's hard for us to find those bastard countries unhappy by land, and the Taiwei and General's Mansion don't know where they swore that there was a strait, and after crossing the strait, we could reach the coastline of the Mauryan Empire." Chen Xuan's face was entangled, he probably knew that the existence of the strait was the first to be revealed by the emperor, and the emperor's prestige was unmatched, not only was the Taiwei Administration and the General's Mansion convinced, in fact, he also believed that there was definitely such a strait. "The strait must exist," he said. It not only allows us to reach the coast of the Mauryan Empire, but also to the coastline of Seleucid. ”

Lu Ming could only listen silently, and then nodded from time to time.

The empire did not have a navy...... Before he started to explore the ocean, the emperor said that there was a big island in the sea of Minnan County, and he named it "Liuqiu" before he found it, and he really found this big island when he went to explore the sea; The Emperor said that the ships had explored from the (Korean) Peninsula to the southeast, and that they could find an archipelago, and that they would indeed find the Japanese Islands. The emperor said that the fleet could find a large maritime continent when exploring down from Guilin County, and then Hainan Island appeared; The emperor said that Hainan Island could be found in an archipelago of several large islands if it was further explored, and that Luzon and its affiliated islands really existed.

The emperor said too much. And there is something to say, then the emperor said that there is a strait that can be passed, then that strait must exist, but it has not been found for the time being.

"Let's work harder, find that strait quickly, and then explore the coastal routes, and find a route to that damn Mauryan Empire, and we should go out and show our existence." Chen Xuan looked like he was gritting his teeth. It is estimated that the pressure is a little great, and he said in a muffled voice: "When the time comes, you will have to use artillery to plow the city one by one!" ”

"......" Lu Ming has seen the scene of the flagship artillery firing, and it is a spectacular scene. He asked stunned, "Has the Empire made a war against the Mauryan Empire?" ”

Chen Xuan glanced at Lu Ming dissatisfiedly and said, "Metaphor." That's a very unpleasant statement. Maybe we will show off our might, but the alien races around us have not been cleaned up, so how can we have the strength to go to war with the Mauryan Dynasty. ”

"Oh." Lu Ming sneered, and quickly changed the topic: "I'll come back this time." The ship will be parked in the harbor for maintenance. I thought about going back to Nanling with the transport ship. ”

"How?" Chen Xuan looked at Lu Ming with a little dissatisfaction, not that he was dissatisfied with Lu Ming, but that there was a reason for it. said: "Your quasi-Weng family is still not happy to move over?" ”

"Heh, hehe." Lu Ming continued to laugh and said: "It was not easy for Weng Zhang's family to move to Nanling from the Central Plains, and they had to move again after less than four years. ”

"!" Chen Xuan glared at Lu Ming angrily, and his tone was very bad: "Get on the boat from Nanling, and send it directly to An An to the base safely, can you die on the boat?" I don't want to leave the bustling Nanling and come to this poor country! ”

Lu Ming could only continue to laugh at his boss, or the supreme commander of an entire fleet.

"That's pretty much what you do." Chen Xuan was talking about the family of the fleet, Lu Ming's family all died during the war, and it was his fiancée's family. He probably didn't want to continue the topic, and said: "It just so happens that this time there is a fleet from the ruling government to transport a batch of spices back, so don't ask for leave, just be the commander of this transport fleet." ”

Lu Ming looked at Chen Xuan in surprise, but he hesitated a little and said, "But can you still move freely when you get to Nanling?" ”

"It's just that I am responsible for taking some people to send the convoy back to Nanling safely, there is no danger along the way, and you don't need to be responsible for the safety of the convoy after arriving in Nanling." Chen Xuan waved his hand, with an unhappy face: "What can you delay!" It's equivalent to giving you bastards a paid vacation, if you don't do it, Lao Tzu has people under him who are willing. ”

"Yes, yes!" Lu Ming's face was full of joy: "How can you not be happy about such a beautiful thing as a paid holiday!" ”

Chen Xuan scolded with a smile: "Then hurry up and get out of here, I didn't see Lao Tzu annoying!" ”

Lu Mingle left, he needed to go to Chen Xuan's adjutant to find out what the situation of the transport fleet was, and then ask some people who wanted to go back to Nanling, and temporarily form a guard system, and at the same time let some people have the opportunity to go back to Nanling to be chic.

The office had just closed the door, but it didn't take long for it to be knocked again, Chen Xuan thought it was Lu Ming coming back again, and said angrily: "What knock!" In. ”

The door was pushed open, Chen Xuan buried his head in the paper and did not look up, and asked a little irritably: "What's the matter?" ”

The person who came in was not Chen Xuan, it was Lu Shizhi, the logistics director of the base.

Who is Lu Shizhi? Of course, it is that Lu Shizhi, he is the elder brother of the emperor's concubine Lu Pheasant, and the uncle of the eldest princess Lu Yi and the fifth prince Lu Ying.

"Commander." Lu Shizhi was actually a little puzzled, he didn't do anything, he wondered how he made Chen Xuan unhappy as soon as he came in.

"Huh? Oh. Is it a release? I thought it was Lu Ming's bastard guy again. Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"That's right." Lu Shizhi took out a few pages from a briefcase, put them on Chen Xuan's desk, and said: "Most of the reconnaissance ships in the fleet need to be overhauled, and there are only six reconnaissance ships that can move at present. Some capital ships and conventional ships have also reached the time for overhaul. ”

Chen Xuan nodded, waiting for Lu Shizhi's next words.

"When our ships return, they usually bring back some spices and slaves, but more spices and slaves have been hoarded at supply points everywhere. There is already a bit of a backlog of spices and slaves on the Luzon side, and even the Hainan Island side of the transit station is a bit overwhelmed. Lu Shizhi smiled brightly when he said this: "All supply points and sub-bases have sent people to contact and ask if they should be emptied quickly?" ”

"Where is it so easy to empty?" Chen Xuanke didn't smile much. He was even a little dissatisfied: "Spices and slaves, even precious stones and precious wood, anyway, as long as they are valuable things, they have been taken over by the ruling government, what do those damn bureaucrats want to do this time?" ”

Lu Shizhi said "uh", he is a civilian official, he is not only the logistics director of the Nanyang Fleet, but also the identity of the squire on the ruling government, and the damned bureaucrat in Chen Xuan's mouth is also counted as one of them.

"We are the fleet, the fleet!" Chen Xuan looked a little fed up: "Usually it's just a matter of bringing goods back with you." Now that there are so many warships that need to be overhauled, do those damn bureaucrats want to let the battleships that don't need overhaul be used as transport ships? The cruising around the area is done with the boat board! ”

Lu Shizhi really wanted to talk about this matter, but he could only smile awkwardly for a while.

"It's not about you, I only use you as a member of the South Sea Fleet. It doesn't matter if you are the squire of the ruling government. Chen Xuan stared at Lu Shizhi and asked, "You think so too, right?" ”

Lu Shizhi was still smiling awkwardly.

"Fleet, do you know what a fleet is? It's for combat, not for the convoys of the damned bureaucrats! "Chen Xuan is most annoyed by civilian officials meddling in the affairs of the fleet. Helping once or twice is for the sake of colleagues, but it's really annoying to have too many times. He said: "I'm still thinking about whether the ruling government can increase the number of cargo ships attached to the fleet. Either the ruling government will set up a cargo ship team on its own, and we are not porters, and we have more things to do, so don't always annoy these things that have nothing to do with the war in the future. ”

Around the empire, there are many countries on land, and enemies are everywhere, but it is absolutely nonsense to say that there are enemies at sea.

The Beiyang Fleet had four times more cargo ships than battleships, because there was really nothing to explore in the surrounding area, and the entire fleet was simply an escort group, and the Beiyang Commander Wei Liang complained a lot when he exchanged letters with Chen Xuan in private.

The precious metals such as gold and silver mined in the Wa Islands had to go back and forth almost every day, but in fact, no one returned to attack the convoy sailing on the sea, so it was necessary to pay attention to the weather. There was no enemy in the warships under the command of Bianliang, and they wanted to find a place to walk, the east was an icy ocean, and the south was an empty space where there was nothing to see for a month on the voyage, and there was really no way to do it to let the battleships accompany the escort every time the transport fleet went back and forth, because there was really nothing else to do.

The South Sea Fleet is different, new islands are discovered all the time on this side of the South Seas, the fleet has frequent patrol missions, and many times it needs to land ashore, and when you see wolf smoke, you need to rush to rescue a shore collection point that has been attacked by savages.

"Take a look." Chen Xuan stood up and walked to the map hanging next to him, pointing to the green and red dots marked on it: "Blooming everywhere, exploring and exploring, making spices and wood, digging for gems and hawksbill turtles, capturing slaves, are we very idle?" ”

The green dots on the map represent the green zones that have been safe, which means that the surrounding wildlings have been cleared or a barrier has been set up; The red dots indicate that the surrounding wildlings have not been cleaned up, and the geography is very poor.

"The fleet is less than 30,000 people, and it is really incomparable to the Beiyang side, which is about to take out birds to walk." Chen Xuan pointed to the halfway report on the table and said, "The 30,000 people are extremely insufficient, and I am about to write to His Majesty to request an expansion. ”

"Let the ruling government form a fleet...... Lu Shizhi hesitated: "No, okay? ”

"Of course it's not good!" Chen Xuan said: "Spices or something, the military is really not suitable for trading, let the ruling government take over, it will take over, anyway, it should be the interests of our fleet, and the ruling government will not dare to be less." He paused and sneered for a moment, then continued: "The ruling government formed a fleet? What do they want to do? Break the military to the military, and the place to the locality? ”

"Then ......" Lu Shizhi was really embarrassed, he was half military and half local, he sneered: "That post suggests that the ruling government invest new funds to build more cargo ships?" ”

"The ruling government has relevant considerations, but one thing must be certain." Chen Xuan looked at Lu Shizhi with satisfaction and said, "No matter how many ships are added, they all belong to the Nanyang Fleet. ”

Lu Shizhi only nodded, as for what was going on in the end, it was also the commander of the Nanyang Fleet who went to argue with the ruling government, and his identity was not enough for that weight.

"Actually, we also lack a faster warship." Chen Xuan was a little sad: "There are too many wild people on those islands, and there are wild people on almost every island. Although it is a good thing for our slave hunting business, the landing and gathering points have been frequently attacked, and it is impossible for us to have a large number of people stationed at each landing and gathering point, so we can only rely on the advantage of warships to patrol frequently to deter them......"

"In addition to cargo ships for transportation purposes, we also need to increase the number of warships." Lu Shiyi's face was like that of a member of the Nanyang Fleet, and he said: "The ruling government should tilt the military budget for the next year. ”

"Tilt a fart." Chen Xuan wondered: "There will be a lot of wars in the army, and the ruling government is already complaining about the consumption of the war in the north, what kind of fiscal deficit or something." ”

"But hasn't the Navy been generating revenue for the homeland?" Lu Shizhidu is accustomed to Chen Xuan's swear words at every turn, and he also knows that Chen Xuan is behaving like this in front of people close to him. He lowered his voice slightly: "Your Majesty has always been interested in supporting shipbuilding bases everywhere, the fast-sailing ship you mentioned, I heard that Your Majesty mentioned what clipping boats, it seems that the research is a little eyebrow-raising?" (To be continued.) )