Although Chao Gai was prepared for a long time, he couldn't help but feel sad when he heard the news. The 120 sailors were recruited by nearby fishing villages. At the same time, the Jeju lucky ship was also a lucky ship built in the early days. It had just been launched for more than a year. This was the first time that the sailors had failed, and they must be very sad.

Although there was a life-and-death situation signed on the day I went to sea, it was a different situation when I was facing it.

They are sons, fathers, and husbands, and now they have sunk into the sea and can never come back.

Wu Yong sighed, "Brother, there is no one who will die in war. There are at least a few thousand pirates killed by the First Fleet, and the hatred between the two sides is very deep. Once the pirates have gained the advantage, they will naturally not stop. Now the morale of the First Fleet has been affected and has returned to Mizhou Island to set up defenses."

"Notify Gongsun Sheng to come back and arrange for the aftermath. The pension that should be given and the arrangement should be given should not cause the hearts of the brothers."

"OK."

In the early days, these sailors were from the surrounding fishing villages and were relatively concentrated. Now it seems that it is not a good thing. With the increase of sailors, the dense people should be diluted. Especially for a village, try not to gather on a ship. The risk of fighting at sea is very high. Once a major war occurs, it will be huge casualties. Dozens and hundreds of people in a village will be killed, which will have a great impact.

"Give it a light, is there any other bad news?"

Wu Yong shook his head: "There is no bad news, everything else is good news. Let me report to my brother. The first shipbuilding workshop was launched together with six lucky ships. The second shipbuilding workshop was launched with twelve ten-meter-long steam offshore centipede ships. They used small steam engines as power, and did not use sails at all. The sailing speed was much faster than sailing ships. After experimenting several times, the effect was very powerful and could be used for fishing and transportation."

The changes are really huge. First of all, it is shipbuilding. The first shipyard has 500 craftsmen, 500 apprentices, and 300 small workers. While constantly improving the Fu Shipbuilding technology, it began to study flying scissors sailing ships. According to the drawings given by Chao Gai, a small model of ten feet long has been built. Although the technology is not perfect, in the sea experiment, this empty-headed sailing ship runs very fast, and its application to wind power has been achieved to the extreme.

Now the first flying scissors sailing ship, the Flying, has started construction, and is twenty-two meters long.

The second shipyard has made great progress. Originally, the second shipyard was positioned to produce some small fishing boats, but now it has developed to more than 100 craftsmen and more than 200 apprentices. Among them, there are more than a dozen craftsmen dug from Mingzhou, who are very knowledgeable about making centipede ships and flat-bottomed sand boats.

Almost all port workshops have been stationed. In addition to Chaojiazhuang's own workshops, there are workshops opened by the Thirteen Jeju Tours. Among them, the spicy and sour kelp silk opened by Chaijin, Cangzhou, is very popular.

Cut the kelp into shreds, cook with chili, and then put it in a ceramic bottle of one pound, seal it. It sells very well.

As a transit station, tea from the south is transported in large quantities, and then it is continuously transported to the west, north and other places through commercial banks. There are steam ships in Mizhou ports that are regularly navigated to Cangzhou Port, with cargo transported from south to north, and north freight moving south is very smooth.

"The Mizhou Port is now a small city, with processing, warehousing, commercial trade, and a large flow of people. Originally, the Mizhou Prefect was still high, but now the Mizhou Port has developed, and the Mizhou Prefect is also polite to us."

"This should not be careless. The port defense must be strengthened, at least 500 guards. First, it is to prevent pirates, and second, it is to prevent the government. We have worked hard to lay a foundation, so we cannot pick fruits."

"Don't worry, brother, all the guards are our confidants, to ensure that they are foolproof."

"Thank you for your hard work in Jialiang. Let's go home and drink. I haven't been gathered for half a year."

In Chao Gai's living room, Chao Gai and Wu Yong sat there drinking.

The two of them chatted while drinking and talking about a lot of things.

Wu Yong had a good alcohol tolerance, but he didn't drink it high, so he just tasted it lightly, and had a few taels of wine after drinking it.

"Brother, we have a lot of strength, very big. We are northwest to Shaohua Mountain, Jingxing, Baoduzhai in Hebei, Taohua Mountain and Erlong Mountain in Qingzhou. However, so many forces lack unified management and are relatively scattered. Even if they are gathered in a short period of time, it is difficult to form effective combat power."

Chao Gai smiled slightly: "Good Liang, don't worry. This time, I found that the combat effectiveness of the Western Army is still very strong. And there are 100,000 people. It is very unwise to make a first bird and fight against the Western Army. What we need now is to wait and wait for the opportunity."

Wu Yong nodded to express his understanding: "Now the world is full of war, and the imperial guards in the Beijing camp are of the same shape, but the Western Army and the Hebei Army have combat effectiveness. Now the Western Army is a fire-fighting team, putting out fires everywhere. Over time, the Western Army veterans will become weaker after fighting."

Chao Gai shook his head: "Rise of troops everywhere has caused a certain blow to the court, but the power is very small and it is difficult to pose a fatal threat."

Wu Yong felt a little disappointed when he heard this. Is this endless? Why did he work hard for?

"What should I do?"

Chao Gai pointed to the map: "Sir, please look at the north. The Liao Kingdom is already in a desperate situation and the Jin Kingdom is in full force. What if the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty united to attack the Liao Kingdom at this time?"

"How is it? It must have been a big fight to destroy the Liao Kingdom. But the combat effectiveness of the Song army is probably far worse than that of the Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers can quickly judge the national strength of the Song Dynasty."

"Isn't this the problem? After the Jin Dynasty destroyed Liao, it would not be satisfied. It would definitely want a more prosperous Song Dynasty. At that time, we will save the people from the fire and waters, from the court to the people, and we will be grateful to us. Therefore, our goal is to accumulate more food and grass, build granaries from Mizhou, Yizhou, Jeju, and Dongping, and then we will be able to get up at once."

Wu Yong suddenly realized: "Brother's trick is really smart. It seems that the first priority is to accumulate grass and grain. Then he recruited people from Qingzhou. When the old thief Murong discovered it, the population in Qingzhou was already reduced. In the past few days, 1,500 people have to be transported. Now Mizhou Island has 25,000 people, and Jinmi Island has reached 1,000."

Chao Gai was shocked: "How did Jinmi Island develop so quickly?"
Chapter completed!