Considering that it is not easy for my brother-in-law Mi Zhu to come to Jin State, and when they come, they have prepared so many New Year's goods, they can't let Mi Zhen's family laugh at Jin State for being stingy, so Zhao Xing repeatedly tried to keep Mi Zhu, so he asked him to stay in Jin State for a longer time. After the weather was warm, he would take a boat back to Qingzhou with Qingxu Army, and then go south from Qingzhou to return to his hometown by land_)

Seeing that Zhao Xing wanted to stay, Mi Zhu did not refuse, so he lived happily in Zhaoxing's mansion. He often exchanged some business experiences with Qin Yilu and Liu Jili, and learned from the management methods of Jin State's agricultural, military, commercial and financial stores, and prepared for the future operation of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Zhao Xing was not in a hurry to let Mi Zhu leave, and he also had some of his own inconvenience to show his own considerations. In the gift Zhao Xing prepared for Mi Zhu this time, some things were too important. He was worried that Mi Zhu's private caravan would go on the road. If some ulterior motives pretended to be river robbers and intercepted some of the gifts Zhao Xing specially prepared for Kong Rong and Tao Qian, it would have very dangerous consequences.

Secondly, Zhao Xing also intended to let Mi Zhu stay in Jin State for a while, carefully learn and learn from Jin State's business concepts and models, so that after he returned to Xuzhou, he taught Tao Qian and Kong Rong some methods that were beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood.

Because Mi Zhu lives in the mansion, Zhao Xing is not busy recently, so he often takes Mi Zhen’s two children to accompany his uncle to wander around Wohu City, which can be regarded as taking time to accompany the children.

On this day, the carriage happened to pass by the gate of the Navy Admiral's Mansion that had not yet been opened. Mi Zhu looked at him and asked, "Guochang, this place is a big courtyard, why is there no one to take care of? As far as I know, every inch of land in Wohu City is now valuable, so no one will waste it so extravagantly?"

Zhao Xing did not hide it and replied truthfully: "This is where the Admiral's Office of the Navy of Jin State is located. Now, only because the candidate for the Admiral has not been decided, the government has not opened a prefecture to discuss matters."

After hearing Zhao Xing's words, Mi Zhu immediately became interested and said, "Guochang might as well inform Yu Wu of the establishment of a navy. The Mi family lives in the East China Sea for many years, and they still have some knowledge about the matter on the water."

When Zhao Xing heard Mi Zhu's words, he reached out and patted his forehead, and said with some self-deprecating words: "I'm just because I've been so busy recently that I forgot that Xuzhou Donghai was the place where Xu Fu crossed the east. I believe that most of the people there are fishermen and people who are good at water. Today, I happened to ask my brother for advice on the establishment of the navy."

Afterwards, Zhao Xing revealed a series of plans to use the Yellow River waterway to transport goods and use the Quanzhou Shipyard to form a navy, hoping that Mi Zhu could provide him with some easy-to-operate ideas.

After hearing this, Mi Zhu nodded and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Guochang means that the navy and water trade develop at the same time, so that the navy can provide protection for water trade. In the process of developing water trade, it builds excellent warships for the navy and explores convenient waterways?"

After hearing my brother-in-law’s question, Zhao Xing thought to himself that he was a sensible person. As soon as he asked, he asked the point, so he nodded, indicating that he really thought so.

Mi Zhu continued: "This strategy is feasible, but I personally think that in the process of implementing the specific implementation, we should adhere to the idea of ​​the people and the army, start with civilian ships and water caravans, and after a certain foundation, we should build a large ship suitable for water war, and then gradually transform experienced sailors into navy."

Zhao Xing didn't think about water trade and the formation of a navy. When he heard Mi Zhu say this, he immediately understood what he meant, so he nodded and said, "Brother, this is very pertinent. It is really not necessary to be too hasty when forming a navy. I was a little impatient before."

Mi Zhu also said: "Although civilians should be the first step, considering that the Jin Navy will cross the east to Liaodong and explore territory in the future, the formation of this navy cannot be left behind. You might as well recruit young and strong people in the prefectures and counties close to the sea such as Donglai and Donghai of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and other prefectures and counties close to the sea, and first pretend to be an ordinary water fleet and carry out some basic training. After the warships are manufactured in large scale, they will transform into a navy."

Zhao Xing nodded and said, "My brother's idea is steadily and properly, and it is indeed a good plan for the development of the navy. However, now my good generals are gathered, but they are used to galloping around immediately. It is difficult to find a general who is both wise and brave and familiar with water to manage this matter. It is really frustrating."

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Guochang's subordinates are not without suitable people, but you have forgotten his origins and regarded him as a member of the fastest general."

"Oh, I'm missing someone?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but touch his nose and expressed his puzzled expression.

"I just said that Qingzhou Donglai, Xuzhou Donghai and other places are close to the sea, and there are many people who are good at water life. Guochang's heroic general, Taishi Ziyi, was born in Donglai Huang County, and he must be familiar with water exchanges." Mi Zhu reminded Zhao Xing and said

Seeing that Mi Zhu was actually Taishi Ci, Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and sat in the carriage for a while without saying a word.

Zhao Xing was having a criticism meeting in his heart. If he hadn't happened to pass by the gate of the Navy Admiral's Mansion today, his elder brother-in-law Mi Zhu happened to be curious and asked more. He didn't know when his navy admiral would be difficult to give birth.

As Mi Zhu said, Taishi Ci grew up in Yantai, Shandong, Donglai, and has been used to strong winds and waves on the beach since childhood. If Zhao Xing had not dug it up early, Taishi Ci would have been a powerful general under Sun Jian in the future. What was the best thing about Dongwu? It is the navy since Taishi Ci could take on great responsibilities in Dongwu in history, naturally he was not bad in water wars. Perhaps Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and others were not famous in the navy. That was just because Taishi Ci died young, which did not mean that he was not capable of governing the navy.

After understanding the key points, Zhao Xing smiled embarrassedly and said to his brother-in-law: "It's really a mystery to the authorities, and the bystanders are clear. If it weren't for the brother's reminder today, I almost missed the big thing. I only thought that the Flying Tiger Army and the Canglang Army were the troops of the land war. I had never considered turning it into a navy army, and I actually neglected Taishi Ci."

Mi Zhu was very pleased to see Zhao Xing humbly accept the suggestion because he knew that following such heroes who can listen to different opinions, the probability of success is obviously much higher than that of many.

That night, Zhao Xing immediately sent a letter to Taishici and Zhang Xiu, and ordered the two to hand over immediately after seeing the letter. Zhang Xiu replaced Taishici as the commander of the Canglang Army, and Taishici also relied on the position of commander of the Canglang Army's first heavy cavalry division, which had only been taken over for half a year. Zhang Xiu's old acquaintance and former general Duan Wei under Dong Zhuo took over the position of Duan Wei.

At the same time, Zhao Xing asked someone to urge the 100 shipwrecks who stayed next to the Yellow River in Xihe County to seize the time to make a batch of cargo ships carrying cargo and people, so as to achieve the ability to transport 20,000 Qing Xujun and some cargo to Gaotang Ferry of Qingzhou County by May at one time.

Zhao Xing also specifically emphasized that although the construction period is rushing, the cargo ship must be built firmly and can withstand the swaying of the sea. As for why he put forward such high requirements, it is unknown.

ps: South Dao returned home exhausted on the morning of June 12. Let’s talk about it again soon, otherwise it would be broken today...
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