"Currently, the Jingzhou Navy has 100 sail warships, and the rest are 300 steam warships equipped with steam engines. Currently, the tracks of these warships performing missions are on the sand table."

Zheng Yun held a metal pole and pointed several places to place the battleship model on the sand table.

These are warships that go out to perform missions.

Some are in the waters of Fuyu Kingdom in the north, and some are heading south to Nanzhou.

Some went east to the waters of the East Kingdom.

The warship even arrived north to Ross State, and followed the coastline of Ross State to the locations of Sam State and Maple Leaf State marked on the sand table.

"According to His Highness's order, we also sent the Fourth Fleet to find islands that can serve as relay points in the ocean." Zheng Yun continued.

Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

At present, in this world, humans do not have much concept of territorial waters.

So basically whoever occupys the unmanned islands in Shanghai belongs to whom.

Even for the colonists in West China, even if there are people, they only need to be occupied by killing and occupying them.

Therefore, in order to gain more benefits in the ocean in the future.

He decided to take the initiative and occupy the islands on the ocean in advance and include them under Jingzhou's name.

Avoid the unfavorable situation of contemporary times, where the islands of the empire are just at their doorstep.

"Once you find available islands on the route, you will immediately occupy them, establish a harbor, and station an army." Liu Jun emphasized again.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Liu Jun glanced at the sand table a few more times.

In addition to the Fourth Fleet, there are also the First, Second and Third Fleets on the sand table.

Each fleet has one hundred warships.

This is the organization he requested when the Navy was established.

In addition to the Fourth Fleet, there will be the Fifth Fleet, the Sixth Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and even the Eighth Fleet in the future.

However, these fleets are equipped with ironclad ships.

After completing the construction of the navy's warships.

The shipbuilding workshop did not stop, but was developing subsequent warships.

However, in addition to warships, some shipbuilding workshops have also been transferred to the construction of civilian ships.

Including fishing boats and merchant ships, there are railways on land.

Large merchant ships are also needed on the ocean to make up for the shortcomings in transportation.

Leave the command room.

Liu Jun and others came to the military port wharf and looked at the brand new warships.

He said to Zheng Yun: "Support troops for a thousand days and use troops for a while. In the future, your navy will shoulder the important task of defending the borders of Jingzhou and safeguarding the interests of Jingzhou."

Zheng Yun sensitively noticed the meaning of Liu Jun's words.

He said, "Your Highness, is the navy going to fight?"

Liu Jun nodded, "The encroachment of Nanzhou by the countries of Xizhou has accelerated, and the entire Nanzhou has become their colonies in succession for several years. If this continues, once Nanzhou is completely captured, the fleet of Xizhou will be able to travel freely in the Xilai Strait and come to Rongchao."

"These abominable invaders." As the fleet moved south, Zheng Yun was no stranger to the people of Xizhou.

They heard countless brutal rumors about the people of Xizhou from the people of Nanzhou.

According to the Nanzhou people, they have red hair and blue eyes.

Hold a firearm that can be used as a spear and shoot.

There are also small field cannons that can be pulled by horses.

Compared with Dongzhou, Nanzhou is between Dongzhou and Xizhou, and benefits from trade convenience, its use of firearms has always been much better than Dongzhou.

Because of this, the people of Nanzhou have always looked down on the people of Dongzhou.

But in recent decades, people in Nanzhou have lamented that they are no longer able to catch up with Xizhou.

The Xizhou firearms that were able to be imitated in the past are now increasingly unavailable due to the increasing technical gap.

Therefore, facing the Xizhou people with strong ships and powerful guns, Nanzhou was beaten to retreat step by step.

However, according to the Nanzhou people, they did not completely become colonies of the Xizhou people.

The emperor was still the same emperor, but he just signed many unequal treaties.

"In order to stop all this, we need to support Maxiguo, a major power in the South China that is still confronting Western China." Liu Jun said.

"Your Highness wants to sell them the firearms from Jingzhou?" Zheng Yun said.

Liu Jun nodded, "At present, try not to expose our strength, so as not to arouse the vigilance of countries in the West. However, we can still sell some firearms secretly. After this transaction is completed, your fleet will need to complete the transportation mission."

With the arrival of Xizhou people, a large number of privateers also appeared on the ocean.

These privateers from Xizhou are rampant at the sea, and except for the merchant ships of their own countries, they dare to plunder ships of any country.

In addition to the countries in Xizhou, Japan has also shown its ambitions after the decline of the overlord Rongchao, the overlord.

Japanese pirates and Western privateers are now notorious in the words of maritime merchants.

It was precisely in this chaotic situation that he only came to Jing'an Mansion this time.

The Jingzhou Navy must shoulder the important task of escorting.

"I will take care of myself and complete the task." Zheng Yun saluted.

After patrolling the entire naval base, Liu Jun was relieved by the complete facilities and the strict disciplined naval soldiers.

Only with such a strong army in the current chaos can he sleep peacefully.

Stayed in Jing'an Mansion for three days.

Liu Jun took a train north to Jinzhou.

In Jinzhou, he focused on inspecting the steel industry here.

Now, thanks to the abundant minerals, Jinzhou's steel production is the sum of the annual output of other governments.

A large number of steel products are continuously transported to various places through railways.

After leaving Jinzhou, he went south to Qiuning Mansion.

Here, he visited the local agricultural construction camp.

After more than two years of development, the four foreign governments have not only restored their former prosperity, but also surpassed the past with the blessing of industry.

On the vast cement road, cars and horses flow into the flow.

Every citizen is wearing clean and tidy clothes and his face is full of longing for the future.

This is a vibrant four palaces.

Leaving Qiu Ning Mansion, Liu Jun went to Haoshan Mansion again.

Here, corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted everywhere.

In two years, a large seedling cultivation base was also born here.

Every year, a large number of seedlings are transported from here to other provinces to be planted.

The high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes makes the grain of the soil rich and sufficient.

Corn is mainly used to make alcohol.

The remaining residue is used as feed for pig farms in various places.

The inspection took a total of half a month from departure to end.

This was incredible before, but it seemed easy with the railway.

Now, he is increasingly exploring the importance of white traffic.

Convenient transportation will accelerate material exchange in the entire area.

Rapid material exchange will not only reduce production costs, facilitate the circulation of people, but also promote the further development of industrial society.

Back to Jingyang City.

Liu Jun and Li Ran were still immersed in the pleasure of patrol.
Chapter completed!