The name of the shipyard is actually called the Second Shipyard of the Dahan Kingdom, but the word "second" sounds uncomfortable, so people here prefer to call it Jiangnan Shipyard.

This is also the only two shipyards in the Great Han Kingdom today. Another shipyard is located in Jiaodong County, which was originally land in Qi in the north. It is also the main base of the East China Fleet of the Great Han Kingdom today. It is responsible for the development of the four islands of North Korea and Fusang.

From a geographical point of view, after the Great Han Kingdom crossed the four islands of Fusang east, it was the vast Pacific Ocean. Apart from a small number of islands such as the Hawaiian Islands, it was directly the North American continent. In the short term, the potential for expansion is relatively limited.

But going south is different. For example, there are Southeast Asian archipelago and the Australian continent in the south. Bypassing Southeast Asia, you can reach the South Asian subcontinent, West Asia and even East Africa. In history, Zheng He took this route to the West.

From the perspective of expanding territory, the southbound route is obviously more potential, and the Jiangnan shipyard in front of Zhao Kuo is responsible for manufacturing ships for the southbound route.

During the Warring States Period, the naval forces of Yue and Qi were the strongest, followed by Chu, and the Jiangnan Shipyard gathered the essence of Yue and Wu, and it can be said that its strength was also very strong.

Thanks to Zhao Kuo's care, the shipyard received strong support from the finances of the Han Dynasty. In order to protect the shipyard, the large camp of the Han Dynasty's troops in Kuaiji County was set up next to the Jiangnan Shipyard, which is a very rare situation.

When His Majesty the Emperor arrived, all the officials and craftsmen from all over the shipyard gathered, including all the generals and officials in the camp next to him.

"See Your Majesty!"

Everyone respectfully saluted Zhao Kuo, who had just walked down from the imperial guards.

Zhao Kuo laughed and waved, "Okay, okay, this is not a court discussion, don't be so serious."

For Zhao Kuo, he does not need a majestic image, because so many invincible achievements in the past have long since made Zhao Kuo's majesty deeply engraved in everyone's mind.

Zhao Kuo hopes that everyone can remember the image of a kind, approachable emperor who is willing to stand with the people. This is the image that is most in line with the interests of Zhao Kuo and the Han Dynasty.

Soon, Zhao Kuo officially entered this Jiangnan shipyard.

The person in charge of this Jiangnan shipyard was an official with gray hair. He introduced to Zhao Kuo in a strong Yueguo accent, "Your Majesty, this is the dry dock where we make ships, and this is the place where we are responsible for debugging ships, and this is the place for repair..." Zhao Kuo walked while watching everything about this shipyard curiously. Although he had seen it more than once in the report, he actually witnessed the lineup of this "ancient" shipyard with his own eyes and made Zhao Kuo feel a novelty.

Judging from what Zhao Kuo saw, the Jiangnan Shipyard is now very busy. There are as many as ten ships under construction, and they are all large ships of the Yuhuang warship level.

This is also Zhao Kuo's previous request. For example, on the Four Islands of Fusang, at this time, there are also savages, so the East China Sea Fleet can win if it is done casually.

But for the South China Sea Fleet, because it faces a wider territory and a longer route to sea, it is also necessary to ensure combat effectiveness with more large ships.

Not to mention anything else, if there are more ships, more people and more food, then there is no problem! In the end, it is the dock of the Jiangnan Shipyard.

Here, twenty-five Yuhuang warships lined up in a row, which was very spectacular.

Zhao Kuo nodded with satisfaction and said to the shipyard officials around him: "You are doing a good job, by the way, where are the officers and soldiers of the fleet?"

The official said respectfully: "They are on the boat, waiting for His Majesty's call."

Zhao Kuo laughed: "What are you waiting for? Let them all come down, and I will talk to them too."

After a while, with the sound of a trumpet representing the assembly call, many naval soldiers walked down from the ship and assembled in the square in front of the dock.

Every officer and soldier had an expression of excitement on their faces, because they all knew that His Majesty was going to meet them! After a while, when everyone assembled, Zhao Kuo slowly walked up to the temporary platform built in the square.

There were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers among the twenty-five Yuhuang warships, which was a very spectacular scene.

A general from the Han Dynasty saluted Zhao Kuo respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, all the officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet have already taken their seats, so please give me a lecture!"

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile and took two steps forward.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Kuo, and the scene was silent.

Zhao Kuo spoke slowly.

"Everyone, today is the day when the South China Sea Fleet sails for the first time, and it is also a day that I attach great importance to.

Therefore, I came from the Imperial Capital to see you off!"

After Zhao Kuo's words finished, a very warm applause suddenly echoed.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and continued to speak.

"Today, the significance of going to sea is very great, so great that you may not even have a real understanding of yourself.

I believe you also know that the East China Sea Fleet had sailed to the Korean Peninsula last year and discovered the Four Islands of Fusang.

Among the four islands of Fusang, there are gold mines, silver mines, and fine iron mines, and there are many good things.

Now every time the East China Sea Fleet goes to the Four Islands of Fusang, it can bring back good things full of ships!"

After hearing this, the officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet suddenly became rapid.

Envy and jealous.

Zhao Kuo smiled and continued to speak, "Then the question is, what will your harvest be if you go to sea?

I can tell you the answer now.

Your harvest will be more and more abundant than the East China Sea Fleet! In your destination, there is a kind of rice that can be harvested. You will obtain the seeds of this rice and bring them back to the Han Kingdom to cultivate them, so that the land of the Han Kingdom will increase its yield several times as much as before! In your destination, there are spices, sugar cane, sugar and many mouth-watering delicacies, as well as many good things such as gold, silver and copper mines that make people shine.

Of course, there are still many indigenous people, but these indigenous people will not cause any trouble to you, but will be destroyed by you and then become your captives! I will give you a sentence here today - a vast world, and there is great potential! I hope you can follow my will to go south and create a broader country for the Han Dynasty!"

Zhao Kuo's words were passionate, and at the same time, they brought a very specific gain, which immediately made the soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet in the Han Dynasty excited.

Gold, silver, sugar, spices... Which one is not a good thing here?

If you can get these good things, it would be a big profit.

It is true that most of the gains will be handed over to the country, but according to the rules that had been announced earlier, 30% of the profits will also belong to the fleet.

A 30% profit is definitely an astronomical figure! Even if the generals must be big, even if the soldiers get a little bit, it will be enough to enjoy the whole life.

Isn’t people living just to get a better life?

Now, according to Your Majesty's words, this better life is just after going to sea! So the next moment, the officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet also cheered like tsunamis.

"Long live Your Majesty, Long live the Han Kingdom!"

Accompanied by the cheers, many officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet turned around and walked towards the ship.

They will officially leave the port today and head south along the coastline until they reach the estuary of the Lingnan Pearl River.

A port has been built there, and in the future it will be the home port of the South China Sea Fleet! After arriving at that home port, the South China Sea Fleet will have a short rest and then continue to move south and officially begin the exploration of Southeast Asia.

By that time, the vigorous sailing movement of the Han Dynasty had officially opened the curtain.

Going east and south, you can make breakthroughs anyway. Taking a two-pronged approach will greatly accelerate the Han Dynasty's exploration of navigation! One hour later, amid the sound of the powerful horn, twenty-five Yuhuang warships and fifty small and medium-sized ships slowly sailed away from the port and headed towards the south.

For most people in the Han Dynasty, today may be just an inconspicuous day, but for later generations, this is actually a day that has been recorded in history! Zhao Kuo watched the fleet leave, and his face also showed a smile.

Suddenly, Zhao Kuo's heart moved slightly, and he smiled at Zhao Ding, the youngest son who was watching the big ship leaving in a daze, saying, "Ding'er, do you want to take a boat to go out to sea to explore in the future?"

The little prince Zhao Ding was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a slight voice: "Father, the child must take a big boat to beat the bad guys in the future!"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing loudly when he heard this.

After a while, Zhao Kuo touched Zhao Ding's head and said very seriously: "If there was really such a day, my father would definitely cheer you up!"

After the South China Sea Fleet set off, Zhao Kuo no longer stayed and returned to Suzhou City on the same day.

This made everyone in the Reconstruction Congress who had been waiting outside the shipyard for a long time stunned.

According to normal circumstances, the members of the Restoration Congress at this time should have followed the footsteps of the large group of people and returned to Suzhou City together.

But at this moment, someone raised a guess.

A man who returned to the parliament couldn't help but guess: "Can Zhao Kuo actually left quietly and went to a private visit on a private occasion? The return of this group of people was just a trick?"

As soon as this conjecture was raised, the people from the Congress immediately looked at each other.

Not to mention, there is really this possibility.

Everyone immediately set their sights on one of them, that is, their leader.

The leader was also hesitant. After all, he didn't know whether Zhao Kuo would have shot him like before, but in fact he took a few people to secretly visit him on a private tour.

After pondering for a while, the leader finally made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do it, let's scatter and wait for a while to see if there are any small groups of people leaving this group of people. If not, then they will gather in Suzhou City!"

At this point, this leader has no good idea, so he can only adopt the stupidest rule of elimination.

But it turns out that they were thinking too much this time.

For Zhao Kuo, today he really just wanted to go to the Jiangnan Shipyard and witness the first trip to the South China Sea Fleet.

That night, many people who returned to the parliament returned to Suzhou City, gathered together and began to scold Zhao Kuo.

"There is no small group of people leaving the large army at all. We were all deceived by Zhao Kuo."

"This Zhao Kuo is too cunning. He looks like he wants to visit privately, but he doesn't really do it!"

You should know that Zhao Kuo's large army has thousands of people, but there are only a dozen people in the Restoration Congress. If you want to focus on thousands of people with these dozen people, and not be discovered, you must also be responsible for monitoring small groups of people who may have left the team. The hard work can be imagined.

Thank you for your hard work, and the most important thing is that after these guys finished their hard work, they found that Zhao Kuo had not gone anywhere. It was like they were working hard in vain, so their mentality was completely broken.

The leader of the Restoration Congress was also very tired and was too lazy to even speak. After hearing the complaints from his subordinates, he said weakly: "Okay, don't talk nonsense here. Go back today and sleep well. Get up tomorrow and stare at Zhao Kuo's palace!"

A subordinate asked, "What if Zhao Kuo still doesn't come out tomorrow?"

The leader rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What else can I do? Then continue to stare at the six large and small doors of this palace until he saw a carriage suspected of Zhao Kuo's private visit appear! Okay, don't talk nonsense. If you don't sleep, I still have to sleep. Get out!"

...No words all night.

The next morning, Zhao Kuo got up, stretched his waist, turned around and looked at Yi Quwei who was still staying in bed, and felt emotion in his heart.

This woman is really a little overwhelmed... She is tired every day and has to deal with three women when she comes back. Even if she is a striking battle, it won't work after a long time.

Zhao Kuo's eyes rolled and he smiled at Yiqiuwei, "Wei'er, do you want to go out for a private visit with me today?"

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, Yiqiuwei jumped up in an instant and said with a smile: "That's great, otherwise call the two sisters together!"

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "That won't work. If there are too many women, it will be too conspicuous. They can wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

This is actually just an excuse. The real subtext is that Zhao Kuo doesn't want to go shopping with three women at once, as it will be really exhausting! A moment later, Zhao Kuo and Yiqiuwei drove out of the palace in a seemingly ordinary carriage under the escort of Mao Sui and several other guards.
Chapter completed!