Mao Geng was currently on the boat to the Penghu Islands. Looking around, a row of sailboats sailing on the sea, which felt very good.

The day before yesterday, Xinhua's family finally arrived in Lin'an, but just settled down, Mao Geng was about to go to the Penghu Islands again, and his destination was of course Taiwan.

Ling'er came to Lin'an, but the Taiwan expedition was unable to bring his family, so Ling'er stayed in Lin'an. Except for Tan Wangdi, the other disciples who came with him followed Mao Geng to the Penghu Islands.

Everything about Lin'an was entrusted to Wen Yuan, hoping that Wen Yuan could persuade Chen Liang to go to Chameng and command overseas projects with full authority, while also planning for peace in Chameng.

From Zhao Yan, I heard that the government did not oppose the construction of West China to undertake various projects of the Jin people, but was still somewhat expecting to kill the Jin people hard. Mao Geng breathed a sigh of relief. But when he looked back, Zhao Shen was in such a mood and was easy to understand. Generally speaking, if he could not get it on the battlefield, he wanted to win back in other aspects. Moreover, Zhao Shen was extremely sensitive to finance and gave the Jin people 300,000 taels of silver every year. Of course, Zhao Shen was heartbroken. If he had the opportunity to earn the money back from the Jin people, it would probably be something Zhao Shen wanted to do in his dreams. Zhao Shen was discouraged and lazy about the Northern Expedition to restore the Central Plains, but if he had the opportunity to kill the Jin people in the shopping mall, it would definitely make Zhao Shen very happy.

However, Mao Geng has no chance to slaughter the Jin people for the time being. Everything in Lin'an was handed over to Wen Yuan, including various transactions that might happen with the Jin people. Perhaps the Jin people would inexplicably take the bait. But then again, in the agricultural society, the economy is still in a stage of self-sufficiency, and fighting economic wars may not necessarily work. Although Mao Geng is very interested in making money from the Jin people, he never expects to drag down the Jin people by relying on the economy.

Mao Geng thought he understood the thoughts of the officials and felt that as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, he always felt helpless in dealing with the Jin people. Now that this year is high, his past passion has been gone, and now the situation is not enough to win, and if he is harmonious, he is not willing to be humiliated. Such an embarrassing situation is really pitiful.

What is rare is that the officials showed great enthusiasm for collecting Taiwan. Zhao Han was ordered by the officials and was eager to make contributions, so he summoned his subordinates to deploy to Taiwan the next day.

Given that there were long garrisons of the Song Dynasty on the Penghu Islands, the front position for entering Taiwan this time was the Penghu Islands. Since the Penghu Islands are the forefront, the preferred landing location is naturally Tainan, which is also an important reason why Tainan was first developed in later generations.

According to the plan, after occupying Tainan in the first stage, after establishing a foothold, according to Mao Geng's suggestion, he would immediately march northward to occupy the Keelung area of ​​Taipei. Then he would develop in depth.

Although there were only natives holding primitive weapons on the island of Taiwan, the water and land forces in the Song Dynasty who expeditioned Taiwan did not dare to underestimate the enemy. After making sufficient pre-war preparations, they began to transport troops to the Penghu Islands in batches, and various materials began to arrive in the Penghu Islands in a steady stream. Once landed, more materials would be transported from the mainland.

Han Tuozhou was responsible for logistics, and Mao Geng could not command the landing attack, so he also came to the logistics stadium.

The logistics stump has been mixed into many second-generation officials, third-generation officials, N-generation officials, and the unique system of grace and honor in the Song Dynasty. For these children from official families, they have political capital as soon as they were born. In addition to choosing to squeeze into the single-plank bridge for imperial examinations with thousands of troops, they can also compete with their fathers and masters. If they are a little successful, they can become an official.

There are 80 places in the Imperial College, which are reserved for the children of officials, which is probably the same as the special enrollment of later generations, but their extra points were obtained by their fathers. This time, those who were involved in the logistics group for Taiwan recruitment included six special enrollment of Imperial College, plus six other children of officials. These twelve people responded to the call of the officials to recruit Taiwan and came to the Taiwan recruitment team to gather points. This time, in order to gain the support of the officials in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xing specially issued some reward measures. Any children of officials who participated in the Taiwan recruitment plan could get the opportunity to be promoted. However, becoming an official in Hainan was considered exile, and Taiwan was even more wild, and many people were afraid of it. Therefore, even if the officials had policies, the children of officials were not enthusiastic about this.

Mao Geng and Han Tuozhou were on the same boat, but there were five children of officials on the boat. These five people might not have any skills in doing practical things in war, but they would not give them no money to brag about the Dragon Gate formation. Mao Geng has never had any good feelings for these young men, so he talked the most with Han Tuozhou, and the second was to communicate with the martial artist Jinding. Mao Geng knew only about the cold weapons and wars of this era. Except for the golden tripod, he could consult on this boat, and even Han Tuozhou was a layman in the war, and those playboys knew nothing.

However, the range of movement on the ship is so large, and this ship can be regarded as a warship. Mao Geng estimated that the displacement must be less than 200 tons. After living together on such a boat that looked up but didn't look down, Mao Geng became familiar with these five officials. Although these five people are usually arrogant, they still respect Mao Geng quite well. One reason is that the officials attach great importance to the current government, and the other is that Han Tuozhou relies heavily on Mao Geng. These five people also have some eyes, so Mao Geng and the five of them can also get through on a big scale.

On that day, Mao Geng was watching the sea on the side of the ship, and Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai followed each other. Suddenly, two big fish flew along the side of the ship, looking just four or five feet under the water. The five children of officials not far away immediately started to shout. One of them had a ratchet crossbow and immediately shot an arrow, but the arrow went away. When he took the second arrow and shot again, the two fish had disappeared.

The man who was shooting the archery was named Fang Dengyue. Mao Geng didn't know whose son he was, but this man liked to cause trouble, so he couldn't rest on the entire ship.

Fang Dengyue claimed that he was very good at shooting archery, but he didn't expect that he would leave with an arrow so close, and he was still dissatisfied:

"The boat was too shaking and it was a mistake."

The four people next to him laughed and joked and made Fang Dengyue’s face turn red.

Mao Geng explained the principle of refraction to Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai. The reason why Fang Dengyue did not hit the fish that was close to him was not actually because the boat was shaking, nor because Fang Dengyue was not good at shooting skills. It was mostly because of the influence of refraction that Fang Dengyue finally shot in the air.

Mao Geng was determined to train Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai, who later, so he almost taught with all his strength. Anyway, he was idle on the boat, and it was always good to be able to teach more knowledge to his disciples.

Unexpectedly, one of the five people listened carefully and listened to what Mao Geng said. He couldn't help but come over to listen. Mao Geng felt that the principle of refraction did not involve any secrets, nor did he avoid this person. This person's name is Jiang Zhiang, who is also considered a distant relative of Han Tuozhou. Han Tuozhou liked his cleverness, so he tried to find an official position for him. This time, Jiang Zhiang followed Han Tuozhou closely, intending to get promotion again. Two days ago, Jiang Zhiang was seasick and vomited very hard, but he only recovered until today.

But Jiang Zhiang likes to find out the root of the matter. With him joining, he is no longer Mao Geng’s one-man show. Jiang Zhiang keeps asking questions until he understands.

Mao Geng slowly admired Jiang Zhiang. This person is not only smart, but also has a very rare urge to drill. He looks like a piece of natural science material.

On the boat, a person who was already boring and interested in asking suddenly appeared, and Mao Geng was also preparing to tap into the potential of this person.

Since Mao Geng felt that Jiang Zhiang might be a talent with great potential, he went to communicate with Han Tuozhou and prepared to take this person to his name.

Han Tuozhou did not object to sending Jiang Zhiang to Mao Geng's sect, but Han Tuozhou did not want Jiang Zhiang to be like Tan Xiaochun and Zhu Xuanbai. Han Tuozhou hoped that Jiang Zhiang would achieve greater success. After thinking about it, Mao Gen said that he could teach Jiang Zhiang how to make iron ships. Previously, Han Tuozhou asked about the production of iron ships many times, just because he talked about the iron ships at Zhou Bida Mansion that day, Han Tuozhou also heard about it. In Han Tuozhou's eyes, if he could build an iron ship, he could roam the rivers and seas, at least the Song Dynasty navy would be invincible in the world.

Han Tuozhou of course agreed to this. Jiang Zhiang then joined Mao Geng's sect and soon became the main force in shipbuilding.
Chapter completed!