After Zhuge Liang left, Yangzhou had already formed its own system. He was already a huge machine of the Guo family. He could no longer rely on himself to control the overall situation.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang left. The entire machine of the Ministry of Justice was working hard. The only bad thing was that Xu Shu had to work a little harder.
Yangzhou's rice harvest had already begun. The growth was very pleasing. Looking at the green and yellow color, Liu Mang suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction.
"Report!" Liu Mang was going to the countryside to understand the harvest of the rice. Suddenly, a palace servant ran over and knelt in front of Liu Mang.
"Report back to Milord. Liu Neng daren requests an audience! "The servant knelt in front of Liu Mang and said to Liu Mang.
"Liu Neng!?" If this person was not mentioned, Liu Mang might have forgotten. This person was Liu Mang's old subordinates. It can be said that he was Liu Mang's earliest team.
Liu Neng had followed Liu Mang since Wan Cheng. During the siege of Wan Cheng, it can be said that they had gone through life and death together. Although Liu Neng represented the Liu family, Liu Mang had to admit that if there was no Liu Neng, Liu Mang would not have lived until now. His head would have already been taken by Sun Ce.
Liu Neng and his father were Lujiang's old aristocrats. They were also part of the Great Han Dynasty's imperial family. If Liu Neng's ability was not enough, Liu Mang might have made him one of the six ministers.
Liu Neng seemed to know that his ability was not enough. He did not make trouble with Liu Mang. If he really made trouble, Liu Mang would be embarrassed. After all, he was an old member of the Yangzhou army.
It was precisely because Liu Neng did not make trouble that Liu Mang felt even more guilty towards him. He gave Liu Neng the title of Marquis and also gave a lot of rewards to the Liu family. It can be said that as long as the Liu family did not do anything wrong to Liu Mang, then Liu Mang could guarantee the Liu family's glory and wealth for a lifetime.
Liu Neng was not a person who relied on his background. Although he did not have the ability, this person was ambitious. He wanted to be a minister and rely on his own ability to make a name for himself.
Liu Neng was not familiar with the Six Ministries. When it came to fighting, his martial arts were not even third-rate. This made things difficult for Liu Mang. He could only find a teacher for Liu Neng. This teacher was an acquaintance of Liu Neng's, Pang Degong.
After learning from Pang Degong for several months, Liu Neng's foundation was there. Originally, when he returned to Yangzhou, Liu Mang should have given him an official position. At the very least, he should have been a prefect and let him govern a region.
However, Liu Neng chose a position, which was an observer.
The position of an observer was created by Liu Mang himself. After taking Jiangdong, there were many shipyards in Yangzhou. Although the shipyards in Jiangdong were useless and the Yangzhou army did not care about those small ships, they were still good places to build shipyards.
With shipyards, there would be a lot of ships. As for the Sovereign Class, in addition to Gan Ning's Yangzhou Navy, there was also an observer like Liu Neng.
Our Liu Neng has three Sovereign Class Battleships, and the rest are the Galen Class Battleships. These small boats can be turned into supply ships or coastal warships, which are quite good.
Liu Neng's observation direction was along the coast of Jiangdong. If it was more accurate, it would be towards Bao Dao. It was normal for a person to not return for half a year. Since Liu Neng had come back to report to him, it meant that there must be some news.
"Liu Neng?" There were a few people who did not know who Liu Neng was.
Liu Mang could only explain again.
"Go! Immediately return to the palace! " The other officials did not understand the importance of such an observer. Each and every one of them was very strange. Even when Gan Ning's Yangzhou Navy came back, they did not see the Lord so active.
But even so, the officials still followed the Emperor back.
Liu Mang returned to the palace. He did not even bother to wash and went straight to the main hall.
"Liu Neng, where is Liu Neng?" Liu Mang excitedly went to the main hall and shouted. However, he did not see Liu Neng's figure.
He asked the guard on the side.
The guard then explained. Liu Mang, the Lord, was not there. Who would dare to wait in the main hall? Wouldn't that be overstepping?
Generally, when an official wanted to see the Lord, they had to wait in the side hall. Only when Liu Mang summoned them, could they come to the main hall.
"Quickly, quickly!" Liu Mang waved his hand and said.
Soon, Liu Neng was brought in by the Featherwood Guards.
"This official, Liu Neng, has seen the Lord!" A swarthy man saw Liu Mang and immediately knelt down.
"Liu Neng?" Liu Mang saw this African brother and could not believe it. One must know that Liu Neng was an elegant young master. Now, he had become like this.
"It is this official!" Liu Neng lowered his head even more. He had great respect for his Lord, Liu Mang, who was sitting on the main seat. It could be said that Liu Neng watched the rise of the Yangzhou Army step by step. At the beginning, they were like stray dogs that did not even have a city. They only wanted to leave the Central Plains and get away from Cao Cao's pursuit. Later, they occupied Lujiang and turned the tables. One by one, they defeated Jiangdong's 100,000 troops. Then, they defeated Big Eared Zhang Xiu and the Jingzhou Army. It could be said that the development of Yangzhou was a miracle.
This Lord also made Liu Neng look at him in a new light.
In the past, the reason why Liu Neng joined Liu Mang's army was not because he saw that Liu Mang was a wise ruler. It was because the Liu family could not survive in Wancheng City. They were suppressed by Jiangdong's nobles. If this continued, the Liu family's decline was certain. Therefore, Liu Neng chose Liu Mang.
At that time, Liu Neng chose Liu Mang because it was a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. He was not optimistic about Liu Mang's chances.
But who would have thought that our classmate Liu Mang would rise step by step. And their Liu family naturally rose. From being suppressed by Jiangdong's nobles, they became the popular Yangzhou's Liu family.
Some people even speculated that this Yangzhou's Liu family might be Liu Mang's former family.
"How did you become like this?" Liu Mang said without hesitation. This was because he and Liu Neng were familiar with each other. The two of them had not met like this for a long time. Back then, the two of them had gone through life and death together. Now that they had met again, it was natural for Liu Mang to be overjoyed.
Xu Shu on the side coughed and asked Liu Mang to pay attention to etiquette. As a Lord, you are asking your subordinate why he is ugly, this is not appropriate.
However, Liu Neng obviously did not care. He smiled bitterly and said to Liu Mang, "My Lord, this is because I have been on the sea for a long time. The sea is not comparable to land. Even the first Yangzhou's Sovereign Class Warship was built, the conditions on it were very difficult.
Wind and rain were common. The sun was directly above one's head. It would be strange if one did not have a tanned skin. Therefore, people who sailed on the sea had rough skin.
In the past, Liu Neng was a handsome young master. Even if he was not as handsome as Liu Mang, he was not much worse. But now, he had become an African friend.
"How is it? Is there any news about Taiwan?" Liu Mang asked Liu Neng. Since Liu Neng had returned, there should be news.
Liu Mang was looking for the existence of Taiwan in his previous life. The history books recorded that Sun Xiaoquan, the Lord of Wu, had sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead 10,000 navy to Taiwan. This was the first time people discovered Taiwan.
Since that Sun Xiaoquan's lousy navy could discover Taiwan, then there was no reason why Liu Mang could not find it.
Liu Mang knew that this island was full of treasures. Its geographical area was also very big.
There were also several good ports on it. If he could take it down and develop it, then it would really be expanding the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Neng first nodded, then shook his head.
Liu Mang was confused and disoriented.
Did they find it or not? What was the rhythm?
"My Lord, we have found this island!" Liu Neng said to Liu Mang. "However! But there were no good ports like Kaohsiung, Taichung, Jirong, etc! " Liu Neng followed Liu Mang's instructions to go to Taiwan.
That's right, he really found the island. One must know that their Sovereign Class was originally designed to go out to sea. Using it to search for an island near the sea was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
However, when Liu Neng got close to the island, he discovered a very serious problem. That was, there was no port. His Sovereign Class was a thousand tons. Even if it was near Yangzhou, it would have to be docked at a special port. Otherwise, it would not be able to fit it.
This island did not even have any signs of human activity. This made Liu Neng dumbfounded. There were also many reefs there. Liu Neng did not dare to get close. If he was not careful, he might cause the Sovereign Class to run aground. That would be a huge problem. A Sovereign Class was worth hundreds of thousands of gold.
The cost of the cannons on it was not small. If a Sovereign Class was destroyed, Liu Neng would not be able to say anything even if he died ten thousand times.
Fortunately, he still had the smaller Garen Ships under him.
Liu Neng sent the Garen Ships out. However, these small ships did not return immediately. After two days, one of the Garen Ships returned. This Garen Ship brought back a ship full of terrified crew members.
They encountered the aboriginals on this island. They did not speak the language and were not familiar with the island. Both sides clashed and thousands of aboriginals rushed out.
Their crew members had good weapons and equipment. However, they could not withstand the number of aboriginals.
This Garen ship had managed to escape with great difficulty.
"No port to dock at, aboriginals?" Liu Mang was dumbfounded. He still wanted to take over Taiwan and use the resources on the island. Now, Liu Neng gave him a blow to the head.
They found the island, but the aboriginals did not have a port.
Liu Mang was different. How did Sun Xiaoquan find this island? It was a mistake in the cinema. Their ships were not Sovereign Class ships but small ships. Liu Mang had seen these small ships before. In the past, Sun Ce used him to go to Liaodong to trade warhorses with Gongsun Du.
Those small seagoing boats only had a little more than a hundred tons of water, and the draft was very shallow. He could only enter a slightly better looking natural harbor. As for those reefs and reefs, they were all seven or eight meters deep. Did it have anything to do with him?
Therefore, he did not need any artificial ports to enter.
There was another point. How many people did Xiao Quan bring? A total of ten thousand. Do not underestimate these soldiers. Even Liu Bei did not have so many soldiers during the Battle of Red Cliff. Not to mention the famous Jiangdong Army!
After the ten thousand soldiers landed in Ji Rong, the aboriginals had no way to deal with them.
If you want to fight, come at me. I have ten thousand soldiers. Those aboriginals only have two or three thousand people. As for a large scale battle? Haha, the Jiangdong Army is an expert in war. Can you local natives defeat those generals who have been fighting for so many years? "
Moreover, after Sun Xiaoquan went up, the aboriginals drifted from the sea to the mainland. Those aboriginals integrated into the mainland and knew the language of the mainland as well as the language of the aboriginals. Through this communication, the island was able to become part of the land of Jiangdong. Even so, Sun Xiaoquan did not spend much effort to develop it.
"My lord, although the island is big, my lord, it is a barren land. How can you waste your effort?" Liu Neng gave Liu Mang a suggestion. It was such a big island, but it was full of forests.
There were very few places that were suitable for the Han people to live in.
If they were to really migrate, it would not be a matter of one or two days. It would be a waste of effort and not a good thing. Now was the time to crusade against Cao Cao. If he took down Cao Cao, the entire world would be his. Why would he want a broken island?
"You don't understand." Liu Mang shook his head. This island originally belonged to China. Liu Mang must take it down. Moreover, China's land was not enough. Liu Mang wanted the whole of China to be planted in the world. This world was not the Nine Continents of the Great Han Dynasty, but the Five Continents of this world.
And the island was just a small step. It was to lay the foundation for the future colonization.
"Liu Neng, pass down the order. I will give you five thousand, no, eight thousand elite soldiers. You can transfer them to the navy. You can even let Gan Ning directly assist you. In half a year, I want to see our city on the island." Liu Mang ordered Liu Neng.
He was not going overboard. He just wanted the first city on the island. This city could be a frontier fortress, but it must be built on the island.
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