"Sister, sister, we're finally here." Yan Ying's little loli turned around and said to a soldier excitedly.

Although the soldier wore a helmet and a mandarin duck battle jacket, he looked slender and handsome. He knew at a glance that he was a big girl dressed in a man. This girl was Ling'er. Before, she took advantage of the opportunity to get close to Yan Siqi's beloved daughter and first won the favor of the little loli, and then persuade Yan Siqi to come to the court.

This is how women are. When she truly falls in love with a man, she can be willing to sacrifice herself for this person. Ling'er's own identity is the saint of the White Lotus Sect, but she does not hesitate to bear the heinous crime of apostasy and help a Jinyiwei of the court.

Yan Siqi's fleet sailed through the sea area outside the mouth of the Haihe River. He found that the sea surfaces on both sides of the channel were densely covered with blocks of farmland. Those blocks were separated by rafts, with sea water in the middle. In some places, there were large ships instead of rafts, and houses were built on the ship. That kind of ship could tell at a glance that it was the boathouse of the Danhu family.

It is not surprising that many people in the southern shanghai live on the water all year round, and they live in this kind of boathouse. But what is strange is why rafts separate out the waters?

Just when Yan Siqi was puzzled, a lucky boat with the flag of the Jinyiwei arrived opposite him.

Fu Chuan uttered a flag-tongued signal: "Is it Uncle Zhenquan who came?"

Yan Siqi made someone reply: "That's right."

"I am Gao Shixin, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Can we lean on it?"

"Can."

The lucky ship leaned on Yan Siqi's gunboat, and Gao Shixin took Cai Jiuyi and other masters to board Yan Siqi's gunboat.

Yan Siqi went forward, Gao Shixin saluted him first, and Yan Siqi quickly returned the salute. The four arms of the two were intertwined together, and they climbed the helm with laughter.

"I'm here to Tianjin, I'll dig water here." Gao Shixin said to Wu Liuqi and the others.

"No!" Wu Liuqi and others retreated.

Yan Siqi's fleet sailed to Tianjin New Port at the mouth of the Haihe River under Gao Shixin's personal drainage. This is a port built by Gao Shixin using slaves within three months, where large ships can dock.

In fact, even in the Haihe River before the 1960s, 3,000-ton ships could enter the urban area of ​​Tianjin. However, later, with the emergence of cross-river bridges on the Haihe River, large ships could no longer enter the urban area of ​​Tianjin, and Tianjin Port was transferred to Tanggu. Why not let 3,000-ton ships enter the urban area of ​​Tianjin? Because the largest in the urban area of ​​Tianjin can only navigate the 3,000-ton ships, no matter how big they are, they can't enter. With the development of ship technology, 3,000-ton ships are already very small boats. The ships are getting bigger and bigger, and the 3,000-ton cargo ships are no longer cost-effective than large ships. Therefore, the Haihe City District of Tianjin was completely abolished the seaship terminal and all were transferred to Tanggu.

It is indeed not cost-effective. If you keep the 3,000-ton dock in Tianjin city, you can't build so many bridges, and the transportation between the two sides of the Haihe River is not so convenient. The freight at the Tianjin station has been cancelled and becomes a pure passenger station. The freight train needs to stop at other stations, transfer the cargo to the dock by car, and then load the ship. When a 3,000-ton ship arrives in Tanggu, the cargo exported from the ocean also needs to be transferred to a large ship. Instead of transferring multiple routes like this, it is better to open Tianjin New Port directly, the cargo arrives directly at the dock, and the cargo is loaded directly on the freighter from the train.

Gao Shixin also started from a long-term perspective and directly built Tianjin New Port in Tanggu.

According to the current development trend, it is estimated that trains will appear in the near future. Zhang Yong and the Carpenter Emperor are working together to study steam engines. Since Zhang Yong told the Carpenter Emperor that the principle of using boiling water to push the pot lid to build an automatic operation machine, the Carpenter Emperor has been very interested in the steam engine.

"Uncle Gao, what are those on the sea?" Yan Xiaololi asked curiously at the raft on the sea.

Gao Shixin pointed to the rafts and said, "Miss Yan, that's a cage farming, and fish are raised inside. This way, good fish can sell live fish to the capital."

Cage farming is also a new technology provided by Zhang Yong to Gao Shixin. It has the advantages of fast construction speed, saving manpower, less fishy smell, and a taste similar to wild fish. However, the disadvantage is that cage farming is severely affected by the climate. Once a typhoon encounters a typhoon and cannot know in advance that the typhoon will land here, then it will not have time to take away the cage farm, which will cause heavy losses and lose all your money.

As the daughter of a pirate leader, Yan Ying certainly knew this. She asked: "Uncle Gao, if a typhoon comes, wouldn't it be a heavy loss?"

"If the typhoon is coming, you have to pass through Dengzhou first? Once a typhoon is found in Dengzhou, our Jinyiwei Fei Ge sent a letter and soon told Tianjin the news of the typhoon. The treacherous households here can recycle the cage farm, enter Haihenoi, put the net away, and put the fish in the water tank for temporary storage." Gao Shixin replied.

The ships entered Tianjin New Port and docked. The breakwaters on both sides had not been completed. The slaves were sweating profusely in the sea. The temporary docking on the sea was composed of floating docks made of wood. After the breakwaters were completed, the floating docks would be converted into fixed docks that were driven into the sea with cement piles.

"This water camp is really not small." Yan Siqi sighed.

Gao Shixin smiled and said, "This is for you to dock in the future, and it will develop even bigger."

Yan Siqi asked with some concern: "I accept the court's reunion. The court will not treat me like Wang Zhi did back then?"

Gao Shixin laughed: "Of course not! The court is already under control by Jiu Qiansui! The main person who killed Wang Zhi back then was the civil servants, but now all civil servants are suppressed by Jiu Qiansui. As long as there is the imperial edict from His Majesty, who dares to make things difficult for you, Uncle Yan?"

"With Governor Gao's words, I feel relieved. I just hope that the court can always do this." Yan Siqi said.

Gao Shixin smiled and said, "There will be no problem. In fact, there are many civil officials in the court who are also sensible. Not every civil official has a brain disease. Those civil officials with brain problems have been almost completely cleaned up by us."

"Then when can we come to the capital to meet the saint?" Yan Siqi asked anxiously. After all, he was unsure. Only by receiving the imperial edict from the emperor could he feel safe. If he had not had the imperial edict in his hand, he would still be a fat sheep who could be slaughtered after receiving the envoy, and any civil servant could kill him.

"Let's stay here for one night today. We will come to Beijing to meet the Saint tomorrow morning. However, I still want to check out your fleet first and learn about the navy. In the future, everyone will be brothers." Gao Shixin said.

"It's absolutely fine! Please!" Yan Siqi greeted warmly.

There is no need to visit this large gunboat that combines Chinese and Western styles. Gao Shixin walked around the ship, and the structure inside the ship was exactly the same as that of Western warships. The double-layer gun deck and gun deck were also the cabins for the gunners. The lower floor of the heavy gun deck was the sailor's cabin, and the lowest floor was the cargo hold and the water holder's cabin. The tail of the upper gun deck was the senior crew restaurant and the captain's room.

"I'll go with you to see, how about it?" Ling'er asked with her eyes wide open and her head tilted.

Of course I am happy to have a beauty accompany me! Gao Shixin stretched out his dirty and salty hand and put it on Ling'er's shoulder: "Let's go and have a look together."

The two visited Yan Siqi's fleet under the leadership of several Yan family sailors.

Yan Siqi's fleet had the largest number of Dafu ships. After all, Dafu ship was a standard Chinese warship. Although its firepower and maneuverability were not as good as Western warships, the Dafu ship was simple to build and operated. From Yan Siqi to Zheng Chenggong later, they all followed the tactic of winning by quantity.
Chapter completed!