Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

It was mid-April and the breeze from the river was warm. Xie Xian leaned against the window, looking at the lush green scenery on the shore. She yawned and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

After being on the boat for several days in a row, she seemed bored. The Xie family fleet was sailing majestically on the river. Their sails were triangular in shape. Because of their pointed bottoms, they had a deep draft, so the ships were stable and moved at an incredibly fast speed.

This attracted the curiosity of other ships along the way.

There are some places on the Jianghuai waterway with rugged terrain, few cities and many pirates. However, when they saw such a huge fleet, they immediately stopped their attacks.

This made Yongji, who was eager to try, a little disappointed. "These water rats are too timid!" He complained. He looked at Xie Xian eagerly, ready to take people down to play as soon as Xie Xian nodded.

"It's more stable to travel on the river in a flat-bottomed boat," Yongji muttered after being rejected.

Hua Yin, who was standing beside him, twitched her lips when she heard his words. Wasn't it obvious that he wanted to collect more boats?

It's no wonder Yongji is so concerned. Xie Xian has already promised him the position of naval commander. The more ships there are, the more people there are. These are all ships under his command. How can he not be concerned?

But the river is extremely busy now, with countless ships coming and going. As long as the bandits don't show up, Xie Xian won't be able to make trouble in a big way.

"My lady, these are all grain-carrying ships!" The playful look on Yongji's face disappeared. Now is the spring plowing season, and it is not time to collect grain taxes yet. So many grain-carrying ships can only be carrying military pay to the north.

It turned out that the food and supplies went ahead before the army moved.

Xie Xian frowned and looked into the distance. There were white sails on the river, most of which were sand ships or Fujian ships, forming a single column, heading from south to north.

"But did you see it clearly?" Yongji nodded solemnly. With a war imminent, it was reasonable that the waterways were busy.

"Let's change the flag first!" The opposing fleet is approaching. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is better to keep a low profile, let the ships behind keep a distance from you, and change the flag so that it will not be so conspicuous.

The "Thank You" flag on the Zhanlang did not move, but the shuttle ship behind raised the white bird flag and the tiger head flag, and so on, which looked like a hodgepodge of animals.

But even so, many forces still noticed this side.

A huge barge was coming towards us, followed by a row of flat-bottomed sand boats. Their draft was extremely deep, and it seemed that they were carrying a lot of food.

Seeing the Xie family's fleet from afar, the people on the barge immediately became alert. They rarely saw warships on the river, and the most common ones were big-bellied sand boats.

At first, when I saw a fleet coming from the opposite direction, I didn't think anything was wrong. But when I got closer, I found that the more than 20 ships on the opposite side were all shuttle cruisers.

The scalp of the barge's crew was tingling. They had seen this shuttle ship before. It was the standard equipment of pirates.

If it weren't for the family flag flying on the leading eight-slot ship, he would have been ready to turn around and run away.

It's like a group of domestic chickens encountering a group of eagles head-on. The fighting power is too different.

They only had a few hundred guards on their flagship barge, but the opposing shuttle ship was much faster than them, and they couldn't escape at this distance even if they wanted to.

In the private room on the second floor of the barge, Wang Yao had a face full of resentment: "Brother, I've suffered a great loss this time. You caught me and asked me to do something before I even went to Kuaiji."

The young man sitting at the top was wearing a red crane-patterned robe, symbolizing the third rank, and a Liang crown on his head, with a stern and solemn expression on his face.

He ignored Wang Yao's crying and lowered his head to look through the notebook in his hand.

Seeing that his brother completely ignored him, Wang Yao quietly took a few steps back, wanting to take this opportunity to sneak away, but he had just taken one step.

The young man at the desk said calmly without even raising his eyes, "If you dare to run, I will throw your Qingxi drum down.

Wang Yao was disappointed and took back the foot he had taken. What made him afraid of the most was his elder brother Wang Zhi, who was already a third-rank inspector at a young age, and this was not only achieved by relying on the reputation of the Wang family.

His brother always keeps his word. Some time ago, he was imprisoned in Pingcheng, using the excuse of attending a grand gathering in Kuaiji. However, as soon as he arrived in Kuaiji and had even sat down, he was pulled back by Wang Zhi to escort food and fodder for him.

Wang Yao was heartbroken. He missed the grand event held every four years. He was so sad.

Seeing his droopy face, Wang Zhi said expressionlessly: "How come you forgot so quickly the good things you did in Xiangxia?" Thinking back to the beginning, he asked him to stay in Pingcheng, but this guy forgot everything as soon as he turned around.

When he received Xie An's letter in the capital, he was furious. His younger brother had caused so much trouble in the past few years. He should have been married, but he still had his own ideas.

"That...that's not my fault! It's an unexpected disaster!" Wang Yao said with his neck stiff. He didn't think he was wrong. From the beginning to the end, he was the victim!

The eldest brother came up and started blaming without caring about his own face at all.

Seeing Wang Yao's face full of dissatisfaction, Wang Chi frowned, and his usually calm expression could no longer be suppressed, like a volcano about to erupt.

"I know what you are thinking, don't even think about it, Lady Xie."

His Wang family has always been impartial. Emperor Qi is wary of military generals and has to be careful about his private interactions with them.

Wang Yao blushed for a moment, and then said seriously: "I just asked the lady of the Xie family for advice on music."

At first, he had some little thoughts, but after experiencing Xie Xian's fighting power, those thoughts were shattered to ashes by Xie Xian's two slaps.

Wang Zhi looked at his serious expression and wondered, "Are you serious?" Although his younger brother was a little naughty, he never lied.

"Of course it's true!" Wang Yao curled his lips. Could he tell his own brother how he was pressed on the couch and rubbed by a girl?

Absolutely not!

As the two were talking, someone knocked on the door asking to see someone.

"Sir, a fleet is coming!" Wang Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly. During this period of time, he had made no less than three trips on this river. He had a general understanding of the surrounding forces and had people warn the bandits in the river. There shouldn't be any trouble.

He said calmly, "Oh? Which ship?"

"The flag leading the way is that of the Xie family." At this point, the adjutant paused and said, "The strange thing is that they are all sea vessels."

"Xie family's ship?" Wang Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He walked out quickly, asking, "How can you tell they are all seagoing ships?

The adjutant looked at Wang Zhi and got the affirmation from his superior, then he bowed and replied: "Sanlang Jun, most sea vessels have pointed bottoms, which are more stable on the water and have faster speeds."

Flat-bottomed boats have a large cargo capacity and are suitable for sailing in shallow waters and sharp bends. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Seeing the two people walking out, Wang Zhi followed them without any hurry. He wondered in his heart, who was on the boat with the Xie character flag?