"Have you still not found the lost Captain Ding's ship?" Zheng Ping asked lowered his telescope.

"Not yet, neither wolf smoke nor radio have any feedback."

"Hopefully they're just damaged the radio."

All ships are equipped with radio equipment and generators, but there is no news yet, which is likely to be the worst result.

Zheng Ping sighed, he no longer had much hope in his heart.

"Can't wait any longer, send an order, and continue to set sail after an hour!"

The fleet cannot wait forever in Hope Point, after all, their goal is not here.

With the sound of whimpering horns, the ships pulled up the anchors, raised the sails, and began to form a team to prepare for a long voyage to the east.

The sound of the horn was filled with sadness, and everyone understood that the baggage ship was most likely to be buried in the sea in that storm.

Gan Chu and the villagers watched the tourists gradually fade away, and kowtowed to the ocean fleet in admiration.

"Class leader, are they really messengers sent by the Sea God?"

"If it weren't for a god, how could there be so many magical weapons? How could there be such magical power?" Gan Chu pointed to the cliff not far away, where there was obviously a place that was blown up, and countless gravels rolled all over the ground.

It was a blast conducted by Gan Shi and others in order to find stones suitable for erecting monuments. This place was later regarded as a forbidden place for sacrifice by the Gan Chu people for a long time, and even erected the wooden statues of Gan Shi and Zheng Ping in the blasting gap for worship.

"Since he is a god, why should he take Haiwa away?"

This question kept Gan Chu from asking.

Haiwa is the girl Gan Chusai gave to Gan Shi. According to her seniority, she should be considered Gan Chu's granddaughter, but because their tribe still retains many primitive customs, it is certain who the child's mother is, as for the father...

Anyway, they are all tribe members, so why bother to care? Be more open-minded.

"Probably... the gods also like girls?" Gan Chu couldn't help but catch a girl every year and throw it into the sea to sacrifice to the gods to pray for good weather.

You can't even imagine the reason why many bad habits are born...

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“According to the map, you should be able to see the first island in this long archipelago by walking about two thousand miles in this direction.

Taoist priest, what is the name of this archipelago?”

"This archipelago is more than 2,000 kilometers long and is shaped like a necklace, so it's called the Thousand Chain Islands."

Gan Shi randomly named her name, and then said to the girl next to her, "Read with me, map!"

"Enemy vomit?"

The girl is naturally Haiwa. Gan Shi brought her to her side not for the vulgar desire, but for the purpose of letting Haiwa learn Chinese and act as a bridge of communication between the Hope Corner Tribe and the Han.

Language talents are precious at any time.

"Well, I'm right, I'll give you a reward!" Gan Shi took out a malt sugar wrapped in candy paper. It was obviously not the first time Haiwa accepted this reward. She took it excitedly and quickly peeled off the sugar coating and tasted it.

As soon as his tongue touched the candy, the sweet taste made Haiwa feel extremely happy.

In the village, she may not be able to taste the sweetness once a year.

In the village, honey is generally used to give sacrifices to the strongest warriors or gods. A weak woman like her is not qualified to enjoy the most precious food.

If she could, she really wanted to live on this boat all her life, so that she could eat candy all the time.

“If the map is not wrong, we still have more than 6,000 miles of sea routes to go.

Hopefully this journey will go smoothly.”

The ocean fleet continued to explore eastward. On the Han Dynasty, Ma Qiang was discussing matters in Xizhou with Lu Zhi at this time.

Although Xizhou has a wide range of areas, it has a harsh environment, a sparse population, and is not suitable for farming. Almost only the Qiang people and more primitive tribes.

To establish a solid rule in Xizhou, this was no different from a test for the Han court.

"That is why Xizhou must first establish a chieftain system to allow the Qiang people to govern themselves, and at the same time establish a governor's office and a county magistrate's office affiliated to the court to prepare for future production changes.

It may take a hundred or two years, and we may not see that day at all.

But success doesn’t have to be with me, it doesn’t matter.”

Although Lu Zhi knew about the "Han-Qiang Covenant", he did not understand the details and why it was like this. After Ma Qiang explained it carefully, he finally understood what a sophisticated institutional innovation this was.

"Success does not have to be achieved by me. Zhi admires the heart of the general!

But when I was in Luoyang, I heard the monks of White Horse Temple say that they would not give up their merits. If Xizhou can be truly king in the future, future generations will remember the merits of the general!”

Ma Qiang waved his hand and said he didn't care about this matter, and continued, "But there are problems now, that is, the lack of officials.

This is also the reason why I told you in the telegram before that the imperial examinations must be held again.

But the officials selected for the imperial examination can only be low-level officials. The position of governor of Xizhou is crucial. I wonder who is the candidate for Mr. Lu?"

Lu Zhi thought for a while and said, "If Xun Wen, the Minister of Personnel, had the talent of Wang Zuo, what if he asked him to go?"

Xun Yu has been to Ji County for some time, and Lu Zhi admires his talents very much, so he wanted to recommend him first.

"Wen Ruozhi's talent is indeed capable of this position, but Xizhou is located on the plateau, and I am afraid of his health..."

Ma Qiang was not only worried about Xun Yu's health. Now Cao Cao is in charge of Liangzhou. If Xun Yu is in charge of Xizhou, he will not be able to sleep well at night.

"If the general wants to find a strong body...

How about Wei Duan?”

Duling Wei family?

Ma Qiang shook his head and said, "The talent is slightly insufficient."

Lu Zhi was immediately in trouble.

The situation in Xizhou is indeed very complicated. If you want to be healthy, you must be able to be civil and military, coordinate the relationship between Han and Qiang, and understand the original intention of the court. This is indeed difficult.

Suddenly, Lu Zhi thought of someone and asked, "How about Xu Yuanzhi?"

Xu Yuanzhi?

Ma Qiang's eyes couldn't help but lit up.

When it comes to physical health, Xu Shu is a knight-swordsman, not to mention the qualifications of talent. He is the first-class person in the world, and is only inferior to Zhuge Liang and others.

And if Xu Shu and Cao Cao are put together, Ma Qiang is relieved!

As for the position of the governor of Jizhou, Ma Qiang also thought of a suitable candidate.

That's Ma Teng.

As Ma Qiang's core ruling area, Jizhou has already been on track for all work and does not have high requirements for the ability of the governor.

Moreover, in this battle in Liangzhou, Ma Teng and his son completely handed over everything in Liangzhou to the court, and they also urgently needed compensation.

Needless to say, Ma Chao was promoted to the commander of the army. Ma Teng was already in the Military Commission, and it was not appropriate to be promoted now. It would be better to give him a real job and wait a few years before he retired.
Chapter completed!