However, the impact of the establishment of the shipping system will not be strictly limited to the economic field.
On the contrary, this complete shipping system will play a political and military role far beyond the economic aspect.
Why do you say this?
Because once shipping is completed, most of the problems of north-south communication and east-west communication will be solved.
In the middle, it couldn't be easier to use the huge carrying capacity to make some political exchanges for bargaining chips, win over some people, and unite some people.
In addition, a more direct issue is the issue of military mobilization.
If you can transport goods, you will be able to transport people.
The shipping range is equal to Ning'an's military division mobilization range.
With the route opened, Ning'an can easily carry out ultra-long-distance supplies as long as there are no other powerful fleets competing with it.
What does this mean?
This means that the entire shipping area and the places where the fleet has visited are within the attack range of the Ning'an army.
The cannon directly slaps you in the face, and there is no need to elaborate on the military significance of this.
Therefore, the opening of shipping and domination of the water surface means the expansion of Ning'an's influence, which means the expansion of Fang Fan's right to speak, and Fang Fan has enough confidence to speak.
I’m just looking at you, why don’t you accept it?!
"It seems that this innate dragon not only wants to kill, but also rushes to kill it. If others are allowed to take the lead, we will be in big trouble."
Fang Fan pondered for a moment and then suddenly said.
"My lord is clear."
Sun Ce continued.
"As far as my subordinates know, there is a quite large lake dozens of miles away from Jianye.
The lake is connected to the Yangtze River, and there is a group of dragons living there, and it is suspected that there are innate dragons."
"Oh, you have done a lot of homework."
"My lord, you are too proud. Ever since we got the drawings of the dragon battlefield, we have been looking for traces of the dragon.
However, the fourth- and fifth-level dragons we hunted were not very effective as a deterrent, and the innate dragons were not something we could hunt. They were stuck here, unable to go up or down.
Guarding Jinshan but gaining nothing, I have always remembered this dragon warship, and it has become a vague obsession for my subordinates, alas."
Sun Ce shook his head with a wry smile.
"This is it, Li Chou."
"exist!"
"Send a message to Xu Shu and Xiao Yuan respectively.
Start investigating all the dragons we know of so far, I want details.
And make hunting plans according to the situation, sort them according to the difficulty of hunting and submit them to me."
"yes!"
"Wait, there is one more thing."
Fang Fan suddenly remembered something and stopped suddenly.
"Notify Su Li, tell him about this, and ask him to make a batch of weapons and equipment for the innate level, and a batch of weapons and equipment for the innate dragon."
"Yes, lord."
Not long after Ye Lichou left, several communications soldiers left the army, and Ye Lichou also returned to Fang Fan.
Naturally, Ye Lichou did not need to do such a small thing as delivering the news himself. Fang Fan was too lazy to tell the communications soldier himself and just asked him to deliver it.
After dealing with these, Fang Fan put aside the matters of the Dragon Battlefield for the time being and returned his attention to the matter in front of him.
"Bo Fu, I forgot to ask you something. Where is Jianye's dragon vein?"
Sun Ce didn't look surprised when he heard this, he was obviously prepared.
"Lord, Jianye's dragon vein is a water dragon. It is not on land, but on an island in the center of the Yangtze River."
"Jiangxin Island?"
Fang Fan said with a slight frown, feeling a little surprised in his heart.
Another island?
"Yes, this island is shaped like a dragon's head. In Feng Shui terms, it means a dragon emerging from the water."
"Is it far from here?"
"It's quite a distance, about two hours' journey."
"so far?"
"right."
"Okay, let's not rush to Jianye first. Let's go to the Dragon Vein Land first."
Fang Fan thought for a moment and said, for him, a hundred Jianye combined are no more than one dragon vein.
As long as the dragon vein is obtained, Jianye's losses will be nothing.
But if there is a problem with the dragon vein, what if Jianye is completely swallowed?
Penny wise and pound-foolish.
"Yes, please come with me, my lord."
Sun Ce nodded, and without saying a word, he stepped forward to lead the way, so the army deflected a small amount and bypassed Jianye.
This action in the army instantly alerted the surrounding spies.
After discovering that Fang Fan's army was turning around and heading towards the Dragon Vein Land, each of the spies immediately became nervous and immediately sent the news back.
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Xi'an, among the mountains.
Towering trees stand on this mountain range, like tall and straight sentinels, looking quietly into the distance.
There are old vines as twisted and thick as boa constrictors scattered among the big trees.
In the mountains, the light is blocked by big trees and vines, blocking out the sky and making the mountains look darker.
In this deep mountain forest, a roar that shakes the world is heard from time to time, frightening all the beasts and announcing their existence.
This is the highest peak in Shaanxi and is rumored to be the location of the Nine Provinces Dragon Veins.
This mountain range is steep, rugged, and extremely deep.
It’s unknown how many venomous snakes and beasts are hidden in it.
This is a truly primitive mountain forest, inaccessible to people, where the strong are respected and follow the bloody forest laws. This place seems to come from ancient times and is full of the atmosphere of the wild.
Then, traces of human beings appeared in this wild area.
People in black attire quietly shuttled through the quiet mountains and forests, and from time to time someone fell to the ground with a blue face.
If you look carefully, you will find the subtle scars on his neck.
Only then was there an angry shout.
"Trash, how many times have I told you that your whole body must be wrapped tightly, not even an inch of skin should be exposed, and your whole body must be wrapped with spiritual power, otherwise you will not even know how to die."
No one around him spoke. Everyone carefully pulled in their clothes and wrapped themselves tightly regardless of sweat, leaving only a pair of dark eyes exposed.
"What happened?"
A majestic voice sounded, scolding the man, who quickly turned around and saluted the man in black behind him.
"Reporting to my lord, another person was poisoned to death."
"The bodies were buried on the spot and others stepped up their protection."
"Yes, lord."
After the man in black finished speaking, he turned around and left, coming to a rather thin man in black.
The man in black pulled back the mask on his face, revealing his face, which looked quite old.
The old man was holding a small compass in his hand, muttering something in his mouth, looking up at the sky from time to time, opening a map from time to time, and calculating inch by inch.
The majestic man coming from behind also opened his mask, revealing a dark and majestic face. It was Cao Cao.
