The deep and dark sea.

There is a highland about twenty miles east of the coastline, and the place within a radius of dozens of miles is the highest here. The beacon towers set up by the Romans along the Black Sea have now been transformed into the observation deck of the Shattered Ye Army.

The wooden observation deck is a two-story structure with people living below, observing above, looking at it, with a big bell, a trombone, and half a squad of the Thunder Ye soldiers on duty take turns.

Twenty miles, for Sao Ye Jun, who has a five-fold telescope, you can see everything.

Look west.

Due to the lack of oxygen below 200 meters at sea level, a large amount of black hydrogen sulfide is produced. When looking from above, the Black Sea will appear as a dark and deep scene, but it is still a colorful world with rich survival of marine life above 200 meters.

By the sea, a large pier that is about four miles long appears in front of you. Half of the pier is obviously old, the pier is all wood, and the half is new and gray-brown. It is the building that only the Great Qin Kingdom can present in this world - a cement pier.

A large number of wooden ships docked in the dock, most of which were raised high at both ends, with only one sail, and a large number of oars on the first deck. Such ships were very popular in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian Sea today. However, according to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, it had a capacity of less than 500 stones, which was similar to the smallest speedboat of the Sailing Ye Army Navy.

Various banners are flying on the ship, including those of the owner's lord, those of the family, and those of the merchants themselves.

The semicircular pier retreated about a mile back, forming a castle half facing the sea and half facing the mountains. The castle is also white, with a wall about three feet high, and the viewing tower and enemy building are integrated and cylindrical.

There is a larger semicircular castle about two miles behind the white castle. The castle is reddish-brown, which is made of large bricks made of nearby red soil. The city walls are Chinese-style. The city gate tower and the enemy tower are all square, and black tiles are used on the city gate tower.

When looking at it again, most of the buildings in the white city walls are made of white stones or pebbles, most of which are two-story high, and most of the roofs are flat, with occasionally sloped roof structures.

The majority of the semicircle outside is a Chinese-style building with a color. There is a seven-story pagoda between the two semicircles inside and outside. The pagoda is naturally also a Chinese-style structure. In the telescope, there are obviously people on duty on the top of the pagoda.

Look south further.

There is also a river about twenty miles away from this place. The north bank of this river is the mountain path that crosses the Pangting Mountains, and on that side of the mountain is the hinterland of Armenia.

Continue to turn your eyes to the castle. Outside the majority of the circle is a densely dense hill slightly lower than here. The top of the hill has not been flattened, and a small military fort is standing on it.

On the military fort, artillery suddenly appeared!

The distance between the hill and the castle is about three or four miles. It is a large open space, with flat and tight space. It is a huge military camp with barracks, training grounds, and of course a large racecourse.

Looking south, there is also a small military camp in the south bank of the river and in the jungle. In front of the military camp, there is a wooden bridge connected to Hebei.

Turning to the east, from near to far, the mountains are getting higher and higher. Even in winter, there are lush everywhere, mostly pine, beech, and fir.

To the north, there is another river flowing down from the mountains. Hebei also has a small military camp and a bridge is connected to Henan.

Except for the sea in front of you, there are dark forests in other directions, endless and endless.

In the two rivers in the north and south, from time to time, tall and straight trees flow down the river water. When they flow to the estuary, someone hooked them up with long iron hooks, then lifted them up with a wooden machine similar to a crane in later generations, and then placed them on the yard on the shore.

Next to the yard is a row of large kilns specially used for drying wood.

On the north side of the pier, there are obviously a boat shop. Ten docks are lined up. There are five docks currently building ships. The shores of the boat shop are crowded with people, some are tug-of-warping, some are dealing with wooden boards, and some are making sails.

The river to the south is obviously a big river, and there are also small boats on the river flow downstream. When you look closely, the boats are all flat-bottomed boats with sharp heads and wide tails. The bows are cabins, and a large number of stones are piled on the boats. Some of the stones are white-gray, some are yellow-brown. The white-gray ones are obviously limestone, while the yellow-brown ones are iron ore.

Some ships are also loaded with wood, but they are obviously used as fuel.

At the end of this river, that is, near the sea, there are several blast furnaces, and the nearness of the blast furnace is filled with stones.

In the castle in the most semicircular circle, there are several places where black smoke is rolling over, which is obviously the location of large workshops.

"King"

Sun Xiurong observed around for a while, then put down the telescope reluctantly. At this time, Xi Yuanjing, who had been waiting for a long time, had just finished his work from Hainan Prefecture, quickly started reporting.

"This place is called Batumi. It was originally a military fort built by the Romans to guide Georgia. According to their language, it means indestructible. According to the locals, Batumi is the name of the Caucasians, and the Roman language should be Batori."

"When General Yuan came with two battalions, I simply brought all the people I needed to cross Armenia. Half of the people from the Sari boathouse were coming, about a thousand people, 30% of the people from the Yefang, mine, and wooden houses came, and there were also 1,500 people in the total."

"In addition, Ibrahim was escorted about three thousand slaves, all of whom were pagans from western Persia. The confidants of the former governor of Tabriz, Hazmo, and their families, women and children were all sold on the spot by Ibrahim in Tabriz. Three thousand young and strong men were given to us as a reward for our country."

"According to the king's instructions, these people can recover from their freedom after working for three years, so there is no trouble."

"In the past, this place was just a small fort facing a wharf, which was about three or four miles in radius. After I arrived, I obviously couldn't stay there, so I added another layer to the periphery. The nearby mountains are rich in high viscosity red soil, and it is very convenient to use it to burn bricks and tiles. According to the regulations of our city wall, the base is three zhang, the top is one zhang, and the middle is rammed earth. It was built in half a year."

"After the construction, the entire Batuan City can be as large as eight miles, so a regular battalion of General Yuan lived in. The outside military camp was a mountain camp, the head of your adopted descendant Xiaogong. There were two small battalions near the two rivers in the north and south, each with 500 people stationed, and the middle camp was 2,000 people."

"While building the castle, slave logging, mining and other matters are also being carried out. The tall and straight beech trees are used to build ships, and ordinary trees are used to burn kilns. Originally, there was a small shipyard here, which contained some wood, but they were all pine, which was obviously not suitable for use."

"These beech trees, oak trees, drifted from about thirty miles upstream. When they flowed to the estuary, their skins had long been soaked off. Then they were put into the wheel kiln and dried slowly, and then pulled out for treatment. Since our enemies did not have artillery, it was enough to handle the ship material in this way."

"We made the nails and the iron, paint, and the seam fillings on the boat by ourselves, and the sails were purchased from the Romans..."

Yuanfeng took over the conversation, "King, fortunately there are three thousand slaves. Otherwise, the six thousand Ye Jun and thousands of craftsmen would not be able to complete these affairs in half a year. These slaves heard that as long as they complete the work as soon as possible, they can recover their freedom as soon as possible, and this is also very energetic."

"Fortunately, the climate here is very mild in winter, and it has not snowed so far. When you go out to do things, you can wear a single dress."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "How do you solve the problem of food in so many people?"

Yuanfeng replied: "Naires, the Grand Duke of Armenia, gave us a part, and Ibrahim also gave us part from the port of Rize, which they controlled. In addition, the ones purchased by our country from Roman merchants are barely enough. If you want to store them, you still need to transport them across Armenia on land..."

"Forget it," Sun Xiurong interrupted him, "I have seen the Roman Sorid gold coins and the great cannibal dinar gold coins, and their quality is far inferior to those of the Great Qin State. I believe it is very popular in this area. Don't be stingy. Buy them in large quantities, and it doesn't matter if the price is higher."

"Yes, king", Yuanfeng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, most of his Daqin gold coins had been spent.

"When will the first batch of warships be built?"

"It will take half a year. According to your previous instructions, in the future, my camp will be converted into a navy, so three navy camps will be needed. However, with the current personnel, you can only have one navy camp at the end of next year..."

"Enough, have you started practicing in advance?"

"Of course, after arriving here, I bought four ships of varying sizes from Jewish merchants, so that soldiers could take turns to board the boat to experience it, learn to identify the wind direction, control the boat house, and also put some small cannons on the largest ship to let them know in advance how to cast them under the bumpy and undulating situations of the sea."

"In addition, Sun Xiaogong's mountain camp was not idle either. Their Yuhou army had already penetrated the Pangting Mountains for hundreds of miles in the past six months, and had figured out the geography of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia in the north and the Romans in the south."

"Trabzon? Have you contacted the Roman governor of Armenia, who was located there? By the way, his name is Shikotes..."

Yuanfeng replied: "Tariscottes is the son-in-law of the current Roman emperor. However, not long ago, because of the el group Rum he controlled, Erzinjan was taken away by the cannibals. He was deprived of Caesar's title by his father-in-law Constantine V, and he did not allow him to rule the army. He was only in charge of the navy at Trabzon."

"With the help of the merchant, Yu Houjun contacted Constantine V's daughter. Of course, it was not said that it was the Thunder Ye Jun. Instead, he gave him a dressing kit and a bathing kit produced in my country in the name of Kutba Trading Company. This woman was naturally overjoyed. The relationship between the two sides is quite good now."

"Our people can now freely enter and exit the Governor's Mansion"

"Okay, let me tell him that the Batumi Port is now under the command of His Highness the King of Jingyang of the Great Qin Kingdom, and let him come here in person, or send his confidants to contact us."
Chapter completed!