Chapter 321: Definitely Horror

Zhao Xing had a solid face, and he ignored the presence of Xuan Wei. He said coldly to Li Yuan: "Mr. Zhang Zhang passed away not long ago, but the Huanqing Gunners he commissioned me to train happened to be completed. In addition, there is a navy staying in my Hong Kong anchorage... I have told you just now that you can go straight to Shenglong Mansion (Hanoi) by pressing down along the river at the same time. I believe that as long as my army is dispatched, Jiaozhi will not exist immediately.

But I didn't take action because I was concerned about this affection. However, if you force me, I would rather let Jiaozhi Kingdom erase it from the map and then invite you to Guangzhou to provide delicious food and drink, which is worthy of you.

Let's decide - agree with my opinion, we are still friends, otherwise we will be enemies. I really want to know: when the Jiaozhi Kingdom does not exist in this world, the imperial court asked me to return the three northern cities, who should I return to?"

Zhao Xing's smile became colder and colder: "The court asked Dayue to pay tribute, but I think the court would not care what the lord of Dayue used to pay tribute. Dali King Duan Zhengchun is now working as an apartment official in the capital. I believe that if the court will be more satisfied with the addition of another Jiaozhi King in Duan Zhengchun's queue."

Li Yuan wanted to say something, but when he heard the Xuan Weijun stomp his feet in annoyance, his face full of regret and regret. He broke out in a cold sweat, fearing that something would happen, he quickly agreed: "Since Lord Zhao promised to return it ten years later, can he record this sentence in the form of a letter of the country?"

Li Yuan still called Zhao Xing with the word "Master", which means that he no longer regarded Zhao Xing as a friend. But Zhao Xing didn't care. He turned to the envoy of Xuanwei and replied: "Secretary of the State? This thing should be Xuanwei's duty. You should make a request to the court through Master Xuanwei. As for whether the court agrees or not, I can do nothing."

Xuanwei was obviously absent-minded: "Try it, the subordinate can only convey your meaning. Try it for you..."

Seeing that Xuan Wei's envoy agreed to submit an application to the court, Chen Gongchuan hurriedly pulled Li Yuan to say goodbye and reminded him: "Mr. Zhao, after we have finished our business, we seem to be able to talk about our personal friendship. I will take Mr. Li to find my sister and take a look at my nephew."

Before Zhao Xing could answer, Chen Gongchuan turned around and left according to his usual personality. When the backs of the two disappeared in the corridor, the Lord Xuan Wei stomped his feet and wanted to hit the wall in annoyance: "Wrong, wrong! How did the court agree to Jiaozhi's request? Lord Zhao was right. The king of Jiaozhi appeared in the capital as a prisoner. Isn't my Song Dynasty court more glorious... I heard what Lord Zhao meant, you are ready to attack Dayue, ah. The court has helped more and more. It's hateful, alas, a pity!"

This Xuan Weizhan was not a fool, and Zhao Xing admired the other party's understanding of the matter very much. He smiled and said, "No hurry, the agreement is for tearing it down. I am the best at finding faults. As long as I find a mistake, then just do it! Even if there is no reason to do it, can't I create a reason?"

The comforter sighed frequently in frustration.

If you don’t come to Guangzhou, you don’t know the importance of Vietnam. After you arrive in Guangzhou, the first thing you envoy Xuanwei saw was a large map of Southeast Asia in the Zhengliu Office.

Among Zhao Xing's group of people, Su Shi had studied maps while he was idle and published a map album. Shen Kuo was also a map expert, and he even made wooden sand tables. Zhao Xing had so many map talents at hand. He had a hobby of a "donkey" and he pointed out several map masters at his spare time to make the first map of the South Ocean. At a rough look, the drawing skills of this map were close to the level of modern maps, but if you look closely, you may find that the "contour lines", the direction of mountains, rivers, and other map elements are not very accurate. But in this era, this map is already rare.

Zhao Xing likes to use maps to represent the situation of the Nanyang. The Maritime Newspaper has published maps of the Nanyang, and he wants to give the people a world concept. The map published in the newspaper is omitted and omitted. Compared with the map on the Maritime Newspaper, the map of the Zhengli Office is more detailed and comprehensive.

Originally, Xuanwei made the only word "Da Yue" in his mind. After looking at the map, the image of Vietnam became vivid. The five northern provinces of Vietnam happened to be behind the remnants of the mountains of Dali. After passing these five northern provinces, it was the endless Mekong Plain. As long as the imperial army held these five northern provinces, Vietnam became a lamb to be slaughtered at any time. If these five northern provinces were given up, the army of the Song Dynasty would retreat to the south of the modern Zhennan Pass. The Vietnamese could only build a castle at the gates, which could block the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops.

After reading the map, the envoy Xuan Wei had already had a geographical concept in his mind. He heard that Zhao Xing had prepared warships, soldiers, and two-way attack plans. However, the imperial court's order made him stop the attack plan. He felt regretful and hated that he would not delay a few days on the road so that he could be late. If Zhao Xing had only arrived in Guangzhou after he took action. As Zhao Xing had always been quick, the Song army attacking the two-way attack had already arrived at Shenglongfu City. Perhaps, at that time, he could leisurely travel in Guangdong, but Vietnam no longer exists...

Thinking of this, he became resentful of Zhao Xing's behavior of abiding by the imperial court's will, and muttered in his heart: "I have long heard that you, Zhao Liren, like to throw the imperial edicts into the trash can. As long as the imperial edicts that do not meet your wishes, you will be unable to find them in a blink of an eye. This time, why don't you throw the imperial edicts into the trash can..."

The envoy of Xuan Wei didn't know that Zhao Xing was just intimidating Vietnam, but in fact he had no power to attack Vietnam. Because Guangdong's troops were limited, the newly occupied Dali consumed all his troops. Before digesting the fat piece of Dali, Zhao Xing had no power to launch a continuous war.

Dali in the Song Dynasty was not completely equivalent to modern Yunnan. At that time, Dali even included some of the land of Laos and Myanmar. This was a land larger than Guangxi in the Song Dynasty, while Guangxi in the Song Dynasty was equivalent to modern Guangxi plus Guizhou, and a part of southern Sichuan. On this fertile land, the most attractive thing is its mine site, which has a huge amount of gold, copper, silver, iron, jade, and gem mines... The number of mineral deposits has caused a serious shortage of miners at Zhao Xing. In order to firmly grasp those mineral deposits, it strictly controlled this land under the Song Dynasty administrative system, all the official reserves accumulated by Zhao Xing's six years of education were spent.

Zhao Xing is short of people now, and Zhang Qing commissioned the training of the musketeer in the ground. Although he was idle, he could not use it because he could not send administrative officials to follow the army to implement substantial and effective rule. Therefore, he was left with only a share of blackmail. Xuanfu cooperated to wake up Li Yuan. In order to avoid suffering heavy losses, Chen Gongchuan hurriedly pulled him to find his sister. He hoped that Zhao Xing's knife could be beaten up due to family affection.

But Zhao Xing could not say all this. Not only did he not say it, he was also fanning the flames and making a look of regret and regret, which deepened the anger of Xuanfu: "Without Jiaozhi, we can add another county in the southern part of the Song Dynasty. In addition, Guangxi has no external threats, at least 100,000 troops can be cut and saved millions of military expenditures every year. In Dali, Tubo has been destroyed, and we can slowly establish the Dali army to deal with the Tubo people.

With this in and out, our Song Dynasty can save five million in expenditures every year and increase the income of five million in land... In other words, the decision of the imperial court is worth at least ten million. Every year, with the existence of Jiaozhi, the southern border of our Song Dynasty is always uneasy and needs to be prepared at all times. In case of any accidents in the future, the money spent is like splashing water. You said, should such an imperial edict be thrown into the trash can?"

Xuan Wei's incest blurted out: "Then why don't you throw it away?"

As soon as he said this, Xuan Wei suddenly felt a sudden remark. He was the Xuan Wei official who came to pass on the imperial edict. If Zhao Xing really threw away the imperial edict, what would he do?

As soon as he said this, Zhao Xing looked shocked. He looked at Xuan Wei and was at a loss, wondering in his heart: "Oh my God. Is there anyone who is an official like this? He actually instigated others to throw away the imperial edict. This guy... blames me, it seems that I have lost too much fire. He burned this Xuan Wei!"

Xuan Wei's envoy knew that he had made a mistake. Wanqi Yong came in. He quickly jumped up and asked, "Sir Ji Si, is the inn ready? Hurry up and take me to the inn."

Wan Qi Yong was surprised and said inexplicably. He gestured with his eyes and asked Zhao Xing: "Sir, why did you torture Xuan Hui? Why did he be so anxious that he was running for his life?"

Zhao Xing had a sincere attitude: "Blame me, I've made him too excited!"

Wan Qiyong was helpless and reluctantly said, "Sir Xuanwei, please come with me. Sir, I'll see three officials in the hall waiting to be summoned... You can do your own business!"

Wan Qiyong led Xuan Wei to the inn to rest. Three officials who came to visit were called into the main hall by Zhao Xing one by one. The first official summoned was Shan E. He followed Zhao Xing for a long time and spoke without any scruples. As soon as he entered the door, he complained dissatisfiedly: "Sir, the water system leading to Dali has not been explored yet, so you can transfer me away. What's the matter?"

Zhao Xing apologized to ask Shan E to sit down, and greeted Zhou Wenzhi, the prefect of Xunzhou behind him, and Zhan Fan, the prefect of Huizhou, to take his seat. The female envoys walked in like butterflies, brought a plate of fruit plates for the guests to taste, and poured fragrant tea, which blocked Shan E's complaints.

Treating guests with fruits is also a new local fashion to Zhao Xing. Three officials tasted tropical fruits, Dan E was drinking new tea leisurely, and was also stubborn: "Sir, is this your new tea? I heard that you were so idle in the mansion that you began to study the new method of making tea. Li Zhiyi got a little tea from you and showed it to me, saying that this new tea can be called green tea. Unlike the previous tea soup, the tea leaves have complete branches and floating with the water, which is pleasing to the eye...

Well, that guy Li Zhiyi can just write a love poem. I run around the mountains and rivers every day, naturalizing the river for adults. Li Zhiyi enjoyed the land and could have no self... Adults also gave me a few pounds of this thing, and I will go back and enjoy it slowly."

Zhao Xing laughed and said, "Ji Yin (Shan E), this kind of green tea has the best taste, and it is best to make it with tender leaves emitted before Qingming Festival. The number of such good tea is limited, half a pound is enough to taste for a year. When the new tea comes down next year, the old tea should be thrown away. Therefore, the more this kind of tea leaves, the better. It is scarce, and it is rare. What do you want to do? Are you roasting the fire?

By the way, Ji Yin, talk about the important business - the waterway leading to Dali has completed its mission. At present, we have occupied Dali, so that river can be slowly rectified without Ji Yin taking action personally. You can leave a strategy, and I will ask you to follow the map and clear the river little by little, so it is time to go.

Brother Ji Yin, I have another use. Now, the Dali river channel is transported with gold, silver, copper ore. The huge profit will make the renovation of the river a hot business, so we don’t have to worry about this river channel. Let future generations continue to do it! I invite you to come, and I invite you to Yichang."

Shan E's eyes flashed and he repeated: "Yizhang?!"

While pouring tea for Shan E, Zhao Xing said calmly: "Yes, Yizhang! The lake water of Dongting Lake leads directly to Yizhang. There is also a Zhangshui near Yizhang. The Zhangshui flows into Wuxi water, and Wuxi water passes through Shaozhou and merges into the Xijiang River (Pearl River) at Sihui. Finally, it passes through Guangzhou and enters the sea.

I measured it and said that Zhangshui is about a hundred miles away from Chenshui. If we build a canal of hundreds of miles and communicate with Zhangshui and Chenshui, what will happen?"

Shan E sat up and said loudly: "The goods from Guangzhou can follow this river, enter Dongting Lake directly from Guangzhou, and then enter the Yangtze River through Dongting Lake. Go downstream, arrive in Yangzhou, and then go straight to the capital through the canal. There is no need to change boats along the way."

But immediately, Shan E sat down sadly again: "Digging a canal of hundreds of miles is nothing. But these streams are very shallow. If they really need to be built, many embankments need to be built to raise the water level so that they can pass through the big ship. In this way, it will cost a lot of money to use this river channel and clear the river channel. That number - what do you often say: 'This number is generally used in astronomy'."

Zhao Xing nodded with a smile: "I don't know how to manage the river, so I roughly estimate that I estimate that it will cost at least 10 million guan. Although this money is huge, we can get the land. This logistics channel is not a loss no matter how much investment is. How about it, do you have confidence?"

"Not only-" Shan E replied disapprovingly: "The Wuxi water in Shaozhou is all winding in the mountainous areas. I guess it is necessary to build dams in the mountainous areas. It takes about ten years, and the expense is at least 30 million chunks. In addition, it also requires huge amounts of explosives, huge amounts of lime, cement, and huge amounts of steel."

"However, if this canal is successfully built, the benefits will be unimaginable, isn't it?" Zhao Xing casually spread a map on his desk, pointing to the map and said: "The cargo from Guangzhou Sea Trade will be loaded in Guangzhou once, and then heading north to Yangzhou. If this canal is built, the fisherman's boat can also carry a ship of cargo and sail all the way to the capital. One ship, two people can complete the cargo task of 4 materials (2 tons). In this way, the threshold for people to make money and make a living is greatly reduced, wouldn't it..."

Shan E shook his head: "From Guangzhou all the way to Yichang, we are rushing from the downstream to the upstream. The water level in the river is shallow, and countless embankments can maintain the water level. In this way, the water use of farmland along both sides of the river will be tense.

It is difficult to drive upstream, but the fisherman's boat is not bad if it is loaded with less goods, but it will be stranded if it is loaded with less goods. However, the loading is less. This trip goes back to Dongting, and the time cost is too high and it is almost impossible to make money.

Besides, can you compare to Shanghai ships when transporting cargo to Beijing with a small boat? Nowadays, Guangzhou sea ships are getting bigger and bigger. A sea ship is loading the cargo of two or three boats. If you use a small boat to load the cargo of a sea ship, you are afraid that it will take two or three hundred to complete it. And your sea ship just needs to pull up its sails, walk from the sea, enter the estuary of the Yangtze River, and then sail to Yangzhou. How many days does the boat take? The small boat is rowing all the way, and the cargo capacity is small. Can you make money?"

After thinking for a while, Shan E shook his head: "I don't think it's meaningless."

Zhao Xing said stubbornly: "However, a boat carries 4 materials, which is considered small. However, these goods are pulled by cattle and horses, and hundreds of cattle and horses are needed. This number of cattle and horses can only be done by a large caravan. But after the canal is built, a small boat can do it by two people, and there is no need to consume food and grass along the way like cattle and horses. Isn't this a profit?

The transfer and circulation of goods is the circulation of goods, the circulation of information, and the circulation of money. There are too many boatmen, and they have to eat, drink, and accommodation along the way, and the economy along the coast is alive. And we can impose taxes on every consumption of these people. These are money, and once they are circulated, they will make money by themselves. Therefore, when the road is worth it, it will be a lifelong foundation for ordinary people to survive and make profits.

In addition, Shaozhou iron ore and coal mine are rich in content and are worthy of repairing this waterway. You said it is hard to go upstream, but from Dongting Lake to Guangzhou, isn’t this going all the way? The goods from the Song Dynasty can enter Guangdong at a low transportation cost. Our Guangdong and Guangxi Maritime Shipping Service is not more competitive. In addition, this river is not upstream all the way to the capital. At most, it is half-counter-current and half-counter-stream, which just meets the water transportation standards - our ship sails up from Guangzhou and enters Dongting Lake, and then drifts to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

So, I think this small canal can make money, why don’t we try it?”

Shan E shook his head: "I think you have too much money and you have nowhere to spend it. We can build this canal and communicate with Dongting. We can only afford Tanzhou (Changsha). That is the turning point in the upstream and downstream. Let the boat from Tanzhou enter Dongting and go down to Guangzhou; when Tanzhou enters the Yangtze River, you can float to Yangzhou. If you spend money, let Tanzhou benefit. Isn't this money and nowhere to spend it?"

"Then let's invest a small investment." Zhao Xing opened a banana and handed it to Shan E, and continued: "We don't need to raise the water level in Shaozhou, but the current water level is enough. And let the fishermen develop their own small sampans, so the cost of river control will be much lower. But as long as we communicate with Dongting, Shaozhou's coal and iron can be transported to various places easily. In addition, Tanzhou's economy can also be driven to form the "Guangzhou Basin Economic Belt". I am also planning to cover this "economic Belt" in north and south of Jinghu.

Lord Xie Lin, the transfer commissioner of Jinghu North Road, has already agreed with me. I recommend you as the governor of Chenzhou. You don’t need to worry about civil affairs. I will send someone to help you. Just help me dig the canal. After the canal is dug, I will name it "Shan Gong River" and build the Zhenhe Pagoda and carve the monument as a souvenir."
Chapter completed!