BSI Chapter 166 Arrive at Lin'an and Prepare to Go to Sea (Part 2)
Chapter 166 Arrive at Lin'an and Prepare to Go to Sea (Part 2)
Chapter 166 Returning to Lin'an and preparing to go to sea (second update)
Xiao Qi was able to hold his breath underwater for so long, and he was able to throw a few dozen catties of big fish ashore one by one, which could carry a strong man back and forth in the water.
But Heshi Lie Zhining was very shocked. During the meal, he once asked Xiao Qi if all of you southerners are so good at water.
Xiao Qi immediately began to brag, saying that there were not many people in the Song Dynasty who were as aquatic as him, but there were many who could hold their breath underwater for just half a moment.
He also frightened Zuo Shuai: Your navy must not provoke the Song Army navy, otherwise you will not know how to die.
Although Heshi Lie Zhining said that Xiao Qi was bragging, after returning, he wrote a memorial to Wan Yanyong, saying how amazing Xiao Qi's water quality is, and reminding that the southerners are good at water, and the Dajin Navy should try their best to Don't provoke the Song Army navy.
I stayed here with Xiao Qi for more than half a year, and saw that the Song people had already laid down a large area in the west, and had stationed officials and defenders, and the Changsheng Battalion that participated in the attack had already withdrawn.
Heshi Lie Zhining, who was originally worried that the Song people would attack Dajin, also felt relieved, he couldn't always eat seafood and drink with Xiao Qi here, and Xiao Qi would drink with him here, and it would not delay his men from attacking the city.
He Shi Liezhi would rather not, none of his subordinates can be alone, so he had to choose a date to say goodbye to Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi looked at this old man with a gray beard and sighed in his heart, this old man will have to pay his bills in a few years, and by then it will be impossible to find someone to drink and eat seafood.
Before leaving, he gave the old man a lot of good wine, and hinted to Heshi Liezhining: He will not attack Daijin without any reason. Commander Zuo can just rest assured and look after the northwest of your Jin country.
He Shi Lie Zhining was also very moved, and finally revealed what the big gift the envoy of the Great Jin was going to give him this time.
It turns out that the Jin Dynasty discovered that after the Song people captured the Longyou Protectorate and the narrow area in southern Xixia, the Jin Kingdom's Xining Prefecture, Lanzhou and other places were already surrounded by the Song Dynasty on three sides.
Moreover, it is still on the commercial road of the Great Song Dynasty westward that Xiao Qi said. In order to prevent the Song Dynasty from using this as an excuse to start a war with the Great Jin, the Jin Dynasty gave all Xining Prefecture, Lanzhou, Hezhou and other places to Xiao Qi's Longyou Duhufu.
Because Emperor Zhao Shen of the Song Dynasty had long said that all the places north of the Huaihe River belonged to Xiao Qi's fiefdom.
Xiao Qi's current territory is much larger than that of Xixia Kingdom.
That's why He Shi Lie Zhining said that the Dajin mission sent Xiao Qi a big gift this time.
Xiao Qi was very happy about this. In return, Xiao Qi told He Shilie Zhining that the Song Dynasty was definitely not the real threat to Dai Jin. The real threat to Dai Jin was in the northwest.
He Shi Lie Zhining, who had long been worried about the Mongolian country in the northwest, was shocked. Xiao Qi had never been to any place, and he knew so much about the situation there!
Pretending to be nonchalant, he said: "Marshal Xiao is too worried. The northwest is a group of nomadic groups fighting with each other. Disunity is nothing to worry about."
Xiao Qi smiled: "Shuai Zuo, stop telling lies to Xiao, if others underestimate Mongolia, Xiao will believe it.
But Commander Zuo will not underestimate them. I believe that Commander Zuo, as a nomad, will not underestimate any nomads. "
Heshi Lie Zhining smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, and hurriedly said goodbye, went back to pack his things and went north to Yanjing to deliver the order.
The westbound business route has been opened, and Yu Yunwen, the left minister of the Great Song Dynasty, also brought many officials to Xiliao as ambassadors for peace between the two countries.
This time, Xiao Qi not only gained a new westbound business route, but also brought down the Longyou Protectorate by chance. Xiao Qi ordered to build a huge war horse breeding farm in this unexpectedly obtained place.
It is said that many veterans who were discharged from the army due to injuries were placed there to carry out large-scale breeding and breeding of Mongolian horses and Tibetan plateau horses.
Things on land were almost in progress, and now Xiao Qi shifted his focus to the several navy camps built along the coast.
Originally, there were some warships in the navy, although they were not too big, but it was not a problem to go out with my own "Shanghai" to show off its might.
Ever since he took the new task of leading the fleet to conquer the eastern sea, Xiao Qi ordered all the warships of Song Dynasty to rush to Shanghai Port to assemble.
Many days have passed now. In addition to the 'Shanghai', more than 20 large sea-going ships ranging from ten to twenty feet have been assembled there, and more than ten more are on their way to Shanghai Port.
The number of sailors in Changsheng Battalion has now reached [-], and Xiao Qi also ordered that the sailors have unlimited recruitment, but they must be good at swimming, young and strong.
Elderly people don't think about anything else unless they have sea experience or have the skills needed at sea.
Zhao Shen had heard from Xiao Qi a long time ago that the place called Dongying in the northeast of the sea had a lot of silver, if he got it, it would be enough to solve his problem of lack of silver in the Song Dynasty.
For Xiao Qi to summon the warship to go to sea, he fully supports it.
Now Zhao Shen is becoming more and more confident. He is no longer the kind of person who used to be frightened when he heard about a war and was afraid of losing.
Zhao Shen was lucky. When he first took over and wanted to show off his skills, he got an invincible disciple like Xiao Qi.
Zhao Shen was living a very comfortable life these days. He would sing his repertoire "Missing Your Liquid" every night before going to bed. In his dreams at night, he always dreamed of Xiao Qi transporting money to the Song Dynasty ship by ship.
That warehouse full of money is really dazzling in the dream!
Xiao Qi explained all the things on his side to the four capable men, and then returned to Lin'an, the capital city, with his personal army camp.
Now that Xiao Qi has his own large tract of land, he can resettle the disabled soldiers by himself, and there is no need to ask Zhao Shen to make an order.
But Zhao Shen didn't forget what he had to do as the emperor, he rewarded the meritorious ministers vigorously, those disabled soldiers were exempted from corvee and tax for life, and the family members were halved.
The families of the Changsheng Battalion sergeants who died in the battle were also greatly rewarded. Now the Song Dynasty has begun to show its prosperity, and the national treasury is full. Zhao Shen's spending of these is only a small amount of money, and it is not a big deal at all.
Moreover, Zhao Shen was very supportive of the shipyards that Xiao Qi proposed to build vigorously. Half of the money and food in the treasury was used for a series of shipbuilding expenses.
Now those ministers are unable to stop what Xiao Qi wants to do, even if they want to.
Not to mention that the national treasury is full now, although Xiao Qi has made a big move in the north, but he didn't ask for a copper coin from the court, and he completed this battle only with the power of his own fiefdom.
Not only did they not use any money and food from the court, they also expanded the territory of the Song Dynasty a lot.
Although Zhao Shen granted the extra land to Xiao Qi, it was also the expansion of Song's territory.
Besides, the emperor Zhao Shen strongly supported what Xiao Qi was going to do, and the others were talking nonsense, it was really too much, and it was known by Xiao Qi's eldest wife who ran to the hall with a walking stick to chat with the emperor when he had nothing to do.
Otherwise, this tiger girl will bring someone to kill her and force the whole family to climb a tree!
So the current group of ministers don't say much whether they agree or disagree with what Xiao Qi wants to do.
The emperor didn't think he had spent half of the treasury's money and food, so what are we worrying about, besides, walking on the street now, someone grabbed a man by the neck and said he scolded the King of Zhenbei.
In an instant, countless big feet stretched out from the surrounding area, kicking fiercely.
The best skill of being an official is to be wise and protect one's life. Seeing that Xiao Qi's general trend has been achieved, none of those people will come forward to make trouble.
Because of the support from top to bottom, those shipyards now have no shortage of money and food, and the scene is really full of excitement.
The four shipyards rushed to work every day, seeing that the earliest building ship of twenty feet was about to be completed, and the other ships were half built.
After Xiao Qi returned home, he was grabbed by Zhang Xiu and Yong Jia.
It turned out that Zhang Xiu thought she would conceive a child, so she didn't dare to fight with Xiao Qi.
Later, it took a month to find out that I was not pregnant, and I suddenly felt that I was at a loss, and complained every day that I missed leading the army to kill the enemy this time.
Yongjia felt that Xiao Qi would definitely hear a lot of stories about the battlefield in the north when he came back this time, and he wanted to hear stories after chasing after him.
Xiao Qi went to the imperial court to meet the emperor, and went to the harem to meet Zhao Gou. He said that he planned to step up training of the navy, and when the battleships were ready, he would go to sea to quell the surrounding areas.
Zhao Gou felt nothing, and Zhao Shen was so happy that he quickly asked Xiao Qi if he was going to find silver mines for the Song Dynasty?
Hearing Zhao Shen's question, Xiao Qi remembered that he was only thinking about completing the system tasks and forgot about it.
Of course he didn't dare to tell his father-in-law that he had forgotten about it, so he nodded quickly and said:
"That's right, I also ask my father to call a large number of silver mine prospectors and refining craftsmen, so that I can go to sea with me to find silver mines."
Zhao Shen is overjoyed!
This dream is coming true!
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