Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 753
After the Song army unloaded [-] cavalry at the mouth of the Liaohe River, the fleet continued south, bypassing the Koryo Peninsula, and heading north all the way, the fleet sailed into an undeveloped natural harbor.

This natural good harbor is today's Chongjin Port. It is a huge natural good harbor, and thousands of warships can be accommodated in the bay.

50 Song troops landed at Chongjin Port, turned southward and marched for [-] miles, and arrived at Nanhaifu, one of the former capitals of the Bohai Kingdom, where nearly [-] Bohai people were relocated.

In a huge valley, there are small tents all over the mountains. Nearly 50 Bohai people are still waiting for Goryeo to fulfill their promise and send food and various supplies, but [-] Goryeo people and hundreds of Goryeo officials have already evacuated .

More than half a month has passed, and people in Bohai are short of food and clothing, and their lives are very tormented. Many people have run out of food and have to dig grass roots and peel bark to survive.

This morning, a huge army suddenly appeared outside the valley. One hundred thousand Song soldiers appeared, and the soldiers of the Song army began to search for people according to the list. Some of them delivered them to the door by themselves. They were the leaders of the Bohai people, so of course they had to come forward to negotiate with Song Jun.

More than [-] Bohai nobles were sent away by the Song army on a large ship. On the rough sea, they were all pushed into the sea, died of fish belly, and treated the splitters, from ancient times to the present. , leaving no future troubles.

Without the leader, the 50 Bohai people became lambs to be slaughtered. In addition, the Song army promised to give them food, and the 50 Bohai people followed the Song army obediently and left the valley. The big ship took them southward, and everyone was uneasy, wondering what fate awaited them?
The 50 Bohai people were eventually placed in Jingxi Road, Jiangnan West Road, and Hebei East Road. After decades, they have been completely sinicized, and there is no trace of Bohai people on their bodies.

At the end of August, Fan Ning met Zhao Xu, the emperor who had returned to Beijing as a class teacher, in Liaoyang Mansion. According to the agreement between him and Zhao Xu, it was time to break up.

Fan Ning handed over the soldier talisman and official seal, Zhao Xu was also a little sad, and the two rode slowly on a grassy field.

Zhao Xu pointed to the north with his horsewhip and said, "The imperial grandfather told me that in the future, the threat of the Song Dynasty will still come from Mobei and Northeast China, so I very much agree with the Taishi's method of solving the Bohai people, but what about the future? How will the Song Dynasty face it in the future?" A threat to Mobei and Northeast?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said: "The three northern tribes will fight each other and be hostile for a long time, just like my minister persuaded His Majesty to seal two Khans, which will lead to disharmony among the three parties, but Da Song must pay close attention to Mobei The dynamics of the grassland should not allow a certain tribe to grow stronger. When a tribe becomes stronger, it should support its opponents, so the intelligence agency is very important, and His Majesty must pay attention to it."

Zhao Xu nodded, "I also have a deep understanding!"

Fan Ning said again: "As for the northeast direction, Your Majesty must pay attention to the Shiwei people. Now that the Khitan people, the Jurchens and the Xi people have all been wiped out, I worry that the Shiwei people will quickly go south to fill the gap. Your Majesty must speed up the expansion to the northeast. From time to time, the military household system can be implemented, allowing soldiers to lead their families to open up wasteland and settle in the northeast. In addition, a red line must be drawn for the Shiwei people, and they cannot be allowed to cross the black water.

In fact, what Fan Ning was worried about was the Shiwei tribe, the Mughal tribe, who were later the Mongols, but this tribe has not yet appeared, and Fan Ning can't say too much, so Zhao Xu can only let Zhao Xu pay attention to it.

"Will the Grand Master go back to the capital?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "I plan to go to Jingzhou to attend the first county-building ceremony of Jingzhou, then go to Kunzhou, and then go to Quanzhou, and then go south by boat after meeting in Quanzhou."

Zhao Xu took a deep breath, "I don't know when I will see you again after the Grand Master is gone."

"Your Majesty, the comfort envoy and governor of the Nanlu Road of Weichen will return to Beijing to report on his duties at least every two years. Your Majesty need not worry."

Zhao Xu was right when he thought about it, he nodded and asked again: "What does the grand master think of the internal reforms in Song Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, I am the founder and advocate of the reformists. Facts have proved that the reformists are successful, not only effectively alleviating various contradictions, but also avoiding a split in the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty, once the reformers and conservatives appear in the Song Dynasty This is a cancer of the court. If it is not eliminated in time, the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed by it sooner or later. I dare not hope that your majesty will become a reformist. I only hope that your majesty will listen to the courtiers more. Opinions, don’t make arbitrary decisions.”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, "The Grand Master is right, I will remember it!"

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

"Go! Govern the Southern Continent for me."

That night, Fan Ning left Liaoyang Mansion overnight by boat with more than a hundred entourages.

All the ministers sent him on board and watched the big ship go away.

From then on, Fan Ning's figure and influence gradually faded in the court, but his name was always remembered by the court.

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The two Wanshi ships that Fan Ning took left the Liaohe River and turned to Danzhou, the southernmost tip of the Koryo Peninsula.

Danzhou is the first state that Fan Ning opened up overseas, but it is also the state with the weakest development. First, the island has few resources and a small population. Secondly, the trade between the Song Dynasty and Korea has not been up. In addition, Danzhou is also Responsible for the transfer station between the Song Dynasty and Kunzhou.

The magistrate of Danzhou is called Shen Nansheng. He warmly received Fan Ning's visit and took him to visit the main economic zone of Danzhou.

The two walked through patches of hills, with endless citrus trees planted on both sides.

"Your Highness, at present, Danzhou is mainly engaged in agriculture and shipbuilding. Agriculture is growing rice, which can solve the food self-sufficiency. In addition, Tangerines in Danzhou are very famous. The capital city is called 'Dangan'. It is thin, juicy, and sweet. It is very popular. Welcome, 300 million large baskets of citrus are transported to the capital every year, and Danzhou's income is 200 million guan, and there is still a slight surplus to buy back cloth, tea cakes and other daily necessities."

Fan Ning nodded and asked: "Citrus are also divided into big and small years! If it is a small year, the output is low, and the income will drop sharply. What should we do then?"

"In addition to sending fresh citrus to the capital, we also use citrus to make wine and sell it to Korea. We can also make a net profit of 80 million guan every year, and then shipbuilding!"

"shipbuilding?"

Fan Ning was a little surprised, "Why didn't I know that Danzhou still has a shipbuilding industry?"

"His Royal Highness, the shipbuilding in Danzhou is to build small civilian ships of about 500 stone, mainly sold to Japan and Korea. This is allowed by the imperial court, but the shipbuilding industry has just started, and it will only be profitable next year. It is estimated that the annual net income Around [-] million sticks."

In the afternoon, they came to the Danzhou shipyard, where thousands of craftsmen were busy, working in full swing, and thousands of stone civilian ships had begun to take shape.

"This is the government-run shipyard!"

Shen Nansheng introduced with a smile: "The shipbuilders are all from various shipyards in the Song Dynasty. We only allow the locals to enter the orange grove, but we cannot allow outsiders to participate in shipbuilding to prevent leakage of shipbuilding technology."

Fan Ning just smiled and didn't say anything. In fact, leakage of shipbuilding technology is hard to prevent. If Korea and Japan really have the heart, they can pay a high price to poach the old shipbuilder of the private shipyard, just like Bei Dao's Zhu It's the same as moving away the shipyard.

He himself also reported this matter to the imperial court, and the imperial court only registered and managed the shipbuilders who built thousands of stone ships, while ordinary shipbuilders basically let it go.

Therefore, the shipbuilding around Qianshi is no longer a technology leak.

"What's that?" Fan Ning asked, pointing to a large warehouse in the distance. He was a little surprised that there were soldiers standing guard at the door.

"That's also a shipyard, not only for parts, but also for the shafts of Wanshi ships."

Fan Ning immediately became interested, and said with a smile, "Go and see!"

The huge workshop is very deserted, only dozens of craftsmen are working in an orderly manner, which is in stark contrast to the bustling outside.

"This is a group of old craftsmen specially sent by the Military Supervision from the capital. They use the giant trees in the deep mountains of Danzhou to specially build the keel of a huge ship with more than ten thousand stones. However, it takes at least five years to build a keel, so it will take several years before it can be finished." It works."

Fan Ning saw huge keels standing in the corner of the wall. There were at least hundreds of them, and dozens of keels of large ships of more than [-] stone.

Every keel has to be repeatedly painted, soaked in oil, dried in the shade, painted and soaked in oil again. This process will last for five years to get a qualified keel.

"Does Danzhou have a share in the income of these keels?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Shen Nansheng shook his head, "This is actually the keel workshop of the Military Weapons Supervisor. It has nothing to do with Danzhou. Only the shipyard outside belongs to us."

(End of this chapter)