Lord Moyu was forced to open

In the next few days, Zhao Jun went out of the palace to inspect several other imperial mansions near Bianjing, and received satisfactory answers.

And just before the Lantern Festival, Wei Xian handed over the milk tea business, and Zhao Jun asked Wang Huai'en to take charge and give it back to him to manage.

Just two days after the New Year, all the ironware received by the Ministry of Industry had been rusted. Zhao Junjie ordered people to transport the things to the port of Caiyun County for shipment. After the ship set off, the first person in the country of Zhanluo The deposit was officially deposited into the household department.

In less than two months, the goods were received from the Qianluo Kingdom, and the balance was deposited into the warehouse.

A total of two hundred thousand taels of gold entered the treasury, which made Cui Shangshu beautiful to death!

And the army that had just received the payment and headed to the south finally returned to Beijing.

The grand welcome ceremony held throughout the capital was once again lively.

The rewards that deserved to be given and the officials that deserved to be promoted were not missed at all.

Since then, the court has entered a rare period of calm.

There were occasional turmoils during this period, but they were directly crushed by the powerful national power of the Song Dynasty.

until……

"Your Majesty! There are reports from the direction of Yumen Pass that the Huns invaded the border. Three military fortresses on the border were attacked by the Huns overnight!

Several thousand Huns cavalrymen rushed into the pass and plundered them. Thirteen villages were wiped out by them within three days. When the border guards gathered troops to encircle and suppress them, they acted as if they had received the news early. go!

We didn't see the other party at all! "

On this day, Zhao Jun had just come down from the morning, and Wang Huai'en came to the Imperial Study Room with a solemn face and delivered the 800-mile urgent frontline army report he had just received.

Zhao Jun stood up when he heard this. Nearly three years have passed since Zhao Jun ascended the throne. Since the first year of Xingwu, the imperial court has never used weapons. In the past two years, the Song Dynasty has been traumatized before recovering. of vitality.

Until now, three years after Xingwu, the north has finally regained some of its vitality, while the south has entered the fast lane of development after the landlords and gentry were purged.

Led by Feiyun Trading Company, the seven southern counties began a vigorous wave of going overseas.

Mainly Sunan County, Jianjiang County, Haifu County, Lingyue County, Lingxi County and Caiyun County, the coastal trade is in full swing.

Various official, caravan, and private ships continue to go out to sea like thousands of sails passing through, heading from the East China Sea to the South China Sea and the Yellow Sea respectively, and continue to carry out trade.

In the past two years, several routes have been opened, including the Waguo route from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea, and the Luzon Islands route from the East China Sea to the South China Sea. With the development of countless fleets, two fixed trade routes have gradually formed.

In order to protect the interests of the people of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court invested heavily in the navy in the past two years.

Finally, based on the original Yunzhou Army Navy, the Song Dynasty Navy was officially formed.

In order to obtain more funds for the coming year, the Tiangong Institute and the Military War Bureau set up subordinate shipyards along the coast after the great voyage, and then new ships of various sizes were continuously released.

Among them, Tiangongyuan officially applied steam engines to ships three months ago and built the first iron-clad ship!

This will lock in a large amount of military spending for the navy next year.

I heard that after hearing the news, a minister from the Military War Bureau almost fainted from anger. When he woke up, he immediately started to launch the ironclad ship project, vowing to come from behind and develop a more powerful ironclad ship to win back the navy's orders and funds. .

Their competition with each other has made today's navy continue to grow. Now the entire East China Sea Fleet of the Song Dynasty has three large ships with 8,000 materials, fifteen medium ships with 5,000 materials, and sixty small ships with 3,000 materials!

That’s right! Nowadays, a ship with three thousand materials can only be regarded as a small ship in the navy.

Smaller ships can be found privately.

As the navy's ships continue to iterate, civilian ships are becoming more and more advanced.

Nowadays, the original 400-material boat has been completely reduced to a fishing boat. If a caravan of some size does not have two 3,000-material ships at home, you will be embarrassed to go to sea.

The minimum size of ordinary merchant ships is about one thousand yuan.

But I heard that next year the Navy will use iron-clad ships to replace the eight-thousand-material ships as top warships.

Then the size of the small ships in the navy will all reach the price of 5,000 materials. As for the original 3,000 materials, the weapons will be dismantled and sold to the private sector. Many large merchants are already preparing funds to acquire a few ships to expand the size of the fleet. . It's not that they can't make it themselves and have to keep an eye on the court.

In fact, in recent years, the Military War Bureau and the Tiangong Institute have taken away almost all the shipyards along the coast in order to compete, and fully supply the navy's iterations. Many of the ships in their hands were retired by the navy, or they were out of the navy's production capacity. These were later produced by shipyards after they were satisfied.

Now there will finally be a large number of ships worth three thousand materials for sale. Which caravan can win the most. In the future, these two sea routes will be able to win more shares. How can we not let everyone compete?

The first battle after the establishment of the Song Dynasty Navy was against the Zheng family. Previously, the Zheng family had monopolized almost the entire coastal trade rights with its large number of ships.

When the imperial court turned its attention to the sea, it immediately noticed the Zheng family, and then there was a naval battle that lasted for nearly a year.

Relying on the advantages of the mainland and the pouring of resources from the imperial court, the navy's strength continued to grow, coupled with advanced weapons, it continued to fight fiercely with the Zheng family for control of the sea.

The Zheng family was naturally unwilling to give up their interests at first. However, they were officially blocked by the imperial court and relied on Da Yuan Island without the support of the mainland. The number of ships was decreasing day by day, and they gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Originally, they wanted to go to the Japanese island to replenish the ships, but they didn't find out until they got to the Japanese island.

Now it is actually the imperial court that controls the situation there!

The garrison of the Yunzhou Army blocked them directly from the island, and they were not even allowed to board the island!

At this point, the Zheng family could only land on Da Yuan Island, but the resources of Da Yuan Island were limited and many things were not available. Coupled with the constant attacks from the court, the Zheng family's strength was declining day by day.

Finally, after persisting for a year, Zheng Long, the eldest son of the Zheng family, finally made up his mind and led the entire Zheng family to the mainland to surrender.

When the Zheng family was sent to Bianjing and was received by Zhao Jun, then the entire Zheng family power completely disappeared and integrated into the Song Dynasty.

Almost all the older generation of the Zheng family returned to their hometown to retire, and many ships became warships in the imperial navy, which greatly expanded the navy.

However, many second generations of the Zheng family have entered the navy. Among them, Zheng Shen, the eldest son of Zheng Long, the head of the Zheng family, was directly appointed as the deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet. According to news from the court, Li Erniu, the current commander of the East China Sea Fleet, retired. After that, Zheng Shen, who is only 23 years old, will succeed Li Erniu as the commander-in-chief of the East China Sea Fleet and take charge of the navy.

It is said that this was one of the benefits given by His Majesty when the Zheng family surrendered to the imperial court.

However, the actual situation is that there are few generals in the imperial court who have experience in naval warfare. The previous battles against the Zheng family were all based on their physical strength.

As for Zheng Shen, this boy was very proficient in naval warfare due to the influence of his father. Zhao Jun made such a decision after meeting him.

And Zhao Jun, the retired seaman of the Zheng family, did not just let them go back to retire like this. He established a naval cadet school in northern Jiangsu, and they served as instructors to train new naval talents.

At this point, the naval system of the Song Dynasty was simply established.

After the navy was built and maritime trade emerged, the originally sluggish southern economy quickly recovered with the help of maritime trade.

By last year, the commercial taxes on maritime trade alone in the seven southern coastal counties had reached a terrifying 100 million taels of silver!

Accounted for one-third of last year’s tax revenue during the Great Song Dynasty!

And just as the country's affairs were getting more prosperous, the Huns in the north actually became restless again!

This can be regarded as irritating Zhao Jun.

I just didn't have time to talk to you before, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to cause trouble!

It's true that a tiger doesn't show off its power. You think I'm a sick cat!

Zhao Jun immediately ordered: "Summon all the officials in the Gongdian Hall to discuss matters!"

"promise!"

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(End of this chapter)