In the third year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, the agricultural harvest of the Liaodong Peninsula was greatly affected because of the untimely rainy weather, and the overall harvest of crops was only 60 percent of the average year, and it was difficult for the lower peasants to make ends meet, and the middle peasants had little surplus after paying the taxes, and after the grain of the upper peasants was sold to the Han government according to the regulations, there was no surplus grain and grass to supply the non-agricultural people in Liaokou and Tianjin.

However, the grain price in Jinmen unexpectedly did not fluctuate much, and it turned out that the Daliuqiu Island in the south had a bumper harvest! Wangtian knew that the bad merchants had already expected a bad local harvest long before the harvest was harvested, so they begged for a large amount of grain. Ouyang Shi went north this time, and he took a big ship transporting grain!

The shipbuilding industry in Tianjin became more and more developed, and the shipyards under the rule of the Han Dynasty successfully grafted the shipbuilding and navigation technology of the Great Song Dynasty, and continued to develop under the stimulation of the growing market demand year after year. What is particularly surprising is that a machine unique to the Mediterranean that changes the direction of the wind was actually invented by a Hu man! Yang Yingqi once suspected that this Hu man was not actually invented but "introduced", but this distinction did not matter to politicians and businessmen at all, what mattered was that this machine not only widened the time that Han ships traveled in the Black Water Ocean, but also made the Bohai Rim route smoother. Nowadays, there is not much difference between the Han sailors walking in the Bohai Sea and the fishermen of Chudi walking in Dongting Lake. Of course, Hanbu's current shipbuilding technology and navigation technology have not yet made epoch-making breakthroughs in development, but only the continuous integration of various technologies of this era and the application of more and more mature.

When Ouyang Shi arrived at Jinmen, he heard that Yan Hu's mother was also there, so he was cowardly, and he didn't go to the dock, so he changed a fast boat and turned to Liaokou, and wanted to hide at Cao Guangbi's place. Why is Ouyang Shi afraid of the Tang Kuo clan? It turned out that he was afraid that this old woman would be verbose and find him a wife!

Among the seven brothers, Zhi Yanchong, Yang Kaiyuan, and Aruban have all become married. Xiao Tienu is too flowery, Yang Yingqi "can't do it", they don't mention it themselves, and no one dares to take the initiative to marry their daughter to them. Cao Guangbi is a little old-fashioned, even when he sees Tang Kuo and other noble ladies, he has an iron face, these old women see him like they meet a stone, and they don't want to deal with him. On the contrary, Ouyang Shi, who is second only to Yang Yingqi in terms of liking, is also more than twenty years old, and he has reached the age when he should marry a daughter-in-law, just so that these noblewomen can satisfy their addiction to being matchmakers. But Ouyang Shi is happy on the sea! Where would you marry a burden now? And thinking of the tragic experience of Zhi Yanchong and Yang Yingqi was even more terrifying, so he was scared when he saw these women, and he couldn't afford to provoke them, so he had to dodge!

When he arrived at Liaokou, Yang Yingqi was actually there, but Yang Kaiyuan went out, and Ouyang Shi asked to know that Zhi Yanchong was very ill some time ago, but he didn't know until he was about to recover from his illness and several younger brothers in the south. Zhi Yanchong told them not to be distracted to visit him, but Yang Kaiyuan and Aru Man still went up on behalf of their brothers.

When Ouyang Shi arrived at Cao Guangbi's general's mansion in Liaokou, he saw that he was discussing things with Yang Yingqi and Deng Su.

Yang Yingqi saw Ouyang Shi and smiled: "I just said that the fourth brother is here!" It seems that he has to have a share of this. ”

Ouyang Shi asked what was the matter, and Yang Yingqi said that he wanted to build a port on the border of Liao and Song. Ouyang Shixin said: "Chen Zhenghui is doing a good job!" But he said: "Old Seven, you have always arranged in Yanyun and Cangzhou, I know this!" But there has been no action, why choose to act at this time? Besides, is it possible to open a port in that place? Do you think the Liao people will allow you to do this? Does he agree? Also, what are the benefits of opening this port for us? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "You have a lot of questions, which one should I answer first?" Well, let's put it this way, this time I proposed to open a port in the north of the mouth of the Jiehe River, and I didn't plan to make it as large as Liaokou and Jinmen, but there was a landing dock and a wall outside the wharf! In short, a small stronghold in the corner. I don't think the Liao people will be greatly stimulated by this small stronghold, right? ”

Ouyang Shi sneered: "Won't it be greatly stimulated? With this stronghold, we can transport our men and horses by sea in an endless stream! If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to let you go ashore even if I had to fight for my life! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled: "It's a pity that you are not Yanjing's guard." Besides, the Khitans have long been counted as harassing me, but how many people can they send? Ten thousand? Lakh? Or is it an attack on the whole country? The Khitan nomads are naturally not happy about the appearance of a small village on the seaside tidal flats, but now they may not have more than enough strength to defend themselves in the south, and how much strength can be mobilized to come to the Song and Liao borders to attack a small seaside village! If they send enough men, then we can find another way, and if they don't send many people or don't do anything about it, then our people may be able to gain a foothold there! ”

Ouyang Shi looked at the map for a while and said, "The place you enclosed is surrounded by water on three sides, and you can moor a big ship with a bed crossbow. A big ship is a fortress that is not afraid of cavalry clashes! If a wall is built here, it will be a stockade with water on three sides, and one or two thousand men will be able to defend it. But......" He raised his head and asked, "If the Khitans watch us set up a village, forget it, if they send people to harass us when we set up a village, then this work is really not easy to do before the city is built!" Lao Qi, why do you have to work so hard to occupy this palm-sized place? Don't...... Do you want to attack from the rear and take Yanjing directly? ”

Yang Yingqi's eyes lit up, Yanjing, what a good place it is, but after glancing at Deng Su, he shook his head and said, "Yanjing? Never mind! Not to mention whether we have the strength to defeat Yanjing alone, even if we get Yanjing, will we give it to them when the Great Song Dynasty comes to ask? When the lord of the country comes to ask, do we give it to them? What if we don't turn their faces on us? Isn't it then that the enemy will be on the back of the belly? Not cost-effective, not cost-effective. ”

"And what do you want to do?"

"I took this place to set up a point on the west coast of the Bohai Sea. With this point, even a small water village can give us a starting point to intervene in what is going to happen to Yanyun. Well, let's put it bluntly, I just want to do them a little favor when the Great Song Dynasty attacked Yanjing. ”

Ouyang Shi glanced at Deng Su and then at Cao Guangbi, and then gave a thumbs up to Yang Yingqi and said, "The son of the Zhao family is really blessed!" There is a great god like you to take care of him! Do this kind of stupid thing of contributing money and people! ”

Cao Guangbi pressed Ouyang Shi and said, "Fourth, don't say that." After all, the Great Song Dynasty is the state of our parents. Contributing something to the Great Song Dynasty is not only the gratitude of our brothers, but also the repayment of our people to the homeland. Besides, if the Great Song Dynasty is stabilized, it will also be good for the Han Department! If the Jin family is dominant, we are afraid that our life will not be so comfortable! ”

Ouyang Shi glanced at Cao Guangbi, then at Deng Su, and said with a smile: "Okay, good!" Anyway, it's not good for you to be hung like this by the lord of the country, and the treasure knife will rust if you don't use it for too long! However, this port is so close to the Great Song Dynasty, it is not possible to communicate with the Great Song Dynasty without a little noise! Well, this is Cangzhou on the south side of the Jiehe River, right? Who is the governor of Cangzhou now? What is the origin? What's at stake? Don't be a hot hand like Uncle Zhang! Or an old stubborn like Zong Ze! That's going to be hard. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "This Zhizhou's name is Li Yinggu, and he is Tong Guan's protégé. ”

"Tong Guan's protégé?" Ouyang Shi was overjoyed and said, "Skillful! This time I helped Tong Guan a little bit in Jiangnan, and I got a little friendship! This unshaven eunuch had better fool around. He is still like this, let alone his protégé! I don't think it's better to be like this, just like Qingyang Port, just install this port on the south side of the Jiehe River! I have a horse to guarantee that I can play this Li Yinggu in the palm of my hand! ”

Yang Yingqi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense!" The merchants in Qingyang Port are in charge of themselves in the Great Song Dynasty, and they also have to obey the jurisdiction of the governor of Dengzhou, according to the etiquette law of 'Xiangxian Li Township', which has nothing to do with our Han Department! It is even more unruly to station soldiers and horses in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. We don't commit any offense against the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and only make a little difference in the land of the Khitans. In the future, the Song and Jin countries will hand over the sixteen states of Yanyun clearly, and we will withdraw immediately, and we will never make a ghost! What we are going to do this time is completely for righteousness and not profit! He looked up at Deng Su and said, "Brother Deng, right?" ”

Deng Su smiled slightly: "That's right. ”

Ouyang Shi glanced at the three of them separately, and said with a smile: "Since you have all discussed, let's do this first." Lao Qi's vision is always good! What will happen in the future, the devil knows! ”

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