On the sparkling river, a huge fleet composed of hundreds of warships is sailing to the east, in the middle of this fleet, there is a huge building ship that is particularly eye-catching, this building ship has at least 5,000 stones, and there are three floors on the deck, this building ship is the ship of Guo Song, the king of Jin.

This ship was originally the family ship of the Liu family, it was a new ship, it was not used once, it was donated to the imperial court by the old man of the Liu family, and temporarily became the ship of the king of Jin Guo Song.

There are three floors above the deck, the lowest floor is the residence of the guards, including the meeting cabin, the kitchen cabin, etc., the second floor is the residence of the maid and maid, the third floor is the master's residence, and Guo Song's family is on the third floor.

After the war, Guo Song went directly to Jiangnan to inspect, and his family also took this opportunity to come out for a walk.

There are more than two dozen cabins on the third floor, and the family stays in the largest cabin during the day.

Taking a boat is actually very boring, at first there is a bit of novelty on the vast river, but after a long time, you will feel bored and bored, and you can only find some hobbies to pass the time.

Princess Xue Tao's biggest hobby is naturally reading books and playing jade, and playing jade is still influenced by her husband, which makes her addicted to it, but when her daughter Guo Weiwei quietly approached her mother, she found that she was not playing with jade, but carefully drawing something?

Guo Weiwei tiptoed to her mother's side, her eyes widened suddenly, and she saw her mother holding a thin pen to draw landscapes in the corner of a notebook.

"Not bad, right?" Xue Tao stopped writing and smiled slightly.

"Mother, what is this?" Guo Weiwei exclaimed.

"It's a notebook!"

Xue Tao is still very satisfied with her painting work, her use of ink color is perfect, and the small landscapes are full of artistic conception.

"This is your father's suggestion last night, let me draw a small scene in the blank space of the book, I think it's not bad, I like it, and I have something to do."

Guo Weiwei took her mother's arm and begged: "Mother, teach me!" I want to make this kind of writing too. ”

"Does this still need to be taught? It's just an idea, the little lady praises you for your good painting, you can try it yourself. ”

"But..... What kind of paper do you use? ”

"Let's use ancient acacia paper! Your father recommended it, Changqing paper is the best to make a book, but that kind of paper is not allowed to be used, Guhuai paper is also good, I remember you also have it! ”

"But I'm going to cut them small, mother, it's troublesome!" Guo Weiwei pouted, but her eyes looked at a stack of beautifully cut books, intentionally or unintentionally.

Xue Tao was a little helpless when her daughter was coquettish, so she had to take a bundle of twenty blank notebooks and hand them to her, "Take it!" Draw whatever you like. ”

Guo Weiwei cheered and ran away with a blank note, Xue Tao shook her head, and focused on drawing the book again, this time, she drew a round window, and there were a few plums outside the window.

Everyone in the cabin was doing their own thing, Dugu Youlan and Minqiu were sitting in front of the small window chatting, tea and snacks were placed on the table, Liu Caichun was reading a book while accompanying his daughter Lantern Festival, Guo Yan'er and Zhang Xiaoqin were watching water birds on the outside deck, and their laughter was heard from time to time.

The wind was cold, the sails were full, and the fleet sailed on the river.

On the morning of this day, the fleet finally arrived in Runzhou, the navy returned to the port, Guo Song's big ship also slowly leaned on the dock, Li Bing, Wang Yu and Runzhou Thorn Shi Han Gao all went to the dock to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and also prepared more than 20 ox carts, Guo Song sent his family to the car first, hundreds of guards and cavalry escorted them to the city to rest, they will rest in Dantu County for three days, and then take a small boat to the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River.

After sending off his family, Guo Song met everyone one by one, Guo Song smiled at Han Gao and said: "Don't worry about Han Tingshi, your father is in good health, and I discussed the governance of Jiangnan with him before I left, and he asked me to tell you that I should not return to Chang'an for the time being in the New Year." ”

Han Gao hurriedly said: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern for my father, to be honest, my father's health has not been very good, I am indeed a little worried, as long as his old man is in good health, I will be relieved." ”

Han Gao introduced the officials who came to meet Guo Song, and everyone exchanged a few words of greeting, Guo Song got into a wide carriage, and under the escort of the cavalry, drove towards the direction of the camp outside the city.

When he returned to Shuai's tent, it was already an hour later, Guo Song sat down on his seat and listened to Li Bing and Wang Yu's reports.

"I didn't agree with you to put the military government in Changzhou before, but now you should know my intentions!" Guo Song said to Li Bing.

Li Bing was ashamed and said: "I am humble and stupid, and now I understand the deep meaning of His Highness." ”

Guo Song nodded, and continued: "Although you can also kill Jianzhou from Wenzhou, I have already handed over the task of attacking Quanzhou to Kangbao, you don't need to think about it, your attention should be on Yangzhou, prepare for a month or two, and take Huainan for me before winter comes." ”

Wang Yu next to him smiled slightly: "The Huainan that His Highness refers to should include Sizhou!" ”

Guo Song laughed, "The military advisor knows me!" ”

Li Bing realized that if His Royal Highness took Sizhou, he would be able to blockade the Huai River with warships, and the lord's target would not only be the five states of Huainan, but the entire south of the Huai River, including Huainan and Huaixi.

Guo Song said to Li Bing again: "Li Na sent envoys to Chang'an several times, asking for an alliance with us, he was very worried that Zhu Zhu would retaliate against him, from the current situation we have, Zhu Zhu is indeed preparing to take Li Na, from Zhu Zhu's internal preparations, it is estimated that Zhu Zhu's army should send troops around next spring, at this time, we can take Jianghuai." ”

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Dantu County is prosperous in commerce and has a large population, and small boats full of goods are crowded with rivers, and people come and go on the streets, and all kinds of shouts are continuous.

In a large restaurant near the wharf, Guo Song set up dozens of tables of banquets to reward hundreds of generals above the rank of captain, and a large number of pigs, sheep, fish, meat and wine were also transported in the barracks to reward the three armies.

In addition, dozens of officials from Runzhou Prefecture and Dantu County also attended the banquet.

Guo Song stood in front of the window with a wine glass in his hand and sighed: "I didn't expect that the business of Runzhou would be so prosperous, it was really beyond my expectations!" ”

Han Gao explained with a smile: "The prosperity of Runzhou is also thanks to Zhu Jun, if he hadn't made Yangzhou wither, how could the big businessmen in Yangzhou flee to Runzhou one after another?" ”

Guo Song smiled, it turned out that this was the reason, he thought about it and asked: "If Yangzhou recovers prosperity, will Runzhou decline again?" ”

Han Gao shook his head, "In fact, Runzhou has always been good, it is the transit of the Yangtze River trade road, there are many commercial houses and warehouses here, a large number of materials from the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River are hoarded in the Runzhou warehouse first, and then sent to the Yangtze River on the ship, convenient transportation is the biggest advantage of Runzhou, once the business road from Xiangyang to Shangzhou is opened, I believe that Runzhou will be more prosperous." ”

Guo Song was slightly stunned, "Isn't the trade road from Xiangyang to Shangzhou opened up now?" ”

"Your Highness, Wechen refers to waterway shipping."

Guo Song understood what he was referring to, Danshui had a large amount of water in the Tang Dynasty, and the Shangzhou section was more suitable for shipping, but in the Wuguan area, there were several rapids and rapids, and if the rocks in the water were blown up with iron and thunder, and then the section of the river with rapid water was diverted, the water flow would become gentle.

The other is to dig through the Danba waterway between Danshui and Bashui, this waterway is dug during the Jinglong period of Tang Zhongzong, but in the end it was not chiseled, and the most difficult two miles of mountain rock has not been completed, if these things are done well, then the ships of the Yangtze River can directly transport goods to Chang'an.

These two projects will cost at least millions of dollars and mobilize more than 100,000 migrant workers, but now that there are iron, fire, thunder and rocks, the projects that could not be completed in the past should now be done.

Guo Song nodded, "Your suggestion is very good, I will go back and explain it to the political hall for discussion, if it is feasible, we can start construction next year." ”

In fact, Guo Song is not thinking about Jiangnan, but Liangchuan, Jiangnan can be transported to the Yellow River by Cao, and then take the Tianbao Canal and then to Chang'an.

At this time, the door of the private room suddenly opened, and a large group of generals poured in from outside with wine glasses, looking at Guo Song with a smile on their faces.