Dark clouds cover the top, and the heat between heaven and earth is unbearable. Then the wind blew, lightning and thunder, and the heavy raindrops fell down.

The rain was pouring down, and countless small rivers soon formed on the ground, flowing arbitrarily. The raindrops hit the water puddles on the ground, making countless splashes.

Wang Song had the window propped up, and let the raindrops fall in with the strong wind, wetting the ground by the window. These days, he's miserable.

In order to imperceptibly promote the joy of being with pawns in the army, he eats, wears, lives and travels, and never engages in specialization. Just like in this house, there are no ice cubes or water-cooled items.

As for eating, he always lined up with the soldiers, waited, and ate the same meals.

It's okay to eat, there is no air conditioning and fans, such a hot weather, day after day, month after month, although he is used to it, but it is too hard.

Thinking about those royal relatives, dignitaries and dignitaries, everyone is a cold watermelon in the ice room, his body is comfortable and his bones are soft, he can only envy in the air.

There were no cooling measures, Wang Song only took a pu fan and shook himself vigorously.

In the third year of Jianlong, Song Taizu placed Bingjing Affairs and belonged to the Imperial City Division. The official set up a post of ice well to take charge of the ice cellar. There shall be one supervisor to serve as an internal attendant. Summer is hot and winter is frozen, so the ice cubes are stored in the ice cellar in winter for use in the summer. The ice of the ice is reserved for the princes and nobles, and is also used as a reward.

For folk ice, you need to go to the market to buy it. Vendors make it in winter, add some fruit juice and pectin to the sugar water, take advantage of the weather, make it ice, and store it in the cellar. When it is sold, it is carved into various patterns. This kind of snow and ice is similar to the popsicles and ice cream of later generations, and it is an excellent diet in summer.

Wang Song has not yet settled down, everything is waiting to be enjoyed, and he is still too busy with business, so it is naturally impossible to engage in these "luxury" things.

The doors and windows were wide open, and the temperature quickly dropped. Wang Song stood at the door and looked towards the courtyard.

The rain was heavy, and the yard soon became a puddle. On the corridors around them, the guards stood up straight one by one, feeling the coolness brought by the heavy rain.

Li Ruoxu stood beside Wang Song, quietly feeling the power of nature.

A few days ago, he was still waiting to die in Jinren's cell. Now, he has changed, but he has become a guest of the loyal army, and he has influenced the strategy and praise of the righteous army. In retrospect, everything was like a dream.

He had only heard about what the Loyal Righteous Army had done, and most of the time he was just a little curious, and he didn't pay much attention to it. Well-trained and killing countless enemies, he will only scoff at these rumors lightly, and will not take them seriously.

Everywhere the Jurchen iron horse went, it was devastated, and it was broken. He had never seen a Song army with such a powerful combat power, especially in a field battle with the Jin people.

It wasn't until the other party conquered Handan City, and then broke the Jin people, and beheaded Chief Hu and finished Yan Yanmu's head, that he realized that the other party could not only fight a tough battle, but also was willing to fight, which can be described as tough and bloody to the bones.

Just by the fact that the other party dares to cut off the heads of the Jurchens and place them as a "Jingguan" on the ruins of the city of Zhaozhou, we can know the determination of the loyal and righteous army to resist Jin, which is the real "Han and thief do not stand together".

The training of the loyal army is strict, the military discipline is strict, but the rewards and punishments are clear, and everywhere he goes, it can really be said that Qiu has not committed any crimes, which is also what he admires the most.

Not to mention anything else, just not to disturb the people, from ancient times to the present, in all dynasties, how many tiger and wolf divisions can do it?

Gao Shun's trapped camp, Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army, and Xie Xuan's Beifu Army are nothing more than that!

Such an iron army, hearing that there were no less than sixty or seventy thousand people in Lianghe, suddenly made his heart beat faster.

For Li Ruoxu, who is over forty years old and has cultivated himself since he was a child, he doesn't pay much attention to wealth and profit, what he needs is to make meritorious contributions, leave a name in history, and leave his own strong mark in history.

"The one who gets my lesser, scattered

but for the grass and trees; Those who have the greatness of me will gather into mountains and rivers".

The ambition of the husband in life is not to have food and clothing, ask for land and ask for food, but to be ambitious and have a family and country in mind.

Corporal Wang Song Lixian, who pushed him to a high position without any meritorious fame, and treated him as a national soldier, he was naturally grateful to the picture and reported it to follow the work of dogs and horses.

"The southern barrier of the Daimyo's Mansion, the important town in the north, the city is high and deep, according to the danger of the big river, the people are three or four hundred thousand, and there are countless heavy grains and grasses, which must not be thrown to the Jin people, but can be used as a basis to try Yanyun!"

This is also the first suggestion he has made since he became a staff member.

Once the Daimyo Mansion was occupied, the Song army that held on to Hebei and the people of Hebei had a backbone, which was closely related to the overall situation of Hebei's resistance to Jin.

Coupled with the Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong controlled by the Loyal Army, the Loyal Army could be connected in Hedong and Hebei, affecting the entire area north of the Yellow River.

Although the territory of the Jurchens is large, they are all bitter cold places in the north. In terms of land and property, how can it compare with the richness of the two rivers!

"If our army occupies the Daimyo's Mansion, and the north and south of Taiyuan City reflect each other, and then map Yanyun, the Jin people go south without a place to gather, and want to conquer the Central Plains with the bitter cold land outside the Saiwai, it can be said that it is beyond our strength, and it is a fool's dream."

Li Ruoxu looked at the heavy rain outside the window, and his words were generous and powerful.

If it weren't for this unexpected heavy rain, the plan to attack the Daimyo's Mansion would have been shelved, and perhaps the Loyal Army would have approached the Daimyo's Mansion Castle.

The loyal and righteous army can fight against the Jin people in the field, relying on sharp firearms and military discipline. The heavens were not beautiful, and the plan to attack was naturally shelved.

"Gong Li, is there any news of the Jin people over there in the Daimyo's Mansion, and is there any news of Guo Ti's punishment?"

"Back to Xianggong, Guo Dianshuai has already sent someone over, accompanied by a hundred small boats, plus the shipbuilding of "Panyang Affairs", there are as many as 200 ships. Small sampan boats are much faster and faster to get around the canal. ”

"As for the Jurchens, because the rivers swelled and the land was muddy, the Jurchens stayed in the camp and did not go out to plunder the four towns. The commander of the Jurchens was Wanyan Zongfu, the third prince of the Jin Kingdom, and it is estimated that he would wait until he occupied the Daimyo's Mansion before attacking our army. ”

Wang Song nodded. "Panyang Affairs" has been shipbuilding in recent years, supplying Hebei and Hedong, although the scale of the ships is not large, but the number is quite a lot.

Wanyan Zongfu, the Jurchen name is Liduo, the third son of Wanyan Aguta, the commander of the Jin people who went south this time. It seems that there is nothing wrong with the information reconnoitred by the soldiers in front. This time, the thief must be left behind no matter what.

Wanyan Aguta's eldest son, Wanyan Zonggan, is extremely strong in the state of Jin, which is equivalent to the position of prime minister, second only to the emperor and the crown prince. However, this person has been in the center for a long time and rarely has the opportunity to lead troops.

Wanyan Zongwang, the second son of Wanyan Aguta, was the smartest in one of his instructions, and he had already died of serious injuries in a major battle outside Tokyo the year before last.

In this southern expedition, Wanyan Zongbi, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, was the fourth son of Wanyan Aguta, and everyone in history called him the fourth prince, that is, the golden vulture in history. He destroyed the city all the way, stirring up the Lianghuai area into a restless situation, and Jingdong East Road and Jingdong West Road were already under the control of the Jin people.

This Wanyan Zongfu of the Daimyo Mansion is the third son of Wanyan Aguta, and he is the commander of the Middle Route Army of the Jin Army's southward march this time. It seems that the goal of the Jin people is also very clear, to capture the Daimyo's Mansion as a base for advancing Henan and Huguang, and then wait for the opportunity to go south and attack Jiangnan.

It's a pity that Zhao Ji's court was extremely mediocre, thinking that if the land of the two rivers was ceded, the Jin people would stop.

"Xianggong, now Jingdong West Road and Jingdong East Road are already under the control of the Jin people, and the connection between our army and Huainan and even Jiangnan has been interrupted. Once the transportation is blocked, Hebei's grain and grass supply will be beyond its means. Our army will be flanked by the Jin people in front and back, so that it will not take a few months, there will be a lack of food and grass, and it will collapse without attacking. ”

Sure enough, the ginger was still old and spicy, and I saw Cao Yun coming up at a glance. Perhaps after years of accumulation and personal experience, Wang Song can also see it. However, he has been in this era for too short, and his way of thinking and perspective on things are still incompatible with contemporary people.

"Gong Li, in your opinion, what should I do?"

Wang Song picked up a cup of tea and asked softly.

The fragrance of tea is curling, just right

Li Ruoxu took a deep breath and bowed: "If you want to solve the matter of Caoyun, Mo Ruo will build a naval army to crisscross the land of Hebei and Jianghuai." First, it can unimpeded transportation, and second, it can make up for the lack of mobility of our army's infantry soldiers. ”

Wang Song nodded, with a strong naval army, he could naturally go all the way south along the canal, even if it was a direct entry into the south of the Yangtze River.

"Just ......"

Wang Song's brows furrowed, he held the teacup in one hand, knocked his head with the other, and said in a low voice: "Gong Li, it's just that in this place of Hebei, the canals are full of boats, and the warships are either withdrawn from the south or rotten. If you want to build a water division, you have to find another way. ”

"Xianggong, "Xiangyangwu" is the timber production area of Hebei, and can only build some small boats with simple structures. It is not easy to build a large ship, so you can only buy it. If you want to buy a large ship, you must buy it from Mingzhou, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ganzhou, Jizhou and other places in the south. ”

The government-run shipyards of the Northern Song Dynasty mainly produced all kinds of ships (Cao transport ships), seat ships (passenger ships), war ships, and horse ships (troop carriers) for the government's own use. The Northern Song Dynasty was dominated by the Gangchuan. In the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the sharp decline in canal transportation, the production of ships declined; The production of warships increased.

The Song Dynasty official shipyards were widely distributed. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the annual output of the Gang Ship was 2,916 ships, of which 1,130 were in Ganzhou and Jizhou on Jiangxi Road, the largest proportion. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Wenzhou and Mingzhou of the two Zhejiang roads ranked first, with an annual output of 600 ships each, while Jiangxi Road and Hunan Road had a total of 723 ships in Qian, Ji, Tan and Heng Prefectures.

As for private shipyards, the four coastal states and armies along the coast of Fujian have them. The government does not produce ships or engage in overseas trade, so all seagoing ships are manufactured by private shipyards.

If Wang Song wanted to establish a water division, he could only buy it from the south.

"Xianggong doesn't have to worry, as long as the transportation is opened up and the sea route is restored, the matter of the ship can be solved."

Li Ruoxu's words made Wang Song nod involuntarily and laughed.

After opening up the Cao Yun, the sphere of influence of the loyal and righteous army will reach both sides of the Huai River, and it will inevitably border the Great Song Dynasty and collide head-on with the Jin people, and a large-scale frontal battle is inevitable.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit. As long as the transportation is unimpeded, the trade routes are unimpeded, and there is no need to worry about the public, the rich merchants will transport their ships to Hebei. On the canal and the Yellow River, there are many transporters and sailors, and if you want to establish a naval army, as long as you have enough silver. ”

After Li Ruoxu finished speaking, Wang Song gently sat back on the chair. At the end of the day, you still have to have enough money.

Before that, it was necessary to have a capital city as a stronghold. Taiyuan City is too far north, and Handan, as a base for raising the banner of uprising, is too narrow. From this point of view, recruiting the heroes, calling on the people, and erecting the banner of anti-Jin, the Daimyo Mansion in front of him is no longer suitable.

Li Ruoxu's suggestion coincided with Wang Song, and it also strengthened his confidence.

The Daimyo's Mansion, both public and private, could not be given to the Jin people.

Wang Song was thinking about it, and there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside the house, followed by several figures in the rain and fog. The few people in front shouted loudly: "Big officials, junior brothers Zhang Heng, Wang Lun, Li Yanxian, bring a group of brothers, come to see!"

Wang Song's heart trembled, and he stood up suddenly, the teacup in his hand could no longer be held, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

He ran out of the room, only to see the courtyard full of kneeling, and many people seemed to know each other.

"Brothers, don't come unharmed. Welcome brothers home...... Come on!"