On the third day of October in the fifth year of Yuanguang, a team of big men in heavy clothes escorted a carriage with a "crunch, crunch" sound, facing the cold north wind with their backs, and crossed the Huai River.

This Huai River is not the Pihuai River, it is not the one near the Qinling Mountains, but a small river in Jiaodong County.

"Water Classic" cloud: "Weishui out of Lang Xieji County Weishan", the water is named after the mountain.

Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty "Laizhou Mansion Chronicles" contains: "The Huai River is Weishui". The word "Wei" in the Book of Han is "Huai", the upstream people like to call Huaishui, and the downstream people like to call Weihe, therefore, this river is also called Shanghuai and Wei.

Because the Jiaodong Mountains are mostly distributed in the south, it does not run east-west, but north-south.

Because of the geographical location, it is not long, less than 250 kilometers, but these more than 200 kilometers have given birth to a large number of celebrities: Yu Shun, Confucius's son-in-law, Gongye Chang, one of the 72 sages of Confucius's disciples, Yan Ying, the minister of Zhongxing in the Qi State, the Fu family of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the scholar Zheng Xuan, the literary theory critic Liu Xian, the author of "The Riverside Map of the Qingming Dynasty", Zhang Zeduan, and even the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Luoguo.

Perhaps sitting in the bumpy carriage for too long, Bai Mingzhe took the initiative to open the curtain and asked, "Feng Ju, how long will it take to reach Jimo City?"

"Bai Gong, Jimo is in the east of the glue, if you want to reach Jimo City, Jiaodong County, you must cross the glue." While riding a horse, Feng Ju took out the map from his arms, groaned, and said, "According to the opinion of his subordinates, if you want to reach Jimo City, it will take at least a day and a half!"

Bai Mingzhe raised his eyebrows, feeling a little helpless about this time, "A day and a half, a little long...... Where lies ahead? ”

"Bai Gong, Gaomi County ahead, less than twenty miles away from here."

Bai Mingzhe recalled the records of the classics and found that except for the Northern Song Dynasty, when he was a large taxpayer with a tax of more than 30,000 yuan, the scale of taxation in other periods was not large, so he asked: "What is the scale of Gaomi County and how much is the population?"

"Before leaving, the subordinates specially went to the field order of the subordinate of the Danong Order to inquire, the number of households in Gaomi County is less than 10,000, and its chief is in the county magistrate, not the county order."

Bai Mingzhe muttered, "The number of households is less than 10,000, it seems that the soldiers can't be recruited from Gaomi, and they must start from other places." However, it chokes the east-west passage of Jiaodong County, and is close to the river, with sufficient water, which is very suitable for military garrisons. It would not be a good thing to have the soldiers and horses of the county stationed here. ”

"If, while the fishing plan is being carried out, there is an attempt to interfere, then I can cut off the communication between the north and the south here, and choke the throat of the east and the west."

After a pause, he began to compare the advantages and disadvantages of this place and Jimo, "At the beginning, Le Yi led the five-nation alliance to attack the Qi country, and after seventy cities in a row, he stopped at Ju and Jimo for four years. I have brought troops to divide the profits of bureaucrats, landlords, and merchants from salt and fishing, which will inevitably prevent me from stationing in Jimo City, and conflict will be inevitable. ”

"If I lead troops to be stationed outside Jimo and have a conflict with the interest groups in Jiaodong County, I will not repeat the mistakes of Le Yi, and even encounter the attacks of the Fire Bull Array and the like that of Tian Dan back then. The soldiers of the county country have no military discipline of the Northern Army, nor do they have the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army, once this kind of thing happens, it will definitely be chaotic, and the army will not be formed, and I am afraid that I will die in the chaos of the army. ”

As a man of later generations, he was well aware of the consequences of moving the cake of old interest groups such as bureaucrats.

Whether it is Shang Ying, Wang Anshi, or Fan Zhongyan, after changing the law to divide the cake, the ending is not very good.

If you want to share the cake, you must suppress the old interest groups with the power of thunder, and in this case, the role of military power is reflected.

Liu Che asked him to recruit 1,000 soldiers from the county, and at the same time, he still had a pre-order list of 6,000 cavalry and 12,000 infantry!

Although the delivery date of this list is three months later, I only need to use the excuse of military training to completely transfer them to Gaomi!

It's called supervised production!

Even Liu Che couldn't find fault with his behavior.

Nearly 20,000 people are here, who dares to make a mistake?

At that time, it is only necessary to use the power of the thunder of the soldiers to suppress it by force, and at the same time carry out salt production and fishing plans.

Even if the salt and iron official camp is enforced, I am afraid that no one will dare to say a word "no".

And, there's another benefit to having soldiers here!

To the north of this place is the Bohai Bay, as long as there are enough ships, it is not impossible to train a large Han sailor!

Now all countries in the world, except for the scattered Greek city-states of Persia and the Mediterranean, I am afraid that there are no countries that take the initiative to train sailors, right?

Including Alexander, this guy also has no water division!

Although the navy army is not a rare army, it has appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, however, their scale is not very large.

According to the record, "In the summer, Chu Zi was the boat master to attack Wu, not for the military and government, and returned in vain." ”

The Chu-Wu water war, which broke out in 549 BC, was the first water war in China clearly recorded in historical books, and it created a new situation in the history of Chinese wars.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the early emergence of Chinese sailors, about 900 years after the Wuchu water war, that is, around 350 AD, Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in his "Collected Memories" once envisioned the creation of a kind of ship that could "sink to the bottom of the sea without immersion in the water", called "Cangbo boat"; Because it resembles a snail, it is also called "snail boat".

That's right, what this guy wants to make is a submarine!

Be bold enough, and the tech tree will dare to sprout.

It's a shame that this guy's idea has not really been implemented, otherwise, as soon as the submarine comes out, all countries in the world will not have to come to China to kowtow?

Bai Mingzhe clenched his fist loudly, his will became more and more firm, if he wanted to expand overseas colonies, sailors were indispensable, especially when he attacked South Vietnam soon!

There are a large number of natural barriers between South Vietnam and the Han Dynasty - mountain ranges, and if you march from the land, you will definitely suffer heavy losses, especially when Zhao Tuo this guy left, he also carried a large number of Qin crossbows, if the war starts, the opposite side will dig out the family funds, and even if the Han Xiongshi wins, they will have to pay a painful price.

Imagine sending a small force to harass on land, and then transporting the main force by sea to the southern part of the South Vietnamese state...... In less than ten days, the Han army could establish a bridgehead in South Vietnam, and at that time, a steady stream of troops could be transported to South Vietnam by sea.

Of course, this plan must have a pilot area, for example, through the opportunity to attack Weishi North Korea.

As long as the action goes well, it is absolutely appropriate for military merit to go into the pocket.

After thinking about it for a while, he found that Gaomi was indeed a better strategic place, and he immediately said in a loud voice: "Chuan Wu's order, go at full speed, and go to Gaomi County immediately!" There are less than twenty miles left, and an hour must be reached! After arriving, we will enter as merchants, and we shall not reveal the identity of our own monarch, nor the identity of the northern army of the monarchs. When the soldiers and horses of the county arrive, we will identify ourselves again! ”

"No!"