At present, Zhou Nan has too many things for himself, Shanhaiguan built a customs city, Wuqing ruled the field and planted rice, Sancha River estuary built a city and set up a border city, and there are also many craftsmen who are far away in Yanjing and have been recruited as supervisors, and they also need to plan well so as not to waste the skilled craftsmen from all over the country who have been recruited. This time to see my newly built naval army, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a few more days.

  In the matter of Sanshui Village's field management, there are farmers who lead the people of Sanshui Village to conduct experiments in groups, and they don't have to worry about it in a short time. Regarding the construction of a city and a border city at the mouth of the Sancha River, Zhou Nan's letter to Yu Liyan had just been sent back. Therefore, Zhou Nan planned to take this opportunity to go to Lutai, the Dragon Army garrison in Taogu, and Le'an Pavilion, the Flying Dragon Army garrison of Wang Shunzhou.

  I have to say that the use of explosive arrows and flying cars is becoming more and more sophisticated, and it has become a killer weapon for the victory of the Wansheng army. This is true of fighting on land, and it is also true of fighting at sea. In the future, Zhou Nan planned to implement the plan of isolating the north and the south from west to east, and the naval operations would all rely on the naval army. Although there are not many naval forces at present, Zhou Nan thinks that the Jin people are accustomed to galloping on horseback, and if they talk about naval warfare, they are driving ducks to the shelves, so they do not plan to train more naval forces at this stage, as long as they can skillfully control the sea routes, they can repel the Jin people who want to cross the Bohai Sea. So this time I went to Le'an Pavilion, mainly to inspect the water army to see if it met my expectations.

  With this personal experience, as well as Yu Shen's explanation on the side, Zhou Nan finally figured out the situation in the area of Wuqing and Ninghe. It is indeed a waterway that is not conducive to marching or even farming, and only water transportation is considered an advantage.

  From the Bohai Sea, enter the land at the mouth of the Beitang Sea, and then you can go all the way to the river, through the Bailong River, to the Qilihai, and then to the west into the Longwan River, in the northeast of Wuqing, the southwest of the Xianghe River into the North Canal, that is, Lushui, along the North Canal can transport the goods to Lu County, from Lu County turnover, sent into Yanjing City, to complete the transportation process of bulk goods.

  And Wuqing, Beitang, Haikou, and Yanjing City have become the three vertices on a triangle. From the Fenghe River in the north of Wuqing County, go east along the river and enter the Chaohe River, and you can also enter the Qilihai Sea from the Chaohe River, so as to connect all places. Or from Wuqing along the North Canal to the south, just like the boat route of Zhou Nan this time, go directly to the Jiehe River, connect to the South Canal, or from the mouth of the Sancha River to the east into the sea.

  Water transport is well developed, but there is a lack of freight. It's like a person with infinite strength, who has no strength but can't find a place to use it. However, Zhou Nan believed that in the near future, after hearing that there was a fair trade and trade between the two territories at the mouth of the Sancha River, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty would inevitably flock to it, whether it was bribing the border guards, trafficking by sea, or trafficking through the people of Dagu Village, in short, they would use all possible means to exchange goods between the north and the south in the border city at the mouth of the Sancha River.

  Zhou Nan firmly believed that the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, including the common people, would eventually accept this reality and let go of the prohibition policy. It's not that Zhou Nan thinks that Zhao Ji and his ministers are reasonable, the key is still interests.

  Just because Cai You's wife and brother buy leather goods from the Khitan at a low price every year, and then use Cai You's influence in the court to sell them at a high price to the generals who made warm leather clothes for the army soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, millions of sheepskins, even according to the market price, to make some difference, is enough for a hundred and ten, not to mention that Cai You's wife and brother sold those sheepskins to the prisoners are not known to be several times higher than the market price.

  It is true that the Western Xia Kingdom and the Tubo Kingdom also had sheepskins that could be sold to the Great Song Dynasty, but it was only less than a year after the Song and Liao wars, because the trade between Song and Liao was interrupted, and the merchants of the Western Xia Kingdom had seized the opportunity to triple the price of the sheepskins, and the quality of the sheepskin goods of the Western Xia Kingdom could only be regarded as middle and low-grade goods after the Great Song Dynasty. Everyone can see that buying leather goods from the Western Xia Kingdom and selling them to the imperial court can only make wedding dresses for the merchants of the Western Xia Kingdom. Attracted by huge profits, the border market trade between the Great Song Dynasty and the New Liao Kingdom would definitely be opened, because it would be profitable, and it would attract more merchants from the Great Song Dynasty to come here with the goods needed by the north.

  These are not counting the trade needs of the northern tribes and the Jin State after the east-west blockade is established. These large trade needs can bring more wealth to Xinliao. And these confluences of North-South trade need to be maintained by the army; The toughness of the army requires the maintenance of soldiers, horses, food and grass. The soldiers, horses, grain and grass need self-sufficient food in Xinliao, and only with a food source that is not fake to others can the people multiply and ensure a sufficient population. This is why Zhou Nan attaches so much importance to Wuqing's cultivation of rice. It has nothing to do with being in the limelight.

  Sailing on the water, after all, is not fast enough. It was getting dark, and suddenly I saw someone on the shore chasing after him from behind, Li Feixing on the shore stopped the person, and soon the person who was chasing on horseback was taken to Zhou Nan's boat. Zhou Nan also knew, it was a soldier of the Eagle Guards under Zuo Xiaosi, although the cool breeze was gusting at the moment, this person was sweating profusely, after seeing Zhou Nan, he took out a secret letter from his arms, which had Zuo Xiaosi's signature, as well as the unique secret mark of the Eagle Guards, in addition, there was a sign of military urgency on the outside of the envelope. Zhou Nan knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly opened the secret letter, read it in a hurry, and asked, "Where is Fourth Brother Zuo now?" ”

  "Back to the master of Dazhai, the fourth brother is now with five subordinates, and he is following from afar, not daring to approach, now I am afraid that he is almost in Lingqiu Shizui Town. Although he was not a soldier or a horse, the fourth brother also felt unusual, so he ordered me to come back quickly to meet the master of the village and ask the master of the village to decide. The Eagle Guard soldier said.

  As early as after Zhou Nan returned from Bianjing, he rushed to Yuguan and arranged for Zhushan Customs to close the city, and also arranged for Zuo Xiaosi to take his Eagle Guards to prepare for the future dispatch of troops to Yanmen Pass. Unexpectedly, Zuo Xiaosi had just gone out with his people, and he sent back the information.

  "How far is it from Lutai?" Zhou Nan asked Yu Shen beside him.

  "It's not far, and there are still more than forty miles to go." Yu Shen looked in the direction of Lutai and said to Zhou Nan.

  "Abandon the boat and horse, go to Lutai first!" Zhou Nan immediately made a decision. Except for the boatman who was holding the boat and the sailors of the Fire Dragon Army, the rest of the people followed Zhou Nan and rode away to Lutai overnight.

  The patrol soldiers of the Dragon Army had already discovered that halfway through, Tao Gu, who was stationed in Lutai, had already led a team of men and horses to meet them with torches.

  Tao Gu greeted Zhou Nan first, and Zhou Nan did not dismount, waved his hand to signal Tao Gu to get on the horse, and said: "Lead the way back to the military village first." Something happened this time! ”