"Scholar Shi," Gao Su also smiled, "just come to our Southwest Sea Division." ”

Shi Heng's personality is straightforward, and after listening to the praise of the two, he didn't say anything casually, but lowered his head and laughed.

"Exactly." Zhao Xingde also smiled and agreed. He looked at Gao Su and Liu Zhijian, and said casually: "You also think about it, since the Southwest Sea is a place to live and work in peace and contentment, it is better to simply take over your family members, there are thousands of miles of sea territory, and there are countless islands, and you are needed to take root to spread the branches. ”

Gao Su and Liu Zhijian couldn't help but be stunned, the situation in the Southwest China Sea is so big, and both of them know the situation.

Among the gentry and common people who settled in the Southwest Sea, there were 1,000 Kwantung people among 1,000 people, and there may not be a Xia country person among 10,000 people. The Qingliu of the Lishe even regarded the reclamation land of the Southwest Sea as the foundation place, and did its best to strive for the opening of schools in various overseas states and counties, and won the right to promote and discuss politics from the imperial court. In the Southwest Sea Division, most of the officers of the Kwantung Song State did not rule out settling down in overseas reclamation areas, while most of the Xia officers such as Gao Su and Liu Zhijian did not have this plan.

Although Zhao Xingde's proposal seems random, it is actually serious.

Gao Liu and the others have worked with him for many years, and they both understand very well that Zhao Xingde will never joke about serious things.

At this moment, when both Song and Xia countries fully supported the naval division and the Southwest Navy Division was in full swing, however, for Zhao Xingde, this was just a superficial Xuanhe. The foundation of the Southwest Navy Division is different from that of Liaodong, Henan, and Jingdong Road, and in the first three places, every soldier and soldier he brought out from the battlefield, and from top to bottom, it can be said that a needle cannot be inserted and water cannot be splashed. Because of this, Cao Liangshi and Yue Fei could take command in Bianliang one day, and the next day the entire three towns of Henan set up another banner, no longer under the orders of the Tokyo Left-behind Division. The same is true of the union of the Liaodong Han Army and the 8th Battalion of Chengying. On the contrary, the Southwest Navy Division was just the opposite, except for the old Jingdong Road Division, which was transferred to the detachment, many officers and non-commissioned officers of the Southwest Sea Division were reorganized from various naval divisions in the Song Dynasty. Because of the story of Zhao Xingde's three towns in Henan, the imperial court arranged Zhou He and others to restrain it while forming a water division. And the reclamation land in the Southwest China Sea is completely in the hands of the Lishe Qingliu, although Zhao Xingde is the veteran of the Lishe Qingliu, he is only a veteran.

In other words, although Zhao Xingde was the governor of the Southwest Sea Division and the general of the Southwest Navy Division, his mastery of the army and the local area was far from being comparable to that when he was in Liaodong and Henan. At the moment, although he has all the favorable factors, he is far less in control of the situation than before. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Xingde will spare no effort to promote young officers and officers in the naval division, however, although these soldiers such as Feng Mi and Ma Yuan are full of enthusiasm, they are young after all, and they are still lacking in the need to take on major responsibilities, so the attitude of Gao Su, Liu Zhijian and other old departments of the Chengying Battalion who can fight is particularly important to the Southwest Navy Division.

"Although the Southwest China Sea is in a good situation, if you don't manage it well, I don't know how many people will be called emperors and how many people will be kings in the future?"

"Champa rebelled in the Eastern Han Dynasty and wandered out of China for hundreds of years."

"Once many of the cultivated lands in the Southwest Sea fall apart, or even merge with the kings of the earth everywhere, if you want to clean it up again in the future, I don't know how much food it will cost? How much blood is shed? Therefore, the most urgent task at the moment is to take the southwest sea route as the latitude and longitude and the armies of the home ports in various places as the knots, and tightly envelop this large area within the scope of China. When the world is at peace in the future, the heart of rebellion and self-reliance will be extinguished, and this southwestern sea frontier will forever be like the territory of China. ”

"Now that Southwest China is a difficult time to start a business, if you leave halfway, I don't know what to do."

Zhao Xingde persuaded half-jokingly. He spread his hands and looked at Gao Su and Liu Zhijian, who were just silent.

For the Xia people, the Southwest Sea is even more mysterious than the Northern Frontier...... Surrounded by Kanto people...... It's not an easy decision to make.

"General Zhao, I just know how to send artillery to fight."

"I don't have Jin Sima, no, I don't have the ability to lead the old Jin to get on the horse to manage the army and get off the horse to manage the people."

After being silent for a while, Gao Su and Liu Zhijian laughed and laughed one after another.

Compared with Jin Changtai, the two of them are more like pure sergeants, and of course they envy the exploits of Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai as marquis, but it is a very difficult decision for them to stay on a sea island that is thousands of miles away from Xia Country for the rest of their lives. Until now, the sergeants still talk about their plans to return to their hometowns from time to time, and Du Chuijiao is always concerned about the price of Chang'an's fields? How much is Yangzhou and Luoyang?

"You don't have to be too humble. The situation in the Southwest China Sea is different from that of Liaodong, where there is no rule of action, and there will not be too many civil affairs affairs. ”

Zhao Xingde said slowly, his voice was not loud, but the faces of Shi Heng, Gao Su and Liu Zhijian changed, and they exclaimed in unison: "The rule of inaction? This is very different from Zhao Xingde's previous actions, whether he is in Liaodong or Henan, didn't he turn the place upside down at that time, and deeply touched his Zhao Xingde mark? Although the sea power of Xia is weak, the General's Mansion has specially established the Southwest Navy Division for this purpose, hoping that Zhao Xingde can make a difference, with the help of a few fulcrums such as Annan and Longzhu Island, and forcibly stretch out a piece of power on the sea.

"The rule of inaction?" Shi Heng frowned and asked, as if he didn't believe what Zhao Xingde had said just now.

"Exactly." Zhao Xingde nodded affirmatively.

"But what about this good situation?"

Gao Su also hesitated. The soldiers did not take the port, build the city, and garrison the troops, even if he did not plan to live here for a long time, sooner or later he would return to the Xia Kingdom, and his chest was also full of the pride of wanting to do a big job in the Southwest Sea, who knew that Zhao Xingde was actually planning to "rule by doing nothing".

"Nothing strange." Zhao Xingde explained to the three of them, "Ku Ding Xie Niu, have you heard of it?" ”

"I've heard of it." Shi Heng nodded, "But what does this have to do with inaction?" ”

"You can think of the Southwest Sea Division as a knife," Zhao Xingde explained with a smile, "and think of the Southwest Sea Territory as a cow." ”

Gao Su, Liu Zhijian, and Lian Shiheng are all subordinates whom he values very much, and the South China Sea Naval Division is a joint naval division of the Song State and the Xia State, if the officers of the Xia State are not interested in this, even if Zhao Xingde has great ability, it is impossible to maintain a balance in it.

"Knives? Cooking? Shi Heng looked at Zhao Xingde strangely and muttered: "Liang Yu is more knife, and he is also cut; The clan is more knife, and it is folded. The knife of this minister has been nineteen years, and thousands of cattle have been solved, and the blade is new to the sword. There is a gap in the other section, but there is no thickness in the blade; With no thickness into the room, it is restored to the edge of the blade, it is nineteen years and the blade is new in the ......"

Although he is familiar with "Zhuangzi", it is indeed difficult to connect with the current situation, and Gao and Liu are even more puzzled.

"Ruling by inaction is not doing nothing, but giving up difficulties for easy things and disadvantages for profit."

"The greatest interests of the Southwest Sea ......," Zhao Xingde muttered, "only in the sea trade, immigration and reclamation, but also in the second place." This was contrary to the interests of the kings and chiefs of the land, who saw the sea trade routes as nothing more than a few treasures, and the islands were vast and sparsely populated, slash-and-burn farming, and the land we had settled. The greatest fear of the earth kings and chieftains was the loss of their former authority. Specifically, we forcibly interfere in the internal affairs of the tribal vassal states, and even seek to seize their authority. ”

"Therefore, if we build cities and garrisons in various parts of the Southwest China Sea, and only insist on maintaining the tranquility of the maritime trade routes and protecting the peace and contentment of the Han people in the reclamation of the country, and do not forcibly interfere in the internal affairs of the Tibetan tribes, it will not touch the great interests of the local land kings. Occasionally, one or two earth kings provoke trouble and disobey it, and it is difficult to tempt others to become our enemies. ”

"Our Southwest Navy only needs to be calm and calm, and we usually do nothing to rule the country, and occasionally kill chickens and monkeys, if the knife of Ku Ding enters the room without thickness, we don't need to lose much vitality, and we can ensure that the southwest sea is peaceful for decades."

"If on the contrary, our walled garrisons in various places are too deeply involved in the tribes of Fanguo, and even like some people hope that the general education will be spread to the barbarians, I am afraid that not only will we make enemies everywhere, but may even provoke the resistance of the people of Fanluo, even if we can win every time, but this is like cutting and cutting with a knife, and one day we will consume all our vitality and sharpness."

Shi Heng and the other three listened while bowing their heads frequently. Whether it is the Xia State implementing the sergeant system in Rus and other places, or the Song State educating the local natives in the Southwest Sea, it is a very troublesome matter, and the slightest carelessness will cause a backlash. With the vast territory of the Southwest Sea, one or two rebellions can be forcibly suppressed, and if there are four or five fire heads, the sailors can only run for their lives. If it is not possible to fight quickly, the army may even fall into a mud pit and not be able to climb out, as the Song army did in the Battle of Annam.

"Although our sailors are strong," Zhao Xingde looked at the three of them and said in a deep voice: "But our role is just a sharp blade." ”

"Therefore, although the two of you are short of civil affairs, it is enough to ensure the peace of one side. And ......"

Zhao Xingde pretended to whisper mysteriously: "I am preparing to write to the Protectorate and the Song Imperial Court, and issue thirty percent of the annual endowment of each port and chamber of commerce to the garrison soldiers, and among them, thirty percent of them are the salaries of the governors of various places. If the two of you are planning to return to their hometown, you can also think about it. He looked up at the two of them, Liu Zhijian was already moving, and Gao Su was still muttering. Gao Su once met a lady when he was in the Tiger Wing Army, and the two were in love with each other, and the female family also agreed to propose. Just wait for him to return to his hometown, and he will have a big happy event. The robes of the eighth battalion of Chengying know about this matter, and everyone often jokes about it. He is bent on returning to Guanzhong, which is also greatly related to this marriage.

"There is a lot of money and little trouble, these are all fat shortages," a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Xingde's mouth, and he joked: "Gao Changshi, you also have to seize the opportunity, maybe, your future old father-in-law will send his daughter over to get married." ”

"Thank you for your trouble," Gao Su's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "However, Chang'an's side ...... Already married. ”