A few days later, Yang Congyi wrote to the imperial court that there was nothing important to do in Lin'an Huiyi during the year, and the guards had returned to seek training.

Five days later, the imperial court acceded to his request.

After "Xiangman Jinghua" completed its mission, the store was quickly subleased, and did not continue to lease, those guys and the account office returned to Huiyi, recovering the identity of the elite martial army, and for a period of time after that, they had to stay in Huiyi until Yang Congyi, Lu You, or Shen Jin returned.

The mansion that the imperial court rewarded Yang Congyi, he never went to see it, let alone look for it.

After the imperial court agreed that he would leave Lin'an and go to Liuqiu to lead the Hui Yi Guard for training, he took Meng Yunniang to leave Lin'an in a Shenzhou.

A few days later, Shenzhou appeared along the coast of Changguo County, Mingzhou.

There were five or six empty sea ships stationed in the old place of the Xuanwei Army, and after the arrival of Shenzhou, after a little preparation, they escorted Shenzhou to shore and float to the open sea.

More than half a month later, the fleet led by Shenzhou appeared at Huiyi's base in the north, near Chin Island.

On Chin Island, Yang Congyi was warmly welcomed.

In the past three years, the base on Chin Island has been built on a large scale, with houses one after another, and it is said that the total number of rooms has reached more than 200, which can accommodate up to 3,000 people, and there are several warehouses on the island, stacked with purchased grain.

Qin Island is under the maintenance of Sun Ping, and in the past two years, it has attracted a lot of people from Dengzhou, plus the people gathered from several other islands, there are already six or seven hundred people, these people are now all incorporated into the Great Song Dynasty Huiyi Guard, under the command of Sun Ping, the general of the Guard Army, and returned to the northern base of Yi to control, and the northern base is under the personal control of Shen Jin, unless he is not in the north, he rarely pretends to others.

Yang Congyi, as the supreme governor of the Huiyi Division, soon arrived at the Qindao base, accompanied by Sun Ping, on behalf of the imperial court, to inspect and comfort the people of the whole island, and then inspected the other three islands one by one to learn about their respective construction and development.

After the inspection, it was found that the base group of Qin Island, in addition to the main inhabitants of Qin Island, the other islands are now rarely inhabited, the small island next to Qin Island is called Xiaoqin Island, and now it has been built as a pasture, mainly feeding the calves exchanged from Liaodong, and the two big islands in the north, one is called Nanma Island, the other is called Beima Island, as the name suggests, these two islands are mainly used to breed horses, if the horses exchanged from Liaodong can not be transported back to the south in time, they must be temporarily stocked on the island.

These three islands are built with sheds, which provide shade in summer and cold protection in winter, and are guarded by guards on the islands to feed and put on the water, and also prevent outsiders from approaching and landing on the island.

Of course, these islands are hundreds of miles away from Dengzhou and Liaoyang, and it is almost impossible for a fisherman to row a small boat here, unless he gets lost in Shanghai, not to mention that there are often escort guards patrolling the nearby waters, and when they find strange boats approaching, they will rush over and drive them away.

According to the current situation, it is completely possible to stay for a long time, and with a little construction, it can become a real base.

However, there are still restrictions on the island, such as limited fresh water, such as food cannot be produced by itself, otherwise thousands of young people from Dengzhou will be recruited and trained into an army, and the base on Qindao will be more stable.

But the island is limited, and you can only think about it.

Listening to Sun Ping, Shen Jin, who went north first, has led a fleet of dozens of large ships north to Liaodong to make a deal with the Jin people, and he has been there for almost a month, and it is estimated that the fleet will come back in half a month.

Yang Congyi did not stay in Qin Island for a long time, since the Jin people were already preparing to go south, to what extent they were prepared, he had to go to see it in person, which was why he did not return to the north first, but came directly to the north.

A few days later, Yang Congyi set off from Qindao with Shenzhou and six sea boats, crossed the sea directly, and went north to Chenzhou.

If you want to know the most real situation, you have to go deep into the enemy territory, and this time Yang Congyi is going to go to Liaoyang Mansion in person.

A few days later, the fleet arrived near Chenzhou and successfully found the Huiyi fleet that was trading here.

At this time, the fleet trade was nearing the end, and dozens of empty ships brought from Quanzhou and Mingzhou were loaded with cattle and horses exchanged from Liaoyang and Bohai regions, and it was expected that in five days, the fleet would leave Chenzhou and go south to Qindao.

After Yang Congyi met with Shen Jin, he briefly understood the transaction of the fleet, and did not ask more about the specific transaction, but talked about Liaoyang Mansion.

"Brother Shen, have you been to Liaoyang Mansion in person in the past two years?"

"Not really. Although my official position is low, but I am also an official of the imperial court, I serve in the Hui Yi office, if I am identified in Liaoyang Mansion, it will be very troublesome, I am not afraid of Brother Yang's jokes, I have not even entered Chenzhou City, every time there is a wealthy family or a big businessman who wants to contact for an interview, I invite them to come to the ship, almost never offshore. ”

Shen Jin is quite steady, not a reckless person, Yang Congyi asked him to preside over the Northern Huiyi, which took a fancy to this.

"I forgot to tell Brother Shen that you are not a petty official now. Not long ago, the imperial court has promoted you to Chaosanlang because of your meritorious service to Hui Yi, and you have been promoted from Hui Yi to the deputy envoy of Hui Yi by joining the army, and the official residence is from the seventh grade! ”

Yang Congyi said, took out a piece of official certificate and appointment document from his arms, and handed it to him.

Shen Jin's face was overjoyed, and he took the suspicious official certificate and appointment documents in his hand, and after reading them quickly, he immediately got up and bowed to Yang Congyi, and said, "Thank you Brother Yang for your promotion and cultivation!" Brother Yang's kindness, Shen Jin is unforgettable! ”

Yang Congyi hurriedly got up and held the other party up, and then said with a smile: "Brother Shen is serious, you have been running around for the Huiyi fleet all these years, and you have succeeded in returning to Yi three times without your credit." It's just that you didn't have a reputation in the past, and the court didn't want to reward you, since you were awarded an official last time, this time you will be promoted again, but it is just a matter of course. In the future, we will make greater contributions when we return to the place, and we have to work together! ”

"Yes! No matter when, Shen Jin will follow Brother Yang and conspire with him! Shen Jin raised his hand and saluted again.

"Okay, let's do something together!" Yang Congyi stretched out his hands and held the other party's shoulders.

After the two sat down again, Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Since Brother Shen said that he was talking about conspiracy, I don't know what Brother Shen said about the big thing?" ”

"Brother Yang is a martial arts student, although he has been returning to Yi all these years, he has not served in the army, and he has not had much time to contact the army, but I can see that Brother Yang is particularly concerned about the army, whether it is for the training and garrison of the elite army or the guard army, there are many arrangements, and thousands of horses from the West and the north in exchange for thousands of horses. The purpose of tempering dozens of armies is the same, to build a strong army. Before, I didn't really understand why I wanted to build such a large military camp, reclaim so much farmland, and open up such a large horse farm in Liuqiu, but in the past few years in the north, I gradually understood Brother Yang's thoughts, which is also my thoughts! ”

Shen Jin stopped at this point and did not continue.

Yang Congyi just smiled and didn't talk.

"Recovering the Central Plains, almost not many people have mentioned it over the years, but there are still many people who think so, when they were studying in Taixue, there are not a few people who have this idea, but we are all powerless scholars, and we can only think about it, or shout a few words, no one can put it into action at all. And Brother Yang is different, from that year in Taixue and Brother Yang debate, I know that Brother Yang advocates the strong Han and Tang Dynasties, and must also want the Great Song Dynasty to restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the East, not long after, I was invited to join the Hui Yi Office, go to Huaixi to recruit troops, form the Xuanwei Army, and prepare for the Xuanwei Army During that time, Brother Yang poured much effort into the Xuanwei Army, I know very well that at that time, Brother Yang wanted to build the Xuanwei Army into a strong army that can fight and dare to fight, and later it turned out that the Xuanwei Army can indeed fight and dare to fight. Later, it took a lot of effort to set up a battalion to select generals, and it took a lot of effort to train a group of outstanding generals and schools, which would come in handy in the battle of Song and Jin in the future. Now the Jingwu Army and the Hui Yi Guards are training according to Brother Yang's plan, practicing land warfare and water warfare, whether it is the South Sea or the Western Ocean, no one will move back to the Yi fleet, so the purpose of training them is only to deal with the Jin people, and the intention is to the north! It can be said that no matter what Brother Yang has been doing over the years, all he wants to do is to go north to the Central Plains and resist the Jin people. Now I can't find anyone else who can put the recovery of the Central Plains into action and actively prepare for it, except for Brother Yang. ”

"Brother Shen is wrong, the recovery of the Central Plains is the business of the people and monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to me, there are many people who are preparing, or learning knowledge hard, or training hard, but they don't say it, we don't know. Just like Brother Shen, if you don't say it, who knows that you are also preparing to go north in order to recover the Central Plains! Yang Congyi said with a smile, he was very happy to hear Shen Jin say this, at least he really understood him, and he was also a like-minded person.

"Maybe Brother Yang is right, but at present, there are still a few who really put it into action." There was no smile on Shen Jin's face, more worry.

"Brother Yang, since that's all you say, I don't know what your plan is for recovering the Central Plains? Can you tell me about it? Seeing that the other party was silent, Shen Jin asked.

Yang Congyi hesitated slightly, and then said with a smile: "Actually, there is no special idea, but decades ago, I guessed that the Song and Jin would eventually tear up the peace agreement, and the tearing time is likely to be about twenty years after the peace agreement was signed. ”