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Fang La's guess was good, Li Yan was indeed ready to help him, and he did ask for something.

Then why did Li Yan help Fang La? What do you ask for?

In fact, it's nothing, except for letting Fang Lading Lei distract Song Guo and have no time to take care of him, Li Dadudu, so that Li Dadu can develop with peace of mind, it is nothing more than asking for some craftsmen, boatmen, sailors and boats.

The strength of the naval army in the Northern Song Dynasty was actually more than that of the Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, and it was much more.

The naval forces of the Northern Song Dynasty were stationed in the following areas: Luzhou and Baode Army on Hedong Road, Qinzhou and Shaanzhou on Shaanxi Road, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Shouzhou, Guangzhou, Haizhou, Hezhou, Taizhou, Chuzhou, Shuzhou, Qizhou, Huangzhou, Sizhou, Lianshui Army, Gaoyou Army and Wuwei Army on Jiangnan Road, Jiangningfu, Hongzhou, Yuanzhou, Qianzhou, Xuanzhou, Shezhou, Raozhou, Xinzhou, Taipingzhou, Chizhou, Jiangzhou, Jizhou, Yunzhou, Fuzhou, Xingguo Army, Linjiang Army, Nankang Army and Guangde Army on Huainan Road, Jiangling Fu, Tanzhou and Hengzhou on Liangzhejiang Road and Jinghu Road, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Shaozhou, Ezhou, Yuezhou, Fuzhou, Anzhou, Lizhou, Xiazhou, Dingzhou, Guizhou, Hanyang Army and Guiyang Army, Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Shaowujun on Fujian Road, Xingzhou on Lizhou Road, Guangzhou, Yingzhou, Hezhou, Fengzhou, Lianzhou, Kangzhou, Nanxiongzhou, Chunzhou, Lianzhou, Baekju and Yongzhou on Guangnan Road, as well as Gyeonggi Counties, Shuijun Fenghua, etc.

From the sub-stations of the Northern Song Dynasty naval army, it can be seen that most of the Northern Song Dynasty's naval forces were distributed in the south.

In the future, the six prefectures and fifty-two counties in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other regions occupied by Fang La are actually the most densely populated areas of the Northern Song Dynasty.

After winning Taiwan County, Li Yan's demand for ships was greater, no, it should be said that it was several times larger at once (whether it was from Liangshan Dazhai, or from Seoul, or from the nearest Jeju, to Taiwan, he had to walk a long way by water, and the smallest distance was three times that from Yangsan Dazhai to Jeju Island). So much so that Li Yan's fleet of seagoing vessels was obviously insufficient.

If a batch of ships can be obtained from the south, it will undoubtedly reduce a lot of pressure on Li Yan.

Not only the ship, Li Yan actually seriously lacked naval leaders and sailors.

Let's not talk about the leaders of the navy for the time being, now the leaders of the navy in Liangshan are all used for one and three, Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng haven't seen their wives and children for almost a year, and the situation of Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Zhang Shun is not much better, and they are bringing people to bad luck almost every moment.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Shuibo Liangshan is currently a period of vigorous development.

The lack of leaders of the navy army is actually nothing, if there are good sailors and siblings, they can also share a lot of pressure for Li Jun and others.

But the problem is that there are not enough good sailors in the Liangshan army.

The time for the rise of Shuibo Liangshan is too short, and a good sailor needs years of experience, not that it can be cultivated casually.

Therefore, while Li Yan cultivated himself, he had the idea of getting another batch of sailors from the Song Kingdom.

And what Li Yan wants most is actually a boatman.

The Song State did not attach importance to shipping.

In addition, although there are many naval forces in the south, the main responsibility of these naval forces is to maintain law and order in various places, not for border defense.

Therefore, although the shipbuilding technology of the Song Kingdom was developed and there were many ships, there were not many large sea ships that Li Yan wanted most.

Therefore, if Li Yan wants to increase his own shipping fleet and increase the speed of his shipping fleet, he mainly has to rely on building advanced sea ships by himself.

Since he was able to trade with the Song Kingdom, Li Yan, who was willing to spend a lot of money, had asked Hu Cheng and others to buy a lot of high-quality shipbuilding wood, especially the keels of large sea ships - so far hundreds of keels of large sea ships have been purchased.

In addition, Taiwan, which has not been wreaked havoc by humans, also has very vast resources of ship wood (camphor wood).

Therefore, Li Yan does not lack the materials needed for shipbuilding, only excellent shipwrights.

Well...... In fact, it can't be said that there is a shortage, after so many years of recruitment, Li Yan already has thousands of shipwrights, and at present, Shuibo Liangshan can build an average of six or seven three-masted ships every month.

It's just that the greedy Li Yan also wants more and bigger three-masted sea ships.

Li Yan even dreamed that one day, he would have a huge fleet of thousands of three-masted ships, and at that time, not only could Li Yan's territory be connected by boat, but Li Yan could even go to Europe to grab a few blonde and blue-eyed girls back.

Moreover, in any case, Fang La will occupy the wealthy Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions for a long time.

Make good use of this time, Li Yan will definitely be able to make a lot of money from Fang La and from the wealthy south.

In short, Li Yan helped Fang La, and there were many benefits.

Let's ask, in this case, how could Li Yan not help Fang La?

But—

The designated gang is the designated gang, and Li Yan has to negotiate with Fang La about the craftsmen, boatmen, sailors, ships, and trade.

Obviously, these things cannot be negotiated in a day or two.

What's more, Fang La and the others are also trying to tie Li Yan firmly to their ship, unwilling to let Li Yan go.

Therefore, Li Yan stayed here in Fang La for the time being......

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Tong Guan is not actually an incompetent, at least not before.

Tong Guan has been fighting with Xixia in the west for several years, and in general, he has more wins and fewer defeats, and he has a faint advantage, otherwise, no matter how mediocre Zhao Ji is, it is impossible to compare the most powerful Western army of the Great Song Dynasty to Tong Guan.

However, although Tong Guan is not incompetent, he cannot draw the ranks of good officials.

He has too many problems.

Not to mention corruption, there are actually many reasons for this, including his own greed for pleasure, his need for money and silver to curry favor with Zhao Ji to ensure that his official position is not lost, and his need for money and silver to support his descendants, etc......

Here is only another big problem with Tong Guan - good joy.

Because he fought well in Western Xia, Tong Guan swelled to the point that he began to fight the idea of the Liao State, and was ambitious to take back the immortal achievements of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Moreover, Tong Guan didn't just think about it, he also took the initiative to ask for an envoy to Liao in the first year of Zhenghe.

When he was on an envoy to the Liao State, Tong Guan came into contact with Yan Ma Zhi (later renamed Li Liangsi, and then Zhao Ji gave the country a surname, and then changed his name to Zhao Liangsi).

Zhao Liangsi saw that the Liao emperor was mediocre and tyrannical, politically corrupt, and the people were struggling to make a living, and the rise of the Jurchen people brought great pressure to the Liao State, so he continued to lobby Zhao Ji and others, saying: "The Liao people are in misery, the sect and society are in danger, and the Song Dynasty can take the opportunity to send troops." ”

After Zhao Ji asked Cai Jing and Tong Guan to discuss, he thought that this matter was promising, so he let Zhao Liangsi enter the country.

Since then, Zhao Liangsi has made frequent envoys between the Song and Jin dynasties, and has become a leading figure in the Song-Jin alliance talks, which has had a huge impact on the foreign policy trend of the Song Dynasty.

Last year, affected by the turmoil of the Liaojin War, there were Han'er Gao Yaoshi and Monk Langrong in Liaojizhou, who floated to Wendeng County by boat.

Inspired by Gao Yaoshi and others, Song Tingfang thought that he could cross the Liao blockade by sea and contact the Jin State on the other side of the Bohai Sea.

So, with Gao Yaoshi as the guide, Zhao Ji successively sent Ma Zheng and others to cross the sea to envoy Jin, and conveyed to Jin Taizu Wanyan Agu the intention of the Song Dynasty to "want to be good with Tongtong and fight Liao together", and the two sides began to make formal contact.

The Song-Jin Sea Alliance officially kicked off......

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