Fu Tianqiu bowed down and retreated, and Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, sisters who had been waiting on the side for a long time, saw that their father had finally left, so they both came to Li Nan's side.

These days, in addition to personally accompanying the two sisters to play, Li Nan also let many concubines lead them to see various scenes of the empire.

This time, Li Nan deliberately took the two girls to go to sea on a boat, and when they saw this huge 'Sea King', they were even more exclaimed, and Fu Yuechi, who had been devoted to Li Nan for a long time, took the initiative to sacrifice his body and mind that night.

The sea is vast and the journey is lonely, but with the Fu sisters and Mrs. Qing and other daughters by their side, Li Nan also has a good time.

The fleet of the Qing Lady, this time from Hangzhou, sailed along the coastline to Dengzhou in the north.

The ship was moving very fast, and in a few days, the coast gradually appeared in front of it, and the fleet finally arrived at the port of Dengzhou.

Dengzhou City, where Li Nan led the people to fight hard here, has now become a large port city after the key transformation of the empire.

Dengzhou Port is located in the northernmost part of the Shandong Peninsula, at the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, facing each other across the sea from the island country and Goryeo, it does not freeze or silt all the year round, the waves are small and the swelling is slow, and it has a natural deep-water channel, which is a rare natural harbor in China.

After the renovation, the port quickly became a major port in the empire, and the maritime merchants who went to the island and Goryeo gathered here, and the port was lined with thousands of sails every day.

The huge Royal Navy Pacific Fleet appeared in the harbor and was welcomed by the maritime merchants because it escorted merchant ships on weekdays.

When the people in the harbor noticed the red Ssangyong flag hanging on the flagship 'Aquaman', they all knew that the emperor was there, and everyone immediately began to chant long live, and the loud cheers even drowned out the sound of the waves.

The Fourth and Fifth Armies of the Empire were now stationed along the Yellow River, and near Dengzhou on the east side was Sienna's army.

After unloading the military supplies loaded on the fleet, the Qing lady led the fleet to Goryeo and the island nation, while Li Nan was welcomed to the temporary marshal camp set up by the Fifth Army in Dengju.

After listening to the front-line military situation reported by Sienna and others, Li Nan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In a war between two countries, if one of them cannot quickly defeat the other and falls into a stalemate, then the competition is the national strength of each country.

The total population of the empire is now close to 100 million, and the regular army is less than a million people, so it can be said that more soldiers can be called up to fight at any time.

As for grain, the empire had a large granary in Lingnan, which was built during the Zhennan period, and the major provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiaozhi and Champa could grow three seasons of grain because of the climate.

In addition to the provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei, which were originally the land of fish and rice, the empire's grain supply was now in excess of demand, and rice was now one of the commodities exported to neighboring countries.

With large taxes spent on the Empire's infrastructure and military armaments, the Empire's economy was still viable, but it was already dangerous.

The current form of the empire is quite good, and compared with the Jin country, which is not good at farming, has no overseas trade, has a poor industrial base, and has a chaotic social form, Li Nan feels that if the empire still can't win this war, it will really be a waste.

Li Nan, who was originally full of confidence, was still a little worried after learning a lot of the latest information on the front line.

Most of the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom were highly mobile cavalry, and since they took Zhao Huan of Qinzong and a large number of craftsmen with them in the city of Tokyo, they also obtained the method of making firearms.

In the last few skirmishes between the two armies, a large number of gunpowder weapons appeared in the Jin army, such as explosive gunpowder shells fired by trebuchets, firebirds in the shape of flying birds, and even iron cannons and gunpowder arrows.

In the past, after the Imperial soldiers formed a defensive front, they could use gunpowder weapons to resist the cavalry troops of the Jin Kingdom, but when the Jin people had these weapons, the battle became difficult.

Li Nan looked at the gunpowder weapons of the Jin Kingdom that had been collected from the front line on the conference table, and couldn't help but sigh that war was really the most powerful force for promoting the development of science and technology.

After Jin Guo obtained the gunpowder technology, he developed so many weapons suitable for his own use in less than half a year, which seems to have really invested a lot of money.

Because Li Nan personally came to the front line of the Yellow River, a large number of secret spies of the intelligence bureau also sent all kinds of intelligence to Dengzhou.

Varys is worthy of his name as an eight-clawed spider, and since he took charge of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, he has extended his tentacles to other countries in a few years, and the Jin Kingdom in the north has sent and bought the most elaborate and secret spies, and even a lot of confidential information can be obtained.

The biggest piece of information is that a "Chu State" has appeared on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the capital is located in the Daimyo's Mansion.

The emperor of Chu was not Zhao Huan of Qinzong, who was taken away by the Jin, but Zhang Bangchang, the original Dazai of Qinzong.

Zhang Bangchang is a native of Zhangjiawan, Dongguang, Yongjing Army. Born in Jinshi, during the Huizong and Qinzong dynasties, he successively served as Shangshu Youcheng, Zuocheng, Zhongshu Shilang, Shaozai, Dazai and Men's Shilang.

When the Jin soldiers besieged Tokyo, Zhang Bangchang was one of the representatives of the Lord's Peace faction, advocating the reparation for the cession of land to the Jin State to negotiate peace.

Zhang Bangchang was able to serve as a high-ranking official in both dynasties, and he was not a mediocre and incompetent person, he knew that the emperor of Chu who was a lackey for the Jin State was not easy to do, so when Jin Taizong ordered him to be the emperor, he also swore to die.

Zhang Bangchang first refused to ascend the throne by deceitful illness, shirked in every possible way, and finally even resorted to self-determination, but the Jin people threatened the life and death of the people in the Song Kingdom of Hebei, so he had no choice but to comply.

Please report that Zhang Bangchang set up the place of discussion of political affairs in the Wende Hall, and placed the tables and chairs in the west direction, because the emperor's seat was placed in the south direction.

In addition, Zhang Bangchang resolutely prevented court officials from bowing to him and bowing to him, and when some officials bowed to him in order to curry favor with him, he must "arch to the east". He referred to himself as "Yu" instead of "I" when he held meetings and chatted with court officials, and used "handwriting" instead of "holy decree" when communicating official documents.

All of this fully proves that Zhang Bangchang has not forgotten that he is a courtier, and has always gotten along with the court officials as colleagues and equals.

Although Zhang Bangchang is cautious everywhere, he can't hide the infamy of betraying the lord and seeking glory, especially when the Jin people also rewarded him with the concubines of Song Huizong, which is equivalent to bringing a green hat to Huizong Zhao Ji, and for Huizong's son Qinzong Zhao Huan, this matter is even more difficult to say.

The Jin people asked Zhang Bangchang to establish this Chu State, not to make him addicted to the emperor, but mainly to let them, the Song people, organize the young and strong people in the Hebei state capitals to assist the Jin people in defending the Yellow River Front, and at the same time help the Jin State collect taxes in the hands of the people of the original Song State.