Compared with three or four months ago, Suqian now has a lot of changes, the first point is that the port has been further expanded.

Around the whole Hongze Lake, 4 large and 5 small different ports were formed, and the distance between each port was no more than 20 miles, and then a series of warehouses and markets were built with their own focus.

For example, the output of the Dinghai Navy was divided into four parts, which entered different ports, and then, the traditional thing, with Hongze Lake as a node, opened an era of real trade.

Although Zhao Xin had no way to make the maritime strength of the Dinghai Navy undergo a huge change on the original basis, and suddenly conjure up a terrifying ocean-going fleet, the maritime trade had already begun.

At present, in China, the south is silk, rice, and some traditional handicrafts and the like, these things, traditional methods, often through the Yangtze River, and then transferred to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then radiated to the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty.

This method of transportation cannot be regarded as a mistake, but there is one point, and the goods of some coastal cities need to go around several points.

Now, after the establishment of the Dinghai Navy, not to mention its own production capacity, the cement and steel produced by the Dinghai Navy cannot be produced by the Dinghai Navy itself, a small island of several hundred square kilometers, even if the mineral resources are developed, it cannot withstand such a use, so a large number of materials are transported from outside through large ships.

This itself gave birth to a huge transportation market, and on such a basis, Zhao Xin guided the products of the south to form a bulk product.

Why is shipping the cheapest, the reason is very simple, bulk, and ordinary river boats, 300 stones, 500 stones, is considered normal, a larger thousand stones, but in the sea ships, two or three thousand stones abound, and even five or six thousand.

Similarly, on the river boat, the power is basically manpower, wind and flow, but not the main body, but at sea, there is a fixed season, and the ocean current plus the monsoon can greatly save manpower.

River boats, when they are transported over long distances, may be at most forty or fifty miles a day, but for sea boats, 150 miles a day is not impossible.

Not to mention the peak of the sails, ships that can travel at a speed of more than 10 knots, let's just say that the ordinary sea ships of this era, with the cooperation of the wind and currents, can almost reach a speed of about 4 knots, so that it is calculated that an hour is as high as 14 miles, no matter how little a day, there are 10 hours, 150 miles is really not a difficult thing.

Because of this, the sea ships from the direction of Hangzhou, Quanzhou, and the Dinghai Navy are not only less expensive, but also faster, and integrate all kinds of materials in the south of the Yangtze River, part of which is supplied to the increasing demand of the Dinghai Navy, and the other part is transported to Hongze Lake.

Before Zhao Xin developed Hongze Lake, no one paid attention to the transportation location of Hongze Lake, although it was said that it was the end of the Huai River, which was in the best position as one of the major rivers connected by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The Yangtze River and the Yellow River are the mother rivers of the Chinese nation, and at any time, the position between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River is also the most densely populated place of the feudal dynasty, and it is also the focus of sales.

Located in the middle of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the Huai River is an important river, but it is not well understood about the sea, and the traditional distribution system has made it neglected.

However, when Zhao Xin appeared, when he developed the Dinghai Navy, a large-scale port and market were established on the side of Hongze Lake, and in this case, shipping became a possibility, and the trade route itself was vigorous, and then developed, and a large number of markets were formed incidentally.

At present, these materials in the south, which are mainly silk, handicrafts, ceramics, and grain, have formed a large market around Hongze Lake, and these have begun to spread in the middle of the waterway with Hongze Lake as the center, forming a completely new trade route.

4 months is not enough to make the railway from Haizhou to Hongze Lake more than 300 miles through, although it has begun to be built, starting from both sides, it is divided into 5 parts, but so far, only about half of the construction is completed, and there is still half a year before it is completely opened to traffic.

Now, the connection between Haizhou and Hongze Lake is still the roads that were repaired by the Navy before, not cement roads, but only built by Sanhe soil and gravel, and now countless carriages have been compacted to form a real passage.

Different from the haste of preparation before, this time, Zhao Xin took up to a month to prepare all kinds of supplies, and this time he went to Bianliang, to a certain extent, it was an opportunity for Zhao Xin to show his strength.

On the dock in Suqian, 30 large ships of 1,200 stone were moored, and up to now, the shipbuilding industry of the Dinghai Navy has not yet been able to form a scale, or even a way, to manufacture a large number of ships, but it is still possible to make certain modifications to the existing ships.

For example, the traditional ships have been modified to a certain extent, and the iron items are all made of the iron of the Dinghai Navy, and there are some necessary protections.

Some parts of the keel cannot be consolidated with steel, but they are reinforced to a certain extent, for example, with some steel bars, which are braided on the edge of the keel to increase strength.

The interior has also been modified to a certain extent, changing the structure of some cabins, using iron as supports, and increasing some capacity, the traditional 800-1000 stone ship can increase the capacity by about 20%.

The average capacity of 100 ships has increased to about 1,200 koku, and 30 boats, with a total capacity of 120,000 koku, can be said to carry a lot of things.

120,000 stones, almost more than 40,000 tons, even if it is purely loaded with grain, it is a huge number, not to mention that now, Zhao Xin has prepared very funny things, all of which are high-priced things.

Most of them are new products such as glass and mirrors, which are not expensive in cost, but the final price is high, which will bring a new fashion to Bianliang.

Compared with the last time, this time, Zhao Xin's preparations are more sufficient, whether it is personnel or materials, they are quite sufficient.

The current Suqian wharf, even at night, is brightly lit, and new kerosene lamps have begun to appear on the wharf.

Unlike traditional candles, kerosene lamps are not easily affected by the wind, especially after the appearance of glass, closed kerosene lamps can even be hung outside, not affected by the wind, and the brightness is very high, which can bear the role of external lighting.

Suqian Wharf is the core of the entire Hongze Lake Wharf, from the original, daily throughput of 100 ships, to the present, close to 2,500 ships, daily throughput capacity of 1 million stone, can be said to be busy and abnormal.

Countless workers act on the wharf, because the river port is smaller, can not accommodate so many tower cranes, but simple hoist cranes and cranes still abound, and the efficiency is much higher than other wharves.

The gifts that Zhao Xin was going to bring to Bianliang had already been prepared, mainly some new products of the Dinghai Navy.

One of the most important is glass, after the emergence of colorless glass, most of the crafts based on transparent glass, for example, all kinds of glass daily necessities, traditional shape crafts, after the manufacture of glass, to a certain extent, the formation of new categories.

However, what Zhao Xin attaches the most importance to is all kinds of mirrors, and now, after a certain amount of public relations, the size of flat glass has increased from the original one foot square circle to 3 feet square circle, which has not reached the future generations, one meter, or even more than one meter of large mirrors, but it is almost the same.

3 feet is equal to one meter, put up, can also illuminate most of a person's body, after the silver mirror reaction, the formation of a smooth surface, can illuminate people is very clear, this, from the sale of the navy, can be seen.

Even if it is a one-foot square mirror, when the Dinghai Navy has just been listed, it has also caused a frenzy, I am afraid of comparing goods, the original exquisite bronze mirror, even in the face of the most simple, with ordinary wood to build a supporting mirror, is also a completely different two concepts, all down, are vague, but now it is very clear, and the functionality can be said to have been formed to the most.

Among the things prepared by Zhao Xin, the largest is a 2-meter square mirror, this is a piece of flat glass obtained by accident, even no matter how good the craftsman is, you can't reproduce it, and the super giant mirror made with this is also the largest and most precious gift that Zhao Xin carried.

Zhao Xin summoned almost 12 master carpenters, using precious mahogany,. A huge wardrobe was carved, and this mirror was placed in the most important position, surrounded by various gemstones, the cost of these gems alone was as high as 100,000 yuan, and the whole furniture, at the moment of creation, heard the news of the huge wealth, and was even willing to take out 2 million yuan to buy.

At that time, Zhao Xin was really more or less tempted, a mirror, with an investment of 100,000 yuan, plus wages, may not exceed 150,000 yuan, but he can get 2 million yuan, such a profit must be huge.

But in the end, Zhao Xin still didn't sell this treasure, in Zhao Xin's opinion, this thing belongs to Renzong from the beginning of its production, even if Renzong's personality is more introverted, but as an emperor, there must always be the dignity of an emperor.

Similar mirrors, made of good wood and various gemstones, totaled 5,000 pieces, the largest of which was 3 feet and the smallest was only the size of a palm, and was used to carry around.

5,000 mirrors, it sounds like a lot of money, but except for the largest one, which has been made into furniture, it is very huge, and the other areas are not large, the mirrors are quite thin and can be folded and placed, 5,000 mirrors, plus all kinds of attached things, these can be loaded with only one ship, and they are not even full.

In Zhao Xin's development, it is too beyond this era, and he is not ready to take it out quickly, he may have considered it before, but now he doesn't think so, with iron materials and these improvements, the goods of the Ding Navy are already enough.

Iron material and Dinghai coins have already earned enough money, and it makes no sense to gather the funds of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Among all the ships, there are 5 that are particularly important, among them, the largest one, Zhao Xin is among them, Sun Ji and most of the other guards, are also among them, and the ship full of goods is not a treasure, just some coins.

That's right, the whole five ships of Dinghai coins, 120 ships, the load is about 390 tons, and the Dinghai coins can't be loaded with 390 tons, which is about 300 tons.

According to the standard of 5 guan per kilogram, one ton is 1000 kilograms, 5000 guan, 10 tons is almost 50,000 guan, 300 tons is worth 1.5 million guan, 5 ships, and 7.5 million yuan of Dinghai coin.

These money, in terms of the current Dinghai Navy, is just a small amount of money, but it is completely cash, it is a little scary, and now the Dinghai currency is no longer the same as before, and its influence has been further expanded, and it has occupied a large number of areas throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, and has begun to be more and more recognized.

This money was not taken to Bianliang for material purchase, but for Renzong to spend for his spare time.

Dinghai coins are only circulated around the Daimyo Mansion, as well as around the Dinghai Navy, and in the Daimyo Mansion, it has been circulated at the same time as the copper coins of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even because the Dinghai coins are easy to distinguish and easy to carry, they are also very thin and welcome.

The Daimyo Mansion and the Dinghai Navy, the current volume is already quite large, coupled with their radiation relationship, there have been sporadic appearances in other places, up to hundreds of millions of coins, it is impossible not to circulate, but in the field, it is more of a taste, it is a souvenir, of course, if there is a direct store of the Dinghai Navy, it can also be traded and exchanged.

Bianliang is one of the base camps of the Dinghai Navy, with various types of directly-operated stores, at least more than 100 seats, and these Dinghai coins given to Renzong are afraid that they will be taken away by Ye Qingchen again.

Although, Zhao Xin also understands that Ye Qingchen's ability, taking them away is only a matter of time, at most, that is, it takes a lot of effort, in the direct store, it is only exchanged for copper coins, 7.5 million guan, which is not small for the current Northern Song Dynasty government, and can even be called big.

Knowing that this would be the case, Zhao Xin still took out the money without hesitation, and the development of the Dinghai Navy was inseparable from the support of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Not to mention, Zhao Xin has some ambitions, so that Dinghai currency into the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, the currency shortage of the Northern Song Dynasty, is caused by the lack of currency, compared with copper coins, high-strength stainless steel more, the raw material is only iron, although there is no way in the steel mill now, large-scale production, but the future, is only a matter of time, when the time comes, it is not easy to imitate, easy to identify Dinghai coins to replace copper coins, this is also a progress.

At that time, the entire Northern Song Dynasty, billions of coinage, and the profits generated will be much greater than the value created by any business.