Listening to what General Lu said, Xiao Tang could also hear that although he was deviant and did not have any loyalty to Zhao and Song Sheji, no matter how arrogant he was, he was unwilling to encourage Western Xia to wage war against the Great Song Dynasty like Zhang Yuan, Wu Hao and other Han scholars who assisted the Xia State back then, and turned around to help foreign races slaughter his compatriots. Although General Lu can't predict the huge threat of the Jin State now, he also knows very well that rash rebellion is indeed very likely to become the help of the enemy chieftain when the Central Plains suffers foreign humiliation, which is also what General Lu does not want to see, from the perspective of national righteousness, Xiao Tang, Xiao Jiasui, Lu Jiang and others can also completely seek common ground while reserving differences.

Xiao Tang secretly thought in his heart that since General Lu intended to go to Liaodong to experience the work, in the north, Wen Huanzhang wanted to do his best to think about the people's governance and political affairs in Baozhou and other state capitals, and it seemed that Xi Yaoshi Xi Sheng in the Jishan Army was only a general who was good at arranging troops, and the dispatch at the strategic level really needed to be assisted by a strategist like General Lu who could plan and plan.

As for Jiangnan, although there were Wuyi Mountain on Fujian Road under the command of Shi Bao and Baiyun Mountain on Liangzhejiang Road under the command of Pang Wanchun to pay attention to recruiting displaced refugees, Xiao Tang really had no intention of continuing to expand his power in Jiangnan Zhulu and lead to a conflict with the Manichaean Fang La. The Manichaeans who believe in the doctrine of the two sects and the three worlds and worship the bright sun and moon are not ordinary green forests and grasses that intersect with righteousness, and in terms of attitude towards the imperial court, Xiao Tang and Fang La are indeed like-minded in some aspects.

What's more, Xiao Tang knew that Fang Lahui planned to do something earth-shattering in Jiangnan in recent years, even if he had to break with the imperial court one day, it would be beneficial and harmless for him to keep Fang La's actions in Jiangnan to attract the attention of the forbidden army.

appeased this important strategist who should have been Fang La's subordinates according to the original trajectory, and Xiao Tang still had two stewards hired by Xiao An to meet in the Mizhou territory. Xiao An also reported the names of those two people to Xiao Tang, and coincidentally, those two people Xiao Tang also knew their names, and they were also capable people who played a great role in Xiao Tang's construction of ships and the expansion of the navy......

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Although the large shipyards in the Song Dynasty were mainly concentrated in the southern military states such as Ming, Wen, Taiwan, Wu, Qian, Ji, Tan, and Ding, Banqiao Town, Mizhou, as the only city in the north set up by the Song Dynasty, was located, and the government-run workshops built warships and boats; Then by the private workshop to build merchant ships, cruise ships, in this maritime traffic in the key place there are also a lot of dock shipyards specializing in ship repair, although according to the routine of ships (Cao transport ship), seat ship (official passenger ship), war ship, horse ship and other ships by the government shipyard to build, and for the government's own use, Xiao Tang also has the identity of the court, even if it does not belong to the establishment of the sailor, but now the dynasty is corrupt, Xiao Tang in the name of maritime trade to build private ships, is not something worthy of impeachment, eye-catching matter.

At this time, a dock is close to the Yellow Sea away from a few streets away from the Bosi of Banqiao Town, and there are boatmen coming and going inside and outside the dock mouth, dock chamber and dock head on the dry dock that is connected to land on three sides and facing the water on one side, and the shipwhart is in full swing, so the construction and invention of the dock is only more than 100 years ago, and the shipbuilding in the rivers and seas is easy to be washed away by the water, and the migrant workers are recruited to protect and work and lose money. After the boat is built, dig a hole to divert water into the pit, and the boat can float into the river.

So far, the Great Song Dynasty has also been following the method of using docks to build ships on land and then haul them into the water, and Zhang Ping, a native of Linqu in Shandong Province, who invented this method, is also recognized as the "father of the world's dockyards" in the world shipbuilding community, which is more than 500 years earlier than the first dock in Europe built by England in Portsmouth in 1495.

At this time, there were many shipwrights with rust on their bodies and bare feet stepping on the wet dock pit mud to carry sampans, keels, hulls and other ship parts made of multi-layer sheets. Or according to the wooden ship model to draw the ship's drawing, pacing in front of the steward to check one by one, to avoid unnecessary waste of manpower and raw materials when manufacturing the ship.

Here, under the guidance of Xiao An, Xiao Tang, Xiao Jiasui, Ruan Xiaoqi and others just arrived at the dock here to check, and a steward who supervised the construction of large and small ships immediately rushed forward when he saw it, and bowed to Xiao Tang, and said with a smile: "The younger brother has always looked forward to seeing his brother, but the matter of supervising the ship is important, and there is no chance to talk to my brother again, but today I finally look forward to it." ”

Seeing that he was originally a shipwright, but later came to Meng Kang, who was a good man such as Yinmachuan and Deng Fei, came to catch up, Xiao Tang also knew that he had to rely on Meng Kang's ability to build ships, so he had to send him to Mizhou, Phi Dao and even Liangzhe Road and other places to run around to supervise the work, not only the burden on his body was extremely heavy, but there were few opportunities to get along with himself in private, so Xiao Tang immediately helped Meng Kang up, and said with emotion: "The Meng Kang brothers supervised the construction of large and small ships conscientiously, and even worked hard. ”

Meng Kang immediately smiled when he heard this: "Brother, Hugh said that he would see the outside world, and the younger brother could gather righteousness with him, and he could make a profit from his ability to live a down-to-earth life!" The younger brother never thought that he would do that thing back then, and there was no hope of going to the official door to show his strengths, but now he has to be reused by his brother, and when he learns that he is promoted, this can be regarded as a way to live! ”

Back then, Meng Kang was ordered to supervise the construction of the Huashigang big ship, but he killed him because he was not angry and bullied the officer, and some reckless habits were also committed to a life lawsuit, but now under the arrangement of Xiao Tang, Xiao An and others, he has changed his identity, because he has white skin and a slender body, and the white flesh that is called the jade banner rod is no longer openly exposed in the territory of Mizhou, Xiao Tang is not difficult to beat Meng Kanghan, but now that he has hired a capable person who is good at shipbuilding, just in case, Second, it is time to continue to let Meng Kang run around and work hard, building sea ships on the territory of Mizhou, and other matters to be entrusted to other skilled craftsmen who are good at shipbuilding.

At this time, Meng Kang lowered his voice again, and said to Xiao Tang: "The shipwright hired by the Xiao An brothers, the ship built by the younger brother according to the ship pattern and ship model is a large ship with multi-masted sails, and he knows it, but the kitkat ship he can build, the younger brother has never learned, and he is indeed above the younger brother in terms of shipbuilding skills, but he is ...... That guy is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and Yu Yiqi doesn't value it very much, but I'm afraid that although this person can be used in the official face, he must not teach him to know the big things that his brother is secretly planning. ”

Xiao Tang nodded when he saw this, and immediately instructed Meng Kang to summon the two stewards who had paid for the move to come and meet him. Now that he has heard the names of these two people who spent money and hired from Xiao An's mouth, Xiao Tang is also very clear about the abilities and life deeds of these two people. For these two newly hired stewards, of course, they can't explain their actions in officialdom and green forests as easily as Lu Jiang.

After a while, Meng Kang led the boatsmith straight to Xiao Tang's side, the boatsmith was about six feet long, Xiao Tang looked over and saw that his appearance was also mediocre, it was the kind of appearance that was difficult to distinguish when thrown into the pile. And the man also saw Xiao Tang looking towards him from afar, so he immediately began to nod his head resignedly, it seemed that he was also obedient and cowardly, and he was not very assertive.

But before Meng Kang could take the boatman to meet him, Xiao Tang suddenly heard someone not far away scolding and shouting: "Straight lady thief!" It turned out that Xiao Renxia had already arrived, but he didn't mention it to Lao Tzu earlier? I had heard his good name for a long time in my hometown in Jimo County, and I had done enough forbidden things, and I planned to go to Banqiao, Mizhou to join the army and eat, only to know that many businesses and docks here were actually made a living under Xiao Renxia's name! Instead of defecting to the army and being angry with Shangguan, with Lao Tzu's ability, I am still worried that Xiao Renxia will not be able to reuse me!? ”

Xiao Tang heard a reckless man shouting, the corners of his mouth were also slightly upturned, and he said in his heart that it seems that the person is as he expected, and his temperament should be unruly, which is completely different from the shipbuilder's temperament that Meng Kang praised for his shipbuilding skills.

And Xiao Tang was more impressed by the character recorded in the official history, because he remembered that the man was not only brave, but also a ruthless man who had done official and criminal acts, and he was not only extravagant in his skills, but also handy in commanding the navy and supervising the construction of warships......

More importantly, according to the trajectory recorded in the original history, that man should have become a fierce general with great feats in the Jin National Army.