There was a sound of beating the watch outside, it had been three watches, Han Qi simply sat up, he had gotten too much news in the past few days, and the sudden appearance of the Ding Navy was like a boulder, weighing heavily on his heart, where would such a powerful force go after annexing the Liao State.

A Dinghai Navy of more than 300 square kilometers can make Zhao Xin develop like this, and now, with a population of more than 35 million, and similarly, there is a huge land area that exceeds the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, to what extent will it develop in the future?

Han Qi found that every time, when he felt that he had overestimated Zhao Xin as much as possible, he found that he had underestimated it.

For Zhao Xin's innovation ability, Han Qi has never doubted it, starting with the longbow and then moving on to the fortress.

Whether it's a longbow or a fortress, it's some simple changes, after knowing this change, it feels very simple, but before, why did no one see it, or even say it,

In the past few years, the Dinghai Navy has developed rapidly, and it has not changed in this aspect, which also proves from the side that the Dinghai Navy does not care about these longbow fortresses, does this mean that the Dinghai Navy has something more powerful than the longbow fortress.

At that time, it was even doubtful, but now, with the fact that the Liao State was destroyed, coupled with the description from Zhao Xinxin, this proves this, artillery and muskets, this is the new equipment of the Ding Navy, these are the foundation of the Ding Navy's victory over the Liao State.

No matter what Zhao Xin's purpose is in the future, what kind of perception he has of the Northern Song Dynasty, the first thing to know is that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and he can't figure out the other party's forces, which is not good.

Anyway, a military exercise, it's good to go and see it, perhaps, he doesn't have a military vision, but he can mobilize personnel, whether it is Di Qing, or the Yang family, or the elites of Jiangmen, he can mobilize some of them and use their military vision to give him guidance.

As for the danger, he never thought that if Zhao Xin wanted to use conspiracy to achieve something, his previous actions were not necessary at all, even if he wanted to hide, he couldn't dodge.

If Zhao Xin is a conspirator, he doesn't have to support the Northern Song Dynasty at all, perhaps, the Northern Song Dynasty has the resources and market of the navy, just use it, don't need to support the finances of the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone the huge construction project, and don't even need to help with the siege of Guangzhou.

Even the Liao State is not used to attack, as long as it accumulates such a military force that can attack the Liao State, when the time comes, with the help of a large number of transport ships, directly enter the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention anything else, 300 large river boats, transport about 30,000 elites, enter Bianliang, you can control Bianliang by surprise, plus other troops, not to mention completely occupy the Northern Song Dynasty, occupy a considerable part, it is completely possible.

Zhao Xin can't be a conspirator, instead of being afraid of this, it's better to take a closer look and see how much strength Zhao Xin has, but faintly, Han Qi feels that what Zhao Xin didn't show is that the hidden strength is far greater than what he shows, the Northern Song Dynasty is really stable, it's not that Zhao Xin doesn't have this ability, but Zhao Xin doesn't want to meet the Northern Song Dynasty soldiers

At present, Zhao Xin has used several large armies, even if it is the same combat strength as the Northern Song Dynasty, an army of 900,000 will make the Northern Song Dynasty very troublesome, and the Northern Song Dynasty cannot be fully fortified

Thinking of this, Han Qi had a little headache, before, he felt that it was very convenient to have the Dinghai Navy, especially the battle to recover Youyun, without the involvement of the Liaodong Peninsula, the battle of Youyun would definitely not be so smooth

You know, at that time, the Liao State, there were still millions of troops, and they really weren't led away, if there was a war, at that time, the Northern Song Dynasty might not be afraid, but it would be a very headache, and it really caused hundreds of thousands, or even millions of casualties, it was not a good thing for the Northern Song Dynasty, and the task of recovering Youyun might be dragged on indefinitely, and the entire Youyun would be used as a battlefield, and I don't know how many casualties would be suffered.

At that time, I felt that it was very convenient, so that the Liao defense could not be defended, but in the current state, the location of the navy, it can be said that the entire coastal defense line of the Northern Song Dynasty is a loophole, and it is possible to land in a place, so it is impossible to fortify it layer by layer.

Moreover, faintly, Han Qi felt that the combat effectiveness of the Ding Navy was higher than that of the Northern Song Dynasty army, and with the same 900,000 troops, it was almost impossible for the Northern Song Dynasty to kill the Liao State within 20 days and occupy most of the cities in the Liao State, not to mention, the vast land of the nomads in the north was also controlled.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the nomads who have always threatened the Central Plains Kingdom have been completely solved here in the Northern Song Dynasty, perhaps, only temporarily, and unprecedented.

The strength of the nomad lies in his barbarism, no civilization at all, and even the nomadic people in the state of tribal civilization, relying on the cavalry of the cold weapon era, the most powerful troops, once strong and integrated, have the power to sweep everything, and this, in the Yuan Dynasty, reached its peak, whether it is European civilization, Central Asian civilization, or Chinese civilization, have been cut off by this yellow peril, the Yuan Dynasty was established for a short time, but it is a historical regression.

However, the demarcation point of this point lies in the use of thermal weapons, at that time, there were no strong nomads in Europe, and the dynasty successfully transitioned from cold weapons to hot weapons, and there was no regression, but China was unfortunate and encountered the lucky Manchu Qing Dynasty, and once again lost the opportunity to catch up with the world trend.

Zhao Xin's crossing changed the historical trend of the Northern Song Dynasty, at least, the Dinghai Navy had successfully mastered thermal weapons.

From the era of cold weapons, under the premise of sufficient logistics, the infantry that has undergone strict training and is well-equipped can confront the cavalry, and if it is slightly worse, it is not the opponent of the cavalry.

But in the era of thermal weapons, it was a hanging beating, and the thermal weapons corps with simple infantry cannons and muskets could drive the cavalry to it, and the nomads lost their only sharp weapon, plus there was a huge difference between the ability and thermal weapons in all aspects, and there was no problem in solving the problem of the steppe once and for all.

The huge grassland should have been the strategic depth of the cavalry, and it was also the guarantee of the nomads, but in the face of the strength of thermal weapons, as well as the civil engineering projects that kept building roads in the back, this made the nomads either wiped out or driven away, and the follow-up projects solidified the entire grassland step by step, such as a large number of fortresses, as well as various tall buildings, forming a system, with only a small number of soldiers, you can make the defense here impregnable.

For the time being, the Dinghai Navy does not have such a big appetite, but it has stabilized the Northeast and Inner and Outer Mongolia, and in the future, along with stability, there are also various strengthening of warmth, and it is not impossible to continue to penetrate deep into the north, enter Siberia, and occupy a larger land.

Han Qi's thoughts were flying, countless thoughts appeared and disappeared, and unconsciously, the sound of a rooster crowing came from a distance, and before he knew it, the night was about to pass, and after thinking about it all night, Han Qi didn't come up with any way, but had more headaches.

Since I don't have a clue, I just don't want to think about it, there are too many things in Youzhou at present, and only a small part of the families who came back from Liao have a certain foundation in the mainland, and the rest need to be placed in Youyun.

In the entire Northern Song Dynasty, Youyun's territory is the largest, and the population density is also the lowest, not to mention dozens of families, even if they come again, it doesn't matter, they settled down easily, and dealt with some things by the way.

When Han Qi was working hard in Youyun, the one who took his folds and the letter box written by Zhao Xin rushed all the way to Bianliang on the train.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, in the past few years, the construction of railways has become a boom, starting from the first railway from Bianliang to Yingtianfu, over the years, the entire Northern Song Dynasty, built tens of thousands of miles of railways, almost the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the easy construction of railways have been completed.

The next railways are more complicated, either they are more remote and more difficult to build, or in the south, those railway construction projects that are all over the Jiangnan water network, these are not much to invest in addition to the promotion of the Northern Song Dynasty government, because the benefits are not great.

However, the recovery of Youyun returned to the embrace of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the entire Youyun area, the land was flat, suitable for large-scale construction of railways, and similarly, the huge resources in Youyun could be exploited, and some even had a long history of mining.

In the past, these minerals were not valuable, or did not have much interest, but now, under the premise of the open acquisition of the Dinghai Navy, this is driven by interests, and the railway has begun to be built on a large scale.

Unlike the Northern Song Dynasty in the past, Youyun's railways were completed in one step, and in just one year, the construction of at least 40 railways began.

There are more than 40 railways, each of which ranges from tens to hundreds of miles on average, and all of a sudden, in a year's time, Youyun has become one of the most developed areas of railway density in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

This kind of railway construction makes the traffic here in Youyun very developed, and almost most of the counties are accessible by railway, and it is quite convenient to go from one place to another.

Such intensive investment has really produced results, Youyun here, itself is a place where China's mineral resources are relatively developed, whether it is iron, coal, or other resources, there are considerable reserves, which are transported to the Dinghai Navy through the developed railway network, creating considerable profits.

The construction of this railway also helped Youzhou from the side, from Youzhou to Bianliang, a distance of more than 1,000 miles, with the railway, it will not take more than 2 days at most, and the person responsible for helping Han Qi transmit the folds is a super express special train, only some more precious items, as well as urgent letters, will be transmitted through this.

Not only are the horses used the best and maintain a considerable speed, but in the same way, after adjusting during the operation of the railway, it can reach a fixed speed of more than 35 kilometers per hour.

According to this, if you don't stop 24 hours a day, you can rush to Bianliang in one day.

When the night is late, the railway line of Bianliang is still relatively busy, compared to other places, Bianliang here, is the transportation hub of all the railways in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are more than 12 railways, merging into Bianliang, the marshalling station of Bianliang, and it is also the largest railway station in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

And on this night, a train with special lights appeared in the night, and almost all the nearby station personnel treated this train with over-specification.

Without any omissions, this train successfully stopped at Bianliang Railway Station, and an official wearing a six-grade civil official costume entered the carriage and sorted it out.

After some handover, part of it was put down and handled by the officials below, and the only one, which was covered with the box of Han Qi's sealed letter, was personally held by him and sent to the East Mansion.

In this carriage, many of them are top-secret documents, but top-secret is also divided into grades, and ordinary six-grade civil officials can handle it, but with Han Qi's seal, it is not something he can handle, and even in the entire Bianliang, only Renzong alone can open this seal, and others can open it, which is unreasonable.

After being escorted, the box was sent to Dongfu, and then it was personally carried into the palace by the former governor of Dongfu. There is Han Qi's seal letter, so that the minister on the border can directly send a letter to Renzong, the same, because Han Qi is dealing with the affairs of the Liao State, and now that there is news, it must be sent to Renzong as soon as possible.

Renzong is very concerned about what happened to the Liao State, even if the Liao State is in decline now, the Northern Song Dynasty is not afraid of the Liao State, and there is no need to suffer from the blackmail of the Liao State, but many things in the Liao State are closely related to the Northern Song Dynasty.

After passing through layers of transmission, this piece of music was sent to Renzong, and after verifying the fire seal and sealing the letter, Renzong opened this note.

Four years after Qingli, the biggest change in the officialdom of the entire Northern Song Dynasty was actually in the twists and turns.

Abandoning the past, walking with extraordinary literary brilliance, with the actual situation, with the most indirect and easiest way of explaining everything, straight to the point, so that Renzong, who deals with twists and turns every day, is a lot easier

But it's too straightforward, after seeing Renzong, he couldn't help but change color, the Liao State was destroyed, in just 20 days, something big happened in the Liao State, and it was a matter of life and death, and the country actually perished.

Liaoguo, the big stone that once pressed on the body of the Northern Song Dynasty, to a certain extent, they didn't have to do anything, just relying on blackmail, they could get down from the Northern Song Dynasty one bite at a time.

After recovering the clouds, this stone in the heart of the Northern Song Dynasty was swept away, and occasionally, Renzong would also think that in a few years, with the power of the Northern Song Dynasty, step by step, when the time comes, perhaps, it is not impossible to destroy the Liao State, but that is not something that can be done in a short time, and now a guy who suddenly appeared destroyed the Liao State at once, and it was full of calculations, that is, less than a month, how could this not make Renzong shocked.