Zhao Xin has been on Yuntaishan Island for several days, and initially investigated the situation on Yuntaishan Island, there are also thousands of people on the island, distributed in more than 20 large and small villages, more than half of which are fishing villages.

They are more miserable fishermen than inland, because there is no exchange relationship, and if they catch too much fish, they waste it, and even have very little salt.

The Northern Song Dynasty used salt monopoly, not that salt is cheap on the seaside, except in the production of salt, people in other places do not know how to make salt, fishermen are even more so, even if there is salt in the sea, they are at most on some saline-alkali land by the sea, get some salt, but that kind of salt, a small amount of it is okay, eat too much, it will kill people.

In the seawater, there is a large amount of salt, but there are impurities, especially the waves rushing up, after the seawater is poured in, the salt turned into by transpiration, in addition to impurities, but also mixed with some things in the soil, without a certain filtration, cooking, there is no way to remove the impurities.

Salt can be salted fish, especially for marine fish, if you don't use salt to pickle, it is likely to rot quickly, the island is inconvenient, there is no merchant and the like to sell, occasionally get salt, also very little, just for daily use, can not marinate fish at all, at most, is to use the smoking method, to make smoked fish.

Zhao Xin was like this, obviously a nobleman, and came on horseback, causing chaos on the island for a while, and some people even thought that they were here to arrest them, and it was chaos.

However, Zhao Xin did not make any moves towards them, but when he encountered a little difficulty, he would still give a little gift, such as salt, food, and some necessities of life.

In other places in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Xin would not take out salt casually, but he had already decided to regard Yuntai Mountain Island as his own territory.

Zhao Xin considered a lot of things, and the possibility of not passing was almost impossible.

As an island, the most important thing is the port, which is an important channel connecting the mainland and the island.

The establishment of the navy should be near the port, and Zhao Xin found three similar port locations before.

And after a simple comparison, from small to large, it was divided into three phases, and now, the most important thing is to build this temporary port.

Zhao Xin is to do this well, and choose the right place to arrange the fortress in the location of this port.

Zhao Xin didn't know much about military affairs, he just determined the location of the port, and told Sun Ji the approximate scope of the city and the port.

Sun Jin had a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of the fortress, and in terms of combat experience, it was far above Zhao Xin, and he quickly determined the location of the fortress, which was located on the shore about 150 meters, not too close, not too far, just enough to envelop the scope of the longbow in it.

As long as the fortress is not captured, the enemy's landing operation cannot be carried out near the port, which greatly delays the enemy's landing and attack on the island.

Zhao Xin didn't care about this, he cared about the location of the fortress, in 3 days, the fortress had basically been made, and when the time came, he directly put the fortress in the location of the port.

A building more than 40 meters tall suddenly appeared, but it didn't cause a lot of sensation, because, in the surroundings, Zhao Xin can be completely trusted, and the loyalty is more than 9 to 5.

In addition, when I was in Miaojiazhuang, I had already seen the situation of Zhao Xinxin's immortal arts, and I was surprised, so it was commonplace.

Sun Ji with more than 20 subordinates can ensure the safety of the fortress and can also be used as a residence for Zhao Xin to be stationed.

Standing at a height of more than 40 meters, almost the entire island can be seen, and you can even see the shore more than 20 miles away.

But one of the soldiers suddenly said, "There's a boat coming!" ”

Sun Ji and the others immediately became nervous, and the first thing he asked was if it was a returning fishing boat.

The island has very little contact with the outside world, and there are some fishing boats on the island, if it is a fishing boat, it is good to say, if not, maybe it is a pirate.

It wouldn't be so unlucky, would it? Sun Ji ordered everyone to take up arms, but fortunately, the fortress had been erected, and there were only less than 20 people, so it was impossible to play the full role of the fortress, but there were not many ships coming, at most thirty or fifty people.

Soon, it was confirmed that it was not a fishing boat, and everyone became nervous, this is a small flat-bottomed boat, which is common in inland river transportation, and should rarely be used at sea, but it is not sure that their intentions are coming, and no one dares to take it lightly.

From the shore here, it was only ten or so miles, and with the tailwind, the ship approached soon, and they seemed to discern the direction, and were a little surprised to see the sudden appearance of the fortress, but they still went straight over.

"It seems to be the banner of the Transshipment Division!" Sun Ji had already felt very strange before, his eyesight was already much stronger than ordinary people, on the lucky boat, he saw the flag of the transfer division of Huainan East Road, plus there were few people on the ship, just some boatmen, so he relaxed a little.

The boat quickly docked, and a few messengers came down, and they quickly found this side, and Sun Ji saw the two of them and accompanied Zhao Xin to take a look.

"You are saying that Ding Haijun has already approved it, and the transfer envoy will let me discuss the handover!" Zhao Xin was a little incredulous, didn't he say it was too fast, with Renzong's endorsement behind his back, it was only a matter of time before the navy passed, but shouldn't this will be Renzong's coming, why did he hand over with Huainan East Road, he just wanted a Yuntai Mountain Island, such a small island, not to mention compared with Huainan East Road, even compared with Haizhou, it was a very insignificant fraction.

It's almost the same as the Haizhou Order, and it's really surprising to get to the level of the transfer stone.

Turning his head to look at Sun Ji, Sun Ji had still done his homework, and said, "Before the transfer envoy, he is a very cautious person!" ”

Sun Ji didn't say much, but he made a large part of Cheng Qian's specific clear.

Now Zhao Xin's identity is Miao Ding, the Marquis of Baozhou, and he is no longer legitimately qualified to inherit the throne, so there is no point in deceiving him with such an opportunity.

With the protection of Sun Ji and others, coupled with a considerable understanding of the actual situation, Zhao Xin simply went to take a look.

Cheng Qian, the transfer envoy of the Huainan East Road, is only Zhao Xin's closest neighbor, and no matter what, building a good relationship will definitely be of great benefit to the development of the navy in the future.

sat on the pass that came to pick them up, and only Sun Ji and Zhao Xin went out and followed the boat to Haizhou.

The system of Huainan East Road is located in Yangzhou, where is also the entire Huainan East Road, one of the richest and largest cities, but during this time, for the affairs of Haizhou and Chuzhou, Cheng Qian has been nearby, and now he has asked Zhao Xin, and he went to Haizhou in person.

In the Haizhou Yamen, Zhao Xin met Cheng Qian, as a road transfer envoy, Cheng Qian was a little older, and he was basically full of gray hair.

Accustomed to seeing Han Qi and other young high-ranking officials, Zhao Xin took it for granted that the Northern Song Dynasty was such a young official.

In fact, in the Renzong Dynasty, many of the slaughterers occupied high positions when they were very young, such as Han Qi, for example, Pang Ji, and a group of young talents such as Song Qi.

However, more often than not, such high-ranking officials are already the apex of local officials, except for those who take the posts of prime minister and governor with them, and the others are all like this, step by step, from the bottom to the bottom, and finally achieve this position.

Cheng Qian is like this, he is a Jinshi of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu for five years, when he was a Jinshi, he was already 31 years old, all the way to the sea ups and downs, it took 32 years, from a petty official of eight or nine grades, all the way to the position of a transfer envoy, this year is already 63 years old.

Life is rare for seventy years, and for a feudal society that is not very sound in all aspects, he can already be called auspicious at his age.

The guest sat down, and Cheng Qian also had a lot of respect for Zhao Xin, although he was a marquis when he opened and closed his mouth, but his attitude was not much different from that of a prince and prince.

Sure enough, the first thing Cheng Qian said was the news about the approval of the Dinghai Navy and the transfer of Miao Ding from Baozhou Hou to Dinghai Hou, which is really not slow, first of all, it takes two days to expedite eight hundred miles, and it is four days to go back and forth, plus the time delayed in the capital, this is not easy to say, at least three or five days, at most one or two decades, it is a very normal thing.

But when it was full, it was only 9 days, that is to say, there were only 5 days of delay in the middle, which shows Renzong's dedication to this matter.

This is a formal will, drafted by the two governments, and then submitted to the central and the emperor for double approval of the official document, this is with legal effect, that is, now the Dinghai has actually been established, and some of the central funds, personnel, and even grassroots officials are also being appointed, but they need to be confirmed by Zhao Xin.

After spending so much effort and choosing so many places, when the dust finally settled, Zhao Xinzhong was excited, Yuntai Mountain Island, a small island that is only a few hundred square kilometers, barren and poor, without any resources, will become a stage for him to turn stones into gold, an epoch-making miracle, about to be born in the land of the Northern Song Dynasty.

A simple handover, and witnessed by Cheng Qian, the Haizhou official handed over the things about Yuntaishan Island to Zhao Xin, in fact, Yuntaishan Island only has 400 household registrations, and there are not even any empty land households.

There's no way, it's too poor, paying a little poll tax is already the limit, you really have to collect land rent according to Yuntai Mountain Island, and don't make a big deal, they can't support it at all.

This saves time, otherwise, any city, a county with a population of hundreds of thousands, or even more, will have a big handover, and it may take dozens of days for professional officials and staff members to be able to deal with it.

After everything was handed over, just when Zhao Xin thought it was over, Cheng Qian suddenly said to Zhao Xin, who was facing him: "Please Dinghaihou help me"