Chapter 315: Finding a Harbor
Ten days after arriving at the Daimyo's Mansion, Zhao Xin left the Daimyo's Mansion, and he had an extra horse, which the Daimyo's Mansion left behind.
The Northern Song Dynasty lacked horses, what was lacking was large-scale war horses, and it was impossible to form a cavalry team, let alone heavy cavalry, but a few horses were still possible, such as Han Qi, who had a cavalry guard team of 500 people.
The Daimyo's Mansion stayed behind, and he was also a powerful officer, not as good as Han Qi, but he was also the head of the land, with the help of some skills, he got a magic weapon, compared to others, at least 1500 pieces less, a horse of about 500 pieces, he gave it directly to Zhao Xin.
Itself, sent out a horse worth 700 horses, only about 10 months of foal, this foal with BMW blood, very extraordinary, in the future when it grows up, it must be a horse of the gods.
However, Zhao Xin refused, although he was only a little over 4 years old, he was no longer a child, both mentally and physically.
At this time, Zhao Xin's height has exceeded 1.45 meters, which is not much lower than Sun Ji and others who are 1.9 meters tall, and Wang Song.
From the time to the present, in half a year, he has risen by 1 level, from the first level to the second level, under the nourishment of the card system, Zhao Xin's height has increased significantly, and he is no longer Muyang of a 4-year-old child, some children of seven or eight years old.
But in terms of strength and body control power, he is already a teenager, this is the benefit of genes, this subtle gene, coupled with the acquired exercise, so that Zhao Xin already has a certain amount of self-preservation.
Of course, the practice came with Sun Ji, Zhao Xin just asked casually, in my opinion, Sun Ji, a superman who is obviously above ordinary people, should know some kung fu, right?
It's really true that Sun Ji is indeed good at kung fu, an internal law, and an external skill.
Of course, Sun Ji also famously said that he is a special case, whether it is vomiting or external skills, he has surpassed the limit of what has been recorded, and has reached an incredible level.
Zhao Xin also knew that I am afraid that from ancient times to the present, people like Sun Ji don't say much, after all, this is much more than ordinary human beings, at most it is Xue Yu's level.
I don't know if it's a change in genes, or Zhao Xin's body, it's really suitable for this, the kung fu of horizontal practice has not yet shown its strength, and the tuna kung fu has been shown, and even when he vomited for the first time, he felt that there was a heat flow in his body, which was constantly moving.
At that time, when he told Sun Ji about this situation, Sun Ji was still very surprised, but after careful bone touching and examination, he found that everything was normal, and Zhao Xin took a day to complete the qi sense and control that he had not achieved in 3 months.
Next, Sun Ji took full control and monitored Zhao Xin's progress, Zhao Xin's progress is getting faster and faster, although he is not like martial arts, he has true qi and is omnipotent, but his body's control, accuracy, including strength, have been greatly improved, and now he can even open a hard bow with one stone, and the accuracy is extremely high.
Zhao Xin actually, for Tuna, more attentive, horizontal kung fu, or forget it for the time being, he believes that with the entry of the card system, from the first level to the second level is a huge leap, from the second level to the third level, it should also be, when the time comes, according to the card system, that is the real involvement in the most secret links of the human body, open the power of non-human existence.
However, the second to third level, there are some difficulties for the time being, it will take at least a few decades, even if there is money, it will take millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, and even the city has not been built for the time being, and it is not necessary to invest money in the card system for the time being
Their team has almost 40 horses, some of which are left by Miaojiazhuang, and there is also the support of Han Qi, and there are almost more than 20 horses in a group, one person and two horses, forming a small cavalry team.
From the Daimyo's Mansion to the west, after crossing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it approached the later Shandong Province, which was also Zhao Xin's first target.
This road is not close, will choose Yantai as the starting point in Bohai Bay, all the way along the sea, all the way to Hangzhou, if there is no other choice, the port near the south of the Yangtze River, can also be chosen.
The entire core area of the Northern Song Dynasty lies in the Gyeonggi region centered on Sijing, where the population is large and the industry and agriculture are developed, which is the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Next, with the Yangtze River and the Yellow River as the link and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal as the link, it developed among the five major river systems, and almost hit the vast majority of the population of the Northern Song Dynasty among the five major river systems.
After crossing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then going east, although the terrain is getting flatter and flatter, the obvious reclamation rate is not high, especially near the seaside, because there is no seaside dike, the seawater backflow is quite serious, and salinity has become a common phenomenon.
A large amount of fertile land may have been reclaimed, but at this time it was all barren, and in some of the fishing villages by the sea, there were dilapidated thatched huts everywhere, and people in ragged clothes, with timidity, looked at the horse caravan from which they did not know where they came, and their eyes were glazed.
This is another world, a completely different atmosphere from the big cities, around the canals, this is the difference between wealth and poverty, fishing villages, should be the kind that stands at the bottom.
The port, in the Northern Song Dynasty, was just a place to stop boats, the canal was a little better, the city had a market, but the fishing village had something.
Even in Qingdao, which has opened its port and become the core of the south-to-north movement, the city shipping department does not have a port, but is inland.
This is the sorrow of the sea, even in the south, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and even Quanzhou, the maritime merchants who traveled to Southeast Asia and even the Arab region by boat, bringing the glory of China to all parts of the world, but for ordinary fishing villages, it is such a scene.
Taking a deep breath, what he saw in the Northern Song Dynasty was only a small part of what he saw, although most of the places were peaceful and peaceful, but just like the light had both positive and negative sides, outside the bright place, there was darkness, and the Northern Song Dynasty was already much better.
Perhaps, in the future, something will be done for these poor fishermen, so that they can have a different livelihood, although it is said that such people are very rare in this era, but when gathered, it is a very objective number, and the most important thing is that they are familiar with the water, familiar with the sea, as long as they are given a change of boat, they are the most qualified sailors.
When you are not able to take care of others, forcibly taking care of others will only make things worse, for the time being, Zhao Xin really does not have this ability.
Looking at the fishing village in the distance, it is just a small fishing village formed spontaneously, there are only forty or fifty families, and there are at least 14 boats, including 12 canoes, and there are 2 real fishing boats, but they are where their livelihood lies.
Shandong Peninsula, in the south of the Bohai Sea, leaning on the Bohai Sea on one side and the Yellow Sea on the other, the geographical location is very superior, in later generations, it is also an important part of the Bohai Economic Belt, starting from the Bohai Sea, there are a series of ports.
Yantai, an important port in later generations, was called Dengzhou and Laizhou in this era, which belonged to an important area in Shandong, but it did not stretch to the sea level in the plain, and the same is true for Yantai, which has not yet been completely formed, and the conditions of the port are average.
Zhao Xin did not take Yantai as the first choice, the purpose of choosing him, just for fear of missing out, Yantai is located in a good geographical location, although it is a little far away from Bianliang, but his location is important, in the corner of Bohai Bay, and Dalian of the Liaodong Peninsula is almost across the sea, if from the north, to the Liaodong Peninsula development, this is a good place, even the boat and the like, do not need to be very good, this world, there are some development outside the Guan, is to rely on the ship to cross the strait.
After riding, the speed was much faster, and they ensured about 200 miles a day, and it took 7 days to get to Yantai after coming out of the Daimyo's Mansion.
However, after reading Yantai, Zhao Xin was not satisfied, it was not suitable for the conditions to become a port.
Next, along with the well-known ports in the previous life, Weihai, Qingdao, and Rizhao, these are all well-known ports in the later generations, and this era has also been used to a certain extent, but it is not very perfect, and it is not close to Zhao Xin's requirements.
In principle, Zhao Xin didn't want to be in Shandong, it was too far away from Bianliang, Rizhao and Donggang were okay, and Qingdao was a little too far, let alone Yantai and Weihai in Bohai Bay.
If it is said that from the ports that have been selected now, the most suitable is Qingdao, but this place, which has been developed, is not very suitable. ,
Qingdao is different from other ports before, as a north-south hub, river transport and shipping liaison place, here is already a port, in Banqiao Town, specially set up the city shipping division, this is the only one in the north, there are certain sea ships every year, docked here for loading and unloading and selling goods, the city shipping division is also considered to be the periphery, a more outstanding place.
It's a pity that Qingdao has developed, Zhao Xin hopes to paint and calligraphy on a blank piece of paper, Qingdao is very suitable but has been developed, it is not easy to reverse the developed Qingdao.
Going down Qingdao, Donggang Rizhao, are also two choices, but each has its own problems, if the next Lianyungang is still unable to meet Zhao Xin's requirements, he will choose one of these two ports as the final choice.
But he is more inclined to Lianyungang, because the dimension is better, his dimension is almost on the same level as Bianliang, plus here, the development time in history is even later, this era, it is just an island that has not been traveled.
In fact, there are many islands off the coast of China, but in the long-term land reclamation movement, the alluvial soil layer was gradually buried, and most of Lianyungang in later generations was still on the seabed at this time, and was not alluvial.