Chapter 658: A Great Gift

In addition to the large-scale development of industry and the radical change in the production of certain products, the development of the navy is to train, train a large number of workers, train a large number of technical personnel, with these as a basis, as long as the transportation force is sufficient, the industrial system in the Ryukyus will be rebuilt, this point, Zhao Xin is not worried at all, development is only a matter of time.

With Zhou Zhong's efforts, the Ryukyus developed well, but not to the extent that Zhao Xin was surprised, and he paid more attention to agriculture.

Agriculture is the foundation of everything, in later generations, agriculture has the primary industry, industry is the second industry, although it is said that only industry can get rich, but without agriculture as the foundation, industry will become a tree without roots.

In the past, there were only more than 300 square kilometers of the Dinghai Navy, and if agriculture was taken into account, there would be no land for industry, and more than 300 square kilometers of land, even if it was farming, how many people could be fed.

However, the Ryukyus are different, although they have a large area in the mountains, which are not suitable for farming, but these plains near the west are very suitable for farming.

Zhao Xin's development in the Dinghai Navy, focusing on industrial development, but for agriculture, there is no relaxation at all, the agriculture, seeds, fertilizers supported by the Dinghai Navy, in the laboratory, as well as the mainland, have also carried out certain experiments, but the actual operation is the first time.

Fortunately, there is no difficulty in cultivating and planting in the Ryukyus, and it is not very difficult to cultivate and cultivate it because of its proximity to the ocean and the equator, and the diversity of various creatures itself.

Especially under the premise of owning more than 130,000 slaves, these people may be not suitable for other skilled jobs, but under the drive, it is no problem to open up wasteland and farm.

In just two months, a large amount of land was reclaimed, extending outward from the Taipei Basin, following the footsteps of the army, and the territory of the entire Dinghai Navy in the Ryukyus was further expanded.

A total of 500,000 people can survive on the reclaimed land, and the number may increase to 1 million in the same way as various tropical fruits and fishing support.

This is not a large number, but the grain purchased by the Navy is enough to support the use of tens of millions of people for two years, and this number is also increasing.

The grain is not durable, and the cold storage can be stored for a longer time, but after processing and compression, it can be stored for a little longer.

At present, Ding Haijun can trade with the Northern Song Dynasty, sell products, and purchase raw materials, but once there is a little problem, the whole weak bond will collapse, in this case, food is the most important, he can let Ding Haijun have basic survival, and then get back what he lost.

In the future, Hainan, as well as some islands in the north, and even Hokkaido in Japan, can be cultivated as an important island to ensure that the demand for the navy is becoming more and more vigorous.

Industrial agriculture, urban construction, these developments are quite good, in general, the development of the Ryukyus is carried out in a neat and orderly manner, of course, these are all on paper, and in the next period of time, Zhao Xin will go to see it on the spot.

After completing the official business, Zhao Xin asked Zhou Zhong and the others to leave, leaving Sun Ji and Xue Yu, compared to the others, these two were born and died with him, and by now, the loyalty has reached the full value, and there is no need to worry about them betraying at all.

After a brief inquiry about the current development of the Ryukyus, it was similar to the one in the report, Sun Ji of course knew why Zhao Xin asked so, it was more than 2,000 miles away from the Dinghai Navy, and it also had a huge amount of land and wealth, and under the premise of being alone, it was certain that there would be a deviation, which was also the place he had been monitoring.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhong did not show problems for the time being, maybe it was a young relationship.

Knowing everything that needs to be understood, Zhao Xin has an understanding of the situation in the Ryukyus, and it takes time to develop in control.

Time, is the most impossible to change, can only wait, fortunately, after more Ryukyu, the development of the entire Dinghai Navy will be more balanced, when a large number of factories, are relocated, from the Dinghai to the Ryukyus, the Dinghai Navy will have more land, a series of urbanization construction, will also be opened.

Ryukyu affairs, put it down, let's talk about some things, just now Sun Ji said a lot, all after going to Ryukyu, now, it's time for Xue Yu to say.

Xue Yu is a soldier, so it is natural to talk about the Northern Expedition, at present, the Northern Expedition should have officially started, but it will take time to pass the news over.

The Northern Expedition and the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun were full of encouragement and excitement for Sun Ji, who once brought imperial equipment.

It's a pity that he is destined not to participate in this national war, although he has a very high status in the Dinghai Navy, and the head of the Ryukyus army will also be the most important figure in the entire Dinghai Navy in the future, but he cannot participate in such a historic battle.

Longbows and explosives, plus all kinds of protective gear produced by the Dinghai Navy, these things are very terrifying, not to mention that the Liao State is defenseless, even if it is defenseless, it can't be stopped, recovery is certain, the final result is nothing more than the question of how many states have been taken in the end.

Xue Yu's interest in talking was very high, and he introduced the previous actions to Sun Ji in detail, starting from the 3,000 cavalry of the plantation and then to the construction of 6 fortresses.

Sun Ji listened to Xue Yu's introduction, let out a long breath, landing on the sea, this is what he once did, this method of attack, not only can be applied to the island, all places near the sea, can be used, this stroke of genius, directly in the Liaodong Peninsula Oh landing, and then keep harassing and luring, at this time, Liao Guo may not even know who is doing it, once the army is attracted to the past, the final result, this side to attack the sixteen states of Youyun, it will be much easier.

Not to mention that there are 6 bastions, blocking three key passes, even if the Liao State wants to support, it must take a detour, which is equivalent to a two-pronged approach, and it has occupied a favorable position before the war starts.

Zhao Xin and his two subordinates, here in the Ryukyus, talked about the war situation in the north, and in the far northeast, Chong Ge was also planning a big plan.

Through the summons of the Ding Navy, the cultivator also knew that Liao Xingzong was personally conscripted.

It is much farther to transmit the news from the land, but in the entire Liao Kingdom, they have been preparing for 10 days for action, and the Liao State has not thought about hiding, so the Imperial City Division got this information in advance.

Then after the carrier pigeon, the fast horse, before Liao Xingzong left Zhongjing, the news had been passed to the seed of the seed, and in the same way, in addition to this news, there was also the plan that the Privy Council finally made.

The first, leaving no one behind, contacted the fleet of the Ding Navy and left before Liao Xingzong arrived.

At present, there are 4,000 cavalry, they are well-equipped and have developed combat effectiveness, but it is a small-scale battle, and when the opponent exceeds 10,000 people and gathers together, they don't want to win quickly.

Liao Xingzong mobilized 250,000 in Zhongjing, plus 150,000 in Tokyo, a total of 400,000 people, even if there is a part of the troops, they will stay to defend the city, there are too many that can be mobilized, and there is no chance at all.

If you can't fight, you can run, this is what every general has experienced, in the face of such an enemy, it is not ashamed to run if you can't fight, but Chong Mo didn't want to do this, he naturally skipped this plan.

The second is similar to the third, one is to carry out transshipment by ship, cross the army of Liao Xingzong, attack the hinterland of the enemy, harass Zhongjing, and even further west, has achieved the purpose of destruction and inducement.

The other one, instead of a ship, took the opportunity to jump out of the Liaodong Peninsula, leave an empty city, and then enter the northeast, which is also to harass and guide.

After a simple thought, Chong Ge chose the last one, which can be completely controlled by him, and even has the help of the map, as long as it is not unlucky, and the Liao army meets head-on, the problem should not be very big.

It's just that compared to the more empty west, there is a little chaos here, not only the army of the Liao State, but also some tribes attached to the Liao State, especially the Jurchens.

Before the Northern Song Dynasty, there was nothing known about the Jurchens, after all, there was very little knowledge of the situation in the Liao Kingdom, let alone outside the Liao Kingdom, near the direction further north.

But after investigating the Liao State through the ordinary situation, everything in the Liao State was like being in front of him, and such a big trouble, of course, also entered the vision of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty even wondered if it was to give the Jurchens a little support, which would make the Liao State even more chaotic.

The distance between them was too far to make the trip, but with the large convoy of transport ships of the Dinghai Navy, this became possible.

The purpose of planting a message to the northeast is to lead the army of Liao Xingzong farther away, and on the other hand, there is no idea of contacting the Jurchens.

If this idea is known to Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin will also be dumbfounded, this is tantamount to a repetition of history, in history, a few decades later, after the rise of Wanyan Aguta, the establishment of Houjin, it took 10 years to destroy Liao, and through contact with the Northern Song Dynasty, two sides attacked, accelerated the demise of Liao.

However, after the destruction of the Liao State, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and the shame of Jingkang appeared at this time.

The Northern Song Dynasty in this era, of course, will not be so weak, and the Jurchens are not so strong, but this feeling of repeating history makes Zhao Xin, who knew later, a little unhappy, of course, the result of his unhappiness is, of course, to eliminate this unhappiness, the army directly bypassed Korea, landed from the northeast, and destroyed the Jurchens all the way.

Chong Ge is ready to go to the Northeast, but before he goes, he still wants to give the Liao army a return gift, he has not many troops on hand, 4,000 people, it is okay to deal with small forces, but against large forces of the Liao army, it is not good, rash action, maybe even himself, may be trapped.

Fortunately, he was not a reckless man, he chose to ambush, and the weapon was part of the gunpowder.

Gunpowder, as the trump card of the Northern Song Dynasty's attack on the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, was also provided to the seeds, in order to prevent, when facing the city on the Liaodong Peninsula, there was no way to start.

Of course, there are not many people in their hands, and the average person will carry one or two kilograms, more than 4,000 people, that is, more than 80 stones.

This kind of gunpowder, when gathered together, really had some effect, and after a simple analysis, the seed man set the target on a town that had not yet been destroyed.

This town, compared with those cities in the Northern Song Dynasty, is definitely incomparable, because the city has no city walls and the protection is very weak.

But the city has a lot of houses, about one or two thousand, large and small, and once had the size of 10,000 people, but after being breached, the people who ran and killed were now empty.

80 stone of gunpowder, for the city, is a drop in the bucket, such gunpowder, at most, is buried under the city wall, blowing up the city wall, effective for the siege of the city.

Put on thousands of houses, a house, maybe 10 catties of gunpowder, is useless at all.

What he wanted to do was to use the action of gunpowder to set fires, not only to put a large amount of ignition substances in various rooms, but most importantly, to put a lot of fire oil in some key places.

Explosives are the same, with the exception of some intensive use, most of which serve as ignition lines.

The planting itself was going to use the dead, but after knowing the use of explosives, he chose to use the fuse, and a large number of digging, 4,000 people spent 10 days to transform the place, when it was completely completed, only 100 pro-troops were left, and the rest were basically withdrawn first.

At this time, the Liao army had just arrived in Tokyo, and the Liaodong Peninsula had not yet been blocked, so they could avoid it as long as they marched at night.

As for the planters, they stayed to carry out this burning task, 100 people are elite, all of them are one person and three horses, even if the army gathers, it can also be seen and leave, compared to the large army, it is much easier.

Even among these people, some of them still know the Khitan language, once they are surrounded by a large army, they can also rely on their outstanding skills to take out the Liao equipment that has been captured a long time ago, and then come to change clothes and travel, so that it is easier to go.

Many people disapprove of such an adventure, but he insists on doing so, and he can only give up, fortunately, even if it is a loss, there are only 100 people, and it does not affect the overall situation.

The Liao State did not realize that it was the Song army that attacked Liaodong, and that the cultivators were already preparing to give them a big meal.

When the army of Liao Xingzong arrived, the army stationed in Tokyo, only 20,000 were left to defend the city, and the other armies were opened, whether it was harassing Liaodong or eliminating 5,000 Liao troops, these were all heavy blows in their faces, but unfortunately they did not find it, and they could not mobilize the army.

130,000 troops were dispatched, mighty, and soon after, it was 150,000, in Liao Xingzong and Tokyo, only a little more than 100,000 elites were left, responsible for protecting Liao Xingzong, although he was the royal driver, but he was not arrogant enough to personally dispatch, hundreds of thousands of troops, already very good.