Han Qi is a relatively practical official, since he has been deeply involved in the northwest, there have been a large number of people following him, plus he was the first to do business with Zhao Xin, even if he himself is not greedy, but he is not an old antique, the same kind.

Through some flexible means, as well as the support of the family, the Han family has accumulated a relatively large amount of wealth, and it is also able to support the entire staff team.

However, there are a lot of people who came this time, located in Liao, and there are already exposed spies, businessmen, and some Han people who have attached to the Northern Song Dynasty, almost more than 300,000.

Zhao Xin is very thirsty for the population, but he also knows that it is not a good thing for these people to stay forcibly, not only does it take a long time to digest, but it is also easy to produce hidden dangers.

Different from the previous in Dinghai, Dinghai is an island, relatively closed, as long as the port is mastered, after the passage of entry and exit is controlled, it is easy to control, even if there is some danger, it is not easy to break out.

However, it occupies the Liao State and seems to have a larger territory, but in fact, there are many places that the Ding Navy needs to guard, in this case, the people who will immigrate to the Northeast in the future will be screened and controlled, and it may be necessary to reduce a certain number in a short period of time.

Destroyed the Liao State, obtained millions of people from the Liao State, this part of the population, as captives, after a simple identification and selection, can send them all to the island, in order to replace the personnel above, this, as an occupier, the Ding Navy can do it very easily, but if it is aimed at the Han people, it is easy to cause panic, especially those newly attached personnel who are already a little afraid.

This has brought tremendous pressure to Shanhaiguan, even if these people are dragging their families and bringing a considerable amount of property, but it is also equivalent to a large-scale move, and it is quite difficult to settle them all.

A large number of staff, as well as the original six personnel in Youzhou, they worked together to settle these people.

After two years of development, especially the wealth obtained from the Dinghai Navy, many tributaries centered on the Haihe River have been dredged, and on the basis of the original, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, re-excavated, forming a large area of good land.

In the past, because of the small number of people, a large number of agricultural machinery of the Dinghai Navy was used, and most of the farmland was used in the form of extensive farms, but in fact, at least more than one-third of it was empty, and these families who returned from the Liao State just took advantage of it.

The Han people are mostly farming, although it is said that the status in the vicinity of Zhongjing is a little higher than that of Youyun before, but at this moment, they are only forced to move, and they don't have so many ideas, there is a place to settle down, and there is land, which is already a good thing for them, and in the same way, they also get some cheap grain.

Coming from Liao, they are still familiar with the price system of Liao, and since the loss of Youyun, the overall strength of Liaoguo has been weakened on a large scale, which is not only affected by the upper echelons of Liao, but also all aspects of the entire society.

Without the tribes on the grassland, the number of beef and mutton has been greatly reduced, and without the clouds, grain production has been greatly reduced, which in a short period of time, perhaps because of the large-scale reduction of the population, there is no life and death, but the price of grain has tripled compared with two years ago, and the price of meat has almost doubled.

In itself, the grain production of the Liao State is small, and the price is higher than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, which has tripled, almost 3.5 guan per stone of rice, and even if it is flour and miscellaneous grains, their price is more than 2 guan.

But when I arrived in the Northern Song Dynasty, I was surprised to find that the price of rice was about 500 wen per stone, and the price of noodles was even lower, below 200 wen.

I thought this was the preferential treatment of the Northern Song Dynasty, but if I continued to stay, I realized that this was originally available in the entire north, and at the same time, all kinds of things were cheap.

Dingjun, in the Northern Song Dynasty's commerce, has been deeply cultivated for so long, completely disintegrating the small peasant economy of the Northern Song Dynasty, many small handicraftsmen either went bankrupt and changed careers, or were absorbed by Dingjun, and therefore, the price of a large number of commodities is declining, especially daily necessities.

The improvement of living conditions and the reduction of money spent have made these families in Liao gradually return to their hearts, and the mood that was still apprehensive has also been effectively alleviated, which can be regarded as a certain extent, increasing the heartfelt heart of the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as this situation continues to be maintained, it may take three or five years, Youzhou will be stable.

It took a few days to finish settling down these populations, and it was time to make an appointment with Zhao Xin to watch the exercise, in fact, during this time, Han Qi also thought a lot, faintly, he somewhat understood that the exercise was also a way to show off his muscles.

Han Qi couldn't figure out what the result of the exercise was, but it had a lot to do with the siege artillery, the strange-looking weapons, and the current army of the Dinghai Navy.

In 10 days, Han Qi was not idle, and recruited a large number of personnel, and Han Qi's current position can already control the entire Youyun, even the military and civilians in Hebei, and his order is well-founded.

Di Qing is an inevitable one, and the previous cooperation in Youyun made Han Qi understand that Di Qing was a rare handsome talent, if it weren't for him as a pioneer, the battle of Youyun at that time would not have been so smooth.

Han Qi was very proud, but he didn't look down on capable people, Di Qing returned to Hebei after making meritorious service in Youyun, promoted a few levels, and became a commander, and could lead more than 20 teams to the army alone, which is also quite high in the army.

In addition to Di Qing, there are also some talents from the generals, these people are either famous, or they were discovered in Han Qi's use, not too many, about more than 10, no matter what the purpose of the Dinghai Navy is, it is also a good choice to let these young soldiers see the world.

Generals are a must, and there are some talents in various fields, such as ordnance, bows and arrows, firearms, and protection.

This is an exercise, not a real war, even if it is Liwei, it is impossible to kill with real knives and guns like the real war, in this case, it is very likely to be a parade, or to show something, and under the premise of not being sure what it is, Han Qi still makes comprehensive preparations.

Which generals were brought to Youyun by Han Qi with various orders, not to mention these craftsmen who were very low in status.

Dingjun attaches great importance to craftsmen, and also worships craftsmen as idols, because the large-scale construction and factories in the Northern Song Dynasty have made the status of craftsmen a little higher, but it is only a little higher, Han Qigui is the prime minister, and a group of craftsmen are mobilized to come over, and even without writing a letter, directly issue an order, and the people under it can do a good job.

Because of this, Han Qi's entire team began to expand, from about 1,000 people at the beginning, to more than 2,000, and almost 3,000 before finally stopping.

Bringing so many people over at once, will there be danger, Han Qi has never paid attention to it, with his understanding of Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin is not that kind of person, even if he wants to kill him, there are countless opportunities, even after becoming the prime minister, there are opportunities, there is no need to do this at such an important moment between the two countries.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, almost two days after the appointed time comes, all the personnel are in place, and the personnel are arranged, just waiting for the navy to come.

After all, at that time, when the letter was delivered, it was only informed that there would be such an exercise 10 days later, but the specific content of the exercise and the specific location were not informed, and everything would not be known until that day.

The day before the appointment, the Dinghai Navy sent personnel to greet Han Qi, and there were not many people to greet him, probably a phalanx composed of 100 horsemen, and it was none other than Xue Yu who greeted Han Qi.

At this time, Xue Yu was the commander-in-chief of the entire Ding Navy in Liao, but because of the arrival of Zhao Xin, Sun Ji and others, plus the personnel in government affairs, Xue Yu should actually be counted as the fourth and fifth person.

If according to Xue Yu's current identity, Xue Yu is just the commander of the Ding Navy, this military attache of the third and fourth grades, not to mention compared with Han Qi, even compared with Di Qing, there is a huge difference.

Not counting civil and military, this gap is also quite huge, but under the premise that the Liao State was taken by the navy, it cannot be judged according to the original level.

Xue Yu is at least the second person in the military under the premise of the current new Liao State, in this case, it is also a relatively respectful situation based on the relationship between countries, just like Fu Bi as a privy deputy envoy, going to the Liao State to discuss, and the Liao State sent the deputy marshal to dock, which is quite appropriate.

For Han Qi, as long as someone comes to pick him up, he will definitely go, even if no one comes to pick him up, he will go, he also wants to know, why did the Dinghai rely on something, so easily, he took the Liao State, in the middle, is it the strategy that has the upper hand, or the various equipment and new tactics have the upper hand.

After a brief contact, Xue Yu first met Han Qi and told Han Qi that it was not too far from the top, just north of Shanhaiguan, almost more than 60 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan.

This place is not very far, but it may take a considerable amount of time for the army to march, almost two days if the army marches at a rate of 60 miles a day.

Now there is no shortage of horses in the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is the horses gradually cultivated from the northwest, or in Youyun, the horse farm before the Liao State was taken, the horses of the Northern Song Dynasty have been greatly supplemented, and even the Jingsai army has signs of reconstruction.

Located in Youyun, sitting on the horse farm, the same, is also the forefront of the entire Liao and Song Dynasty, Youyun here, the number of horses is quite high, and there is no problem at all with 3,000 war horses.

Although some craftsmen did not know how to ride horses, they were also led by knights who were familiar with horseback riding, and at the very least, they could move relatively quickly.

In the confirmed exercise, it will be carried out at noon the next day, and Han Qi is not in a hurry, and that night, he led the general and entertained Xue Yu.

Xue Yu was born in the army, starting from a low-level officer, all the way to the palace, of course, the amount of alcohol is not shallow, but he is not facing one or two, but many, that night, he was also drunk, fortunately, he was prepared, brought the decanting medicine of the Dinghai Navy, with the help of the attendants, there was finally no unconscious.

Han Qi drunk Xue Yu, the purpose was also to take advantage of the drunkenness, from Xue Yu's mouth, he knew more things about the Dingjun, since he didn't succeed, he couldn't tear off his face and use it, the method could be used, but if it didn't work, it couldn't be forced.

returned to the room safely, Xue Yu was also in a cold sweat, and it was also when he had passed the three rounds of wine that he realized that something was wrong, and he couldn't stop, fortunately, there was this kind of sobering medicine, but the effect was only to make him less dizzy, drunk and unconscious, but uncomfortable and other drunken reactions, there were still some.

Early the next morning, Xue Yu got up from the quilt with difficulty, barely dressed, and his steps were a little staggering, but Han Qi was ready.

There are about 3,000 people in total, and there are about 1,000 people in the escort team, which belongs to him, and the other generals have more or less brought some people, and the total number of troops exceeds 1,800 people, which is not much, but they are all elite.

The remaining 1,000 people are professionals, and only a small number of them can ride horses, and most of them need to be led by knights.

Fortunately, they set off before dawn, and at a speed of about 15 kilometers and a trotting horse, it would take them about two hours to reach their destination, and by then, there would be about an hour before the start of the whole exercise.

Riding on a horse, Xue Yu had to walk with Han Qi, enduring the discomfort of a hangover, fortunately, in the morning, he used some porridge to pad the bar, and he didn't walk too fast, Xue Yu's old body was still there, barely on par with Han Qi.

Along the way, Han Qi still asked from the side, but with last night's mistake, Xue Yu never dared to say anything, he didn't know if he asked, as long as it involved some things in the Ding Navy, he prevaricated with secrets, for this, Han Qi smiled and didn't say much, in fact, in these aspects, Han Qi was also prepared, sometimes, looking at things, you can't hear about it, you have to use it to see, no matter how many secrets the Ding Navy has, this time, it will also be revealed in front of them, He just had to watch it seriously.

When it was almost half an hour, calculating the distance, it was almost there, Han Qi asked Xue Yu, he was about to arrive, bypassed the hill in front of him, and arrived at the location.

When they rounded the hill and saw the open ground in front of them, they found that in the distance, there was a neat military formation, which should be the location of the naval exercise, and it was only more than three miles away from the hill.

Han Qi was attracted by another thing at a glance, in front of the military array, a huge, almost more than 30 meters high fortress, erected on the plain, surrounded by the military array, etc., it was particularly eye-catching, Han Qi's face changed, but he quickly covered it up, he had made many estimates before, but he didn't expect it, but it was the worst situation.