"It would be nice if the imperial court could adopt Mr.'s suggestion, and the students would know that it was a good idea, especially the treasury bills that Mr. said, which was simply a stroke of genius, and I don't know why I had to discuss it!" Wen Nan is an official in vain, and this kind of thing should not come out of the mouth of a person like him who has been an official.

"They still have to find out their own interests from these methods, and they have to balance each other, and no one will suffer a big loss, no one will take advantage of it, and they can pass. In addition, they don't quite believe in our strength, sometimes, the same sentence, from the mouth of a superior person and from the mouth of an ordinary person, the effect is different, this is the recognition of ability. They still don't recognize us, this is easy to do, let's push them again with practical actions. Hong Tao, in turn, had to comfort Wen Nan, he was still very satisfied with this meeting, originally he counted the Southern Song Dynasty court as a potential resistance, but now at least he is not an enemy. In principle, they can fight together, no matter what the name is, and whether they need to be at the disposal of the imperial court, at least it is a progress, a great progress.

Now the fleet of Jinhewan can smoothly enter the Yangtze River and Huaishui under the banner of transshipment envoys, and the officials along the way will receive them according to the specifications of the imperial army, at least nominally, they cannot embarrass this fleet. Moreover, this order had been drafted by Zheng Qingzhi and signed by Emperor Lizong before the end of the talks, and now the grain convoy only needs to take the customs documents and start running against the current until it reaches Gangneung Province.

"Ship it to Ezhou first, depending on the situation, and see if you need to send it to Xiangyang. Let Captain Kong accompany you this time, Lao Wen, all the things you contact with the court officials are yours. That's your job. However, there are problems related to the arrangement of the fleet and the operation of the enemy. Don't interfere with Captain Kong's decision. I will give him all the power of life and death, including you, don't blame me for being ruthless, this is war, not child's play, and you don't want to be the kind of person who talks on paper and doesn't know how to pretend to understand. Therefore, there is a specialization in the art industry, and the affairs of the fleet are handed over to Captain Kong, what do you think? "This is the first time that the transshipment has allowed the fleet to enter the interior of the Southern Song Dynasty. Hong Tao was still very cautious, and specially arranged Kong Pei, who he thought was the most stable and alert, to escort the fleet. He has already explained to Kong Pei that keeping the fleet is the first priority, and when necessary, he can take all means to prevent and kill the gods and Buddhas, and there is no need to worry about the Southern Song Dynasty. This friendly army is sometimes more fearsome than the enemy, so don't treat them as partners, and always be wary of them.

"Remember the teachings of the student, won't the teacher go with the fleet?" Wen Nan still knows the importance of this aspect, once Hong Tao goes to sea. That is the killing god, and the ship is his world. There is no one who does not dare to kill, and the only way to avoid having his butcher's knife slash at his neck is to follow the rules he has set, and there is no other way.

"The rivers are no better than the sea, the waterways are narrow, and they can't accommodate a large fleet, if I, the Jinhe, get into it, don't wait for the Mongol army to fight, I can play myself to death. Don't worry, there are two warships of Captain Kong, and as many Mongolian sailors come in vain, as long as you listen to him, there is no problem. By the way, you and Brother Luo will also tell me what I mean in a while, you must take care of those maritime merchants, and don't let them get carried away. I'm not going to say goodbye to him, I'm going to take the fleet to do something you've always wanted me to do, guess what? Hong Tao really wanted to go around the interior of the Southern Song Dynasty with the grain convoy to see what the real Southern Song Dynasty society was like, and by the way, to see what the famous Mongolian iron cavalry was like. It's a pity that the draft of the Jinhe is too deep, and the hull is large, once the wind is not enough, it will be a waste in the river waterway. In addition, he has a more important thing to do, isn't the Southern Song Dynasty court still not very optimistic about himself? Okay, let them see the true strength of Jinhewan, so that they can talk in the future.

“…… Go attack Dengzhou! Wen Nan pondered for a moment, looked at the evil smile on Hong Tao's face again, and said an answer.

"Lao Wen, you have a small heart, I will pull out all my family resources, and just one Dengzhou Port can satisfy me? But it's a military secret, I won't tell you yet, and you'll know when I get back. Hey, hey, let's go, I'm going to pull it out too. Hong Tao pursed his mouth like a scoop, sold a pass, and didn't give Wen Nan a chance to continue to ask, so he directly pushed him to the side of the boat and watched Wen Nan get into the boat.

Wen Nan took the sand boat to join Luo Youde, Kong Pei took Chen Qihong's Quanzhou and walked with him, and the remaining five warships and three cargo ships also raised their sails again under the leadership of the Jinhe and headed for the sea to the east, where was Hong Tao going?

In the thirteenth century, there were two places in the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula where the population was relatively concentrated, one was called Shishikou and the other was called Jinzhou. It guards the eastern side of Bohai Bay, and ships from the south usually stop here, and ships from the north also use this place as a transit station, and then go to Goryeo and Japan.

The lion's mouth is the Lushun of later generations, and the name of Lushun will not be until the Ming Dynasty, which means that the journey is smooth. Jinzhou is the Dalian of later generations, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty admired the Song Dynasty more, so he called it Suzhou, and changed its name to Jinzhou when he arrived in the Jin Kingdom. Until the 19th century, the Russians took the blueprints of Paris and built a city here, called "Dalini", which means distant city, and later it was transliterated as Dalian.

Due to the Mongol war of extermination of Jin and the operation of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, many maritime merchants no longer dared to go north to do business, making these two originally lively port cities a little deserted, and there were even fewer foreign merchant ships. The Japanese were more interested in fine porcelain, silk, books, tea, and lacquerware from the Great Song Dynasty than in furs from Liaodong. It is even more unlikely that Goryeo merchant ships would trade here at this time, unless they were traitors.

The Xu family of Jinzhou, since the Liao Dynasty, has been operating a sea trade business in Jinzhou and Shishikou, and shipped ginseng, animal skins, and deer antler velvets from Liaodong to Mingzhou or Japan, and then exchanged them for silk, porcelain, tea, gold and silver, and sold them in various cities in Liaodong. Whether the Liao people came, the Jin people came, or the Mongols came, it didn't make any difference to his family, and he had to do business. The nobles of any country like to wear silk and satin, and they all like to use lacquer porcelain, and those things are not produced in Liaodong, so they can only go to exchange with the Song people. Relying on these sought-after goods and familiarity with the sea, the Xu family still sits firmly on Diaoyutai no matter how the dynasty changes.

However, since four years ago, the Xu family began to ship saltpeter and sulfur produced in the north to the south in the ship's hold, because there are two shops in Mingzhou that specialize in buying these things, and the price is very high, and the larger the quantity, the better. As for what they wanted saltpeter and sulfur for, Xu Liangzhi, the head of the Xu family, didn't think there was any need to ask carefully. Most of the Song people like strange and obscene skills, saltpeter and sulfur can be used to make fireworks, and the fireworks of the Great Song Dynasty are indeed very beautiful, and the Xu family will also buy a batch during the New Year and festivals, and bring them back to Jinzhou as a gift.

"Lord Baihu, it's still the old rule, the tap on your side has been sent to the house, can the two ships of the Xu family be released? When the ship returns, it will be offered as usual. "Today is the day of shipment again, and the two sea ships of the Xu family have been loaded with saltpeter and sulfur, ready to go to Mingzhou to catch a handful. Early in the morning, Xu Liangzhi took his two sons to the dock, found the officers of the Mongolian Army Naval Division guarding the lion's mouth, and discussed the release of his ship. This hundred households are not Mongolian, Mongolians are not good at water warfare, and the sailors here are still the sailors of the original Jin Kingdom, most of whom are Han people from the north. They have been in the army for generations, and they have followed the Liao State as an errand since their ancestors, Jin Guo won, and when they change their clothes, they are the Jin State Water Division, and the Mongolians are the same when they come, and they have become Mongolian Water Divisions again.

"Brother Xu, it's not that brothers are troublesome, there is a war in the south these days, and some items can't go south. Last month, a Mongolian general manager came from Dengzhou, who came to Jinzhou to supervise the shipbuilding, if he finds out about the things on your ship, not only will you have to cut off your head, but our brothers will also have to follow the guy who eats! "The Han Baihu is a middle-aged man, with a smiling face, and it is extremely difficult to speak, but there is another meaning in his eyes.

Ever since the Mongol army began to attack Goryeo in the summer, the ships coming and going from Shishikou had become scarcer, and if they didn't get any more benefits, they would have drunk the northwest wind. He just came to Jinju to supervise the construction of ships, as if he was going to attack Goryeo from the sea, because after the Goryeo people killed the Mongol generals who were guarding Goryeo the year before last, the capital was moved from Songseong (Kaesong) to Ganghwa Island across the river, and if there were not enough ships, it would be difficult for the army to land across the two-kilometer-wide Han River.

"Alas...... It's hard to fight together, so let's do it, five Jiangnan brocades, and send them to the house as soon as the ship comes back! Xu Liangzhi is also an old man, and he knows in his heart that this hundred households are taking the opportunity to blackmail, but if he doesn't give it, he can't do it, the county official is not as good as taking care of it now, if he goes to Jinzhou, the matter can be solved, but the cost will be higher. Fortunately, the price of saltpeter and sulfur in Mingzhou has been very high, and he can afford to spend this cost, so he can spend money to buy peace, and when he gritted his teeth, he sent out five fine Southern Song Dynasty silk.

"Hey, Lord Baihu, are you going to give me a word...... Five brocades, even if they are spread out, they can cover the two ships of my Xu family! To Xu Liangzhi's surprise, his five brocades didn't get the response they deserved, and now he was a little angry. The Xu family has been operating in Jinzhou for generations, and there are more than one small hundred officials who know it, if they are really blackmailed, they may lose their heads! (To be continued.) )