"It has nothing to do with Bojiao, I'm just a little annoyed after living in one place for a long time. You know, I'm a person who likes to be idle, and it's getting more and more lively here, and I'm a little bit confused. Forget it, the kids are still young, let's talk about it when they are older. It's okay, there are still documents left by Bo Jiao here, and I have been out for nearly a year, so I should be serious for a few days. Although I am no longer the prime minister, I am still the emperor, and I still have to do my job well, and I have to hit the bell for a day to be a monk. I'm going to hit the bell, don't bother me if there's nothing special. When Hong Tao spoke again, he returned to his original state, picked up the leather bag put down by Bo Jiao on the chair, and walked towards the study.

"Mom, what's wrong with my dad......" Although Hong Tao seemed to have returned to normal, the dull atmosphere still infected the people around him, this feeling was wrong, but it was not clear what was wrong.

"He didn't like the way the empire looked now, and he didn't want to break the rules he had set for himself. It's like I don't like to let you and your brothers go into the army, but I can't stop you from doing so. Don't bother him, it'll be fine tomorrow morning, your dad is not an ordinary person, I've never seen him worry about one thing for more than three days, and this time it's the same. "Bo Zhu knows Hong Tao better than her daughter, so she can see it better.

But this time Bo Zhu guessed wrong, Hong Tao stayed in the study until dawn and didn't come out, when Bo Zhu pushed open the door of the study to see if her husband was sleeping in it, the study was simply a room. In the midst of the smoke sat a man with a furrowed brow, the desk in front of him covered with papers, notebooks, and maps. And her husband seems to have aged ten years overnight, and the short hair stubble on both sideburns is a little gray.

......Before Bo Zhu could ask what was going on, Hong Tao stretched out a hand and pointed his index finger at the door of the house, his two small eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very mad. Bo Zhu didn't dare to say half a word, honestly exited the study, closed the door gently, and then gently patted his chest with his hand. The look was terrifying, like a beast cornered by a hunter, ready to pounce on anyone it felt threatened.

Hong Tao was indeed angry, because they actually wanted to send troops to assist the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the price of sending troops was to occupy the Shandong Peninsula. Specifically, the area east of the two ports of Dengzhou and Mizhou, for which a very detailed battle plan was designed. In this plan, the Royal Navy will send 30 capital warships and 15 armed cargo ships, following the example of Hong Tao during the three-year naval war, to use the Lisi Islands as a supply depot, and then launch a landing operation at the port of Mizhou.

According to the data on the plan, the port of Mizhou was garrisoned by less than 2,000 Mongol and Han Chinese troops, and there were no more than ten warships, which would soon be routed in front of a thousand imperial troops and dozens of cannons. At the same time, more warships and armed cargo ships carrying the army have quietly circled the waters north of the port of Dengzhou, and on the fourth day after the attack on Mizhou, they will suddenly appear in the port of Dengzhou and launch a landing battle as well.

Judging from the information provided by the Ministry of Supervision, the communication on the road from Mizhou to Dengzhou will take a day and a half at the earliest, and after receiving the news that Mizhou has been attacked, the Dengzhou defenders will definitely divide a part of the defenders to rescue, and their speed is certainly not as fast as the communication speed. That is to say, when they leave the port of Dengzhou for more than a day or so, the port of Dengzhou will be attacked, so that the landing operation will be much less resistant.

Once the Imperial Army landed in the harbor in formation, and then had the power of the sea, ten times as many enemies would not be able to break through the cities they were stationing. Originally, muskets were more suitable for defense, and there were sufficient deck guns to push up the area, whether it was Dengzhou Port or Mizhou Port, the Mongol army would not be able to get it back in a short time.

As long as the ports of Dengzhou and Mizhou were captured and occupied by the Imperial Army, the Great Song Naval Division would use their own ships to transport more troops to land from the port of Mizhou, using this as a base and supply station to continuously pour into the Shandong Peninsula to join the Imperial Army and drive out all the Mongol troops here from east to west. At this time, the main force of the Mongol army was fighting fiercely with the Great Song army in the areas of Guidefu, Kaifengfu, and Henan Province, and the Southern Song army that came out of the Shandong Peninsula could not only cut off the supply line of the Mongol army to the east, but also threaten the eastern road of Hebei to the north, and then threaten Dadu.

This operational plan was drawn up in great detail, and the details of all kinds of logistical supply and land-sea coordination were taken into account, and all of them were specific figures, which were carefully calculated at a glance. Hong Tao also deliberately picked a few data and calculated it by himself, which is really not a blind calculation, it is very realistic. Moreover, many preparations were made in it, and the reaction of the Southern Song Dynasty court was also expected, regardless of whether the Southern Song Dynasty naval division and army finally responded or not, the area east of Dengzhou and Mizhou would become another overseas territory of the Jinhe Empire.

In other words, this is a very reliable battle plan, even if God sees these armies as an eyesore, and there are some irresistible things in manpower, and there are two feasible retreat plans designed in the plan, which can be regarded as well-thought-out, extremely feasible, and a good thing for the empire to take advantage of.

But it was this great thing that made Hong Tao almost fail to lift the table.

First of all, this battle plan has neither Kong Pei's signature nor the seal of the Ministry of National Defense, but it is all signed by some young officers in the Royal Navy and the Army. But such a thing actually ran into the hands of the Imperial Prime Minister, and it had to be discussed informally at the highest meeting of the government department.

Don't ask, this is the handiwork of Bo Jiao's think tank, they and these officers who drafted the plan are classmates, maybe they have already discussed a huge plan for governing the country, some people are in the army, some people are in the top of the government, echoing each other to slowly grasp the power of the empire in their hands, and then they can let the empire move forward in the direction they designed.

The most infuriating thing is that they are basically doing things in accordance with the laws of the empire, and you can at most pick out a few procedural omissions, but you can't accuse them of harming the public and private interests. It is true that they are not harming the public and private interests, but they are just fulfilling their own ideals according to what Hong Tao taught.

These little ones have stretched out their claws and fangs impatiently, and want to go out to hunt and eat on their own, and the Shandong Peninsula is a test and stepping stone for them. As long as this is done, they will definitely have a second and third step, and the goal is clear, the north! More specifically, it is the Liaodong Peninsula and the entire Northeast region.

Why you choose this place is also very simple, this is all done by Hong Tao. When he was teaching geography in school, he mentioned the rich land of Northeast China more than once. With oil, mines, great forests, fertile land, and a good port, what better place to do than to call it a colony? The main thing is that it is close to the Golden River Empire!

Small population! This is not a problem at all for a colonial country. If this question is put in front of Hong Tao, he may still have some scruples about human nature or something, but for these wolf cubs who graduated from the navigation school, they don't have to think too much. Aren't they just people, where are people not people? As long as you can be obedient, you are the labor force of the empire, and if you are not obedient, you will be obedient with bullets and shells.

Hong Tao can imagine what kind of scene East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Indian Peninsula, the Arabian Peninsula and even South Africa will be like at that time. Boatloads of indigenous immigrants and slaves followed a route north, then north, and then gathered on the Liaodong Peninsula. And then all the way to the east, to the north, and spread out from the land. One by one, the fortresses will stand on the land of Liaodong, and the farms will be reclaimed by these slaves and immigrants, and the grain produced will be used to supply more slaves and immigrants; Mines will produce more muskets and cannons for greater expansion. Maybe the Goryeo Parliament, which has been the grass on the wall, will be completely wiped out, and even the Japanese archipelago will suffer, so the wolf cubs can let go of such a close labor production area?

Not to mention the difficulties of resistance, terrain, climate, etc., in front of the guns and ocean-going ships that have been ahead for hundreds of years, and in front of the endless colonial armies, these are floating clouds. Now that the empire has an army and muskets, it was really okay to leave the port empire before, but now no one can stop these armies, whether it is a port or an inland, at least not for a short time.

Is that really good? For the Golden River Empire, it is indeed not a bad thing, and it is not considered a reckless force. Use the blood and sweat of the colonial people to add more colonies to your country, and then use the colonial people to add more colonies. It is a bloody road to colonial rule, and it is also a highway of rapid accumulation of wealth, occupation of resources, and forcible assimilation.

These are also instilled in them by Hong Tao, not intentionally, but unconsciously. In order to make these children more aggressive, Hong Tao deliberately exaggerated the benefits of colonial rule, but before he could explain the disadvantages to them, they grew up. They can't listen to anything they say now, and even if they force it to correct it according to their heads, they will only pretend to understand, and then they will do what to do.

What is the worldview, outlook on life, and values of a country's children, teenagers, and youth, and what is the future of the country? When I was a child and a young man, I was a Red Guard, and when I grew up, I would not be a person who was willing to perfect the rules and abide by the rules; When I was a cowboy, I was a fighting nation, and when I grew up, I was still full of aggression. This is human nature, the same all over the world, and as long as humans have not evolved to the point of arranging genes at will, this habit cannot be changed.

(To be continued.) )