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Although last year, there were not many crops in Xilu affected by the war, but this year, under the condition that Fan Xu, the peasant envoy, led a group of old farmers to inspect various places to spread the knowledge of manure, the wheat grew gratifyingly. By the end of April, the grass has died, and the time for winter wheat to ripen has arrived!

According to the custom, farmers from all over the country would offer new wheat produced in the field for the lord to taste, called "tasting wheat", and Jin Jinggong died in the wheat tasting season.

In the pavilion by the Yuncheng wharf, Zhao Wuxian put a bowl of water cake with stewed pork toppings in front of him, as well as wheat rice, flour cakes and other foods, and the guest who came back from afar also had exactly the same portion.

Seeing that the man was not eating, he put down the bamboo chopsticks and said, "When I heard that Zishi was defeated by Chen's Zhoushi on the big river, I thought you wouldn't be able to eat this year's new wheat, and I was very sad. But it doesn't matter if the ship is destroyed, as long as the people are safe. But how exactly he lost, you have to tell me in detail, so that the pen can be recorded and taken as a warning. ”

The person on the opposite side was the willow foot who had set off a lot of wind and waves on the big river, he lost his previous spirit, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The general of the defeated army, I am already grateful that I was not shackled by Si Kou, and I should know everything, as for why I was defeated by the Qi people, there is only one reason, I can't beat it." ”

"Can't beat it?" It is really surprising that Liu Xia, who has always been above the top, would say such a thing.

"However, there are many Qi warships. There is one large wing and two middle wings. There are five winglets, and the rest are dozens. Sailors nearly a thousand. But we have only one middle wing, two small wings, and the rest are captured boats, except for the light boats, and even more so that although these ships can still sail, their form is not suitable for combat. The number is not as good as the Qi boat, the speed is not as good as the Qi boat, and the number of people who can shoot arrows is not as good as the Qi boat, which is like two men with wooden sticks and cloth clothes and a car in leather armor. The ten men who raised the battle were the same, and there was no reason to be invincible. ”

Lost this water war, the thief was aggrieved and aggrieved, the Jin Kingdom had no tradition of water warfare, and Dr. Wen's few flowery boats were used to rob merchants, but once they met the Qi State Boat Division, it was simply a devastated existence. The hardware conditions are like this, even if he is good at commanding, the sailors try their best to save. It didn't help, and it couldn't hold out after less than two moments of engagement.

In the end, the gecko was used to cut off the tail, at the cost of losing a winglet, and losing seven or eight light boats and merchant ships. Only then did most of his subordinates escape.

"If you are defeated, you will be defeated, and the Qi people and boats are the best princes, and only Chu and Wu can compare with them. I didn't expect to be able to completely cut off the shipping of the great river, just the ship of bronze that was looted. The losses have been made up. ”

Zhao Wuxian was also helpless, it seemed that he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of Qi Guozhou's division. After all, the Qi people live on the coast, and the Qi Hou likes to go to the sea to play when he has nothing to do, and I heard that the salt works in the Donglai area even have a sea boat division, and there are also water weapons in the riverside area, and this time the Chen boat division alone can defeat the thieves...... So they used force on the river this time, which was quite a bit like they had stabbed a hornet's nest.

The thief said, "Although the battle was lost, the raid continued. ”

"Oh? Didn't the Qi people already control the river east of Jianjin? ”

"The great river is wide, nearly twenty miles at its widest point, and even if a hundred boats are deployed, it cannot be completely blocked, not to mention that there are river forks, reeds and small moorings everywhere, so that smaller boats can hide in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to move, and still have the effect of harassment."

It seems that the thief is only a small defeat, and the loss is much smaller than expected, and he said without a smile: "That's okay, it's impossible for the Qi people to send someone to escort every merchant ship, and it will take a lot of energy." ”

It's just that after the Chen family began to escort the convoy, the effect of obstructing the waterway of the great river was greatly reduced. It seems that if you want to compete with the Qi State Boat Division on the river and at sea, a powerful sailor is indispensable, and the general who Zhao Wuxian is best at water warfare is the willow in front of him......

Liu Xiajiao saw Zhao Wuxian's thoughts, and he said, "If Si Kou wants to defeat the Qi people's boat master on the big river, there are only two ways. ”

"Tell me about it?"

"First, it is to open up Jishui, Pushui and the big river, and then the ships of the subordinates in the big field can go straight to the big river, although most of them are small boats, but the subordinates are still confident that they will compete with the Qi people!"

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Canal?

Zhao Wuxian groaned, the canal is not new, and the king of Chuzhuang asked Yin Sun Shuao to open the canal to communicate with Jianghan; During the reign of King Chu Ling, he opened the north from Zhanghuatai to promote water to facilitate transportation, and there was even a ditch between Chen and Cai to communicate between the two countries.

After his influence expanded throughout Xilu, Yuncheng became an administrative and economic center. This town is located between Pushui and Dayozawa, the east and west two water surfaces are only 30 miles apart, Yuncheng is just sandwiched in the center, so there are two wharves in the east and west, among which the east wharf is the most prosperous, and the salt and grain transported from Taoqiu are unloaded here.

Therefore, someone once suggested to him that it would be better to dig a 30-mile-long ditch canal through the perimeter of Yuncheng, so that ships could sail freely between the two water systems of Pushui and Jishui.

This thirty-mile canal alone could not be opened immediately by Zhao Wuxian, and this kind of large-scale project was time-consuming and laborious, and it was better not to die when the war of goods and colonization was in full swing and the financial and material resources were temporarily difficult. Now he can only ask Ji Qiao, Fan Xu and others to inspect the terrain and make a plan, and then do it later.

"I can't open the canal for thirty miles at once, let alone a hundred miles away from the great river. During the period, you have to pass through the patriotic area, and you can't do it. ”

"Then I can only use the second one, in Wenxian and Jianjin shipbuilding on the big river, as long as there is a fleet no less than the Qi people Chen Zhoushi, I can make the Qi people unable to travel on the river!"

Zhao Wuxian asked people to remove the food that was already cold, invited Liu Xia to step forward, looked at the busy dock and said to him: "Shipbuilding not only costs money, but also copper, iron, wood, and viscose paint......

When he received the six hundred pounds of bronze a few days ago. Only then did he order Ji Qiao to order the officials to carefully check the quantity of the five treasury materials: there were only a handful of gold in the treasury, and the copper coins were mainly Qi Dao, but there were only tens of thousands. There are more than 2,000 catties of bronze, and the most is inferior pig iron, and the iron workshop in Taoqiu has been from January to the present. The average daily output is 60 catties, which is 5,000 catties! It is constantly being forged into agricultural tools. The rest of the leather band warehouse, animal horn warehouse, feather warehouse, as well as oil, viscose, danqing, cinnabar, lacquer warehouse.

These materials are in short supply, and if you want to support the shipbuilding industry, which costs a lot of money, I am afraid it will not be possible...... Otherwise, go and fool Dr. Wen Zhao Luo to bleed again? I'm afraid it's not easy.

Good steel has to be used on the blade, and the conditions restrict Zhao Wuxian from investing too much in the boat division for the time being, and it can take a year and a half to build a big ship. When Zhao's boat division is completed, it is estimated that it will be two or three years later.

He saw that the thief was a little discouraged, so he encouraged: "Don't take this non-war crime to heart. And the shipbuilding idea is good, the shipbuilders from Wu Guo are about to arrive, I can help you get some water weapons, I have observed your fleet, there are just a few new ideas that can be used on the new ship......"

Zhao Wuxian as a person from later generations. I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs running, what sails, bronze ramming horns, building boats. The Romans had a bridge of crows, and ships with large crossbows...... Just get a few things out, and don't let the monotonous rowing boats of the Qi people be invincible. You can't escape.

Liu Xia sighed in his heart, although he was embarrassed to lose this time. But he could only admit it.

Just then, a strong wind blew from the lake. lifted the curtain of the pavilion, and even blew the screen to the ground, and the tall wine bottle on the desk crackled and fell to the ground, and the erector and concubine who were waiting next to him were suddenly in a hurry.

Zhao Wuxian's heart moved, he stretched out his hand to feel the direction of the wind, and the invisible power brushed through his slender fingertips, burrowed into the wide sleeves of his robe, and puffed up the deep coat, making the whole person seem to double in size.

"It's a northeast wind......"

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This is the wind from the sea of Qi Guoshao, blowing along the seashore to the southwest, most of it is blocked in the Taiyi Mountains, but part of it is blowing along the Jishui Pushui all the time, and it can even blow the ships down the river in the opposite direction......

Zhao Wuxian suddenly remembered something: "The northeast wind blows more in April between the river and Jishui, do you say that the boat division of the Qi people in Jishui and Zishui will follow the example of the Chen boat division and also come up against the current to attack Xilu?" ”

Based on his knowledge of Qi Hou Pestle, this is a monarch who likes to win and dominate, and after a small victory on the big river, it is difficult to say that he would want to replicate the same tactics in Puji.

For half a year, the Qi State still hasn't recovered from the defeat in the snow field, and it is unrealistic to call for labor to fight, but if it is to retaliate against Zhao Wuxian with the boat division, it is very likely, but is it feasible?

The thief said categorically: "Pushui will not, this river is narrow, the widest part is only half a mile, you can shoot to the boat while standing on the shore, it is not suitable for a large number of warships to pass, Qi people can't do this, but Jishui ......"

Jishui is generally more than one mile wide, and the widest part is even two or three miles! If it is against the wind, the warship can enter.

He nodded: "Be prepared, you must be on guard." ”

Wuxian asked, "If the Qi Guozhou Master arrives, what are your chances of winning?" ”

Liu Xiajiao didn't answer, but just looked at Zhao Wuxian fixedly: "If the Qi State Boat Division arrives, will Si Kou hand over all the ships to me to command?" ”

Silent.

Zhao Wuxian frowned slightly, after the group of thieves surrendered, he had already divided the previous Onozawa forces, and the remnants of the islands and cave masters were basically swept away, and most of them migrated to different places on the shore to farm, and the young and middle-aged were included in the army. The only thing that still retains the previous organization is the more than 1,000 elite bandits under the thieves.

But most of the boats they were best at had been taken over by the public and used as fishing boats and lake patrols, leaving the familiar area, without the food guys they relied on for survival, and the fighting power of the bandits had plummeted, and the defeat on the river actually stemmed from this.

Now Zhao Wuxian is faced with a choice, if the Qi people really go against the tide and want to govern them in the way of others, and counter Zhao Wuxian's army, can he trust Liu Xia without reservation, and can he let him do his best?

If they lose, Jishui and Onozawa may be strangled by the Qi State, and then the anti-sanctions measures will become suicidal!

The words of Zigong and others are not finished: "The ambition of the thief wolf is not to be trusted!" ”

Zhao Ying's words also echoed in his ears: "There is no doubt in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people." ”

Life is a big gamble.

The pretentiousness has already convinced Liu Xiajiao, and he exonerated him with the power of the priest, retained his cronies, and was even willing to share a share of the benefits. If he rebelled like this, it can only be said that he Zhao Wuxian was blind and saw the wrong person.

Zhao Ying can even use Yang Hu, who has been a traitor countless times, with confidence, doesn't Zhao Wuxian have the mind and ability? What's more, most of the family members of the thieves' subordinates are taken hostages and are well kept in Yuncheng.

So Zhao Wuxian smiled sincerely: "That's natural, I'm going to be the commander of the boat master, and I'm the same as Sima, what's the matter?" ”

Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully: "If there is a battle on the Jishui, the numerical advantage of the longship cannot be exerted, and there is only a chance of winning on June Fourth, but if the Qi ship enters Onozawa, there is a chance of winning by eighty-two, and there is no return for them!" ”

Zhao Wuxian was still a little skeptical about the promise of victory for a defeated general, but there was really no one under him to use.

Next, he discussed with the thief the possibility of using crossbow arrows on the ship. But the sun is approaching, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the people by the lake are blown to the point that their eyes are dry and painful, and Zhao Wuxian is also happy.

Just then, a ship came ashore, and a messenger approached him, and whispered in his ear.

The northeast wind brought news from the people of Qi that a huge boat division with dozens of boats was heading up against the wind and water, and it was already approaching Taoqiu, and it was coming straight to Yuncheng! (To be continued.) )