Now the south of the Yangtze River is peaceful, the southward road of the Great Song Dynasty seems to be a lot smoother, after the Changchun Palace discussed, that night Zhao Kuangyin in the Kaifeng Palace Jiying Hall set up a banquet to entertain Li Yu's family.

Li Yu's family went to the meeting tremblingly, although Li Yu was not a good emperor, when he was a smart person, he naturally knew Zhao Kuangyin's intention to invite them...... Sure enough, there was no intention of letting Li Yu's family meet Jiangnan in advance, in addition, Zhao Kuangyin instructed Zhao Pu and others at the banquet to clearly and secretly guide Li Yu to the way out, and persuaded him with kind words, so that Li Yu had already recognized the situation as it is today.

When the Tang Dynasty was over, Li Yu forced a smile and poured wine and jade liquid into his stomach one by one, and the lady also looked down at her man, complaining.

After a combination of sugar-coated cannonballs and the Great Song Dynasty, Li Yu finally declared himself a minister to the Great Song Dynasty, personally submitted a letter, went to the emperor's name, chose a good day and auspicious day, comforted the ancestors of heaven and earth, and incorporated the entire Tang Dynasty into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

A banquet made the Tang State, the most powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, exist in name only, and what was waiting was only Li Yu's dedication to obedience.

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Jiangning Mansion, the rebellious Li Congqing has been escorted to Kaifeng by the Song army, accompanied by Li Yannian, and Li Congqing's fate is also waiting for Zhao Kuangyin's verdict.

Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, who complained that the benefits were not much, led the army of Wu Yue to return to Xifu for the time being, and at this time he led the Wu Yue army under his command almost to Changzhou.

Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and Li Hanqiong did not wait for Zhao Kuangyin's edict, they stayed in Jiangning Mansion all the time, and Zhao Dezhao's envoy to the Tang State was about to start his return, originally Zhao Dezhao planned to let Zhou Jiamin go back to Kaifeng together, but Zhou Jiamin said shyly that he would wait for the dowry, Zhao Dezhao understood what she meant, what the woman wanted from her husband was a name, Zhao Dezhao nodded happily.

Another thing is that when Zhao Dezhao went to the Yuanshan Temple, when he asked about the abbot there, the abbot told Zhao Dezhao about the relationship between the monk Yanshou and him, Zhao Dezhao was happy, and planned to let the abbot act as a lobbyist to the south to appease Qian Yu's dissatisfiedness, and then under Zhao Dezhao's arrangement, the abbot got on a merchant ship to Wu Yueguo.

At the end of June, the envoys visiting Tang Dynasty have arrived in Yangzhou, the weather on this day is a little hot, there is no breeze blowing, although the white sails on the ship are open, but it is the oars of manpower to go forward, this ship is a combination of vehicles and passenger ships, only suitable for inland shipping, when there is no wind and countercurrent, rely on 32 wheels to trample on manpower, now there is no wind, can only be driven by manpower trampling.

After Yangzhou, along the Cao Canal, they continued to go north, at this moment, an official ship in front of it was planted with the flag of the Song State, it seemed that it was the official ship of Kaifeng going south, also called a boat. When the two boats met, they stopped stepping on the wheels, and the two big ships were approaching little by little.

When the officials on the ship saw that the young man standing on the bow of the ship opposite was none other than Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, the official immediately asked the shipwright on the ship to put the hanging plate on the side of the two ships, and then walked past the ship of Zhao Dezhao's envoy.

This official is an official of Honglu Temple, and when he saw Zhao Dezhao, he shook his sleeves and arched his hand: "The minister has seen the King of Wei Chitose, is Chitose returning to the capital?" ”

"Indeed, the trip to Jiangnan has been successfully completed, and this trip to Kaifeng is to return to Beijing to take up a military post." Zhao Dezhao immediately asked him, "Is Li Sicheng going to Jiangning?" ”

"Exactly." Honglu Temple Cheng immediately instructed a servant to take a small box, and then handed it to Zhao Dezhao, "There is an edict here that Your Majesty asked the minister to present to Chitose, and His Majesty has already issued an edict to let Chitose visit Wu Yue Kingdom this time." ”

Zhao Dezhao took the box, then took out the holy decree and looked at it, and after reading it, he immediately put the box on and sealed it, "I'm tired of Li Sicheng." ”

Later, Zhao Dezhao asked about everything that happened in Kaifeng recently, and the official of Honglu Temple told Zhao Dezhao about Li Yu's dedication to Shun, Zhao Dezhao heard it, and immediately overjoyed, and his heart was a lot more steady, and the whole person sighed, and said secretly: "So very good, so very good, it seems that everything is not in vain." ”

said: "In this way, my Great Song Dynasty will definitely dominate the world in the future." ”

The Honglu Temple official immediately returned to his boat.

"Your Majesty asked us to visit Wu Yueguo, and ordered us to go down, after arriving in Yangzhou, we will not take the waterway, but the sea and land, and first go to the port of Shanghai to see how the ships in Shanghai are being built?" Zhao Dezhao immediately told Dong Zhongyan the meaning of the holy decree, but this time he was on his own mission, he felt a little incredible, it seems that he is almost a foreign minister at present, so it is okay, if he is an envoy to Wu Yue, he can take time to go to Fuyang, he still has a lot of things to do.

The man who commanded the ship said, "Come, turn around, and go south." ”

Out of the inland river, has arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, far away on the river, the coast of the size of the ship are more, like ants as dense, the size of the ship is different, the appearance is also different, are the shipwright, craftsmen wisdom condensation crystallization, also thanks to the Song Dynasty in the port set up docks, vigorously develop inland water, shipping, now shipbuilding technology has also been greatly improved, the people and the government are manufacturing ships.

Government-run workshops build warships and boats, while private workshops build merchant ships and cruise ships.

Since the attack on the Tang Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty has gradually controlled the entire river, the ships are unimpeded, and some materials can be transported through the golden waterway, which will also lay the foundation for the Great Song Maritime Silk Road in the future.

Although the passenger ship used by Zhao Dezhao and their envoys looked a little tall, it was not the tallest of all the ships, and at this moment, the little nobleman on the side was pointing and looking at the ships in the distance, his eyes were wide open, and he kept asking Zhao Dezhao and Shang Haobin about this strange person.

Zhao Dezhao pointed there and said: "There is Shanghai Port in the distance, and after we arrive at Shanghai Port, we will have to change to a sea ship." ”

When they arrived at the port of Shanghai, the envoys of the Song State got off the passenger ship they were on all the way, many officials had never seen the majestic sea ships on the high ground, such a huge ship, like a giant Mac, ruled the sea, but the officials who had not been on a sea ship were also worried that they would get seasick halfway.

"Your Highness, what is that ship?" Following the direction pointed out by Xiao Guizi, Zhao Dezhao took the clairvoyant mirror and began to look into the distance, Shang Haobin on the side was also stunned, although he was used to seeing the ocean-going ships of later generations, but in ancient times, such ships were the largest, it was as high as a floor, and it was also a sea ship.

Zhao Dezhao said with a serious expression: "Oh, that's a lucky boat." ”

Fu Chuan is a kind of pointed bottom sea ship, famous for sailing in the South China Sea and the open sea, it is as tall as a building, the bottom is wide at the top, the head and tail are high, and there are guards on both sides, which looks like a huge beetle in the eyes of the little nobleman.

The ship has two anchors, large and small, and there are also water exploration equipment in the boat.

At this moment, the envoys of the Song State have boarded the Fu ship, Zhao Dezhao checked the Fu ship, this Fu ship, statistics are divided into four layers, the lower layer is equipped with earth and stone ballast, the second floor is the soldiers, the third floor is the main operation site, and the upper floor is the combat site.

Zhao Dezhao couldn't wait to climb to the highest floor, he looked east and west, inspected everything on the ship, and he found that above this floor, the artillery had been installed on the entire floor.

He walked to the cabin of the ship, condescendingly, conjecturing the bow and arrow cannon to descend downward, and then took out a clairvoyant mirror and made an imaginary enemy against a warship in the opposite port, which, according to his deduction, would be able to suppress the enemy's ships in war.

Shang Haobin on the side also looked at it, like a weapons expert, scrutinizing it, and many strange words came out of his mouth, making the little nobles more and more incomprehensible.

“？”

Shang Haobin walked to the foredeck of the Fu Ship, looked up, and saw that under the scorching sun, the bow of the Fu Ship was high, and there was a strong impact device, and he guessed that if the Fu Ship was under the wind, it could plow and sink the enemy ship.

Zhao Dezhao stood on the top floor, he patted the guards on both sides and said: "Sure enough, it is a giant, this ship uses more power to win." Such a ship should sail in the deep sea, across the ocean. Moreover, this envoy also happened to show the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue Kingdom how strong our Great Song Dynasty was. ”

Shang Haobin nodded and said: "This ship is just right, according to my estimate, the draft should be four meters, and the battle at sea will be invincible, and my Great Song Dynasty can also dominate the entire East."

The rest of the people were already stunned, all looking east and west on the ship, and then speculating about the big battle that would happen at sea in the future, and standing next to Zhao Dezhao and Shang Haobin, listening to Zhao Dezhao and Shang Haobin talking about the fortune ship and the war.

The fortune ship was so huge, and the King of Wei and they talked about it very lofty, which made the Wenchen of the Great Song Dynasty a little bold, and they looked at the huge world map, and their whole hearts were already alarmed.

This map is really huge, the description on it is the boundless water, there are also many countries, the Great Song Dynasty is only a corner of the above, this map has appeared in the eyes of officials more than once, but every time they look at it, they have an inexplicable impulse in their hearts, I really hope that the world is the Great Song Dynasty.

The fortune ship has set out and reached the sea. The huge wind and waves blew vigorously one by one, and on the white sea, the waves began to splash in all directions, jumping off the sea water to the deck, the sea was bumpy, and people who had never been on a sea ship were already holding on to the mast and other things, or lying directly on the deck looking at the clear sky.

The little noble son held the mast, holding a towel in his hand, and kept wiping the filth spit out from the corner of his mouth. "Your Highness, will this ship be?" ”

Zhao Dezhao stood on the boat and did not feel a trace of discomfort, "Don't worry, this ship can naturally resist the wind and waves when it reaches the depths of the sea." "Ships at sea should resist wind and waves, and they should be V-shaped with pointed bottoms, so that they can easily break the waves; The body is flat and wide, the body is tall, the draft is deep, and it is still stable when hit by lateral winds; The hull has sealed compartments for added safety.

The ship that is moving forward to break the waves is being attacked by the wind and waves at the moment, because its floor and side panels are made of double or triple plate construction, and the ship has many sails and sails, which is convenient for the use of multi-faceted winds.

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In early July, Zhao Dezhao and the others had arrived in the western mansion of Wu Yueguo.

At this moment, on the Qiantang River, the waves continued to pour into the river, and the waves on the boat had been scattered everywhere, Zhao Dezhao was just enjoying the scenery of the river, and a large wave had already splashed, making Zhao Dezhao's clothes a little wet, Zhao Dezhao immediately went to the cabin and changed into a clean plain robe.

Not far away, there are many ships docked on the shore of Xifu Port, and the ships entering the port along the coast have entered the river at this moment, and there are also a lot of ships here, densely packed and close, and you can't see the edge.

Xiao Guizi pointed to the distance and said, "Your Highness, we have arrived, and there are already officials on the dock who have come out to greet us." ”