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Fuyang water communicates with Yongji Canal, flows through the east gate of Cangzhou City, because there are many bends on the way, there are still 300 miles to the mouth of the sea. Since he took office in Cangzhou, Zhang Yue had not been to the beach to see it, and early that morning, he led three hundred soldiers to set off from the wharf outside the east gate in two 800 warships and traveled northeast along the river.www.biquge.info

Zhang Yue remembered in his heart that the Huanghua Port, which had a very huge throughput in this area in later generations, was probably a little south of the Fuyang Water estuary, but the sea level in this era was much higher, which means that Huanghua Port may still be underwater, and now the location of the military port needs to be explored separately.

After three days of traveling, on the way at the confluence of the Shibei River and the Fuyang River, the river surface is relatively wide, set up a transit supply anchorage, arrive at Haikou on this day is the afternoon Shenshi, the weather is not very good, the vast sea scene is empty, the sea breeze in early spring is soft and warm, occasionally there is a group of seagulls soaring on the sea. Both sides of Haikou are desolate, and there are no villages in sight, but there are a few manors hidden in the mist of smoking, and I don't know what they do.

"What a good fishing spot? Why is there no fishing village? Who are the people in that manor? The warship lowered its sails and walked slowly along the shoreline, Zhang Yue stood on the bow deck and looked at the manor on the south shore and asked.

"It was a private salt factory set up by some salt farmers, and they boiled salt from seawater to sell it for themselves, because the production was low, and the court allowed this." Meng Yanliang, the deputy capital of the Ya Army, was originally the commander of the Ya Army, and he was good at dispatching warships to command water warfare.

Li Duoshou nodded, and the interface confirmed: "There is such a thing, in the second year of Xiande, an edict was issued to allow fishermen along the salt to cook salt to make a living. Even there are woodcutters in Luoyang who dig out sand gold in the mountain streams, and they are also laissez-faire. ”

"If the output is not high, it will not have an impact on the official salt market, but most of the people who have the strength to operate salt farms are large households, right?" Zhang Yue guessed.

"That'...... Do you want to go and see it? By the way, it is good to find a manor to camp, and the salt farmers there are free to go out to sea to fish, and they must know where to use it as a military port. Meng Yanliang said.

Zhang Yue nodded in agreement, Meng Yanliang went to give an order, and the two warships carrying officers and soldiers leaned towards the beach trestle bridge in the shallow bay on the south coast, where there were many sand dams built when the sea water was low tide, intercepting the salt ponds formed by the natural precipitation and evaporation of sea water, and many young and strong salt farmers were scraping the soil to get salt, so as to pick up the manor and boil brine to remove the bitter and fishy smell of the seawater. Seeing the sailor warship suddenly coming, the young men all put down their work, and looked like they were ready to run away at any time.

The warship stopped at the head of the trestle and set up a seesaw, and Meng Yanliang first went ashore to find the foreman in charge to explain that the young and strong men saw that the officers and soldiers were not coming to make trouble and extort money, so they all ran over to watch. The warship anchored and tied the cable at the head of the trestle, leaving 20 people to guard, Zhang Yue disembarked and landed in the front and back hugs, and the soldiers were also busy carrying the luggage and utensils for the camp.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a round-necked green cloth cotton robe held the hem of the robe, followed Meng Yanliang and walked over quickly to greet him: "The villain is Li Xingfu, the steward of the Li family's salt farm, and I have seen Zhang Yuanjun!" ”

"Steward Li, right, don't be polite, is there a vacant manor for my pro-soldiers to camp?" Zhang Yue asked.

"Yes, yes...... Please come with me, the places where salt is boiled here are all shacks, and the wind is too strong at night, so it is better to go to Wanghaizhuang behind the hillside, my eldest Li Jun happened to be in the village to see things. Steward Li saw that Zhang Yue was dressed in a purple robe, with a leather and fish bag tied around his waist, but he was hanging a long-handled waist knife, and immediately smiled flatteringly.

Steward Li carried a robe to lead the way in front of the fart, Zhang Yue led the tooth soldiers to follow for a while, around a bare continuous hill, there is indeed a manor in front of him is located in the depression by the mountain, the high courtyard wall and the gatehouse watchtower, the family Ding Nursing Courtyard in green clothes is on duty at the wall, looking at the scale of the manor is not small.

"How big is this estate? Have you ever garrisoned? Zhang Yue saw that a trench was dug in front of the door and a horse was placed, and he suddenly had some doubts in his heart, the owner of this house must have something to do with the town army, at least he came out of the army, otherwise he would not know how to establish this kind of defense system.

"Envoy Jun, the head of the family was born in Lucheng County, there is an elder brother in Pinglu who is the assassin of Dengzhou, and the younger brother is the commander of the Qianning Army in this town. This manor is not big, only about forty acres. Steward Li saw Zhang Yue stop and watch, his face was a little not good, and he said carefully.

Forty acres is indeed not a big one, and I don't see that some officials' houses in Tokyo occupy twenty or thirty acres of land, but the private salt village industry has reached this scale, which shows that it is not an ordinary large family, and the family wealth cannot be underestimated.

"Oh? Dengzhou? Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that Dengzhou in this era was the largest maritime trade port in the north, and private merchants had a large amount of trade with Liao, Goryeo, and Wa, as well as the Southern Tang and Wuyue in the south, so Dengzhou must not lack sea ships.

Just as he was thinking, he saw the door of the village in front of him wide open, and a young man in his twenties, slightly chubby, dressed in a satin robe blue of the lake, walked out quickly to greet him surrounded by his family. Zhang Yue was worried about the sea ship in his heart, and after a few words, he asked the tooth soldiers to enter the manor and be settled by Steward Li, and took Li Duoshou and Meng Yanliang into the main hall of the mansion in the village to be received by Li Jun.

The town marshal is the official of the clan uncle, of course Li Jun did not dare to slack off, and personally introduced the upper seat to accompany the tea, but as the home of the official eunuch, his father took care of the family business at home and did not enter the office, Li Jun did not understand Zhang Yue's intention for a while, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and suddenly seemed a little cramped and uneasy.

Li Duoshou and Meng Yanliang, who were sitting with them, did not make a sound, Zhang Yue sat on the top and took a sip of the teacup, put down the teacup slowly, and asked: "Kaichun is about to use troops against the Liao State, and your family is a family member of the town army, do you know if there is any suitable place to build a military port wharf nearby?" ”

"Return to the envoy!" When Li Jun heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and he replied: "There is a ready-made wharf in the north and south of this Fuyang Shuikou, and one is at the mouth of the Shibei River twenty miles to the south, which is the private port of my family to Dengzhou. The one in the north is five or six miles north of this sea mouth, and the harbor is larger, which is built and shared by several merchants in Cangzhou. ”

"Okay, I'll go and see it tomorrow, since your family is in the maritime business, there must be a large maritime merchant ship, I heard that you have an uncle Ren Dengzhou Assassin Shi, there is a big port in the north, and there are a lot of naval warships, it shouldn't be a problem to help collect some big ships and sailors with rich sailors, right?" Zhang Yue smiled politely, but his tone was undeniable.

There are only some small warships in the town army for inland river operations, but sea operations can be very different, if we can collect sea ships and transfer some sea sailors with combat experience from Dengzhou, we will get twice the result with half the effort for this preparation for this war. In the long run, it would be more profitable to take advantage of the wind and take the opportunity to build a large-scale navy.

"This ...... Since it is for military use, there must be a lot of ships needed, so can you allow a certain person to go back to Lucheng County to discuss it with his father? Li Jun replied cautiously.

"Naturally, the dock will be decided to start construction and expand in the next few days, and the matter is very urgent, do you understand?" Zhang Yue reminded with a smile that if it is not good to forcibly requisition, these local clans can still resist.

There is also Dongguang County, Cangzhou, which is Bian Ji's ancestral hometown, and the five to eight hundred warships traveling on the canal can also find a way to get some, but Le Pingyang went to Youzhou, Bian Ji is still in the northwest, his family is in Tokyo, Dongguang County is also a little far away, and Zhang Yue did not come to the door.