After solving the production problems of the cement plant, the time soon came to mid-December, and the long-awaited sea ship finally arrived in Laoshan from Jiangdong.

Although it was only the first batch of ships ordered by the Jiangdong Shipyard, there were three medium-sized sea-going ships of 2,000 materials, and one medium-sized sea-going ship could carry 150 horses, which was more than double the largest sea-going ship in the Laoshan fleet at present.

With these three medium-sized sea-going ships, Wei Shuo's plan to sell horses in Liaodong can finally be implemented. If the horse trade goes well, it will be possible to catch up with the spring ploughing at the beginning of the next year.

This is not the first time Laoshan has traveled far to Liaodong, in fact, as early as a month ago, Laoshan began to send a small fleet to explore the route to Liaodong. Now, after several sea trials, the Laoshan caravan is basically familiar with the new route.

"Lord, now that the situation in Liaodong is unstable, why don't you let you go on this trip in the next generation?" When Zhu Wen learned that Wei Shuo intended to go to Liaodong in person, he couldn't help but worry about other dangers.

Wei Shuo knew what Zhu Wen was worried about, since Li Zhen, the captain of Dongyi, was killed by Wang Jun in collusion with Liaodong Taishou Pang Ben the year before last, Liaodong has fallen into turmoil and basically escaped the control of the Jin family.

After Li Zhen's death, Su Xilian and Mu Marujin, the leaders of Liaodong Xianbei who were originally attached to it, pretended to take revenge on Li Zhen, captured the counties of Liaodong, killed and plundered the people of Shiren, defeated the county army many times, and attacked and robbed year after year.

The new Dongyi School was unable to negotiate for the release, so he had to ask Su Xilian for peace, but Su Xilian and Mu Marujin refused to accept it. In desperation, the people of Liaodong had to defect to the Xianbei Murong tribe in Great Thorn City in order to survive.

The eloquent Murong Diao took the opportunity to collect the fleeing fugitives from Liaodi, and those who were willing to leave not only did not stop them, but also gave them food to repatriate, and those who were willing to stay appeased them. In the name of reviving Liaodong, Murong Diao took the opportunity to annex the rebellious two Xianbei tribes to expand his strength, and the new commander of the Western Jin Dynasty and Dongyi Feng Shi's control over Liaodong was already in name only.

It can be said that the Xianbei Turmoil in Liaodong caused by Li Zhen's death marked the final loss of the territory and jurisdiction of the Liaodong region by the Han regime in the Central Plains represented by the Western Jin Dynasty, and if history has not changed, it was not until 668 AD that Tang Gaozong destroyed Goguryeo that the Central Plains Dynasty restored its sovereignty over Liaodong.

However, although Liaodong is in danger, Wei Shuo is not very worried about his own safety, but in order not to let others worry, he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Although Li Zhen is dead, isn't there still a release?" Although Feng Shi was temporarily attached to the Murong tribe, he still had some influence in Liaodong. After going to Liaodong, I first went to visit Lord Fengshi, as long as he introduced me, it was enough to ensure my own safety. ”

"Besides, this time I went to Liaodong, not only to buy horses, but most importantly, I wanted to insert a chess piece in Liaodong. Now Liaodong belongs to several major forces such as Pingzhou Murong Diao, Youzhou Wang Jun, and Karasuma tribe, which is the best time for us to intervene in Liaodong. ”

At this time, Wei Shuo got up and came to a map of Liaodong, pointed to the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula and said: "I plan to build a seaport here, called Port Arthur, as the garrison of our naval army in Liaodong. ”

The others were nothing, but the newly joined Mr. Liu exclaimed: "Liaodong Kingdom, this is the Liaodong Kingdom under Pingzhou, this place is more than 300 kilometers away from Xiangping County, the seat of Dongyi Captain and Pingzhou Thorn Mansion, why did the lord choose to build a port here?" Wouldn't it be better to choose the west side of Wen County? ”

Wei Shuo smiled and said nothing, he couldn't tell outsiders that this was the famous port in the future - Port Arthur, right? Therefore, he could only say vaguely: "Although this place is desolate, it is far away from the forces of all parties in Liaodong, and it belongs to the three-regardless zone. We are building a city here, at least not to attract the attention of others, which is conducive to future development. ”

"If we choose the west of Wen County, not only must we always be vigilant against the Karasuma people, but also worry about the invasion of Murong Xianbei, even Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou, and Duan Xianbei will not let us go."

Zhu Wen's brows furrowed, full of worry: "Although the lord's words are reasonable, we can choose Lushun, and we have to guard against the infestation of the Sanhan and the Goguryeo people. ”

"Eh, Ziwen is too worried, in a certain opinion, Goguryeo and Sanhan are not enough to worry about, and the most worrying person in Liaodong is the Xianbei people! Especially the leader of the Murong tribe, Murong Diao, who is a person who is well-educated in politics and cares for talents, so many Liaodi scholars and common people are attached to him. As I expected, within three or five years, Liao Land will be owned by the Murong tribe. ”

Wei Shuo didn't take Goguryeo and Sanhan people seriously, and in his heart, there was only one enemy in Liaodong. The reason why he was in a hurry to build a port in Liaodong was nothing more than to delay the pace of the Murong tribe's unification of Liaodong, and it was best to replace Murong Diao's position in Liaodong.

"Does Murong Diao have such a ability?" Zhu Wen, Mr. Liu and others were quite skeptical of Wei Shuo's words, thinking that they exaggerated Murong Diao's ability.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo sighed and said: "Don't underestimate Murong Diao, if he hadn't made a quick decision back then, the Murong tribe might have been exterminated by the imperial court long ago." During the Taikang period, the Murong tribe launched a rebellion for revenge, and Emperor Wu of my dynasty dispatched the troops of Youzhou to crusade against Murong Diao, and defeated Murong Diao in the Feiru Jin army. ”

Since then, in many encounters with the Jin army, Murong Diao has suffered a lot of losses, and the Murong tribe has become bigger and weaker. Later, Murong Diao found that it was not a way to continue the rebellion, so he immediately stopped the rebellion and rebuilt the old friendship with our dynasty. After restoring peace with the Jin Dynasty, Murong Diao took this opportunity to recuperate, and within a few years, the Murong tribe once again rose in the land of Liaodong. ”

"Therefore, in my opinion, whether it is Wang Jun or Duan Bu and Yuwen Xianbei, they are not Murong Diao's opponents!"

The reason why Wei Shuo knows Murong Diao so well is thanks to Jin Daxia's "Dragon Babu", in which there is a Murong family who has always been obsessed with returning to the country. Curious, Wei Shuo checked the 'Murong family' on the Internet, and found the ancestor of Murong Diao.

Zhu Wen and Mr. Liu couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they heard Wei Shuo's evaluation of Murong Diao, obviously they didn't expect Wei Shuo to know so much about a small Xianbei leader.

I don't know how long it took for Zhu Wen and Mr. Liu to come back to their senses, only to see the two of them look at each other and arch their hands in unison and say: "The lord is wise, and his subordinates can't wait!" ”

"Hahaha, you're polite, I don't know if you have anything else to say?"

Zhu Wenluo sighed and said: "In the future, once Port Arthur is completed, it will definitely become the most important supply station for our sailors to and from Liaodong." ”

Wei Shuo excitedly continued: "Not only that, with this port, we can also recruit Liaodong subjects nearby, and our caravan can also transport food and other materials for the fugitives through this place." It is believed that it will not be long before Port Arthur will become the most prosperous place in Liaodong County and a logistics base for Laoshan to capture Liaodong in the future. ”

"Now that Wang Jun of Youzhou is fighting with Shile for Jizhou, he is unable to suppress the Hu people in various parts of Liaodong, so that the local people in Liaodong are displaced, once we have a firm foothold in Liaodong, we can openly recruit fugitives from Liaodong and lay the foundation for us to recover all parts of Liaodong in the future."

"Hearing what the lord said, Zai also suddenly felt that now is indeed the best time to meddle in Liaodong." After listening to Wei Shuo's analysis, Mr. Liu said thoughtfully: "At present, whether it is the Dongyi Captain's Mansion or the county guards in various places, they are unable to appease the common people of Liaodi. ”

"It would be better if we could convince Captain Dongyi to release him, but this person is currently in a hot fight with Murong Diao, and I don't know if he is interested in our plan."

Wei Shuo smiled and said, "I don't care what Captain Dongyi thinks, as long as he doesn't stop us from building a port in Lushun!" Next, you hurry up and prepare a large amount of green salt and tea, which will be trafficked to Liaodong by sea ship to trade horses with the Hu people. ”

"No! I'll wait until I get ready! ”

In the following days, Laoshan took out a large amount of green salt and tea from the warehouse, and loaded them into twelve large and small sea vessels, including the three medium-sized sea ships that had just arrived in Laoshan. Looking at the sea ships in the port, Wei Shuo was full of joy, if this transaction went well, Laoshan would be able to get nearly a thousand horses.