Chapter 114: Opening Maritime Trade Routes [2]

Li Cunhuan added with a smile: "And our Lu Long!" Lu Long's horses, if they are transported to Jiangnan, I am afraid they will have to be doubled several times. ”

Han Mengyin nodded when he heard this, and said: "Although horses are not good for transporting south, war horses are indeed expensive in the south, and the south is far away from us, so we are not afraid of conflicts between the two sides." And what if you have a war horse! The South is good at water warfare, while we in the North are good at horse warfare. South Ship North Horse. Without a great horseman, a million horsemen are nothing but nothing! ”

Speaking of this, Han Mengyin suddenly frowned and said, "But we don't have a ship here, what should we do?" ”

Li Cunhuan said with a smile: "This depends on Han Tingshi's preparation, in June I will officially appoint Han Tingshi, you will be reappointed as the Lutai Army Soldier and Horse Envoy, the Lutai Salt Transportation Division Transfer Envoy (the first leader of the Lutai Salt Transportation Division), and the commander of the Lulong Water Army." ”

This Han Mengyin was really a little dizzy, he pointed at himself uncertainly, and seeing Li Cunhuan nodding very affirmatively, Han Mengyin immediately shook his head vigorously. "No! The subordinate officials don't know how to calculate, they don't know how to fight in water, how can they take on such a heavy responsibility! ”

Li Cunhuan gritted his teeth and said: "I know that Han Tingshi is afraid that I don't pay attention to the Lutai Army, so I have decided that two-thirds of the salt tax collected by the Lutai Salt Transportation Division will be used to form the Lulong Water Army, and I will allocate another 300,000 yuan for recruiting craftsmen, sailors and soldiers, and making warships!" ”

Han Mengyin could not help but be frightened by Li Cunhuan's generosity, since the Huangchao Uprising, the Tang Dynasty has been unable to mint coins, resulting in a sharp rise in the price of copper coins. So now these 300,000 yuan is equivalent to nearly one-third of Lu Long's annual income. Economically, this is already a serious disruption to the ratio of the economy and the military.

Li Cunhuan nodded vigorously and said: "I don't just want you to make warships, but also merchant ships, my goal now is to build a naval warship that can protect Lu Long and ensure small-scale foreign operations under the condition of being able to escort merchant ships." I'll give you a year to complete my task! ”

When Han Mengyin heard this, his face was simply sad, "My lord, where are you asking me to recruit craftsmen?" Lu Long only had a few passable boats, and they were merchant ships and fishing boats, but there were a few larger ships in the canal. ”

Li Cunhuan pondered for a moment, pointed to Silla and said, "The boats in the canal can't go to the sea, you must know that the sea is not like a river. If you don't know how to make a big ship, you send someone to Silla to learn! I believe that Silla must have these techniques, and if they didn't learn them or Silla didn't have them, they sent someone to the city. In the past, it was said that Ben had sent envoys to pay tribute every year, and there must have been nautical charts and mature shipbuilding technology, especially nautical charts, without which it was not known how many ships would be used to ensure a safe shipping lane. ”

Han Mengyin smiled bitterly and said, "This is a good way, but my lord, can you give some time?" You must know that this is not something that can be completed in a year and a half, I think that you can complete your goal in two or three years, and I will wake up laughing at night dreaming. ”

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said, "This is impossible, but you can take your time in terms of shipbuilding and the goal I just said, even if you only make me one warship in a year." I gave you so much money, I think you should be able to go to Silla and Zoben to buy merchant ships, recruit captains and sailors, and establish a trade caravan with Silla and Zoben as soon as possible. But these are short-term, and I hope you can build me a large navy of our own making, a navy that relies on the Han people, not on the Silla people and Yue himself. ”

Han Mengyin shrugged, he didn't think much of Li Cunhuan's Han national thoughts, because even Shatuo people like Zhu Wen and Li Keyong could become festival envoys, and Li Cunhuan's Han people's dominance idea was not recognized by many people in the upper class, and even disgusted.

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On June 1, Li Cunhuan's appointment also came, and Han Yanhui, the son of Han Mengyin, joined the army as the secretary of Youzhou. And Han Mengyin himself was reappointed as the transfer envoy of the Lutai Salt Transportation Division, the commander of the Lutai Army, and the commander of the Lulong Army.

However, what Han Mengyin didn't expect was that Lu Long actually had a lot of shipbuilders who fled from the Central Plains, and Han Mengyin's work was carried out smoothly, but it was only carried out smoothly, and more craftsmen were needed in the future.

Just like the Ma Army, the Navy needs not only warships, but also mature captains, sailors, safe shipping lanes, clear charts, and so on.

For this reason, as soon as Han Mengyin established the Lu Long Water Army, he began to suggest that Li Cunhuan send people to make friends with Wang Jingwu, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu. All because the largest shipbuilding base in the north at that time was Dengzhou (now Penglai).

Li Cunhuan also deeply agreed with the holding, and sent the chief Sun Chengliang as an envoy to Pinglu. At the same time as Wang Jingwu showed goodwill, he went to Dengzhou to learn shipbuilding technology. However, Li Cunhuan believes that there will not be much gain in shipbuilding technology, mainly because the relationship between Pinglu and Lulong is a general friend. In addition, Pinglu and Lu Long were so close, Wang Jingwu was also afraid that the other party was a wolf in sheep's clothing, so he was actually trying to steal shipbuilding technology and make warships to invade Pinglu.

However, the second year of Qianning was obviously destined to be a year of no peace, and Dong Chang rebelled and became emperor in the south. Entering June, Guanzhong also began to be restless.

Li Maozhen, who was in Fengxiang, was extremely angry at this time, and he said to his subordinate general Fu Daozhao: "I'm really angry!" If I hadn't been able to settle Yang Fugong, would that emperor still be able to sit in Chang'an! Now that the hair has grown, now I actually appointed Wang Ke's yellow-haired boy as the envoy of the river festival, could it be that my Fengxiang army is a soft persimmon! ”

His general Fu Daozhao was a famous general at that time, he was originally a cavalry general under Qin Zongquan, and after the defeat of Qin Zongquan, he was exiled to Fengxiang and was collected by Li Maozhen. Li Maozhen is extremely gracious to Fu Daozhao, not only adopted him as an adopted son, but even if others slandered Fu Daozhao and rebelled, Li Maozhen did not believe it, and lived alone in Fu Daozhao's house for one night. Therefore, Fu Daozhao is now loyal to Li Maozhen.

Hearing Li Maozhen's words, his brows furrowed, and he thought about it, Fu Daozhao opened his mouth and said: "Wang Ke has Li Keyong's support behind him, although Li Keyong was defeated by Li Cunhuan in Hebei and lost more than 20,000 horses, but he is strong in the end. With the strength of the Fengxiang family, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight. It is better for us to unite with the Suining Jiedu to make Wang Xingyu and the Tongguan defense envoy march into Chang'an, and force the emperor to change the title of Wang Heng to the Jiedu envoy. ”

Li Maozhen frowned, hesitated and asked, "Wang Xingyu is good to say, is Han Jian willing?" ”

PS: I read the book reviews of xre readers, and it does make some sense. But speaking of which, Mumu can only say this, regardless of whether there is a weapon like a katana at that time, but this is a novel, and the novel is fake. Don't worry too much about it, everybody.

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