Youzhou is no better than others, now rebuilt, business is almost none, and the population is low and there are few business opportunities. It is almost impossible to attract businessmen to come and build it.

Whether it is Yuyang or the wharf, Zhou Shaoyu has to figure out his own way. Coupled with the construction of boats and ships, the establishment of the northern naval division is not in a hurry. Moreover, if Gao Yuyao knew about the formation of the water division, there might be some means to obstruct it.

Wait, Gao Yuyao......

Zhou Shaoyu frowned, quickly flipped out the map to take a closer look, and recalled Gao Yuyao's series of arrangements.

At the beginning, Gao Yuyao sat in Qingzhou, and stayed away from the court on the grounds of resisting the Turks, and held an imperial examination in Qingzhou to invite people's hearts, and recruited a large number of grassroots officials such as county commanders and county lieutenants with the method of re-planning the administrative district, and then used this as the cornerstone to sweep away the family, so as to further complete the centralization of power.

Zhou Shaoyu doesn't care about these things at the moment, what he cares about is the Penglai Water Division established by Gao Yuyao when she was in Qingzhou.

Penglai is located in an excellent location, with direct access to Youju in the west, Kanto in the north, and Silla in the east. No matter how you look at it, it is extremely advantageous, and it is very suitable to develop a sailor here.

However, it also depends on the time chosen.

When Gao Yuyao formed the water division, there was nothing to do with the Jin people at all, so he could go directly to the Kanto region, and he could directly rule it out. As for Youzhou, it was occupied by Ashina Huqin at that time, in fact, Gao Yuyao has always had little interest in Youzhou, and taking it back too early will only drag it down, otherwise how could it be thrown directly to Zhou Shaoyu later. It is to enter Youzhou, at most, it is just one more precautionary layout.

In the final analysis, Gao Yuyao's main purpose in forming the Penglai Naval Division was to sweep away the East China Sea pirates and facilitate the trade between Silla and the Eastern Wa. Considering Gao Yuyao's move to occupy Dongyue Prefecture in the south, then the role of the sailor is to suppress the forces in the South China Sea. It may be too far to establish a sailor in the north, but it can be formed safely without being harassed.

But is that really all there is to it?

Since the main purpose of Gao Yuyao's formation of the water division is to ensure the trade route, the best establishment at the beginning is definitely not Qingzhou Penglai. Qingzhou has also experienced Turkic raids, and even if this does not happen, Qingzhou's commerce is too far behind that of Jiangnan.

Even though there were many family reasons in Jiangnan at that time, Gao Yuyao gave up choosing Jiangnan. But in any case, it should not be used to address Penglai. In the maritime trade with Silla and Dongwa, the goods must have departed from the south. Penglai is in Qingzhou, the north, and the inconvenience can be imagined.

At that time, the Jiangnan family was not extinguished, and the local influence was huge, but Gao Yuyao was not a vegetarian and basically controlled the court, so wouldn't it be better to form it directly on the seaside not far from Jinling? Why do you have to get to the north? Is it because Gao Yuyao can't stay in Qingzhou? It's impossible to think about it.

And now looking at it, with Penglai's geographical advantage, as long as it controls here, it is equivalent to holding the entire inland sea (Bohai Sea), so make a bold assumption, what if Gao Yuyao had long expected that Zhou Shaoyu would occupy Youzhou sooner or later?

If Zhou Shaoyu doesn't develop a sailor, it will naturally be better, once the battle starts, Gao Yuyao can log in from all over the coast at any time as a sailor. If Zhou Shaoyu formed a sailor, the Penglai sailor could rely on several islands on the Penglai Sea to defend according to the location, and Zhou Shaoyu's sailor could be completely abandoned in the inland sea.

It's just that Gao Yuyao really has such a vision? At that time, it was already thought about so far in the future. If you think about it, it seems possible.

It's a bit confusing, and if that's the case, the devil knows if there's another layout waiting for him. It's just that no matter what, Yuyang must be built, the sailor must be established, and what should be done must be done.

"Yes, at the beginning of spring next year, the number of new people in Youzhou should be about 200,000." Xu Miaojin, who reported the estimated data, still blushed a little, and he couldn't go down for a while.

"200,000 ......" Zhou Shaoyu nodded, this is a lot, although there are many big cities with a population of one million in Chinese history, but in fact, they are basically a few fixed cities, ordinary cities, with a population of more than 200,000, it is considered excellent. At least Yuyang is enough for the time being.

In fact, not all of the 200,000 are the people of the original Youzhou. was forced to flee at the beginning, and now for so long, some people are married and have children, and now they are returning, naturally the whole family will come back, otherwise where would there be so many people in Youzhou, but Ashina Huqin was not less slaughtered at the beginning.

"What is the situation in Yuyang County now?" Zhou Shaoyu asked again.

"The city is basically preserved, and although the houses in the city are dilapidated, they can still be inhabited after repair. The difficulty lies in the issue of livelihoods. Xu Miaojin replied.

This is true, although they are all people of Youzhou, not everyone relies on the sea and moves to Yuyang, if they can't fish, it is equivalent to one less livelihood. And there are all kinds of wastes to be built, the construction of fishing boats is also a problem, there are naturally craftsmen among the people, but the number is definitely not large, not to mention that if Zhou Shaoyu builds a sea warship, he also needs a lot of craftsmen.

"At the beginning of the next spring, I decided to go to Silla." Zhou Shaoyu thought about it for a long time and finally made up his mind.

Shipbuilders, if placed in the south, naturally there is no shortage, with the development, whether it is Tan Zhou or South Vietnam, have trained a large number of shipbuilding craftsmen. However, the distance is too far, and the current situation in Jingzhou is not as good as before, and the relocation is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not safe. And although there are a lot of craftsmen, the south is still not enough, and even if they are forced to put together, they can't get many people to come to the north.

This is not the case with Silla, which is a small country, but most of its territory is close to the sea, and there has always been no shortage of craftsmen who can build ships. Maybe the big boat is still a little reluctant, but at least the small boat fishing boat is not hindered, which can fully meet the needs of the people's fishing boats. And these people have the foundation, and at that time, they will select their own craftsmen to be the master craftsmen to manage, and in any case it will be faster than training from scratch.

If it was during the peace period of Silla in the past, I am afraid that it would not be so easy to attract manpower, but now Silla is in chaos, and the people are displaced. And the Central Plains Dynasty has always been admired by the people of small countries, and at this time, to pull people, you can take away a large number of people at no cost.

It should be the best way, after all, talent can't be conjured out of thin air. Unless the female ship king of the Tang Dynasty, Aunt Yu, is brought over, but even if he knows the art of shipbuilding, he is afraid that he does not know much about sea ships.

Of course, to be honest, there are still strange women in Chinese history who are extremely outstanding in naval warfare. Zheng Yi's sister-in-law of the Qing Dynasty is definitely one of the best, it is rumored that this strange woman was born as a prostitute, her surname is Shi, and she married Zheng Yi, known as Long's sister-in-law, and then Zheng Yi died and became a widow, and began to directly lead the pirates.

Since then, he has 100,000 heavy troops, and his achievements are fierce, killing Xu Tingxiong, the commander of the Zhejiang Navy, capturing Sun Quanmou, the commander of the Guangdong Navy, and killing Lin Guoliang, the chief soldier of Humen, forcing the governors of Liangguang to change frequently. Later, he accepted Zhao'an, and also gave advice to Lin Zexu, and also opened a casino in Macau......

Uh, it's just open. Maybe it's not famous at home, but it's quite famous abroad, and there is such a person in the selection of the top ten most famous pirates in history and the most ferocious pirates in seven history.

To be honest, it's too fierce, it's a little overwhelming, you said it's early, people are prostitutes, they can't do anything, it's late, they don't necessarily surrender. Besides, so far, Zhou Shaoyu has not seen a Qing Dynasty woman, and this sister-in-law Zheng is a modern figure, and the chance of appearing is even smaller. Basically, there is no need to count on it.

Far away, Zhou Shaoyu wants to go to Silla, there must be no sea ships in the north, so he can only enter the territory of Daliang, and then change his face to take other people's merchant ships to go, it is best to buy them directly and then hire sailors. Because I can't say that I can still go to Dongwa, although I don't like it because of some historical problems, but in the current situation, if Silla is not enough to recruit manpower, I can only do so.

The lack of craftsmen is not only Zhou Shaoyu, Xiao Jiaowen is also extremely lacking, the craftsman skills have always been conservative, there are many rivers in Jingzhou, but most of them can only build ordinary fishing boats, and the larger warships do not understand at all.

Although Xiao Jiwen occupied Jiangling City, Wen Nuo left before and took away a lot of property, along with the relevant talents. For a while, it will be difficult to build a big ship. I can only send envoys to Yunmengze again and again to find Sun Yu to negotiate, it is best to win over Zhao'an, it is really impossible, and it is okay to buy two existing boats.

In line with the attitude that she would give it a try and not lose anything, Xiao Jiwen also ordered someone to go to Tanzhou to negotiate, but the 30,000 sailors in Tanzhou were not decorations.

This move is also in the right place, even if Xiao Auntie doesn't come to her, Li Qingzhao and the others will send someone to contact Xiao Auntie, and the matter of salt needs to be laid out.

It's not that the land of Tanzhou is incapable of producing salt, but the production is extremely low, and it is becoming more and more scarce in the face of the increasing population. At first, it was natural to find a way to buy from the Liang merchants, but under such a circulation, the price would naturally not be too low.

After that, the mountains entered South Vietnam on Wednesday, and gradually there was sea salt. However, because of process problems, sea salt is mostly coarse salt, although it can be eaten, but the taste is much worse, and it is not as good as that produced in the salt lake in the Western Regions.

In this regard, it is normal to buy salt from Xiao Jiao's wife, and it is completely possible to be a second-class dealer, and then flow into Daliang privately, and make a profit from it, so as to offset the cost.

Of course, this is only the surface, but in fact, it is still gradually laying out and controlling the economic lifeline of Xiao Jiwen. In advance, Zhou Shaoyu laid out the city and city entrances, and then built a new city with zero expenditure, which made Li Qingzhao suddenly realize that there was still this method feasible, and it was in the recent period of time that they did not study the relevant content.

I was still thinking about how to contact Xiao Auntie, but I didn't want people to find it by themselves.

"Enough to buy a warship? This is not impossible. Li Qingzhao sat down at the head of the hall to receive the envoys, pretended to think for a moment and said: "However, the construction of warships is slow, and the number of warships in my Tanzhou is not much, so it is impossible to sell too much, in addition, my Tanzhou is not short of money, if you sell warships, how can you exchange them?" ”

The messenger was overjoyed when he heard it, but he was immediately entangled again, and he was not short of money? But what else can you buy with money but money?

"Although you and I have an alliance, there is not much substantive communication outside of a covenant." Li Qingzhao said again: "In my opinion, when the two parties should strengthen their contacts and communicate with each other, both parties can benefit from this matter, so can they think so?" If the princess has the heart, it is better to make an appointment to discuss in detail so as not to leak the matter, and at the same time, the trade between the two sides can be further discussed......"

There are too many things to be arranged, and it is a little inconvenient to rely on the constant coming and going of the envoys, so Li Qingzhao simply proposed a face-to-face discussion, so that Xiao Ji's attitude can be seen most intuitively.

There is basically no problem, after all, what Xiao Jiwen wants most now is a warship, and at the moment there is nowhere to get it except Tanzhou, and the matter of trade, no matter how you look at it, is harmless to Xiao Jiwen, and it is unlikely to refuse.

To give Xiao Ji's warship is naturally for its ability to fight the girder, but there must be a number, which cannot exceed Tanzhou itself, and the weapons equipped on the ship, such as ballistas or something, must not be given, and that is what Xiao Jiwen needs to solve.

However, Xiao Jiao's army expansion, Tanzhou also has a certain amount of pressure, one is not good, it can't be said to cause an out-of-control backlash, according to Gao Xiujun, Yang Miaozhen and other sisters, Tanzhou also needs to expand the army.

And the expansion of the army means spending money, although Tanzhou is rich now, it also costs a lot in all aspects, and Xiao Jiwen starts trade, and then resells it to earn it, and the money for the expansion of the army is not there. The price of the famous Shu brocade is not low, especially after Gao Yuyao held Xiao Jiao accountable, the two can be said to have completely cut off contact, which also makes the number of Shu brocade scarce in the south of the Yangtze River.

The so-called scarcity is expensive, Tanzhou buys and sells, and the profit is more than a star.

And Xiao Jiwen has always been short of money, although now that she has a 'killer weapon' like salt, she is a lot richer, but it must still be not enough.

Let's make an assumption, with salt, Xiao Jiwen can expand the army by another 100,000, which is enough for Xiao Jiwen to have the capital to further compete with Daliang, but it is definitely not enough. The army needs food, grass and logistics to go out to fight, and the dead and wounded soldiers need to be compensated, which is a huge consumption.

But if He Tanzhou reaches a trade agreement with Daliang so that its money can expand the army by 200,000, do you say that Xiao Jiwen agrees or not? In addition to some self-digestion, Tanzhou can resell Daliang and even small countries in the South China Sea, which is a huge profit. In this regard, it can be described as lying on Xiao Auntie's body to suck blood. With this part of the money, Tanzhou strengthened itself with almost no effort on its own.

And once Xiao Sister-in-law is powerful, Tanzhou can suddenly interrupt trade, and she will be able to jam Xiao Sister-in-law's neck immediately.

Originally, how to raise an army without money? Is it true that everyone can go without food by faithfulness?

Compared with Gao Yuyao, Xiao Yuwen can only be too inferior in internal affairs and finance, don't say whether she can find out the deep meaning, even if she finds the shortcomings later, I am afraid that she will not have the ability to deal with it. In the final analysis, Xiao Yaowen is still biased towards the talents of martial artists after all, not all-rounders.

"Attract Xiao and Liang to consume each other, and gradually encroach on Xiao Xiao's internal ......"

That's the policy.

Before making all preparations, there will be basically no major war in Tanzhou, and a steady and steady strategy will be implemented.

In fact, he was also forced to be helpless, if Daliang continued to decline as before, I am afraid that he would have already fought with Xiao Jiwen, unlike now, Daliang's army has expanded greatly, and it can only seek stable development.