Fang Zhiwen grinned: "It's okay to say it, whether it succeeds or not, it's also a train of thought, right?" ”

Chen Keng glanced around at all the generals present, organized his language slightly, and said slowly.

"There are three key points in the lord's idea, Qinghekou Port, Changshan Island Base and Lenan Town, Lenan Town is not a big problem now, and Zilong is in charge, as long as you concentrate on development, and even if necessary, you can focus on defense, then the rest is the base that Qinghekou Port and Changshan Island archipelago have not yet established."

Fang Zhiwen nodded, Chen Keng's thinking is very clear, he is peeling off one by one, gradually analyzing, and finding the key and core of the problem, Fang Zhiwen naturally knows what the core of the problem is, but knowing may not be able to solve it, how to solve this core problem is the key, Chen Keng's methodical analysis, Fang Zhiwen did not interrupt, at least let everyone learn this method of analyzing the problem.

Seeing the lord nodding, Chen Keng became more and more confident in his thoughts, and his speed of speech was slightly faster: "Let's talk about Qinghekou Port, Qinghekou Port is nominally under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, and the liuguan is also sent by Jizhou, and now the manager of Qinghekou Port and the Zhen family who actually control Qinghekou Port have slowly produced some discord, which is unavoidable, because the interests of Qinghekou are getting bigger and bigger, and with the arrival of winter, the wind and waves at sea are reduced." Grain from the south will begin to move northward in a big way. The status of the Qinghe estuary will be even more important, so the dispute will further deteriorate. ”

"Lord Chen, our name in Qinghekou is not right, what can we do?" Zhou Tai interjected with some distress, if his naval strength was strong enough, or the Zhen family would have a greater say in Qinghekou.

"Oh, yes! If the name is not right, it is not good, we do not have the first righteousness at the mouth of the Qinghekou, only the power to retaliate afterwards, perhaps. This is the reason why the Jizhou clan has the Zhen family at the mouth of the Qinghe, lord, since this is the case, we can open another port. At the beginning, Qinghekou Port was to complete the Lord's plan for the sea grain route, and in addition, it was used as a recruiting place and shipbuilding base for the navy. ”

Fang Zhiwen's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Chen Keng said, just now when Fang Zhiwen mentioned his own idea, he also said that if necessary, he would increase shipping routes and ports, of course, at that time, Fang Zhiwen was considering the problem of freezing the Bohai Sea, in the Bohai Bay, which is close to western and eastern Liaoning. There are port locations that are not frozen, especially the seaport of the Liaodong Peninsula, which is absolutely not frozen, which is very suitable for being an alternative port for the Qinghe estuary.

"My lord, the subordinates do not mean to give up the Qinghekou, but to use other ports to counter the Qinghekou, the so-called business system, after all, the Qinghekou was built by us, how can it be easy to deal with people. But if we have other sea food routes in our hands. Then in the affairs of Qinghekou, we have a lot more space to deal with, and there is no need for the navy to spend a lot of energy to take care of Qinghe~~-update the first ~~ mouth, the navy should focus on maritime affairs. The main thing is to secure shipping lanes and combat maritime forces. ”

"Well said! Fu Xi this strategy is great and benevolent 1 Fang Zhiwen praised without hesitation, Chen Keng's statement broke a misunderstanding in Fang Zhiwen's thinking. Qinghekou can't give up easily, but not giving up doesn't mean that you have to fight to the death here, you can completely avoid the real attack, encircle Wei to save Zhao, or even just use a virtual port to counteract, in short, in the affairs of Qinghekou Port, Fengning County is now unjustifiable after all, so it can't be dealt with with by common sense, this is a chronic disease at the core of Fang Zhiwen's three points, when Chen Keng inspired the solution to this problem and no longer Qinghekou itself, many of Fang Zhiwen's troubles were solved.

What makes Fang Zhiwen even more appreciated is that Chen Keng's deep understanding and accurate positioning of the navy, this subordinate is not a stranger, and he is also a new acquaintance with Chen Keng of the navy, so he can have such an accurate cognition, which is indeed a quite remarkable cognition, and it also fully demonstrates Chen Keng's excellent characteristics of the overall situation.

"Especially for the positioning of the navy, Zhou Tai, Fu Xi words are accurate, should be used as the development purpose of the navy, but it also needs to be added that protecting the safety of waterways, striking at sea forces, and deterring land forces is what the navy is all about."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Subordinates keep in mind 1

Zhou Tai and Chen Keng replied at the same time, Fang Zhiwen smiled, and then thought about Chen Keng and asked, "Fu Xi hasn't finished talking yet, so let's continue." ”

Chen Keng smiled and nodded at Zhou Tai and Duan Zhiran, who were looking at him just now.

"Yes, after clarifying the purpose of the navy, the role of the Changshan Island base is also clear, Changshan Island is located at the throat, as long as the Changshan Island archipelago is controlled, the entire Bohai Sea will fall into our hands, therefore, we should focus on the construction of the Changshan Island base, and even when necessary, the navy can be fully invested in the periphery of the Changshan Island archipelago, Le Nan can turn to defense, and Zilong's troops can also take on some tasks at the Changshan Island base to reduce the burden on the navy."

"Lord, Lord Chen's strategy is feasible, divide the troops into two, and Tian Yu can be the main general."

Zhao Yun understood Chen Keng's idea, and immediately agreed, he didn't want to stay in Lenan all day to defend, you must know that in the entire southern part of Lelang, it is actually a large no-man's land, which is still thanks to Zhao Yun.

Therefore, as soon as Chen Keng's suggestion came out, Zhao Yun immediately sold Tian Yu and let Tian Yu garrison in Lenan, while he led his troops to the Changshan Island archipelago to fight pirates, and it was even very likely that he would go around Qingzhou, such a good thing could not be missed.

Tian Yu is not a stupid person, naturally he will not be stupider than Zhao Yun, but even if Zhao Yun is his boss, he may soon become his senior brother, Tong Yuan has promised to come and see Tian Yu, if it is suitable, he can be accepted as a closed disciple, for this dual-identity boss, Tian Yu can only complain in his heart, but he does not dare to refute in his mouth.

Fang Zhiwen glanced at Zhao Yun and the resentful Tian Yu, and naturally understood what the two of them were thinking, but. Chen Keng's idea. Fang Zhiwen had thought about it a long time ago, even Tian Yu, he didn't plan to let him stay in Lenan, Lenan only needed a guard, and Yuan Qing and Zhen Xiang around Fang Zhiwen could do it.

Fang Zhiwen was more concerned about Chen Keng's next words, because Chen Keng's suggestion to the Changshan Island base just now actually did not involve key issues.

Chen Keng looked at the lord's expectant eyes, and smiled slightly smugly: "Looking at the overall vision of the lord, whether it is the protection of the waterway or the growth of maritime power. In fact, they are all limited by an important problem, ostensibly because the number of officers and men in the navy is insufficient, and the number of seagoing ships is too small, which leads to the problem. But at the heart of it is underpopulation. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Keng looked at the look of the lord, and saw the appreciative smile on the corner of Fang Zhiwen's mouth, Chen Keng knew that he was right, the core of the core of the entire Bohai strategy is now the issue of population.

"Because of the small population base, General Zhou Tai's naval recruitment was slow, and because of the small population base, the number of craftsmen in the shipyard was limited, and the speed of shipbuilding could not be raised. In the future, the base on Changshan Island will have to face this population problem, and the base on Changshan Island must be able to support the navy and defend itself on the island, which requires a large number of people, so the problem of the lord is the population, and everything else is a trivial matter. ”

Fang Zhiwen said with a little emotion: "Fu Xi said in one word! Population, everything revolves around population! Not only Lelang, Lenan, but also Fengning and Miyun. It is still a population problem, and only with sufficient population can it be possible to develop, and since Fuxi has already said the essence of the problem, Fuxi must also have the idea of solving it. Ask 1

"Don't dare! My lord, my Youzhou has always been unpopulated. The grassland is even more vast and sparsely populated, as for our Lelang, hehe, then except for these two towns, it is all wilderness. However, on the other side of the bay, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and even Yangzhou, the population is not a scarce resource, and even a large number of landless farmers are displaced every year. ”

"Huh? Get people from Qingzhou and Xuzhou? However, it is possible to recruit through the government, and even ask the court to make a request, but this will not be very effective, and the local gentry will probably not support our approach in order to cover up the facts, and will even use this matter to blackmail us. And once the other clans find it useful to enrich the frontier with this method, they will definitely compete with us for population. ”

"That's right, it's really not appropriate to go through the official face, if we want to get the population efficiently, we can do without the official face."

"Private private operation? No, this can't avoid the eyes and ears of the authorities. Zhen Yao shook his head and retorted.

"Lord Chen, are you asking us to rob like we did on the grassland, pretending to be bandits?" Yuan Qing also interjected and asked.

Chen Keng shook his head with a smile, Fang Zhiwen swept the corners of his eyes, and saw that Sun Ming who was hiding in the corner seemed to be about to move and had something to say, so he raised his hand at Sun Ming with a smile and said, "Sun Ming, what do you think." ”

"Ahh My lord, then I will say it. Seeing that the people and generals around him were all looking at him, Sun Ming was both nervous and happy, but the lord was still paying attention to himself, and he couldn't let the lord lose face.

"Lord, I think it is completely possible to contact the bandits and bandits in Jizhou and Qingzhou, these people are entrenched in the local area, and their power is not deep-rooted, but for the local government, they naturally have their methods, we can open a price and buy the population from them, anyway, when they plunder, we can increase the population as a target, and we don't have to risk going ashore to act, as long as we receive the population in the corresponding place, that's all."

"Excellent! General Sun's method is exactly what I want to say, with the local local snakes, as long as we declare that no matter how old or weak we are at the same price, the bandits will not kill much, and we don't have to risk going ashore to reveal our identities, this matter kills two birds with one stone. ”

Receiving Chen Keng's affirmation, Sun Ming's nervous face showed a relieved smile, although his appearance was obscene, but his eyes were very sincere, Fang Zhiwen smiled slightly at him encouragingly.

"But Lord Chen, in this way, in order to plunder the population, the bandits will even loot the farms and villages, and in the process of trafficking, the old and weak will undoubtedly lag behind, isn't this a mass killing because of us?"

Zhao Yun asked rhetorically with a frown.

The topic was a little heavy, and the room was strangely quiet.! ~！