Fan Ning really didn't expect that Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven, summoned him, and actually wanted to talk to him about the issue of expanding the territory.

Of course, Fan Ning also knew in his heart that this was just a private chat, and it was probably his words during the imperial examination interview that moved Zhao Zhen, if it was a formal conversation, it would require the presence of Xiangguo and the generals, but it would not be his turn to speak at that time.

Fan Ning sorted out the thoughts in his mind a little, and then said slowly: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and Weichen believes that the first key is to have strong shipbuilding technology and a strong naval army." ”

Song Renzong said with a smile: "The shipbuilding technology of the Great Song Dynasty has been very smart, whether it is a river ship or a sea ship, there are thousands of shipbuilders every year, there are government-run docks in Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Wenzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou, and there are also a large number of private docks. ”

Fanning smiled slightly: "The establishment of a strong naval army is to protect merchant ships and transport civilian ships, the South Seas are infested with pirates, there are still many uncivilized natives in the land of the South Seas, even if we don't rob their land, they will come to rob our property and population, only a strong army can protect the safety of immigrants overseas." ”

After a pause, Fan Ning said again: "Besides, the establishment of a strong naval army is also conducive to our fight with the Liao army, such as the Liao State's large-scale invasion of the south, at this time we have a naval army of tens of thousands of people to land in the Lulong area of Yingzhou, Yanshan Prefecture, cut off the back road of the Liao army, so that the Liao army invaded in the south will be exposed to the enemy, is it conducive to the Song army to fight on the battlefield?"

Wechen has always believed that although the Liao army has the advantage of war horses, we have the advantage of the water army, why not make full use of this advantage?

For example, if we fight against the Western Xia, we may have to fight fiercely with the Dangxiang people in Yan'an Mansion or Qingzhou, but we can build a powerful naval army on the Yellow River to attack Xingqing Mansion directly, and I believe that on the water, the Liao Army and the Western Xia Army are far from being our opponents. ”

The shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty is extremely developed, and it can be said to stand on the top of the world, but neither the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have ever thought of using the developed shipbuilding industry to establish a powerful naval army.

However, what Zhao Zhen thought of was not that the Great Song Dynasty took the initiative to tear up the alliance and attack the Liao State and Western Xia, but that if the Liao State and the Western Xia attacked the Song Dynasty on a large scale, they could use the naval army to attack their rear roads.

Zhao Zhen stood up and came to the wall, brushed the ground and opened a curtain, and a huge picture of the Great Song Dynasty appeared in front of Fan Ning on the wall.

Zhao Zhen took a thin wooden pole and handed it to Fan Ning, "You tell me from the map!" ”

Fan Ning took the wooden pole and looked at the map, the northernmost part of the map was only to Liaodong, and then to the north there was no more, Fan Ning smiled and said: "Aunt Weichen said it in vain, and Your Majesty aunt listened to it!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Although you can speak freely, I will tell!" ”

Fan Ning pointed to the north of Liaodong with a wooden pole: "Weichen once saw a map of the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and there is a big river called Heishui in the northeast of Liaodong, also called Heilongjiang, and the hinterland of this big river can go directly to the nest of the Khitan and Xi people.

And not far from the mouth of the black water to the sea, there are two big islands in the north and south, the big island in the south is called Maoren Island, close to the country of the Japanese people, the Japanese people call it Ezo land, there are only some indigenous people living in the local area, the land of this island is fertile, the forest is dense, the grassland is endless, the north and south are thousands of miles long, the east and west are very suitable for raising horses.

There is a large island to the north, close to the mouth of the black water, this big island Weichen called Sakhalin Island, the area is equivalent to Jiangnan East Road, almost uninhabited.

Weichen meant that if the Great Song Dynasty established a military city and a horse breeding base on these two large islands, on the one hand, it could provide the Great Song Dynasty with a steady stream of war horses, and on the other hand, it would create conditions for the Great Song Dynasty to attack the north of the Liao State from the naval army. ”

Fan Ning's unbridled imagination made Zhao Zhen unbelievable, although it was a bit far away to attack the Liao nest from Heishui, but if he could raise horses there, it would be an excellent way.

The reason why the Great Song Dynasty lacked horses was that there was no place to raise horses, and the Song Dynasty was bent on recovering Hexi, just to get a piece of land to raise horses, and the Liao State supported Western Xia in order to destroy the Song Dynasty's national policy of obtaining the Hexi Corridor.

If the Great Song Dynasty also had a million war horses and a strong cavalry, the Song army would be able to fight the Khitan cavalry.

The reason why Zhao Zhen is interested in the horse breeding base is that the Great Song Dynasty already has a ship to transport horses, each ship can transport 100 horses, and the Song Dynasty ships travel back and forth between Quanzhou and Dashi all the year round, sailing tens of thousands of miles, and are not afraid of the wind and waves in the deep sea at all.

After solving the transportation problem, Fanning's plan to establish a horse breeding base certainly made Zhao Zhen's blood tremble, and he immediately shouted: "Find all the maps of the Tang Dynasty for me!" ”

Next to the imperial study room is a library with a large number of books and maps, as well as maps left by the Tang Dynasty.

In a moment, the eunuchs brought dozens of scrolls of maps, they were all very surprised, they had never seen the officials talk to the minister like this, the two actually knelt on the ground, looking for something on the map?

Fanning understood what Zhao Zhen meant, but he was also a little worried, would there be maps of Hokkaido and Sakhalin on the map of the Tang Dynasty?

Fan Ning and Zhao Zhen each opened the map to look for it, at this time Fan Ning accidentally found a map of the Bohai State paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty, he opened the map, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Sakhalin Island was painted on it, but it was marked as a bitter cold place, uninhabited, he hurriedly said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, the minister has found it!" ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly got up and spread out the map, Fan Ning pointed to Sakhalin Island in the north and said: "The big island outside the mouth of the black water that Weichen said is it, and Weichen calls it Sakhalin, which is still an uninhabited island." ”

Zhao Zhen stared at it for a while, sighed and said: "The place is not bad, but it's a pity that it's too far away, I'm afraid that the war horse can't withstand the long-distance transportation on the ship." ”

Fan Ning also found that Zhao Zhen was more interested in the horse breeding base, and he could not consider attacking the Liao State by water for the time being.

In fact, there is no hurry to attack Liao, as long as they can gain a firm foothold in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, the attack on Liaoguo will naturally come to fruition in the future.

Fanning also did not mention the matter of attacking the Liao State by water, his top priority now was to let the Great Song Dynasty occupy Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island, and Japan did not cross the sea to Hokkaido by the Matsumae clan until the middle and late Ming Dynasty at the end of the 16th century.

Fan Ning said slightly: "Wechen suggested that the method of Cao Yun can be used to set up a transit horse farm. ”

He pointed to Jeju Island on the map, "This big island is called Tamna Island, it does not belong to Silla, it is nearly 1,000 miles in radius, and it can also raise horses, which is very suitable for being a transit place for war horses.

In this way, Tamna Island has become a transit place for the Great Song Dynasty war horses, transporting war horses from Maoren Island in the north to Tamna Island, and the war horses can rest and transit on the island, and then transport them from Tamna Island to the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no problem for the Great Song Dynasty to obtain two or three hundred thousand war horses in a year. ”

Fan Ning's words made Zhao Zhen unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, he paced back and forth in the imperial study, and said to Fan Ning: "Keep talking!" ”

Wechen suggested that the first occupation of Tamna Island, and then the navy will take Tamna Island as the basis to go north, occupy Maoren Island, use the Wa State to replenish food and materials, and can also recruit Wa labor to develop Maoren Island, more than ten years later, wait for the Great Song Dynasty to fully gain a foothold on Maoren Island, and then go north to occupy Sakhalin Island, and continue to raise horses and sheep on Sakhalin Island.

There is a sea barrier, the Khitan people can not invade and destroy, Weichen estimates that twenty years later, the Great Song Dynasty will also have a million war horses, and the recovery of Youzhou is just around the corner. ”

Zhao Zhen was already so excited that he couldn't help himself, he knew that the time to attack the Liao State was far from ripe, once it was proposed, he would inevitably find the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, after all, the Tanyuan Alliance had allowed the Great Song Dynasty to enjoy peace for more than forty years, and no one would easily abolish this alliance.

But the establishment of a horse breeding base is different, this is the Song Dynasty court's favorite industry, because there is Tamna Island as a transit in the middle, and there is a strong shipbuilding industry and ocean-going ships in the Great Song Dynasty as a guarantee, it can be completely implemented.

Using trade with Silla or Japan to obtain food and materials as a logistical supplement, Zhao Zhen felt that he only needed to prepare for two or three years before this plan could be implemented.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen said to Fan Ning: "I give you three days to write a feasible plan for me in detail, once I approve this plan, I will have a heavy reward!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Wechen immediately went back to prepare. ”

Although Fan Ning's remarks really shocked Zhao Zhen's heart, he also wanted to know why Fan Ning knew so much, but now he couldn't care about so much for the time being.

Zhao Zhen took out a gold medal from the drawer and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is my gold medal for exemption from calling, with this gold medal, you can enter the palace at any time, you don't need to report it!" ”

Fanning took the gold medal and bowed, "Your Majesty is very kind, Weichen is grateful, Weichen is grateful, Weichen is leaving!" ”

Fan Ning left, Zhao Zhen stood alone in front of the map and stared at the northeast for a long time, his thoughts had already crossed the choppy sea, to find the endless grassland, he seemed to see millions of war horses galloping on the grassland, since then supporting the powerful combat power of the Great Song Dynasty.

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