After the Song army unloaded 100,000 cavalry at the mouth of the Liao River, the fleet continued southward, bypassing the Goryeo Peninsula and heading north, entering an unexplored natural harbor.

This natural harbor is today's Kiyotsu Port, and it is a huge natural harbor that can accommodate thousands of warships in the bay.

100,000 Song troops landed at Qingjin Port, and after marching south for 50 miles, they arrived at Nanhai Province, one of the former capitals of the Bohai Kingdom, and nearly 500,000 Bohai people were relocated here.

In a huge valley with small tents all over the hills, nearly half a million Bohai people were still waiting for Goryeo to deliver on their promise to send food and supplies, but 50,000 Goryeo and hundreds of Goryeo officials had already evacuated.

More than half a month has passed, the Bohai people lack food and clothing, and their lives are very miserable, and many families have run out of food and have to rely on digging grass roots and peeling tree bark to survive.

On this morning, a huge army suddenly appeared outside the valley, 100,000 Song troops appeared, the Song soldiers began to look for people according to the list, and in less than a morning, all the 447 people on the list were found, in fact, most of the people were sent to the door by themselves, they were the leaders of the Bohai people, of course they had to come forward to negotiate with the Song army.

More than 400 Bohai nobles were sent away by the Song army in a large ship, and on the rough sea, they were all pushed into the sea, lost their lives, and treated the splitters from ancient times to the present.

Losing the leader, 500,000 Bohai people became lambs to the slaughter, plus the Song army promised them food, 500,000 Bohai people obediently followed the Song army out of the valley, and boarded ships in Qingjin Port, thousands of large ships took them south, everyone was nervous, not knowing what fate awaited them?

These 500,000 Bohai people were eventually settled in Jingxi Road, Jiangnan West Road and Hebei East Road, and after a few decades, they have been completely sinicized, and the imprint of Bohai people can no longer be found on their bodies.

At the end of August, Fan Ning met Zhao Ji, the son of heaven who had returned to Beijing in Liaoyang Mansion, and according to the agreement between him and Zhao Ji, it was time to break up.

Fan Ning handed over the talisman and official seal, Zhao Ji was also a little sad, and the two rode slowly on a meadow.

Zhao Ji pointed at the north with a horsewhip and said: "Grandfather Huang told me that in the future, the threat of the Great Song Dynasty will still come from Mobei and the northeast, so I am very much in favor of Taishi's means of solving the Bohai people, but what about in the future?" How should the Great Song Dynasty face the threat of Mobei and Northeast in the future? ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "The three major tribes in the north will fight and fight against each other for a long time, just like Weichen persuaded His Majesty to seal the two khans, which will lead to discord among the three parties, but the Great Song Dynasty must pay close attention to the dynamics of the Mobei grassland, and cannot let a certain tribe sit big, when a tribe becomes strong, it should support its opponent, so the intelligence agency is very important, and Your Majesty must pay attention to it." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "I also have a deep understanding!" ”

Fan Ning said: "As for the northeast direction, Your Majesty should pay attention to the Murwei people, now the Khitans, Jurchens and Xi people have been wiped out, Weichen is worried that the Murwei people will quickly go south to fill the gap, Your Majesty will speed up the expansion to the northeast, if necessary, you can implement the military household system, let the soldiers lead their families to the northeast to settle down, and draw a red line for the Murwei people, and they cannot be allowed to cross the black water, once the Murwei people forcibly go south, Your Majesty will quickly send troops to suppress and drive away." ”

In fact, what Fan Ning was worried about was the Murwei people, the Mughuls, that is, the later Mongols, but this tribe has not yet appeared, and Fan Ning can't say too much, so he can only let Zhao Ji pay attention to himself.

"Does Taishi still want to go back to the capital?"

Fanning shook his head, "I plan to go to Whale State, to participate in the first county founding ceremony of Whale State, and then go to Kunzhou, and then to Quanzhou, and then take a boat south after meeting in Quanzhou." ”

Zhao Ji sighed, "Master Tai is leaving, I don't know when I will see you again." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen's pacification envoy and governor of Nanlu Province will return to Beijing at least once every two years to report on his work, so Your Majesty doesn't have to worry."

Zhao Ji was right to think about it, he nodded and asked, "What does Taishi think of the changes within the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen is the initiator and advocate of the reformists, facts have proved that the reformists are successful, not only effectively alleviating all kinds of contradictions, but also avoiding the split of the Great Song Dynasty, Your Majesty, once the reformers and conservatives appear in the Great Song Dynasty, there will inevitably be party disputes, this is the cancer of the imperial court, if it is not cleared in time, the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed in its hands sooner or later, Weichen does not dare to expect His Majesty to become a reformist, I only hope that Your Majesty can listen to the opinions of the courtiers more, and do not make arbitrary decisions."

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, "Taishi is right, I remember!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is leaving."

"Go ahead! Govern the Southern Continent well for me. ”

That night, Fanning left Liaoyang Mansion overnight with more than 100 entourages by boat.

The ministers put him on board and watched the ship go away.

Since then, Fanning's figure and influence have gradually faded in the imperial court, but his name has always been remembered by the imperial court.

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Fanning's two 10,000-stone ships left the Liao River and turned to Tanzhou, the southernmost tip of the Goryeo Peninsula.

Tanzhou is the first state of Fanning to open up overseas, but it is also the weakest state at present, first, there are not many resources on the island, the population is small, and secondly, the trade between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo has not risen, in addition, Tanzhou is also responsible for the transit station between the Song Dynasty and Kunzhou.

The governor of Tanzhou, called Shen Nansheng, warmly received Fanning's visit and took him on a tour of the main economic zone of Tanzhou.

The two walked through hills, flanked by citrus trees as far as the eye could see.

"Your Royal Highness, Tanzhou is currently mainly based on agriculture and shipbuilding, agriculture is to grow rice, can solve the problem of food self-sufficiency, in addition, Tanzhou citrus is very famous, the capital is called 'Tan Mandarin', thin skin, juicy, sweet, very popular, every year to the capital to send citrus up to three million baskets, this alone, Tanzhou's income is two million guan, and then buy back cloth, tea cakes and other daily necessities, there is a slight surplus."

Fanning nodded and asked, "Citrus is also divided into big years and small years!" If it's a small year, the production is low, and the income will drop sharply, what then? ”

"In addition to sending fresh citrus to the capital, we also use citrus to make wine and sell it to Goryeo, which can also make a net profit of seven or eight hundred thousand yuan a year, and then shipbuilding!"

"Shipbuilding?"

Fan Ning was suddenly a little surprised, "How did I not know that there is still a shipbuilding industry in Tanzhou?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Tanzhou shipbuilding is a small material ship that builds about a thousand stones, mainly sold to Japan and Goryeo, which is allowed by the imperial court, but the shipbuilding industry has just begun, and it will only be profitable next year, and it is estimated that the annual net income will be about five million."

In the afternoon, they came to the Tanzhou shipyard, where thousands of craftsmen were busy, and they were in full swing, and the thousands of stone civilian ships had begun to take shape.

"This is a government-run shipyard!"

Shen Nansheng said with a smile: "The shipbuilders are all from various shipyards in the Great Song Dynasty, and the locals are only allowed to enter the citrus orchards, but we cannot let outsiders participate in shipbuilding to prevent the leakage of shipbuilding technology." ”

Fanning just smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, the leakage of shipbuilding technology is impossible to prevent, if Goryeo and Japan really have a heart, they can poach the old shipwrights of the private shipyard at a high price, just like Beidao moved the Zhu shipyard away.

He himself reported this matter to the imperial court, and the imperial court only registered and managed the shipwrights who built the 10,000-stone shipwright, and the ordinary shipwrights basically let it go.

Therefore, the shipbuilding of about a thousand stones is no longer about technology leakage.

"What's that?" Fanning asked, pointing to a large warehouse in the distance, he was a little surprised that there were still soldiers standing guard at the door.

"It's also a shipyard, not just making parts, it's just the shaft of a big ship."

Fan Ning suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Take a look!" ”

The huge workshop was deserted, with only a few dozen craftsmen doing their work in an orderly manner, in stark contrast to the heat outside.

"This is a group of old craftsmen specially sent from the capital by the Ordnance Superintendent, using the giant trees in the deep mountains of Tanzhou to make the keel of a giant ship with more than 10,000 stones, but a keel needs to be built for at least five years, so it will take several years to take effect."

Fanning saw huge keels standing in the corners of the wall, at least hundreds, and dozens of keels of ships of more than 20,000 stones.

Each keel must be repeatedly painted, soaked in oil, dried, and then painted, soaked in oil, this process to continue for five years to get a qualified keel.

"Do you have a share of the income from these keels?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Shen Nansheng shook his head, "This is actually the keel workshop of the Ordnance Supervisor, it has nothing to do with Tanzhou, only the shipyard outside is ours." ”