Night.

Jiangpu County Ya.

"It's okay if you don't go to Fengyang."

Xie Gui said.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not stipulate their route.

The holy decree was to ask the little princess to visit the two kings of Liao and Ning, and then on behalf of her father, to reward winter clothes to the armies of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Northern Parallel Metropolitan Division.

But the route was not said.

So that they have autonomy.

To go to Fengyang, you must go to Qingliu Pass, and from Qingliu Pass, there is still a long mountain road.

This is obviously a huge test for Yang Feng's ass.

His broken carriage didn't even have a minimum spring shock absorption, and there were no rubber inflatable wheels, the wheels were still wood wrapped with angle iron, not to mention walking on mountain roads, usually a small pebble can be clearly transmitted to his buttocks, no wonder later officials and old men chose sedan chairs. But if he changes to riding a horse, it will be very uncomfortable, he has never ridden a horse, not that he can't, of course it is easy for him to learn to ride a horse, but the fresh clothes and angry horses attract bees and butterflies, and riding a horse for a long distance are completely different things.

It's going to rub.

What's even more terrifying is that it is rumored that it will break eggs, even if it won't be broken, it will still be stubborn, at least for novices for a certain period of time, it will not be good.

In fact, for Yang Feng, it is better to let him ride a horse for a long distance, it is better to let him walk, the cavalry travels normally ninety miles a day, and he is armed to cross the country for more than ninety miles a day.

What's more, now it is infantry marching, and the standard is forty miles.

This distance is only an hour for him, compared with the ass suffering and the wear and tear of the legs, this is really not worth mentioning to him, especially since he also has a pair of military boots, don't underestimate a pair of boots, this thing is the real anti-heaven artifact in this era, which can be called an unattainable black technology.

"Then let's go straight to Sizhou, cross Huai in Sizhou, there is no mountain blocking this way, that is, Sizhou crosses Huai without a bridge, you need to take a boat to go over."

Xie Gui then said.

"Why can't we just take a boat through the canal?"

Yang Feng said.

"Ambassador Yang is talking about going to Yangzhou, this season all the locks in Huai'an are closed, and the official and civilian ships need to wait in Huai'an for Panba."

"What do you mean by Panba?"

"Unload and then cross the dam to cross the river with a small stripping boat, and reload the ship in the Qinghe, but the princess is noble, and it is dangerous to cross the Yellow River with a stripping boat, and there are many capsizes every year, and the old man does not dare to take risks."

"I still don't understand, can't I just open the gate and cross the river?"

"From May to September, the turbidity of the Yellow River in Qingkou is monstrous, and the locks are strictly forbidden to open, otherwise it is very easy to be washed away by the waves.

"But don't you have to cross the Yellow River to Xuzhou?"

"There is a pontoon bridge in Xuzhou."

"So what kind of course is the Yellow River now?"

Yang Feng said.

Then he simply called up a satellite map of Xuzhou as the center to Xie Gui.

The latter looked at the thing in amazement......

"This is Xuzhou, this is Jining, this is Huai'an."

Yang Feng pointed to a few points on the map and said.

"Can you be older?"

Xie Gui took a deep breath and said.

"Xuzhou is bigger, or this area is bigger."

"Zoom in."

"Uh, then this is Fengyang's location, this is Kaifeng's location, this should be big enough, right?"

"Last year, the Yellow River from the original Wu Junction, one to Kaifeng south, go to Chenzhou, Yingzhou to Shouzhou into the Huai River, this water flow is the largest, known as the Great Yellow River, one goes to Bianshui to Xuzhou, this is called the Little Yellow River, in the east of Xuzhou City and Surabaya confluence, Xuzhou north of the city has a gathering bridge to cross the river, there is a flow from Caozhou into Dongping, into Anshan Lake, and finally into Surabaya, in Xuzhou and Bianshui confluence southward, and into the Yellow River of the Huai River confluence, in Huai'an into the turbidity of the mighty river into the sea.

Let's go to Sizhou to cross Huai, where the water potential is stable, and then from Sizhou to Xuzhou, take the Yunji Bridge to cross Bianshui in Xuzhou, and then take the Wan'an Bridge to cross Surabaya.

Since then, I have been going north. ”

Xie Gui said.

"So now it's a Yellow River that floods most of Henan, plus a small part of Shandong?"

Yang Feng looked at this huge river basin with amazement.

"It's not that Du Chong dug the Yellow River in the past, originally Henan was fertile for thousands of miles, and now most of them are barren smoke and vines, there were millions of people in Kaifeng City, and now there are less than two million people in Henan.

Now that the Yellow River has burst, not many people have died.

The total number of men, women, and children in the whole of Henan is 1.9 million, and all that can be lived in are high places that cannot be flooded.

Although it is said that the primordial spirit of the Middle Plains has been destroyed under the dust for more than 200 years, it is almost thousands of miles away, and the flooding of the Yellow River is also the main reason. ”

Xie Gui sighed.

"Huh, you're still quite literate?"

"The old man is the forty-fourth grandson of Duke Xie Wenjing."

Xie Gui said proudly.

"Huh?"

Yang Feng looked at him blankly.

"Xie An!"

Xie Gui said.

"Ah, it turned out to be a famous queen!"

Yang Feng hurriedly said with a look of reverence on his face.

Xie Gui stroked his beard reservedly, saying that he was forty or forty grandchildren, and he could still find such a long-ago ancestor.

"Then how will our gifts be transported to Liaodong?"

Yang Feng asked.

Of course, it is impossible for them to carry those winter clothes, which are more than 100,000 troops of the two capital divisions, and there are more than 20 guards in the Liaodong capital division alone, not to mention the northern parallel capital division, which is Liaoxi and Rehe, that is, the area where King Ning sits. King Yan sat in Beiping, controlled the Beiping Metropolitan Division, Ning Wang sat in Daning, controlled the Northern Parallel Division, and the Liao King sat in Guangning, controlled the Liaodong Division, and these three kings gave Zhu Yuanzhang to sit in the Yanshan defense line.

As for the Nuer Gandu Division, there was no such thing as the Nuer Gandu Division at this time, and the Ming army was only established in the Nenjiang area, which was originally established in the Yongle period.

"That's all by sea, we don't need to care, just take over in Jinzhou, the shipping fleet is estimated to be ready to set sail, and they have to arrive before the north wind rises."

Xie Gui said.

"It's August."

"It doesn't matter, the sea is much faster than ours, out of Chongming into the Heishui Ocean to Dengzhou, it is estimated that the wind direction is suitable to Liaodong in half a month at most, and the imperial court is to Beiping, Liaodong and other places are by sea."

"Is it better to ship by sea or by river?"

"Naturally, it is shipping, a ship can top ten ships in the canal, from the canal to the north to Beiping at least two months, the sea transport is fast half a month to arrive, but the loss is slightly larger, it is easy to capsize in the wind and waves, but these are nothing compared to its convenience. However, there is also a problem with shipping, that is, it is necessary to have those officers and soldiers who are familiar with the sea, know the route, and can be said to be accustomed to navigation, after all, the canal can be docked, but when it comes to the sea, it is all left to themselves. ”

"And how many of these trolls do you have now?"

"Eighty thousand."

"Eighty thousand?"

Yang Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

"Along the river, there are troops along the coast, adding up to more than 80,000, but not only transporting grain, but also patrolling and hunting for Japanese pirates at sea, but they can be used to transport grain by sea when needed."

Xie Gui said.

Therefore, the success of Zheng He's voyage to the West is easy to understand.

With a large de facto navy of 80,000 men and sailing on the seas all year round, it was certainly easy for him to go to the Western Ocean.

He went to the Western Ocean more than ten years later, and Chen Xuan led the sailors to defect during the Battle of Jingnan, that is to say, he did not suffer much loss, more than ten years, the backbone at this time is still there, both the navigation ability and the sea combat ability are still maintained, and the rest is to build a treasure ship to go south. Although this is indeed a navy that sails offshore seas, it is also active at sea all year round, and once such a navy is broken, as Xie Gui said, without this generation who is familiar with the sea, it will be difficult to recover, such a navy is tested by countless winds and waves, and tempered by countless deaths, and if you want to have the same navy, you have to use countless deaths to hone again.

So as long as Zhu Yuanzhang wants to do it, with the strength of this navy, it is enough for him to go on an expedition to the Japanese country.

It is easier to go to the Wa Kingdom than to Liaodong, to assemble in Busan, enter the Tsushima Warm Stream and go directly to Sado Island, and with the strength of the Wa State at this time, it is almost impossible to recapture it, with this island in hand, it is enough for Zhu Yuanzhang to see the real benefits.

Doesn't he like gold?

Since this is the case, Yang Feng has nothing to say, the route is determined in this way, anyway, as long as he doesn't take the mountain road, he immediately returned to his residence to rest, and then when he entered the door, he saw Xiao Yu standing next to the bed, and there was a huge steaming wooden barrel in the room, in the heat she seemed to be steamed all over the face, and changed into a dress that was obviously more suitable for contact with water......

It's like a bun that has just been served in a steamer.

"Uh, didn't they give you a room?"

He said suspiciously.

"If you go back to the son, the slave and maid are to serve the son, and naturally there is no need to arrange a separate room, and when the slave and maid serve the son to take a bath and rest, just spread a mat on the ground, and if the son needs it at night, it is good to serve nearby."

Xiao Yu lowered her head and said.

Yang Feng took a deep breath, so this waiter should just hand over a urinal, right?

Definitely, yes.

"I'd better wash it myself!"

He said.

Before, on Wutai Mountain, because his embassy was still under construction, he had always lived in tents.

Of course, it was impossible for Xiaoyu to squeeze a tent with him, so he went down the mountain by himself when he was sleeping, Yang Feng had never encountered this kind of scene, but now it was very embarrassing.

"Childe, the slave maid is ordered by the princess to serve the son, this serving the son to bathe is the duty of the slave and the maid, but the son has needs, and the slave and maid are naturally only the son's order."

Xiao Yu also blushed more and more as she spoke, her voice became lower and lower, and her head also became lower and lower......

"Well, I'm not very used to this rotten way of life, and it will take a little time, so you better go back to the princess first, and tell her that I don't need to serve at night."

Yang Feng said.

O decadent and degenerate feudal era!

(Thanks to the little Taoist priest on Mt. Saga, the ghost spirit, Suiyun and others for their rewards)