Sure enough, the Great Song Dynasty had no ambition to dominate the ocean at all.

For the Great Song Dynasty, the ocean is a wild land. Even if the sea trade brought great wealth to the Great Song Dynasty, it could not change the Great Song Emperor's and important ministers' views on the sea.

Zhang Dian looked down on the ocean, and the emperor couldn't look down on the ocean.

For the monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty, the sea seemed to have no use other than the gold and spices that could bring gold to the Great Song Dynasty. And the barbarian country across the ocean is so poor that people think it's a flower child.

Nanyang ...... In most areas, people can't even afford to wear clothes...... Shameless.

The poor can't even afford to use the bowls, and the belongings that ask for food can't afford to buy them, pitiful!

In such a place, where is it worthy of the attention of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty?

In addition, for the Great Song Dynasty, being too rich gave birth to a strange idea. Any neighbor who is poorer than Da Song has the intention of making a fortune in Da Song. To put it nicely, it is a poor relative. To say bad points, it is a robber. This is all the master who wants to get rid of Da Song, just like Kuo Shao walked on the street and met a beggar gang party, it was too late to hide, how dare he provoke it?

Sure enough, Emperor Zhao Xu was very interested in Li Kui's proposal to attack the Tokyo Road of Liaoguo by sea, but other than that, he didn't say anything, and his tone was very strict.

When Li Kui finally had no choice, he had to put forward the tactics he had told Zhang Dian to find an opportunity from Daizhou to cross the Nanshan Pass and raid Zhuozhou.

Of course, it is not necessarily from Daizhou, you can also go from Yanmen Pass to Zhuozhou, or even to Zhongjing in Liao. It depends on Li Kui's choice at that time. But there is only one requirement, once the Liao State goes south, Li Kui will use more than 10,000 people and horses to at least drag the 200,000 troops of the Liao State.

Although the Liao State said that Chen had 100,000 soldiers, if he was really forced to rush and raise troops south to attack the Great Song Dynasty, it would be impossible to use only these 100,000 people.

Starting with 300,000 and capping at 600,000, this is the contest between the two superpowers. In contrast, compared with Song Liao, the national strength of Western Xia is not half a star.

But Li Kui doesn't need to be in a hurry in this regard, he sent 300,000 troops, and the Liao State also needed to prepare for a long time, even longer than the Great Song Dynasty. Because the territory of the Liao State was too vast, the army assembly was much more troublesome than that of the Great Song Dynasty. Moreover, the Liao State does not have a pigeon as an artifact to transmit messages, so it can only run by horse. In this regard, the Great Song Dynasty beat the Liao State.

As for the Flying Eagle?

Forget it, the eagle is not as home-loving as the pigeon, so maybe it will be released and live on its own in the wild.

In the vertical arch hall, Zhang Dian asked the emperor for some reason: "Official, before Li Kui said the strategy of forming a navy and attacking the Liao State from the sea, why did you keep looking at the envoys?" ”

Zhao Xu endured it very hard, and he really gave Zhang Dian a look before, and more than once. For this question, the emperor is also embarrassed: "What about this? I'm very interested in the attack, but you also know that now that the treasury is out of money, it takes money to build a navy. But after all, the navy is far water, and it cannot quench the thirst of the near. Now the center of gravity of my Great Song Dynasty is still in Western Xia, in Hetao. As long as my Great Song Dynasty can successfully take down Hetao and Xiliang, the situation with Liao will be reversed. ”

"But what does this have to do with the Navy?" Zhang Dian was puzzled: "The investment of the navy should be a gradual process, and the initial investment will not be too large. Moreover, the Dengzhou shipyard is now under-operated, which is enough for my Song Dynasty. ”

The emperor said in his heart: "You don't know what Li Kui is doing, I conclude that the navy is a money-loser." Millions of dollars have been invested, but there is not necessarily any improvement. ”

It's also a shame to say, regardless of that dynasty, the emperor won't be too relieved of the courtiers. The secret service agencies affiliated with Ouchi must not be missing.

However, the Imperial City Division of the Great Song Dynasty is a bit special, the number of people is too small, and the total number is only more than 10,000. Gathering intelligence is certainly not enough. But the Great Song Dynasty had enough mine supervisors and tax supervisors in various places, and most of these chief officials were eunuchs.

The Imperial City Division got the news through the eunuchs, so as to grasp the family background of the important ministers.

The emperor also knew the news of Li Kui's establishment of a shipyard in Dengzhou, and even the several shipwrecks of the Li family shipyard were well known. The emperor can't talk nonsense with empty teeth and white teeth, but fortunately, Zhang Dian is the emperor's most trusted person, so Zhao Xu said: "Zhang Xiang doesn't know something, although Li Kui's navy is very insightful, but Zhang Xiang only knows one thing, not the other." ”

"Oh, official, is there another mystery? Did the Imperial City Detective hear something? Zhang Dian was still on the road, and he solved the emperor's embarrassment by opening his mouth.

The behavior of the people below who make their own decisions has nothing to do with him.

Emperor Zhao Xu thought about it, it was indeed the case, it was not that his emperor deliberately listened to the news of his courtiers, the main reason was that the people in the Imperial City Division were too idle and asked around. Thinking of this, Zhao Xu opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Li Kui has had a shipyard in Dengzhou for two years. Before he went, he also dug up a group of shipbuilding craftsmen from the south. ”

Saying this, Zhang Dian really remembered, nodded and said: "It's true, the steward of Li Kui's family has dug up all the craftsmen in the shipyard of Lin Xi's hometown, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Anyway, Lin Xi's shipyard almost couldn't do it, and at that time, Lin Xi was allowed to give Li Kui eye medicine. ”

The emperor stroked his palm and smiled: "That's right, it's this shipyard." This shipyard is taken care of by Li Kui's brother Li Da, but I don't know if Li Da is so ambitious, or Li Kui has special requirements for the shipyard. The Li family shipyard has never built small boats, and ships with thousands of materials are disdainful at all, and they have to build large ships with thousands of materials. ”

"How much?"

"Ten thousand materials! In the past, it was ten thousand materials, but now it should be a big ship with 20,000 materials. ”

Emperor Zhao Xu didn't have much concept of shipbuilding, and he couldn't tell the difference between the size of ships. But Zhang Dun is different, he is from Fujian! Like Lin Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Zhang family is also indispensable to run maritime business. In addition, Quanzhou is currently the largest seaport in the world, with countless merchant ships. But even if he claims to be a person who has seen a big scene, Zhang Dian can't imagine what the big ship of 20,000 is like.

After all, the largest ship traveling on the Bianhe River is only 2,000 materials, and if you are a sea boat, 3,500 materials are already a big ship.

Zhang Dian did not hide the horror on his face, and estimated: "A ship of 20,000 materials is possible to transport one commander at a time, or even more soldiers." Coupled with the materials in the cabin, as long as ten large ships, five thousand elite soldiers can be transported at a time, and enough material support for a month or even longer. Such a threat is enough to give the capital of Liao a headache. ”

Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "Zhang Xiang, you think it's simple, the Li family's shipyard has sunk several of the 20,000 ships. Li Kui has already invested 200,000 yuan into it, and he can't afford to make a splash. I pondered that Li Kui had found that the shipyard had no hope of making money, and wanted to find someone to take over. ”

According to Zhao Xu's kind-hearted character, if he had money, he wouldn't mind taking the plate for Li Kui, but if he didn't have any money, he wouldn't have a problem.

The emperor is different from ordinary people, he has a large family of tens of thousands of people to support.

Including 3,000 harem beauties, more than 10,000 palace maids, and tens of thousands of eunuchs......

Zhang Dian said thoughtfully: "In this way, Li Kui lost money in this transaction?" ”

"That's right, it's definitely going to lose money. But Li Kui should be able to afford it. Zhao Xu said gloomily, after all, Li Kui's name as the God of Wealth is not called nonsense. Zhao Xu also began to feel sad about spending money like water. Obviously it was for Dawn to launch a war against the thugs with wolf ambitions, why did he have to bear the bran in the end?

He's the Emperor!

Zhao Xu even came up with some strange ideas, if he destroyed Western Xia and defeated the Liao State in the future.

The Great Song Dynasty is peaceful in all directions, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, so there should not be too many wars that require the Great Song Dynasty to invest in the power of the whole country.

At that time, it is not worth sending a large army to the small countries around it. But if you can let the merchants form an army on their own, take the warships and the army to attack, defeat it, and give the court a title, wouldn't it be ......

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu was suddenly awakened by his 'evil' thoughts. This idea is too far away from the rules of the ancestors, in case he dies in the future, how can he answer when he sees the Taizu Taizong?

Besides, Li Kui, after a busy day, finally returned home.

The moment he saw Qiao Zhi'er, he was startled, and pointed to the belly of his concubine Qiao Zhi'er, who had only been through the door for four months, and said angrily: "Why are you also pregnant?" ”

Qiao Zhi'er rolled her eyes and said, "When you gave me a make-up lesson, I was pregnant!" ”

This scene was so embarrassing that Li Kui didn't know how to answer. What did you mean you got pregnant when I was making up for it? This is ruining his reputation!

But Li Kui pondered that it was really possible, during that time, she slept every day, and it was reasonable to be pregnant. As for Qiao Zhi'er cuckolding him, I'm afraid I really don't have this opportunity. There is Li Qing who is messing around on the streets, and no wind and grass can escape Li Kui's eyes.

Thinking of this, Li Kui resigned himself to his fate and said, "Can you find a doctor?" ”

"I found An Daoquan, and he said it was fine."

"No, I'll have to let him tell me personally."

Li Kui hurriedly looked for someone to invite An Daoquan, and An Daoquan didn't mind being disturbed by someone in the middle of the night, and began to diagnose after coming to Li's house by car: "Four months, that's right." The adults are in good health, and according to the method I gave to the other three ladies, with a little exercise, they will definitely give birth to an adult heir. ”

Originally, Li Kui mocked Duan Wang Zhao Jihaiwang physique in his heart, and left seeds everywhere.

If Zhao Ji hadn't encountered the difficulties of Jingkang in the official history, he would have stayed in the Great Song Palace in Tokyo and continued to lose, not to mention his children and grandchildren, the number of his children would easily exceed 100. After all, when he was reduced to a prisoner, he had almost eighty children, and it is estimated that his own children cannot even recognize him as a father.

Even if he was taken captive and went to the Kingdom of Jin, in eight years, he gave birth to fourteen children. With this record alone, he is also the number one in the circle of Chinese emperors, and no emperor is stronger than Zhao Ji in this regard. If it weren't for the fact that the days of being captured were too hard, the women around him died and were robbed, which affected his performance, if Zhao Ji was really left with enough women, he could still make people crazy.

Thinking of this terrifying record, it is estimated that Emperor Renzong, an emperor who only supported a daughter in the end, can die of jealousy.

However, when Li Kui found out that Qiao Zhi'er was pregnant, he also had a trace of doubt about his Sea King physique.

Do you really have extraordinary abilities?

This is not a good phenomenon, Li Kui pondered that An Dao was all here, so he simply did a physical examination for the other three pregnant women in his family.

Of course, Li Kui only accepts the physical examination of the pulse and does not accept superfluous items. Besides, under the aura of Antao's divine doctor, it is enough to diagnose the pulse.

An Daoquan is not too troublesome, his current backstage is the Taishi Mansion, and there is a concubine in the palace. Speaking of which, all this was brought to him by Li Kui, and Li Kui was his benefactor.

"The eldest lady is in good health, and if she moves around more, she will inevitably have a smooth birth."

"The second lady basks in the sun more, don't worry about anything else."

"The ...... of the Third Lady"

Standing in the backyard, Li Kui's thinking was a little trance, why were all pregnant women at home. Do you really have to take a few more rooms to avoid the days when you go home and be a bachelor?

When Liu Qingqian saw Li Kui, her hanging heart also let go. She was worried that if Li Kui was not at home when she gave birth, who would she rely on?

Looking at Li Kui, Liu Qingqian said with a expression: "Husband, as long as you are in the house, the concubine is not afraid of anything!" ”

Li Kui is not easy to accept this remark, mainly because Da Song is also a critical moment now. Maybe he's going to lead his troops out that day. There is a saying that long pain is better than short pain, Li Kui said truthfully: "Madam, you may have to go north for your husband for a while." ”

After speaking, Li Kui explained: "But don't worry, Madame, you won't go on the expedition for a month or two." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Qingqian's eyes are red, she is a woman, but she wants to have a child, what a big risk and fear it is! Of course, Li Kui is useless at home, at most she can only roar twice in the yard to strengthen her courage. But it is more likely that the painful screams of her childbirth will be suppressed by Li Kui's roar. But it's better than any panacea.

Li Kui couldn't explain this question, so he could only ask An Daoquan: "An Daoquan, can my wife give birth in two months?" ”

When a pregnant woman gives birth, the day is uncertain.

Sometimes a few days earlier, sometimes a few days of digging. Three months earlier, he basically can't survive, and Nezha is three years late.

Even if An Dao was a miracle doctor, he didn't dare to pack the ticket, and said embarrassedly: "My lord, the officials are sparse and shallow, I'm afraid I can't help." ”

Li Kui touched his chin, looked at the three bulging bellies, and said, "If you work hard, you may be able to give birth to all the children before your husband goes on the expedition." ”

"you!"

Liu Qingqian was shy: "There are outsiders here, what nonsense!" ”

An Daoquan smiled awkwardly and got up to leave.

If you want to give your child a few days early, he can actually help, and the nobles in the palace are often pregnant at the same time, why can some nobles give birth early, and some nobles are a few days late?

Is this a fight for the prince, a fight for the prince?

A competent and trustworthy physician must have one or two prescriptions in his hand that can assist in midwifery. This kind of prescription is not used by the imperial doctor at all on weekdays. Only when you are forced to do something that you can't do it will take it out. Once this recipe is used, this imperial doctor will basically gamble on the head of Xiang Shang, and there is no turning back.

Although Li Kui's family already has a title, can it be compared to the crown prince?

Born sooner or later, Liu Qingqian is the main wife, and the son born must be the eldest son. Even if the other two ladies are in a hurry, they will not have a chance to inherit the family business. Outside the palace, the imperial doctor would not prescribe this kind of prescription at all. This is not only bad for yourself, but also for pregnant women who use these prescriptions, which is also very dangerous.

How could An Daoquan find such trouble for himself?

Unconsciously, Li Kui went to the Military Command Bureau during the day and went home in the afternoon.

It's been two months.

On this day, Liu Qingqian walked around the yard with the support of the maid, and suddenly there was a cramp in her abdomen, and she felt that the little arms and legs in her stomach were restless, and she was in a cold sweat, and her heart said: "It's not good, the debt collector is coming out!" ”