Chapter 65: Water Battles Are Not Won by More Ships
Chen Fujia is a slender man with full self-confidence.
What impressed Liu Ke the most was the black and white eyes, and the remarkable extravagance all the time.
I have a slight impression that he was born in the Yingchuan Chen family, and he is also one of the important ministers of the family, and like Xiao Yuanchang, he is a disciple of Yang Zhong, but this one is closer to Yang Zhong.
[Name: Chen Fujia (Sergeant)]
[Age: 29]
[Command: 41 Force: 78 Wisdom: 92 Governance: 79]
[Characteristics: Famous Family, Carry Might, Clever Words]
The ability is quite good, and the wisdom is even higher than that of Xiao Yuanchang and Yue Shaoqian, and the military force and governance are not bad, and there is a state talent.
"Looking at the characteristics, he should still be a talent of tongue debate, and there is a shortage of such talents in the court."
"There are indeed a lot of talents in the family, but I don't know if there has been a growth in the prestige of these people because of their allegiance."
"If you don't have the same heart with the court, it's not easy to use your ability."
Nowadays, the Han is weak, and it is inevitable to join forces vertically and horizontally, if Chen Fujia is dedicated to serving the Han, it will be a useful envoy.
You must know that Donghu is not only a neighboring country of Dahan, but the northern army, the western army, and the eastern army of Donghu are still on the border!
"What's the matter with Chen Qing's family?"
Touch the bottom of Chen Fujia first.
Chen Fujia arched his hand and said:
"Your Majesty, my Han Dynasty is all in Qiongzhou, and the Donghu Southern Army retreated to Gaozhou and blocked the land route, and now it is a confrontation, which is quite anxious."
"The minister has a plan to offer, which can bypass Donghu, open up trade routes, and enrich the materials of Qiongzhou."
Liu Ke didn't smile, and asked people to serve tea to relieve fatigue: "Let's listen to it." ”
Chen Fujia is colorful:
"Burma, Cochin, Siam, and Yizhou are our great Han states, rich in things and people, and have not experienced war."
"Although Qiongzhou is a large grain-producing state, there is a real shortage of iron ore, gold and silver, if Your Majesty sends people to rebuild the old friendship with the four countries and open the sea for business, they will definitely be able to communicate with each other."
Chen Fujia's thinking is very clear.
Although Qiongzhou and Gaozhou are connected by land, with the strength of the Eastern Hunan Army, it is completely possible to block the dry road and block the Han Dynasty in Qiongzhou.
If the big man wants to live in a corner of the country, there is naturally no problem.
But if you want to do something, you have to find a way to break through from the sea.
Although Donghu's sailors are very bad, there is no one on the Han side, so it is necessary to find foreign aid and friends.
Liu Ke nodded in agreement, Chen Fujia was right, in terms of resources, Qiongzhou lacked minerals to build enough blade armor.
So even if he recovered the entire Qiongzhou, he only dared to let Lian Hansheng expand his army by 10,000.
Otherwise, you can't let the recruits go to the battlefield to fight the king's eight punches, right?
In fact, Liu Ke also considered overtaking in corners.
Qiongzhou has a lot of timber resources, and most of them are hardwood, so you can directly make some disposable earth cannons such as elm cannons, and the boom is the explosion.
Don't look at this thing, it can't be used a few times at a time, but it can also play some role when used to fight Taiyuan, not to mention dealing with the Donghu people who have never seen artillery.
But Liu Ke didn't know how to operate it, and he used a tree trunk to make the cannon body, and he had to use iron sheets and wires to stabilize it, and he still wanted iron.
On the other hand, Southeast Asia, although I don't know how the resources of this overhead world are distributed, but the geographical location is here, and it can't be poor.
Moreover, because of the governance of Meng Shu and Shi Xie, the Burmese and Cochin countries have been developed for hundreds of years, and they have accumulated a huge amount of wealth.
Seeing that the emperor showed a thoughtful expression, Chen Fujia knew that his advice had been successful, and continued:
"In addition, the geographical location of this Yizhou country is extremely important, and it faces Minzhou across the sea, if it can attract the help of Yizhou country, it may make the maritime situation more stable, and also add a strategic point that can threaten the coastline of Donghu."
And after King Wu opened up Yizhou, he set up a shipyard, and the two building ships of "Feiyun" and "Gaihai" were built here. ”
"It has been in business for hundreds of years, Yizhou has many ships, even if you can't buy a building ship, buy a large number of ships, you can also try to set up a sailor, the sky is high and the sea is wide, you can go."
"Yizhou is the territory of the Han Dynasty and cannot be called a country."
Liu Ke pronounced the words clearly and the accent was obvious:
"I have sent someone to Yizhou to ask for the guilt, and ordered its leader to surrender himself to the Great Han Yizhou Assassin History, and the ship naturally has it."
"Your Majesty! I actually knew the weight of Yizhou for a long time! ”
Chen Fujia felt a little chilly, and hurriedly bowed:
"The minister's family is quite rich, and some of them make a living in maritime trade, and they are willing to offer five merchant ships to open up maritime affairs for the Han Dynasty!"
"Oh?"
Sent by ship?
Judging from Liu Ke's experience, the boat can be driven as long as it can be driven.
Go to the private sector to get some large fishing boats, barely enough to go to sea.
He thought so before, but there is a serious ship sent to the door, how can there be no reason not to?
Liu Ke's face changed instantly, he became a little more enthusiastic, and even handed the tea he had just drunk to Chen Fujia:
"Is there only five merchant ships in Aiqing's family?"
Chen Fujia shuddered coldly, looked at the emperor's eager eyes, and thought of the rivers of blood flowing on the streets a few days ago, so he simply said truthfully:
"There were eight merchant ships at home, but there were still three, and we had to maintain the ...... of commerce."
Liu Ke waved his hand: "I think it's broken!" ”
"Since it can be opened, I will send it together, and the extra three ships are borrowed by me."
Before Chen Fujia could answer, Liu Ke thought about it and felt that something was wrong.
The Yingchuan Chen family, where Chen Fujia was born, is not a big family near the coast, and he is involved in maritime trade, but not too much.
But there are only eight merchant ships, even if they are all large ships, they can carry more than 100 tons of cargo, which is still less than the reputation of Yingchuan Chen.
"Chen Fujia, don't you really have many boats at home?"
Chen Fujia smiled bitterly:
"The minister's family is not mainly engaged in maritime trade, although there are some merchant ships, but there are really not many, and the ship was intercepted by pirates last time, and there are indeed eight left."
"Good! Good! Good! ”
As soon as Liu Ke took the case, his anger rose from his heart.
How dare a pirate rob his ship? Isn't this the shrimp soldier crab going to rob the dragon king?!
"Where are these pirates?"
Chen Fujia didn't know why, but he was distressed about the merchant ship that his family had lost in vain:
"Just between the sea route between Qiongzhou and Yizhou, although the Puliuru Department of Donghu has ships and ships, it does not have more jurisdiction over maritime affairs, so piracy is particularly rampant along the coast."
It's bad, so he asked Chengyu to go to Yizhou to ask for the guilt, wouldn't it be a gift to someone?
Liu Ke clenched his right hand into a fist and hammered it on the table extremely powerfully:
"What a pirate!"
"Since I have recovered Qiongzhou, the coastal area of Qiongzhou is naturally under the jurisdiction of my Han Dynasty."
"There are pirates who are haunting my great man, and I am determined to exterminate them!"
Chen Fujia was a little stunned.
If you do sea trade, you will do sea trade, how can you become a bandit?
Pirates must be suppressed at all times, and if they are not suppressed, they will not work.
It's not so easy to suppress, otherwise the Puliuru Ministry wouldn't sit idly by, after all, if you are so laissez-faire, you will lose the hearts of the people.
Moreover, pirates are generally measured, and when they stop ships and rob them, they also ask for some tolls, and pay attention to a long stream.
Chen's caravan was robbed of the ship and lost its cargo a while ago, also because the leader at that time didn't know how to draw his brain, and he didn't want to give money.
"Your Majesty doesn't know that this group of pirates is extremely difficult, and its leader is highly skilled in martial arts, and there seems to be some power behind it."
"Now that Qiongzhou is newly decided, and there are no naval generals in the court, it is not appropriate to use troops in vain, if Your Majesty wants to exterminate the pirates and clear the sea route, you need to investigate more and consider it in the long run."
"You can also contact Yizhou State.... Yizhou, after raising some warships suitable for water warfare, and then attack from the north and south......"
Liu Ke just shook his head and said:
"There are no generals in the navy, but there is one emperor on the sea."
Chen Fujia was a little suspicious that he had auditory hallucinations.
He admitted that the emperor had a hand in the war, and he was full of tricks to defeat Zhang Huaiyang in a row, and he captured three counties in three days, which was indeed strong.
But fighting at sea and fighting on land is not the same thing at all.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty have almost no experience in water warfare.
The only sailor, as early as fifteen years ago, followed the old Shunping Marquis who failed to cross the river, and the whole army was annihilated.
Liu Ke sighed and showed a reluctant smile:
"Aiqing can go and ask relatives and friends again, and ask if there are any ships in their clan, just lend them to me."
"I asked for their ship, and of course I had to make a way for them."
He Kun will soon cut off the family for a while, but he can't keep cutting like this, he has to give up some benefits appropriately and draw a pie.
Leeks are not like enoki mushrooms, which can realize a perpetual motion machine, and after cutting a wave, you have to give it some time to grow again.
Maritime trade is a good sweetness, anyway, it is difficult for the people to organize a large-scale maritime trade, let the family taste some sweetness first, and also open the sea chart, so as to contribute to the future maritime trade of the Han Dynasty.
Chen Fujia understood that the emperor was exchanging ships with soldiers and horses and the family.
The family did not have the ability to exterminate pirates, and although the forbidden army of the Han Dynasty was not a sailor, it was always a regular army, with complete armor and excellent equipment.
And for a long time in the south, you have to understand some water.
If you really have the determination to exterminate the pirates, you may succeed, but the losses will definitely be not small.
But..... It has little to do with him.
Without pirates, it is a good thing for the family, and the Han army has suffered heavy losses, which is a matter for the imperial court.
Moreover, the imperial court can suppress the big families, and Jia Wuji can raid the house and cut off his head, isn't it all because of the soldiers?
Losing some soldiers and horses will make the family live better.
Chen Fujia suddenly thought of Yang Zhong's previous reminder to him, and hurriedly threw away some thoughts that he shouldn't have, but sincerely admonished:
"Water battles are not won by many ships, please think twice!"
Liu Ke was a little surprised, according to the thoughts of those important ministers of the family, after thinking about the stakes, he directly agreed with both hands and feet.
This Chen Fujia is not bad, he can actually put aside the interests of the family, consider the court, and then advise.
However, Liu Ke is definitely going to sea: "It's okay, Aiqing just go and raise a ship for me, and the court won't take their ship for nothing." ”
Seeing this, Chen Fujia had no choice but to say:
"Since Your Majesty intends to exterminate the pirates, the minister will make the decision, donate the other three merchant ships in the family to the imperial court, and inform relatives and friends when he returns to the house that he will definitely set up an invincible sailor for the Han Dynasty!"
Liu Ke just nodded lightly.
Do you really think that he is going to rely on the family's merchant ships to form a sailor?
There are no sails and no ships, and the enemy has made them for us.
If you see your favorite boat at sea, just grab it.
Robbed the pirates first, and then robbed Yizhou, and there was no robbery after the robbery, the ships just upgraded a wave, and the experience in water warfare was enough, so they directly robbed Donghu.