In the east city of Lin'an City, outside the tide gate, Zhejiang Ferry, Zhao Hong was in front, and everyone led the horses and dragged the reins and got on a big ship.

Although it was just February, the river was not frozen. Although you can go to Shaoxing by land, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is vertical and horizontal, and there is the advantage of the Zhedong Canal, so it is more convenient to take a boat than to ride a horse.

The shore was full of boatmen and coolies rushing back and forth, their clothes shabby and dusty, very different from the commanding and well-dressed merchants. Most of the ordinary ferrymen who traveled from south to north were ordinary people, coarse cloth shirts, yellow faces and thin muscles, and cowering.

It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, in all dynasties, the poor are the foundation of society. What is rich and prosperous, it has nothing to do with the common people.

The ship slowly left the shore, and Li Tang asked Zhao Hong, who was looking at him on the deck, puzzled.

"Your Highness, for this kind of thing, just send a villain, why do you come in person?"

"Do you know how to smelt iron?"

Zhao Hong smiled, making Li Tang's face flush and speechless.

He doesn't understand, does Zhao Hong understand?

"Don't be convinced, I really understand."

As if knowing what Li Tang was thinking, Zhao Hong added another sentence.

Coming from the era of the Big Bang of knowledge, he really has some experience in iron smelting.

Li Tang smiled, and then asked in a low voice:

"Your Highness, you have encountered those things that you are not used to seeing again, and you are angry again?"

Zhao Hong smiled, and he felt that it was a little unnecessary.

Those Du Fan and his ilk, who were born as scholars, and dignified scholars, let them be with sweaty, stinky and sweaty craftsmen, unless they roll out the red carpet and cross the puddle for people to carry, don't even think about it.

Being an official and not doing anything has been the same since ancient times, not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty scholars have no power to restrain the chicken, what is it worth him to be so angry?

"Your Highness, if you want me to say that it is not the fault of the officials, but that the court has given too many officials. If you have to do a small thing, how can you do it well? The three monks have no water to drink, and you are ...... than me."

Before Li Tang finished speaking, he was kicked by Zhao Hong on the buttocks.

"If you kid is an official, he is also a dog official!"

"Your Highness, Fengle Lou's song "Qinyuan Spring. Snow", is your handiwork? Every time Xia Guan reads it, he will feel his blood boiling. ”

Young Xue Tan came over, his face full of admiration.

"Xue Jianzao, when you climb the Great Wall, see the Yellow River, and go to the Western Regions, your feelings will be even stronger. Great rivers and mountains, but unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy. Spring is full of old mountains and rivers, I wonder if my Han people's hearts will hurt? ”

Xue Tan was surprised, Zhao Hong had already turned his head and looked at it.

Thousands of sails on the Qiantang River are competing, ships come and go, and there are warships of the imperial court cruising back and forth, and the river is bustling, just like the land travelers in the north.

The big ship sailed to the Xixing Wharf on the other side of the Qiantang River, along the inland bank of the Qiantang River, almost parallel to the Qiantang River, all the way to the east, but only a hundred miles, to Shaoxing Mansion, it was only a little more than an hour.

Due to the long-term confrontation between the north and the south of the Song and Jin dynasties, the envoys and merchants of Japan, Korea and many overseas countries could not take the north, and there were many beaches at the mouth of the Qiantang River, and it was difficult to navigate, so they often changed from Mingzhou, that is, Ningbo in later generations, to Shaoxing through the Zhedong Canal and enter Lin'an. Therefore, at this time, the Zhedong Canal also became a golden waterway for envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty to come and go and overseas trade.

The Zhedong Canal, the Yangzhou Canal, and the canal from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, the water network of the Southern Song Dynasty was developed, which was also the foundation of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Around Lin'an City, is there a water master?"

Zhao Hong asked subconsciously.

The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, and there must be many water divisions in Lin'an City.

"Your Royal Highness, there are tens of thousands of sailors in front of the palace, stationed around Lin'an City, distributed in Xupu and Pengpu. The Coastal Preparation Division has 6,000 or 7,000 sailors and soldiers, who are stationed in Dinghai, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places. ”

As the former forbidden army of the palace front, Li Tang was clear to the garrisons around Lin'an City.

"There used to be six or seven thousand, who knows if there are now? Those who eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers are probably inevitable. In my opinion, 5,000 people is not bad. ”

Xu Sheng added coldly, the world is sober.

"Five thousand? The Great Song Sea defense line is thousands of miles long, and there are only 5,000 sailors and soldiers, which is really too few. At least ten times more, otherwise how can we spread our prestige overseas and open up colonies......"

The word "colonization" in Zhao Hong's mouth was not spoken. He can't protect himself now, and it's really a fool's mind to say these bullshit.

Li Tang and the others looked at each other, knowing that they were silent.

When the ship sailed into the waters of Shaoxing Mansion, several large ships rowed over, and the ironclad warriors on the deck were eyeing each other, and the "golden" flag fluttering high made Zhao Hong look twice.

"Your Highness, this seems to be the warship of the Jin envoys."

Xue Tan saw that Zhao Hong was fascinated, and introduced in a low voice on the side.

"The warships of the Jin people, why don't you take the Grand Canal?"

Zhao Hong was stunned and blurted out.

From Kaifeng all the way to the east, across the Huai River, through Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Suzhou, and then to Hangzhou, convenient and fast.

Or take the Jinghu land route first, and then take the Yangtze River and canal waterway, which is equally fast.

It seems that Jin Ren's move is also strange.

"But I don't know what the envoy of the golden man is doing at this time? Could it be that the new Emperor of the Jin Kingdom came to negotiate peace? ”

A guard muttered in a low voice.

"In my opinion, it is still thanks to the loyal and righteous army in Shandong, and they are making a lot of trouble in Lianghuai. I'm afraid that the Jin people are going to the sea boat for the sake of safety. ”

Xue Tan was exposed to it at home and said it directly.

"The Jin people can completely go down the river from the Han River, and then go to the Suzhou-Hangzhou Canal. In my opinion, the Jin people are wolf ambitions and want to spy on my Great Song Haiphong! ”

Li Tang has a different explanation.

"The imperial court has no will, and the loyal and righteous army dares to attack the envoys of the Jin people?"

Zhao Hong couldn't help but be stunned again.

Without the will of the Great Song Dynasty, the loyal and righteous army dared to attack the Jin envoys?

The Jin people abandoned the central capital Yanjing and went south, and were pressed south of the Yellow River and Shaanxi.

"Li Quan is unruly and ambitious, what else does he dare not do?"

Li Tang opened his mouth and explained to Zhao Hong the anecdote of the Great Song Dynasty border defense.

"Your Highness doesn't know, it turns out that there is Huaidong to make Jia She, and he can suppress a few loyal and righteous troops in Shandong. At the end of last year, Jia Shi died of illness in office, and after the arrival of Xu Guo, the new Huaidong pacification envoy, suppressed the northern army, and whenever there was a dispute between the northern army and the southern army, the northern army was guilty of the northern army, and the imperial court deducted seven or eight out of ten of the materials of the northern army. If you do this, sooner or later you will cause trouble! ”

The northern army is the Shandong Zhongyi Army, and the southern army is the official army of the Great Song Dynasty. As for Xu Guo, a fool who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures, Zhao Hong is too lazy to mention it anymore.

As he spoke, the warship carrying the Jin envoy had already sailed by, but no one cared.

Zhao Hong's heart was instantly depressed and uncomfortable.

Although Li Quan is domineering, Xu Guo is also an idiot, with insufficient success and more than failure.

"A nerd leading a soldier can be described as a mistake for the country and the army, and the harm is endless!"

Zhao Hong shook his head and sighed.

"Your Highness, you don't know anything. Xu Guoyuan was a noble son and a military general. He was appointed as the envoy of Huaidong, but he was on the shelf of a civil official, showing off his might, and it was strange that Li Quan didn't clean him up! ”

The guard Xu Sheng corrected Zhao Hong's erroneous view.

"Huaidong Rong Shuai, a dignified feudal official, how important is his position, how can he send such a fool who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures?"

Zhao Hong was surprised, but also sighed.

Shi Miyuan, misleading the country and the people, it's really damned!

"This still needs to be asked, the decision is made by Fang Min, the power is exercised by the bed, Xu Guo, the envoy of Huaidong, and Zheng Zheng, the envoy of Sichuan, the two border ministers, aren't they both Shi Miyuan's henchmen?"

Li Tang said indignantly, and didn't care about Xue Tan, an outsider.

Seeing Zhao Hong's gaze sweeping over, Xue Tan hurriedly bowed.

"Your Highness, Shi Miyuan is authoritarian, and he is also angry, but he is helpless. Seeing the decline of the government, the weakness of the side affairs, and the withering of the people's livelihood, the hot-blooded men in the lower hall are anxious, but they are helpless. Under ......"

Xue Tan shook his head, his expression gloomy, and Zhao Hong interrupted him by opening his mouth.

"Xue Jianzao, I believe you. You do not have to explain. ”

A young man who can say such things is by no means a cold-blooded person.

With Xue Ji's "wooden" way of doing things, even if Xue Tan told Xue Ji, Xue Ji would suppress this matter.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust. What Guard Li said was. Li Quan's wings have been completed, and sooner or later there will be a big mess between the two Huai. Peng Yibin's loyal army and Li Quan's loyal army, the two attacked each other, and the good situation in Shandong and Hebei was about to be ruined again! ”

Xue Tan looked at Zhao Hong, his brows furrowed, and he sighed.

"Traitors mislead the country! Traitors have misled the country! ”

Perhaps it was the young body that made Zhao Hong's blood boiling from time to time, which was difficult to control.

Xu Guo, the envoy of Huaidong, and Zheng Zheng, the new envoy of Sichuan, misled the country and the people in history, killing countless soldiers and civilians.

But he could only watch the situation decline day by day, and there was nothing he could do.

"Your Highness, what's so strange about this? The Great Song Dynasty will one day be defeated by Shi Miyuan and these dog thieves! ”

The guard Hu Datou stubbornly echoed his master.

"Readers, there are still good ones. For example, Xin Qiji and Lu You are both good men with iron bones. Another example is His Royal Highness, comparing himself to Emperor Qin and Han Wu, isn't he also a scholar? ”

Xue Tan smiled awkwardly and complimented Zhao Hong.

He also knew that what Zhao Hong was talking about was just the scum among the scholars, but his words were a little extreme.

"Your Highness, the imperial court is afraid of Li Quan, and does not want Peng Yibin to sit in the north. Shi Miyuan wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, use Peng Yibin to suppress Li Quan, and use Li Quan to contain Peng Yibin. This is the consistent strategy of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not surprising! ”

Li Tang said with a dark face, and made the most accurate summary of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Hong nodded slightly and stood on the deck in a daze.

The court of the Great Song Dynasty could not distinguish rewards and punishments, just thinking about using razing to control razing, didn't you know that the left and right were not pleased, and it also chilled the hearts of loyal and righteous people in the world.

Peng Yibin, this guy, actually hit Hebei, which really made him break out in a cold sweat. The Mongol army is in full swing, and once the iron cavalry of the Hebei Plain charges, Peng Yibin's rabble may not be the opponent of the Mongolian army.

"Who of you knows what Shandong is like?"

Shandong connects Huainan and Hebei, but the Mongolian army has repeatedly moved south, Shandong soldiers and bandits are rampant, and the forces of Song, Mengjin and Jin are competing, which can be described as a three-regardless zone.

"Your Highness, the Tatar army is going south, Shandong has ten rooms and nine emptiness, and the two rivers are thousands of miles away, all of which are cut off from people. Shandong is a tripartite contention between Li Quan, Jin and Tatar. Most of the two rivers are the world of the Mongolian army. But the people there are dying, and the devastation is so bad that it's not interesting to fight around. ”

Xue Tan said softly. These things in his head still have to worship the teachings of his grandfather Xue Ji.

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, relying on the place, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar....."

On the bow of the boat, I don't know if it was the guard who accompanied him, softly sang Yue Wumu's famous Manjiang Honglai.

"Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. Wait to start and clean up ......"

Xue Tan and Li Tang sang along, and everyone was solemn.

Zhao Hong's heart also warmed up.

It turns out that in the land south of the Yangtze River, where the people are weak, there are also such generous and heroic people!

Shaoxing Mansion got off the boat, and several people rode south. Zhao Hong looked at the green wheat on the side of the road, the growth was gratifying, and at a glance, there was no idle field, and he was also secretly admired.

It seems that this local official in Shaoxing is at least diligent in his administration.

"Your Highness, it is better to inform the county of Huizhi, so as not to run the wrong way."

Xue Tan reminded Zhao Hong on the side.

"Xue Jianzao, I'm tired of you."

With Xue Tan, an enthusiastic young official, it also saved a lot of trouble.