Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 319 Ships in Distress
After ten days of sailing, the fleet gradually arrived in Danzhou in the early morning of this day. It was still a hundred miles away from Danzhou. The speed of the fleet slowed down. There were several large reefs underwater in the northwest of Danzhou, which was very dangerous. , You must be careful when sailing here, and the safest way is to leave after dawn.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and the dark blue sky was dotted with bright stars, and the sea surface was dark, with a gloomy cold light shining.

Relying on the rich experience of the boatmen, the fleet slowly sailed south along the outer side of Danzhou, about [-] miles away from the shore of Danzhou, bypassing the hidden reef area, and can directly land on the east side of Danzhou.

At this moment, the soldier leading the big ship who was watching from the mast suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "There seems to be fire on the sea!"

A few soldiers quickly leaned over the side of the ship to look carefully, and sure enough, they saw a very faint light flashing in the northwest direction.

"There seems to be a hidden reef over there!" a crew member whispered.

If there is a hidden reef, the bright light is likely to be a ship on the rocks calling for help. The general on duty immediately ordered to check, a small boat was lowered into the sea, and a dozen soldiers rowed to the fire.

At this time, Fan Ning had just woken up from a deep sleep and was about to arrive in Danzhou. He didn't sleep well either, and woke up half an hour earlier than usual.

Fanning put on his clothes and was about to go for a walk on the deck when there was a sudden knock on the door outside the cabin.

Fan Ning hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and there was a soldier outside, he bowed and said: "Something happened outside, General Liu, please let Jun go and have a look!"

"What happened?"

"I rescued some people and came up, but these people are a bit strange, and I can't tell you about their low positions. I will let you know when you go and see."

Doubts lingered in Fan Ning's heart, and he walked quickly to the deck. The deck was full of soldiers, and Fan Ning pushed away the crowd and squeezed in.

I saw five or six young men sitting on the middle deck, wrapped in blankets, shivering from the cold.

"Who are they?" Fanning asked.

Commander Liu Ying hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Fan Ning: "The boats of these people were smashed by the reef. They were waving fire scythes on the reef. Our soldiers saw them and rescued them."

"Did you find out their identities?"

"They are Koreans and claim to be Korean merchants, but I found that they were all wearing military uniforms, and I suspected that they were Korean soldiers."

Fan Ning frowned slightly, and he took a closer look at the few people, and found that they did not look like businessmen at all, and there were obvious traces of training, he suddenly became suspicious, and said to Liu Ying: "Interrogate them separately, it doesn't matter if you use more ruthless methods. !"

"Follow the order!"

With a wave of Liu Ying's hand, the soldiers took the five men down.

The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the coastline of Danzhou in the distance was also faintly visible, and at this time, the results of the interrogation came out.

Liu Ying hurriedly walked up to Fan Ning and bowed down, "I would like to report to you, indeed, they are spies sent by the Goryeo army. There are ten people in total. They drove a hundred-stone boat to Danzhou. Unfortunately, the boat ran aground and sank, and five of them fell to the ground." Hai disappeared and five others were rescued by crawling on the reef."

"What did the spies go to Danzhou to investigate?" Fan Ning continued to ask.

"The main purpose is to check the number of troops and ships stationed by the Song Army in Danzhou."

"What other information?"

"Also, there are more than 300 ships gathered around Busan. According to their descriptions, they are estimated to be around [-] shi, and they were mobilized from various places in Koryo."

Assembling the fleet and sending ships to investigate, it is obvious that Goryeo has evil plans for Danzhou.

This also confirms the judgment made when Tamna was captured. Koryo would not immediately find out that Tamna was occupied by Song. If Koryo wanted to take back Tamna, it would be at least two years later, and now exactly two years have passed.

Fan Ning sneered in his heart, and then ordered: "The fleet is docking in Danzhou!"

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Fan Ning's main purpose of capturing Tamra Kingdom was as a transit in Kunzhou. For example, the war horse could not bear the long-distance transportation for nearly a month, so it was put in foster care in Danzhou. After recovering its vitality, it was transported from Danzhou to Song Dynasty, Danzhou There is also a small pasture dozens of miles away, which is just suitable for foster care.

The other is material transfer. A large amount of material is stored in Danzhou first, and then gradually transported to Kunzhou.

The third function is trade transfer, development and Japanese trade. The warehouse can be located in Danzhou, and then gradually deliver goods according to the Japanese market demand.

It is because of these three functions that Danzhou has not received as much attention from the imperial court as Kunzhou and developed greatly. However, a lot of things have been done in the past two years. One is the establishment of Danxian County, which is the original Danluo City. , Even the city wall does not need to be built.

The second is that [-] families have immigrated, mainly engaged in planting, including growing food and citrus. Danzhou is very suitable for planting citrus. The citrus it produces is large, thin, juicy and sweet. It has always been a favorite of Korea every year. The designated tribute can be transported to the capital as a special product.

Another achievement of Danzhou is the construction of two ports, one in Dan County in the north and one in the southeast corner, both of which were built using natural good ports.

Fan Ning's fleet sailed into the trade wind port in the southeast of Danzhou. It is said that this is the first place in Danzhou to feel the southeast wind, so it is called trade wind port. When the southeast trade wind blows, Danzhou is looking forward to the supply ships of the Song Dynasty. Here we go.

What needs to be explained is that Danzhou is currently still completely dependent on the supply of materials from the Song Dynasty to maintain its operation. Unlike Kunzhou, through the way of military reclamation, this year's food has been completely self-sufficient, but it can send a lot of resources and wealth to the Song Dynasty.

Large ships slowly sailed into the bay to anchor, and the boats carrying ponies also docked, sending fifty ponies ashore to rest.

At noon, Zhang Yao, the governor of Danzhou, came on horseback to welcome Fan Ning.

When considering the establishment of Danzhou, there were two opinions. Many officials believed that Danzhou was too small and had too little population to be a state. It was enough to be a county and belong to Kunzhou.

However, another group of officials believes that the overseas situation is special, and the standards of the Song Dynasty cannot be copied, and should be treated specially. Danzhou and Kunzhou are far apart, and it is simply unrealistic to set Danzhou as a county under the jurisdiction of Kunzhou.

The emperor Zhao Zhen adopted the latter plan and officially designated it as Danzhou. However, when setting up officials, he did not send a governor to know the state affairs, but only appointed a general judge who concurrently served as the county magistrate of Danxian County. The state, the actual county.

Tongdan Zhang Yao was about 30 years old, and he was also a Jinshi. He passed the imperial examination one session earlier than Fan Ning. He used to be the magistrate of Jimo County in Qingzhou. There are only [-] Han households and thousands of aborigines among the people, but their official positions have been promoted, from the eighth rank to the seventh rank.

"Welcome Fan Shijun to Danzhou, Fan Shijun has worked hard all the way."

Although Fan Ning is the governor of Kunzhou, he is also the deputy envoy of overseas economic strategy. He is Zhang Yao's superior, but this kind of superior is not a direct subordinate relationship, but a nominal superior.

Therefore, although Zhang Yao's attitude towards Fan Ning was very respectful, he did not deliberately flatter his superiors like the subordinates did, and was more polite.

Fan Ning also laughed and said, "I came to Beijing specially to report on my duties. Because I have horses with me, I need to stay in Danzhou for a few days to let the horses recuperate. This will cause trouble for Zhang Tongpan."

"Where! Where! Danzhou is a transit place, it's normal for Mr. Fan to come to rest."

Zhang Yao saw fifty ponies on the pier again, and asked in surprise, "These are the ponies born in Kunzhou?"

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "Exactly, I specially brought it to the officials and court ministers to see, the officials have been thinking about it all the time!"

Zhang Yao was overjoyed, Kunzhou gave birth to horses, and those ministers who have been criticizing overseas states as waste of people and money should shut up, and Danzhou will finally play its role as a transit point for war horses.

"Great, we have repaired the stables and surrounded a large pasture, just waiting for these little guys to come and move in!"

Zhang Yao quickly ordered his men to take Muzi to settle the horses.

At this time, Fan Ning said again: "There is one more thing, I want to negotiate with Zhang Tong!"

"My envoy, please speak!"

Fan Ning told the story of the Korean spies they encountered on the road.

How could Zhang Yao not understand what this meant, his face suddenly turned pale, and he said after a while: "Gao Li won't really attack Da Song's territory!"

Fan Ning shook his head, "To attack the mainland of the Song Dynasty, they would not dare to give Goryeo a thousand courage, but it is hard to say on an overseas island like Danzhou. Goryeo has long surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, and they can shift the responsibility to the Liao Kingdom. It is said that it was the order of the Liao Kingdom, or even the actions of the Liao Army, and it is impossible for the Song Dynasty to launch an all-out war against Koryo for an island, and it is very likely that it will suffer a dumb loss and give up Danzhou."

Zhang Yao immediately said anxiously: "But there are only one thousand troops in Danzhou, if Koryo makes a big attack, how can we resist?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "I've already thought about it, and I'd better act first, and let Gao Li suffer from being dumb, and I can't tell you how hard it is!"

(End of this chapter)