The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 112
Eight years later, on the edge of Taihu Lake, it is the weather in March at this time, with peach blossoms on the path, green willows hanging down the lake, and the warm wind blowing on the body, making people feel drunk.

In the peach blossom forest, one old and one young are sitting by the lake, holding bamboo poles in both hands, fishing comfortably.The old man was dressed in a blue Confucian suit, and the few strands of hair exposed under his head were mixed with gray; the young man was dressed in a neat fish-white brocade robe, with python patterns hidden on the fabric, a jade pendant around his waist, and a bun on his head. A jade hairpin was inserted obliquely; not far behind the two of them, dozens of men in brocade clothes with crossbows on their backs and embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists formed a faint protective circle, as if they were protecting the two of them.

A breeze blew by, and a peach blossom broke free from the branch, and with the breeze, it gently fell on the shoulders of the young man by the lake.

The young man gently stretched out his hand and brushed off the fallen peach blossoms. At this moment, the float on the water shook slightly, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the water. The young man lifted the fishing rod, and a white fish weighing four to five catties jumped up Coming out of the water, the young man caught the baited fish, held it in his hand, and showed it to the old man.

"Mr. Dongpo, the fish in Taihu Lake are no worse than the fish in your West Lake, right?"

"Very good, this raw fish is plump, put in seasonings, and stew in a pot, it must taste delicious." The old man is Mr. Dongpo who knows Yangzhou now, and the great writer Su Shi. Seeing him narrow his eyes slightly, he seems to be In the aftertaste: "If you want to talk about the freshness of rivers, lakes and seas, it must be the puffer fish. Dr. Taichang Zhang Buji said in "Kuo Yizhi": "Every spring, willow flowers fall, this fish is big and fat, Jianghuai People think it is a rare treasure, so they donate it to each other. The meat is mixed with Artemisia japonica to get the teeth, and it is used as a soup. Even if you are not familiar with it, it can also harm people. There are people who are poisoned and die every year. Southerners are addicted to it', so An old man was passing through Changzhou, and there was a local gentleman who cooked pork soup and served it, the old man tried it, it tasted so delicious, it was worth dying for!"

"Forget it, I don't dare to eat it, I'm content with my pouty mouth." The young man waved to the back, and a big man in brocade clothes walked over quickly.The young man handed the white fish to him, and ordered: "Take it back to Zhuangzi and stew it, and then make a few seasonal side dishes, pack them all up and send them to the lake."

"Yes." The big man carried the fish and left, and another big man in brocade clothes hurried over, stood behind the young man, bowed his waist, and reported respectfully: "Your Highness, you let your subordinates stare at those monks and young men, I just left Suzhou City, and I am rushing towards the lake, and I will arrive here in about an hour."

"Understood, go tell your commanders, and send them to the lake when they arrive."

"Yes."

After the big man in brocade clothes retreated, the young man stood up, exercised his muscles and bones, sat down again, and turned his head with a playful smile: "Mr. Dongpo, there are two more distinguished guests here. They are Duan Yu, the son of the southern prince of Dali Zhennan, and Tubo protector. The French teacher and the abbot of Dalun Temple, Jiumozhi, I wonder if you are interested in meeting Xiao Wang with me?"

"You," Su Shi stroked his beard, and said with a smile, "I have no good intentions. Forget it, since you are a Tubo Dharma protector, you must have profound Buddhist studies, so it is worth seeing."

"Thank you, Mr.." The young man turned his head and smiled, it was Li Yu.

It is now the eighth year of Yuanyou (1093) in March. It has been eight years since Li Yu left Bianliang and came to Liangzhe Road.

In the past eight years, Li Yu has been living in seclusion on Liangzhe Road, in Wuwang Mansion in Hangzhou, and in Wuwang's other courtyard beside Taihu Lake outside Suzhou City. Zhao Kai, the king of Wu who was reappointed in the first year of Yuanyou, seems to have forgotten it. He only knows that besides traveling in mountains and rivers and cultivating his sentiments, he also seems to be involved in maritime trade, and his business is quite big.

Money!There are so many imperial courts, they don't even look down on what they think is the "three melons and two dates" of King Wu.

But in private, Li Yu has not been idle for the past eight years. What is living in seclusion is actually not in the country at all!
The appeasement ambassador of the Liangzhe Road Shuai Mansion is just a false name, and Li Yu didn't take care of the military affairs of the Liangzhe Road at all. First, it took two years to build his own site, Suzhou Mansion, like an iron barrel. It is a person from Wu Wangfu.

Then vigorously expand overseas.

The first to bear the brunt is Liuqiu Island, which is Wanwan.In this era, the huge Liuqiu Island was not valued by the imperial court at all, but it was subordinate to the imperial court in name, under the jurisdiction of Fujian Road, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Penghu County in name, and its level was equivalent to township and li. There are no small officials, but there is a foothold spontaneously formed by sea merchants in the south of the big island. It is not much bigger than the village. The north of it is the territory of the natives. .

From the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in the Liao Kingdom in the north, people were recruited aggressively from the Liaodong area, and poor farmers, fishermen, and craftsmen were recruited from Jingdong Road, Hebei Road, Guangnan East and West Roads, and all were transported to Liuqiu by sea.

For fear of disturbing the imperial court, Li Yu privately set up the "Jinyiwei" in imitation of the Ming Dynasty to handle the matter. A small amount and many times did not cause much commotion.

No colonization is without blood.

Clear up the natives, divide the land, build workshops...

Li Yu even sent people to pretend to be natives in order to keep secrets, and slaughtered all the maritime strongholds in the south.

Before coming to the plot world, Li Yu downloaded a large amount of materials from the library for a fee, and these materials were slowly transformed into productivity.

Traditional silk, tea, porcelain, all kinds of exotic commodities newly created by Li Yu, various overseas spices, gold, gems...

In just three years, the maritime trade fleet of King Wu's Mansion has become one of the largest maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, it has fed the officials of the court and on the other hand; Small and medium sea merchants.

With Jin Yiwei as the backbone, they organized and trained private armies overseas, privately manufactured bows, armor, firecrackers, and artillery, purchased giant trees in Liaodong, built treasure ships, Galen ships, and privately set up a navy.

Then, using Liuqiu as a base, they invaded Mayi in the south, occupied the big island of Luzon, bypassed the Southeast Asian countries that had close tributes with the Song Dynasty, occupied the big island of Australia, massacred and educated the natives, emigrated, and opened mines...

Li Yu's overseas forces developed rapidly like a snowball.

Up to the eighth year of Yuanyou, Li Yu has three overseas bases in Liuqiu, Luzon, and Australia. The people under his rule include more than one million natives, and the private army does not include more than [-] people in the navy.

Because of the data drawings, Li Yu has already pointed the technology tree to the stage before the industrial revolution.One or two can be seen from the equipment of the private army.

Front-loading Napoleon guns of various calibers, firing solid bullets, blooming bullets and shotguns; breech-loading flintlock muskets, using paper shell fixed powder bullets (not firing paper shell bullets); grenades, similar to rocket launchers, with strong protection Armor, crossbows, melee bayonets... It is completely an army that combines modern and ancient times. Except for a small number of troops, it already has the initial strength to swallow the world.

The only downside is that there are no cavalry.

Li Yu couldn't get horses, and Song Dynasty's foolish horse administration led to a shortage of war horses. The Liao Kingdom took war horses seriously and prohibited large-scale trading.

After eight years of dormancy, Li Yu felt that it was time for him to move.

(End of this chapter)