Kai Fu Han

Chapter 155 Unresponsive
"This mirror is given to you. You go back and tell the officials above that we are here just for trade and have no ill intentions. But we will not accept any discrimination."

Goryeo has been suppressed by the Han court since the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty has become a dependent relationship. For a long time, they have looked up to the mainland court, so these two soldiers dare not refuse.

"Yes, sir." The two of them saluted and prepared to leave.

However, the soldier who could speak Chinese turned around and said in Chinese: "Sir, if you are going to Kaijing, you can enter from the Licheng River and sail directly to the west gate of Kaijing, which is very close. If you want to go ashore from Zhenzhou, you will need to It’s a day’s journey overland.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Xinqi with expectation. Liu Xinqi kept him here and asked someone to take another person off the boat first, and then asked the soldier who could speak Chinese.

"Our lucky boat needs to be able to sail in a river with a water depth of more than six feet, otherwise it will run aground. I wonder if the water depth of the Licheng River can meet the requirements?"

In fact, the Fuchuan can sail normally in water four feet deep, but Liu Xinqi deliberately said it was higher.

"Yes, the water in the center of the Licheng River is more than one foot deep, which is enough for navigation."

"Give him another mirror." Hearing the answer, Liu Xinqi ordered his followers.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" the sailor thanked happily.

They are all smart people. From the moment the sailor opened his mouth, Liu Xinqi understood what he meant.

The mirror that was given to him before was given to him because of the presence of his companions. Although Liu Xinqi said it would be given to him, he would definitely not be able to keep it and it would definitely be taken away by his superior.

This sailor was clever. After hearing that Liu Xinqi planned to dock in Zhenzhou and go to Beijing, he directly decided to exchange information for rewards, so he took the initiative to speak.

Sure enough, the sailor who provided the intelligence was once again rewarded by Liu Xinqi.

Cui Wu walked towards the bottom deck with the Korean sailors who had received the reward again, preparing to send them off the ship.

Liu Xinqi called Li Cang and Jiao Rui, and the three of them discussed together.

"I plan to enter the Licheng River and go directly to Kaijing from land and water."

Liu Xinqi said.

"Is this person trustworthy? What if the water depth of the Licheng River does not meet the navigation requirements, causing the ship to run aground, or there are Korean ambushes on both sides of the river? We will be in trouble." Jiao Rui expressed his worries .

"There are two possibilities. However, if we land from Zhenzhou, we will need to divide our troops into two groups. Moreover, transportation from the land to Kaijing is also a problem. The glass products we loaded will be transported to Kaijing in large trucks, and they will probably be broken. Half." Liu Xinqi replied.

"We planned to take the land route before, but we didn't know this side clearly. Now that someone has told us that the Licheng River is navigable, we should try it. After all, this river and the land on both sides of the river are the goals we need to conquer in the future."

Hearing that Liu Xinqi had made up his mind, Li Cang added:
"Actually, it's not difficult. We just need to send a detection ship in front of the fleet. Arrange a walker to sail in front of the fleet. A long wooden pole is tied to the bow and stern of the ship, and it is six feet into the water. As long as the water depth is less than six feet, the wooden The rod will inevitably break and the boat behind us will stop.”

"This can not only prevent the blessing ship from running aground, but also enable the boat sailing in front to detect the situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and provide early warning."

Liu Xinqi exclaimed after hearing this: "What a great idea!"

After deliberation and decision, Li Cang began to send signals to the ships behind him. After less than half an hour, a small boat passed several large ships from behind the fleet and got close to the Qizhou. A man familiar with the terrain near Kaijing The guides from the Qizhou, the waterway, and the land route got off the boat and transferred two long wooden poles from the Qizhou that were used for ship repairs to the boat.

After receiving the people and wooden poles, the boat quickly rowed a few oars to pass the Qizhou, and sailed until it was two miles ahead of the Qizhou before maintaining the same speed as the fleet, exploring the road and leading the way.Of the two sword ships that had previously stopped the fleet, one went back to resume operations, and the other stayed with the Qizhou.

The fleet bypassed the north side of Ganghwa Island and entered the Yeseong River. Standing on the deck, Liu Xinqi could see that long wooden poles had been tied to the front and back of the barge in front, with one end of the long wooden pole extending into the water.

Since Kaesong is not far from the coastline, the fleet sailed for more than an hour and arrived at the port west of Kaesong when the sun rose to its highest point.

The fleet stopped in the center of the river about a mile away from the port and waited. The walking boats with long wooden poles tied to the front and back began to wander around the port to measure the water depth near the port pier.

When the boat was about ten steps away from the pier, the bow of the boat suddenly sank sharply, and then a faint clicking sound was heard, and then the bow of the boat suddenly tilted up again.

It can be clearly seen that the long wooden pole tied to the bow of the boat has been broken.

This sudden change caused an unsteady sailor on the boat to fall into the river. Others on the boat quickly rescued him.

"It seems that the lucky ship can't dock, so we can only use sand boats to transport the goods back and forth."

Li Cang, who was standing next to Liu Xinqi, said.

At this moment, a small boat finally sailed out from the port and rowed towards the Qizhou.

Regarding the visit of the large fleet of the Xinghan League, the port management outside the west gate of Kaicheng finally responded.

"If the Xinghan League reacts so slowly in the future, they will be attacked sooner or later." Liu Xinqi commented.

Li Cang was somewhat disapproving:
"This speed is normal. Information transmission takes time, and decision-making also takes time. Even we can't do much better than them."

When Li Cang said this, Liu Xinqi also realized that there was no fast communication method in this era, and all information and commands were transmitted back and forth by one pair of legs. It would be better to have two more legs.In this case, it will indeed appear very slow.

"Then find a way to develop a response plan and omit the time of information transmission and decision-making."

"Patrol and security personnel can take direct action as long as they encounter situations stipulated in the plan. They cannot be like the country of Goryeo, where all foreign ships have sailed to the gate of the capital, and then they are slow to send a small boat over to test."

Liu Xinqi said:
"If we were really malicious, this port would have been captured by us now."

Although the fortune ship could not dock, the sand ship could risk running aground and grab the beach. With the strength of the third fleet, it was indeed possible to directly capture the port.

"After going back this time, we will discuss and formulate it." Li Cang did not refute, and responded directly.

After all, what Liu Xinqi said does make sense and is feasible.After thinking about it for a moment, you will realize that this can indeed improve the speed of responding to emergencies.

After the boat approached, Cui Wu went down to the lower deck, negotiated with the people on the boat, and came up to report after a while:

"It's the port official who requires us to dock only one ship, and then register it with the government. Only after getting permission can we trade with local merchants."

(End of this chapter)