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Chapter 482
Seeing that the ships were damaged so much, Zhou Zhou immediately asked the officials in charge of the warships to be held accountable.The official also called Qu, and said: "In the past, these naval forces were supplied by the imperial court. Now they are transferred to the county. People in the county can't eat enough, let alone use money to support the navy."

Zhou Zhou said: "Since seawater corrosion is so serious, why not sail into the inland river?"

The official said: "All those who could stop at Lai River have stopped, and many of them have been stranded on it. Originally, the imperial court had planned to move the navy to Jiangdu, but then Jiangdu mutinied, and the county guard died in Jiangdu. That’s all over.”

"Then why not go to the Yellow River?"

The official laughed and said, "You don't know. In the past years, the lower reaches of the Yellow River have always been shallow. A small boat that can float two or three hundred stones at most will not be able to sail. It is only a little better this year, but I am worried that it will be stranded on the river bank. , must have trackers to pull the boat."

After hearing this, Zhou Zhou finally understood the other party's difficulties. He couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw that the large ship that was built with all the effort to go to Goguryeo was damaged in the harbor.

Zhou Zhou finished counting in the dock at the moment. Even though there are more than 200 old ships that are unusable, there are still [-] ships that can be slightly repaired, which makes Zhou Zhou feel a little relieved.

In addition to the big ships, there are still many shipwrights in Donglai County.

The word Lai in Donglai County comes from the ancient Laiyi, who established the Lai Kingdom. At that time, the Laiyi and the Yue people in the south were the most adept at sea in China.At that time, Laiyi had already crossed the Bohai Strait and conducted air trade with Yuyi, one of the nine barbarians in Liaodong.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Lai and Qi were at war, and Qi annexed Lai and developed its navy with the technology of Lai and Yi.Afterwards, Fuchai, the king of Wu, sent his doctor Xu Cheng to lead the main force of the Eastern Wu Navy to sail out from the mouth of the Yangtze River, bypass the Shandong Peninsula by sea, and fight the navy of Qi State. This was the first large-scale naval battle in Chinese history, and Qi State won in the end. Destroy the Soochow Navy.

Afterwards, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered General Yang Pu of Louchuan to lead a navy army of [-], and also crossed the Bohai Sea from Laizhou to destroy Weiman and North Korea, and established four counties of Han Dynasty.

Donglai County is not only an important port for the navy to go out to sea and crusade against Liaodong Korea, but also an important dock for repairing boats. Zhou Zhou also accidentally discovered many shipwrights from Qidi, and even a few from Wuyue. local shipwright.

At this time, the status of shipwrights was always low. Zhou Zhou saw the thousands of shipwright households living around Dongnai County, and their living conditions were appalling.

At this time, there was no dry dock, so the construction of sea-going ships was to build ships on the sea.It is said in the history books that when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, he ordered the governor of Donglai County to guard his children and supervise the civil servants to build ships at sea. As a result, due to the strict construction period, the people who built the ships could not go ashore. Thirty four out of ten.

Zhou Zhou saw that many old shipwrights were disabled and lived in low-rise houses by the sea, making it difficult to make ends meet.Many shipwrights even sell their sons and daughters to make a living, which is a bit more miserable than ordinary people in the county.

Zhou Zhou immediately wrote a memorial to Li Chongjiu, directly reporting the matter of Donglai County, hoping to subsidize the work of these shipwrights. , Zhou Zuojiang and others were continuously promoted to the positions of officials, and the disparity in the status of the four peoples was also narrowed a lot.

Although Zhou Zhou did not have the awareness to keep craftsmen and scholars on par, he also hoped that the lives of the craftsmen and common people in Dongnae County would be better.

In addition, Zhou Zhou also mentioned in the letter that in addition to setting up naval barracks in Duli Town and Wendeng County in Liaodong, military towns could also be set up on Wuhu Island and Changshu Island.Surrounded by four points in this way, nothing will go wrong.

Zhou Zhou's memorial was rushed to the Linshuo Palace immediately. Li Chongjiu looked at Zhao Xin, and Zhou Zhou was very satisfied after they went to work in Donglai County.

Zhao Xin used power skillfully to control the soldiers of Donglai County and suppressed the former guard who had ulterior motives, which is really a great achievement.And Zhou Zhou is also diligent in doing things, especially the idea of ​​setting up four naval camps is not bad.

Duli Town is Lushun, Wuhu Island, Changshu Island is today's Miaodao Islands, Wendeng County is today's Weihai, and it takes one day to reach Wendenghai Road from Duli Town. If it is blocked, it is tantamount to putting the entire Bohai Sea under the command of Zhao Jun's navy.

In this way, whether it is Goguryeo, Bohai County, or Beihai County on the Liaodong Peninsula, they are all within the attack range of the Zhao State Navy.It can even put an end to the risk of the Goguryeo navy never bypassing Duli Town to reinforce Liaodong, and the sea route with Silla is also more secure.

After Li Chongjiu thought about it carefully, he immediately issued an edict to promote Zhao Xin to be the governor of Donglai County. camp build.

Li Chongjiu paid more attention to the matter of shipbuilders mentioned by Zhou Zhou. Shipbuilders are engineers of this era, and the seagoing ships they build are related to Li Chongjiu's ocean trade.Therefore, Li Chongjiu asked the Ministry of Households to allocate money to resettle the people in the edict, and at the same time exempted Donglai County's land tax for one year and Ding tax for three years.

Wen Yanbo and others from Zhongshu Province had no objection to Li Chongjiu's arrangement.Wen Yanbo even said: "Your Majesty's move to live a county's people is really a great kindness. The people of Donglai County will be grateful."

Li Chongjiu nodded. For him, the matter of Donglai County could finally come to an end.

At this moment, Gao Sheng reported, "Your Majesty, Yu Shinan is seeking to see you outside."

Li Chongjiu smiled when he heard the words, and said: "There must be some eyebrows, please invite Yu Shinan in."

Yu Shinan stepped into the hall, and after saluting Li Chongjiu, he said loudly: "I report to the king of Zhao, my lord has already agreed to the king of Zhao, and allocated 20 shi of the military rations in the Liyang warehouse to the army of the Zhao army going south. And promised to let the army go south." My lord's brother came to Youzhou personally as a guarantee of faith."

Even his younger brother, Yuwen Zhiji, who is currently Xu Guozuo Servant, is willing to send him to Youzhou as a hostage. It seems that Yuwen Zhiji's current situation is really helpless.

Hearing this, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smiled and said: "Your lord has finally agreed, do you think there is still a dispute about this matter?"

Yu Shinan said: "Right now, the survival of the Xu country is at stake. If the country collapses, what's the use of having more military rations in the Liyang warehouse, but I don't know how King Zhao will get the rations? There is no way to get there by land. If you go to Yongji by water The canal was also cut off by Liu Heita."

Li Chongjiu said: "I have my own plan for this matter. As long as our army needs food, your Yuwen family can provide food. If there is no objection, I will reply to your lord and say that my Zhao army will send troops on August [-] at the latest. .”

Yu Shinan said happily when he heard the words: "That's great. I would like to thank King Zhao for your help on behalf of my lord, and I will keep it in my heart."

After Yu Shinan withdrew, Li Chongjiu glanced at the thoughtful Zhang Xuansu.

Zhang Xuansu said with a smile: "Yu Wenhuaji is willing to lend us the Liyang warehouse, that would be great, so that we can advance our troops earlier, and if we can get more food and grass from the Liyang warehouse, then we can besiege Mingzhou , I am more sure.”

Ji Chuan said on the side: "Perhaps Zhang Shilang miscalculated. With Liu Heita's current strength, it is very likely that he will not sit and defend the city, but take the initiative to attack our army?"

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said: "I will never let Liu Heita have this opportunity."

"Then I'll wait and see." Ji Chuan sneered twice, apparently in disbelief.

Outside Liaocheng.

After kowtowing to Yu Wenhuaji again and again, Yu Wenzhiji said with tears in his eyes, "Brother, I don't know if I will go to Youjing to live or die. I bid farewell to brother here."

Yu Wenhua and Yi said in tears: "Sanlang, I only hate that your elder brother is useless. You can't beat this old man Li Yuan, and even lost Wei County, the capital of the country. Right now, we can only rely on the power of Zhao Guo to help me reach this point." Jie, don't worry, you will be fine when you go to Zhao, you and I will have a drink together in the future."

Yu Wenzhi said with tears in his eyes, "I understand, brother, I will leave."

Yu Wenhua watched Yu Wenzhi go away, and the minister Pei Ju took a handkerchief to wipe away his tears.

Pei Juyan said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, take care of the dragon's body."

Yu Wenhuaji said: "I know that Li Chongjiu is cautious by nature. If my younger brother hadn't gone to Youjing in person, he wouldn't be able to win his trust. Let Zhao Guo send troops to help."

Pei Juyan said: "It's just that I'm worried that it's easier to invite God than to give it up. With Li Chongjiu's current situation, it's not surprising that even if he swallows the whole of Hebei. If he defeats Liu Heita, I'm afraid the next step is to take Liaocheng."

Yu Wenhuaji sneered and said, "Don't worry, Pei Qing, how can I lose this care? Li Chongjiu worked hard on the expedition, and there was not enough food and grass. How could it last long? I will give him some food and grass from the Liyang warehouse for the time being. Give him some sweets first, and wait for Li Tang. After Liu Heita retreated, I cut off his food and grass."

Suddenly, Pei Ju stretched out his thumb and said, "This is a plan to go up to the house and take out the ladder. Your Majesty is very clever. Li Chongjiu will have to retreat from the front line, and after Liu Heitai and Li Chongjiu have lost both sides, Your Majesty will send the army to the west again." Enter, and take Hebei in one fell swoop."

Yu Wenhuaji shook his head and said: "What's so clever, it's just that once this plan comes out, I'm afraid Sanlang won't be able to survive in Youjing, I'm the one who killed him."

Pei Ju sighed and said, "Your Majesty is indeed the Lord of Mercy."

Yu Wenhuaji said sadly: "I have no other choice. Now that Xu Guo is in such a field, it is like a dilapidated house with rain leaking on all sides. If there is no special trick, how can we save the overall situation? You also know that I killed Yang Guang." , now become the target of public criticism, the accusation of thousands of people, once the matter fails, it will be the ashes of tens of millions of people."

"I don't regret my death, but I am afraid that I will let down my late father's hard work and the reputation of the Yuwen Clan. Pei Aiqing is my late father's best friend, and now only you can help me."

Pei Ju was in tears and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the old minister will definitely die after his death. He will live up to the minister's explanation."

Yu Wenhuaji supported Pei Ju to get up, but he saw that Yuwen Zhiji's car had gradually gone away and disappeared into the yellow dust.

(End of this chapter)