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Li Shifu said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

The purpose of seeing the two of them has actually been achieved.

Li Yanxian was placed on Xihe Road, and his role was obvious: cross the Yellow River, build a city in the north of Lanzhou, and station the Song army.

What Li Yanxian said at the beginning was correct. Zhuoluo City was located to the north of the Yellow River. If the Song army built a fortress in Zhuoluo City, the logistics would have to cross the river, but the Xixia people could continue to march south and besiege the Song army.

However, he looked at this issue from the perspective of Xihe Road.

Zhao Ning wanted to build a fortified city in Zhuoluo City because he looked at this issue from the perspective of the overall situation of the Northwest.

Xihe Road's military expenditures were limited, so Li Yanxian naturally didn't want to waste his troops, but the entire northwest had sufficient military expenditures.

Especially after the payment of banknotes to Xixia, the military expenditure has become more abundant, not to mention that Zhao Ning plans to use the banknotes to pay the civilian husbands in the future.

At this time, from Lanzhou to the north, build a city wall north of the Yellow River, and send a large number of troops, the pressure will naturally decrease.

If it is inconvenient to go from Lanzhou to Zhuoluo City, then use money piles.

The more money, the more convenient it is.

As for why the city was built in Zhuoluo City, the strategic intention is actually very clear.

Zhuoluo City is located in the southwest of Xingqing Mansion. It is very difficult to get from Zhuoluo City to Xingqing Mansion because it has to cross the vast sea.

Therefore, the strategic goal of Zhuoluo City is not Xingqing Mansion.

It is the Hexi Corridor in the northwest.

Li Yanxian's mission is to recover the Hexi Corridor.

And Li Shifu was placed on Yanyan Road, still to reserve talents for Song Xia's next war.

The focus of Song Xia's next war must still be Hengshan. What Zhao Ning can do is to keep throwing money, food, and talents at the front of Hengshan.

After seeing Li Yanxian, Li Shifu and others, it was already bright outside.

The ministers also retreated.

Zhao Ning seemed to realize that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Damn it, Miss Qian seems to be still in Funing Palace?

He immediately rushed to Funing Palace.

But suddenly realized that Li Qingzhao, who was drunk last night, also seemed to be arranged to Funing Palace.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I went to Funing Palace now and saw something I shouldn't have seen?

It's fine for Qian Jinshu, after all, she is going to marry soon.

But in case Li Qingzhao is also read, it can't be said that Li Qingzhao is also married, right?

"Go, Mrs. Xuanqian to the back garden."

"Yes."

Zhao Guan's house tidied up and ran to the back garden. He felt that it was necessary for him to prepare some rustic love stories, after all, he would still ask Mrs. Qian to help him more in the future.

This back garden is the imperial garden of the emperor of the Song Dynasty. It is not big, but it is elegantly arranged.

Among them are several tall ginkgo trees surrounded by trees, which have been here since the Five Dynasties of Ginkgo.

Deer and tortoises, which symbolize auspiciousness, are also raised.

Zhao Ning sat by the pond not far from the ginkgo, and pieces of green leaves fell into the pond, causing slight ripples.

Such a beautiful scene, but he was seriously writing the questions he would ask Qian Jinshu later.

He has even been calculating, if the new policy is implemented on Jingdong Road this year, tax reduction and exemption, whether the finances of Jingdong Road and Jingdong Road can be filled in the next five years from shipping.

If a Maritime University is set up in Hangzhou, how long will it take to train the first batch of professional nautical talents?

In addition, what was the specific implementation of Jiangnan folk in the Song Dynasty, and how to give full play to the potential advantages of Jiangnan.

How to squeeze... oh no, is it to make full use of the current human resources of the Qian family in Hangzhou Mansion to leverage a new situation?

At this time, Qian Jinshu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in Funing Palace.

For her, being taken to the palace suddenly was really a nightmare in her life.

She was ready to elope with Zhao Guanren.

Looking at the teacher who was still sleeping soundly, an idea suddenly popped into her mind: Maybe Zhao Guan's family was looking for the teacher, but it happened that I was drinking at the teacher's house, so I was brought here along with her.

Well, it must be so!

Chapter 412 The Ocean Upstart of the Great Song Dynasty (Second Update)

Just as Qian Jinshu felt relieved, the court lady came again: "Lady, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

Qian Jinshu's heart shook, and she asked, "Your Majesty wants to see me?"

"Yes."

"Why does Your Majesty see me?"

"We don't know either, my lady, pack up and go face the saint, don't keep His Majesty waiting for a long time."

It's over, it's really over.

After Qian Jinshu put on her clothes, her mood fell to the bottom, and she followed the maid all the way to the back garden, as if she had lost her soul.

Her eyes wandered aimlessly around, thinking of Zhao Guanren again in her heart, thinking that if Zhao Guan's family came hard at that time, she would die to show her ambition.

For some reason, Qian Jinshu felt that the road to Houyuan was extremely long, as if 100 years had passed.

When she finally reached the back garden, she lowered her head and walked over in a daze, like a puppet arranged by someone.

After turning around the rockery in front of her, she suddenly saw a figure by the pond under the ginkgo tree in front of her.

A somewhat familiar figure.

Ok?

She couldn't help speeding up her pace and stretched out her neck to look.

She thought she had made a mistake, but when she walked in, she saw the person she had been thinking about just now.

"You're here." Zhao Ning smiled gently, "Sit down."

Qian Jinshu didn't seem to hear anything, just stood there in a daze, opened her mouth slightly, and couldn't help saying: "Officer Zhao!"

Zhao Ning was dressed in a red uniform, sitting there, looking like a gentle brother next door: "Sit first, sit down and talk."

Qian Jinshu sat down a little at a loss.

"Officer Zhao, why are you here?"

"As you might have guessed."

Qian Jinshu looked around, and then said in shock: "Could it be that you are..."

"Yes, I am."

But Qian Jinshu still didn't dare to speak out, because if the other party didn't affirm this kind of thing positively, she would never dare to talk nonsense.

Some things, even guessed, are just guesses.

Since it's just a guess, you can't talk nonsense. This is the most basic quality of a mature person.

Zhao Ning said, "I am Zhao Guan's family."

Only then did Qian Jinshu completely affirm Zhao Ning's identity, and quickly stood up, bowing and saluting: "The daughter of the people sees Your Majesty, I don't know if it is His Majesty, what an offense."

Only then did she fully understand the many doubts she had before.

For example, why Wang Taiwei chose their brother and sister, and why the people of Huangcheng Division arrested them that night and put them in the prison of Huangcheng Division, and then suddenly changed their attitude.

In other words, why is Zhao Guanren always mysterious, appearing once or twice, and never being found again.

"Sit down, sit down and talk."

Qian Jinshu sat down politely. From her actions and demeanor, it can be seen that she has a lot of distance from Zhao Ning at this time.

"Before, I was out of helplessness and it was not convenient to reveal my identity. Please don't take it to heart, Miss Qian."

"The people don't dare."

Zhao Ning also felt Qian Jinshu's alienation from her, which was a helpless situation brought about by her identity.

But Zhao Ning is not in a hurry, everyone has been brought into the palace, can they still escape?

The feeling of alienation can be gradually eliminated.

"Jinshu, I heard from your brother that you know a little bit about overseas anecdotes?" Workaholic Zhao Guanjia immediately brought the topic to serious business.

Qian Jinshu said: "I heard some folks who went to sea say something before."

"Oh, tell me then?"

Seeing Qian Jinshu's hesitation, Zhao Ning said, "Let's start with what you have now. I heard from your brother that you purchased a batch of grain in the south of Cochin Kingdom?"

"It's from Champa. It was purchased from Champa. The Champa rice in this dynasty also comes from Champa. I heard that there are vast plains there, and crops can be harvested three times a year. No one will go hungry."

"Then did you encounter any problems on the way to purchase food?"

"Except for the possibility of encountering pirates, there are no other problems. Since the former Tang Dynasty, there have been merchants doing business with Champa and Cochin. However, due to the limitation of the size of the cargo ships at that time, the business was not frequent. The real frequency began in this dynasty."

"If the imperial court wants to expand this sea line, is it feasible?"

Qian Jinshu said: "If your majesty wants to expand, it may be necessary to train sailors, because the number of ships and goods increases, there must be desperadoes hanging in the sea, blocking the way to kill."

Zhao Ning nodded. Qian Jinshu's views on these matters are indeed very sharp. If she is a man, she must have the talent to be a matchmaker.

"How many sailors do you need?"

"That depends on how much your Majesty plans to expand the sea line and how much supplies you need."

Zhao Ning pretended not to know, and asked, "How do you say that?"

"If your Majesty just wants to purchase grain, you only need [-] sailors to be stationed in Qiongzhou, and then send people to Champa to negotiate in the name of the court. The king of Champa will come forward and ask him to collect grain from the people. Shipment at the ferry and settlement are enough, as long as the price is reasonable, King Champa will definitely cooperate."

"You're right."

"But if His Majesty is not only satisfied with food, but also wants to gain more from the sea trade, more money and manpower will naturally be required."

"Where did you say that?"

"The overseas countries are not rich compared to the Celestial Dynasty. The products of the Great Song Dynasty can only be sold to their dignitaries. , silk, and tea can’t be put down, and their people are all over Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and occasionally appear in Hangzhou.”

Big food?

Isn't that the Arabs?

The Great Food Kingdom has been doing business in Guangzhou since the Tang Dynasty, and many Arabs even live in Guangzhou.

Qian Jinshu continued: "I've heard people say that in the past 200 years, more and more big cannibals have come to the Celestial Dynasty, and the number of goods sold by the people to the big food country has also increased day by day."

Zhao Ning's brain turned rapidly.

He suddenly understood.

In the West in the 12th century, the Crusades, the Islamic world and the Christian world were bloodshed.

Whether it is rich Byzantium or Egypt, it is rapidly weakening, and the demand market has plummeted.

The Arabs could no longer go west to do business, so the Arabs with advanced navigation technology began to turn east.

It was the Arabs who traded most frequently with the Song Dynasty.

The Arab world has a large population and vast needs.

What Qian Jinshu said almost coincided with the context of the official history, which proved to be true.

The ministers in the court must not know such information.

Although the Song Dynasty attached great importance to maritime trade, it was still a land power empire. The ministers in the court always paid attention to farming and northern barbarians. This is the limitation of the times, and no one can escape it.

It is impossible for maritime merchants to enter the court under the framework of the land power empire, and naturally there will be no force to promote the development of the ocean.

In the final analysis, from a political perspective, Zhao Ning's marriage to Qian Jinshu and the promotion of Qian Yuqing was to inject a sea power into the court and promote the rise of Song Dynasty's ocean trade.

Chapter 413 Southeast Economic Center Strategy (third update)

These news are all among the people, especially along the coast.

In ancient times, there were no news reports, and it was impossible to have vibrato, so it was impossible for many things to spread immediately.