Zhao Ting'er saw Han Qian standing by the river beach, his brows furrowed like the murky river water blown by the wind, so he walked over and asked.
"If there is a roadblock that cannot be moved away, many things may fail." Han Qian sighed.
"Is there something that the young master can't solve?" Zhao Ting'er asked.
"I'm not a god. How can I have the supernatural power to hold the sky with one hand?" Han Qian said with a smile, turning to look at Mrs. Xi who was standing by the river beach. He also thought of how she had attracted the attention of many native people when she left the city just now.
Wondering what her life experience was that would cause her to behave like this, she waved Gao Shao over, gave him a few secret instructions, and asked him to leave first.
After arranging for Gao Shao to leave, Han Qian called to everyone and said, "Let's take a boat to go upstream and have a look!"
Arrangements for the shipbuilding yard, weaving institute, etc. will not be completed in three to five days. Han Qian only needs to identify the person responsible and provide regular financial and food support. The key at present is the hidden dangers faced by Xuzhou, which are too difficult.
Han Qian immediately urged everyone to drive their horses and follow him to the dock, board the sailboat and go upstream on the Yuanshui River. He had limited time and wanted to see the topography of Xuzhou as much as possible.
The ground in the big zigzag flow section is gentle and the river is vast. We sailed along at a very fast speed. After more than an hour, we arrived at the northernmost part of the big zigzag flow section. The terrain here is more open and there are more than ten streams.
The river flows down from Tanlong Mountain in the north and merges into Yuan River. The river surface here is more than ten miles wide.
The potential of the river siltation here is even several times that of the north of Qianyang City. At present, looking at the slightly higher terrain, there are only a dozen small-scale villages standing there. The architectural style is different from the native wooden buildings, and they should all be imported from other places.
There are only about five to six hundred households of guest residents who have moved in.
From the bottom of the big zigzag shape, then turn south and go up the Yuan River, there are still large areas of shallow silt land that can be reclaimed along the coast. Even if the level of farming today is low, Han Qian estimates that as long as these shallow silt lands can be fully utilized,
It will not be a problem to accommodate tens of thousands more guest residents.
Not to mention large counties with 10,000 households, it should be feasible to build two more lower counties with 2,000 or 3,000 households along the zigzag coast.
The question is, how to overcome the resistance from the local government and Tanzhou to accomplish this?
After going down the river from the upstream, we stopped again in front of the river embankment pier. It was already dusk, and the sunset in the distance was shining brightly.
Seeing Gao Shao standing in front of the pier waiting at this time, Han Qian asked others to stay away and asked Gao Shao alone:
"Did you find out?"
"I found Feng Xuan and asked about the life experiences of Mrs. Xi and Xi Cheng. They are actually the children of Shi Gaolong, the former governor of Syria. Their original names were Gao Cheng and Gao Lin. Their mother Gao Xi is also the Xi family of Xuzhou.
The legitimate daughter, Gao Long, was killed by Ma Yuanheng, who was the governor of Xuzhou at the time. It is said that Ma Yuanheng also coveted Gao Xi's beauty at that time and wanted to kill Gao Long only after asking for it. After Gao Long's death, Gao Xi's family naturally
He became Ma Yuanheng's plaything; the Xi family, which was once no weaker than Feng Xixiangyang, soon declined under Ma Yuanheng's pressure. Ma Yuanheng exploited the local area and expropriated by force. In the first year of God's blessing, he was expelled by the four surnames.
, went to his nephew Ma Yin. Later, the Gao Xi family returned to the Xi family with their children, and gathered the remnants of the Xi family. The Xi family once made her the female head, and Mrs. Xi and her brother changed their surname to Xi. In the fifth year of God's blessing, the Xi family
After being destroyed by Feng Changyu, the Gao Xi family devoted themselves to Feng Changyu in order to preserve the remnants of the Xi family and a pair of children. And after the Gao Xi family died of illness in the ninth year of Tianyou, Feng Changyu took Mrs. Xi as his concubine..."
There were so many people in Furong Garden that Han Qian refused to let Feng Xuan go unless necessary. Gao Bao contacted them directly. But in the afternoon when he saw so many people in the city recognizing Mrs. Xi, Han Qian thought that her life experience must not be like his.
What he had thought before was so simple that he specifically ordered Gao Shao to find Feng Xuan and inquire about Mrs. Xi's life experience, but he did not expect such twists and turns.
No wonder Xi Rong was easily instigated by Ji Kun to assassinate him!
And Feng Changyu, the local emperor, was so damn nourishing. He actually brought Gao Xi, Mrs. Xi, mother and daughter into his house one after another, which made Han Qian want to stay in Xuzhou and become the local emperor.
While Han Qian and Gao Shao were talking, they looked at Mrs. Xi who was shackled on the dock. Seeing her face darken, it seemed that they could guess that the two of them were talking about her life experience.
At this moment, the biggest problem in Han Qian's mind also asked him to find a way to solve it. He patted his forehead and said with a smile: "I am such an idiot. Why did I only think about moving the stumbling block away instead of inviting the stumbling block to the cage?"
Come here! No, to be more precise, we should lure the wolf into the house!"
Seeing Han Qian's eyes suddenly brightening, Yang Qin and the others couldn't help but walked over curiously and asked:
"Young Master, what are you thinking of?"
"Haha, I know how to move this stumbling block away, but I won't tell you. You can guess it yourself." Han Qian came back to his senses and started playing charades with Yang Qin and the others proudly.
How could Yang Qin and the others have guessed what clever plan Han Qian had thought of to lure the wolf into the house to deal with Tanzhou, but seeing his solemn and depressed expression suddenly relaxed all afternoon, they guessed that this might be related to what he had asked Gao Shao to inquire about in the afternoon.
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Han Qian touched his chin and thought to himself that it might not be difficult to lure a tiger into a nest or a wolf into a house, but the boat gang must go first to ensure that shipping between Xuzhou and the outside world flourishes first.
Even if Tanzhou doesn't stop it, a large number of immigrants will flow into Xuzhou, and it is much more convenient to take the waterway.
And with the boat gang he can control, he can actively import people to Xuzhou through the boat gang, even if it involves deception.
"Although we have negotiated terms with the four surnames, from Xuzhou to Jinling, even if Tanzhou and the prefectures and counties along the way do not make things difficult, the road is by no means a smooth road. Forces like Yangtan Shuizhai, who are both fishermen and bandits, do not know who they are along the way.
"How many," Han Qian asked Yang Qin, "To ensure that all merchant ships flying the flag of Xuzhou are not disturbed along the way, we must have Xuzhou's armed fleet to deter the river bandits along the coast."
"..." Yang Qin began to ponder at this time.
From the reconciliation terms discussed with the four surnames, he realized that he was indispensable in this. However, he brought out more than 30 subordinates, and all their families were destroyed. Ji Kun also died, and few people expected to seek revenge from Zhong Yanhu.
To avenge him, let alone find the young master Han Qian to settle old scores, many people were disheartened, and he could not bear to force them to follow him in the world.
To be honest, Yang Qin would rather Han Daoxun take them in in Xuzhou; even Xuzhou is not peaceful, but it is better than going through these three thousand miles of waterway with your head high, right?
Yang Qin was not even willing to get involved in the disputes in Jinling.
Although he was just a small water bandit leader in Poyang Lake, it was so difficult and dangerous for Han Daoxun to become an official in Xuzhou. He could also guess that the third prince had little hope of seizing the throne.
Han Qian didn't seem to notice Yang Qin's hesitation, and said to himself: "Yangtan Water Village has been destroyed by Poyang Lake. You can choose a place along the Yuan River to rebuild Yangtan Water Village; after all, the Boat Gang also needs to have a stronghold in Xuzhou.
The root cannot be a rootless root. In that case, I can also trust that you will do your best for me."
You can't use people to do things, don't give dates to eat; giving Yang Qin a low-level military attache status as a Xuzhou escort officer, or a leader of a boat gang who can't see his future, it is obviously difficult to make Yang Qin moved and work hard for him.
Rebuilding Yangtan Water Village?
Yang Qin's mind fell into sluggishness. Most of the people on the sailboat were Yang Qin's subordinates. Some were also confused, and some had a strange light in their eyes.
After experiencing the tragedy of destroying the village and destroying the family, grief is inevitable, but since we are born as human beings, we always have to move forward.
Most of them are fishermen in Yangtan Water Village, but there are also relatives and friends who have married or moved out of Yangtan Village. Because they are involved with them, life in Jiangzhou will not be easy at this time. If a boat gang is formed, in Xuzhou,
Rebuilding the Yangtan Water Village on the bank of the Yuanshui River can move them all out. It may not take two or three generations for the Yangtan Water Village to flourish again on the bank of the Yuanshui River.
The deep-rooted thoughts of people in today's world are still to pass on the family lineage and continue the incense.
Since fallen leaves cannot return to their roots, they can only take root elsewhere.
"From now on, it's all up to the young master to take care of him." Yang Qin thought that he actually had no choice. He breathed a sigh of relief secretly and bowed to Han Qian.
Han Qian nodded and talked to Ji Xiyao about the shipbuilding yard and weaving yard.
Han Qian was not willing to set up a shipbuilding yard and weaving institute in the name of the state capital.
Even if Xuzhou will always belong to the third prince's sphere of influence in the future, it may not be because his father has always been working in Xuzhou. It saves trouble for now to run the shipyard and weaving institute in the name of the state capital, but he has no regard for the shipyard and weaving institute.
control may be cut off at any time.
On the Third Prince's side, even if Xinchanghou Mansion and Wanhonglou are not wary of him, they will still be able to help themselves to pick peaches when the time comes.
What's more, he has to guard against his father's lack of distinction between public and private affairs.
Others don't distinguish between public and private matters, so they take the public money and grain into their own private warehouses. His father, who doesn't distinguish between public and private matters, will take the money from the private warehouse and give it to the public house. This is very bad.
Han Qian would rather allocate all the money and food from Zuo Si Jiangfang and let Ji Xiyao take charge of the matter for him in Xuzhou; and what Ji Xiyao has to do these days is to upgrade their existing three ships to armed warships.
Change the direction.
Although the money and food in the state capital have been emptied by the four surnames, there is still a lot of heavy materials such as iron and wood. There are also ready-made craftsmen in the state capital that can be borrowed for work; they can even temporarily rent a shipyard.
The three ships have not undergone fundamental structural modifications for the time being. They mainly added parapets and arrow stacks, strengthened the internal structures, and covered the decks and sides with cooked cowhide. Although they are not as good as those of the Zhengerbajing.
Although it is a warship, it is still much better than the black awning boats and galleys in the hands of the river bandits and water pirates.
The general direction has been determined, but the specific personnel arrangements are still quite complicated.
There must be some people under Yang Qin who are depressed. Besides, some of them must be left in Xuzhou to rebuild Yangtan Water Village. The manpower that Yang Qin can really take out to escort the fleet coming out of Xuzhou is extremely limited. Don't even expect to be able to do so.
Deter the river bandits and water bandits along the way.
Before Yang Qin could recruit more subordinates, Han Qian decided to let Lin Zongjing and Guo Nuer lead an elite group of scouts to cooperate with Yang Qin.
In fact, Han Qian transferred fifty scouts from Jinling this time. He only planned to bring Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Zhao Wuji and more than a dozen people back to Jinling. The others would continue to stay outside for training, or even temporarily join the boat gang.
If Zuo Si wanted to deploy outside Jinling in the early stage, he could only rely on the boat gang to collect intelligence from various places.
Seeing that Han Qian was able to transfer more than thirty elites to him in the early stage, Yang Qin also breathed a sigh of relief, pondered for a while, and then said:
"Young Master may also know that there are not many truly vicious river bandits in various places. Many of them are just like Yangtan Water Village, and they are still forced to make a living..."
Han Qian raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yang Qin. Yang Qin was so guilty that he didn't know what to say. They even dared to ambush the new governor. It was a bit reluctant to say that they were forced to make a living.
"I know what you mean," Han Qian said, "Simply using force to deter the water village forces along the road may not be very effective. After all, the boat gang has limited manpower, and the fleet sailing from Xuzhou to Jinling will not always have only
One or two - and the Boat Gang has been in a state of confrontation with the water village forces along the way for a long time, which is also extremely detrimental to the development of the Boat Gang. If possible, the Boat Gang can exchange supplies with these water village forces, and they are even willing to cooperate with Zuo Si's warehouse
I will welcome the trading of property. However, things must be done covertly. We can’t cause too much trouble in the early stage. You can handle it according to the situation..."
"This is a humble position." Yang Qin saw that Han Qian was reasonable and could not accept other people's opinions, so he directly regarded himself as a subordinate.