Chapter 377: Build a new city near the sea for the purpose of drawing Youyan
Groups of cavalry were running back and forth in the area near the coast between Song and Liao, holding charcoal parchment scrolls to draw survey maps. Yang Lin sat down on the boulder mountain by the sea, watching the sea in the wind.
The sea breeze stirred up waves, which hit the rocks and made waves.
Zongze was worried at the side, scratched his head and said: "Young Zai, the battle situation in Youyan has not yet been decided, so we built the city by the sea first. Isn't it a bit unsafe?
It would be fine if we could get You Yan back, but if we can’t get it back, not only will we waste people and money, but 80% of the time it will be occupied by aliens, and this city will become a laughing stock.”
Yang Lin turned around, pointed at the big stone he was sitting on, and said with a smile: "Rulin, come and lift this stone."
Zongze took a look and saw that the stone was several times bigger than him. How could he move it? He smiled bitterly and said, "Young Zai, this stone cannot be moved manually."
"Come and try moving it."
Zongze was stunned for a moment, then rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, bent down and lifted it up. The boulder must have not moved at all.
Yang Lin asked: "Do you understand now?"
Zongze pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "What Shaozai means is that although we know that it is difficult and dangerous to recover Youyan, we officials still have to work hard to gain it and move forward even though we are aware of the difficulties?"
Yang Lin turned his back and continued to look at the sea, shook his head and said with a smile: "What I mean is, my official is bigger than you, so you have to do whatever I ask you to do. No matter whether it is ridiculous or not, I will do it if you are asked to build the city."
I'm breaking ground, don't make any noise."
Zongze gnashed his teeth angrily and bared his teeth and claws at Yang Lin's back angrily, wishing he could give him a kick in the butt and kick this Shangguan into the sea. If he was a completely stupid and incompetent Shangguan, he would be too lazy to get angry, but this
People are resourceful and judgmental, but they are also cunning and like to play tricks on others.
Zongze is usually a lively person, otherwise he would not dare to go to Zhaodefang to give gifts with two pieces of bad fish and bad wine, but he is still often made angry by Yang Lin.
At this time, Han Shizhong rushed over and asked suspiciously: "Prefect Zong, what's wrong with your hands and feet?"
Zongze quickly scratched his head and said with a normal expression: "The sea breeze is very cold, I'm a little twitching, it's okay."
Han Shizhong said oh, stepped forward with a smile, pointed at the sheepskin scroll and said: "Shao Zai, we have already mapped it out. You see, we will build a seaport from this place, and then rely on this place to build a city on the outside."
Yang Lin raised his head and looked at it, thought about it in his mind, and then nodded and said: "Deploying people from the Port of Michigan Shipping Division to build it will get twice the result with half the effort. Build the harbor first. It must be able to berth at least dozens of large ships. In a few days,
If you take the Youyan in the sun, it will come in handy."
The three people got together again, discussed and decided on the edge of the city wall, and built it based on the mountains and rivers. Yang Lin didn't care much about it.
Once the Tianjin Guard is completed, Youyan will be restored according to his own plan, but it will be nothing more than an inner city.
With Youyun's line of defense, how can we allow foreigners to go south to places like this? This will then be the north-south water transport center, connecting the Huaiyang River to the south, revitalizing Hebei East Road and the land of Youyan, and restoring prosperity.
More importantly, the establishment of Xiulou and the popularity of silver notes made silver more important day by day.
Tianjin Wei can be connected to Japan, which is the largest producer of silver and gold. The Japanese still exchange silver and gold for copper coins of the Song Dynasty, which are used as currency.
The city shipping department was opened on the southeastern coast, and the Kalhans were wiped out in the western regions to open up the Silk Road. Now in the territory planned by Yang Lin, the only place left in the territory planned by Yang Lin was the land of Youyan in Hebei. Although he has not yet obtained it, in his opinion, it has been
It’s something you have in your pocket, so it’s better to start planning in advance.
These places, centered on Kaifeng Prefecture, are connected together. Subtly, they can change the current situation of the Song Dynasty concentrating all the world's wealth in Bianliang, so that the local people will not be so miserable.
These plans must not be told to Zongze and other close friends, and they may not understand them. Among them, Long Live Camp and Xiulou have more or less abused power for personal gain and violated prohibited behaviors. It is better to cover them up if they can.
Yang Lin sighed, thinking that he used to make money by bribing Zhao Ji and Cai Jing to gain power for himself. Once he has gained power, he will feed back this civilization and this wonderful era.
Zongze worked as a county magistrate for more than ten years in a poor county in the north, and he had some experience in people's livelihood.
Seeing that Yang Lin had become serious for the first time, he quickly asked: "Young Zai, it is easy to build cities in these places. How can we attract people to settle here? Our East Road in Hebei Province has suffered from years of war and the people are in dire straits. Our land is vast and sparsely populated."
Yang Lin looked at him and said with a smile: "Come and see, I have already thought about it. We are going to go to war in the land of Youyan and have a fierce battle. In this world, if we want everyone to settle here, there must be corresponding arrangements.
In order to make a living, he recruited some poor and landless people and established several arms workshops here.
I reported it to the court and informed Prime Minister Cai that we would set up a workshop in the new city to make and store weapons, build and repair ships. In addition, shipping would also require a large number of carriages and horsemen and handling coolies to transport the materials shipped by sea.
With these ways of making a living, the people will naturally settle down here. After there are people, other industries will slowly arise, and a small town will begin to take shape."
Zongze nodded. If he planned this way, it would be very possible for Shaozai to get his wish. He was not opposed to building a city here. In fact, he knew it was a great idea just after he came here. He was just worried that Da Song would not be able to get it back.
Youyan, this small town has no living space.
After all, this place is too close to Yanjing and there is no danger to defend it. The water transportation here is not delivered to the Khitan for him to snatch.
In Yanjing City, the Liao people had already discovered the Song people's behavior at the seaside. After learning that they were going to build a city, they were all a little angry.
It seems that the people of Song Dynasty had already predicted that the Khitans and Jurchens would fight fiercely and did not dare to disturb them, so they unscrupulously built a city near the sea under their own noses. However, Yelu Chun and others did not dare to do anything in front of them.
The Jurchens' cavalry are slowly approaching, and there are constant rumors of massacres of cities and villages in the north, spreading to the land of Youyan, making people panic.
Wanyan Aguda defeated 700,000 Liao soldiers in the Battle of Daru Ancient City, and the impact was far from dissipated. Frightened Liao nobles continued to surrender.
The local rule of the Liao people is not strict, and each tribe actually has a lot of power. In politics, the north is always emphasized over the south. People in the north are rewarded generously and punished lightly, while people in the south are just the opposite. Although all the way to Nanjing
, almost provided more than half of Daliao's financial income.
In this way, the further south you go, the Han generals whose ancestors were on the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, and the local snakes who set foot on the Hebei West Road as part of the Liao army going south more than a hundred years ago, are loyal to the Liao Dynasty.
The lower the degree.
Many powerful people in Yan were unwilling to take refuge with Yang Lin, and were waiting for the Jurchens to go south. In their opinion, the Jurchens were the best destination. After all, when troubled times come, only the strong can control their own destiny, so they joined the losing side.
It will surely be wiped out.
The Jurchens were often on the march, and there was no fighting at all. They just kept subduing the local snakes who came and took them south, burning, killing and looting.
When Wu Qi bought Wan Yan and went to Beijing, the main force followed Aguda to attack Datong Prefecture and capture Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao alive. Wu Qi could not buy more than 30,000 horses. Now that he is close to Yanjing, he has nearly 100,000.