Chapter five hundred and twenty first vertical and horizontal
The small courtyard where Zhe Huanxiang is located is quiet and elegant, and the flower hall is even more warm and comfortable. It can be seen that it was written by a woman.
Yang Lin looked like a carefree host. After letting a few brothers sit down, he ordered the maid next to him to serve the food and drinks.
Yang Lin leaned forward and asked: "Xiao Qi, I have asked Xu Jin to start construction at the dock. It is expected that hundreds of warships will be built. When you go back, select some experienced naval forces from the Chengdu Navy. General, I want to form a navy in the South China Sea."
The Nanhai Navy aims to clear out the Cham pirates near the South China Sea and restore peace to this golden waterway.
The coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi and Jiaozhi in the south have suffered greatly from this group of Cham pirates. Some places are like hell, ravaged by these pirates.
Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes lit up and he asked: "Nanhai Navy, I wonder if there is a commander in chief?"
Yang Lin immediately interrupted his fantasy and cursed: "What kind of petty official are you? This is a major military matter. It is up to me and ministers like Gongming to discuss it. What does it have to do with you?"
Song Jiang also quickly smiled and said: "Xiao Qi, just be your commander in charge of Chengdu Navy, don't be too ambitious."
"The Lingnan area is located on the border and has not been taken seriously. There are also Jiaozhi people and the Cham pirates are constantly harassing them. In fact, this place needs to be tidied up. It is a good gateway." Yang Lin talked eloquently, completely ignoring everyone present today. If you are not a minister of people's livelihood and economy, you probably don't understand much.
Speaking in general, he changed the subject and said: "To put it bluntly, this is a huge commercial gap. Seventy percent of the Song Dynasty's wealth is concentrated in Kaifeng Mansion. This is not a good thing."
"Developing Lingnan?" Song Jiang said in astonishment.
It was desolate all year round, a legendary place of exile, and appeared as a miserable northern border in countless Tang poems.
How can the desolate land of Bashan and Chushui still become a prosperous place?
"In those poor places, the people are self-sufficient, and they can't sell anything even if they open a shop."
Yang Lin smiled and said: "No, no matter how self-sufficient a society is, it is impossible to make everything by itself, and the more closed the social structure is, the lower the resistance to business."
Yang Lin was full of confidence and continued: "For example, every household in Guangzhou uses furniture. It may take a month to make several tables by yourself, and a lot of wood is wasted. If someone opens a furniture workshop and hires skilled craftsmen, a large number of After purchasing the wood, you can make a few pieces in less than three days, and only need one or two guans plus labor.
Even if a wooden table sells for three guan, people in Guangzhou sell the wood for making tables to shops. For less than one guan, they can get a beautiful and durable wooden table and save a month of time. But this This workshop is making a lot of money, and I don’t know how many people in Guangdong and Guangxi will slowly start running it sooner or later."
At this time, a woman walked out of the house, shook her head and said: "Dalang, that's not how the accounts are calculated. There is no surplus money in those places. Many people still barter, and the circulation of money is a problem."
When Yang Lin saw that it was Yun Niang, he stretched out his hand. Yun Niang's face turned red and she sat obediently in his arms.
It turned out that Zhe Huanxiang was pregnant, and Yang Lin asked her to send someone to take care of her at all times. Unexpectedly, Li Yunniang came in person every day. It can be seen that she is very concerned about the flesh and blood of the Yang family. Yang Lin knew it well and was heartbroken. He secretly said that he would be nicer to her in the future, as this is considered a separate person.
Yang Lin pinched Yun Niang's slender waist and said: "After opening up Jiaozhi and eradicating the Champa people, there will be no shortage of money in Lingnan and Guangxi. Especially there will no longer be a shortage of silver. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. There are unlimited business opportunities there.
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Yun Niang stayed by her side to pour wine and vegetables, and Yang Lin was full of wine and food without even moving his hands. On the spot, Ruan Xiaoqi was asked to identify a few generals who could fight in the navy and transfer them to Fuzhou.
Song Jiang's men were all military men from the northwest and knew nothing about the navy, so they wisely kept silent. Yang Lin already had a candidate in mind, which was his young general Wu Lin.
Wu Lin followed him south and never went back. There were many famous generals gathered in Youyan, including Han Shizhong, Zongze, Wu Jie, Wang Zhen... There was no need to strengthen them any more. The northwest army had strong generals, such as Dangxiang, Kelie, Uighur, and Tubo.
They are all submissive, plus the loyal governor and governor, there is no need to worry; Qin Long has all the main forces and generals of the Western Army led by Shi Dao, except for the second and fifth son of Zhejia, plus Yelu Dashi for himself
There is no need to worry about making a barrier.
On the contrary, it was Qifu Fang and Liu Zhongwu from the southwest who supported him. Although the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty looked down on Little Jiaozhi, Yang Lin still looked at this enemy very carefully.
Cochin has its own advantages. The jungles and diseases in the rainy season will be their best weapons, which will be enough to defeat the unaccustomed army and make the famous generals return with hatred.
Yang Lin personally saw off Song Jiang and Ruan Xiaoqi. The two were arm-in-arm and must have gone to find a place to continue drinking and reminiscing about the past. Yang Lin ignored him and walked into the boudoir.
Zhe Huanxiang smiled brightly. When she married into the Yao family, her husband had been ill for more than a year and could not even consummate the marriage, let alone the children.
Now she finally got her wish and is pregnant with her own child, and she is almost in her twenties, which is a good time to be pregnant.
Yang Lin sat beside the bed, stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her red lips. Their lips and tongues connected, and they separated reluctantly after a long time.
Yang Lin took out a jewelry box with two hearts connected from his arms and said softly: "This is for you."
Zhe Huanxiang opened it and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful..." Inside the box was a gemstone pendant with exquisite workmanship.
Every angle has a different shape and is crystal clear, making people reluctant to look away at it.
Yang Lin stroked her slightly bulging belly and said emotionally: "When my mother was dying..."
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Lingnan is the general name for the area south of the Five Ridges in the south of China, separated from the inland by the Five Ridges.
The Wuling Mountains are composed of five mountains: Yuecheng Ridge, Dupan Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge, and Dayu Ridge. They are generally distributed from eastern Guangxi to eastern Guangdong and the borders of the four provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi in later generations. Historically, it roughly included Guangdong.
, Hainan, Guangxi and parts of eastern Yunnan and southwestern Fujian.
Now Yang Lin divides the world, using Lingnan as the name of the province, covering Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian and Qiongzhou.
Cai Jing is now in his ancestral home in Chiling, Cixiaoli, Junxianyou County, Xinghua County. Although this place is a bit remote, it has become a hundred or a thousand times more prosperous after Cai Jing came.
The land in the town was worthless, and Cai Jing was extremely wealthy, so he bought a large house that expanded to a radius of dozens of miles.
In the backyard, Cai Lingbao was lying on a bamboo mat, his little feet pointing up in the sky, dangling constantly. All ten of his toes were white and crystal clear, very attractive.
The beauty next to her in plain clothes, with a slender physique, exquisite figure and beautiful face, is none other than Duan Miaozhen, the concubine of Dali. She sat on the bedside, together with Cai Lingbao, reading an idle book and covering her lips and laughing from time to time.
This is a book of anecdotes circulated among the people. Although many of Yang Lin's anecdotes are intended to be ridiculing, they have not been searched and reported. On the contrary, they have been widely circulated among the people.
A little maid came in from outside, came closer and said, "Miss, please come over."
Cai Lingbao said oh, then put on his shoes and socks and followed the little maid to Cai Jing's place.
Under the pavilion, Cai Jing was dressed as an ordinary gentleman, with his head wrapped in silk and satin. After resigning from office, he was said to be idle and idle, but his spirit was obviously not as good as when he was prime minister.
Cai Lingbao called out "Daddy" in an innocent voice, then walked up to him and gently squeezed Cai Jing's shoulders.
"Lingbao, dad's memory is bad. How long have you been at home?"
Cai Lingbao clapped his fingers, muttered for a while, tilted his head and said, "I forgot, Sister Miaozhen must know."
Cai Jing shook his head secretly. It was hard for this little girl to gain a foothold in the back house of the Yang Mansion, let alone have much influence.
Although he was disappointed in his heart, he still had a gentle smile on his face and said: "Xiao Lingbao, the weather in the south is very hot, and it is getting closer and closer to midsummer, which makes it even more unbearable. You'd better go back as soon as possible, meet Yang Wenyuan, and put this painting
Leave it to him."
Cai Lingbao quickly put it away. She knew that her father's paintings were valuable.
Cai Jing's calligraphy was outstanding, and his painting skills were equally amazing. He changed the mainstream style of the Song Dynasty's painting circles.
To this day, the paintings and calligraphy of Cai Jing are the most displayed in Yang Lin’s study.
Cai Lingbao also wanted to go back to Bianliang. He smiled sweetly and said, "Dad, when will you go back to Bianliang? We can see each other every day."
Cai Jing looked at his daughter, who looked like a girl and was a natural beauty. Although his daughter was a bit silly, she had a good background, temperament, and was so handsome, so she might not have a chance. He said meaningfully:
"When dad goes to Bianliang, it all depends on you."
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Jiaozhi, Thang Long City.
In the land of South Vietnam in June, the vegetation is luxuriant. The noises of cicadas and summer insects are heard one after another, which seems to reflect Li Yanghuan's state of mind. He can hardly find a moment of peace now.
Countless unscrupulous people in the north, with the support of the Song people, rebelled brazenly. The most annoying thing was that the bitch Lan Ying was rescued, and Li Yanghuan killed the entire palace guard, but still could not forgive his hatred.
Queen Lanying's natal family was the Li family, a wealthy family in Jiaozhi. They were afraid of Li Yanghuan's revenge and declared their surrender to the rebel forces supported by the Song people, which greatly increased their strength.
At present, these poor and crazy northern rebels are constantly attacking the southern states and counties, killing people, burning houses and food, and doing all kinds of evil.
They themselves had food provided by the Song people, so they naturally had no scruples and concentrated on destroying it.
However, Jiaozhi could not persist in such a riot, because the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi relied on these grains to support itself.
The fall of the north also caused Li Yanghuan to lose the support of the Jiangnan gentry of the Song Dynasty, because they could not get through with food and supplies. The current situation left him almost helpless.
Compared with his ambition when he first usurped the throne, Li Yanghuan now looks very melancholy, even decadent.
At this moment, a close servant walked into the door, bowed his head and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, the Champa people are here and are asking for an audience outside the palace."
Today, in the palace, a group of people that Li Yanghuan hated very much were ushered in. The greed and cruelty of these people made Li Yanghuan, a patricide who frequently killed nine tribes, look down upon them. They were the Champa pirates.
The Cham pirates believed in Brahmanism and treated prisoners extremely cruelly. They also liked to rob Song and Jiaozhi people as slaves, whip and kill them at will, and trade them as goods at will.
This group of pirates cut off several waterways in the South China Sea and made a lot of money. However, their stupidity is that they only know how to rob but not to use it.
Hundreds of years later, a man named Zheng Zhilong also occupied this position, but he used this place to build a port and maritime trade, and for a time he became extremely wealthy.
The Cham people are different. They directly block the waterway and make it a place of death that everyone fears.
The South China Sea was supposed to be a golden place where merchants gathered, but it was disturbed by these rats.
Li Yanghuan stood up. He was short and looked a bit like a Japanese. He thought for a moment and said, "Let Gu Beihai from Song Dynasty and Prime Minister Du Wan come together."
In a side hall of Li Chao's imperial city, Li Yanghuan, Du Wan, and Gu Beihai were sitting on futons. After a while, several Champa people wearing strange clothes came in from outside the hall.
These people are very similar to the Tianzhu people, and are most likely a group of people who escaped from the Indian mainland. After seeing Li Yanghuan, they saluted very respectfully.
"Foreign minister Panluo Cha, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor Li Chao."
Li Yanghuan felt a little satisfied and motioned to the waiter to give him a seat.
"Now, the Song Dynasty is invading our Li Dynasty. Over the years, the Han people have often wanted to conquer Jiaozhi, but they have failed. The soldiers of the Li Dynasty are not afraid of fighting the Song people. They even want to take revenge on the Northern Expedition and invade the Song Dynasty.
Within the territory, it is a shame to invade without any reason.”
Although what he said was extravagant, Panluo Cha was sneering in his heart. The Cham people have occupied the South Island. Are they still unclear about the situation?
It was clear that the Li Dynasty's army was preparing to invade the Song Dynasty from the north. They were beaten severely and killed outside Shenglong City. They also supported the mother and queen of the person in front of them, creating the current split of the Li Dynasty.
His face was as respectful as ever, and the purpose of his visit today was also very clear. If the Jiaozhi people wanted supplies from the Song gentry, they had to transport them by sea.
Li Yanghuan must have hoped that the Champa people would not plunder, or even help. The Champa people felt that it was understandable, and it all depended on the price they were willing to offer.
Li Yanghuan kept chattering for a long time, but Panluo Cha and his men didn't listen at all. Both groups had their own agendas.
The conversation between the two parties was very reserved. Everyone kept their mouths shut and instead boasted about their own strength.
Finally, Gu Beihai couldn't stand it anymore and said: "If we transport grain by sea, I wonder if we can cooperate?"
"What's the benefit?" Now that we've made it clear, the Champa man, who was originally very ink-stained, suddenly didn't want to say even a word of nonsense.
"Conquer the southern part of Li Chao and let the Cham people plunder as much as they like for two months!" Li Yanghuan said coldly.
The three groups of people gathered together to negotiate, and they were very happy. They had no idea what kind of monster force was about to rise in the South China Sea.
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