"Your Highness, this is the shipbuilding plan that I made!"
Du Youqiu took a draft picture from the official office and hung it up in Guo Song's official office. At this time, Du You and Zhang Qianyi were also invited. One of them was in charge of people and the other was in charge of finances, and their intervention was needed.
Du Lingqiu introduced: "The above is the raw material equipment. The wood originally obtained from Huihe, after several years of drying and drying, can now be used to build ships. However, unfortunately, these wood were originally considered to be used to build inland river ships.
Prepare the keel of the sea-going ship, which means that our current material reserves can only build a ship of two thousand stones at most."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked: "I remember that all the trees we brought back from Uihe were towering trees, so they can't be used as dragon bones?"
"Your Highness, it's not the length that matters, it's the wood itself. It's basically pine wood, which is not suitable for making ship keels."
Guo Song shook his head, "Prime Minister Dugu told me a result first. I want to know, according to the plan, when will we have a sea ship?"
Dugu Qiuqiu said with a helpless smile: "Your Highness, building a large ship is a very long process. The time for preparing materials and construction time, I estimate that it will take ten years at the fastest."
Guo Song frowned. It actually took ten years. If he built a huge fleet, wouldn't it take decades? This result really disappointed him.
Du Guqiu had an idea in his mind, and he said to Guo Song: "Your Highness, although we cannot build sea-going ships for the time being, we can rent ships."
"You mean the Liu family?" Guo Song woke up and asked.
Du Lingqiu nodded, "The Liu family's fleet has been operating for fifty years. They have nearly two hundred ships alone and a large number of experienced crew members. I have talked with their owners and they are also willing to serve for His Highness.
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Guo Song pondered for a moment and then asked: "How many ships are in Hekou Port now? How many are in Mingzhou Port?"
"Almost half and half."
Guo Song was silent for a while, and Du You next to him asked with a smile: "What are you still worried about, Your Highness?"
Guo Song sighed slightly and said: "Although renting a ship is possible, it only solves the transportation problem, logistics transportation, and personnel transportation. I am not worried about this. What I am worried about is the warships. There are naval forces in Lingnan and Quanzhou.
Although the number is not large, it is enough to destroy all cargo ships,"
This problem is indeed very realistic. Everyone was silent for a moment. At this time, Guo Song smiled and comforted everyone: "Don't think about this matter. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. If the waterway is not available, we will take the land route. It is the same."
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Du Guqiu felt ashamed and said: "The humble position was not considered well and I let His Highness down."
Guo Song waved his hand, "I only asked about ships because I was interested. In fact, I am more concerned about the establishment of various civilian workshops, such as mining, smelting, casting, textiles, papermaking, printing, brewing, and tea making.
The construction of civilian ships, etc., this is where Dugu Xiangguo needs to spend his time and energy."
Guo Song then said to Pan Liao: "Only material abundance is the source of a strong country and a wealthy people. Therefore, the development of industry and mining will be the top priority of the court in the future. Weaving, brewing, and papermaking can be left to the private sector, but
Basic heavy industries such as mining, smelting, casting, and shipbuilding must be led by the government, financial resources must be guaranteed, and talent training must be strengthened. In particular, each state must establish professional state schools based on the Taixue model. Starting next year, the imperial examination
It is necessary to restore the old system and add three imperial examination items: Ming Fa, Ming Zi, and Ming Calculation on the basis of Ming Jing."
The four people agreed quickly. They all knew that His Highness the King of Jin advocated frugality, pragmatism, and vigorously developed agriculture, commerce, and handicrafts. This was actually a good thing!
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In Yuhang County, Hangzhou, there are not many pedestrians on the official roads. The river network here is dense, water transportation is convenient, and there are not many mules and horses. However, every household has a boat, and most people use waterways, so there are not many pedestrians on the official roads.
At noon, dust was billowing on the official road to the west. Not long after, several people on horseback rushed towards them. Pedestrians dodged and rode all the way into the county town.
These horsemen are from the Jinwei Mansion intelligence point in Kuaiji County. Their leader is a slightly obese middle-aged man named Yue Jing. He was originally the intelligence leader of Xindu County, that is, the owner of Gaosheng Inn in Xindu County.
Manager Yue, after Hebei was captured, the Xindu Intelligence Station was disbanded. Yue Jing was promoted to one level and was sent to Kuaiji County to prepare for the establishment of the intelligence station. This time they opened a Ping An Inn in Kuaiji, and several of his former subordinates also followed him.
Get up and go to Kuaiji County.
Yue Jing had just received an order from the Jin Wei Mansion, asking him to investigate the condition of King Zhao Li Si. They set out overnight and arrived in Yuhang County at noon on the third day.
The population in the county was noisy, so they dismounted and walked slowly, asking around, and soon found the state government office.
The Jiangnan area under Han Huang's rule was in alliance with Guo Song. A few years ago, Guo Song helped Han Huang block Zhu Si's army from crossing the river, and then crossed the Yellow River from Hanoi to conquer Mengjin, forcing Zhu Si to give up attacking Jiangnan and return to Luoyang.
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Therefore, the officials in various places in the south of the Yangtze River were very friendly to Guo and Song. When the Queen Mother and the Emperor returned to Chang'an and re-established the new court, the states in the south of the Yangtze River immediately recognized the new court in Chang'an.
The purpose of establishing an intelligence station in Kuaiji was not to collect military intelligence, but to collect business intelligence from various states as well as public sentiment and official sentiment in the Jiangnan region.
Arriving in front of the state government office, Yue Jing handed the government official a name card, "We are sent by the imperial court. Please give the name card to Meng Shijun!"
Hearing that he was a court official, the yamen servant turned around and ran towards the yamen. Not long after, an official in his thirties came out, clasped his fists and smiled and said: "I'm Yang Huan, a member of the staff of Shijun Meng's tent. Please follow me."
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The Jinwei Mansion is an internal title. Externally, it was originally located under the Suzheng Tower. After the Suzheng Tower was split into Yushitai and Jiantai, the Jinwei Palace was changed to be under the Secretary's Supervision. The external name was the Special Investigation Agency.
, In fact, this name is also a bit self-deceiving. Everyone knows that this special investigation camp is the Jinwei Mansion, but it is just a little whitewashed in the name.
The Internal Guard was also placed under the Secretariat Department, which was renamed the Internal Affairs Department, and the Staff Office where Wang You was located. These three departments were the three most important special agencies of Guo Song Dynasty.
The title card Yue Jing handed over said that he was the secretary of the Provincial Special Investigation Bureau and joined the military. Joining the military was his official position and he was a sixth-rank official.
If you understand the organizational structure of the Jin Palace, you will know that this Yue Jing is the local intelligence chief. People in the capital may know it, but Meng Xiao, the governor of Hangzhou who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, does not know. He thought Yue Jing came from the capital.
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Meng Xiao invited Yue Jing to sit down in the guest room, and asked his entourage to serve tea. Meng Xiao smiled and asked, "Excuse me, what do you do for Yue Canjun, who came from the capital?"
Yue Jing heard that he had misunderstood him, so he simply ignored the mistake and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Jin heard that His Highness King Zhao was seriously ill, and he specially ordered me to come to visit."
Meng Xiao's expression changed. Ten days ago, he told Chang'an via pigeon mail that King Zhao fell ill in Hangzhou. How could he come so soon?
He asked again: "Is Yue Canjun really coming from Chang'an?"
Yue Jing smiled and said: "I never said that I came from the capital. His Royal Highness the King of Jin cares about the public sentiments of the world and sent many public sentiment investigators. I am responsible for investigating the public sentiments in the Jiangnan area."
"Are you...are you from Prince Jin's Mansion?" Meng Xiao finally realized.
Yue Jing took out his silver medal and put it on the table, "This is my identity certificate. Please don't worry too much, Lord Meng. His Highness the King of Jin is not interested in military intelligence in the Jiangnan region. He mainly wants to understand the people's sentiments and business matters."
information."
Meng Xiao nodded slowly, "What does business intelligence refer to? Can Yue Canjun tell me something?"
Yue Jing chuckled, "This is not a secret. If Meng Shijun is interested, I can certainly tell you about it. For example, there was a bumper harvest in Jiangnan last year, and the price of rice on the market dropped to fifteen cents per bucket. I told Chang'an this information.
, His Highness the King of Jin sent an order asking me to purchase 50,000 shi of grain and 100,000 bolts of fine flax in the Jiangnan area within the past two months, and then transport them to Xiangyang via the Yangtze River."
"I understand. Thank you Yue Canjun for telling me frankly. King Zhao is in Yuhang County. He is indeed ill, and his condition is very serious. I invited the best famous doctors to diagnose and treat him. His illness was not caused in a day or two.
, but he has been urinating blood for a long time and has not received good treatment. This time he was tired from traveling north and his condition worsened."
"How serious has it become?" Yue Jing asked urgently.
Meng Xiao sighed, "He hasn't urinated for five days and is unconscious. The doctor said that he might be here in the next two days and asked me to prepare for his funeral."
Yue Jing was stunned for a long time and said, "Can you let me see him?"
Meng Xiao nodded, "He is currently in the government office, please come with me!"