Feng Ziying was shocked.

He didn't expect that Shen Yourong would stage a big show for himself as soon as he came.

Connecting the Haixi Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens, even he just thought about it, and he didn't even know if he could have a chance, as for Ezo, even the Ministry of War's Department only knew that it was a large island in the north of Japan, and there were Ezo people who were different from the Japanese people, and Shen Yourong actually proposed to use Ezo as a base for business.

This suggestion is not bold, and more importantly, Shen Yourong dares to say this, he must also have confidence, not to say anything, even Feng Ziying does not know the situation on Ezo Island, whether the Tokugawa shogunate has conquered Ezo now.

"General Shen, do you know the Haixi Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens? Do you know Ezo too? Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask.

"Lord Feng, thirty-two years ago of Yuanxi, I have been in Liaodong, I am very familiar with the Yehe Department, the Ula Department, and the Huifa Department, and I have even been there many times, but I didn't expect that the Huifa Department has been destroyed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, but although the Jianzhou Jurchens have now annexed most of the Haixi Jurchens, it is not so simple for them to completely assimilate the Haixi Jurchen tribes in a short period of time, especially those tribes near the sea, most of them live on the mountains, forests, fishing and hunting, and many times the Jianzhou Jurchens can only imitate the bondage model of our Great Zhou to these mountain and forest tribes,... …”

Shen Yourong's words made Feng Ziying realize that this person is really a person with a story, it stands to reason that he has been away from Liaodong for so many years, and he shouldn't still know Liaodong so well.

Seeing the suspicion in Feng Ziying's eyes, Shen Yourong smiled faintly: "Lord Feng, although Shen is an official in Fujian, he manages coastal defense and has a lot of dealings with those maritime merchants, and Shen also had some acquaintances and old friends in North Korea before, so through these maritime businessmen Shen was able to find out about the activities of the Jianzhou Jurchens from the North Korean side, which is even more accurate and detailed than the news of the Ministry of War." ”

Feng Ziying suddenly realized and nodded: "General Shen has a heart, the Haixi Jurchens were indeed annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, but in fact, if it is as the general said, can the Haixi Jurchens be communicated and connected through North Korea?" ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult, now the situation in our Great Zhou in Liaodong is not good, the North Korean side is already afraid of the Jianzhou Jurchen, they have always been afraid of the strong, and the Jianzhou Jurchen also has a lot of threats against them, so they will never agree." Shen Yourong shook his head affirmatively.

Feng Ziying actually thought of this as well.

Korea has always been dependent on the strong, although the Great Zhou and Korea repelled the Japanese invasion in the First World War, but the weakness, corruption and sluggishness exposed by the Great Zhou in this war made the Koreans look at it, and they were afraid that they already had something else in their hearts.

Especially in the past few years of the rapid rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens, North Korea's attitude has been quietly changing, and they dare not refuse some of the requirements of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

If you don't want to reverse this situation, I'm afraid that in a few years, North Korea will completely fall to the Jianzhou Jurchens, and even bite Da Zhou behind the back of the Jurchens.

"What does the general mean that we can only rely on? How about over there? Has the general ever been? ”

Feng Ziying became more and more interested in Shen Yourong and became more and more confident.

If it was just a pure fierce general, Feng Ziying would just be carried and pushed to the right position, but now Shen Yourong's performance has exceeded his expectations, and his analysis and judgment of the situation in Liaodong alone is enough to make people impressive.

"Ezo is said to have a cold climate at the northeastern tip of Japan, no less than Liaodong, but it is only not inferior to Liaodong. When I was in Liaodong, I had already heard some Haixi Jurchens mention Ezo, and later when they came to Fujian, they dealt with some Japanese pirates, and they also mentioned that they had been there. The Ezo people on the island are very different from their Japanese people, but it is said that the Japanese Oyster Clan has taken control of the southern Ezo land, but the Ezo people do not submit to the rule of the Oyzo clan, and the entire north-central Ezo land is still self-controlled. ”

Shen Yourong is obviously also fully prepared, "The area of Ezo is not small, and there is also a port in the north, but it may freeze in winter, and I don't know the specific situation. ”

Shen Yourong had already seen some of Feng Ziying's intentions, which was to plot to contain and counterattack the Jianzhou Jurchen from the other side.

The Hercynian Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens are an important fulcrum.

At present, most of the Haixi Jurchens have been annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they are under the sword of the slave chief Nurhachi, but it is not without opportunities.

The Jianzhou Jurchens also gradually developed under the connivance of the Great Zhou, and the Haixi Jurchen tribes just didn't get more opportunities.

If Da Zhou really had the heart and was willing to invest in support, the remnants of the Haixi Jurchens in the east of the sea might not have no chance, and at least they could create quite trouble for the Jianzhou Jurchens, who wanted to go west and south.

The same is true of the wildling Jurchens (East China Sea Jurchens), who are further north and more backward.

Although Feng Ziying did not know the outcome of the savage Jurchens in their previous lives, it was conceivable that they would eventually be annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, but now that they had the opportunity to intervene to change their history, I believe that a central dynasty that is still in an absolutely orthodox position will be more exciting for these savage Jurchens and more in line with their interests.

"I didn't expect General Shen to have such a deep understanding of the situation in Liaodong while he was idle, and Ziying also spent a lot of effort to get all kinds of information from the Ministry of War and the Pedestrian Department to comprehensively deduce these situations, but General Shen broke it with a word, which made Ziying feel ashamed."

Feng Ziying unabashedly explained, "I wanted to take the test for General Shen, but I didn't expect General Shen to take the test instead." ”

"Lord Feng has an overreputation, Shen has been in Liaodong for more than ten years, and in Fujian for more than ten years, in fact, he has never left Haijiang, and he has come into contact with all kinds of people who are wandering around on the sea, so he will inevitably have to deal with them, they have some requests for me, and I also hope to learn about all aspects of the situation from them, so I naturally know more, the Ministry of War and the Pedestrian Department may be in the Jianzhou Jurchen intelligence collection which is more positive, and little consideration is given to understanding from other aspects,......"

Shen Yourong's very frank attitude also made Feng Ziying very satisfied, knowing that this was a test, but he didn't think it was wrong, and he could also objectively explain the reason why he was able to understand such a situation so well, which is precisely the characteristic of a general who can take charge alone.

"Earlier, General Shen said that in the short term, from the point of view of urgency, the situation in eastern Liaoning needs to be improved by the smooth logistics support line of southern Liaoning-Denglai-Jiangnan, so is there a longer-term consideration?"

Feng Ziying looked at the other party with a smile and said.

Shen Yourong also knew that the other party would ask this question, and he had laid the groundwork before, just waiting for the other party to ask.

Of course, he also knows that Feng Ziying, who can propose a strategy for opening the sea, is definitely not as foolish as ordinary people, and the other party also has a deep understanding of the pros and cons of opening the sea, and it is certainly not simple for Wang Wenyan, a pretentious friend, to be highly respected.

"In the long run, Shen thought that Lord Feng should have thought of it a long time ago, that is, to open the sea in an all-round way, and completely give full play to the advantages of the manpower and material resources of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the geographical advantages of being in the center, whether it is Japan or the Xiyi people, if we really want to compare with our tens of thousands of miles of sea frontier and tens of millions of coastal people, as long as we let go of our hands and feet so that our people can go to sea in a few years, we can harvest a large number of boatmen who can ride the wind and waves at sea, and we can also build a large number of ships we want. No matter how convenient we are, who can help us on the sea? In turn, we can do what we want to do to our advantage! ”

Looking at the look revealed in Shen Yourong's blazing eyes, Feng Ziying almost felt that this guy was also a traverser like herself, but could the traverser be so bad?

Of course it is impossible, it can only be said that this person has been running around for a long time in Liaodong and Fujian, and not only knows the truth of the Great Zhou Dynasty well, but also has a deep understanding of Korea, Japan and Xiyi, and this kind of talent is especially rare in this era.

"Then General Shen has been running a naval division in Fujian for many years, what does he think of the naval division?" Feng Ziying asked.

Shen Yourong was taken aback, seeing that the other party's expression was solemn, he didn't dare to slack off, and after thinking for a while, he said slowly: "Judging from the current situation, if you are not polite, it is difficult to fulfill the responsibility of guarding the household, and the timing is still good, there is not much threat from the sea, otherwise it will ......."

"......, the Shandong Navy Division is almost none, and the Fujian and Zhejiang Navy Divisions are forced by the power of the pirates to maintain a few important ports and guards from being disturbed by the enemy, while the two Guangzhou Navy Divisions are frolicking and have a lot ,......of eyebrows with the Nanyang pirates."

These words can be described as mean, no wonder Shen Yourong has been posted in the military department for a year and no one cares, there is no boss who likes such subordinates, and it is not good, with such words to describe it, I am afraid that the parties concerned will not be able to stand it.

Feng Ziying observed Shen Yourong At the same time, Shen Yourong was also observing the other party.

He wants to see if the other party is worthy of Wang Wenyan's words that there is a talent that has been passed through the heavens and latitudes, there are many talented people, but there are few people who have the talents of the heavens and latitudes, but only talent is not enough, if there is no broad mind, it is difficult to achieve great things, as for age, it is a small way.

His harsh remarks did not make the other party frown, and the other party seemed to be more relaxed, which made Shen Yourong a little more confident.

"How should the Great Zhou Water Master deal with it now?" Feng Ziying also wants to take a look at the other party's real practical ability and insights in addition to macro strategic insights, which is related to his recommendation to the other party.