"Master, it is said that the sailor has reported that Zhao Pu has arrived in Dengzhou. It's just that because of the bad weather, I can't board the boat to cross the sea for the time being. Li Yunxiao went to the Goryeo palace for a turn, checked the vigilance, and met the princess and the four side concubines respectively, and as soon as he entered the main gate, he received a secret letter sent by Zhou Daozhong.

Li Zhongyi nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Xiaosong, tell me, should we let Zhao Pu land safely, or simply let him be the son-in-law of the Dragon Prince?" ”

Han Xianglan on the side felt that what Li Zhongyi said was very interesting, and couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle, she stroked her high bulging belly and said with a smile: "Master, Zhao Pu came with his bare hands, if you want to pinch the circle, if you want to rub it flat, it will be flat, why bother to give the court food in vain?" ”

Li Yunxiao glanced at Han Xianglan, the pregnant woman in front of her and the pregnant woman next door had been assisting Li Zhongyi in taking care of confidential official documents in the inner study, and she knew not much less than him.

According to Li Zhongyi's jokes, Ye and Han are both confidential, and when Li Zhongyi is interested, he will also ask them about their views on certain matters, and they are also qualified to mix some things, as for the specificity, it can only be mastered by Li Zhongyi himself.

Li Zhongyi knew that Han Xianglan had been completely conquered by him from head to toe, and she had always been a cautious personality, so she would not interject for no reason.

"Do you mean to let Zhao Pu come and make trouble for the master?" Li Zhongyi deliberately provoked it, wanting to hear Han Xianglan's true thoughts on Zhao Pulai's appointment as a pacification envoy in Goryeo.

Zhao Pu, what kind of person is Zhao Zeping, Li Zhongyi may see it more thoroughly and profoundly than Zhao Kuangyin.

Historically, there are several versions of rumors about Zhao Kuangyin's death, among them, Li Zhongyi believes that Zhao Lao'er was either a cerebral hemorrhage or a myocardial infarction that led to a sudden violent death.

One wrong move, all the games were lost, and when Zhao Guangyi rushed to the palace, Queen Song knew that the general trend had gone, so she had to bow her head and admit it.

Zhao Pu originally opposed Zhao Guangyi's succession, but after being dismissed by Zhao Kuangyin, he secretly colluded with Zhao Guangyi, which led to the so-called "Golden Alliance" story.

"Master, you are really good at laughing, the days of the concubine being by your side are not too short, and I have never seen you suffer the losses of others." As she spoke, Han Xianglan pouted in the direction of the Goryeo Palace.

Thousands of clothes, no sycophants, Li Zhongyi's heart is happy, Han Xianglan, who originally had eyes above the top, is like a little daughter-in-law with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, patting his ass and sprinkling coquettishly, which is indeed a pleasant thing.

Li Zhongyi ate a few teas, and accompanied Han Xianglan to talk for a while, and then raised his legs and went back to the inner study.

When it was dark, Yang Lie sent people back to report to Li Zhongyi that the Khitans were quietly increasing their troops near Youzhou, and if it weren't for the Khitan nobles who were not satisfied with Yelu Huge's secret news, I was afraid that they would hide from many people.

Although Yang Lie firmly controlled Yuguan, and because of this, Yelu Xiuge was very afraid to send no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they were stationed in the west of Yuguan, closely monitoring Yang Lie's every move.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, the Khitan cavalry went south from Youzhou, which can be described as a flat river, and can rush all the way to the city of Kaifeng, without a dangerous pass to defend.

In the same way, Li Jiajun's army went west out of Yuguan and killed all the way to the city of Youzhou, but it was only a few hundred miles, and there was no danger to defend.

More importantly, Yuguan is not an isolated city, where it carries the vast hinterland of the Goryeo Kingdom, and logistics supplies and even Goryeo people can be continuously transported to Yuguan City by sea.

Objectively speaking, due to Li Zhongyi's great attention, Zhou Daozhong's naval division, after so many years of development and growth, is fully capable of ensuring the supply of soldiers, money, food, clothing, and even vegetables and meat in the direction of Yuguan by sea.

Hmm, Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth, and the benefits of winning the Goryeo Kingdom would be beneficial and harmless, and it could be said that the flesh and blood of the sticks were nourishing the conquerors day by day.

Compared with Yang Guang, a perverted face obsessive-compulsive patient, Li Zhongyi, a hyperrealist, would rather have a liner than an ethereal name.

Li Zhongyi said with a smile: "Brother Yelu Xiu has the advantage of Xingsheng, however, as long as Yu Guan is in our hands, forgive him for not daring to go south." ”

After Song Yunxiang, the commander of the Fifth Army, reported his official business, he was left behind by Li Zhongyi, and he said with a smile: "What the lord said is extremely true, Lao Zhou's sailors played a key role, transporting baggage and soldiers and horses by sea, which was not only much faster than land transportation, but also reduced the cost of consumption on the road several times. ”

Song Yunxiang has been in Lingzhou in the northwest for a long time, and in his old experience, he has not used the concept of water master on a large scale at all. After arriving in Goryeo, I heard and witnessed the many conveniences brought by the sailor, and finally opened my eyes and was amazed.

Li Zhongyi said with a smile: "Everything cannot be perfect, although the speed of shipping is fast and the cost is low, but if the sky is not beautiful, there is a storm on the sea, and there will be a catastrophe in an instant." ”

Song Yunxiang nodded frequently, and said with some fear: "When I crossed the sea with you for the first time, I was so seasick that I vomited so much that I was so dizzy that I couldn't care about being scared anymore. Afterwards, I heard that there was a strong wind and waves on the sea, and Lao Zhou's sailors sank a few boats and many people died. ”

Li Zhongyi picked up the teacup, brought it to his lips, took a sip, and sighed: "After all, the ship is too small, and the shape is not right, and it can't suppress the wind and waves." If it is 10,000 tons...... Well, a big ship, a slender hull, all kinds of sails, it would be much better. It's a pity that the shipwright skills on the side of Goryeo are much worse than those on the side of Da Zhou, so they can only take risks for the time being. ”

Song Yunxiang's nautical knowledge was almost zero, and he couldn't answer, so he could only stare dryly. What is the concept of a big ship, even if he racks his brains, he can't think of a reason.

After so many years of application by sailors, Li Zhongyi gradually found some doorways, the shipbuilding technology of the Great Zhou Dynasty is indeed very advanced, but due to the lack of attention to maritime trade, most of the ships built can only travel on inland rivers, and cannot withstand too much wind and waves on the ocean.

Among them, there are two things that are most different from modern ocean-going trading ships, one is the resistance to wind and waves, and the other is the limitations of masts and sails.

The Great Zhou, including the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue, whether it was a warship or a merchant ship, was almost a flat-bottomed river boat with a very shallow draft. The serious consequence of the shallow draft is that the sinking resistance is extremely poor, and it is simply unable to withstand the blowing of strong typhoons.

Although a single mast with multiple sails, or a main and auxiliary mast with multiple sails, can also accept multiple winds, however, in the event of a strong typhoon, the main mast is often prone to break due to excessive force.

Of course, the shipbuilding technology of China in this era is also quite unique. According to the secret report from the Southern Tang Dynasty, the warships of the Tang Army's Lin Renzhao Division had already used the technology of main and auxiliary brigs, elevators and balanced rudders.

Even the watertight compartment technology that Li Zhongyi thought he had mastered alone was conquered by the craftsmen of the Southern Tang Dynasty and widely used on the naval warships.

"Alas, Shiguang, they all say that the south ships and the north horses, and this is true. Nantang has mastered several shipbuilding techniques, which really makes people drool. Li Zhongyi shook his head and sighed for a while, he has not yet won the supreme ruling power of the Great Zhou, and the good things that Nantang has can only stare dryly for the time being, and there is no way to get it immediately.

"Lord, no matter how good things there are in Nantang, they are just temporary belongings accumulated for you, as long as the time is ripe, they are all ours." Song Yunxiang once served as the commander of the Senate Division, and Li Zhongyi's grand ambition to drive out the Tartars and unify China could not be implemented for a while, and the plan on paper had already been revised many times, how could he not know?

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly when he heard this, this Song Yunxiang is really a wonderful person, every word he said happened to poke Li Zhongyi's heart.

"The Southern Tang Dynasty sits on a treasure land, but the lord is extravagant, except for Lin Renzhao, the magnates have no enterprising heart. In the long run, even if there are more belongings in the Southern Tang Dynasty, they will definitely be defeated. Li Zhongyi's smile went straight to the bottom of his eyes, and he couldn't help but think of Zhou Jiamin, the little queen who was engaged to him.

Uh-huh, that little girl, there are twelve this year, right?

Before Li Zhongyi's thoughts were finished, he got a shocking news: Situ Zhouzong of the Southern Tang Dynasty planned to marry Zhou Jiamin.

Li Zhongyi was immediately angry, he once sent someone to deliver a message to Zhou Zong, and there was one meaning openly and secretly: Zhou Jiamin was his.

At that time, Li Zhongyi brought 40,000 elite Khitan iron horsemen to annihilate them, and they occupied the prestige of Yuguan, which also shocked Zhou Zong. Although Zhou Zong did not make a promise clearly because of his face, in the past few years, there has never been a move to propose marriage to Zhou Jiamin.

Li Zhongyi's unprecedented solemn expression made Song Yunxiang realize that what Zhou Zong had done might have touched the lord's scales.

"Someone, ask Li Yong and Zhou Daozhong to come and see me together." Li Zhongyi's heart was on fire, and his voice was inevitably louder.

Song Yunxiang is familiar with Li Zhongyi's temper, and called Li Yong to come, but he is afraid that he will use the party cavalry, as for Zhou Daozhong, it must be a sailor.

"Lord, Nantang is just a lingering breath, but I can't delay your big event......" Song Yunxiang said one thing in front of Li Zhongyi, straight to the point, and never hidden.

Li Zhongyi didn't say anything, and then ordered: "Go and see if He Dabei and Yang Wushuang are still in the mansion, and call them over." ”

Song Yunxiang was clear in his heart, as early as when he was still the commander of the Senate Division, Li Zhongyi had arranged a plan on how to secretly rob Zhou Jiamin.

Asked He Dabei and Yang Wushuang, the two current chief officers of the Senate Department, to come over, although Li Zhongyi was calm as water on the surface, Song Yunxiang guessed the truth behind the scenes: The lord is probably determined to take people deep into the tiger's den and snatch the woman back, right?

It's just that Song Yunxiang guessed most of them correctly, but he still missed Li Zhongyi's bad intentions, not only did he want to rob Zhou Jiamin back, but he also kept thinking about her sister, Empress E and Nuying, no one should be missing!