After Yan Changzhi sat down, he asked, "Have you arranged a place for Mr. Zhang?" ”

Wanyan Chen monk smiled: "Changzhi, don't worry, I thought that the arrangements were made, and I would never neglect him." Now Sun Xianlu, Xiao Zhizheng believes him to eat.

After Yan Changzhi was relieved, he asked Yan Fushou again, and said: "Father-in-law, you have been in the court, you should know very well whether the emperor is planning to go south this time." ”

Wanyan Fushou said: "The emperor really intends to go south, and Yijing is preparing some work, but now the ministers of the court are still arguing about whether to go south, and the emperor has not yet made a final decision. ”

Wan Yan Changzhi nodded. It turned out that Yang Yan went on an expedition to Heiyang Mountain, after being picked up by the Song army's navy on the coast of Dengzhou. Even if the Song army could go deep into the Golden Realm from the sea to pick up Yang Yan's expeditionary force, then Dajin could also use the fleet to bypass the Yangtze River, which has always been insurmountable, and directly kick the shore in the Southern Song Dynasty and attack the Southern Song Dynasty from the sea.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty naval army defeated the Jin naval army in the "Battle of Fushan Island", and the Song Dynasty's naval army was almost ahead of Dajin's naval army in all directions, and this fact also made Wanyan Changzhi realize that the establishment of a powerful Jin naval army was very necessary for Dajin, even if it was purely for defensive purposes. Therefore, he proposed to Wan Yanyong that it would take three years to establish a naval army, as a surprise soldier, waiting for the opportunity to go out from the sea, kick the shore in the area of Pingjiang Mansion or Jiaxing Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty, and then go straight to Lin'an's plan.

In this way, it can bypass the Jianghuai defense line that the Song army has been heavily defending, and go straight to Lin'an, and then cooperate with the attack of the Jianghuai frontal army, and indeed have a great chance to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. Therefore, as soon as Wan Yan Yong saw Yan Changzhi's trial plan, he immediately agreed, and sent Wan Yan Changzhi to serve as the Beijing Left-behind Division, in the name of building dragon boats in Jinzhou and going to sea to seek immortals, in fact, he was building warships and training sailors.

At the same time, after pacifying the Red Jacket Army, Wan Yanyong added troops and grain on the border, on the one hand, it was indeed to strengthen the defensive force of the border, on the other hand, it was also bluffing, giving the Song Dynasty the appearance of going south, attracting the attention of the Southern Song Dynasty, and creating favorable conditions for attacking from the sea, and once the Song army broke through from the sea, the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely urgently transfer Jianghuai men and horses back to defense, so that the Jin army on the border could take advantage of the situation to seize the land of Jianghuai, cross the Yangtze River, accompany the naval army, and attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Wanyan Changzhi's plan was very secretive, few people knew about it, and most of the ministers didn't know about it, and they only thought that the emperor was going to make a big southern expedition, so many people opposed it.

Wanyan Changzhi couldn't help but ask: "Father-in-law, who are they who oppose the Southern Expedition." ”

Wanyan Fushou said: "Who else is it, isn't it those Han officials, but there is also Zhang Taishi among them, and the emperor doesn't dare to ignore him, so he hesitates." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi nodded, only then did he understand why he met Zhang Hao on the street today, and he looked like he wanted to say nothing to himself.

At this time, Wanyan Ruixian said with a smile: "Don't talk about the major affairs of the court today, everyone can have a group dinner in peace." ”

After three rounds of drinking, Wanyan Fushou smiled and said, "Monk Chen, are you expensive this year?" ”

Monk Wanyan Chen replied: "There are nine out of twenty this year. ”

Wanyan Fushou stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Monk Chen, I only have one daughter, Ruixian, so I treat Changzhi as my own son, and I also regard you as a nephew." It's not polite to speak, you're twenty-nine years old, and you don't have a wife yet, that's too unusual, and you're too unconcerned as a brother. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen hurriedly said: "The prince said that, it is true that the battle has been continuous in the past few years, and he has not taken care of it. ”

Wanyan Fushou smiled and said: "If this is the case, then your marriage will be wrapped up in me, and I will arrange it for you, and you don't have to refrain when the time comes." ”

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"Your Majesty, now Jinzhou has built 25 large warships, 80 medium-sized warships, more than 200 other small warships, a number of water warfare equipment, and more than 30,000 sailors. After saying that, Yan Changzhi presented a scroll of paintings in his hand with both hands, and the eunuch who was already on duty came down, took the scroll, and put it on Wan Yan Yong's desk.

After returning to Zhongdu, the next day, Wan Yan Yong ordered Yan Changzhi to enter the palace, and Wan Yan Changzhi first submitted the list of meritorious personnel this time to Shangshu Province, and then entered the palace to see Yan Yong in person. However, this time the place where he was received was not on the Golden Palace, but in Wan Yanyong's imperial study, in addition to the eunuchs to be served, there were only two of them.

Wan Yanyong opened the picture scroll and looked at it slowly, each ship type was drawn in great detail, and there was also a text description explaining in detail the size and purpose of the warship.

Among them, the large warships are the latest large-scale building ships made by the Jin Kingdom, each ship is 18 to 20 zhang long, 6 to 7 zhang wide, the deck is three or four zhang high, and it is divided into five layers: three layers on the deck, two layers below, six masts and nine sails, and 12 waterwheels. The basic weapons are eight bed crossbows and four slingshots. Each ship was equipped with one hundred and fifty sailors and three hundred and fifty soldiers. The weight can be cut up to 15,000 stones. It can hold up to 1,000 people.

The size of this kind of warship is a step higher than the previous warships of the Jin Kingdom, although it is not as good as the large Shenzhou of the Song Dynasty, but it is basically the same as the small Shenzhou, and the shipbuilding skills of the northerners have always been inferior to the southerners, and it is not easy to build such a large ship.

The medium-sized warship is the main warship used by the Jin Army in the past, with a length of thirteen or four zhang, a width of three or four zhang, and a height of about two zhang. Generally, it is equipped with two bed crossbows and two slingshots. Each ship has more than 200 people, and can carry up to five or six hundred people.

There are many types of small warships, and their uses are also different, and the length is generally no more than ten zhang. In addition, there are the latest bed crossbows, slingshots, firearms and other weapons necessary for water warfare, the performance is greatly improved than before, and compared with the Song Dynasty, there may still be a certain gap, but there is not much difference.

After Yan Yong looked at the drawings, he was very satisfied, and said, "Changzhi, you did a good job this time." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi said: "In addition, the minister has mobilized the original naval forces of Bohai and Beijing Road, with a total of more than 280 warships, so that if we go south, we can dispatch more than 600 warships. ”