"Oh?!" Emperor Zhao Xu looked at Wen Yanbo and Guo Kui standing behind him in surprise. The two of them jointly requested to meet the emperor early this morning, saying that there was an important matter to report, and when they saw him, they asked to clear all the eunuchs around him. However, the memorials submitted by the two were written by their brother-in-law. Before they could open it and take a closer look, Zhang Yanbo and Guo Kui praised the prince-consort one by one. This was the first time among the two. He couldn't help but feel very curious and couldn't wait to open the memorial and carefully review the contents.

When Zhao Xu read the memorial, he couldn't help but exclaim. This was indeed a refreshing new strategic idea. In the past, all the military generals of the Song Dynasty put the route of attacking the opponent on land, but never thought of cross-sea landing to attack the Liao Kingdom. If Wang Jinghui's combat plan could be realized, it would be easy to recover Yan Yun's old place, but it would also make the grasp of success much more. At least the price paid will be greatly reduced. Once the cross-sea landing battle fails, if the situation is not good, immediately board the ship from the landing site and return to Jingdong East Road from the sea, there will be no worries about defeat, and the situation on land will not fall into decay and uncontrollable. The Song army's attack power is not great, so it can retreat to its original place to defend the city, and the Khitans cannot take advantage of it.

"The Prince Tong, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi came to the palace to discuss matters!" Emperor Zhao Xu closed the memorial and said with a smile on his face.

There is the best sand table in the Song Dynasty in the side hall of Funing Hall, which is undoubtedly the best place to hold a military conference. At this time, Zhao Xu, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Wen Yanbo, Guo Kui and Wang Jinghui were surrounded by the Song and Liao sand tables. Wang Jinghui held a baton in his hand and gave a detailed explanation of his idea of ​​cross-sea landing operations, and also answered the questions raised by everyone from time to time.

"Since the fourth year of Autonomous Zhiping, our Song Dynasty used Dangxiang prisoners to carry out large-scale road construction operations on Jingdong East Road. In addition to improving the previous roads, the Jingdong East Road local roads were not counted, but also built two main roads, one was from Dengzhou to Qingzhou, Qizhou, Daming Prefecture to Kaifeng, Biandu. The other was from Dengzhou to Mizhou, Haizhou to Chuzhou, and the roads from Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture to Xuzhou to Chuzhou later were later repaired. In this way, the entire Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road were connected with Jingji Road. Any material could be quickly transported by land in the above areas... Wang Jinghui pointed at the sand tables on Jingji Road and Jingdong East Road.

Guo Kui, who listened carefully, couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart - did the prince-consort have already begun to conceive this plan three or four years ago? Otherwise, why did he build so many roads on Jingdong East Road?! However, this time Guo Kui obviously looked up to Wang Jinghui. When Wang Jinghui built these roads, he completely replaced the river transportation to strengthen the transportation of Biandu to transport southern grain and goods to the north more promptly and quickly. He sent the national fortune of the Song Dynasty on a Bian River canal. It was too dangerous, but the sea route was a taekwon. At that time, Wang Jinghui had not thought about mobilizing the collection army from this to take advantage of the Grand View Model Force to mobilize the collection army. At that time, Wang Jinghui had not yet thought about using this to mobilize the troops to collect troops.

The team is fighting across the sea!

"The convenient transportation can prevent the troops from training all on Jingdong East Road, and some of the troops can be placed in Haizhou for targeted training. However, it must not be placed in Chuzhou. There are too many merchants and there are many people and eyes. There will definitely be people paying attention to the training of the Song Dynasty's army at sea. If it is transmitted to the Liao Kingdom, it will inevitably make the Khitans be prepared!" Wang Banghui said.

"As the Duwei said, it is a big problem to transport 100,000 people to cross-sea landing operations at a time, ships alone are a big problem. Large lucky ships may require more than 300, and so many ships need to be prepared for several years. This is secondly, the key is that after these ships are built, they will be used to carry out a single battle. It would be a waste to choose a sample place! Besides, there are so many ships. How big does Dengzhou port need to be to meet the needs? Sima Guang said with a frown.

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui replied: "What the Xianggong said is, but in the idea of ​​Xiaguan, the Song Dynasty did not need to build so many ships specifically. It only needs to transfer the southern ships to the north under various excuses before the war occurs. Then temporarily requisition it, which will greatly reduce the combat costs of the court. In addition, the issue of local ports mentioned by the Xianggong is also very important. The location of the Dengzhou port is close to the Hebei routes in the north. There will be disasters in Hebei routes every year. It is not a short time for food shortage. It is extremely meaningful to build a Dengzhou port to transport grain to alleviate the large amount of food shortage in the north. Moreover, the departure port is not a Dengzhou port. It is also possible to depart from Haizhou and Mizhou ports, but the time needs to be longer. Fortunately, it is only convenient to travel along the coastline, and it is very safe to replenish supplies on land.

"In short, in order to ensure the suddenness of the combat plan, it is very necessary to carry out concealment. But the best concealment is to expose the enemy's noses, and these ports and ships are based on normal trade development. Even if someone has any doubts, they will not think too much. Moreover, with the development of the maritime business of the Song Dynasty, it is necessary to build these ports and ships. You can use the following methods, which can greatly reduce the land costs spent by the court!" Wang Jinghui further dispelled Sima Guang's concerns about finances.

In fact, Wang Jinghui has always been very worried about the sea transportation industry in the Song Dynasty. In this era, no one knows better what the sea means to the Song Dynasty than him. On the world map, East Asia, where the Chinese nation is located, was undoubtedly the unquestionable overlord of the region in ancient times when transportation was not developed. Even if he lost his seat for a short time, he would have a liberation in the future. However, the outside world is very vast. Only by accepting various new challenges can he not leave the mainstream of this world, and even if it is possible to guide the mainstream forever. Wang Jinghui sometimes wonders whether he should set up a high bonus to encourage the aspiring people of the Song Dynasty to sail far away, go to see the outside world, explore the new continent, open up new routes, and even more so that he can complete the real global voyage!

"This is also a good choice. You can consider giving it a try after you go back. People die for money and birds die for food. Maybe such a high bonus will definitely make some people excited. In modern history, the West was driven by gold to view the New World, thus completing the feat of voyage around the world. What do you say about Columbus, Da Gama and others have been very determined to have ambitions, etc. It is just a word for beautifying these people in books. Without huge benefits, the genius believed that they would accomplish such a feat." Wang Jinghui thought to himself.

Maybe this is how people are. As they get older, they become more and more realistic. Of course, he cannot deny that some great people do have great ideals in their hearts that drive them to accomplish things that ordinary people cannot reach, but in the end, the interests account for a greater share. Wang Jinghui has passed the age of dreaming and has been talking about it in Biandu, the top "family and fortune" today, so many years.

When he saw the scene, he saw various bizarre examples. He himself was immersed in this world of fame and fortune, but what he was different from others was that he got what he needed. What he was pursuing was not something that this world of fame and fortune could satisfy him. After seeing the great people described in later books and having close contact with them, Wang Jinghui was able to see that they also had the emotions and virtues that ordinary people had. They also had things that are difficult to talk about, and even things on the dark side.

"Then how much money the imperial court will spend on this?!" Sima Guang was not fooled by Wang Banghui. In the past, the imperial court's memorial analysis always had a rough estimate of some specific issues, but this time it rarely mentioned how much money the imperial court would spend on this, which made people worry.

Among the senior ruling leaders of the Song Dynasty, if Guo Kui is barely included, except for Emperor Zhao Xu, Wang Jinghui and Guo Kui are one. In total, only two are determined to fight or can be said to have the strongest willingness to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Sima Guang is an absolute anti-war faction and advocates strengthening internal development to achieve the idea of ​​regaining Yanyun's old place. This idea seems to be ridiculous in Wang Jinghui's opinion. It is estimated that even Sima Guang himself will find it difficult to convince himself. Other remaining people, such as Zeng Gongliang and others, were afraid that the war would damage the Hebei routes too much and damage their foundation, so they were also anti-war. Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo had some similar attitudes towards war - if you are sure to win, you will fight, otherwise you will consolidate and develop and wait for the best fighter opportunity.

Wang Jinghui has been dealing with these people for several years and has already grasped the ideas of each person's division of the camp and his own. If Sima Guang did not object, he would feel a little uncomfortable.

"Xingguo Bank can mobilize three million guan to build ports and docks in Dengzhou, Mizhou and Haizhou. Of course, the labor force for building ports and docks is naturally completed by slave camps. There is still some gap. Weichen can take out four million guan from private property. In addition to filling the funding gap in between, the remaining funds are specifically used to build large ships for navigation land! As for the part spent by the court, it is not much, and it can even be said that it does not cost money. Of course, the training of combat field barracks and other facilities still has to be paid by the court, which is already very small!" Wang Jinghui said.

Wang Jinghui does not always act as a boy with money. Although the money he invested sometimes does not expect to get any returns, unexpectedly, these investments can sometimes bring him a lot of gains, especially the investment in fixed assets. These gains are very meager compared to the investment, but it is also very amazing under the long flow of water. The merchants of the Song Dynasty may also discover business opportunities, but how many people can have the wealth of Wang Jinghui? How many people can do these things with such courage?!

At a rough point, Xingguo Bank is basically Wang Jinghui's private property. He paid for the construction of the entire port, dock and other facilities. However, the investment in these fixed assets is not just for a single battle. With the development of maritime trade, the location of Dengzhou and other places is far better than that of Chuzhou. Wang Jinghui does not expect that the development speed of Dengzhou and other places in the future can reach the level of Chuzhou. Even if it is half, he will be enough to sell some of the assets to recover all the investment.

At least Wang Jinghui once had a private calculation with Manager Li, Liu Chanfang and others, and such investments were more for political benefits, especially since Li came from an official career, which was more beneficial to his future development - this was also the only thing that Wang Jinghui could persuade them to make "crazy investment" with him. However, the profitability of this investment also made Xu feel very satisfied. Especially with his very abundant liquidity, he could even do this crazy game to the point where everyone wanted to do one thing, but not everyone could afford it.

Although Sima Guang frowned a little after hearing this, he nodded with satisfaction. This is not the first time the prince consort has done this. In his opinion, this behavior of paying his own pockets to share the country's worries is really appreciated, but the court did not treat the prince consort badly. Although the benefits given are far from being compared with those of the prince consort, it is also very good.

Emperor Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Your dear, you really have the intention, and you will not let your dear wishes be in vain!

Wang Jinghui just smiled and bowed. He had several in-depth conversations with Emperor Zhao Xu about this, among which he wanted to use this to promote his business theory. After Wang Jinghui's indoctrination, Emperor Zhao Xu also had a new understanding of the role of merchants in the country. The role of merchants should not be underestimated. At present, the opportunity for the increasing financial improvement of the Song Dynasty should be guided. The best way to do this is to use Wang Jinghui as a list of merchants to set a model for the Song Dynasty merchants first, so as to provide a practical and feasible path for later people to imitate.

"Most of the soldiers who are responsible for cross-sea landing operations are only required to take a two-day sea ship to adapt to various situations in the sea and ensure that they still have combat capabilities after landing. However, in case, they still have to train a group of more special soldiers. Once the forces we cultivated in the Liao Kingdom cannot complete the task of occupying the sea port on schedule, these soldiers can be responsible for completing this task." Wang Jinghui continued to raise the topic to discuss the feasibility of its combat plan: "I have also thought about it. The Song Dynasty's naval army is not yet a strict naval army. Although there have been naval army since the founding of this dynasty, it has not been taken seriously and has always been in an unnecessary state.

In order to meet the needs of future operations, the Song Dynasty must have a powerful navy that can fight specifically from the sea!”

Wang Anshi said: "Didn't the Royal Marine Transport of the Song Dynasty have a naval army? They have always been very effective in protecting the fleet for overseas trade. They have basically cleared all the pirates around them. Is it necessary to build such an army specifically?!

Wang Anshi advocates that "the fiscal policy of open source is basically a relatively large scale for fiscal relaxation. Although it is much more relaxed than Sima Guang, it does not mean that he can get money from him at will for other careers.

"In the past few years, the escort fleet of the Royal Marine Fleet of the Song Dynasty has also developed rapidly with the expansion of overseas trade scale, but from the bottom it seems that this is far from meeting the needs of the Song Dynasty at sea. Judging from the rising trend of overseas trade year by year, it can be imagined that the demand for the escort of the Song Dynasty's merchant ships for naval forces will still be very high in the future. Although the strength of the Song Dynasty's naval forces has eliminated most of the surrounding pirates, what if it is placed further? Moreover, if the Song Dynasty wants to develop Nanqing, it must rely on the protection of the navy's local force. According to the information feedback from the Nanxiang countries such as Jiaozhi, Chameng, and Zhenla, these countries did not sincerely surrender to me.

The Song Dynasty, and even Jiaozhi, still in the south, still have border disputes with us, and even their capital dares to be called "Tianlong#039". This really exposes their ill-behavior! As long as the waters of the Song Dynasty are strong enough, they can directly shock Jiaozhi and other small countries that are unwilling to act rashly. Just imagine that the shocks that have been maintained against Jiaozhi in the past have always been on the land, but there are many miasma in the south and there have not been any war. I am afraid that one or two soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness or even die in vain because of the unacceptable environment. If the waters are used, they can land at any point, or even directly threaten their capital. With such a sword hanging in my heart, Jiaozhi probably dare not act rashly! Wang Jinghui said coldly.

Wen Yanbo said: "I also think it is very necessary to expand the naval army! There are many barbarians in the islands in Nanqing, but there are minerals that the Song Dynasty needs very much, so the navy must be protected to pacify the barbarians in Nanxiang!"
Chapter completed!