Chapter 296: The Kid Who Imagines as a Knight

After the order to send troops was issued, Zhao Xing commanded the unstoppable Shuai Fan to take 5,000 troops along the road transporting bronze bells in Shanchan Mansion. Under the light rain at the end of the rainy season, soldiers entered Shanchan Mansion without bloodshed...

Unfortunately, Shuai Fan will never find another chance to take action since then.

As soon as the Song Dynasty army arrived, Dali sent more than a dozen groups of troops to report their grievances to the Song Dynasty court on the one hand. On the other hand, local officials directly abandoned their official positions and fled back to the Dali royal capital. The extremely depressed Shuai Fan wrote to Zhao Xing to complain about his grievances. There were only a few simple words in the letter: "They don't fight back if they scold, and they don't fight back. As our army is marching, people are serving tea and water for us from time to time. How should I beat them?"

As soon as Zhao Xing received a letter from Shuai Fan, he immediately scolded: "Silly! The people of Dali are so honest, which shows that my psychological warfare has achieved results. People there are stupid and have a lot of money, and are very honest. They admire my Song culture. How can we not protect such people? Order him to advance to the capital of Dali and put the Dali king under our protection."

Before Zhao Xing's reply was reached by Shuai Fan, Zhang Tian had already woken up. This guy had no courage in fighting and had a first-class level of winning merit. He immediately gathered 30,000 troops from Guangxi to pounce into Dali. Unlike Shuai Fan, a civilized man, Zhang Tian did not hesitate at all, and immediately crossed Shanchan Mansion and rushed to the Dali King Capital. Shanchan Mansion was captured by Shuai Fan. Zhang Tian was stranded in Shanchan Mansion and had no contribution. Only by advancing to Dali King Capital would he be able to make contributions...

In early July, the Guangnan Navy, who was traversing along the Mekong River, suddenly appeared near the Dali Wangdu. The navy bombed the gate of the Wangdu city with heavy artillery. Zhang Tian immediately rushed into Dali, burning, killing and looting. It was not until Shuai Fan arrived that he stopped the Guangxi army from looting. At this point, the Dali Kingdom was destroyed. During the entire process of destroying the country, Dali only showed a profound foundation of the "old protesting country", constantly protesting, protesting, and protesting. Apart from this, there was no single finger to resist until the country was destroyed.

This military merit was given to Zhang Tian for the destruction of the country, so Zhao Xing did not come forward. Afterwards, Zhang Tian imitated Zhao Xing's actions in Zhan Po, and escorted the Dali royal family onto the navy warship in lightning, allowing the navy to send it from the water to the capital. At this time, the envoy from Dali was still protesting in the capital. Zhang Dun had just sent the envoy of Dali, and the new Privy Councilor Deng Wenbo came in with a smile, shaking the battle report in his hand and asked Zhang Dun: "Grandpa Zhang, guess what I have on hand?"

Zhang Dun asked with a smile: "How many have they snatched? Did they leave the beginning and end?"

Deng Wenbo asked in surprise: "Mr. Zhang knows what I am talking about?"

Zhang Dun chuckled: "It's just that Zhang Tian won Dali - I knew that Su Laopo had made a good bet and won a good apprentice. Haha, when I was in Suzhou, I knew Zhao Liren's methods. Zhang Tian is lucky. With Zhao Liren's planning and Guangdong and Guangxi as a backing, it's not easy to win a Dali?"

Deng Wenbo sighed and asked puzzledly: "Mr. Zhang, I'm surprised. In the past, we used to use the power of our country to deal with the small country of Jiaozhi, but only occupied the five provinces. Why did Zhao Li easily destroy a Dali country by using only half of the power of Guangdong and Guangxi?"

Zhang Dun smiled, pointing to the location of Xiangguo Temple Wharf outside the door and replied: "You don't know. It turns out that when I was in the countryside, I discovered the magic of Zhao Liren's "fast beast" freight stack. Zhao Liren is good at managing and sucking forces. That freight inn is the rope for him to convey messages and contact all forces.

Di Qing, Guo felt ashamed of the time when we attacked Yue. We were in the dark and did not argue about the east, west, south and north, so we needed as many people as possible to ensure supply along the line. But who is Zhao Liren? He started training Yi soldiers and sects three years ago. Those Yi soldiers and sects are familiar with the local climate and even the local language. The construction of the Dazhong Temple also pointed out the route of attacking the army of Guangdong and Guangxi.

As for the supply of the army - you forgot the goods warehouse along the way of Zhao Liren. I guess he must have stored some of the supplies in the goods warehouse along the way in advance. In this way, the army can move forward quickly. As long as you walk to the city of Dali King Capital, you will be considered a victory. Look, if you can't win such a simple battle, then I have to underestimate Zhao Liren."

Zhang Dun had served as Privy Councilor in the past, and he was also a veteran from the front line of Shaanxi. He knew about the war. After Zhang Dun's analysis, Deng Wenbo understood. He sucked in and said, "Zhang Xianggong, Zhao Liren began to train Yi soldiers and soldiers as soon as he went to Guangnan. Could it be that he had already made the idea of ​​Dali land at that time?"

Zhang Dun smiled: "It may not be that he was just thinking about Dali at that time, but remember that Zhao Liren went to Huanqing. As soon as he arrived in Huanqing, he transported hundreds of thousands of apple seeds and Sudan grass seeds. These apple seedlings were not purchased in a day or two. This shows that Zhao Liren likes to plan things in advance and keep a backup plan.

Haha, I have long seen something wrong with Zhao Liren. He spent money in Guangnan like a splash of water, and did not focus on the surrounding countries. How could he fill the hole... So this time I only asked Zhao Liren how much to pay to the court? As long as the amount paid is satisfied with the court, I don’t care how much money he leaves to fill the hole in his own money."

As he was speaking, Xu Jiang ran in and asked with an awkward look: "Suang Zhang, Lord Deng, what's going on? The envoy of Dali State was lying outside Xuande Tower and cried. Why did you mess with them?"

Before Zhang Dun answered, Xu Jiang saw Deng Wenbo's existence and said in surprise: "They're so fast in Guangdong and Guangxi, but they ended so quickly?! This is the battle to destroy the country, ahhh!"

Zhang Dun waved his hand and replied: "It's right, the battle to destroy the country! Last time Zhao Liren attacked and destroyed the Zhanpo Kingdom, that time was not considered a battle to destroy the country. Because we cannot occupy that country, the government wanted to hold a sacrifice for the Taimiao offering prisoners, and I stopped it. This time it's the 'Real Battle of the Destruction of the Kingdom', so you should prepare for the sacrifice immediately. You must also make your Majesty happy... Oh, I haven't offered prisoners of the Taimiao for many years in the Song Dynasty."

Xu Jiang leaned on his finger and said, "The last time the prisoner was offered to the Taimiao should be held when the prisoner was captured two Jiazi, when the Shu Kingdom was captured. Should we imitate that ceremony... But Dali is a foreign country. We will break through other counties and countries and then the prisoner of the Taimiao is unavailable."

What Xu Jiang said is: Shu was originally a traditional territory of the Central Plains dynasty. He captured Shu and unified the world. Naturally, he wanted to offer prisoners to Taimiao, but this time he was attacked by foreign countries, which was a typical expansion of territory. The methods seemed a bit immoral, not to mention that the envoy of Dali was still wailing outside Xuande Tower.

Zhang Dun stomped his feet: "Why is Dali not the original territory of my dynasty? I have planned to restore 'Xianglin County' to allow Xianglin County to reappear in the Song Dynasty in the Han and Tang dynasties, and you and me will all be recorded in history because of this. I am old, but I didn't expect to be able to carry out such beautiful things in the expansion of the border and founding the country!"

After Zhang Dun said this, everyone here was full of joy. Yes, it depends on what you say. To restore the former land of the Han and Tang dynasties thousands of years ago, no matter what means it is, it will be extremely glorious. All the ministers here will be recorded in history because of this grand ceremony.

Deng Wenbo raised the battle report at hand and asked: "So what should Zhao Xing do? Although it was Zhang Tian who captured Dali, the battle report did not mention the contribution of the Guangdong army, but everyone in the world knew that Zhao Xing was here. How should we reward that Zhao tiger?"

Zhang Dun asked replies without answering: "What do you say in the war report?"

Deng Wenbo replied: "In addition to Zhang Tian, ​​he is also Zhang Tian - Guangnan East Road is a place of taxation. Zhang Tian did not have this ability to allow taxation to grow steadily. After the demise of Dali, they should be naturalized in the Song Dynasty, but Zhang Tian did not have this ability."

Privy Councilor Zeng Bu replied: "Since that's the case, what are we waiting for? It's a joke to let Zhang Tian restrain Zhao Liren. Zhang's family was excellent in several of the sects. Zhang Dunli was still a little promising. Yu Ze was a mediocre man. His cousin Zhang Yong did not restrain Zhao Liren. Why could Zhang Tian, ​​a concubine of the side sect, restrain Zhao Laohu? I think Zhang Tian was very skilled in cooperating with Zhao Liren this time. I think Zhang Tian was not suitable for staying in Guangxi anymore. It would be better to transfer someone else to restrain him."

Zhang Dun was also readily answered immediately: "Since that's the case, he rewarded Zhang Tian for his military achievements and transferred Zhang Tian back to Beijing to the Privy Council. In addition, Zhao Li people's cooperation also rewarded him, respect his eldest son and ordered him to send his eldest son to the Imperial College in the capital to study and go to school."

Zhang Dun's suggestion actually implies that Zhao Xing would give birth to his son as a gift.

Originally, Zhang Dun did not need Zhao Xing to send his son as a gift. Because Zhao Xing's wife Cheng Azhu had been staying in Hangzhou, bringing a man and a woman to guard the door of Hangzhou. But on the eve of the Dali War, Cheng Azhu took the child to Guangzhou. Nominally, the child was grown up and needed his father to enlighten him personally. However, all of Zhao Xing's forces retreated back to Guangzhou. In addition to leaving some of the Cheng tribe forces in Huangzhou, Zhao Xing now seems to be fully seeking development in the south.

Over the years, Zhang Dun has been thinking about killing Su Shi. He tried his best to use various means, but Zhao Xing came to the Guangzhou army to stop him and resolve all his evil hands one by one. Zhang Dun finally sent Dong Bi to serve as an inspector. Unexpectedly, shortly after Dong Bi arrived in Guangnan, he also began to perfunctory, always using some unpainful reports to deal with the court. Zhang Dun felt that Zhao Xing was increasingly out of control, so he thought of holding Zhao Xing’s eldest son in his palm so that Zhao Xing could throw himself into the mouse and avoid being afraid of...

But Zhang Dun didn't know that at this time, Zhao Xing's two children were standing at the Guangzhou Transportation Office to accept Zhao Xing's hearing. In addition to Zhao Xing, there were four senior brothers, and a local man who should not have appeared in Guangzhou - Su Shi.

Su Shi stroked his beard, closed his eyes and thoughtful, and after a long time of opening his eyes, he said, "Since that's the case, the big one is worse than Zhao Feng, whose courtesy name is Zishu, and the small one is Zhao Hai, whose courtesy name is Zilian. The second son is Zhao Yun (born by Chen Yiyi), and whose courtesy name is Yuantu - didn't he stay in Jinlan, it was called 'Yuantu'."

Zhao Yun, the birthplace of Chen Yiyi, is still in Jinlan, and Chen Yiyi is accompanied by Chen Yiyi to comfort the local people.

Zhao Xing agreed with a smile, while reminding the two children: "From today, you have officially started the championship. The ancients gave you 20 years old. I will give you a championship early. I would like to thank the master for giving you the name."

The ancients rule was that children were given nicknames before going to school. When the child officially entered school, the elders in the family would give him a formal name. Zhao Xing's eldest son was 6 years old this year, which happened to be the age of school. As for the youngest son, who was only 4 years old, was still a naughty boy. Zhao Xing included him this time and asked him to go to school with his brother, mainly because the current teaching staff in his mansion is abnormal and strong.

Can you not be strong? Who is Su Dongpo, a generation of literary masters. All the four disciples under him are extraordinary. It is not easy for these five people to get together. If these five people teach their children together, Zhao Xing, the only one who can do it in the Manchu Song Dynasty. The children taught in this way must be smarter and smarter than Li Qingzhao's girl.

Among the three children, Zhao Feng asked his mother Cheng Azhu to teach her as a teenager. He kowtowed to Su Shi honestly and became a disciple, and then kowtowed one by one from Huang Tingjian. Zhao Xing looked at the restrained child and sighed in his heart - my child has become a completely Song people. He is now reserved, and he is afraid that he is not as smart as me. Did I change this era? Or did this era change me?

The youngest son Zhao Hai walked up and kowtowed to the five teachers strangely. When Zhao Xing saw the youngest son's back, he couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, there is Xiaohai. The child born by Yi Yi inherited our intelligence. I hope he can live his own wonderful life in this world."

After performing the apprenticeship ceremony, Zhao Xing pointed to his youngest son Zhao Hai and begged Su Shi: "Teacher, please accompany Xiaohai to Jinlan this time, Yi Yi is there. The teacher will also go and relax. I will pick you up again in May next year."

Su Shi frowned and asked, "Leave people, I left Hainan, it has broken the rules of the court, and I'm going outside the territory. I'm afraid... it's hard to explain to the court."

Zhao Xing shook his head. Before he answered, Qin Guan had already interrupted: "Teacher, who knows that you have left Hainan? Now Dong Bi and Wang Ying are like two domestic dogs. If they don't say it, who will know that you have left Hainan?... Chameng is so good, the scenery is unique, I have wanted to go and see it. I took a boat to visit Chameng, and I am not tired. Why not go with the teacher?"

Su Shi pondered for a moment and replied: "Okay. I happened to accompany Chaoyun to see the exotic scenery, but, the one who left..."

Su Shi wanted to speak but stopped.

What he wanted to say was that Zhao Xing wanted to do in Hainan without hiding such a large foundation? Sometimes, just think about it, it makes people feel creepy.

Hainan is a place of poverty that has always been poor. Before going to Hainan, Su Shi imagined Hainan was very poor - a place where even food was supplied to the mainland, which could support many soldiers and officials. But after arriving in Hainan, Su Shi discovered that Zhao Xing had secretly opened 100,000 acres of land in Hainan. These fields were Zhao Xing's sugar industry base, which specialized in making frosting and selling Arabic.

In order to sell these sugars, Zhao Xing also opened a pier in the nearby harbor. The pier was hidden very hidden. It was a completely self-sufficient and closed environment. If Dong Bi had not driven Su Shi out of the Changhua Army, and later Su Shi was taken to the shipyard by Zhao Xing to settle in, Su Dongpo would not even know that there was such a Paleo Harbor hidden in the closest place.

After Su Shi was driven out of the Changhua Army, the disciples of Cheng clan left behind at the port connected him to the shipyard. Su Shi was a careful person and immediately discovered that the shipyard might be the largest shipyard in Asia. It hired 20,000 workers, including famous Arab shipbuilders, Vietnam, Quanzhou shipbuilders in the Song Dynasty, and thousands of Kunlun slaves. The iron keel bone ship they made was the most common main ship type in Zhao Xing's fleet.

Su Shi had always wondered where the strange ships of Zhao Xing's fleet came from. When he arrived at the dock area in Hainan, he realized that this harbor was the foundation of Zhao Xing. This may be Zhao Xing's biggest secret.

Recalling the experience of Zhao Xing when he first went out to sea, Su Shi had vaguely understood the development context of Zhao Xing: he relied on this port to recruit sailors and shipbuilders from the Song Dynasty and surrounding countries to develop his own huge fleet. After ten years of operation, he had already made this port operate as tight as an iron barrel. The nearby people were attracted by carrots and sticks in the dock area, consciously blocking external news. As a result, this huge shipyard seemed unknown in the Song Dynasty.

However, the next question is that Zhao Xing has such a big foundation, but he doesn’t want people to know why he wants to rebel?

Su Shi did not think that Zhao Xing wanted to rebel, because from a traditional perspective, no matter how powerful the navy was, the struggle on land would eventually take place between a city and a pool. Without a strong army, it would be impossible to achieve the plan to usurp the country. Zhao Xing did not seem to have trained the army in Hainan. According to local news, Zhao Xing worked hard in Guangzhou, but only trained thousands of soldiers. It was impossible to defeat the millions of imperial guards of the Song Dynasty with these thousands of soldiers.

After patiently, Su Shi carefully observed the operation of the port. He found that the operating mechanism of this port was very strange. He had never heard of Zhao Xing who had visited the island to inspect the base, but the base was operating very well.

After several investigations, Su Shi found that the management of this dock area was a management agency called the "company". The sources of officials in the company were very diverse. Some of them came from the Song Dynasty, which seemed to be authentic Song Dynasty maritime merchants, while the other part was composed of some brides, including white people, big food merchants, and some Goryeo, Japanese, and Jiaozhi people...

Such a complex management organization with a management organization that actually operates well, which made Su Shi wonder.

Su Shi still wanted to learn more, but time could no longer allow him to explore too deeply. Since conquering the Dali capital, Zhao Xing's reputation rose to its peak in Guangdong and Guangxi. At this time, Zhao Xing seemed to have no scruples. He directly sent a ship to bring Su Shi's family to Guangzhou, nominally intending to entrust his children to Su Shi for enlightenment, but in fact he wanted to provide Su Shi with a better living environment.

Su Shi was a person who respected the laws of the court. After entering Zhao Xing's palace, he always wanted to communicate with Zhao Xing, but he had no time and had countless questions in his heart. This made Su Shi feel heavy in his heart. He seemed less talkative than usual.

At this time, Zhao Xing was communicating with his child. He first asked Zhao Feng: "Do you know why Master named you Zhao Feng?"

Zhao Feng bowed and replied resolutely: "My master wants me to 'ride the wind and go straight to nine thousand miles', and always have the ambition of Kunpeng in my heart and be able to become a pillar of the country, so my name is Zishu."

Zhao Xing asked with a kind smile: "Can you do it?"

Zhao Fenggong bowed and replied: "Legitimate father, the child does not expect to achieve the talents his father has. He only wants to stick to this family business and take good care of his brothers and sisters. I think this is enough."

Zhao Xing smacked his lips: "Although it's not satisfactory, it's also a 'housekeeper dog', okay! Xiaohai, what do you want to do?"

The youngest son Xiaohai blinked his bright eyes and replied: "I hope to travel thousands of miles with my sword and enjoy the scenery of the world. It is enough to leave a few masterpieces like my master. I don't want much to ask for!"
Chapter completed!