Chapter 351 It's Difficult for Him
When Duan Xiaolin's second wife heard that Zhao Sihan was going to send her eldest son to Cuiping Mountain, she immediately said that her child wanted to go too.
Duan Xiaolin felt very helpless. Their school did not have a systematic reform of subject division like the New Song Dynasty, and did not have a school system from primary school to university. He had no choice but to agree.
Zhao Sihan was delighted and wanted to send the child back personally, and also purchase some profitable goods .
When Zhao Yulin arrived in Guiyang, Shunzhidi had already finished her confinement.
He held the child with a guilty conscience and walked around the yard with Zhidi. He said that she did not go home for the New Year, and it turned out that she had secretly given birth here.
Zhidi leaned on his shoulder happily and said that this place was just like Chengdu, with a lot of things to do, how could she hold Ge'er back. The little woman took him to a small hill in the north of the city and looked down to the south, where the new city of Guiyang was in full view. The two straight streets running east, west, south and north were clearly visible, and the streets and alleys divided the city into squares.
Zhao Yulin took Zhidi into his arms and felt that life was not easy for women.
When they got back, the maid took the child away, and Zhidi fell into Zhao Yulin's arms and sobbed.
He hugged the woman tightly and warmed her up.
At ease, he told Zhidi to go back, let's go back to Chengdu, there are so many vacancies in the court, and Zhidi has been training down there for so long, she won't be able to do the job well.
At first, Zhidi insisted on staying in Guizhou, but after Zhao Yulin's repeated verbal attacks, the woman gave in and agreed to obey her husband's arrangements.
The next day, Zhao Yulin was going to Leizhou. Zhidi accompanied him on foot out of the city. As they walked, she introduced the situation to him. The supply of tap water had been expanded. A tap water , and there were special people to manage and maintain the bamboo pipes.
They calculated the annual maintenance costs, adjusted the fees appropriately, and continued to expand the use of tap water. The people were happy and knew the brother's contribution.
He was very pleased to see the new city expanding. A city had been built from scratch here, truly demonstrating the power of the working people.
When leaving the city, he did not want to cause Zhidi the pain of separation, so he jumped on his horse and rode away.
Five days later, I finally met Zhou Ping at the beach.
This girl knew that Zhao Yulin was coming south, and she was eager to drive the big ship ashore to welcome her third young master.
Zhao Yulin sat in the naval port, feeling the gentle southeast sea breeze blowing on his face. He looked around and saw that it was indeed a very good natural harbor. He was in a good mood and told Zhou Ping that this was where two rivers converged, and from now on it would be called Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang Naval Port.
At present, the military port and the civil movement are still mixed together. In the future, when the navy expands and there are more ships, the part of the civil movement will be separated. The military port is the military port, and he wants to build the new Song's South China Sea fleet here.
This was the first time that the Third Young Master personally named a naval port, so Zhou Ping was naturally very happy.
There are thousands of ships in the harbor. The smaller ships have a capacity of more than 1,000 dan, and there are probably thirty or forty large ships with a capacity of 10,000 dan.
However, Zhao Yulin still felt that it was too small. If Jiangdong could build a big ship we could definitely build one. Not only that, we had to build a bigger ship than Jiangdong. He told Zhou Ping that if the bow of the Wanshi ship was made of fine iron, we could just drive up and sink the enemy ship.
Zhou Ping was excited and told him that Guigu's master had not left since he came. He had already gathered dozens of craftsmen to repair the big ship and was thinking about building a new ship.
He asked Zhou Ping to bring the mortars aboard first, and then find two large ships to install the red-coated cannons. As long as these two weapons were on board, all enemies could be wiped out.
Zhou Ping was very happy, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, and happily asked someone to bring him a box. He excitedly motioned for him to open it.
Zhao Yulin looked at Zhou Ping in confusion, turned around and opened the box, and was surprised to find several yellowish-brown tobacco leaves lying inside.
Wow, tobacco leaves, damn, I actually found it.
Seeing that he was happy, Zhou Ping smiled and said that Shunfengsi had sent a secret order, saying that it was the young master's favorite thing. He immediately sent people to look for it, and sure enough, they found it on a merchant ship of the Mayi Kingdom.
Damn, what? A few rolls of tobacco became his favorite thing?
Zhao Yulin took out a piece of tobacco leaf, pinched it into several pieces, wrapped it like a cannon barrel, and lit it. After taking two puffs, he couldn't help coughing.
Zhou Ping said with some confusion that the Kunlun merchants who did maritime trade were the same, they sucked like ghosts, what was good about that?
Hehe, Kunlun merchants, Zhou Ping is really good at making up words. In fact, the Kunlun slaves they are used to calling originally came from the Mediterranean area of Europe, but now all those with dark skin are called Kunlun people, regardless of whether they are tanned or naturally tanned.
Zhao Yulin took a puff and said that he had never tasted it, so he naturally didn't know the secret. But this tobacco leaf should not be simply wrapped and eaten like this. It should be well refined, and it should be planted in Leizhou and refined with our own harvested tobacco leaves, so that it will be delicious to eat.
After saying that, Zhao Yulin took a deep breath, closed his eyes and savored it carefully.
Zhou Ping reported to him that there were still ships coming from Jiangdong, and he had sent out two fleets, one to Mayi and the other to Champa to look for new things.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied and enjoyed pumping the cannon in his hand.
Zhou Ping said a little embarrassedly that the South China Sea fleet had become a gold-devouring monster, with just a few dozen ships exceeding the cost of a large inland river.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that it was already very good. Leizhou opened up sea trade, and the sea goods we needed were directly landed here, passing through Guizhou and Lingqu to enter the territory of our new Song Dynasty. It was a great achievement that we were not afraid of being strangled by Jiangdong. There was also a lot of tax revenue.
He asked Zhou Ping to recruit and eliminate all pirates in the Beibu Gulf. We have to station garrisons against pirates on the route and patrol all places with fresh water and habitable areas. The South China Sea fleet will also go south to protect our merchant ships. If the business grows, our taxes will come.
Zhou Ping gradually understood what he said and carefully helped him wrap the tobacco leaves.
But Zhao Yulin didn't want it. This kind of tobacco leaves that were dried without any processing were very strong. He couldn't stand it if he continued to smoke it. He might get dizzy all of a sudden.
Zhou Ping told him that the seeds had been planted and that they would have native tobacco leaves in the second half of the year.
He said that there is still a process from planting to making tobacco. It is not easy to make high-quality tobacco, and you need to find a master to do it slowly.
Speaking of looking for a master, Zhou Ping told him that there was a young man in a fishing village in Zhanjiang who was looking for a master. It was said that this man was from Champa and was the prince of Champa.
Champa is the Kingdom of Champa, which is located to the south of Vietnam. At that time, Vietnam was not yet the country that would unify the entire South China Sea in later generations, and Champa had not completely unified the southern region either.
To its southwest there was a powerful kingdom of Zhenla. Vietnam and Champa had been fighting for a long time for the position of regional leader. In particular, Zhenla continued to ravage Champa, which led to a decrease in its population and weakened its national strength.
So, the prince of Champa came to Leizhou by boat to avoid disaster.
Zhao Yulin stayed in Zhanjiang for five days. He met and talked with the newly recruited naval officers and generals. After some encouragement, he headed back. As soon as he entered Guiyang City, he was picked up by Liu San.
Someone in the downwind area reported: The envoy of Yue State, Li Shu, has arrived and requested to see the Third Young Master. Liu San proudly said that Guiyang looked remote, but several countries such as Mayi, Da Yue and Goryeo had built their annexations here.
Zhao Yulin ignored him and only said when they were almost at the government office that he had just returned and wanted to rest for a while before talking.
As soon as they entered the house, Zhidi asked him to hug their son. She said that she had gone out in a hurry last time and had not given the baby a name, so she asked him to give her son a name.
Zhao Yulin happily picked up the baby and walked around in the yard, asking her if she had decided on a name for the baby.
Zhidi said no, she was just waiting for her brother to speak.
He said that our son’s name is Guangzhi, Zhao Guangzhi, and our children’s names both have one of our characters in them.
Shunzhidi was delighted and took the child from his hands and started shouting happily.
Taking advantage of Zhidi's happiness, he suggested sending Guangshun to Cuiping Mountain for elementary education. Although the child is young, education cannot be neglected.
Shunzhidi agreed reluctantly, handed the child to the maid, and took him to eat.
He saw fresh lychees on the table and said with a smile that he had tasted all the fresh fruits this time. He took one, peeled it and put it into Zhidi's mouth. The woman said happily that Guiyang lacked everything except fresh fruits.
Just after dinner, Chu Yuxuan came in to report: Li Shu, the envoy from the State of Yue, wanted to see him.
He said he had already informed me and called it tomorrow.
Zhidi said that since the person is here, they should meet each other. This person has been in Guiyang for several days, just waiting to meet her brother.
Zhao Yulin felt that if they had something to do, they should go to Chengdu to find Mr. Li. If they had to talk to him here first, someone in the court would definitely be dissatisfied and would bring this up.
He asked her to come in, and followed Zhidi to the reception room.
Later, Li Shu walked in quickly, followed by several servants who carried in a large box of rare items.
Zhao Yulin picked out a beautiful conch shell and told him to accept it according to the old rules. He was asked to seal the other items in boxes and send them to the Ministry of Rites.
He turned back and sat down, handed the conch to Zhidi, and asked Li Shu if there was anything else he needed help with.
Li Shu stammered that Dali had sent out its best troops, and Yue could not resist and was defeated. The army suffered heavy losses in weapons and supplies, and hoped to get support from the upper country.
Zhao Yulin glanced at him without saying anything, then lowered his head to drink tea.
Li Shu hesitated for a moment and said that their little emperor had realized his mistake and should not have invaded Dali, but now Dali had counterattacked and entered their border for a hundred miles and was still occupying it.
The Dali Kingdom had no moral principles and joined forces with Pagan to fight. The two countries had large numbers of people and a large number of new weapons. It was very difficult for the Yue Kingdom to resist and they had to ask for support from the upper country no matter what.
Zhao Yulin laughed, thinking to himself, how dare this guy talk about Dali Kingdom? How about Wude of Yue Kingdom?
He said that whether it was Yue or Dali, they were all part of our Chinese family. It was very uncomfortable for them to be asked to supply weapons when they were fighting each other.
It was magnanimous of the New Song Kingdom not to blame the Yue Kingdom for breaking its promise and attacking Dali. It was also very good to just stand by and watch impartially.
If he had to sell weapons to Yue State again, it would be very difficult for him.
