Chapter 730: Sailor and Tashi

Hearing Shang Ji ask this question, Ling Cao's eyes lit up immediately, and he became energetic immediately.

Before the Battle of Goguryeo, the navy had always existed like soy sauce, helping to transport troops, but the actual effect was far from the high military expenditure. Ling Cao has also been unable to hold his head up among the main force generals.

Afterwards, the time finally turned. In the battle with Pu Yin, the navy not only played a pivotal role, but also brought back a huge spoil of hundreds of millions of gold after the war. This battle also made the sailors proud and proud, and let Ling Cao, the admiral of the navy, show off his presence.

However, the good times didn't last long. In the subsequent Xianbei War, the navy didn't even have to fight soy sauce!

Ling Cao once worried that Shang Ji would reduce the navy's expenditure. After all, from a strategic point of view, maintaining a large-scale naval force is not particularly meaningful to Pingzhou. In terms of Pingzhou's geographical location, pawns are the real mainstay!

Fortunately, Shang Ji had a long-term vision, and did not reduce the navy's expenses as Ling Cao worried.

"My lord, under the wise leadership of my lord, our Pingzhou Navy has grown stronger and stronger. It has become the strongest surface combat force in the northern region."

Shang Ji laughed immediately when he heard the words, and this Ling Cao also started to be dishonest, and even learned to pick out words!

Since ancient times, China has said that ships in the south and horses in the north. Due to many factors such as the environment, climate, and terrain, the south has always been far stronger than the north in terms of shipbuilding and navy development.

The navy in the northern region generally maintains only one existence, and the actual combat power is quite reluctant. Although the Pingzhou navy is strong, it can only be said to dominate the northern region.

Although Sun Jian in the south is still in Changsha, and the basic situation of the six eastern counties of the Eastern Wu River has not yet been obtained in history, it does not mean that the south does not have a strong naval force.

Just like before Shang Ji ruled Liaodong, there were millions of troops in a single county of Liaodong!

Although there are many problems in these armies, such as starvation of salaries, lack of generals, and lack of training of soldiers, this does not deny that there are a large number of troops in the area.

Correspondingly, there are also a very considerable number of naval forces in the southern region. These naval forces originally belonged to the big Han and were under the jurisdiction of the captain of the Lou Chuan. It’s just that when Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, he basically completely ignored the Louchuan troops. These Louchuan troops stationed in the southern region colluded with the local princes successively for survival or power, and became local separatist forces.

Take Pingzhou's most proud building boat as an example. There are hundreds of building boats in the whole Han Dynasty, and Pingzhou only accounts for a small part of them!

Of course, the remaining hundreds of building ships are distributed among more than a dozen forces in the north, large and small. The Pingzhou Navy is not bad compared to any one alone, but it is difficult to dominate.

"My lord, as of now, our Pingzhou navy has a total of 460,000 people, ten ordinary high-rise ships, three bow-shaped high-rise ships, and a total of six hundred and seventy warships, warships, and warships of all levels. , and there are more than 80 large junk ships directly under the jurisdiction of the Pingzhou Navy.

In addition, in case of emergency, we can also requisition more than 1,000 private ships of all levels. Of course, the main ones are fishing boats and cargo ships converted from small junk ships,

Carrying capacity cannot be compared with large junk ships. "

"Okay, very good, Degao has to do something wrong!"

Shang Ji nodded in satisfaction. Compared with the Goguryeo War period, the current Pingzhou Navy has made great progress. At present, the strength is still slightly insufficient. When the navy is more advanced, it can completely rely on the navy to carry out strategic deterrence against Jizhou and Qingzhou. Once the time is right, you can follow the example of Gongsundu in history, send troops across the sea to occupy the eastern part of Qingzhou, and form a strategic siege of Jizhou.

If it doesn't work, you can go directly to Bohai County across the sea and kick Yuan Shao's lair. Shang Ji paid 12 points of attention to this historical overlord of Hebei, and did not dare to be sloppy at all.

In history, it didn't take long for Yuan Shao to develop from a county in the Bohai Sea to the overlord of Hebei who dominated the four prefectures of Qing, Hebei, You, and Bing. Yuan Shao's early performance can be described as super god.

Of course, the later Yuan Shao super ghost all the way will not be discussed.

After listening to Ling Cao's report on the general situation of the Pingzhou Navy, Shang Ji was in a good mood. Seeing this, Ling Cao took advantage of the situation and proposed to hold a naval drill and ask the lord to review it.

Shang Ji was also very interested in this proposal, and agreed immediately.

The Pingzhou navy is well-trained, and the naval drills are held every three days, but this time Shang Ji attended in person, which made the drills a bit special.

After a little preparation, the navy was divided into two parts according to Shang Ji's order, one part was commanded by Ling Cao, and the other part was commanded by Gan Ning. The two armies conducted exercises at sea.

The scale of the performance this time is quite large, and the Pingzhou navy almost came out in full force. The two commanded the warships to come and go on the sea, which dazzled Shang Ji.

It must be admitted that Shang Ji knew almost nothing about naval warfare, and he couldn't see any way to do it. He just felt that naval warfare was more dangerous than land warfare.

The water battle performance lasted for a day and a night, and it was not until the dawn of the next day that the winner was decided. According to the acting rules, it was determined that three of the main navy ships led by Ling Cao had been sunk, and more than half of the auxiliary ships such as the warships and fighting ships had suffered casualties, basically losing their combat effectiveness.

Of course, the other party played by Gan Ning also paid a heavy price. The entire army lost more than one-third of the battle. In the end, Gan Ning led the dead to stab Ling Cao's flagship, causing the Ling Cao Department to lose effective command and barely won the victory. .

In response to the saying that the insider sees the doorway and the outsider watches the fun, Shang Ji, a layman, doesn't see much in the doorway, but he has seen enough of the excitement.

Although the torchstones launched by the bursting torchstone car were replaced with special stones for acting because it was an act, which greatly reduced the visual effect of the battle, it still made Shangji feel very enjoyable.

The two fleets, with hundreds of warships, bombarded each other wildly. The endless sea is full of galloping warships, and the visual effect is much more enjoyable than land battles.

Even though Shang Ji knew nothing about water warfare, Shang Ji could tell that naval warfare was different from land warfare, and the quality of warships played a decisive role in naval warfare!

In this exercise, the strength of the two sides was almost equal, and the warships were almost evenly divided. The only difference was that two of the three Yulang-class buildings were assigned to Ling Cao!

This gap caused Gan Ning to suffer a lot, if not for this, Gan Ning would not have made a dangerous move to surprise Ling Cao's ship with dead soldiers.

That is to say, Ling Cao relaxed his vigilance, and added restrictions on acting rules, so that Ling Cao was forcibly "killed", otherwise Gan Ning really couldn't win!

After satisfying his eye addiction, Shang Ji summoned the main generals of the navy respectively. First, he criticized Ling Cao's insensitivity, and at the same time, he praised Gan Ning's decisiveness and bravery. Finally, he encouraged and exhorted the two of them.

Of course, the main purpose of Shang Ji is the same as Lulong Fortress, to check the loyalty of naval generals.

The situation of the navy is better than that of the Lulong Fortress. After all, the navy is closer. Shang Ji has been here a few times when he has nothing to do, and he is familiar with the situation of the navy.

After exhorting and talking to the main generals one by one, Shang Ji left Tajin and went to Tashi, which is only a thin line away from Tajin!

Strictly speaking, Tajin is also part of the Ta clan, and Tajin is actually just a port. It is only because it is the home port of the Pingzhou Navy that Tajin has strong independence, and the county magistrate of Dashi County has relatively loose management of Tajin.

Dashi is one of the thirteen big cities in eastern Liaodong, and the county magistrate is named Li Lin. Although he is not a famous person in history, his ability is quite good, and he proposed early on to rely on geography to develop fisheries.

Now under his governance, Dashi is considered a very prosperous city in Liaodong.

As the county magistrate, Li Lin naturally waited for Shang Ji at the gate of the city early, but Shang Ji was not polite, and followed him into the city and went straight to the city lord's mansion.

"The development of the Ta family is quite good, and it is much more prosperous than the last time in the future. County magistrate Li has made outstanding contributions and worked hard!"

Li Lin's face was full of joy, but he kept refusing: "My lord's absurd praise, I'm ashamed of my subordinates. It's all thanks to your wisdom that the Ta family can make today's changes!"

"What should be your credit is your credit, and you don't have to be humble. Is this general a person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong? I will truthfully tell Hong Zhuo about your attack, and let Hong Zhuo promote as he sees fit!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

After the courtesy, Shang Ji went straight to the topic: "Magistrate Li, I will ask you, how much seafood can this Ta family catch in a month?"

Aquatic fishing is the pillar industry of the Ta family. The county magistrate Li knew the specific data clearly, and immediately said: "My lord, since the lord has strongly supported the development of the fish industry in the Ta family, the fishing industry in the Ta family has changed three times a day. At present, I There are more than 800 large-scale fishing vessels registered in the Ta family, and under full fishing, the daily fishing volume can reach 100,000 shi!"

"Fishing with all your strength?" Shang Ji sensitively heard something special from Li County Magistrate's words.

County Magistrate Li's face froze immediately, and explained with a sigh: "My lord, the Ta family is close to the sea, and the geographical conditions are very favorable, which is very suitable for the people to go fishing. However, seafood is easy to get but not easy to sell!"

"The city of Tashi alone can only digest a very small part, and although fishing in other coastal areas is not as convenient as Tashi, it is more than enough for self-use. If you want to digest the catch of Tashi, you must transport it to Xiangping and other inland counties. Seafood is extremely perishable, and even if there is a convenient way, it cannot be transported for a long distance. Therefore, the seafood caught by Tashi is already surplus, and in order to protect the interests of fishermen, his subordinates dare not let the people fish with all their strength."

Shang Ji suddenly realized that the transportation of seafood is also a big problem for modern times with extremely developed transportation, let alone ancient times. In the ancient times in the real world, when the distance from the sea was more than a hundred miles, ordinary civilians would not even think about eating fresh seafood. And the fishermen living by the sea can only watch in despair as the hard-earned seafood rots and deteriorates!

Although the situation in Beacon Fire has improved slightly, this problem is still serious!

However, one of the most important purposes of Shang Ji's visit this time is to solve this problem. He smiled lightly and said loudly: "Magistrate Li, from today onwards, you should worry about the lack of fishing capacity of the Da family!"

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