"...Sir, can you help our court?... Although the court has something unsatisfactory, the people are innocent, even for them..." Wen Nan's face had long been polished by Hong Tao. If Hong Tao had said this to the Southern Song Dynasty two years ago and even scolded the emperor, he would have abandoned his personal honor and disgrace and Hong Tao to argue with reason.￥f, but after two years of being influenced by Hong Tao, he did not value the court and the emperor, and did not think that they should be born correct. Given that Hong Tao has always been correct, he also felt that the Southern Song army wanted Xuan this time, and could not help but ask Hong Tao to help.

"Of course I can help, look, this is how I designed it. Send a fleet, without too many, three dragon shark-class ships, go upstream along the Yangtze River, enter the Han River, arrive at the city of Xiangyang, and block the Han River directly, so that the Mongols can't enter the river. No matter how powerful their cavalry is, they can't run on the river. The troubles of Xiangyang can be solved! The troops stationed in Xiangyang could go west to Sichuan and Shaanxi to consolidate the defense there. In addition, I can also summon five to seven salmon-class merchant ships to exchange rice in Siam and Dayue, and then continue to flow up the Yangtze River to supply water to the Southern Song defense forces along the way. A ship can carry four or five

A hundred tons of rice is more than 7,000 stones. In just a month, I can transport 50,000 stones of grain and equipment to the gate of Sichuan. How many civilians can save the court? In the end, I can use the Jinhe River to take other warships to Dengzhou and Mizhou to burn all the Mongolian navy and ports there to ashes, then lead troops to ashore, pass through the prefectures, and burn all the towns occupied by the Mongols! All water conservancy facilities and farmland will be destroyed. What will happen to the entire Shandong East Road?" Hong Tao suddenly changed his smiling face and told Wen Nan how he could help the Southern Song Dynasty court share his worries.

"There will be bandits everywhere, and there will be no peace all day long. If you are not careful, it will affect the surrounding areas." Wen Nan also smiled on his face after hearing Hong Tao's words. It turned out that Hong Tao was deliberately making him anxious just now. He had already been confident in how to help the Southern Song court.

These strategies are very effective. Send warships directly to Xiangyang. With the combat effectiveness of Jinhewan warships on the water, Wennan felt that the Mongolian cavalry could not move along the Han River, and they could not even get into the Han River. Those cannons were too powerful. Sending cargo ships to help the court carry out logistics transportation, which would be even better. It is more powerful than sending troops directly. Wennan has seen the transportation capacity of salmon-grade merchant ships more than once. It is not a brag if he travels back and forth for a month or two.

With these ships, from Sichuan to the estuary of the Yangtze River, there is no need to worry about supply issues, let alone recruit too many civilians. In this way, the war will not affect production, and some of this war will be fought. Going north to destroy the Mongolian-occupied area on the Shandong Peninsula is a good move. It will disrupt that area. The Mongols must divide their troops to suppress it, otherwise the bandits will soon spread to Shandong East Road and Hebei East Road. Doing so is equivalent to weakening the forces of Mongolia's invasion south.

"That's not all. I can also use sea boats to provide food and weapons to bandits in the coastal areas of Shandong, encourage them to occupy the mountains and become kings, and then use the heads of the Mongolian army to exchange for more supplies with me. Do you think the Mongolian army is too small, can it be wiped out?" Hong Tao's smiled even more, as if he was very satisfied with his method.

"This method is very good! This method is very good! I just don't know when the teacher will start it? I know that the teacher has just returned from a long voyage. It takes a while to rest, but without any delay, the students are willing to be the pioneer and relieve their worries!" Wen Nan made Hong Tao speak without any worries. It seemed that as soon as Hong Tao took off, the Mongolian army would immediately withdraw.

"I can start anytime. As long as the Southern Song Dynasty court promised me not to interfere in my warships, and don't send people to command my people. I will fight as much as I want, and transport it as I want. As long as they do a good job of cooperating, I will be able to set off tomorrow. Whoever doesn't go is a turtle bastard!" At this time, Hong Tao suddenly put away his smile, made a firm guarantee, and rarely pointed at the sky and made a poisonous oath.

"...Sir, it's just teasing me again..." Wen Nan's smile disappeared immediately. He had personally experienced Hong Tao's famous smile. It was really bad. It was so bad! It was so sinister!!!

"Timble? I don't have this intention. Can I go home and hug my children when I have time? Do I have high requirements? Will anyone in your court command my fleet? Do you think he can command me, such a sailor who has never even seen the sea, do you think he can command me? If this is the case, I guess before the Mongolians come, my fleet will have to force your officials to rebel. I will use cannons to flatten the city of Xiangyang first! The world is not around your emperor, nor around your court. Everyone is human. Whoever has great ability will listen to anyone. No, no, people who don't understand will get out of the way and be honest and don't come to get in the way! By the way, I haven't mentioned more detailed questions. For example, if I send troops to help your court, how do they plan to calculate?

Reward? Even if I am a slutty boy and I am willing to pay for it, I have to give some money to shells? Go and ask, are the Southern Song maritime merchants willing to lend me a ship for free as a warship, and the emperor wants to eat, but others don't eat, right? How to calculate this account? When can you give me a satisfactory answer, I will put this proposal on the board of directors to discuss, and do my best to get this proposal passed. Now I am going home to carry the children, and there will be a whaling ship to Lin'an tomorrow. You can follow the boat, and I will say hello to them and will not stop you." Hong Tao did not intend to pity Wen Nan, who was depressed, not only did he not pity, but also had to sprinkle a handful of salt on his wounds to make him feel heartbroken, so that he would not complain about those unreliable and brain-dead things in the future.

Wen Nan did follow the whaling ship the next day, but did not return to Lin'an, but went to Guangzhou. He did not secretly leave it, and left a letter to Hong Tao, saying that he was going to find Luo Youde and Wen Hao, who wanted to use newspapers to call on Guangzhou and Quanzhou's maritime merchants to contribute to the country and use sea boats to help the court transport supplies. As for convincing the court to agree to Hong Tao's conditions, Wen Nan said that he did not have the ability, but he planned to use as much strength as he could, and he could not sit idly by any means.

"You haven't been in vain with me in the past few years. If you really go to Lin'an, I will pretend that you never know you!" Hong Tao read Wen Nan's letter, not only wasn't angry, but he was quite happy. He didn't want Wen Nan to really run back to Lin'an City to ask the court for his life. It was an impossible task, and he might have to give his life. The reason why he said those words to him yesterday was mainly to test whether he was a person who was unrealistic and passionate. Hong Tao did not hate such honest people, but he didn't need such people, especially those who planned to entrusted important tasks in the future. He needed helpers like Metini, Bojiao, and Carl who knew how to advance and retreat, and were not saints who always used their lives to verify the truth.

"If the Song Dynasty is really in trouble, you can also help them. Although our family members were bullied in the Song Dynasty, they were the place where our ancestors lived after all, so they should not be too ruthless." Jinhewan was very small, and even more so, people like Hong Tao who were fart-fing loudly could not hide it. The argument he and Wen Nan on the dock were soon discovered by others. The person who sent the letter to Hong Tao was Old Man Rong. He has been very old in the past two years and could no longer walk without a crutch. But when it comes to major issues in Jinhewan, he will also come out to help Hong Tao with advice. It is not easy to have such a paradise, and he is unwilling to close his eyes even if he dies because he can't rest.

"Rong Wengweng, it's not that I'm ruthless, I really don't have this ability. You probably don't know about Mongolia. When the Jin Dynasty defeated the Song Dynasty so much that it lost the capital, it was considered amazing, but compared with Mongolia, the Jin Dynasty was nothing. Actually, I'm not afraid of Mongolia, I'm afraid of the Song Dynasty court!" Hong Tao suddenly felt very wronged, as if this bad guy was always the one who was the one who was good!

"I'm afraid of the Song Dynasty? Can the court not let us help? Isn't that better? If you don't help, you won't help. How can this make sense?" Old Man Rong didn't quite understand what Hong Tao meant.

"If Jinhewan really helped this time, no matter whether the Song Dynasty court agreed or not, even if the Jinhewan was placed on the surface, it would not be hidden. How can we get along with the Song Dynasty? When is the vassal state of the Song Dynasty? Or surrender to the Song Dynasty? No matter what others think, I will not be its vassal state, and I will not surrender to it. This is a problem. Will the Song Dynasty court allow a country with such a strong military to stay by its side? It is hard to say. I am afraid that Jinhewan will become an enemy with the Song Dynasty at that time. Whether we think about it or not, it will be an enemy." Hong Tao thought much more than others. He considered the problem from the perspective of the world and the region, not limited to one country and one place. In this regard, he was a strategist and the only one in the world.

"You little boy, don't be afraid! Our Dan family has never been afraid of anyone since ancient times. Whether it is the court or the sea, don't be afraid. I heard Xiaoyu Xiaoxiao tell me that there are many places thousands of miles away, more abundant than Jinhewan. If you really don't want to be an official in the Song Dynasty and don't want to be an emperor here, then we will continue to leave. With your sea boat, our Dan family will still be alive wherever we go!" Old man Rong understood Hong Tao's concerns this time. He was even more open-minded than Hong Tao, and he drove Hong Tao in turn. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!