Gongsun Xuanyuan's eyes were wide open and he couldn't believe what he saw before him.
The once desolate and deserted Haikou has now become a large port. Although it looks a bit simple, it is extremely large in scale.
Various cargo ships traveled continuously between the north and the south, transporting countless materials of all kinds, which were then carried into the warehouse bag by bag by workers, and these workers were all people who migrated from Xuwu.
After hearing Xuanyuan's exclamation, Jia Fu explained with a smile: "Of course this is Xu Wu County, but it is not Xu Wu County. The name of this place is now Tianjin County, and the port is called Tianjin Port."
Due to the war between the Qin and Qing Dynasties on the front line, the entire Xuwu County was transformed into a fortress, and the people were moved to the port in the rear to work as laborers to help the Qin army transport supplies.
The materials carried by the workers were not light. Although they were sweating from exhaustion, they still had smiles on their faces.
Xuanyuan was extremely puzzled by this. After asking, he found out that the Qin army paid wages. Although the payment was not much, they paid him back for working during the war. This was the first time in Youzhou. No wonder Xu Wu's
People will be so positive.
Xuanyuan cut to another place and saw that not far from the port, the outline of a city had been built.
"It's really surprising that in such a short period of time, the Qin army actually built such a large seaport in Haikou, Xuwu County, and even built so many sections of the city..."
Xuanyuan is not an ignorant country bumpkin. He has been to Bohai Port, the largest port in Hebei, but in terms of scale, Bohai Port is not as good as Tianjin Port, which was built not long ago.
If we only transport grain and grass by sea, there is no need to build a large seaport, and what does this mean?
Does it mean that Qin Hao is determined to win Youzhou, and he not only wants to occupy it, but also plans to vigorously manage it? And building such a large port? It is to prepare for the future construction of Youzhou.
In fact, Xuanyuan has long planned to build a seaport here. His political attributes are not low. Naturally, he knows that if he wants to change the barren situation in Youzhou, he must vigorously develop business.
After the new seaport is built, can it promote commercial development through maritime trade? This will increase Youzhou's commercial tax revenue. This is the fastest way to develop commerce for the Liao Kingdom.
The geographical location of Tianjin Port is extremely important. It connects the east, west, north and south of Youzhou. It can radiate to the entire territory of Youzhou, making it the best location for the new seaport.
Based on Gongsun Xuanyuan's understanding of Youzhou, he certainly knew that this place was a treasure land. He thought about building a seaport here more than once? But he gave up because of three reasons.
First, the Liao Kingdom was too poor? And all parties invested a lot, and they had to build Lulong fortress and purchase equipment. There was no extra money for Xuanyuan to use to build a seaport.
Second, the location of Tianjin Port is too close to the Yan State. Although Yan and Liao were still in an alliance at that time? But if it is really built, there is no guarantee that the Yan State will not send troops to rob or help? By then, it will be used to make wedding dresses for others.
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The third reason is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's ambition for Youzhou has never been extinguished, and they have been using various small actions to interrupt the development of the Liao Kingdom? Xuanyuan was too tired to deal with it and had no intention of caring about anything else.
Xuanyuan has always known the way to change Youzhou? It’s just that he can’t do it? But he doesn’t want to when he returns to his hometown again? But Qin Hao has already helped him do it, and it’s so easy.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Xuanyuan couldn't help but feel a little guilty towards the people of Youzhou. After all, he was a native of Youzhou, but he did not do as much for Youzhou as outsiders.
Looking at this seaport, which is still a bit crude but already has a preliminary structure, Gongsun Xuanyuan knew that as long as his trip was successful, Tianjin Port would definitely replace Bohai Port as the largest port in northern Xinjiang in the future, and the people of the entire Youzhou
Everyone will live a good life because of this port.
With this thought, Gongsun Xuanyuan became more determined. This trip can only succeed and never fail.
Gongsun Xuanyuan roughly counted the warships docked at the harbor, and it was obvious that they were not enough to carry all 20,000 troops on board. He immediately asked Vice General Zhang Han: "Vice General Zhang, how long will it take for the Qingzhou navy to arrive?"
"Reporting to General Gongsun, before we divided our troops, the lord had already sent a message to Beihai and asked Commander Zhou Yu to lead the navy to Tianjin Port. However, because the navy camp in Beihai is far away from here, we will take the lead by taking the land route.
Arrival, but the itinerary should be within this half day." Zhang Hanhui reported.
"Um."
Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded, half a day was still within his acceptance range, and now he was not willing to delay even a minute.
Two hours later, the Qingzhou Navy arrived at Tianjin Port, several hours earlier than scheduled.
Looking at the fleet outside Tianjin Port, Gongsun Xuanyuan couldn't help but admired: "What an elite navy."
Zhou Yu, who had already landed in advance, couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "The current Qingzhou navy only relies on warships and equipment, and it is still far behind the southern navy."
What Zhou Yu said is the truth. After all, the Qingzhou Navy has only trained for less than half a year since its expansion. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the Southern Navy.
After hearing this, Gongsun Xuanyuan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He felt that Qin Jun, the commander of the navy, was so angry that he was preparing to compare the navy of the north with the navy of the south.
Since ancient times, the boat in the south and the horse in the north have their own strengths.
Want to compare the northern navy with the southern one? Just like comparing the southern cavalry with the northern one.
In one word, it's too difficult.
Although Gongsun Xuanyuan disagreed with this, he did not say anything to attack Zhou Yu. In Qin Hao's words, he still had to have dreams, what if they came true?
Gongsun Xuanyuan did not want to wait for a moment longer. As soon as Zhou Yu's navy arrived, he immediately asked the soldiers to carry supplies and board the ship. However, because there were many types and quantities of supplies that needed to be brought, including bows and arrows, crossbows, war horses, and grain and grass.
Wait, so there was still some delay in moving. After everything was moved, it was already dark, so I had to rest overnight and wait until the next day to go to sea.
"General Gongsun, next our Qingzhou navy will carry your 20,000 troops, cross the sea to Liaodong County, and dock in Pingguo County for you to land."
As he spoke, Zhou Yu pointed to the location of Pingguo County and said solemnly: "After the 20,000 people land, if you want to bypass Liaoxi County and reach Lulongsai, you must first go all the way north and then go straight to the Black Mountains to the west.
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Only by entering the territory of Montenegro can the army circle from the mountainous area north of western Liaoning to Lulongsai without exposing its whereabouts.
But with such a long distance, it is absolutely impossible to bypass the Qing troops stationed along the way without an accurate distribution map of the Qing troops."