Last year at this time, Guo Ning took his soldiers across the sea by boat to sail southward. Firstly, because of the headwind, and secondly, the fleet and the sailors also needed to be adjusted and adjusted. The journey took ten days.
At that time, Li Ting vomited all day long and almost sprayed bile to the roof of the cabin. He even shouted several times on the way that he wanted to jump into the sea. I heard that his subordinates could only tie him to a small bed in the cabin to save his irritable commander for three days.
Both ends act like monsters.
At this time, the ships were heading north, and the wind was favorable. All the ships in the fleet had been repaired. The cracked ship boards had been replaced, and all the gaps had been filled with tung putty. There was no big difference in the short distance.
Walking on the sea is different. The fleet set off from Penglai, Dengzhou, and arrived in Fuzhou in only two days.
Li Ting has always had a deep brotherhood, so he was particularly energetic thinking about meeting Li Yun here and seeing the results of Li Yun's hard work in the past two months.
At this time, the fleet was undulating slightly beside the trestle. The sailors were running back and forth, dropping anchors and sails. Seabirds were flying high in the distance, and sea breeze was blowing. Guo Ning said lazily: "Li Er, your Ayun
, now he is the God of Wealth of our navy. All your food and clothing depend on his hundreds of horses... So, after meeting, you'd better be polite, call him Judge Li, and bow to him."
Li Ting let out a "poof", pressed the side of the ship with one hand, turned over to the trestle, and then staggered into the queue of sailors, heading towards the interior of the port.
Guo Ning saw Li Ting showing off his lazy look like a young knight-errant in Zhongdu, so he just laughed twice and ignored him.
In a serious official business situation, Li Ting would not act like this.
He and Guo Ning came together, just to take advantage of the brief stalemate in the Shandong war situation to see the situation in Liaodong with their own eyes. This was a private action, and it did not need to be so serious.
Of course, according to common sense, Guo Ning has achieved the high position of Jiedushi, and he is responsible for a heavy responsibility. Even in private, he should not act lightly. At least, there are so many military and political officials in the Kingdom of Jin, and there is absolutely no one like Guo Ning.
He often goes into battle personally and is always wandering around.
Previously, he was riding a light horse to threaten Moqishan, and he could be said to be brave as a skilled man. Now he actually brought a few personal guards with him and followed a sea ship from Shandong to Liaodong... If the outside world knew, this frivolous and impetuous man
His evaluation will definitely spread again, and maybe some people will curse him with this evaluation.
Guo Ning himself has heard of these four-character comments.
Recently, he had read a lot of history books and knew that the frivolous and impetuous comment was originally used to describe Sun Ce, the little overlord during the Three Kingdoms. At first glance, the truth is correct. Sun Ce was killed by an assassin just because he was alone; so, too
It is not good to be too frivolous.
But if you think about it carefully, who has achieved great things since ancient times, who has not been through life and death, and who has not personally taken risks and experienced dangers?
Let’s just talk about Cao and Liu, who were at the same time as Sun Ce. When Cao Cao led his troops to advance in Xingyang, if his arrows had been more accurate, there would have been no Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, only General Fenwu who died of impatience, command and force.
None of them could reach sixty; and when Liu Bei went to Jiangdong to get married, if Sun Quan had made a decision earlier, there would have been no Emperor Zhaolie, leaving only the story of the emperor being deceived by beauty and his career being overturned, which will be laughed at by future generations.
Already.
Not only Cao Liu, there are similar records in history books.
Pushing back a few hundred years, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty charged into battle and faced desperate situations many times. When the Turks marched south, Taizong rode six cavalry on the Wei River and faced hundreds of thousands of people. Any Turkic nobleman among them raised his hand and shot.
The reputation of General Tiance was in vain, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had to be replaced again.
In the final analysis, frivolity or boldness are the result of the leader's weighing. If he succeeds, he will have a reputation as a wise man. If he fails, he will die and his family will be destroyed, and he doesn't need to care about how future generations will throw dirty water.
But if you are worried about danger and restrain your hands, then you are not a hero, and what great things can you do? Confucian scholars once said that a son with a rich man cannot sit in the hall; it is better to be a Confucian scholar who searches for chapters and excerpts, try your luck, and see Let's see if we can survive in this troubled world.
Guo Ning suddenly came to Liaodong, so he naturally weighed it.
He rose from a frontier soldier to a military and political leader. Although he had the ability to rely on his strength and the times to create heroes, he had always been practical in building his own family and did not dare to make any omissions.
With the expansion of Ding Haijun's strength and the expansion of its territory, Guo Ning can no longer do everything personally and must continue to decentralize power. He is still used to keeping an eye on important matters personally and cannot trust others easily.
Taking advantage of Shandong's advantage of crossing the sea route between the north and the south, it is a major event to develop commercial trade and strengthen the navy in the shortest time.
Ding Haijun's major policy is to accumulate grain widely and build walls high. It is easy to accumulate grain widely, but the area of land reclamation is limited, and the output and accumulation of grain also take time. As for building walls high, it includes all aspects of construction. These constructions , it is extremely beneficial to the navy and will definitely be reflected in the combat effectiveness of the army.
To carry out construction, a large amount of money and materials are needed.
Where do the money and supplies come from?
No matter how the three states of Denglai are managed, they are just a corner of the country. To support the army, they can only rely on trade. Guo Ning made up his mind early on to be the most greedy middleman between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, and even between the North and the South.
Guo Ning has land, troops, ships, and an official reputation. This middleman can do it. After the recent transactions, Ding Haijun has made a lot of money. All the relevant personnel are beaming with joy, and the more so, The more the navy relies on commercial profits, the more important the stability of trade routes becomes.
Horses and furs are the bulk of commercial trade, and they are also sources of huge profits. Guo Ning has high hopes for this. As for Liaodong, due to the harsh climate after winter every year, the only horse business that can compete with the south is There are only two seasons in summer and autumn. That's why Li Yun wrote to the military government, saying that he would try to go as far into the northeastern interior as possible to obtain a large and stable source of horses.
But since the 300 horses were shipped to Shandong last month, Liaodong has not been able to broker subsequent business. Instead, it has asked Laizhou for a lot of materials and money, saying that it wanted to hire local people and build camps and roads. , pastures, and cities. Not long ago, hundreds of elites from Zhang Qian's unit were transferred from Shandong to station and control.
The military government hopes that Liaodong will provide horses to ensure its commercial interests. However, the Liaodong government is always asking the military government to increase investment, which is a bit disappointing. Many officials in the Government Affairs Department have Dissatisfied, he felt that his base was in Shandong after all, and doubted whether Li Yun was indifferent to priorities.
Guo Ning came here just to see with his own eyes the situation in Liaodong and to see whether the future envisaged by Li Yun was actually possible.
This is a real big deal, and it must be seen clearly.
So Guo Ning chose Qingqi Jiancong and walked in the white dragon fish suit.
As for Li Ting, who was accompanying him, he was a complete addition.
This fierce general who leads troops to fight has had no battles to fight in recent months. In the first few months, he was able to happily train troops, but now he is very idle.
He was a ranger and rogue, and his character was inherently domineering and arrogant. Since he was free, he would swagger through the city with his cronies in splendid robes from time to time. Sometimes he would go out to hunt in the city, and other times he would go to the city's wine shop with his friends.
Drinking and gambling all night, spending a lot of money.
According to the secret report from the Recording Department, it seems that he is obsessed with women and is not strict. He once had an incident where he was blocked in the boudoir by a mistress.
Guo Ning was afraid that Mr. Li Ting would ruin the atmosphere of Laizhou by being such a flying eagle lackey, and he was also afraid that he would cause some big trouble and it would not end well. So he specially summoned him a few days ago and asked, "Let's go to Liaodong together."
How about an inspection and a second visit to your brother?
Li Ting was overjoyed and agreed immediately.
So, the two of them took dozens of close friends and boarded the boat to the north.
By the time Guo Ning landed leisurely, Li Ting had already washed away in excitement and disappeared.
Guo Ning ordered one of Li Ting's followers and asked him to find him quickly. But before he could take a step, he suddenly heard a vague noise coming from the wind at the end of the trestle.
"It's our General Li's voice!" Na Cong's face turned pale: "He got into a quarrel with someone, it seems...hey, they're already fighting now!"