The crossing starts from the Datang Shuanglong

Chapter 42
Go to Nanyang!Staking!

This idea had already been in Chu Tianxiu's mind almost five or six years ago, when he was still penniless in the Bamboo Flower Gang.

The emergence of this idea not only comes from the endless stream of merchant fleets along the Yangzhou River, but also from the shipbuilding technology of this era, and more importantly, from his historical knowledge in his previous life.

Today's Nanyang area, whether it is Luzon Island (Philippines) or Manila (Indonesia), is just some wild land with only some savage tribes or extremely backward ancient countries.

throughout Southeast Asia.The only thing worthy of praise is probably only the one in Palembang (in the later Indonesia) that claims to be "thousands of miles from east to west, and four thousand miles from north to south", but in fact there are at most tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers who have neither armor nor iron The Sanfoqi Kingdom, and the Linyi Kingdom, which had just been hammered by the Sui Dynasty and had already been destroyed once, were nothing more than that.

Really, if you ask Chu Tianxiu to cross the Atlantic Ocean to fight the Roman Empire, that's nonsense.

The military power of the ancient Roman Empire in its heyday was completely comparable to that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but if you deal with the Nanyang countries that do not have much military power and are like Xinshou Village, it is really within your reach.

After all, the reason why the forces of the Central Plains did not occupy the indigenous countries in the southeast sea area was not because of the lack of power of the previous dynasties of the Central Plains, but because of the inherent "Continental Thought" of the Central Plains, which is a sage inside and a king outside.

If the vassals of the Central Plains Dynasty moved their minds, even mediocre people could wipe out all the southeastern countries and separate their territories with the crushing advantages of transportation tools (ships) and weapons.

If you don't take the gift from heaven, you will be blamed instead.

In the eyes of most Central Plains people, those places are just insignificant wild lands, but in the eyes of Chu Tianxiu, they are indeed completely treasured lands.

Not to mention anything else, just the pepper, pepper and other spices that exist in the Spice Islands in Southeast Asia are enough for Chu Tianxiu to make a lot of money.

Not to mention, if you occupy that piece of land and it is in the middle of the east-west sea traffic, it is most conducive to entrepot trade. As long as you dig hard, you may easily earn a few dollars a year equivalent to all the treasures in Yanggong's treasury. Comprehensive wealth.

However, Chu Tianxiu's territory is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River, and he has just won a corner of Yingzhou (Zhoushan Islands) and Yizhou (Taiwan) as his own stronghold and territory. At present, it is just a prototype of a prince.

If he doesn't work hard for three to five years, it will be really difficult to extend his arm to the countries of Nanyang thousands of miles away, so although he is trying his best to develop his power to Nanyang, he is still a bit beyond his reach.

Such a piece of easy-to-obtain fat meat has naturally become Chu Tianxiu's taboo long ago, and will never allow others to touch it easily.

If it wasn't for the two months of getting along with Song Que, who made him understand Song Que thoroughly, he truly regarded him as his master.

Otherwise, even if he knows that if he can rely on the power of the Song Clan who is located in the southernmost part of China and once had a lot of power in the sea, then his future development speed in Nanyang will definitely be more than three times faster, and he will not at all Share this plan with Song Zhi.

"Nephew's idea is good, but soldiers are a matter of life and death, so we must pay attention to it.

The sky at sea is changing and dangerous, maybe just a change of the sky will capsize a huge naval fleet.

Although the old man's courage is not small, it is really difficult to sit down and cannot make this decision. "

Song Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he suddenly said with a wry smile.

Song Zhi, as the number two figure of the Song Clan in Lingnan, a well-known wise man among the Song Clan, naturally would not be ignorant of Nanyang, and would not think that it was just a pure wild land.

The reason why he didn't think in the direction of Nanyang before was just because of the existence of stereotyped thinking.But after he thought about it seriously, he certainly understood that Chu Tianxiu's plan was a coup for a national player.
But it is not what the current Lingnan Song clan can do.

Chu Tianxiu stared into Song Zhi's eyes for a moment, and found that his eyes were not timid and shrinking, but full of helplessness, after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly understood.

Song Zhi is indeed the number two figure in the Song Clan below Song Que, but it doesn't mean that as long as Song Que doesn't speak, Song Zhi can command the Song Clan as he pleases.

In fact, there is a dangerous force within the Song Clan that is far superior to Song Zhi, the main combat faction, who is bent on destroying the Sui Dynasty and developing the Song Clan into the number one in the world——

Main peace faction!
This faction was born because Lingnan was born after Song Que was honored by the Sui Dynasty royal family as Zhennan Gong and enjoyed peace for more than 20 years.

The main idea of ​​this faction is to hope that the Song Clan will settle down in Lingnan, enjoy a peaceful life, and not get too involved in the wars and disputes in the Central Plains.

How many people are willing to devote themselves to war if they can enjoy peace?
So this faction can be said to have a great market within the Song Clan. Except for Song Que and Song Zhi, other outstanding figures of the Song Clan, whether it is "Silver Beard" Song Lu, or Song Que's three best children, Song Yuhua, Song Yuzhi, and Song Shidao are all members of this faction.

It was obvious that Chu Tianxiu's suggestion to Song Zhi would definitely not win the approval of the Song clan's leader, the Harmony Faction.

Of course, with Song Zhi's status in the Song Clan, it is not impossible for him to carry out this matter with all his strength. After all, he is the number two figure in the Song Clan.

If we do our best, we can advance this matter.But it's a pity that in Chu Tianxiu's eyes, this is a big cause, but in Song Zhi's eyes, it's just a trivial matter.

Song Que, the leader of the Song Clan, "Heavenly Sword", although he has great ambitions, but what he wants is to build high walls, accumulate food widely, train elite soldiers, and hope that one day he can launch an army for the Northern Expedition, but this "Earth Sword" Song Zhi, thinks It was the Song Clan's power going north to strengthen itself, making the Song Clan the number one in the world, and these major undertakings had nothing to do with Nanyang.

"I understand Uncle Song's difficulties. But even so, I still don't want to give up on the matter of conquering Nanyang.

The Song Clan can't send out troops, so I can hope that my second uncle can allocate some warships and merchant ships, sailors, hydrographic maps, and guides familiar with the Nanyang environment from the Clan, and that's enough. "

"If nephew, you only need this little help, then of course it's okay. My nephew Song Shidao is responsible for Nanyang's business. If you need it, you can go to him directly and ask him to help you transport those supplies."

Song Zhihun said indifferently, as if he just wanted to lend Chu Tianxiu a few bags of broken rice and some money in broken silver. don't care.

Yes!

When Chu Tianxiu heard this, she didn't feel disappointed at all, on the contrary, she was a little bit happy.

The Song Clan would not directly send troops to help. It would indeed make him exhausted and stretched when he dispatched the navy in the future, but it also made him lose a friendly army to share the cake.

(End of this chapter)