Jiayuan Port, the official title of the Song Dynasty for the overseas enclave of the Great Qin Kingdom. After Yan Shu took over that land, he set his name and added it directly to the chart of the Great Song Dynasty, passing it back to the Song Dynasty as quickly as possible.

In the Song Dynasty, this kind of ritual recognition of territory is very important. Things that belong to the Song Dynasty belong to the Song Dynasty and must be recognized by the official. Once recorded, it is an unshakable fact.

The Han civilization is very sure of the records of etiquette and law and historical facts. Once it is determined, any infringement of the land of the Song Dynasty is a provocation to the dignity of the country.

Of course, this is also the national self-esteem and pride that arises after the great Song Dynasty was strong. Jiayuan Port was the compensation from the Roman Catholic Church to the Song Dynasty and the Pope State for the compensation from the Song Dynasty after Yan Shu sent his mission to the Great Qin State and caused his team to be attacked. Unless the Song Dynasty is willing to return it, it will always belong to the Great Song Dynasty.

This is not a loan, but compensation, it is the compensation from the Pope to the Song Dynasty. Even if the Qin State has any dissatisfaction, it is impossible to get the land back.

In the eyes of the Song people, the current Great Qin State is actually somewhat similar to the Warring States Period that was thousands of years ago in the Han civilization, except that the Frankian dynasty, as the ruler, is stronger than the declining Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Of course, there were also attacks among the various vassal states, which was actually an excellent opportunity for the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had its own port territory on the land of the Pope, which was the most favorable situation.

The place across the sea is the Kingdom of Israel established by the Song Dynasty. The southeast of the same sea is the war-torn western Seljuk region, where the world-shocked Nicea war spirit occurred.

After the Crusaders took Nicia, they began to expand their results. Smyrna and Konia fell into the hands of the Crusaders one after another and became the land under their control.

At this point, the Holy Roman Empire extended its hand to the Arabian Peninsula again, and the situation in the West began to become tense. The South China Sea fleet advancing on the sea was like a needle, and it was about to penetrate into the gap in the Western world soon.

Of course no one cares about this "needle". The Holy Roman Empire will not care about it, the Seljuk Empire will not care about it, and even the Song Empire will not care about it very much.

Only the Kingdom of Israel, which is still on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, cares the most.

The whole country is now developing rapidly along the "track" laid by Zhao Zhen. How can I have time to take care of the whereabouts of the South China Sea Fleet?

The problem that the Song Dynasty was worried about was that the South China Sea Fleet had left, who would fill this gap?

After all, the interests of the Song Dynasty in the South China Sea must be protected. The easiest way at this time is to arm the civilian ships, but the strength of the civilian ships is something that the court does not want to see.

It is not worth the effort to carry out large-scale manufacturing of ships again, because in the eyes of court officials and even Zhao Xu, the South China Sea Fleet will still come back, which will cause unnecessary waste.

They had never thought of keeping a powerful fleet on the vast ocean forever, because their eyes did not reach a long-term dimension across a thousand years.

But when Zhao Zhen saw all this, he issued an order on his way to Tiemen Pass to allocate funds from the inner treasury to rebuild a fleet for handling South China Sea affairs, and temporarily replace the South China Sea Fleet to complete his mission.

The color of the sea has color difference, from light blue to azure to dark blue, this is a process and it is also the judgment of the approximate distance between the fleet from land in this era.

The ships of the Song Dynasty had already reached the deep blue, but they needed water marks, experienced old men, and officials who could use the star-shaking technique. Otherwise, even if the ship could withstand the wind and waves on the sea, it would be difficult to distinguish the direction and avoid dangerous reefs.

Of course, compared to the endless sea surface, the vast land seemed easier to conquer. On the way to Tiemenguan, Zhao Zhen saw caravans appearing from time to time on the originally deserted land. The satisfaction in his heart was like a dry land being poured into a clear spring.

Dryness is synonymous with the northwest. Zhao Zhen classified all the land in the Western Regions as Xinjiang Road. The Xinjiang Road in the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly large in area, but the population was the sparse.

The reason is nothing special. Although there is a large number of migrant population, the northern border of Xinjiang Road is still desert landform.

Of course, since the emergence of Xinjiang Road, the Protectorate has gradually been replaced by the yamen of the comforting envoys and the transfer envoys. The ancient Western Regions on the Silk Road became a city in the Song Dynasty.

After passing the sandbank, you head north. Only in this way can you reach Yizhou on Xinjiang Road from Ningxia Road, and it is also the first stop to officially embark on the Silk Road.

Only by entering Xinjiang Road can the Silk Road be considered the first step. There are countless merchants every year in the Song Dynasty. Some people have set great ambitions early to transport their goods from the Silk Road to Seljuk, and even sold them in the farther Qin Kingdom. However, after arriving in Yizhou, they hurriedly sold the goods, earning a hundred pounds of money and then returning in shame, because they were not lucky enough to suffer!

Don’t forget what kind of era this is. Even Zhao Zhen himself was prepared for it and was tortured by this long "marching".

Starting from Yizhou, you can reach Gaochang, a major northwest town on Xinjiang Road, and you have to pass a deserted desert with a huge ghostly tragedy!

Although there are Guigukou Wind-Hailing Station, Zetian Temple, Baozhuang, and Liutian Towns, the ancient roads that gradually leave the road are becoming increasingly difficult to walk, and the speed is getting slower and slower.

There must be sufficient supplies along the way, otherwise you will not be able to reach the next supply location. The Silk Road is covered with corpses. It is said that every year the patrol teams sent by Yizhou and Gaochang can pull out a large amount of goods from the great ghosts and ghosts, which is of great value.

These legends and the corpses on the road made Xiao Ren in the car terrified. The Silk Road he remembered had long been portrayed by the gentlemen in the palace as a golden road full of wealth and adventure, but reality ruthlessly shattered his imagination.

Zhao Zhen took his son out of the car himself, and followed the guard to push the solid car out of the sand pit. He smiled as he watched his son's shaking hands, "Is these merchants able to make a lot of money by going to Tiemen Pass?"

Zhao Ren nodded vigorously and said, "The hardships on the Silk Road are really not worthy of being told to outsiders!"

Zhao Zhen laughed: "My son is smart! He is much better than staying in the palace! Building roads here is comparable to climbing to the sky, but the roads still need to be built. This year, Yizhou and Gaochang have been terrified to build eight miles of roads. Don't underestimate these eight miles of land. The poplar seedlings and sea buckthorn planted along the way must be taken care of. Once they die, the roads originally paved will be buried soon, and you need to start over again! But this is the easiest and safest way!"

Zhao Ren nodded in shock, but asked with a question: "Who is the transporter of this Xinjiang Road? Can you persist so much?"

Zhao Zhen said with some emotion: "This person is an old friend of mine, and also a person who competes with me... I am the person I originally despised and admired now! You must remember his name, Liu Yongliu changed three times!"

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Chapter completed!