Zhang Yun always remembers a famous saying from later generations, "If you want to be rich, you must first build a road." This is the same for the current Song Dynasty.

The reason why the business in the Song Dynasty was developed was because of the opening of maritime trade!

Due to the squeeze of Liao and Jin, the Central Plains and the North were lost in the Song Dynasty. The destruction had no choice but to turn its attention to the vast ocean of smoke.

The current Song Dynasty has become an economic power by relying on its developed shipping. At this time, America is still sleeping soundly in a semi-primitive state, while Europe is shrouded in the darkness of the medieval period.

Zhang Yun felt that perhaps it was under the "forced" of this environment that the court had to pay attention to the ocean and embarked on a different sea road from the tradition to strive for self-improvement.

According to historical records, Emperor Taizong of Song boldly created the earliest "investment" model in history, and Emperor Shenzong of Song also pointed out that "the southeast has the largest country, and merchants are also one of them."

It is precisely because the Northern Song Dynasty's policies were extremely directed that shipbuilding, shipping and commerce had improved greatly, and laid a solid foundation for the Southern Song Dynasty's Daxing sea trade.

In order to promote the shipping industry, in addition to the court having clear policies, various safeguard measures have been taken.

Every October, grand reception banquets are even held in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other trading ports to reward foreign merchants.

At this time, the merchant ships were mainly west and north routes!

The main port of the westbound route is Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and the entire route is to Jiaozhi, Chameng, Zhenla on the Indochina Peninsula, and then to Mayi, Sanyu, Boni, Pozhu and Sanfoqi on the Nanyang Islands.

A little further away from the Malay Peninsula, you will cross the Strait of Malacca, enter the Bay of Bengal, enter the Indian Ocean and the South of the Indian Peninsula, so you will be in the Shelan, then enter the Arabian Sea, enter the Persian Gulf, and reach Dashi and Baida.

A little further away, then go west along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula and enter the Red Sea, or reach the stratosphere on the east coast of Africa, such as the Porpaluo, or cross the Isthmus of Suez and into the Mediterranean Sea, and reach southern Europe and northern Africa.

This maritime route across the ocean and continents, connecting the East and the West is the route now collectively known as the "Maritime Silk Road".

The northbound route is relatively short and the west route. It mainly sails to North Korea, Japan, and its home port is Mingzhou, which is Ningbo in later generations.

Zhang Yun vaguely remembered that before the Southern Song Dynasty, there were about twenty countries that traded with the Central Plains dynasty, and after the Southern Song Dynasty encouraged maritime trade, it surged to seventy-seven.

During this period, more than 400 kinds of goods were imported into China. With the increase of trade volume, many foreigners lived in China for a long time, and Quanzhou is known as the "Fan Ren Lane".

At the same time, a large number of Song people traveled across the ocean with ships and became expatriates!

The economic income from this huge Maritime Silk Road supported the Southern Song Dynasty's courts to resist Mongolia for a full fifty-five years.

"The three continents are in the shadow of the Cangguan, and the sound of the sea rises and the merchants of all countries are vividly portrayed by the sea trade.

If Zhang Yun wants to join this Maritime Silk Road, he must control Qinzhou and have a port to have everything.

And what he is going to do right now is to achieve his goals!

Zhang Yun must repair the road used to transport goods, but before building the road, he must solve the problem of bandits, otherwise it would be more than worth the loss.

The official army of the Song Dynasty did not catch robbers, but disdained to catch robbers. Instead of fighting with the desperate people, it was better to blackmail those merchants who came from all over the country to the south and the north to come.

What Zhang Yun had to do was to change the current situation. He wanted everyone to know that he, the Xuanfu envoy, was not a fancy.

"Talented, have you found out the situation nearby?" Although Zhang Yun was doing nothing all day long, the investigation of bandits had already been arranged since the day he arrived.

"Young man, you have already investigated it clearly! The surrounding seven surrounding villages, except for Niutou Village, which is under the banner of Niutou Village, the other six villages can be wiped out!" Mo Youcai said in detail the information he found.

After a pause, Zhang Yun continued to ask: "Can Qin Ming and others have any news?"

Mo Youcai shook his head. It has been four months since he was still not informed at all. Now everyone is worried about their safety.

With a long sigh, Zhang Yun shook her head, and then ordered Mo Youcai to let go, saying that he, the Xuanfu envoy of Guangnan West Road, wanted to suppress the bandits!

Once the news came out, Liu Bing was the first to propose to help Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun just agreed with a smile to Liu Bing's actions, but there was no further arrangement.

Of course, there are those who help, and some people who are laughing at it. Not only civil officials, but many military generals are also waiting to watch Zhang Yun's jokes.

"Even a few hundred people dare to suppress bandits!" Most people have this mentality.

In the military camp of Jingjiang Prefecture City, teams of neat soldiers were training on the training ground, which was also the last training before setting out to suppress the bandits.

"Suspense! Stand at attention! Raise the gun, load, aim..." The soldiers' uniform movements made Zhang Yun feel much more at ease.

At present, as long as it doesn’t rain, there will be no problem with the flintlock rifle!

After a burst of bean-like sounds, Zhang Yun finally smiled on her stern face.

There are basically no human-shaped targets with four hundred steps off the target! How could Zhang Yun be unhappy with such achievements?

The teaching camps trained according to the methods of later generations will be required as soon as they recruit soldiers on a large scale.

Nowadays, there are no other outsiders except Zhang Yun, a few more than 100 people. The group of old, weak and disabled soldiers who were before have been disbanded by Zhang Yun.

Fortunately, this training ground is on the North Mountain, and outsiders have no way to understand the specific situation of the musket camp.

All they could know was the sound of the flintlock rifle!

The next morning, Zhang Yun brought the fifty people carefully selected, as well as Mo Youcai and Xu Jun out of Jingjiang Prefecture City and headed towards the nearest bandit village.

As for the military camp, Xu Ping and another fifty people were left to guard to prevent accidents of releasing animals. Because Zhang Yun's current property is here, there cannot be any mistakes.

"A hundred miles away, there was a group of bandits who were in trouble. After investigations a few days ago, they were the weakest, and there were less than a hundred people." Mo Youcai told the sorted information on the way to gallop.

Zhang Yun nodded after hearing this, but he finally said: "Once you break through the clan, don't kill innocent people!"

Because Zhang Yun knew that in addition to the outlaws, there must be homeless people, most of them, including women and children.

Mo Youcai and Xu Jun said when they heard this, they would never be able to do such a thing as killing innocent people, and it is not allowed by military rules.
Chapter completed!