Back in Yangsan, Jiang De immediately told the leaders about Wu Yong's deception of Jeju Island in Goryeo, and everyone's eyes were about to pop out, but no one thought that Wu Yong could do such a big thing.

Gongsun Sheng excitedly arched his hand and said, "Master of the village, this is God bless my Liangshanbo, so that the transaction between my Liangshan and the Jurchens will be much more convenient." ”

Except for Xu Guanzhong and a few others, no one knows what Jiang De took Jeju Island for, but he just prepared a back road for Liangshan, and at the same time, it was also an extra way to make money.

Ruan Xiaoer came out and said, "Brother of the owner of the village, Jeju Island is lonely overseas, and most of the boats we are waiting for are river boats, and the top priority is to build boats." ”

Duan Jingzhu also said, "Yes, the last time we went to the Jurchens, there were only a few boats, but fortunately, the Wanyan wolf lord only gave us fifty horses, if we sent a hundred, we can't transport them, the village master, if we go to trade with the Jurchens again this time, we must prepare more ships." ”

Jiang De touched his chin and said in embarrassment: "Although this ship is built by Wu Di's sister, it will take time." ”

Zhu Wu came out and said with a smile, "Owner of the village, this matter is not difficult, I think that since Jeju Island is the key place of the four countries, there will inevitably be more merchant ships to and fro, and we can buy some ships from merchants on Jeju Island." ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "This plan is not appropriate, I think most of the ships that come and go to the merchants are useful, if you really just want merchant ships, I think it is better to buy some directly in Qingzhou, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other places, there are also many maritime merchants." ”

Dengzhou, Jiang De suddenly thought of Sun Li and the others in Dengzhou, looked at Luan Tingyu and said, "Head Luan, I remember that you have a senior brother who is an official in Dengzhou, right?" ”

Luan Tingyu came out and said, "But there is a junior brother, named Sun Li, who is the soldier and horse of Dengzhou. ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled, "It turns out that there is such a person, I don't know what this person is?" Do you have what it takes? Please also ask Brother Luan to elaborate. ”

Luan Tingyu said with a smile, "My junior brother was originally a person from Qiongzhou, he was admitted to the martial arts, and he went to Dengzhou as an official, so he also took root there, he was eight feet tall, and his kung fu was also calculated, so that he had a good gun and a stick, and he could make a steel whip, so he was called a sick lieutenant Chi, if he wanted to be a man, he was righteous. ”

Jiang De looked at Luan Tingyu, who couldn't close his mouth when he talked about Sun Li, and knew that in Luan Tingyu's heart, I am afraid that he still attaches great importance to this junior brother, thinking about Luan Tingyu being deceived by Sun Ning in the original book and causing Zhuang Po to die, he was also a little embarrassed, and said in his mouth, "In this case, I will entrust you to go to Dengzhou, on the one hand, to buy a sea ship, and on the other hand, to open up the relationship between the military in Dengzhou, if I remember correctly, Dengzhou also has a naval division."

As for other places, I will arrange additional manpower to buy sea boats, and be sure to buy ten large sea boats within one month. ”

Duan Jingzhu replied.

"I remember last time you said that the Wanyan tribe is inland and needs to be reached through the Duck River, this time you also go to Dengzhou to find a boat that can enter the Duck River, and it is also limited to one month, the more the better."

Duan Jingzhu gave up the order, then thought about it, and said, "The owner of the village, not far from the mouth of the Yazi River, there is also a big island, called Heilongyu, also called Kuye Island, there is a state of land, under which it faces the Wa Kingdom across the sea, and the island is mostly barbarians, if you want to have long-term contacts with the Jurchens, do you want to set up a camp on that island?" It's just that it's too north, but the winter is hard to endure. ”

Black Dragon Island? Kuji Island? Jiang De immediately reacted, it should be Sakhalin Island in the future, it is indeed very cold, winter accounts for almost half of the year, and the coldest time can reach minus forty degrees, it can really be said that the water is dripping into ice, and the garrison is camped there, but it is really a chore.

Jiang De asked, "How many people are there on the Dead Leaf Island?" What do they do for a living? ”

Duan Jingzhu replied, "I don't know how much, but I think there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, and they should make a living from fishing and hunting." ”

Jiang De hesitated, for the sake of the future, occupying Withered Leaf Island can strategically form a flanking attack on Japan and the Jurchens, but in terms of cost, it is really high and scary.

Xu Guanzhong guessed Jiang De's concerns, stepped forward and whispered, "My lord, are you worried that it will be too difficult to garrison troops on Withered Leaf Island?" ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Yes, these people went up the mountain to live a better life, and they wanted to be stationed in a place like Dry Leaf Island for a long time... It's fine in summer, but not in winter, but if it's only stationed in summer, then it's better not to garrison troops. ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "Lord, I don't have to worry about this matter for the time being, first build a water village there for the purpose of commerce and trade, if you really want to garrison the army, give the brothers stationed higher treatment, I believe there are still people who are willing to go, and there are still some people living there, I think if we can make it king, then the problem of the garrison will not be a problem." ”

Jiang De thought about it, these are all things later, do the first step first, and then say to Duan Jingzhu, "Okay, go this time, take five hundred brothers, choose a site on that withered leaf island, and find a way to contact the local tribes to see if they can communicate, and win over first, but if the local natives have a wrong idea, you can go on a killing spree!" ”

In just one sentence, the fate of tens of thousands of people on an isolated island thousands of miles away has changed.

"Report! The owner of the village, the leader of Huarong asked to see. At this time, a minion came in and said, Jiang De and the others glanced at each other, not knowing what Hua Rong was doing this time, but Hua Diao said excitedly, "Brother is here?" I don't even say it in advance. ”

"Let Brother Huarong in!" Jiang De waved his hand and said, and after a while, Hua Rong, who was wearing a strong suit, walked in, first smiled at Hua Diao who kept waving his hand, and then said to Jiang De, "Hua Rong has seen the owner of the village and the brothers. ”

Jiang De helped him for a moment and asked, "Brother Huarong, why don't you say a word before you come, so I can greet you." ”

Hua Rong said, "The owner of the village is busy, where do you dare to be so disturbed, but it was Brother Song Jiang who heard on the mountain that the owner of the village was attacking the Yunzhou Mansion, and he was worried that the owner of the village was short of manpower, so he asked the younger brother to bring two thousand minions to help, but I didn't expect that before I arrived, I heard that the city of Yunzhou had been broken by the owner of the village, so I asked Yang Lin to take the soldiers and horses back to the mountain and come to say hello to my brother." ”

Jiang De frowned, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, and said, "Oh? The Song Jiang brothers are so righteous, they actually transferred two thousand minions, and it seems that Weishan is becoming more and more prosperous. How many soldiers and horses are there on Weishan now? ”

Hua Rong said with a smile, "Although Weishan is not as good as Liangshan, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now there are 5,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 10 generals." ”

Xu Guanzhong and Gongsun Sheng and the others exchanged glances, Jiang De hummed and said, "Okay, wow, in this way, my Liangshan is also worry-free, since Brother Huarong is here, let's live on the mountain for a few days." Huadiao, you and your brother go around and see the new changes in our Liangshan. ”

Huadiao couldn't bear it anymore, and as soon as he heard Jiang De's words, he immediately threw himself into Huarong's arms and shouted, "Brother, Huadiao misses you so much." ”

Hua Rong touched Hua Diao's hair, and said with some reproach, "I heard that you were captured in the first battle of Zhujiazhuang, and you must not have practiced much." ”

Luan Tingyu next to him heard Hua Rong say this, and hurriedly came out to worship, "Brother Hua Rong, I was reckless at that time, and I am here to apologize to you and the Huadiao girl." ”

Hua Rong smiled and said, "It's Commander Luan, the two armies are fighting, there's nothing to blame for who is not to blame, but my Hua family's martial arts are not lost to others, and I will ask for advice later." ”

This is to avenge Huadiao, Luan Tingyu smiled bitterly, and could only respond, Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's all for today, let's disperse." ”

After everyone left, Xu Guanzhong said to Jiang De, "Village master, Hua Rong is here this time, not just for support. ”

Chao Gai said puzzledly: "Then what else can it be for?" ”

Zhu Wu snorted, "I think it's for a demonstration, five thousand soldiers and horses, such a fast expansion speed, in addition, that Hua Rong seems to know a lot about the things on my mountain, Hua Diao will definitely not say the detailed process of his capture in his letters on weekdays, and others should not touch this mold, I guess Song Jiang planted a nail in our Liangshan." ”

Chao Gai looked at everyone blankly, he really didn't understand why Song Jiang brought people to help, but everyone had such an attitude.

Jiang De took a breath and said, "It is expected that Song Jiang will become big in Weishan, but he has been too arrogant recently, we still have to be more obscure now, I will write a letter to Song Jiang to warn him, as for the rats that may exist inside, Zhu Wu, I will leave it to you." ”

Zhu Wu gave up his hand, and Jiang De said again, "Okay, these are small things, Jeju Island is a big thing, you must unite and cooperate to ensure that our first overseas base runs smoothly!" ”

Time flies, the second batch of ships full of supplies under the leadership of Duan Jingzhu and Lu Zhishen headed towards Jeju Island, and the matter of Yunzhou Mansion being attacked by Liangshan thieves gradually no one talked about anymore, of course, Cheng Wan and Jiang De did not spend less money for this matter, and Song Jiang of Weishan also reined in one or two after receiving Jiang De's letter, and did not attack the state capital again, just like that, time blink of an eye to May.

- Bianliang

"Ah!!h In a room in Qionglou, there was a scream, which startled a strong man guarding the door, and hurriedly approached the door, and heard a complaint, "Can't write, can't write!" I won't take this test, okay? ”

The strong man immediately knew what was going on, and silently took a step back, when he didn't hear anything.

"Lord, can't you really write it?"

"I can't really write it!"

"Sure enough?"

"Sure enough!"

In the room, Jiang De and Xu Guanzhong stared at each other, and on the table, there was nothing on a piece of excellent rice paper except for an ink spot, which made Xu Guanzhong lose his strength in an instant.

"Lord, the time of this big competition is coming, but the state of the lord is dangerous." Xu Guanzhong said worriedly.

Jiang De looked at Xu Guanzhong with a blank look and said, "Mr. Xu, didn't you say that there was a way, you have to help me, this damn scripture is too difficult, anyway, who came up with these things to take the test, it's useless!" ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "My lord, there is a reason for this imperial examination of scriptures, since the Han Dynasty, all high-ranking officials need to be proficient in scriptures, and they cannot gain a foothold in officialdom without studying scriptures." You may not be a scholar of the scriptures, but at least you must be familiar with the scriptures and be able to base your behavior from the scriptures. It shows that there is a reason for the incident, and it is not a gratuitous fabrication. Even Wang Jinggong has the "Three Classics", those who do practical things and achieve high positions are called capable officials, but they are not real civil officials. ”

Jiang De rolled his eyes, just looked at Xu Guanzhong expectantly, Xu Guanzhong finally sighed and said, "That's it, now it seems that there are only two ways to go." ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "I know that Mr. Xu must have a law, let's talk about it." ”

Xu Guanzhong said, "The first is the upper policy, the imperial examination is three, divided into the test strategy, the trial theory, and the general meaning of the scriptures, with the talent of the lord, the policy, the theory is no problem, but this scripture is not good, since this is the case, only write the second subject of the strategy, when it comes to the examination of the scriptures, I will let people pass the news that the old minister of Zhou is critically ill, the lord can not test the scriptures in the name of filial piety, there are officials and Cai Taishi, and then explain to the master in advance, as long as the first two are written better, I believe that in the end, a Jinshi background is also indispensable, and the lord can also have filial piety.

The next strategy is to make Shi Qian work hard, run a few times to the palace, and steal out the exam questions, but first, the place where the exam questions are put must be heavily guarded, and secondly, there must be secret marks on this exam questions, even if they are stolen, I am worried that they will be discovered. ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "Just forget about stealing the exam questions... Stealing exam questions... Wait, I have it! ”

Jiang De's eyes lit up, and he patted his head and said, "Mr. Xu, if I can get a topic, can you help me write a passable article?" ”

Xu Guanzhong said suspiciously, "Yes, yes, but... This topic... Okay, my lord, I'll go and look for the time to move. ”

Jiang pulled Xu Guanzhong and smiled, "No, no, I have another way." ”

Speaking of which, Jiang De iQue system, it turned out that Jiang De suddenly remembered that there were countless books that could be purchased in the system, and those books of various science, engineering and agriculture with a technical nature were expensive to exchange for one, but the liberal arts were the price of cabbage. Jiang De's goal is to find a textbook for the undergraduate examination and find the questions that will appear this year.

Don't be surprised, there is nothing new under the sun, Huanggang and Haidian in later generations have produced textbooks for so many years, in the Song Dynasty, there are also such textbooks with real questions, after every big competition, there will be people from these hands to collect the title and Jinshi's articles, and then publish them into a text and distribute them all over the world.

Jiang De quickly found a copy of the imperial examination outline issued by Zhenghe in the sixth year, and when he saw the exchange points, he only needed a thousand points, and the little Jiang De almost couldn't find the north, so he hurriedly exchanged it into his hand, in Xu Guanzhong's opinion, Jiang De was a flick of his hand, and a booklet appeared in his hand.

Jiang De waved the pamphlet and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, the topic is here!" ”