Outside the Huanglong Mansion, Ah Guta reluctantly held Xu Guanzhong's hand and said, "Since I started the army, I have seen a lot of literati, but there are few talents like Mr., I am really reluctant to leave Mr. ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "People like me are like a big river of mud and sand in the Song Kingdom, what is it? ”

Ah Gu said he, "I don't believe this, if there were really so many gentlemen, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom would have ceased to exist a long time ago." ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled and did not speak.

Ah Gu sighed, "Since I started the army, I just want to fight against Liao, and I just want to make friends with other countries, I hope you can bring my meaning to the Marquis of Pingyin when you go back this time."

I heard that you have refused the canonization of the Liao State, it can be seen that you are a loyal person to the Song State, I have nothing to give him, I can only abide by the agreement between us, as long as your first batch of goods reaches the Datong River, I will order the withdrawal of Shunzhou and the second place. ”

Xu Guanzhong thanked, "Thank you to the lord of the country, I only hope that you and I will not fight each other, and we will always be together." ”

Ah Guda looked at Xu Guanzhong's back as he gradually left, and sighed, "Although the Song people do not have the martial arts and courage of us, they also have iron-clad men, if they become enemies in the future, I am afraid it will not be easy." ”

Wanyan Zonghan said in disbelief: "I see how weak the Song people are, what is there to be afraid of such a person?" ”

Ah Gu laughed and said, "That's a good point! There is nothing to be afraid of in front of our Jurchens, everyone, when the money and food of Goryeo arrives, it will be the time when the spring flowers will bloom, and then we will continue to send troops to fight until Nayelu Yanxi is captured alive! ”

"Capture Yelu Yanxi alive! Capture Yelu Yanxi alive!! ”

-- Kaijing

Hua Sen looked at the contract handed over by Xu Guanzhong, and said with a satisfied smile: "Mr. Xu has done a good business this time, I wonder if the Jin soldiers in Shunzhou have been ordered to retreat?" ”

Xu Guanzhong replied, "When the students came back, they passed by Shunzhou and saw the guard general Wan Yan Yan's mother, who said that she would obey the order to retreat, but she had to wait for the official military order of Ah Guta.

In addition, in the land of Erzhou, Jin soldiers are everywhere, looting everywhere, and I have seen that Yan Yan's mother wants to give us two empty states. ”

Hua Sen looked around, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, he said, "It's okay to be in Kongzhou, so I just immigrated to these two states, and there are too few Song people in the land of Goryeo, so I'm uneasy." ”

Xu Guanzhong lowered his head, he couldn't say anything like this, and he didn't know how to say it.

Watson coughed and continued, "Did Akuta say when it would be ordered? ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "Aguta said that when the first transaction is completed, he will withdraw from Erzhou." ”

"Then let's start the first trade immediately, just as our army is also going to expand the cavalry ranks."

"Students do it now!"

After Xu Guanzhong retreated, Jiang De looked back at the map, once Erzhou was taken by him, the matter of Goryeo would come to an end, and the three armies had been fighting for a long time, and they would have to be repaired.

Half a month later, as the materials agreed with the Jurchens were transported to Shunzhou, the Jin soldiers of Shunzhou and Yinzhou also retreated to the south of the Datong River according to the agreement.

Shunzhou two places are also as Xu Guanzhong estimated, all the people and materials were plundered by the Jurchens, leaving Jiang De with only a piece of white land, Jiang De was not worried but happy, first measured all these lands, and then distributed them to the people in other mountains and forests, let those people come here to cultivate and live, and distributed some land to the sergeants, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, and then let Huang Da and others return to China to gather the landless people, and they were also busy for a while.

Winter goes to spring, and in the blink of an eye, Jiang De has been in Goryeo for almost a year, and Zhenghe has been in the eighth year.

- Japan

A place thousands of miles away from Goryeo, it was called Heiankyo, which was later Kyoto in Japan.

Heiankyo's outer bureau was built in a complete imitation of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, because it was also called Little Chang'an by later generations, and the area was about one-fifth of the real Chang'an City, and there were also streets with the same name as Chang'an Castle such as Suzaku Street, which was very interesting.

In the northernmost part of the castle is Ouchiri, the political center of Japan at this time, where a group of people are discussing things.

In the main hall, a person is on the top, although this person wants to try his best to sit majestic, but the young face is difficult to fear, he is the Japanese emperor at this time, Sohito, at this time only fourteen years old, because the emperor's name can not be mentioned, so it is called Toba.

And beside him, there is another person, hidden behind the curtain, if you look closely, you can find that most of the ministers below are looking at the curtain, behind this curtain sat a monk, the monk is a little old, about sixty years old, but the spirit is very good, red light, don't think this person is a demon monk, he is Toba's grandfather, known as Emperor Shirakawa by later generations.

Shirakawa had been on the throne since he was 20 years old, and due to the weakening of the Fujiwara clan at that time, he had the opportunity to seize real power. However, in order to grasp power more effectively, he abdicated at the age of 33 and abdicated to his son Emperor Horikawa, becoming emperor himself, continuing to listen to the government, and creating a system of imperial government. At this time, he has been listening to the government for more than 30 years, and it can be said that he is not the emperor of the emperor, and even because of his long life, he boiled the Horikawa to death, and can only support his grandson Toba to the throne again, so that he can continue to listen to the government.

"It's really unthinkable that such a huge change has taken place in Goryeo." One of the ministers below said, "Our country and Goryeo live next to each other, and I heard that there is a shadow of the Song people in the destruction of Goryeo this time, Your Majesty, Wechen suggested sending an envoy to the Song and Goryeo countries to investigate, so as to be prepared." ”

"From the six of them are reasonable, then who wants to go to these two places."

"We're willing to go!"

"We're willing to go!"

The two men stood up and bowed.

Bai He looked at the two of them and smiled, "Okay, then the Ping family and the Yuan family will each have one person, and the Ping family will go to the Song Kingdom, and the Yuan family will go to Goryeo." ”

"Hey!"

After the many ministers below retreated, Shirakawa looked at Toba and said, "Toba, do you understand?" ”

Toba shook his head a little ignorantly and said, "Grandson doesn't understand. ”

Bai He said with a smile, "My clan has been the lord of this sunrise country since Shenwu, but the power has not always been in the hands of my clan.

Over the years, I have used those northern samurai to set up a court government, and I have slowly gathered power into the hands of my clan, and don't forget, until now, the Regent family is still eyeing us.

Among the current northern samurai, the one I value most is the Gen family and the peace family, among which the head of the Gen family is only twenty years old, but he is extraordinary in martial arts, and he was assassinated in the past, but I just gave him an order, and he can gather people and crusade against the Yoshitsuna, although Yoshitsuna was later proven to be wronged, but he can also see this person's means.

And the Heike family's Taira Tadamori, the same year as him, succeeded in stopping the riots of the monks of Kofukuji Temple at the age of seventeen. He is a person who is not afraid of ghosts and gods, and such a person is worthy of our trust.

But you must remember that as the lord of men, you must not disbelieve, nor believe completely, and I am now sending these two men to the two kingdoms separately to oppose them, so that they will depend on us for power in the future. ”

Toba nodded to indicate that he was taught, but what Shirakawa didn't notice was that there was a trace of indescribable and unclear things in the eyes of Toba who lowered his head.

- Goryeo Kaegyo

Goryeo was not hot in early summer, and in the suburbs not far from Kaigyeongseong, I don't know when a large number of brick houses appeared, but these are not unusual, what is strange is the chimney erected high, so that the surrounding people guess what it is from time to time. Some people say it's a pagoda, some people say it's a watchtower, and some people say that Jiang De wants to live forever and is going to build a high platform to the sky to ask for the elixir of life.

Under this chimney, there is a group of people waiting outside,

"Lord, you see, the cement of this first furnace is about to come out." Xu Guanzhong pointed to the kiln and smiled.

Jiang De wore a mask, nodded and smiled, "Okay, this cement is out, many things are easy to do, whether it is to build a road or a city, the cost can be greatly reduced." ”

Wu Yong next to him also said happily, "But according to Xiaosheng, the most important thing is the steel factory, I didn't expect this Goryeo to be so rich, not only steel, but even copper mines." ”

Jiang De looked at the north and said, "Actually, the real minerals of Goryeo are in the north, but it's a pity that they are now occupied by the Jurchens." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I will be able to get it back in the future." Niu Gao patted his chest and said.

"Hehe, don't worry, by the way, what is the envoy from the Wa Kingdom doing these days?" Jiang De asked suddenly.

Just a few days ago, an envoy came from the Wa Kingdom, and this news surprised Jiang De a little, he was not ready to deal with the Wa State, because he did not immediately meet with the Emissary of the Wa State.

"The envoys of the Japanese Kingdom have been resting in the pavilion for the past few days, and they will not go out for a walk until evening, but they have not gone to meet any ministers." Wu Yong said.

"Well, let's let Li Ziqian meet him first and see what they want to do." Jiang De commanded.

Naturally, someone below took the order, and then there was a burst of "Open the furnace!" The corners of Jiang De's mouth curved slightly, after Goryeo has modern basic industry, it can become his stable rear.

Kang Deok not only set up a cement plant and a steel plant in Goryeo, but also built a coking coal plant, a gunpowder factory, and an artillery factory. He also called some masters from Wu Di and integrated a new shipyard from the new, so it can be said that he has not been idle at all during these times.

Jiang De watched the cement of the first furnace be practiced, then gave an order, and left with everyone, and was walking, flying a fast horse.

"Report! Emergency military intelligence! ”

"Pick it up!"

Xu Guanzhong took the military information, opened it and looked at it, then handed it to Jiang De and said, "Lord, Jin Guo really doesn't want to stop for a moment, and he has begun to send troops to attack Liao again." ”

Jiang De looked at it, and what it said was that Ah Guta sent troops to the Liao State again, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the Liao soldiers were already frightened and did not dare to fight with the Jin soldiers in the field.

But Jiang De is more concerned about the latter sentence, since February, there has been no rain in Liaojin.

Liaojin drought?

For ancient times, drought and military disasters, the common people almost only had one way to wait for death, Jiang De passed the letter down and said, "Liaojin may not be able to fight this year, there is no rain for several months, it must be a great drought, I am afraid that it will not be long before Aguda will come to ask for food." ”

Xu Guanzhong thought for a while and said, "There is no rain in the north, but it must be rainy in the south, and we can transport grain from the south to the north with the convenience of sea ships, and use this as a basis to return to the land of Goryeo north of the Datong River." ”

Jiang De recalled, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult, if there is a real drought, the Jin country will definitely suffer less than the Liao country, and the people of the Liao country are afraid that there will be riots, so I'm afraid that Aguta's choice is to send troops to loot to solve the problem of military rations."

And Goryeo is not rainless during this time, and there are also a lot of fertile fields north of the Datong River. ”

Xu Guanzhong and the others also said yes when they thought about it, Jiang De said with his back hand, "The land still has to be fought for with a sword, and it is impossible to say how much it will come back if you say it with your mouth."

I've heard that the Wa Kingdom has been peaceful for hundreds of years, so I guess I've accumulated a lot of wealth. ”

Xu Guanzhong and Wu Yong glanced at each other after hearing this, and they both understood what Jiang De was thinking.

——

"You... Is it an envoy of the Wa Kingdom? Jiang De looked at the big man below and said in disbelief.

"In the lower source of righteousness, it is the messenger sent by the emperor of the rising sun." The big man nodded and said.

Jiang De looked at this man who was almost 1.8 meters tall, and he didn't believe it, didn't he say that the Japanese people at this time were very short, could this person be genetically mutated?

Although Jiang De had never heard the name Gen Weiyi, thanks to the book "The Tale of Genji", Jiang De at least knew that the Gen family was from a famous family in Japan.

"Source is righteousness? You look... It's not the same as ordinary Japanese people, it's very majestic. Jiang De still couldn't help but say.

Yuan Weiyi bowed his head and said, "I love to eat since I was a child, and there are no taboos, so I have grown a little taller." But compared with the Song people, it is not Erer. ”

Love to eat... Well, that makes sense.

Jiang De recalled that in fact, the reason why the Japanese people were short in the past was very simple, that is, they did not eat well, and it was not that one generation ate badly, but that all generations did not eat well.

It was probably in the seventh century, and I don't know what the lord of the Wa Kingdom thought at that time, and began to order in the form of a law that the people were not allowed to eat meat, of course, it was not a one-size-fits-all approach, it was not allowed to eat five kinds of meat, such as cows, horses, dogs, monkeys, and chickens, sheep, pigs, and fish were all edible, but don't forget, the people of this island country liked to go to extremes, since the people could not eat these five kinds of meat, as a superior person, they naturally wanted to go further, so most of the Wa nobles gave up all the meat of leged animals, and only ate fish meat, Entered a semi-vegetarian life.

Over the past few hundred years, long-term malnutrition has naturally led to a decline in average height, but such a decline is only temporary, as long as the nutrition keeps up, it is easy to recover.

Since Yuan Weiyi said that he loves to eat, and there are no taboos, I am afraid that he is a rare nutritionally balanced person in the Japanese country, and it is normal to grow taller.

.... Let's hope so.

In fact, Jiang De also has a not very good conjecture, you must know that at this time, the Japanese people are still very popular to borrow seeds, that is, to take the girl to the coast of the Song Dynasty by boat, so that the Song people can get on the boat and have fun, so that the girl can conceive the child of the Song people, and then bring it back to marry, such a person will return to Japan, not only will not be discriminated against, but will be worth doubled, not a wealthy family or a famous family, don't want to marry such a young woman home.

Could this be the case for righteousness? Jiang De is really hard to say.