"Commander, the commander of the Dazaifu has already expressed his willingness to sign an agreement to commission the construction of the fortress." Huang Da said with some disbelief: "The last general never thought that things would go so smoothly." ”

Jiang De looked at the agreement that had signed the Daimyo of Fujiwara Yuanji, nodded and said, "Although the Fujiwara family is still the first family, it is not as good as before, this Fujiwara Wanji's parents are both from the Fujiwara family, and his mother is the nurse of the Wa Kingdom Shirakawa King, so it can be said that he and Shirakawa are brothers."

But in the face of the interests of the family, this little bit of relationship is nothing, the monarch who was raised by his mother in the past is pressing step by step, taking away his family power little by little, and even he himself has changed from a minister with real power to the current marshal. Do you think he will have no resentment in his heart?

What's more, I'm waiting on the side, and the benefits actually outweigh the disadvantages for him. ”

"Big brother, do you mean that he wants to protect himself?" Yue Fei asked.

"Yes, the loss of the Japanese country in the naval battle of the closed door is so heavy, someone must take the blame, the one in our bottom warehouse is finished, but who will be the big two next? I think he must have wanted to be a regent.

Now I think he should go and let out the rumors, saying that we only recognize him, and people from other departments will weigh it if they want to do this position, after all, there are quite a lot of accidents these days. Jiang De took out his Pingyin Marquis Great Seal, stamped it on the agreement, and then said to Huang Da, "Okay, you divide eight ships and occupy the main roads on both sides of the gate, and you need a person to be stationed here for a long time, what kind of candidate do you have?" ”

Huang Da thought for a while and said, "Back to the commander, there may be someone who is suitable, this person's name is Wu Dating, he is a native of Korea, he was originally a general of the Goryeo Naval Division, after returning to our army, he is diligent in learning and good at artillery, and he is now the deputy head of the artillery of our army's naval division." The most important thing is that this person can also speak. ”

"Oh? Is there such a person? Call me and see. ”

After a while, a man was brought over, Jiang De looked at him, and then asked, "You are Wu Dating?" General Huang said that you are good at artillery, you turned out to be a member of the Goryeo Navy, how can you be good at artillery? ”

Wu Daying knew that this was the opportunity that Huang Da gave him, so he first glanced at Huang Da gratefully, and then arched his hand and said, "Commander Hui, artillery is just to fight fast and accurately, to fight fast is to pay attention to skilled cooperation, and to fight accurately is to know how to shoot Zhu Yuan, but floating on the water, more importantly, it is necessary to shoot a salvo." This will give you the best chance of attacking the enemy. ”

Jiang De nodded, and made the essence of artillery naval warfare clear in a few words, but he was a person who was good at learning.

But whether it can be used or not depends not only on ability, but more importantly on loyalty.

"Okay, let me ask you again, what do you think of our army's trip?" Jiang De continued to ask.

Wu Dating replied without thinking about it, "The priests in the army have told us, the purpose of our coming here is to save the people of the Japanese who are oppressed by the Japanese magnates, our Song State is the most advanced civilization in the world, so it is obliged to kingize the surrounding countries, so that they can also enter the era of civilization, one of the signs of civilization is the flow of classes, as long as you have the ability, you can succeed, and the Japanese State is not even as good as the original Goryeo, the imperial examination is just a decoration, all the officials are nobles can serve, these nobles only know pleasure, The life and death of the common people are not in their hearts at all, and the princes and princes will have a kind of Xiangning? Such a country should be overthrown as soon as possible! ”

Jiang De nodded appreciatively, he never believed in the oath of allegiance to someone, a person is willing to be loyal to a certain person, often because this person has a great favor to him, but how many such people will there be? Only those who are effectively loyal to a certain idea and a certain idea are truly trustworthy.

This is also the reason why later generations are loyal to the Party Central Committee, they are not loyal to a certain person, but a doctrine, such a group is much more effective than the officials of the feudal dynasty.

"Wu Dating, I want to ask you, if you were to be in charge of the construction of the fortresses on both sides of the Guanmen Strait, what would you do?"

Wu Dating's face turned red all of a sudden, this is a heavy responsibility, he glanced at Huang Da gratefully again, and then said, "If the last general is in charge of the construction of the fortress, he will build a high city wall, distribute artillery, hoard grain and grass, and at the same time prohibit the Japanese from approaching the fortress." ”

Jiang De nodded, shook his head again, and then said, "If you really do this, you can only score 60 points, you just said that the court of the Japanese State can be said to have squeezed the people of the Japanese State to the extreme, but why don't the people of the Japanese Kingdom know to resist?" ”

Everyone thought about it, and Jiang De continued, "This is because they don't know that they can resist, don't be surprised, before Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, what common people thought that they could rebel?

You remember, this time we have not only opened up trade routes, but more importantly, we have sown the seeds, and in Settsu, many Japanese people have already begun to study Sinology, and here, I want you to sow them too.

In a word! Jiang De squinted his eyes and said, "The sky is high, the emperor is far away, and the people are few and there are many people." How about hitting three times a day, and not treating it back? ”

"How about three beatings a day, if you don't do the opposite?" Everyone read this sentence, their eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and Wu Dating arched his hand and said, "The last general understands!" ”

"Okay, I'll send you to garrison here, at most a month, there will be sergeants to reinforce, what you have to do, first, hold the fortress, second, recruit as many people as possible, tell them what they are."

"Yes!"

"You also bring the two in the bottom warehouse and give them to Fujiwara, as for what he does, we don't care."

"Yes!"

The matter of the Wa Kingdom has finally come to an end, Jiang De looked at the more and more Saikaido, and suddenly sighed with emotion, as the saying goes, killing people and punishing people, beating people and subduing them, this time Jiang De took advantage of the weakness of the Wa State to cross the river, I don't know what will happen next time.

If the Wa Kingdom was really united, he would not even dare to enter the Seto Inland Sea.

Again, unity is strength, and there is always some truth in what the old man said.

- Bianjing

"Ah, hey, this little lady is so handsome, my nephew is lucky, he can pick up such a little beauty when he goes to sea." A woman grabbed Tamamo's hand and said in a critical manner.

"yes, when you look at the skin, I'm really jealous." Master Li also said with a smile.

"It's just that I don't know how to speak Chinese yet, and now I know how to blush."

As he spoke, there was another burst of laughter.

Tamamo lowered her head and said in some accented Chinese, "I already know how to speak some." ”

"Ah, that's pretty good, come, tell my sisters, what is this country like?"

Others say that three women are equal to a thousand ducks, Jiang De looked at the group in the distance, and really admired the person who invented this sentence.

"Uncle, this time Wenzheng Gongxian died, I heard that it was a big blow to the Taishi?" Jiang De asked curiously.

Liang Shijie nodded and said, "Wen Zhenggong is the younger brother of the Taishi, and the Taishi is naturally very sad when he dies on the way back to his hometown. ”

Wen Zhenggong is Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian, the two brothers have always been politically at odds, and they rarely interact with each other on weekdays, but after all, they are Cai Jing's younger brothers, and if the younger brother dies, how long can the elder brother live? It is not so much that Cai Jing is sad about Cai Bian's death, but that he is sad about his old age.

"I heard that the official family has been very interested in the matter of Jin Liao recently?" Jiang De changed the subject and said.

"Yes, more than a month ago, more than 200 people, including Liao people, Jizhou Han'er Gao Yaoshi Monk Lang Rong, and other Liao people, drifted to my camel island, and the official family was very interested in hearing the news, so they summoned them to the capital for questioning.

Only then did I know that the current Liao State is already like a candle in the wind, and it is in danger, not only has it been defeated in successive battles, but even Tokyo has been lost to the Jin State.

That Tong Guan immediately instigated the official family to join Jin to resist Liao, and the Taishi did not go out during this time, no, the official family sent Wang Shi to select seven generals and colonels, and prepared to contact Jin Guo with a sergeant ship. Liang Shicheng pursed his lips and said, "That Tong Guan has contributed a lot in this matter. ”

Jiang De took a sip of tea and nodded, this matter was reported to him as soon as he returned to China.

In the past, Zong Ze cleaned up the fields in Dengzhou, supervised the official system, and offended a large number of people, and in the end, both the prefect Li Hao and Zong Ze were transferred out of the place, and the prefect of Dengzhou in this matter was Wang Anzhong mentioned before.

Although this Wang Anzhong's name is similar to Wang Anshi, he has nothing to do with Wang Anshi, but he is a student of Su Shi and Chao Shuozhi, a Jinshi of Zhezong, and a Hanlin of Zhao Ji Dynasty.

Of course, for this kind of official with good wealth and power, Jiang De has already infiltrated him like a sieve, but the matter of Gao Yaoshi and others is too big, and there is no order from Jiang De, and Sun Li and others in Dengzhou do not dare to act at will.

"Uncle, I have traveled all over the world in the past few years, and I have heard some things about the north, the Jurchens are extremely fierce, and the Liao people are not opponents, if the Liao country becomes the Jin country, it will be a hundred harms and no benefits for my Great Song Dynasty." Jiang De said, "Just like the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty in the past, if Shu Han and Sun Wu destroyed Wei, but the land was all owned by one family, it would be better to maintain the original three-legged stand for the other family." ”

Liang Shicheng nodded and said, "Your thoughts are the same as mine, but the official family is already moved by Tong Guan's instigation, it's difficult..."

Jiang De narrowed his eyes, Song Guolian Jin Kangliao is the general trend, this is not something he can stop, as long as Zhao Ji still wants to leave a good reputation in the history books, he can't resist the temptation to recover Yanyun.

Jiang De pressed the thought in his heart, changed the topic and said, "By the way, I heard that the official family has been more concerned about Taoist affairs recently." ”

Liang Shicheng sighed: "Just a few days ago, the official family summoned more than 2,000 Taoist priests to practice in the palace... Hey, virtuous nephew, I'm envious of you more and more now. ”

Jiang De crooked his mouth, knowing that Liang Shicheng was saying that Jiang De traveled around the mountains and rivers and didn't do business, but with the current atmosphere of the court, what kind of business could he do?

A few people laughed again, Liang Shicheng took Mrs. Cai to leave Qionglou, Jiang De stood at the door and watched the two of them leave, sighing, "Even people like Liang Zhongshu can't stand it, you can imagine how far it has come." ”

"Brother Niu Gao is back." Yue Heng walked over at this time and said.

Jiang De looked back, and the dusty Niu Gao walked over.

"Black Bull, have you found those envoys from the Wa Kingdom?"

"Hui Xiaolangjun, they have already intercepted it in the middle of the road, it's so dangerous, it's almost there, they are about to arrive in Bianjing."

"That's good." Jiang De also put down his heart and said.

As soon as Jiang De returned to the Central Plains this time, he hurried to Bianjing, on the one hand, because of the matter of the high pharmacist, and on the other hand, because of these envoys of the Japanese State.

Jiang De did not want the Song court to know about his concession in the Wa Kingdom, he knew that what he had done in Goryeo had made the court very jealous of him, and if he did something more, he would have to break the fragile balance that had been established with great difficulty.

"Send all those Japanese envoys to the bottom of the sea." Jiang De's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, and he said: "From the Kingdom of Wa to the Kingdom of Song, so many ships are sunk every year, and I see many of them in this and two. ”

"Yes!"

"Since the official family has sent someone to contact Jin Guo and send an order to Wu Yong and the others, so that they can monitor it, I think this time they will return in vain, so I'll go back to Liangshan first and prepare for a big event."

That night, Jiang De was about to rest for a night before leaving, but he heard a knock on the door outside, and Jiang De asked, "Who?" ”

"Xiao Langjun, it's me, the official family is here." Yue Heng's voice came.

"Official? .... Does he know I'm back? Jiang De asked again.

"I know, as soon as the official family arrived at Qionglou, they asked about Xiao Langjun."

"Okay, then I'll get up and see him at once."

Jiang De got up to see Zhao Ji, and Yuzao next door listened to the movement outside, and asked Huadiao who was sleeping on a bed, "Sister Huadiao, is something wrong?" ”

I don't know if it's to prevent our Comrade Jiang De from making mistakes, or if it's really a good relationship, anyway, Yuzao sleeps with Huadiao these days.

"It's nothing, it's the official family here... It is the emperor of our Song Kingdom. Hua Diao listened and said.

"Oh..."Tamamo nodded, and Huadiao looked at Tamamo, not knowing if she understood or not.

Jiang De came to the room where Zhao Ji was, and saw Zhao Ji wearing a loose robe, sitting on a chair in the bar, with a seven-color cocktail in his hand, Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan sitting next to him, and Cai You sitting on the other side, these three people were also dressed idly, and there were drinks in front of them.

"Zhongwei Lang Jiang De has seen the official family." Jiang De bowed his hand to Zhao Ji first, and then said to the others, "I've seen Master Tong, Lord Cai, and Lord Liang." ”

"Excuse me, excuse me, I said Jiang Xiaolang, you have been very happy this year, I heard that you also went to the country of Wa, and found a beautiful lady of the country, as long as you have seen it, you don't say it's not good-looking, but really?" Zhao Ji saw Jiang De and immediately said excitedly.

Looking at Zhao Ji's pig brother, Jiang De really doubted whether Zhao Ji wanted to rob people, although Jiang De and Yuzao did not have too deep feelings, but in Jiang De's heart, Yuzao was already his own person, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, but he didn't show it, and said with a smile in his mouth, "The official family is so good ears, but it is so, the villain went to the sea to find immortals this year and asked, went to the country of Wa, and accepted a woman." ”

"Come on, come on, call and see." Zhao Ji said excitedly.

Jiang De gestured to the guards outside, and then said, "Tamamo will be here soon." ”

"Tamamo? Good name. Zhao Ji nodded and praised, and then said, "Jiang Xiaolang, since you have been looking for immortals overseas for a year, can you find immortal traces?" ”

Jiang De shook his head and sighed, "The fairy trail is hard to find." ”

Zhao Ji's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of disappointment, he came here late at night, most of it was for the immortal relics that Jiang De might find.