Chapter 121: Overseas Strategy
Shi Luosheng was unmoved: "Thanks to Your Majesty's wrong love, but the foreign minister will never stay in the Qi country, our Great Song Dynasty Your Majesty has the grace of knowing the foreign minister, if the foreign minister betrays the Great Song Dynasty because of his glory and wealth today, can His Majesty rest assured that the foreign minister is such an ungrateful person in the future?" Besides, how can such a person be worthy of Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”
Although Jiang Wushuang is domineering, Shi Luosheng's words are not unreasonable, if Shi Luosheng is really forced to stay in Daqi, it is inevitable that some people will say that he is greedy for wealth and beauty in the future, and once such rumors spread, it will not be good for his reputation and Wan'er's reputation.
Jiang Wushuang had no choice but to say: "If you insist on refusing to stay, I won't force you to stay, but Wan'er is my daughter, don't want to take her away." Choose Wan'er or go back to the Song Kingdom, you can consider it yourself. As for the details of Vachu, you can also discuss it with the general yourself. After speaking, Jiang Wushuang didn't bother to look at Shi Luosheng again, and got up and left directly.
After Jiang Wushuang left, Tian Wuji coughed lightly to break the embarrassing atmosphere on the scene and said, "General Shi, now let's discuss the details specifically, right?" ”
Shi Luosheng calmed down, and discussed the matter of attacking Chu with Tian Wuji and Jiang Huan Song, and the two sides agreed that after three months, the Qi State would first send troops to Changli City, and in the next two months, the Song State would send troops to attack Jizhou County.
After talking about things, back to the Four Princes' Mansion, Jiang Huan Chu and the others already knew what happened in the palace just now.
Shi Luosheng walked up to Jiang Wan'er and asked softly, "Wan'er, you won't blame me, right?" ”
Jiang Wan'er smiled and shook her head: "If you are willing to stay in Daqi, you will not be the big brother Shi I know." ”
Shi Luosheng was moved in his heart: "I have thought about it, you stay in Shangjing City first, and after a while, Changxing Island develops and you have the ability to protect yourself, so I will ask Your Majesty for resignation." Then let's go overseas together to open up new forces, and no longer participate in the war of the five countries on the mainland, do you say okay? ”
After all, Jiang Wan'er is the princess of Qi Kingdom, and there are many inconveniences to follow her back to Jianye, so it is good to stay in Shangjing City for the time being. If you want to be with Jiang Wan'er for a long time, the best place to go is to open up overseas forces, otherwise sandwiched between the two countries of Song and Qi, there are many things that cannot be avoided after all, and sooner or later it will bring them endless troubles.
Jiang Wan'er said happily: "Is this true? Are you really willing to resign for me? ”
Shi Luosheng nodded heavily.
Jiang Huan Chu on the side was also overjoyed when he heard it, what he was most worried about was that one day he would meet Shi Luosheng on the battlefield, and now Shi Luosheng had decided to withdraw from the Five Kingdoms dispute for Jiang Wan'er, and he had no worries.
Liu Zixuan saw his friends caught between the family and the royal family all the way, and if he was not careful, he would have to worry about his life, and he didn't want to live this kind of life. It is also his long-standing wish to go back to Changxing together, he can follow Zu Qingzhi and Hua Haoxuan to practice martial arts on the island, and he can also follow Ling Zhen out to fight pirates, this kind of day feels comfortable when he thinks about it.
Jiang Huan Chu asked: "Now that the matter of cooperation between the two countries has been negotiated, do you plan to return to the Song Kingdom next?" ”
Shi Luosheng nodded: "I plan to leave for Jianye in three days, before I go back, I still have to meet His Royal Highness, the development of Changxing Island is inseparable from his guidance." ”
Jiang Wan'er said: "Tomorrow I will go to the third brother's house with you, he is still in Beijing and has not returned to Jiaozhou." ”
The next day, the two came to the Third Prince's Mansion together, Jiang Wan'er broke in directly with Shi Luosheng, and asked, "Third brother, why haven't you come to us these days?" Brother Shi, they will return to Jianye in two days. ”
Jiang Huanyan seemed to mean something else and said, "What are you looking for?" How good it is to go back, since General Shi refuses to stay in my Daqi, returning to the Song Kingdom is our enemy, and it is inevitable that we will meet on the battlefield in the future, so it is better not to get too close now. ”
Jiang Wan'er couldn't hear what he meant, and said angrily: "What did you say? Brother Shi promised me, and after two years of Changxing Island development, he resigned and went overseas with me to develop new forces. ”
Jiang Huanyan confirmed to Shi Luosheng again: "Is this true? ”
Shi Luosheng nodded seriously, and Jiang Huanyan's face looked better.
Jiang Huanyan said: "Brother Shi, you also know my temper, although Wan'er and I were not born to the same mother, she is also my own sister. You belong to different camps, wouldn't Wan'er being caught in the middle make her more troubled, if you are really willing to resign, even if you don't come to my Daqi, it doesn't matter, after all, you will avoid meeting on the battlefield in the future. ”
Jiang Huanyan thought for a while and said: "The location of Changxing Island is not good, after we destroy the Yan Kingdom, the next step is to sweep away all the pirates in the area of Xianghu Lake, you will still have to choose a side between Daqi and Song Kingdom, why don't I show you a place to go, I don't know if you want to go?" ”
After Jiang Huanyan lost his anger, his title for Shi Luosheng was changed from General Shi to Brother Shi, and he took the initiative to help him consider a way out.
Shi Luosheng hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please speak." ”
Jiang Huanyan said with a smile: "Don't call me Your Highness, call me the third brother like Wan'er." In the overseas Ryukyu Kingdom, there is a port city called Naha. Naha is not far from Nagako, only a few days away, but it is much more developed than your Nagako Island, with a population of more than 100,000, and is the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom. There are also more than 60 inhabited islands and more than 400 unnamed islands around Naha Port. If you can occupy Naha and use it as your base, with your and Zixuan's talents, and with the help of the soldiers of Changxing Island, the future is limitless. ”
Shi Luosheng was overjoyed in his heart, and asked again: "Third brother, how is Naba's military strength?" ”
Jiang Huanyan said: "The military strength of Naha Port is not weak, and there are nearly 100 warships. But you don't have to worry, if you make up your mind, I can ask Master to use the Angry Jiao Gang's navy to assist you in the battle. But after the deed is done, as a reward, you have to promise us the right to use the military port and the customs duty exemption to Naha. ”
Jiang Huanyan saw that Shi Luosheng was a little hesitant, and said: "You can rest assured, the purpose of I want the right to use the military port is to conquer the Japanese state." The Wa Kingdom is a little farther away from our Daqi port, and if there is a military port in Naha, it will undoubtedly make it much easier for us to send troops. ”
Shi Luosheng was still a little worried: "Then why don't you just send troops to occupy Naha?" ”
Jiang Huanyan said: "Our current national policy is still to unify the five countries of the mainland, and overseas expansion will not be considered for the time being. Besides, even if Naha Port is occupied, the imperial court needs to send people over to manage it, and garrison troops on it, followed by a series of matching measures, which is a bit too costly, and it is not cost-effective at this stage. If it is occupied by you, we only need the right to use the military port and the right to exempt from customs duties, which is in the interests of both of us. ”
Shi Luosheng thought about it again and again, and finally said: "Okay, I can agree to this condition, but giving you the right to use the military port and the right to exempt you from tariffs is not permanent, and I can only give you a maximum of thirty years." Last time, Third Brother, you said to me that it will only take you twenty years at most to unify the five countries, and I will give you another ten years, and you can also find a new military port overseas as a springboard, and you will not need the right to use Naha Port at that time. ”
Jiang Huanyan thought about it for a while, and agreed: "Okay, I will also promise you." This time, don't go back to Beihai when you go back to Xianghu, I will go back to Jiaozhou in two days, and you will follow me back from Jiaozhou, and the journey will not be far from a few days. Just go to meet my master, attacking Naha can't be in the name of our Great Qi, only in the name of the Nujiao Gang, and you just happen to get acquainted with each other first. ”