On Penglai Island in Shandong, the weather has gradually warmed up at this time.

You can see a lot of fishing boats in the distance!

At dusk, the number of fishing boats increases, and the songs of fishermen are constantly heard on the sea! They had been fishing for a day, and now they were back!

A relatively large fishing boat docked on the shore, more than 20 fishermen got off the boat, and finally two strong men helped an old man in his fifties to get off the fishing boat.

"Lord Zhou, be careful!" When the old man in his fifties came to the ground, his feet were a little weak and he almost fell, but the people next to him hurriedly supported him.

"I'm old, I'm too tired to stand up for a day at sea with you!" The old man laughed.

"Lord Zhou actually went out to sea with us to fish, which is really unprecedented!" A fisherman's road next to it.

The rest of the fishermen looked at the old man with reverence, admiration, and so on in their eyes.

This old man is none other than the magistrate of Penglai County, his name is Zhou Zikun, originally a magistrate of Sichuan and Shu, who came to Yanyun last winter, and was assigned to Penglai Island as the magistrate.

"I caught a lot of fish this day!" Zhou Zikun said with a smile.

"Yes, I caught a lot of fish, and I can sell it for a good price!" The fishermen next to him said happily.

"When you used to fish, did you encounter a Japanese pirate?" While the other fishermen were packing up their boats and nets, Zhou Zikun asked.

"A few years ago, I encountered Japanese pirates, but there weren't many of them! If we fishermen are outnumbered, they won't dare to infringe on us! The Japanese often went to the south, especially in the Quanzhou area! A fisherman in his forties said.

The Japanese appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and by the time of the Song Dynasty, the scale of the Japanese was already relatively large! When the Northern Song Dynasty was at its most powerful, they once tried to attack Fuzhou City, causing the imperial court to shake! However, in the final analysis, the Japanese in the Song Dynasty were still a small trouble, far from being comparable to the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty's Japanese invaders, almost with the support of the Japanese government, plundered China's coastal areas in an organized and large-scale manner.

"Now that the imperial navy is stationed in the Dengzhou area, it is impossible for the Japanese to come here." There is another fisherman's road.

Wu Lan led 50,000 people to be stationed in Dengzhou, and these fishermen in Penglai had already received the news.

"Actually, the Dongying people are still very friendly to us Central Plains people, and they have always treated us as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire." The fisherman in his forties said.

"Have any of you ever been to Dongying?" Zhou Zikun said.

The fishermen shook their heads one after another, and a look of disappointment appeared on Zhou Zikun's face.

"Lord Zhou, although we have never been to Dongying, but more than ten years ago, Dengzhou often did business with Dongying, and many people went to Dongying at that time, and they also gave us the situation of Dongying." The fisherman in his forties said.

"Oh? Tell me about it. Zhou Zikun looked interested.

"Okay, if Lord Zhou wants to hear it, I'll tell Lord Zhou! That Dongying is a small barbarian country, and they also have emperors, who call themselves emperors! However, the power of the emperor of Toei is very small, and the power of their regent is very large! There are lords everywhere in the country, and some lords don't listen to the emperor at all! At that time, our merchants in Penglai went to Dongying to do business, and they were all doing business with local lords! The lords of those places had great power, and no one could control them. The fisherman said.

The history of ancient Toei is very confusing, and before the 14th century, although there was an emperor in Toei, the scope of the emperor's rule was very small! At that time, Dongying was a bit like the Son of Heaven in the Xia, Shang and Zhou eras, and there were princes everywhere! However, Dongying in this era was much more barbaric and chaotic than China in the Xia, Shang and Zhou eras.

"My lord, I heard that there are two emperors in Dongying, and I don't know if it's true or not." There is another fisherman's road.

In fact, the news of this fisherman is completely wrong, Dongying is not two emperors, but the previous emperor abdicated early, and the previous emperor and the current emperor and the regent are vying for power and profit! After the abdication of the emperor of Japan, he was called the emperor, and for more than 300 years in the history of Japan, there was a struggle for power between the emperor, the emperor, and the regent! In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Japan still had the "Northern and Southern Dynasties Era", and it was truly divided into two emperors to rule the world! It was not until the rise of the shogunate and the rise of the samurai group that Japan was completed in the true sense of the word!

Those fishermen were talking nonsense, and Zhou Zikun secretly remembered all these in his heart.

He served as the magistrate of Penglai, on the one hand, to develop the economy of Penglai, and on the other hand, to investigate the situation in Dongying and Goryeo.

He stayed at the beach for three days, going out to sea with the fishermen every day, and three days later, late at night, he returned to the Penglai County Yazhong.

When he returned to Penglai County, he immediately called the chief of Penglai County.

In the past few days, he has gone to the seaside to inspect the work, and the chief officials have been to various villages to inspect the work.

"How's farming going now?" Under the oil lamp, Zhou Zikun asked while eating in a hurry.

"The situation is good! The people are very positive! They finally got the land, and now they are working day and night! Our Penglai Xian has always had abundant rain, and there will definitely be a good harvest this year! The chief laughed.

"That's great!" Zhou Zikun's face also showed an excited smile.

"Lord Zhou, our Penglai women have always had a tradition of embroidery, I saw their embroidery, it is very exquisite! More than ten years ago, when the world was still peaceful, there were often merchants who received their embroidery, and then transported it to Goryeo, Dongying and other places to sell, Goryeo, Dongying nobles like our Penglai County embroidery! However, this year, the world has just been peaceful, and the previous merchants have been killed by the Jurchens, and no one has collected their embroidery! The chief said.

"I don't think it's as good as this, we take out all our money, if it's not enough, we take out all our savings, and then let's hire people to collect these embroideries, and then transport them to Goryeo and Dongying to sell! What do you think? Zhou Zikun said.

"Good!" The chief nodded.

"We can also learn about the situation in Goryeo and Dongying by the way! Your Majesty has given us a task, and we must investigate the current situation of Goryeo and Dongying. Zhou Zikun said.

Zhou Zikun is not young, but when he came here from Sichuan and Shu, he felt as if he had inexhaustible energy in his body, and after talking to the chief, he began to check the documents and materials of these days again, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight.

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Wu Lan, Wu Gong and others have also been in Dengzhou for many days!

After they came to Dengzhou, they also built a military port here!

In addition to building a military port, more than 50,000 of their soldiers even cultivated land and grew grain here.

Now they spend half of their day training and the other half planting their crops! Of course, there are times when training is intense, and they may need to stay at sea for several days while the rest of the soldiers take care of the crops.

The country is short of food, so they have to do such a job too! When the country has enough food, they can devote themselves to training.

Every evening, the soldiers still gather together to study.

There are special teachers to teach them literacy, they mainly learn infantry drills, but sometimes they also learn some Confucianism, arithmetic, and economics! The imperial court wanted to hold the imperial examination, but this imperial examination was different from the previous dynasties, and soldiers would be selected to participate in the imperial examination in the production and construction corps and various armies, so that they could enter the official system of the imperial court.

Wu Lan and his nephew Wu Gong were strolling by the port at the moment, looking at the lights in the distance and the soldiers studying seriously, Wu Luan couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

"Uncle, when are we going to attack the Jurchens?" Wu Gongdao.

"It could be autumn! Now we still have 100,000 acres of fertile land here, and we can't put it down. Wu said.

"What are we going to do collecting information about Goryeo and Dongying?" Wu Gongdao.

"If necessary, we will attack Goryeo and Dongying! The General Staff Headquarters has already prepared our Navy for this now! Wu said.

"Ahh Wu Gong's face showed a shocked expression.

"The Goryeo people are the grass on the wall, when the Liao State was strong, they called the Liao State vassal! The Liao Kingdom perished, and they immediately declared themselves vassals to our Great Song Dynasty! When the Jurchens invaded and Kaifeng was broken, they immediately declared themselves to the Jin State! Now that we are expelling the Jurchens and restoring the Central Plains, they are only afraid that they will have the intention of paying homage to us again! However, if you don't want such a courtier, it's better to knock down all of Goryeo, we Han people don't need such a wall grass! Wu said.

"Not bad." Wu Gong nodded.

"The current king of Goryeo is called Wang Goo, and he is only thirteen years old, which is not enough to be in charge of the government! The Choi clan of Goryeo is a powerful minister, and the current prime minister is called Cui Yunong! Gong'er, I have an important matter for you to do. Wu said.

"I don't know what it is?" Wu Gongdao.

"I want to send you to Goryeo, let's get in touch with Cui Yunong first." Wu said.

In the early morning of 19 March, Wu Gong took a large ship to Goryeo, while Wu Lu continued to train and cultivate the fields with 50,000 navy, and was busy every day.

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