The beginning of July of the lunar calendar is probably equivalent to more than August of the Gregorian calendar in later generations, and in this era, it has entered early autumn! The Yanyun area is already a little cold.

Above the Bohai Sea, the wind and waves are raging, and several big ships are heading in the direction of Yanyun.

On top of a large boat in the lead, two men were standing on the bow of the boat.

One of the men was over sixty years old, but his eyes were still very bright, his body was very tall, and the whole person actually gave people a sense of might.

The other, who was only in his thirties and somewhat emaciated, stood behind the man in his sixties.

Both of them wore extremely ornate robes with high hats on their heads, which is typical of the Goryeo people.

"Li Rui, you once met the emperor of the Han people, what kind of person is this emperor?" The man in his sixties asked.

"The emperor of the Han people is very young, he looks less than twenty years old! He was very gentle with people, and when we saw him in Liaoyang that day, General Jin Changsheng kept provoking him, and he was not angry, he seemed to be a very weak person. This man in his thirties was Li Rui, a Korean man who went to meet Zhao Chen that day.

The 60-year-old man next to him is An Pulin, the vice minister of Goryeo! This time it was An Pulin who sent an envoy to China, as an envoy to Goryeo!

"The Han people were almost wiped out by the Jurchens, but later they were able to defeat the Jurchens and occupy the north, which shows that they are not simple! The emperor of the Han people could not have been just a mild, weak man. An Pulin shook his head and said.

"The Han army is really powerful! In the past six months, we have experienced dozens of battles with the Han army, and we have all failed! Especially when we were in Jinzhou City, our 100,000 army was not their opponent of 10,000! Lord An, I always felt that we should quit Liaodong! The Han army is so strong, it's too dangerous for us to stay in Liaodong! Li Rui said.

"The strength of the Han army is indeed beyond expectations! I also feel a little surprised, since the Jurchen annihilation of Liao, we Goryeo people have also felt the crisis, over the years our Goryeo army has also been constantly training, I have seen our army, it can be regarded as an elite army, why not the opponent of the Han people? An Pulin said.

"Our army has never experienced a war, it's just some showmanship! The army of the Han people was fighting in the south and the north, and the army of King Kang in the south of the Yangtze River, the army of Western Xia, and the Jurchen army were all defeated by them, and the weaker soldiers had already died in the battle, and the rest were elite soldiers in a hundred battles! Our Goryeo army is certainly no match for them. Li Rui said.

"The Han army is so strong, why don't you take the initiative to attack?" An Pulin said violently.

"This ...... Xia Guan is also not clear. Li Rui said.

The waves were very big, and An Pulin's body was splashed with seawater, and he was thinking carefully.

"Just now you said that the Han emperor was young, gentle, and weak, and it is very likely that he was overthrown by the ministers of the court and the army! The people in the army want Emperor Xuanwu to continue to feel threatened, so that Emperor Xuanwu has to continue to rely on the military, so that the status of the army will always be very high! Therefore, the Song army will not attack us now, but will let us exist, and even make us stronger and stronger! An Pulin said violently.

"There is some truth in what you say." Li Rui was stunned and nodded.

"Not bad! That's how it should be! The emperor of the Han people is just a milky boy who is less than twenty years old, and he cannot control the army at all! Presumably, the battle report of the Liaodong battlefield has not yet reached Yanjing City! An Pulin said.

"However, no matter what, the strength of the Song army far surpasses us, once the Song army's generals change their minds, we will be finished!" Li Ruidao.

"I have seven million people and 500,000 troops in Goryeo! We have not encountered war, the domestic economy and trade are prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment! Our army is slowly becoming more elite too! After a long time, we can really compete with the Han people! An Pulin said.

"I hope so." Li Rui said in a low voice.

"I heard that the Han people built a Tianjin Wei east of Yanjing, let's go to this Tianjin Wei first." An Pulin said with a smile.

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In the afternoon, several large ships of the Koreans came to the sea area where Tianjin Wei was located, and An Pulin and Li Rui had already entered the cabin to rest, but they were called out at this moment.

"Did you get ashore?" An Pulin yawned and said.

"Vice-Chancellor, look!" A Goryeo attendant pointed ahead and said in a shocked tone.

"What's there to see? That Tianjin Wei has only been built for two years, and a dilapidated wharf ......," An Pulin said disdainfully.

But as he spoke, his voice stopped, his eyes wide and his expression of disbelief.

On the sea ahead, it is not known how many ships are heading towards Tianjin Wei in the west.

The sea is full of ships, all kinds of ships, some built very tall, some looking very short! Some are sailboats, while others are human rowed boats! There were people standing on the bows of all sorts of ships, and some of the ship's crew members had already begun to move the cargo out of the hold!

"How many ships should there be? Hundreds, a thousand, or even more? Li Rui was also shocked at this moment.

There are ships heading towards Tianjin Wei, and there are ships leaving from Tianjin Wei! Some of these ships were heading east, some were heading south, and some were heading north, and a busy maritime trade scene was displayed in front of An Pulin and Li Rui.

Goryeo also has a wharf, especially the capital of Goryeo, Kaegyong, which is a seaside city, but there is no such a prosperous wharf in the whole of Goryeo.

"Is this Tianjin Wei? Hasn't it just been built less than two years ago? Why is it so prosperous? Also, didn't the Central Plains just encounter war, the people were struggling to make a living, and now there are still people here to do business? An Pulin couldn't believe it.

In fact, Tianjin Wei is not only trade at sea, but also trade on the Yellow River. The mouth of the Yellow River in the Song Dynasty was near Tianjin, and the famous cities of the Song Dynasty such as Kaifeng Mansion and Daimyofu were connected by the Yellow River River to Tianjin, and then from Tianjin to Yanjing City, which can be said to connect the entire Central Plains.

An Pulin's expression was uncertain, and not long after, a small boat from the Tianjin Weicustoms came to inspect the ship, and heard that they were Goryeo envoys, so he led them to the dock.

"Master Li, let's go to Tianjin Wei for a while!" An Pulin said.

"Good!" Li Rui nodded.

Tianjin Wei Customs arranged a resting place for them, but the two of them headed outside with a few guards.

The city construction of Tianjin Wei is still very simple, there are not many local residents here, they are all some merchants! It can be said that two-thirds of the place in Tianjin Wei is full of shops, and countless people trade in them!

They were dressed as Koreans, but no one on the street was surprised, and no one looked at them a few more times! Because there are also Goryeo merchants in this Tianjin Weizhong, and there are quite a few of them.

In addition to Goryeo merchants, there were also Dongying people, Annam, some dark-skinned Southeast Asians, and some yellow-haired, blue-eyed people.

Merchants were negotiating and arguing everywhere, and countless supplies were constantly being transported here.

A restaurant appeared in front of them, An Pulin and Li Rui were a little hungry after getting off the boat, but when they entered the restaurant, they found that it was already full of people!

"The two of you are objective, there is really no seat! But there's only one person at the table over there, so why don't you sit with him? I'll give you a 20% discount on the meal money! Xiao Er laughed and said.

An Pulin snorted coldly, but still nodded.

There was only a young man in his twenties sitting at the table over there, this young man was unusually handsome, wearing Confucian clothes, and after Xiao Er said a few words, the young man nodded.

An Pulin and Li Rui sat down here.

"The two of you are invited, this Tianjin Wei is the most prosperous, but all the restaurants in Tianjin Wei are full, so there are often guest officers crowded together." The young man arched his hand first, then smiled.

"Little brother, please!" Li Rui also arched his hand and said with a smile.

"Don't you look like you're here for business?" The young man said.

"To be honest, we are going to Yanjing City, just passing by Tianjin Wei." Li Ruidao.

"It's a coincidence, I also went to Yanjing, but the ship stopped at Tianjinwei." The young man laughed.

"Oh? What does little brother do in Yanjing? Study tour? Li Rui said.

"Not really! Looking at the two of them, they seem to be people in the officialdom, are you Goryeo officials? The young man looked at the two of them carefully for a while and said.

"Ahh An Pulin and Li Rui were taken aback, and An Pulin said in a deep voice: "How do you know? ”

The young man laughed and said, "Only in officialdom can have your momentum and be different." ”

An Pulin nodded and said, "It's okay to tell you, we are Goryeo envoys, and we are going to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Do you want to write to His Majesty the Emperor and be a courtier? Honestly, you should have done it a long time ago! I came out half a year ago, all the way through Sichuan, Shu, Jiangnan, and then came here, I heard that you Goryeo actually took advantage of the Great Song Dynasty and Jurchen to rob several cities in Liaodong, and I was surprised at that time! When I heard that you were unwilling to pay tribute to the Great Song Emperor, my heart was even more incredulous! Now, you are vassals to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and cede the city of Liaodong, and you Goryeo can keep peace! The Great Song Dynasty is the first powerful country in the world, and we have always respected the Great Song Dynasty as the co-master, and it is not ashamed to call the Great Song Dynasty. The young man laughed.

"So you're not from Song?" An Pulin was surprised.

"Yes, the children of the Duan clan in Dali were also ordered by the emperor to come to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and submit their credentials." The young man said.