If Li Buqi, who is accustomed to the dazzling sunlight reflected by reinforced concrete, said that in fact, the summer of the Great Song Dynasty is really not hot, but the Great Song Dynasty is popular to put ice basins in the four corners of the room to cool down. If you don't do that, you'll be embarrassed to say you're wealthy when you go out. Because of Zhao Min's insistence, Li did not give up and compromised, not to mention putting ice in the study, which is also a respect for others.

Li Buqi personally picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to a man in his early thirties with shining eyes, and said, "Brother Julai, come and taste this watermelon to cool off." ”

This watermelon was originally introduced to the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty, but because it could not be eaten as food, no one planted it in the war years, but the Song people at this time had not seen much of this thing, but it was planted by the Liao State. Li Buqi sent to the Liao State not only had the responsibility of inquiring about intelligence, but also the duty of finding out the products of the Liao State, so he sent back the watermelon seeds. Li Buqi planted some in Chunze.

As the saying goes, "dry melon and waterlogged dates", this year's drought is dry, but the watermelon is particularly sweet. Now that the watermelons are ripe, Chunze Prison sent a batch over, and Li Buqi cut a few to feast on everyone.

It seems that Chen Moyin has never seen a watermelon, so he took the watermelon in his hand and looked at it first, and then took a light bite. Li Buqi looks at him, and he is also a careful person.

Chen Moyin was originally one of Li Buqi's huge staff team in charge of collecting and sorting out Japanese and Goryeo intelligence, and Li Buqi did not talk to him much. Yao Gang said that his literary talent is not outstanding, but he is a person who is good at action. This time, Li Buqi recruited people from his staff who were willing to go to Beihai Island to assist Zhou Qing, and Chen Moyin was the only one who signed up.

Since there was no choice, Li Buqi could only hope that Chen Moyin could help Zhou Qing do a good job in the next dismemberment of the Japanese state. Now there is only a group of martial artists on Beihai Island, and there is a person who knows a little bit of strategy in the past who can always help them do things more thoroughly.

After eating the watermelon, Li Buqi said: "Brother Julai, I know that this watermelon was not produced in my country, but came from thousands of miles away." There are good things overseas, but if you want to make the good things overseas for China, you also need the spirit of not being afraid of hardships and dangers. For example, Zhang Qian chiseled the Western Regions so that the Han family could eat Western fruits and vegetables, and Ban Dingyuan made the Western Regions return to my Chinese territory, and this kind of hero is rare. If Brother Julai can aspire to such heroes, he will be able to build immortal achievements. ”

Chen Moyin said: "The officials have won the award, but I dare to go to Beihai Island because the Japanese country has been included in the official gourd, and now there is only one person in charge." ”

Li Buqi, Yao Gang, and Zhu Changsheng all glanced at each other, and then asked, "Why did Brother Julai say that?" ”

Chen Moyin smiled and said, "I have always been responsible for sorting out the intelligence of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, and I have a good understanding of the situation of the Wa State. I also noticed that the officials could sell iron farm tools to Goryeo, and even knives, axes, and shovels to the Jurchens, but they did everything possible to control the sale of these things to the Wa Kingdom, and at the same time carefully collected the situation of the clans and daimyo within the Wa Kingdom, so I vaguely guessed what the officials had been arranging a long time ago. The official probably doesn't remember, once, the official lamented that although the Wa Kingdom had a large number of minerals urgently needed by the Great Song Dynasty, it did not have enough manpower and material resources to exploit them. I listened to the officials' sighs, and only then did I understand what the officials were going to do. ”

This Chen Moyin is really a caring person, Li Buqi smiled and said: "Then you can tell me what I want to do in the Japanese country." ”

Chen Moyin said with some excitement: "Naturally, I have all the land of the Wa Kingdom." ”

After speaking, he saw that Li Buqi, Yao Gang and Zhu Changsheng all had smiling expressions on their faces and hurriedly asked, "Isn't that so?" ”

Yao Gang said: "The country is full of mountains and fields, especially volcanoes, and although there are abundant minerals, timber and seafood, there is a shortage of food. If you annex the Japanese state, you will have to put officials, garrison troops, and support the people, and you will only be afraid that the cost will outweigh the losses. ”

At this time, Chen Moyin was puzzled and hesitated: "Then why ......?"

Yao Gang smiled: "Come and listen to me slowly." The Wa State could not be self-sufficient in food, and the people were poor, and if such a place was in a hurry to annex it, it was only afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses, so it was necessary to wait for the water to come to fruition, or even not to annex it at all, as long as all the production we needed in the Wa State was supplied to the Great Song Dynasty. In this way, the Great Song Dynasty still occupies its resources, but it does not have to worry about how to support its people, and I don't know how much trouble it saved. This principle is called profit maximization. ”

Seeing that Chen Moyin still couldn't understand the reason, Yao Gang explained to him: "Local products such as the Wa Kingdom are minerals, timber and seafood, but the necessities such as grain, cloth, and medicinal materials are difficult to be self-sufficient, and must be purchased in large quantities. The only one who can provide these things is my Da Song. If you think about it, the Japanese people had to exchange their products for these things, and in the end, only through trading, the products of the Japanese kingdom would flow to the Great Song Dynasty. That is, the Great Song Dynasty occupied the resources of the Wa State, but it did not have to consider the domestic problems of the Wa State. ”

Chen Moyin thought for a long time before he suddenly became enlightened, and said: "This really saves a lot of trouble." Then he wondered, "But since there is no need to annex the Wa Kingdom, why do you spend so much effort?" ”

Li Buqi said: "Just now it was the best situation that was expected. But there is also the possibility that the Wa Kingdom will not sell us what we need, sell it at a high price, and even in extreme cases, it will turn around and rob the Great Song Dynasty. After all, the sea route is thousands of miles, and this possibility is not impossible. We must now take precautions to zero that possibility. ”

Chen Moyin asked, "How do you do it?" ”

Li Buqi said: "We just can't let the Japanese state become a complete country. His Kyushu and Shikoku will be divided, and even the island of Honshu will be divided or become a state of secession. In this way, these small countries will inevitably want to annex each other, or at least there will be contradictions, and they will have to accept our mercy. Do you think this goal can be achieved? ”

Chen Moyin knew that this was also an examination for him, so he didn't even think about it and said, "This matter is easy to hear." Although the Wa Kingdom seems to be calm now, but the nobles and clans in various places have private soldiers, and the daimyo also have the power to rebel, it is not like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but also like the end of the Tang Dynasty, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, the self-reliant do not know the geometry, and it will inevitably repeat the old things of our Chinese Warring States or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Twenty years ago, the rebellion of the Wa Kingdom was a case in point. ”

Yao Gang asked, "I don't know what you want to do?" ”

Chen Moyin said with a smile: "Li Daguan has said many times that there will be contradictions if there is no balance. What I want to do is very simple, that is, to control the flow of goods from merchant ships to the Japanese and create this imbalance. ”

Yao Gang asked, "Where do you want to start?" ”

Chen Moyin got up and came to the screen with a map of Japan, pointed to the northeast tip of Kyushu Island, and said, "There are many Anui people in Mutsu here, and they are not the same as the indigenous people of the Japanese country. I saw information that the Abe clan of the Anui clan had built a fortress to defend itself, and that in recent years they have not paid tribute to the Imperial Court of the Japanese Kingdom, and it is only a matter of time before they rebel. I started from the Abe clan and provided the Anui people with iron farming tools, swords and spears, first, to strengthen the Abe's rebellious heart, and second, to make peace with the Anui people on the Hokkai Island. When the Abe clan rebelled, with the support of the North Sea Island, it would not be able to compete with the Japanese government and army, and the Japanese court would inevitably be seriously weakened, so naturally some people would follow Abe's rebellion. All of them are in chaos, and the Japanese kingdom is not far from being divided. ”

Yao Gang asked again: "The split of the Japanese kingdom is a long-term benefit for us, how are you going to earn short-term benefits?" ”

Obviously, Chen Moyin did not have enough profiteer qualities, and he was a little confused after listening to Yao Gang's question. Yao Gang reminded him: "If there is civil strife in the Japanese state, all the warring parties need farm tools and weapons. These supplies were sold to warring parties in exchange for gold, silver, and copper. And more importantly, if the Japanese court urgently needed more goods, it could force the Japanese to cede some islands, such as Tsushima Island and Zuodu Island. With these islands, our route to the North Sea Islands can be kept open at all times. This route is very important, and the benefits of obtaining these islands are actually greater than getting some gold and silver. You have to act on this matter at the right time. ”

Chen Moyin hurriedly said: "I remember this matter. It's just that there is one more thing, I don't know how many of my Song people are there on Beihai Island now? ”

Zhu Changsheng said with a smile: "You just have to rest assured, those sea subordinates who travel to and from Hokkaido are stationed on the island, and there are more than 1,000 Song people who have recruited reclamation, and there will definitely be more than 10,000 in two years." ”

Seeing that Chen Moyin didn't believe it, Zhu Changsheng said: "As soon as the news of the Yellow River going to be diverted came out, there was a Maitreya sect in Hebei to publicize this matter with the intention of developing believers, causing panic among the people, and the imperial court was unable to settle the people. Now the maritime merchants are worried not because they can't recruit people, but because they don't have enough ships to transport people to Beihai Island. ”

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief: "If there are twenty or thirty thousand people, the matter of the country will be seventy percent certain." ”

Seeing that Chen Moyin understood the importance of the population, Li Buqi was very happy and said: "Okay, tomorrow I will practice for Brother Julai, and I wish Brother Julai success and expand the sea and territory!" ”