Although Li Buqi is no longer in charge of the Police Division, the information of the Police Department is still sent to Li Buqi in a steady stream. Combined with the news brought by the businessmen who were active in Quang Nam, Li Buqi was able to keep abreast of the situation of Nong Zhigao on Quang Nam Road at all times.

Just when the Great Song Dynasty was at war with the Liao State, the Guangnan West Road Division set up a village in Luoluotong, Yongzhou, to stop Nong Zhigao. In the same year, Jiaozhi sent troops to attack Nong Zhigao, who was outnumbered and led his troops to ambush the mountains and forests.

Guangyuan Prefecture is full of lofty mountains, and Nong Zhigao was blocked in the mountains from both ends by the Great Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi, and this day is not easy.

In February of the third year of Huangyou, Nong Zhigao once again asked the Song Dynasty to attach it, and Zhao Zhen asked Guangnan West Road to transfer envoys, mention prisons, and have interests in the jurisdiction of the division. As a result, the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty looked down on the remote mountain heights of Guangyuan Prefecture, and even rejected Nong Zhigao on the grounds that "Guangyuan Prefecture belongs to Jiaozhi".

When the news came, it was already April, Li Buqi went to the newspaper office of Qingyuan Academy, found the two editors of "Business Daily" and "Current Affairs News", took the newly printed Di newspaper, and said to them: "The imperial court has done a bad job in this matter, and there will be a big disaster in the future if you act like this, and you need to make some articles to remind the imperial court." ”

These people are now trained in Qingyuan Academy, and they have also developed the habit of looking at maps in advance. They first looked at the map hanging on the wall, and then asked in wonder, "Why do the officials care about such a remote place in Guangyuan Prefecture?" ”

Li Buqi has always been very cautious, and naturally he will not show his mouth about plotting Guangyuan Prefecture and Jiaozhi, so these people have always thought that Li Buqi cares about the situation in Lingnan just to use local resources. They thought that Guangyuan Prefecture was a place where rabbits didn't poop in the Song people's mindset, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

Li Buqi was still hiding his schemes, so he only said: "Don't underestimate this Guangyuan Prefecture." If you look at this terrain, the north of Guangyuan Prefecture is mostly a flat land with convenient transportation, isn't this very similar to the situation in the land of Yanyun? If the Great Song Dynasty lost Yanyun, it would be difficult to stop the Khitan Iron Cavalry, and if Guangyuan Prefecture returned to Jiaozhi, he was afraid that Yanyun's incident would be repeated in the south. ”

The editor named Xia Fengshi hesitated: "There doesn't seem to be any cavalry in Jiaozhi. ”

Li Buqi said: "Although there are no cavalry in Jiaozhi, they also have the heart of offending my Great Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Jiaozhi plundered Qinzhou such as Hongzhai on the grounds of chasing fugitives; In the sixth year of Tiansheng, Shen Chenggui and others led the army to plunder the border people of the Great Song Dynasty; In the third year of Jingyou, Jiaozhi invaded Siling and other states, plundered cattle and horses, and burned houses. People have no far-sighted worries, and the heart of Jiaozhi encroaching on the land of my Great Song Dynasty has never died. Can you imagine what it will be like after Jiaozhi annexes Guangyuan State? If Jiaozhi wants to enter the Kou, as long as he comes down from the mountain, he can plunder the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and if I want to crusade against Jiaozhi, I must attack the mountains on my back, and then deal with the Jiaozhi people in the mountains of the miasma, and not wait to penetrate Guangyuan Prefecture, but I am afraid that the soldiers will die clean due to miasma. In this way, Cochin can have the courage to cause trouble, and this prospect is really terrifying. ”

The door of the editorial room was always wide open, and Li Buqi's arrival naturally attracted some people to watch at the door. At this time, a thin black young man said in a southern accent, "Exactly." This Guangyuan Mountain, owned by me, is my domain. Give away the screen to others, and the way to take trouble is also. There are many legends about the maritime merchants who trade with Cochin, and every time the people of Cochin explore the geographical road of Guangnan, it can be seen that there must be a plot. I heard that in the third year of Qingli, Jiaozhi attacked Zhancheng and sent 100,000 troops. I don't know if the Great Song Dynasty has 100,000 capable soldiers in Guangnan now? If there is no Guangyuan screen protection, and Jiaozhi sends 100,000 troops to attack me, what should I do? ”

Li Buqi said: "That's the truth. He looked back at the young man and said, "This brother seems to be very familiar with the situation of Jiaozhi, I don't know what to call it?" ”

The young man saluted and said, "In the lower Gaoqi, the word is Yi." Living in Guangzhou, my father is a maritime businessman. ”

Li Buqi asked casually: "It turned out to be Brother Ziyi." I don't know what Brother Ziyi thinks of Jiaozhi? ”

At that time, Guangzhou was still regarded as a wild place by the northern scholars, and the culture was not very developed, so it was not easy for the Xiucai there to be admitted to the Jinshi. Therefore, although Gao Qi has a reputation for showing off his talents, he has long since lost his heart for the imperial examination. This time, the family sent him to Qingyuan Academy so that he could learn some real skills so that he could go back to revitalize the family business. Moreover, there are many dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and the family also hopes that he can attach a certain nobleman to provide assistance for the development of the family. Now that Gao Qi saw that he could talk to Li Buqi, he naturally attracted Li Buqi's attention with a twelve-point spirit, so he said: "I have also been to Jiaozhi and Zhancheng with the ship, and when I saw that the king of Jiaozhi was called the king of the Great Song Dynasty to me, and the emperor of China was called 'Chinese emperor' to Zhancheng and other places. The Jiaozhi scholars also regarded China as the Northern Dynasties, believing that the north and the south were "each emperor on one side", and the heart of disobedience had been clearly revealed. If the land of the feudal screen is surrendered to Jiaozhi, I am afraid that disaster will not be far away. ”

Xia Fengshi said: "I see. This is to remind the imperial court. ”

Li Buqi said: "I suggest that the newspaper take this opportunity to make a series of special features dedicated to the customs and customs, especially the products, in the remote areas of the Great Song Dynasty and the surrounding barbarian lands. Only by letting people understand these things can they find financial resources for the imperial court, and there will be no misjudgment in case of trouble. ”

Both editors nodded in agreement. Li Buqi invited Gao Qi to his study to have a private chat, and asked him to find out more information about Guangnan, Jiaozhi, and Zhancheng. Gao Qi climbed up to Li Buqi, this noble man was naturally overjoyed, and agreed again and again.

Soon, the newspaper of Qingyuan Academy published an article directly pointing out the imperial court's mistake in handling Nong Zhigao's request for attachment, but the article did not attract much attention. Because in the eyes of the vast majority of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, this place in Guangyuan Prefecture is too remote, so remote that the vast majority of people have never heard of this name, and no one believes that the barbarians there will cause any catastrophe.

The emperor and the rulers knew about Guangyuan Prefecture, but the emptiness of the treasury made them even more afraid of things, and they didn't want to take any risks. In order to show his foresight, Li Buqi asked the emperor to recruit An Nong Zhigao when he entered the palace once, but the emperor said: "Xiao Gu, the transfer envoy of Guangnan West Road, once wrote that Zhigao must be troubled by the south, and he is willing to give an official to care for him, and make him resist Jiaozhi." But he didn't dare to guarantee that Jiaozhi would not fight for Zhigao, nor did he dare to ensure that Zhigao would not be guilty in the end. At present, the imperial treasury is empty, and if there is something in Guangnan, there is really no money and food to deal with it, and Pang Yuzhi and others think that Jiaozhi should be appeased. ”

Although Li Buqi had been mentally prepared, he almost crooked his nose after listening to Zhao Zhen's words - how can the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers cowardly words! In order to continue to show foresight, Li Buqi said: "That's not what I said, whether Jiaozhi competes for Zhigao or not, whether Zhigao will be guilty of internal affairs, not in Zhigao, nor in Jiaozhi, but all in my Great Song Dynasty." If my Great Song Dynasty is so actively attached to Zhigao, and the person who has a blood feud with Jiaozhi can't accept it, Zhigao may think that Da Song is even afraid of Jiaozhi, and he can't beat Jiaozhi, so he naturally wants to attack Da Song, who he thinks is weaker than Jiaozhi. And when Jiaozhi saw that I had self-destructed the screen, he would definitely think that my Great Song was afraid of it, and his disobedience would inevitably be stronger. The minister thinks that accepting Zhigao is a trivial matter, and not accepting Zhigao will lead to a big disaster! ”

The emperor listened to Li Buqi's words categorically, so he wavered from the original decision, and the next day he called the left servant to shoot Pang Ji and the right servant to shoot Gao Ruune to discuss, but Pang Ji made the emperor dispel the idea of appeasing Nong Zhigao with a word. Pang Ji said: "Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, if there is something in Guangnan, there will be no money and food to deal with." And the day before yesterday, the fire in the three divisions, the loss of books and archives is quite a lot, although the household department and the police department immediately sealed the books of the various transport divisions, but it will take some time for the household department to take over, and this year's summer tax collection is necessary to be affected. In this way, nothing can be done that invites trouble. ”

What Pang Ji said was that according to the plan of the reform of the bureaucratic system, the three divisions should be split, and the functions should be merged into the household department, the ministry of industry, and the privy council. But just when the Third Division was supposed to hand over the files to other departments, a fire suddenly burned down most of the cabinet warehouses where the files were stored. At this time, all the economic departments of the imperial court could not operate normally, and it was not known when it would return to normal, and it was even a problem to collect summer taxes, let alone provide money and food for sending troops to fight.

So the matter of Guangyuan Prefecture and Nong Zhigao was shelved again in the imperial court, and in the second half of the year, the Yellow River broke again at the mouth of Guogu, and no one paid attention to this matter, only the newspaper office of Qingyuan Academy paid to invite merchants from Jiaozhi, Zhancheng and Guangyuan Prefecture to collect the customs and geographical climate there, and publish them in the newspaper to satisfy the reader's curiosity. At this time, Li Buqi no longer showed his concern for Guangnan, and even deliberately faded out of Zhao Zhen's sight, because there were still many things to be busy. For example, in the autumn of that year, news came from Wa Province that the Abe clan of Mutsu Province had fought with the imperial army, and that they had defeated the imperial army. When this Japanese country is fighting, it is necessary to quickly get more people to grab the land. Fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty was short of money and food, and Pang did not mention the migration of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and they also turned a blind eye to the recruitment of people to the sea, and a large number of victims were quietly transported to Beihai Island.

It was not until May of the fourth year of Huangyou that the messenger who rushed from Guangnan West Road brought an urgent report that Nong Zhigao attacked Yongzhou and established the "Great Southern Kingdom" on his own, called the "Benevolent Emperor", and the year name was "Qili". Then Nong Zhigao occupied Hengzhou, Guizhou, Gongzhou, Tengzhou, and Wuzhou......

Every few days, messengers on fast horses would report which city Nong Zhigao had captured or where the Song army had lost, and Bianliang was truly shaken.