In the Shangjing Road of the Great Song Dynasty Xuanhe and Meng Chun in the fourth year, it was already a floating scene of everything awakening. At this time, the long cold winter has finally passed completely, and on the black oily land, the Bohai Nu and Gaoli Nu who belong to various Meng'an Mouke have begun to cultivate and sow seeds. The old forest, which had been sealed for a winter, finally gained popularity, and the Jurchen men with bows and arrows on their backs hunted precious furs and searched for all kinds of valuable medicinal materials. Merchants from Tongzhou (Siping) in the south also came in an endless stream, marching on the road that has not yet completely dried.

Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Republic and the Great Zhou Kingdom, the connection between the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom has been constantly strengthened. The long-term tug-of-war that took place on the Horqin grassland does not seem to have much to do with the Shangjing Road. Guo Yaoshi, who ruled the narrow area around Tongzhou and separated the direct districts of the Republic from the territory of the Jin Kingdom, was a figure who was on the left and right.

Under his "superb skill", there was no war, no conflict, only trade between the Liaodong region of the Great Zhou and the Shangjing Province of Dajin. Furs, medicinal herbs, Dongzhu, harrier eagles, and all kinds of curiosities from the deep mountains and old forests were purchased and resold by Han merchants from the south.

At the same time, these Han merchants would also bring ironware, grain, cloth, porcelain, and all kinds of daily necessities.

According to the statistics of Tongzhou City (Customs) of the Republic of Dazhou, the total value of materials imported and exported from here every year is as high as more than 200 taels (silver coin units)! It accounts for 80% of the total weekly gold trade. By reselling the rare items purchased from the Jin Kingdom on the Jingdao, the merchants of the Great Zhou Kingdom could earn back at least 4 million taels a year from the Song Kingdom! With such a huge interest rate, it is only natural that Shangjing Province can stay out of the war in the Horqin grassland.

However, walking on the streets of Huanglong Mansion, the merchants could still feel that the atmosphere of war was becoming stronger and stronger. In addition to the Bohai Nu, Gorinu and Han Chinese, there were also Jurchen warriors wearing robes sewn from Tianjin cloth.

I saw a bald head with braided hair, carrying a knife and bow, leading a tall Jurchen horse, and taking the deputy soldier Ali Xi, walking swaggeringly, and from time to time knocking over the stalls of several Bohai and Han traders. Then there was a burst of hearty laughter, as if to show that they were the masters of this fertile land.

Seeing these rampaging Jurchens, the merchants all had a bad premonition.

Because they knew that most of the Jurchens belonged to Meng'an Mook, and they usually lived in the territory of Meng'an Mouke, farming, hunting, and conducting military training. Unless it is a Jurchen nobleman who has a mansion in the middle of Huanglong Mansion, other people generally will not enter the commercial city of Huanglong Mansion.

Although Huanglongfu was ruled by Jurchen officials, its permanent residents were all Bohai people, Goryeo people, and some Han Chinese who looked like migratory birds.

Only when the situation on the battlefield of Horqin was severe, a large number of Jurchens who had received orders to collect points would enter the city, and then form an army and march towards the Horqin front.

But I don't know what's going on this spring, there are too many Jurchens entering the city! It's all over the streets!

Could it be that the tug-of-war on the Horqin steppe has finally come to decide the winner?

Of course, it was impossible for the Jurchens to win. Because they've been on the defensive for the last few years. The fortresses built by the Eastern Liao were tall and strong, and the cannons were well deployed. It is not at all something that the Jurchens can attack...... The initiative of the war has always been in the hands of Dongliao!

Therefore, the reason why the Jurchens gathered in the Huanglong Mansion was mostly because the Horqin battlefield was in an emergency!

If the Horqin grassland is occupied by the Eastern Liao, then the next war should burn to the Huanglong Mansion, right?

Everyone...... Can you still make money happily?

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In the territory of Huanglong Mansion, on the wasteland near Jinguo Tokyo Road, a small rammed earth quadrangular fortress is surrounded by a heavily guarded faction. Bands of Jurchen warriors patrolled the city walls, and horses came and went from time to time outside the city. Checkpoints were set up on nearby roads, prohibiting any caravans from approaching.

To the west of the fort, an open meadow was covered with tents, large and small, and wooden fences and trenches were dug around them. It was a heavily garrisoned camp.

At this time, in the corner of the fortress, two Jurchen men in their forties, tall and strong, with gloomy expressions on their faces, were holding their arms and looking at the Jurchen soldiers who were training in a queue in the nearby camp.

The physique and martial arts of these Jurchen soldiers are fine, but they are a little loose when they are put together.

"Stay, it's still not good!" One of the men, who is now the number one fierce general of the Dajin Kingdom, Yinshuke, looked at the soldiers who were training, and just shook his head, "It's still a little lacking in training...... The son of Shangjing Province has been too comfortable in recent years, right? ”

"What?" is called the one left behind, of course, it is the Shangjing of the Dajin Kingdom who stayed behind Yan Zonghan, and he glared at Yinshuke, "Which battle on the Horqin Grassland, our eight Meng'an in Shangjing Province did not send troops?" As for the war with the Han people in the south...... They also built ten fortresses and hundreds of wall docks in Tongzhou, could it be that they wanted to attack them? Our sons and daughters in Jingdao are not iron-clad! ”

Seeing that Yan Zonghan was a little annoyed, Yinshuke hurriedly saluted: "Please stay and forgive me, the lower official is a rough person and can't speak, if you are offended, look at Haihan......"

Zong Han waved his hand and frowned: "Yinshuke, what are you doing here?" What offense, what seas? Our women are really good men, so they can't speak straight? ”

"Xiaguan, so-and-so knows." Yinshuke hurriedly changed his words.

In history, there was a saying that "Liao was abolished, and Jin was destroyed by Confucianism". It can be seen that the Jurchen nation of the Jin State was deeply influenced by Confucian culture. In this time and space, because of the Confucian reform and revival movement, the Confucian culture, which was divided into five major schools, namely, the Western Heavenly Doctrine, the Eastern Heavenly Doctrine, the Rational School, the Rational School, the Positivist School, and the Rational School, became stronger, and the influence and dissemination ability were also stronger.

By the way, once there is a major reform or reform of an idea or religion, it is likely to split and evolve into multiple factions.

This is the case with Confucianism today, because of the great reform, there was a split, because of the split, there was a constant collision of ideas, because of the collision of ideas, and because of the collision of ideas, a new vitality was generated.

Confucianism, which had a new vitality, certainly exerted a greater influence on the Jurchens, who were in a state of economic and cultural backwardness.

However, this influence did not come from a single Confucian school, but from three Confucian schools.

Moreover, these four major sects still have their own territories in the Jin Kingdom, among which the one with greater influence in the Shangjing Dao of the Jin Kingdom is the Tenri Sect of the Eastern Mission. In the grasslands controlled by the Jin Kingdom, the indoctrination group of the Western Mission was under the control of the Tianli Sect. In the area of Datong Mansion and Shunyi Mansion in Xijing Road, the science introduced from the Song Dynasty has an advantage.

In the second year of Xuanhe (Jin was a vassal of the Song Dynasty, so the Song Dynasty was named), the Jin also held a imperial examination in their newly completed Shunyi Mansion in Xijing (located at the foot of Yin Mountain, about the location of Baotou in later generations).

Wanyan Zongbi, known as the first genius of the Jurchens, won the first place and became the first champion of the Dajin Kingdom!

When the talented people of the Jin Kingdom in Xijing Province were busy taking the Jinshi examination, the Jin people who were influenced by the doctoral group in Shangjing Province were busy doing business with the Zhou State, and the leaders of all Meng'an Mouke made a fortune. Huanglongfu also developed into a Zhou-style commercial city, and hedonism began to spread in the upper echelons of Shangjing Province.

The city of Huanglongfu is full of luxurious and splendid Zhou-style residences, and from time to time you can see the four-wheeled carriages made in Tianjin, all of which are richly decorated, and the most expensive carriages are gilded with gold edges and glazed windows. There is also a heater in the carriage, so it is not cold to sit in it in winter, and you can also watch the vague scenery outside through the glass window, which is called a enjoyment......

However, Wanyan Zonghan is an old-school Jurchen, and he is very unaccustomed to this kind of extravagance, and he also does not like the elegant demeanor of Xijing Dao.

"What's going on over there in Linhuang Mansion? It's going to be a big battle, right? Zong Han changed his words and asked about military affairs again.

Yinshu was ordered to come to Shangjing Dao to collect and train the army, and the scale of this point gathering was extremely large, and the eight Meng'an in the area of Huining Mansion and Huanglong Mansion had to send a total of 20,000 troops!

Moreover, it is necessary to provide an extremely large amount of grain and grass, cattle and sheep, horses, and vehicles for military supplies - although the population of Shangjing Province is not large, there is a large area of reclaimed black soil around Huanglong Mansion, which is extremely fertile, and it is the granary of Dajin Kingdom!

Every time the Jin court wanted to organize a large-scale battle on the Horqin battlefield, it had to mobilize grain and grass from the Huanglong Mansion in advance.

And from the amount of grain and grass mobilized, Zong Han can know the scale of the Horqin Grassland Battle this time.

Yinshuke nodded, "Our new army has been trained, not only the Iron Floating Slaughter Army, but also the Iron Armored Hard Army, as well as the artillery that really works. Thirty-four artillery plotters...... All of them were equipped with 250 pounds of bronze cannons bought from the Song Kingdom, and there were more than 600 of them in total! This is amazing, and I am no longer afraid of a tough battle like the Battle of Linhuangdong! ”

Now there are 34 Meng'an in the Xijing Province of the Jin Kingdom, and a total of more than 100,000 troops can be mobilized.

The new army of the Jin State was formed on the basis of the 34 Meng'an in Xijing Province. The military system of fierce security is still implemented, but the tactics have changed greatly. From relying solely on cavalry in the past, it has become a combination of cavalry, dismounted infantry, and artillery, supplemented by the fighting style of the fortress.

Wanyan Zonghan let out a sigh and frowned deeply: "If you learn the playing style of the Zhou Kingdom, you can win against the Eastern Liao and the Zhou Kingdom?" Fight cannons with others, how many cannons do people have? How many cannons do we have? The latest 'Beiyang'-class soft-sail battleships are equipped with 54 cannons! There are more guns on the 'Beiyang' class than in the whole country. ”

"So what? Can the battleship still go ashore? The grassland is vast, and there are thousands of miles of pine forests and night-time mountains (referring to the Great Xing'an Mountains), which are all places where our daughter's real sons can play! ”