After Li Ruoshui came in, he said happily: "Official, good news, good news, our mission is back." ”

Behind Li Ruoshui was Jia Yi, who had been the envoy to the Khitan.

Ming Jianxi said: "Sit down and say slowly." ”

Jia Yi came up to meet Ming Jian first, and then after getting up, he found a place to sit down.

Jia Yi said: "The official family, the minister is fortunate not to be dishonored, this time he went to the Liao State, met the Liao King Yelu Dashi, and conveyed the meaning of the official family to him. At the same time, the materials brought by the mission were also safely transported to the Liao State, and Yelu Dashi said that the Liao State was willing to respect the Great Song Dynasty as the suzerain, and after they developed, they would attack the Jurchens together with the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Ming Jian said with a smile: "This Yelu Dashi is still very knowledgeable, and with the Liao people's response, there will be no problem in defeating the Jurchens." Li Aiqing, the cabinet will start preparing for the war to destroy Jin, we need five years of precipitation, fully prepare the grain and grass, and the talent reserve is in place, and then destroy the Jin country in one fell swoop! ”

"The old minister obeys!" Li Ruoshui said.

"By the way, Jia Aiqing, how is the Khitan army? Do you see that they are combative? Ming Jian asked Jia Yidao again.

Jia Yi said: "If you go back to the official's house, the Khitan people are quite fierce, although the number and horses are small, but they still have combat effectiveness, in the opinion of the ministers, they are stronger than the cavalry of our Great Song Dynasty, but they do not have as advanced weapons as ours." ”

"Haha, in this way, they are not pig teammates, that's good, has the channel of contact with the Liao people been laid?" Ming Jian asked.

Jia Yi said: "If you go back to the official's house, the ministers will go to Liao this time, and there is the Jin country in the middle that Wan Yan Chang will do the internal response, although there are obstacles along the way, but it is quite smooth, this Wan Yan Chang has really become the internal response of my Great Song Dynasty, next time we can continue to go to Liao through the channel arranged by him." ”

"Haha, it seems that Wan Yanchang is still knowledgeable about current affairs, and he is not in vain I told him so much. Well, you send someone to inform Yelu Dashi and ask him to build the road first and create the desert passage, so that once the war starts, you can transport supplies as soon as possible, reducing casualties and non-combat attrition. In addition, send them some more supplies, and be sure to arm the Khitans to the teeth! Ming Jian said.

Jia Yi said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Jia Yi, I am very satisfied with your envoy this time, you will go back to the cabinet as a secretary, assist the three prime ministers in their work, and learn from them." Ming Jian made arrangements for Jia Yi.

Originally, Jia Yi had the ability, but now let him enter the cabinet for an internship, learn experience, and become a prime minister in the future.

Jia Yi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Li Ruoshui also encouraged Jia Yi: "Jia Yi, the old man is also very optimistic about you, now the official family asks you to be a secretary, and the old man also raises his hands to support, work hard, don't live up to the love of the official family." ”

"Elder Li Ge rest assured, the lower officials will do their best to live up to the love of the official family and the elder of the pavilion." Jia Yi became more and more shrewd when he spoke, and even called Li Ruoshui the elder, which made Li Ruoshui very satisfied.

Seeing this scene, Ming Jian's expectations for Jia Yi became higher and higher, and he said: "Li Aiqing, recruit all the three brothers of the Hu family into the cabinet as secretaries, and take a good look at whether there can be a pillar of the country among them, and the future cabinet candidates may be produced from among them." ”

Li Ruoshui said: "The old minister obeys the order. ”

According to Ming Jian's vision, cabinet ministers will retire once they are over 60 years old, so it is important to train successors.

Fortunately, Li Ruoshui, Li Gang and Qin Hui are not jealous of the virtuous, so there is absolutely no problem in letting them cultivate talents.

Ming Jian continued: "Li Aiqing, the nine cities that the Jin people have returned to us will immediately build castles, and spare no manpower and material resources to build them into a strong fortress in front, which will help us store the materials we need in wartime." The galloping road to these nine cities must be completed by the end of the year, and we will have to fight a blitzkrieg at that time, so that before the Jurchens have even picked up their bows and arrows, their homes will be occupied by us! ”

In the dungeon space, Ming Jian compressed the living space of the Huns through this move, which was very successful.

The strategic position of these nine cities is self-evident, and the withdrawal of the Jin people now does not mean that they will not attack here in the future, so it is absolutely necessary to build a strong castle now.

The key is that the Song army is very strong, enough to hold these fortresses, as long as the nine cities are connected together, it will be enough for the Jin people to be frightened at that time.

Now that the north is relatively poor, this kind of urban chain is more needed, and once the nine cities are developed, the radiation to the economy of the north is self-evident.

Ming Jian is a modern person, he is very aware of the law of this economic development, and the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty needs to be transmitted to the north.

Li Ruoshui said: "The old minister obeys the order! ”

"Well, order Wang Gui to build a gallop road from the Green Ridge and approach the Jinren's lair. Ning~Xia Province also has to build castles, although there are many deserts, but we can manage the desert and create a desert oasis city. When the time comes, we will send another army from the desert to the rear of the Jurchens. Ming Jian said again.

Wang Gui, the king of the West Sea, has now completely occupied the territory of Tibet, integrating the various ethnic groups of Tibet, and the Qiang people have also entered the plateau, and the Qiang people seem to have a soft spot for the plateau, the plateau is sparsely populated, and the Qiang people are stationed, which is also a good thing.

And Ning~Xia Province is not far from the Northern Desert, once the troops are sent here, the Jin people will be embattled and have no power to fight back.

"The old minister obeys." Li Ruoshui was very hurt, and he secretly wondered if this emperor could finish talking at one time.

......

The city of Kedun.

There has just been a fierce battle here, the 30,000 Jin people on the expedition have all been wiped out, and the excited Khitans are cleaning up the battlefield.

This is the first time that the Khitans have defeated the Jin people after they fled to the Northern Desert, and it can be regarded as a counterattack.

Yelu Dashi stood on a small hillside with a high face, looking into the distance.

"King, this time I was able to annihilate this golden soldier, and the weapons of the Song people were indispensable." Xiao Lira said on the side.

Yelu Dashi said: "Yes, the weapons of the Song people are indeed very advanced, these crossbow arrows are simply amazing, they can shoot so far. And the Pu knife they sent, it was too hard and too sharp. In the past, the Song people were bullied by us, but now it seems that they have run ahead of us. Xiao Lili, step up the search for mines, we also have to create the same weapons as the Song people, and if we destroy the Jin people in the future, we and the Song people are afraid that we will have to fight again, if the weapons are backward, the Song people will definitely beat us to the ground. ”

Xiao Weili said: "Don't worry, the king has already searched for mines in the entire Yin Mountain, and now he has only searched for some scattered iron ores. However, the Song people now have a request for us, and we can continue to buy weapons from the Song people to expand our forces. ”

Yelu Dashi nodded and said: "Well, this matter will be handed over to you, hey, poor little sister, for the future of Daliao, away from relatives, we must work hard, sooner or later, we Khitan people will become the masters of this blue sky!" ”

"The king is mighty!"

Xiao Lili said with sincere admiration.