Outside the Bohai Sea, Nguyen Xiaoer parked his big ship on Ganghwa Bay on the Goryeo Peninsula, which was originally a bay west of Kaegyeong, the capital of Goryeo, and there were many islands in the bay.

Ruan Xiaoer's big ships were often stationed on these islands, and some of the big islands also carried a lot of party members, but now this sea area has long been controlled by Ruan Xiaoer, and the ships of the Koreans have been unable to go out to sea.

More than 3,000 party men armed with weapons and small boats had already landed in the coastal areas of Kaijing and plundered on a large scale. On Tamna Island, there are still millions of people waiting to be fed.

This had been going on for several months, and the Goryeo dynasty reacted by sending troops to the southern coast. This is also the reason why Ruan Xiaoer made the idea to fight near the capital of Goryeo.

The vicinity of the capital was more affluent, also in the northern part of the province, and along the coast in the south, the Goryeo began to deploy defenses. Now the raid is naturally coming north. Goryeo has two coasts, east and west, and the coast is 18,000 kilometers long. It is the coastline of Chinese mainland, but it is only about this number.

Ruan Xiaoer was in Jianghua Bay, while Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi went directly to the Japanese island of Kyushu, and Zhang Heng was on the other east coast of the Korean Peninsula. is running around like this, just to feed millions of party members who are waiting to be fed.

A newly launched ship headed south from the Bohai Sea in the north and headed straight for the bay. Brought an official letter to Ruan Xiaoer, ordering the Ruan brothers and Zhang Heng to take the fleet back to Cangzhou and go to Qingchi to listen to the new errand of Zheng Zhi, the king of Yan.

When Ruan Xiaoer received the official letter, he hurriedly sent someone to register the case, recall the party members who had already gone ashore, and prepare to return.

The errand that Zheng Zhi wanted to order was naturally related to the sea route, and the huge profits of the sea route could not be ignored by Zheng Zhi, and it was all huge profits from the south to the east. The south of the peninsula is rich in grain, and in fact, silver is also produced in the land of the Japanese people. The Jurchens are also very rich now, and the Liao State, whether it is the people or the imperial court, has all the family resources in the hands of the Jurchens.

These things need to be done by the fleet.

Liu Zhengyan also set off with a team of fast horses and galloped towards Hebei.

But it was a few days of walking, when he passed Yongxing Junfang Prefecture (Yijun, Shaanxi), he met Liu Yanqing, Liu Yanqing's person, who was originally a general under the Yongxing Military Road, fought with the old species, and now the old species is dead, and the seed master and the seed division have left the northwest, Liu Yanqing is already the most powerful person on the Yongxing Military Road.

Liu Yanqing in history also participated in the battle of Liao, which was the second war of Liao, Liu Yanqing was the main general, with an army of 100,000, and collapsed without a fight. is now replaced by Zheng Zhi, but Liu Yanqing did not go out of the northwest. But it was Liu Yanqing's son Liu Guangshi who became the fourth general of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, but Liu Guangshi also inherited his father's timid and cautious character. It's too far from Yue Fei.

Liu Yanqing invited Liu Zhengyan into the city of Fangzhou and entertained him with wine and meat.

During the banquet, Liu Zhengyan naturally said boldly: "Liu Xianggong, this time King Yan opened the mansion, I should go to congratulate him, can the old Xianggong prepare?" So I just dropped by. ”

When Liu Yanqing heard this, his face was slightly embarrassed, and he replied: "His Royal Highness King Yan opened the mansion, which is naturally gratifying, but there have been many things in the army recently, and it is difficult to get out. If you have free time, you must go to Hebei to celebrate the joy of King Yan. ”

It is that Liu Yanqing understands many things in his heart, and knows that this King Yan can't be befriended, and if he befriends King Yan, he will inevitably offend the court. This kind of thing, the timid and cautious Liu Yanqing did not dare to do it.

When Liu Zhengyan heard this, he only said: "It's okay, the old minister will prepare some gifts, and I will bring them to you by the way." ”

Liu Zhengyan's heart is towards Zheng Zhi, that is, he feels that in this northwest, everyone should be the same as himself, and pay more attention to the affairs of Zheng Zhi's opening of the mansion.

When Liu Yanqing heard this, his face looked a little embarrassed, and he replied: "Virtuous nephew, it's not that the old man is unwilling, it's just that there has been a shortage of food and salary recently, and the house is strapped for money. King Yan was overjoyed, and he couldn't get on the table if he sent some ordinary things. But the precious ones cannot be given away. It's really embarrassing. ”

Liu Zhengyan felt that something was wrong at this time, and raised his eyes to look at Liu Yanqing, but Liu Yanqing didn't even want to give a congratulatory gift, so he said: "The old minister is acting like this, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

Liu Yanqing immediately looked pitiful and replied: "When the money and grain are transported to Tokyo, I will definitely prepare a generous gift for King Yan." ”

When Liu Zhengyan heard this, his face changed, he stood up, and said, "Farewell!" ”

Liu Zhengyan is young and vigorous, and he feels that Liu Yanqing should be the same as himself, and he respects Zheng Zhi, but this Liu Yanqing is in the southeast of the Yongxing Army, and he has not had a direct intersection with Zheng Zhi, let alone directly received Zheng Zhi's favor, so he naturally has a wise attitude of protecting himself.

But it was Liu Zhengyan who heard Liu Yanqing's words, and he was already unhappy, so he got up and left.

Liu Yanqing saw Liu Zhengyan's appearance of walking straight, but he didn't say anything to stay, but just got up and went out to see Liu Zhengyan a few steps.

It was this meeting that broke up unhappily.

On the second day, Cangzhou Jingluo Mansion, this Jingluo Mansion will probably be changed to Yanwang Mansion in the future.

Zhu Long went straight to the mansion with an anxious face, just because Zheng Zhi sent someone to summon him, Zhu Long naturally didn't dare to slack off, put down a bunch of errands in his hand and went straight to Jingluo Mansion.

Zheng Zhi was running an errand, and at the same time taking the test for Zheng Kai beside him, that is, where did Zheng Kai come back from Li Gang, Zhu Long entered the hall, and heard Zheng Zhi ask: "Is there a board today?" ”

Zheng Kai pouted and replied, "How can Mr. not play the board, just listen to Aunt Chan and say that Mr. Li is ruthless." ”

Zheng Zhi laughed when he heard this, and said, "Haha... You have learned a new word, ruthless is not used like this, Mr. Li can not be ruthless to describe it, it should be said that Mr. Li is tireless in teaching and teaching. ”

Zheng Kai didn't understand, but he also learned to say: "Teaching people tirelessly... ”

Zheng Zhi asked again: "What did you learn today?" ”

"Learn the third chapter of the Analects, Zi said: Clever words are colorful, fresh and benevolent." Zheng Kai was in a better mood than yesterday, and took the initiative to recite a sentence.

Zheng Zhi smiled, saw Zhu Long come in, raised his hand and motioned for Zhu Long to sit down, and asked, "How did Mr. tell you this sage word?" ”

Zheng Kai replied with a confident face: "Mr. said that if a person always speaks good and obedient, he will pretend to smile when he meets people. Then there is a problem with the person's character and cannot be reused. He also said that there was no such person around his father, and his father would not reuse people who were clever and colorful. I want my children to learn more. ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he recognized Li Gang's teaching method very much in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. teaches well, and Kaier also learns well." Today, let Uncle Niu take Kai'er out for horseback riding. ”

Zheng Zhi naturally means rewarding the child's learning, Zheng Kai was overjoyed when he heard this, and danced with his hands and said: "The child will go to find Uncle Niu to ride a horse." ”

Zheng Zhi didn't stop him, but said, "Go, go... ”

Zheng Kai walked out happily, Zheng Zhi let go of Zheng Kai, then looked at Zhu Long, and said, "Tomorrow, you will go to Dulonggang with a certain person." ”

When Zhu Long heard this, he asked, "Your Highness, there is a lot of work in the official camp, I'm afraid... ”

Zhu Long is naturally extremely busy, a cart of food and silver money, distributed to every soldier, and the amount of it does not dare to make mistakes, where is a simple matter.

Zheng Zhi smiled when he heard this, and only said: "Let Pei Xuan do these things instead of you, and the matter of going to Dulonggang tomorrow is also very important, it is related to the future of your three families in Dulonggang, so you can't be neglected." ”

Zheng Zhi went to Dulonggang this time, naturally asking the three families in Dulonggang to hand over their fields to the government for disposal, and then first distribute the land to the children of the three families who were soldiers, and all of them were distributed to every household. If it was an ordinary place, it would be impossible for Zheng Zhi to go to it in person, but it was this Dulonggang, Zheng Zhi was more important, and he couldn't make a misunderstanding, that is, Zheng Zhi wanted to go in person, and he also wanted the three families to participate in the business with the army.

It is already a difficult thing for a family to give up all the land. The terrain of Dulonggang is unique, the fields are vast, and it is also a good place in Hebei, so it is even more difficult, Zheng Zhi went in person to ensure that the matter is resolved safely. Dulonggang must not be done by coercive means, but fortunately, Dulonggang is not far away, and it can be returned in a few days.

Zhu Long heard that Zheng Zhi said that the matter was so important, so he naturally didn't say much, and only said: "Xiaguan will go back and hand over to Pei Zuoguan, and I will go back with His Highness tomorrow." ”

Zheng Zhi nodded and motioned for Zhu Long to get busy.

Looking at Zheng Zhi's case, there is a stack of paper, most of which have been scribbled and altered, with a few big words on the head: Reform Law of Government-run Schools.

Obviously, Zheng Zhi was already thinking about education, and the Great Song Dynasty was not without government-run schools, including primary schools, county schools, state schools, and Taixue. But reading is still the preserve of the family.

Now Zheng Zhi wants to popularize the school, so that everyone has land, and the income will naturally increase, so that children can no longer play in the mountains and fields, and build more schools, that is, so that all children's children can read and write.

Reading and writing is only one of the methods of the school, and Zheng Zhi's deep-seated idea is to spread the germ of science. Although Zheng Zhi has a lot of insight in his heart, he has some understanding of many basic scientific things. But Zheng Zhi is not a professional, and he can't build something like a steam engine that turns society upside down. I don't know how to start building it.

If you want the society to make rapid progress in the future, cultivating talents is one of them, no matter how powerful Zheng Zhi is, he can't compare to tens of millions of people. What Zheng Zhi needs is the recognition of science by the whole society, so as long as Zheng Zhi puts forward an idea in the future, countless people will study it. That's the right way to go.

Of course, the matter of the school is not overnight, but it also has to have a beginning. If everyone could write, the vested interests of scholars would naturally disintegrate. Although educational resources are still skewed towards the scholarly class, the nature of education has changed. This is the beginning of social progress.