In the Taoqiu Yi Mansion, Dai Yan was dealing with the increasingly busy trivial affairs of Taoqiu and his growing industry, when he suddenly received news that a nobleman of the Song Kingdom had visited. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The visiting nobleman was named Huangfu Yong, one of the most recent minor nobles to be enclosed in the East China Sea.

When Dai Yan heard that such a person was visiting, he immediately stopped what he was doing and hurried out to greet him.

Speaking of which, it is not without reason that Dai Yan attaches so much importance to this little nobleman named Huangfu Yong. In terms of the origin of the surname, the Dai royal clan, which is currently in power in the Song Kingdom, actually has the same ancestor as the Huangfu clan. They are all descendants of the former Song Guoquan Emperor Father Chongshi, and in order of generation, Dai Yan and this Emperor Fu Yongke are at the same level. When Dai Yan ran into him, he had to call him a clan brother.

Therefore, as soon as he saw this Huangfu Yong, Dai Yan immediately said politely: "Why is the clan brother free today, and he came to my Taoqiu?" In my Taoqiu, you must have a good time and have fun! ”

This Huangfu Yong was also extremely happy to see Dai Yan so polite. However, he knew his status, and he didn't dare to put up a fight in front of the current Tao Qiujun, and immediately said humbly: "Ziyan is so polite, it's really an honor to be a brother!" However, Brother Wei came to Taoqiu this time, not to play, but to ask you for help! ”

"What is the matter with my brother?" Dai Yan asked curiously.

Huangfu Yong sighed and said, "When I arrived at Taoqiu now, I didn't come here alone, but at the request of the princes of the East China Sea, I came to ask Ziyan for help!" If Ziyan can't help us, maybe we won't be able to gain a foothold in this land of the East China Sea! ”

The land of the East China Sea was the territory that Dai Yan expanded by cooperating with King Chu Wei to conquer Yue, and then dividing the land of Yue with Chu State equally. Although later, when the Qi State sent troops to besiege Taoqiu, the Song State returned a hundred miles of the East China Sea in order to let the Qi State withdraw its troops, but the Song State still expanded a large area of territory in the Battle of Yue!

This is something that has not been done for many years for a country like the Song Kingdom! As for the newly expanded territory, Song Jun was actually unable to manage it, but could only divide it to some weak and small nobles in the country.

This vast territory, which roughly stretched from Yancheng in later generations to Shanghai, is known as the Land of Jiuyi. In this land of nine yi, there are dozens of large and small tribes on it. Although the land of Jiuyi belonged to the Yue Kingdom in the past, in fact it was only in name. The patriarchs of various tribes directly pay a little tribute to the king of Yue to express their submission, and it is okay. If the Yue Kingdom really wants to manage it and collect taxes, then I'm sorry, these rude Dongyi tribes are not easy to mess with!

To put it bluntly, this land of nine yi is actually a barbaric land that has not yet been illuminated by the light of Chinese civilization! If history is not deflected, its large-scale development will have to wait until a few decades later, when Chu Guochun Shenjun is divided here!

If you want to establish a centralized rule and directly send local officials to manage such a place, I am afraid that in a few years, such a place will be completely out of the control of the Song State!

Fortunately, the Song State was a large country with a long history, and it had a wealth of experience in how to deal with the newly expanded land: this was the feudal system!

Speaking of feudalism, many people in later generations thought that it was a bad system, which caused the division of the country, destabilized the country, etc. It is true that these are the shortcomings of the feudal system, but it is undeniable that the feudal system has an extremely powerful advantage in the expansion of the country and civilization!

The Zhou Dynasty was able to rise after two generations of a hundred miles of small land by the Weishui River, and became "the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not a big country of the king's ministers, relying on the feudal system!

In the early stages of civilization, many tribes were in a state of ignorance, and the local power was too strong to send trustworthy people to rule directly. The Zhou Dynasty chose to start from the blood relationship, and gradually divided the relatives of the king of Zhou to different places according to the degree of intimacy. In this way, all places ruled by the feudal state of Zhou will eventually lay the imprint of Zhou culture, and such places will inevitably become part of Chinese civilization forever after being influenced by Zhou rites.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, it also learned from the rule of the Zhou Dynasty and began to continuously conquer the barbarians from all directions, becoming a country with a radius of 500 miles.

Since the collapse of the Jin State and the destruction of the Song State of Cao, the state of the Song has been declining day by day, and it has not expanded its territory for a long time. Until the current Zixi seized power and ascended the throne, he carried out some reforms to the Song State, making the Song State strong again and seizing such a vast land in the East China Sea.

The land of the East China Sea is a barbarian land in the eyes of the Song State today, but they still want this land to become the home of the Song people forever. Therefore, dividing some small nobles in the country into the land of the East China Sea can not only relieve the resentment of these nobles against Suiyang, but also allow the Song State to add a large area of real territory, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone!

However, perhaps because the Song State had been in decline for too long, and had not expanded for more than two hundred years, it was a lot of trouble to suddenly divide the newly acquired land to the nobles.

The biggest trouble is that the Song people's current bravery is not as good as these barbaric Dongyi tribes!

Although at this time, all countries in the world have no years and no wars, and the martial spirit of all countries has not been lost. However, after all, the Song people have been neutral for a long time and are less involved in the wars of the world, and as the Song people who have been divided into the land of the East China Sea have been accustomed to holding hoes for a long time, how can they compare with those people of the East China Sea who carry bows and arrows all year round and hunt prey on the hills of the East China Sea?

Even if these Song nobles formed a joint action, they were still very passive when it came to fighting against the local tribes.

After listening to Huang Fuyong's explanation in detail, Dai Yan knew the situation in the land of the East China Sea: the people of the East China Sea formed an alliance to fight against them, and now their rule in the land of the East China Sea was in crisis.

"Then why don't you go and ask Suiyang for help?" Dai Yan asked.

Huangfu Yong replied with a sneer: "It's not that we didn't ask Suiyang for help, but at present, the Qi State and the Chu State have noticed the land of the East China Sea and have begun to gradually infiltrate their forces into the land of the East China Sea!" How dare Suiyang offend such a big country as Qi and Chu? ”

When Dai Yan heard this, he was also a little speechless. I have to say that the top management of the Song Kingdom is indeed too slow to react in this regard, and they are also too timid.

"And what help do you need?" Dai Yan asked directly.

Huang Fuyong replied: "I heard that Taoqiu's iron tools are very good now, and we want to borrow a batch of weapons from Suiyang to enhance the strength in our hands. ”

When these small nobles of the Song Kingdom went to the East China Sea, they almost spent almost all the savings in their hands for many years just by migrating their own people, and now they have to buy weapons, and they don't have much savings, so they can only "borrow" weapons from Taoqiu.

As soon as Dai Yan heard Huang Fuyong's words, he immediately spoke: "Why should the clan brother be so polite, if it can help you stabilize the situation in the East China Sea, what if I can fund you with a batch of weapons?" I can give you weapons, but because they are not made by me but by the local merchants of Taoqiu, I cannot force them to give them to you. I have an idea here, I don't know if my brother can accept it? ”

"If Ziyan has any requirements, please just say it!" Huang Fuyong knew that the key conditions were coming, and he had to prick up his ears carefully and start to sound.

"Actually, it's nothing, the businessmen are all mercenary, and all they want is money. But you don't have any money in your hands, but you have abundant resources! The land of the East China Sea, adjacent to the East China Sea, if you can be like the Qi country, the benefits of fish and salt, I don't know how much profit you can make! If you can give the merchants a request to dry salt in the land of the East China Sea, we can unite to form a trading house, you provide the venue, and I and the Taoqiu merchants provide the technology and money to make the salt together! And the money obtained from the salt trade is divided among everyone, so is it not in everyone's interest? Dai Yan said excitedly.

As soon as Huangfu Yong heard Dai Yan's words, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he knew that he didn't have to pay any money, but only promised to provide land for Taoqiu merchants to dry salt in the future, and he could get a large number of weapons.

Dai Yan then continued: "Actually, if you agree to this way, there are unexpected benefits for you! If the Taoqiu merchants go to the land of the East China Sea, then the merchant ships in the hands of the merchants may be able to help you deal with the local barbarian tribes! You know, even on Jishui and the big river, those water bandits are no longer the opponents of my Taoqiu merchants, and there are those merchants' ships coming and going, and they have interests with you, so wouldn't it be a matter of course to help you deal with the local tribes? ”

Huangfu Yong sincerely admired: "Ziyan's suggestion is really good, I can immediately agree to your request on behalf of the nobles of the East China Sea!" ”

Dai Yan then persuaded Huangfu Yongdao: "Brother clan, I still have to advise you, those local tribes in Dongyi must be attacked, but you must not unite the talents among them!" You must not discriminate against these talents in your territory, and you must also give these talents real attention as the Taigong ruled. In this way, the land of the East China Sea can become your true territory! ”