It was such a well-read man who was a man of the world, but he praised this book written by the enemy generals. In his words, the person who wrote this book has a farther vision than Hai Dongqing, and his mind is as broad as the sea, even if he is an enemy of the empire, it is a pleasure to read his book.

Whether it is to enjoy Ögedai Khan or not is not important, he prefers to know more about the enemy, in the words of the Mongols, a shepherd who is familiar with the wolves is a good shepherd. If you don't even know who your enemy is, what his personality is, and what skills he has, how can you find out his weaknesses and defeat him?

"Surrey, you are a good face of the Empire, and this book has not only allowed me to see the face of the enemy, but also a battlefield that is wider than the steppe. If it weren't for you, I thought they were just a few big ships, but now it seems that we are far behind, and these two will surely become the great enemies of the empire in the future, and it will be difficult for us to set foot in the seas that they gallop on. ”

At first, Ogedai Khan only had the intention of coping, and roughly flipped through the booklet, which was not too thick. But the more he looked at it, the cooler it became, in order to better understand the meaning of those Chinese characters, he simply called Yelu Chucai to study together, and listened to Yelu Chucai's understanding of this book while reading. When he finished reading the last page, the Great Khan, who had never been worried about fighting, had to admit his short-sightedness. Not all the talented people in the world were collected by the Mongol Empire, and this Hong Tao was one of the most worrying guys for the Empire.

"I sent someone to inquire about these two people through the Goryeo merchants, and Wen Nam was originally a petty official under the Song Guoli Department, who disappeared at sea for several years while on an envoy to Japan, and when he reappeared. It was with this Hong Tao who came back on a big boat. Therefore, the lower officials think that the focus is not on Wen Nan. The enemy of the empire should be this Hongtao. What makes me weird. For Hong Tao's understanding, the Song people lack it as much as we do. So far, everyone only knows that he is the leader of the Yazhou Tan family, and no one knows the details as to when he developed such a powerful fleet. ”

"But I heard some news from the Great Cannibal, as early as seven or eight years ago, this person led a sea ship to defeat a merchant fleet of the Great Cannibal, and then established a port in the Lion Country, and specially took the merchants of the Song Kingdom to do business there. The buying and selling is very big. Almost all the thousands of miles of sea frontiers between the Great Food Kingdom and the Song Kingdom were dominated by him, and those countries in the ocean did not dare to disobey, and no one or any country dared to harass any ship carrying his flag. In fact, he already controlled more than a dozen countries, but this man behaved very strangely, and few people saw him go ashore. No one knows where he came from or where he is going, most people only hear some legends, and then they learn about him from this book, and nothing else. ”

Yelu Chucai is very tall, and he doesn't look like a Khitan, but a lot like a Han Chinese. Every move, dress, and dress is no different from that of the Han people, and even the emphasis of their speech is the same as that of the officials in Lin'an City. It is no wonder that later generations said that the Jin Kingdom occupied half of the Great Song Dynasty. But it was assimilated by the Great Song Dynasty very strongly, if there was no invasion of the Mongol Empire, maybe in another fifty years, the Jin State and the Song State would not be able to distinguish who is the north and who is the south. Cultural aggression is a thing that works better than any weapon, and it will not only wipe out the minds of the living, but will also dig up the ancestral graves together, and they will be cleanly planed and there will be no trace left.

"If only this man could be used by the Empire...... Since he was already the ruler of many countries, why would he spare no effort to help the Song State become an enemy of the empire? Can Song Guo promise him any high-ranking officials? Is there anything more attractive than being emperor yourself? Ögedei Khan was obviously not very pleased with these scattered news, and it was not at all clear what kind of person his enemy was, let alone why this man had traveled thousands of miles to oppose the Mongol Empire, which made the Great Khan very puzzled.

"His subordinates thought that he was not for high-ranking officials, nor for money and beauty, but that his goals were very ambitious. Judging from these messages and his books, he was a very pure businessman, or rather a very ambitious businessman. The country he wanted to build was different, a country of merchants. It is not so much that he is helping Song Guo, but that he is paving the way for his future. "Yelu Chucai is worthy of being a genius in governing the world, and he is extremely smart, and with just some scattered news and a book, he can see the essence of Hong Tao in a rough way.

"What do you mean by that?" Ogedei is a stout man, with a unique Mongolian face shape and eyes, and a birthmark on the left side of his face, which looks very rude, but is actually very delicate in his heart.

"If the subordinate is a businessman, he must also hope that the Song Kingdom will continue to survive. The empire was invincible, but its commerce was far less developed than that of the Song Kingdom, and even the Great Food Merchants who were known for their treachery could not get any bargains under the Song State merchants. According to the Great Food Merchant, the maritime trade of the Song State was very prosperous, from Goryeo and Japan to the Great Food Kingdom, all the countries in the east, west and south were interacting with the Song State, and even after decades of blows from the Liao, Jin and Empire, the Song State was still prosperous. These are all thanks to business, and if it weren't for these incomes, the Song Kingdom would have died a long time ago. I heard that the Song Kingdom was strengthening their city with a special kind of soil, which was not natural, but burned, and a city would cost at least 100,000 catties. This money will definitely not be able to be taken out just by relying on farming, which shows the wealth of the Song Kingdom. ”

"Keeping the Song Kingdom, this Hong Tao is equivalent to keeping the place where he sells goods. The Song State had a large population, and there was no need to worry about no one buying his goods, and although the empire was currently at its peak, it did not have a mature commercial system, so even if he wanted to do business with the empire, he could not start. Therefore, for his own interests, he must also unite the Song State with the empire as an enemy, from this point of view, this person has a very long-term vision, and he does not plan for a while, which is also his most terrifying place. Yelu Chucai analyzed the reasons for Hong Tao's help to the Song State for Wokotai little by little, and also pointed out the shortcomings of the Mongol Empire by the way.

"Sariho is a talent of the Empire, I wonder if there is a way to deal with it?" Wokotai understood this time, and now that he has figured out the origin of the enemy, the next step is to consider his own countermeasures.

"I don't think this person's purpose is to help the Song State defeat the empire, and he probably doesn't want the Song State to become strong again, the best thing for him is that the Song State and the empire will be consumed for a long time, and then he will benefit in the middle. With just a few sea ships and unknown sharp weapons, he can drag the two big countries down, and he can't lose anything. If you want to find his weaknesses, I think you have to start with his purpose. He wants to delay time, and we can't give him too much time. He wants to make a profit, we can't drag the war on, we must capture the Song State as soon as possible, and at that time, whether he wants it or not, I'm afraid he will have to do business with the empire, because the largest population is on the empire's side. ”

"In that case, we can use his influence to reopen the trade routes of the Song Kingdom, as long as we can restore some of them, it will be enough to make up for the shortfall of the successive wars, and in a few years, the entire empire will prosper." Yelu Chucai was not a military strategist, and he could not propose a specific battle plan to Ogedai Khan, but he could help the Great Khan figure out his thoughts from the overall situation.

"But how can we defeat the Song army quickly? With the harassment of those sea ships, the Song army became stronger and stronger, and I could not let the Mongol warriors wade through the river to attack the enemy's city. "Wokotai doesn't want to listen to any analysis of the overall situation, he pays more attention to specific solutions to problems, and the more specific the better.

"Shipbuilding! Establishment of the Mongolian Sailor! Defeat the enemy in the way they do best...... Although we are not good at water warfare, we still have enough time to learn, we can build more big ships, and we can overwhelm him in numbers. As far as I know, he doesn't have many ships, or even very few, and even if he is better than us, then we exchange five or ten ships for one, and I'm afraid that he will be the first to be wiped out. As long as this greatest threat is removed, I think the imperial soldiers will not be afraid of the Song naval divisions, and their warships are not unusual, no different from the Goryeo. ”

Yelu Chucai finally said his suggestion, which is really-for-tat, and his method is indeed the most effective. It's a pity that he is not a time-traveling person, and he can't intuitively feel the power of technology based on imagination and hearsay. If he could go to Qi Zu's Imperial Metal Group factory for a few days, he would immediately dispel this idea. This is called the difference of the times, and it cannot be leveled by relying on the intelligence of a few people's brains.

"Shipbuilding...... Establish a Water Division...... That's a good idea! But who will build the ship, how will the sailors be trained, and how much will it cost? I don't know if you can give me an answer to these questions. Listening to Yelu Chucai's suggestion, Wokotai stepped down from the chair with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the room, and finally did not answer, but asked three more specific questions.

"The craftsmen and cannibals of the Golden Kingdom can help us build ships; Jin Guoshui Division, Great Cannibal, and Korean people can all help us train water masters. The specific money and materials to be spent have to wait for these people to give a specific plan, and the subordinates can calculate it. Yelu Chucai did not hesitate and quickly answered Wokotai's question. In fact, he is equivalent to throwing the problem back to the Great Khan, whether to do it or not, whether to do it or not is the decision of the Great Khan.

The end result was done, although some of the Mongol nobles were reluctant to spend this money, and did not believe that the Mongols could conquer the sea, but Ogedei still persuaded them not only to build large ships, but also to build a large number of special buildings, and to devote all their efforts to the quality of the Jinhe Empire to the Song Empire.

(To be continued.) )