This is really a report and a report, I think when Jiang Yun first arrived at the Lu family, the first idea he gave Lu Xun was to send troops to exterminate the Ryukyu pirates. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info From the circumstances, there was no doubt that it was a bad idea. Of course, Lu Xun was not fooled and ignored this suggestion directly.

Now that she has brought it up herself, it is obviously a different situation. Destroy pirates and occupy the Ryukyu Islands. Is it profitable? Jiang Yun pondered for a moment and had to admit that there was! The benefits are threefold.

First, the Ryukyu pirates are the largest group of bandits in the nearby seas, and once they are eliminated, they can have a sufficient deterrent effect to completely remove obstacles from the trade routes.

Second, since Yishu is a small country and its population is close to saturation, it will be possible to gradually emigrate to it after occupying the Ryukyus, and the population problem will be greatly eased.

Third, as far as the "East Asia" region is concerned, the most restless country is the one that goes east, and the country that poses the greatest threat to Yizhou also goes east. The Ryukyus are located in the middle of the two regions and are an excellent buffer zone. Once the eastward plot is wrong, Yizhou can make full preparations as soon as possible.

But whether it's beneficial is one thing, whether it's feasible is another. Attacking the Ryukyus, at least for now, no! The time has not yet come. After thinking about it deeply, Jiang Yun shook his head again and again. "Nope."

"Are you worried about going abroad?" Lu Xun is so shrewd, and she can guess some of the reasons why Jiang Yun retreated.

"Yes, unless the general trend changes and there is no time for the east, we will never sit idly by and watch us take the Ryukyus. This place is a strategic buffer zone for us, but it is a springboard for the eastward march to the east, and besides, the Ryukyu pirates are already the Japanese from the east, and I have dealt with them, and the war against the Great Zhou a year ago was extremely strange, and I suspect that they have the imperial background of the eastward expedition. ”

"So what?" Lu Xun said proudly: "If Dongtou dares to intervene, I will personally raise the army to meet the battle." With the current strength of Yizhou, I am not afraid of going abroad at all. ”

"Xun'er, you don't think far enough. Worrying about going east is only one aspect, my real worry is Da Zhou. Jiang Yun Zhengse said: "Ryukyu is a lead, it can't be easily touched, if you are not careful, Yizhou will break out a full-scale war with Dongde, and at that time, what will happen to Da Zhou?" ”

"Da Zhou?"

"Yes, don't forget, Dongde is nominally a subject of the Great Zhou, once the war starts, it will inevitably ask the Great Zhou court for help, and we have nothing to do with the Great Zhou, the proximity is clear at a glance, if the Great Zhou intervenes, do you have the confidence to fight one against two?"

"But we can't just let it go, how much loss do we have to lose in the past year?"

"Wait a minute." Jiang Yun said with a smile: "It is impossible to use one enemy and 20,000, so we can't provoke Dongguo for the time being, if my expectations are correct, within a year, Da Zhou will use troops against Yizhou." ”

Lu Xun obviously didn't believe it, she shook her head and said: "No, we don't have any dealings with Da Zhou, even if it is trade, it is taken from the people, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court, let alone interests or hatred. ”

"Every emperor wants to live for a hundred years, so Xun'er, do you know what the standards of a sage and a wise monarch are?"

"Guotai and Min'an."

"No, that's the King of Success. There are only two criteria for sages and wise monarchs, recovering lost territories and expanding territories. The Yibei people and the Great Zhou people came out of the same origin, and taking Yizhou was an irresistible temptation for the Great Zhou Emperor. In the past, there was no need to fight, Yizhou was three-legged, the Great Zhou sent troops, and under the huge threat, the three major families and even Shanyue would abandon their previous suspicions, work together to unite with the outside world, and forcibly attack in addition to suffering huge losses, the Great Zhou could not get any benefits. If you help one of them, you will only become a wronged person and be asked for indefinitely. ”

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and continued: "But now it's different, Yizhou is unified, and the Lu family is the only one. As long as you send troops to subdue the Lu family, and then have some benefits, such as giving you a nominal and noble status, hereditary replacement, do you know that there is no chance to include Yizhou in the territory of the Great Zhou? The Great Zhou Emperor would definitely make this attempt. ”

"Then let's just establish a country, learn from the east, imitate Goryeo, pay tribute, call a minister, and become a subject state of the Great Zhou."

It's useless, history has proven that this trick will not work. Zheng Jing, the original king of Yanping County, once mentioned to Kangxi that he imitated the Korean example, called a minister, and paid tribute, but he did not land, and Kangxi did not agree, which is not surprising, but any emperor with a brain will not agree, let alone establish a country.

"Xun'er, we can only wait, wait for Da Zhou to take the initiative to come to the door. And then... beat them hard, so that the Great Zhou Emperor came to his senses, and was forced to admit the special status of Yizhou to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement. The imperial court pays attention to the king's no jokes, and once you win this status, you can attack the Ryukyus without any worries. ”

The Taiwan issue has always existed in both past and future generations. As a Chinese, from the bottom of his heart, Jiang Yun is not very willing to take the path of division. He has no ambition to reign over the world, and he also wants to promote the return of Yizhou, but as the old saying goes, the time has not yet come, at least not now. Once Yizhou was included in the territory of the Great Zhou, then the invasion of the Great Zhou intelligence network followed.

Spy Alliance, Jiang Yun's fear of this organization is even above that of the Martial Sect. Ever since he mastered the spy agency of the Ancestral God Sect, he really realized the horror of the power of espionage, that is, a pair of eyes, always watching you in secret, you feel like a nakedly clothed person, naked in front of others all the time. Every move, word and deed, others know it well.

The Ancestral Sect only cares about the Great Zhou, and they are not interested in learning about things outside the territory, and it is precisely because of this that the Ancestral God Sect can quietly develop and grow, and once Yizhou becomes a part of the Great Zhou, the spy alliance will come as a matter of course. I'm afraid that in less than a month, the entire Yizhou will be investigated by them, and the Ancestral God Sect, the Temple, and the Dark Alliance will be exposed to the sun one after another.

Then it's time for Wu Zong to come... As for Jiang Yun's fate, don't even think about it, as the old saying goes: I am afraid that there is no other life.

Between the national righteousness and their own lives, the minds of the small citizens decisively have the upper hand, Jiang Yun has not yet had such a high consciousness, so it is naturally a matter of small lives. Before the dark alliance really grows up, he can only hide and resolutely oppose the return of Yizhou.

"Okay, then listen to you, I'll bear with it for the time being."

"Not only that, but we also have to step up our preparations." Jiang Yun is the most clear about the temperament of the Chinese people, but he doesn't know how many emperors in history he has seen in the history books, the Great Zhou Dynasty's expedition to Yizhou, this is a sure thing, and it can't be done without adequate preparation. "The crossbow still needs to be produced in large quantities, and within a year, the Yizhou naval army needs to be expanded to at least 200,000. Shanyue is not accustomed to water warfare, so he can only protect the mainland, and he has to rely on Yibei to truly reject the enemy outside the country. ”

"Two hundred thousand?" Lu Xun exclaimed: "Could it be too much?" How much silver does it cost, but it can't be done, and the burden is too heavy. With the power of three waters, in a year, I can only make up a maximum of 100,000 water troops. The major families will only send troops, and I can't go to the door to grab the silver. In the end, these armies still have to be fed by my Lu family, and there is not enough gold and silver to eat. ”

"Don't worry, I left you some high-purity silver ore in the temple, and after a little refining, it is conservatively estimated that there will be ten million taels. When there is not enough silver to spend, you will seek ore from the evil wind. ”

"How much?" Lu Xun looked ignorant. "Did you say something wrong or did I hear it wrong? Ten million taels of silver? ”

"Yes, 10 million taels, you can spend your energy! Don't feel distressed, even if you sneez, you can smash a silver mountain. The only thing left for the poor is money, and this is not for nothing. If it's not enough, go back and send someone to Da Zhou to ask for it, and I'll send someone to send it to you again. This year is not only about recruitment, training, but also about material reserves, and in addition to strategic materials, food is the most important. Da Zhou can buy as much as he can, and when he buys it out, he will go to Nanyang to buy it, which is bound to ensure that Yizhou's grain storage can be used for at least one year. ”

I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that Da Zhou will also have a surname Yao, and he will make a bad move to move the border and ban the sea, and he will be forced to Yizhou when he arrives. It's right to plan ahead, but as for the money... The wealth accumulated in the entire Great Zhou for more than a thousand years is all in the temple, not to mention a year, even if it is raised in Yizhou for hundreds of years, Jiang Yun also has this ability. If you have money, you are so confident!

"Okay, I got it."

"Well, if there's nothing else to do, let's rest early, I still have to get up early tomorrow and hurry." After Jiang Yun finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his thigh and stood up, put his hand into his chest and pounded for a while, and felt out a neatly folded cloth. He rested the cloth on the table and slowly opened it, revealing several extremely fine silver-white rings.

"What is this?" Lu Xun picked one up, looked at it, and couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful." ”

"Hey, this is called a ring, it is put on the ring finger, it symbolizes the beloved, but it is the best token." Jiang Yun triumphantly picked up the only men's ring, put a set on his left ring finger, and then said: "I specially asked people to make them when I went to Yinan this time, all of them are made of high-grade silk silver, and the purity is higher than Xiao Ya's hairpin." If you want to think of me again, just look at it. Fluttershy, you take one too, the size may be a little different, but you get used to wearing it. ”

"I don't want it, it's too expensive."

"This is a token, not property, the proof of my Jiang family, only me and my wife have it in the whole world, are you sure you don't want it?"

With all that said, Fluttershy grabbed one and quickly put it on herself, smiling sweetly, "Thank you." ”

"That's right." Jiang Yun was very satisfied.

Lu Xun took the ring and compared it on his ring finger, and was just about to put it in, when the corner of his eye happened to be aimed at the cloth on the table. She showed a smile again, and said lightly: "There are two more on the table, one of which should be Zhu'er's sister's, so Master Husband, please tell the concubine, why is there one more?" ”

“。。。” Broken! Patronizing the show, he forgot to hide the ring he had prepared for Ji Luo in advance. Jiang Yun's eyes rolled slightly, and he argued forcefully: "Hehe, the road is far away!" To be on the safe side, I made an extra one, planning to store it separately, and if I accidentally dropped one, at least there was a spare one... You know, husbands have always liked to plan ahead. ”

"Really?"

"Ahem, ahem. Let's not talk about that, let's rest in peace. Don't go, Fluttershy, let's sleep together tonight. ”

"It's okay to sleep, but I'll tell you in advance, don't want to make it bad, the doctor said, I can't have sex recently, it will hurt the child." Lu Xun glanced at Jiang Yun, who was excited, and added coldly, "You and Fluttershy don't mess around, don't disturb my sleep!" ”

“。。。” (To be continued.) )