Funan is located at the key point of the east and west seas, and the prosperous maritime trade is the fundamental reason for its development and growth.

Since the first generation of the Fan Dynasty, Fan Man, usurped the throne and established the country, there have been several times in the middle of the country, and it has been passed down for eight generations.

Today's Funan king's name is Fan Yao, and when he succeeded to the throne, he happened to meet Zhang Fang with the Liaodong fleet going south, out of the tradition of Funan has always valued business and diplomatic relations, Fan Yao received Zhang Fang very warmly. Knowing that Zhang Fang intended to do business in Funan, Fan Yao was strongly supportive, and even set aside a piece of land by the sea for the use of Liaodong merchants.

In the first two years, Funanguo relied on the bulk goods brought by Liaodong to make a lot of money through the east-west maritime trade, and finally made a lot of money.

However, after a long time, Funan and Liaodong began to be dissatisfied with their respective gains. Funan suspected that Liaodong was excessively involved in the affairs of the South Seas, and had the intention of interfering with the trade rights between the East and the West; Liaodong, on the other hand, was dissatisfied with Funan's reliance on geographical advantages and monopolized the entire maritime trade rights between the East and the West to make huge profits, while Liaodong could only earn a hard fee.

Friendly relations were established between Funan and Liaodong because of overseas trade, but eventually there was a rift in the relationship between the two sides due to the uneven distribution of interests, and it has developed irreconcilably to this day. The two sides had a big dispute over trade rights, and now Funan is planning to tear up the signed treaty, and even sent sailors to attack Liaodong merchant ships in the guise of pirates several times.

Fan Yao dared to attack Liaodong, but he knew that civil strife was breaking out in the land of China, and he thought that even if Funan completely squeezed Liaodong out of Nanyang, Liaodong would have nothing to do with him.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if Liaodong sends a large army to conquer Funan, Fan Yao is not afraid!

After all, Funan is the largest country in the South Seas, and its domestic shipbuilding technology is developed, and it has rich forest resources and high smelting technology, which makes the Funan Naval Division quite powerful, and its weapons and equipment are not bad, so it thinks that it is easy to deal with the Liaodong Army from afar.

Fan Yao, the king of Funan, was ambitious and wanted to establish a hegemony like Fan Man, the king of Funan, and Fan Man, the founding ancestor of the Fan dynasty, was brave and strategic. He built a big ship, crossed the sea, attacked more than ten countries such as Qu Kun, Jiuzhi, and Diansun, opened up five or six thousand miles, and reigned for more than 20 years.

However, since Fan Man's succession, the country of Funan has been declining, and Fan Yao is powerless even if he is ambitious. Fortunately, the Liaodong people went to the South Seas to make the east-west trade rise again, and the country of Funan was slightly revitalized, how could they allow Liaodong to take away the trade rights between the east and the west, which was related to the hegemony of Funan?

King Funan raised his head and glanced at the ministers around him and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, the plan to intercept the merchant ships of Liaodong some time ago failed again, can you have any other way to prevent Liaodong from meddling in the South Seas?" ”

"King, it's better to send troops directly,......" Fan Li, the general of the Funan Navy Division, patted his chest and shouted.

"Nonsense? How can anyone regard war as child's play? Liaodong is a big country in Shangbang Domain, how can it easily start a conflict? In addition, Funan also needs Liaodong to import silk, porcelain and other goods, and it would be best if they could coexist peacefully with it. ”

King Funan glanced at his confidant Fan Li with dissatisfaction, although he was not afraid of war with Liaodong, he would not start a war easily. After all, Funan had been weakened for too long, and the domestic economy had only improved slightly, and he didn't want to get involved in the war too quickly.

Funan's main business is to resell silk and porcelain from China to the West, but now Liaodong wants to put aside Funan and trade directly with Western countries, which not only breaks Funan's monopoly on trade rights, but also cuts off Funan's financial route, and will further affect Fan Yao's ambition to try to create a hegemony.

"Therefore, I intend to send an envoy to Liaodong, as long as General Zhenbei is willing to give up intervening in Nanyang, I am willing to abandon the previous suspicions, and the two sides share the prosperity of maritime trade!"

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"What? Funan people? Wei Shuo asked with a shocked face: "What are they doing here?" ”

Mo Han said with a little disdain at the corner of his mouth: "I didn't expect that the Funan people have a big appetite, and they want to let Liaodong withdraw from Nanyang without a fight." However, why are the people of Funan sure that I don't dare to compete with Liaodong? ”

"Presumably, Fan Yao thought that there was a sea as a moat, so he sent a messenger to force me to back down in Liaodong, but I didn't know that Liaodong had already planned to go south. As long as the Yizhou and Zhuya bases are put into use in the coming year, the Liaodong Navy Division can go south to Funan. ”

Although Funan is a big country in the South Seas, Liaodong really doesn't take it seriously. At present, Liaodong has temporarily solved the land troubles, and has the energy to deal with the Nanyang crisis. Previously, Liaodong had been busy expanding infantry and cavalry to deal with the threat of Hulu in various places, so that the construction of the naval division was relatively backward. Now, with the threat of the South Seas at hand, the top and bottom of Liaodong have begun to pay attention to the construction of the water division, and the Marine Corps is in the process of being formed and reorganized.

"Funan is not to worry about, but it takes time for the development of the water division, the construction of Yizhou, and the strategy of Zhu Ya, so the lord may wish to be false to the envoy and stabilize Funan for the time being."

Hearing this, Gao Zhan also agreed: "Yes, my lord, at present, the shipyard is hurrying to produce medium-sized and above sand ship warships, and after next year, Liaodong will be able to form a huge expeditionary fleet with four county-level warships as the core and 80 to 100 3,000 sand ship warships." With this strength, what kind of Funan people, let them all go to hell! ”

"Maritime trade is the lifeblood of Liaodong, and it is impossible to be occupied by overseas barbarians no matter what! Since the Funan people don't know what to do, they simply send troops to destroy them! ”

It seems that interests can really change everything, and in the past, traditional scholars such as Pei Wei and Gao Zhan had little interest in overseas barbarian lands. However, since the rise of sea trade, the giants in Liaodong have gained huge benefits from the sea trade, and now they are forced to use knives, and I am afraid that it is impossible for the giants in Liaodong to give up Nanyang.

"Good! As Jing Qian said, Liaodong still needs time to reorganize the naval division, and the marine corps has not yet formed combat effectiveness. ”

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"Why did your king send an envoy here?"

Wei Shuo followed the guidance of Gao Zhan and others, and took a lofty posture to meet the envoy from Funan. Fortunately, the envoy of Funan, as a small border man, has become accustomed to the appearance of a big country in Shangbang.

I saw him bow his head humbly, and said very flatteringly: "General Hui, the king of my family thinks that there is a misunderstanding between Liaodong and Funan, so he specially ordered the little one to come and explain one or two to Liaodong. ”

"Oh? What else does your king have to say? ”

"The king of my family asked the little one to tell the general that as long as Liaodong no longer interferes in Nanyang, Funan is willing to obey Liaodong as the lord and pay some gifts to Liaodong every year."

It seems that this Funan envoy has approved the Huaxia superiors to like false names, so they dare to come to see Wei Shuo. It's a pity that he didn't know that Wei Shuo was not a person of this era at all, and he resisted the urge to tear the messenger in front of him to pieces, but he had to force himself to pretend to be overjoyed. Because he knew that the so-called great powers of the Central Plains had always had the habit of admiring vanity, and there were barbarians in history who took advantage of this to pretend to be tributary envoys to deceive.

After the Funan envoy secretly saw Wei Shuo's overjoyed appearance, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of imperceptible disdain, and he secretly said to himself: "The Jin people are really fools, they actually gave up the huge profits contained in the sea trade in vain for such a little false fame. ”

"I wonder what gift your king sent?"

Wei Shuo perfunctorily swore in his heart that when the Yizhou base and Zhuya base were built in the future, he would teach the Funan people a good lesson.

"The king of my family asked the little one to bring some rare beasts to the general, I hope the general can like it."

Wei Shuo looked thoughtfully at the envoy of Funan, it seems that this envoy really understands the thoughts of the superior of the big country of Shangbang, and those small countries in history always get some strange animals to win the big country of Shangbang. Rhinoceros, crocodiles, etc., have been presented as mascots, and each time they will cause a sensation.

"Well, it seems that your king has a lot of intentions, so it is better for you and me to sign a "Liaodong and Nanyang Non-Aggression Pact"!"

After doing it for a long time, the Funan envoy finally heard what he wanted to hear the most, and soon left Liaodong with a heart full of joy.

As soon as the envoy left, Wei Shuo's face suddenly became gloomy, and he didn't know if his performance just now could deceive Fan Yao, the king of Funan. If it can't be completely convinced, as long as it can be delayed for a few months, the Liaodong Naval Division will have the ability to attack in an all-out way next year. (To be continued.) )