The Jurchens went south!

In order to "recover" Tamna, Goryeo transferred a lot of troops and horses from the border, originally thinking that before the autumn came, the war could be ended, and then the troops were transferred back to the border, but it was only summer, the Jurchens did not escape the heat, and went south, and in the blink of an eye, they successively attacked the state and county on the border of Goryeo.

At the junction of the two sides, there was an emergency, and the Jurchens wantonly plundered people and property, and their soldiers pointed out that it was only 200 miles away from Kaijing!

The king of Goryeo, Wang Mata, asked for help from the Liao state on the one hand, and summoned the king of Qin on the other, and almost at the same time that these two measures were completed, Jin Fuzhe returned to Kaegyon.

The Blue Bird did not send him directly to Kaegyo, and as a result, the Goryeo would have detained the ship and sent him to Pusan, where the Blue Bird found a small port to drop him down, and then sailed away.

The news brought by Kim Fu-che shook the entire Goryeo court.

The 40,000 captured soldiers, if they can be redeemed, can indeed help Goryeo stabilize the situation. What's more, with the arrival of Jin Fuzhe, the families of these soldiers also knew the situation of their relatives, and they were all emotional, hoping that the imperial court could rescue them.

But it is obviously impossible to send troops, and the only way is to redeem people from Jeju at a price that varies from each person according to the terms of the Donghae Chamber of Commerce.

And there is another premise for ransom, which is to agree to the ten conditions of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce.

At this time, Goryeo was not desperate, of course he would not accept the ten conditions of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, in fact, Zhou Quan put forward these ten points, and he did not expect the Goryeo people to accept them immediately. The Koreans also understood this, but even negotiating on the basis of these 10 treaties was unacceptable to the Koreans, who were born with a fragile heart.

Jin Fuzhe, who brought the news back, was the most fierce opponent of the recipient, he thought that the Jurchens were just suffering from ringworm and scabies, and the Donghai Chamber of Commerce was the disease of his henchmen, even if he made peace with the Jurchens, he had to withdraw his hand and destroy the Donghai Chamber of Commerce first.

"Now is the last chance, if you don't do it now, three years later, the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce will not be able to make it, and five years later, its warships will be in Beijing, forcing me to wait and sign on the ten national documents!"

But just when the Goryeo court quarreled for dozens of days, preparing to negotiate peace with the Jurchens and go all out to deal with the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, they were shocked to find that the Jurchens began to set up official offices in the Goryeo territory they seized to govern the locality!

This made the Goryeo court panic again, they used to think that the Jurchens just came to grab a trip and left, at most it was the loss of some floating wealth, but now it seems that the Jurchen doves occupy the magpie's nest and don't want to leave, and the threat to Goryeo is many times greater in an instant.

The Donghae Chamber of Commerce occupies Jeju, which is just an island far away from Kaijing, and it is a threat to change the dynasty by opening a county less than 200 miles away from Kaijing! Song Taizu said that on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore, for Goryeo, this is the most important threat.

In contrast, the threat of the Tokai Chamber of Commerce has been relegated to a secondary position.

Immediately afterwards, stimulated by the reward money released by the Donghae Chamber of Commerce, those Goryeo families who had relatives captured in Jeju gradually got the news that their relatives had not died in battle and were waiting for the Goryeo court to redeem them. At this time, when the troops of King Qin from all sides gathered in Kaijing, the news spread very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the "righteous teachers" who rushed to King Qin in Kaijing began to cry and demand that Goryeo redeem the captives.

Without waiting for the Goryeo court to make a decision, another bad news came, a group of Japanese people, attacked the eastern seaboard, claiming to be the Japanese Genji samurai, although the damage caused was limited, but for the Goryeo court, this was a heavy blow, which proved that the news brought by Jin Fuzhe was true, and the Great Song Donghai Chamber of Commerce did have the ability to provoke forces from all sides to overthrow the Goryeo royal regime.

When the messenger who rushed to the Liao State to ask for help brought the news that the Liao State had allowed the Jurchens to go east to relieve their pressure, this became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Some forces in the Goryeo court secretly spread the news, and those Qinwang Yishi learned that the court had no intention of compromising with the Donghae Chamber of Commerce, and would rather not have the 40,000 Goryeo soldiers than the remote island, and they were in an uproar, and most of them were scattered overnight.

The Jurchens also seized the opportunity, took the opportunity to capture several counties in Goryeo, and once again commanded the opening of Beijing, and recently left Beijing less than 100 miles.

"The Koreans can't hold on!"

Zhou Quan had returned to the Five Kingdoms Fortress, and after learning that the army of King Gyeonjin of Goryeo had been defeated, he left Haeju and returned to Jeju Island, ready to reap the fruits of his victory.

At this time, it was September of the fourth year of Jeonghoa, and a full year had passed since he had previously seized Jeju Island.

"I hope they can't hold on, and if they can hold on any longer, we won't be able to hold on first." Li Qing let out a long sigh, his face full of tiredness.

From last year to this year, Jeju has been in a series of wars, and the grain harvest is less than half of that of previous years, while the population of Jeju has increased by more than half, from less than 100,000 to more than 160,000 now.

"If you can't hold on anymore, you can always do it until the end of the year, but it really doesn't work, and there are other ways." Zhou Quan's words carried a faint killing intent.

Li Qing trembled slightly, and secretly said in his heart, this Yanei is much more majestic now, but it is not like when he first went to Xuzhou to have a secret meeting with him.

In fact, Zhou Quan has not become much, but as his status and power increase, the people around him feel his majesty more and more.

"In the past few years, we still need to buy grain, and in a few years, we don't have to worry about this problem......"

When Zhou Quan said this, he couldn't help but raise a document in his hand, and at the bottom of the document, a brief nautical chart was attached.

Li Qing can also understand this kind of chart, he glanced at it, since he got this map, Zhou Quan has been very happy.

"Yanai, this chart is a stream?" After a little thought, Li Qing asked.

"It's Liuqiu!" Zhou Quan nodded.

Since the capture of Jeju, Zhou Quan has been sending ships to sea and drawing nautical charts, and the money and manpower invested for this are definitely not a small number.

It can even be said that most of the huge profits brought by glassware were invested by him in this seemingly meaningless thing.

From Mizhou in the north to Quanzhou in the south, almost all the owners of sea ships are spreading one thing: those who are willing to go to sea to explore and discover new land will be supported by the coastal envoy of Haizhou in the Great Song Dynasty and the first Zhou Quan of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce.

The support includes at least three items, the first is the training of nautical charting methods, which are different from the previous methods of captains, and produce nautical charts that are more accurate and concise; The second is the modification of the boat, where the soft sails of the pulley block replace the hard sails, which can not only reduce the number of sailors on board, but also increase the speed of the ship; The third is financial support, and the drawn charts, as long as they are approved by Zhou Quan, can be exchanged for a large amount of funds.

"Who drew this chart?" Li Qing couldn't help but ask.

"Mingzhou maritime merchant Zhao Yilu." Zhou Quan laughed.

"It turned out to be him...... This is a strange person, how much reward did he give for this chart? ”

"Glassware worth 10,000 yuan!"

"This guy has made a lot of money, if he sells 10,000 pieces of glassware to Japan, he can exchange it for 20,000 pieces of gold and silver!" Li Qing said jealously: "Actually, Yanai himself can organize his ships to explore the sea!" ”

"There isn't that much time and manpower!" Zhou Quan said.

He does have a lot of ships in his hands now, the Donghai series of clippers have been ranked in the Donghai Geng, the improved Xuanniao and Yuhe of the Jade Bird have all tested the waters, and there are also dozens of captured Goryeo warships -- most of which are placed in the shipyard to be dismantled and used as materials.

"It's really important to have a good population." Li Qing felt the same way: "If it weren't for so many Goryeo captives, how could the city of the Five Kingdoms be built in just half a year!" ”

With nearly 40,000 captives, Zhou Quan didn't want them to be idle for a day. Except for high-ranking officials such as Tuo Junjing, who were treated relatively decently, the rest were driven to work everywhere. Not to mention the construction of bridges, roads, walls, and stone forts, a considerable number of them were driven to build reservoirs, cut trees, and clean up rivers.

With so many strong laborers working hard for half a year, and Zhou Quan's overall planning, its efficiency is extremely amazing, and now Jeju's infrastructure is comparable to that of Haizhou and Xuzhou.

Of course, the process was not peaceful, and about 2,000 prisoners died in the work, almost one in every twenty lost their lives due to accident, fatigue, sickness, or mistakes. However, not only did the Goryeo captives not resent this, but most of them also felt that these people were unlucky, after all, as captives, they were not beheaded and piled up in Jingguan, and they had two full meals a day, and even gave them new clothes, which they may not have when they were soldiers in Goryeo.

As Zhou Quan expected, less than five days after he returned to the Five Kingdoms City, Jin Fuzhe also arrived on a Goryeo ship.

There were more than 20 people who came with Jin Fuzhe, all of whom were envoys sent by Goryeo.

Looking at the Five Nations City, which had only been away for two months, Jin Fuzhen was a little distracted for a while, because only two months had passed, and the Five Kingdoms City had changed a lot compared to what he remembered.

The old shacks are still there, but there are many fewer of them, more of them brick houses. The original city walls of the Five Kingdoms City have been completely demolished, and the scale has expanded by nearly half.

On a reef in the harbor, there is also a white tower, which can be seen from afar.

When the ship flying the Goryeo flag approached, two boats immediately approached from the left and right.

"Who is here, and why?" These two ships are not big, but they are extremely agile, and there are people on board who shout in Song dialect.

"Please go to the Governor's Mansion of the Chamber of Commerce, His Majesty of the Goryeo Kingdom has ordered the envoy Jin Fuzhe to come here!" Jin Fuzhen said expressionlessly, and at the end, he said from between his teeth: "Discuss the redemption of the sergeant!" (To be continued.) )