Although Zhao Ji is not very good-tempered, he also understands that many things are not in a hurry. Zhao Ji, who calmed down, did his old job again, mingling with the soldiers all day long, and Zhao Ji only had big ideas for the development of liuqiu, and handed over other things to the Shangjing cabinet.

The Golden Fire Cavalry was stationed in the Imperial Palace, the United Defense Force was stationed in the south of the city, and the Guanjia Academy was in the inner city where the branches of the four universities were located. Zhao Ji trained the joint defense army in the morning, went to the Guanjia Academy in the afternoon to give classes and training to the generals of the various armies who had been dismissed, and stayed with the fire cavalry in the evening. Every once in a while, they will also patrol the entire Shangjing City and listen to the voices of the people.

At this time, Zhao Ji came to the Chongzheng Hall to listen to Xue Yi's debriefing report and the cabinet's plan for recruiting water thieves. Xue Yi learned that Zhao Ji had no intention of killing him, and sent a fleet to find him. As soon as he was excited, he came to Shangjing to plead guilty, and Zhao Ji didn't know his careful thoughts. When the unscathed Xue Yi stood in front of Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji gave him two big slaps, and he also gave the Iron Arm Guard a hundred rods on his buttocks.

This hundred rods made Xue Yi's heart feel so cool, and the crime of killing his head passed lightly. Xue Yi, who was punished, was transferred to the post of general of the Haiwei Army in the Seventh Town of Shangjing, and 12,000 sailors were transferred from other towns to prepare for the expedition.

"I am desperate, just do what Cai Shoufu said." Zhao Ji decisively stopped the debate between Fan Chunren and Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is now learning more and more to ponder Zhao Ji's mind. Fan Chunren advocated agreeing to the conditions of the water thief Xiao Laohu first, and exchanging more than 600 captured Quanzhou sailors back. First, we will make every effort to develop the Huguang area, and the development of Liuqiu will be postponed for the time being, and then we will consider going out to Liuqiu after the completion of the reorganization and training of the Shangjing Naval Division. And Cai Jing's meaning, decisively and quickly sent troops, the soldiers pressed the flow of begging for the chicken coop village, and the six hundred captured soldiers were regarded as killed in battle, and their families were appeased.

"Shengshang, Weichen invited himself to send an envoy to the chicken coop village, and persuaded the water thieves to vote with a three-inch tongue. I beseech the grace of God. Fan Chunren glared at Cai Jing and knelt on the ground and pleaded.

"Holy Lord, no! The current development of Huguang and Liuqiu is based on Fan Cifu's plan, and Fan Cifu is indispensable to the cabinet. The water thief does not talk about credibility, in case Fan Cifu is detained again? Cai Jing hurriedly stopped.

Cai Jing seems to be thinking about Fan Chunren, but in fact, he is afraid that Fan Chunren will make meritorious contributions again. Fan Chunren has won the trust of Zhao Ji because of the development plan, and if he makes meritorious service again, then he will not be able to keep his position as the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Fan Qing's family has to think clearly. The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the chicken coop water thief is powerful, but it is not so easy to convince, in case they detain you again and threaten me to accept their terms. Do you know my temper? Zhao Ji helped Fan Chunren up and said.

"Wechen is not a person who is afraid of death. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. If you don't go into danger, how can you make a great contribution and repay the emperor's kindness. Fan Chunren said decisively.

"Well, what do you want? I will do my best to satisfy you. Zhao Ji said movingly.

"Wechen hopes that the saint will not send troops for the time being, and wait for Wechen to come back." Fan Chunren pleaded.

"You're pretty confident. However, I can't promise you, I can only give you a month. General Xue, give you a month, prepare enough food and ordnance, and set out for the expedition in a month. Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"The last general commands." "Wechen obeys." Xue Yi and Fan Chunren responded.

"Cai Shoufu, the construction of Shangjing has to be accelerated. In terms of funding, let the government hall allocate a little more money. The displaced people and customers recruited still have to be paid for their wages, and they still have to be paid a little. Clothes, bedding, etc. should be distributed in place. You can't cut corners on this, you know? After Zhao Ji inspected Beijing, he found that many of the recruited people did not receive a penny of wages except for a full meal. Now, October is approaching, the weather is getting cooler, and there is no money to buy clothes, so the people may be freezing.

"Yes." Cai Jing replied depressedly. But in my heart, I was thinking: "If you don't belong to your home, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are." Shousuke is hard to do! ”

"Well, a lot of land in the city has not yet been sold, so let's see if we can mortgage it to the workshop owner and buy some clothes and bedding on credit. But you can't use force on merchants. Zhao Ji seemed to see Cai Jing's thoughts, and said helplessly.

In order to ensure that businessmen can gather in Beijing as soon as possible and make Shangjing a commercial capital, many taxes have been exempted, and policy support has been given. Cai Jing gave the merchants a certain amount of support and status, ordered the officials not to come to the door to extort, many of the projects in the construction of the city were contracted to the merchants, and the money allocated by the government hall was used to purchase a large number of necessities for development, so that the merchants who came to Beijing to open workshops made a lot of money. Cai Jing's policies have allowed Shangjing to grow rapidly and become increasingly prosperous. All of these made Zhao Ji very satisfied.

"There was a lot of confusion in Shangjing, and many problems had no legal basis. Last time, the two businessmen had a lawsuit, and each said that the other party had stolen their own technology. Some workshops stand there, but they don't start construction at all, and they are completely taking advantage of the loopholes of the policy, just because they don't have to pay land tax just because they build workshops on land. After they built the workshop, they did not start work and waited for the land to be sold. There are even more messy things in the world, and Wechen hopes that the new law will be re-legislated together to cut off disputes. Cai Jing pleaded.

"You report to the government affairs hall first, and then ask for the opinions of the businessmen, and add what the new law can supplement. The cabinet's support policies in Beijing are not counted, and the cabinet's support policies should be improved, so as not to let people take advantage of loopholes. Zhao Ji thought for a moment and replied.

The next day.

The midday sun warmly scattered the earth. Shangjingdong Castle is an industrial city, and thanks to the new policies issued by the cabinet, many facilities have been gradually improved, and it is much more prosperous than Xicheng, where the imperial palace is located. Outside the 3rd Ring Road are all large workshops, and inside the 3rd Ring Road are various shops.

Zhao Ji and Cai Jing marched in Dongcheng with more than 20 fire cavalry and more than 100 servants. In the past, Zhao Ji was too busy, and most of the time he spent patrolling the West City, where the palace was located, and had not been to the East City. This time, I really found a problem, and there was a lot of traffic. Maybe they're all busy working, this is not Bianjing after all.

"Let's split up!" Zhao Ji commanded.

"Yes." Cai Jing returned to the road, turned around and shouted to the officials, "Split up." ”

With Cai Jing's order, the officials pushed the carts and scattered in Dongcheng. Zhao Ji continued to patrol with the fire cavalry.

Wooden boxes are placed on the carts, and every time you go to a workshop or shop, you will nail the wooden boxes next to the door. The wooden box has a suggestion box written on it.

While Zhao Yi was busy promoting the development of Shangjing and Xue Yi was preparing for the Jilongzhai expedition, Fan Chunren began his journey of persuasion.

Ten days later.

Fan Chunren was blindfolded and escorted into the palace of Xiao Laohu in Chicken Coop City. At this time, the so-called Liuqiu country was in the court. Xiao Laohu sat upright in a dragon robe, and in addition to Xiao Laohu's group of ministers in the main hall, there were other water thief leaders in the water village.

After taking off the blindfold, Fan Chunren looked around, secretly surprised in his heart: "It's a little smaller, it's quite magnificent, I didn't expect the chicken coop village to have such a scale." ”

"Get on your knees." The two palace guards scolded Fan Chunren.

Fan Chunren didn't seem to hear it, and arched his hand towards Xiao Laohu: "I've seen Xiao Da's master." ”

"Presumptuous." The palace guards scolded while grabbing Fan Chunren and pressing him to the ground.

"Stand down." Xiao Laohu waved his hand and said, "Why did Zhao Ji send a scholar like you?" Doesn't that send you to death? Why don't you stay, how about this king give you a future? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two guards retreated.

"Xiao Da is also a scholar, so he doesn't really think that being a water thief is a good future, right? In Xia Fan Chunren, the second assistant of the cabinet in Beijing. I was ordered to come to recruit peace. His Majesty the Emperor is here, so please take the order! Fan Chunren patted his clothes, took out the holy decree from his arms, and said lightly.

"Your Excellency is Fan Zhongyan, but Fan Zhongyan is the queen of Old Minister?" Xiao Laohu changed the topic and asked as if he hadn't heard anything about Zhao'an.

"It's my father." Fan Chunren arched his hand and said.

"Come on, take a seat." Xiao Laohu walked down the hall, took the holy decree from Fan Chunren's hand, and said casually.

"Thank you, Xiao Da is in charge." Fan Chunren arched his hand and sat down peacefully.

"What this king wants is a prince and a fief. The position of a general should be made by the king? To be a general of the Great Song Dynasty, where is the king sitting on the flow of the king? Xiao Laohu shook the holy decree and threw it to the ground.

"The ruling Sima Guang and the teacher Xiao Yiming both miss Xiao Da very much, and specially asked Fan to bring two letters." Fan Chunren took out the letterhead from his arms again.

"Don't worry, Master Xiao doesn't know about this matter. Today's saints are wise and martial, and they are making great efforts, and it is precisely such a talent that needs Xiao Da to be in charge. Don't miss the opportunity. Fan Chunren added when Xiao Laohu looked at the letter.

After reading the letter, Xiao Laohu sat on the throne decadently.

Sima Guang is his husband and has sponsored him many times. Xiao Yiming is his eldest brother, his real name is Xiao Yiyuan, and he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law since he was a child. After becoming a water thief, he was afraid of implicating his eldest brother, so he rarely contacted Xiao Yiming. I didn't expect his ordinary eldest brother to have an official body, although I don't know how big an official the teacher is, but Xiao Laohu knows that it must be an official name.

"Xiao Da is in charge of Liuqiu, and the land is king, of course, he is happy. But the premise is that the current saint doesn't care about the island of Liuqiu. The island includes indigenous barbarians, with a population of no more than 200,000. Except for Chicken Coop City, it is a wild place. Master Xiao doesn't think that this strength can compete with the Great Song Dynasty, right? The Quanzhou Sailor was destroyed, and the saint was furious, and gathered 12,000 sailors from the six towns in Shangjing, determined to go out to seek and slaughter the chicken coop village. Fan vouched for his life and came to Zhao'an, and the time was only one month. This is the last chance for Xiao Da to be in charge. Fan Chunren took advantage of Xiao Laohu's irritability and couldn't make a decision, and pressed another bargaining chip.

When they heard that the Great Song Dynasty was going to send 12,000 sailors to conquer, the leaders of the water thieves were in a commotion. Are you secretly wondering if you should avoid the limelight? Or wondering if the Great Song Water Master will come to attack his own water village?

"Twelve thousand people are going to slaughter the chicken coop village, what a big breath!" Xiao Laohu hesitated, but he didn't want to lose his face in front of so many water thief leaders.

"The Great Song Dynasty has six town water divisions, with a strength of nearly 40,000 troops, and it is still expanding. The Six Towns Water Division was upgraded from a battalion town to a regimental town, and the strength of the army will gradually increase to 60,000 troops. The population of Chicken Coop City is only 50,000. Today's saint is intended to beg, and Xiao Da is unavoidable. "Fan Chunren is slamming the fragile hearts of the water thieves step by step.

"Can't this king submit to the tribute?" Xiao Laohu's mental defense line collapsed step by step, and more importantly, his mentor and eldest brother persuaded him in the letter.

"No, I can't. Although the saints today are wise and resolute, they have a bad temper, worship martial arts, and kill people when they are angry, and do not give any explanation. For the lives of 50,000 people in Jicoop Village, Xiao Da can't hesitate! "Fan Chunren, this is a little fluke to completely destroy Xiao Laohu.

"Come on, arrange for Song Envoy to go down and rest. This matter will be discussed by the king after discussing it with the villages. Xiao Laohu stood up and said helplessly.

"The official family only gave it the next month, and it took twenty days to beg for this back and forth," Fan Chunren emphasized.

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