Don't look at Lin Kui, who is one year younger than Zhao Weiji, but his status in Shilin is not low. Therefore, Zhao Weiji calling himself a student in front of him is not a loss.

After entering Lin Kui's grass house, Zhao Weiji truly realized for the first time what kind of life a hermit lived. The area of the grass house is not large, but it is very elegant, there are a few plum trees in the front yard, but the season is not right, and the plum blossoms can not be seen.

In the middle of the cottage is a thatched house, which seems to be composed of about two or three rooms. When you enter the grass house, you can see Lin Kui sitting there reading a book alone.

After seeing Zhao Weiji come in, Lin Kui hurriedly stood up, "I'm sorry to keep the prince waiting for a long time." ”

"Where, where, the gentleman has something to do, and the students should wait." Zhao Weiji hurriedly waved his hand.

"Lord, please sit down, it's not that Kui deliberately neglected the prince, in fact, since Kui retired to the countryside, there are always local officials who hope that Kui can go out of the mountain to help him, and he can't help it, so he put on that posture, hoping that people will know the difficulties and retreat, and I hope the prince will forgive me."

"It's normal for people, but I wonder if Mr. Liu learned my intention from Mr. Liu's letter?"

"Mr. Liu Ao's letter has been very clear that the prince hopes to establish academies overseas to spread the etiquette of the Central Plains, which is still very supportive. But I was dissatisfied with the prince and said, because I was not in the officialdom before, so I was disheartened, and I really didn't want to be out again, but I can recommend some people and let them follow the prince to show their strength overseas. ”

In fact, it was only here that Zhao Weiji clearly knew that the hermit group similar to the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest had existed from generation to generation.

There is a way that people gather like and things are grouped, and hermits are not completely disconnected from society, they also need to eat, and they also need to socialize. It's just that hermits have a hermit's social circle, and most of the people in the social circle are also hermits, or literati who are still far away from the rivers and lakes.

These people are either people like Lin Kui and Tao Yuanming, who buy the darkness of officialdom and really want to retire from Lin Quan, or people who have never been out of office, or people who are petty officials but have hidden hearts, or people who have to temporarily retire when they are hindered in seeking office.

Because these people have a common situation or yearning, they often get together to taste tea and wine, and meet friends with literature.

At this time, what Lin Kui recommended to Zhao Weiji was that the middle part of their circle still wanted to make a difference, or they needed someone who was hidden in their hearts but still needed a source of livelihood.

With Lin Kui's recommendation, and the fact that these people are basically hidden in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhao Weiji soon found this group of people.

After chatting with them, they are basically willing to go to Xinhua City to give it a try, after all, in the case of an unsatisfactory environment, a new environment may be able to have new changes.

After receiving the help of this group of people, plus some of the students who graduated from Tsinghua Academy, Zhao Weiji's school construction plan in Xinhua City can basically be carried out.

After Zhao Weiji finished this part, Huating's side, his family was basically ready to move.

"Shall we go over there?" Although Chai Yu is a little reluctant to leave his homeland, he also has a desire for the unknown in his heart.

"It's not us, let's go to another place, these scholars and craftsmen will go to Xinhua City first."

"Father, where are we going?" For Zhao Ling'er, everything on the boat was very fresh, and when she ran back after taking her younger siblings around, she happened to hear Zhao Weiji's words, so she couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Weiji touched Zhao Ling'er's head and said, "We, we have to go to a place first, which is called Dongying." ”

"Where is Dongying?" This time it was Zhao Teng who asked the question.

"Dongying, Dongying is an island country."

"Oh."

"What are we going to do in Dongying?" Although the children didn't ask, Li Nian couldn't figure out why he wanted to go to Dongying first.

"Let's go to Dongying, of course, there is an important matter, it is not convenient to tell you for the time being, and you will know soon." After speaking, Zhao Weiji smiled mysteriously.

At this time, Yang Hua and Wang Dayuan also returned, and a stranger followed them.

"Lord Wang, this is the person you are looking for, we have found it for you."

"Okay, Huanzhang, come and introduce me to this one."

"Let Zhongding introduce you, this person is an old friend of Zhongding, he is more familiar, and I have to prepare for departure." After speaking, Wang Dayuan saluted the few people present, and then turned around and walked towards the Poseidon.

"Then Zhongding, are you coming?"

"Oh, this man is my comrade-in-arms when I was a pirate, his name is Xu Fei, and the word is flat. He is now going back and forth between the Central Plains and Dongying all year round, which should be of great help to your plan, Lord Wang. ”

After Yang Hua finished introducing himself to Zhao Weiji, Xu Fei saluted Zhao Weiji.

"Hello, Jiping, I think the purpose of my search for you Zhongding also explained to you, there is a room over there, let's go there and talk." After finishing speaking, Zhao Weiji led Yang Hua and Xu Fei to a room on the dock.

This room is usually used for merchants to talk about things, and there is a table and a few chairs in it.

After entering the house and taking a seat, Xu Fei was not polite, and directly began to introduce Dongying's situation:

"The prince wants to know about Dongying's situation, so let's talk about some of the situations he knows.

There are probably a few forces in Dongying today, first of all, their king, the people and families they call the emperor, but this imperial family does not have much real power.

And then there is the biggest real power now, that is, the Fujiwara family in Sekibai, Sekibai is the same position as the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and this Fujiwara family not only occupies the position of Sekibai in Toei for generations, but the daughter of the family often joins the Toei Emperor to become queens.

Then there is the samurai family headed by Genji, there were several major civil strife in Toei about a few decades ago, and in order to quell the civil strife, the imperial family and the Fujiwara family had to rely on several samurai families, and Genji rose during this period. ”

After hearing Xu Fei's introduction, Zhao Weiji already had a general consideration in his heart, and the current situation is probably what is written in history, but Zhao Weiji only has a general understanding of this history, and this understanding is only known because of watching cartoons.

At this time, with Xu Fei's more detailed information supplemented, Zhao Weiji had a fuller understanding of his own forces in District 11.

Although he knew which side to contact after going to the island, he still wanted to consult Xu Fei, hoping to get more secure advice.

"Jipei's understanding of Dongying seems to be very detailed, so I wonder if Jipei can give me a suggestion, that is, who will be more beneficial for us to contact after we land on the island?"

Of course, Xu Fei knew what Zhao Weiji's advice was, because when Yang Hua came to him, he had already introduced to him what he was going to do in Dongying.

After thinking for a while, Xu Fei said his suggestion: "I think it is the best choice to contact Genji, first of all, the port where we land is Genji's territory, and it is easier to contact Genji.

And then I actually have some business dealings with Genji, so I can help the prince get in touch with Genji.

And the most important point is that the situation of Dongying today is somewhat similar to the situation in the late Tang Dynasty of our Central Plains, Genji has a bit of a taste of temperance envoys, they have an army and a population, and such local forces are more helpful for the purpose of the prince.

And from the few contacts I have with Genji's current head Minamoto Yorimitsu, I feel that this person is not small, he has always wanted to take the Fujiwara family to become Sekihaku, so he should need our help more than the Fujiwara family of Sekihaku. ”

Xu Fei's suggestion is to make a deal with Genji, this suggestion is basically the same as Zhao Weiji's ideal, but Zhao Weiji does not have so many reasons, his reason is very simple that Genji will have a great development in the next sixty years or so, and in the later period when the Ping clan is still nothing, it is most in the interests of Xinhuacheng to cooperate with Genji.

So under Xu Fei's suggestion and Zhao Weiji's own decision, contact with Genji was decided after landing on the island.

After the matter in the Central Plains was basically finalized, the rest of the fleet set off for Area 11.

After about ten days of sailing from Huating, it reached Tsuruga in the 11th district, where all the merchants of the Song Dynasty came to Dongying to do business, and it was basically a base for the Great Song people here.

District 11 had always maintained a strong Tang Dynasty style before the Meiji Restoration, and Tsuruga was a place where Han Chinese gathered, and when Zhao Weiji got off the ship, it felt as if he was still in the Central Plains.

The shouting on the street was all in Chinese, which made Zhao Weiji, who originally wanted to show off the Japanese level accumulated by many years of otaku, feel a little nowhere to play.

After getting off the boat, Xu Fei took Zhao Weiji and his party to his foothold in Tsuruga, a large mansion of considerable scale.

Yang Hua, the brother who has seen this mansion for many years, couldn't help but tease with some jealousy: "Diping, I thought I was already mixing well in Xinhua City, it seems that compared to you, brother, I am still far behind." ”

Hearing Yang Hua's ridicule, Xu Fei could only sneer and said: "This is not just good luck, things in the Central Plains have always had a good sales in Dongying, in fact, I have to thank the prince for today, the porcelain of Fuliang County can be quite popular among the nobles of Dongying, and my first pot of gold is earned by using the porcelain of Fuliang." ”

I didn't expect that there was such a karma in it, and even Zhao Weiji was happy.

The day after arriving in Toei, Xu Fei came to the mansion with a person, and this person's name was Minamoto Yorishi, who was the younger brother of Genji's current head of the family, Minamoto Yorimitsu.

Because of his arrival, Zhao Weiji, the traverser, finally began to intervene in the history of District 11.