A fifty-year-old man knelt in front of Xiong Shang, the secretary of the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department, with his forehead pressed against the floor. Submission is evident in this gesture of humility alone. But even in such a pose, the man still said, "Please Shangshu for help, so that I can meet the official family." ”

"Wang Chen, the official family won't see you." Xiong Shangshu said calmly. condescendingly watched the Goryeo nobles pleading bitterly, bringing Xiong Shangshu a very positive self-perception. As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty, Xiong Sheng wanted to experience more of such feelings, but he still continued his errand. If you are rated as 'frivolous', it will have a great impact on Xiongshang.

"As the prime minister of the Mongolian province of Goryeo, you have fought against the Great Song Dynasty for many years. Today, the Great Song Dynasty still asks you to be the prime minister of the three Han provinces, and is in charge of all the affairs of the three Han provinces. What's wrong with that? ”

"The kingdom of Goryeo has reduced the land of Goryeo too much." Wang Chen, the former prime minister of the Eastern Province of Mongolia's expedition, had a low voice. The translator has to translate the babbling words. The Great Song Dynasty, which thought that he had the right to inherit all the old lands of China, only left Goryeo the old land of Samhan, and even deprived Goryeo of the title, so for the king of Goryeo, he had to fight for it no matter what. Wang Chen continued: "The Great Song Dynasty is the Zhengshuo of China, and it naturally has the grandeur of the country. So oppressive of a small country, how can you let all nations come to court. ”

"That is to say, you don't want to be the prime minister of Samhan Province?" Xiong Sheng didn't defend any morality at all, if morality was useful, there was no need for Zhao Jiaren to rescue the Great Song Dynasty. The Wang Chen in front of him is still an enemy, and Da Song Rao him is already benevolent and righteous.

Wang Chen listened to the threatening words of the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department, and his heart tightened. Goryeo had already been devastated by the scourge of the Mongols, and was completely incapable of confronting the Great Song Dynasty. Xiong Xiang's demeanor and tone reminded Wang Chen of those brutal and arrogant Mongol ministers. Those Mongols really disagreed and drew their swords against each other, and the Great Song Dynasty relied on violence to drive the Mongols back to the grassland.

"Please only ask the court for mercy." Wang Chen made a final effort.

"That means you don't want to be the prime minister of Samhan Province?" Xiong Shang made the last threat. Da Song is not familiar with Wang Chen, and he has no idea that Wang Chen can't do it. If this guy is so entangled again, Xiong Sheng will choose to change people.

Two hours later, Xiong Sheng went to report to Zhao Jiaren, "Official, Wang Chen has agreed to take over as the prime minister of Sanhan Province. ”

"Good." Zhao Jiaren responded.

"Our Ministry of Rites is a little strange, why don't the officials simply swallow Sanhan whole. And let them linger. ”

"Samhan is a domestic slave and cannot become a family member. We think of Korea as the homeland of China, but in fact we haven't ruled there for 600 years. Leaving Sanhan and letting those who are dissatisfied with us have a place to go, it can be regarded as a poor Kou Mo chasing the net. Give people leeway, and you have leeway. Being able to completely solve the problem of Sanhan, Zhao Jiaren is in a good mood and his voice is much gentler.

Xiong Sheng looked at Zhao Jiaren with some surprise. Zhao Jiaren's attitude was as gentle as a literati, so he asked tentatively: "The Ministry of Celebrities and Rites of the official family is concerned about the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom Guardian on the side of Iwami Silver Mountain wants to buy some armor and swords. ”

"The Red Turban Army has so many armor weapons, and they just happened to be sold to the Wa Kingdom." Zhao Jiaren said indifferently. Xiong Sheng felt the familiar Zhao Jiaren from these words. The ash blowing method flowed into the Wa Kingdom, greatly increasing the gold and silver production of the Wa Kingdom, and causing contradictions caused by the expansion of the population of the Wa Kingdom. In the face of such a Japanese state, Zhao Jiaren chose to add flammable materials to the firewood pile that had begun to spark.

"But there is a principle. We can't take the initiative to sell, we have to come to us to buy it ourselves. Zhao Jiaren continued to command.

"Why?" Xiong Shang was really curious.

"The Kamakura shogunate is not a fool. Let's take the initiative to sell, the Kamakura shogunate must know. We sell passively because we want money. The Kamakura Shogunate will feel that we have no ill will towards the Kamakura Shogunate. ”

Blinking his eyes several times, Xiong Sheng tried to sort out his thoughts on Zhao Jiaren's thoughts, "Official, do you think there will be civil strife in the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

"The Wa Kingdom is already in civil strife. We have no intention of annexing the Japanese state, nor do we have any reason to help the Japanese state calm the chaos. Just make some money out of it. Zhao Jiaren also said very truthfully. If the Great Song Dynasty wanted to colonize, there was an infinite and vast space to go to, and the gains of invading the Japanese countries with such a high population density would outweigh the losses.

"Understood." Xiong Shang answered and then took his leave. He had to go back and hurry up to send the new prime minister of Samhan Province, Wang Chen, to his post. When this guy starts ruling in Samhan Province, he can start the next step and send the people of Samhan to Samhan Province. The land in the four counties of Joseon was vacated to settle the Han Chinese. Of course, if someone is willing to emigrate to the four counties of Korea.

As soon as I came back, I saw someone waiting in the Ministry of Rites compound. After seeing Xiong Shang, the colonel said: "Xiong Shangshu, the official family will hand over the matter of selling weapons to the Wa Kingdom to you." The Iyo naval army of the Wa Kingdom wants some weapons, so I have to ask you for help. ”

Xiong Sheng knew this before, so he smiled and said: "Actually, wouldn't it be better for the military department to do this kind of thing?" ”

"We asked the officials, and the officials said that the military department was too murderous. The Ministry of Rites knows the situation in foreign countries and can calculate it as a whole. "The colonel didn't overstep his bounds.

Xiong Sheng actually didn't know why Zhao Jiaren wanted the Ministry of Rites to deal with such a thing, but the Ministry of Rites was relatively leisurely, and it was not bad to have an extra errand. He knew about the Iyo Naval Army, so he asked how many armor weapons he needed. Knowing that only 200 sets were needed, Xiong Sheng immediately agreed. The documents were signed, and the personnel of the Maritime Safety Bureau were assigned to escort the weapons to the Japanese country together with the Ministry of War.

The materials were not shipped in Hangzhou, but in Zhigu Village. In addition to weapons, the ships were loaded with fine table salt and plenty of flour, cornmeal, and canola oil. This is the material requested by Qin Mingxuan. The steamship was guided by the lighthouse and headed straight for Shikoku. When the ship entered the Seto Inland Sea, it was discovered that the lighthouse at the entrance to the Inland Sea had been extinguished. This is one of the few lighthouses that the Great Song Dynasty finally agreed to build. Without guidance, the ship would have to be cautious.

Fortunately, the steamship had its own power, and the Seto Inland Sea was calm, and the voyage was finally completed cautiously. When he arrived at the port of the Iyo Naval Army, the captain immediately asked the person who had come to pick up the ship, "Why did the lighthouse in the Seto Inland Sea go out?" ”

The personnel who intercepted the port did not know, but asked suspiciously: "Why did you extinguish the lighthouse on the south side of the inland sea?" ”

There was no way, the captain saw Zhao Naruto appear, so he hurriedly went up to ask. Zhao Naruto knew a lot of news, so he explained, "It seems that the lord of the neighborhood heard that the shogunate was exterminating the comrades of the Anda family, and he was afraid that with the guidance of the lighthouse, the shogunate army would pass by quickly." ”

The lord's life and death were not considered by the captain at all, and he asked angrily, "But you don't know when to open again?" ”

"Then I'll have to ask the lord. In the short term, you don't have to think about it. Zhao Naruto provided a more truthful answer. The fall of the Anda family caused a great impulse in the Wa Kingdom, and Zhao Naruto did not return for a long time, and this time he happened to come into contact with the circle of lords near the Seto Inland Sea on the pretext of sending big fish. All the lords' forces were very jealous of the actions of the Hojo family.

The ship's contents were unloaded and quickly sent to the canteen for cooking. That night, they had dinner together. It adopts the model of the Wa Kingdom, where everyone sits on the ground, and everyone has a tray with a small table under it in front of everyone. The woman who worked as a cook brought in the food that had been divided. The captain sat on the tatami mat and was in a very unhappy mood. After getting used to the lighthouse, the captain of the Great Song had a hard time adapting to the dark shores. Reefs, shoals and undercurrents, there are countless dangers hidden beneath the black waves. According to Zhao Naruto's words, there is probably no way to solve these things.

Just as he was looking down, something had already been placed on the not-so-large tray. The Wakoku people used wooden bowls, and lacquerware was popular in the Wakoku country, that is, a vessel made of lacquer painted on the outside of the wooden bowl. But this kind of popularity is by no means in places like Iyo Suijun, and those wooden bowls are simple wooden bowls, and the wood is very ordinary.

One of the four bowls contained a bowl of kelp soup, and the kelp had not yet been shredded, and a large piece of dark green kelp was delicately exposed in the soup. There is also a bowl of salad. In a small bowl, there is a small amount of meat, which looks like a flower chicken. The remaining bowl is thick porridge, and looking at the yellow particles inside, it should be noodle soup polenta.

The captain waited a little longer, but no new meal arrived. The Japanese made a chorus, and then they ate and drank. The captain was a decent man and knew that this was probably all the meals. He didn't want to appear greedy in front of the Japanese people. I can only eat it like other Japanese people.

Salt is added to the kombu soup, which has a salty smell peculiar to seafood. The vegetables are soaked in hot water and seasoned with salt. It has the feeling of fresh vegetables, that is, the smell of vegetables and the smell of the earth are abundant. The thick porridge is quite honest, but the porridge is boiled. But I feel a little bit of a lack of heat.

After tasting the freshness, the captain finally ate the flower chicken. Inadvertently, the chicken is finished. The captain stopped his chopsticks and looked at the empty chicken bowl with discontented eyes. He buys one chicken at a time, just as a dish on the dinner table. When he was a teenager, the captain had a feeling of not having enough to eat, and after defecting to the navigation guild of Zhao Guan's family, there was no such situation. Unexpectedly, at this time, it brought back unforgettable memories of his youth, and the captain couldn't help but swallow his saliva. I regret very much for participating in the dinner party of the Japanese people.

But after all, I was hungry when I was a teenager, and by the standards of that time, this meal must not be called difficult. Seeing that those Japanese people were all satisfied, the captain also picked up the food and ate it clean. After putting down the chopsticks, he was ready to find a chance to slip away. If you get back to the ship early, you can ask the chef to cook something to eat. Even if it's a steamed sausage, it's fine. After eating this meal, I already feel that the bird is fading out of my mouth, and it is better to have no meat than two or three mouthfuls of meat.

When the meal was over, the maid removed the little dining table. Then the tea is served. The cups used for drinking tea are not made of wood, but of pottery. The captain wanted to slip away, but he was still unwilling. There are some things that you have to meet with Naruto Zhao, the head of the Iyo Water Army, to talk about. Patiently listening to the Japanese dialect that he didn't understand at all, the captain picked up the clay cup and took a sip when he was bored.

Finally, when the meeting was over, the ship stepped forward to greet Zhao Naruto. Zhao Naruto immediately led the captain to the secret room, and after the two sat down, the captain said bluntly, "I brought silver coins here, how much can we exchange here?" ”

"A thousand times." Zhao Naruto replied briskly. The silver coins of the Great Song Dynasty themselves had different denominations, and this difference was also recognized in the Wa Kingdom. Users of the Great Song Dynasty silver coins of the Wa Kingdom even welcomed such different denominations. At present, the market price is the same value of silver coins exchanged for half a tael of domestic silver. In the Great Song Dynasty, one tael of silver was exchanged for four banknotes. This silver can be exchanged for banknotes and silver coins directly at the Great Song Dynasty. It's a lucrative business.

The two sides determine the number and time of the trade, and then leave separately. Zhao Naruto breathed a sigh of relief and lay down directly on the tatami mat. Not long after resting, a relative came to report, "It's time to meet with Miyoshi's family." ”

In the evening, Naruto Zhao didn't care about the comparative peace talks, but the guests didn't want to be seen colluding with the Iyo Naval Army. For example, the messenger of the Miyoshi family. Sitting down opposite Zhao Naruto, the envoy was very unaccustomed to saying, "Zhao Jun, we want you to help us with the news. ”

"What's the news?" Zhao Naruto deliberately sold Guanzi.

"If the shogunate summons ships, you'll always know." The messenger of the Miyoshi family replied.

"What do we Iyo Naval Forces get?"

"Then it depends on how much your news is worth."

The two sides bargained like this. What Zhao Naruto really wanted was the right to enter and exit a port of the Miyoshi family, but the Miyoshi family was obviously unwilling to make such a concession, and after some discussion, the envoy of the Miyoshi family left with Zhao Naruto's conditions.

Zhao Naruto rested on the tatami mat again. Before coming back, Zhao Naruto also felt that the group of people who stayed in the local area were too stupid, and they couldn't change everyone's lives for so many years. When he himself became the head of the Iyo Water Army, he immediately felt that the two generations of the Murakami family were actually not so stupid.

Of course, the total number of sailors and their families related to the Iyo Navy is not 300,000, and if there are 300,000, they will not be able to defeat the shogunate, or at least they will be able to capture Shikoku. Even if there are no 300,000, there are always hundreds of thousands. The danger of eating at sea is unpredictable, with sudden changes in wind and rain, reefs, shoals, and undercurrents, and you will face danger almost all the time. The vast majority of those who have to do it are poor. Now what Zhao Mingren has to do is to make the lives of these hundreds of thousands of poor people better. The pressure he felt was indescribable.

Thousands of tons of supplies have been transported today, which for more than 100,000 people can only be eaten in a few days. However, Zhao Naruto was very grateful, at least the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty were willing to invest. And what the rulers of the Wa Kingdom are thinking about is how to take other people's things for themselves.

The captain returned with no merchandise, and the silver he had exchanged for silver was tightly hidden in the safe in the captain's room. When I arrived in the Samhan Sea, I saw the light of the lighthouse again. The lookout post pulled at the throat to tell everyone the news, and the people on the ship immediately showed relaxed expressions. Having a lighthouse means that the route is finally back to a knowable state. The captain's hanging heart also fell back into his stomach.

After the ship arrived at Zhigu Village, the telegram was sent to Hangzhou. The Ministry of Rites in Hangzhou got the news and started the other review process. Xiong Shangshu didn't care about this audit, it was a matter for the finance department. As a scholar, he has his own way to make money, and this kind of petty profit will not be in his eyes at all. In Xiong Shangshu's view, greed is a great culpability.

If you want to make money, you have to rely on Zhao Jiaren to give a way. Therefore, Xiong Shangshu issued an order for all personnel in the Mediterranean and Eastern Roman areas to retreat in a few days. Such a retreat did not even require ships, and sold them all to the locals. Such a retreat is not a simple departure, and it means that if you leave, you will not be ready to return. Xiong Sheng knew that the Zhao Guanjia had wanted to get involved in Eastern Rome before. I think Europe may be a target that can be developed. Is it difficult for the Zhao official family to think that they can't defeat the Mongols who moved westward from the Golden Horde?

Xiong Sheng didn't know that just before this official retreat order arrived in Constantinople, the personnel there had already begun to organize a retreat. The ambassador decided not to go himself and let the others go first. Among all the people, the ambassador insisted on taking the Middle Eastern trade route eastward, and since the ambassador remained in Constantinople, the others decided to go to Egypt.

The flotilla carried the personnel and set off along the Mediterranean. When the ship approached Alexandria, it was found that something was wrong with the port. The lookout post looked at it carefully for a long time, and then told the captain, "There seems to be no one in the harbor." ”

"Isn't it normal that no one is there?" The captain was not too surprised. The Mongols had already defeated Mamluk and entered Egypt once. The operation frightened the Egyptians enough that they feared being killed by the Mongols day and night. It was normal for those coastal cities to be worried, and the captain ordered: "Dock." ”

The ship approached the coast, and this time even the captain who commanded the entry felt that something was wrong. If everyone runs away, the city will inevitably be deserted. Now it is clear that this is not the case, and many flags are hung in the city to signify mourning. The city seemed strangely empty. It's as if there are no more people.

"Evil Gate!" The captain couldn't help but mutter.

Yang calmly looked at the empty street in the telescope, and his heart was furious. He asked the captain, "If we don't resupply here, let's go straight to the nearest desert, and we should have enough food and water." ”

"Enough." The captain did not dare to insist on the previous order to dock. He also had suspicions of the spread of the plague.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Yang calmly said. He also remembered the plague that was rampant, and these days there were more and more dead people in Constantinople, and more and more nobles ran out of the city and went to live in the country. At this point, the urban sanitation plan proposed by Da Song is completely out of the question. Because there are not enough people to do the job of cleaning the city.

"Let's go, to the east!" The locks ordered.

Yang calmly looked at the empty street in the telescope, and his heart was furious. He asked the captain, "If we don't resupply here, let's go straight to the nearest desert, and we should have enough food and water." ”

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