In May of the third year of Baoyu, that is, in June 1255. In the rainy season, Zhao Jiaren's ship docked at the Yangzhou wharf in the sight of the people of Yangzhou in amazement. This time, Zhao Jiaren did not rush off the ship, he first sent someone to inform Jia Nidao of his arrival in Yangzhou according to the official number of roads, and asked Yangzhou Zhizhou Lianghuai to appease Jia Nidao to receive him.

Soon, Jia Yidao's servants came to greet Zhao Jiaren, and the cart directly pulled Zhao Jiaren to Jia Yidao's mansion.

Whether it's a private relationship, or an official status, or it's raining today. Jia Yidao didn't descend to greet him, but waited for Zhao Jiaren in the living room. Of course, Jia Rudao can wait for Zhao Jiaren is already a great closeness. Generally speaking, it is right for Zhao Jiaren to wait for Jia Yidao.

Zhao Jiaren first sent a gift box, and Jia Yidao opened it to see that there were two ingots of silver inside. In these days, one of the main functions of gold and silver was to give gifts, and to give gold and silver among officials, then the only function left was 'bribery'. Jia Yidao thought that Zhao Jiaren was following the rules, but Zhao Jiaren's next sentence, 'This is the cost of returning Jia Gong's help', made Jia Yidao angry.

However, if you think about it carefully, what Zhao Jiaren said is not bad. Jia Rudao sighed, asked the servant to put away the gift, and told the official family to bring Zhao Jiaren's IOU.

The subordinates went to be busy, and Jia Rudao asked straightforwardly: "I don't know how Jiaren thinks about Mongolia's affairs." ”

"In three years, Mongolia will inevitably go south." Zhao Jiaren replied.

"Three years?" Jia Yidao was very puzzled in his heart, the current Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia are fighting every year, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a matter of three years.

Zhao Jiaren explained: "In three years, Mongolia will inevitably have 200,000 people going south. That's when it was a big war. Now this kind of play is just a small fight. ”

"Small fights...... Jia Yidao felt speechless, in his opinion, Zhao Jiaren was too crazy.

Looking at Jia Yidao's expression, Zhao Jiaren said calmly: "Jia Gong, it's not me who is crazy." The Mongols did not study, so they attacked Sichuan with all their might, went southwest, and attacked the Guangnan West Road. In the future, it may enter Jinghu North Road. If they had read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they would not have done so, but would have marched directly to Xiangyang......"

"Enough!" When Jia Yidao heard what Zhao Jiaren said, his heart shook, and he immediately interrupted the elaboration of this grand strategy.

Mongolians don't read, but Jia Rudao has read a lot. Zhao Jiaren directly pointed out the crux of the problem, and now the Great Song Dynasty felt that the Mongols had put great pressure on Sichuan, but this pressure was completely within the acceptable range compared with the danger of the Mongol army attacking Xiangyang.

It took a while for Jia Yidao to regain his composure from the terrifying situation described by Zhao Jiaren. His face sank and he asked, "Why does Jiaren think it takes three years?" ”

"Mongolia has been fighting with our Great Song Dynasty, and their intention to destroy the Great Song Dynasty has been decided. What the Mongols did at this time was to establish a stronghold before the war. It's going to take another year. Mobilize 200,000 troops, work out operational goals, marching routes, food supplies along the way. It takes more than a year. That's why I think it's going to take three years. "Zhao Jiaren is not afraid to talk about the terrible future, but he is not afraid that Jia Yidao will reprimand Zhao Jiaren for 'rebellion' like last time. This time, it was Jia Nidao who asked Zhao Jiaren to come, not Zhao Jiaren who asked Jia Nidao to come to the door. If Jia Yidao wanted to hear Zhao Jiaren describe the bright future in person, then there was no need for Zhao Jiaren to run so far in the rainy day.

In fact, Jia Yidao was not angry, he had no intersection with the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers, and the literati did not understand military affairs. At this time, Zhao Jiaren's words happened to be a statement that Jia Nidao could understand, and it was still the way that Jia Nidao liked to outline and lead. As the pacification envoy of Lianghuai, Jia Rudao felt extremely stressed, and he also felt that his heart was much brighter. Zhao Jiaren at least described what the worst situation would look like, and with a bottom line in his heart, at least he would not feel that he could not reach the world and the ground.

The two talked for a long time, talking about the grand strategy to the campaign level, and then to the implementation of specific tactics from the campaign level. At the level of grand strategy and campaign, Zhao Jiaren knew what was going on. He spoke in words that Jia Rudao could understand. When it came to the level of tactical execution, Zhao Jiaren readily told Jia Yidao that he didn't know how to fight, and this kind of thing had to be asked to the soldiers of Lianghuai.

expressed the same point of view from several angles in a row, and Jia Rudao knew that Zhao Jiaren didn't want to be nonsense. His face became ugly, it was not that he was unhappy with Zhao Jiaren in front of him, but that the memories made Jia Yidao unhappy.

Zhao Jiaren didn't say anything more, and quietly waited for Jia Yidao to digest it by himself. He is now only a county lieutenant, and he shows a strong urge to climb up, which is human nature. Every county lieutenant hopes to be promoted as soon as possible, and Zhao Jiaren is just one of many county lieutenants.

It can be seen that Jia Yidao is very satisfied with Zhao Jiaren's performance. After thinking for a while, he asked Zhao Jiaren, "The grinding survey is coming, I wonder if Jiaren can have any errands he wants?" ”

"I can't do the errand, so I don't want to think about it. But there are some things I really want to do. Zhao Jiaren left a message for Jia Yidao.

"What do you want to do?" Jia Rudao really followed Zhao Jiaren's words and continued to speak.

When he had the opportunity, Zhao Jiaren immediately said: "I want to build a lighthouse in Fujian!" ”

After talking about the role of the lighthouse, Zhao Jiaren went on to describe his ideals, "If the coastal lighthouse is built, the ships of Guangnan Road and Fujian Road can sail day and night......

"Day and night?" Jia Yidao showed a puzzled expression.

Zhao Jiaren had to put away his words, turned around and explained to Jia Yidao, he first used the words in "Xunzi", "Ascend and move, the arm is not lengthened, and the one who sees is far away." Because of the high location of the lighthouse, there are more people who can see it. Whether there is a reef in the water near each lighthouse, and how far from shore it is safer to navigate, this needs to be taught to the shipowner and sailor. In the past, when sailing, I didn't dare to sail at night, because the four fields were dark, and the people on the boat didn't know where they were, so they naturally didn't know what was in the water and what was under the water. The lighthouse is one, and there is no need to worry about sailing at night. Naturally, this saves a lot of time. And the ship is not prone to accidents. ”

Jia Yidao heard about the lighthouse for the first time, and the establishment of a coastal lighthouse system was even more unheard of, after listening to Zhao Jiaren's story, he couldn't help but nod again and again, "So good!" Then the transfer of ships from Guangnan Road and Fujian Road can shorten the time. ”

"Jia Gong, I think the key is not only this." Zhao Jiaren bought a pass first, and then told Jia Yidao what he said to Zhao Yichang in Quanzhou in the previous paragraph.

Jia Yidao is not Zhao Yichang, after listening to what Zhao Jiaren said, he couldn't help but be amazed. To do business in China, you have to grab a piece from other people's bowls, and to import grain from Champa and Vietnam, you have to increase the amount of rice in the pot of the Great Song Dynasty. These views may not be uncommon to officials, but few can explain them so clearly.

Zhao Jiaren gave the example of shipbuilding and shipping workers selling grain, and explained the logical relationship between the sharp increase in the amount of money when the total amount of grain did not increase, which directly led to the high price of grain, and everyone was sad together. Jia Rudao almost said yes. Now the problem of the Great Song Dynasty lies in this, and the state has to send money in order to deal with the problem. Every time money is issued, it triggers an increase in prices in a certain area. And once prices rise, it is difficult to come down. The people are living very unhappy.

Zhao Jiaren's proposal to build a lighthouse can indeed effectively promote the shipping of the Great Song Dynasty. And Zhao Jiaren's idea of opening up the South China Sea route and importing grain from Champa and Vietnam can at least theoretically solve many problems encountered by the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, Jia seems to love talent. After a little thought, Jia Rudao made up his mind. He said, "Jiaren. If you want to do such a thing, you can't do it. You'll probably have to do a little bit of prison on Fujian Road. I wonder if you want to do this? ”

"This ...... This has to be a little bit ......," Zhao Jiaren expressed his attitude.

"You are a county lieutenant, and you want to be a prison on Fujian Road, but you can't do it no matter how much." Jia Yidao gave Zhao Jiaren a taunt without hesitation.

Zhao Jiaren was silent, and it was no longer Zhao Jiaren's turn to speak at this time.

Sure enough, Jia Rudao didn't sell Guanzi, he directly told Zhao Jiaren, "If you want to do this, you can only rely on Qin En!" ”

Zhao Jiaren was even more silent. Qin En is the reward and pardon of the emperor's subjects. In the Great Song Dynasty, the ministers had the power to decide on officials, but the supreme power was actually in the hands of the emperor.

Of course, if Qin En is just posthumously giving glory and canonizing the decree, then it will be fine. If it is used to forcibly increase the rank of official, the result is probably that the person becomes a public enemy in the eyes of a large number of people.

Looking at Zhao Jiaren's appearance, Jia Yidao saw that Zhao Jiaren knew Qin En's two-facedness. For a smart person who knows where the stakes lie, Jia Rudao feels that he can help Zhao Jiaren. He asked, "Would you like to try?" ”

Zhao Jiaren knew that his life had reached a critical point, and if it was in his previous life, he would not dare to try such a risky decision no matter what. However, in this life, he has nothing to fear. Staring at Jia Yidao's eyes, Zhao Jiaren said almost word by word: "I think that the Mongols will go south in three years, and the time will not be there, and I have nothing to fear about Qin En." I only ask for one thing, if Jia Gong opens the shogunate at that time, I hope Jia Gong will be recruited! ”