In the early spring, the land of Wakoku is full of life, the trees are green, the grass is sprouting, and the fields are growing crops. In addition to the earth, there are also a large number of birds flying in the sky. Such a beautiful spring makes Hu Yuelian feel a lot. Until a crowd blocked the way.

"Do you know that this is the Great Song Mission?" The Kamakura shogunate soldiers who were escorting Hu Yuelian shouted loudly.

Looking at the soldiers of the shogunate army and listening to the name of the Great Song Mission, the people who stood in the way on the opposite side did not flinch. Instead, he used a bamboo bow and began to shoot at the shogunate army. In the face of bow and arrow attacks, the shogunate army also began to retreat.

"Tsk! What a brave shogunate soldier. Hu Yuelian couldn't help but sigh.

Hu Yuelian's personal guards were all soldiers of the Song Kingdom, and although everyone complained about the level of response of the shogunate army, they were not at all moved. On the opposite side, there were hundreds of soldiers, and there were only fifty shogunate soldiers protecting the Great Song Mission. The leader of the shogunate army hurriedly ran to Hu Yuelian and said, "Your Excellency, please retreat with us first." ”

These unproductive words made Hu Yuelian feel that her guards might be fake shogunate troops, if they were replaced by the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention whether there were any bandits who dared to come to rob. Even if it is the call of the Great Song army, it will be different, it must be "Listen to the thieves on the other side, if you disperse quickly, we will let you go if you have the virtue of a good life." If you are obsessed and the officials and soldiers of the court come to clean up, you will all lose your heads. ”

However, this is the Wa Kingdom, and Hu Yuelian is also forty years old. Twenty years ago, she killed the local 'evil party' in the way of the Japanese kingdom and became a well-known female swordsman. At the moment, she is no longer in such a mood. Since the Japanese army was striving for safety, Hu Yuelian was not willing to volunteer. Faced with the attack of the evil party, the Song delegation retreated peacefully under the protection of the troops of the Kamakura shogunate.

Although the officers and soldiers may not be able to fight, they are good at retreating. In addition, the riding skills of the Song delegation were not bad, and everyone turned into the wind, and soon left the evil party behind. This place is located on the east side of the Heianjing Mountains, and it is about 100 miles away from Heianjing. When Hu Yuelian and the others arrived in a nearby city, they saw the leader of the shogunate army running to contact the local area. The Great Song Dynasty mission stayed leisurely in the residence.

"I didn't expect that I hadn't come to the country for so long, and the evil parties of the country had become stronger. In the past, they wore the same clothes as Hanako. "Hu Yuelian misses it very much.

The accompanying soldiers thought back to the gang of evil parties before them, and felt that those people were wearing similar things like armor. There's a guy with a wooden chop or something. Plus those bamboo bows and bamboo guns, at least decent. Someone couldn't help but ask: "If you let those soldiers of the Red Turban Army come over, I don't know what it will look like." ”

Both are cold weapon troops, and everyone thinks that the Red Turban Army is stronger, but they don't know how strong it can be. After chatting like this for a while, Hu Yuelian finally got down to business, "Do you think these people are planning something and don't want us to go to Heianjing?" ”

With the security of the Song Kingdom, such a thing must have happened because someone was deliberately acting. Even when such a thing happened in the Wa Kingdom, the people of the Great Song Mission did not think that the officials and soldiers would be afraid of thieves. If such a major public security incident happened 100 miles outside of Heiankyo, the Kamakura shogunate would probably be finished.

"Don't they think it's a shame to do this?" Others disagreed.

Hu Yuelian shook her head, "What if you lose face to Da Song?" What's the use of us laughing at the Japanese people. You see, for so many years, does the government of the Japanese state have taken the initiative to contact the outside world? If they don't go out, they will be ashamed. What's more, in a few years, we will all forget about it ourselves. ”

Everyone felt that this evaluation was quite reasonable, so they supported Hu Yuelian's opinion. On such a basis, everyone understands that the tricks of the Japanese people are not aimed at the Great Song Dynasty.

The truth is similar to what everyone guessed. At present, the evil party composed of bankrupt peasants in the Japanese State is rampant, but it has not reached the point of daring to openly rob the Great Song Mission. The target of each action of the evil party is an organization such as the official grain collection team, which has the meaning of robbing the birth gang. The purpose of stopping the Great Song Mission was not to let the Great Song Mission stir up the political arena of the Japanese Kingdom too much, and it was just right to leave them here.

Hu Yuelian didn't want to waste time in a foreign country, since there was no way to go to Heianjing. After staying for two days, she had to go to the Seto Inland Sea first. The reason is naturally that he wants to go to the steam ship of the Great Song Dynasty. The accompanying shogunate soldiers were not allowed to come down, but could only agree. The Great Song Dynasty mission went all the way south to the seashore of the Seto Inland Sea.

There were many contact points for the 'navy' in various parts of the Seto Inland Sea, and after two days of waiting for the news to spread, the steamship appeared at sea. Hu Yuelian left the other members of the mission to drag the people of the shogunate, and hid under the pretext of being unwell. In fact, he secretly got on the ship and went to the headquarters of the Matsuyama Iyo Navy on Shikoku Island.

Finally got rid of those annoying troubles, Hu Yuelian only felt relaxed. The sea is even more comfortable in spring, and the calm sea is like a large piece of emerald, so calm that it seems to be a huge inland lake.

Changing to a small boat near Songshan, Hu Yuelian finally entered the port. At this time, many people were already lined up to greet them. Naturally, the leader is Zhao Naruto, the new commander of the Iyo Water Army, and there are some other familiar faces, most of whom are unfamiliar locals of the Wa Kingdom. This can be seen not only from the appearance of the clothing, but also from the spirit.

In the Great Song Dynasty, Hu Yuelian's height is not high. In the Wa Kingdom, Hu Yuelian looked tall. Everyone entered the council hall, and the natives of the Wa Kingdom knelt on the tatami mats. Zhao Ming said, "Everyone is sitting cross-legged. The local leader of the Wa Kingdom changed his posture.

There was no chair to sit on, and Hu Yuelian was very unhappy. Seeing that I didn't have to kneel and sit, I felt a little better in my heart. According to the rules of the Song army, Hu Yuelian sat down on the main seat, next to Zhao Mingren. The other leaders sat down one by one, on their left and right. Zhao Naruto was the first to speak, "We have already discussed that all the seashores of Shikoku Island near the Seto Inland Sea can be used at will. ”

"What do you want from the sailors?" Hu Yuelian continued to advance the topic. If Naruto couldn't get the water after he became the commander of the Iyo Naval Army, he would be of little value.

"Shikoku is already doing the "middle division of the ground" here. I would like to ask the Great Song Dynasty to send someone to guide us in farming. Naruto bluntly asked.

He has eaten a lot of meat over the years with the Great Song Dynasty, and the prerequisite for being able to eat meat is to have meat to eat. In recent years, the population of the Japanese country has been increasing, and the problem of food has greatly troubled the small leaders of those local forces.

"You became the commander of the Iyo Naval Army, and you also became the head of the local land?" Hu Yuelian asked Naruto.

The economic core of the Kamakura shogunate was still the manor, which is a bit of a Han and Tang dynasty in this regard. During the Han and Tang dynasties, the state had a large number of measurement benchmarks for those plain areas, and the booklet of acres of land was very complete. In addition, there is a detailed management model for how to farm, and the tax is unceremonious.

The land was the official position in charge of the manor during the Kamakura shogunate period in Japan. At the end of the Heian period, it was already called a landlord who opened up land. In 1185, Minamoto Yoritomo was formally established, and it became a system. The power of appointment and dismissal belonged to the shogunate, which had the responsibility to manage the land, collect annual tribute, maintain law and order, and for a time collect food and rice from the soldiers. If Zhao Naruto has an official position in the land, it is also an official identity.

Zhao Naruto shook his head repeatedly, "I don't have an identity as a landlord. But for the Iyo Naval Army, in many places it is even said. If the Great Song Dynasty can send people here, we will also have a lot of local products. This time, when I went back to the local area, I found that the salt was obtained by burning seaweed, and the people on our side did not even have salt pans. ”

Hu Yuelian didn't know what to say after hearing this. Da Song's training is in place, and even a soldier knows what is going on in Yantian. Burning seaweed to obtain table salt is a novel method that Hu Yuelian wants to see.

"How many people are there in the Iyo Army?" Hu Yuelian didn't dare to agree rashly, if she created a huge problem for the imperial court, she couldn't afford it as a major general.

"Including the clansmen, there are about three or four hundred thousand." Zhao Naruto replied.

". If there are 300,000 or 400,000 people, then 50,000 or 60,000 horses can be pulled. With fifty or sixty thousand horses, and ships on the water, it is not uncommon for you to capture the four kingdoms. Hu Yuelian replied very simply.

Listening to the conversation between the two people, all the participants showed curious expressions. Most of them were seeing someone speak directly in Chinese for the first time. Because I didn't understand, I was particularly interested.

Zhao Naruto didn't want to talk about these details, he turned back to the subject again, "Are you willing to tell the official family or not?" These people follow me, and they always have to have hope. In addition, giving these people a few benefits, even if it is a set of clothes per person a year, is enough to satisfy everyone. ”

"It's fine. But you have these benefits, don't forget the orders of the officials. ”

"Of course, if we can't repay the official family, where is the future."

After reaching an initial compromise, Naruto Zhao told the locals that the Great Song would send people to help the Iyo Naval Army increase production. At least give everyone a new outfit every year. Give meat to eat during the holidays. After hearing this treatment, everyone was very satisfied. The local Japanese people thought that the Iyo Navy still needed to pay taxes to the Great Song Emperor, but they didn't expect that they would not have to pay taxes and could divide things. It's really earned.

Hu Yuelian sighed in her heart. That's how hard it is to do business in a foreign country. If you are in China, a few people can have a casual meeting, and any problem can be solved. It's not that the Iyo Water Army wants much, but such a request is too nonsense. Thinking of this, Hu Yuelian thought about embarrassing Zhao Mingren, and she said, "But you have to repair the lighthouse." Without a lighthouse, how can Da Song's ship arrive here safely! ”

"The seaside in this area is owned by the Iyo Naval Army, and this can be done!" Zhao Naruto's answer was very crisp.

The steamer first sent Hu Yuelian back to the place where the Great Song mission was located, and then returned to the Great Song Dynasty with information. If you leave the Seto Inland Sea, you can see a lighthouse on Tsushima Island. After the Great Song Dynasty occupied Tsushima Island, he was not idle, and immediately built a lighthouse in accordance with the rules. The shipping system can finally be extended to the Tsushima Strait, and the transmission on the side of the Great Song Dynasty is much faster.

After landing in Busan, the military telegraph system on the side of the Great Song Dynasty has completed the erection of the line. The telegraph led to the Yalu River, and then went directly south along the passage of the Liaodong Military Station, and was transmitted to Hangzhou station by station.

"The Wa Kingdom has been taken care of." Zhao Jiaren and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Xiong Shang shared the latest information.

Xiong Sheng was obviously in a good mood, and he replied: "Now that the king of Goryeo has been found, the matter on the Goryeo side can also be determined." The Korean Peninsula can finally be settled. ”

"The king of Goryeo is only afraid that he has a big appetite. When the time comes, we will have to kill him and install a new prime minister of Goryeo Province. Actually, I think the Mongolians are sometimes much more flexible than us. Zhao Jiaren fully expressed his attitude towards borrowing the wisdom of others.

"Please take this matter to the Ministry of Rites." Xiong Shang replied confidently. His family is about to leave for Hebei, and if he can get the support of the Zhao official family, it means that the Xiong family can probably soar to the sky. Like any other family, he has amassed a huge fortune.

"What do you think of the Wa Kingdom's demands? I mean, what do you think of the internal affairs of the Wa Kingdom? Zhao Jiaren didn't mean to let Xiong Sheng leave immediately, he asked a question.

Xiong Sheng thought about it and began to 'tell the story' to Zhao Guan's family. The imperial court relied on the manor to obtain income, and there was also some meaning that it could not be maintained. The little officials in "The Stone Trench Officer" were able to catch people at night, and after catching the old woman, they were also sent to the army for use, which proved that the bureaucratic system at that time was still combative. The snake catcher said that he lamented that 'the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger', which is a proof of the effective operation of the Datang tax system.

There are many reasons why this system will eventually collapse, one of the big reasons being that the population grows and eats up food and consumes the product. The core of the imperial court operation system is the hope that through this system of stable tax revenue, this will lead to fierce confrontation.

“…… The Japanese kingdom was peaceful for a long time, and its population more than doubled. The land that can be developed is probably finished, and it would be strange if it wasn't messed up. Xiong Shang made a judgment with what he learned from Zhao Jiaren.

"If that's all it takes, it's much easier." Zhao Jiaren felt that he already had a calculation in his heart. The Mongol invasions, which had a huge impact on the Wa Kingdom in history, have disappeared, so the Wa Kingdom has been like a boat walking on a gentle river for many years, and it has been very comfortable. For example, if the current population of the Great Song Dynasty was 200 million, Zhao Jiaren would no longer have to worry about the problem of fully developing Henan and Hebei, including the northwest, there would be no shortage of manpower. After Xiong Shang's reminder, Zhao Jiaren saw the so-called 'closing one door to perdition opens another door to perdition'.

The development of the productive forces of the Japanese state has come to an end, and there is no way to solve the problem in the current situation. So he asked Xiong Sheng to go to work first, and then ordered someone to send some materials to his wife's nephew, Qin Mingxuan.

Two days later, Qin Mingxuan was ordered to come. In terms of kinship, Qin Mingxuan should be called Uncle Zhao Jiaren. However, this kid didn't dare to call it that at all, but seriously saluted Zhao Jiaren, "I've seen the official family." ”

"Sit." Zhao Jiaren asked Qin Mingxuan to sit down, and then asked Qin Mingxuan: "Have you read all the materials given to you?" ”

"I've seen it. But I didn't expect that after arriving in the Wa Kingdom, I would have to support the Iyo Navy of the Wa Kingdom. They are pirates, but they don't know if they will be a carbuncle if they are supported in this way. Qin Mingxuan expressed his opinion.

"Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea. Those are on the side of the mountains and by the sea, but they are very poor. Since everyone refuses to starve themselves to death, they have to do something. If only pearls are produced, the manpower there will be wasted. ”

Qin Mingxuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he was a little puzzled that Zhao Jiaren cared so much about the lives of the pirates of the Japanese Kingdom, "Officials, if they are rich, won't they find a way out for themselves?" ”

"When they were poor, they also found a way out, and they came out to be widows. The would-be pirates who followed us as mercenaries had money, but they listened to our arrangement. After you go, listen carefully to the expert's arrangement and do two things first. The first is to make more efficient use of human and livestock feces to increase the yield of barren land and increase the number of poultry and livestock that can be raised. The second thing is to increase the salt production, so that they have salt to marinate the meat, so that the shelf life of the meat increases. We will export spices and preservatives to them. Anything else is up to the experts. ”

After the arrangement, Zhao Jiaren asked Qin Mingxuan to prepare to leave for the Wa Kingdom. Sending Qin Mingxuan away, Qin Yuzhen went to Zhao Jiaren's side, "Guanjia, do you think my nephew won't have an accident?" ”

"Where in the world is there a foolproof good thing. He needs to learn to take care of himself. ”

"For the sake of money, I worked hard to earn it. I...... I think this kid is so hard. Qin Yuzhen sighed.

"I worked hard to earn it, and I still earned it. If you don't work hard and feel that everything you have is born your own, you are doomed to die without a place to bury. Born in sorrow and died in peace. Zhao Jiaren sighed.

Even if Qin Yuzhen knew that these were right, looking at the hard work of those people, including her husband, she felt very unbearable in her heart.

If the truth is correct, then it will be fulfilled. At this time, outside the manor of the Wakoku Anda Taimori, thousands of troops of the shogunate were assembled. Anda Taisheng looked at his son's panicked appearance, and the grief and indignation in his heart were incomprehensible.

At that time, Yasumori Adachi came out under the pressure of his grandfather and participated in the battle of the Kujo family, the ruling of the shogunate, against the Miura clan. As a result of this struggle, the Anda family became the most influential of all the imperial families in the Kamakura shogunate. After Anda Taisheng was old, he chose to live in seclusion and gave way to Anda Zongjing. I feel that I can finally enjoy the glory and wealth.

But he didn't expect Anda Sojing to be arrogant, and he thought that he was Hojo Sadatoki's uncle, and the internal manager of the Hojo ruling family, Hei Yoritsuna, was like fire and water. Later, Anda Sokei spread rumors that his ancestor Anda Keimori was the illegitimate son of the shogun Minamoto Yorito, and he wanted to change himself to Genji.

Heira Yoritsuna took the opportunity to make a statement to Hojo Sadatoki, the ruling power of the shogunate, saying that Anda Sokei was anti-minded and wanted to be a shogun himself. Hojo Sadatoki then ordered a crusade against the Anda family. Anda's family was devastated.