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Jia Rudao was restless in his residence, he stood up and paced with his hands behind his back for a while, and sat down with a dark face and sulked for a while.

In all fairness, Jia Rudao certainly hoped to negotiate peace with the Mongols, and if the Mongols could return the city of Luzhou in Sichuan, which they had invaded before, it would be the best. If the Mongols refused, the two sides would at least have to take de facto control of the area and cease fighting. As for the Great Song Dynasty's vassal to Mongolia, it would be good to leave the matter to the official family, Jia Rudao would only choose to object, he didn't want to be a leader on this issue.

Regarding Jia Rudao's opinion, the attitude of the Mongolian envoy Hao Jing was so stubborn that it was disgusting. He insisted on two points at the same time, the first was that the Great Song Dynasty must cede land to Mongolia and claim vassals, and the second, if the Great Song Dynasty did not agree, it would be a breach of peace.

In the past few days, in order to negotiate with this Hao Jing, Jia Rudao has been so traumatized that he can't live in peace when he returns home. After thinking about it, the expression on Jia Rudao's face suddenly became relieved. If it's a big deal, continue to fight with the Mongols, what's there to be afraid of? After the Battle of Ezhou, Jia Rudao and Lu Wende reviewed the entire war. They found that if Zhao Jiaren's naval army could be tripled, Kublai Khan would probably not be able to escape back north of the Yangtze River. Even if Kublai Khan built a pontoon bridge and escaped, as long as Zhao Jiaren could have discovered it earlier, he would have at least killed more than 10,000 Mongolian troops.

Lu Wende made a prediction about the future battle situation, "Xiangyang and Fancheng are the key points, and with heavy troops and warships built by Zhao Ti, the Mongols will inevitably be unable to go south. ”

Thinking of this, Jia Rudao asked his family to bring the cricket pots, and he wanted to have fun with these elves. Because of the war, Jia Rudao hadn't played his favorite cricket for too long, and was disturbed by Hao Jing, a bastard, and finally could play happily at this time.

On the day of the mid-year festival on the fifteenth day of July, Hao Jing saw Jia Yidao. Jia Rudao lightly dropped a sentence: "Discuss and make peace, and the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia are brotherly states, and they will not cede land or pay tribute." If Mongolia agrees, then peace will be negotiated. If you don't agree, you can go! ”

When Hao Jing heard this, he was furious, and he shouted: "If the Great Song Dynasty is so arrogant, it will cause trouble." ”

Seeing that Hao Jing's attitude still hadn't changed, Jia Rudao didn't bother to say anything, he turned around and left. What should be said has already been said, and what Mongolia thinks is a Mongolian affair. The Great Song Dynasty and Jin Guo negotiated peace so many times, and each time they negotiated peace, they continued to fight for a long time. Experience has made the Great Song Dynasty understand that there is no permanent peace in the world.

This side solved the matter of Hao Jing first, and over there Jia Rudao sent a piece of music to Song Lizong, asking Song Lizong to urge Zhao Jiaren to hurry up and build warship artillery. At the same time, at the end of the recital, he criticized Zuo Prime Minister Wu Qian's limited level of handling government affairs and acting as 'trapping civil servants in injustice'.

Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, and Song Lizong understood it as soon as he saw it. Wu Qian made a little trick over there, Zhao Jiaren was the governor of Quanzhou, and Wu Qian asked Fujian Road to fund the purchase of ships. Zhao Jiaren immediately encountered a dilemma, if he got the money for shipbuilding from Fujian Road, and the tax revenue of Fujian Road did not complete the prescribed amount, Zhao Jiaren's grinding and evaluation would have problems. If Zhao Jiaren didn't take the money and built the ship, he would have to pay the money himself. As a result, Zhao Jiaren can only choose between fame and fortune.

Of course, from the perspective of a prime minister of Zuo, Wu Qian threw a big burden on Fujian Road and Zhao Jiaren on his back, and he could enjoy the benefits from above. But Zhao Jiaren still has a way to go, that is, he does not build ships. So this has become a frequent choice for officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is better to have more than one thing.

After reading it, Song Lizong ordered Wu Qian to renegotiate this matter, and at this time, the right prime minister Jia Nidao had returned to Lin'an, and Jia Nidao naturally wanted to participate in the discussion.

On July 22, Jia Yidao's letter was delivered to Zhao Jiaren. This is a personal letter, in which Zhao Jiaren asked Zhao Jiaren to step up shipbuilding, as long as the ship is built and sent to Yangzhou, Jia Yidao can pay the shipbuilding cost in advance.

Zhao Jiaren's wife came in with tea, and when she saw Zhao Jiaren smiling at the letter, she couldn't help but ask, "Jiaren, so happy." ”

"I'm glad to see you come in." Zhao Jiaren looked up at his new wife. After a month of marriage, he has begun to get used to having such a person in his family.

"Not serious." Qin Yuzhen replied a little shyly.

Just when Zhao Jiaren was about to hold hands with his wife, he personally reported at the door, "Zhizhou, cadres from all walks of life have arrived." ”

So Zhao Jiaren put away the letter, only held hands with his wife, and then went to the conference room. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, if overseas merchants died in the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty would protect their property for several years, until the descendants of these overseas merchants came to understand. However, the Pu family is not an overseas businessman, but a rebel who intends to rebel, and the property is naturally auctioned off as thief stolen goods. Zhao Zhizhou bought this large piece of property without hesitation, using the money copied from the Pu family.

This is a huge transaction, not to mention the income of the state treasury, including the income from the total system, the quota in the first year of Jiading has basically been completed. As long as there are no special natural disasters this year, Zhao Jiaren's evaluation will definitely be excellent.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Zhao Jiaren walked into the conference room. When he stood on the main seat, the squad leader next to him shouted, "Stand up!" ”

There was a rumble of tables and chairs, and everyone stood up. Waiting for everyone to stand up, Zhao Jiaren ordered: "Sit down!" ”

There was another rumbling of tables and chairs, and everyone sat down one after another, leaving Zhao Jiaren standing alone on the main seat. "You probably know what we're going to talk about today. In the previous paragraph, our survey team had already arrived at Ryukyu Island and Jeju Island. Fortunately, there are few people in the Ryukyus, and the local chieftains of the Ryukyus are willing to get along with us. All we have to do is send someone over there to build a fort and a port. This Jeju Island is to the north, and the Goryeo Kingdom is said to have plotted against Jeju Island. If you want to occupy Jeju Island, you need to send troops, and I don't know who wants to take them. ”

No one answered immediately, and Zhao Jiaren did not ask them to answer immediately, so he first ordered someone to take out the latest nautical chart and hang it on the blackboard. With the concept of latitude and longitude, the nautical chart is no longer an imaginary drawing like an ink painting, but a real drawing with precise positioning. Qi Ye, the shopkeeper of Renda Qianzhuang, stared at the sea chart, and was very excited in his heart. A month ago, he couldn't understand this, but now, a month later, when Qi Ye goes to night school every day, he believes that the earth is round, and he has also learned the operation of the measuring equipment, and he is finally able to understand the new map.

In the past, Fujian ships also went to Ryukyu, and at that time, it was completely dependent on experience, and going to Ryukyu was a seven-day trip along the river. As for whether you can wait for seven days after running out, it depends on luck. Now as long as there is measuring equipment and as long as the weather is clear, the ship will know how far it is from its destination. One is to resign himself to fate, and the other is to rely on oneself to learn things, and there is undoubtedly a world of difference between the two.

There was a lot of talk, but no one immediately answered. Zhao Jiaren saw that no one spoke, so he asked first: "Someone and no one have any questions about the things going back and forth between these two places?" ”

No one asked questions.

Zhao Jiaren continued: "Anyone who goes to Ryukyu will have their salary doubled. Those who go to Jeju Island will be paid three times the salary. ”

After saying this, the conference room fell silent for a moment.