Fan Ning smiled slightly and said: "It seems that Uncle Cao Guo has been to Ezo, I haven't been there, but I know that the central part of it is high, but the surrounding area is very flat, only endless forests and grasslands, and a small number of natives live in a radius of thousands of miles, which is very suitable for raising horses, I am right!" ”

Cao Tong looked at Fan Ning in surprise, nodded for a while, and said: "Four years ago, I went east with a Japanese monk to his country, it is said that there are immortals in the north, I went north by boat, and a month later I saw a big island.

As you said, there are only endless forests and grasslands on it, some Japanese fishermen call it Ezo, it is said to be thousands of miles, but I didn't go to the island, I always thought that I was the first Song person to see this big island, I didn't expect Fan Inspector to know, it's incredible! ”

Fan Ning smiled: "Of course I haven't been, three years ago I met a fishing boat returning from the ocean in Mingzhou Harbor, there is an old Taoist priest who has traveled all over the world, he has been to Ezo, not only Ezo, he has also been to a larger island in the north, so far nameless, I call it Sakhalin Island, you can see on the map of the Bohai Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty, only dozens of miles away from the mainland, like a huge spindle hanging overseas, in addition, there is a more vast continent thousands of miles away from the East China Sea, is Uncle Cao interested in exploring it?" ”

Cao Tong showed a smile on his face, "If I have the opportunity, I will take a boat to Nanyang to have a look, there are a lot of strange flowers and fruits there, maybe there will be a harvest!" ”

At this time, Cao Cong said slowly: "The official family is very interested in Inspector Fan's suggestion, and it can be seen that he has made up his mind, can the old man ask Inspector Fan for something?" ”

"Elder Cao Ge, please speak!"

"I think the official family will definitely ask Inspector Fan's opinion when selecting candidates for exploration, can Inspector Fan recommend Cao Tong as the main envoy?"

Cao Tong was silent, and he could see that he was reluctant, but he was helpless.

Only then did Fan Ning understand why Cao Cong valued himself so much, he wanted a key recommendation vote for himself, but why was the Cao family so interested in Maoren Island? Do they have ambitions for the island?

After a moment of silence, Fan Ning said: "I have decided to recommend Zhao Zongshi as the main envoy, and Uncle Cao Guo can be the deputy envoy, but I have said it first, Maoren Island is related to the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, and I hope that Cao Ge will always focus on state affairs." ”

Cao Cong nodded, "Of course, I also want to make a modest contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect that it would be a place to raise horses, or Inspector Fan has a unique vision, if I get to raise horses on this island, the Great Song Dynasty Zhongxing is hopeful!" ”

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Fan Ning said goodbye and left, and several core figures of the Cao family still sat together to discuss this matter.

In fact, Fan Ning thought too much, Cao Cong did not have the ambition to support the island and build a country, but he saw that if the Great Song Dynasty raised horses according to Maoren Island, it would definitely become the great cause of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Cao family must not fall behind in this great cause of establishing major achievements for the Great Song Dynasty.

This is also related to the century-old prosperity of the Cao family.

"Uncle Seven, how reliable do you think Fanning's words are?" Cao Fu asked in a low voice.

Cao Cong said with a smile: "I don't believe the statement that he met a Taoist priest in Mingzhou, he knows that there must be other reasons, but the other thing he said I believe is that he is ready to recommend Zhao Zongshi as the main envoy." ”

"How did he get on with Zhao Zongshi?" Cao Mo asked puzzled.

"It should have something to do with the Zhu family!"

Cao Cong said slowly: "If I guessed correctly, all kinds of things that Zhu Yuanfeng did for Zhao Zongshi were all planned by Fan Ning behind his back, Zhu Yuanfeng was just a businessman, and he would never think of using the Cao family to support Zhao Zongshi. ”

"Does Uncle Seven think the official family will use Zhao Zongshi as the main envoy to go to sea?" Cao Fu asked again.

Cao Cong laughed, "Fan Ning is young, he can see it more thoroughly than us, this kind of thing of establishing a base overseas, how can the official family use outsiders, it must be the royal family as the main envoy, Fan Ning recommended Zhao Zongshi, and gave him a chance to make meritorious atonements, Zhao Zongshi will take this opportunity to return to the eyes of the official family, a very clever recommendation method, there is no trace at all, Fan Ning is really not simple!" ”

Cao Mo's heart moved, and he hurriedly whispered: "I heard that he is not married yet, why don't you pull him into the Cao family?" ”

Cao Cong shook his head, "Don't do this kind of thing deliberately, now it is estimated that he will not consider this kind of thing, the top priority is to envelop Zhao Zongshi, I feel that he still has hope of ascending the throne, we should not snub him before, forget it, there is no point in saying this." ”

Cao Cong immediately instructed his son, "You go to the atrium now, invite Zhao Zongshi to me, and I want to have a heart-to-heart talk with him." ”

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Fan Ning didn't go to the front hall, he sat on a big rock, combing his thoughts in the past two days, he just reacted, the Cao family should not have the idea of owning the land to build a country, but wanted to intervene in the errand of raising war horses for the Great Song Dynasty, or the Cao family built a horse farm on Maoren Island, although this is not the main direction of the Cao family, but it is indeed a major event related to the prosperity of the family for generations, and it is understandable that the Cao family attaches so much importance to it.

In fact, the Cao family just has a more sensitive sense of smell, and they took the first step, I believe that soon many big families will compete to participate first, if Zhao Zongshi is smarter, he should learn how to avoid this rush to seek after and leave the decision to the Son of Heaven.

Fan Ning decided that it was still necessary to remind Zhao Zongshi through Zhu Yuanfeng that he must learn to shout in loneliness, and he must learn to be low-key in prosperity.

"Fan Shaolang!"

A clear voice behind him pulled Fanning back from his musings.

Fan Ning turned around, and behind him was a man in a Taoist robe, it was his uncle Cao Tong, who had seen him sitting on the embroidery pier before, and now he found that he was very tall, and by the standards of later generations, he was about 1.9 meters.

"Uncle Cao Guo is looking for me?"

"Let's go out and find a place to have a drink!" Cao Tong had a faint smile on his face.

Fan Ning was stunned, "Today is Uncle Ling's birthday, just leave like this?" ”

"You've done what you're supposed to do, do you want to stay and drink a few boring drinks?"

Fan Ning couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said, so he thought about it and said happily: "Then let's go!" ”

Fan Ning still wanted to say hello to Cao Shi, but there was no need to think about it, as Uncle Cao Guo said, he had already done what he had to do, whether he went or stayed, in fact, the Cao family would not care.

The two left Cao's Mansion through the side gate and got on an ox cart and headed towards Panlou Street.

In the Zhu Skull Teahouse next to Zhu Lou, the two found a private room to sit down.

Fan Ning looked at the room and said with a smile: "It's my first time here, Brother Cao often comes!" ”

Cao Tong nodded, "This is actually a part of Zhu Lou, Zhu Lou sells wine, sells tea here, the Zhu family has not done anything in the tavern, only ranked seventh, but it has done a good job in the teahouse, Zhu Skull Teahouse has achieved second place, second only to Alum Tower, people who come here to drink tea think that the Biluochun in Pingjiang Mansion is no less than Fengcha." ”

The two sat down, and soon a tea prostitute came in to order tea, but Cao Tong waved his hand, "You go!" I'll do it myself. ”

The tea prostitute bowed and retreated, Cao Tong skillfully sented the tea, he glanced at Fan Ning and smiled: "I don't know how you know about Ezo, but I believe you haven't been there." ”

"Why are you so sure?" Fanning asked with interest.

Cao Tong said lightly: "The natives over there are very fierce, you can't get off the boat at all, just close to the shore, their flying spears are shooting, so the Japanese fishermen don't dare to go to the island, and no one knows that the terrain is high in the middle, low all around, I just sailed along the big island for three hundred miles, and then turned around." ”

"Are there a lot of natives over there?" Fanning asked again.

"It's not much, but it's very alert, and it's very repulsive to outsiders, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to occupy it and raise horses, a bloody battle is inevitable."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and then asked, "Has Brother Cao ever been to Tamna Island, south of Silla?" ”

Cao Tong nodded, "I've been there, it's also a big island." ”

"What about the Tamna Kingdom on the island?"

"In my opinion, it is a small county, a very small city, with only a few hundred inhabitants, and a building smaller than the county government in the middle, that is the palace, and there are many farmers and fishermen outside the city, and the total number of farmers and fishermen should not exceed 5,000."

"How is their army?"

"What army can there be? More than 100 people maintained law and order. ”

The tea has been fried, Cao Tong poured a cup of tea for Fan Ning, and said with a smile: "Actually, I told my uncle about Ezo Island before, he didn't care about it at all, just the day before yesterday, he suddenly found me and asked me in detail about Ezo Island, I was still confused, until today I didn't understand, it turned out that you suggested to the Son of Heaven to develop Ezo Island, if I guessed correctly, you also suggested that Tamna Island be used as a transit station, right!" ”

Fanning nodded, "Not only Tamna Island, but also several islands in Japan can be used as resting and replenishing places. ”

After a moment of silence, Cao Tong asked again: "Do you think there is really a more vast land overseas than the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Fanning smiled and shook his head, "It's not that I think, it's true, the world is so big, it's not for you and me to get a glimpse of it, if you have the opportunity to go out for a walk, you will understand the meaning of my words today." ”

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