Thousands of seagoing ships formed a huge fleet all the way to the northeast mighty sailing, the mouth of the Yangtze River is not very far from Tamna Island, about 1,000 miles in a straight line, the fleet can be reached in ten days.

At this time, the southeast wind is strong, the sails are puffed up, and thousands of sails are like clouds, cleaving the waves on the sparkling blue sea, which is very spectacular.

After eight days of sailing, the fleet had gradually arrived at Tamna Island.

At this time, Fanning as the third person in the fleet, and at the same time secretly led the responsibility of supervising the army, he also lived on the first ship, Fanning was a little seasick when he first went to sea, but after all, he was young and vigorous, and soon gradually adapted to the sea voyage.

Early in the morning, Fanning came to the bow of the ship to admire the rising sun in the distance, he was wearing a white satin robe today, with a leather belt around his waist, a seven-star long sword obliquely, and a black gauze soft hat, but he also looked handsome and elegant, and his appearance was extraordinary.

Fanning stared at the rising sun in the distance, and in an instant, the morning glow reflected on the sea, dyeing the sky and the sea with a magnificent rose color, and both sailors and soldiers were immersed in this incomparably magnificent sky and sea.

At this time, a small boat was rapidly approaching the first ship, and a soldier stepped forward and said to Fanning: "Fan Yushi, they are here!" ”

Compared with the official position of judge of the overseas economic strategy, the whole fleet is still more in awe of his title of supervising the imperial history, which is a typical low-level official position, although it is only from the seventh grade, but even if it is a high-ranking official, it must be afraid of it, especially Fanning and the Son of Heaven Sword, which is actually the power to supervise the army.

It was also very helpless to say, just when they were about to set off, a proclamation officer rushed from the capital to officially read out the edict of the Son of Heaven, gave Fan Ning the sword of the Son of Heaven, and took charge of the fleet to supervise the actual duties.

In fact, this is also a step that must be taken, only give the sword without issuing an edict, the sword of the Son of Heaven actually has no effect, only a public summoning, his sword of the Son of Heaven officially has legal significance.

It's just that in this way, Fanning's Son of Heaven Sword can't be concealed, and can only be enshrined in the White Tiger Hall on the ship together with the Holy Decree and the Seal.

Fan Ning turned around and saw the boat that was approaching, nodded and said, "Bring him up, and by the way, invite Zhao Zhijun and Di Shuai together." ”

Last night, they encountered a large Song merchant ship returning to the port of Myeongju from Goryeo, and found a Song Dynasty merchant who had been doing business in Tamna for many years.

After a short time, Lin Rui and several soldiers took the businessman to climb the soft ladder and get on the big boat, at this time, Zhao Zongshi and Di Qing rushed to the deck, and some soldiers brought three chairs and invited the three high-ranking officials to sit.

The merchant was a middle-aged man about forty years old, and he stepped forward in fear and knelt down to salute, "Xiaomin Meng Defu greets the three envoys!" ”

Zhao Zongshi waved his hand, "Meng Yuanwai, please get up, come here, move a chair for Meng Yuanwai!" ”

A soldier brought a chair, and Meng Yuan sat down on the outside, and his heart was a little more steady.

"I heard that the imperial army is heading to Tamna?"

Zhao Zongshi nodded, "Exactly, we want to learn from Meng Yuanwai about the current situation in Tamna. ”

Although they had explored the country of Tamna, after all, it was two or three years ago, and now there should be a new change, and he needs to understand it well.

"Xiaomin is willing to serve the imperial court, I don't know what kind of situation the envoy wants to know?"

"We know that two years ago, King Tamna was seriously ill and there was infighting in the country, what is the situation now?"

Meng Yuanwai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Gao Zijian, the king of Tamna, was seriously ill three years ago and handed over the power of the country to the crown prince Gao Mo Lao, but this prince is too pedantic, and the first thing he did when he took power was to reduce the army, he thought that too many troops burdened the people, and his idea itself was not wrong, the country of Tamna was less than 10,000 people, but there were 3,000 troops......"

As soon as Meng Yuanwai said this, Di Qing interrupted him, "What does the Tamna Kingdom want so many troops for?" ”

Meng Yuan saw that Di Qing was burly and tall, wearing armor, and 100,000 majesty, he was a little scared in his heart, and hurriedly said: "General Qiyu, ten years ago, Goryeo invaded Tamna on a large scale, and Tamna only had 500 troops at that time, and he couldn't resist, so he had to surrender to Goryeo and pay tribute to Goryeo every year.

Later, they implemented the system of all the soldiers, organized the young and strong people in the country into the army, poured all the money from the treasury to buy armor from Japan, plus they had to pay a large tribute of pearls to Goryeo, and they also had to support the army, and the people were very poor, and many families only had one set of clothes, and whoever went out wore them, and I couldn't continue to operate on Tamna Island, so I decided to return to China. ”

Zhao Zongshi nodded and said, "Meng Yuanwai, please continue the topic just now!" ”

Meng Yuanwai sighed and continued: "This prince is still more benevolent, he thinks that the population of Tamna is too small, even if all the people are soldiers, it is not an opponent of Goryeo, but it leads to a heavy burden on the people and poverty of the people, so the first thing he did after taking power was to decide to disarm.

But his decision made the old king very dissatisfied, and forced him to return power, but the crown prince refused, and he was supported by thirteen ministers and directly ascended the throne as king.

The old king was angry and secretly colluded with the younger son to launch a mutiny, but the younger son was more ambitious, he colluded with the Japanese, and launched a mutiny with the support of 300 Japanese samurai, not only killed the new king, but also killed his own father, the old king, and all thirteen ministers were beheaded, plundered their family wealth, wives and daughters, and established themselves as kings. ”

Zhao Zongshi asked again: "Then Goryeo doesn't care about the mutiny of Tamna?" ”

Meng Yuanwai shook his head, "This little son is called Gao Bo, very cunning, after he ascended the throne as the king, he not only hid the secret of his collusion with Japan from Goryeo, but also expressed his willingness to continue to submit and double the tribute to Goryeo, Goryeo will no longer pursue it, and Gao Bo at the same time continues to collude with the Japanese lord of Nagasaki in exchange for Japanese weapons and armor."

Of course, the people of Tamna are even more miserable, coupled with the brutality of the high and thin rulers, the appointment of ministers and cool officials, the selection of concubines every year, and the occupation of a large number of young girls, the people dare to be killed if they dare to resist, I don't know how many people were sold to Japan as slaves, in just two years, the population of Tamna has been sharply reduced to more than 6,000 people, but the army has 2,000 people, and the people are not happy! ”

At this time, Fan Ning pondered and asked, "How many years has Meng Yuan lived in the Tamna Kingdom?" ”

"I have been doing business in Tamna for ten years and have saved a lot of money, but I have been exploited again, and I have used the last bit of silver to take a merchant ship back to China!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Since I have lived in Tamna for ten years, there should be no problem with language!" ”

Meng Yuanwai nodded, "There is no writing in Tamna, the language is called Zhou Hu, and it is not yet familiar with Goryeo, it is very complicated and obscure, but I can indeed speak it." ”

Fanning said happily: "So be it! We hired Meng Yuanwai as a translator for one year, and afterwards we paid 500 yuan as a reward and sent Meng Yuanwai back to China for free. ”

Meng Yuanwai was overjoyed, he lost all his money, and he didn't know how to explain to his wife and children, the court gave him a turnaround, of course he couldn't ask for it, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for the great grace of the king, I am willing to serve the court!" ”

Fan Ning asked the soldiers to take him down to rest, and discussed with Di Qing and Zhao Zongshi, Di Qing smiled and said: "Since the king of Tamna is brutal, then the matter is easy to do, directly destroy the country, change the people to the Song people, give them food and clothing, and exempt them from taxes, presumably they will not miss their homeland again, as for the two thousand soldiers on the island, we can annihilate them in one battle!" ”

Zhao Zongshi was a little worried about Goryeo and Japan, he muttered and said: "Just now Meng Yuanwai said that Goryeo invaded Tamna on a large scale, which shows that Goryeo's forces can still reach Tamna, and Japan, how should we deal with it?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "I have made you too worried, my Great Song Dynasty Navy is strong, with sharp crossbows and firearms, why are you afraid of Goryeo?" As for Japan, those samurai were only the subordinates of the lord of Nagasaki, not the Japanese army, just some sea rats, and they didn't need to be taken seriously. ”

Di Qing sneered and said: "Fan Yushi is right, we are the Heavenly Kingdom, how can a small country like Goryeo be able to brush the tiger's beard, if Goryeo doesn't know what to do and is arrogant, we will definitely kill the enemy in the future, and force Goryeo to sign an alliance under the city." ”

Zhao Zongshi also figured it out, he straightened his waist and said: "If we really face war, we can ask the Quanzhou and Mingzhou naval armies to come north to help!" ”

The Great Song Dynasty has more than 100,000 sailors and more than 3,000 warships, which are second to none in the world.

Fanning knew in his heart that Tamna Island was not like Maoren Island, and Maoren Island Japan would not begin to be interested until five or six hundred years later, but Tamna Island, whether it was Goryeo or Japan, had always been eyeing the Tamna country that was close at hand, coveting Tamna Island, and looking for an opportunity to annex it.

Just fifty years later, Goryeo finally annexed Tamna Island, and now that the Great Song Dynasty has fought halfway and forcibly occupied Tamna Island, how can Goryeo swallow this breath, and how can it tolerate the Song Dynasty garrisoning troops under its nose.

This war must be inevitable.

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