Fujiwara Kyotsu returned to Heiankyo early the next morning, and the agreement signed by the two sides was officially concluded after the emperor of his country was asked to affix the seal of the emperor and then exchanged again.

On the dock, Fan Ning and Yu Xiaonian sent Fujiwara Jiaotong to leave on a boat, and at this time, Yu Xiaonian hesitated and said: "Fan Yushi can't trust the Japanese too much?" ”

"Why?"

"I feel humiliated..... There are some things that really can't be told to the other person. ”

Fan Ning glanced at him and said lightly: "You mean I told Fujiwara Kyotsu about raising horses?" ”

Yu Xiaonian sighed, "The lowly officials know the Japanese very well, although they are forced to admit that Kunzhou belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, if there is a chance to take it back, they will not hesitate to tear up the agreement, and the lowly officials are worried that they will use the Liao State to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty to let the Great Song give up Kunzhou." ”

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Raising horses is not a matter of one or two days, even a year or two can't be done, it will take at least ten or twenty years to harvest, Japan will know the truth sooner or later, there is no point in concealing them in this kind of thing, as for the Liao State, when the official family decided to open up overseas horse breeding places, they had already taken into account the factors of the Liao State, I don't think that the Great Song Dynasty would give up Kunzhou because of the pressure of the Liao State." ”

Speaking of this, Fanning smiled again and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry! Although Fujiwara Kyoto regards the interests of the family as higher than the interests of the imperial court, he is indeed very shrewd, knows how to weigh the pros and cons, and knows how to make concessions in the face of reality, the Liao State is much more terrible than the Great Song Dynasty, and they will not do stupid things to let the Liao State peep into Japan. ”

Yu Xiaonian scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Maybe it's too much to worry about." ”

Fanning smiled slightly, "Your worries are not unreasonable, but there will be risks in doing anything, you can't dare to do things because you're afraid of risks, of course, you can't tell everything because you want to be honest, you have to learn to weigh it, you have to know what things can be properly leaked, and what things must not be revealed a little bit of rumors, I just told Japan about raising horses, but will I tell them the real strategic goals of Kunzhou?" ”

Yu Xiaonian was stunned, "Could it be that Kunzhou is not just raising horses?" ”

"Of course not!"

Fanning said to him meaningfully: "Even if I give you the question, you think about it for a month, and you really can't imagine that I will tell you the answer again." ”

Yu Xiaonian was promoted two levels in a row because of his meritorious service to Japan, and was highly praised by Fan Ning and Zhao Zongshi, and was promoted two levels in a row, from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, and took over Fan Ning's previous position as the judge of the Overseas Economic Strategy Office, Fan Ning also focused on cultivating him, hoping that he could take over as the governor of Kunzhou in the future, so there are some things that he is also gradually telling Yu Xiaonian.

The two rode back to Tang County, and Fan Ning asked with a smile, "What is rich in Mutsu and Austria?" ”

"Mutsu is Japan's largest producer of gold, silver, and iron sand, and if it weren't for this, how could the Japanese imperial court look down on such an east-wide land?"

"To what extent is there an abundance of gold and silver?" Fanning asked again.

"It accounts for about 30% of Japan's gold and silver production, with an annual output of 100,000 ingots of silver, 3,000 ingots of gold, and one ingots weighs about 10 taels, and the mines of Mutsu are mainly in the hands of the Abe family."

Yu Xiaonian suddenly woke up and asked with a smile: "Yushi thinks the Abe family will take action?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "Hitting the grass will inevitably startle the snake, the Japanese court sent Fujiwara Jiaotong to envoy Kunzhou, how can Abe Lai not know?" ”

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Although some things seem to be coincidental, they actually have some kind of inevitable cause and effect.

Just three days after Fujiwara Kyotsu left Kunzhou, the envoy of Mutsu Koku's envoy from Abei Yori also arrived in Kunzhou.

The envoy sent by Mutsu Otsu was Abe Yoritoki's eldest son, Abe Sadato, and thanks to the armor and military training provided by the Song army, Abe's army defeated Minamoto Yoriyoshi at Ikawa in the south of Michinoku last month, and when Minamoto Yoriyoshi's general Fujiwara Kiyoshi led 2,000 troops to surrender to Abe Yorishi, the Abe army once again captured Iga Castle, the capital of Michinoku, and Minamoto Yoriyoshi led the remnants of the army to retreat to the southernmost part of Michinoku.

And at this time, news came out that the imperial court was ready to reconcile with the Song army and recognize Ezo as the territory of the Song Dynasty, which made Abe Laishi a little flustered, on the one hand, he was worried that the Song army would stop military support for the Abe family, but Abe Laishi was more worried that the Song army would cooperate with the court to exterminate the Abe family.

When Abe Sadaren arrived in Tang County, Fanning was attending the opening ceremony of the first village on the north shore of Nanhu Lake, and when he got the news, he immediately handed over the ceremony to Jiang Han, the county governor, to continue, and he himself hurried back to the county seat.

Fan Ning turned over and dismounted at the gate of the county office, Yu Xiaonian hurriedly greeted him, he really admired the vision of this young boss, and saw the situation in Japan very thoroughly, and Abe's special envoy really came.

"Who is here?" Fanning asked, walking up the steps.

"It's Abe Yoritoki's eldest son, called Abe Sadashi, his father is more arrogant, but he is very shrewd!"

Walking to the door, Fanning stopped and asked, "Did he talk to you about anything?" ”

"No, he didn't mention anything, he just hoped to meet with the envoy as soon as possible."

Fanning nodded and walked quickly into the inner hall, and Abe Sadahito, who was sitting in the hall, hurriedly got up to salute.

Fan Ning saw that he was in his thirties, very small, probably less than 1.5 meters, which is also a characteristic of the Japanese, before the Meiji Restoration, the height of the Japanese was generally short, the average height of men was only about 1.5 meters, and the average height of women was a little shorter, and the average height of men in the Song Dynasty was generally more than 1.7 meters, until the foreign blood of the Jin and Yuan dynasties was mixed with the Han people, and the average height of the Han people was reduced.

As can be seen from the recruited laborers, they are generally short, but relatively strong, and of course, young and sturdy men are selected for recruitment.

This Abe Zhenren looks very short, but there is a shrewdness in his eyes that cannot be concealed, this kind of person Fan Ning will not worry too much, and the real shrewd person can't see it on the surface.

Fan Ning waved his hand and smiled: "Young family master Abe, please take a seat!" ”

Abe Sadaren sat down and asked eagerly: "I heard that the imperial court sent an envoy to Kunzhou, I don't know who it is?" ”

"Fujiwara Kyotsu, do you know the young family master?"

Yu Xiaonian quickly translated for the two, so that the conversation between the two was smoother.

"It's him!"

Abe Sadahito was taken aback, Fujiwara Kyotsu is the number two person in the Fujiwara family! Sending him to envoy to the Song army shows that the Japanese court attaches great importance to the Song army, of course, the news of the Abe family is not so sensitive, they do not know that Nagasaki has been occupied by the Song army, only that Hirano Yoshi's attack on the Song army and the whole army is destroyed.

After a moment of silence, Abe Sadaren asked again: "Can Fan Yushi easily tell me why the Japanese imperial court sent Fujiwara Kyotsu to envoy the Song army?" ”

Fan Ning smiled and said: "The main thing is that the Japanese court recognized Kunzhou as the Great Song Dynasty, and of course, it also talked about some other things. ”

"Does that involve Mutsu countries?"

Fan Ning smiled faintly and asked rhetorically, "What does the young family master think?" ”

Abe Sadato sighed, "Sure enough, we guessed it, the imperial court must ask your army to stop supporting Mutsu Province." ”

"Indeed!"

Fan Ning said solemnly: "Fujiwara Kyotsu strongly asks us to withdraw our support for the Abe family and make it one of the preconditions for recognizing Kunzhou as a territory of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"And what about the final decision?" Abe asked worriedly.

Seeing his nervous expression, Fan Ning laughed, "The young master doesn't have to worry too much, one way can't be taken, you can take another way, we did promise to withdraw the military leader, and we also promised not to support all kinds of weapons to you, but the normal trade Japanese court can't stop it, if the Mutsu country has enough gold and silver, we can sell the armor and grain to you in trade, isn't it the same thing?" ”

Abe Zhenren was overjoyed, the Abe family is most lacking is silver and gold, the Abe family controls several famous silver mines and two gold fields in Japan, but there are many mountains and few lands, grain production is very low, every year has to use a large amount of gold and silver to buy grain in Tokaido, in addition, the military technology of the Mutsu country is also relatively backward, can not make advanced swords, bows and arrows and armor, and the Song army has armor and food is just the strategic materials urgently needed by the Mutsu country, as long as the Song army is willing to continue to trade, of course they are willing to take out gold and silver to buy.

"We have gold and silver in stock, and I hope that this time I will be able to reach a deal that is satisfactory to both parties."

"For the specific transaction, the young master can discuss it with Judge Yu in detail, but I still want to give the young master a little advice."

"Fan Yushi, please speak!"

Fanning said slowly: "While the Mutsu army is attacking sharply, it should also pay attention to guarding against the danger behind it. ”

Of course, Fan Ning didn't mean Song Jun when he said about the danger behind him, Abe Zhenren thought for a while, and suddenly woke up, "You mean the Qingyuan family?" ”

The Abe family of Mutsu Oku Province and the Kiyohara family of Dewa Province are the two wealthy families known as Higashiyamado, and historically, the Abe family finally perished because the Kiyohara family sent troops from behind to cooperate with Minamoto Yoriyoshi to exterminate Abe's army.

Fan Ning said lightly: "If I were Yuan Yoriyi, I would definitely persuade the Izuha country to send troops to participate in the war, and the Mutsu country would be in danger if it faced a north-south attack." ”

Of course, Abe Sadaren still remembers that Kiyohara Mitsuyori has been accusing the Abe family of crossing the border to mine gold placers two years ago, and the Kiyohara clan has long been jealous of Abe's silver mines and gold fields, and if the imperial court uses this condition to encourage Kiyohara Mitsuyori to send troops, it is really possible to persuade them.

The more Abe Zhenren thought about it, the more likely it became, and he asked uneasily, "Then what good advice does Fan Yushi have?" ”

"I suggest that you temporarily reconcile with the imperial court and make a truce, and if you go outside, you must first settle the interior, concentrate your forces to solve the threat of the Deyu Kingdom, and unify the Dongshan Road, so that you will have more capital to confront the imperial court."

The more Yu Xiaonian listened to it, the more frightened he became, in order to weaken the power of the two wealthy families in the Northeast, Fan Ning did not hesitate to encourage the two families to merge, and it seemed that Abe Zhenren was really tempted.

At this time, Fanning got up and said, "Judge Yu, the next step is for you to negotiate with the young head of Abe's family about the purchase of armor and food, if there is anything that cannot be decided, you can come and ask me at any time." ”

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