For two days, Fan Ning and Sima Yang, escorted by a hundred cavalrymen, rode around the Dewa Kingdom, whose population was mainly distributed around Akita Castle.

There are also populations in the Oga Peninsula and the Yuri area in the south, but most of the population is concentrated within 20 miles of Akita Castle and exists in the form of villages.

There are hundreds of villages on both sides of the Akita River, with a population of nearly 60,000 and more than 300,000 acres of farmland.

"Sima Yang, do you think this side can be opened up into a ranch?" Fanning smiled as he pointed at the meadow in the distance with his horsewhip.

Yang nodded, "Of course it's okay to open up a ranch, but how do you explain it to the Japanese court?" They will definitely come to negotiate, after all, this is not Kunzhou. ”

Fanning smiled slightly: "Then it's okay to lend, lease for ninety-nine years, give them a symbolic rent every year, I think as long as they recognize that the country of Dewa belongs to Japan and satisfy their face, they should agree to lease to us." ”

"Actually, I think the envoy should consider the imperial court, if we invade the country of Dewa, there will definitely be many ministers who accuse us of being unkind."

"Even if you cook dishes, you don't like everyone, not to mention that if it's a big event like sending troops, someone will definitely jump out, but the official family gave me the power to deal with Japanese affairs, plus we are setting up a strategic buffer zone for Kunzhou, I think the official family will support it, as for the Zhizheng Hall, so much gold and silver are shipped back, which is enough to make up for the financial deficit of the imperial court, and it is too late for them to be happy, and it should not be a big problem."

Yang smiled happily, what Fan Ning said was indeed reasonable, he stroked his beard and asked, "Then how to settle the Kun people?" ”

Fanning thought for a moment and said, "I plan to give them two pieces of land, one is located on the Oga Peninsula, where there are 30,000 acres of upper fields, if they can convert to farming, then they can cultivate and settle there, and the other is to give them the Ou Mountains, they can continue to hunt in the mountains for a living, or they can go to sea along the river, so that they can be regarded as doing their best." ”

"It's okay, but what about the residents of the Oga Peninsula?"

"Move them to Akita Castle, there is enough land for them to cultivate, concentrate the population, and make it easier to manage."

"What about the garrison?"

"I plan to station a thousand troops in Akita Castle and leave thirty warships, which should be enough."

The two turned their horses around and returned to Akita Castle, and when they passed through a village, the people of the village came out to kneel and kowtow, and although the Song army was a foreign invader, Fanning promised to exempt them from all taxes, which still made the people extremely happy, and the invader became a liberator.

"The yield of rice here is very high, I heard that each mu of rice field produces three stone of rice, and the annual output is one million stones, and they eat it themselves, plus the consumption of the army and miners, it is only 500,000 stones a year, so what do you plan to do with the remaining 500,000 stones?"

Fan Ning smiled and said: "I plan to buy from them at the price of 20 wen of doumi, 500,000 stone is 100,000 yuan, they can also sell labor mining, can also fish, pearl diving, and can also help the herd priest raise horses, so that every family has a little surplus money in their hands, and then the tea, porcelain, cloth, shoes and hats, jewelry, rouge and other daily necessities of the Great Song Dynasty have a market, their lives have improved, and if Japan wants to take this land back, I am afraid that the local people will rise up to resist." ”

Fan Ning glanced back at Yang and said with a smile: "As for the 500,000 stone of rice, which can be sold to Japan for 200,000 taels of silver and earn double the difference, we won't lose anything, right?" ”

Yang sighed softly, "It's better to think about the problem in the long run!" ”

.........

Fanning returned to Akita Castle, and as soon as he arrived at the city gate, a soldier came to report, "The messenger of the Abe family is here!" ”

The arrival of the Abe family envoy was expected by Fanning, and the reason why he did not return to Kunzhou was because he was waiting for news from Mutsu.

Fanning asked again, "Where are they?" ”

"Wait at the city office!"

Fanning nodded, urging the horse to run towards the city, the official office in the city is the garrison of the country of Dewa, which is the official office set up by the Japanese court in the country of Dewa, and the current garrison is Kiyohara Mitsuyori, who has died in the battle.

Fanning planned to set up this official office as an overseas economic envoy Akita command post, with one commander and one judge, as a military and political organization stationed in Akita Castle for a long time.

Fan Ning turned over and dismounted in front of the official office, and walked into the door, only to see two people sitting in the lobby, one was Abe Sadaharu who came to ask for help before, and the other was an old man with a half-white beard, both wearing loose Japanese-style linen clothes.

Fanning nodded, "Please sit down!" ”

Fan Ning sat down on the main seat, and his translator Cheng Qing was also sitting on the side, although the people of Dewa and Michinoku all spoke Ezo Tu, but the upper class of wealthy people generally used Japanese, Abe Sadaji hurriedly introduced Fan Ning to the old man next to him, "This is my uncle Abe Mitsutoki, the stay of Kaga Castle!" ”

Abe Guangshi bowed deeply, "Song Jun's great kindness, the Abe family will always remember it!" ”

The two had already learned about the battle situation between the Song army and the Deyu ** team, and the Song army annihilated the Deyu ** team three times its own in one fell swoop, killing more than 1,500 people, and only seven people were killed in their own battles.

At this time, the two soldiers brought them three teas, Fanning took a sip of hot tea, and said unhurriedly: "The three wealthy clans of the Dewa Country have disappeared, and the army of the Dewa Country has also disappeared, but the Song army will be stationed in the Dewa Country for a long time, I hope that in the future, the Abe family and the Song army of the Dewa Country will be horns of each other to resist the northern invasion of the Japanese court." ”

Abe's uncle and nephew glanced at each other, both of them showed a trace of disappointment in their eyes, they also expected the Song army to hand over the Dewa country to the Abe family, but they didn't expect it to be occupied by the Song army himself, you must know that the plain of the Dewa country has been coveted by the Abe family for a long time.

Abe Mitsutoki was a little unwilling in his heart, and said: "The plains of Dewa Country are vast, and most of them are grasslands, which are not fully utilized, can you ........?"

Before he could finish speaking, Fanning waved his hand to interrupt him, "It's too early to mention this matter, let's talk about the terms agreed before, Abe Shaojun promised me that the gold and silver in the Abe family's inventory will be sent to Song Jun as a reward, I don't know if I want to send troops to carry it, or deliver it in another way?" ”

After saying that, Fanning put the two huge golden keys on the table and pushed them to Abe Hikatsu, staring at him coldly.

Cheng Qing translated Fanning's words into Japanese as they were, how could Abe Mitsutoki not understand the meaning of the threat, if the Abe family repented, the Song army would directly attack Kaga Castle and take it back in person.

It's not a pity that gold and silver can be mined back anyway, Mutsu has the largest gold field in Japan, gold is not a rarity for them, Abe Mitsutoki hurriedly said: "This is the condition that my brother personally agreed, the Abe family will never betray the word, we will hand over the inventory of 2.3 million taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver to Kunzhou, as before, Kunzhou can send ships to carry it, but there are many mountains in Mutsu, the land is barren, and the grain has always been not self-sufficient, the Song army captured the country of Deyu, and must have captured a large amount of grain, Can you support us a little bit of food. ”

This request is not excessive, and seeing that they sincerely dedicate gold and silver to Kunzhou, Fanning will also give a little reward.

Fanning nodded and smiled: "I will send a ship to send 100,000 koku of rice to Mutsu Okuni when I go back, which is a little support for the Abe family, in addition, we will sell 200,000 koku of rice to Mutsu Koku every year, if it is not enough, it can be increased, Mutsu Koku will concentrate on manpower to mine gold, and the problem of food shortage will be handed over to Dewa Country to solve, and both sides will take what they need, isn't it a good thing?" ”

Abe's uncle and nephew smiled bitterly in their hearts, they were strangled by the Song army and the food lifeline, where is this a good thing, Abe Sadaharu was just about to open his mouth to make an agreement, but he was held down by his uncle, Abe Guangshi said decisively: "It was decided that the Abe family is willing to form an alliance with the Song army to jointly fight against the Japanese court and go north." ”

Abe's decisiveness made Fanning secretly appreciate, Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy, this Abe Guangshi knows how to advance and retreat, knows what things can be discussed, and what things are not negotiable, exchanging grain for gold is Fanning's strategy to hollow out the Abe family for a long time, how can there be room for bargaining? Only by actively compromising on issues of principle can one bargain on other issues, and Mitsutoki Abe is clearly aware of this, but Sadaharu Abe does not seem to have figured it out.

Fanning smiled slightly, "It may be a little early to talk about this issue now, the first thing is to quell the war, I plan to send a special envoy to mediate the conflict between the Abe clan and the Japanese court, I don't know if you agree to this plan?" ”

At this time, Abe Sadaharu realized that the other party's focus was on mediating the relationship with the Japanese court, which involved the core interests of the Abe family.

Sadaharu Abe admired his uncle's wisdom in his heart, and he stopped talking in a playful way.

Abe was silent for a long time and said: "The Abe family recognizes that Mutsu belongs to Japan, and also agrees that Japan will continue to send Mutsu Mori, but our condition is that the Japanese Imperial Court shall not station troops in Mutsu Prefecture, and the second is to drastically reduce the tribute rent, at least seventy percent, and we are willing to live in peace with the Japanese Imperial Court." ”