Just ten days ago, Kunshu transported 100,000 stone of rice to the Abe family of Mutsu Oku, according to the agreement reached by the two sides to send troops, Mutsu Okuni will hand over 2.3 million taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver, and at the same time, Abe Raishi gave 30 buckets of pearls in stock to Kunzhou.

On the wharf, boxes of gold, silver, and other treasures were being carried out of the warehouse and hoisted onto a large ship, which was a large amount of gold and silver seized from Dewa Province, as well as precious items such as sea pearls, corals, hawksbill turtles, and bear skins, which were directly loaded onto the ship and transported to the capital.

"When I went to Kaga Castle to meet with the patriarch of the Abe family, Abe Yori, according to him, the battle between the Abe family army and the imperial army in the southern part of Mutsu Province has stopped, Minamoto Yoriyoshi's army has withdrawn from Michinoku Province, and it is estimated that the next step will be to enter negotiations."

Speaking is the Jingluo Mansion to sentence Liu Yun, he was ordered by Fan Ning to send an envoy to Mutsu to complete the final transaction, it can be seen that he is still very satisfied with this mission, Abe did not appear demon moths, or honestly handed over the agreed gold and silver to Song Jun.

Liu Yun smiled and continued: "But I feel that the Abe family has not handed over all the gold, and there should be a lot of margin. ”

Fanning smiled faintly, "They are just talking, even if we see the empty vault, it doesn't mean that they have handed over all the gold to us, but the total amount is not less than two million taels, I can accept it, I heard that you went to see their gold field, how do you feel?" ”

"It's spectacular!"

Liu Yun recalled the scene of his inspection of the gold field, and couldn't help but sigh: "You can see thousands of people panning for gold in the river like ants, it is very spectacular, women and children have it, several rivers are like this, I estimate that at most a few decades, the gold of Mutsu will be exhausted." ”

Fanning knew that Liu Yun was right, after Japan entered the Kamakura period, the gold of Mutsu was gone, Japan turned from the golden age to the silver age, and Japan's silver reserves were also extremely rich, once accounting for one-third of the world, but a large amount of silver flowed to the Song and Ming dynasties through trade.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and bowed to Fanning and reported: "Qiqi Zhizhou, the patrol ship at the mouth of the bay has found a Japanese ship, saying that it is an envoy from Heiankyo and asking to enter the port!" ”

Kunnan Bay has become the inland sea of Kunzhou, a large number of patrol posts patrol the mouth of the bay more than 40 miles wide, foreign ships must go through strict verification before entering Kunnan Bay, a Japanese ship from Heianjing, Fan Ning immediately realized that this should be the arrival of the Japanese negotiating envoy.

He immediately ordered: "Let them enter the harbor and dock!" ”

The soldiers rushed to the boat and left, and Fanning said to his entourage: "Quickly go and inform Yu Changshi, tell him that the envoy of the Japanese court has arrived at the dock, and ask him to arrange a reception!" ”

Fanning would not meet with the Japanese envoy for the time being, and he urged the horse to inspect the warehouse.

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The envoy from Japan is Fujiwara Kyotong, he came to Kunzhou not to negotiate informally, but to touch the bottom of the Song army, from the heart, Fujiwara Kyotong did not dislike the Song army, and even had a trace of gratitude to the Song army, it was the arrival of the Song army that made the Fujiwara family take the Hizen country.

At present, the garrison of Hizen Province and the lord of Nagasaki are Fujiwara Nobu, the son of Fujiwara Kyotsu, which is the fattest land in Japan, and Nagasaki's trade income is also an important source of finance for Japan, and the control of financial resources has made the position of the Fujiwara family more stable.

However, this time the pressure on Fujiwara Kyotsu was also very great, and the Song army's garrison in the country of Dewa made the court dissatisfied, and they all agreed that it was the imperial court's connivance with the Song army's secession of Ezo that led to the Song army's inch, and the Song army occupied Dewa, so no one knows whether it would continue to develop southward.

The Kunzhou official who received Fujiwara Kyotsu was still Yu Xiaonian, they were already very familiar with each other, and Yu Xiaonian still received Fujiwara Kyotsu very warmly, as if nothing happened to Dewa Country at all.

In the temporary state office, a person engaged in serving hot fragrant tea to the two, Fujiwara Kyotsu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The tea drink of the Great Song Dynasty is very popular in Heianjing, and many officials are learning to order tea, and the elegance of the tea culture of the Great Song Dynasty is infinitely desirable!" ”

Yu Xiaonian also smiled: "We also hope to grow tea in Kunzhou, but now it seems that the climate here is not suitable, so we have to continue to get supplies from the Great Song Dynasty, and we can do tea cake trade in the future, as if Fujiwara-kun is in charge of Japan's trade, right?" ”

Fujiwara Kyotsu nodded, "We are not excluded from trade with the Great Song Dynasty, Japan is also preparing to open a second trading port, preliminary consideration is to place it in Heiankyo, if it goes well, the port will be opened tomorrow spring, and then we also hope that your trade official ships can come to Heianjing, we are very welcome." ”

"That's for sure, we will provide grain, tea, livestock and other goods to trade with your country."

The two chatted for a while, and the topic finally turned to the topic, Fujiwara Kyotsu muttered: "The purpose of my coming here, presumably your army is also very clear, we don't understand why your army suddenly sent troops out of the country of Yu, although the country of Izuwa is located in a remote area, but the Japanese court has also set up a garrison there, which should be counted as the territory of Japan, and it is not the same thing at all as before, His Majesty the Emperor and Guan Bai hope that your army can give Japan an explanation." ”

Yu Xiaonian took out a complete confession and handed it to Fujiwara Kyotsu, "We didn't send troops for no reason, to be precise, we didn't attack the Yu Kingdom, but the Kiyohara family, as for the reason, you will understand after reading this confession." ”

Yu Hyo-nian put Tachibana Yori-jeong's confession on the table and pushed it to Fujiwara Kyotsu.

Fujiwara Kyotsu picked up the confession and looked at it for a long time before he was shocked: "Yu Changshi means that it was the Qingyuan clan that first interfered in the internal affairs of Kunzhou and provoked the contradiction between Ezo and the Song army, and the Song army couldn't bear it anymore before sending troops out of Yuguo?" ”

Yu Xiaonian nodded, "Exactly!" ”

"The Kiyohara clan actually has nothing to do with the Japanese court, if it's just a conflict with the Kiyohara clan, I don't think it's a big problem, and the differences can be resolved by making it clear, but the Song army doesn't seem to have withdrawn from the Dewa country, which is a big problem, but when is your army ready to withdraw from the Dewa country?"

Yu Xiaonian took a sip of tea, was silent for a moment and asked, "Is General Zuo Guards coming to Kunzhou to negotiate this matter?" ”

Fujiwara Kyoto was stunned, he immediately realized that this issue was too sensitive, the Song army would definitely not withdraw the army, and if he asked any more, it would probably stiffen the relationship, he shook his head, "I am mainly here to understand the situation, and I hope that the two sides can sit down, talk openly and honestly, and find a solution that is satisfactory to both parties." ”

Yu Xiaonian smiled slightly, "This is also exactly what we think, Jin is neighbored, and peace is precious, I originally planned to go to Heianjing in two days, and negotiate with your court to resolve this matter, hoping that General Zuo Konowei will accompany me to Heianjing." ”

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Yu Xiaonian sent someone to send Fujiwara Kyotsu to the official post to rest, and he immediately came to Fanning's official room.

"How's the talk?" Fanning asked as he sat back in his chair and clasped his palms together and smiled.

Yu Xiaonian shook his head and smiled: "Very interesting! ”

"What's interesting?"

"This Fujiwara Kyoto is actually looking for reasons for us, and seems to understand our dispatch very well, and I don't see the slightest tough posture behind him, on the contrary, it is all kinds of euphemisms, full of compromise."

Fanning also laughed, and asked again, "Then what do you think his attitude means?" ”

Yu Xiaonian thought for a while and said: "I feel that the other party's compromise attitude should be considered from three aspects, one is that we occupied the country of Dewa, and it did not cause the anger of the government and the opposition as he said, I think the government and the opposition did not take it to heart, after all, the country of Dewa is too far for the Japanese court."

Even in the hearts of many people, it does not belong to Japan, but the settlement of the Ezo people, which is not much different from Kunzhou, if the government and the opposition are really angry, the pressure on Fujiwara Kyotsu will be great, and he will definitely show this, and it is precisely because there is no pressure that he can't be tough.

The second is that the attitude of the Japanese high-level is different, we completely annihilated the Kiyohara family, directly thwarted the rise of the samurai class, which is good for the Fujiwara family, and angry at the emperor, and the division of the top level also makes Fujiwara Kyotsu unable to be tough.

But the most important point is the third point, that is, Japan does not have the confidence to raise a division to ask for guilt, there is almost no naval army, let alone organize an army to fight over the mountains and mountains, how to guarantee logistics, precisely because the confidence to seize the feather is insufficient, so the foundation of Japan's attitude is compromise. ”

Fan Ning took a few steps and said, "Could it be that Fujiwara Kyotsu deliberately showed weakness and hinted at us?" ”

Yu Xiaonian recalled that there is really this possibility, no matter whether Japan has the strength or not, Fujiwara Kyotsu should face Kunzhou with a tough attitude, and it should not be such weakness.

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "If that's the case, you can leave as soon as possible and go to Heianjing to negotiate!" ”

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