Leaving Tanzhou, the fleet continued eastward, passing through Tsushima Island, sailing along the north coast of Japan, and arrived at Kunzhou half a month later, but Fanning did not stop in Kunzhou, but continued north, he was going to Whale State, and as a representative of the Son of Heaven, he participated in the opening ceremony of the capital county of Whale State.

Whale State is today's Sakhalin Island, there are a small number of Kun people living here, there are mainly three tribes, a total of more than 2,000 people, the Kun people on Whale State are very simple, and the Whale State garrison is very close, often use prey, sea pearls, corals in exchange for food and daily necessities, and even a few soldiers married Kun women as wives.

Whale State mainly produces timber and placer gold, especially rich in precious red pine and amber wood, it has always been Fan Ning's long-cherished wish to build a county in Whale State, but the final decision of the imperial court is to merge Whale State into Kunzhou, changed to Kunzhou Mansion, Whale State changed its name to Whale Island, there is no plan to build a county for the time being, but a town of 200 households was built opposite the Kunzhou Strait, as the long-term garrison of Whale Island.

However, the imperial court built a leveling city opposite the mouth of the Heishui estuary in Whale State.

Pingyi City is a military city, but its area is equivalent to a medium county seat, after the Song army regained Liaodong, the 10,000 troops stationed in Pingyi City will withdraw from Whale State, leaving only 1,000 garrisons, together with their families stationed in Whale State, the time is ripe to establish a county.

On this morning, Fanning's ship arrived at the military wharf of Pingyi City, and the main general Yang Fan came to greet Fanning's arrival, Yang Fan was about forty years old, he was a commander, after Pingyi City was established as a county, he was only in charge of the army, and the people's government affairs were in charge of the county order and the county Cheng.

Fanning walked up the stairs up the cliff and asked with a smile, "What about the county magistrate and other officials?" ”

Yang Fan said with a smile: "They went to the Kunzhou tribe to negotiate the naturalization of the Kun people into the Great Song Dynasty, and the Kun people have some concerns and need them to enlighten them." ”

"Is the Kun tribe far away from here?"

"Your Highness has been there, and it is about fifty miles from here."

"Then I'll check it out."

Fanning knew very well what the concerns of the Kun people were. At the beginning, the Kunzhou people were also naturalized in the Great Song Dynasty, but because they colluded with the Japanese Kun people and tried to betray the interests of Kunzhou, they were all sent to Akita by the Song army.

To untie the bell, you need to tie the bell, this bell was originally tied by him, of course, he needs to untie it.

Yang Fan immediately prepared more than a hundred horses and took Fanning and his entourage to the Kun tribe.

Fan Ning arrived at the Kun tribe, and the people of the entire tribe came out to greet him when they heard the news, as well as Zhao Qin, the prefect of Kunzhou, and Luo Ning, the new county commander of Whale County, and other officials came out to greet him.

The old chief has passed away, and the new chief is the son of the old chief, who used to go to Kunzhou often, and Fan Ning also knows him, and he remembers that he is called Meng Wu, but now he looks very old.

Fanning's prestige in Kunzhou and among the Kun tribe was so high that the chief brought more than 1,000 Kun people to bow down to him.

Fanning hurriedly helped him up, "Chief Mengwu, tell everyone to get up!" It's all old friends. ”

Meng Wu shouted a few times, everyone stood up, Meng Wu smiled: "I heard that adults are coming to participate in the establishment of Whale County, everyone is looking forward to it!" ”

"Huh! The chief's Chinese is very proficient! ”

Meng Wu was able to speak a few words of Chinese in Kunzhou, but now he is often with Song Jun, and his Chinese has become very proficient.

"How about it, are you willing to join the Great Song Dynasty?"

Fan Ning was very happy, and asked him straight to the point, seeing that he was a little hesitant, Fan Ning smiled again: "You must also know the benefits of joining the Song Dynasty, so what concerns do you have, just say it, as long as I decide on some things, the court and the Son of Heaven will not change them." ”

This was said very loudly, and the prefect and the county magistrate next to him were a little dumbfounded, and they didn't dare to say it.

Meng Wu said: "Since the adults are so refreshing, then I will say it bluntly, the main thing is that we are used to being free and don't want to be constrained by the government, and if there are northern barbarians who invade Whale State, we will definitely rise up and resist, but other than that, we don't want to contact war again." ”

"I understand, one is that he wants to be free and does not want to be under the jurisdiction of the government, and the other is that he does not want to leave Whale State to fight, what else, it is better to say it together."

"Also, we don't want to pay taxes."

"Alright! Let's go in and sit, and then I'll settle it, and I'm going to drink your truffles, which I haven't drunk in years, and I've always missed it. ”

"Your Excellency, please!"

Meng Wu warmly invited Fan Ning into the main hall of the tribe, and then arranged for someone to greet Fan Ning's men, taking advantage of this time, Zhao Qin, the prefect of Kunzhou, whispered to Fan Ning: "These conditions are very easy to solve, we have repeatedly explained, he just doesn't believe it." ”

Fanning smiled slightly, "That's because your prestige is not enough, see me persuade him." ”

Prestige actually has two meanings, prestige and prestige, prestige is majesty and prestige, and prestige refers to fame and prestige.

Wholeheartedly doing good deeds and broadening the bandwagon to others, that is called prestige, but if you are both soft and hard, treat people well, and kill people when necessary, then it is called prestige.

The current Kunzhou government is more than enough and not powerful, they have all the good things to say, but people are not afraid of them, so they have no choice.

In a moment, several young girls brought a truffle filled with a silver cup, and there were ice cubes in it, and the truffle was actually pine nut wine, a wine made with pine nuts and honey, but the degree was very low, and it was about the same as wine, so it was a drink suitable for all ages.

"Taste it and see if it tastes the same as before?"

Fan Ning took a deep sip of the wine glass, the cold taste soaked to the bottom of his heart, he sighed and said: "No wonder I have missed it for more than ten years, after going to Chu State, I will also brew truffle paddles!" ”

Meng Wu asked curiously: "I also heard General Yang say that your lord was sealed the Chu State, what does it mean?" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "The state of Chu is very far away in the south, at least 20,000 miles away from here, and it takes three months to arrive by boat, because it is too far away for the imperial court to manage, but I don't want those islands to be occupied by foreign races, so I allowed some courtiers who contributed to the Great Song Dynasty to spend money to buy the island, and my family also bought an island, which is about the same size as Kunzhou, because I am the king of Chu, so the Son of Heaven sealed the island as the kingdom of Chu." ”

"Then what does the state of Chu have to do with the Song dynasty?"

"Chu is a subject country of the Song Dynasty, and every year the Son of Heaven has to pay tribute, and all the people are Song people, but we are autonomous, I am the king, canonized by the Son of Heaven, and my descendants will be canonized by the Son of Heaven when they are kings, and in addition, the Song Dynasty will not care about us, everything depends on self-reliance."

Meng Wu thought for a moment and asked, "I heard that it is very hot in the south, and the same is true for the Chu State!" ”

Fan Ning smiled, "The world we live in is hot in the middle and cold at both ends, you are the cold end, and I am the cold side, but the seasons are opposite, and the climate is similar to Japan." ”

Meng Wu pondered for a long time and said, "Then we will also go to the Chu State, are you welcome?" ”

Fan Ning was stunned for a moment, how did it become like this, he persuaded them to become naturalized in the Great Song Dynasty, but they were going to Beidao.

"Great Chief, that's tens of thousands of miles away from home! Are your people willing to go? ”

Meng Wu sighed, "It's too cold here in Whale Prefecture, we wanted to go to Akita before, but the Akita Kun people didn't welcome us, saying that we were barbarians, as if they were so civilized, Kunzhou didn't accept foreigners, we always wanted to find a new land to live." ”

Fanning suddenly thought that it was actually not bad to let them go to the South Island, and the south of the South Island was more suitable for them.

He groaned for a moment and said, "So be it! Anyway, if you go to Chu with me, you will also be naturalized in the Great Song Dynasty, you will first become naturalized in the Great Song Dynasty, as for the three things you are worried about, I can guarantee that your current life will not change, and you will not pay taxes, everyone does not have to pay taxes, and the Han people are the same, and they will not let you join the army, but there is one thing, if you have a conflict with the Han people, then you need the government to judge the case, a fair trial, what crime you should do, no discrimination, and no care, even if you go to Chu State, it is the same, you can accept it? ”

Meng Wu was silent for a moment and said: "Since the Lord came to vouch, I am willing to accept it, in fact, Governor Zhao and Luo County Ling also said so, the key is whether their words can represent the imperial court, in case the imperial court admits the account, what should we do?" ”

Zhao Qin and Luo Ning rolled their eyes when they heard this, why didn't they believe them like this?

Fan Ning smiled again: "As for the Chu State, you can send two people to live with me for a year and a half, and then they come back to report, and then you decide whether to move to the Chu State or not, I always welcome it." ”

Fan Ning glanced at Zhao Qin and Luo Ning again, both of them smiled and said nothing, if the Kun people were willing to move to the Chu State, they couldn't ask for it.