In fact, the Chinese people of this era have no concept of the word Wako, let alone disgust and hatred, but it does not mean that Wako does not exist.

In ancient times, the administrative capacity of the government was limited, and there were many places that could not be controlled, so there was room for banditry.

There are mountain bandits and bandits in many places in the interior, and the vast sea is a place outside the law, and there are always many pirates and robbers, who are entrenched on the islands, crisscrossing the trade routes, and make a living by plundering merchant ships.

The Wa Kingdom was an island nation and its regime was often unstable, so it was rich in pirates.

In the past, the shipbuilding technology of the Wa Kingdom was very backward and could not run too far, so the Wa pirates could only plunder the coast of Goryeo, and the word Wako was also the first to be called out by the Goryeo people.

The Great Song Dynasty was supposed to be the most advanced country in the world for shipbuilding and navigation, and it did not need to sail along the coastline as before, but opened up new routes, directly crossing the East China Sea, from Mingzhou to Waguo Hakata.

After the Wa kingdom learned more advanced shipbuilding and navigation techniques from the Great Song Dynasty, the Japanese merchants also began to travel along this new route.

Generally speaking, the pirates are composed of some down-and-out people, and they are not able to use ocean-going ships, so they basically can't go to the coast of China, and only plunder in the coastal waters of the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa court also has many crackdown measures.

After the fall of the Heike family, pirates resurgented and gradually reared their heads, and after the Wakoku began to restrict their merchants from going to sea last year, the power of pirates soared.

In the history without Zhao Mengqi, these Japanese pirates gradually appeared on the coast of China for many years to come, and became more and more rampant.

At that time, it happened to be Wu Qian's ambassador for coastal control and Zhiqing Yuanfu, for which the "Righteous Boat Law" was established, and the military and civilian joint defense against pirates achieved very good results, which did not cause much disaster, so it can be said that Wu Qian was the first person in China to resist the Japanese.

Now for Zhao Mengqi, he must support the Japanese State to restrict our merchants from going to sea, which is more conducive to his monopoly and control of the Song and Japanese trade, but because of this policy, the pirates who have expanded will inevitably affect the safety of the route, and he must crack down, which is also one of the reasons why he merged the Zhejiang Navy into the East China Sea Company.

In fact, Zhao Mengqi did not plan to completely eliminate the pirates, and even planned to form a "Japanese pirates".

"Ai Tong, when you clean up the pirates, you must focus on recruiting security and prisoners, pick out the available people from them, and form a secret force, this force is under the control of the Military Intelligence Department, and the leaders are Jiang Manhai and Kuano Qian, as a counterbalance, on the surface, this force has nothing to do with the Great Song Dynasty and the East China Sea Company, understand?"

"Wechen understands."

Where can Gu Qing and Hou Tao not understand that this Japanese army is doing dirty work......

To put it bluntly, at that time, the East China Sea Company will have two armed forces, one bright and one dark, the force on the surface is responsible for cracking down on pirates and ensuring the smooth flow of merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty, but the force in the shadows is to rob the merchant ships of the Japanese State or other countries and block the sea routes of the Japanese State in a targeted manner.

This meant that if the plan was successful, anyone entering or leaving the Wa Kingdom in the future would have to obtain the consent of the Great Song Dynasty...... new

"The Great Song Dynasty is an important trading partner of our Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty naturally has the obligation to ensure the international security of the Japanese Kingdom."

Zhao Mengqi touched his nose with a good expression for "him", "Call the two of them in."

Outside the door, Jiang Manhai and Kusano, who didn't know that they were about to become the "One Piece", were very worried at this time, and when they saw Hou Tao come out, their expressions immediately became nervous.

Jiang Manhai cautiously spoke, "Do it, dare to ask His Highness what instructions he has?"

The grass and fields that were kneeling on the ground hurriedly pricked up their ears, only to hear Hou Tao say leisurely, "You two have gone lucky, Your Highness intends to reuse you, it depends on whether you can seize the opportunity, come and take away the shackles of the grass and fields...... Come in with me."

The two of them leaned over and followed Hou Tao into the flower hall.

Jiang Manhai only saw a figure on the main seat, so he immediately knelt on the ground and crawled forward on all fours, "Villain Jiang Manhai, thank Your Highness for not killing."

After that, I will be a cow and a horse to repay Your Highness, and I will be loyal to Your Highness for the rest of my life, but if I dare to have a crooked thought, I will be hit by five thunders from the sky, and I will die without a place to be buried, and I will fall into hell and never be reincarnated......

Kusano slowed down, secretly annoyed that Jiang Manhai was shameless, and quickly knelt down, but he pouted his ass high, his body almost touching the ground, and then slowly squirmed forward.

"The villain grass field deserves death, violates the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, damages the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, knows that he is guilty of a serious crime, and now he repents, and asks His Royal Highness to give the villain a chance to change, and from then on, the villain will surrender to His Royal Highness with all his heart, and go to the soup for His Highness, and he will not give up."

Seeing the two of them look so subservient, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help laughing, "Let's all get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace."

Jiang Manhai slowly got up, still bent deeply, extremely respectful, and the grass was almost the same, but his forehead was almost next to his knees, and the whole person looked like a boiled prawn, and he didn't know how he did such a difficult action.

Zhao Mengqi saw that Jiang Manhai's brain was bright, like a big duck egg, and he was curious, this guy actually "shaved"?

Could it be that the thing is missing, so you can see through the red dust?

"Jiang Manhai, raise your head and let Gu take a look."

When Jiang Manhai heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and still maintained a posture of bending over and hanging his hands, stretching his neck and raising his face, looking like a turtle......

Zhao Mengqi fixed his eyes and saw that Jiang Manhai's face was also bare, and even his eyebrows were gone, leaving only two bare eyebrows, and his skin was much smoother, no longer the rough and fierce when he was a water coarse, and he was as peaceful as a monk.

It seems that this guy didn't remove his own hair, it may be the sequelae of castration, but it's not unusual.

"It seems that I have gained some weight, it seems that this is the root of the wrong is gone, and it may not be a good thing."

Jiang Manhai smiled, "Fortunately, His Royal Highness ordered the imperial doctor to rescue, and the villain picked up a dog's life, although there was a little less meat, but it also allowed the villain to be enlightened, recalling all kinds of sins in the past, and deeply regretting that he had lived on a dog for half his life, and now the villain has nothing else to think about, and wants to be a useful person to the Great Song Dynasty and His Royal Highness, and change his mind to make up for the sins of the past."

It's not that the four are empty, otherwise how can you become a great "One Piece"?

Zhao Mengqi must be in his heart, and said with a smile, "Jiang Manhai, since you know the crimes you have committed before, you should know that whether it is reasoning or law, it is not an exaggeration to cut you with a thousand knives, but it's just that although God makes you unable to be a man, he always leaves you a life, so Lone is also willing to give you another chance, if you can do your best in the future, Lone will also give you wealth, by the way, there is good news for you, when the official army cleaned your old nest Jiaoshan Island, there was a woman who said that it was your wife who was nearly three months pregnant at the time, You don't know yet."

Jiang Manhai was stunned and stunned for a while before he asked tremblingly, "Your Highness... That's ...... But Ju Niang?"

"I guess it's called Hua Ju." If it weren't for the fact that this name was a bit peculiar, Zhao Mengqi might not really remember it.

"This... That is to say, I have a future in the sea!?" Jiang Manhai became excited, straightened up and danced, "I'm going to be a father!" I'm going to be a father!"

"Presumptuous!" Hou Tao immediately drank loudly.

Zhao Mengqi waved his hand, "It's okay, life is happy."

Jiang Manhai was woken up, realized where he was, hurriedly suppressed his emotions, and returned to a respectful posture, but his body trembled uncontrollably, and finally simply knelt down directly, and after knocking his head nine times, his body fell to the ground.

"Thank you for your great kindness, the villain has nothing to repay, I am willing to smear your highness's liver and brain, and I will not regret it!"

Zhao Mengqi nodded slightly, "I hope you can remember today's words, you can live and do things well, loneliness is not a person who easily makes people die, as long as you do well, the treatment you should be given will not be less, as for your wife and children, they will also get a good life, well, I can let you meet later, so that you can rest assured, about what you want to do, Hou Tao will explain it to you, and he will be your direct official in the future."

Jiang Manhai thanked him for his kindness, kowtowed nine more times, and after knocking his forehead to pieces, he knelt and retreated to the side.

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Ye Qian was very envious at this time, and even jealous that Jiang Manhai had a good result, and a strong expectation rose in his heart, and before King Yan could speak, he hurriedly kowtowed.

The collision between the head and the floor tiles was like a drum, but the sound did not seem to be as loud as Jiang Manhai, which made Kusano secretly hate that his brain was not big enough and empty, and he hurriedly increased his strength, as if he was going to kill himself.

In a daze, he heard King Yan's words, "Stay... Stop! Don't lose your life......

Kusano felt that his brain was concussed into a lump of paste, and after obeying the order, he stopped for a while before he could barely speak, "Your Highness, little ...... The villain is a wilderness, who does not understand etiquette, does not know culture and education, and does not know how to express his respect for His Highness, but he only thinks that this can show his heart a little......

Zhao Mengqi said loudly, "Okay, you are a widow, it is not bad to be able to understand the Chinese language, and you don't care about these false manners, just see if you can do useful things, by the way, I heard that you are actually a descendant of the Ping family?"

Kusano Asashi was in the Imperial City Prison, although he was not physically abused, but he couldn't bear the law of confinement, so he confessed many things, including the fact that he was a member of the Ping family.

The Taira and Genji of the Wa Kingdom, in fact, are descendants of the royal family, and later became strong and established their respective forces, and the Wa Kingdom has been fighting for power for hundreds of years, and the relationship between the two families is actually very complicated, and they often marry, so you have me, I have you.

After the defeat of the Taira clan seventy years ago, although many people died, Genji did not kill them all, and he could not kill them all, and put the last person of the Taira family, the head of the Taira family, under house arrest in Kyoto, so he left descendants, and Kusano Asa was also from Kyoto.

The king and the court of the Wa Kingdom were in Kyoto, so Zhao Mengqi felt that Kusano's identity might be able to be used in the future.

At this time, Kusano hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, please forgive the villain for concealing it, in fact, although the villain does have the blood of the Ping family, the actual villain should be regarded as a Song person."

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Zhao Mengqi looked curious.

Kusano explained, "The villain's grandmother is the granddaughter of Ping Zongsheng, and her husband is her cousin, that is, the grandson of Ping Zongsheng, but the villain's father was born to his grandmother to Song Shangdu,......

Several people in the hall were dumbfounded.

Well, these little dwarfs are really good at playing.