Chapter 196: Remove the tumor

Deng Yufu shook his head: "You said they would establish a country? They are so weak now. How dare they establish a country? Isn't afraid that the Khitans will destroy him - the centipede insect will die without being stiff. Although the Liao Kingdom is weak, the Khitans are still not easy to mess with."

"Then let them fight as soon as possible. Try to satisfy them as much as possible when it comes to Jurchens, especially weapons, and exports should be increased."

Zhao Xing vaguely remembered that it seemed that at this time, the Jurchens obtained a group of Han escaped slaves from the Liao Kingdom, and thus had weapons smelting technology, which gradually increased the force of the Jurchens. What Zhao Xing wanted to do most now was to use a large number of products to subdue the Jurchens and destroy their own weak "national industry".

After the Jurchens had the smelting technology, they began to have the ability to compete with the Liao Kingdom, but they finally swept the Central Plains, not because of the support and indulgence of the Song Dynasty. The weapons supported by the Song Dynasty were far from enough to allow them to fight two consecutive wars. After destroying the Liao Kingdom, this group of people obtained nutrients from the Liao Kingdom and showed their fangs to the Song Dynasty.

It is said that before the war of aggression against China, every time Japan sold a rifle to China, it was equivalent to China helping Japan make two rifles, one of which was sold to China... So Zhao Xing planned to provide the Jurchens with weapons that were enough to launch a war, so that the conflict between them and the Liao Kingdom would break out earlier.

Although the Liao Kingdom was weak at this time, it was still very powerful. The earlier the Jurchen cancer broke out, the easier it would be to make the battle stalemate, and even completely disrupt the economies of both countries.

"Also, since the Khitans like to shoot grass valleys, we should also sell weapons to Hebei people, and strive to sell some long spears and short bows to Hebei people, so that they can protect their property... It is becoming more and more interesting. The longer this battle is, the more beneficial it will be to the Song Dynasty, and of course, the more beneficial it will be to us."

After talking about the affairs of Mizhou, several people were idle. Deng Yufu suddenly remembered something, smiled obscenely, and said, "By the way, Li Ren, the white ghost Sodi came again last year. This time he brought many tall Kunlun slaves. Good guys, there are a few Kunlun slaves who look like giants, with thick arms like doorposts. I can't catch them with both hands. The officials in Mizhou are already buying them crazy. He said he left you a strong man and four strong women. Do you want to go and have a look?"

Zhao Xing knew about Deng Yufu's description. Sodi sold real Zimbabwean black slaves this time, and they were all of them of extremely high quality.

"Okay, call him here quickly, I happen to have something to do," Zhao Xing shouted in a hurry...

"Where is the ostrich, Steele, where is the ostrich I want?" Zhao Xing immediately shouted when he saw Steele.

Yuan Yeping accompanied Steele. The latter threw a grieving look at Zhao Xing, and the former replied awkwardly: "Sir, I'm afraid I'm disappointed you. This time I took all the goods I brought, and there were only four or five slaves left-but, I promise that the rest are the best quality slaves.

As for ostrich, hehe, it is very troublesome to domesticate ostrich. We need to let them lay several generations of eggs and hatch. Only the ostrich that has been hatched manually can be reproduced manually after adapting to the domestic environment. Sir, I have already started this matter. I am hatching you on my African farm, and I need time."

Zhao Xing laughed very honestly: "The goods have been taken, ha, do you plan to go there with an empty boat? Or have you purchased all the goods in Mizhou?"

Steele broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Sir, I have left you the best slave and the best African gems... Look, after I came to Mizhou this time, everyone said that you will not serve here, so I will..."

Zhao Xing cut off the other party and asked: "So, what can I provide you?"

"Silk, tea..., these things can be bought in Mizhou, and Sir, these things can be bought in Guangzhou, and the prices are similar. And I have been away from Mizhou many times because I want to buy some special goods. Sir, I want to buy frosting, and I want to join the frosting trade. If I can obtain this license, Sir, I can satisfy you whatever you need." Steele answered diligently.

"I need machinery," Zhao Xing replied while thinking: "I have traveled to Europe, and I also have my own fleet leading to Africa. Like you, I can get ordinary goods, but some equipment is really troublesome, so I need an agent to help me buy machinery - such as machinery for lathe production, hydraulic stamping equipment, milling and boring machines, etc.

You can go to Hangzhou with me, and I will point you the Hangzhou wharf and lead you to the shore in person. In the future, I plan to trade with you there - that is my own wharf. If you can do what I need, I can give you what you need, and I can even transport the frosting to your country, and you only need to load the frosting on your cargo ship, load the goods you prepared on my ship, and wait to count the money for the rest."

"As you wish," Steele patted his chest and said, "Sir, your wish is my order. I will satisfy all your requirements... Can we set off now?"

"We are leaving now, but not going to Hangzhou, but to Danluo Island," Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "I never put all the eggs in one basket. That island is another basket for me to store eggs. An Arab who started a business with me was there to help me run the island, but now something is wrong. I need to go there and solve the problem."

"Danluo Island--!" Steele pumped the air conditioner and said, "John, that small island is also your property... I have to say: You are so rich! I have heard of that small island, and I heard that it is now a sea transit station, where goods from the four northern countries are transiting there, transporting from there to Goryeo, Japan, Ryukyu, Song...John, you need me to appear with you, what can I do to help you!"

"No need to help me," Zhao Xing laughed proudly: "Recently, the power of Danluo Island has risen, and the Lord of Danluo (king) is a little disobedient. For this reason, Goryeo has transferred several Goryeo nobles to this point. Fortunately, because I have a close relationship with the Prince of Goryeo and have made many contributions to the Goryeo royal family, I was named "Dasa" 1 with another Song Shang Xue family, and allowed to build a city on Danluo Island. Oh, the word "Sa" is the same as your duke's "gong", but in Goryeo, the word means: city lord."

"Congratulations," Steele quickly congratulated: "Sir, you have obtained another new territory."

Zhao Xing shook his head indifferently and said with a wry smile: "The responsibility brought by this new territory is quite large. Now, Danluo Island has officially been taken back to Goryeo and become Danluo County 2 - I don't know if this is whether I have accelerated the pace of history. The new Danluo prefect is a Goryeo prince named Wang Hong, and named Nanyang Jun. His palace's 'prompt'3 is my acquaintance Park Ing-kwang. His daughter is five years old this year. Ten years later, I must marry his daughter and serve as a servant 4."

Steele frowned and sighed: "Sir, although the temptation of a city is great, it is not worth it to abandon marriage and family, no matter what the price is."

Zhao Xing continued to smile and replied casually: "Stiel, it is not worth abandoning family and marriage for the sake of a fief of a city. But you don't understand the relationship between Goryeo and our country. We Song people do not need to abandon their family wife, or even take Goryeo's wife back home. In other words: she is just a symbol of existence."

"Then, it would be unfair to that Goryeo woman you did this," Steele said seriously.

"Okay, okay, ten years later, we will come up with a solution - I asked you to go to Danluo with me because I planned to use that city as my overseas production base and store some important equipment. In the future, you can't find me in Hangzhou, but come to Danluo Island, and I will leave a contact person in that city..."

"What?" Steele exclaimed: "Isn't Hangzhou your home? Why are you not at home?"

"I am an official," Zhao Xing looked helpless: "You don't understand our system. Our officials rarely work in their hometowns. I always get transferred elsewhere. At that time, Danluo Island was my overseas base..."

"Sir, I have to admire your planning skills, but I always feel a little uneasy. This feels like you gave me. You are very uneasy. Why? Why are you always building a hiding place overseas - yes, I use the word 'hiding place'." Steele asked curiously.

"This..." Zhao Xing's eyes rolled: "Rise the anchor, we have a long sailing time, I'll explain it to you slowly!"

Zhao Xing went to sea this time for more than a month. Fortunately, it was winter. There was not much work in the yamen in winter, and it was just to distribute money and grain when it was snowing. Zhao Xing's students took all the work. Even if he was not here, the official duties in Hangzhou did not stop. A month later, in mid-December, he rushed back in a hurry, and Su Shi had not realized that there was anything unchanged during this period - he did not care much about the various tasks in Hangzhou. Most of the time, he just proposed an idea and didn't have to worry about the specific work at all, so Zhao Xing was not here, and he thought the other party was going to inspect the counties.

Zhao Xing brought back a tall Kunlun slave like a door god, and two black female slaves of similar height as him. There was also a white man with the boat. After staying at Zhao Xing's home for two days, the white man left the port with his own boat... Well, at this time, the Hangzhou government office was actually no longer interested in office work, and they were all preparing for the Winter Solstice Festival and the New Year.

When Zhao Xing was away, Gao Qiu took over his work. All the small cases that could be handled were handled, leaving only a few major cases. Zhao Xing spent two or three days to deal with it, and was idle again. These days he stayed in the castle all day and teased his children. After another snowfall, Su Shi came to visit with Qian Xie. Seeing Qian Xie was still there, he was puzzled: "Mr. Qian, have you not taken office yet?"

Qian Xie shook his head and replied: "Yuezhou is not far from here. I have sent them a post to inform them that I have arrived in Hangzhou and planned to take office after the New Year. I'm just having a leisurely life recently. I often have something to do here. I heard that you have bought a ship of spices recently and got some vassal goods. I'll take a look."

Zhao Xing waved his hands repeatedly: "Mr. Qian, I dare not say this. I have not participated in the sea trade, nor have our family members participated in the sea trade. The one who participated in the sea trade is Yicai Leye, and it has nothing to do with me."

Qian Xie nodded for granted: "Of course, of course you did not participate, but it is hard to say whether your family was involved. When I was in the capital, I heard a rumor that someone had impeached you, but the empress dowager suppressed it. If the empress dowager didn't say it, the officials would not say it. Do you understand?"

After Zhao Xing participated in the imperial examination, he nominally withdrew from the overseas trade. At first, Chen Yiyi came forward to manage and finally let the Israelis take over.

There was no concept of professional manager in the Song Dynasty. Seeing that Zhao Xing handed over all his property to the Israelis to manage, those people were not good at attacking them at will. The previous attack was ambiguously ignored by the court because of Chen Yiyi's special identity. Later, because of the news that Zhao Xing sent Princess Lezhi, the palace treated him as a communication bridge with Princess Lezhi who was married far away, and suppressed all the impeachment.

Originally, the censor was planning to make trouble in this matter, but the name of Princess Lezhi is a taboo. After a kind person reminded the censor, the censors also chose to collectively aphasia...

However, Zhao Xing was unwilling to leave a word for others. Although everyone knew it, in front of people, he always pretended to be innocent in the sea trade affairs, as innocent as a clean onion.

After Qian Xie hinted at Zhao Xing, he saw Zhao Xing expressing his love with great force. He smiled, pointed to the pages of the book that Zhao Xing turned in his hand, and asked curiously: "Is this a vassal book? I don't see the words on it look like Middle-earth words?"

Zhao Xingyang Yangyang replied: "A few days ago, a vassal merchant came to my family. He was the one who told Fan Jin's story about Banqiao's Sanniang in Banqiao. He came to traffic in slaves. He left me a few items in Mizhou and sent me a few vassal books. This is one of them, the title is "A Day in the Castle."

Su Shi said oh, pointed out the window and asked, "The stout man you brought back is the Kunlun slave he sold? It's so majestic, so dark."

Qian Xie had never seen the black slaves Su Shi mentioned. He curiously urged: "Call it up, call it up. I heard that Hedong and Guangnan both like to buy Kunlun slaves. I rarely see such people, call it up."

When the man, two female and two black slaves were brought up, Qian Xie let out a hiss, frequently sucking the air conditioner, and quickly signaled Zhao Xing to take the black slave down with his eyes. When the black slave retreated, he looked at the backs of the two black slaves and asked worriedly: "What a ferocious man, Li Ren, his arms are as thick as a shemale. Are you afraid that he will attack... If such a man starts attacking, he may not be able to control his attack."

Zhao Xing smiled slightly. He didn't want to explain to Qian Xie. One advantage he had to travel through the time and space tunnel was that his strength became particularly strong. Although the black slave was very thick and over two meters long, his whole image was like a Holyfield, but simply competing with strength, the black man was not his opponent.

"Sodi sold black slaves for more than a year or two, and he had his own way to train people," Zhao Xing explained lightly: "It is said that the captured black slaves must first be hungry for three or five days, and only give a bowl of water every day. After he tames them, he will be sent to the ship.

During the entire trafficking process, the black slaves must be allowed to go to the deck to breathe in, so that they know that the sea is vast and there is nowhere to escape, and that they will not be able to return to their hometown after they go. Humans are group animals. After a whole set of methods and sending the black slaves to a completely unfamiliar place, they will feel lonely and want to find a support. At this time, whoever gives them food is their master, and they will be loyal and unchanged until death."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xing smiled gently, pointed to the backs of the three black slaves, and said, "These three big guys have a lot of appetite. When they become familiar with the environment, they will know that ordinary people cannot afford to eat so much, so they can only be loyal to me."

Qian Xie shook his head and said, "I just heard the name of Kunlun slave. I wanted to ask you for one, but this big figure is not something I can afford to raise, just!... By the way, what are you holding in your hand? "A Day in the Castle"? These foreign characters are curved and curved, like ghost paintings. Can you understand?"

Zhao Xing handed Qian Xie a few pieces of paper in his hand and explained with a smile: "This is a book written by an islander named 'Engli'. I just learned the text of this country for a few days. It recorded a recipe - an English soy sauce method: first grind a plant in the castle garden - this plant I can't translate - grind it, and then add wine, verjuice (a juice of immature grapes), vinegar, onion, ginger, pepper, saffron, clove and cinnamon...

I was just thinking about what the taste of this soy sauce is. With so many ingredients mixed in, can it still be called soy sauce?"

Qian Xie looked down at the words in his hand. They were written in floral characters, that is, Gothic scripts. He didn't know any of them. Moreover, there were many plants in Zhao Xing's words. However, when he heard that there were onions, ginger and pepper inside, he didn't even have the interest to taste them. He shook his head and sighed, "It seems that those vassal ghosts are not fond of delicious food - what does it taste like with green onions, ginger and a bunch of messy things?"

Su Shi took the paper curiously, studied it for a while, and asked again: "So many ghost-drawing talismans, can you remember a recipe?"

"More than just—there are also some fish recorded here. The article says: The Earl likes to eat roe, river herring, roe, halibut, platy, harrier, mackerel, salmon, and trout. Sturgeon, whales and dolphins are the favorites of the king and queen. The first two are still 'royal fish', which are suitable for consumption by the king and queen. The people are only allowed to eat pikes, crabs, squids, oysters and eels.

There is also a notice from the local government, a royal order announced by the county magistrate, which reads: 'Because the king and the queen have no appetite for other fish after eating the zodiac eels, the local magistrate should obtain as many zodiac eels as possible through purchase or other means within their jurisdiction, put them in bread or make them into frozen gel.

When the king is not in these places, hand the fish to the king's chef, John of Sutton (John of

Sandon), the king would send him to send him. When the king is nearby, the local magistrate should send the fresh fish.'"

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he pointed out the pieces of paper and said, "It's very interesting, isn't it?"

Su Dongpo was very interested in this because he was also a person who likes to study urban life. He once wrote many poems to express the various life styles of the Song Dynasty, but Qian Xie could not understand it. He widened his eyes and questioned: "You said that the maritime merchant came from all the way, and in addition to bringing you three Kunlun slaves, he brought you this book. What's the point?"

"Life, haven't you noticed the atmosphere of life? At least, after reading this book, I learned how the people outside the Song Dynasty lived, how interesting it was." Zhao Xing replied slowly.

Qian Xie still couldn't understand it. He shook his head and sighed frequently. He thought that it was really worth spending so much effort to make these useless pieces of paper. However, he did not expect that countless books were left in the Song Dynasty, and what people most interested in later generations were the books that recorded the style of the Song Dynasty and the little things that were full of interest to the Song Dynasty.

Reading these books, the breath of the times pounces on you.

"That's all?" Qian Xie continued to ask.

"And," Zhao Xing touched his chin, recalled the order, and answered slowly.

Sodi came from Zimbabwe this time. In addition to bringing some slaves, he also brought a large number of Zimbabwe emeralds. These emeralds could not be sold at any price in Mizhou. Only Zhao Xing knew the goods. He bought all of these emeralds, but due to the haste, he had only had time to process several ring faces.

Qian Xie's eyes flashed and replied: "Emerald, I haven't seen this thing for a long time. Leave the people, take it out and take it."

Zhao Xing did not expect that Qian Xie, the descendants of King Qian, were very sensible. He immediately ordered: "Yi, take out the gem box and give it to Lord Qian."

When Qian Xie saw the emerald, he directly called out its original name: "Cat Eye, this is the legendary cat eye for helping the mother. It is said that this gem will be polished into several sides and there will be a green line. At noon, the green line will become extremely thin, and at night it will become very thick, like a tiger's eye... How valuable is this thing?"

ps:1 The time when the Xue family in Jinan and Zhang family in Zhejiang was enfeoffed "Dasa" was earlier or later than the time mentioned in this book. I hope readers will not care about the gaps here... Oh, you can think that this is the butterfly effect - this book does not mention Zhang family, but instead replaced by Zhao Xing.

2 In 938 AD, the Danluofu belonged to Goryeo. In 1105, Goryeo established Danluo County in the local area. When Danluo returned to Goryeo, he was enthroned by 14 "Dasa", which is actually equivalent to a village-level unit. The so-called "city lord" is actually the village chief.

3. The chief and the chief of the Koryoi Naishan Temple were both the chief officials. They were in charge of the food, wine, drinks, oil and other things in the palace halls and ministers above the court. They were also responsible for weaving and food trade between Japan and the Jurchens, and were affiliated with the yamen of the household.

4官网: The name of the Korean military officer, an idle position, belongs to the Crown Prince Yiwei Office, and later served as the military officer to defend the king and the prince's safety.
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