In October, envoys were sent to give Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and Zeng Gongliang.

The edict said: "It has been eighty years since I have been in contact with the enemy in the north. In recent years, troubles have become more frequent. The land of Daibei has never had a fixed title, so I created quarrels and came to reason in vain. I ordered the officials to follow the instructions together."

, although the pictures and books are very clear, the rhetoric is unconvincing."

"The envoys are coming back now, with the intention of winning. The enemy is insatiable, and the power is feared. If something unexpected happens, how can we wait for it? In ancient times, great political affairs must be consulted by the elders, and they will be informed."

This is to consult the elders on Liao’s foreign policy.

Han Qi was a resolute anti-New Law sect, and his words were sarcastic: "Looking at the events in the imperial court in recent years, I don't seem to have sympathy for the enemy."

Then he scolded the new law from top to bottom, and finally concluded: "In order to bring peace to the barbarians, I first made the country dilapidated and dissatisfied. This is a big mistake of your majesty's original plan.

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For the current plan, we can only submit to this softness first. "It is appropriate to send an envoy to repay and say: 'It has always been done as a matter of repair and preparation. How could there be any other intention? The territory has always been fixed, just like the old territory, and we cannot continue to do this.

, in order to fall into the good deeds of many lifetimes. If the appearance is suspicious, such as that of a general, let him go."

Then cultivate the love and power of the people, select the talented and appoint them, alienate the traitors and flattery, use loyalty and cunning to make the world happy, and prepare the border to be full day by day.

In the end, we can "rejuvenate our power, restore our homeland, and regret the consequences of our tired dynasty."

Fu Bi's attitude was very simple, and he also understood Zhao Xu's ready-to-move mentality: "Assign border officials to question and prepare for them carefully. When they come, they will guard them, and when they go, they will be prepared. The plan of personal expedition should not be taken lightly. And select people to recruit. He

You can only establish a country if you give it to me every year, so why don’t you want to be quiet?"

It means that the Liao Kingdom is just blackmail, so it might as well be countered with economic threats.

Wen Yanbo's petition argued that the policy toward Liao had always been problematic and must be corrected.

"When Xiao Xi came, he wanted to use Beiting as the boundary." That was because during the Qingli period, the Western affairs were not settled, and the Liao Kingdom came to threaten and request the land of Huangwei. At that time, we gave it too casually and made them cunning.

"In Chinese military affairs, keeping one's word is the most important thing, and one must take an oath as proof. If one is tempted to violate obedience, one should prepare the border so that the victory can be defended."

This means that we have documentary evidence, and if we are really forced to fight, then we have no choice but to do it!

Zeng Gongliang wrote a letter expressing his intention to resolutely attack the Liao Kingdom: "During the period of Jiayou, the border troops were constantly attacking, and they refused to give up their annual gifts before asking for submission. Now we need Liaoji to be tolerant, and don't let people know how to be afraid, for fear that they will not be easy to tame and harass.

The art of control cannot be reversed."

The attitude of the veterans is very clear, that is, the country's territory does not treat people lightly, and there is reason and restraint. If we really want to fight, there is no way to do it. Just prepare for war.

Zhao Xu felt guilty instead.

He still has some Liaophobia, and the gap between his ideal and reality is too big.

Although he has always had a great ideal in his mind, now that he has not been able to take care of Xixia, he has to start a border provocation against the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty really does not have the ability.

Not getting his answer from the old ministers, he summoned Liu Chen, Lu Dazhong and Lu Huiqing to discuss, hoping to agree to Liao's request.

The two envoys still had the same attitude: "If he sends an envoy, he will be five hundred miles away from the land. If Wei Wang Yingbi comes to search for all the lands south of Guannan, will he do it?"

Zhao Xu became mute.

Chen and Dazhong were stubborn and refused to agree. Lu Huiqing knew that his ambition was unbreakable, so he gave up Chen and returned it to the three divisions, allowing Dazhong to finally take over.

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Also in the tenth month of the golden autumn, Su You boarded a Kuizhou-type schooner and sailed eastward from Shanghai Wu to Changguo County, the maritime territory of the Song Dynasty.

Changguo County is under the jurisdiction of Mingzhou, which is now the seat of Mingzhou City Shipping Division, one of the three major shipping divisions in the Song Dynasty.

Eight hundred miles northwest of Chang State, there is Sangu Mountain, where the navy patrol station is located.

There are also two sub-villages set up in Cengang and Liegang, which are the horns of each other.

This is an important place in the Beiyang. All sea-going ships coming from the north must dock here, and then divide into two roads, which can go to eastern Zhejiang and western Zhejiang respectively.

Koryo envoy ships always stopped here to wait for the wind to rise, then entered Mingzhou Port and then headed to Bianjing City.

Therefore, it has become a huge free port and commodity distribution center. Hundreds of sea-going ships are often docked in Changguo's port.

But there, the influence of the Song Dynasty's defense force was far less than that of Tang Silang's Flying Fish Sticker.

Changguo Port is within the scope covered by maritime laws. Now it has been brought into order by Tang Silang, and those pirates who were both merchants and bandits have disappeared for many years.

Zhang San stood next to Su You and introduced the islands to him in detail using the chart.

This is the Zhoushan Islands in later generations, so in fact, Su You is not here for a serious inspection today, this kid is here to fish.

That’s right, at the end of October, when the east wind blows, the Zhoushan Islands enter the hairtail season for three full months.

The four major aquatic products of Zhoushan Islands are big stone head, small stone head, silver hairtail fish and cuttlefish.

The other species are all in April, and only hairtail is in winter.

As for other three-tuberculous white crabs, mantis shrimps, etc., those are side jobs and are not considered by Su You at all.

So this boat is really a fishing boat. It is probably the most luxurious fishing boat in the world today.

Looking at the busy old fishermen on the deck, Zhang San imitated his young master's actions and gnashed his teeth: "Master...how many fish must I catch to earn back the cost of this trip..."

Beside the boat is a large net woven with hemp rope, with an iron mechanical crane above it. The floating balls on the net are the first batch of celuluo produced in Liangzhe Road.

These floating balls alone are worth a lot of money.

This is a big fence.

In today's Song Dynasty, catching fish mainly depends on string hooks and trolling. The most advanced method is gill net operation. This is the first time Suyou has tried this seine net.

The old fisherman had been nervously watching the slight changes in the color of the sea water, and finally waved his hand: "Load the net!"

The sailor pushed a huge floating bucket into the water, then raised the sail, and the big net clattered behind the boat and lowered into the sea.

The schooner traveled in a huge circle on the sea, forming a huge circle of buoys.

Su You asked the old fisherman: "Do you want to wait until night and turn on the gas lamp to lure him all night?"

The old fisherman laughed loudly: "No need! Tanhualang, you are no match for the old fisherman in doing this. Raise the net!"

The sailors on the sailboat worked hard to shake the rope spool and gather the rope at the bottom of the net, gradually allowing the underwater net-shaped cylinder to form a hemisphere.

The school of fish is trapped inside this huge hemisphere.

Then the net is closed. As the net is closed, the space for the fish to move becomes smaller and smaller, and they are concentrated in the funnel-shaped fishing area at the end of the seine.

Zheng Xia was severely seasick. He was leaning against the side of the boat and vomiting. Then he inadvertently looked up and was so frightened that he forgot to vomit. He just said a dialect: "My God..."

Seagulls were flying wildly in space, and within a large circle of a hundred meters in diameter, the sea surface was filled with stirring silver-white flashes!

The old fisherman was so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop it, you idiot! Silly boy, if you close the net again, it will explode!"

The kid named Lang Sheng looked at this exaggerated scene and was so frightened that he shouted: "Grandpa, what are you going to do?"

"Scoop out some of it first! My Lord Poseidon! The net has become bigger! We have made the net bigger!"

At this moment, countless small boats appeared on the sea. The sails on the boats were all broken reed mats, bamboo mats and the like.

Su You smiled and said: "Old man, don't be impatient, look, our reinforcements are here!"

Although Su You had made adequate preparations in advance, the number of fish in this net far exceeded his estimate.

The size of a single fish is almost double that of later generations!

The Zhoushan of today is not the resource-poor Zhoushan of future generations.

Even in the late Qing Dynasty, when poor people in Zhoushan caught yellow croaker, they only needed to slap the water with a long bamboo pole, and the big yellow croaker would be stunned and floated, and then fished out.

Zhang San also felt a little dizzy: "Once this is done, I won't have to do it for a year."

Su You said: "But these things are worthless at the beach, and the capital has not been earned back."

Zhang San asked: "What should we do?"

Su You handed it over in the direction of Bianjing: "So we want to use it as a tribute, first donate several thousand kilograms to the emperor! Then let him drive the trend of seafood consumption in Bianjing City!"

"The hairtail fish in winter, New Year's Eve, kingfish, cuttlefish, abalone, scallops, scallops, kelp, seaweed! Let's pack them all as tributes!"

Zhang San couldn't help but laugh: "Master, you are trying to rob the capital!"

Zheng Xia and Yan Jidao knelt on the side of the boat, holding on to the side of the boat, watching the fishermen below happily scooping hairtail into the warehouse with large nets. Their eyes were wet with excitement and the corners of their mouths were trembling.

Yan Jidao murmured: "Su Mingrun's ability to benefit the people is well recorded in history!"

Zheng Xia nodded: "This is what he said, the greatest courtesy."

"Heaven and earth give birth to people, so why should we treat them with courtesy? Let everyone live better, more freely, and more prosperously. Only then can we be worthy of heaven and earth! This is the origin of courtesy."

Yan Jidao said: "According to the principles of Neo-Confucianism, the etiquette of warehouses and warehouses is actually from the perspective of bottom to top. It should be interpreted the other way around - to enrich the warehouses of the people, it should be the most basic respect for them by the superiors.

etiquette."

"This is called reciprocity."
Chapter completed!