: Fighting with a tiger

: Fighting with a tiger

"Yes", Shi Chuan answered casually.

Seeing Shideng’s careless appearance, Zhao Liangsi couldn’t help but remind: “Sir, I want the fastest ship to rush to Zhongjing at the fastest speed…”

Shi Chuan cut off Zhao Liangsi's words: "I will not give you the fastest ship. The Jin Man is a rogue and has never respected personal property. Last June, the Jin Man requisitioned seven Dengzhou merchant ships for no reason, and there is no compensation for a copper plate so far. I sent several official letters in the name of Jingdong East Road Transportation Department, but the Jin Man ignored it. If I give you the fastest ship, what if the Jin Man wants to seize it again, can you guarantee that my ship will return intact?"

Zhao Liangsi choked for a moment and immediately replied: "The official is going to discuss state affairs with the financial owner. Once the negotiation and decision is made, he will return quickly. How dare the Jin people seize it? The lord is joking?"

"Ha, if the Jin people were seized, what can you do? Begging and wailing? Tell you, you must seize the Dengzhou merchant ship when you pass by, because he seized my merchant ship some time ago. I posted a message and he ignored it. In anger, I sent someone to take back the seized merchant ship. At that time, the merchant ships were moored at Haiyang Wharf (now Qinhuangdao), and the Jin people were studying how to imitate it. If you ride our clutch this time, the Jin people will definitely seize it."

Zhao Liangsi looked bad: "Sir, I'm going to discuss with the financial owner how to capture Yan Yun - the value of Yan Yun doesn't have to be a few big boats? If Yan Yun gets it, what's the loss of a few boats?"

Shi Chuan's face became colder and colder: "'Margin', you have to figure out the 'Margin' - Yan Yun took it back and it could not belong to me, but the ship belongs to me. You have no right to ask me not to cherish my own property for the benefit of others, right?... This is a bit raspy, do you understand?

Well, that is to say: Even if you can decide the ownership of Yanyun this trip, Yanyun cannot belong to me, Dengzhou no matter what. The ship is my property. Once the loss occurs, it is me and Dengzhou's losses. Whoever invests and benefits others make huge profits, I only lose but no profits. Am I stupid? In the battle of Yanyun, I have to bear no responsibility for what I should bear. Since I do not enjoy the profits, it is all unnecessary expenses for this... Do you understand this?... So, I cannot take the risk of giving you the fastest ship. This is not a discussion, but informing you. So, there is no need to discuss this issue.

In addition, you don’t have to hurry so quickly. Wanyan Aguda is seriously ill now, Wanyan Zonghan is in charge of the affairs. Some time ago, it was said that Wanyan Xiyin sent troops to manage Bei'anzhou (now near Chengde, Hebei) and captured the guard of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Xinilie, and learned that Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was in Yuanyanglu... The Jin Dynasty had decided to send troops to Nanjing Prefecture, and capture the Liao Dynasty and destroy Liao. No matter how you go, by the time you arrive at the Jin Dynasty, Yanjing had been taken down by the Jin Dynasty."

"What?" Zhao Liangsi was surprised and asked immediately: "How did sir know the news?"

As the Jin Dynasty was ready for military preparations for the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the Jin and Song Dynasty became increasingly tense. Last year, the Jin Dynasty seized Song Shang's ships in order to block the military intelligence of the Jin Dynasty. The news that was just now was actually found out through the channels of Goryeo Wang Qiao, but Zhao Liangsi was not a qualified spy at all and had not received any systematic intelligence training. Therefore, the source of the information must not tell him.

Shi Chuan skipped this topic and said, "There are exactly a few Wen ships in the port (a square-tow ship produced by Wenzhou Shipyard). I will use the largest Wen ship to send you over there. I will send fifty guards to accompany you on the boat and escort you to the Jin Kingdom. If you don't have time to land in Dengzhou on the return trip, then enter the river from the northern tributary of the Yellow River, land in Bazhou, and go directly to Xiongzhou to find the envoy. I will ask the ship to wait for you in Bazhou for ten days. If you have something to go to Jin Kingdom, then please rush back to Bazhou within ten days. The ship will take you to Jin Kingdom. After this trip, you probably won't have to board the boat. Please put the ship back to Dengzhou."

Zhao Liangsi felt that Shideng had a lot of good things, so he didn't want to stay here for a long time. He stood up and said, "I'm not going to stay for a long time if I'm not here... Lord Shi, please give me some advice. I plan to board the boat overnight."

"What a panic?" Shi Chuan piled up with a smile on his face and suddenly became easy to speak: "You are rushing all the way, and use some wine for me for the time being. I will arrange a boat for you... Oh, let me ask you to find me, I will definitely not let you go to the Jin Kingdom empty-handed. I will also prepare some gifts for you to give to the financial owner. Lord Zhao, please follow... Lin Chong, you can take Lord Zhao down to have a meal."

Lin Chong bowed and led the man down. After a while, Zhao Shixia came out from nowhere. When he approached, he asked in a low voice: "Do you have to arrange someone to go over and activate the spy we placed in Fuzhou?"

"Fuzhou is useless", Shi Chuan shook his head: "The road to Liaodong is difficult. People are in Fuzhou. Go out to inquire about the news about Zhongjing Prefecture. When it is implemented clearly, the news is outdated. I have a premonition. I have a premonition that the Jin people have sent troops, and I have a premonition that the Liao people in Yanjing have almost no resistance. What we need now is to open up the news channels for Zhongjing Prefecture.

If you go to Huanniang, let him select more than ten good men and mix with Zhao Liangsi's guards and crew members. The Jin people will definitely let Zhao Liangsi land, but the ship must stay in the port for standby. The spies in the guards only let them go with their eyes. Don't act rashly in everything. It is a credit to be able to pass what they see back to Dengzhou. As for those who disguise crew members, let them work hard to get along with the guards on the dock, deal with local Xi people, Goryeo, and Bohai people, and strive to get familiar with each other for convenience in the future."

After a while, Shi Chuan added: "We have to send people to Fuzhou to bring back all the war horses. There is no need to set up a ranch. Once Song and Jin turn against each other, the background of the ranch cannot be hidden. After years of hard work, we can't afford the Jin people."

Zhao Shixia felt sad: "It's really time?...I didn't expect it...Okay, I'll go find Huan Niang now."

Turning back to the banquet, the singing and dancing in the hall was still noisy. Shi Chuan seemed to be out of the matter at this time, and he showed an alienated attitude towards the noise in the hall. Qin Sang, who was holding the cup for him, was always absent-minded. After a while, Zhao Shixia came in and explained in his ear: "I have sent it away, and I have sent two warships to escort them directly. I asked them to go directly to Xingcheng (Jehua Island)."

Shi Chuan raised the wine cup and leaned close to his lips and said softly: "It's beginning."

Just as he put down the wine cup, Miss Qin Sang immediately filled the cup and said timidly: "My lord drink...My lord, what is the situation of the Northern Expedition?"

Shi Chuan tapped the wine cup with his fingers, indicating that he would not need to add any more. Then he replied absent-mindedly: "The Liao people were powerless to cut and kill. They originally wanted to retreat, but they did not expect that the action of covering the retreat scared Liu Yanqing. The dead Song army trampled on each other. They did not attack the counties along the way, but went directly to the city of Yanjing. As a result, when they escaped, they could not find supplies for three thousand miles. The frightened soldiers did not dare to attack the villages, starved to death and froze to death in the wilderness of the Liao Kingdom.

If your brother is smart, then surrender to the Liao people. It is said that after the Liao people scared away the Song army, Xiao Gan sent a letter to the Tong Envoy, saying: The Jurchens are rebellious parties. Don’t the Song Dynasty also hate rebellious behavior? Are we good neighbors for a hundred years? The neighbors were affected by disasters and should have relief, and this has been the case in ancient and modern times. Do you greedy for the interests of the fly heads, abandon the pledge of friendship, and be friends with evil wolves, and will there be good results in the future? Please think twice... To show sincerity, Xiao Gan released three thousand prisoners and promised that if the Tong Envoy agreed, he would release the other prisoners."

Qin Sang asked weakly: "Have you agreed?"

Shiteng's short answer: "Make no permission"

Qin Sang asked again: "Will the Liao people still release the prisoners? The minister should be dealt with in vain in the face of those prisoners. They are all Song people. Are they fighting for the war for the officials?"

Shi Chuan snorted: "Make the minister think that for the overall situation, it is necessary to sacrifice a little bit... Oh, for him to take down the overall situation where Yan Yun was able to be king, the sacrifice of 300,000 soldiers is necessary. For generals, they cannot be gentle."

Qin Sang sat there, tears rolling. She was an official, and was having sex in the seat, and she didn't dare to cry loudly. The silent cry made people feel heart-wrenching - it was all for the "big situation".

Before Zhao Shixia left, he sighed softly: "How can the soldiers work hard when they treat the soldiers like this?"

In the banquet hall, officials looked here from time to time. The head of the Jiaofangsi wanted to come and scold Qin Sang several times, but he didn't agree with Shi Chuan when he saw it, and did not dare to approach easily. Recently, Shi Chuan's temper became more and more violent. The entire Dengzhou officialdom was in front of him and Jiaofangsi did not dare to provoke him easily.

At this time, the Jin soldiers rolled across the border of Nanjing Prefecture. They were not here to fight, but just a march. Yelu Dashi commanded the last ten thousand rammed people of the Liao Kingdom to fight against the Jin soldiers. The two sides met in Fengshengzhou (now Zhuolu). The Jin soldiers continued to rush at the speed of the march - this was not a battle.

The Liao soldiers immediately collapsed, and Yelu Dashi was captured. Later, the Jin soldiers did not stop marching. The defeated soldiers spread the news to Yanjing. Xiao Gan did not dare to resist and led his tribe members out. The Jin soldiers almost entered Yanjing in a marching manner, and no battle had occurred.

During the chaos after entering Yanjing, Yelu Dashi escaped. At this time, Xiao Gan led his tribesmen to establish himself as the emperor of Xi. Four months later, his subordinates killed Xiao Gan and surrendered to the Jin soldiers. Yelu Dashi fled to Jiashan and defected to Emperor Tianzuo. Emperor Tianzuo received support from Yelu Dashi and insisted on leaving Jiashan to go south, trying to recover the lost territory. Yelu Dashi's persuasion was ineffective, so he established himself as the King of Western Liao and went north to Kedun City (now northeast of Hadasang, Mongolia). Later, in order to avoid the attack of the Jin army, he reorganized his army and traveled westward, breaking the 100,000 troops of the coalition forces of the Western Regions, and entered Xunsigan (now Samarkand, Uzbekistan), and became emperor in Qierman (now northeast of Bukhara, Uzbekistan), and later established his capital Balashaguon (also known as Husioerduo, southeast of Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan). As a result, the Western Liao extended the national destiny of Liao for another hundred years.

At the end of February of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Zhao Liangsi arrived at Zhongjing Prefecture (now Changxing County). At this time, Wanyan Abaoji was already sick and speechless. The Jin Dynasty was in charge of the negotiations with the fierce Zong Han. Zhao Liangsi had just put forward Tong Guan's request, and Zong Han said arrogantly: "Sorry, the Jin Dynasty has taken Yanjing."

Although Shi Chuan said hello in advance, Zhao Liangsi refused to believe it. At this moment, he was stunned by the news and said for a while: "Song and Jin... According to the maritime alliance, Yanjing belongs to the Song Dynasty."

Zong Han immediately jumped up invisibly and roared: "You are so embarrassed to propose a covenant - you, the Song Dynasty, repeatedly, and even proposed a covenant with me? OK, when you signed the covenant earlier, your country detained our envoys for a year, and after repeated repeated signing the covenant... Oh, after that, several envoys from my Dajin disappeared at sea, weren't you doing it?

The alliance has been set, and you have left the alliance behind. In two years, we have occupied the four capitals, and you are still sitting and having fun. My Dajin urges you again and again. You will not be able to move your butts, okay, you will be defeated in every battle. After many battles, hundreds of thousands of troops will take turns to go on the line. The dead soldiers' bodies are flooded with Yanjing City, and the Liao people are still free in Yanjing City. Ha, our family is on the battlefield at the age of twelve, and we have seen countless cowards. We have never seen such a big waste like you-Yanjing City, we can't wait, we have already taken it to ourselves."

Zhao Liangsi, the master of the country, was frightened by Zong Han's roar. He was trembling and cautious, and he lost all his money. He whispered in a low voice. Zong Han was impatient and gave him a little face: "Okay, Yanjing City can pay you back, but I, the Great Jin soldiers, should I give some hard money, right?"

Zhao Liangsi was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Sir, money is not a problem. The Song Dynasty is not short of money. How much does it cost? Just say it."

The Jurchens were used to being poor and were not very clear about the concept of numbers. Before, the Jin Dynasty's fiscal revenue was only tens of thousands of guan a year, so Zong Han thought about it and decided to ask a lion to speak out: "1 million guan, give one million guan, and give you Yanjing."

Zhao Liangsi almost burst into laughter. His face smiled like a flower... One million coins, it's easy to say. He was wearing Jingdong East Road to build roads, and the flowers were more than one million coins.

"Okay, Xiaoshu can agree to this number, Xiaoshu will immediately repay the boy envoy."

Zhao Liangsi's answer was so readily, and he dared to decide for himself at this amount... Zong Han looked at Zhao Liangsi's overjoyed expression - under this smile, the fool knew that he was going to have less money.

"This million trump card is not given at once," Zong Han quickly added: "It is given every year, one million trump card a year, which is called 'tax money' - a land that is as big as Yanjing, is given to you for free. You can give it to us the tax collected every year in Yanjing."

When Zhao Liangsi saw Zong Han's expression, he thought to himself: "It's bad. I was so happy just now that I wanted to take it."

Zhao Liangsi smiled and defended: "Mr. Zong, the entire Yanyun's tax revenue... It's not that our Song Dynasty has not yet fought. Our army has taken over Zhuo and Yizhou. Guo Yaoshi, the powerful army of Liao, took the initiative to surrender. This move greatly weakened the strength of Liao. In this way, why do we have to pay so much money for Yanjing?"

Zong Han was angry and stood up and shouted, "I will give you a half month deadline and terminate the negotiations after the expiration. At that time, we will set an opportunity to fight. Who will win, and who will Yan Yun return?"

Immediately, Zong Han expelled Zhao Liangsi from Zhongjing Prefecture...
Chapter completed!