While the two of them were talking, the fleet was entering the port.
Most of these ships are like Tongzhou in the early years and have been in disrepair. Although Guo Ning built shipyards in many places in Laizhou, Dengzhou and Zhigu Village, there were very few craftsmen who were good at shipbuilding in the Jin Kingdom, and it was not easy to prepare various wood, iron materials, silk materials, and barbed materials. Therefore, during this year, the shipyard did not have any special achievements other than maintenance. The number of ships is slowly declining as many ships become old and unusable.
Although spring has begun at this time, the climate is still cold, and there are few guards near the docks in Zhigu Village. On the water near the docks, there are layers of ice and no one is knocking them. When the ship arrived here, the planks on the bow crushed the ice and made a loud cracking sound.
The sound naturally came from the ice. No matter how old the ship is, it will not be damaged by ice debris.
But the leader of the fleet, Liang Jushi, still felt sorry for his own ship, so he led a large number of sailors to steer and trim the sails very carefully, and from time to time he would lie on the edge of the ship's side to observe the hydrology. Even the towing into the port was done without any help.
Several officers originally wanted to help, but he knocked them off the ship. As the group stepped onto the trestle, they heard Yan Ming say that there was a fleet going to Zhongdu in the morning.
An officer smiled and said: "Are you still coming to Zhongdu to do business at this time? These merchants really want money at the expense of their lives."
Yan Ming shook his head repeatedly: "Not a merchant!"
"Where did that come from?" an officer asked casually.
Yan Ming hesitated for a moment and rolled his eyes.
The officer turned to look in the direction of the fleet and said, "Is his origin unknown? Hey, how could a person like this get to Zhigu Village? He was treated to plate noodles by our leader Liang Gang on the way, right?"
Hearing what he said, several people burst into laughter.
The navy's control of sea routes has never relied solely on commercial means. Everyone knows in their hearts that many incidents in the name of pirates are actually more or less related to several named leaders in charge of the fleet. In particular, Liang Jushi and Liang Gangshou were both black and white, and even the imperial officials dared to attack him.
Most of Guo Ning's soldiers, who came from the trenches of the northern frontier, had done robbing and robbing families in Hebei Province, but they didn't mind at all. Some even envied Liang Jushi's chic and heroic attitude.
Chen Ran's face straightened, and he glanced at them. The officers suddenly became solemn: "Yan Tikong?"
Yan Ming lowered his voice: "He is the birthday congratulatory envoy from the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty."
"This..." Chen Ran was surprised.
It turns out that since Emperor Xizong reached a peace agreement with the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty regarded itself as a minister of the Jin Dynasty, and its descendants strictly abide by the ministerial integrity, while the Jin Dynasty canonized the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty as the emperor, and the two parties became a kingdom of uncles and nephews. . In the decades that followed, the two countries had frequent exchanges and appointments, which was peaceful for a while.
During the Taihe period, the Song people launched a provocation with weapons, which led the imperial court to send nine soldiers southward to attack. The two sides fought fiercely for several months, and both sides lost many soldiers. Later, a peace treaty was negotiated, and the original country of uncles and nephews became a country of uncles and nephews, with the Emperor of Jin as uncle and the Emperor of Southern Dynasty as nephew, and the amount of annual coins was also increased.
After the Taihe period, there was constant exchange of envoys between the two families. According to custom, on the New Year's Day of Dajin and the birthday of the Emperor of Dajin, also known as the Changchun Festival, the Southern Song Dynasty would send special envoys to express their congratulations. However, the current Emperor Jin's birthday is March 13th. These people came to Zhongdu more than a month in advance to celebrate, which is really attentive.
Although Chen Ran had never seen an envoy from the Southern Dynasty, he knew that this was a big country's twists and turns, which was no small matter.
"We are soldiers and horses from Shandong. Will it have anything to do with envoys from the Southern Dynasties?" He asked subconsciously.
Yan Ming shook his head blankly: "What does this have to do with it? We just happened to be traveling together. What other things have to do with us?"
"That's true."
Chen Ran couldn't help but laugh. The two people present, a businessman and a martial artist, how could they understand these important matters related to the national system. What does the envoy of the Southern Dynasty have to do with Chen Ran? What does it have to do with Ding Haijun?
He was ordered by Guo Ning to lead his army into Zhongdu and King Qin, so he only had to consider how to enter Zhongdu as soon as possible, and there was really no need to think about anything else.
Thinking like this, Yan Ming murmured in his ear again: "From here to Zhongdu, you have to pass through four water passes and more than three hundred miles of waterways. Wuqing was really harassed by Mongolian cavalry a few days ago, so it's not like that. I know what the situation is like in other water passes. If you hadn't arrived with your soldiers and horses, Qianju, I would have been really worried that they would be intercepted and killed by the Mongolian army on the way. They... Hehe, those Southern Dynasty people, especially those who were officials, died. It doesn’t matter, I’m just afraid that the Tsunados I sent will suffer in vain. Those Tsunados are all good young men, neat and loyal! I also plan to take them to Shandong!"
Chen Ran was too lazy to listen to Yan Ming's ramblings and directly issued an order to his subordinates: "Replenish water as soon as possible and let Liang Jushi take care of the boat. The soldiers took turns disembarking and were on alert. We will be on guard tomorrow at the latest..."
He looked at Yan Ming, who patted his chest: "Tomorrow at noon, no problem!"
"Then let's do it, we'll leave at noon tomorrow at the latest!"
All the generals said in unison: "Yes!"
Yan Ming was very happy to see that his family members were safe. He immediately said: "Just make a decision, I will inform the local capital!"
Yan Ming's status in Ding Haijun was that he was a subordinate of Li Yun and was responsible for maintaining the situation in Zhigu Village. But in Zhigu Village, his external identity was just that of a big merchant attached to Ding Haijun.
No matter how big a businessman is, he is just a businessman. It is not his turn to intervene in official matters such as receiving envoys from the Song Dynasty.
According to the Daijin system, those responsible for receiving envoys from the Song Dynasty were specially appointed candidates such as receiving companions, seeing off companions, and accompanying envoys.
The accompanying envoy is usually a doctor in a certain ministry, while the deputy envoy is the emperor's close official. The chief and deputy envoys should appear on the border between the two countries, both receiving and monitoring along the way.
In addition, the routes taken by the envoys of the Song Dynasty were specially planned, and they were also given banquets, Yinhe decoction and other treatment etiquette.
Now this group of envoys did not follow the rules and rushed from the sea to Zhigu Village recklessly. If the court blamed them, it would be enough to label them as contemptuous and rude, and they would be dismissed from their posts when they returned to the Song Dynasty. .
However, in the past two years, the Kingdom of Jin has gradually lost control of its superior country. Perhaps this team of envoys used this to provoke and test, who knows?
When Yan Ming set off for the Dutong Mansion, in the military stronghold located at the top of the convex shape, the chief and deputy envoys of the Song Dynasty were standing on a high place, inspecting the newly arrived fleet.
The patrol commander of Zhigu Village, Jiagu Alihe, who had always cooperated happily with Ding Haijun, was accompanying him with an uneasy look on his face.
In the morning, he personally checked the documents carried by these people and confirmed their identities.
But why did the Song envoys come from the sea? How could that fleet suddenly arrive at Zhigu Village?
This kind of hot potato suddenly dropped is really unpleasant. I'm just a fucking empty-headed commander in the defense army camp! I, I, I don’t know how to deal with it!
The identities of these two people are that one is a bachelor of Baomo Pavilion named Ding Zhan, and the other is an observer in Lizhou named Hou Zhongxin. Maybe in the Southern Dynasties, my official position was quite high, so my neck was very hard? Since the two of them stepped onto the ground of Zhigu Village, they both looked serious and upright, as if they were ready to fight with others at any time, which made them even more difficult to serve.
"Jiagu Capital, how come another fleet has arrived at the southern pier? Look at the large number of soldiers accompanying the ship. Do you know who those people are?"
How do you know about Jiagu Alihe?
While he was stunned, a man rushed in from outside and said a few words hurriedly into Jiagu Alihe's ear.
"Oh? Really?" Jiagu Alihe was overjoyed: "Hahaha, good!"
He took a few steps forward and pointed at the newly arrived fleet: "You two, those are the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu envoy from Shandong. With them here, you two will go to Zhongdu without any loss!"
