Jia Sidao's eyes widened, he looked at Xuan Zhen for a long time, and then took a deep breath.
Xuan Zhen asked: "Why, my nephew is not willing to go to the north with me? Ahem, there is no business to do on this trip. Maybe if my nephew pays for it, I"
Jia Sidao laughed dryly: "Uncle has his own opinions on diplomacy. When Jia... my father discussed cooperation with Ding Haijun, there was indeed such a clause. However, I originally thought it was a precautionary clause. I thought the Song Dynasty would not..."
Jia Sidao smacked his lips, not knowing how to express himself.
In fact, he was not from the Song Dynasty. When he was in the north, he was used to drawing a knife to decide the outcome. Now he discovered that when the officials of the Southern Dynasty considered the security of the border, they actually placed their hope in the military support of the enemy. To be honest, he was a little impressed from the bottom of his heart.
Xuan Zhen thought that he was dissatisfied with the fact that the great court wanted to beg the Northerners. He felt that the young man's arrogance was still there, which was a bit gratifying. Immediately he said in a deep voice: "My dear nephew, this is what the Prime Minister had in mind. There is nothing to doubt about it. Otherwise, there would be no need for you to rush back and forth. When the Jin Kingdom is completely in the north and is our formidable enemy, we can only strictly enforce it." We have no time to defend and take far-reaching measures. It was not until the Jin Kingdom was divided that we had room for maneuver."
Jia Sidao nodded.
Xuan Zhen said again: "Zhongdu was attacked by Mongolia and its territory was poor. Therefore, it is eager to reach commercial cooperation with us to make up for the consumption of those rough warriors. Then they have to accept my orders and defend me; Kaifeng will use A Nanjing road is half in ruins, and it is both public and private. Without the support of the Song Dynasty, sooner or later they will become bandits. Both of them intend to use force to gain benefits, so we use profit to drive force and use it for both purposes. To control it...this is a matter of course!"
Facing two gangsters who are armed to the teeth, they are complacent because the gangsters have no money in their pockets for lunch, thinking that they can always hold a few cakes in their bags as bait... This is to deal with two gold coins. Dog training?
Is this considered a far-reaching strategy?
Jia Sidao was hanging out in the Southern Dynasties these days and met many scholars of the Southern Dynasties, among whom Xuan Zhen was already considered a very talented one. But even he... no, Jia Sidao's cheap father Jia She is also like this. Whenever something happens, he only thinks about using money to talk and focuses his energy on buying or bribing.
These two people can be regarded as taking a prudent approach, and those with radical political views actually have their own routines. For example, Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue were the main combatants in the court. After being transferred to Huainan, they naturally wanted to make contributions abroad. As a result, they were not busy training troops and gathering people. First, through Jia She's relationship, they found a few gang leaders to go to Zhongdu to assassinate them.
If they succeed, can they then send troops north to engage in military adventure?
When you are weak, you are so weak, and when you are frivolous, you are so frivolous.
Perhaps the people of the Southern Dynasties have indulged in the cool breeze and drizzle for too long, and are too confident in their prosperity. Or is it that they have no confidence in the improvement of their own government and military affairs, knowing that the Song Dynasty is also in ruins?
I have to say that if things develop as expected, the Song Dynasty will simply win. But Jia Sidao estimated that Zhou Guogong's idea would not be as expected by the Song people.
He has followed Guo Ning for a long time and knows that Guo Ning has never followed an ordinary path.
After the navy took control of the central capital, the newly minted Zhou Guogong had managed the state affairs patiently for half a year, while accompanying his wife and children. Now that the government affairs in Zhongdu are generally straightened out, and the local affairs that need to be started are gradually being carried out, it is said that he should be free for a while, and he is still very quiet and thoughtful.
Then, he would agree to send troops to contain Kaifeng for the Song Dynasty?
With his ferocious demeanor as an old man, even if the enemy has no loopholes, he will still hit him with an iron bone to see the result. Now that these two families are fighting in Huainan, Ding Haijun will really take action. But what kind of action it would be, Jia Sidao really couldn't guess.
Thinking of this, Jia Sidao nodded slightly to prevent Xuan Zhen from noticing that he was smiling.
At this time, the ship left the river mouth, and the sea breeze suddenly became violent, causing the sail mats to bulge, the flags to set the wind fluttering, and the bamboos tied horizontally between the sails to hit the masts from time to time, making snapping sounds. Because the ship was lightly loaded and did not carry much cargo, the ship's hull was tossed up and down by the waves.
The two people quickly held on to the ship's railing. As soon as they stood still, they heard the first order from Houtouzuna, asking the sailors to line up in two teams to pull the ropes and lower the water board on the leeward side of the hull to increase water resistance.
There were a lot of people waiting on the deck, so Xuan Zhen stopped talking. Instead, Jia Sidao suddenly stretched out his hand to summon a sailor and gave some instructions.
Sailing on the sea is risky. Those who work in this industry must either work for a few years and then go home to retire, otherwise they are likely to die at sea. The sea is full of storms, diseases, hunger and thirst, as well as pirate attacks, etc. There are dangers everywhere, and death is inevitable, so most sailors tie their heads to their belts and have a somewhat vicious temper.
The sailor squinted at Jia Sidao. He didn't care at first, but suddenly he cheered up, held up his hands, and ran to talk to Gang Shou again.
This ship belongs to Xuan Zhen in name. Xuan Zhen even refused to shout at the sailors, but Jia Sidao could convince them? What's the secret in this?
Xuan Zhen couldn't help asking questions, but Jia Sidao smiled but didn't answer, as if he really had a unique secret.
He only said that since there were urgent matters, the voyage of the ship needed to be fine-tuned, so he specially supervised the ship's sailing and told the sailors to immediately replenish water in Haizhou after crossing the Huanghuai estuary, and then arrive in Dengzhou in one go.
The reason for docking in Haizhou is naturally because the postal route from Shandong to Zhongdu has been restored. Haizhou, as the southernmost end of the Dinghai Navy-controlled area, is especially equipped for express delivery. A person with a special status, such as Lang Zhong, the Minister of the Central Capital, can launch an express delivery that travels eight hundred miles a day and night as long as he carries a gold medal with him. This speed was faster than a sailing ship with favorable winds and currents, and it was enough to spread the news of the war in Huainan and the Southern Dynasty's intention to borrow troops to rescue the people to the central capital.
While Xuan Zhen and Jia Sidao were sailing northward, the war between the Song Dynasty and the Kaifeng Jin Army continued.
In Huainan, the Song army only relied on the strength of the Zhongyi Army to fight against the Jin people. In Chenzhou, Suizhou, Junzhou and other places, they had the Jinghu defense that had been operating for many years, causing the Jin army to suffer successive setbacks.
Wu Gu, the commander of the Jin army along the way, reported to the Kaifeng court with great fanfare that he had beheaded 3,000 people, gained 400 horses and 300 cattle, and defeated 7,000 Song soldiers. Zhi, Tian Zhuo and others did not have any doubts in their eyes, and immediately discovered that Wugu Lunqing had lied about his military exploits and concealed his casualties.
Wugu Lunqingshou was immediately dismissed from his post and imprisoned. Kaifeng immediately deployed more elite troops and continued to move south.
Compared with the turmoil in these places, the territory controlled by Ding Haijun is as peaceful as an idyll these days.
Just under a rock wall in Qushan, Haizhou, Xu Zhuer, who was a little taller and no longer emaciated, took a chisel and scratched the rock wall hard, and hit it with a hammer from time to time to deepen the marks. His wrist strength is not bad, the stone powder falls rustlingly under the chisel, and he quickly draws a huge sea ship.
Xu Zhuer took a few steps back, thought for a while, and then continued forward to strike and carve.
The traces that appeared this time were small and complicated. After careful analysis, it was found that they were the three characters "Ding Haijun" in a crooked way.
Xu Zhuer wiped the sweat from his forehead with satisfaction, looked back at his companions, and was suddenly startled.
No wonder the teenagers who were climbing the mountain with him were silent just now. They all looked at a tall young man wearing a gray military robe with a look of awe on their faces.
The tall young man applauded repeatedly and said seriously: "That's right, that's right, Zhu'er, your carving is good, your handwriting is also good, it's better than what I wrote!"
