Zhao Gou is not here to save the King of Korea, he is here to colonize!
right! In the history books of this time and space, Zhao Gou's image is that of a pioneer in the Age of Discovery and the pioneer of the first overseas colony!
Although one year before he landed in Goryeo, his elder brother, King Su of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Shu, had already led a fleet on an expedition and sacked Goryeo Haizhou. However, Zhao Shu did not immediately establish a colony in Goryeo Haeju, but returned with loads of loot.
His behavior can be considered a pirate at best, not a colonist. The incident of Zhao Gou's landing in Goryeo, triggered by Zhao Shu's overseas plunder, truly kicked off the era of maritime colonization.
Because Zhao Gou had made up his mind from the beginning to carve out his own territory on the land of Goryeo!
Therefore, he is recognized by later generations as the founder of the maritime colonial era!
Of course, in the first month of the eighth year of the Dajin Tianhui, King Wanyan Zonggou (Zhao Zonggou) of the Dajin Song Dynasty, who led a fleet composed of merchant ships recruited from various coastal ports in Jingdong and the Haizhou Port of the Metal Song Kingdom, landed in Haizhou Bay of the Kingdom of Goryeo. structure), they don’t know anything about colonies or great voyages.
He just came to Goryeo to avoid trouble and catch tigers (to get tiger whips)... If Goryeo's tiger whips can't help him regain his glory, then the tigress in Xiapi will definitely not let him go, then he will We have to build a territory in Korea to avoid disaster.
Since Zhao Gou wanted to avoid disaster in Goryeo, he could not only take the army to sea, but also had to take the families of the soldiers with him.
Therefore, although there were only 5,000 soldiers and generals who followed him to sea, after including their families, the number exceeded 15,000.
And to transport so many people, plus a large amount of rituals, baggage, horses, and equipment to the Kingdom of Goryeo, it was impossible for the navy of the Metal Song Kingdom, which had only a few ships in total, to do it. As for hiring merchant ships to transport troops, Zhao Gou had no money and could not afford the shipping fee.
Fortunately, Goryeo's previous large-scale expulsion and destruction of Song's maritime merchants helped Zhao Gou solve the problem under a combination of circumstances.
Because not all of these maritime merchants were from the Southern Song Dynasty, but a considerable number were merchants from Jingdong Road and Haizhou. Some of these merchants were killed by the Koreans, but most of them fled back to their hometowns by boat. Among them, some maritime merchants who went to Haizhou heard that Wanyan Zonggu was going to expedition to Goryeo and needed sea ships to transport troops and food.
So they didn't care who Wanyan Zonggou was, so they came to complain about their grievances and asked Wanyan Zonggou to provide them with justice.
Wanyan Zonggou originally didn't want to meddle in this nosy matter, but as soon as he heard that those maritime merchants had ships that could escape the Koryo Kingdom, he immediately felt a sense of justice. He immediately made a guarantee and promised to seek justice for them from the King of Goryeo, and also promised to protect them from continuing to be profiteers in the Goryeo Kingdom... Moreover, he also gave these maritime merchants official titles, such as navy generals, generals, etc. Lieutenant generals, generals, etc., were sealed in more than a dozen at one go.
And these profiteers who were appointed officials by Wanyan Zonggou were all familiar with the inside story of Goryeo and were the best leading party. After learning that Wanyan Zong planned to build a territory in Goryeo, he immediately recommended Haeju between Kaijing and Xijing in Goryeo.
Not only is this the largest port in Korea, but the terrain is also good. It is a bay with a small entrance and a big belly surrounded by mountains. Although the entrance to the bay is more than four miles wide, there is no way to block it with cannons. But there is a small bay inside Haizhou Bay, where the Haizhou Port is located. The entrance to this small bay is only 400 steps away. As long as large cannons are deployed on both sides, it can be blocked. The peninsula on the east side of the small bay is where the Haizhou City that Zhao Shu captured and looted that day was located.
I don’t know whether it was because of Zhao Shu’s looting or because the Koryo people were afraid of revenge after persecuting Song merchants. In short, when Zhao Gou arrived at this former most prosperous commercial port in Koryo, there was only desolation and dilapidation.
But the foundation of Haizhou Commercial Port is still there!
Wharfs, warehouses, forecourts, and cities are all available.
When the Goryeo Kingdom dispatched the Privy Councilor Kim Bo-sik and others to welcome the Daejin Heavenly Soldiers, and arrived at Goryeo Haeju with a large amount of gifts and condolences, this port city abandoned by the Goryeo people had actually begun to regain its vitality.
In the small bay outside Haizhou City, there are hundreds of large sea ships called "passenger boats" moored. These sea ships are more than ten feet long, three to four feet deep, and two to five feet to three feet wide. A bulk cargo carrying two to three thousand dendrobium. If it is used to carry passengers, it will be between one and two hundred people.
In other words, these hundreds of passenger boats can transport at least tens of thousands of people, not including the pole sailors used to control the sea boats.
Seeing these passenger boats in the bay, Jin Fushi, Yuanshu of Goryeo, was so happy... This shows that the Kingdom of Jin did not abandon Goryeo as a vassal!
With the protection of so many golden heavenly soldiers, Goryeo was no longer afraid of the weak soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
So this group of people quickly accelerated their pace towards Haizhou City. However, when the group arrived at the entrance at the bottom of the peninsula, they found that the place had been fortified and was not allowed to pass.
It turned out that the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers who came to protect the Kingdom of Korea actually erected a long row of fences at the entrance of the peninsula, which was only more than 300 steps wide. Outside the fence, there were hundreds of Korean farmers wearing rags braving the In the severe cold, trenches were dug in the snow that had not yet melted.
There are also some golden soldiers carrying whips and swords supervising on the side, and they are all very vicious! Seeing someone's movement was a little slower, the whip was whipped up without any ceremony... and with all its strength, it was beaten to death!
While beating him, he scolded: "You are a thief slave who cannot be beaten to death or tortured to death. How dare you be lazy when you are under Grandpa's hands? Work quickly!"
The Korean farmer who was beaten screamed repeatedly, but he did not dare to resist. He had to grit his teeth and use the wooden shovel in his hand to dig hard into the frozen hard soil.
Jin Fusi frowned, but he did not dare to stand up and speak for the untouchables of Goryeo who were being enslaved. I had no choice but to lower my head and walk towards an entrance to the fence wall - of course, this fence was not completely closed, but had several entrances and exits.
But when Jin Fushi, who was wearing official uniform, riding a horse, and accompanied by a large number of followers and vehicles, approached the entrance, he was greeted by a group of people wearing white leather robes, fur hats, carrying bows and arrows, and carrying maces. The "Jurchen Barbarian" stopped him.
The leader, a "Jurchen barbarian" who could speak Chinese, opened his mouth and scolded: "Straight bitch! Where did you get this dirty thing? He dared to ride straight in without even looking at where this place was, without fear of being hit with a mace." Broken the Tianling Cap!"
At this time, the official language of Goryeo was still Chinese. Kim Bo-sik, a Goryeo civil servant known as "Progress through Literature," certainly had a good foundation in Sinology. But he still doesn't understand what "straight bitch" and "slut" mean? These two words were not in the books of saints he studied! It must be Jurchen, right?
But the great talent of Jin still knows what "mace" and "Tianling Gai" are? Hearing this Jurchen barbarian threaten to hit his Tianling Gai with a mace, he felt a little numb and quickly stopped his mount, not daring to move forward any further.
The Jurchen barbarian saw that he was still riding on the horse and cursed: "You red-skinned bastard, you dare to ride a horse on the territory of the King of Jin and Song Dynasty, why don't you get off the horse?"
He understands the word "beast"... This is scolding him! What else is said about "the territory of the King of Jin and Song Dynasty"? This is the territory of Goryeo. When did it become the territory of Dai Jin?
Just when he was about to argue with the Jurchen, he saw the person raising the mace... He immediately felt that his saddle was a little bit harsh on his buttocks and it was uncomfortable to sit on, so he quickly turned over and dismounted.
Among Jin Fushi's entourage was one of his "prostitute brothers" named Jin Fucai, who knew more about the world than he did. He quickly took out a pair of copper coins, stepped forward with a smile on his face, offered the copper coins first, and then begged this man. The Jurchen Heavenly Soldiers went to report to the King of Jin and Song.
After collecting the money, the heavenly soldier's face looked better. He ordered his men to continue guarding the entrance, and then went to Haizhou City to report to Wanyan Zonggou himself.
As for the dignified Privy Councilor Kim Bu-sik of Goryeo, he could only stand in the cold snow in the cold wind of the first month and wait patiently... This wait lasted for nearly an hour. It was only when the old man was shivering due to the cold wind that he heard the sound of rapid horse hooves coming from inside the fence.
Jin Fushi looked up and saw that several Jurchen warriors were coming, all wearing wide-collar leather robes, wolf-skin hats, and crowned leather boots, strutting in on horses. Behind them were dozens of hard-line warriors wearing iron armor, all of them majestic.
Among the Jurchen warriors on horseback, there was also a flag-bearer, holding a recognition flag with one hand, with four big characters on it: Wanyan Zonggou.
Under the recognition flag is a tall young Jurchen warrior, with pretty features and no beard, but he looks a bit sinister no matter how he looks. A pair of eyes showed a fierce light.
Needless to say, this must be the fifteenth son of Emperor Jin, who sealed the title of Wanyan Zonggou of King Song!
When his subordinates reported Jin Fushi's visit, Wanyan Zonggu was discussing the "treaty" with several profiteers in Haizhou City - of course, he was preparing to impose an unequal treaty on Koryo!
What about ceding territory, paying reparations, extraterritoriality, allowing free trade... these are all necessary!
Wanyan Zonggou himself didn’t want these, and so did the maritime merchant who sent him here! Otherwise, how would the shipping fare be calculated? Who should they ask to compensate them for the losses they suffered due to the Korean people's crazy "Pai Song"? And how will they do business in the future?
Wanyan Zonggou now wants to use the power of businessmen to go to sea to avoid trouble, catch tigers and cure Dingding. Of course, he must meet the conditions of these people... So unknowingly, like Zhao Shu, he has become the leader of the maritime capitalists. The thugs started.
And the Haizhou colony under his governance will certainly become a "free city" that protects the interests of industrial and commercial capital.
