"This is Lin'an." Zhao Tai sighed as he stood on the bow of the ship.
"Even Bianjing can't compare with this place!" Wanyan Chenghu looked at the prosperous scene in front of him with envy in his eyes.
Zhao Tai thought to himself that Bianjing was better than Lin'an in the past, and the Bianjing described in "Tokyo Dreams" was no worse than before.
But after you Jin people occupied Bianjing, Bianjing gradually declined.
The cargo ship drove to the dock and found a berth among the many ships. Countless coolies were carrying packages of goods back and forth between the cargo ship and the dock.
Zhao Tai led his two subordinates to say goodbye to the captain, disembarked from the erected planks, and finally set foot on the land of Jiangnan.
As soon as Wanyan Chenghu and Wanyan Chengde stepped onto the land, they were immediately resurrected with full health. Their eyes were attracted by the scene on the dock, which made them dazzled and overwhelmed.
Both of them were so excited that they seemed to have forgotten their mission and the precarious Jin Kingdom. Different from their excitement, Zhao Tai felt heavy when he thought that this prosperous Lin'an would be destroyed by war in the near future.
"You are leaving or not!" Suddenly a voice came from behind.
When Zhao Tai came back to his senses, he realized that three people were in charge. Behind him was a rich young man, waving a folding fan and pointing his nostrils to the sky.
Wanyan Chenghu and Wanyan Chengde were so angry that they immediately rolled up their sleeves and wanted to do something, "You bunch of birds!"
The young master was stunned for a moment, "The thief is in charge of the army, and he still wants to take action. Please try to touch me! Do you know who my father is?"
Zhao Tai stretched out his hand to stop the two of them, and said to the young master: "I'm sorry! You go first!"
The young master snorted coldly. Seeing that Zhao Tai was subdued, he waved his folding fan and walked away with a look on his face that he didn't deserve a beating.
Zhao Taidao: "This is Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. If you drop a brick casually, you can hit the dignitaries of the Southern Song Dynasty. We are here to ask for help, and we are here secretly. Don't cause trouble for the time being!"
The two nodded after hearing this, and Chengde asked: "Sir, what should we do next?"
Zhao Taidao: "First find an inn to settle down and have a meal, and then go look for Zheng Qingzhi's mansion."
After talking with Zhao Fan, Zhao Tai now knew that the right prime minister Shi Miyuan controlled the government and supported the alliance with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty, while Zheng Qingzhi's attitude was unclear.
The only way to change the Song court's decision now was to change Shi Hongyuan's attitude or convince the Song emperor.
Zhao Tai learned from Zhao Fan that the Jin envoy arrived in Chuzhou and requested to go to Lin'an, but was suppressed by Shi Miyuan. It would be difficult to change Shi Hongyuan's attitude.
Therefore, Zhao Tai's only hope is to meet Zheng Qingzhi, and then go to the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty through him.
If the emperor of the Song Dynasty could realize the dangers of uniting with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty, then the attitude of the Song Dynasty might be changed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tai said: "Let's take a car and leave the pier first!"
The economy of the Song Dynasty was developed, various industries were born, and there were carriages and horses on the docks.
There were bamboo bridges, donkey carts, and ox carts parked on the pier waiting to attract customers. Zhao and Tai rented a donkey cart to enter the city.
The driver was an old man in his fifties, also named Zhao. Like all drivers, he was very talkative.
The old man kept talking all the way. He talked about everything, politics and military life. He especially liked to brag about his prominent family background, saying that he was a descendant of Taizong Zhao Guangyi, and that Emperor Gaozong returned the throne to Taizu. After his death, their family declined. By the time his father came to power, he still had hundreds of acres of land, but it was quickly wiped out.
Zhao Tai originally thought that the eighth grandson of King Qin was very impressive, but after listening to the old man's words and seeing that all the children of the Zhao family were driving carts for others, he was too embarrassed to mention that his surname was Zhao.
At this time, Zhao Tai suddenly thought of something, that is, he, the eighth grandson of King Qin, could not withstand scrutiny.
He has no tokens of the Zhao Song clan on him, and he doesn't even know who his father is. When others dig deeper, he will reveal his secret.
Liu Bei could at least tell that he was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing after Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan, his father was Liu Hong, and his ancestor was Liu Xiong, but Zhao Tai could not tell the relationship between the characters at all.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tai suddenly sneered, "Old man, don't brag. You are worthy of the surname Zhao and are a member of the Zhao family. Who are you lying to?"
Seeing Zhao Tai, the old man questioned, "Who said I was bragging? I am really a descendant of Taizong!"
Zhao Tai looked at him a little anxiously, "I don't believe it. A descendant of Taizong drives a donkey cart?"
"Guest, why don't you believe it? How about driving a donkey cart? Taizong even rides a donkey cart! Besides, don't think that the Zhao clan is superior. Over the past few hundred years, the Zhao family has had as many clans as an ox, and the court doesn't care at all. They are worse than me. I know a few of them!" The old man got into a fight with Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai said: "I don't believe it, unless there is genealogy to prove it!"
The old man immediately said: "My family really has a genealogy!"
Zhao Taidao: "Show it to me and I'll believe it!"
The old man said: "Then go to my house first, but you have to pay for the bus!"
Zhao Taidao: "Don't worry, I won't be without you."
At that moment, Zhao Tai followed the old man to a residential area outside Lin'an City. The donkey cart stopped outside a courtyard.
The old man said: "This is it!"
Zhao Tai got out of the car after him, and when he entered the yard, he saw an old woman coming out, "Old man, why are you back?"
The old man said: "Don't worry about it, go get our family tree!"
After hearing this, the old woman immediately complained, "You damn old man, you don't drive well every day, and you just know how to brag to others. If you don't think it's embarrassing, I think it's embarrassing!"
Having said that, the old woman still took out a genealogy from home with a torn title page. The old man took it, turned to his page, and said proudly: "Guest, have you seen, Zhao Xuan, my name? I didn’t lie to you!”
"Oh, it's true!" Zhao Tai reached out to take it, "Can you let me have a look!"
"Take a good look!" The old man handed it to Zhao Tai, "See if I told any lies!"
After Zhao Tai took it over, he quickly looked through it and looked for the lineage of Qin King Zhao Defang. However, his name was not on it, but there was indeed a branch that was kidnapped to the north by the Jin people after the Jingkang Disgrace.
Zhao Tai secretly wrote down the information above, then returned it with a smile, "I didn't expect that you are really a member of the royal family. Junior Meng Lang, I have offended you so much."
When the old man saw Zhao Tai apologizing, his vanity was satisfied, "You still don't believe it!"
At this time, the old man was complacent, but the old woman said, "You old thing, why don't you go catch the car!"
The old man looked a little unhappy and said, "You damn old woman, you know how to push me."
Although he said this, he still collected the genealogy and led Zhao Tai out of the yard.
At that moment, the group of people quickly left the yard, got on the donkey cart again, and arrived at an inn in the city. The old man continued to chatter all the way, telling Zhao Tai about things in Lin'an City.
When Zhao Tai arrived at the inn, he gave the old man some extra money, and then stayed at the inn to rest for a night before trying to find a way to see Zheng Qingzhi.
