While the two of them were talking, the fleet was entering the port.
Most of these ships were like those from Tongzhou in the early years and had always been in disrepair. Although Guo Ning built shipyards in Laizhou, Dengzhou and Zhiguzhai, there were very few craftsmen who were good at shipbuilding in the Jin Kingdom. Secondly, there were various
It is not easy to prepare wood, iron, silk and plaster materials. Therefore, during this year, the shipyard did not have any special achievements except for repairs. As many ships are old and unusable, the number of ships is slowly declining.
Although spring has begun, the climate is still cold, and there are few guards near the docks in Zhiguzhai. On the water near the docks, there are layers of ice and no one is knocking them. When the ship arrives here, the wooden planks on the bow are crushed
The ice layer is pressed, making a popping cracking sound.
The sound naturally came from the ice. No matter how old the ship is, it will not be damaged by ice debris.
However, 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, and even the towing into the port was done without any help.
Several officers originally wanted to help, but they were all thrown off the ship by him. The group stepped onto the trestle and heard Yan Ming say that there was a fleet going to Zhongdu in the morning.
An officer laughed and said: "Are you still coming to Zhongdu to do business at this time? These merchants really want money rather than their lives."
Yan Ming shook his head repeatedly: "Not a merchant!"
"Where did that come from?" an officer asked casually.
Yan Ming paused for a moment and rolled his eyes.
The officer turned to the direction of the fleet and looked: "Is his origin unknown? Hey, how can 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 lanes has never relied solely on commercial means. Everyone knows that many incidents in the name of pirates are actually more or less inseparable from the several named leaders in charge of the fleet.
.Especially Liang Jushi and Liang Gangshou, who are both black and white, and even the imperial officials dare to attack.
Most of the soldiers under Guo Ning, who were from the trenches of the northern frontier, had done robbing and looting in Hebei Province, but they didn't mind it at all, and some even envied Liang Jushi's boldness and boldness.
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.
.For the next few decades, the two countries went back and forth from time to time, and it was peaceful for a while.
During the Taihe period, the people of the Song Dynasty made a reckless provocation with weapons, which led the imperial court to send nine soldiers to the south to attack. The two sides fought fiercely for several months, and both sides lost many soldiers. Later, a peace agreement was reached, and the original country of uncles and nephews became the country of uncles and nephews.
, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty was his uncle, and the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty was his nephew, and the amount of the yearly 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 the Jin Dynasty and the birthday of the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, which is the so-called Changchun Festival, the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties would send special envoys to express their congratulations. However, today's Dajin Dynasty
Emperor Jin's birthday is March 13th, and these people came to Zhongdu more than a month in advance to celebrate. They are 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, and it 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. How could the two people present, a merchant and a martial artist, understand these important matters related to the state? 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, so King Qin 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 babbled in his ear again: "From here to Zhongdu, we have to pass through four water passes, and there are more than 300 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 troops and horses, Qianju, I would have been really worried that they would have been 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 identity 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 affairs 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 imperial 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 always cooperated happily with Ding Haijun, was accompanying him with an uncomfortable look on his face.
In the morning, he personally checked the documents carried by these people and confirmed their identities.
But how could the Song envoys come from the sea? How could that fleet suddenly arrive at Zhigu Village?
It’s really unpleasant to have such a hot potato suddenly dropped. 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 from Lizhou named Hou Zhongxin. They probably had high official positions in the Southern Dynasties, so their necks are particularly hard? Since the two of them set foot in Zhigu
On the ground of the village, everyone looked serious and upright, as if they were ready to fight with others at any time, which made it 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 dumbfounded, a man rushed in from outside and spoke a few words hurriedly into Jiagu Alihe's ear.
"Oh? Really?" Jiagu Alihe was overjoyed: "Hahaha, okay!"
He took a few steps forward and pointed to 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!"
In the third year of Zhenyou's reign, Ding Yan and Hou Zhongxin indeed served as the envoys for the Changchun Festival, and it was a big rule to reduce the New Year's coins. However, historically they seemed to have gone to Kaifeng... In this book, since Zhongdu is still there, then