Meng Heng saw this formation, his heart was half cold, now although he also has one hundred and twenty or thirty ships, but more than a thousand of the big ships are less than ten, seven or eight hundred of the more than twenty, most of the rest are four or five hundred of ships, less than two hundred of small boats have twenty or thirty, and almost half of the Song army's ship formation is about a thousand of large ships, less than five hundred of ships at all, Meng Hengjiu has been mixed at sea, of course, he knows that in the sea battle, the size of the ship is an extremely important factor.

Meng Heng couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, he was fortunately a little cautious and came out to take a look first, otherwise he would have led the fleet out in such a daze, and there was a reason not to suffer a big loss. With the current ship formation of the Song army, even if he drove all the ships out, even if he could rob a few merchant ships, his losses would definitely not be small, so it was definitely not cost-effective to rob the Song army.

Before coming out, Meng Jiming was shouting that he sent a fleet to rob the Song army, but now when he looks at the Song army's fleet, Meng Jiming can't help but be silent, he is not a fool, when he looks at his own ships compared with the giant ships of the Song army, Jian Zhen is like a group of kittens against a tiger, so dare to mention anything more to rob the Song army.

After watching it for a long time, Meng Heng finally said, "Return sailing." ”

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"Commander Li, they're gone, should we send a few ships to chase them."

Li Gongzuo waved his hand and said: "No need, our task is to escort the caravan safely, not to fight pirates, so don't make any more trouble." ”

It turned out that Meng Heng's fleet was peeping in the distance and had already been seen by the Song army, but Li Gongzuo ignored it and just ordered all ships to be vigilant in case of accidents. In fact, the biggest trouble of this voyage is the inconsistency of the speed between the merchant ships, the fleet of the Song army had to suppress its own speed, to accommodate the caravan, and must always pay attention to the queue of the merchant ships, in the days when the sea is out, almost every day to adjust the queue of the merchant ships, although it is better now, but also must be paid attention to from time to time. Fortunately, two flag bearers were placed on each merchant ship at the time of sailing, so that the message could be passed on to each other, otherwise it would have been too chaotic.

Before leaving, Li Gongzuo took into account that the speed of the merchant ships would be slower, and it was expected that it would take about 15 days to reach Gulang Island, but the result was still three days late, and it was not until 18 days that the fleet arrived at Gulang Island.

Although it was three days late, it finally passed through Changsha peacefully, and both the officers and soldiers and the merchants were very happy, and they anchored on Gulang Island for a day, and also celebrated for a night, and agreed that a month later, the fleet of the Song army would pick up these merchant ships on Gulang Island. If you don't catch up, you can anchor at Gulang Island and wait for the next official ship to arrive.

After more than two months of construction, Gulang Island is currently on the scale of the first residence, the houses have been built a lot, the three thousand Song troops on the island have all lived in new houses, the city wall has been repaired in half, and the arrow tower beacon tower along the coast has also begun to lay the foundation with the scriptures, but the dock is still very simple, only the thirty ships left can be moored, and the ocean settlement of the Great Song Dynasty is completely built here, without two or three years of effort, it cannot be completely repaired.

This time, Li Gongzuo brought another 2,000 soldiers and some food and supplies to the island, and at present, the strength of Gulang Island has reached 5,000, which is enough to support eight months, and all kinds of other equipment are also very complete, and the island's defense system has also taken shape.

Moreover, there were dozens of caravans docked on the edge of the island, and Li Gongzuo asked Deng Xianyi, the commander who stayed on Gulang Island, to know that most of these foreign merchant ships sailed to the Great Song Dynasty, and there were also merchant ships that returned to the Great Song Dynasty. Deng Xianyi also knew that the Song army stationed troops on Gulang Island was to escort merchant ships, so he also agreed.

Li Gongzuo listened, nodded and said: "Commander Deng, you are doing the right thing, if there are still merchant ships that need to be escorted in the future, you can let them anchor here, but you must manage it carefully, it is best to designate an area for them to anchor, so as to prevent anyone from plotting against you." ”

The next day, the merchant ships that had gone out to sea set sail and set anchor, and set out again as if they were their own goals. Li Gongzuo also led the fleet, and returned to Guangzhou with the thirty-two merchant ships waiting here.

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"What? Song Jun wants so many things?" After listening to Prime Minister Wangpu's report, Li Tianzuo was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth.

Yesterday, Wangpu went to the Song camp to meet Yang Yan, made peace with the Song army, and brought back a list of the Song army's conditions for retreating: 1. Jiaozhi is a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and each monarch must be sealed according to the Great Song Dynasty, and the new monarch must succeed to the throne, and he must send an envoy to Lin'an to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and ask for the seal. And every New Year, the birthday of the Great Song Emperor, or other major events, an envoy must be sent to congratulate. 2. Jiaozhi paid 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stones of grain to the Great Song Dynasty every year, and allowed the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to do business in Jiaozhi. 3. Jiaozhi once compensated the Song army with 5 million taels of silver, 1 million taels of gold, 500,000 stones of grain, and 1,000 elephants. After the delivery, the Song army withdrew from the border of Jiaozhi and returned all the land it occupied to Jiaozhi. Fourth, Jiaozhi and Dali have made peace since then, and the land occupied by Dali will be returned to Dali at a rate, and according to Dali's requirements, Gao Jianming and his group will be disposed of.

And let the Jiaozhi court think about it for three days and wait for the results.

For Li Tianzuo, being a minister to the Great Song Dynasty is just a formality, and he has done it before, so it's nothing. Making peace with Dali, returning the land, and disposing of Gao Jianming, it is not a big problem, and every year to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stones of grain, although it is not a few, but Jiaozhi can afford to pay for it, and if it is really not possible, he will rob other countries. There is only compensation for the Song army, which is too much, and the gold alone is less than 100,000 taels in the Jiaozhi treasury, so go there to find 1 million taels of gold. Yang Yan, isn't this forcing Jiaozhi to death?