“…… Why should you go, if you want to come to the back hall to find the official after dinner, let's have a good fight! ”

Hong Tao really wants to fly up and kick this guy who is obviously more handsome than himself into the Yellow River, and the Arabs steal their own? I'm Wang Ba, I can live so long!

"That ship ......" Phoenix is still not dead.

"There is no ship, if you want to practice sailing, you can practice with the new army!" It's all said that this is the case, and I want to make an exception to get a training ship alone, so let's dream.

"Hey, wait...... Just now you said that your people can sail schooners, where did the people come from? Phoenix naturally couldn't force it, and turned around and left in disappointment, and stopped Hong Tao before he took a few steps.

Patronizing and jealous of his angular handsome face just now, Hong Tao missed an important information, when did there be someone among the Jews who could sail a sea boat?

They have registered more than once in Liangzhou, and after arriving in Kaifeng, they have joined dozens of households, but they have never heard of the profession of sailors, so why did they suddenly jump out to know the origin of the schooner!

"Did they come from Quanzhou with the king's treasurer, or did they let Sidi arrange a place for them......" Phoenix blinked, trying to discern whether the lord had really forgotten or had deliberately forgotten.

“…… Oh yes, there is indeed such a thing, they took the sea route to Quanzhou? "Hong Tao really forgot, there are too many things, as long as it's not the main quest, I often forget it.

"They have been driving boats for the Arabs, and only settled in Quanzhou after earning enough money, and they helped the Song people to drive the boats, and only after getting our news did they take the northbound sea ship all the way over."

"In this case, you can call them over now and let the official see it." Hong Tao understood that the ancestors of these Jews did not know why they did not live together, but scattered in all directions to find a way out. Some went to Central Asia and northern China and even Kaifeng, while others went to the Arab region and maybe to the countries of the South Seas.

But they seem to have their own unique contact information, the messengers who set off from Liangzhou back then are no wonder to become the heroes of the clan, they have not returned for more than three years, and they are looking for clansmen in the cities and towns they pass by along the way, and the hardships they endure are not something that ordinary people can imagine.

After he arrived in Kaifeng, a group of Jews came from Liangzhejiang Road, and it seems that the news has run through the land of the Great Song Dynasty to the South China Sea, and Bao Buqi and their people are rushing to Ganliang Road on the way.

These Jews who have been exiled all over the world only need a message to voluntarily abandon their families and careers to return to their country, or at their own expense, no one will reimburse them, and they don't even know if they can succeed.

But whatever their purpose, if there were sailors among them, the flood would have to be reused. Sailors are not the same as sailors, and sailors on inland rivers who want to become sailors on sea vessels have to train for several years, and they have to have first-hand experience in between.

But sailors who have run over the open sea are not so troublesome, even if the ship type is different and the sailing skills are different, all that is lacking is familiarity, and the speed will be much faster.

The main thing is that it is very safe to have some experienced sailors on board, and under their guidance, the new sailors know what to do and what not to do, which is not enough to keep the captain tired to death.

"It is finished, and this ship will belong to your people. But the officer had a condition that when training sailors, they must be accompanied by half of the children or the new army, and they must be treated equally. I will immediately build another training ship for your people, and I will also help my officer train sailors. ”

It turned out that these Jewish sailors were not here to do anything, they were so familiar with the sundunk that they were accustomed to sailing at full sail in less than two hours. And they were not only sailors, but also two leaders, that is, captains.

The farthest I have been to the east side of the Indian Peninsula, and I can't understand where the waves are, but I definitely crossed the Strait of Malacca. This is a talent, a rare talent, a talent with experience in transoceanic sailing!

When it comes to navigation, Wang Hao is the most depressed. Four years ago, he sent the children of his three families to Huangzhou to learn navigation with the horse, but the eldest child was almost seventeen years old, but he was killed and did not go home, so he had to follow the horse to continue his studies.

What is the meaning of further study, Wang Hao doesn't understand, anyway, this kid is a meat bun and a dog. Fortunately, Hong Tao promised that the remaining two children would have to be tied back when they became adults, so he didn't lose too much. But the Wang family's plan to monopolize the South Sea route had to be delayed for a few more years, and the two children were just less than thirteen years old.

In fact, the remaining two children don't want to go back, they are doing well in the third group of children, and they have learned navigation, but the more they learn, the more they feel like fools, and the more they don't know.

At this time, they are like children in a deep ravine who suddenly arrived in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and they can't count the things they want to see, learn, and do, can they be willing to go back to the ravine to farm?

But Hong Tao doesn't plan to be criticized by Wang Hao because of this matter, the adult child has already joined the promotion club, and it is okay not to go back, but the other two must be returned to the Wang family.

Of course, they will also go back with tasks, such as serving as an intelligence source for Wang Shi, surveying and mapping local maps for the teacher, and so on. Although people are still members of the Wang family, it is difficult to tell which king is surnamed.

Seeing that in the summer of the ninth year of Yuanfeng, with the sudden arrival of the rising river, the city of the Daimyo's Mansion was also lively, and a team of forbidden troops blocked the water around the post house in the west of the city, and dozens of officials of the government kept going in and out, carrying furniture and pruning branches, as if there were to be distinguished guests.

There are indeed guests, whether they are expensive or not. According to the tooth man who hired a male servant and a female envoy for the government, it was the Liao State Mission, and the specifications were quite high, and there was a prince in it.

The Liao mission is not new, as long as the mission of the Northern Dynasty wants to go to Kaifeng, it must pass through the Daimyo's mansion, and it must also stay for a day or two to rest. But this time is obviously different from before, the pavilion is so aggressive, it is definitely not just for the Liao people to live for a day or two.

To say that the common people are sometimes quite smart, they guessed right, this time the Liao State mission not only had to live in the Daimyo's Mansion, but also lived permanently. Not all the people in the mission went to Kaifeng, only the real envoys continued to go south, and most of them, including a prince, stayed in the daimyo's mansion to wait.

This was obviously not in line with diplomatic rules, and the Northern Song court did not want the Liao delegation to stay in its own military town for long. However, the Liao envoy said that their prince was afraid of water and could not cross the Yellow River by boat, and if he had to be forced to get on the boat, the Northern Song court would have to be responsible for any problems.

In fact, a person with a brain can hear that this statement is complete nonsense, even if this prince is really seasick, why do you have to let him follow? It's not all over if you change someone.

However, the diplomatic relations between the Song and Liao were not completely equal, and the Northern Song Dynasty was in a state of passive defense since the alliance between the Song and the Yuan, and was very reluctant to provoke disputes between the two countries, mainly because they were afraid that the Liao State would find an excuse to invade the south again.

Even if there is a Baisheng general like the founding marquis Wang Xu, who guards the south gate of Kaifeng, the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty do not want to give the Liao State the truth, after all, they will suffer losses again and again in a fight, and even if they win, it will be a miserable victory.

It is clear that the Liao delegation is here to listen to the truth and truth, how can they not find fault with it and get the information they want? The emperor and the ministers had no choice, and simply threw the hot potato to the founding marquis.

Don't you have the ability, just right, don't toss your own people to play, take it out to deal with the Liao delegation, this is the real ability.

Hong Tao thinks that whether it is an enemy or not, the prince of the family is here, and he must be given reasonable treatment. It's not that I'm afraid that the Liao State will find fault, but it's basic diplomatic etiquette.

The Liao State sent an embassy to the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty will also send a mission to the Liao State.

In fact, the imperial court threw the matter of receiving the mission to the Daimyo's Mansion, and Hong Tao was really not worried. War, navigation, industry, and finance are all sideline jobs, and the main business is digging holes and harming people. The work of diplomacy is within the scope of his business, or Emperor Shenzong has the ability to know people and make good use of them, even if he has found the right person again.