On the tenth day of the second month of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty, Su Zhe had resigned for more than a month, and Cai Jing, who replaced him as the left minister, finally arrived in Kaifeng Fucheng.

The position of the Great Song Empire under one person and above tens of thousands of people finally returned to this sixty-two-year-old man. Compared to the last time he was in the phase, the current situation can be said to be a fire and flowers.

The Great Song Dynasty was at its most glorious and prosperous time since the founding of the country. And behind this glory and prosperity, there are also many worries. For example, the threat issued by the Great Liao State in the north - the Emperor of the Great Liao not only gathered troops in Yuanyangluo, but also ordered the Jingzhou troops of Xijing Province and Nanjing Province to be ready for battle, and put on a posture of wanting to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty. But in Cai Jing's view, the most tense moment has passed. Unlike most of the people in the bureau who are staring at the Liao State, Cai Jing doesn't care about what the Liao State is doing at all, he only cares about what Wu Haogu in Jiehe Business City is busy with?

Wu Haogu is preparing for war!

6,000 iron cavalry had been gathered and gathered at Xuanfu Sibao in the south of Jiehe Shang City, and formed two dissatisfied cavalry generals, who were conducting daily drills.

The official Zhao Ji also took out millions of taels from his pile full of money and sent them to the Hebei Xuanfu Division, and agreed to the Xuanfu Division to recruit utility personnel, and also urged the Ministry of War and the Privy Council to make up for the shortage of soldiers and horses under the direct jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division as soon as possible.

At the same time, Jiehe Commercial Market itself is also speeding up its preparations. Not only was the repair institute nominally subordinate to the Hebei Xuanfu Division officially upgraded to an armory room, and began to work overtime to produce various weapons. In addition, in the name of issuing contracts for the Xuanfu Division of Hebei, the Jiehe Commercial Municipal Office also placed a large number of orders to the workshops and shipyards in the commercial market that were capable of processing wood, as well as a large number of ironwork workshops (because of the appearance of the Jiehe Iron Works and hydraulic hammers, a large number of small wrought iron workshops also appeared in the Jiehe Commercial Market). As a result, the industrial and commercial end of Jiehe has exploded into an unexpected war potential.

The militia of Jiehe Shang City also began to be equipped with armor and Jiehe crossbows, and they also received strict training in defending the city under the supervision of the Hebei Xuanfu Division.

In addition, the Jiehe Shipyard did not have a day off during the past New Year's Festival. All the craftsmen worked overtime to build the warship. The Navy House of the Hailu City Ship Development Division also recruited and trained a large number of sailors in Jiehe Shang City and Haizhou Jingdong Shang City.

And this preparation work was carried out under the guidance of the general army engine room of the Hebei Xuanfu Division. Most of the military aircraft in this general army engine room are officers who have participated in the Battle of Pingxia, some have also participated in the just-concluded Battle of Anxi, and some are said to have participated in the two battles of Haoladian in the Shengjurchen Army.

Their military qualities are very reliable.

What else can't be reassured about the preparation plan for which they are directly responsible?

And through Cai You, Cai Jing also figured out Zhao Ji's hole cards - this Emperor Genghis is willing to break his wealth and avoid disasters, as long as he can get by on face, let alone two million, even three million yuan can be paid......

What else is there to worry about?

If you really want to start fighting, the general army engine room of the Hebei Xuanfu Division of Wu Haogu will deal with everything.

If Yelu Yanxi felt that the war was uncertain, then the emperor of the Zhao family was willing to buy peace with three million. Unless Yelu Yanxi's brain is in water, he will use his palace tent army to fight a decisive battle with the new army of Hebei Xuanfu Division of Wu Haogu!

Now this new army is different from the previous Song army, and the attack power is very powerful! Even if the Liao army can win, it will be a miserable victory. Now that the Khitan people eat more fasting and chant Buddha, how many strong men can go to the battlefield? If tens of thousands of people were killed by Wu Haogu in the first battle, the Northern Dynasty would be in chaos.

So after weighing it repeatedly, Cai Jing made up his mind that he must arrive in Kaifeng Mansion before Zhao Ji was supported by the king of the four seas and became Emperor Genghis.

Otherwise, this great achievement would have been snatched away by Zhang Shangying......

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On the afternoon of 11 February, officials from various ministries, departments, and prisons came to the government hall to discuss the preparations for the "coming of all nations." The jubilant Cai Jing and Zhang Shangying, whose face was about to turn black, sat down in the middle hall for the first time, dealing with these flowers one by one.

The "International Mission" has arrived in Chenliu County, within the boundaries of Kaifeng Prefecture, accompanied by Wu Haowen and Ji Yi, and stayed in the newly completed Wanguo Guest House. According to the official who presided over the International State Guest House, the pomp and circumstance of this international mission was truly unprecedented. Not only are there many attachés, the carriages and horses can travel for dozens of miles, but the amount of tribute they carry is also surprising. The boats carrying gold and silver alone formed a long queue in the canal.

And in order to escort these treasures, Zhong Fu even personally took a general's Kaifeng new army to Haizhou, and escorted the treasures and the mission all the way to Kaifeng Mansion.

By the way, Wu Haowen also asked several big car dealers in Jingdong Shang City to build hundreds of four-wheeled carriages according to the four-wheeled vehicles brought back by Ji Yi, all of which were pulled by tall mules and horses, ready to use them to pull gold and silver into Kaifeng Mansion City!

Chiguoguo's show off his wealth!

Although it is very inconsistent with the aesthetics of the literati of the Great Song Dynasty, it is enough to show off wealth to this extent, which is enough to be admired.

However, vulgar things such as gold and silver are not Zhao Ji's favorite. And Ji Yi, who is good at shaving and patting horses, of course knows the master's preferences. Therefore, many rare treasures were also collected from Western countries, and they also had to be transported into Kaifeng Mansion.

There are marble sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome – a treasure from more than a thousand years ago! There are also ancient Persian gold and silver vessels, as well as treasure knives made in Damascus, and BMW from Andalusia, and a large German that is a bit unspeakable. Sharma, as well as many treasures of ancient Tianzhu collected from the Baltic Kingdom.

Oh, and all sorts of beauties! There are blonde and blue-eyed Frankish female knights - they were a gift from the Caliph to Emperor Genghis, carefully selected from among the captured Crusader female knights. There were passionate Persian girls, who were presented to Emperor Genghis by the Kingdom of Jerusalem. There are also the beauty of the Rus' collected from Ukraine by the Eastern Roman Empire.

Of course, the most attractive thing is that the Polo Kingdom of Tianzhu Kingdom dedicated to the princess Kong Xingmu of the Great Song Dynasty. It was the best chosen by the Polo royal family from among their own daughters, who were trained in tantric double cultivation since childhood, and it is said that they have the power to add to their bodies, so that the men with whom they can double cultivate can understand the existence of Buddhism, and usually only the kings of the Buddha kingdom can get them.

However, the great monk Yuanjue went to Polo City and talked to the Polo king Moro Polo about the path of the Buddha of Light, and the other party immediately offered the best princess Kongxing Mother and a large amount of gold and silver treasures.

After sending away the principal of the Chen Liuwanguo Guest House, Cai Jing said to Zhang Shangying with a smile: "Tianjue, our official family is really a blessed king...... There are so many good things, and good people, they have been sent all the way like this, and they have never been seen in ancient times! ”

Zhang Shangying squinted his eyes slightly, glanced at Cai Jing, and said softly: "The envoys of Khitan and Goryeo are gone!" ”

was invited to participate in this "All Nations Come to Dynasty" ceremony, in addition to the overseas distant states brought by Ji Yi, the close neighbors of the Great Song Dynasty were also invited.

Among them, Japan, which has not had official contact with China for more than 200 years, sent an official "repatriation mission" this time.

The Li Dynasty of Vietnam, who claimed to be the Great Qu Yue, but was deducted by the Great Song Dynasty as the king of Jiaozhi County, although he had not been very peaceful on the border, this time he did not dare to disobey the text of the Great Song Hailu City Shipping Division, and sent a small mission.

As for the Dali Kingdom and the Tubo States, after the Battle of Pingxia, it was the year to come to the court, and their envoys to He Zhengdan had not left, so they just stayed to continue to congratulate Zhao Ji on the honorific title.

The departure of Khitan He Zhengdan's envoys was expected. However, it is a bit surprising that the envoys of the Goryeo Kingdom refused to stay and left with the Khitans, refusing to admit that the Great Song Emperor owned the four seas.

And that's a very bad sign.

The relationship between the Khitan and the Goryeo Kingdom seems too close.

"It's okay," Cai Jing frowned, "The affairs of the Goryeo Kingdom will be handled by the Hailu City Shipping Division. If we really turn our faces, the fire won't be able to burn our land. ”

"What about the Khitans?" Zhang Shangying asked, "This year's New Year's coins, we won't give them!" Yuan Chief, don't you think Yelu Yanxi will swallow this breath?

Now that Goryeo is standing with the Khitan again, it won't really fight, right? ”

"Don't be afraid." Cai Jing smiled, "I can handle it." ”

"Can you handle it?" Zhang Shangying's voice changed a little, "Liao is a great country with millions of elite soldiers, thousands of generals, and a territory of thousands of miles, but it is not comparable to the Western Thief." Now that the Goryeo Kingdom has been pulled again, if there is really a war, the scale will not be smaller than that of the Zhenzong Dynasty. How do we cope? ”

"We have our own military aircraft department planning and planning," Cai Jing said with a smile, "I don't have to worry too much." ”

Zhang Shangying snorted lightly: "The specific use of troops to fight a war can naturally be planned by the Military Machinery Department of the capital, but the two governments must not find a way to do anything about food, conscription, conscription, transshipment, as well as preparations for war and city construction in Hebei and Hedong?"

Yuan Chang, although the imperial court has some savings in recent years. But it's still not enough to cope with the cost of a war with the Khitan!

Not to mention anything else, the renovation of the cities of Hebei and Hedong alone, the recruitment and training of garrison soldiers and government soldiers, and the reserve of military rations, equipment, and horses have to spend tens of millions of dollars!

Moreover, as soon as the war began, Hebei and Hedong prefectures and counties would inevitably be ravaged, even if they were not ravaged by the Khitans, they would be scared into a cold sweat. At that time, the displaced people may be about to get up, should the surroundings of Kaifeng Mansion be prepared?

Yuan Chang, these things have to be done by you, the left minister, as soon as possible. You can't wait until the Khitans really go south to temporarily hold on to Buddha's feet, that's going to be a mess! ”

Glancing at Zhang Shangying, who was already a little messy, Cai Jing just smiled: "Brother Tianjue, just rest assured, the younger brother has already had a proposition...... This time, there is no danger in keeping, and it will pass by safely! ”

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