Haizhou, Yuju Island, Sucheng Port.

Drums played in unison, and the autumn wind blew from the northwest. In the autumn wind, the fierce envoy guards were silently embarking on the ship under the guidance of the doctor who commanded them. The old teachers and students of the Yuntai Academy waved goodbye to them in the distance, shouting auspicious words such as "smooth sailing" from time to time.

The waves were not small, pushing the undulating waves of the big ships in the harbor. Most of these ships were mobilized by the Jiehe City Ship Division of Wuhao Ancient City, and most of them were rented, but there was also a large sea ship with 3,000 oars and sails that belonged to the newly established Zhaoshang of the City Ship Division.

The so-called business recruitment, as the name suggests, is to go outside to attract foreign businessmen - the city and shipping departments of the Great Song Dynasty have corresponding institutions. However, Wu Haogu went one step further and equipped the recruiting business of Jiehe City with a sea vessel. If you don't have your own ship, it's not convenient to go out to attract investment.

And there are a lot of bad people on the sea, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were caught by the bad guys when they went to sea to attract investment, isn't it detrimental to the majesty of the Celestial Empire? Therefore, it is necessary to recruit merchants to belong to warships, so that it is safer......

As the saying goes, chartering a ship is not as good as buying a ship, buying a ship is not as good as building a ship, and shipbuilding must start a shipyard and a shipyard school! Anyway, this set, Wu Haogu did not hesitate to invest a lot of money in it. With the support of the Wu family's maritime merchants and the joining of the shipwright of the elective family brought by Mo Niangzi from Mingzhou, it was finally a small success.

And this Xiaocheng is the 3,000-material sea boat that is now appearing on the dock of Sucheng Port - Zhaocai! Well, it's an auspicious name, and there's an identical Jinbao number, which is currently under construction at the shipyard in Jiehe Merchant City.

The Zhaocai that now appears in Sucheng Port was built under the guidance of the master craftsmen and master craftsmen sent by the Wu family, and the Jinbao under construction was presided over by a brother named Hua Manhai of Hua Manshan, and the master craftsman was a student of the Ship Master School.

This shipmaster school was opened around the same time as the Yuntai School Palace, and it was first run in Tianya Town, Haizhou, and later moved to Jiehe Commercial City. Most of the teachers in the school are sent by the Wu family, and the students are from several families in the ancient system of martial arts, such as the Wu family, the Hua family, the Ximen family, the Zhang family, the Su family, and the Wanjia family. The number of students was not large, and there were only forty or fifty students in the first class, all of whom learned to build ships. Therefore, the sailors on this Zhaocai are all provided by the Wu family.

The curriculum of the Harbour Master School is also systematic, including six courses, including drawing, arithmetic, shipbuilding materials, shipbuilding technology, water warfare equipment, and ship operation (not serious navigation, but for ship trials). The current duration of study is three years, and after graduation, there are two destinations, one is to stay in school, and the other is to work in the shipyard of Jiehe Shang City.

By the way, in order to allow its craftsmen to feel at ease, Wu Haogu has recently prepared to implement the "trick title system". The technical positions are divided into eight levels, including chief engineer, senior engineer, large engineer, upper worker, middle worker, lower worker, small worker, and final worker. Among them, the highest-level chief engineer can get an annual salary of 5,000 horses, which is the same level as Wu Haogu himself! And the low-level terminal workers can also get 300 horses per year, which is more than the imperial court officials from the nine grades......

On the pier of Sucheng Port, two Song Dynasty military attachés wearing green robes and swords were strolling along. These two people, one is Wu Haogu, and the other is Tong Guan, the deputy envoy of this visit to Goryeo.

The mission to Goryeo has now been formed and has arrived in Haeju. The mission was unprecedentedly large and included a military mission and a missionary mission to Japan.

In fact, the missionary mission to Japan did not have to pass through Goryeo, but could sail directly from Haeju to Hakata. However, Wu Haogu still chose the route through Goryeo, in order to show the Goryeo people the "learning spirit" of Japanese Confucianism - the Confucian students of the Japanese barbarian state have to study the "Heavenly Doctrine", how can the Goryeo Confucian students not learn it?

Could it be that Goryeo Confucianism is worse than Japanese Confucianism?

With this excuse, Wu Yanzhong was able to make a statement to Wang Hao, the king of Goryeo, and introduce a doctor from the Yuntai Academy to open a academy in Goryeo.

"Michio, I wish you all the best. In addition, you must be careful when you go to the front line in Goryeo, and don't be too aggressive. I'm afraid the Koreans are going to be in a bitter battle......"

"Bitter fighting? Why did Chongdao say this? ”

"Because the birth of a Jurchen is amazing! I have a bounded river business market, and I have dealt with all kinds of barbarians in the past few years, and I know their catties. Look at those obstruction war slaves, all of them are stout and stocky, fierce and powerful, much more powerful than ordinary forbidden armies. ”

"But the Koreans have an army of 200,000! 200,000 fights thousands, how can you lose? ”

Wu Haogu smiled faintly: "The logistics needed by the 200,000 army are terrible...... Can Koreans really afford it? I don't think so. Although they can mobilize a large army without much money by relying on the government military system, can they really sustain them to fight for a long time north of the thousand-mile Great Wall? ”

"It shouldn't be too long, right? I think it will be a quick ......" Tong Guan smiled, "Actually, if the Goryeo Kingdom is defeated, there is no bottom, if we are defeated, we will contact the birth of the Jurchen!" Chongdao, haven't you already sent an envoy to the Birth of the Female True Division? When the time comes, it will be another credit. ”

Wu Haogu pressed the sword, looked at Tong Guan, suddenly sighed, and smiled bitterly: "No matter how arrogant the Goryeo people are, they are also a country of etiquette. The Jurchens are barbarians, and barbarian uprisings are the most difficult to deal with.

Therefore, the best strategy is to unite with Goryeo...... Michio, if you have the chance, you'd better remind the kings and ministers of Goryeo not to underestimate the enemy. If you can succeed in Lazy Dian, you will build more walled cities and make long-term plans. The best way to deal with those barbarians is to fight by the city...... Or it can kill a little more. ”

A little more is a little more! Now that the Goryeo people kill one more Jurchen barbarian, won't there be one less Jin soldier who will go south in the future?

"Got it." Tong Guan smiled, "I've met with the party in the northwest on the battle formation......"

When he said this, he saw Mi Youren walking over quickly, and when he saw Wu Haogu and Tong Guan, he arched his hand: "Teacher, Tong Daguan, Liu Zhengzhi and Huang Fuweng and Su Zhongnan came over together." ”

Liu Zhengzhi is Liu Kui, he went to Yuzhou Island yesterday, and he lives in the Yuntai School Palace. Although he is the opposite of Su Men Shixue, he is still very polite on the face, and he drank with Huang Tingjian, Wu Haogu and others last night, and only finished when he drank it. So he slept a little late today, and the whole mission was almost on board, and he was late.

Wu Haogu and Tong Guan glanced at each other and smiled: "Daofu, let's go meet them." ”

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"Fu Weng, I really didn't expect the envoys of Japan to come, this is a big deal! Even if he is just a petty official, it is unprecedented in this dynasty, and he should be sent to the court as soon as possible! ”

"Got it...... I have already told Wu Chongdao that it will be arranged as soon as possible. ”

"Zhongnan, after you arrive in Japan, don't patronize the Confucianism Avenue, you have to have more dealings with their Dazaifu, if you can promote the official Song mission, this credit will be great."

"The lower official understands ......"

When Liu Kui, Huang Tingjian, and Su Shi came to the dock, they talked all the way about the Japanese envoy Muto Qinichi sent to the Song Dynasty, and it was the Abiliu Qinichi.

Muto Qinichi was nominally here to study the "Heavenly Doctrine" and invite Dr. Yuntai Xuegong, so he didn't need to go to Beijing to see Song Huizong, and Wu Haogu didn't want him to go to Kaifeng Mansion.

But when Liu Kui went to Yuzhou Island, saw Muto Qinichi in public costume and enjoyed the white beat dance performed by Abiliuyu, he immediately suggested that Qinichi and Ayu go to Beijing.

The last time a Japanese envoy visited was during the Tang Dynasty! It's been more than 200 years, and it's finally someone again, doesn't this reflect that the Great Song Dynasty has developed into a heavenly kingdom with the peak of civil rule under the leadership of the official Zhao Ji (a step up from the wise leadership)?

Although there are a few envoys from Japan to the Song Dynasty this time, there are only two of them, but the quality is still okay.

Moreover, Liu Kui and Huang Tingjian are both knowledgeable people, and when they look at Muto Qinichi and Ayu's appearance and demeanor, they know that they are not ordinary people. That kind of aristocratic temperament, but it's hard to disguise it - although Ichi and Ayu are only from a country samurai family, they are not commoners after all. Especially the poor bare-bones of the Fujiwara clan who also served in Heiankyo Ayu, although they are poor, they can't stand being poor! So that Ah You pretends to be elegant and still has a bit of taste.

However, Su Shi knew the inside story, and his heart was weak for a while. It's nothing for those two Japanese to be abducted and deceived here in Yuntai Academy, but if they enter the capital and become a saint, it will be a bully...... In case you wear a gang, you and Wu Haogu will be unlucky!

When Su Shi was worried, Wu Haogu, Tong Guan and Mi Youren had already greeted him together. The two groups of people greeted each other on the pier, talking about the words on the scene, so they were not affectionate.

After a few words of greeting, Liu Kui happily turned the topic to the two Japanese.

"Xuanzan, the old man has written a chapter and reported the situation of Japan's dispatch of the Song envoy to the official family."

"Xia Guan also wrote a recital and handed it over." Wu Haogu replied with a smile.

Liu Kui said: "The old man also wrote a white beat dance on the concerto, although it is not as good as the song and dance of our Great Song Dynasty, but it can also be watched." ”

What's there to see? It's far worse than the dance of the ink lady. Wu Haogu muttered in his heart, but said on his face: "Japan has a little etiquette, and it also has its own poetry, music and dance, which cannot be compared with my China." ”

"That's natural," Liu Kui said with a smile, "but it's a big deal for the Japanese envoys to come, so it's better to arrange for them to go to Beijing as soon as possible."

It also allows them to see the prosperity and magnificence of Kaifeng Mansion and the cultural and martial arts of our dynasty...... By the way, the military parade in October has been postponed to January next year, and the officials want to show the knights, warriors and elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty in front of the envoys of all countries! Why don't you let these two Japanese people go and see it together? ”