The capital of a country, shipping is the most important.

After walking around the wharf of the canal outside the city, Shen Weijing found a tea stall to sit down and rest.

While drinking sweet tea, I looked at the undulating river.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is very familiar to him, but the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in his memory is a little different from the canal in front of him. In his time, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal had undergone two or three transformations, and it was possible to go north from Hangzhou to Beijing.

And now, Kublai Khan has not had time to carry out a large-scale rectification of the canal, whether it is going south or north, it has to go around Luoyang. In this way, there are more than 1,000 miles of river channels, which is why he traveled day and night by boat, and it took half a month.

Shen Weijing squinted his eyes in the tea shed to cool off, but he didn't want to hear an old but neutral voice in his ears: "Shopkeeper, let's bring a bowl of tea to the old man." ”

Looking up slightly, I saw an old man walk into the tea shed and sit down beside him.

As soon as the old man sat down, he seemed to be talking to himself, and said as if asking: "This stretches the canal, and there are countless big ships moored, but it is still magnificent?" ”

"A grain ship only carries tens of thousands of catties of rice grain, how can it be called a big ship?" Shen Weijing knew in his heart that the other party was coming for him, and said with a smile: "Old man, I'm afraid you haven't been to Jiangnan for a long time, today's Jiangnan, a big ship can hold millions of catties of grain, that is magnificent." ”

"In that case, what are you looking at here? So fascinated? ”

"You think I'm looking at ships, but I'm looking at famine in most cities." Shen Weijing smiled, drank the remaining half bowl of herbal tea, and got up laughing: "With such a big yuan, how can there be no food danger!" ”

Famine?

The old man frowned inexplicably, and got up as well: "How can you see it?" ”

"I just asked, in the past five days, two fleets have set off from Xiangyang and crossed Luoyang to the north, loaded with Jingxiang rice food." Shen Weijing squinted his eyes and spoke, his eyebrows were full of smiles: "Lin'an was lost in a hurry, the southern section of the canal is not guaranteed, and Huainan has no barriers, most of the autumn harvest this year cannot be counted on the grain of Huainan, if the grain is not transferred from Jingxiang as soon as possible, most of them are afraid that they will have to cook cattle and slaughter sheep." ”

"Perhaps, the situation is even worse, because the warships in Jiangnan have been transferred to the military, and thousands of warships have been damaged in the war. If I had known that most of the situation was like this, I wouldn't have to come, just let my family supervise the division to the north, and you Dayuan wouldn't be able to hold Huainan and Jingxiang. ”

"After talking so much, you forgot to ask the elders for their names?"

After Shen Weijing finished speaking lightly, the old man on the side broke out in a cold sweat, and he was silent for a while before he said: "Old man Dou Mo, the talent of the gentleman, I have seen it." ”

"I don't have any talent to learn, but my eyes are shrewd, and my mouth is a little stronger, unlike the old gentleman, who is not only an important minister, but also a prince's teacher, and it is said that he has a great medical skill, which is incomparable, incomparable."

Shen Weijing complimented him and spoke: "But since Lord Dou is here, then I will also say bluntly, this mission is really hasty, since there is no result to negotiate, I will leave for home tomorrow." I also hope that the lord will tell His Majesty that the foreign minister is chattering, and that the peace agreement will be null and void after leaving. ”

Get back?

As soon as Dou Mo heard this, his old face became anxious: "Song Envoy wants to leave?" ”

"What? Lord Dou also wants me to keep this life? ”

The old man had no such intention, but the peace talks had not yet begun, so how could the Song envoy easily return in vain? It's better to wait a few more days, and there will be a day of success. ”

Seeing Dou Mo say this, Shen Weijing smiled and said: "It's bothering the adults, but I don't care if I don't talk about peace, it's just another year to fight, and my family governor said the same thing when he came, and the Great Song Dynasty can afford to fight now!" ”

Can Da Song afford to fight?

Although he knew that there was a lot of water in this sentence, Dou Mo had to consider the impact of fighting again. If the fight continues and still cannot be won, it will definitely be a trouble for the crown prince who is in charge of military affairs in the Privy Council. With the current situation of Yuan and Meng, it will definitely not be possible to dispatch decent soldiers and horses to fight with the Song soldiers in a short period of time, and it will inevitably be a defeat if it is fought again.

"The Song envoy will go back to the pavilion first, let the old man and the prince be clear, I think the prince will intervene and will definitely give Song Ting a satisfactory answer."

"I'm waiting for good news at the pavilion." Of course, Shen Weijing didn't really want to leave, but just used Old Man Dou to convey a signal to Yuan Ting, even if Dou Mo didn't come, he would use other ways.

When Shen Weijing followed Dou Mo back to the pavilion, Old Man Dou didn't even have the time to go in and drink saliva, so he went straight to the prince's mansion, whispered to Zhenjin in the prince's mansion, and asked Zhenjin to go to face the saint.

No one knew what Zhen Jin and his emperor Lao Tzu said, but when Zhen Jin stepped out of the palace, a holy edict was also issued to Zhongshu Province.

He ordered the crown prince to be the deputy envoy of the Council and the Yuan and Song dynasties to discuss the armistice of the Yuan and Song dynasties.

Zhenjin intervened in the negotiation of peace, which was naturally unwilling for Ahma, but he did not dare to disobey Kublai Khan's orders, and at the same time began negotiations with Shen Weijing on the second day.

On the first day, neither side gave in, and could only break up unhappily.

On the second day, Shen Weijing received a letter from the black-clothed guard sent in Huainan, and when he told the situation in Huainan, Ahma's whole person was not good. He attaches great importance to Huainan as a place, and many money-grabbing decrees can get a large amount of income from Huainan.

Ahmad knew very well that Kublai Khan entrusted himself with a heavy responsibility because he was good at accumulating wealth, and if he lost Huainan, even if Ahmad blew himself up again, Kublai Khan would be really angry.

On the third day, Ahmad had slowly begun to accept the peace talks, but he still had to continue to negotiate on the terms.

On the fourth day, the rip-off continued.

Until, on the fifth day.

After the autumn, the news that the grain in Huainan could not be transported to the capital somehow spread in the city. As a direct result, most of the people in the capital were in danger, and the original rice shops immediately began to increase in price, and many people who still had a lot of grain in their homes also rushed to buy grain for storage.

For a time, most of the food crisis broke out.

The people robbed, and the merchants raised the price for profit.

But some people and some things, even Kublai Khan can't be overly oppressive, you must know that many big businessmen are actually supported by the Yuanmeng aristocracy, they don't care what the crisis is or not, they only know that if they do it once, they can make money in the next two or three years.

Of course, the black-clothed guards are also indispensable to add fuel to the fire.

Shen Weijing naturally watched from the sidelines when he saw this, but the pressure on Ahma and Zhenjin was getting bigger and bigger, who made Kublai Khan unbearable, and ordered the two to make peace up.

Coming to the negotiating table again, Shen Weijing's face was full of spring: "My lord, prince, what should we discuss today?" Are there a few county towns that can only be returned to Gangneung? Or does the Jingjiang in Guangxi have to be controlled by you? ”

Looking at Shen Weijing's playful eyes, the prince was certainly uncomfortable, and Ahma felt that his face was being beaten.

But he didn't have much choice now, so he could only speak: "We can not Jingjiang, and Jiangling can also give it to you, but we also have a little request, and you Song Ting must agree." ”

"Let Ali The Hague's old naval division return to Huainan, and all the warships looted by our DPRK on the battlefield will also be returned. If you can agree, you can negotiate peace, and if you don't promise us, Dayuan would rather fight, and see how long your Song court can resist! ”

That's ...... Backed down?

Not only did Jiangling be caught, but even Guangxi could be returned?

Looking at Ahma's unwilling but helpless appearance, Shen Weijing suddenly thought of what his lord said to him.

Only when you win on the battlefield can you have the right to speak at the negotiation table!