The palace of King Wu in the city of Yongzhou in southern Xinjiang.

Zhao Shu sat on the throne, and the military generals of Wenchen led by Jiang Kui stood on both sides, and there was a hint of joy and pride in their eyes, because King Wu was going to receive the lord of the ancient kingdom of Shamba and many captives.

Under the gaze of everyone, a fierce general in armor took the lead in stepping forward, and behind him, dozens of soldiers escorted several barbarian royals wearing strange crowns, pale faces, and bloated bodies.

Zhao Shu's eyes fell on these people, revealing a hint of joy, and also showing a trace of emotion, he and the southbound fleet organized by the merchant group encountered a hurricane and lost their way, but by mistake came to the ancient country of Shamba in the Mekong River Valley of the Indochina Peninsula, and directly captured the rich ancient country of Shamba, and also escorted the royal family of the ancient country of Shamba to Yongzhou, but part of the fleet that originally went south was also damaged and could not go to the Arabian Sea to obtain Arab war horses for himself.

These wolf-like pawns and greedy merchants ransacked the entire ancient country of Shamba and brought back infinite wealth and endless grain and grass, which forced them to come to Yongzhou from Mengshan to meet this prosperous era.

"Zhou Lun, the commander of the navy, visited His Royal Highness King Wu. ”

When Zhou Lun respectfully worshipped, his face was excited with a hint of flushing, and he looked up at His Royal Highness King Wu: "The humble post went south this time, although he suffered a hurricane, but the harvest was great, and he broke through the largest country in the southern barbarians, the ancient country of Xiangba, and obtained countless wealth, countless grains and grasses. ”

When Zhou Lun said, he became more and more excited, he was originally just a second-rate general in the army, but with this credit, he will sit firmly in the commander of the water army and become one of the most powerful generals in the Qilin Army.

Hearing Zhou Lun's words, all the generals were overjoyed, and Zhao Shu also slightly suppressed the joy in his heart.

With this wealth, it is enough to control the Nanban more firmly, go north to resist the Jurchens, and have more wealth, and no longer have to worry about being held hostage by those courtiers.

And the wealth obtained from the south this time is enough to make those wavering businessmen more determined, so that they can follow their side, and can also attract more businessmen, this land south of the Yangtze River is the world of Confucianism, but it is also the most prosperous place for commerce, the power of merchants should not be underestimated at all, with the help of this power, there will be more and more businessmen to join their own forces, this force is still very weak, but in the end it can definitely shake the foundation of Confucianism.

"Zhou Lun made a great contribution, sealed the responsibility of the commander of ten thousand, rewarded one hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, a mansion, and thousands of acres of land. A dragon bone sword, a pair of stainless steel armor, into the martial arts hall. ”

A series of rewards were announced by the waiters on the side, which made Zhou Lun's face overjoyed, the money in front of him was counted, and the reward in the back was a real recognition of himself.

"Your Highness, these people are all from the ancient country of Shamba. ”

When Zhou Lun said happily, a middle-aged fat man in a yellow robe walked up slowly holding a black ribbon, and after coming to Zhao Shu, the middle-aged man bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Qufeng greets His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

Zhao Shu, who was sitting on the throne, looked at the envoy of the ancient country of Xiangba who was throwing himself to the ground, and did not receive the ribbon, but said lightly: "Send everyone from the ancient country of Xiangba to Bianliang overnight to meet the saint, announce our merits to the people of the world, and show the majesty of the coming dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Shu said, and these people were directly escorted.

As the people of the ancient country of Shamba walked down, Su Zhiyuan stepped forward with an excited face, and said respectfully to King Wu: "Your Royal Highness, the land of southern Xinjiang is the capital of ancient China Annandu, the barbarians took advantage of the civil strife in China to steal land rights, and called the emperor without permission. His Royal Highness's such a feat has never been seen before, and he should be honored and led by the envoy of the Annan Festival. ”

After Su Zhiyuan finished speaking, all the officials who followed Zhao Shu and the scholars who had been unwilling stepped forward to admonish.

These people appeased the people of Li for Zhao Shu, sorted out the order in various places, and took charge of the responsibilities of the civil ministers.

Seeing the persuasion of these people, Zhao Shu smiled, the strength of the generals under his command is getting stronger and stronger, and he intends to promote the power of Su Zhiyuan and his subordinate officials Wenchen to balance the cultural relics, but Su Zhiyuan's qualifications and abilities cannot be compared with Jiang Kui, and it is even more inconvenient to refuse directly at the moment, so he waved his hand and said: "All the titles should be canonized by the imperial court, and you will play the imperial court immediately." ”

"Your Highness Shengming!"

Su Zhiyuan and the others were overjoyed, thinking that Zhao Shu had agreed, and immediately started to get up.

"Your Highness, this trip to the south is very profitable, and the rich families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and some small and medium-sized families hope to join the southbound shipping. These wealthy families and small and medium-sized families also sent protons to come. ”

Jiang Kui stepped forward and said, Zhao Shu's face showed joy, and he knew in his heart that these people had their own fleets to go to sea before, but all of them were destroyed by their own sailors these days.

His own naval fleet is all Mo Yangzi after the transformation of the Mo family, and it can be said that he is the overlord of the sea.

When Lun went south this week, some warships, disguised as pirates, sank all the fleets that went south along the way, which also forced these people to cooperate with him, but these are all secret things, and they can't be said at the moment.

"Your Highness, the Feng family of the Lingnan clan has also sent people, hoping to meet His Highness, these people are now in the post house. ”

Jiang Kui's words made Zhao Shu's eyebrows condense, this Feng family is one of the two major families in Jiangnan, and its power has penetrated into the entire Jiangnan, even the Confucian sect does not dare to underestimate this family, when he destroyed the Wang family, he paid close attention to the Feng family and the Lu family in Xiangxi.

Now that the Feng family came to see him in person, he was afraid that the person who came was not good, Zhao Shu pondered, and did not directly answer Jiang Kui's words, but just swept down many civil and military generals: "The war in Northern Xinjiang is already imminent, and going north is the most important thing, and you must not slack off." ”

"Zhou Lun, you lead a part of the navy to Yangzhou and wait for the king's order. ”

Zhao Shu said coldly, this Yangzhou, Shouchun and Gaoyou are his own land in Middle-earth, his foundation there is solid, the imperial court and Confucianism will not be able to destroy it for a while, he must take the opportunity to go north to sweep away those who try to attack him, and lay a solid foundation in the three places.

Zhao Shu knew that the public opinion and forces he had mobilized would definitely take effect, and with the many courtiers of the ancient kingdom of Shamba, the imperial court would have a deeper understanding of his own combat power.

Moreover, the horror of the Liao State and the Jurchens will make those who have ill intentions even happier to let themselves go to the northern frontier, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, let themselves fight with the alien race, lose both, and then kill themselves.

Originally, they wanted to trap themselves in the land of southern Xinjiang, but unfortunately they broke through the witch Gu Dao and the lion country, plus the ancient country of Shamba made this plan shattered, and they had to let themselves go to the northern frontier.

It's just that once he goes to the northern Xinjiang, he will definitely hinder himself, and from then on, he will only rely on himself for the supply of a qiē, and it can even be said that he is fighting against the Jurchens rather than the Great Song Dynasty.