Chapter 349: The Touch of a Fish

Explaining the truth of market dumping to the ancients is really about talking about chickens and ducks, especially when he was a Confucian scholar who was born in a farmer, he was simply talking about potatoes with carrots and there was never a possibility of making it clear. Zhao Xing didn't waste so much time, so he had no intention of explaining it at all, and he took Shuai Fan except the military camp.

In the military camp, in addition to the remaining Suzaku Army soldiers, there were Zhao Xing's Gurkha Guards, the newly arrived 3,000 Guangnan Demon Elimination Army, a thousand spearmen on Danluo Island, and the "First Foreign Legion" of the Song Dynasty stationed on Danluo Island.

You can't say that this first foreign legion of the Song Dynasty is actually registered in the imperial military registration, but it is just a local origin. At present, it is affiliated with the Mizhou Tuanlian and belongs to the foreign unit of the Mizhou Navy. The court does not pay any salary, but the Privy Council recognizes that their military registration is equivalent to the bravery of the Song Dynasty. The reason for their existence is Zhang Yong's mistake, which is said to protect the smooth flow of the trading waterway between the Song Dynasty and the Jurchens.

The reason why Zhao Xing called him the "Foreign Corps" is because this army is stationed on Danluo Island overseas. The army is controlled by foreigners. Yuan Yeping, the former Mizhou prosecutor of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, except for a small number of officers and logistics personnel in this army, the remaining soldiers and officers are all wandering samurai in Japan and Goryeo.

It’s okay for the wandering samurai in Japan to be a group. Now the Kanto region of Japan has been formed, and the Daming warlords have risen today and die tomorrow. The Japanese royal family is determined to weaken the samurai class. Those samurai who have lost their masters are not recognized and immediately become beggars, wandering in the countryside, and even causing great harm to Japan’s sulfur production.

Japan's sulfur production was the lifeline of the Song Dynasty. With the advent of the gunpowder era, the national defense of the Song Dynasty relied more and more on the existence of this lifeline. In real history, it was the warriors' exchange of fire near the Kitakyushu sulfur mine that led to the suspension of production of the sulfur mine. Then the Song Dynasty's name failed in the Jin Dynasty - of course, there was more than one reason for the failure of the Song army, but it was only one of them.

Zhao Xing has always been staring at Kyushu like a hungry wolf, staring at the lifeline of the Song Dynasty, and found turmoil near the Japanese sulfur mine. Zhao Xing immediately recruited wandering warriors in the name of protection, and announced that these recruits would be jointly hired by Mizhou Tuanjian and Guangzhou Tuanjian to enter Kitakyushu to "maintain local peace."

Because Japan could not trade with the Song Dynasty in this era, sulfur deposits were the largest trade. The Japanese palace was powerless, and the Kanto Warriors were out of reach. Zhao Xing was willing to contribute money to protect the minerals. Everyone thought that this sucker must be encouraged, and recruited the Wandering Warriors, the source of the turmoil, which was the consistent policy of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao Xing, a Song man, took action according to the Song Dynasty's convention, and Japan tried its best to respond. Many defeated Daming even sent troops to escort the losers to Nagato, and afterwards, they didn't even ask for ship money and travel expenses.

At the same time, those who were forced to send him to join the army of the "Celestial Kingdom" and instead wanted to bribe the escort personnel and ask them to join their relatives in the queue. Along the way, they not only had no intention of escaping, but kept urging the escort officials to rush on the way so that they could join the "Celestial Army" as soon as possible.

Now, the people recruited by Zhao Xing were very much more than the staff. The Japanese respected the Song people like gods. A team of 100 people stationed near the mines. Daming around him was afraid to speak loudly. He walked on tiptoe, and was afraid that the people of the Celestial Empire would despise his village. How dare they play with sticks? When Zhao Xing promoted the "Lantian Township Agreement" model of the Celestial Empire, organized the Daming Joint Assembly (hereinafter referred to as the "Parliament") in Kitakyushu and advocated "controversial settlement" to "disputed negotiations", it was enough to station 10 nominal Song troops in Kitakyushu. No matter how much it was, it would cost money and food.

So, Zhao Xing simply selected some elite soldiers and transferred the extra staff to Danluo Island, the Goryeo Song merchant settlement Kaicheng, and the Suzhou Trade Zone of the Suzhou (now Dalian) in the Song Dynasty... In this way, the First Foreign Corps of the Song Dynasty deserved its reputation. In the Japanese side, not only wandering warriors rushed to join. Even the official warriors also resigned as their masters and joined the "Overseas Hu tribe" of the Song Dynasty. The Goryeo people who came later, the Suzhou Jurchen (Mature Jurchen), and the Khitan fugitives, even raised the standards for joining this army.

The reason why this army is sought after by surrounding vassal states is also a special naturalization condition issued by Zhao Xing. Guangdong has a local administrative order that allows overseas merchants stranded overseas to replenish taxes (Dingkou tax) to be naturalized. Zhao Xing then extended this provision to the "Foreign Corps". The soldiers of this foreign corps can be certified by the Guangnan Administration after serving for seven years. The foreign corps will provide a certificate. The foreign corps will provide taxes and give retired personnel the treatment of subjects of the Song Dynasty. The news came out that those Koreans who were determined to "subsidize" the land were frenzy. There was an opportunity before the Ming Dynasty, so that I could become a Song Dynasty person. I, I missed it, I am idiot?!

The training of foreign legions is strict and the elimination rate is very high. However, the more difficult the people of the surrounding vassals become, the more fanatical they are. In cruel training, they have to complete tactical actions without hesitation to be injured. Tangshou and sumo wrestle are the most common training events.

As a fully cold weapon army, it was actually equivalent to a special forces soldier in this era. In the Tang Dynasty, such an army was "first to climb", or Li Shimin's "Swordsman Camp" could be regarded as a "swordsman camp" - that swordsman camp was the last swordsman camp in China. The Song Dynasty should have recruitment systems, so it is similar to the organization of special forces. Zhao Xing now needs people who can stand the test, and foreign legions are the most suitable choice.

At this time, the official lunch time of the order, a team of soldiers were lined up to receive the meal. Yuan Yeping ran over to greet him. Zhao Xing told the latter his purpose. Yuan Yeping thought for a moment and replied: "Changmen Palace, our army specializes in training Tang Swords, fighting skills, and small team fighting skills. In this regard, we have to choose talents, and I think they are suitable... However, I was betting against people in the Song Dynasty. If all those who were on the stage were foreign soldiers, I was afraid that the Liao people or the ministers in the court would have to get entangled afterwards. It would be better to choose a few pure Song people. Students under the name of the adults also learned a lot from Tang Swords. We chose three foreign soldiers and three pure Song people. The remaining ones would have gathered ten of them to play. There would be no problem!"

Zhao Xing laughed wildly: "I am going to let the Gurkha defenders play, and Tyson, and choose a few more Koreans from Korea, Japanese samurai, and the Jurchens from the Hesu Pavilion also choose one... In short, those who play must be elite soldiers and strong generals. It is not necessary to limit them to being pure Song people, because this is the characteristic of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, which is "the sea is inclusive and the rivers are inclusive and will be great."

My Song Dynasty was willing to appoint Israelites to serve as officials. I was willing to appoint Arab merchants as supervisors of the Quanzhou Maritime Department and I was willing to let the Japanese be county magistrates, generals and soldiers. So our development is strong and unstoppable. The Liao people want to laugh at him, let him laugh. If you have the ability, he also finds so many foreigners to help the war. Humph, I didn’t underestimate him. Looking at the whole of Asia, I can find so many foreign vassals to fight for my Song Dynasty. Who else is besides my Song Dynasty?”

Shuai Fan added: "I just need to win! I want this victory to win cleanly and without any suspense. As for the loser's complaints, I don't care!"

Yuanye Hei sneered: "In the court..."

Yuan Yeping is a Japanese and is particularly worried about his identity. But he only said these three words. Seeing Zhao Xing's impatient expression, he hurriedly pointed at the three soldiers lined up and greeted: "You, you. Come here, there..."

After selecting all the people, Yuan Yeping introduced: "These ten people are all Tang Shidao, sumo wrestlers in the army, and Nagato Temple to screen... This one is a Korean. This one is a Jurchen in the Hosu Pavilion, and these are Japanese..."

When Zhao Xing saw the soldier's plate in his hand, he asked with a smile: "How is the food in the army?"

As soon as he asked these words, several Korean Japanese knelt down and cried bitterly. Shuai Fan was startled, thinking that someone had deducted military rations, so the soldiers had grievances to complain, but what he heard next surprised him. The soldiers cried bitterly and said, "Every day there are fish, either fish or meat, so the adults treat us like this...

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Shuai Fan was furious: "Grandma's, there is such a badass. He doesn't want to give him delicious food..."

The soldiers smiled and agreed in a stack of words: "Hi. Hi! Sir, you are right to scold you, we are bastards - if you scold you for a while, we will feel a little bit!"

The handsome guy is completely speechless!

Zhao Xing quickly stopped him and explained: "It has nothing to do with fish and land. You don't know that this is their national habit. The Japanese and Korean people believe in Buddhism all over the country, and the eating habit of not killing animals and not eating animal meat has lasted for thousands of years. The nobles of the two countries can eat meat, while civilians can only eat fish, but although Goryeo in Japan is facing the sea, the iron ore in the middle of the country is poor, and the smelting technology is not high. The iron nails for shipbuilding need to be purchased from the Song Dynasty. Therefore, in these two countries, using fish to entertain guests is treated as guests as guests, and letting guests eat meat is treated as guests as nobles. Our army has meat every day, which makes them who are born in civilians very uncomfortable, and it is natural to feel uncomfortable..."

After explaining these trivial customs, Zhao Xing turned around and explained his agreement to fight with the Liao people. Before he could issue a pre-war mobilization, the ten people selected had already gritted their teeth and replied: "It's just a fight to the death!...Don't worry, if you can't win, we should apologize!"

"Okay!" Zhao Xing ordered with confidence: "Zi Lian, stay here and train them for a few days. I will arrange the operation of Korean Zirang..."

Korean capital surgery is a minor matter, and Zhao Xinghun didn't care. This adult was suffering from a high blood infection and was almost helpless in this era. Although Zhao Xing used surgery to remove the lead bullet, Korean capital still had a high fever...

Three days later, the personnel selected by He Lu Saogu were in place, but the competition was not held as scheduled because Nanjing Dao finally found the whereabouts of Emperor Daozong. Unfortunately, the news they received was beyond everyone's expectations - Emperor Daozong passed away.

The Emperor Daozong of Liao Kingdom has been in power for more than 40 years. The grassland people should have died at such an age, so his death did not cause too much surprise. During the reign of this absurd emperor, he had been hunting everywhere. The government affairs of the Khitan dynasty were all voluntarily performed their duties, so that the absurd politics of the Khitan area were maintained. Now the emperor hunted in winter and died in the wild. The Liao people then mourned everywhere. On the way to look for the emperor's envoy, he encountered a mourning envoy, and he brought the news of Emperor Dao's death back to Nanjing Road.

Emperor Daozong died of illness on the banks of the Huntong River. The Khitan ministers supported a young emperor, and the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi (son of Prince Yelu Jun) succeeded to the throne. The new emperor of the Khitan Kingdom ascended the throne, so naturally, in the attitude of calming the affairs, he readily agreed to apologize from Nanjing. Their request was unexpectedly: the Song State should open more grassland markets.

Ten days later, the negotiations ended. The Liao Kingdom's Datiyin He Lu Saogu presided over the signing of the new Song-Liao Alliance. Although this alliance was negotiated by Guangnan East Road and Liao Kingdom's Nanjing Road, since many diplomatic matters involved in national levels in the agreement, both the Song and Liao sides regarded it as a national agreement. Since this agreement was signed in Wuqing, later generations called it the "Wuqing Alliance".

The alliance stipulated that the Liao Kingdom stopped supporting the Xixia people and restrained its own citizens. It prohibited the citizens from crossing the border to rob the Song people again. In order to ensure the compliance with this agreement, the Liao Kingdom also agreed to an additional condition for the Song Kingdom, that is, the Song people had the right to judge the Liao bandits captured in the Song Kingdom. Similarly, the Liao people also had the right to judge the bandits in the Song Kingdom where they arrested them.

This annex is equivalent to the modern "judicial cooperation agreement". In this way, the State of Song will no longer have any help from the bandits of Liao who come to harass them. They can offer a reward to be wanted. Once the State of Liao captures these bandits, it is also responsible for handing over these bandits to the State of Song, and the State of Song will give the bandits the land punishment they deserve.

The reason why the Liao people were willing to agree with this is because the Song State has always been known as a gentleman country, and the punishments in the Song State are too light. Generally, it is just to judge how many people are drawn (spine). In the eyes of the Liao people, that kind of plaque is similar to a tickling board...

After the Liao people promised not to support Xixia, they asked the Song Dynasty to open a vertebra. This vertebra is located at the mouth of the Yellow River. Zhao Xing named it "Tianjin". The alliance stipulates that this port is a free port, and there are no troops stationed in the port, and public security is spontaneously maintained by merchants from the Song and Liao countries. In principle, the taxes collected by the vertebra will be divided into two, and the Song and Liao countries each enjoy half of them.

With the "Judicial Cooperation Agreement" in advance, the legal documents issued by this new port were naturally recognized by the Song and Liao sides, and both countries promised to fully assist the new cities in maintaining public order and arresting thieves.

According to the annex to the place agreement between the two parties, the new city adopts a market access system. The entire city will accommodate 300 merchants to move in, and the occupancy qualification will be reviewed every two years. The Song State issued 200 occupancy permits, allowing 200 Song merchants to enter Tianjin for transactions, while the Liao State issued 100 licenses, and dispatched 100 Khitan merchants to enter the new city.

According to the requirements of the Liao Kingdom, these licenses were divided into several details. They were divided into tea merchants, silk merchants, salt merchants... By the way, the Liao people asked to add several firearms and explosives merchants, and Zhao Xing nodded in agreement.

Of course, in exchange, the Liao Kingdom had to send several horse merchants into the city, and both sides also determined the monthly transaction volume of war horses and gunpowder in order to strive for fairness.

All the above are appendixes to the agreement, and the main text of the agreement is full of big and unreasonable empty words. For example, the two sides reviewed the long-standing friendship between the two countries together and believed that peaceful coexistence is the basic principle between countries. For this reason, the Liao Kingdom expressed sincerity and humility for its attack on the Song Dynasty's tribute envoy on the river and agreed to compensate the damaged merchants.

Zhao Xing also expressed his sincere apology for his behavior of crossing the border to hunt down bandits without authorization... etc. In order to prevent such incidents from happening in the future, the two sides exchanged views on the prevention mechanism between the two countries and signed the "Wuqing Alliance". This was a successful conference and a victorious conference...

The Liao Kingdom was holding a funeral, but coincidentally, the Song Kingdom was holding a funeral, so it could not continue as a sumo wrestling competition with entertainment. However, some people later speculated that the game had been held privately because He Lu Saogu's face was miserable when he signed the contract, and his choice of wrestling experts disappeared collectively afterwards.

Shortly after signing the contract, He Lu Saogu handed over the nephew who caused the accident, but refused to return the seized weapons. He said with confidence: "Those are spoils. According to the rules on our grassland, the winners have the right to possess everything of the losers, including the losers' wives and children. My warriors killed those hundred people in a head-on battle, and for this they paid 700 lives, so they have the right to possess those weapons!"

When He Lu Saogu insisted, Zhao Xing nodded thoughtfully with a sigh of relief: "It's just right! Wuqing City is also a trophy in my area. I don't want to return the people in this city. If you take my 100 guns, I will move all the people in this city. New Tianjin City is short of staff, so I'm not polite... Hahaha, one hundred guns are replaced with tens of thousands of people. Do you want to do this business again? "

When Zhao Xing said this, He Lu Saogu's face turned pale, Jiang Zhiqi's face turned green. Jiang Zhiqi was worried that the Liao people had taken the musket and learned to imitate it, but when Zhao Xing repeatedly reminded that the muskets were updated too quickly, the batch of spoils in the hands of the Liao people had been eliminated, he did not interrupt and stop them.

After the negotiations ended, the news of the signing of the contract was sent back to the capital. It happened to be the day when the little emperor ascended the throne and changed the reign. The agreement was sent to the palace. Zhao Ji frowned: "This Jiang Zhiqi... Forget it, I know that Zhao Liren's tricks are first-class. How long has Jiang Zhiqi been out? He actually obeyed Zhao Liren's orders and made such a 'four-no-like agreement' to fool me. Is this what I need?"

The good old man Zeng Bu studied the agreement repeatedly and bowed to congratulate him: "Officials, I'm so happy. I knew that Zhao Liren's advantage was not easy to take. This agreement took a huge advantage from the Liao people. Are you so happy?"
Chapter completed!