Chapter 399: The Most Warriors

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment and said slowly: "It seems that from Mr. Xie Ying, I seemed to see the shadow of my teacher Poxian. No wonder people on both sides of Jinghu wanted to erect a monument for him..."

Zong Ze blurted out: "Why haven't I heard of the people of Jinghu erecting a monument for him?"

Zhao Xing felt that he was speechless, and he concealed it: "There will be something in the future - I think Xie Ying's cares about the people so much, and the people will definitely not forget him."

Finding that he was getting darker and darker, Zhao Xing quickly changed the topic: "Yayan, transfer some food from Guangdong and Guangxi to support Jinghu. In addition, he allocated one million yuan from the emergency fund to Xie Yinglao, telling Xie Yinglao that we are from Liangzhe Road, Guangdong and Guangxi are willing to accept and resettle the affected farmers in Jinghu, and we have to pay the travel expenses."

Wan Qi Yong sighed: "One million guan, this money is left in the past, and Mr. Xie is probably grateful. But now, the budget for each state under the jurisdiction of our Nanyang Affairs Bureau will be tens of millions next year. This money is allocated - sir, promoted Mien, and fought against Mien."

What Wan Qiyong said is that when a person is facing starvation, he will be grateful to you when he gives him a steamed bun, but if you give him a big bun, he will inevitably think in his heart - I am almost starving to death, but you are too busy to give charity to others. Why am I so hungry that I am almost dying? You want to throw away too many steamed buns? This is unfair!

So, the person who accepts the alms will think of fighting against you. This is called "Shengmien, fighting against rice resentment".

Seeing that Zhao Xing did not speak, Wan Qi Yong suggested: "It would be better to do this. We just said that according to the imperial system, it is not convenient for us to allocate money to Jinghu. That is to say, we don't give them a single money, but we can support them in food, clothes, charcoal and firewood, and help him resettle the victims and let the victims pay for relief with work.

This is done. The court system is there, and I believe Mr. Xie must have nothing to say. As long as we properly resettle those victims, those victims will definitely be grateful to us after they return. This is called "benefiting all people but not giving only one person". It means that we are not giving benefits to Mr. Xie, but giving benefits to all victims."

Zong Ze pointed to Yang Chong, who was full of expectations next to him and praised him, "Mr. Yayan is worthy of being a capable official. This is true. We cannot help the disaster relief this time just because Yang Chong is the former friend of the Taiwei. The government should help the relief. The targets of our relief should be the victims rather than the merchants. We must be given the best benefits to the victims of the Weaver Girl..."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "You are wrong. In the past, Ouyang Gongxiu once recorded: 'It is difficult for the superiors to be focused on the prosperity of the people. We must advance with the lower side and then flow without stagnation... Therefore, those who are good at using great powers to lure big merchants without any profit. This is a technique of sharing profits with merchants and gaining less profits.' Ouyang Gong means that merchants pay taxes to support the operation of the government. If the government wants to increase taxes, they must share profits with big merchants and big merchants and share risks with merchants.

Therefore, the government participated in the relief this time. It was to let the merchants understand that the government did not collect their taxes for nothing. When they encountered danger, the government was willing to help them overcome temporary difficulties - the government was willing to share half of the losses of personnel; the government was willing to share one-third of the losses of property. Is this amount possible?

In addition, in order to help merchants avoid risks, I plan to build an insurance company. This insurance company is operated by merchants themselves, and the government only has its supervisory role. In addition, as the number of ships we go to Southeast Asia gradually increases, there are risks to go to sea, so I plan to take over the insurance business of sea ships."

Zhao Xing followed the trend and talked about the insurance company's idea. Zong Ze applauded: "This is a policy of benefiting the people. With this insurance, the commercial risks borne by individuals can be minimized. The insurance company is operated entirely by merchants, which eliminates the intervention of corrupt officials. This company can be maintained for a long time - however, merchants are inevitably seeking profits when doing things, and I am afraid that they will not be willing to pay compensation at that time. The government must strengthen supervision and set up a complete set of rules. Master, this matter must be planned well. Once the planning is successful, it will be praised for the whole world."

After a pause, Zong Ze looked at Zhao Xing wet and suggested carefully: "Sir, let's go back to the house first. If you are sick, it will be bad."

This is the first time Zong Ze has cared about Zhao Xing. This person is a person who likes to discuss matters. When they meet, Zong Ze raises his hand to say goodbye after he finishes his business and rarely talks about things other than business. This time he is concerned about Zhao Xing's body for the first time. It seems that he truly understands the role of Zhao Xing's existence, so he is worried that Zhao Xing will have an accident.

Back in the room, changing out of wet clothes, Zhao Xing, Wan Qi Yong, Zong Ze and others surrounded the stove and talked about the detailed rules of the insurance company. After a while, Park In-guang came hurriedly again. He brought a lot of documents and asked Zhao Xing to review: "Taiwei, do you see if the documents are written like this, are there any problems?"

Zong Ze didn't know that Zhao Xing had blackmailed Goryeo. He took the document and checked it out, frowned and said, "The Jurchens are my former ally of the Song Dynasty. My war horses of the Song Dynasty are all imported by the female direct people. Now that the female direct fights with Goryeo, how can I easily interfere with it? Oh, it seems that Goryeo is also an ally of ours. The two allies are going to war and ask me to help fight one, which is not good."

Zong Ze had not said that Zhao Xing wanted to go to war with Gao Li and would inevitably cross the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. He didn't know Zhao Xing's arrangements yet, so he made a tactful suggestion.

Zhao Xing laughed: "My Song Dynasty still has a vague understanding of the land north of the Liao Kingdom. As long as the land people are on that land, we all call them Jurchens, Hesuguan Jurchens, Hei Shui Jurchens, Born Jurchens, Mature Jurchens... In fact, the ones who sold us the war horses were the people of the Hesuguan, the former Bohai people, and the ones who went to war with Goryeo were the Jurchens, and the people who started the war with Goryeo were the Jurchens, and Hei Shui people. These two types of people are not the same race at all."

Park In-gwang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the Taiwei is right. I, Goryeo, is an ally of the Song Dynasty, and the Hei Shui people are a sage. Now that the allies are attacked, the Celestial Empire cannot ignore them."

In fact, Zhao Xing was fooling around. The people in the Heishuiguan believed that they were of the same type as the Heishui people, and then the Heishui people in the rise followed the name "Juchen".

Originally, the Song Dynasty had a vague understanding of overseas Chinese. Since the Maritime News reported, the Song Dynasty realized that "Dashi" existed in many countries and was not completely unified. Zhao Xing borrowed the Song people's mistakes about Dashi and completely separated "Hosu Hall" from "Birth of Jurchens". Park In-kwang discovered his mistake at this time. He murmured in his heart: "If we had known that we would have distinguished this way, we would have asked the court. I guess the court would have been willing to send troops long ago, so how could it be used to be blackmailed by Zhao Laohu here?"

However, after thinking about it, Park In-kwang also thought that his thoughts just now were unrealistic. The Jurchens were born as savage. Facing the Jurchens like tsunami, they had to fight in the cold northern Goryeo in winter. It is estimated that only Zhao Xing dared to fight such a battle, and only Zhao Xing could mobilize enough troops to fight overseas in a short period of time. It would take at least one year of preparation for this work, and when the Privy Council completed the war mobilization, Goryeo was probably destroyed.

When Zong Ze heard this, he glanced at Zhao Xing, shook his head gently, and stopped talking. Zong Ze was in Hangzhou for several years and knew Zhao Xing's temper. He shook his head because he knew that Zhao Xing was a militant. The Song Dynasty knew that Zhao Xing was never satisfied with his victory in the south, and he always stared at the north, and the Song people had no sense of confidentiality. The agreement between Zhao Xing and the young emperor for ten years of Northern Expedition has been spread to everyone. This is a militant who never likes to treat the army as a collectible and always looks for opportunities to let the army practice skills.

What else can you say to people like this?

Perhaps, this is another practice. As for crossing the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to engage in a foreign war - Zhao Xing did everything more outrageously than this, as long as the little emperor tolerated it, why should he be troubled by Zong Ze?

After Zong Ze reviewed Park In-kwang's documents, Shuai Fan took the documents, read them hastily, and said to Park In-kwang calmly: "The mobilization order has been issued. Now Taihu Lake is frozen, and our southern army supplies cannot be transferred for a while. I can only dispatch ten warships in advance. You send someone to rush into Kaijing and inform your king to stay and wait for assistance. Just say that within ten days, our army will arrive."

Park In-kwang looked at Shuai Fan, then looked at Zhao Xing begging, and asked: "Taiwei, can you lead the army yourself this time?"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "I can't go out to fight, but I will escort a batch of military supplies given to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau and visit Mizhou in person... Maybe I will go to Dengzhou to see the dock there. Don't worry, Dengzhou is not far from Beijing, and the battlefield situation will arrive in Dengzhou without any obstacles."

Shuai Fan raised his chest: "I am the one who went to fight this time, so I will take General Xiaoshi there. After the war, General Xiaoshi will stay in the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. In the future, if you have any trouble in Goryeo, you can directly find General Xiaoshi."

If you want to talk about which organization in Hangzhou is the most efficient? It also has to be said that Zhao Xing has been working hard to build a military system. After the mobilization order was issued, teams of musketeers wearing copper masks gathered from all over Hangzhou. The people of Hangzhou, who were not sure, were they puzzled and inquire about each other: "Isn't it just burning a schizome? Why did the army mobilize? Is the Taiwei's hand itchy again, or is it that he disliked a little king of Nanyang and wanted to beat him up to relieve his anger?"

The yamen runner who knew the truth mysteriously pointed to the north and refused to say it.

The more they didn't say it, the more speculations the people of Hangzhou were. A few days later, the emperor's local edict was issued, and Zhao Xing agreed to the request one by one. Zhao Xing shook the edict in his hand, but there was no happy expression on his face: "The official family did not read my edict at all. The words on this edict were written by Liang Shicheng, and they were the handwriting of the official edict he imitated. I know the edict, and the words he wrote always liked to pick too high."

Park In-kwang doesn't care. He was already very satisfied that the Song Dynasty could allow Zhao Xing to send military observation teams and allow the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to send troops to assist in the war. Because of this, he finally tied a huge chariot like the Song Dynasty with Goryeo.

Zong Ze looked depressed, but grew up in the environment of party struggles. He had no idea of ​​arguing with the emperor in the education he received since childhood. If Zong Ze did not express his opinion, it did not mean that others did not dare to express his opinion. Wan Qi Yong shook his head and sighed, and immediately said: "No matter what, it is beneficial to us anyway, what else should I worry about?"

Wan Qi Yong said this, and a person next to him was dismissed from the capital, Wang Mingsou, angrily said: "Treacherous ministers are ruining the country, treacherous ministers are ruining the country! Grandmaster, the court is now in chaos, you should come forward to rectify it."

Zhao Xing handed the notice to Shuai Fan and said softly: "Order the order to send troops, I'll set off tomorrow."

Turning around, Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and said to Wang Mingsou, "How can I come forward? Now I am the largest town in the Song Dynasty. I am already very satisfied with being able to protect my acre of three-point land. I dare not point fingers at court affairs."

Wang Wei replied loudly: "Taiwei, in addition to the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, is also the Great Song Dynasty!"

Wang Wei was demoted from Beijing and went to Hangzhou. He stayed for seven or eight months but did not see Zhao Xing. After Zhao Xing came back, he left him for several months. He only appeared around Zhao Xing recently. Of course, there is no need to mention whether he will go to the place of exile or meet Zhao Xing. Anyway, Zhao Xing loves to detain demoted officials.

When this man saw Zhao Xing, he would talk back to Zhao Xing everywhere. Zong Ze didn't want him to be neglected by Zhao Xing for this. He quickly helped to smooth things out: "Mingsome is straightforward, and he always speaks so straightforwardly."

Zhao Xing smiled: "Of course, I know that he is a Naomi, and Zong Zhizhou is also a Naomi. Naomi has no scruples in speaking, so I will never blame him for this, because I know that he is not interested in speaking and his heart is still good."

Wan Qi Yong knew Wang Mingsou's talent and Zhao Xing's plan, so he also came forward to smooth things out: "Of course, the Taiwei will not be alienated because of his straightforwardness. In the past, Liu Anshi was in Guangzhou and was supported by the Taiwei's delicious food and drink. When he was idle, he liked to point at the Taiwei's nose and scold him. The Taiwei never neglected him."

Wang Fu calmed down a little and nodded in praise: "The Taiwei is famous for respecting his teacher and is very famous in the Song Dynasty. I admire the Taiwei very much. However, people often say that birds of a feather flock together, and the Taiwei made friends with Cai Jing and had a close relationship with Liang Shicheng Tong Guan. Even the edicts could be approved without even being heard by the official. If the Taiwei is a thief, he will be the number one traitor in the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, the Taiwei is still fine now and can only think about the Song Dynasty.

However, the Taiwei’s consideration for the Song Dynasty today does not mean that this will happen in the future. Therefore, I think the Taiwei’s side is less than a straight person so that I can remind the Taiwei all the time, that I thought Brother Zongze was competent, but I didn’t expect that. Now Brother Zongze is welcomed all the time.”

Shuai Fan took the emperor's edict. After waiting for a while, he saw everyone discussing the "standard man issue". He reminded impatiently: "Okay, okay, everyone, I'm waiting for the army to go out here. Can you take care of the situation?"

"In front of you..." Wan Qi Yong chased the beard on his chin and replied slowly: "In front of you, according to the estimates made by the participating team, the gunpowder and weapons have been loaded on the ship. It just so happened that the gunpowder that the Taiwei master was on the road was not exhausted. The remaining one was enough for you to take another month. In a month, the gunpowder you needed will be transported from Guangzhou - the things that I have done are already done. The things that remain are what you have done."

Shuai Fan turned his attention to Yuan Yeping. Yuan Yeping reported: "The first batch of whistles were protruding out, and there were only scattered returns. Based on these scattered information, it can be determined that Kaijing was still standing firm. After our people rushed in to send the message, the King of Goryeo, who originally wanted to surrender, immediately decided to stand by and wait for help.

Our shadow warriors have already walked in the countryside and encouraged the Goryeo people to rise up and resist. When you arrive, the supply of local civilians should not be a problem. Several Goryeo county magistrates have agreed to cooperate...

In terms of the enemy, it has been confirmed that there are only 30,000 enemy troops, and the rest are some subordinate troops, with low combat power and not worth mentioning. Goryeo is cold, and the Jurchens are hiding in the house and have stopped siege. If you go, you can be as if you are in a no-man. We have prepared a guide for you..."

Shuai Fan slapped his thigh: "There are only 30,000 people. I'd said it earlier. It was cold and the snow was not knee-breaking, so the horses of Naomen were unable to move. Without cavalry, they would not have a speed advantage, and we had firearms, and our advantage was not reduced, while the advantage of Naomen was weakened... Don't worry, if that group of barbarians could still find their teeth in their mouths after the war, I would not be named Shuai in the future."

After Shuai Fan said that, he raised his head and turned away with confidence. Park In-kwang quickly bowed to Zhao Xing and followed Shuai Fan in a row.

After the two left, Zong Ze shook his head: "There are only 30,000 people, so he beat Gao Li to cry and called his father and mother, almost destroying the country. Lord Shuai is here... I think he's better to go over and sit in the formation and remind him not to underestimate the enemy in the hall."

Zhao Xing thought for a while and immediately said, "By the way, our army is called a military observation group. We cannot just be an officer under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau to observe. We should notify the capital and let the capital also send officers to observe."

Wan Qiyong praised: "Anyway, the war is about to begin spring, we can also notify Huanqing and Jinghu... Let all the officers in various places who are willing to watch the battle come - this is a war, the visit fee must be more expensive than the show tickets. Let's charge 1,000 yuan per visit fee. What do you think?!"

In the second year of Chongning, the new Chongning coins cast by Emperor Huizong of Song was released in the world. On this new coins, in order to pursue the beauty of the writing, Song Huizong and Cai Jing specially wrote the character "Chong" into simplified Chinese characters. The exquisite casting of this new Chongning coins truthfully demonstrated the exquisiteness of the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty. However, because the character "Chong" was removed and turned into simplified Chinese, many scholars muttered to themselves after receiving the new coins: "The word "Chong" is not sincere, is this a sign of the destruction of the country. If you are not interested in losing the country!"

In the first month of that year, the court began to vigorously adjust the officials of the six ministries. With the support of Zhao Xingdi, Huang Tingjian became the Minister of Rites, Zhang Lei entered the Censorate and became the censor. At the same time, Wang Qinruo, who defected to Zhao Xing, became the deputy Privy Councilor.

Later, the old party member Fan Chunli also entered the central government. Li Jie served as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works as a disciple of the Guan Party, and Shan E was also in the Ministry of Works. He served as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works as an official from the Two Lakes, and presided over the work of dredging the Yellow River.

This court struggle showed a strange phenomenon: the party to which Zhao Xing united Xie Lin and various academic factions in the south, and was called the Southern Party. The Southern Party and the old party occupied the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, the Privy Council, and the Censorate. However, the leaders of the two parties Zhao Xing and Han Zhongyan were not in the central government. They were divided into the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. They controlled military affairs locally and worked hard to weave their own strength.

In addition to Zhang Shangying, the fence-in-law, still in power, the remaining official positions are taken over by Cai Jing's new party, and the leader of the new party is located in the central government. Therefore, the three parties have their own importance. After this adjustment, they temporarily maintained a delicate balance. The court struggle has temporarily eased because of this adjustment, but there is an undercurrent below.

In the same month, a more explosive news broke out by a soldier from the expedition. He talked in detail about his experience of observing Buddha's teeth in Sri Lanka, described the sky garden like a fairyland in the sky, and used time to record the phoenix he saw...

In the past, soldiers talked about the Buddha Tooth Palace in Lion Mountain, but the soldiers’ literary talent is obviously not as good as this soldier. In the soldier’s writing, the Buddha Tooth Palace in Lion Mountain is depicted as poetic and picturesque, as if it were the Garden of Eden in the world. But behind the article, the soldier turned his pen and talked about the shocking words that Zhao Xing said at the entrance of the stairs of the Lion Palace: "The Buddha is dead!"

After describing his shocked mood, the soldier talked about the destruction of Buddha in India. He asked his heart carefully and confusingly: "The Buddha was driven out of the palace in his hometown. The Buddha's magic power could not even protect his own home. Does he still have magic power to protect us, the Song people in the foreign land?"

As soon as this statement blurted out, it immediately caused a huge sensation in the Song Dynasty. Many devout Buddhists felt that their world had collapsed, and they made excuses at the top of their lungs and cried to verify... Later, the debate spread more and more, so that people ignored the fact that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau jointly sent troops to Goryeo. After many years, people discovered the decisive significance of this war.

In the same month, 137 Taoist temples were completed in the country in the construction of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. Due to the debate in Buddhism, people's criticism of Taoism miraculously decreased. The completion of the temple in that month made most of the lost Buddhist believers turn to Taoism. For a moment, Taoism was full of excitement. The young emperor thought that Zhao Xing was indirectly clearing obstacles for him and reciprocating his favor. He approved the memorial of Zhao Xing's construction of a Nestorian temple under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau...

In the first month of 1103, overseas in Dengzhou, ten giant ships were quietly parked on the sea. The outside was cold and the cabin was as warm as spring. Zhao Xing wore a light fur and a thin shirt, flirted with the maritime news newspaper, and casually chatted with the Dengzhou military officer. His topic was the Goryeo War.

An officer finally intervened, but what he wanted to talk about was not the situation of the war in Goryeo. Taking advantage of Zhao Xing's mood, he pointed to the Maritime News in the latter's hand and asked carefully: "Taiwei, has India really begun to destroy Buddha?"

The officer did not ask whether the Buddha was dead. He directly asked the essence of the incident - if India really destroyed the Buddha, it meant that the Buddha could not even keep his home. In this way, it would be meaningless whether the Buddha was alive or dead.

Zhao Xingyang smiled and said with a smile: "I don't know if the Buddha is dead, but I know that there are still millions of monks who charge and pray to believers in the name of Buddha. I have never been interested in paid religions. In my opinion, all paid religions always start with fear and deception.

For example, if someone looks depressed, he starts with intimidation, saying that the other party has a disaster, and then how terrifying it is... In the end, they finally tell the other party that if the other party buys something from me or pays me to do something, they will definitely eliminate disasters and avoid disasters.

Of course, if these cheaters meet someone with joy, they must first congratulate the other party and tell them that they must have been happy recently. However, he will eventually tell the other party that there will be disasters in the near future. In order to eliminate disasters, he must buy some items or services... Humph, the power of money is more important than anything else in paid religions. For money, gods are willing to work hard to eliminate disasters for mortals.

However, I, the Song Dynasty, are in a commercial society. Everyone knows that I have always emphasized the contract law and contract law. Taking money to do things is originally the basic principle of the commercial society. If the fee-based religion can take money to eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, there is nothing to say, because it is done in line with the basic principles of commercial civilization, but unfortunately, they often take money to do things.

If you take money, you admit that you have violated the contract law and committed fraud. But they don’t admit that they are cunning like a farmer and say, “Sincerity will make you feel.” They take money and fail to fulfill the contractual obligation to eliminate disasters for you, but they say that it is not his responsibility. It is your responsibility for paying, but you are not sincere. It is your responsibility - would you rather have this reason?!

Hum, what's even more sad is that you were deceived. But you couldn't find justice. Because according to their statement, they took money to eliminate disasters for you, it was not their responsibility. The first person responsible for this incident was yourself, and the second person responsible was the god. Although they consumed your money, signed a disaster relief contract with you, and enjoyed the money you filial to the gods - will the gods enjoy the money you paid? How to enjoy it? But in the end, they do not bear all obligations. All obligations are yours! If you want to hold yourself accountable for non-performance, can you sue yourself? Can you sue the gods?

Therefore, they can enjoy your dedication freely and without any responsibility at all. In the secular world, we call such people 'liars'. They are not liars, and who else has the qualifications for liars. Unfortunately, faith is a complicated matter. Many things cannot be explained clearly. But now, since we cannot enter the commercial society, we should..."

When Zhao Xing said this, he suddenly stood up, walked to the porthole and looked out the window, ending the topic with action. He looked at the cold sea surface, with a lot of floating ice on the sea surface. The floating ice gently hit the hull with the waves, making continuous ding sounds. Zhao Xing tried hard to put his face close to the glass, trying to see the ice cubes under the hull, but he couldn't do it.

After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing looked at the end of the horizon again, and he said thoughtfully: "The General Commander started landing yesterday, and it is estimated that the situation of the war in Goryeo will be reported soon."

Shi Cheng sneaked into the cabin with a small wooden barrel. The small wooden barrel was about the size of an eight-gallon bucket on the water dispenser now. Shi Cheng tried hard to hide it in his arms and frequently winked at the officers, but Zhao Xing discovered it with the help of the glass reflection. He looked out the window with his back to Shi Cheng, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you have stole my wine again."

The Dengzhou officers smiled knowingly, and they all knew that Zhao Xing lived a luxurious life and paid special attention to eating, drinking and having fun, especially the fresh things in Southeast Asia. Even things that other families had never heard of were found here. Now that Zhao Xing heard that there was no reproach in Zhao Xing's tone, Dengzhou Troupe Training Commander Li Chun asked with a smile: "General Xiaoshi, what good thing is this? I took it here for us to taste it. Thank you for it."

Shi Cheng is the next generation of Shi's generals. The news that he was appointed as the commander of the fleet of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau has quietly spread. The Dengzhou officers were in a state of flattery when facing the children of this family of generals. Li Chun is in his forties and is also a fifth-rank commander, but when facing Shi Cheng, an eighteen-year-old doll, his attitude is very friendly and full of flattery.

Shi Cheng couldn't hide it anymore, so he lifted his robe, showed the wooden barrel, and said with a smirk: "Teacher, I saw ice on the sea. You often tell us that this wine needs to be drunk with ice, which makes it better. The students saw that several uncles worked hard here for a day, and they also wanted the uncles and uncles to often taste wine with ice."

Zhao Xing stared at the barrel and identified it for a moment. He said in a false anger: "You kid, you actually stole my Cypriot wine. This thing is so precious. Be careful when pouring it."

Li Chun's eyes lit up: "I heard that the holiday reward given to first-rank ministers in the palace this year is a barrel of 'Sail...Pruss' wine. You said it's good, why did you give such a strange name?"

Seeing that Zhao Xing agreed, Shi Cheng took out a wood drill, drilled a hole in the barrel, put a wine bridle, and skillfully distributed wine to several officers. It seemed that he usually did work for Zhao Xing in the capital and was very skillful. While giving the glass of wine filled with wine to the officers, he reminded: "This wine is good, sweet like honey, and I need some ice to dilute it. Dear uncles, everyone knows that I am coming to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau soon, and I still need to take care of you. Come and drink this glass of wine. If you have any questions in the future, please teach me more."

Li Chun savored the wine and carefully reminded the officers around him: "Be careful, I heard that there were many wars in Cyprus and the trade routes were cut off. Such a barrel of wine was very expensive. When transported to my Song Dynasty, every drop of wine was worth a gold coin... Nephew, you are so polite. With my friendship with the old Shi family, you don't have to steal your teacher's wine to treat you, and I will do it."

The people in the room were holding wine glasses and drinking a glass of original wine. Several sailors on the warship came to the cabin with ice cubes and added ice to the glasses of several officers. Shi Cheng took a glass, put one-third of the ice cubes, poured half a glass of wine, jingled the ice, walked to the port window, handed the wine glass to Zhao Xing. While taking the glass, Zhao Xing looked out the window, and whispered: "Here's coming!"

Shi Cheng followed the situation and looked out the porthole. Outside the porthole, two large ships appeared on the sea in the distance. They were one of the five ships leased by the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. They walked very quickly. With the help of the wind, they came to Zhao Xing's mooring boat in the blink of an eye and then threw over the suspension cable. An officer took the suspension cable to Zhao Xing's command ship without waiting for the ship to stop. When he saw Zhao Xing, he said angrily: "Submit! Grand Marshal, Goryeo Kingdom surrendered to the Jurchens before we arrived!"
Chapter completed!