The truth of history is obviously more complicated than what is known and imagined by martial arts!

The characters played not only in the Khitans, Han people, Jurchens, Shubu people and Bohai people, but also in the historical stage play of the demise of the Great Liao Dynasty, but also in the Goryeo people.

Because when Wu Haogu left Xijin Prefecture in early May of the second year of Yuanfu in the Song Dynasty, he was riding a merchant ship belonging to the royal family of the Goryeo Kingdom.

On the way to Liao Kingdom, Wu Haogu and Ji Yi, who have been a maritime businessman for generations, inquired about some of the situations in maritime trade.

According to Ji Yi, there are so many players on the sea today. The first is of course the Dashi Maritime Merchant who believes in the Tianfang Sect. They are the strongest and control the most profitable Nanfan route.

The second place is the Han sea merchants. Han sea merchants are mainly active on the sea north of Quanzhou, and there are also people who take the southern shipping routes. However, only to Sanfoqi, there are no Han sea merchants to go west. Similarly, there are not many big-food merchants north of Quanzhou, and when Haizhou goes north, it is almost extinct.

However, Han people's maritime businessmen did not have monopoly advantage on the five trade routes north of Quanzhou, including the Song Dynasty and Japan, the Song Dynasty and Goryeo, the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, the Goryeo and Liao Kingdom, and the Goryeo and Japan.

Goryeo Maritime Merchant and Japanese Maritime Merchant are also players and also account for a considerable share.

In addition, there are also a small number of Bohai maritime merchants and female maritime merchants, but their strength is not very strong and can be ignored.

The maritime power ranking of the four governments of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Liao, the Goryeo and Japan is the first in the Great Song Dynasty, the second in the Great Liao Dynasty, and the next in the Great Liao Dynasty, and Japan almost does not exist... Japan does not have such a navy. The Great Liao Dynasty also had some warships in the Anfu Army in Suzhou, and the force at sea can be ignored.

So in a sense, the maritime power in Northeast Asia is now shared by the Song Dynasty and Goryeo.

If Wu Haogu wants to gain hegemony at sea in the future, then the struggle with the Goryeo Navy will inevitably be inevitable.

Of course, the Goryeo Navy is not the only enemy, there will be very, very many enemies on the sea!

"Brother Guo, do you also have contact with the Goryeo royal family?"

Wu Haogu was sitting in the cabin of this Goryeo merchant ship and drinking a small wine with Guo Yaoshi. After drinking a few glasses of turbid wine, the two sides started to say more. After chatting for a while, Wu Haogu turned the topic to the relationship between the Bohai people and the Goryeo Kingdom.

"The Gao family in Tokyo and the King of Goryeo are relatives," Guo Yaoshi smiled honestly, "The nobles of the Great Liao Dynasty know this... The Emperor Gao Mohan of the Tokyo Gao family was originally a general of the Bohai Kingdom. After the collapse of the Bohai Kingdom, he fled to Goryeo and married the daughter of Wang Jian, the Taizu of Goryeo Kingdom. Later, he fled back to the Great Liao Dynasty because of a crime in Goryeo. Later, he followed Abaoji to attack the Later Tang and Later Jin, and made great achievements. Since then, the Gao family has resumed contacts with the Goryeo royal family, which has continued to this day."

The Tokyo Gao family... Wu Haogu thought: Later, the short-lived Bohai Kingdom in history seemed to have a surname Gao? I don’t know if I have any contact with the Kingdom of Goryeo? By the way, I heard someone say that a prince of the Da clan brought many people to Goryeo when his country was destroyed. What is the Guangming Lord and the King of Swords? Is it related to the Da clan of Goryeo?

"Brother Guo," Wu Haogu called Guo Pharmacist intimately, "I heard that the Sword King has been hiding in Goryeo. Is this happening?"

"Hide in Goryeo?" Guo Pharmacist shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."

Really haven't heard of it? Wu Haogu thought with uncertainty: Or is he fooling himself?

"Then was arranged by the people from the Gao family in Tokyo?" Wu Haogu continued to ask, but his eyes stared at Guo Yaoshi's face, as if he could really see someone else lying.

"I don't know," Guo Yaoshi shook his head honestly, "This was arranged by Guangmingjun, I don't know."

If you don’t know anything, even if you know it, you will be public information!

When Wu Haogu was a little disappointed, someone suddenly knocked on the hatch door: "Brother Guo, it's someone, Wu Sanlang."

"Come in." Guo Yaoshi smiled.

The person who came in opened the door was a young man dressed as a member of the Song Dynasty. He was twenty-four or five years old, dark-skinned. He spoke the Haizhou dialect not in the Goryeo Haizhou or the Liao Dynasty, but in the Haizhou dialect of the Song Dynasty.

This person is the manager of this Goryeo merchant ship. A boat belonging to the royal family of the Goryeo Kingdom, there is a manager who speaks in the Haizhou dialect of the Song Dynasty... There must be a story behind this.

"Wu Sanlang." Guo Yaoshi seemed to be familiar with this Gaoli businessman named Wu, so he stood up and bowed to him, and then introduced him to Wu Haogu.

"Pan Yuanwai, this is Wang Sanlang. He was originally a businessman from Haizhou, your Song Dynasty. Because an uncle won the Jinshi from Goryeo, he became a member of Goryeo Donglai."

He is really a Chinese? He also won the Jinshi of Goryeo... Wu Haogu actually didn't know much about the situation in Haizhou. If the flowers were all over the mountain, he might have recognized this person.

This man's uncle is also a famous Goryeo minister and general in history. His name is Wu Yanchong, and he is now a doctor in the Ministry of War of Goryeo.

As a foreigner, Wu Yanchong had a good background in the Goryeo Jinshi, who could compete for his father in high school. His Haizhou Wu family, where he was located, was a giant among Haizhou businessmen and occupied a huge share of the Goryeo-Haizhou route. In his long-term business activities, he also established an extraordinary relationship with the Goryeo royal family, so he was able to meet the Goryeo imperial examination.

This ship carrying Wu Haogu and Guo Yaoshi left Xijin Mansion. Although it was attached to a prince in Goryeo, it was actually a ship from the Wu family in Haizhou.

"It turns out that he is the husband of the Wu family in Haizhou. He has long admired him," Wu Haoguyi bowed, "I am Pan Shisanlang of the Pan family in Daming Prefecture."

"The Pan family of Daming Mansion..." Wang Sanlang was stunned, "Is it the descendant of King Pan Zheng?"

"The side branch is just the side branch." Wu Haogu said with a smile.

He is very good at pretending to be a member of the Pan family. He is the son-in-law of the Pan family. He knows a lot of members of the Pan family, so it is not easy to get into trouble.

Wang Sanlang smiled and said, "We have entered the boundary river."

It's great to enter the boundary river. The boundary river is between the Liao and Song dynasties. If you enter the boundary river, you will be escaped.

This time, I followed the King of Guangming and was in danger, and I also speculated in the Bohai rebellion incident.

When I go back, I should be quite a big deal, right? I am still a military officer now. Although the military officers of the Song Dynasty cannot compare with civil officials, they are still very guaranteed to get promoted and make money. I don’t know what official he can give? Can you step into the ranks of ambassadors?

It should be possible. If not, I will give Cai Jing some good things. After all, I am a member of the Cai family’s Zhong Party!

"Okay," Wu Haogu was in a good mood, "Brother Guo, let's go out and have a look."

"OK."

Outside the cabin, it was the sunny weather at this moment, and the banks of the Border River were green. The water surface was very wide and seemed to be close to the mouth of the Border River. Because it was going downstream, the speed was not slow.

Wu Haogu stood on the top of the cabin. Looking south, he saw a farmland that was beyond the limit. You could see a village with smoke from afar. Occasionally, you could see several fishing boats parked on the river beach.

"Is it Cangzhou over there?" Wu Haogu asked.

"Yes." Wang Sanlang said, "It is Cangzhou of the Song Dynasty, which is only separated from the Great Liao Dynasty by a river."

“Is it easy to sail here?”

"It's easy," Wang Sanlang smiled, "Look at this river channel, the depth of the water, even the largest sea boats can come in. But there is no port here, so I have to go all the way west to transport grain river."

Yunliang River is a canal, just near Xijinfucheng, and is an important wharf in Xijinfucheng. It is strange to say that "Beijing" of this era is actually a port city.

And there is not a decent harbor on the Great River, the sea-opening river.

"Is this section of Jiehe frozen in winter?" Wu Haogu continued to inquire again.

"It's freezing," said Wang Sanlang, "but the freezing time is not long. After all, the river channel is wide and the water is abundant. It's freezing for up to one month a year."

"No, not bad." Wu Haogu nodded, "Okay, it's here."

What is it?

Wang Sanlang and Guo Yaoshi were both a little surprised. What's the best here? Why is this Song man so excited? Is there still a treasure here?

"Get down the anchor and put the boat!" Wu Haogu ordered, "Let's get off the boat here and then go to Cangzhou for a trip!"

Here?

Pharmacist Guo frowned. What's the best thing about this place is not in front of the village or the store behind?

Wu Haogu looked back at him and smiled and said, "This place will be very good in the future, it will definitely be very good! There will be many people moving from many places to live, and the industry and commerce will be very prosperous."

The place he is interested in now will be called "Lighthouse City" in the future, which naturally means the lighthouse of feudalism in the Song Dynasty.

In the next twenty years, countless talents and funds will continue to concentrate from the collapsed empire in the north, and then flow to other places in the Song Dynasty.

At the same time, a local governance model that is unheard of in China in the 11th century will also appear in the "Lighthouse City" and show strong vitality and subversiveness.

...

Almost at the same time, the carriage that Wu Haogu's old rival Chen Youwen had arrived in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, the Song Dynasty.

These days, he rushed back and did not dare to delay for a moment, and finally rushed back to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Moreover, the memorials and wax balls handed over to him by Jian Xuchen and Li Zhong were all kept by his side intact. This contribution...it's great to think about it, maybe you can be transferred to two more officials!

I really didn't expect that my family now has such an official career. If I had known it, I wouldn't have asked anyone to kill Wu Haogu. How good is it to be a safe and steady official!

I don’t know how Zhao Tieniu is doing now? But you must be a thief and never ask anyone to catch him.

What should I do if I am really caught?

The crime of colluding with the Liangshan bandits must at least be punished for writing and dismissing since their origins, right?
Chapter completed!