Jia Sidao's answer was stunned by the lack of any concealment.

He was just guessing, but he just said it casually, but he didn't expect that it was the truth.

Looking at Jia Sidao's smile, Yuan Fu felt a chill for no reason.

In terms of backing, there are emperors favored him in Lin'an City. Although they have made many enemies, Jia Sidao also has many court officials to help him. As long as he does not really do anything that heaven is angry, people are resentful and resentful, and people are both traitors and gods, no one can do anything to him. In terms of prosperity, although Guangdong is not bad, it is far from Lin'an City.

And as the saying goes, "There is a moon before the water is close to the tower. Many officials in the Song Dynasty have been working hard for a lifetime. They have to go to Lin'an City if they sharpen their heads, because they are close to the emperor. Maybe they will be favored by the emperor at any time and will rise up. But the person in front of them is better, and they even want to leave Lin'an City without hesitation.

In the eyes of Yuan Fu, there seems to be no benefit in any way except being a little free and no one can stare at it every day.

But Jia Sidao is already a second-rank official of the dynasty. Why is he so eager to come to Guangdong to be the comforting envoy?

I thought it lightly, but I couldn't figure it out. I thought it too deeply, so Yuan Fu didn't dare.

"What the hell do you... want to do?"

Yuan Fu asked in a deep voice.

"Haha, it's not as serious as the old man thinks. Before answering this question, I want to ask the old man first. If I fought against Mongolia in the Song Dynasty, who would think he would win?"

Jia Sidao smiled and shook his head, indicating that Yuan Fu should not be so serious.

"If my Song Dynasty only defends but does not attack, maybe there will be a draw."

This question is too simple, and everyone in the court knows the answer.

"If the old man knows that the Mongols are fighting against our Song Dynasty now, is less than one-fifth of the Mongols' military strength, then can the old man still have such confidence?"

Jia Sidao said with a smile.

"Only one-fifth of all the military power of the Mongols? How is this... possible?"

Yuan Fu said in a lost voice.

"It is absolutely impossible. If the Mongols had such military strength, just half of the military strength would be enough to destroy our Song Dynasty."

At the end, Yuan Fu added again as if to convince himself.

"Haha, actually, the old man didn't know that when the Mongolians kept invading the Caogu in the Song Dynasty, most of the military power of the Mongolian Khan Ogedei was placed on the attack westward, which is the Dashi, Europa and other places that few people in the Song Dynasty have visited. In the West, the Mongolian army captured cities and plundered the land, and was invincible."

"West? The Mongolian army is attacking Dashi, Europa? Why have I never heard of such news in the Song Dynasty? How did Shi Xian know?"

"There are good ports in Guangdong. Countless foreign merchants came across the ocean to trade with me in the Song Dynasty. They brought enough news. And I can tell the old man with certainty that this news is absolutely true."

Naturally, Jia Sidao could not say that this was something he knew already, and could only push the source of the news to those maritime merchants, which would be more credible.

"For such important news, we must report it to the emperor quickly and let the emperor know."

Yuan Fu didn't think much about it, after all, what Jia Sidao said was the fact. As the earliest sea trade port in the Song Dynasty, it seemed normal for Jia Sidao to get these news.

"Don't worry, sir. I have already reported these news to the emperor and the emperor is also aware of it. It is precisely because of this that I went south to Guangdong."

"Shi Xian said that he would first know the news, so that Shi Xian went south to Guangdong? But wasn't Shi Xian still in Lin'an at that time? How could he know this news?"

Yuan Fu was a little surprised and puzzled.

"The old man must also know that I am very familiar with some of the giant merchants in Lin'an. They have received some news before, but they didn't take it seriously. They accidentally told me as a joke, and then I specially sent someone to Guangdong to inquire carefully."

Jia Sidao was speechless about Yuan Fu's crooked kung fu. These were not the key points, but the key points were that the Mongols did not focus their main energy on the Song Dynasty.

When Yuan Fu heard Jia Sidao's explanation, he was a little suspicious.

Now Jia Sidao is sitting in Guangdong, and is considered the largest rank of the Song Dynasty. If you include the Fujian Road, which was temporarily settled by Jia Sidao because Wu Liang died on a woman's belly, then it can be said that nearly one-quarter of the territory of the Song Dynasty was under Jia Sidao's rule. If Jia Sidao had other thoughts, it would be the real disaster of the Song Dynasty.

"I am still young and don't want to stay in Lin'an City with a group of old people who are about to be buried in the soil every day for that little pitiful power and fight to the death. Mongolia and the Song Dynasty will eventually have a war that determines the fate of the country. After the Mongolians destroyed all the Western countries, they will free up their hands to repay me.

It is also possible that the Mongols would not wait until they destroyed all the Western countries before using troops to fight against our Song Dynasty. No one knows this. After all, we are not the Mongol Khan Ogedei. But no matter which one, we will not give me too much time. As short as one or two years, or three or five years, or as long as more than ten years, Mongolia and our Song Dynasty will have a battle of national destiny.

If the Mongols brought troops from all over the country to invade my Song Dynasty, I think what chance of winning in the Song Dynasty would be? Staying in Lin'an City can indeed enjoy a few years or even more than ten years of peace, but what if the Song Dynasty was destroyed? I don't need to say that the truth about the loss of lips and teeth is clearer than Shi Xian.

I don’t want to be a slave to the country, nor do I want to surrender to the enemy and serve the Mongols. Since I don’t want to, I can’t calculate this account for a few years of comfort but lose the peace for decades. This is the main reason why I came to Guangdong on my own initiative. I don’t want to die, nor do I want to be able to watch my Song Dynasty fall and my country is powerless in Lin'an City.

After several places, under my rule, I will accumulate more strength for the court, and perhaps the future national destiny battle will have a higher chance of winning. That's all, not for others, nor for the old man's idea that Shi Xian's clever words to deceive the emperor, and even had a disobedient heart for his own selfish interests."

Jia Sidao looked at Yuan Fu calmly and said seriously.

He knew that if Yuan Fu wanted to help him steadily, he had to explain all things clearly in order to truly get Yuan Fu's help.

Yuan Fu pursed his lips, put down Tao Wan in his hand tremblingly, bowed to Jia Sidao and said, "Shi Xian is a great ambition, I am ashamed."

Compared with what Jia Sidao thought, Yuan Fu felt that he and others were just famous as great scholars, but his whole family, country, and world affairs were never truly useful. How unbearable and childish.
Chapter completed!