On the tenth day of the second month of the third year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty, Su Che had been resigning to the prime minister for more than a month, and Cai Jing, who replaced him as the left prime minister, finally arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture.

The seat above millions of people was finally returned to this 62-year-old man. Compared to the last time he was in the court, the current situation can be said to be cooking oil with fire and flowers.

The Song Dynasty was at its most glorious and prosperous time since its founding. Behind this glory and prosperity, there were also many worries. For example, the threat issued by the Great Liao Kingdom in the north not only gathered troops in Yuanyanglu, but also ordered the Jingzhou soldiers of Xijing Road and Nanjing Road to prepare for war, and put on an attitude of going to war with the Song Dynasty. However, in Cai Jing's view, the most tense moment has passed. Unlike most people in the game who are staring at the Liao Kingdom, Cai Jing did not care about what the Liao Kingdom was doing at all. He only cared about what Wu Haogu in Jiehe Shangshi was busy with?

Wu Haogu is preparing for war!

6,000 cavalry had been summoned and gathered at Xuanfusi Fort south of Jiehe Shang City, forming two dissatisfied cavalry generals, and were practicing every day.

The official Zhao Ji also took out millions of cranes from his pile-up warehouse full of money and sent them to the Hebei Xuanfu Department. He agreed to the Xuanfu Department to recruit the useful soldiers, and urged the Ministry of War and the Privy Council to fill the gap in the government troops directly under the Xuanfu Department as soon as possible.

At the same time, Jiehe Commercial City itself is also accelerating its preparations. Not only is the nominal repair shop belonging to Hebei Xuanfu Department officially upgraded to a weapon room, and began to work overtime to produce various weapons. In addition, Jiehe Commercial City Office also placed a large number of orders in the commercial market in the name of contracting for Hebei Xuanfu Department, in the name of contracting for Hebei Xuanfu Department, a large number of ironwork workshops were placed in the commercial market (because of the emergence of Jiehe Iron Factory and hydraulic hammers, a large number of small wrought iron workshops also appeared in Jiehe Commercial City). The industrial and commercial industry of Jiehe also broke out with unexpected potential for war.

The militia in Jiehe Shang City also began to be equipped with armor and Jiehe crossbows, and under the supervision of Hebei Xuanfu Department, they also received strict city defense training.

In addition, Jiehe Shipyard did not have a day off during the just-passed New Year Festival. All the craftsmen worked overtime to build warships. The naval houses of the Hailu Maritime Manufacturing Department also recruited and trained sailors in Jiehe Commercial City and Haizhou Jingdong Commercial City.

This preparation was carried out under the guidance of the General Military Computer Room of the Hebei Xuanfu Department. Most of the military functions in the General Military Computer Room were officers who participated in the Battle of Pingxia, some of them also participated in the Battle of Anxi that had just ended, and some of them were said to have participated in the Battle of Helanidian in the Jurchen Army.

Their military qualities are very reliable.

What else can't be assured about the preparation plan that they are directly responsible for?

Moreover, through Cai You, Cai Jing also figured out Zhao Ji's trump card. This Genghis Emperor is willing to lose money and avoid disasters. As long as he can live up to his face, not to mention two million, even three million yuan of money can be paid...

What else to worry about?

If you really want to start fighting, the General Military Office of the Hebei Xuanfu Department of Wuhaogu will handle everything.

If Yelu Yanxi feels that the war is not sure, then the Emperor of the Zhao family is willing to buy peace for three million. Unless Yelu Yanxi's mind is in trouble, he will use his palace tent army to fight the new army of the Hebei Xuanfusi in Wuhaogu!

The new army is different from the Song army in the past, and its attack power is very strong! Even if the Liao army can win, it will be a miserable victory. Nowadays, the Khitans eat more vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, how many strong men can go to the battlefield? If they were killed by Wu Haogu in one battle, the Northern Dynasties would be in chaos.

So after repeated weighing, Cai Jing made up his mind to arrive in Kaifeng Prefecture before Zhao Ji was favored by the kings of the four seas and became Emperor Genghis.

Otherwise, this great achievement would have been snatched away by Zhang Shangying...

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On the afternoon of February 11, officials from various departments and supervisors came to discuss the preparations for the "all nations come to the court". The joyful Cai Jing and Zhang Shangying, who was almost turned black, sat in the middle hall, dealing with these good things one by one.

The "Wanguo Mission" has arrived in Chenliu County, within the Kaifeng Prefecture, accompanied by Wu Haowen and Ji Yi, and moved into the newly completed Wanguo Welcome Hotel. According to the official who presided over Wanguo Welcome Hotel, the podium of the Wanguo Mission is unprecedented. Not only are there many members, but the carriages and horses can be shipped for dozens of miles, but the number of tributes carried is also surprising. The canal ship transporting gold and silver has lined up a long line.

In order to escort these treasures, Zhong Fu even personally brought a general Kaifeng New Army to Haizhou and escorted the treasures and missions to Kaifeng Prefecture.

By the way, Wu Haowen also asked several large carriage shops in Jingdong City to build hundreds of four-wheeled carriages according to the four-wheeled vehicles brought back by Ji Yi, all of which were pulled by tall mules and horses, and were preparing to use them to pull gold and silver into Kaifeng Prefecture!

Showing off wealth naked!

Although it does not conform to the aesthetic view of the literati of the Song Dynasty, it is enough to show off your wealth to this extent.

However, gold, silver and other common things are not Zhao Ji’s favorite. Ji Yi, who is good at flattering, certainly knows his master’s preferences. Therefore, he has collected many rare treasures from Western countries and has to transport them to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Among them are marble sculptures from ancient Greece and Roman, which are treasures from more than a thousand years ago! There are gold and silver vessels from ancient Persia, treasure knives produced in Damascus, BMWs produced in Andalusia, large and a little inconsistent German Sharma, and many treasures from ancient India collected from the Kingdom of Polo.

Oh, and there are all kinds of beauties! There are blonde and blue-eyed Frankish knights and they are gifts from the Caliph to Emperor Genghis, carefully selected from the captured female crusaders. There are passionate Persian girls, who are dedicated to Emperor Genghis by the Kingdom of Jerusalem. There are also the Ross beauties collected by the Eastern Roman Empire from Ukraine.

Of course, the most attractive thing is that the Polo Kingdom of India dedicated to the princess Dark Wong, the emperor of the Song Dynasty. It was a stunning choice by the Polo royal family from their own daughters. They were trained in the method of dual cultivation of Tantric Buddhism since childhood. It is said that they have the power of magic, which allows men who practiced both to understand the existence of Buddhism. Usually, only the kings of the Buddha Kingdom can obtain them.

However, the great monk Yuanjue went to Polo City and talked about the way of the Buddha of Light with the Polo King Moro Polo. The other party immediately offered the best princess Dakini and a large amount of gold, silver and treasures.

After sending away the head of Chenliu Wanguo Ying Hotel, Cai Jing smiled and said to Zhang Shangying: "Tianjue, our official family is indeed a blessing... So many good things and good people have been sent from all over the world, which has never been seen before!"

Zhang Shangying narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Cai Jing, and said softly: "The envoys of Khitan and Goryeo have left!"

In addition to the overseas distant countries brought by Ji Yi, the nearby neighbors of the Song Dynasty were also invited to participate in this "Everyone Country Comes to the Divine Court" ceremony.

Among them, Japan, which has not formally communicated with China for more than two hundred years, has sent a formal "deportation mission" this time.

Although the Li Dynasty, who claimed to be Da Qu Yue, was deposed as the Prince of Jiaozhi by the Song Dynasty, had been not very stable on the border, this time he did not dare to disobey the documents of the Hailu Maritime Control Department of the Song Dynasty and sent a small mission.

As for the Dali Kingdom and the Tubo countries, they came to pay tribute every year after the Battle of Pingxia. Before the envoy of He Zhengdan left, they just stayed to continue to congratulate Zhao Ji on his honorary title.

It was expected that the envoy of He Zhengdan, Khitan, left in shame. However, the envoy of Goryeo refused to stay and left with the Khitans, refusing to admit that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty owned all over the world. This was a bit surprising.

Moreover, this is a very bad sign.

The relationship between Khitan and Goryeo seems too close.

"It's okay," Cai Jing frowned, "The Hailu Maritime Control Department will deal with the matters in Goryeo. If you really turn your face, the fire will not burn our land."

"Where are the Khitans?" Zhang Shangying asked, "We won't give this year's annual tribute! Yuan Chang, don't you think Yelu Yanxi will swallow this?

Now that Goryeo and Khitan are standing together, won’t they really fight, right?”

"Not afraid." Cai Jing smiled, "You can handle it."

"Can you cope?" Zhang Shangying's voice changed a little. "The Liao Kingdom is a big country with millions of elite soldiers and thousands of generals, with a territory of tens of thousands of miles. It is not comparable to the Western thieves. Now that the Goryeo Kingdom is brought up again, if the war is really going to start, the scale will not be smaller than that of the Zhenzong Dynasty. How do we deal with it?"

"I have my own military officer planning," Cai Jing said with a smile, "I don't have to worry too much."

Zhang Shangying snorted softly: "The specific use of troops and wars can naturally be planned by the Dujun Massachusetts, but food, conscription, conscription, transportation, and preparations for war in Hebei and Hedong and city construction, which of the two governments cannot find any way to do it?

Yuan Chang, although the imperial court has accumulated some savings in recent years, it is still not enough to deal with the expenses of going to war with the Khitan!

Not to mention anything else, the renovation of Hebei and Hedong city centers, the recruitment and training of the garrison soldiers, and the reserve of military rations, equipment and horses alone will have to spend tens of millions and tens of millions!

Moreover, as soon as the battle begins, Hebei and Hedong prefectures will inevitably be ravaged. Even if they are not ravaged by the Khitans, they will be scared and sweat. At that time, the refugees may be about to get up. Should we prepare for Kaifeng Prefecture?

Yuan Chang, you, the left prime minister, have to come up with a solution earlier in these matters. You can’t wait until the Khitans really go south before they cram the Buddha’s feet at the moment. That will be a mess!”

After glanced at Zhang Shangying, who was already a little confused, Cai Jing just smiled: "Brother Tianjue just don't worry, I have already made a claim this time, keep it safe and pass by!"

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