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Chapter 794
Dong Kai in Hanzhong had also received the official document from Longxi and set off for Lin'an.

It is definitely not possible to come back for the New Year's Eve.Fortunately, he has many relatives and friends in Lin'an, and he plans to bring some books back to Hanzhong this trip.

He didn't bring many people with him, except for the servants, there were two other guards sent from the army to protect him.

Taking a boat down the Han River, the wind went smoothly, and the boatman was specially instructed to speed up the journey. Only on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Dong Kai had already arrived in Lin'an.

Before the New Year's Eve, Jiangnan will become more and more prosperous, and the streets of Hangcheng are filled with the sound of hawking.

There was the sound of string music coming from the tea houses and restaurants, and from time to time someone could be heard reciting poems against each other, these sounds were most familiar to Dong Kai.

He went straight to Jia Sidao's mansion to hand over the greeting card, and then handed Li Xia's letter to Jia Sidao.

Dong Kai is from Taizhou, and he is from the same hometown as Jia Sidao.This is one of the reasons why Lian Xixian chose him as a lobbyist.

The concierge of Jia's mansion looked arrogant, and dismissed Dong Kai in a tone that looked down on officials from other places, but Dong Kai hadn't stayed at a relative's house for a long time, but another servant came to invite him.

"Mr. Pingzhang is busy, and I won't be free to see you for the next few months. If you want to have an audience, do so today."

Dong Kai then returned to Jia's mansion again, walked through the courtyards and pavilions, and stepped into a flower hall as warm as spring, and saw Jia Sidao in a light fur brocade quilt sitting there, with thoughtful eyes.

"Meet Pingzhanggong..."

Jia Sidao didn't turn his head back, and said: "This year, Li Fen first asked for help, and the imperial court sent three armies to the north, and the soldiers went straight to Kaifeng and Cangzhou. However, Li Fen was incompetent and trapped in Jinan, unable to cooperate with Wang Shi. It was destroyed early, and the imperial court officers and soldiers died. Now that Li Xia is asking for help, is it true that the imperial court has sufficient treasury and sufficient troops?"

Dong Kai said: "It was precisely the Mongolian army who first attacked the land of Shandong in the Great Song Dynasty, and then the land in Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Great Song Dynasty. They had already destroyed the king of Qi and wanted to destroy the king of Pingling County. It can be seen that their intention to invade the Song Dynasty is not dead. Our Song Dynasty ..."

"You don't have to say much."

Jia Sidao stopped Dong Kai straight away and said, "I don't listen to lies. Li Fen offered support to the imperial court and donated the land of Haizhou and Lianzhou. Now that Li Xia is asking for help, he will return Kuizhou and Wanzhou."

"Why did Duke Pingzhang say that? Li Fen is a foreign minister who came to vote, but the county king has always been a minister of the Song Dynasty. Kuizhou and Wanzhou are also places under the rule of the Song Dynasty, but..."

"When the imperial court sends troops to take over Kuizhou and Wanzhou, it will send reinforcements to the north, do you understand?"

"I……"

"If you can't be the master, send a letter to ask as soon as possible. Don't mention the rest."

Dong Kai was still waiting to speak, but Jia Sidao had already raised his hand and pointed.

"That's all for now, get out."

From the beginning to the end, he didn't turn his head to look directly.

Dong Kai had prepared many excuses but failed to open his mouth. He took a deep look at Jia Sidao's figure, knowing that it was really hard to move the Ping Zhanggong who was now covering the sky with his hands, so he shook his head helplessly and stopped speaking.

Dong Kai was also disappointed by Jia Sidao's words that he clearly regarded state affairs as a transaction.

Sichuan and Shaanxi are preparing vigorously for war. From the officials of the prefectures and counties to the common people, they are all talking about "the ambition to eat the meat of the barbarians hungry, and the jokes to drink the blood of the Huns". However, Lin'an City seems to have long forgotten the shame of Jingkang. Not snow.

Ping Zhanggong is ruthless and only talks about transactions.

"The court of the Great Song Dynasty..."

Dong Kai left Jia's mansion, raised his eyes to look at the Phoenix Mountain in the distance, was stunned for a long time, his shoulders slightly collapsed.

In fact, he was not Li Xia's confidant, and he never thought of helping Li Xia rebel. This time, he came here as a Song official, reporting side affairs to the court and asking for reinforcements.

But Jia Sidao saw that Dong Kai was Li Xia's man, so he spoke bluntly, completely forgetting that Dong Kai was a Song official.

……

After seeing Li Xia's emissary, Jia Sidao got up and took two steps in the hall, his eyes became more thoughtful.

He knew that this battle in the north seemed to have nothing to do with the imperial court, but in fact it had a lot to do with it.

Kublai Khan was a terrible enemy. Jia Sidao knew this very well. During the Battle of Ezhou, he had fought against Kublai Khan, and he had a deep understanding of a man who could not only master the mighty soldiers, but also be able to use the northern literati. How terrible is his king.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was subject to the rule of the court, and Kublai Khan used the Han system for his own use. The difference is too great.

Jia Sidao was afraid of Kublai Khan, so he lied about peace talks and defrauded Xu Sui coins.

If it weren't for the fear in his heart, he could have told Kublai Khan that the Song people were not easy to bully with an unyielding and resolute attitude. He hoped to plunder the Song territory first and then go back to fight for the throne.

You need to be more ruthless than Kublai Khan to scare him away, but Jia Sidao couldn't do it, so he gave in, gave him a step, and gave in.

As for the uninhibited posture afterwards, and the tone of "hahaha, you were deceived by me" to prove that Jia Sidao is not afraid of Kublai Khan, only Jia Sidao knows the truth.

In short, Kublai Khan must beware.

As soon as Li Fen raised the flag, Jia Sidao still advocated sending troops, and the imperial court did send troops to support in three ways.

It's a pity that the final result, Xia Gui was defeated, Qingyang Mengyan retreated in a hurry, and the naval commander Zhao Ma'er supported by the sea was even more ridiculous. There is a story of "Sea God Lifting the Sun".

It is said that a giant with red skin and green eyes was seen every day on the sea, slowly rising with his head against the sun.The soldiers were extremely frightened and so on.

Jia Sidao was exhausted.

This time, will we send troops to respond to Li Xia?

Let Li Xia, a white-eyed wolf, resist Kublai Khan, the best situation is of course that both of them will suffer.

Out of fear of Kublai Khan and thinking that Li Xia was completely unable to withstand Kublai Khan's army, he wanted to send troops.But after the imperial court failed to support Li Fen, it had no spare power.

Could Li Xia really be completely unable to resist Kublai Khan?

Maybe?

On the contrary, if Li Xia is supported, what if the white-eyed wolf bites back in the future?

These thoughts kept turning in Jia Sidao's mind, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, and finally said that Li Xia should return Kuizhou and Wanzhou... that was the only way to go.

"National affairs are difficult..."

There were firecrackers in the distance, and the prosperity and stability of Lin'an became more and more evident during this New Year's Eve. Jia Sidao, who was feeling the difficulties of the country, shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

In short, the flames of war are far from reaching Jiangnan.

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Dong Kai thought over and over again, thinking that Jia Sidao may not really cover the sky with one hand in the imperial court, and he may not care about the Sichuan-Shanxi War, and there may be no people who are worried about the war.

So he went to find his teacher and friend, Tongnian, and sent invitations to several important ministers' houses, trying to contact the courtiers to send troops.

There were generous and enthusiastic people, and they all expressed their willingness to fight the foreign captives to the end.

But to fight against the captives and return to the anti-captives, since the king of Pingling County is guarding in Sichuan and Shaanxi, this matter is not urgent, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Buy New Year's goods.

It is not possible for him, a foreign official, to facilitate such a major event as sending troops.

After running for several days, Dong Kai only received donations from enthusiastic people in Lin'an, and bought a ship of supplies to support the war.

A ship of supplies made people dumbfounded.

"Ugh."

This day Dong Kai returned to his residence, he sighed and turned around, but was startled.

"Who are you?!"

"Shh."

The man who was sitting in the room raised his finger and put it on a particularly big mouth, "shh", and said with a smile: "Uncle Zheng, don't panic."

"You...how do you know my words?"

"Brother Ah Shan told me, and he also brought me in."

This Ah Shan was one of the guards sent from the Hanzhong Army to protect Dong Kai this time. At this moment, Dong Kai realized what was going on, but he still asked, "Why did he bring you in?"

"Because he is a member of the Public Opinion Department, he is responsible for supporting me when he comes with you to Lin'an this time."

"who are you?"

The man sitting there smiled again, and slowly brushed a lock of hair on his forehead.

"Who am I? It's because of me that the current situation in this world is stirring..."

Dong Kai was shocked when he heard this, but when he heard the other party's name slowly announced, it was a name he had never heard before.

"Wang Yu."

"..."

After listening to Wang Luo talk for a while, Dong Kai roughly understood what happened.

Although Li Fen was destroyed this time, Wang Fen brought out more than ten thousand people and a lot of supplies from Shandong. island place...

To put it simply, Wang Luo needs to borrow Dong Kai to obtain a name that can pass the Yangtze River.

"Since the Song court refused to send troops to support, and there are many soldiers and people in the government and the public to support it, that's just right." Wang Hao seemed to be sitting in his own home, pouring a cup of tea and inviting Dong Kai to sit down, and talked eloquently: "Just let Several of our big ships are headed west, and the rest will slowly disguise themselves as merchant ships..."

Dong Kai didn't ask Wang Hao why he didn't contact the imperial court directly, but went to Shu after taking so much effort.

Not to mention the imperial court's attitude towards the returnees from the north, only in the past few days, even he himself has been able to compare the imperial court with the difference between Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Thinking about this, Dong Kai became more and more emotional, and then he heard Wang Luo knock on the table, saying: "Let's be serious about writing, now the war is critical, and Guan Long urgently needs my support..."

A burst of firecrackers suddenly sounded outside the courtyard wall not far away, as if he couldn't get used to Wang Luo's arrogant words.

These misfits from other places are still talking about the battle, and the New Year's Eve is approaching.

It will be the fourth year of Xianding in the Great Song Dynasty. After the sound of firecrackers, people cheer at the alley.

"Farewell to the old and welcome the new, good luck every year..."

(End of this chapter)