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Chapter 773: The Attacking Liao People

Yelu Yongchang was in power when Bianjing fell.

On the distant island of Kyushu, Japan, in the former Dazaifu of Japan, now the headquarters of the Japanese Recruiting and Pacifying Envoy in the East of Liaodong, a banquet was also being held.

Now the entire Kyushu has fallen into the hands of the Liao people.

Xiao Budaye's fleet even defeated the invading Japanese fleet one after another off the coast of Kyushu.

The brave female Zhifu followers under his command boarded the Japanese sailors who came from the so-called "Sanyo-do", "Sanyin-do" and "Gyeonggi" areas in Japan and beat them to a pulp.

So his fleet began to try to land on the main island of Japan along the narrow strait.

Although he did not gain a firm foothold, he was still able to kill people everywhere.

Naturally, his great military achievements attracted a large number of people in Japan who were dissatisfied and unwilling to accept Heian-kyo to come and surrender.

Among them, the most important is the so-called "Ezo".

What a coincidence!

The Chikuzen area of ​​Kyushu Island, which is now occupied by Xiaobudanye, was the place where the Ezo chieftains and powerful people were exiled and settled after Japan conquered the Ezo powerful families Abe and Kiyohara clans 20 to 30 years ago.

At first, the Ainu people did not dare to contact the Liao people directly.

But when they saw that the Liao people had completely occupied Kyushu and had defeated the expeditionary forces of Heian-kyo many times.

At the same time, they also saw a steady stream of Jurchen and Korean volunteers landing from the other side of the sea following the Liao fleet.

These Ezo nobles, who had already accepted their fate, suddenly remembered the national hatred and family feuds!

Therefore, he took the initiative to volunteer and requested to go to Mutsu to contact the local resistance forces and raise the banner of rebellion together with the "King's Master".

At first, Xiao Budaya didn't take these people seriously and just agreed to their request casually.

However, when the envoys from Mutsu arrived in Kyushu and brought tribute to the Emperor of Liao.

Xiao Budaya immediately began to pay attention to these Ainu people!

At this moment, the tribute sent by the Ainu people was displayed at the banquet in Dazaifu, and was publicly shown by Xiao Budaye to the Liao generals who followed him to Japan and the Han civil servants who crossed the sea from Korea in recent days to assist or monitor him.

“Gentlemen…” Xiao Budaya raised his wine jar and bowed towards Liaoyang Prefecture, saying, “Let us wish His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Liao a long life!”

"Long live the emperor!" The civil and military nobles of the Liao Dynasty all stood up and raised their glasses to congratulate.

Xiao Budaya walked to the center of the banquet and looked at the tributes displayed on the table.

These so-called tributes are all ores!
He picked up one of the pieces. It was a yellow ore with a mottled surface, but almost everyone recognized it.

The raw ore of chalcopyrite!
The essential……

These copper ores have extremely high copper content!
Just a little smelting can produce copper!

The significance of copper to the Liao Kingdom is even greater than that of silver!
Because the Liao Kingdom lacked copper!

It is even more scarce than the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties!
With copper, the royal family could worship Buddha, the people could trade, and the army could be rewarded.

It can even export in the opposite direction, purchasing various commodities from the Southern Dynasties to support the expansion of the Liao Dynasty.

"Gentlemen, according to what the Ezo envoy said..."

"There are countless copper mines in Japan's Mutsu, Musashi and other places!"

"Japan is not good at smelting, so it cannot be used for a long time!"

Isn't this a coincidence?
In today's world, the Liao Dynasty's smelting technology is not backward, even compared with the Southern Dynasties, and may even be more advanced!

Those iron smelting blast furnaces outside Nanjing city are the evidence!
What's more, Japan may have a large amount of silver, but it has not been found yet!

Everyone looked at the copper ore in Xiao Budaye's hand.

In their eyes, this is not ore.

This is money! It is also their achievement in getting promoted and making money!
Xiao Budaya glanced at everyone present and said softly, "This is a gift from Heaven to the Liao Dynasty!"

"The Ainu people should be subjects of the Liao Dynasty, just like Qiuci and Khotan during the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

"Do you have any opinions?" he asked everyone present.

The history of the Khitans is a history of continuous compatibility with other ethnic groups.

Since the founding of the country by Yelü Abaoji, the Khitans have brought the Han people of Youyan, the Xi people, the Bohai people, the Jurchens and others under their rule through war, annexation, marriage and intimidation. They also shackled the Jurchen tribes, the Zhubu tribes on the grasslands, and even the Uighurs in the Western Regions, the Dangxiang in the Northwest, and the Tubo, who were or have always been vassals of the Liao Dynasty to some extent.

Now, with the Liao Kingdom conquering Goryeo.

The Jurchens and Koreans were also incorporated into the Liao system and became concubines of the Liao ruler.

This is the diplomatic characteristic of the Liao people - extremely flexible!
As long as it is beneficial, they will do it.

Unlike the traditional dynasties in the Central Plains, they did not care about face or have the psychological burden of defending against foreign invaders.

nonexistent!

Xiao Budaya, after seeing these copper ores, heard that there were rich copper mines in Mutsu and Musashi in Japan.

He reacted immediately, and then he asked many Japanese, including Taira Masamori and his son, other local nobles, and the Japanese-settled Abe clan, Kiyohara clan and other Ezo nobles.

After confirming that Japan had been conquering the Ezo for a long time and regarded the Ezo as an enemy that could threaten its security like the Tsushima.

Xiao Budaya came up with an idea almost instinctively.

You Japanese are still too big!

The treatment of the Ainu people is completely contrary to the teachings of the saints!
This will not work!
As the successor of the Tang Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the guardian of Chinese orthodoxy, saints, and the standard-bearer of benevolence and righteousness, must never turn a blind eye to such wanton oppression of the weak and bullying of the innocent!

We must uphold justice and restore justice to the Ezo people!
Of course, the Emizu must also follow the right path, follow the teachings of the saints, respect the way of benevolence and righteousness, be subjects of the Liao Dynasty, and pay tribute to the emperor of the Liao Dynasty forever from generation to generation.

Ok……

Let’s use copper ore as tribute!
Of course, the Liao emperor was extremely wealthy and it was impossible for him to let the loyal Ainu suffer any loss.

There is a reward.

Moreover, the reward in return will surely be abundant.

For example, one can give iron coins, cloth, or even precious cotton cloth and brown sugar!
The price...

Based on the prices in the Southern Dynasties, it wouldn’t be too much to triple or even quintuple them, right?
Just like what he is doing now on the island of Kyushu!
Yes!

After unifying Kyushu, Xiaobudanye did not continue to take advantage of the victory to march into the main island of Japan and directly capture Heian-kyo.

In addition to waiting for reinforcements and accumulating strength.

The main reason was that Xiao Budaya and his generals and soldiers were busy doing business.

To be precise, it should be called dumping!

More than a month ago, the first batch of Liao iron coins requested by Xiao Budaye arrived in Kyushu from Pyongyang.

Along with the iron money, there also arrived a large amount of supplies from the Liao Kingdom as rewards for the three armies.

Including cloth, salt, porcelain, tea, fur, bronze ware, and a small amount of cotton cloth and brown sugar as rewards to senior generals.

Xiao Budaya himself received a full pound of icing sugar.

As large amounts of iron coins and other materials were transported to Kyushu, Xiao Budaye soon discovered.

The things he brought seem to have a strong purchasing power here!
The cloth used to reward the three armies was snapped up by Japanese merchants from all over Kyushu.

Porcelain, bronze and ironware from the Liao Dynasty have also sparked great demand.

Even the iron coins that were despised in the Liao Kingdom had great purchasing power on the island of Kyushu.

Because many Japanese think that this is Tang Dynasty’s money.

The money that all Tang people are using!
It must be high-end!
Just like the coins that came from the Tang Dynasty before.

Anyway...Japan's monetary system is already a mess.

Not only were coins from the Southern Dynasties in circulation, but also coins from the Tang Dynasty. Even the Wuzhu coins from the Sui Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even the Wei, Jin, and Han Dynasties were widely used in Japan and were regarded as hard currency.

Many coins have become rusty and even the writing has been worn away, but they can still be circulated.

Therefore, the iron coins brought by Xiao Budaye did not look as good as copper coins.

But at least, they are legible and substantial.

This is enough!

As a result, the Liao Dynasty's iron coins were inexplicably accepted by Japanese merchants and then circulated in the market.

Relying on the import of large amounts of currency, cloth, porcelain, tea and other commodities.

Kyushu, which had been not very stable, quickly stabilized.

Therefore, the Liao people, as conquerors, were not enemies in the eyes of the Japanese in the Kyushu region, but were worshipped instead.

Having tasted the sweetness, Xiao Budaya suddenly felt like he had gotten the idea.

He intended to try to replicate his policies in Kyushu in the Ainu area.

He already had a draft in his mind, and was just waiting to put it into writing and present it to the emperor!
Of course, before that, he needed the collective support of the civil and military officials in Kyushu.

After a brief hesitation, all the Liao civil and military officials who were being stared at by Xiao Budaye bowed and said, "We will all follow the orders of the Recruiting Envoy!"

joke!

Today, Xiao Budaya is a big shot in front of the old emperor!
It is said that when the emperor intended to choose a concubine for his grandson, he also took the young daughter of this general into consideration.

This is the future father-in-law of the country!
"Good!" Xiao Budaye nodded in satisfaction: "Then please join me in submitting a petition to the Emperor!"

"Please give Ezo a title!"

"Like the stories of Qiuci and Khotan during the Han and Tang Dynasties, they will forever be vassal states of the Liao Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)