Even if you succeed by chance, how much more can you earn in three to five years when the market is saturated? Can you get it back? Moreover, there is the possibility of failure and many other factors beyond human effort.

You have to know that military expenses are all the people's blood and sweat! They are earned by the kiln workers in Qianzhou and the miners in Shaowu Army! Zhao Jiu would not choose to go to war with Japan and Goryeo at this time unless he was crazy.

It is not impossible to open up sea routes, dump goods, and engage in economic colonization, but it requires methods and time.

However, just talking about the Northern Expedition, if the sea cannot be used as a plug-in for the time being, how can we make money?

About ten days later, it was mid-April. Under the escort of the imperial army, the Goryeo envoy Kim Bu-sik, the Japanese envoy Taira Tadamori, and the Honglu Temple official Xu Jing who had returned from his diplomatic mission to Goryeo, plus the team specially sent by Zhang Jun to deliver the "Sea Trade Outline" to Emperor Zhao, arrived in Tokyo together.

Then, something went wrong. First, the people coming from the east were asked to go to the Nanxun Gate in the south. At first, the Korean and Japanese envoys thought it was important because the Nanxun Gate faced the Imperial Street. However, when they arrived at the Nanxun Gate, Yang Yizhong, the most trusted confidant of the Zhao family, led hundreds of imperial guards to greet them, but they were only there to greet the "Sea Trade Gang".

Be they Koreans or Japanese, including Xu Jing, an official of the Honglu Temple, could only watch as the Japanese and Korean specialties plus hundreds of thousands of strings of silver walked all the way to the Imperial Street and were escorted by the Imperial Guards to the Xuande Tower, while they themselves were driven to the Protocol Court under the Honglu Temple halfway, and no one paid any attention to them.

At this time, the Koreans and Japanese finally realized that they were the extras.

"Mr. Leichuan (Kim Fushi's nickname)."

Arriving at the Protocol Court at noon, in just one hour, in the afternoon, Xu Jing, the chief clerk of the Honglu Temple and the envoy to Goryeo, returned. It is estimated that he hurried to the Honglu Temple to make a handover and then came back. After returning, the chief clerk of the Honglu Temple went directly to where Jin Bushi was staying. After wiping his sweat, he couldn't help but look ashamed. "Today, I neglected Lord Leichuan. I didn't expect that the court only cares about the official's private pockets, not diplomatic relations!"

Jin Bushi, who was reading the court bulletin in the courtyard, slowly raised his head. The nearly 60-year-old Goryeo minister carefully looked at Xu Jing, who was 26 years younger than him, and sighed: "Uncle Ming (Xu Jing's courtesy name), how many years have we known each other?"

Xu Jing, who had just turned thirty, was slightly startled, but still blurted out, "More than ten years."

"That's right." Jin Bushi put the official report on his knees and said with emotion. "When Emperor Taishang Daojun was in power, I was the one who sent Goryeo envoys to Song Dynasty. There was only one time when Song Dynasty sent envoys to Goryeo, and that was ten years ago, when you were the one who sent envoys to Goryeo. At that time, you first learned the Goryeo language from me in Tokyo, and then went to Kaifeng together, and then returned together. We lived and ate together for two or three years, and became close friends in foreign countries... Later, when the Jingkang Rebellion broke out, I thought that you and I would never meet again in this life, but unexpectedly, we could travel on the same ship again... Uncle Ming, I cherish our friendship very much, and I can see that you have always been sincere to me."

Xu Jing was slightly stunned when he heard this and almost lost his composure.

It is said that Xu Jing, as an official envoy of the Song Dynasty to Goryeo ten years ago, watched Wang Lun, a maritime merchant at that time, become one of the Nine Ministers through the help of his in-laws. There was a reason why Xu Jing was temporarily promoted to be an envoy until the court needed diplomatic professionals. Xu Jing himself was a wealthy young man who was good at calligraphy, painting and poetry. His greatest achievement before was his mission to Goryeo, but his father Xu Hongzhong was a high-ranking official as the Lianghuai Transport Commissioner during the Xuanhe period!

And the person who could sit in this position during the Xuanhe period was most likely from Feng Hengyuda's party.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Xu Jing's father Xu Hongzhong not only attached himself to Cai Jing, but also to Zheng Juzhong. So at the beginning of Jingkang, he was implicated by his father and went to Chizhou to be the head of a tax supervision department. He worked there for four or five years, and then his father died. After mourning for him, he was idle for almost a year before he was called up.

In other words, Ambassador Xu and Chief Clerk Xu are basically a mixture of the brothers Lu Benzhong, Zheng Yinian, and Gao Yanei. In terms of bad luck and the degree of bad deeds done to their ancestors, they are certainly not as bad as the Gao and Zheng brothers, and their entire family survived the Jingkang Incident. In terms of luck, they are certainly not as good as the brothers Lu Benzhong, whose legendary experience after the Jingkang Incident is probably the only one in the Song Dynasty... Of course, they are not as good at writing poems, but it is said that their painting skills are very high.

But these are of no importance. The key point is that this person, in order to flatter the Emperor Taishang Daojun, accidentally acquired a foreign language expertise... It can be seen that knowing a foreign language is quite important.

"Uncle Ming."

Jin Bu Shi was even more emotional when he saw this. "Although we are close friends, I am almost thirty years older than you. If you don't mind, I will tell you something that shouldn't be said between gentlemen."

Xu Jing had always respected Jin Bu Shi, so he naturally suppressed all his emotions when he heard this, walked up to the yard and sat opposite him under the shade of a tree.

"Uncle Ming." Jin Bu Shi looked at him seriously, pressing the official report in his hand. "Tell me the truth first. Do you have any resentment towards your current Emperor Zhao because of your family's ups and downs in official career?"

"How could that be?" Xu Jing smiled awkwardly and turned his head to answer. "My family fell into decline during the Jingkang period. Even if there is any blame, it is only Emperor Yuansheng. At most, it involves retired Prime Minister Lu, Prime Minister Xu, and even Li Guang, Li Zhongcheng and others. The emperor has only been kind to me and restored me."

Jin Fushi said nothing, just stared at the other person.

Xu Jing was silent for a moment, looked around, and then whispered: "In fact, I am still a little dissatisfied with Wang Lun, a lucky guy. A sea merchant, just because he took the path of a relative by marriage, he became a nine ministers and was listed in the secret cabinet..."

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