In recent days, large warships have been continuously sailing out of Hangzhou Bay, and the imperial court has sent an additional 10,000 troops to Japan.
After Heian-kyo was captured, feudal lords in other parts of Japan established their own regimes and vowed to take back Heian-kyo from the Song army and drive them out of Japan.
The imperial court's intention to send more troops to Japan was also very clear.
In late April, Shen Lang and Li Bao both received the emperor's order: anyone who resists must be killed without exception.
Thus, a situation arose where Shen Lang guarded Heian-kyo, while Li Bao led his men through numerous obstacles and defeated many generals.
Throughout April and May, the area north of Heian-kyo in Japan was blood red.
Li Bao conquered city after city, and after each city was captured, he killed all those who resisted, leaving no one alive, regardless of age or gender.
Anyone who dares to rebel against the Song Dynasty will be killed without mercy.
In some cities, the fighting was so fierce that puddles of blood formed on the ground, enough to float people's heads on the water.
It took two whole months of killings for most of the Japanese nobility to begin to feel fear.
But Li Bao did not stop. Anyone who had been accused of rebelling against the Song Dynasty was dragged out and executed on the spot.
Better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.
After the area north of Heian-kyo was thoroughly ravaged by swords, Japan finally fell into complete silence.
Shen Lang began to mine gold and silver in Japan.
The Song Dynasty faced a real problem: Japan was short of food. While this helped the Song Dynasty weaken Japan and quickly conquer Heian-kyo (later Kyoto), it also caused problems for the Song Dynasty's gold and silver mining.
These are all things that need to be done by people; everyone needs to eat.
In order to transport Japan's gold and silver back to the Song Dynasty, the imperial court had to suppress the nobles and samurai groups in Japan while trying to restore some of the livelihood of the Japanese people, at least to prevent them from starving to death.
As the coordinator of this project, Shen Lang introduced sweet potatoes to Japan.
He hoped to stabilize social order in Japan as soon as possible, since the imperial court's real purpose was to mine gold and silver from Japan.
Zhao Huan also granted the request to introduce sweet potatoes to Japan.
When Zhao Huan saw the report that Li Bao had killed a total of 500,000 Japanese, he felt extremely pleased.
If it weren't for the need to rapidly mine gold and silver to stabilize the Song Dynasty's skyrocketing paper money and balance its finances, he would have definitely transported tens of thousands more troops over there to teach the islanders a lesson.
Hearing that Japan had been massacred by Li Bao, the nobles and royalty of Goryeo felt a chill run down their spines.
Wang Kai was glad that he had adopted Shang Miaoqing's strategy and compromised with the Song Dynasty; otherwise, Goryeo might very well have suffered the same fate as Japan.
In May, 30,000 troops of the Song Dynasty set off from Dengzhou and landed in Xilin County, Goryeo, where they were officially stationed.
At the same time, all trade between Goryeo and Song Dynasty was exchanged for currency.
Furthermore, the Goryeo rulers promulgated the Song Dynasty's laws to the people, including civil law, commercial law, and patent law.
This means that in trade with the Song Dynasty, Goryeo had to abide by the rules set by the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, Goryeo reduced its tariffs on Song Dynasty goods to an all-time low.
For a time, the merchants of the Song Dynasty's Jingdong Road were so excited that they couldn't sleep.
Throughout May, all the merchants along the Jingdong Road coast were going crazy.
They went to the Commercial Affairs Bureau one after another to apply for a trading company, hoping to sell their goods in Goryeo.
As a result, the ports of Denzhou and Michalla experienced rapid development due to huge demand.
Subsequently, the Song Dynasty sold clothing, shoes, handicrafts and other daily necessities to Goryeo.
Thanks to the widespread use of Huaxing spinning wheels, clothing production efficiency reached an all-time high. Although the sea separated them and incurred additional transportation costs, the selling price was still lower than that in Korea.
In the following period, a massive amount of goods from the Song Dynasty flowed into Goryeo, starting with the capital, Gaegyeong.
The merchants who originally lived in Kaijing quickly went bankrupt and went out of business due to the influx of merchants from the Song Dynasty.
Besides the military, the Song Dynasty is launching a fierce economic offensive, destroying Goryeo's previous economic structure and injecting its economic power into Goryeo, making it impossible for Goryeo's people to escape the Song Dynasty's influence.
This also resulted in a new batch of merchants from Goryeo, who had to rely on the Song Dynasty merchants for survival.
At the same time, the princes and nobles also began to reap their own benefits from the Song Dynasty's trade and economy.
The nobility began to establish their own businesses, and the lifeline of these businesses was actually held in the hands of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty essentially used this method to begin controlling the royal family and nobility of Goryeo.
The most typical example is Shang Miaoqing.
In May, within the Song Dynasty, not only were sweet potatoes harvested in abundance, but corn and land also yielded plentiful harvests.
With a steady stream of grain being transported from Jiulongjiang and Jiaozhou this year, last year's grain shortage has been completely resolved.
At least, judging from the memorials submitted by Zhao Huan from various places, grain prices have returned to normal.
At the same time, Zhao Huan also received news from the Northwest.
Zhao Guanren's private ranch has already started operating, with 5,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep initially put in.
Late May, the season when summer lotus begins to bloom.
A secret report was sent from the north back to the imperial palace in Tokyo.
In early June, the Song Dynasty officially issued a circular to the Jin Dynasty, ordering the Jin Dynasty to cease all production and operation of Huaxing spinning wheels without the permission of the Song Dynasty Huaxing Trading Company's patent rights.
Upon receiving this notice, Wanyan Zongpan laughed for three days and three nights. He said to others, "Is the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty stupid? What does he think the Great Jin Dynasty is? Is it Japan, something he can do whatever he wants with? He actually demands that we abide by his patent law!"
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