Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 539 The credit for delivering it to your door
When the sailors on the ship saw that their commander was attacked and restrained, they raised their guns and drew their swords and rushed towards Yang Yuan.

Jin Yuzhen immediately shouted loudly: "Stop! He is the envoy of the Song Dynasty, Yang Yuan, a scholar! Who dares to touch him!"

The Samcheok sailors were about to raise their guns to stab Yang Yuan, but when they heard his identity, they looked at each other and immediately hesitated.

The relationship between Song, Jin and Goryeo is quite complicated.

The Jin Dynasty and Goryeo once competed for the leadership, and the Jin Dynasty and Song Dynasty also once competed for the leadership.

The Jin Dynasty once paid tribute to Goryeo and was a vassal of the Liao Dynasty.

After the Jin and Liao dynasties broke up, Jin sent a letter to Goryeo, calling it "the country of parents" in an attempt to win over Goryeo.

However, after the Jurchens defeated the Liao Dynasty and officially rose to power, they turned around and demanded that Goryeo pay tribute to them.

During this whole process, since Song and Goryeo did not border each other, their diplomatic relations were intermittent and they only relied on each other's strengths but had no other interests.

When a relationship breaks up, it is only because the other party feels that they can't help them in any way, not because the relationship has deteriorated.

Moreover, culturally, Goryeo extremely admired the Central Plains culture represented by the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Koreans were very reluctant to offend the State of Song.

Especially at this time, the Jin Dynasty was in the process of division, and the country bordering Goryeo became the "New Jin".

It is still unpredictable whether the "New Jin" can gain a foothold as a new regime.

Under such circumstances, Goryeo did not dare to easily cancel its tribute to Jin, nor did it dare to easily offend the "New Jin", a new force that might rise.

Then, if it doesn't want to take sides, Jin and Xinjin will definitely force it to take sides.

At this time, the King of Goryeo absolutely did not want to be at odds with the Song Dynasty again.

What will be the consequences if the scholars of the Song Dynasty are injured at this time?
Seeing that the sailors were stopped, Jin Yuzhen rushed to Yang Yuan.

"Master, why did you suddenly take action?"

Jin Yuzhen's tone was slightly complaining, but she was afraid that Yang Yuan would really think she was complaining and be unhappy, so her expression was particularly gentle, which made her look like she was acting coquettishly to a man.

Yang Yuan still stepped on Chen Weikuan's chest and said to Jin Yuzhen, "They don't want to embarrass you, but they really want to attack your fleet."

Jin Yuzhen's face suddenly changed when she heard this. She looked at Chen Weikuan who was lying on the deck and said, "Who gave you the courage to attack our fleet? Was it that bastard Li Mu?"

"Oh my, Yuzhen, you are a lady, but you shouldn't curse people behind their backs."

A young man walked out of the cabin and said with a grin in an exaggerated tone.

He is in his twenties, with single eyelids, thin lips, a slender figure and fair skin.

Jin Yuzhen turned around and looked at him. Her face darkened and she shouted, "Li Mu, it turns out you are such a bastard. Do you want to go to war with our Jin family?"

Li Mu came over with a swagger and said with a grin, "Hey, I just wanted to show the Wang family a little bit of my power. Who knew you were on the boat?"

He glanced around and said, "But where is that loser Wang Shuai? Why did he let a woman like you come forward?

Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I've said it before, it's better for you to marry a dog than marry him, he's just an incompetent waste!"

Jin Yuzhen said coldly: "Because I despise you, a dog, even more!"

“Ahahahaha…” Li Mu laughed happily: “As if I like you, you stupid girl!”

This man had a pointed chin, handsome eyebrows and a pair of ears that protruded a little, which slightly affected his dignity.

He smiled, and his shrewd eyes fixed on Yang Yuan: "Great Song, Scholar Yang?"

He had just spoken to Jin Yuzhen in Goryeo, and Yang Yuan couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

However, when he turned to Yang Yuan, he spoke standard Chinese, and it was the Northern Song Dynasty Mandarin with correct pronunciation and intonation, which was even more standard than Yang Yuan's.

"Yes! Who are you?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "My name is Li Mu, and I'm the military governor of Lingdong Road."

Yang Yuan did not understand the Goryeo official system and did not know how high his official position was, but seeing how young he was, he must have a prominent family background.

Yang Yuan asked, "Why did Li Jiedu stop my boat?"

Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he said, "Isn't this the fleet of the Luozhou Wang family?"

Yang Yuan said: "The Wang family of Luozhou works for our Great Song."

When Li Mu heard this, he was shocked.

The Jin Dynasty had been divided into two. In order to contain the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Liang even ceded Lintao to Western Xia, just to drag Western Xia into the water.

As soon as the "New Jin" was founded, it wrote a letter to the country, expressing its willingness to regard the Great Song as its brother and the two countries established diplomatic relations.

Yang Yuan was certain that Zhao Yuan would not be able to resist this opportunity to avenge the national humiliation at his hands, and he would definitely accept the letter from the New Jin.

In this way, the Song Dynasty's attitude towards the two Jin Kingdoms became clear.

Under such circumstances, there was no need to conceal Song's assistance to Jin, so it was stated openly.

Li Mu was surprised and said, "So that's how it is. So that's how it is. I told you so."

His expression suddenly turned solemn, and he said, "Master Yang, can we talk in the cabin?"

Yang Yuan glanced at him, withdrew his foot from Chen Weikuan, and put the sharp blade back into the sheath.

Li Mu kicked Chen Weikuan on the buttocks and said, "Hey, are you dead? If not, get up quickly and withdraw your fleet."

Chen Weikuan stood up shakily and said, "Ah, Lord Jiedu, are we not going to seize the Wang family's fleet?"

"Idiot! The real ship owner is already standing in front of us, why are you still paying attention to that idiot?"

Li Mu kicked him again: "Stop talking nonsense and go gather your fleet." Chen Weikuan went to pass the order in a daze.

Li Mu bowed to Yang Yuan and said, "Mr. Yang, please."

Yang Yuan walked into the cabin confidently, not worrying at all that he would take advantage of the opportunity to attack.

Li Mu swayed his shoulders, moved closer to Jin Yuzhen, stared at Yang Yuan's back, and whispered, "Hey, you have good taste. When did you hook up with her?"

"What are you talking about, you little brat?" Jin Yuzhen was so angry that she twisted Li Mu's ear.

"Ahhhh, it hurts, it hurts, let go, you little bitch, I'm going to be angry, I'm really going to be angry, I'm really going to be angry..."

Li Mu tilted his head, slightly bent his legs, and was carried to the cabin by Jin Yuzhen.

Li Mu and Jin Yuzhen have been playmates since childhood, or as later generations would call them, childhood friends.

He married a Goryeo princess, who was a direct descendant of the Li family, so naturally he didn't care much about Wang Shuai, a side branch of the royal family.

As soon as Yang Yuan walked into the cabin, Li Mu and Jin Yuzhen followed in.

One of Li Mu's ears turned red. His ears were already a bit protruding, and now they were even more protruding.

Li Mu rubbed his ears and glared at Yang Yuan angrily.

Jin Yuzhen couldn't help but blush. Damn it, why couldn't I help myself...

Mr. Yang, don't you think I'm a bitch? Or do you think that Li Mu and I are a bit out of line?
For a moment, Jin Yuzhen became worried and anxious.

Li Mu invited Yang Yuan to sit down, and after a slight hesitation, he frankly told him the purpose of his actions today.

The shipping of huge amounts of supplies by the Jin and Wang families to the Shangjing area of ​​the Jin Kingdom in the name of the Wang family soon attracted the attention of the major families in Goryeo.

Although they were not very clear about the specifics of the transaction, the size of the fleet showed that the profits were staggering.

Now, all the major Goryeo families that own territories in coastal areas want to get a piece of the pie.

The Li family was also tempted and instructed Li Mu to hijack the Wang family's return ship, forcing the real ship owner hiding behind the Wang family to come out and seek cooperation between the two parties.

To put it simply, they wanted to intercept the Luozhou Wang family.

When Jin Yuzhen heard this, her eyes widened.

Li Mu squinted at her and said, "Hey, I didn't know your Jin family was involved in this."

Jin Yuzhen said coldly: "If you knew, you wouldn't intercept my boat?"

Li Mu thought about it, shook his head and said, "No, we still have to intercept it."

Jin Yuzhen was so angry that she wanted to twist his ears again.

Yang Yuan cleared his throat and Jin Yuzhen's body trembled. She raised her hand and stroked her hair.

When Li Mu saw this, he couldn't help but secretly curl his lips and said, "She's not your lover, haha!"
Yang Yuan quickly understood what Li Mu meant. Yang Yuan said, "We have a very good cooperation with the Jin family and the Wang family. They have also paid a lot for this, so we will not change our partners."

Pay a lot?

Li Mu subconsciously glanced at Jin Yuzhen.

Jin Yuzhen was looking at Yang Yuan with joy in her eyes, her smile was so sweet that it seemed like honey was about to overflow.

Well, although they paid a lot, it’s a two-way fight…

Li Mu's desire to stand up for his childhood friend was immediately dashed.

He thought about it, and said with some embarrassment: "I already understand what Master Yang means, but...

Can you please let Master Yang rest in Lingdong? Our Li family’s masters may be able to offer conditions that will tempt Master Yang.”

Jin Yuzhen's eyes suddenly spit fire. Is this poaching right in front of me?
"There is no need to discuss this matter any further!"

Yang Yuan flatly refused: "Whether you want to cooperate with our Song Dynasty is your freedom.

But the decision on who to cooperate with is made by us, the Song Dynasty."

Jin Yuzhen immediately gave her childhood friend a proud look.

Li Mu was disappointed. Was he going to use his wife to win over this scholar from the Song Dynasty?

Bah! I can't do such a shameless thing. Besides, the princess wouldn't want to do it, right?
If she were a concubine, it wouldn't matter.

Yang Yuan changed the subject and smiled again, "However, it wouldn't be a big deal if I stopped by to visit your master."

Jin Yuzhen was startled, and Li Mu, who was already a little depressed, became energetic.

Yang Yuan looked at Li Mu as if he was looking at a big medal that was delivered to him, and smiled:

“As Goryeo’s close neighbor, the Jin Dynasty was divided and unstable.

I believe that the King of Goryeo and Lord Lee are a little confused about your country's future stance.

Yang is willing to meet your master, perhaps I can give your country some advice! "

Li Mu's eyes narrowed and he said, "The scholar is only responsible for the military aid from the Song Dynasty to the New Jin Dynasty, right? Do you have the final say on matters related to national policy?"

Madam Jin cleared her throat and boasted about Yang Yuan, "Mr. Yang, the first top scholar in the imperial examination after the new emperor ascended the throne.

The first disciple of the Emperor of Song Dynasty and the best friend of Prince Jin of Song Dynasty.

The old father-in-law of the New Jin Kingdom obeys his orders, and the Crown Prince and princesses of the New Jin Kingdom are his students. Do you think he keeps his word? "

(End of this chapter)