Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Kim Boo-sik made a quick decision.

He said to a few close confidants:

"Let the envoys from Haizhou Port,"

"Immediately go to the Ming Dynasty to submit to its rule, pay tribute, and request reinforcements."

“Send another messenger.”

"Go to Xijing to seek an audience with the Jin army commander-in-chief,"

"Ask them what it would take for them to withdraw their troops."

As long as we can eliminate the Xijing faction.

The Gaegyeong faction of nobles, led by Kim Bu-sik.

They don't care about national interests at all.

It doesn't matter how many people are burned, killed, or robbed.

Moreover, the Xijing faction has to take the blame for these disasters.

They spread rumors and misled the king into sending troops.

This resulted in the Jin dynasty launching a military campaign of revenge, causing widespread devastation and death.

...

Pyongyang.

Wanyan Zonggan lived in the Goryeo royal palace.

He has already divided his forces to occupy the nearby Nampo Port.

They even captured two Ming Dynasty maritime merchants from Shandong.

Wanyan Zonggan said, "If you are willing to be an inside agent for the Great Jin,"

"To deliver some messages every year,"

"We'll let you all go, people and goods."

“There is no danger,”

"I will stay at the port,"

"When you do business,"

"Just tell the message to the people who stayed behind."

A merchant angrily rebuked:

"You barbarians, shut your mouths!"

"If you're going to kill or torture him, then do it now."

"Although I, Fan Chengli, am a merchant,"

"Yet he had also read the classics,"

"How could he be such a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain!"

Another merchant, however, knelt down with a thud and frantically kowtowed:

"General, spare my life! I am willing to be your inside man."

"very good,"

Wanyan Zonggan smiled smugly.

Pointing at Fan Chengli, who refused to cooperate,

"Drag this man out and kill him,"

"He moved all the cargo off his ship."

Fan Chengli was dragged out.

He cursed the cowardly seafarer.

"You bastard, you'll die a horrible death!"

"His Majesty will surely exterminate your entire clan!"

The merchant was so frightened that he huddled up in a ball.

Lying on the ground and shivering.

Wanyan Zonggan beckoned and said, "Come closer and let's talk."

The seafarer crawled forward, trembling.

Wanyan Zonggan asked, "What's your name?"

Maritime merchants are like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

He quickly rattled off a whole bunch of things:

"My name is Qian Cishan,"

"Originally a person from Jiangnan during the former Song Dynasty."

"My cousin is Qian Chen, the Minister of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty,"

"My cousin told me that you can make a lot of money doing business in Korea,"

"So they got a seagoing vessel to sell goods in Goryeo."

"This is my first time here,"

"I was arrested by the general before I even made any money..."

"General, spare my life! General, spare my life!"

Wanyan Zonggan's eyes lit up:

"Your cousin is the Minister of Revenue in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Not too close,"

"They're already beyond the fifth degree of mourning,"

"I didn't get any benefits from my cousin,"

Qian Cishan kowtowed frantically once again.

"I only beg the general to spare my dog's life,"

"General, feel free to take the cargo from the ship."

Wanyan Zong chuckled dryly:

"Your ship has been seized,"

"The cargo on board is also mine."

"How could you use my goods?"

"Will I trade it for your life?"

Qian Cishan was instantly dumbfounded.

He stared blankly at Wanyan Zonggan.

"Hahahaha!"

Wanyan Zonggan was extremely pleased with himself and continued to threaten:

Even if I let you go back,

“That merchant was killed,”

"Yet you managed to escape back alone,"

"Doesn't this arouse suspicion?"

Chapter 3100 A Plan to Turn the Tide

Qian Cishan knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

After a long while, he suddenly said:

"The petty person is willing to invest gold,"

"I'm not going back to the Ming Dynasty, please take me in, General!"

Wanyan Zonggan retorted, "The Great Jin Kingdom doesn't need another merchant like you."

"Why should I take you back?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Cishan

Kneeling there with empty eyes,

It seems to have lost its soul.

Wanyan Zonggan offered a suggestion:

“I can have someone move the goods,”

"Then let the guards get very drunk."

"Take this opportunity to bring your own crew,"

"Escape back to the ship and sail back empty."

"Your goods will be converted into cash,"

"Each time a message is transmitted,"

"I'll repay you a sum of money."

Qian Cishan listened blankly.

He then nodded as if possessed.

Wanyan Zonggan said, "Don't even think about going back to the Ming Dynasty."

"From now on, I will never go to sea again."

"If you don't come to deliver a message within six months,"

"I then sent people to Kaifeng to spread it,"

"Let the Ming emperor know that you are colluding with the Jin dynasty."

"Absolutely not, absolutely not!"

Qian Cishan cried.

Send this person away.

Wanyan Zonggan waited a moment,

A servant came to report:

"The crew members of both ships have been vetted,"

"The guy surnamed Qian often brags about himself,"

He said his cousin was the Minister of Revenue.

"But his trusted confidant said,"

"These are all boastful claims,"

"The man surnamed Qian is not related to the Minister of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty by blood."

Wanyan Zong chuckled dryly, "As long as it works, it's fine."

That Qian Cishan,

After returning to the guardhouse

He always seemed distracted.