Beginning (8)

Until he walked out of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Admiral Chen Fusong of the Navy Tianxuan Detachment did not understand what the order in his hand meant. Looking at the intoxicated appearance of Li Xiang, the newly appointed deputy appointed by the Dadu Governor's Mansion, the deputy commander of the seventh standard of the Broken Army, and the owner of the original stone wall, Chen Fusong really regretted why he was impulsive and promised in front of Prime Minister Wen: "Go to the soup and fight the fire, and you will not give up!" The promise comes.

It's okay now, the prime minister didn't let himself go to the soup. He just set up an oil pot and let himself and Li Xiang jump in. It's just that Li Xiang is still lustful for profit, only thinking about how to make meritorious contributions, and he doesn't want to think about whether there is any hope of survival on this trip.

"Alas!" Chen Fusong looked at Li Xiang and deliberately sighed loudly. It is hoped that this will attract the attention of this temporary partner so that he can discuss his next plan of action.

"Why, Boss Chen is reluctant to marry his wife. Didn't the Prime Minister say that we are no longer under the command of the army, and we can bring our families with us! Li Xiang glanced at Chen Fusong in surprise and asked with a smile. A pair of hands plucked back and forth on his face, apparently more interested in the new black hair on his face than in the difficulties he was about to face.

Boss? How awkward is Chen Fusong to hear this word. On the orders of the Dadu Governor's Office, he followed the sailor all the way back from Guangnan West Road, Chen Fusong thought that with his military exploits under Du Hu, he could add a gold bar on his shoulder guard, and even turn the two bars into a gold star, if he could promote the rank from lieutenant colonel to major general, not only would the newly married wife be happy, but the ancestors of the Chen family would also have brilliance on the face of the spirit of heaven.

But the Prime Minister didn't have any promotion at all, he just asked him about the situation of suppressing bandits on the southwest coast for half an hour, and taught him his understanding of naval warfare, and then suddenly said that if there was a task that required him to make some sacrifices, whether he Chen Fusong would be willing to do it.

Chen Fusong was impulsive, immediately put his legs together, and said a fearless word with his chest straight. As a result, Wen Tianxiang gave him an order to temporarily quit the sailor division and become the first head of the Nanyang Merchant Group for a term of five years.

"You temporarily quit the water division, the royal family, the Dadu Governor's Mansion, the East China Sea Fangjia, the Liuqiu Su family and the Quanzhou Lianhao and other eighteen large and small maritime merchants funded to form a Nanyang merchant group, and we need a chief and deputy shopkeeper who is proficient in water warfare and land warfare, we discussed with Guiqing (Du Hu) and Dingguo (Tao Laome), and decided to send you and Li Xiang to serve as the chief and deputy treasurers." Wen Tianxiang arranged with a smile, as if giving such an appointment was the greatest trust in Chen and Li.

At that time, Chen Fusong was stunned, and he even had an impulse to ask why Wen Tianxiang forced himself to retire. What mistakes did I make, whether I was not brave enough in battle, or not good enough. However, looking at Li Xiang, who was smiling and accepting the task with a smile beside him, as if he was in great glory, he forced himself to swallow these questions.

The Prime Minister has always been fair, and he will not do things for no reason. In line with his consistent trust in Wen Tianxiang, Chen Fusong took over this task.

However, accepting a mission does not mean that you are willing to serve.

"You two have two hundred thousand pieces of silver, three warships and ten new cargo ships as the principal. Each shareholder has sent a total of 150 young talents to be deployed by the two of you. The list and job titles are in this volume, and the two of you will take them back and look through them slowly. You have half a month to prepare, and after half a month, you will leave the port with the Great Song Sailor. Go to Ge Lang first, avenge the Song people who were killed, and ask them about the crime of undeclared war. Then it's up to the two of you to decide what to do! After Wen Tianxiang handed over the appointment diploma to Chen and Li, staff officer Zeng Huan introduced the task to the two.

"As for the rest of the manpower, you can recruit retired veterans in Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Zhangzhou, as many as you want. But remember, after going to sea, what you do no longer represents the Great Song Dynasty. In other words, you are a group of armed merchants who are responsible for protecting the trade routes of the merchants in the South Seas and seeking the maximum return for the merchants. But you are not part of the Breakers, and what you do has nothing to do with the Breakers and the Governor's Mansion. The specific phased tasks and what you don't understand, you can ask Lord Du Gui, and he will tell you in detail......" The words confessed by Chief of Staff Zeng Huan still echoed in Chen Fusong's ears, and he still can't believe it, this is the words that came out of the mouth of the chief of general staff of the Broken Army, and he can't believe it, when Zeng Huan said these words, Prime Minister Wen Cheng, who has always been upright and upright enough to become a model for scholars, stood next to him and didn't say a word to stop it.

Is this Prime Minister Wen's original intention? Chen Fusong refused to think deeply. In his heart, he has always agreed with the words of his old boss Du Hu, "The Prime Minister has a long-term vision, which is beyond the reach of the world." It's just that the heart is too soft, and it lacks the courage to do big things! ”

However, Wen Tianxiang's performance today made him begin to doubt the correctness of this sentence. Is this a means that a soft-hearted person can come up with? I'm afraid that the great evils of the past and present would not have thought of such a method! Is this still the same Prime Minister Wen who is full of sympathy for the weak and has a belly of compassion for others? I am afraid that General Du Hu, who is known for his ruthlessness in the army, is much more charitable than him.

Chen Fusong thought gloomily, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that such a ruthless and vicious strategy should not come from Wen Tianxiang's hands. But apart from the fact that this strategy caused him and Li Xiang some losses, he couldn't say what was wrong. looked at his new partner Li Xiang with full sadness, but saw that Li Xiang was still struggling with the cold hair on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the difficulties he was about to face and the changes in the prime minister.

"Hey, I said, Master Li, can you stop and move your heart?" Chen Fusong was a little unhappy, and raised his voice to question. Back then, in the green forest, Li Xiang was also a well-known Zhiduoxing, Chen Fusong didn't know how this guy became so stupid today.

"What do you say, hey, hiss!" Li Xiang was taken aback by Chen Fusong's inexplicable anger, his hands trembled, and he pulled down his beard hard, and breathed cold air in pain.

"Li Er fool, can you not pull out your beard first, you are absent-minded, how can we complete the task assigned by the Metropolitan Governor!" Chen Fusong couldn't bear it anymore, and dissatisfiedly called out Li Xiang's nickname on the rivers and lakes back then.

"Didn't the prime minister and the chief of staff make it very clear? A new armed merchant group will be formed, you will be the boss, and I will be your deputy. If you want money, you want a boat, you have a boat, and you have a lot of dividends if you do a good job. There are not enough people, and the price is high. Didn't Counselor Zeng say it? What is a retired veteran of the Broken Army, what is an idle man, whether it is missing an arm or a thigh, as long as we like it, we can recruit it on the ship. Besides, didn't the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion take five hundred muskets into shares, have you ever seen that thing, it is more powerful than the launch, and it scared those bandits in Nanyang to death! Li Xiang shrugged his shoulders and responded nonchalantly.

Chen Fusong was so angry by Li Xiang's arrogant attitude that he was angry, ignoring the side glances of the passers-by, and shouted at Li Xiang: "Five hundred muskets, do you know how many islands there are in the South Seas?" We have to fight with dozens of countries at the same time, not bandits! And we still have to make a profit, and we can't occupy other people's countries yet! ”

"I said that you Chen Xiaobao are regressing more and more as you live, right? Why didn't the prime minister send someone else, and among the hundreds of generals, he singled out two of us. You Chen Xiaobao may think that Qu Cai, but my Lao Li still thinks that the prime minister knows how to make good use of it. This is something that others do, maybe it won't work, let's do it, it's definitely no problem! Li Xiang was aroused by Chen Fusong's roar, and stopped to answer.

Since breaking away from Chen Hangyan, he took the initiative to join the Broken Army with Tao Laomo. Li Xiang's career has not been smooth. first followed Lin Qi and was injured while fighting on Jiangnan West Road. was finally sent back to Shao Wu, healed the wounds on his body, and encountered the Battle of Fujian again, and followed Tao Laomo to be shot through the thigh by an arrow again when blocking the Yuan army. Seeing that the guy who sat side by side with him back then rose all the way up, becoming a commander and a commander successively, and he was still dangling at the level of lieutenant colonel, Li Xiang didn't want to be anxious.

So, this time he had a rare opportunity to stand out, and he vowed to perform well. Let the former partners see that they are not unlucky ghosts, and they should be mixed up in small fights for a lifetime.

"You're confident, okay, you say, why did the prime minister send us?" Chen Fusong was pierced by Li Xiang's words, his arrogance was a little shorter, and he asked with a wry smile.

"Because we both came from the green forest, what else is there!" Li Xiang replied confidently.

Chen Fusong was short of breath for a while, shook his head twice, and forcibly expelled the unhappy feeling in his heart. Unlike Chen Hangyan, Tao Laome, and Li Xiang, Chen Fusong is very taboo about his green forest background. If it weren't for Da Song's desperation back then, he could be sure that he would not have walked on the road of pulling the pole. Now, with an official status, he is even more reluctant to be talked about by others.

"Five hundred muskets is not enough, but if you want me to say, a hundred is enough. It's not like you haven't seen those Nanyang monkeys, one by one, they are ruthless in bullying the good and afraid of the evil. Bringing 500 veterans up is enough to kill a country. Besides, the prime minister allowed us to gather more than 500 people, and there were sailors to support us at the beginning! Although there are many countries in the South Seas, let's rush forward, divide and attack them, and use our strength to fight. Whether it is tying up tickets, beating stuffy sticks, extorting bamboo sticks, or taking sweat pills, as long as you can achieve the goal, it is a victory. Shopkeeper Chen, don't believe it. That Zhang Tang, Du Hu, Li Xing, and Yang Xiaorong, which one is better than us in battle. But to deal with the Nanyang people, you have to use our two brothers. Du Hu's strength is to fight regular wars, but those Nanyang people bully the weak and fear the hard, and like to say good things in front of them and stab them in the back. Du Hu and they went, and they would suffer after a long time. But we are different, we have a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes, and we know the sinister. Nanyang people are bad, we can only be as bad as them, or even worse than them, in order to play them! Li Xiang smiled and analyzed, he was very optimistic about the prospects of the Nanyang Business Group.

The Great Yuan soldiers and horses were eyeing the north, so the Broken Army did not have enough energy to take care of the affairs of the South Seas. And there are some things in Nanyang that should not be done by the Metropolitan Governor's Office. As the supreme authoritarian part of the state, the Metropolitan Governor's Office needs to take care of its image in the eyes of the people, and it needs to be the embodiment of justice and justice to enhance its attractiveness and cohesion. However, the rejuvenation of a country is not always accomplished by high-sounding justice.

Li Xiang thinks that in the process of the rise of the country, it needs to hold the scriptures in one hand, which are full of righteous words. The sword is held in one hand, and the two edges of the sword are quenched with poison.

Therefore, when Wen Tianxiang asked him if he was willing to temporarily withdraw from the Broken Army and become the deputy head of the Nanyang Merchant Group. Looking at the principles and structure of the business group, Li Xiang said without hesitation: "I am willing!" ”

He is willing to be the sword full of poison and do all the bad things for Huaxia's survival, even if he is sent to the eighteenth layer of hell after death, he will never be reborn.

"Worse than them?" Chen Fusong obviously didn't expect this and asked hesitantly. The Great Song Dynasty resisted the aggression of the Great Yuan and was just. In order to protect the rights and interests of the people, the Metropolitan Governor's Office tried a new policy, which was also just. Even Zou Wei and Du Hu deliberately carried out iron-fisted suppression on the east and west roads of Guangnan in order to crack down on the powerful forces, although Chen Fusong felt that it was a bit excessive, he never doubted its justice. After three years of being the embodiment of justice, he has forgotten that there is still a shadow under the sun.

"Yes, worse than them!" Li Xiang nodded and said. "There are silver pits, copper pits, tin mines, and iron mines in the South Seas, and according to the maritime merchants, they are all very shallowly buried. And they, the chiefs and kings have absolute privileges in their territories, as long as we can control the chiefs..."

Iron is the raw material for steelmaking, and copper and tin are essential for the manufacture of bronze. Bronze and steel, taken together, mean copper gall iron tires cannons, that is, muskets, steel crossbows, and complex civilian instruments. As for silver, everyone knows what it's used for. Chen Fusong finally completely understood the unexplained meaning of Li Xiang's words, and a bitterness welled up in his heart.

If you want to punish the country of Grand, or deter the ugly. It would be enough for the fleet to go once, enough to destroy Grand, so that the coastal countries would salute the banner of the Great Song Dynasty from now on. But the prime minister's purpose is not revenge, but the survival of the Great Song Dynasty and the Broken Army. He supported the Nanyang Merchant Group for only one purpose, which was to plunder!

Plundering for the sake of its own rapid development is not moral, without any mercy or mercy.

"But we just passed the provisional covenant?" Chen Fusong felt his head dizzy for a while, and asked in a voice that could almost only be heard by himself.

The provisional covenant stipulates that the people of the Great Song Dynasty are born equal. The private property of the human dignity of every person is protected by the State. The oath at the conference was still ringing, but the Prime Minister himself took the lead in violating it!

"Therefore, our Great Song Dynasty can't conquer Nanyang!" Li Xiang had excellent ear power, heard Chen Fusong's words, and immediately gave an answer.

"Only when it is not the territory of the Great Song Dynasty that what we do is not subject to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty!" Looking at Chen Fusong's confused eyes, Li Xiang stopped, and said with a somewhat wry smile: "Brother, you still haven't understood!" Equality is only applicable to one's own people! There is nothing between countries except interests! ”

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