Many years later, a terrifying legend spread on the Yellow Sea, saying that every June and July, a fire dragon would emerge from the bottom of the sea to devour the ship, and no one who encountered it was spared. However, since it is said that no one is spared, how can people devour the sea ship with the fire dragon, not the wind dragon, the water dragon, and the thunder dragon. Accounts vary from one person to another, but one thing is for sure: the legend originally originated along the coast of the Shandong Peninsula.

In July of the first year of Xingping, the legendary "Fire Dragon" won the first battle, bringing a boatload of booty to the overstretched Donglai County Government. Since the robbery of the tribute ship still needed to be kept secret, Guan Cheng and the others did not carry the spoils into the Taishou Mansion with great fanfare. And Cai Ji personally rushed to Longkou Water Village to sit and share the spoils with a group of people.

"This time, our troops plundered a total of 500 pieces of armor, 1,000 knives, 800 quintals of rice, 200 quintals of miscellaneous grains, 500 quintals of raw silk, 50 mink skins, and a sea boat." The inner manager of the big tent of the water village proudly reported to Cai Ji and Tai Shici the results of the first battle of the navy.

Cai Ji listened to Guan Cheng's report and happily said, "You have worked hard. Will there be any damage in this battle? ”

Guan Cheng saw that Cai Ji was unmoved in the face of the spoils all over the ground, but first asked about the damage of the navy, and couldn't help but bow down and hug the master of boxing Hongfu in a moving manner, our department only lost eleven people in this battle and injured forty-three people. ”

"Well, the families of the dead and wounded need to be well settled." Cai Ji solemnly admonished Guan Cheng.

"Whoa." After Guan Cheng hugged his fists and received the order, he raised his head and smiled at Cai Ji and said that the fire dragon given by the lord was really powerful. When the natives and sailors saw the fire dragon spitting flames, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Our army was able to win the tribute ship with such a smooth line this time, which was the blessing of this fire dragon. I wonder if the lord still has this thing in his hand? ”

"Fire dragon? You mean the fireworks? Is this really that powerful? Cai Ji asked in surprise.

"Don't hide it from the lord, there are still more than a dozen people in my department who are careless and are scared by the fire dragon and stumble and bruise. Not to mention those natives who have never seen the market. Guan Cheng said frankly embarrassedly.

Although the idea of scaring Samhan Gongchuan with fireworks was the first to come up with Chae Ji. But at this moment, after listening to Guan Cheng's self-exposure of oolong, Cai Ji still felt that this matter was exaggerated like a joke. But she thought about it again, in the later Age of Discovery, in the Americas and the African continent, such cruel jokes were not uncommon. It is not so much that the natives of later generations were defeated by the muskets of the colonizers as that they were destroyed by their own superstitions. However, Cai Ji has no obligation to dispel superstitions for the natives, so she is comfortable carrying out the fireworks tactics to the end.

No, in the face of Guan Cheng, who was eager to try, Cai Jidang nodded and said that he could rest assured that the next time he went to sea, he would equip you with fire dragons. Not only that, but in the future, the government will also have people make more powerful firearms for you and others to use. ”

When Guan Cheng heard that Cai Ji would provide more powerful firearms for the navy in the future, he couldn't help but smile happily and followed behind to thank him again and again. At this time, Cai Ji had already set his sights on the loot stacked in the center of the big tent. Although Chae-gil had earlier known that Samhan was exchanging sustenance for luxury goods from the four counties of Han in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. But the batch of Sanhan native products in front of him still made Cai Ji a little surprised.

The first is rice. It must be known that Cai Ji was a southerner in his previous life and was used to eating rice, but now he eats noodles every day on the Shandong Peninsula in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, as soon as Cai Ji saw the rice, he immediately had an urge to see his relatives. But after thinking about it, she felt that it was wrong, the Korean Peninsula was more north than the Shandong Peninsula, and Sanhan could grow rice, but Shandong was still growing wheat. The yield of rice is higher than that of wheat, and the growth cycle is shorter than that of wheat. If rice can be grown in Donglai, the solution to the food shortage is not just around the corner.

So Cai Ji grabbed a handful of millet and twisted it in his hand, and then asked Guan Cheng and Tai Shici that these three Hans can grow rice, and Donglai has never seen anyone grow rice? ”

Guan Cheng heard Cai Ji's question and hurriedly replied that he didn't hide it from the lord, the rice is too water-intensive, and now there is a great drought for many years, and even the wheat in the field is about to die, who dares to plant rice. Even in Samhan, only the Dongjin River and the Mangjeong River in Benhan can grow rice. In other areas, miscellaneous grains are grown. ”

"yes. If it weren't for the geographical advantage of Benhan, it would be difficult to open paddy fields in the north. Tai Shici also echoed Guan Chengdao.

Guan Cheng and Tai Shici are both from Donglai, so they naturally know more about the climate and geographical conditions of Donglai than Cai Ji. Therefore, both of them shook their heads again and again and said that Donglai could not grow rice, and Cai Ji had to temporarily give up the plan to experiment with rice planting in Donglai. However, she was still very interested in the Liaodong Peninsula opposite Donglai and the large black land further north. After all, it is the famous Tohoku rice that will be produced there. It's a pity that Donglai's strength is still weak at the moment, and Cai Ji can only stare dryly.

Since it was not possible to grow rice by herself for the time being, Cai Ji had no choice but to throw the rice in her hand into the basket and look at another trophy that she was interested in. It was a long knife more than four feet long, with a dragon's finch ring cast at the end of the handle. At first glance, it looks a bit like a Japanese sword from later generations. However, its straight blade bears a slight resemblance to the long swords of this era. However, although the knife looked slender and straight on the outside, it was actually quite heavy, so that Cai Ji had to use two hands to barely hold it. In addition, Cai Ji herself didn't know much about cold weapons such as swords, so she had to turn to the Taishi Ci Daozi brother on the side, how about you come to see this knife? ”

Tai Shi Ci saw Cai Ji's struggling look, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and took the long knife from her hand with one hand. Then he brushed the ground and pulled out the blade, tried the blade with his fingertips, and praised the good knife! It is worthy of being made by the Gaya. ”

"Brother Ziyi, is this Gayage knife very powerful, don't skip words. Cai Ji asked. Anyway, Tai Shi Ci pulled out his sword just now, and he was really handsome! Of course, Cai Ji, who had already tried the weight of the knife, knew that he would not be able to draw the knife with one hand so handsomely in this life.

"No, this knife is called the Huanshou Sword, which is transformed by the Han sword, and it is a Han sword, not a Gaya sword." Tai Shici played with the long blade in his hand and explained to Cai Ji, "Because the Han sword is double-edged, it is not conducive to immediate combat, not conducive to chopping, and easy to break. In order to facilitate close combat with the Hun cavalry, our Han soldiers changed the Han sword to this kind of ring-headed knife with a single-sided blade and a thick ridge. Therefore, the knife is often used in the cavalry, and the crossbow iron halberd is used in conjunction with the strong crossbow and iron halberd, which is a sharp weapon to kill the Hun cavalry. ”

Cai Ji listened to Tai Shici's explanation, and then he realized that the knife in front of him was an imitation of a stick. However, looking at Tai Shici's love for it, it seems that the forging technique of this stick is still remarkable. However, she thought about it for a while, and at present, the cavalry of the Han army generally uses spears and lances, and few people have not seen this ring sword. So Cai Ji asked Brother Ziyi in puzzlement, since this ring head knife is so powerful. Ji hasn't seen anyone use it? ”

"Xiaofujun doesn't know anything, and it takes a lot of effort to create such a sharp blade." Tai Shi Ci said, pointing to an inscription on the body of the knife and further explaining it to Cai Ji, Xiao Fujun, please look at this paragraph, 'On the first day of May in the first year of Xingping, the dragon sparrow was made'. The meaning of '卅湅' is thirty refinements, that is, this knife has used the technique of 100 steel-making to fold and forge the steel as many as 30 times. And this knife is forged in one piece, and the blade is quenched, which is really a treasure knife. ”

"General Taishi has good eyesight." Guan Cheng saw that Tai Shici analyzed the head of the way, and couldn't help but clap his hands and praise that my department has thousands of knives this time, but only this knife is the most exquisite. Therefore, it was taken out and dedicated to the lord. ”

Cai Ji listened to Guan Cheng to dedicate such a treasure knife, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is really a typical pearl secret investment. So she hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, Zifeng, you are dedicating this knife to this mansion, which is a violent destruction of heavenly things. As the so-called sword is given to heroes, this knife should be given to the righteous brother. ”

After seeing Cai Ji's clumsy way of holding the knife just now, Guan Cheng also knew that this knife was not suitable for his father-in-law. Therefore, he immediately nodded and agreed, "The Lord is reasonable. General Taishi, you will accept this dragon sparrow. ”

Tai Shi Ci couldn't put down the treasure knife in his hand, and at this moment, he saw that Cai Ji and Guan Cheng both said that they wanted to give the knife away. So he didn't twist and excuse himself, but happily returned the knife into the sheath and hugged his fist, "Naci is respectful rather than obeying." Xie Fujun gave a knife. ”

Cai Ji saw that the treasure knife had a suitable owner, and while he was happy, he turned back to Guan Cheng and asked Dao Zifeng, the knives you got are all such ring-headed knives? ”

"Yes. However, except for the dragon bird in General Taishi's hand, which is forged in one piece, the rest of the ring head knives are made separately from the ring head, and the heated hammer is welded on the knife stem. Guan Cheng responded with a fist.

"Even if it's made separately, it's a high-quality product. A whole thousand ring-headed knives, this Gaya-kun is still really generous. Tai Shi Ci stroked his beard and smiled.

"I think it's Gongsun Du's generosity." Cai Ji stroked the raw silk and muttered meaningfully.

Hearing her say this, Tai Shi Ci also nodded and said that a thousand ring-headed knives and five hundred armors were indeed enough to build an iron horse. ”

"But now this iron horse belongs to Donglai." Cai Ji turned around and raised his eyebrows at Tai Shici and the others.

"If you add Xiao Fujun's improved stirrups, this iron cavalry will be even stronger!" Tai Shi Ci replied confidently.

Tacitly, Cai Ji and Tai Shici showed a knowing smile at the same time. In fact, in the previous life, Cai Ji also saw in historical documents about the sword-making of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. For example, Zhuge Liang once ordered Pu Yuan to make knives in the valley. In order to make a good knife, Pu Yuan specially designated to use the water of the Shujiang River to quench the blade, and the 3,000 knives made were very fine. Pu Yuan is also known as the divine sword because of this. But at that time, Cai Ji was not clear about the technological gap between knives, guns and sticks. It wasn't until this moment, after Tai Shici's explanation, that she realized that the number of big swords recorded in the historical materials represented the national strength of a country.

According to historical records, during the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yan once sent 8,000 knives at one time; Liu Bei once ordered craftsmen to make 5,000 knives; Sun Quan ordered 1,000 man-made knives. These are still the handiwork of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. And now in the chaotic period of the division of princes, the significance of a thousand knives to one side of the force is self-evident. If Gongsun Du hacked him with an arms vote, how would he react? Thinking of this, Cai Ji couldn't help but smile, turned to Guan Cheng and asked, Zifeng, are you waiting for this transaction to be clean? Will Gongsun Du know about this? ”

"Don't worry, my lord. The natives on the ship were fed fish and shrimp, and the tribute boat was hidden in Dujia Island. Custody does not see the living and the dead do not see the corpse. Guan Cheng patted his chest and reassured.

Although he knew that Guan Cheng's guarantee meant the death of hundreds of lives, Cai Ji did not feel guilty about it at all, but breathed a deep sigh of relief and said that it was so good, so good. Zifeng, the Sanhan tribute ship and others must be well transformed. Sails printed with totems should never be used, and it is better to change them directly to rivet sails. In addition, the hull is also painted black. ”

"Whoa." Guan Cheng hugged his fists and led the way. In fact, without Cai Ji's reminder, Guan Cheng had already let the dazzling sails of the tribute ship be replaced. It's just that they didn't even have to change the hull of the ship like Cai Ji.

Tai Shi Ci saw that Cai Ji was busy instructing Guan Cheng to destroy the corpse, and thought to himself that this little Cai Fujun was still scared. In view of the fact that the tribute to the robbery was more sensitive, Tai Shici also followed the two to remind Daoguang that it was not enough to change the ship. Xiaofujun, we still need to consider what to do with these tributes. ”

"Of course, these tributes are directly divided. Lord, thirty percent of the tribute in this house belongs to you, and another forty percent of the tribute belongs to the government. "Guan Cheng divided the spoils into three main parts according to the distribution method of the pirates.

However, Cai Ji shook his head and said no, this matter should not be reckless. Brother Ziyi is right. Rice, raw silk, and mink are not produced in Donglai. Rice can still be rationed for sergeants. But this raw silk and mink fur cannot be eaten, nor can it be used as military funds. And if it is not handled properly, it will also expose our plundering of tribute ships. ”

"Then sell the raw silk and mink for money." Guan Cheng thought about it and said.

"Oh? Zifeng, do you have a reliable home to sell stolen goods? Cai Ji looked up and asked.

"Yes. In the past, after we finished trading, we sold the cloth and utensils that we could not use to the foot traders. There are a few who are already familiar with the last general, and the last general can arrange for them to come to Huangxian to receive the goods. Guan Cheng nodded.

What a bunch of simple pirates. Cai Ji smiled so bitterly in his heart. Such a big deal as 500 quintals of raw silk and 50 pieces of mink can be handed over to the traveling merchant to sell the stolen goods. When the time comes, it will be strange if it is not known to the whole country. So Cai Ji hurriedly waved his hand and denied that this time the trade was bigger, and those foot merchants couldn't eat so much goods. We'll have to find someone we can rely on to sell the stolen goods. ”

Guan Cheng also felt that it made sense. After all, this is the biggest deal he has ever made since he was a thief, and it is inevitable that he wants to buy a good price. So Guan Cheng hurriedly asked Cai Ji about the lord, is there a suitable candidate? ”

But seeing Cai Ji lowering his head and saying thoughtfully, well, there is a candidate. But it needs to be arranged a little. ”

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