The Chai family has a big business, and this is not blowing.

Because Princess Pingyang's merits are too high, but she is a woman, Li Yuan made a lot of compensation for her wealth at the beginning.

In addition, the Chai family itself is a family, and after so many years, the Chu Wangfu in Chang'an City has risen against the trend, and it can overwhelm the Chai family in terms of wealth.

As the industry with the fastest increase in profits in recent years, whaling and sea trade have accounted for half of the Chai family's profits.

To put it mildly, even if it is a big Chai family, if it suddenly loses this piece of income, it will hurt for a long time.

"Lang Jun, although autumn is the season of hurricanes, Dengzhou has always been rarely hit by hurricanes. All the ships that went to sea at about the same time as our fleet have returned to Wendeng Wharf, but our fleet is nowhere to be seen. Therefore, the steward of Dengzhou flew back from the book and asked if anything had happened in Chang'an City. ”

The way of flying pigeons to pass on books, driven by the palace of the king of Chu, has become the most important tool for the Tang Dynasty nobles to transmit information over long distances and quickly.

Naturally, the Chai family also has a special subordinate who is responsible for the cultivation and management of carrier pigeons.

"You mean these ships are at sea and should be targeted?"

Chai Zhewei is not only not stupid, but on the contrary, he is also very smart.

Quickly grabbed the key information from the note handed over by Wu Yuan.

Of course, as long as you are not stupid, you can guess that so many ships are missing together, it can't be an accident.

"Our boats are newly purchased and are serviced on time every year, so there are definitely no leaks or anything like that. Now there are no hurricanes, and the routes taken by everyone are familiar, and it is impossible to disappear inexplicably. Lang Jun, nine times out of ten, our fleet is being targeted. ”

Wu Yuan boldly said his guess.

That's why he ran in a little panic just now.

If it was a hurricane and some ships were lost, everyone would be okay with that.

Anyway, the Chai family has a big business.

However, this kind of being targeted for no reason is troublesome.

Do you want to go to sea in the future?

Will it disappear again as soon as you go to sea?

There are so many crew members on the missing ship, does the Chai family want to give some bereavement to their families?

A series of questions followed.

To put it mildly, the disappearance of the fleet alone will bring more than 30,000 direct losses to the Chai family, or even more.

As for consequential losses, it is impossible to calculate.

In short, it would be a number that would make the Chai family feel heartache.

"Didn't you say before that the Bohai generation had no room for pirates to live in for a long time? Besides, it may still make sense for the pirates to hijack the fleets that went to trade with the Japanese countries. Like the whaling ship, the pirate's brain is in the water, will he rob it? What are they doing with it? ”

Chai Lingwu glared at Wu Yuan dissatisfiedly on the side.

"Erlang, it is precisely because there are no pirates in the Bohai Sea anymore, and several of our fleets have disappeared again, that the problem is even more serious. Other people's fleets are fine, but ours has an accident, who did it? If you don't figure this out, what will you do in the future? ”

Wu Yuan said with a bitter face.

Although he is only the housekeeper of the Chai family, he and the Chai family are definitely in a relationship of both prosperity and loss.

"There are no pirates in the Bohai Sea, if I remember correctly, it is because the city sailors of Dengzhou City are frequently active in that sea area and fight all kinds of pirates, right?"

Chai Zhewei seemed to think of something, and said something half to himself.

"Yes, now the City Sailor is the most powerful existence in the Datang Sea, and no one is their opponent. Even the sailors of the imperial court's expansion in Dengzhou are not their opponents. ”

Being able to sit firmly in the position of the Chai family's housekeeper, Wu Yuan is naturally not the kind of person who doesn't know anything.

"Big brother, you don't think it's done by someone from the city's sailor, do you?"

Chai Lingwu asked in surprise on the side.

He's not stupid either.

Who does the city sailor listen to?

All the nobles of the Tang Dynasty know that Li Kuan, as the governor of the city, completely controls the city's ship.

As for the City Sailor, it was established under Li Kuan's strong advocacy.

Today, the city's sailors have been stationed in Dengzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Yazhou and Puluozhong, with more than 100 ships of various kinds and tens of thousands of personnel.

To put it mildly, in the city sailor, Li Shimin's holy decree did not work as well as Li Kuan's words.

"Who else has the power to make several of our fleets disappear at the same time, except for the City Mariners?"

Chai Zhewei looked at Chai Lingwu with displeasure on his face.

Why did the city sailor deal with the Chai family?

I thought that the conflict between the Chai family and the Chu Wangfu was understood after those guards were injured and the honey shop was closed for a period of time.

Now, it seems likely that this is just the beginning.

I have long heard that Li Kuan is a bit of a grudge, but I didn't expect it to be true.

"This Li Kuan...... I...... I ......" Chai Lingwu hadn't finished his sentence yet, and was about to go out.

"Stop! What are you doing? ”

"Big brother, this Li Kuan is too deceitful! I'm going to talk to him face to face! ”

The muscles on Chai Lingwu's face were a little distorted, obviously about to be angry.

From childhood to adulthood, he was the only one who bullied others, and he had never suffered such grievances.

If this breath didn't come out, he felt that he would not be able to stay in Chang'an City in the future.

"Theory? How to theorize? What evidence do you have to prove that this matter has anything to do with the Chu Palace? ”

Chai Lingwu: "I ......"

"The people of the city sailors dared to do this, and nine times out of ten, the people and ships on the boat had already sunk into the sea to feed the fish. Unless Erlang, you can find the crew of the city sailor to stand up and testify, otherwise you will run to the Chu Wangfu like this, maybe people will still say that we slandered. ”

Wu Yuan's words made Chai Lingwu even more angry.

"Slander? Have I slandered, Li Kuan still doesn't know in his own heart? ”

"Erlang, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is clear, so what? There's no evidence! ”

Wu Yuan also has some opinions about Chai Lingwu.

If it weren't for the fact that he beat the students of Guanshishan Academy, how could the Chai family encounter all kinds of things one after another?

Now the fleet has been destroyed.

Although as long as you have money, you will soon be able to form a new fleet.

After so many years of development, the production capacity of Datang's shipbuilding workshop is still very good.

However, no matter how many fleets there are, if they are just going to sea to feed the fish, it is better not to form them.

No matter how big the Chai family is, they can't help but use the fleet to feed the fish.

"Wu Yuan, you prepare a generous gift, and I will go to the Chu Palace."

Chai Zhewei took a deep breath and made a wise choice.