In a pavilion in Quanzhou Port, a tall and burly military general stood in the pavilion with a sword at his waist, wearing an eagle helmet and fish scale armor, and looked at the dense warships in the harbor with a resolute expression.

This general is Zhou Fei who followed Cai Yong to Quanzhou, he escorted Cai Yong all the way, when he arrived in Quanzhou, Cai Yong already trusted him very much, Cai Yong was actually Yao Guangping's son-in-law, Yao Shun's brother-in-law, he strongly recommended Zhou Fei to Yao Shun.

Zhou Fei's outstanding appearance and outstanding martial arts soon won Yao Shun's appreciation, and he was exceptionally promoted to Zhonglang General, commanding an army of 2,000 men and responsible for maintaining the security of the port.

Zhou Fei himself also felt a little funny, if the order given to him by the lord was to burn the warship, he felt that he could easily complete this task, but the lord wanted the warship intact, which was not within his ability, and his mission this time was Quanzhou City, which had nothing to do with the warship.

"General!" Someone was shouting Zhou Fei in the distance.

Zhou Fei turned around, a dark-skinned young man ran to this side, this person is called Yang Qing, is a clerk, in charge of clerical affairs in Zhou Feijun, he is a native of Quanzhou, two years ago he went to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination, was admitted to Guozijian, but his father unfortunately died, he had to return to his hometown to keep filial piety to his father.

In order to support his mother and several younger siblings, he was admitted to the written examination for the recruitment of the Quanzhou Army last year, because he had no connections and had been working in the Bing Cao Division, and it happened that Zhou Fei was appointed as a Zhonglang general, and his subordinates needed clerks, so Yang Qing was able to be transferred to Zhou Fei.

The young man is very diligent and serious, Zhou Fei likes him a lot, and he has a heart to accept him, but now is not the time, Zhou Fei is not an emotional person, he has a heavy responsibility, and he does not dare to take it lightly.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Fei greeted him and asked.

"General, the envoy sent someone to the camp to summon him!"

The envoy is Yao Shun, his father Yao Guangping was named the governor of the Quanzhou Navy and the envoy of Changle, and now Yao Shun inherited his father's official system, although it was not recognized by the imperial court, but Yao Shun has decided to form an alliance with Zhu Zhu, and it is not important whether the imperial court admits it or not.

Jinglue Mansion is located in the city of Quanzhou, is a palace covering an area of nearly 100 acres, there are many institutions in it, such as Changshi, Beijia, Sima, judge, record to join the army, join the army, the main book, etc., constitute a complete power system, this power system currently controls Quanzhou, Jianzhou, Fuzhou, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou, forming an independent feudal town.

Yao Shun is Yao Guangping's second son, about thirty years old, influenced by his father, his stature is not high, Yao Guangping's six sons are recognized as mediocre, but a few sons-in-law are more outstanding, like Changshi Zhang Lan, Sima Cai Yong is Yao Guangping's eldest son-in-law and second son-in-law, they are also representatives of the two major families in Quanzhou, after Yao Guangping was assassinated, several sons wanted to compete for the throne, but Yao Shun got the support of Zhang Lan and Cai Yong, and successfully ascended the throne.

The eldest is Jianzhou Thorn Shi Yao Xing, the fourth is Fuzhou Thorn Shi Yao Ding, the old five Tingzhou Thorn Shi Yao Huang, the old six Zhangzhou Thorn Shi Yao Jian, under the pressure of several wealthy families, they were forced to hand over the army to Yao Shun, only serving as a civilian assassin Shi, Yao Shun only left 500 soldiers in the four states to maintain law and order, the remaining 18,000 troops were concentrated in Quanzhou, he himself commanded 10,000 troops, and the water army was handed over to the third brother Yao He to command.

The third Yao He has a close relationship with Yao Shun, has always supported Yao Shun, and has also won Yao Shun's trust.

Starting from Yao Guangping, the thoughts of the Yao family father and son are on how to develop the overseas Liuqiu island, and their ideas have been supported by the big families in various states, and several big families, like the Yao family, all covet the vast land on the other side of the strait, and they hit it off with Yao Guangping in the idea of developing Liuqiu.

As early as five years ago, Yao Guangping built a military city on Guilong Island, that is, Penghu Island, and then gradually migrated the population, upgrading the military city to a county seat, but the development process was not smooth, the main reason is the lack of population, Yao Guangping spent five years to move 2,000 households to Penghu County, but by last autumn, Penghu County has only more than 400 households left.

The people of Quanzhou are reluctant to go to the other side, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment on the mainland, who is willing to leave their hometown to go to the island to pioneer, and if they don't do it, they will also have conflicts with the local aborigines and die in a foreign land, so Yao Guangping bothered to move to the people of Penghu County, and they have come back one after another over the years.

But there are always opportunities, Yao Shun got an opportunity when he formed an alliance with Zhu Zhu at the end of last year, Zhu Zhu promised to give them the population and money and food of Dengzhou and Laizhou as a reward for sending troops, which made Yao Shun and several major families excited.

If tens of thousands of people could be brought in from Dengju and Laizhou, several county towns could be quickly established on Liuqiu Island, and the northern part of Liuqiu Island, with its vast plains and small indigenous population, could be developed in a very short time.

It was also the thirst for population that made Yao Shun and the families behind him unanimously agree to send troops to assist Zhu Zhu in the battle.

In the meeting hall, Yao Shun, Yao He, Zhang Lan, Cai Yong, Luo Xingwen and other five people were discussing the details of the troops.

Just yesterday, Yao Shun received a pigeon letter from Lin Yaozu from Luoyang, in which Lin Yaozu relayed Zhu Zhu's request that the number of troops should not exceed 10,000, and that the number of warships over 3,000 stone should not be less than 300, and that the warships should dock in Haizhou and take 20,000 Zhu Zhu's troops on board before going to Dengzhou.

The time of dispatch was 25 January, and they must arrive in Haizhou before the fifth day of the first month of February, and in return for transporting troops, Zhu Jun provided them with 50,000 stone of military rations in Haizhou.

"We only have 8,000 sailors ourselves, and we can't send more than 10,000 troops, but we have 300 warships of more than 3,000 stones, what do you think?" Yao Shun asked everyone.

"We have a thousand large and small warships, and more than five hundred warships of more than 3,000 stones, so there should be no problem with 300 warships! What are you worried about? Changshi Zhang Lan asked.

Yao Shun hesitated, "I'm worried that after the three hundred warships go north, they will be detained, especially if they have to transport troops in Haizhou, there is a risk in this." ”

Yao He said with a smile: "It's very simple, our warships and cargo ships go out together, the cargo ships transport troops to them, and we use the warships, is it a double win?" ”

"It's not right!"

Cai Yong immediately objected: "Zhu Jun is not a fool, if our cooperation is not sincere, deliberately fool him, we don't want to transport a person from Dengzhou and Laizhou, if they want warships, we will simply give them a hundred warships, we show sincerity, Zhu Jun is not stingy, and will allow us to transport the population and money and grain." ”

Luo Xingwen, who joined the army, said: "Cai Sima is right, more than 100,000 people can not be transported once or twice, we, as a weak party, can only complete our plan if we show enough sincerity, the ship is a small problem, and the population is a big thing." ”

Zhang Lan is Yao Shun's eldest brother-in-law, about forty years old, in Yao Guangping's era, he was the second most powerful person, it is with his full support that Yao Shun can get to the top, it can be said that he has the merit of supporting, so his opinion is decisive, and everyone's eyes are looking at him.

Zhang Lan sighed and said: "Although population is one aspect, but I think more about future cooperation, we need time to ask for a little while, we must get Zhu Zhu's support, so I agree with Cai Sima and Luo to join the army, attitude is very important, since we agreed to each other, we should show sincerity, don't let the other party feel that we are unreliable, just want to take advantage, in this way, there is no basis for cooperation in the future." ”

Yao He's face suddenly became a little ugly, although these three people were all his brothers-in-law, they were clearly in the interests of their respective families, they only considered the population, and as for the warships, they didn't pay attention to them at all.

At this time, Yao Shun said: "Since everyone has the same attitude, then let's follow the details discussed by the two sides, don't make any more extraneous branches, in fact, what I'm most worried about is whether Guo Song will take the opportunity to attack us when our army goes north." ”

On this issue, Yao He's attitude is very clear, mainly because Lin Yaozu is his person, and Yao Shun is worried about Guo Song's army, which is actually questioning whether Lin Yaozu's intelligence is accurate.

Yao He hurriedly said: "I believe that the intelligence of Chang'an is accurate, Guo Song will fight on two fronts this year, one is to deal with the invasion of the Tubo army in the west, and at the same time to capture Huaixi, they have no energy to take care of us, as Lin Yaozu said, at least not this year, it is possible next year." ”

"General Yao is right!"

Cai Yong also said with a smile: "The situation in the Central Plains has changed greatly this year, Zhu Jun is attacking Li Na with all his might, Li Na will inevitably ask Guo Song for help, Guo Song's energy this year should be focused on the situation in the Central Plains, and he has no time to take care of us!" ”

"What about Changshi's attitude?" Yao Shun looked at Zhang Lan again.

Zhang Lan smiled slightly: "I agree with General Yao and Cai Yong's conclusion, Guo Song really can't attack us this year, but the reason is not that they have no time to distract their energy, but that they don't have this ability for the time being!" ”

"Cai Changshi is talking about Guangzhou?" Yao Shun woke up.

Zhang Lan nodded, "I sent someone to Guangzhou to inquire, their ship repair progress is very slow, and they don't want to have a ship attack Quanzhou by the middle of next year, so we don't have to worry about the safety of Quanzhou for the time being, we must hurry up and get the population to flow!" ”