Chapter 31: Arriving at the Songjiang Estuary

During the three days in Jinling City, Li Xiaofei allowed the forbidden soldiers to go to the restaurant Qinglou, and everyone was already itching, so they went in groups.

Li Xiaofei took Wang Ruoyun Hongrui around the old palace city in Jinling for two days, and went to the northern suburbs to see it.

The old Miyagi has long been dilapidated, in stark contrast to the prosperity outside the Miyagi Castle.

Some fences and bamboo forests fenced off the old palace, and from time to time soldiers patrolled to dissuade people who tried to enter the old palace.

These fences couldn't stop Li Xiaofei, and the three of them entered the old palace city together.

The tiles were already overgrown with weeds, and the withered yellow hay swayed in the wind, and from time to time wild cats and mice, and some birds.

Li Xiaofei stood in the original Taiji Hall for a long time, looked around again, and touched the dusty beams and pillars.

"Husband, those things in the past, if you can't forget them, just keep them in your heart, people always have regrets in this life, and they always have to lose some of the people they cherish!"

"I just feel nostalgic, what Wang wants to dominate, what wealth and glory, in the end it is all empty! It's really not interesting for people to figure it out in this life! ”

Wang Ruoyun didn't know about these things in the past, so he asked Hongrui, "Could it be that Brother Fei was an emperor in Jinling before?" Such a look of seeing through the red dust! ”

"My husband was an official in Jinling, and he also fought in Jinling! In Jinling, many friends died in battle! So it's inevitable to touch the scene and think of old things! ”

Li Xiaofei took a few steps forward, pointing to a gap in the palace wall and a few broken vat next to it, "Back then, we wanted to attack this palace to avenge Pharmacist Zhu, break through the palace wall, and never guard against the fact that the vat next to this wall was full of hot oil, and when his brothers rushed in, the enemy smashed the vat and many brothers were scalded to death." Some of them were burned and begged us to make up for it, but the scene was so miserable! ”

"It's a pity that most of the eight thousand sons of the South China Sea didn't end well! It also takes your reputation and future! ”

Hongrui was clear about what happened back then, and finally persuaded Wang Tiezhu to get such a fierce general, but he died in Jinling City by a thunderbolt.

"I hurt them, I have always been ambitious and talented in this life, and for the so-called righteousness, I took the lives of my brothers! Alas"

"Forget it, it's come to this point, it's useless to talk about it, let's go out early, in case it's not a good thing to be targeted! Didn't you want to come and worship Brother Tiezhu? ”

Li Xiaofei muttered, "Yes, yes, yes, I want to worship Brother Tiezhu, worship the brothers who died in battle!" ”

Li Xiaofei's footsteps were a little chaotic, looking around, and then ran towards a big apricot tree in the southwest corner, "This is it, this is it!" ”

The three of them picked up the pile of fallen leaves and withered grass and knelt down in front of the apricot tree, "Brother Tiezhu, we have come to see you!" I came in a hurry today, and I only brought a small bottle of wine, don't blame me! ”

Li Xiaofei took out a pot of wine from his arms and sprinkled it on the ground, and looked at the apricot kernels everywhere, "There are apricots to eat, and you won't be hungry Brother Tiezhu, when Xiaofei comes back from outside, I will definitely bring you a pig's head, a cow's head, a sheep's head and a cart of good wine to worship!" ”

Although Wang Ruoyun didn't know about those things back then, Wang Tiezhu's invincible name in the world had long been heard.

"Brother Fei, General Wang Tiezhu is the number one fierce general in the world, how was he willing to follow you back then? How could such a person die so inexplicably? ”

Li Xiaofei sighed, "Alas, it was I who begged Wang Tiezhu in front of the emperor for the edict of the king of Pingbei, and promised the land of the three counties of Fanyang, so that he could return to his hometown." gambled with Wang Tiezhu again, won him for three days and three nights in a row, and then returned it to him. In short, all the wine and wealth were used, and Wang Tiezhu was satisfied, so he took his subordinates to follow me to fight Jinling. How do you know that in the palace city in this Jinling City, there is a Shura field, it was rainy and thunderous in summer, and the enemy army piled up some iron tools everywhere in the palace city, and deliberately sprinkled some money on the floor tiles. At that time, there were thousands of brothers who were killed by the thunderbolt, and the iron pillar had always charged forward, so he died! ”

"In order to conquer Jinling Palace, the Southern Navy and Wang Tiezhu's subordinates were damaged by more than half, the largest

The loss is eaten here! Husband, they started from this battle, and slowly changed from the elite main force of the Great Liang to a dispensable army! I suspect that the imperial court deliberately arranged and let the army led by the husband go to fight tough battles everywhere until the elite was exhausted! ”

"It's not a suspicion, it's all the emperor's arrangement! After crossing the Yellow River to the north, some of the brothers resigned from the military and went home! Everyone was disappointed, so the last battle was fought to Fan Yang and almost wiped out! ”

Wang Ruoyun saw that the more the two of them talked, the more sad they became, so he patted them at the same time, "Forget it, people can't be resurrected after death, don't be sad anymore, it's not early, let's go out"

When the three of them went out, they bumped into four people coming over with sticks, Li Xiaofei drew his sword in his hand and prepared to defend, but they knelt down towards Li Xiaofei, "Li Dashuai, it's us!" You don't recognize us anymore? ”

Li Xiaofei looked at it vigilantly, "It's you?" Didn't you go home back then? ”

Several people shook their heads, "Where is there still a home, our brothers who went back first were arrested and cut down as deserters when they got home, and a few of us drank and misbehaved a few days late before escaping with our lives!" There was no place for us anywhere, so we had to hide in the cellars of this deserted Miyagi,"

"You look like you're ready to rob?" Li Xiaofei looked at the sticks in their hands and was still not at ease

"You're right, our brothers only knock people out and take away clothes and money, and they don't take more money, let alone hurt people's lives!"

"No, after so many years, has no one reported to the official?"

"We never hurt people's lives, and we only beat people who are left alone, even if someone reports to the official, the haunting in this palace city has already spread in Jinling, who dares to come in and take people?"

"That's right, I have some gold beads and jade pendants on me, you can sell them for money and settle down early!"

Several people shook their heads and waved their hands to take the gold beads and jade pendants that Li Xiaofei took out, "We don't have a household with us, we will be arrested by the government when we go out, this Liang has a strict law, we can only continue to live a life of no one and no ghost!" ”

Wang Ruoyun tugged at Li Xiaofei's clothes, "If it's a former brother, it's better to stay and come with us!" ”

Li Xiaofei thought for a while, "If you can trust me, I will bring my own soldiers to change your clothes at night, and I will take you to the sea to live a life!" ”

Several people cried with joy, kowtowed on their knees, and bled blood: "The villain Wang Yiyang has to repay Li Dashuai as a cow and a horse in this life!" ”

"The villain Zhu Heng thanked the handsome, and this life was handed over to the handsome!"

"The villain Huang Fu swears to follow the handsome man to the death!"

"The villain Zhao Sanhu has thanked the handsome, and he will be loyal to the handsome for the rest of his life!"

The four people who were to be picked up, removed their waist-high long hair, took three more baths, and finally had a human figure.

In order not to make more people suspicious, Li Xiaofei arranged for the four of them to be their own horsemen and coachmen with him.

From Jinling City to Songjiang Estuary, the road was safe and sound, and he handed over to the Jiangnan Navy Division in Songjiang Mansion, and took fifteen warships to the island outside the mouth to join the Black Pearl who stayed behind.

Seeing Li Xiaofei come back from the dead, the people left behind all reveled, and Black Pearl also sat down on the ground with relief.

However, when they heard the news that they were going to sea again, everyone was a little disappointed, and many people wanted to return to Middle-earth and retire with peace of mind.

Li Xiaofei thought about it for a while and made a decision, "If you are willing to stay, you can go ashore from now on, the settling-in fee and these boats, everyone has shared, I, Li Xiaofei, only take the team sent by the emperor to the sea, and the rest of the friends are willing to go with me, I welcome, don't be reluctant to stay!" ”

Everyone muttered in private, and the black pearl got up from the ground, "I'm used to being on the sea and on the ship, but if I stay on land every day, I won't get used to it!" If you are willing to continue to go to sea, stand behind me! ”

There were about thirty percent of the people standing behind the black pearl, Li Xiaofei looked at it, "Okay, that's it, if you don't want to go, take the corresponding goods and ships according to the number of people, and the settlement fee will be sent by my wife Hongrui!" ”

Shark Liu San and all the colors also stood up, "Lord Li, Sister Pearl, there is a banquet in the world, although we stayed, but we are still friends, we only need half of the goods, and we only need 30% of the ships, you don't know how far you have to run, the ships and goods are still left to you as much as possible." Naturally, our brothers who stayed behind have a way to get by! ”

Li Xiaofei and Black Pearl were about to excuse themselves, but Varna also stood up, "I like the beam, I like the Chinese characters and food of Middle-earth, I stay, I don't need these ships and goods, if you refuse, you will look down on us!" ”

The people who stayed also nodded, "Master Li, although we no longer follow you to sea, we are still friends!" ”

Li Xiaofei suddenly thought of something, and stretched out his hands to everyone, "I have a word, please listen!" ”

Everyone gradually stopped, wanting to hear what Li Xiaofei had to say.

"Everyone's intentions are good, I also need some boats and supplies, but I can't take food from everyone! Listen to me, I have been impeached by some people for going to sea this time, saying that it cost the national treasury and the people and money, but the forbidden army brothers around me can witness that there are only 300 truckloads of goods left in Songjiangkou when I walk to the mouth of Songjiang. For the other 200 cars, I bought some special products at low prices along the road and pulled down the Songjiang Estuary to sell, and finally made a little more money. No matter how much material you give me, the court will not change its opinion of me, so why bother. On the contrary, if you abandon these ships and goods, the supply provided to me by the imperial court will be reduced, and I will also participate in the impeachment of the plundering of the people's wealth! So"

"Master Li, don't say it, the court is the court, we are us, our mind, you must accept it, otherwise you will look down on us!"

Li Xiaofei didn't answer, turned around and shouted, "Get the settlement fee!" ”

The crowd began to consciously line up to go to the stone house in the middle of the island to collect the settling-in fee.

After the dismissal of those who remained, Li Xiaofei's fleet plus the fifteen warships of the Jiangnan Navy Division, there were still fifty ships and two thousand people left.

However, the ships that followed Li Xiaofei were full of goods, and the first stop was Qi Yunguo, which was not too far away, and when Qi Yunguo sold most of the goods, he could exchange for a lot of supplies.

For what Xiao Sheng said, instead of taking money to find someone to find medicine, it is better to bring the vermilion porcelain of the Xiao family to the country. Li Xiaofei was a little unimpressed, but it was difficult to refute Xiao Sheng's face, so he had to load some vermilion bottles and bowls on three ships in the warehouse of the Xiao family at Songjiangkou.

When he arrived in Qi Yun Kingdom, Li Xiaofei regretted it, and the people of Qi Yun Kingdom were obsessed with this kind of vermilion utensils, and they took out their broken silver, jade, and medicinal materials in exchange.

Some of them hugged the bowl and kissed and gnawed when they got to a big bowl, Li Xiaofei thought that these people were stunned.

Hongrui still saw the clue: "You must leave dozens of bottles and bowls, otherwise it will be difficult to find medicine!" It seems that what Xiao Gongzi said is right! ”

"I have my own letter from the Great Liang Qincha, is it better than these porcelain? But since you said it, I'll leave a bunch of bottles behind. ”

Li Xiaofei and the guards around him couldn't understand it, and the accompanying old conch chattered with a few people from Qi Yunguo.

"Old Conch, have you also been to this Qiyun Country?"

"Ship Master Li said with a smile, the Yinhan Empire is 100,000 miles away from Middle Earth, haven't we also encountered it, not to mention the Qiyun Kingdom thousands of miles away. By the way, they say that vermilion porcelain has gods in it, and the ancestral god they worship is this vermilion giant. Therefore, from the princes and nobles to the common people, they are all proud to own this kind of vermilion porcelain. ”

Li Xiaofei smiled and shook his head, "This is too fake, this vermilion porcelain girder is everywhere, I will pull dozens of boats over in Ming'er, isn't it all there?" ”

"Haha, I thought so at first, but except for the Xiao family and you, Lord Li, no one else can go out to sea with vermilion porcelain! I think Captain Li should be able to understand the doorway here! ”

"No wonder the Xiao family is rich in the world, this method is absolutely amazing! Well, without further ado, let's take the rest of the vermilion porcelain and go to their king! ”