During the half month at sea, Li Xiaofei gradually became familiar with the fine division of labor and cooperation of this sailor who hunted big fish and transported goods.

Each part of the big fish has a special person who is responsible for cutting and transporting the cured meat, and the small fish are also divided one by one, except for the food that is left for backup, the fat of the big fish is removed, and many small fish are salted and then loaded into a cart to the west or north.

On the second day at sea, except for the big ship that Li Xiaofei was staying in, the rest of the big ships went south, Li Xiaofei asked, and the answer was that they went to Zhancheng to exchange porcelain for rice.

Most of the white rice eaten in Nanhai County was transported from Champa and other places, so it is no wonder that Nanhai County was able to pay nearly one million stone rice to the imperial court every year.

On the boat, Chen Hongyi carefully explained to Li Xiaofei about raising soldiers and teaching the people how to fight, and Li Xiaofei recognized it very much.

However, Chen Hongyi said that this method can only be implemented in the South China Sea, and it is difficult to change to other places.

Li Xiaofei thought for a while: "The people of Nanhai County live a life that other places dare not hope for, because every family does not worry about food and clothing, so they can have time to practice martial arts, if it is difficult to continue with three meals a day, I am afraid that no one has the heart to practice martial arts!" ”

"Yes, Cangyu really knows etiquette, food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace, the people have no food and no house to live in, everything is empty talk!" Chen Hongyi nodded with satisfaction

"When does Master think that everyone in the Central Plains will be able to have food and clothes to wear, and not be hungry and cold?" Li Xiaofei asked

"We're afraid we won't see that day, but from now on, we can do our best to keep a people from starving and cold, and I think there will be a day! Having said that, if you really achieve the world's food and clothing, then it will be a real prosperous age, and countless saints must be born and may be able to do it! Chen Hongyi looked at the stars in the sky and couldn't help but sigh

However, it was said that after Liu Mingge arrived in Chenzhou, Cui Ju took officials of all sizes to kneel at the gate of the city to greet him.

Originally, Cui Ju and Shen De didn't want to perform such a big courtesy, but many of his subordinates said that this Liu Mingge's martial arts were extremely high, and if they offended him, they were afraid that they would die under his giant sword, so they put up a pomp to welcome this Liu Cheng Prime Minister.

Liu Mingge didn't even give them a false courtesy, and rode straight into the city without signaling everyone to get up.

Cui Ju was extremely angry in his heart, but he didn't have a good seizure, so he had to take everyone to follow Liu Mingge to the Chenzhou Mansion.

Liu Mingge dismounted in front of the mansion, and only then did he look back at Cui Ju: "Gong Cui, don't come unharmed?" ”

Cui Ju hurriedly bent down and saluted: "Prime Minister Xie is worried, everything is fine!" ”

After Liu Mingge entered the mansion, he glanced at the officials in Chenzhou and said: "Half of them are on my murder list!" ”

This time it was fried, and many people were stunned on the spot

Liu Mingge turned a blind eye and went out, Shen De wanted to send someone to follow him, but Cui Ju stopped him: "This living Hades king, follow him, I'm afraid no one will dare to go!" ”

Liu Mingge actually didn't go anywhere else, so he went to live in Yueminglou, the largest Qinglou in the city.

As soon as Liu Mingge arrived in Qinglou, he said that he was the prime minister and came here to observe the people's feelings for a few days.

Everyone laughed at him: "Mo is not a madman from nowhere!" If you're the prime minister, we're also generals! ”

"He looks like a Taoist priest and a scholar! I'm afraid that I can't be an official without a way, and I'm crazy! ”

"Haha, maybe he was an official and was dismissed! And then go crazy! ”

Liu Mingge ignored it, and this time he took out not two ingots of gold, but a large string of money and handed it to the guy.

"A plate of fennel beans, a roast chicken, four plates of pickles, and a pot of wine"

"Yes, the prime minister's meal, let's have a meal too!" Suddenly, the guests in this hall laughed and ordered fennel beans, roast chicken, pickles and wine.

"It seems that this madman has brought wealth! Not bad! The old bustard smiled, the people in this hall are really willing to spend less money, and more brag, and the rich lords have gone to the second and third floors and the fourth floor.

Liu Mingge ate and drank and chatted with everyone,

These people usually like to brag, and when they see this weirdo, they can't hold back the chatterbox.

The anecdotes in this Chenzhou city were told to Liu Mingge one by one, and he also teased Liu Mingge from time to time and invited him to raise a glass and drink together.

"Come on, Prime Minister, I would like to give you a drink, haha, I have to tell my wife when I go home today, uncle, I drank with the Prime Minister today!"

There was a burst of laughter around him again, and Liu Mingge drank it all and asked, "Is there a lot of rain in Chenzhou City this year?" ”

"You are really a foreigner, in the past few years, Chenzhou has had good weather and good harvests, and by the way, the salt sold from the southwest is good and cheap," one guest replied

Someone next to him coughed a few words, and this person remembered that such a thing as selling illicit salt can't be said casually.

Liu Mingge smiled: "Don't be afraid, I'll just ask casually, don't you produce silk here?" ”

There were a lot of people who answered, "The local silk is not very good, plus Shu brocade is more, and the texture of the silk sold in the east is better, we Chenzhou people don't have to worry about wearing clothes."

"Well, yes, in this way, this Cui Ju is still well governed!"

Hearing Liu Mingge call Cui Ju's name, everyone looked at him silently

Liu Mingge laughed: "You are so afraid of Cui Ju, it seems that there is really a problem with this Chenzhou City, the original appearance is full of food and drink, and went upstairs to repair."

After that, Liu Mingge got up and went upstairs, but the old bustard stopped him: "This guest officer, you have to pay a deposit first when you go upstairs!" ”

The old bustard stared at Liu Mingge, for fear that he wouldn't be able to come up with the money, so Liu Mingge took off the burden on his back and brought it to the old bustard: "You can take it casually!" ”

The old bustard was about to scream, Liu Mingge squeezed his eyebrows, the old bustard covered his mouth at once, then let go and hurriedly grabbed a few gold leaves from the baggage and stuffed them into his arms.

While Liu Mingge went upstairs, the old bustard asked with a smile: "We have four beauties here, dare to ask which one of the guest officers want to accompany you?" ”

"Don't do it, nail the door to me outside, I'm going to fix it for ten days!"

The old bustard raised his head and almost hit the scabbard of Liu Mingge's giant sword, so he didn't ask any more questions and nailed the door according to Liu Mingge's instructions.

Cui Ju shook his head: "I have a headache for this prime minister, this time he said that he was here to inspect, but he acted too perversely, and one sentence made nearly half of the officials uneasy, and now he went to Qinglou to observe the people's feelings, I really don't know what he wants to do?" ”

"Maybe he's just?" Someone said

"If it's really, it's easy to do! I'm afraid that if he wants to come first, it will be troublesome! Cui Ju was worried that Liu Mingge was coming for him

Shen De shook his head: "Although he is the prime minister, he will not use this method to deal with us!" What's more, with these hundreds of officials and hundreds of thousands of troops, how can he deal with it alone? ”

"I think that the purpose of the prime minister's trip is to make us guess and disrupt our original plan!" Joining the army, Cui Budo said

Cui Ju looked at Cui Budo: "You mean, he came to such a trip, it was a suspicious plan of the imperial court?" ”

"It's not impossible, it's impossible for the imperial court to deal with us with all its strength now, first, we haven't torn our faces with the imperial court, and second, there are hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhu Yaoshi in the north!" Shen De responded

"Since that's the case, we don't have to guess, let's go on, everything is as usual, so that everyone doesn't have to worry!" Cui Ju felt that one Liu Mingge could not change anything, so he relieved to let the big and small officials return to their respective positions.

On the day when the Qing cultivation ended, Liu Mingge broke out of the Qinglou, threw a few golden leaves to the old bustard and left.

Liu Mingge went straight to the Chenzhou Mansion and asked Cui Ju to arrange a banquet by name, Liu Mingge said that the inspection was over, and he left after eating Cui Ju's meal.

Cui Ju was a little proud, it seemed that this Liu Mingge also knew that this suspicious plan was useless, so the wine banquet was very rich.

The delicacies from all over the southwest were sent to the table in a different way, and the seafood from the east was also fried in soup and oil

Breeding pigs, cattle, sheep, deer and rabbits are also on the board.

The wine is Cui Ju's favorite Fenjiu, which is bought from the north at a high price.

Cui Ju, as the host, naturally had a pleasantry, saying that the prime minister worked hard, and that it was the blessing of the people to observe the people's feelings, etc.

Liu Mingge ate a plate of fried tofu, tasted a few bites and asked: "In the past few years, you have always reported that the flood and drought in Chenzhou are serious, and today you are so extravagant and wasteful, but the prime minister went to Chenjiang once, and the water situation has been very stable in recent years, and there is no famine!" ”

After saying that, he stared at Du Zekan, and the chopsticks in Du Zekan's hand suddenly fell to the ground

"Falsely report the disaster, you will accept the guilt yourself!" Liu Mingge picked up a piece of fish fillet and fed it to his mouth

Du Zekan looked at Cui Ju, intending to ask Cui Ju for help, but before Cui Ju could speak, Liu Mingge popped out a bone and hit Du Zekan's eyebrows, and Du Zekan fell to the ground and convulsed before he could scream.

Cui Ju couldn't be angry: "Prime Minister, you will kill you without trial, this is not in line with the imperial court system!" ”

Liu Mingge ignored him, put down his chopsticks, and looked at the other person: "Cui Shiwu, the commander of the old camp of Qinghe, killed more than 30 people from a family outside Chenzhou City three months ago, do you do it yourself, or do you do it yourself!" ”

Cui Shiwu immediately got up and ran out, Cui raised and slapped the table: "The prime minister is too deceitful!" ”

Shen De also drew his sword in his hand, and the generals and commanders who went to the banquet also showed their blades, Liu Mingge instantly swung his sword, and the scabbard ran towards Cui Shiwu, directly through Cui Shiwu's body and inserted it into the wall.

Before Shen De and the others could surround him, Liu Mingge swung his giant sword and slashed it around, Shen De took a step back to dodge the long knife in his hand was cut off by three inches, and the blades in the hands of the rest of the people were cut off one after another.

Liu Mingge had already arrived at Cui Ju's side on one side: "Cui Ju, I think you have a merit in governing the place, so I discipline and restrain your subordinates for you!" If you eat ten dishes today, you will kill ten people! Sit down! ”

The fate is pinched in Liu Ming's singer, and he can only sit down and watch Liu Mingge continue to kill.

Next, Liu Mingge struck and killed eight more people, put away his scabbard and left with his sword on his back.

The army of the Wandering Ghost Country didn't know when it had warships, and this time it landed directly in Laizhou, and the city of Laizhou was defenseless, and was slaughtered and plundered by the Wandering Ghost Country.

When the news came back to Luoyang, Zhu Yaoshi was furious, but it was almost impossible to find the Wandering Ghost Country for revenge, whether it was from the sea or land, he had to pass through the territory of the Yu Kingdom.

You can't take revenge after defeating Yu first, after all, Yu also has hundreds of thousands of troops and nearly 10,000 elites.

This revenge can not be avenged, but the defense of the Wandering Ghost ** team has become the consensus of Yu State and Zhu Yaoshi's Wei State.

However, Pharmacist Zhu was still worried that Liu Jian in the south was making small moves behind his back, so he sent Jia Yuanen to bring a letter of state to discuss with Liu Jian about forming an alliance against the Ghost Country.

Jia Yuanen saw Liu Jian in Xiangyang and told him about the invasion of the Ghost Country, but Liu Jian's ministers were unmoved.

Jia Yuanen had no choice but to persuade him bluntly: "Wei State is the barrier of Liang State, even if you don't resist the Wandering Ghost Country together, please don't take advantage of the fire to rob it." If the Ghost Country can even destroy the Wei State, then it will definitely be able to destroy the Liang State."

Liu Jian felt that there was some truth in what he said, and the rest of the ministers also talked about it.

"Our dynasty has no intention of going to war with the northern countries, so who is the neighbor in the north, let's just negotiate peace!" Xun Gongtai felt that it was not necessarily a good thing for the enemy to attack each other

"Master Xun thinks this collegial meeting is negotiated? It's all typed! If the Wandering Ghost Kingdom swallows the Yu State first, and then defeats our Wei State, do you think that this Wandering Ghost Kingdom will sit down and negotiate peace with your Liang State? Jia Yuanen responded

"Don't argue, I see, what this foreign minister Taiwei Jia said is reasonable! The so-called cold lips and teeth, my Liang will not do anything to rob while the fire is hot, but to help you Wei State, we are also powerless! ”

Jia Yuanen finally waited for Liu Jian's words, so he asked Liu Jian to write the alliance book on the spot, and left with the alliance book.

As soon as Jia Yuanen left on the front foot, Liu Jian ordered new troops to be recruited in various places to prepare to defend against foreign enemies.