Yangzhou

There are countless boats on the shore, Fa Zheng is sitting under a pavilion, a case is placed in front of him, there is a small guy cooking wine on the side, Fa Zheng is wearing very thick, he thought that the winter in Yangzhou will not be too cold, but he didn't expect that it is even colder here than his hometown, he can only wear more, sit here, waiting for the arrival of his friends, sit in the pavilion, look at the sponge in the distance, there are countless boats coming and going, but unfortunately, they are all small boats, not the people he has to wait for.

Since he and Zhou Yu set up an overseas division in Yangzhou, this is the first time he has a period of leisure time, when he first came to Yangzhou, there is no financial support, no support from local officials, and even the Yangzhou Navy is hostile to them, feeling that they came to seize power, greedy for their merits, in such a difficult situation, he and Zhou Yu still fought a way.

From an obscure institution, it has become a mansion that Yangzhou Assassin Shi does not dare to despise, Fa Zheng has experienced too much, he and Zhou Yu arrived here empty-handed, asked for money from Assassin Shi, opened his own mansion, without any manpower, without any help, Zhou Yu is indeed very talented, in terms of commandery, or swordsmanship, but if he wants to build a new large-scale yamen, he can't do it.

He first invited the powerful clans from all over Yangzhou to participate in the banquet, and killed those who did not come directly, in order to set an example, and forcibly pulled a group of powerful clans under his command, and through the financial resources of these people, he built a huge ship and pulled up more than 30,000 sailors, Zhou Yu took these people to the sea, and did not interfere in the Yangzhou navy.

Zhou Yu did not live up to Fa Zheng's hard work, and commanded the ships of the family, went on expeditions overseas, and brought a lot of wealth, countless gold, copper and iron, precious stones, and even slaves, Zhou Yu brought back these, which were originally to be handed over to the temple, but Fa Zheng was unwilling, and persuaded Zhou Yu that only by using the wealth on the overseas division and letting the overseas division develop first can it bring greater returns to the temple!

With Zhou Yu's consent, Fa Zheng left half of the wealth, and the remaining half was given to the temple, but what Zhou Yu didn't know was that Fa Zheng actually left nearly seventy percent, but handed over less than two percent, of course, these words, Fa Zheng will not say to Zhou Yu, he knows Zhou Yu's temperament, although smart, but blindly abide by those so-called, he left seventy percent to build overseas divisions, and one percent is used to dot the officials and characters in Yangzhou.

Zhou Yu also wondered, Fa Zheng's tyrannical behavior, but the relationship with Yangzhou officials and Haoqiang is getting better and better, like brothers, they all respect Fa Zheng so much, and he has not done anything to harm them, but he does not have the status of Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng relied on his own means, in less than a year, in Yangzhou Qiantang County to build the largest shipyard in Yangzhou, here can build more than ten building ships every year, all kinds of small boats are countless, Fa Zheng suppressed the rest of the shipbuilding industry, the entire Yangzhou, and even want to wrap the entire Han shipbuilding industry in their own hands, all over the powerful or big families want to build ships, need to buy from him.

In his shipyard, there are countless slaves, and the officials protect and support him, which can be described as the world's hegemon.

And the matter of going to sea has become more frequent, he has built countless ships, given to the heroes, large ships need to follow Zhou Yu out to explore, and some of the small boats are to trade with Jiaozhou, some are to Yizhou, and some are fishing boats, in short, to this day, Fa Zheng and Zhou Yu have become one of the officials with the highest status in the entire Yangzhou, no one dares to underestimate them, that is, the captain of the Yangzhou Navy Academy, and when they see them, they have to smile and bend down to salute, after all, their boats also need to be purchased from here.

Fa Zheng thought about these things in his heart, and couldn't help but smile, that is, he came here, if he was a different person, there was really no way to do the current situation, the wine had been boiled, and the people who were waiting still didn't come, Fa Zheng had to drink a cup by himself, warmed his body, and was drinking, when suddenly there was an exclamation from the crowd, Fa Zheng slowly raised his head and looked into the distance, countless ships were slowly moving towards the shore.

The ship is almost full of water, the people on the shore cheered, they are all here to wait for their families, every time they go to sea, they will be very nervous, water and fire are ruthless, no one can be sure, this time out of the sea, you can come back alive, not to mention, there are all kinds of diseases at sea, many sailors will die of illness at sea, and they can't find out what the reason is, but after returning to the shore, they can get better, everyone thinks, maybe there is some plague at sea, and the plague can get better on land.

Fa Zheng is also a little nervous, every time Zhou Yu goes to sea, not only to trade, occasionally, he will also have cordial greetings with the ships and natives he sees on the way, and it is inevitable to bump into each other, and Zhou Yu is a person who always likes to take the lead, which is really worrying, Fa Zheng is watching, the ship docked, and the officials on the shore were busy, Fa Zheng waited for a long time before he saw Zhou Lang, the most handsome man in the crowd.

Zhou Yu stood in these sloppy waters, showing his peerless appearance, and when he walked towards the pavilion in style, he could always hear the sound of quarrels erupting in the crowd of people who greeted his relatives.

"What are you looking at?? Yes?? Are you here to greet Lao Tzu, or are you here to see our general!! ”

"What are you doing! Get the hell out of here! ”

Ahem, there are always a lot of women standing on the shore, some are here to greet their husbands, some are simply to see Zhou Yu, when Zhou Yu passes by, these people will always stare at him with wide eyes and look at him motionlessly, which makes Zhou Yu very distressed, but Fa Zheng is very... Angry, he felt disappointed for the women in Yangzhou, a group of superficial people who only value their faces, hum, extremely disappointed!

Zhou Yu walked to the side of the pavilion, Fa Zheng didn't get up, Zhou Yu didn't greet him, sat directly opposite him, Zhou Yu picked up the wine cup, raised his head and drank, sighed, then looked at Fa Zheng, and asked with a smile: "Why, seeing me, not happy at all?" Could it be that Xiaozhi wants to take charge of this overseas division alone?? ”

"That's right, the wine you drank just now is poisonous wine!" Fa Zheng said coldly.

Zhou Yu laughed, Zhou Yu seems to be cold, but in fact, he is also kind to others, although Fa Zheng is harsh, but he can also stick a knife in his ribs to his friends, the relationship between the two is very close, there are no cumbersome etiquette, like brothers, Fa Zheng looked Zhou Yu up and down, and said: "You took the lead in the battle again??" How many times have I told you that the Lord is not going to be at the forefront, that's the vanguard! You just don't listen! ”

A long scar appeared on Zhou Yu's left arm, he smiled and said, "It's just some barbarians, how can it be said to be a charge?" A bite with a bow and arrow, it's no big deal! ”

"Hehe, okay, I don't care about you, you rush at will, one day you die on the battlefield, I can just master this overseas division by myself!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "You don't understand, as the main general, how can you hide behind the soldiers, being the first soldier is the least, not to mention, there are pro-troops around me, they won't kill me, don't worry, my master has been fighting horses all his life, and he has suffered more injuries, and I haven't seen him die on the battlefield..."

"Your master didn't die on the battlefield, but in the end, he was tortured and died painfully due to the injuries he suffered during the war..."

"That's worth it!" Zhou Yu waved his hand and took another sip of wine, warm.

"Tell me, how's it going to be this time?" Fa Zheng looked at the ships in the distance and asked, Zhou Yu heard him ask, and immediately laughed, and said: "You don't know, this time, I took someone to explore the island below Jianning Long Island, I can't believe it, there are bare gold mines on the ground, hahaha, and all kinds of slaves, by the way, I also caught more than a dozen strange natives..."

"Oh? Peculiar indigenous?? Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment, frowned, and asked: "I've seen a lot of barbarians, what kind of blonde, curly, and even black faces, what's so peculiar?" ”

"There's something strange about that island, I caught a few elephants, they were even up to my knees, I thought they were juveniles, and a lot of them turned out to be like this, and then, when we went in and explored, someone attacked us, and we went after them, and we caught thirteen gnomes... These people are very short, about the same size as a ten-year-old child, and they look different from us, they speak differently, as if they still eat raw food... I don't wear any clothes, and I'm extra savage..."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Fa Zheng was really stunned, there are still such natives?? Shaped like a child??

"The world is so big, it's really amazing!" Fa Zheng said with emotion.

"Yes, I'm going to send these dwarfs to Luoyang, cough cough, back to the harvest, this trip, I took the fleet, and even reached the vicinity of Guishan, this car and ship are much faster than the Lou boat, hahaha, you don't know, along the way, the ships are full, and they can hardly carry any more items, as a result, I took people to meet the ships of the Kushan, the ships of the Kushan people are very small and very backward, as a result, these Kushan people dare to attack us!!"

"I took people and captured all these people, but unfortunately, I don't understand the Kushan language, there are a few sailors who understand some, and they don't know much, I can only identify them as Kushan, and I don't know anything else, so I use their ships to load goods, but unfortunately, their ships can't do it, and several ships have sunk before they arrived in Jiaozhou..."

Fa Zheng nodded, Zhou Yu brought back so many goods this time, the shipyard should be expanded again, more ships, you can bring back more wealth, well, it is also time to let the temple notice our development here, let the temple fund one or two, Fa Zheng thought in his heart, this time the harvest will be handed over forty percent, he looked at Zhou Yu, and said: "After you left, I was not idle...."

"I wrote letters to a few assassins around me, asking them to come to us to buy a boat, hehe, several of them agreed, and then, we won't have to worry about money anymore... By the way, when you left, the temple also made a newspaper, I want to write a letter to Hua Xiong with you, and ask him to help us promote the Yangzhou shipyard, and in the future, we can build ships for all those who need ships, and the benefits are huge..."