Chapter 165: Your Majesty will tell you a story

The canopy boat gently rippled on the Wei River, following the Wei Water Flow, heading in the direction of Qinglinli, at the intersection of the Jieyu River.

The canopy boat went up the river and slowly moved along the Jieyu River.

In the spring of March, the grass has just sprouted. Chen Ying stood at the bow of the boat, like an ordinary fisherman, wearing a tattered linen cloth shirt and a hat.

If the clan gate valve knew that this ordinary fisherman-like man was Chen Yingshi, who they were eager to peel off and cramp, knock on the bones and suck the marrow, it is estimated that they would do whatever it took to kill Chen Ying.

In the grain merchant war seven years ago, Chen Ying only greatly injured the vitality of the clan gate valves, but in the grain war that just happened, they even broke their bones, and the wealth accumulated by the major clan gates and generations became Chen Ying's property.

With an income of more than 20 million yuan, the cost that Chen Ying should pay is only 1.4 million yuan, which is quite a lot of benefits.

The Upong boat cut through the river, dragging long water marks. There is no wind in the early morning, there is a thin mist circulating on the river in the distance, the waves are as flat as a mirror, Chen Ying stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the large branches and slanted poplar forests on the west bank, he subconsciously clenched his fists, and then went forward, passing through the poplar forest, it was in the clear forest.

Perhaps, today will be the last time to stay in this place.

At the beginning, Qinglin was just a wasteland, but after more than ten years of development, it has become a well-known city. In particular, the Jieyu River, which was originally no more than 100 steps wide, has now become a waterway that spans more than 500 steps of water.

In particular, the wharf located on the west bank of the Jieyu River, the boats are staggered, the wharf is crowded with boats, the wharf yard used to be a row of shops of blue bricks and black tiles, the shop street is more than 1,000 steps long, behind the shops is the ridge of rows of rows, I don't know how much is hidden into the courtyard, the end of the stone street extends out of a rammed earth avenue, there is the direction of Chang'an Wannian County.

All shops are open, breakfast shops, restaurants, medical halls, pharmacies, gold and silver shops, pawn shops, tea shops, warehouses, inns, and there are hundreds of them.

In addition to the shopping street in front of you, you can also see alleys stretching deep in, and the streets are full of various stalls. In front of the shop street and the wharf, there are people who get up early from all over the country and come to the market, there are also porters who travel by boat or work as coolies on the wharf, and there are also women wearing red and green, and the shouts and the calls of pack horses and mules and donkeys come and go, so it is not lively.

Chen Ying did not dock at the wharf, although the berth of Chen Jiabao was idle on the wharf all year round, Chen Ying continued to walk along the Jieyu River.

In front is the Fertilizer Research Institute set up by the College of Agriculture of Datang University of Technology, and further on, there is the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the College of Agriculture and the Institute of Mechanics of the College of Engineering.

In the whole clear, the place where Chen Ying poured the most effort was not the carriage workshop, the farm tool workshop, or the bearing and spring workshop here, but the twenty-nine professional colleges and one hundred and four research majors in the Datang University of Technology. At this time, Datang University of Technology was a huge university with thousands of faculty and staff and tens of thousands of students.

Finally along the Jieyu River, Chen Ying's canopy boat drove into the reeds along the crooked waterway. With seven turns and eight turns, he finally came to an inconspicuous square ship.

It is inconspicuous, because this large ship is about five or six feet long and two or three feet wide, however, it has only one deck, and the deck is full of weeds, as if it were a small island in the reeds.

The canopy boat leaned against the big boat, and Chen Ying stepped forward at this time.

As long as you board this big ship, you can feel the huge size of this big ship, and of course, the most eye-catching thing is the thick black iron pipe on the deck.

Don't look at these tubes as inconspicuous, Chen Ying understands that anyone who underestimates him will die and be buried.

The god of war is not in vain, this ship is actually where Chen Ying's real confidence lies.

Such a huge warship can be said to be the brainchild of more than 3,000 technical craftsmen and scholars from Datang Institute of Technology, and it is the only submarine in Datang and even in the world. And unlike the behemoths of later generations, which were dozens of meters high at every turn, this battleship was a cigar-shaped, all made of steel, which could theoretically dive to a depth of 300 meters and dive underwater for three hours.

Of course, even if it is out of the water, no one can stop this artillery submarine.

Just when Chen Ying entered the first cabin, Shan Xiongxin came to Chen Ying with a waist and said, "Lord, do you really want to leave Datang?" ”

"Leave!" Chen Ying said with a smile while untying off his hemp cloth shirt: "Don't you feel that today's Datang is becoming more and more depressed? ”

Xu Jingzong also walked out of it, he frowned and said: "Lord, I'm really unwilling, we have worked hard for Datang for so many years, but what have we gained?" It's not fair! ”

"Where in the world is there fairness!" Chen Ying looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "Have you done it fair?" You have four sons, but you only dot on Xu Ang, but what about Xu Xin, Xu Ren, and Xu Yi? ”

Xu Jingzong smiled awkwardly and said forcefully: "This is different!" ”

"Actually, it's the same!" Chen Ying said with a smile: "My existence has made them jealous, it is a good thing for me to leave, Datang can't stand the toss, I hate killing, and I hate killing acquaintances, but once ...... I will kill countless acquaintances, kill Wei Zheng, kill Fang Xuanling, kill Wang Qi, and even Li Xiuning must be killed, I can't do this! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ying took out a stack of exchange notes from his arms, all of which were blank exchange notes, which were actually more like checks in later generations.

Chen Ying looked at Ma Zhou, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Jingzong, and Ryazan and other henchmen and said: "If you want to stay, you can stay, I can't take the money in the money village, it's useless, Fusang has silver and gold, and I can even build a golden city in the future." ”

Shan Xiongxin took the redemption ticket, tore it off directly, and then said with a smile: "My life is given by the Lord, no matter the sword mountain and the sea of fire, I will accompany the Lord to go through, in this life, I have never lived in the Golden City, let alone the Golden City, even the Golden House has not lived, if you don't live, it would be a pity!" ”

Ryazan twisted his fat buttocks, squeezed out a smile and said: "I have a lot of this thing, and I still have 1.8 million guan!" ”

At that moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Chen Ying stared at the direction of the aisle.

Guo Luo said with a worried face: "Lord, there is a situation!" ”

"Wei Xuancheng, there is really you!" Chen Ying didn't have time to explain anything.

Shan Xiongxin ordered: "Prepare for battle!" ”

Press the ann whistle button casually, and with the influx of large steam inflows, the whistle makes a piercing sound that is transmitted to every corner.

The steam engine submarine began to start the boilers, frantically pressurized, dozens of pumping machines, quickly draining water to the outside of the submarine.

The Jieyu River is not an ideal combat area, the water depth here is too shallow, even after more than a dozen cleanups, the average water depth is still only more than three zhang deep, for a submarine, even a complete dive cannot be done.

The only way is to surface and compete on the surface.

A pressure-resistant shell that can withstand water pressure of three hundred meters can completely ignore any means of attack of this era.

As the water is expelled from the submarine, the submarine is slowly ascending.

One zhang, two zhang, three zhang......

At this time, the submarine also revealed its hideous face, about fifty or sixty zhang long and about five or six zhang wide, and it was still a behemoth in this era.

Chen Ying walked along the corridor and slowly walked to the front of the command tower.

At this time, in this tens of thousands of acres of water, hundreds of naval warships were densely gathered, and the original reeds were uprooted little by little, forming a water area that could be used for battle.

A canopy boat came slowly.

There was a handsome-looking young man standing on the canopy boat, it was Li Chengdao, the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief, Li Jiancheng had no intention of turning his face with him.

Otherwise, both father and son would never have appeared in this place.

Chen Ying was about to board the canopy boat, and Shan Xiongxin was shocked.

Chen Ying smiled and said: "I am safe, because I am within the range of the artillery, and on the surface we are surrounded, but in fact, they are not under our gun?" ”

Chen Ying calmly walked towards the awning boat, and boarded a huge dragon boat bridge in the distance from the awning boat.

I haven't seen him for three months, and Li Jiancheng seems to have changed, full of silver hair. Seeing Chen Ying's arrival, Li Jiancheng said: "Li Anyan, let everyone leave, including the people of Zhongshushe, you go out for a while." ”

On the deck of the dragon boat, Li Jiancheng took off the crown of the Son of Heaven, sat down, poured a glass of spirits and poured it down, but choked and coughed. In the past few days, he has lost a lot of weight, his eyes are bloodshot, and the pain in his heart is indescribable.

A feeling of betrayal made Li Jiancheng feel unbearable.

When he finished coughing, he poured himself another glass, and drank it as soon as he raised his head, not like drinking, but like torturing himself.

Chen Ying looked a little worried, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't drink anymore, drinking like this will break your body!" ”

Li Jiancheng cursed vaguely and said, "Collapse, collapse, there are a large group of people to make trouble for you, no matter how strong your body is, what's the use?" There is nowhere to pour this blood! ”

Li Jiancheng squinted his eyes and asked, "Chen Ying, are we friends?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Of course." ”

Li Jiancheng said with a bitter face, "I, Li Jiancheng, will not betray my friends, do you believe it?" I don't know about your assassination! Perhaps, say it and you don't believe it! ”

"I believe it!" Chen Ying nodded in the affirmative.

"Then sit down and have a few drinks with me...... When you get drunk, you forget all the things that bother you! Li Jiancheng said: "There are no monarchs and ministers today, only friends!" ”

Chen Ying sighed secretly, sat down, poured himself a cup, and drank it with Li Jiancheng.

Two people, you and I have a cup, pour it into death, and a bottle of liquor is drunk in a blink of an eye.

Li Jiancheng also poured more than half a bottle, it was said that he should be drunk, but he didn't, on the contrary, the more he drank, the more sober he became, knocking on the case with his tongue a few times: "I'm tired, my friend, drink as much as you can!" If you don't drink it again, there will be no chance, Li Shimin's number one general, Cheng Zhijie, is in Constantinople, signing an alliance with the Sassanid Empire, he will integrate the Sassanid Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the more than two million allied forces of the Fusang Tang Dynasty, and kill from Anxi. Li Shimin also led a million-strong army to land in Lingnan and join Feng An, plus your clan brother Hou Mo Chen Xu, all the forces in the entire Jiannan Province and Jiangnan Province are ready to fight us to the death in person, as soon as he arrives, our end will come, so, take advantage of the opportunity now, drink as much as you can! ”

Li Jiancheng was very painful at this time.

Feelings of betrayal.

The most heart-wrenching. In particular, Qin Qiong, the general of Anbei who he pinned his hopes on, Qin Qiong beheaded Sima Liu Yan of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, Xuanfu Envoy of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and Zhishu Shiquan Wanji.

Claiming to the outside world that he has never been loyal to Li Jianzheng, how can he betray him?

Li Jiancheng was speechless. Qin Qiong was originally Li Shimin's sworn friend, and he was only loyal to Li Shimin.

The so-called Li Daozong's victory in Yinshan is also a scam, it is the strategy of Bazhuo, Li Daozong, and Qin Qiong, Jieli is also re-establishing the Khan banner in Rouranshan in Taiwan, raising more than 60,000 troops, and there will be four or five hundred thousand troops in the entire north.

Chen Ying muttered: "It shouldn't be like this, everything shouldn't be like this!" ”

Li Jiancheng laughed and said: "This was the case back then, the policy of the imperial court was good, but when it came to the implementation below, everything changed." In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang wanted to build the Grand Canal, which was itself for the benefit of the country and the people, and the grain of the imperial court at that time was simply not used up. But these people have withheld food, eaten and taken cards, and forced millions of people to rebel! ”

Li Jiancheng suddenly slammed his fist on the table, making a loud noise.

Li Jiancheng yelled a little frantically: "It's just that I really can't understand why those bastards have to pull our hind legs, Li Shimin must be better than me?" What's in it for them? ”

Chen Ying picked up the wine glass in time, and didn't let the wine in the cup spill out, he looked at Li Jiancheng, as if he saw a male lion that was originally full of wild nature had its claws cut off, tied its limbs, and sealed its mouth, even though he was full of anger, even if he wanted to tear everything apart, but he couldn't move.

He was very careful to hide the look of sympathy in his eyes, because the last thing the emperor needed was sympathy.

He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, being idle is also idle, I want to tell you a story to relieve your boredom, how about it?" ”

Li Jiancheng said curiously: "What story?" ”

"I can't tell, when I was assassinated, I was unconscious for three days and three nights, but I had a long and real dream!"

Then Chen Ying told Li Jiancheng eloquently.

"Our history is actually going around in circles!" Chen Ying said with a wry smile: "Every dynasty is born from the collapse of the world and the flames of the world, and it is also perished in the flames of the world, of course, this dynasty was born from the flames of war like a strong man, but its founding emperor was a herding baby, who got up at the bottom, suffered all the hardships, died all his life, and did not know how many wars it took to unify the once divided country and establish his own empire on the ruins of the previous dynasty. But since the day of its birth, this empire has had to face serious border troubles, and the powerful northern nomads frequently harass the frontier and eyed it! In order to ensure the safety of the empire, the heir of this dynasty, the best son of the founding emperor, moved the capital from the beautiful Jiangnan to the arid and barren north after ascending the throne, rebuilt the capital in the north, and set a testament: The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! In the following three hundred years, the heirs of this empire, whether they are geniuses, mediocre and stupid, or even absurd and debauchery, have adhered to this legacy, until three hundred years later, when the dynasty's strength is exhausted, the last guardian of this empire still has not forgotten this mission, and finally committed suicide to preserve the last dignity of this empire. ”

Li Jiancheng couldn't help but ask, "Why?" The monarchs are all dutiful, and the empire should be incomparably strong and brilliant under their rule, why did it perish in only three hundred years? ”

Chen Ying said with a gloomy expression: "I can't explain it, a dynasty is exhausted, and it is impossible not to perish." In fact, the seeds of the demise of this dynasty quietly sprouted as early as the first half. ”

Li Jiancheng listened intently.

Chen Ying sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said: "After a century of founding, this empire has gradually lost the heroic determination of the founding period, and everyone has lived in a peaceful environment for too long, losing their sense of crisis, forgetting that there is still a hungry wolf staring at them outside the cold and barren pass. The hungry wolf did not hesitate to attack, and the border pass was immediately in an emergency, and the emperor was greatly alarmed when he learned the news, and summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. In the end, at the instigation of a fool, he decided to take the lead and mobilized an army of 200,000 men, and set out almost without any preparation......"

Li Jiancheng was dumbfounded and said: "Mobilize 200,000 troops and set out without any preparations?" Isn't that a joke? What about his ministers? None of them stood up to stop him? ”

"No, not one. Because the fool who instigated him to drive the expedition was the person he trusted the most, in fact, he controlled the empire and controlled the will of the emperor, and the emperor couldn't listen to what the ministers said, so the ministers chose to remain silent. Chen Ying smiled bitterly.

"Then the emperor is in danger." Li Jiancheng vaguely asked Chen Ying to make up this story, but he couldn't understand what Chen Ying really meant.

PS: Despite a slight pity, this story is almost over! Good night everyone!