Chapter Seventy-Eight: Gathering on Changxing Island
Three days later, Shi Luosheng's injuries also healed, during which Emperor Yan Zhu Tingxun read Ning Buqu's letter, and convened his ministers overnight to discuss the possibility of Qi attacking from the sea, and finally agreed to Ning Buqu's proposal to form a naval army, and at the same time appointed Ning Buqu as the first commander of the naval army.
After Ning Zefeng announced the order, he took Ning Buqu to the post station to thank Shi Luosheng. After Shi Luosheng greeted each other for two sentences, he also said goodbye to Ning Zefeng. After learning that Shi Luosheng planned to return to the Song Kingdom by water, Ning Buqu happened to go to Penglai City to take office, and the three of them happened to walk together on the road.
On the way to Penglai, Shi Luosheng said to Ning Buyielding: "Young master, you will be in Penglai in the future, I have one more thing to ask you to take care of." ”
Ning Buqu said strangely: "If Taifu has anything to say, I will never shirk what I can do." ”
Shi Luosheng said: "I should have heard of the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, and I set up a gang overseas on the orders of the prince half a year ago. A few days ago, I also came to Penglai City, and negotiated some business with a wealthy merchant named Wang Changqing in the city, mainly to sell the grain of our Great Song Dynasty to Yan State, and at the same time sell the copper and iron of Yan Kingdom back to the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Ning Buqu said: "Taifu, you are polite, our Dayan is just short of food now, and it is too late for me to thank you for transporting grain." Although this covenant also mentions the opening of two mutual market points on the border, those two points are too far away from Penglai City and Hanzhong, where my uncle is located, and now Taifu can transport grain by sea, which also saves us a lot of costs, and I will definitely support it. ”
Shi Luosheng continued: "I am relieved when the young master says this, and in addition, please keep this matter confidential for me, after all, it involves our prince, and I don't want other princes to know about this matter, which will cause unnecessary trouble." Originally, I didn't plan to tell the young master, but I thought that the young master wouldn't be able to hide it from you after he arrived in Penglai, so it was better to say it directly now, so as not to misunderstand the young master in the future. ”
Ning Buqu laughed and said: "Tai Fu Ken's truthful confession is enough to prove his trust in me, please rest assured, you are kind to our Ning family, and you have also saved my father, and I have always kept this kindness in my heart." ”
Liu Zixuan, who was on the side, was also greatly moved when he heard this, and said: "The young master is really as good as his name, and my friend Liu Zixuan has made up his mind." ”
Ning Buqu touched his nose and said, "Why does Zixuan only treat me as a friend now, and I have always been self-inflicted with co-authorship?" ”
"Hahahaha......" all three laughed together.
After driving on the sea for more than ten days, Shi Luosheng and the two finally returned to Changxing Island. Shi Yu and Ling Zhen had already heard the news and came out to greet them, along with Jiang Huan Chu and Jiang Wan'er brothers and sisters, as well as Zu Qingzhi, Hua Haoxuan and Hou Ying, and some people that Shi Luosheng had never seen.
Shi Luosheng was overjoyed when he saw Zu Qingzhi and said: "Master, last time I saw you in a hurry on Tianzhu Peak, I left before I had time to say hello, how are you doing these days?" ”
Zu Qingzhi saw Shi Luosheng and said with relief: "You did a good job, I didn't expect to see the reconstruction of the Tianluo Sect so soon, I am very pleased to be a teacher." ”
Shi Luosheng hit the railroad while it was hot: "Master, you and your uncle will stay on Changxing Island in the future, the Tianluo Sect is still in the reconstruction stage, and many places need the help of the two of you." Now there are no other masters on the island except Teacher Ling, and if you encounter an attack from a foreign enemy at this time, it is easy to waste all your previous efforts. ”
Zu Qingzhi smiled at Hua Haoxuan and said, "Senior Brother Hua, look at my apprentice, as soon as he came, he thought about how to calculate me, and he also counted you, haha." ”
Hua Haoxuan also laughed and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother Zu and I plan to live on Changxing Island for a long time." In addition, on the way here, we discussed it, the Tianluo Sect has been rebuilt, but there is no sect leader yet, we decided that you will take over the position of sect leader. ”
Shi Luosheng hurriedly said: "How can this be done, of course the position of the sect leader has to be done by the master, which is my turn." ”
Zu Qingzhi shook his head and said, "You don't have to shirk, just because you can use the broken knife, you are qualified to be the sect leader." Besides, this time the Tianluo Sect rebuilt, you have the greatest credit, and in terms of merit, the position of the sect leader should also be yours. Under the new Tianluo Sect, there are also three sects: Sun-Chasing, Moon Chasing and Hidden Star, and your Uncle Hua and I are still the sect masters of the Sun Chaser and Moon Chasing Sect, as for the Hidden Star Sect, wait until Shen Nanxing is killed and the vast stars are retrieved before setting up another sect master. ”
Shi Luosheng saw that the two of them had already decided, and he no longer shirked: "Master, uncle, you can let me sit in the position of sect leader, but I am not usually on Changxing Island, and you still have to be responsible for the affairs of the sect." ”
Zu Qingzhi said: "You can rest assured, we are responsible for the things in the teaching, and Mr. Shi is responsible for the affairs on the island, you can rest assured to do your own thing." ”
Shi Luosheng saw that there were eight people behind Zu Qingzhi who had never seen him: "Master, who are these people behind?" ”
Hearing Shi Luosheng's inquiry, the eight people immediately stepped forward and bowed to the ground, saying, "Eight generals per day, see the sect leader." ”
Shi Luosheng hurriedly helped everyone up, Zu Qingzhi said: "These eight people used to be people from my Sun Chasing Sect, and their martial arts were not under the elders of the Hidden Star Sect, I went to find them after I got out of Wuling Mountain, and now they are also willing to return to my Tianluo Sect, so I brought them to the island." ”
Shi Luosheng is overjoyed, now Changxing Island is most lacking is masters, Song Yan's sea route is full of pirates and pirates, and it will definitely not work to develop maritime trade without masters in the future.
Shi Luosheng said: "Great, there is the return of the eight, which just solves a big problem for me." Sir, have you received the letter I sent back some time ago? ”
Shi pre-said: "The letter has been received, I have asked Dong Liang to collect grain in Jeju, and the first batch of grain will be loaded and set off in a few days." ”
Shi Luosheng said: "Great, by the way, there is one more thing to tell sir, Yan Guo also plans to set up a naval army in Penglai, the commander of this naval army is also my new friend, he is the young master of Yan Guo's Ghost Shadow Gate Ning Unyielding, he will need more food after forming a naval army, and now there is no shortage of masters on our island, you can form two fleets, one back and forth, improve some efficiency, Teacher Ling usually trains the naval army may also wish to go to sea a little farther, to see if there are any unoccupied islands nearby or sea areas where you can do business." ”
Ling Zhen, as the only person on Changxing Island who has commanded a large army to fight, his work on the island is mainly responsible for the training of soldiers, and he used to lead the team out to do trade, but now with eight generals a day, this work can also be divided.
Ling Zhen said with a smile: "When I usually train, I found that there are several good islands around me that are occupied by a group of pirates, and there are large fruit trees planted on the islands, and I still think that I will go to them to try the knife after training for another two months, and now that there are so many new masters on the island, I am more confident that I can grab all those islands." ”
Shi Luosheng also smiled: "It seems that we can also add fruit to our trade in the future." ”
Shi Luosheng came to the newly built shipyard on Changxing Island, and saw that Jin Dajian, the craftsman sent by Jiang Huan Chu last time, was building a boat, and hurriedly ran forward and said: "Brother Jin, I didn't expect that it has only been half a year, you have not only led people to build all the houses, but also built a lot of ships, it is really hard for you." ”
Jin Dajian was also very excited when he saw Shi Luosheng, and said: "It's not hard, it's not hard, we now have our own house, our own land, work and wages, do more, get more, this was unimaginable before." ”
Hearing this, Shi Luosheng smiled at Jiang Huan Chu, Jiang Huan Chu's face turned red and said, "Hey, Lao Jin, why didn't this prince treat you badly before?" Didn't I pay you for your work? ”
Although Jiang Huanchu came to live on the island for a while, he basically followed Zu Qing every day to learn martial arts, and Jin Dajian didn't know that Jiang Huanchu was coming. Now when he saw Jiang Huan Chu, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Fourth prince, the villain should die, the villain said the wrong thing." ”
In all fairness, Jiang Huan Chu is really not bad at these subordinates, but after all, he is a prince, and he can't think of many things and won't think about it, I don't know how many slaves like Jin Dajian are in his Fourth Prince's Mansion, how can Jiang Huan Chu take care of so much.
Shi Luosheng pulled Jin Dajian up and said, "Brother Jin, don't panic, the fourth prince is joking with you, don't pay attention to him." ”
Jin Dajian wiped the sweat from his forehead and went back to work. Jiang Huan Chu said unconvinced: "Okay, you are a stone and a stone, you can be a man, the wicked have been done by me, you come to be a good man, hum." ”
Shi Luosheng laughed and said, "Okay, I haven't asked you if you plan to join the Tianluo Sect as well, or if you don't join for the time being because of your identity?" ”