Chapter 53: Heroes
On the sea, the turmoil was raging, but it was separated from the connection between the various territories around the South Sea and the Indian Ocean throughout the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time that Li He and Qi Feng boarded the ship in the outer port of Mengzhou, Dinghai Port, which was called Singapore in later generations, was the capital of the Manraka fiefdom under the Ning Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty.
Speaking of which, this Dinghai was originally the residence of Wu Zong's exile overseas, and it was the center of the entire overseas colony territory of the Great Song Dynasty during the Hai Song Dynasty, and it has always been the most prosperous place in the overseas territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Thousands of ships from the Western Ocean (the name of the Indian Ocean in this world) from West Asia, Europe, Africa, etc., transported the wealth and materials from the mountains and seas from the fiefdoms of the Great Song Dynasty overseas, and then traveled from here to the Central Plains for the enjoyment of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.
The territory of the Great Song Dynasty traversed the east and west, but the Dinghai Sea was holding the throat of the South and Western Oceans, so it is conceivable that the prosperity of the Dinghai port could be seen. Not to mention anything else, just the annual fees and taxes collected by merchant ships in the port can make King Ning earn a lot of money, and even the Mengzhou Mansion of King An's domain has to go even better.
After all, the richest in this era is still the Great Song Dynasty, and when it comes to the heat of economic activities in this era, the Central Plains and East Asia are the most prosperous centers on this planet.
Therefore, it can be seen that the wealth of this Dinghai harbor in King Ning's domain. Here, whether it is for food and play, from the Great Song Dynasty Tiannanhaibei of the various vassals from all over the treasures, special products, so that Dinghai Island has a variety of patterns, everything that is available in various places, there is everything here.
In particular, the Orchid Street in Dinghai, the most densely populated fireworks and willow lane in the city, is the gold cave on this land, and the place where tourists from Tiannan and Haibei flock to the city.
Zheng Yiguan came here, looked up at the golden and brilliant stacked green building in front of him, and almost didn't dare to step on the stairs, the stairs are all golden silk nanmu, and the flowers carved on it are splendid.
Fortunately, his colleague Yan Siqi pushed him hard before he stepped on the stairs, and the sister upstairs was pretty, and she whispered to the little brothers, making Zheng Yiguan's face red.
"One official! It's a shame that you still claim to be a good man who makes the sea at sea, and you can't even see a little bit of the market, haven't you seen a girl! ”
Then Yan Siqi glared at the sisters above,
"Look, which one do you fall in love with, is it the black pearl or the white jade Guanyin, just go and get it at will, what you have today is money, keep you to open a foreign meat for you, save you a young chick and wait to see a woman who can't walk, and give a few shames to your buddies."
Zheng Yiguan's eyes were red when Yan Siqi said, and he said fiercely:
"Brother Yan, don't squeeze people, who said that you can't see a woman, I, Zheng Yiguan, even have a child, and stay at home to raise my mother-in-law, where will it be like what Brother Yan said."
"But you still haven't seen these foreign women from the West, haven't opened foreign meats, what is the taste of the mother-in-law at home, where is the moisture in the willow alleys of this flower street, I tell you, this stack of green buildings used to be a place to entertain dignitaries, and the women here keep you to taste it once, and you will never forget it wherever you go in the future."
Look at so many flower buildings on this orchid street, which Kunlun girl has black skin like the black pearl here, and you can't see it when you keep it in bed, and the white jade Guanyin here, that skin is really like milk, otherwise how could Li Dan and Brother Li invite us to play in such a place, this is to let the brothers follow to see the world. ”
Yan Siqi said to his partner Zheng Yiguan with winks.
Zheng Yiguan and Yan Siqi are both well-known heroes in the South Seas, that is, Zheng Yiguan, who is only twenty-six or seventeen years old this year, and he already manages dozens of ships and thousands of heroes!
Both of them are the first heroes on this Nanyang, the dart head of the first dart Shunfeng dart board on the Nanyang of the dignified Song Dynasty, the backbone of Li Dan's men, this Nanyang, the two major vassal kings, fifty-four princes, countless uncles, sons, men and other small lords, which one does not know the majesty of the Shunfeng dart board!
A big man like Li Dan chooses to receive his two generals, of course, he must choose a place that can not only show his prestige, but also reflect his current status of Li Dan.
Zheng Yiguan and Yan Siqi pushed and shoved upstairs, as soon as they went upstairs, they greeted the turtle and knew that the two were the guests of the big man Li Dan and Master Li, and immediately led the two upstairs, upstairs was a luxuriously decorated giant suite like a palace, and the two of them walked around the room a few times under the guidance of the turtle father, and then went around to an unusually wide room outside the window facing the sea.
At this moment, there is only a small number in the room, Li Dan is lying on it, as if he is sleeping, and a storyteller who looks like Zhou Zheng next to him is holding a pair of handboards, and is telling Li Dan there. Just listen to the storyteller:
"Then Genghis Khan looked around and suddenly said: 'Jing'er, the great country I have built is incomparable to the past dynasties. From the center of the land to the extreme edge of all directions, there is a one-year itinerary in the south, east and west. You say that the heroes of ancient and modern times, who can compare with me? ’
Guo Jing pondered for a moment and said: "The prosperity of the Great Khan's martial arts is unmatched in ancient times. It's just that the Great Khan alone is majestic, but the world doesn't know how many bones have accumulated and how many tears of orphans and widows have been shed. ’
Genghis Khan's eyebrows were raised, and he raised his horsewhip to slash down on the top of Guo Jing's head, but when he saw him looking at him fearlessly, the horsewhip was raised in the air but did not fall, and shouted: "What do you say? ”
Guo Jing thought to himself: 'From now on, there may not be a day when I will see the Great Khan again, even if I annoy him, I must finally make my words clear. At that moment, he said proudly: 'Great Khan, you raised me and taught me, forced my mother to death, these personal grievances, there is no need to talk about these personal grievances at this moment. I just want to ask you: After death, how much land do people occupy when they are buried in the ground? ’
Genghis Khan was stunned, whipped his horse, and said, 'That's not that big.' ’
Guo Jing said: "Yes, then what is the use of killing so many people, shedding so much blood, and occupying so much land? Genghis Khan was silent.
Guo Jing also said: 'Since the heroes are admired by the world and admired by future generations, they must be people who benefit the people and love the people. In my opinion, killing a lot of people is not necessarily a hero. ’
Genghis Khan said: 'Have I never done anything good in my life?' Guo Jing said: "Of course, there are benefits, and they are very great, but if you go south and west, and the corpses are like mountains, then it is difficult to say whether the merit is right or wrong." ’
He is straightforward by nature, and he speaks whatever comes to his mind. Genghis Khan was conceited all his life, and at this time he said it so much, it was difficult to refute it, looking back at the past, looking back, he couldn't help but be at a loss, and after a while, wow, a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground.
Guo Jing was startled, only to realize that he had said something serious, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him and said, "Great Khan, you go back and rest." I have spoken many offenses, please forgive me. ’
Genghis Khan smiled faintly, his face turned sallow, and sighed: "No one around me is as bold as you to dare to say a few words of truth to me. Then he raised his eyebrows, his face was proud, and he said loudly: "I have ruled the world all my life and destroyed countless countries, but according to you, I am not a hero?" Hey, that's kid's talk! ’
With a whip on the horse's hips, he galloped back.
That night, Genghis Khan collapsed in the golden horde, and when he was dying, he muttered in his mouth: 'Hero, hero...... 'I think I have been pondering Guo Jing's words in my heart.
After Guo Jing and Huang Rong saluted the body of the Great Khan, they said goodbye to Tuolei and returned south on the same day. The two of them saw the skeletons and white bones scattered among the long grass along the way, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that although the two of them were harmonious, they could be called no regrets, but the suffering of the world was deep, and they didn't know when they would be peaceful. ”
At this point, after the transmission of a Condor Hero, the storyteller's voice fell, and no sound was heard in the room for a long time.
After a while, Li Dan, who was lying on the desk, sat up leisurely and said:
"'The great man of chivalry, for the country and the people!' Although this Guo Jing is straightforward, he is clumsy and admirable in dealing with the world, and he is worthy of being my big Song man! That Temujin rose from the grassland, at the beginning he was just a barbarian chief who could not even protect his wife and children, but in the end, he laid down the largest territory in the world, which made future generations dumbfounded, even my Great Song Dynasty was almost defeated by Temujin's descendants in the past! Such a hero through the ages, but Guo Jing said that he was not a hero at a temporary time! That Temujin must have been depressed and ruthless for the time being. ”
"Just this hero? If you want to be a hero, how difficult it is, in life, how many people can really be worthy of their hearts for the rest of their lives, and can be called heroes? ”
Zheng Yiguan and Yan Siqi were silent for a while when they heard Li Dan's words.