Chapter XXVI

Long wind and waves, from the vast sea to sail a huge fleet, these ships are all unified system, a hideous collision horn on the long and narrow bow shines in the sun, three tall masts, the sails are open, a net of endless sea breeze, the hull breaks the sea, stirring up snow-white waves, each ship on both sides stretches out dozens of pennies, rowing the water, let the big ship move quickly.

At the turn of the sea and the sky, a small black shadow began to appear, that was the real destination this time, an island in the vast waves of the East China Sea, green trees covered this small island, in the blue sea, like an emerald pearl. The island is long and narrow, surrounded by the sea, surrounded by golden sand, this is not very large, the longest place is less than twenty miles, the narrow area is only five or six miles, the whole island is like a crooked crescent moon across the blue sea, countless trees are lush, hiding its true face in it. As the ship moved, he gradually saw the things on the island clearly, and Li Kuan looked at the exquisite stilted buildings on the beach on one side, and knew that he had arrived at the right destination.

On the beach, ships docked, large and small, but they all hung a flag, is a curved crescent, crimson silk on the moon white crescent moon is very prominent, this sign is not unfamiliar to the sailors on Li Kuan's side of the ship, because every year there are ships flying such flags to Cangzhou for trade, Cangzhou is located in the bitter cold land of the northeast, and does not produce much food. So these ships flying the crescent flag were all sending boatloads of grain, and exchanged them for some specialties near Cangzhou. Although there are not many such ships, every appearance will make the Cangzhou people cheer. It only takes one appearance to make countless people no longer suffer the threat of starvation during that period of time.

The big ship docked. Li Kuan's escape this time finally arrived at the destination, and the group felt very excited. But on the other side, it's not so happy.

In Chang'an City, Li Er was losing his temper, this time he was really angry, he didn't expect that Li Kuan, a kid, would leave directly like this, and left a mess in Cangzhou. What did this make the imperial court? Sun Chong, the newly sent Cangzhou Thorn Shi Chang, was even more continuously listed, hoping that the imperial court would provide relief. Because the people of Cangzhou are angry, it may cause a civil uprising at any time, this is not a false report, because when Li Kuan was in office before, the people of Cangzhou could work on his construction site every day to get the food they relied on for survival, and now Li Kuan is gone, but the new Lord Thorn Shi directly stopped those factories, so the people of Cangzhou are going to a source of food, how can the people of Cangzhou who have already tasted the sweetness give up. So they gathered in front of the Cangzhou Thorn Mansion to ask for an explanation.

Cangzhou is a place where the state capital was established a hundred years ago, and the people here came from all over the world a hundred years ago, and after arriving here, in order not to be bullied. Therefore, they are very tough on the rest of the people, and this environment has created Cangzhou's fierce folk customs, and countless Cangzhou people are real warriors who dare to face the dripping blood. They are not afraid of what the officers and soldiers will do to them, because they are not tough in this land. can only be bullied, so countless people confronted the guards in front of the Cangzhou Assassin Mansion, and the situation can be described as dangerous. Imminent.

"Bastard thing! I'm so angry! "Li Er doesn't know how many things have fallen, in these few days, the shape of Cangzhou has taken a sharp turn, when Li Kuan was there, countless people supported the imperial court, because they could eat enough and dress warmly, but now hundreds of people are besieging the official mansion, because now they can't eat enough. Such a thing can only occur in such a place, and only such a strong people dare to make such a straightforward statement to the imperial court. So in the face of such a confrontation that directly faces the hearts of the people, Changsun Chong, a young assassin of the history, is really poor in donkey skills. He didn't know where Li Kuan got the grain, but he insisted on letting tens of thousands of people in Cangzhou eat it for half a year, and even when this guy left, he filled up all the major official warehouses in Cangzhou. Where does all this food come from? The imperial court didn't transfer much grain to Cangzhou during this time, and Li Kuan got these things back by himself, so what should he, the person who took over? So the eldest grandson Chong had no choice but to write a letter to his father to complain. Let his father, who is now a very human minister, help him figure it out.

So the eldest grandson Wuji now appeared in front of Li Er, but he knew that Li Er had been in a bad mood during this time, all because of the Cangzhou incident. So he quietly went to the Liangyi Palace first, and invited the woman who could put the angry dragon out of anger for a while.

Empress Changsun gave birth to Li Er's twenty-third daughter the year before last - Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, that is, the little son, after giving birth to this little princess, her body bones are not as good as before, although Sun Simiao has carefully conditioned, but she is still not as energetic as before, in the past two years, she has gradually faded out of the affairs of the court, although she has never asked about these things before, but she will also give advice to Li Er from time to time, put forward reference opinions, but now it is completely let go, and stay in the palace every day, Carefully take care of the little son's daily life. She no longer paid attention to the winds and waves in the court, even if Li Er arrived at her, she would not ask anything more, but just used her gentleness to soothe Li Er's sorrows. This time, if it weren't for the eldest grandson Wuji personally leaving her old face behind and asking her to help her nephew and son-in-law, she would not have appeared in front of this political palace.

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson Wuji asks to see you!" Xiao Huangmen took advantage of Li Er's slight breath while sitting on the dragon chair to step forward and whisper the news that the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to see him, and then bowed down and waited.

"Eldest Sun Wuji, why did he come here at this time? It must be a matter of Cangzhou, how could the small Cangzhou cause such a big storm? Li Er rubbed his temples a little tiredly: "Announce him in!" ”

"Slave obeys!" Xiao Huangmen hurriedly retreated to announce the decree, fortunately this time the emperor was not angry, it was really good. Several colleagues have been punished by the emperor before, and even one was killed by a living staff, which made all the little yellow doors serving Li Er put everyone in danger, but they didn't dare not go, in this palace where life and death were controlled, the most unoffended was this one, so every little yellow door was trembling close to Li Er, and then when he retreated, his back was soaked.

"Minister, the eldest grandson Wuji has seen the emperor!" The eldest grandson, Wuji, strode forward and saluted Li Er.

"Okay, is the eldest grandson chong crying in Cangzhou again? This matter is really tricky, it is not yet the time of the autumn harvest, there is a shortage of food all over the country, how can Cangzhou give so much food? However, a state and county with a population of tens of thousands actually needs hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, almost 10,000 quintals of grain, where can so much grain be allocated? Li Er spoke first, blocking what the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to say, Cangzhou has now become the most troublesome place in the Tang Dynasty, and the people here are really able to do things that impact the imperial court's yamen, because they are used to resisting directly when they are treated unfairly, and such a place is also the place where the imperial court dares not take it lightly, and it is a disaster if you don't pay attention.

"Your Majesty, if it goes on like this, Cangzhou will really not be able to hold on, and now in Cangzhou City, although the grain stored in the official warehouse was replenished when the King of Chu left, but these days the people in the city are waiting for the food relief from the government, and now it is almost exhausted. In addition, because of the fishing carried out by His Royal Highness the King of Chu before, there are not many people who grow grain, so Cangzhou will definitely reduce production this year, so the food gap in Cangzhou this year is very large. At that time, these people are afraid that they will really do something like a popular rebellion. The eldest grandson Wuji saw it very thoroughly and told it eloquently.

"Auxiliary machine, I know this, but this huge country, where is there no need for food? Why is there such a big demand in Cangzhou? In the final analysis, this qiē is a good thing done by Li Kuan's kid, raising these Diao people, how to get it if it goes on like this, the court must not compromise on these Diao people's requests. Li Er made up his mind, and even he had already made up his mind, if the situation here really reached the point of being out of control, then it could only be forcibly suppressed, there are still countless strongmen and bandits on this land, and it is the duty of the Tang army to eradicate these tumors.

Just when Li Er had a headache and Changsun Chong had an even more headache, a sailboat flying the crescent flag came to this land that attracted everyone's attention, this time not only brought a full boatload of food, but also a piece of news, that is, the Mingyue Chamber of Commerce was recruiting sailors and sailors, and the treatment was good.

The people of Cangzhou, who are worried about food, showed unparalleled enthusiasm at this time, because who is recruiting people this time? It is the Bright Moon Chamber of Commerce that sells grain, how can such a big grain merchant be short of food? Therefore, in order to make the family get up and have enough to eat, countless Cangzhou young people went to the office of this chamber of commerce to sign up. Who knows what the state of the recruited sailors will be when they reappear again in the future. What kind of life did countless people in Cangzhou live after this recruitment.

But now Li Kuan, who is on Crescent Island, is very happy, because this time he is really completely out of Li Er's sight, and he can do the things he sketched before unscrupulously. The first step is to recruit - recruit a team of his own, and then build his own force on this sea, and then gradually realize the ambition that he has gradually accumulated over the years. (To be continued......)