304 charter ships and mercenaries

Su You nodded, originally he didn't know how to ask Zhang Zhenzhou for those boats, since he had something to ask for, it would be much easier.

"Although His Majesty asked Xia Guan and General Chen to conquer Ryukyu again, they only gave soldiers and armor, but the food and salary were far from enough." After Zhang Zhenzhou said this with some embarrassment, he said confidently, "Since ancient times, there has been a reason that soldiers and horses go first before moving grain and grass, what does Your Majesty mean by this?" ”

"You want me to help you raise food?" Su You nodded, he naturally knew how short of money Yang Guang was now.

"I don't want to trouble the envoys, but I can't ask the county guard of Yuhang County for money and food, right? Besides, Your Majesty probably meant the same thing. Zhang Zhen looked at Dou Qing with resentment.

Although Zhang Zhenzhou said in his words that he couldn't find Dou Qing, Su You could tell at a glance that he must have been deflated at Dou Qing's place.

The question is, Dou Qing is not easy to bully, is it easy for me to bully Su You? What do you mean by "Your Majesty probably means the same"? Su You was angry in his heart, but his face was as calm as ever, and he immediately asked with a smile, "I wonder if General Zhang can show His Majesty's will to this official?" ”

"This" Zhang Zhenzhou obviously couldn't take Yang Guang's urgent mail to Su You, because vaguely shirking the responsibility Su You originally meant in his bones, but he was not a literati after all, and he didn't even tell a lie.

"Then let's put this question aside for a moment." Su You felt Zhang Zhenzhou's mind thoroughly, and naturally ate him to death, no way, who let him ask for help?

"Okay." Zhang Zhenzhou originally wanted to complain to Su You, but Dou Qing was on his side, he was always not so easy to pull down this old face, although he had the responsibility to conquer the capricious Ryukyuan people again, but for the sake of the emperor's family affairs, it was indeed a little unreasonable to let himself be inferior to others.

In a word, whether to levy Ryukyu or not, does it have anything to do with him Zhang Zhenzhou?

Su You naturally wanted Dou Qing to leave quickly, after all, there was always an inferiority in talking about transactions between such big officials, and he naturally didn't need bystanders.

Dou Qing obviously also had some energy in his eyes, and after seeing the scene cool down, he said to Su You, "By the way, Su Yushi, the lower officials plan to wash the dust for the imperial history in the Baimen Tower tonight, please take the time to appreciate the light." ”

"White Gate Tower?" When Su You heard these three words, the first thing that came to mind was Lu Fengxian, but if you want to refuse, you really don't know how to refuse.

If the local officials do not eat when they invite guests to dinner, it is really a bit hypocritical and unreasonable.

"What time is it tonight? The official will definitely go when the time comes. Su You could only nod, and then Dou Qing stood up and said goodbye.

When Su You saw him take a few steps back and turn around, he said a little casually, "Dou Envoy, you have a very good governance of Hangzhou." ”

When Dou Qing heard this, his heart immediately felt like touching honey, then he turned around and smiled gratefully at Su You, then turned around and pushed the door away, and after going out, his steps were much brisker.

Zhang Zhenzhou saw that Dou Qing was gone, and he was about to pretend to get up and leave at the moment, but Su You hurriedly stopped, "General Zhang, what's the hurry?" Didn't you just say that it was a little difficult to raise food? ”

Zhang Zhenzhou listened to Su You's old tune repeatedly, and looked at Su You with joy, "What does the imperial history mean?" ”

"It's not that this question is non-negotiable." Su You said this without any expression on his face, and asked with a smile, "I haven't asked yet, how many ships did you capture in a naval battle with the Ryukyuan people that night?" ”

"A total of seven ships have been captured, Su Yushi is this?" Zhang Zhenzhou answered Su You honestly, and then looked at him with some puzzlement.

"I want these boats." Su You said categorically.

"What?" Zhang Zhenzhou looked at Su You with disbelief, Su You said that asking for these boats was as simple as buying a newspaper, but his face didn't look like a joke at all.

Su You saw his face full of disbelief, and immediately ignited him and said, "Why are you so brainless?" Wouldn't you just sell the ship and exchange it for grain? And I am the buyer of these ships. ”

Zhang Zhenzhou heard Su You say this, and understood what he meant, but he still said in embarrassment, "Yushi laughed, these ships are trophies, and the lower officials have already registered and made a register, how can they say that they will be sold?" Besides, even if these ships were sold, they would only be enough for some food, but what about the horses? ”

"In this case," Su You was also embarrassed for a while.

Zhang Zhenzhou was still full of hope when he listened to Su You's discussion just now, but he didn't expect Su You's appetite to be so big, these ships are actually nothing to sell, and they can be said to be scrapped in front of Yang Guang.

But what about the gaps in the horses that were stolen by thieves?

This is a big problem.

Originally, what Zhang Zhenzhou wanted to make up for the most was the shortage of horses, if Su You insisted on eating these boats repeatedly, he would not be unshakable, but Su You said the above, and there was no follow-up, which really made him extremely anxious.

Su You was suddenly depressed when he learned that Zhang Zhenzhou had registered the boat, but after thinking for a while, he thought of a better way, "Since it is not for sale, can I rent it for two months?" It takes you two months to go back and forth to the Ryukyus, right? When you are tried, I will hand it over to you to bring back to the Eastern Capital. ”

Listening to Su You's words, Zhang Zhenzhou immediately laughed, "The lower officials don't hide the imperial history, originally the imperial court allocated a part of the grain and grass, but what I want is to train the troops near Hangzhou first, and then go to the east after the Qingming Festival." ”

"Training, good training! Can you still suppress" Su You immediately laughed, but when he was halfway through speaking, he realized that he couldn't tell him the idea he had come up with.

What Su You wanted to say was to suppress the pirates, if he could exterminate the force that seduced the Ryukyu people in, would he still have to worry about his food?

The problem is that it is not yet known who is behind this mastermind, and these people may even eat more than 1,000 people in Zhang Zhenzhou.

Another result was that Zhang Zhenzhou exterminated them, and then succeeded in obtaining a large number of grain, grass and war horses

Anyway, no matter what the situation, it has nothing to do with Su You.

Of course, Su You also thought about exterminating these people by himself, to eat black and eat black, no, it is to represent justice and eliminate evil, but it is too terrible to fight with the evil forces, and Su You still likes to make money from businessmen as a last resort.

"How? I have hired you seven ships and two hundred soldiers, and I will give you two ships of food and clothing for two months. Su You didn't continue to think about it, but said categorically.

"Can you tell me what the hell you're going to rent a boat and soldiers?" Zhang Zhenzhou is obviously moved, as long as Su You can give him a righteous and bright reason, then everything will fall into place.

Su You immediately avoided the seriousness and said lightly, "You know, I just want to send the Baekje princess back that night; As a princess, she should have an escort team that echoes her identity, right? ”

Zhang Zhenzhou suddenly realized, but he also knew more or less the Tao in it, as the saying goes, "no profit is not early", Su You doesn't want to be a good person who does good deeds without leaving a name.

But does this have anything to do with him? As long as he Su You does not rebel against the emperor and does not commit treason, it will be fine.

So Zhang Zhenzhou immediately let go, and immediately bargained, "Add another hundred horses." ”

Su You was naturally overjoyed when he heard him make a deal, but he still said with embarrassment on his face, "Three boats of grain." You know, I can't get a horse either. ”

"We can't eat so much grain, so let's have two boatloads of grain and fifty horses, and we can't be less."

Su You couldn't help but smile bitterly, staring at Zhang Zhenzhou depressedly, "I said I couldn't get a horse." ”

"Than I think I don't know, don't you have two servants who run a racecourse?" Zhang Zhenzhou didn't care about Su You's frowns, and smiled like an old fox at this time.

The two of them go back and forth, and the fight with the philistine is different from the enemy before the battle, but after a few rounds, they both feel a little sweaty.

"Okay, then let's do this first, and the White Gate Tower will reply to you in the evening." Su You immediately clapped his head.

Zhang Zhenzhou accepted it when he saw it, then got up to say goodbye, and Su You was sent to the door of the inn, and then turned around; When he returned to the yard, he saw that Yu Minghui from Yanbei was teasing the snow mastiff that was already half a meter high.

The snow mastiff was not teased by Lai Yanbei, but was a little hostile to Fuyu Minghui, but it quickly became familiar with Lai Yanbei, after all, it had been fed to Yanbei for more than half a month.

Su You saw Fuyu Minghui, and immediately felt that he should reveal the itinerary to her, so that he might be more respectful of her.

"Princess Buyeo, can you come over for a moment?"

"Did the gentleman call me?" Fuyu Minghui didn't think that Su You would talk to her alone, after all, she had also thought about learning to paint from Su You before, but Su You avoided herself everywhere.

Fuyu Minghui thought of her previous willfulness, and Su You was a married woman again, and it was also the proper meaning of the question to reject herself in order to avoid suspicion, so she was used to Su You not talking to herself.

The two walked under a peach tree, although they were not stunned at this time, the temperature in Hangzhou was still as cold as ever, but there were many budding flowers on the branches of the peach tree.

"I just wanted to tell you that in ten days, we can send you home." Su You looked at the flower bones on the branch and said lightly.

"Hmm." Fuyu Minghui nodded, and the appearance of no sadness or joy was really pitiful to me.

"Is it homesickness? Afraid of being scolded by your father? ”

"It's a little bit, I feel like I'm useless. Not only killed a dozen because of willfulness" Fuyu Minghui said that when she talked about her dead servants, tears fell again, today was originally the first seven of those people, and she cried in the morning.

It is precisely because of this that Su You was moved by the words of Yanbei to take them out for a walk.

"It's not that you think you're useless, you're worried that others will say you're useless?" Su You shook his head, and then asked her seriously, "What do you Baekje lack the most?" If you could bring these things back for your father, would he still think you were useless? ”

Listening to Su You's words, Fuyu Minghui's eyes lit up, she couldn't imagine that Su You would still think about herself like this.

However, when thinking about what Baekje needed, Buyeo Myeonghui shook her head again; Not because she didn't know, but because Dasui wouldn't sell these things to Baekje.

What Baekje lacks most now is nothing more than iron tools, salt, armor and the like, but these things are contraband in the eyes of the Great Sui.

Su You obviously already knew the answer in Fuyu Minghui's heart, and secretly laughed at himself for asking a nonsense, and then smiled again, "Don't worry, I will give you a surprise." ”