One after another flying clippers appeared on the sea, and seeing the style of these ships, Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, the style of the flying clipper is now only used by Daming, so the appearance of the flying clipper naturally means that it is Daming's own ship. In this foreign land, being able to see your own ships is no different from seeing your own family.

"What's the way it came from?" Fan Tianshun frowned.

"I've already sent a ship to inquire." Zheng Haifeng held up his clairvoyance and said in a deep voice. Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng were not there, and as the captain of the flagship, he was in charge of the entire fleet, but for Zheng Haifeng, he would rather take a ship to challenge the enemy's fleet single-handedly than take a huge fleet to hide in the harbor and do nothing.

So before Zheng Haifeng was still eager to try, thinking that he had been bored for so long, fighting with the storm on the sea, fighting with the reef on the shore, and finally had the opportunity to compete with people, but he helplessly found that it was a Ming ship, and his temper had nowhere to release, so he could only keep searching the surrounding sea with clairvoyance, just praying to be able to see even a single sail.

The flying clipper sent out in front had returned, the rope was tied to the flagship, and a thin herald rushed to Fan Tianshun and the others in three steps and two steps, and said loudly: "Several generals have inquired about the identity of the flying clipper in front of them, and it is my businessman of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Merchant?" Fan Tianshun was stunned, including Liu Cheng and Zheng Haifeng beside him, all of whom showed surprised expressions on their faces.

Although the Ming economy and trade are developed, the merchants are all strong, and it is reasonable that there are flying clippers in the fleet, but few businessmen directly reach the battlefield, even if the Ming army did not have a small number of merchants in the Ming Dynasty during the Northern Expedition to transport food and armor equipment, but no merchant convoy has really gone deep into the battlefield, at most it only arrives at a few state capitals not far from the battlefield, and they are often under the protection of the main force of the Ming army.

It's really unheard of for merchant ships like this to advance directly to the front line of the battlefield, and even before the battlefield is cleaned.

"These guys trust us beyond the ordinary." Liu Cheng couldn't help but chuckle, "You must know that if we lose the battle, then these flying clippers who don't have many supplies will have no way to return safely and will be dragged down." ”

"Since ancient times, merchants have pursued profits, and these merchants are like sharks chasing the smell of blood, how can such a strong smell of blood not interest them." There was also a smile on the corner of Fan Tianshun's mouth, and the businessmen were gradually becoming the economic and trade backbone of the Ming Dynasty, so Fan Tianshun did not have any disgust for them, not to mention the last time the whole country raised funds to support the north, these businessmen contributed the most, so that the Ming Dynasty could still stabilize its position under the sudden attack of the Mongols, and lay a solid foundation for the Northern Expedition, so Fan Tianshun's words were more of a joke, "In fact, if you want to say how much courage you have to gamble, these businessmen are more courageous than us." ”

Several flying clippers had soon arrived at the dock, and Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng also got off the flagship and hurried forward.

"Daming Quanzhou City, according to the envoy Qian Yujie, see the two generals!" Seeing that Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng actually greeted him in person, Qian Yujie, who had just stepped off the boat, suddenly showed a flattered look on his face. Although he is the inspector of Quanzhou City, according to the latest official position system of the Ming Dynasty, according to the second-in-command of the inspector of the city, he is second only to the promotion envoy, and even has the responsibility of supervision on his shoulders, and the right to speak in Quanzhou is definitely no less than that of the promotion envoy.

But on this dock, Fan Tianshun and Liu Chengke are both well-known generals and supervisors of the main army of the Ming Dynasty, and Qian Yujie is not on the same level at all, Qian Yujie naturally does not dare to have the slightest slackness, and even his waist is subconsciously bent deeper.

The businessmen in the back also had excited expressions on their faces, Qian Yujie received this high treatment, which showed that the imperial court still attached great importance to them, and in the face of the Japanese market that had not yet been opened, the businessmen saw business opportunities in their eyes.

As long as there is the support of the army and the imperial court behind them, these Ming businessmen can be invincible.

"This is not the place to talk." Fan Tianshun smiled and arched his hand at the merchants behind him, frightening those merchants to hurriedly return the salute.

And Liu Cheng next to him also had a smile: "Since the Oriental Fleet arrived here first, then we have a preconceived idea, the Oriental Fleet is the master here, you have crossed the ocean, obviously there are no less hardships and twists and turns, if the Oriental Fleet can't do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, then wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous to spread it!" ”

Those businessmen even showed a restrained look on their faces, although the Ming Dynasty inherited the system of the former Song Dynasty, there was no suppression policy for the merchants, and even more encouragement, but this does not mean how high the status of the merchants in the society is, after all, the rules that have been passed down for thousands of years make these merchants still subconsciously think that they are the bottom of the society, and they can be received by Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng with such a high standard, if they do not have the slightest restraint or even fear, it is impossible.

However, these merchants are people who have experienced strong winds and waves, so after a short period of restraint, they are more excited, after all, they know very well that with the protection of the government and the army, the merchant ships will be safer, and the profits on this waterway will naturally be greater and the risks will be relatively smaller.

The merchants had their own thoughts on the carriage behind, and Liu Cheng, who was riding a horse and walking in front, asked in a low voice, "How do you plan to receive these merchants?" ”

"First of all, all the good food and drink are offered, and when the news here reaches Your Majesty's hands, it will take more than 20 days to come and go, and then the daylilies will be cold, not to mention that Your Majesty has always been a tolerant strategy for Shangjia, otherwise Quanzhou will not be increasingly developed, so Your Majesty will not have any opinion on Shangjia coming to Japan." Fan Tianshun said softly, "The general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarchs, and it is up to you and me to make a direct decision on how to deal with these merchants." ”

"When the statistics of each family's property come up, we will know how much we have earned this time," Liu Cheng nodded, "Even if there is no these, it will be a windfall for the brothers to loot the people's fat and ointment in the city, not to mention the capture of two battlefields, which is absolutely indispensable." But after all, we are still an army, how can we turn these items and even the people in this city into tangible benefits, just by relying on the army, we can't do it. ”

The military regulations of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulate that the main army is not qualified to do business. Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng didn't have the courage to touch this bottom line. After all, there are not many military regulations in the Ming Dynasty, but they are well organized, and there is no room for maneuver in each one, symbolizing His Majesty's bottom line, everyone knows in their hearts that even if they really want to do something unseemly, they have to try their best to drill the leak of the military regulations, and they will not hit it with their heads.

So at this time, these merchants have become a good choice for the Oriental Fleet, after all, now the Oriental Fleet is still preparing to go north to Kamakura, and the huge Dazaifu is also empty, and someone has to be left to take care of it, so it is better to hand it over directly to these merchants.

At least they are still the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are a family overseas, so they naturally have to think about their brothers when they do anything.

"Let our people also keep an eye on it, as long as these businessmen come sincerely, even if they give them a little benefit, it won't be a big deal." Fan Tianshun lowered his voice and commanded, "But if they want to earn the hard-earned money of the brothers, then they don't even have a door." You must take a good look at this matter, Lao Liu, once something goes wrong, you and I have no way to explain to the soldiers below, let alone to Your Majesty. ”

Liu Cheng responded: "This is natural." ”

Before the words fell, there was a helpless shout in front of me, and I saw a Japanese man dressed as a civilian rushing out of the house, clutching the pull ring on a box in his hand, shouting loudly and not knowing what he was saying, but the expression on his face was obviously extremely angry.

And a Ming soldier dragged the box, and even the man dragged it on the ground, and the other two Ming soldiers beside him looked at the man who did not let go, raised the scabbard in his hand and smashed it hard, the man cried twice, and fell down on the street.

The three Ming soldiers were about to leave, and when they looked up, they saw Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng in front, and they suddenly struck a spirit, and they all stood up straight, and they couldn't care about the box in their hands. The box shook slightly, fell to the ground, and the lid of the box opened, and the silver light did not know how many valuable treasures there were.

Liu Chenggang wanted to be angry, but Fan Tianshun grabbed the reins of his horse fiercely, squinted his eyes, and walked straight forward. The three Ming soldiers stood aside with their heads down, not daring to look at the figures of Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng. As he walked past them, Fan Tianshun said coldly: "I don't expect that XX's subordinates will have any kind of strict military discipline and no crimes, but I just hope that I can see you on the battlefield in the future, as always, bravely rushing and killing." ”

Liu Cheng opened his mouth slightly, but didn't say anything.

He knew that if Fan Tianshun hadn't dragged him just now, I'm afraid there would be no way for this matter to end. After all, the Ming Dynasty is conquering Japan, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the conquered countries only have two futures, coolies and cannon fodder, and their family property actually no longer belongs to them, so there is actually nothing wrong with the Ming soldiers even if they are scrambling, just because Liu Cheng saw the soldiers of the Oriental Fleet just now with such a blatant robbery and robbery behavior, he was a little angry and didn't think much about it, so he almost reacted excessively.

"Thank you." Liu Cheng exhaled deeply and said in a low voice.

Squinting his eyes, Fan Tianshun looked at the sky above his head: "This is in a foreign country." ”

Fan Tianshun replied that the donkey's head was not in the horse's mouth, but Liu Cheng nodded thoughtfully.

In a foreign land, outside the ocean, only one's own people can be relied on, and it is absolutely taboo to damage the morale of one's own army for the sake of some lowly labor or even slaves. After all, for the Oriental Fleet, the enemy's popular will is far less important than the unity of its own robes.

Just when Fan Tianshun was about to continue walking, suddenly a cold feeling pierced his skin, Fan Tianshun was stunned for a moment, and then stretched out his hand, under the gloomy sky, more white snowflakes had slowly fallen.

Because the weather was not yet extremely cold, the snowflakes had already turned into water droplets as soon as they fell to the ground, but the entire Dazaifu Castle was still shrouded in flying snow, which fell on the armor of the Ming soldiers, on the body of the Japanese man on the ground, and on every house.

The pace of the Ming soldiers continued to move forward, and the entire Dazaifu Castle was prostrate in the still sonorous and powerful voice.

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Goryeo, Kaesong.

When the island of Kyushu in the southeast of Goryeo was only experiencing the first snow of the year, the mountains and rivers of these 3,000 miles were completely covered with snow.

There was already a thick layer of snow on the houses built in imitation of the Central Plains, and the howling cold wind blew along any gap between the houses, and the muddy streets were rarely visited, and even the flags on the low city walls not far away had bowed their heads.

At this time, Goryeo has lost the majesty of the early Sui and Tang dynasties, and even after several major battles with Mongolia, it is the weakest time, the whole Goryeo in order to avoid the Mongol army, even retreated to Ganghwa Island in a hurry, with the island as the capital, and later the Goryeo court surrendered to Mongolia, Goryeo was able to continue to live in the world as a Mongolian vassal state, and even was able to return to Kaesong safely.

Mongolia's energy has been all involved in the Southern Song Dynasty, and naturally there is no effort to clean up the Goryeo that has been lying under his feet, but who would have thought that Mongolia did not defeat the Southern Song Dynasty and dominate the world, but was beaten by a newly rising Ming Dynasty from Jiangnan to Hebei.

And the Ming Dynasty, as a new dynasty that replaced the former Song Dynasty, the red sun is rising, and its way is bright, and the brightness and glory after this can naturally be seen by clear-eyed people, including Lin Yan who is sitting opposite Yang, at this time, Goryeo's sect and eunuch, the hero of the Guardian Society, is also the actual controller behind the puppet of Anqing Duke Wang Shu sitting on the throne of Goryeo.

The tea in front of the two of them had already been changed, and it was estimated that it was almost cold now, but Lin Yan and Yang Zheng did not say a few words except for the initial greetings. It's just that the expressions on the faces of the two are very different, Lin Yan is a little more nervous, and Yang Zheng just looks at him with a smile, and even looks more at the plum blossoming in the wind and snow outside the window.

Lin Yan also has his own troubles, he started with Jin Jun, overthrew the Cui family who was in charge of the government at that time, and then Lin Yan overthrew Jin Jun, who had always trusted him. However, Lin Yan made a wrong step a few months ago, he kicked Goryeo Yuanzong, who had not listened to his orders very much, from the throne and replaced him with a submissive King of Anqing.

Because Wonjong of Goryeo had always belonged to a staunch pro-Mongol faction, it was because of this that the Mongols allowed him to relocate the capital to Kaesong. At that time, Lin Yan thought that Mongolia no longer had the energy to take care of this corner of Goryeo, so he acted boldly and boldly, and soon the news reached Kublai Khan. Even if Kublai Khan was anxious about the war at home and abroad, he still made a very tough counterattack, the newly recruited Jurchen cavalry gathered on the border, and even a Mongolian cavalry threatened the flank of Goryeo, and there was a direct rush into Goryeo to calm down the war, after doing this, Kublai Khan Shi Ran asked Goryeo Yuanzong and the current King of Anqing to go to the capital of Mongolia Pingcheng together to accept the arbitration of the Mongol Great Khan, and the Mongol Khan decided that the King of Goryeo was the real King of Goryeo.

As soon as this order came, Lin Yan naturally began to have a headache, his family understood his own family affairs, after a few major battles in Goryeo, the originally small number of combatable soldiers in the country were lost, and now it is just relying on an empty shelf to support it, as long as Mongolia moves casually, the entire Goryeo may fall apart, so Lin Yan does not have the courage to jump out and confront Mongolia.

Pinching persimmons to find the softest, Lin Yan is very clear about this truth. For Mongolia, it is basically impossible to defeat the Ming Dynasty, and it will take a lot of time to even resolve the civil strife, so if you want to boost the morale of the country and stabilize the people's morale in the short term, the best way is to find a suitable opponent to vent. And there are fewer and fewer opponents around Mongolia that can fight.

Unfortunately, Goryeo is one of them.

And Lin Yan knows better that if he really accepts the arbitration of the Mongol Khan according to Kublai Khan's arrangement, then Goryeo Yuanzong will naturally be able to restore the throne safely, and Duke Anqing, as a puppet, will also be able to go into the wilderness safely and continue to be his idle prince, but he, the mastermind behind the scenes, will not be able to escape.

Fortunately, when Lin Yan was desperate, Yang Zheng came to the door.

And behind Yang Zheng, not only the most mysterious Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, but also most of the Goryeo officials who have been moved by the Jinyiwei, as well as the many benefits that Daming promised to Lin Yan, and there are many, many benefits that Lin Yan feels that he has no way to refuse.

And Da Ming wants only one.

Three thousand miles of mountains and rivers. (To be continued.) )