Chapter 20: Flickering

Zhao Lie had no time to take care of many disturbances, and was kneeling respectfully in the Zhao family's mansion in Weihaiwei to give tea to his mother, and his mother Zhao Qin finally shook off his face, smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Get up, and remember that there are rules in the house."

Zhao Lie got up helplessly, stood respectfully on the side, but his heart was constantly slandering, his father was afraid of internal fear and did not dare to accept the small, the rule of the family is that all actions are to obey the command, who to listen to, of course, it is the invincible Taishang mother.

"Remember, if there is a major event in the future, I will definitely know about it." Zhao Qin squinted at Zhao Lie.

Zhao Lie hurriedly replied: "I respectfully obey my mother's orders." ”

Zhao Qin's smiled and agreed.

Zhao Lie hurriedly wiped his sweat.

The eldest brother Zhao Meng on the side grinned, and the third brother Zhao Feng and the younger sister Zhao E snickered on the side.

The mother and eldest brother who took care of things in the village courtyard at home, heard that the Weihai division went to Liaodong, and left the aunt of the uncle's family and the nephew Zhao Hong to take care of the village, and hurried to Weihaiwei, but it was still a step late, and the Weihai division brigade went out, leaving only some sand boats and bird boats to stay.

Zhao Qin's family was furious, and scolded Zhao Haiming for being bold and daring to take his second son who had just become an adult to go out to Liaodong, Zhao Qin's family was deeply afraid of Liaodong, and there were not a few officers and soldiers who died in Liaodong this year, and his own uncle was also killed in Liaodong, leaving him alone and widowed. After all, his second son is young, once he is lost, Zhao Qin's heart is terrified when he thinks of this. became more and more angry, Zhao Haiming was endless. Just waiting at Weihaiwei's house, there was no information for a long time, Zhao Qin's family sent someone to Dengzhou Sailor to investigate, but there was no accurate news, when she heard that Wang Tuo returned first, the smart Zhao Qin's family was furious, and the family scolded Wang Tuo, she understood that Weihai Sailor was used as a scapegoat. It wasn't until Zhao Lie came back first that he was relieved, but Zhao Qin's family couldn't get used to it, so he didn't go to the house for a day, punished Zhao Lie for kneeling for a long time, and finally reluctantly spared Zhao Lie under the continuous persuasion of Zhao Meng, Zhao Feng, and Zhao E.

As soon as the atmosphere was relaxed, Zhao Lie saluted the eldest brother, and the younger siblings saluted the second brother, which was not lively for a while.

"Second brother, I heard that our Weihai Master killed Jiannu, which is a rare big victory in recent years, is it true?" Zhao Feng, who was only a little shorter than Zhao Lie, and was two years younger, looked at Zhao Lie with bright eyes.

Zhao Lie looked at Zhao Feng's stout figure, slightly dark face, and smiled slightly, the men of the old Zhao family all came out of a mold.

"Third brother, we did win a big victory, killing and injuring Jiannu four or five hundred," Zhao Lie looked at Zhao Feng and grinned, and decided to tell him the reality, after all, the family is a military household, and one day in the future, Zhao Feng will have to face Jiannu, "However, we used the dense forest to set fire, killing Jiannu by surprise, if it is face-to-face, we will not be able to avoid it." ”

Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, but immediately laughed, "No matter what, Brother Hong should be happy to kill and injure hundreds of Jiannu." "Zhao Hong is the son of his uncle, one year older than Zhao Lie, and he has long wanted to go into battle with his uncle to kill the enemy to take revenge, but Zhao Haiming has not agreed to join the army because he is the only son left by his younger brother, so Zhao Hong is often depressed.

"Yes, yes, Brother Hong must be happy." Ten-year-old Zhao E blinked her big eyes and looked at her second brother in military uniform, and she was proud of her second brother, who was a hero who killed slaves.

Zhao Lie dotingly touched the only girl in the old Zhao family, Zhao E's skin was slightly dark, and her eyebrows were a little thick, but her face looked like her mother, and she was very delicate.

Zhao Qin's and Zhao Meng's smiled and looked at a few small jokes,

"Big brother, it's hard work at home," Zhao Lie looked at his eldest brother, Zhao Meng's figure is almost the same as Zhao Lie, three years older than Zhao Lie, Xu is disabled due to injury, his heart is not like a nineteen-year-old person, his demeanor is calm, but it is a pity that his right arm is stiff, which is sighing.

"Big brother, I hope to help me in the future,"

"Second brother is talking about refugees gathered outside the city," Zhao Meng asked inquiringly.

"Exactly, tens of thousands of Liao people will come to Weihai in the next few months, all of them are waiting to be replenished, my father asked Lord Wu for help in Dengzhou, and it is estimated that Lord Wu will be able to allocate some money and food, but in the future, the livelihood of these people will fall on my family." Zhao Lie replied.

"Lie'er, I think the refugees are also extremely miserable, but my Zhao family can't do it." Zhao Qin's family was extremely dissatisfied, after all, no matter how big the family business was, it couldn't stand the chewing grain of tens of thousands of refugees. "Lie'er, what do you father and son think, once my family can't help, and the Liao people cause trouble, it's a big deal, but how to end it." In the past few years, countless Liao people have fled to Shandong, and because they have no acres of land and lack of clothing, most of them have become homeless people, stealing chickens and dogs, selling children and daughters, and the impression of Shandong people on the Liao people is very bad, and there are conflicts from time to time. He is a military general, so he is not too afraid, but once he can't get help, tens of thousands of Liao people gather together to make trouble, which is very embarrassing.

"Mother, my family is a military general, this great merit is rewarded, the child may be in charge of a place, and my family can follow the example of Li Chengliang in Liaodong." Zhao Lie doesn't talk about it, just pick a head, and with his mother's shrewdness, he will understand.

"Oh." Zhao Qinshi really stopped thinking deeply, and after a while, "Yet, where does the food come from." Sure enough, Zhao Lie gave a thumbs up.

"Mother has a bright eye, and she sees the key points at a glance." Zhao Lie grinned and offered it.

"Little bastard, come less, talk quickly." Zhao Qin scolded with a smile.

"Yes," Zhao Lie replied solemnly. The speed of changing his face made his younger siblings laugh aside, and Zhao Meng was also helpless. "Coming from the sea, our sailors are strong and strong to protect the trade routes of the East China Sea, and the hard work is high, and the merchants of Japan, Korea and other countries should voluntarily donate to comfort our people."

Zhao Qin's family, Zhao Meng was immediately dumbfounded, and immediately, Zhao Qin's family grasped the main point again.

"It's not a provocation, it's a big crime."

"Set up a single fleet and do its job." Zhao Lie was confident.

"This." Zhao Qin's family seems to be clear but not clear.

"Mother, on my trip to the state, I met a missionary of Franc, who said that the kingdom of England formed a fleet, composed of officers and soldiers, and went out to become pirates, specializing in robbing the merchant ships of the enemy country Franc. The profits were huge, while the Furlong machine suffered heavy losses. Zhao Lie began to flicker.

"Really?" Zhao Qin was very puzzled, "Lie'er, don't coax your mother, this is a big matter related to the whole family." ”

"Yes, after all, it is a ** army, turning into a pirate, and the Chinese of the country can be so cheeky." Zhao Meng was also surprised and suspicious.

"It's true, I asked a few sailors of a Francois merchant ship, and it was true." Zhao Lie disagreed, turned into pirates, that's what Britain and France did, and in the future, they will open the door to China under the pretext of ** trade, and now the shamelessness is just a piece of cake.

"The Taixi countries are based on commerce, they will be profitable, they have huge fleets, they rob other countries of gold and silver everywhere, expand their own strength fleets, plunder the populations of other countries, become their own slaves, cultivate acres of land for themselves, and only give rations." Zhao Lie continued to flicker. "The King of England also conferred the title of Lord Pirate Chieftain, hereditary succession, and the Pirate Leader also joined the navy in the battle against the Francophone fleet."

Zhao Qin's and Zhao Meng's mouths were wide open, their eyes were wide open, and they were extremely surprised.

"This, this, is it true?" Zhao Qin stumbled.

"Mother, I have asked many people, one is the merchant sailor of Francie, the other is the sailor of the Dutch sailing ship of the other country of Tessie, and the answer is all true."

"It's, it's shameless." As the boss of the empire, the women of the Ming Dynasty who grew up under the influence of Confucianism are really speechless.

Zhao Meng was also stunned, as a Ming man who founded the country for thousands of years, he couldn't imagine the situation of the whole people not being faceless and expanding wildly.

This is generally shameless, and even more shameless is our eastern neighbor, who never tires of using excuses to find missing persons, and that is not to face to the extent of invincibility. Compared with this, Britain, France and the Netherlands still have a bit of a lower limit, although it is not much.

"At present, Cessie Franco, the Netherlands, England, and France have reached the southern part of our Ming Dynasty along the route of Zheng and Zheng Ye to the West, and many small countries in the South Seas that paid tribute to our Ming Dynasty at the beginning have been destroyed. Wealth is looted. Zhao Lie continued to add. The year before last, last year, the Dutch people also engaged in a battle with our Ming Fujian Naval Division, and both were defeated. ”

"Yes, my father said that the Fujian Navy Division fought with the Taixi Fleet the year before last," Zhao Meng remembered that Zhao Haiming said that almost no one knew about the interior of the Ming Dynasty, but as a Daming Navy Division, he still knew some news from the sea. "It turned out to be these countries."

"Oh," since there is a calm eldest son to testify, it seems that this is still true. Zhao Qin reluctantly accepted this unimaginable fact.

"However, this ship is also a hard-earned by Korean merchants and Japanese merchants, so it's no wonder that they can't bear it."

"Mother, this North Korea is a tribute to the Jiannu of Liaodong, and the Japanese slave Fan has been in my sea for more than 100 years, this is an enemy country, take the enemy's capital to fill my strength, great goodness." Zhao Lie continued to increase the weight.

"And this, I forgot, this slave is really hateful. Qi Ye is the one who fights the slaves," Zhao Qin suddenly realized, and finally figured it out. "So, is this possible?" The one at the helm finally relented.

Zhao Meng also nodded yes.

Zhao Lie breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he will be extremely busy in the future, there is a mother in the family, and it is still extremely necessary for the eldest brother to help, and the current refugee affairs must be the mother. So convincing my mother that my eldest brother is fully committed is a must.

"Second brother, can you take me to see the armor that captured Jiannu." Zhao Feng's eyes lit up.

"Okay, I'm going to the craftsman's workshop for something, let's go." Zhao Lie was also concerned about the water camp and responded.

Sister Zhao E didn't follow, so she wanted to follow, and Zhao Lie also agreed.

A family of four brothers and sisters looked at the armor of Jiannu supported by dozens of brackets on the field of the Sailor School, and there were a lot of big guns, maces, big knives, and knives placed below, and there were dark blood stains on the armor, as well as traces of slashing and axes, as well as smoky gray and black embellishments on it, dozens of armors set off the traces of the battlefield, Zhao Meng, Zhao Feng looked at it wordlessly, and even Zhao E was silent, raising a small face and looking at everything in front of him seriously.

Zhao Lie picked up a smooth knife with several gaps in the edge, under the sun, there were still a lot of black and red blood spots in the gaps, Zhao Lie looked at Zhao Meng, Zhao Feng, of course the two understood that this meant that this was a murder weapon full of Han blood.

Zhao Feng picked up a mace, and there was still some dried flesh on the head of the mace, and he couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach, and his face became ugly.

Zhao Lie looked at his eyes and sighed, but he didn't intervene, this is the purpose of Zhao Lie's Beijing view, to let all the officers and soldiers of the Weihai Weishui Division see the cruelty of this battlefield.

PS The Netherlands is the Netherlands, it should be the Kingdom of the Netherlands.