In Dinghai Port, the west wind has gradually become fierce, and the waves are not small. The wooden boats in the harbor fluctuated in bursts of waves. Ten galleys had already pulled anchor and left the port. Patrol in line outside Dinghai Harbor and be on guard in all directions. They were guarding against a possible attack by the Pujia fleet.

On the pier, two men in Confucian robes walked along, and at each passing point, they were saluted by officers and soldiers on guard. These two people, one is the envoy of the north, and Chen Dexing, the envoy of Haidong and Liaodong. There is also a person who is the judge of Haidong and Liaodong Jiedu, and now Zhao Fu, Chen Dexing's chief staff.

Zhao Fu has been in the north for more than 20 years, and he is a famous Confucian, so naturally he has many disciples, among whom there are also students from Goryeo - Goryeo Wenchen is also a Confucian student, and he is close to Mongolia, so it is not surprising that he sent his disciples to Yanjing. Through these Goryeo students, Zhao Fu also knew a lot of the inside story of Wang's Goryeo.

"Sir, who do you say is easier to cooperate with, the civil officials and military ministers of Goryeo?"

"Then it depends on what the general wants to do?" Zhao Fu pondered and said, "If the general wants to unite the Sanbei army to fight against the Mongols, he will naturally have to cooperate with the Goryeo military ministers." If the general just wants to use Goryeo as a source of food, then it will be a trouble to copy the army! ”

"Trouble?"

"Of course it's trouble! Because the third ∫ don't copy the army is the real master of Goryeo. Zhao Fu said with a smile, "The civil and military disputes in Goryeo have a long history, but for more than a hundred years, it has been the military ministers who have overwhelmed the civil and official control of the state. The benefits of a country are all owned by military ministers, and civil officials do not eat some leftovers. ”

"It's the opposite of our Great Song?"

"This ...... In fact, the civil servants of Goryeo are not quite the same as the civil officials here here, they do not have a formal imperial examination there (Wang's Goryeo has an irregular imperial examination), and most of the civil officials who can be civil officials are the children of the family. Similar to our Han and Jin dynasties. And when a military minister is not so particular about his background, ordinary people can be promoted by joining the army. Therefore, the civil officials of Goryeo have always looked down on the military generals. The military ministers hated the civilian officials. Between the two, there is a clear distinction. It's hard to blend. ”

Chen Dexing smiled faintly: "We're like this here, right?" Now I don't know how many civil officials in the DPRK want to eat a certain family alive! ”

"But my scribes of the Great Song Dynasty still know about Huayi's debate, and they also know that they want to protect the Han family. However, their Goryeo civil officials only wanted to restore their former status, and did not hesitate to collude with the Mongols, instigate a military mutiny, and kill the leader of the anti-Mongolian faction, Choi Zhu! ”

"The civil officials of the DPRK and China will not collude with Mongolia? I'm afraid not! Chen Dexing just shook his head and did not continue the topic, "Sir, what do you mean...... Goryeo's civil officials were easier to deal with? ”

Zhao Fu smiled: "It's not easy, it's just that Goryeo Wenchen is willing to cooperate with foreign enemies but is pro-Mongolian." Although the Goryeo military ministers were generally anti-Mongolian, they were capricious...... Kim In-jun and Lin Yan, who are now in power. In the past, they were all ministers of the Cui family. Without them to exterminate the Choi clan, how could Goryeo become a Mongol vassal? ”

"Then one day I will ask Mr. to send an envoy to Goryeo, and Mr. is going to lobby the military minister or the civil official?"

Zhao Fu stroked his beard and smiled: "Naturally, I have to say it...... Shop around! However, who to cooperate with depends on what the general wants to do with Goryeo. ”

Chen Dexing nodded and smiled: "Then there is Mr. Lao!" ”

……

On the surface of the Taiwan Strait, night has gradually fallen, and hundreds of sailing ships of all kinds are plowing white waves on the sea. Among the boats are Western-style Arabian spinnales and Chinese-style schooners. In front of them, there were also light clippers patrolling around for reconnaissance. See merchant ships coming and going. They all drove east into the deep sea.

On every ship of the boat group, the green crescent flag is hung - this is the flag of the Pujia family in Quanzhou!

Now the entire Taiwan Strait is the world of the Pu family, with 18 Arabian spinnains. More than 200 Chinese-style schooners of the Pu family, as well as 3 or 400 pirate ships of the pirates invited by the Pu family, almost covered a large area of the ocean.

Inside the cabin of the largest Arabian dhow, the "True God Great". There was a burst of bright music. Pu Shougeng and Liu Xiaoyuan are admiring a few delicate looks. The graceful Tianzhu dancer is performing the "Eighteen Heavenly Demon Dance". This is a Buddhist tantric dance that appears in the boat of the Tianfang cultist Pu Shou Geng. But it's somewhat incongruous.

Liu Xiaoyuan seemed a little absent-minded, just frowned, and didn't pay much attention to the extremely tempting movements of the dancers.

"Brother Mingjing, they are all noble daughters of the Tianzhu Polo Kingdom, and one of them is still their royal daughter!"

Pu Shougeng smiled proudly, revealing not lewdness, but a victor's posture.

"The princess?" Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, "This can also be bought?" Brother Haiyun wasn't deceived by human traffickers, right? ”

"You can't be wrong!" Pu Shougeng said with a smile, "Their Polo Kingdom has been destroyed by the Tianfang Sect King of Tianzhu because of its belief in Buddhism!" These women, the wives and daughters of the remnants of the Baltic Kingdom, had recently been captured by the army of the Delhi Sultan and sold in the market and bought by my servants. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan frowned slightly: "A princess and daughter, reduced to this ......"

Pu Shougeng said with a smile: "These women are all perfect, and I want to dedicate them to the Great Khan." ”

"Oh, the Great Khan will love it." Liu Xiaoyuan gently turned the wine glass in his hand, "However, what the Great Khan wants most is Chen Dexing's head!" ”

When the two were talking, they walked into the bow of a boat wrapped in a white cloth, glanced coldly at Liu Xiaoyuan, who was dressed as a Confucian student, and then muttered a lot in Arabic before bowing and retiring.

Pu Shougeng laughed: "Good news, Chen Dexing's people are still on board...... There are about 100,000 people, and hundreds or thousands of ships of all kinds! ”

"100,000 people?" Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Most of them are coerced people, right? ”

Pu Shougeng smiled: "They are all my slaves!" ”

"Slaves?"

Pu Shougeng shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Slaves are the best commodity!" More profitable than spices, silk, and tea combined. The craftsmen of Nanban are the best slave laborers, and my workshop in Quanzhou needs a lot of slave labor! The women of Nanban have a unique charm, in Tianzhu, in the big food will sell at sky-high prices! The farmers in Nanban are the most industrious, and with them, I can run a plantation in Nanban. I don't think the Great Mongols would object to Quanzhou turning into a slave trade market, right? ”

"Of course, of course I don't object." Liu Xiaoyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "We also have slave traders in Great Mongolia. But the Mongols were not allowed to be sold as slaves. ”

"There will be no Mongol slaves in Quanzhou!" Pu Shougeng patted his chest and promised, "Quanzhou only produces slaves from the Southern Barbarians!" ”

Liu Xiaoyuan was always a little resistant to the slave trade, shook his head and said, "Don't talk about this...... Where are your people going to start? Don't let Chen Dexing run away, taking down Chen Dexing's head is the most important thing! ”

"I can't run!" Pu Shougeng said with a smile, "Chen Dexing's boat is full of people and goods, and it can't run fast at all!" Looking at the current situation, we can go around to the east of him and intercept his fleet! ”

……

"General, the Pu family has invested heavily this time, and they have gathered more than 600 large sea ships, I am afraid there are 70,000 or 80,000 people!"

Chen Dexing had already boarded the Haitian galleys at this time, and the narrow cabin was crowded with officers, all around a spread chart. The location of the Pujia fleet has been marked on the chart, and it is only more than 100 miles away from Dinghai.

"Seventy or eighty thousand? The strength of the Pu family is not small! Chen Dexing was also a little surprised in his heart, although he also concentrated 100,000 people in Dinghai, most of them were civilians, and less than 30,000 could fight. Among them, those who could fight naval battles were the 7,000 people brought by Chen Dexing from Shazhou and the 3,000 people brought by Zhou Xiaoqi, a total of no more than 10,000 people.

"Most of them are boat bandits and pirates hired for money, and the Pu family has a maximum of 10,000 people. It's just that they have eighteen spinnales that are very powerful, and they are all white and black warriors, and they are quite famous in the southern sea! ”

Huang Zhishen analyzed the reality of the Pu family's fleet, and his family is also a maritime businessman, so he certainly understands the reality of his competitors.

"General, it is better to leave the merchant ships in Dinghai and concentrate the warships to fight them! Although there are only 27 warships in our warship, they are all big ships, and they will not suffer a loss in fighting! The matter of water warfare does not depend on many ships, no matter how many ships there are, they can only come up in a few or a few, and if you want to besiege one of ten, eight or eight, you can't put it away. ”

Wang Zisheng poked twice with a finger as thick as a carrot on the chart, and said: "Actually, what is powerful is the 18 triangular sails, which are all a piece of ordnance!" But we also have a three-bow bed crossbow god arm bow now, who is afraid of whom! ”

Chen Dexing waved his hand and said, "You can't leave the merchant ships behind, there aren't so many merchant ships, and those pirates hired by the Pu family are boring!" He slammed the table, "The Pu family has a lot of boats, and they must want to intercept us!" That's right, let them go to the east...... So the upper hand is in our hands! ”

He looked at Wang Zisheng, "Zisheng, this time you come to cover the merchant fleet, and I will use my 11 galleys for the naval battle...... You see how I fought naval battles! ”

"11 boats? General, the Pu family has more than 600 boats! Wang Zisheng grinned and looked at Chen Dexing in disbelief.

The old brothers around Chen Dexing laughed and laughed: "Self-sufficiency, haven't you already said that there are many boats that are useless?" ”

"yes, you just wait to see us break 500 in 11!"

Chen Dexing smiled coldly: "I don't want to break 500, but none of Pu Shougeng's 18 spinnales want to slip away from my hands!" He stretched out a slap and squeezed it hard, as if he was going to crush Pu Shougeng's head. This time, Lao Tzu is going to beat the Pu family in front of a group of boat bandits and pirates, so that they all have long eyes and know who is the overlord on this sea! ”