It is not the first time that Li Tengkong has returned to Lushun, whether it is to send Li Linfu to this time, or to visit relatives every year since then, she has been to Lushun a lot of times. But every time I come here, I feel a novelty, as if this new city changes every other night.

Even if she came to the funeral this time and was not in the mood to appreciate the current Lushun, she still couldn't help but take a breath

Dongmu County Wharf is probably the largest wharf in Datang, but compared with Lushun, it is still a lot worse. As far as she could see, there were at least twenty large ships and thirty or forty small and medium-sized ships, gathered in the harbor

"Those ships are our warships, ten over there." Ye Chang pointed to the southwesternmost boat lane.

The Liaodong Naval Division was subordinate to the Liaodong Marching Army's Governor's Office, with a personnel establishment of 3,000 men, and actually had more than 20 large and small warships, more than 50 fishing boats, and more than 60 fire attack ships. Its main warship was the "Lushun" ship, which was built only last year, and if this ship had been placed in another life, it would have been only a small ship with a displacement of 250 tons, but at this time, it was a behemoth on the sea.

In addition to the sailors, Lushun also has a shipping administration, trade and commerce bureau, with more than 30 large and small merchant ships, five of which are dedicated to running the route from Lushun to Dongmu, which transports people and goods, and five are running the inland shipping lanes of the Bohai Sea. Five ships were parked in the harbor as a maneuver, and the remaining fifteen ships were to run the long-distance trade routes of Silla, Japan, and Mingzhou, and the longest of them was a direct trip from Lushun to Guangzhou, which took half a year.

The arrival of Ye Chang and Li Tengkong did not cause any commotion on the dock, and the Lushun Pier was too busy, although they were on a special boat, it would not attract too much attention.

It was Ye Ying who came to greet Ye Chang.

"The situation is okay, how is my father-in-law?" Knowing that Li Tengkong was concerned about his deceased father, Ye Changcai helped Li Tengkong to step onto land, and asked Ye Ying.

"County ......"

"You still call me Eleven Lang, you and I are of the same race, and we are not ordinary from outsiders."

"Yes" Ye Ying perked up, and there was a smile on his face.

Ye An, Ye Ying, and Ye Ting were the first of the Ye family's nephews to come to Ye Chang's side, and now except for Ye An, who is still staying in Chang'an, they are the central figures of this small political group, Ye Ying and Ye Ting have all gone outside. If they are not together, they will inevitably be a little estranged, but Ye Chang is just a title, which makes Ye Ying feel that the estrangement is completely gone.

"The old minister was buried ten days ago, and on an auspicious day, he was buried in Hongfengling, which is the place where the eleventh man came back to accompany the old minister. I invited the Taoist chief and the senior monk to go over, and there were tens of thousands of people who were buried ......"

After telling the scene at that time, Li Tengkong listened to it and couldn't help crying again.

"Kong Niang, don't be sad, birth, old age, sickness and death, it is the right thing in the world, the father-in-law is too old, the world is glorious and rich, what he has not enjoyed at this time, it is also joy and mourning, if you are always crying like this, it will make the old man's spirit in the sky uneasy." Ye Chang comforted.

Li Tengkong also knew that the dock was not a place to cry, so he endured his grief, asked some details, and after thanking Ye Ying, he and Ye Chang got into the carriage that was ready for Lu.

The streets of Lushun are not inferior to Chang'an, spacious and smooth. Ye Chang considered that in the future, they were all built in width, and in his imagination, even if it was another twenty years, the streets here would not seem narrow. The carriage left the dock and drove onto the main road, he saw Ye Ying, who was sitting opposite the car, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" ”

"Recently, the news of the old minister's immortal has spread, and there are many people from all walks of life who have come here, and some of them have bad intentions, and there are at least three groups of such people on the dock. There are those from the Bohai Sea, those from Silla, and those sent by An Lushan, and there are also some scattered people who are not to be worried. The people sent by An Lushan were quite honest, but the Silla and Bohai Sea jumped up and down, and there were too many people they sent. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Ying paused, and then said, "On a Silla ship, a bow and a sword were found. ”

In order to cultivate the folk martial arts, Lushun does not ban swords, but forbids bows and crossbows. Only those who have the certificate of the hunter can buy a bow and crossbow, and the arrows used must also be made by the Arthur Iron Workshop, and they must be numbered. If you want to practice bows and crossbows in regimental training, you must go to the regimental training missions in each county, collect them in a unified manner, and take them back after the training. Arrow clusters should be counted and inspected regularly to prevent them from flowing out. The weapons made by the Lushun Iron Workshop were far superior to those of Silla, and it was impossible to buy shoddy goods from Silla, and the other party entered Lushun by ship with a sword, and its intentions were clearly revealed.

"If it weren't for the fact that we occupy too much land and have too little population now, I'll go and destroy it" Ye Chang snorted: "How did you deal with it?" ”

"Loose on the outside and tight on the inside, everyone in the group has someone to watch, so that they don't have a chance to take advantage of it. When they were at the docks, they were still honest. ”

"Hmm, flies and mosquitoes, kill a batch and come again, you keep an eye on it, the academy and the workshop, be careful not to let them steal it." Ye Chang didn't doubt anything else, but just pointed out a few key points.

After his carriage left, at the edge of the dock, a group of Silla merchants who had been gathered slowly left

"The dog who followed us, did you come too?" Seeing that there were all his own people around, one of the Silla people said in a low voice.

"Yes, over there, there are three, Lushun is willing to pay the capital and use three people to keep an eye on us."

"It's the same if you want to come to the Bohai people...... Ye Chang must have a headache, since Lushun is a shopping mall, he must open the door to welcome customers, and he can't close the door to welcome evil guests like us...... Hahaha, I'm afraid that those dogs today are scared of us, seeing so many people gathered in one place, I'm afraid that I will think that I want to deal with Ye Chang."

Everyone laughed, they were ordered to come here, and they were not afraid of Lushun's arrest at all, because they didn't make any other moves except for being sneaky, even if Lushun arrested them, what could they do?

"Rest for the night first, and then go to Red Maple Ridge?" On the carriage, seeing Li Tengkong's tired face, Ye Chang asked

"No need, Ye Lang, thank you for your hard work, send me to Hongfeng Ridge today." Li Tengkong's eyes were a little hollow.

Ye Chang only said that she missed her father, so she didn't say anything more, and the carriage left the Lushunfang area, headed northwest, and turned into the mountain road. It is said that it is a mountain road, because it is connected to the salt works, so the road is also neatly built, the middle of the road is hardened with cement, and the carriage does not run bumpy. After about two quarters of an hour, we came to a mountain ridge full of maple trees, and it was not yet autumn, so the maple leaves were not red, but still green.

The mountain peaks are beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, and when the carriage turns into the path, the greenery completely blocks out the sun, and there is no feeling of heat at all.

After walking a short distance, they entered a valley where birds chirped and the mountain breeze blew. A flat land facing south in the north of the valley is Li Linfu's cemetery, a generation of power traitors, and he can be good Finally, it can be regarded as his son-in-law's blessing.

There is a grass house in front of the tomb, Li Xiu, Li Yu and others are here to stay and guard, seeing the carriage coming, although they did not come out, they all sent their families to ask each other. When he knew that Ye Chang and Li Tengkong were here, they came out to greet each other, and when they saw their brothers, Li Tengkong cried bitterly again, and he didn't mention it.

"The husband still has affairs to deal with, and he can't stay here for a long time, and the concubine has not been able to fulfill her filial piety in front of her father's knees, so she is willing to live here and keep her father's tomb for a while." After the worship was over, Li Tengkong pulled Ye Chang aside, his eyes were hazy, he looked at him and said: "Since the concubine knows that the Tao has always been, Lang Jun has been very indulgent to the concubine, and I only ask Lang Jun to condone the concubine again this time......

Ye Chang tidied up her somewhat messy hair a little, and sighed: "Originally, I was supposed to accompany you here, but those grains are important, and I have to think of ways to deal with them now...... Well, my wife will be here for a few days, and I will come to see you in a few days. ”

He knew that Li Tengkong was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, since he said so, he had made up his mind, so he didn't persuade him much, but just explained to Li Xiu, Li Yu and others, and asked them to take care of Li Tengkong. Fortunately, the weather is warm at this time, and even if you live together, you are not afraid of the cold. He also instructed a few servant women to be more careful, and Ye Chang saw that it was not early, so he said goodbye to Li Tengkong and turned around and got into the carriage.

Li Tengkong ran two steps behind the carriage, and when she saw Ye Chang poking her head out and waving at her, she stretched out her hand and waved it lightly.

The carriage returned to the main road along the path, and Ye Chang took the opportunity to close his eyes and rest for a while.

Li Linfu's death did not have much impact on him, and he was still thinking about the arrangement of those crops from the Americas. Although there are dozens of stones, the quantity is not a lot, and Wang Yujing also preserves them very well, but after all, it has passed the agricultural time, whether these seeds are okay or not, he also needs to personally go to the inspection

As he pondered this, he noticed that the carriage had suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Ye Chang asked.

"A tree fell down in front of you, blocking the way." Ye Ying got out of the car and took a look, then responded outside.

"Trees?" Ye Chang frowned, when they came over just now, the road was still good, how could there be a tree to stop it now.

"Protect the carriage" Ye Ying also felt that something was wrong, and said to those guards.

At the same time, he secretly felt in his heart that this was indeed a place that was not well thought out

The previous activity of those meticulous works made him focus on Lushun City, but he forgot that when Ye Chang came here, he must have come to worship Li Linfu, so this road is the only way for him

It was also because of the worship, and it was Lushun under his control, so there were not many guards around Ye Chang, only more than 20 people.

At this moment, I heard a "zheng" sound.

It was the sound of a crossbow machine

A powerful crossbow burst through the air and pierced the carriage, followed by two more bolts into the carriage

The guards of the "County Prince" surrounded the carriage with their bodies, and their reaction was not slow, but as soon as the carriage stopped, as soon as Ye Ying spoke, the crossbow bolt flew over, no matter how fast the reaction was, it was impossible to be so timely

Thus, when the opponent's second wave of crossbow bolts hit, two branches were screened, and the other branch was blocked by one of the guards with his own body.

They were wearing armor, and the armor specially made by Lushun had a very high defense against arrows, so although the crossbow bolt broke through the armor and inserted it into his body, it did not penetrate his body, and it could only be said to be a traumatic injury.

However, everyone is not concerned about this, but Ye Chang. Just now three crossbow arrows penetrated into the carriage, and I don't know if Ye Chang inside was injured.

"I'm fine." Ye Chang said in the carriage: "Capture the assassin"

Ye Ying was originally terrified, but when she heard this, she remembered that Ye Chang's carriage was not an ordinary carriage. The exterior is wooden, but inside it is a thin steel plate embedded in it, and then covered with a layer of skin, which makes it more defensive than a normal shield.

So although those crossbows were crossbows, although they pierced into the carriage, they did not penetrate the carriage, only a branch that penetrated the window shot into the carriage, but the position of the carriage window was at a certain angle to the position where Ye Chang was sitting, unless Ye Chang just stretched out his head to look at the car at that time, he couldn't shoot Ye Chang at all.

Just now, he is also concerned about chaos.

"Catch the Assassin"

Rao is like this, Ye Ying is still annoyed and angry, Ye Chang arranged him in Lushun for nothing, doesn't he think he is loyal and reliable, but in his jurisdiction, there is such a problem, how can he explain to Ye Chang?

Half of the guards were divided and chased towards the place where the crossbow bolts were fired, which was only a dozen paces away, and the number of opponents was not large. After a while, a cry was heard, and the guards dragged the three bodies back to the road

"Why didn't you leave a single one alive?" Ye Ying was angry again.

"It's the dead, they killed themselves." The guards who went to capture people also felt helpless.

"Don't admit yourself." Ye Chang snorted: "Move away the branches and continue"

Six guards stepped forward to help the coachman move the branches, Ye Ying got into the car, and looked at Ye Chang with a guilty face: "Eleven Lang, it's my fault, I was too negligent......"

"You're negligent." Ye Chang was also a little dissatisfied: "After I go back, I will send more people here, and I will be disturbed by the empty mother, don't tell her about my assassination." In addition, those cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in Lushun will clean up and kill those who have evidence, and expel those who have no evidence."

Ye Ying responded, knowing that Ye Chang was really angry.

"Li Yuan, you write it down, and when you go back, you will send a messenger out of Lu, so that Luo Jiuhe and Ye Ting will pay attention, maybe there will be a change between the Bohai Kingdom and Silla."

"What about An Lushan?" Ye Ying asked a little eagerly.

Ye Chang was irritated by Xing, and it was not difficult to judge from his tone that he might have to punish Bohai and Silla to a certain extent. It is inevitable that Liaodong is too short of labor, especially in the hard and high-risk industry such as mining, which basically uses foreign prisoners of war. Among the prisoners of war captured by Ye Chang in the eleventh year of Tianbao, nearly 10,000 people worked in the iron mines, coal mines, and quartz mines in eastern Liaodong. Ye Ying had long wanted to find an excuse to continue fighting outside.

Ye Ying also wants to be able to lead the army alone, for example, against An Lushan.

"An Lushan......" Ye Chang frowned.

Perhaps it is the original inertia of history, Ye Chang's victory in Anxi has made An Lushan's status in Li Longji's heart higher and higher, Li Longji is obviously balancing Ye Chang's influence with An Lushan and other Hu futures, other Han generals, Li Longji can't believe it Therefore, An Lushan now has nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, and half a river and half a province of financial support, and the actual strength should be about 180,000.

"If An Lushan makes any moves, he will naturally leave it to me." Ye Chang became more and more dissatisfied with An Lushan's existence, so he said.