"Anton" is the second generation of seagoing ships built by Ye Chang's dockyard, compared with the previous two, not only the load is larger, but also the speed has been improved. Therefore, the five-hundred-mile voyage from Dongmu to Lushun took only two days.

In the middle, anchored on a small island unknown to Wang Changling, Wang Changling noticed that a simple wharf was being built on this island, and I heard that it was also done by the Anton Chamber of Commerce, and planned to set up a lighthouse here and send people to guard it

When the ship entered the port of Lushun, it happened to see two sea ships going to sea one after the other, the former was similar in style to the "Anton", and the other was an ordinary Datang-made sea ship.

"Ha Luha, that stupid fish really doesn't know whether to live or die" Seeing this scene, Ye An, who was introducing the situation of Lushun to Wang Changling, couldn't help laughing.

"The stupid fish that Ye Yuyu said?"

"The ship behind us, the ship that is with us, wants to find the proud country." Ye An couldn't help laughing: "The generous profit of glass has attracted a lot of characters." ”

"It turned out to be for glass, that's nature, I'm far away in Jiangning, and I heard that some Jiangning businessmen went to Chang'an to buy, and they were willing to exchange their gold for a set of glassware."

Ye An smiled, as Ye Chang's henchman, he was one of the few people who knew the truth about the glass of the Dao. However, he would not mention this matter to Wang Changling, but pointed to the two ships in front and behind: "Along the way, the prince has taken our ship, and you know the biggest difference between our ship and that old ship, right?" ”

"Fast, steady."

"Exactly, the ship wants to chase our ship to find out where is the country of Aolai, isn't it a turtle chasing a war horse?

Wang Changling smiled slightly, but did not agree.

"This to the north is the capital, and now it is all dilapidated, and there are not many people living there." Ye An pointed to the north and said, "Only some Goguryeo, Buyeo and Silla people still live here, and they stubbornly refuse to naturalize, so they can only fend for themselves." ”

"Oh...... It's just that people's hearts are insufficient, I have seen Ye Sima's side strategy, and he said that Siyi is jealous of my wealth in China, and will have the heart of plundering and killing

"Why not, in March this year, Shiyi Lang went to Chang'an, and the bold ones among these widows wanted to get up and make trouble, connecting several places...... didn't know that Eleven Lang had already confessed when he left, just waiting for them. On that day, he killed 100 heads, and ordered more than 1,000 people to serve hard labor, but there were more prisoners who only used to take care of food."

Ye An was murderous when he talked about this, and at the same time with a kind of arrogance, Wang Changling was spinning around the side plug, dyed by this momentum, his hand slapped the side of the boat, and said loudly: "When it is like an ear, a man should be like an ear"

"Eleven Lang also said the same, the barbarians are not as good as the villains among the Han people, the villains are afraid of power but not virtue, and the barbarians are first afraid of power and then Huaide, and want to make them obey and make them obey"

Lushun Port is still only newly built, and it is not much better than Dongmu Port, but the vacant land opened up can show Ye Chang's ambition for future planning. As the boat landed, Ye An suddenly let out a "huh", and his expression became a little serious.

"What's wrong?"

"Something is wrong on the docks, something seems to be wrong." Ye An said, and then smiled again: "But the prince doesn't have to worry, we are now full of soldiers and food, and there is nothing to stop us."

Having said that, after Ye An landed on the land, he still grabbed one person and asked, "What's wrong, the flag of Class B security was hung out?" ”

"The Khitans have called, and they have arrived in Jian'an City"

When Ye An heard this, he was not surprised: "It's finally here, I have long said that they are coming, and I have waited for more than half a year, and I have only arrived now."

"Khitans?" Wang Changling next to him was shocked: "Why are they here?" ”

"An Lushan can't stop them, so they naturally rushed to Liaodong" Ye An was very disdainful when he mentioned An Lushan: "But at the beginning of the year, I heard that they defeated the Pinglu army, and a group of more than 20,000 people entered Xinchengzhou, and they began to be on guard at that time, but they turned around in Gaimu Prefecture and never went south." ”

Ye An's answer was very rough, it was a matter of military strategy, even if Ye Chang respected Wang Changling very much, but Ye An did not dare to tell him before he was authorized.

Wang Changling didn't ask in detail, and asked another question: "What is the matter with the B-level alert that Fang just mentioned?" ”

"Do you see that flag?" Ye An pointed to an orange flag floating in the sky.

The flag was waving in the wind, like an orange, and the flag was embroidered with a B character, seeing this, Wang Changling suddenly realized: "Then there must be a grade A and a grade?" ”

"Yes, if it's a blue flag, it means it's safe; If it is a yellow flag, it is a C grade, and officials at all levels need to be in their own positions, and they are not allowed to wander and rest; If it is an orange flag, it is Class B, and all personnel are canceled and returned to duty; If it is a red flag, it is an emergency alert, a street ban is imposed, and all entertainment is suspended. If there are three red flags, it is 100,000 urgent, and all civilians need to report to their so-called Zhichong Mansion to receive weapons and tasks. ”

Speaking of this, Ye An saw that Wang Changling was a little nervous, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, the three red flags of 100,000 are urgent, and they have never appeared, even if they are red flags, I have never seen them - only when the thieves attack Lushun, will there be three red flags." The thieves are still in Jian'an City, and the Goguryeo people in Jian'an City are blocking them, and our side is just preparing for war. ”

"I don't know how many people there are in Khitan."

"I'll tell the prince about this later." Ye An smiled: "Please come with me." ”

Crossing the cement road leading to the port, Ye An led Wang Changling to a house. It is a two-story building, resembling a courtyard house, which is now the political center of Lushun and the residence of Ye Chang.

When I went up to the second floor, I heard footsteps, and then Ye Chang appeared in front of Wang Changling.

"I just heard that the prince is coming, and he is waiting to come out to greet him" Ye Chang smiled and said: "The prince should not blame me for being negligent."

Wang Changling thanked him and looked at Ye Chang. Compared with the last time they met in Luoyang, Ye Chang's biggest change is that he has grown a light beard, but in addition, he is as good as in the past. In him, there is no arrogance brought about by the change of status.

Cen Shen next to him also met Wang Changling, Ye Chang took Wang Changling's arm and invited him into his office: "Where it is simple, please don't blame the prince." ”

Wang Changling looked around, this office is not big, the furnishings are very simple, just a few desks and chairs. But the surroundings are very bright, the lime on the walls is very uniform, and the cement on the floor is very clean.

"This is Ye Sima's office?" Wang Changling felt a little incredible: "How to try the case here?"

"The trial place is next door, but for ordinary cases, I don't have to try them, and I have Brother Zhang to do it for me."

"Jang Ho?"

"Exactly, my side is acting quite differently from the Central Plains, and the personnel are not prepared, so there is something inadequate." Ye Chang said with a smile.

Judicial power has always been an important power in the hands of magistrates, and the concentration of judicial power and administrative power in the hands of magistrates will inevitably lead to the lack of control over magistrates. Therefore, Ye Chang has changed slightly in Jili Prefecture, and the trial power is currently exercised by Zhang Hao, but the final trial power is in his own hands.

However, Zhang Hao is not the most understood candidate for judge in Ye Chang's mind, and now because of the lack of manpower in his hands, he is just acting for a while.

"Ye Sima always acts with ......ingenuity," Wang Changling said casually, and he didn't know whether to praise or satirize.

He hesitated a little and fell into Ye Chang's eyes, Ye Chang smiled and said: "If the prince has anything to say, just say it, here, there is no taboo in everything he says." ”

"So...... I want to know what the relationship between Ye Sima and Li Xianggong is. Wang Changling stared at Ye Changdao.

Although he is determined to help Ye Chang and realize his life's ambitions, there is one more thing that bothers him, that is, the relationship between Ye Chang and Li Linfu. Although Cen Shen repeatedly explained in the letter that Ye Chang was not the real Li Linfu party, but Li Linfu deliberately used him, Wang Changling still wanted to get his personal confirmation from Ye Chang.

Ye Chang was a little surprised: "I have a relationship with Li Xianggong...... When the prince asked, I answered truthfully. I was originally recommended by He Gong and Li Shizhi, but Li Shizhi didn't need it, but his son insulted me. Later, I was ordered to serve in front of the Longyou Army, and the Emperor Fu only knew that he wanted to harm me in the army, but caused the prison army to make Bian Lingcheng die, Li Linfu learned of this, and he wanted to use me to counter the Emperor Fu Weiming, and I had to seek self-preservation, which was the beginning of my relationship with Li Linfu. ”

Wang Changling was silent when he heard this: the rumors are misleading, and this is another one.

"Later, Li Yong was greedy for my belongings and wanted to take away my ship, so I borrowed Li Linfu to get rid of it, and Li Linfu also borrowed my hand to get rid of the trouble of my henchmen." Ye Chang said again: "Now that I have come to Liaodong, there is no one in the court, and I have to marry Li Linfu to ask for Austrian aid." I only want to seek immortals overseas, but I can't bear the fertile soil of Liaodong, which is completely stained by the blood, so I recover the land of Jilizhou and follow the side strategy I proposed when I talked to the princes that day. ”

"The prince asked Ye Sima about the relationship with Li Linfu, but what did he mean?" Cen saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, so he asked.

"The old man and the late minister Zhang Jiuling were kind, Zhang Jiuling was framed for Li Linfu and resigned, and the old man had a lot of grievances, so he was demoted out of Chang'an and lived in Lingnan." Wang Changling said in a deep voice: "This is an old thing, and you two may not know it." ”

"I see" Ye Chang and Cen Shen glanced at each other, and finally understood why Wang Changling hesitated, he and Li Linfu still had such a holiday

Now in the eyes of the world, Ye Chang is an out-and-out Li Linfu party, if Wang Changling hadn't stayed in Jiangning and was really aggrieved, he would definitely not come to work for Ye Chang.

"Prince, I'll tell you the truth, whether the prince comes or not, in a short period of time, I must maintain a cooperative relationship with Li Linfu, and sometimes I have to use it for him." Ye Chang saluted Wang Changling: "Please forgive me." ”

Wang Changling said with some bitterness: "Don't dare, don't dare, you have the sincerity of the king, and you are willing to serve...... It's just that I don't know what happened to the old man? ”

"Deputy envoy of Jili Prefecture Yingtian." Ye Chang said: "This is an official position granted by the imperial court, but we ourselves have a yamen here, called the Department of Persuading Agriculture, and we need a director." ”

"Persuade the agricultural division?"

"Exactly, in charge of agricultural administration, agriculture is the foundation of the country, no agriculture is unstable, persuading farmers to care for the people, all in this department."

Using Wang Changling as the secretary of the Department of Persuasion, Ye Chang was after thinking about it, after all, Wang Changling is older, and it is impossible for a person who is over half a hundred years old to let him go with the army to act as a staff member, and his personality is not suitable for getting along with his colleagues, but this Department of Persuading Agriculture can give full play to his strengths from the bottom.

Wang Changling will not be sad about persuading the Department of Agriculture to be in charge of general affairs rather than the important position, he is more concerned about what the Department of Agriculture should do. After hearing his question, Ye Chang explained: "The agricultural affairs of Jili Prefecture are all under the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture. The distribution of Yongye fields, the cultivation and promotion of grain seeds, the purchase and storage of grain, the improvement and innovation of agricultural tools, and the ...... of livestock husbandry"

He talked about a bunch of affairs in a row, but Wang Changling's original serious face gradually smiled: the more detailed Ye Chang said, the more he paid attention to these affairs, and it was even very likely that before he came, Ye Chang himself was in charge of these things.

After saying this, Ye Chang added: "Now that the autumn harvest is over, there are two things to do to persuade the agricultural department to do in addition to what Fang just said. The first is to take advantage of this season to build water conservancy, build dams to store water, and dig ditches to prepare for floods and droughts; The second is to make planning preparations for the coming year's cultivation...... In particular, the promotion of cotton and the cultivation of rice. ”

"Rice? Cotton? "Wang Changling is surprised.

"I have been in Liaodong for more than a year, and the climate of Liaodong makes it no problem to grow a season of rice." Ye Chang said with a smile: "It's just that rice needs water and land, and what kind of rice is suitable for Liaodong, these need to be explored, so I advise the agricultural department to prepare for the trial planting of rice in the coming year in the autumn and winter season." As for cotton, the clothes on my brother and I are all woven of cotton cloth, and this year cotton will also be collected, and I instructed the prince to show the whole process of cotton picking, deseeding, spinning and weaving, and the prince will know that this thing is far better than hemp. ”

For Wang Changling, these things are much more interesting than his anger in Jiang Ningcheng's position, he fished and farmed at home when he was a teenager, and he was no stranger to these.

"There are also princely salaries, and there are two salaries, one is issued according to the imperial court system, and the other is paid by the Liaodong Governor's Office." Ye Chang smiled and said: "The prince is a gentleman, and he is ashamed to mention things, but I can't let the prince just live without eating...... I can't move the part of the imperial court system, but the part of the Liaodong Governor's Office, let's take it according to me. ”

"This is a tall ...... Brother Zhang and I" Cen Shen said half-truthfully: "Prince, you should set up a wine banquet to congratulate us."

Wang Changling didn't know what the number was compared to Ye Chang, Cen saw that he was a little inexplicable, so he stretched out three fingers: "If you earn three hundred yuan a month, you will have ten thousand yuan of family wealth in three years."

This figure surprised Wang Changling: Why is the salary in Jili Prefecture completely converted according to money, rather than grain and cloth?

He was still waiting to ask again, just at this time, the sound of hurried footsteps came, Wang Changling looked over there, and saw a man in iron armor coming over: "Sima, the whole army has been prepared, please give an order"

Ye Chang confessed his guilt to Wang Changling, and then turned back to Cen Shen and said, "Brother Cen, you will receive the prince first, and I will be absent first." ”

Seeing Ye Chang hurriedly leaving, Wang Changling still didn't hold back, and asked Cen Shen, "This is?" ”

"There's going to be a war," Cen replied.