Luoyang City Copper Camel Fang, with Luoshui on its back, is the Shen family's house.

Strictly speaking, this is a "big" family house, after Zuo Luo weighed the system, the barbarians did not know the etiquette, with "big" as the surname, and Damen Yi as his son, naturally the surname was also "big", and it was passed on to Shen Xi's generation, before he changed his surname, and the surname "Shen" has its own meaning.

With a smile on his face, Shen Xi broke free from the encirclement of Yingying Yanyan and came to a small temple in the courtyard alone.

He did not enter the temple, and he prayed silently for a moment, and when it was over, his face became dark. Perhaps only when he is alone will his taste of the prodigal child be fully subdued, and replaced by a kind of profundity.

Just then, he heard footsteps outside. The moment Shen Xi turned his head, there was a smile on his face again.

"Lang Jun, Ye Langjun, who has returned to our house, asks to see you." The butler who came hung his head and said.

"Ye Langjun...... Ye Chang? ”

"Exactly."

"Heh, he's an interesting person, in Chang'an City, but he set off a bloody storm, and in a blink of an eye, he came to Luoyang again, could it be that he wants to make some big case in Luoyang?"

Shen Xi muttered to himself, but a trace of deep jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Originally, I thought that Ye Chang was a heroic man and a generation of talents, so Shen Xi had a lot of intentions to make friends, but with the understanding of Ye Chang, especially the news from Chang'an City some time ago, Shen Xi gradually understood that this Ye Chang was definitely not a character he could subdue.

Even getting close to him can be dangerous.

However, the other party suddenly came to visit, and it was at this time, just after the Spring Festival, so he didn't refuse to leave.

Thinking of this, Shen Xi said: "Please let him in, and I will meet him in the garden." ”

It didn't take long for Ye Chang to appear in front of Shen Xi. Compared with when the two met before, Ye Chang was taller and darker, which was sunburned on the Longyou Plateau. When the two met, Ye Chang arched his hand and said: "Shen Langjun's demeanor is still the same, he was an uninvited guest today, and I hope Shen Langjun will not blame." ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "You don't come to the door for nothing, there is nothing good for you to come to the door, Ye Langjun, have you ever saved my life, what do you have to say, just say it." ”

Ye Chang looked left and right, Shen Xi understood, and sent everyone away, but he was even more suspicious in his heart: What does Ye Chang have to say?

"I heard that there are many giant trees on the White Mountain of Bohai Kingdom, I don't know if it's true?" Ye Chang asked.

This question made Shen Xi stunned, and after a while, he nodded and said, "The elders of the family do say so.

"I have something I want to ask Shen Langjun for help." Ye Chang groaned slightly, and then continued: "I am interested in searching for true immortals overseas, so I tried to build a sea ship in Wuzhi, and now the ship has been built, but I heard that the East China Sea is extremely windy and rough, and there are whale shark monsters in the sea, and the sea is vast, and it is not easy to replenish." The ship I am building now is not enough, and we need to build a bigger ship. ”

Shen Xi suddenly realized.

Ye Chang's shipbuilding attempt to go to sea, although Ye Chang himself did not publicize it, but Shen Xi was not unaware of it, and he even knew that Ye Chang's reason for moving the eldest princess of Yuzhen was to go overseas to find Xianshan.

"I grew up in Datang, and I don't ...... about Anton."

"Why did Shen Langjun recruit heroes?" Ye Chang interrupted Shen Xi's words with some rudeness.

Shen Xi's face changed slightly, but there was no interface. Ye Chang stared at him and smiled slightly: "Shen Langjun, the Ming people don't say secret words, I want to take the giant wood of the Bohai Kingdom to build a shipyard, so I intend to build a shipyard in Liaodong, Shen Langjun has the intention to return to his hometown, and the two of us can cooperate sincerely." ”

"Cooperation?"

"I need to borrow Shen Langjun's manpower for temporary use, and Shen Langjun can use my shipyard as a cover."

For Shen Xi, Ye Chang has also made a lot of effort, and now the lord of the Bohai Kingdom is Da Qinmao, the son of Da Wuyi, and Shen Xi is actually cousins, but this person is different from his father Da Wuyi, and he is quite deferential to Datang on the surface, so he sent assassins to Luoyang City to assassinate Shen Xi, and he dared to do such things that would anger Datang, and there must be a reason for him to do it.

The most likely reason is that some of Shen Xi's actions have annoyed Da Qinmao, and may even make Da Qinmao feel threatened.

From these signs, Ye Chang judged that Shen Xi was by no means a person who was willing to be lonely.

"The shipyard as cover? I'm afraid that your boat yard will be set up, and a group of tigers and wolves will swarm around. Ye Langjun, the situation in Liaodong, you don't have to look at it too simply."

"I have four enemies, one of them is the Silla people, the second is the Balhae county, the third is the remnants of Goguryeo, and the fourth is the Liaodong tribes—I know what a place there is, but there is the Tang Dynasty behind me."

When Ye Chang said that "there is the Tang Dynasty behind him", he naturally had a sense of arrogance and confidence, Shen Xi was slightly silent, but he had to admit that Ye Chang was very reasonable.

This is the most prosperous season of Datang, almost all of the surrounding Siyi have been beaten by Datang, Datang has also suffered defeats, some of the defeats are still very miserable, but the strong national strength allows Datang to recover quickly, and the surrounding Siyi is as long as it is defeated once, there will be no day to turn over.

"Sure enough, you can get the support of Andong Duhu, Fan Yang, and Pinglu Jiedu?" Shen Xi asked, "Are you sure."

"The will of the court, you just have to rest assured." Seeing that he was a little moved, Ye Chang said again: "You know best what the situation is in Liaodong, and you are also clear about the attitude of the imperial court towards the Bohai Kingdom." How can a Bohai lord who is always in good times and rebellious be like a Bohai lord who was born and raised in Datang and was born close to Datang? ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Xi's heart fluttered.

He is a wise man, so he will not hide his ambition by indulging in women, but it is precisely because of this that he hopes for a chance to return to the Bohai Kingdom and sit on the throne.

"The imperial court is uneasy, I'm afraid it won't be willing to make trouble on the frontier, let alone send troops to help me, right?" Shen Xi hesitated.

"Naturally, the imperial court won't help you, it's me who helps, I" Ye Chang pointed to his nose and said.

"You...... I ......"

Shen Xi immediately understood that helping Ye Chang was different from helping him

Liaodong, at least for now, nominally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and although in reality the Tang Dynasty's decrees could hardly be implemented here, both Silla and the Balhae Kingdom recognized this place as the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If the imperial court supports him Shen Xi, it is a head-on threat to the Bohai Kingdom, and the Bohai Sea will definitely tear its face, on the contrary, the imperial court only supports Ye Chang to build ships and go to sea over there, and the Bohai Kingdom will not be able to raise troops for this little thing

Even if he knew that Ye Chang had received a lot of Shen Xi's supporters, the Bohai Kingdom could only make a small fuss, and even if it sent troops, it would only attack in small quantities, and would not dare to advance on a large scale.

And Shen Xi also thought of a deeper question.

In Shen Xi's view, the Central Plains is prosperous, unless he is a Bohai native like him and thinks about the throne of the Bohai Kingdom, how can a person like Ye Chang be willing to go to the cold and remote Liaodong, so Shen Xi still believes half of the reason that Ye Chang said "building a ship and going to sea to find immortals". If this is the case, the shipyard will not be strong for long, and with more of his people, he can even occupy the magpie's nest

"Ye Langjun really wants to go?"

"That's natural, otherwise why did you come to Shen Langjun for help at this time?"

After confirming Ye Chang's determination, Shen Xi immediately decided: "Okay, please come with me for Ye Langjun." ”

led Ye Chang into the small temple in his backyard, Ye Chang was a little strange, if he wanted to talk to him secretly, he should also go to the study, but why did he come to this temple.

It is not uncommon to build a temple in the back garden of a rich and noble family at this time, it is generally presided over by a widowed childless woman in the family, but this family temple of the Shen family is a little strange, and no one takes care of it

After coming in, he felt that the place was small, Ye Chang frowned, and he was puzzled, but he saw Shen Xijing to the Buddha Hall. He prayed silently for a moment, then turned back and said, "The Silla and Goguryeo people believe in Confucianism, but we Bohai people believe in Buddhism, and some important things are hidden in the Buddhist shrine. ”

After speaking, he climbed into the confession, stretched out his hand and groped behind the Buddha statue in the shrine, and after a while, he took out a scroll.

Seeing him so cautious, Ye Chang was a little curious, and he didn't know what this scroll was.

Then, Shen Xi cleaned up the confession, unfolded the scroll in front of him, and spread it on it. Ye Chang leaned over to take a look, and then couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

A map

"Ye Langjun, you recorded in "Embroidered Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Zhang Song presented Liu Xuande with a map of Xichuan, and today I will present you with this "Bohai Ten Thousand Miles Map"

When Shen Xi showed this map in front of Ye Chang, his tone was full of pride, he didn't wait for Ye Chang to react, and said to himself: "My father fled from his homeland, one did not take gold and silver, and the other did not take pearls and jade, but there were two things he carried, one of which was the Buddha statue in this Buddhist shrine, and the other was this "Bohai Ten Thousand Miles Map" Bohai, Goryeo, Silla, Andong, Heishui, all thousands of miles of territory are here."

If others look at this map, they will definitely feel shocked, in this era, maps are treasures

But Ye Chang, who has seen the satellite map of another life, looks at the black cross and red circle smeared on the top, it is really ...... I feel cold.

"Well, what, Ye Langjun...... Think this picture is bad? ”

Shen Xi boasted for a long time, but Ye Chang couldn't respond, he was surprised in his heart, tilted his head to look, and saw that Ye Chang's face was calm, not excited at all, and his heart was suddenly unhappy.

"No, that's good, it's just that a certain family doesn't understand it." Ye Chang smiled and said, "Where is the river, where is the river, where is the mountain?" ”

It's not that he really can't understand, but in front of Shen Xi, he decided to hide something clumsy.

"Oh, and listen to so-and-so."

Shen Xi often looked at this map, so he casually pointed out which side was Baishan, which side was Heishui, where the king of Silla was, and where the territory of Bohai County was. Ye Chang was secretly surprised in his heart: the person who drew this picture at the beginning was not thinking about just one place in Bohai County, but the entire Northeast

"Who made this painting?" He asked, taking a blank look.

"The ancestors have completed the ...... for two generations," Shen Xi said this, glancing at Ye Chang.

The two laughed at the same time, and Shen Xi said proudly: "The ancestors and the ancestors have great ambitions, and I, a descendant, just want to get back what belongs to me." ”

This is a confrontation between the two of them, Ye Chang asked, in fact, he meant that Shen Xi's ancestor Da Zuorong was ambitious in drawing this map, and Shen Xi said that he was satisfied just thinking about being the lord of the Bohai Kingdom. In fact, both of them know it in their hearts.

Shen Xi grew up in the heart of the Tang Dynasty, and is most familiar with the culture and skills of the Tang Dynasty

But......

Ye Chang sneered in his heart, the Northeast is a treasure land, if he has a firm foothold in Liaodong, how can he tolerate others snoring on the side of the couch?

"How many people does Brother Shen have?" Although the two of them had their own ghosts, they reached a tacit understanding in the short term, so Ye Chang asked directly.

"You just have to rest assured, it is more than enough to help you build a shipyard, but Ye Langjun, where do you think is the most suitable place to build a shipyard?"

"The town of Duli." Ye Chang pointed to the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.

This is the Lushun of later generations, which is also the closest place to Shandong, occupying this place, it is more convenient to supply from Shandong. Moreover, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the northern key road is choked, it can give the rear a sense of security.

In terms of property, this place can be salted, can be fished, the mineral deposits are rich in limestone, clay, quartz stone, dolomite, etc., and it is easy to mine, as for coal and iron, although it is not much, but it is close to the place where coal and iron are produced

Moreover, because of its proximity to Shandong, there are many Han people, which is suitable as the foundation of the start-up.

Shen Xi looked at Ye Chang pointing here, and there was no doubt in his heart, in his opinion, the terrain here is narrow, but there is a good port, Ye Chang wants to build a ship, and it is just right to use here.

"There are my people in Liaodong." Shen Xi pondered for a while: "However, Ye Langjun, my brother still has to settle accounts, between us, there are some things to say clearly, what good do I have?" Don't say such things as the people who shelter me, without you, my loyal subordinates will still be fine in Liaodong."

"I'm afraid the number of people is getting smaller and smaller." Ye Chang stabbed him, and then said with a smile: "But in the past, the sea was long, and it was not easy to travel back and forth, so it would be like this." If I settle in the town of Tori, I will have to make a regular flight from Touri to Denglai—that is, every ten years, as long as the weather permits, there will be a ship between Duri and Dengzhou, and if you want to deliver the news, you can use me on this flight. ”

As Ye Chang said, although Liaodong is still effectively loyal to the Bohai people of Shen Xi's branch, the number has become smaller and smaller, in fact, the influence of Shen Xi and their group on Bohai has become smaller and smaller, after all, twenty years have passed. The key reason for this situation is that the news is not smooth, and the condition proposed by Ye Chang made Shen Xi nod.

But it wasn't enough, it was still far from Shen Xi's appetite.

"Second, if you want to train soldiers and horses, I can provide you with food and grass equipment." Ye Chang threw out the second condition, which immediately made Shen Xi feel full. Raising and training troops is not a trivial matter, and it requires a large amount of money to be spent. Although Shen Xi also has some industry now, it is not enough to support him to raise soldiers, let alone take away his family business without soldiers.

"How many soldiers?"

"It depends on how many you have, up to two thousand." Ye Chang stretched out two fingers: "You know my ability to make money, so don't worry." ”

"Good, good, good...... Anything else? ”

Ye Chang laughed: "Isn't this enough, if you want to have the rest, it's not difficult...... But at that time in Liaodong, your subordinates will have to find mines and transport precious goods for me, especially giant trees, as Brother Shen said, my brother will settle accounts, and you can't do nothing for your subordinates, just let me keep it, right? ”

Shen Xi didn't hesitate anymore, anyway, he had nothing to lose, so he stretched out his palm immediately: "No."

The two of them slapped three times in a row, which was regarded as an oath.