Chapter 818: Homecoming

Brother Wang looked at the scene of the flames in front of him, and then looked at the few shells behind the ballista behind him, and felt almost the same, and immediately said to the third brother who was commanding: "Third brother, there are not many cannonballs and cans of oil, let's withdraw!" ”

"Brother Wang, wait a little longer, we finally transported the ballista from the ship, and we have to use up these shells before leaving!" The third child's fierce face flashed with a hideous smile and said, this guy is a bloodthirsty maniac, he is extremely excited when he goes to the battlefield, and he will definitely not retreat until the last moment.

Hearing the words of the third brother, Brother Wang was also a little helpless, although he was a member of the Imperial City Division, but this time he was only assisting Steward Xu, and the attack on the Jurchens had always been the responsibility of the third brother in front of him, even if it was Steward Xu, he would not interfere too much, of course, this third brother did have the ability, he actually made people splash a road of ice with water, and then transported the bulky ballistas on the ship.

This time, a total of ten ballistas were transported, and each salvo made the Wanyan Department on the opposite side wail, in addition, the third child also brought five hundred escorts from the fleet, but their main task was not to rush forward to kill, but to protect the safety of the ten ballistas, and to ensure that the ballistas were transported to the range of the Wanyan Department, so just now they just cleaned up the perimeter of the Jurchens, and immediately retreated.

After a while, the remaining cannonballs had been exhausted, and there were only dozens of canisters left, at which time the third child immediately ordered to stop firing, and then instructed his men to break the canisters of fire oil on the ballista, and for a time all ten ballistas were stained with a layer of oil. However, when Brother Wang next to him saw this situation, he was shocked and said, "Third brother, you don't want to burn all these ballistas, do you?" ”

"Of course, although it wasn't too difficult to transport these big guys over by ice. But getting them on and off the boat is a big problem, and I don't want to go through any more effort to get them on board! I saw the third child laugh and say, listening to his tone, it seems that he is saying something very normal.

"But although the cost of the ballista can't stand the bed crossbow, it's not low, and even the Liao State is even paying tens of thousands of dollars to buy it. Isn't it a pity that we just set it on fire? Brother Wang was a little puzzled at this time, since Zhao Yan invented the ballista, and in the war against the Western Xia, the name of this weapon has also spread to the surrounding countries, the Liao State has always wanted to make the ballista manufacturing method, but unfortunately has not been able to do so, for this reason also opened a sky-high price to buy a ballista, in order to study the secret of the ballista.

Of course, Brother Wang didn't mean to sell the ballistas to the Liao State, he just felt that the ten ballistas were worth a lot of money. It's a pity that it burned down like this. However, when the third child heard this, he laughed again, and then reached out and threw the torch on the ballista, which immediately ignited the oil on it, and in the blink of an eye, the ten ballistas turned into a sea of fire.

Seeing this, Brother Wang couldn't stop him if he wanted to, but at this time, he saw that the third brother patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Wang, these ballistae are nothing to be sorry for, because these are originally the ballistas that have been eliminated in the water division." It was about to be destroyed as well, but it was borrowed by our fleet. It can be used for the time being, but it has to be destroyed anyway, and it is the same wherever it is destroyed. ”

Hearing the origin of these ballistas, Brother Wang breathed a sigh of relief, he originally wanted to retreat immediately, after all, no one knew the loss of Wanyan. In case Ah Guta saw the fire here and killed them again, I am afraid they would be in danger, but the third child waited until a few ballistae burned out of shape, and then left with confidence.

By the time the third child and his party returned to the beach, Steward Xu had already personally led the ship to meet them here. Even if it weren't for Steward Xu's inconvenient legs, he was afraid that he would go with the third child to sneak attack Wanyan, and now seeing that the third child and they finally came back safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then beckoned everyone to board the boat.

After nearly two hours of intense busyness, everyone was safely transferred to the big ship, and the dead and wounded guards were also properly placed, which made Steward Xu finally completely relieved, and then found the third brother and Brother Wang, like last time, the wine and food had been prepared in the cabin, after all, in this cold day, the third child and they fought outside for most of the night, so they naturally had to be treated.

After three rounds of drinking, Steward Xu asked the third child about the sneak attack, and the third child also explained it in detail, although they did not personally rush into the Wanyan Department, but with the cannonballa and fire oil canisters fired by the ballista, when they left, most of the Wanyan Department had been plunged into a sea of fire, especially in the middle area of the Wanyan Department, where important materials in the tribe were generally stored, but it was also the focus of the third child's attack, and it was estimated that it had been burned to ashes now. And when they fled, Wanyan didn't even send out the pursuers, and it is estimated that everyone stayed in the tribe to put out the fire.

Hearing the above, Steward Xu couldn't help laughing heartily, originally the task given to him was only to weaken the strength of the Wanyan Department, for example, he only needed to eliminate a few affiliated tribes like the Black Bear Department, but he overfulfilled the task, and even the headquarters of the Wanyan Department was burned by him, coupled with the bad weather here in Changbai Mountain, it is estimated that even if the Wanyan Department can survive, I am afraid that it will suffer very serious losses.

This time Steward Xu and the three of them drank staggered again, and then they went back to rest, and when Steward Xu woke up, the fleet had left the open sea where the Jurchens were located according to his previous instructions, and began to bypass Goryeo to return to the Great Song Dynasty, Goryeo has been stammering with the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, and the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty are also very welcome, and even gave a lot of privileges to the Song people who came to do business, such as tax reduction, land trading, etc., so after Steward Xu's fleet entered the sea area of the Goryeo, he did not have to worry about his own safety at all.

However, not long after Steward Xu woke up, the shrewd shopkeeper Tu found him alone again, and said with a flattering smile on his fat face: "Steward Xu, you see that we are going back, but I found that there is still a lot of space in the cabin, so do you see if you can lend this space to the villain and let the villain do some small business in Goryeo?" ”

"Shopkeeper Tu, you didn't make a lot of money from the Jurchens this time, why do you want to do business in Goryeo?" Steward Xu's words were asked with a smile.

Since the last time he warned the shopkeeper Tu, the other party was also very interested, and then began to take the initiative to be the leader of the merchants, gave up the idea of trading with the Jurchens, and began to organize the people brought to join forces with other merchants to attack the Jurchen tribes, don't look at them are all merchants, but they are all not very clean business, so they also raised a group of outlaws, these people may not be able to do it on the battlefield, but if it is said to be murder and arson, but they are all experts, in the tribe where the Jurchens were attacked, One-third of the tribes have the butcher of the treasurer involved.

"Hehe, we can't compare with Steward Xu, Tu is a small businessman, do whatever you want to make money, I just know that Goryeo has some valuable goods, and there are a lot of empty places in our fleet, so it's better to buy some goods on the ship, if the steward agrees, I will give you a dividend of 20,000 yuan in this business, what do you think?" Shopkeeper Tu spoke again at this time.

The shopkeeper Tu made a lot of efforts when he attacked the Jurchens before, and he also promised before that he would take the robbery of the Jurchens as a long-term business in the future, that is to say, every winter he would organize people to come to the Changbai Mountain area to rob, although it was also profitable to do so, but compared with the rich Nanyang, the Jurchens obviously did not have much oil and water here, so the Tu shopkeeper was able to give up a more profitable business and invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the Jurchens, which made Steward Xu have to accept his favor.

Thinking of the above, Steward Xu immediately spoke: "Okay, anyway, the boat is empty, since the shopkeeper wants to use it, Xu will also be a favor, but you must not give me the 20% share, it is better to count it in the fleet, even if it is the rent you give!" ”

"Haha, Steward Xu is very bright, and Tu is also very impressed!" When the shopkeeper Tu heard this, he slapped Steward Xu again, but he was still a little disappointed in his heart, because the reason why he was willing to pay a dividend of 20% was actually because he wanted to have a personal relationship with Steward Xu, but he didn't think that the other party was not greedy, but divided into a fleet, which made his favor also come to naught.

In fact, what the shopkeeper Tu doesn't know is that Steward Xu is not greedy, but he doesn't dare to be greedy, because whether it is the fleet or other businesses, there are special people in the Yue Wang's Mansion who are responsible for supervision, if someone is found to dare to use the public for personal gain, then he will not only lose his current errand, but may even suffer a lawsuit, he does not want to lose his current status because of a temporary profit, after all, don't look at him as a small steward, but not only has a good salary every year, but also can get a little dividend from the fleet, The income alone was enough for his family to live a prosperous life, so he didn't have to take the risk.

Next, Steward Xu chatted with the shopkeeper Tu for a few more words, and finally unconsciously turned to the Jurchen personnel, for this matter, Steward Xu and they are just the beginning, and they will rely on the businessmen of the shopkeeper Tu to do it in the future, and the shopkeeper Tu patted his chest and promised that he would never let those Jurchens have a good time.

Regarding the assurance of the shopkeeper Tu, Steward Xu revealed a little in his words that he would definitely report their merits, which made the shopkeeper Tu smile happily and thanked Steward Xu again. However, after the fleet arrived at the port of Goryeo, Steward Xu suddenly regretted it, because he never expected that the so-called goods of the shopkeeper Tu actually referred to these in front of him! (To be continued......)

PS: It's finally fixed.,The old fish is finally back.,This is a chapter to make up for yesterday.,The remaining two chapters of the old fish will try to finish as soon as possible.,I hope you don't stay up late.。