Chapter 65: The Depressed Dock

Liu Hou and the two regiments of Hong Arms # Gunners sat on two "super battleships" and quickly headed for Chengdu. It was calm along the way and there were no obstacles. The strength of Shu Han's naval army is weak, except for Liu Hou's "super battleship", the strength of other naval forces can be said to be the difference between ants and elephants compared to Eastern Wu.

Naturally, such a naval army did not dare to come over to stop the two "super warships" with their teeth and claws. Sometimes, the warships of the Shu army saw these two extremely fast "super battleships" from a distance, and before their captains decided whether to lean up to see what was going on, they saw these two "super warships" open the gun windows on both sides, and the black holes of the guns were exposed from the windows.

As the captain of the Shu army's navy, they naturally know the existence of the "Jingzhou", and also know the horror of the "Jingzhou", the record of repelling thousands of warships in the Eastern Wu with one thousand, and the fact that they have been cruising on the Yangtze River in Jingzhou all these years, and the undefeated Zhou Xuan of the Dongwu fleet, these Weishui histories all show that the "Jingzhou" is a monster that no other warship can defeat in this era.

Now they not only saw the "Jingzhou", but also saw another battleship that was very similar to the "Jingzhou" and was also covered with thorns (cannons), and they did not have any other reaction except to be frightened and choose to flee.

Of course, not everyone was scared, and some of the generals of the navy were inclined to Liu Hou, and their reaction was to be happy. When they saw the "Jingzhou", they knew that the crown prince was back, and they also knew that the prince must have come to regain the throne, and they were happy for Liu Hou.

The two "super warships" soon passed through Hejiang Pavilion and entered the Jianjiang River, and finally docked at the wharf outside the "Ministry of Industry". At that time, Liu Hou chose to build the "Ministry of Industry" on the bank of the Jianjiang River, firstly, so that there was enough water to supply the industrial water of the "Ministry of Industry" and the domestic water of the people who lived and worked here; Second, it is also close to the golden waterway, which can be easily and quickly transported.

The production of the "Ministry of Industry" requires a large number of raw materials, and the finished products produced need to be sold to various places, which are inseparable from convenient transportation. Therefore, it was an inevitable choice to build a wharf on the bank of the Jianjiang River, and it was from this wharf that Liu Hou set off from this wharf, boarded the "Jingzhou" and flew downstream, and arrived in Jingzhou in three days.

Now, Liu Hou has landed from this wharf and returned to the "Ministry of Industry", which makes him feel a lot of emotion. But soon, Liu Hou realized that something was wrong, why was this dock so depressed? Originally, he thought that the Chengdu Imperial Court would send a large team of men to meet him, and he might need to go through a hard battle to land on the shore.

These days, they and a cadre of generals are holding operational meetings to discuss the plan for the beach landing operation, but who knows that the plan they have carefully prepared will be useless at all. This pier is actually quiet and the river is flying, which is completely different from the heavily guarded security I imagined. It seems that the Chengdu court is still unaware of its arrival.

It's normal to think about it, taking the waterway itself is already the fastest shortcut, the speed of the two "super battleships" is extremely fast, even if the spies of the Chengdu Imperial Court know that Liu Hou sent troops from White Emperor City, they can't send the news back to Chengdu in such a short time. Maybe Xu Jing, Wu Yi and others have received the news now that Liu Hou led the Hong army to make a detour to Badong, and they were thinking about how to send troops to encircle and intercept them.

In Liu Hou's memory, the wharf used to be very busy, with many large and small ships moored on the shore, and ant-like coolies would carry bags of goods on their backs and unload or load goods from the ship through guò boards. The road connecting the wharf and the "Ministry of Industry" is full of traffic, and there is an endless stream of horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and donkey carts transporting goods and people.

There were also those stewards who would shout at the wharf, some would direct the loading and unloading of goods, some would be responsible for counting the goods, and the coolies would take a chip from the bookkeeper for each bag of goods, and they would pin it to the waistband of their trousers, wipe their sweat with a towel around their necks, and turn around and continue to carry the next bag of goods before they even had time to drink a sip of water.

Now, there are only three or two ships moored on the docks, and these ships are simply moored there, neither loading nor unloading. The place where the goods used to be piled up on the wharf was now empty, and there was not a single coolie on the shore, and there were still a few noisy stewards, who were neither counting the goods nor keeping accounts, but still drinking and drinking.

However, what they are drinking now is no longer good: "Be careful, put it lightly, these are valuables, and your whole family can't afford to lose them if they are sold." It's not: "Heap here, here, TMD bull, you stupid, you pile up everything wrong, you deserve to be a coolie for the rest of your life." ”

What they are drinking now is: "Big, big, big", "Small, small, small", "Alas! I lost again, and I'm really lucky today. "It turned out that a few stewards were sitting under a shed to buy big and small gambling.

Liu Hou frowned, motioned for a personal soldier to come over, and called a few stewards over for questioning. The stewards were startled when they saw a group of heavily armed soldiers landing on the boat, and they knew that a noble person was coming, so they hurriedly followed their own soldiers to Liu Hou, saluted with fear, and waited for the nobleman's questioning.

"Who are you? What's going on at this dock? Why is it so depressed? I remember it used to be very lively. Liu Hou asked.

These stewards only started working here after Liu Hou went to Nanzhong, they didn't know Liu Hou, but when they saw so many people surrounding him, they also knew that he was not an ordinary person, and then looked at the outfits of these people, like the legendary Hong Army, and they chuckled in their hearts, and a thought arose in their hearts, but they couldn't believe it. However, even if they had conjectures in their hearts, they didn't dare to ask, so they could only bend their waists lower, even lower their heads, and didn't dare to look at Liu Hou squarely.

"Back to the adult, the little Zhang Laosan, this is Guo Tong and Wang Wu. The little ones are all the little stewards on this dock, and the dock has no goods to fall now, so it is relatively depressed. One of the older stewards replied.

"Nonsense! Of course, I know that there is no goods to be shipped into, why is there no goods? Is it true that so many factories in the 'Ministry of Industry' have stopped production? Liu Hou was very dissatisfied with this guy named Zhang Laosan's answer.

When the three stewards saw that the nobleman was angry, they were even more frightened, and now they even spoke a little unfavorably. It took Liu Hou a lot of effort to know the truth of the matter from the mouths of the three of them.

It turned out that a few months ago, the imperial court sent an army to take over the "Ministry of Industry", and the "Ministry of Industry" except for the firearms factory, all other large and small factories and workshops have ceased production. All workers and resources were concentrated to produce guns, gunpowder, and other firearms.

The firearms produced were all transported to Chengdu by land, and some of the raw materials were also transported by land, and only some of the raw materials were brought in through the wharf, so now there are only a few ships moored at the wharf every few days, and they are transporting ore from distant mines, so this wharf is as depressed as it is now seen most of the time.

Liu Hou secretly screamed after hearing this, no wonder there are so many firearms and gunpowder in the White Emperor City, it turns out that the entire "Ministry of Industry" is making every effort to produce firearms, no wonder the output will be so large. In this way, it is also possible that a large number of firearms were stored and equipped in the city of Chengdu. Then it seems that it will be even more difficult to capture Chengdu by itself.

It seems that Zhang Bao really said that the crow's mouth, after the siege of the White Emperor City was blocked, when a military meeting was held to discuss going to stay, Zhang Bao once said that now when he encounters this city equipped with firearms, he can't take it down, so he chooses to detour, so what if he still encounters this kind of fortified city? You can't run away with it for the rest of your life, can you?

Yes, it is very likely that Liu Hou will face a stronger city than the original White Emperor City, this time, he can't escape, because this is his final goal, just like playing a game, the most powerful boss is here, this is the final level, no matter how difficult it is, he must face it.

After the questioning, Liu Hou said to the three stewards: "You go to the 'Ministry of Industry' to call Dong Yun over to see a certain family, and you say that Liu Chan is back, and he will definitely come to see me." ”

Although the three stewards already had conjectures in their hearts, they couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard Liu Chan admit his identity, or the older Zhang Laosan reacted quickly, and when he saw his knees bent, he knelt down and kowtowed: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Although Liu Hou was called emperor, he was still emperor for a short time, and the news of the people spread very slowly, and he sent troops quickly, even faster than the news of his claim to be emperor spread to Chengdu. Therefore, up to now, although many officials in Shu know the news of his proclamation as emperor, there are still many things that the common people do not know.

The other two little stewards also knelt down, and they were even more frightened in their hearts, not only because they had never seen a noble person of this level, but also because although they were in the people, they knew about the two princes fighting for the throne. The third prince has already proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu City, what will this original prince do when he comes back with a large army?

"Excuse me, there's nothing for you here, you go and call Dong Yun over."

The three of them were relieved when they heard that nothing had happened to them, as long as this prince stopped making trouble for them, no matter how you fought for the throne. Later, when he heard that he was going to call Dong Yun by himself, he immediately became nervous again.

Zhang Laosan said: "Return, go back to the prince's words, Dong, Lord Dong was transferred a few months ago, when the officers and soldiers were stationed in the Ministry of Industry, I heard that they were transferred to the county in the west as a county commander." Now in charge of the 'Ministry of Industry' is Lord Xu Qinxu.

"What? Darn! Liu Hou was furious, no wonder the "Ministry of Industry" was made like this, it turned out that Dong Yun, who had stayed here to be in charge, was transferred away and replaced by Xu Jing's son Xu Qin.

These guys actually dared to fight the idea of the "Ministry of Industry" that they had established single-handedly, and based on this alone, Liu Hou would never let them go. Liu Hou has a deep affection for the "Ministry of Industry", and it can be said that he cares more about the "Ministry of Industry" than about the throne. Seeing that someone is occupying the magpie's nest and occupying the "Ministry of Industry" that he has worked so hard to establish, he will not be angry.

The Son of Heaven is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed, bleeding and drifting, Liu Hou is also a Son of Heaven now, or strictly speaking, a quarter of the Son of Heaven, what will be the consequences of his anger?