Chapter 31: Xiao Jingqiao Talks About Baekje

When Wang Ze was reprimanded by his mother Gongxi, he looked down and saw the second brother who was following Gongxi closely behind, poor Baba.

It seems that he is not bad, and the most pitiful thing in the family in the future should be this baby, in front of him is the boss to attract the attention of his parents, and there is the third Wang Yu who is favored by his parents, but the second Wang Hui, who was sandwiched in the middle, has become the child who is most easily ignored by his parents.

Wang Ze 'handed over' the third brother to his mother, and then came to the second brother Wang Hui, Wang Hui raised his head and opened his eyes wide, looking at the brother in front of him who he hadn't seen for a while, and he was a little recognized.

Also, during this time, although Cheng Chong, Zheng Kui and his gang were assisting Wang Ze, the big idea was basically decided by Wang Ze himself, which led to Wang Ze also cultivating some aura in the past few months.

Wang Ze squatted down and hugged Wang Hui, then took out a free hand and pinched Wang Hui's chubby little face, which was very cute.

Although Wang Hui was not very comfortable with his brother's teasing' at first, he was a brother after all, but after a while, he played with his brother Wang Ze.

Wang Ze was talking to his mother while holding his second brother and walking inland together.

At this time, Zheng Kui was already accompanying Wang Yong and the others to the newly renovated manor a few miles away, Wang Yong looked at the Mingtang mansion in front of him, and asked Wang Ze: "Ze'er, do those brothers who came here with you have a place to rest?" ”

"Daddy, don't worry, the child plundered nearly 4,000 Tamluo Qingzhuang a few months ago, and started building a house a month ago, and then won nearly 3,000 prisoners of war in the Great War with Baekje, plus our own Qingzhuang started to build a house together, now everyone has a residence, and tomorrow the child will take Daddy to inspect it!" Wang Ze replied with Wang Hui in his hand.

That night, Wang Yong, Wang Ze, Cheng Chong, Lu Wen, Zheng Kui and others held a meeting, and even He Bo was pulled by Wang Ze to participate.

"Ze'er, tell me your plans first!" Wang Yong first asked Wang Ze to talk about his plan, and then everyone discussed according to the plan.

Then Wang Ze gave a general account of the war, and then talked in detail about the soldiers' losses and the war merit reward plan.

After hearing this, Wang Yong slowly tapped his fingers on the table, and said for a long time: "Since the land on the island is insufficient, then you can supplement it with property, but won't you have to increase the number of people on this island in the future?" How do you think about how to move people here after the land is divided? ”

Wang Ze listened to Wang Yong's question and immediately replied: "At present, there are 20,000 soldiers and other young people on the island, so their families should be about 30,000, and there are more than 6,000 'women' on the island, all of whom are already good citizens who have made books, and there are thousands of slaves. So I won't even think about moving other people to the island for three years! Wang Ze replied slowly.

"Now that you've thought about it, I won't say anything more, it's just that the old bottom of the cottage has really been hollowed out by you this time." Wang Yong saw that Wang Ze had already thought of the next plan, and he didn't say anything anymore, so he made a joke.

Lu Wen, who was next to him, listened to Wang Ze's words, and also said: "That's okay, I heard that this winter, there will be a big drought in several counties west and north of Qi County, and there should be a large number of displaced people." Originally, everyone thought that the number of people in the cottage was too much, and I was afraid that they would ignore it if they couldn't arrange it, so we could send a boat there to pull some people to supplement the labor of the cottage. ”

Wang Yong, Zheng Kui and others felt that Lu Wen's idea was good.

Cheng Chong next to him listened patiently for a while, and couldn't help it, and said to Wang Yong on the side: "Big brother, I'll go back with you, Da Lang said that there will be no war on the island for a few years, and I can go crazy here on this island!" ”

Lu Wen and the others lowered their heads one by one, holding back a smile, and their bodies trembled. Cheng Chong glanced at everyone, and looked at Wang Yong again.

Wang Ze also thought about it and said, "Daddy, I think the second uncle should go back with you!" In the next three years, I will mainly do internal affairs here, and I will no longer march into the army, even if it is a war, it will be a matter of the sea! It is enough to have six brothers lead the water army here! ”

As soon as Wang Yong heard Wang Ze say this, he nodded and agreed to Cheng Chong's request. also greatly supported Wang Ze's military exploit rewards, how could there be a brave man without a heavy reward! Put the land aside first, remember it first, and then distribute it later, and now that there are not enough cattle and sheep, immediately send a fleet to the Liaodong region to buy.

On the second day, many soldiers on the island learned that Wang Yong, the commander of the cottage, led his family to the island to comfort him and celebrate the New Year with everyone on the island, and they all cheered.

On that day, pigs, chickens, and ducks began to be killed all over the island, and a sumptuous feast was made. Beef and sheep 'meat', everyone doesn't even think about it, the cattle and sheep are not enough, who is willing to kill.

Even the pigs and 'chickens' and ducks that are being slaughtered now are all brought by Wang Yong with the fleet this time, and the sergeants don't care so much, they eat one by one with a mouthful of oil.

Qu Liulang, who had eaten seafood on the island for several months, chewed on a duck's 'leg' and said inarticulately: "You have to eat a large piece of 'meat' to enjoy it!" ”

Wang Ze himself is also eating 'meat' happily, while still taking care of his second brother Wang Hui, the little guy, like Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing, likes the abalone porridge very much, and just drank a bowl, his little stomach is bulging and he still wants to drink it.

Wang Yong and Gongxi were taking care of their third brother Wang Yu on the side, smiling from time to time as they watched Wang Ze clumsily take care of his younger brother.

While Wang Ze was having dinner with his family, a sergeant suddenly came to tell Wang Ze that Mr. Xiao Jingxiao had come to the island on a boat, accompanied by a Baekje envoy.

Wang Ze had waited for more than ten days and had not seen the Baekje people come to the peace talks, thinking that Baekje would not send people until the New Year, but he did not expect that the Baekje delegation would come when there were still two days before the New Year.

Xiao Jing, this poor fellow, since Wang Ze came to Jeju Island, was sent by Qu Liulang to send a boat to Baekje Sihyeon City to meet his old friend.

Because Chen Baxian had not replaced Nanliang as emperor at that time, Xiao Jing was considered a member of the Southern Liang clan, and he met his old friend smoothly.

Moreover, with Xiao Jing's Confucian metaphysical cultivation, he was impressed by many Baekje ministers in a few days, and he has been gathering with those Baekje ministers from time to time for several months, 'communicating' some Central Plains culture, poetry, etc.

Even if the news came in November that Nanliang was replaced by Chen Baxian and established the Chen Dynasty, this still did not affect Xiao Jing's status in front of the high-ranking officials of Baekje.

When it came to December, Xiao Jing's old friends in Baekje suddenly became busy one by one, and Xiao Jing knew that it must be the people of Baekje who knew that Wang Ze had captured Tamna.

Seeing that the king of Baekje unexpectedly gritted his teeth and sent his henchman Gao Canghai, a famous general of Baekje, to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Tamna Island, Xiao Jing was in a hurry.

However, in order to prevent Goguryeo and Silla from knowing the situation, Baekje sent a large number of warships to block all the docks and coasts, and Xiao Jing could only watch dryly, and could not send people to the sea to report to Wang Ze.

Who knew that only ten days had passed since Gao Canghai led the army to the expedition, and he fled back with only about forty warships, which frightened the king of Baekje at that time.

You must know that Gao Canghai led more than 150 warships, as well as more than 10,000 'elite' soldiers who had fought against Goguryeo many times, not counting the more than 150 sailors on board.

When Gao Canghai escaped, there were only more than 40 tattered warships, and the soldiers on board, together with the navy, were worthy of more than 3,000 people.

The news brought back by Gao Canghai made the Baekje monarchs even more suspicious, and the occupants of Tamna were neither Silla nor Wakoku, but it seemed that they were a group of Central Plains people.

However, the Central Plains is a land of abundance, and it has always looked down on the wilderness of Siyi, so how can it be possible to look down on this remote Jeju Island?

Just when the Baekje monarch was puzzled, Xiao Jing knew that it was time for him to appear, and he didn't go to anyone else first. went directly to his old friend, that is, the Baekje envoy Zhenyi.

Zhenyi was the son of the Zhenji clan (also known as the Zhen clan), one of the eight great families of Baekje at that time, and returned to Baekje as an envoy to Nanliang with many craftsmen and techniques. He was promoted by the king of Baekje at that time, and when he arrived in Buyeongchang, he was even more prominent.

On this day, Zhenyi had just returned home from the palace, when he heard a report from his subordinates, saying that his old friend Xiao Jing had come to visit the house.

For Xiao Jing, Zhen Yi still admired him very much, and immediately didn't even bother to change his clothes, and immediately walked briskly to the living room where Xiao Jing was.

Because Sinology was already very popular in Baekje at this time, the ministers of Baekje had great respect for Xiao Jing, who was full of wealth.

"Xiao Jing has seen adults!" Xiao Jing, who was kneeling in the living room drinking tea, stood up and bowed to Zhen Yi, which was considered a salute.

Zhen Yi was a little flattered, for Xiao Jing, whether it was the identity of the former Nanliang royal family or his superb talent, Zhen Yi felt that Xiao Jing's identity was far higher than his own.

"Brother Xiao is polite, these days I have been riddled with trivial matters, but I haven't asked Brother Xiao for advice for some days! Why don't you and I go to the tea room for a few drinks? Zhen Yi said with a smile to Xiao Jing while returning the salute.

Xiao Jing smiled at him, shook his head and said, "The little brother is not here to discuss poetry with Brother Zhen, but to save the 'sex' life of Brother Zhen's family!" ”

"Oh, Brother Xiao doesn't know what 'sexual' worries I have?" Zhen Yi asked quietly.

"I heard that the country of Baekje was coming to an end, so I thought of the old friendship and came to save Brother Zhen's life!" Xiao Jing replied with a serious face.

Zhen Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know why Brother Xiao said this, although my Baekje is not as good as Goguryeo, the overlord of the East China Sea, but it can be regarded as a strong country in the East China Sea, how can I only say that Guozuo will say it?" ”

"I heard that Baekje has Goguryeo in the north, Silla in the east, and several powerful enemies in the south. I heard that a few days ago, the king of Baekje sent his henchman Gao Canghai to attack Tamna, but he was defeated, and now Tamna, which leads to the sea, has fallen into the hands of a strong enemy, so Xiao Jing said and stopped here.

"Brother Xiao will come soon, so what?" As soon as Zhen Yi heard Xiao Jing's words, he hurriedly urged Xiao Jing to continue.

In this way, Goguryeo is a feud with Baekje, Silla had a hatred for land with Baekje a few years ago, and the southern Wa kingdom has always coveted the rich land of Baekje. If the countries agree to attack Baekje together, won't Baekje be about to die? Xiao Jing looked at Zhen Yi and said slowly.

"Baekje is dying, I'm afraid that the king of Baekje will die and there is no place to bury! Therefore, the little brother came to save the 'sexual' life of Brother Zhen's family! Xiao Jing said to Zhen Yi with a deep look of brotherly affection.

Zhen Yi hurriedly grabbed Xiao Jing's hand and asked, "I don't know how Brother Xiao 'wants' to save me?" ”