"If we want to conquer the Japanese kingdom, we need a lot of ships." Liang Jianfang looked at Li Ji and took another sip of wine, licked his lips and said.

"There is a cloud at the beginning."

"Hey, where did he get the ship?"

"There is a city in Liaodong called Daxing City, where is the largest and most prosperous seaport in Liaodong, it is said to be the city of Datang, and what Yun Chu said there may be more effective.

Over the years, more than ninety percent of the candles used by wealthy families in Chang'an and Luoyang have been provided by Daxingcheng, and the old man heard that there are no less than 1,000 whaling ships that dock every year.

As long as they catch a giant whale, it is enough for the people there to eat for a long time, and the year before last, Yun Chu sent a few buckets of pickled whale meat to the old man, and the old man fried it in oil, which tasted good. ”

Liang Jianfang touched the beard on his chin and said, "Why doesn't the old man know, if he knows, he should have a share." ”

Li Ji glanced up at Liang Jianfang and said: "Where did you come from to be qualified to participate in the shares, if you want to say that your grandson Liang Ying is a shareholder of Yun Chu, you may agree, Daxingcheng is a way for Yunchu to get money for the soldiers of Chang'an Mansion when he followed the old man on his expedition to the east, and only the soldiers of Chang'an Mansion are qualified to participate in the business of Daxingcheng."

Why do you think Yun Chu pinched the soldiers of Chang'an Mansion to death by himself?

The people relied on the money earned in Daxing City and the goods to arrange all the lives, old age, death and burials of the soldiers of Chang'an Mansion properly.

His Majesty wants us people to follow him around the world since August last year, the reason is to get us away, he sent people to carefully investigate Chang'an City, this year's time, you have also read the newspaper, it belongs to the frequent transfer of officials in Chang'an, the old man bets, and when Yun Chu and gentle them go back, they will find that at least forty percent of the officials under their command are what they have not seen or heard. ”

Liang Jianfang was taken aback and said: "In this way, Yun Chu, they are about to be finished, and they will be set aside." ”

Li Ji peeled a sea melon seed and ate the bit of meat inside, and said slowly: "Did you see that Yunchu was in a hurry?" ”

Liang Jianfang said: "No." ”

Li Ji sighed and said: "People even suggested to Your Majesty in the court that the officials of Chang'an are knowledgeable and have outstanding abilities, and I hope that Your Majesty can break the gap between officials and officials, reuse Chang'an Xu officials, and give these people from humble backgrounds a bright future, so that the talents of these officials will not be dragged down by their backgrounds and be ignored by everyone."

He also said that Chang'an is a big melting pot for the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also a fertile field that can be sown, as long as His Majesty sows people with lofty ideals in Chang'an, he will be able to harvest a large number of capable and useful talents in the future.

Look, this is people's open-mindedness and confidence, Your Majesty, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty listened to it, and there was no one who didn't give a thumbs up. Presumably, those officials who stayed in Chang'an would also be grateful when they heard that their county order promoted them so much. ”

Li Ji slapped Liang Jianfang's hand stretched out to his wine glass as he spoke, wiped the oil stains on his hand on the cloth and continued: "If you want to say that Yun Chu is a selfless person, the old man really doesn't believe it, but people have done the selfless thing, and they have done it very thoroughly.

Those people under his command can leave Chang'an, those people still need to continue to grind, those people need to beat, and they also need to introduce talents in that area, and how to integrate new talents into Chang'an officialdom as soon as possible, everyone has made it clear and clear.

Even if the old man is suspicious, he can only hold back, as long as he opens his mouth to say that he is fake, the old man will immediately be put on a hat of jealousy and jealousy, and he will be despised by the world.

But that's it, the old man still doesn't believe that Yun Chu is such a generous person, because this is no longer like something that a person can do. ”

Liang Jianfang finally got a sea melon seed and said in his mouth: "You say so much, what do you want to say?" ”

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and said to Liang Jianfang: "You and Yun Chu have always been close, you go and ask him, the old man wants to make a harbor in Xiongjin Road, ready to trade with the Wa Kingdom, can his Daxing City support us some ships?" ”

Liang Jianfang nodded and said, "Oh, oh, he has a lot of ships, and manpower, oh, and money, so I should ask him." ”

Li Ji looked at Liang Jianfang and said sadly: "You old man was lustful back then, and he spoiled so many women, but he didn't give birth to a better girl......

Liang Jianfang grabbed Li Ji's wine glass, drank it violently, and then quickly shook his wheelchair and walked out, muttering as he walked: "You have a daughter, but you always like to kill your son-in-law......"

After listening to Liang Jianfang's appeal, Yun Chu did not agree or refuse at the first time.

When the wind is uncertain, it is a very fatal thing to stand in line indiscriminately.

There are many people in Chang'an City, which means that there is no Hundred Cavalry Division in Daxing City.

In Datang, there must be a hundred horsemen in all military and economic places, and transportation places.

Today's Daxing City is already the most important city of Datang in Liaodong, and it is also the most prosperous city, and it is also an important town for the material transfer of Datang Liaodong.

Back then, when Li Ji took Yunchu and them to the east, he himself went to the purpose of exterminating his Miao descendants and destroying his temple, such an army would naturally not be polite to them, plus 500,000 government soldiers wanted to capture, want benefits, and go home with money.

Therefore, everything of value in the three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla was taken away by the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and as far as Yun Chu knew, in the fourth year of his Eastern Expedition, he also received a steady stream of Eastern Expedition booty rewarded by the emperor.

Among them, there is Cui Yao's favorite set of bronze bells.

This thing is something in the Silla Ancestral Temple, a musical instrument that can only be used by princes, Li Zhi didn't like it, so he gave it to Yun Chu casually, according to Cui Yao, the Yun family finally has something that can be passed on.

The good things from Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were all shipped back to the Tang Dynasty, including all kinds of craftsmen with a little skill and women with a little beauty. It is said that only a few families over there can have a kitchen knife, and the poor hardly have eyes.

In this situation, even if the fishermen at sea want to trade with them, they can't come up with anything good, and the only way to exchange it for what the fishermen need is Daxingcheng.

Because, Daxing City is different, it belongs to the city of the Tang Dynasty, and it is naturally not within the scope of the army's plunder, just this difference makes Daxing City the richest and safest city in Liaodong.

As long as there are people in Liaodong, there is no one who does not want to enter the life of Daxing City.

The fishermen on the whaling ship have no distinction between countries and nationalities, their homeland is their boat, they live on the ship all year round, they live on the ship, and finally die in the sea.

Copper coins, gold and silver, silk and other things that can be used as money, in their eyes are worthless, they need good iron anchors, iron nails, iron knives, good harpoons, good iron pots, needles, rice grain, green vegetables, pickles and other living materials, even if it is the linen cloth advocated by Yun Chu, their demand is very small, compared to linen cloth, cotton cloth, they feel that the sea animal skin is warmer.

Through these perennial adrift on the sea, he has learned that in the far north, beyond the vast ice fields, there are still people living there, who live in igloos and make a living by catching sea beasts.

Yun Chu knew that Li Ji had fallen in love with these people who crossed the sea with shrimp whiskers who fished at sea all year round.

Li Ji knew that there were some Ezo people living on the opposite side of Baekje, and he probably hoped to use these people who crossed the sea to advance the Ezo people, and then go to the Ezo people on the opposite side of Baekje to continue to expand his influence, and eventually go south and take the entire Wa Kingdom.

That's a good idea.

On the sea between Baekje and Ezo, there are many winds and waves that come and go all year round, and if you don't have a sailor who is familiar with the sea, if you encounter a strong wind, let alone board the Wa country, you may be blown all the way to Yeongnam by a typhoon.

According to Yun Chu's knowledge, the monk Jianzhen a hundred and ten years later encountered such a strong wind, obviously starting from Dengzhou, but after getting off the boat, he found himself in Lingnan.

The Ezo people who cross the sea and other Ezo people don't even understand the language, they float on the sea all the year round, unless they encounter giant whales, there will be a few ships to cooperate, otherwise, a boat is a country. What Li Ji considered was simply delusional.

However, the news that Xue Changfeng came back from Youzhou made Yun Chu a little confused, because, Xue Changfeng said that he saw a lot of noble sons in Youzhou who could only be seen in Chang'an and Luoyang, and they just added some supplies in Youzhou and left Youzhou City, and the most important thing is that after they left the city, a group of Hu knights appeared, surrounding them all the way to the north.

In other words, the nobles of Chang'an and Luoyang have already begun to act, and the time to plan this matter was at least half a year ago.

It's true that Yun Chu doesn't like these nobles, but he doesn't want to see these people blindfolded and break into a world that they are very unfamiliar with, at least he doesn't like to see them die in the land of the Wa Kingdom.

After staying in Penglai for another three days, the emperor saw that no new mirage had appeared, so he prepared to leave here, but he still sent Liu Renshi, the governor of Dengzhou, to be responsible for the construction of a new Penglai city here.

When the emperor came to Penglai, he was like a tiger, and when he left Penglai, he was somewhat gray.

After getting out of the Shandong Peninsula, the front army under the command of Pei Xingzhen and the rear army under the command of Xue Rengui directly rushed to Hebei, and Youzhou deposed the ambassador Hao Chujun, and the governor of Yingzhou, Guo Zhifeng, returned to the court.

Yun Chu also thought that the emperor would go to Hebei Road, at least set foot on the territory of Hebei, but as a result, I don't know if the blow from Penglai's side was too big for Li Zhi, or for other reasons, the emperor did not order to go to Hebei Road after all, and this time he went straight to Mount Tai.

Zhang Guo's resurrection from the dead was still a big blow to the emperor, mainly affecting the emperor's state of mind, causing Li Zhi, who was originally ambitious, to lose his enterprising spirit.

(End of chapter)