As soon as he saw these long-handed basilisks, he was stunned, then turned and fled:

"The Yin is coming, the Yin is coming!"

The sleeping pirate village was awakened by the heart-rending scream, and everyone rushed out in rags, weapons still in hand.

Then, the shadow came.

The pirates looked inexplicably frightened, wondering how the Yin Yu could leave the depths of the archipelago and crawl to Kongmeng Island, which was not covered by gray fog.

This is unreasonable, this is unreasonable!

But the shadow rushed at them, and they were in a hurry, and they were vicious.

The leader froze his mind and shouted at his subordinates: "Go back to the house and release the rope arrows!" ”

The so-called "rope arrow" here means that the arrow is tied with a rope behind it, and the arrow will open after hitting the target. They don't want to go head-to-head with these giant monsters, so shooting arrows and securing them with ropes should be easier to fight.

Witnessed by the moonlight, a bloody battle broke out in the depths of Kongmeng Island.

And under the disparity of power, the fight quickly turned into slaughter.

The sea is still calm, and Blade Harbor is still asleep.

No one knows what happened.

……

Three days later, the capital of the hundred columns, Qucheng.

The sky was white, and the deer vibrated and began to vomit towards the east.

Before and after the sun comes out, there is the so-called purple qi from the east, which can be picked up and refined by cultivators, which is very precious. When the daylight Jin Gang appears, it is not possible.

Lu Zhensheng also stood up at the right time and practiced a set of swordsmanship.

He is over fifty years old this year, but he looks like a person in his thirties, and his temples are black without a trace of white hair, which is the result of years of practice and maintenance.

When the eldest son, Lu Qing'an, arrived, he saw his father drinking barley porridge with three or four side dishes and grilled dried mackerel.

Qucheng is only sixty miles away from Blade Harbor, does he want to eat any fresh fish as a patriarch? But Lu Zhensheng has long been tired of eating raw seafood in the past few decades, and later changed his way of eating.

Generally speaking, high-end ingredients only need to be cooked in a modest way. The methods of cooking fresh fish are nothing more than steaming, grilling, stir-frying, baking, and stewing. Lu Zhensheng likes to grill dried fish.

This dried fish is not a thing that can be used as a murder weapon by the seaside, but is specially made of fresh fish rich in oil and salted, and then hung in a ventilated place, basically only air-dried for one night.

And then such soft dried fish, whether grilled or fried, has a special flavor. The fat is fresh but not greasy, the skin is thin and crispy, and the flesh is as firm as a garlic clove.

The most amazing thing is that the fishy smell is almost gone.

Lu Zhensheng ate half a fish with relish, and the eldest son came.

"Sit down and drink some porridge?"

Lu Qingan shook his head and sat down with just a bowl of mung bean soup. "There are three pieces of news, one good and one bad."

One good and one bad? "And what about the other one?"

"It's not good or bad, it's up to my father to decide."

Lu Zhensheng took a sip of barley porridge: "Well, let's talk about the good news first." ”

"In the battle of Huanlangque on the western front of Mu Kingdom, the second brother cooperated with the general Fan Canghong and won another big victory! He destroyed 1,000 enemies and took 600 prisoners. ”

"Good!" Lu Zhensheng was overjoyed and tapped the table, "Okay!" ”

"On another battlefield, Mu Guo suffered a little loss." Lu Qing'an said, "The monster general of Bega is powerful, and that general of the Diamond Wind Beast Antelope is obviously a sheep, neither a rhino monster nor a giant elephant, but he killed an adjutant general and two captains. ”

"The Diamond Wind Beast is a foot tall, stronger than a horse, and has a natural talent. It's not surprising that people are killed. Although Lu Zhensheng was overjoyed, he still had regrets after thinking about it, "It would be good if Qinglin could take charge alone and win a big victory." ”

The second son, Lu Qinglin, Congrong, although he won the title of "General Xu", was still under Fan Canghong. Although he is very good, it is a pity that his qualifications are still young, and the current speed of promotion has been envied by others.

Mu Guo is full of talents, everyone works hard to earn military merits, and they are looking at those positions.

If you want to really make a difference, you first have to be on your own.

Lu Qingan nodded in agreement: "Yes." But for now, the credit is already prominent. "Especially against the backdrop of another team that has suffered defeat.

The second brother has made many military exploits, and he, who is the eldest brother, is a little embarrassed at home.

"I heard that both Bejia and Mu have the intention to negotiate peace, and I don't know when the war on the Western Front will end." There is no war, no rebellion, and the promotion of generals is slow.

Lu Qing'an said with a smile: "I said this last year, but as a result, the Heavenly Palace was destroyed and Lingxu City was in chaos, and Bega's anger came up all of a sudden, and the battle on the battlefield became even more fierce." "Who knows if there will be any surprises this year?

But does my father still want the war to continue? Mu Guo is fighting, and the Bailie people are very hurt!

Do your best to support the second brother like this, regardless of the difficulties in the family?

Of course, he didn't show it, but said: "The second news, Mu Guo wants to buy another batch of grain and grass from us, 40,000 taels of silver." ”

Lu Zhensheng smiled for a moment.

"Buying food again?"

"yes." Lu Qingan coughed lowly, "It's still at thirty percent of the market price." ”

The deer vibrated and his forehead jumped.

After the war began, Mu asked the surrounding small dependent countries to contribute money and food, or people. They usually enjoy the protection of the Mu State, and they have to exert their strength when the latter is in danger.

Rights and obligations are reciprocal.

Some small countries are dissatisfied, but Mu Guo said that as soon as the Lingxu City on the opposite side fights, the various feudal demon countries will also coordinate to send troops.

Rushing to the eastern front line of Bega like General Ling, he brought his own food and weapons.

But Mu Guo still wants to be faced, and he doesn't ask for grain directly, but pays money to "buy", but the purchase price is very low. At the beginning, there was 50% of the market price, but now there are only 30% left.

And when it took out forty thousand taels of silver, the people of the hundred columns had to hand over grain and grass worth thirteen thousand taels of silver.

It doesn't sound like much, but this is the second time this year!

Three months ago, the military funds worth 260,000 taels of silver were handed over, and if they were handed over again this time, the total military aid in the first half of the year would be nearly 400,000 taels!

And Mu Guo only gave 120,000 taels of silver, and the difference in price was the blood of 100 lists.

The first half of the year has just passed, and there is still the second half of the year!

Lu Zhensheng coughed lightly: "It's only been these two years, it's good to finish the war." ”

Reaching out to ask for money and food like this, it is very bad for favorability, and it is very damaging to the surrounding relations, doesn't Mu Guo know about it? However, Mu Guo had been fighting for a long time before, and finally recuperated for a few years, and the national strength had not yet recovered, and he fought with Bejia again.

In this case, it's not surprising that it spreads tasks and transfers pressure to the outside world, right?

"How much is Kyungkook apportioned?"

"I heard it's eighty thousand."

Then you have to hand over 250,000 taels worth of grain and grass. Lu Zhensheng nodded: "We can halve it here, probably because Qinglin has repeatedly made war exploits." ”

This is also due to the second child? Lu Qingan was a little dissatisfied: "Then why didn't Mu Guo give us all exemptions?" ”

The surrounding small countries and forces will get people without paying. Bailie is both human and money, and the son of the patriarch personally goes into battle, so he has been repeatedly rewarded by the Mu State and cited as a model to many countries.

Lu Qinglin's merits are getting bigger and bigger, and his status is getting higher and higher, and the ethnic group he comes from will be exempted from many obligations.

"A little more credit for him, a little higher in rank, maybe he will be exempted from it all." Lu Zhensheng glanced at him and said gently, "Qing'an, you brothers are winning glory for your family and for Bailie, no matter what you are high or low, you and I don't talk about you, you all have merit." ”

Lu Qingan nodded: "My son knows." But suddenly I have to take out so much money to buy grain and grass, and the treasury is ......."

The treasury also has a lot of money. Bailie's territory is now much smaller than before, and his income is naturally not as rich as before.

"Raise it, raise it." How could Lu Zhensheng not know the difficulty of this? "It is the autumn harvest season, and this year's grain harvest is bumper, and the harvest price can be slightly lower."

Mu Guo bought it at three folds, they bought it at five folds, and they lost two folds in the middle, and they could hold on to it by gritting their teeth.

"If we keep grain prices down...... "I'm afraid that the landlords and tenant farmers will be dissatisfied again, after all, they have been lowering prices since last year." But Lu Qinglin changed his words: "I still have news here, it was too late when I received it last night, and I will report it to you this morning." ”

"Say it." The father and son chatted for so long, the fish and porridge were cold, and Lu Zhensheng didn't eat it anymore, so he shook the small bell and asked the people to come and collect the scraps.

"Someone wants to buy the Yangshan Islands."

Lu Zhensheng thought that he had heard it wrong, and asked again: "What?" Rent or buy? ”

"The sixth uncle said that a housekeeper surnamed Ding came to the door and said that his master was interested in buying the six outer islands of the Yangshan Islands, such as Suoding, Hei Pages, and Baideng. When he heard that the sixth uncle said that the main island had not been developed, he also asked how much it would cost to buy the entire Yangshan Islands. ”

Lu Liuye is the patriarch, and he will report to Lu Qing'an if there is anything.

"The sixth uncle said that this transaction is unusual, he can't be the master, and he has to ask the patriarch for his opinion."

"Where are they from?"

"I came from the country of Fu in the west, and I have just disembarked from the ship. The steward said that they felt that the Yangshan Islands were very good, offshore, quiet, but on the shipping lane, they could advance and retreat. ”

Lu Zhensheng groaned: "It will take a month and a half to take a boat from Fuguo, and it will take a month and a half to smooth the wind and current, right?" ”

The families of the powerful and rich are all inherited by the eldest son, and some restless concubines can only get some money and then be swept away.

These hapless children will go elsewhere to set up their own businesses and work hard, but most of them will end up running out of money and becoming commoners.

"They don't know that the Yangshan Islands are a sinister leyline?"

"They have only been ashore for three days, so they may not know, and the sixth uncle is not easy to ask."

Lu Zhensheng took a few steps slowly.

"What do you think?"

"The Yangshan Islands are not far from the shore but are not easy to develop, and only a few of the outer islands are not affected by the shadows, although they are in the shipping lanes, they are disturbed by pirates. In the past, there were rampant thefts, and we had to send troops to suppress them. Lu Qingan thought as he spoke, "It's really a piece of chicken ribs." ”

In a word, there is no output, there is input.

It's not profitable, but it has maintenance costs.

Lu Zhensheng groaned: "But the Yangshan Islands are ancestral property after all, and the place is big. ”

Lu Qingan sneered secretly, do we still sell less ancestral property? The Yangshan Islands are useless, and no force can look down on it, so it is still in the hands of the Lu Clan.

Lu Zhensheng still hesitated: "I'll write a flying message to Qinglin and ask his opinion." ”

(End of chapter)