Chapter 458: Cannonball
The more Liang Zhengxuan thought about it, the more he felt that Li Yong probably wanted to set up a city in Guangzhou City to open the sea, otherwise how could he come all the way to Lingnan, a ghost place? The more Liang Zhengxuan thought about it, the more excited he felt, once Guangzhou City set up a city port division to allow the sea to open, and other places did not set up a city port department, how many families and caravans would be attracted to come to sea? At that time, Guangzhou City will definitely become more and more prosperous, and at that time, Guangzhou City will become rich, Liang Zhengxuan seemed to think of something, and asked in a low voice.
"Huating Hou, aren't you afraid that the establishment of a city division in Guangzhou City will make Lingnan dominant? Will the saint agree? ”
Li Yong laughed softly when he heard this.
"Lord Liang, has you ever thought about why Lingnan will give the imperial court such a headache?"
This question is too simple, Liang Zhengxuan said without thinking.
"Because Lingnan is mostly a bureaucracy, located in a remote area, dense jungles, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will take great manpower and material resources for the imperial court to send troops to attack Lingnan, and it will be more than one disaster."
I have to say that Liang Zhengxuan is still talented, Li Yong nodded and smiled.
"What Lord Liang said is right, in fact, in my opinion, Lingnan is too closed, if the city of Guangzhou is set up, it will inevitably attract many people to come to Guangzhou City, not only will open up the connection between Lingnan and Jiangnan and the Central Plains, the city of the city will bring wealth to Lingnan at the same time, it will also have a great impact on Lingnan!"
Liang Zhengxuan couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and after listening to Li Yong's words, he was stunned, yes! If a city division is set up in Guangzhou, how many people will it attract to Lingnan? Will these people listen to the Feng family? This is a great impact on the existing order in Lingnan, I have to say that Li Yong's plan is really powerful, it doesn't need to cost a knife or a gun, and it doesn't need to hurt a soldier or a pawn to make Lingnan return to his heart, Liang Zhengxuan listened to it and praised it sincerely.
"Huatinghou, wonderful!"
Li Yong smiled noncommittally.
"Of course, this is just an idea, and the exact way has not yet been decided!"
Who can be sure about this? Of course it's Li Yong! Although Liang Zhengxuan is far away in Lingnan, he also knows Li Yong's holy family very well, so he thinks that Li Yong can definitely say everything in this matter, so why didn't Li Yong make a decision? Of course, because of interests, if the city department is set up in Guangzhou City, the Feng family will definitely be the first to get the moon, maybe the Feng family will lose control of Lingnan, but the Feng family will definitely grab huge wealth, so how can the Feng family get such a huge wealth? Since Li Yong is presiding over the opening of the sea, how can he not want to intervene? Therefore, Li Yong should want to talk to the Feng family about the conditions, Liang Zhengxuan's mind turned around, and he quickly put his mind right, since Li Yong presided over the opening of the sea and the holy family was profound, then if he wanted to sit firmly, he must stand in line! Thinking of this, Liang Zhengxuan hurriedly laughed.
"Huating Hou, Xia Guan thinks that Guangzhou City can completely set up the city to open the sea, Hua Ting Hou has orders, Xia Guan all obeys, Xia Guan is absolutely only Hua Ting Hou Ma is the first to look forward!"
At this moment, Liang Zhengxuan's face was full of sneers, he didn't have any connections in the court, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent to Lingnan as an interview envoy, if he could hug Li Yong's thigh, then he wouldn't have to worry about it in his life, I have to say that Liang Zhengxuan This guy is still very good, Li Yong nodded with a smile.
"Lord Liang has been in Lingnan for so long, he must be very familiar with Lingnan, and some places still hope that Lord Liang will give advice!"
"Where and where, the lower officials must know everything, and they must say everything, as long as it is what the Hou Ye ordered, the lower officials will do it even if they work hard!"
Liang Zhengxuan just patted his chest and made a military order, when Liang Zhengxuan left, the whole person exuded a vigorous atmosphere, as if he had re-issued the second spring, Liang Zhengxuan left not long ago, and someone came to the door again, the person who came was Feng Zhidai, for Feng Zhidai, of course Li Yong knew, Li Yong also did enough homework before coming, like the eighteenth son Feng Zhixin, Li Yong really didn't know, because for the imperial court, Feng Zhixin is insignificant at all, but Feng Zhidai is different, he is the second son of Feng An, the Duke of Geng Guo, In the case of the early death of his eldest son, Feng Zhidai can be said to be almost a sure heir to Lingnan and the number two person in Lingnan! Although they are both Feng An's sons, their status is completely different.
"Oops, it turned out that Feng Tingshi was here!"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Meet Huatinghou, welcome Huatinghou to Lingnan, our Lingnan is really vibrant!"
Feng Zhidai smiled and said, although he was a little unhappy with Li Yong's big appetite, but Feng Zhidai's face was full of smiles, and he didn't show anything unusual at all, compared with Feng Zhidai, Feng Zhixin was indeed more than a few streets behind.
"Feng Tingshi is polite, Lingnan is a good place!"
Li Yong said politely with a smile.
"I received the news from the old man yesterday, and I still didn't catch up with the banquet in a hurry, and I couldn't have a good drink with Huating Hou, I deeply regret it!"
Feng Zhidai said with a sincere face.
Li Yong said with a smile.
"It's not easy, let's have another drink when we find a chance!"
Feng Zhidai stroked his palm and laughed when he heard this.
"Huatinghou is really happy, we must have a good drink, I heard that Huatinghou is very interested in the harbor, why don't I accompany Huatinghou to the harbor, how about it?"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Well, I just have a sea boat parked in the harbor, let's take a look!"
Feng Zhidai couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, Li Yong mentioned the sea ship more than once, it seems that Li Yong has full confidence in the transformed sea ship! Just that sea boat wants a fifty-fifty share? I want to see how Li Yong transformed that sea boat, could it be that he could still put wings on that sea ship? Feng Zhidai said with a smile.
"That's a good idea, last night Hua Tinghou mentioned the sea ship, my father was very interested, and we were all curious about what changes Hua Tinghou had made."
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Good! Then please join the old marquis, oh! By the way, let's call the interview with Lord Liang as well. ”
Feng Zhixin was pumped out of bed by the chief manager, and the news that he was carried to make amends spread quickly, just when the people of Guangzhou City were shocked and discussed, Li Yong, Feng Ang and his party had already left Guangzhou City and went all the way to the east, not only Liu Renyuan and Cheng Chuliang followed with two or three hundred horses, Feng Zhidai, Feng Zhiyu, and Feng Zhijie also followed Feng Ang with hundreds of horses, only the Lingnan interview made Liang Zhengxuan only bring two entourages, and he also sighed in his heart along the way, his interview envoy was too inferior, Look at the battle on both sides, and then look at him as an interviewer, the gap is really too big, and Liang Zhengxuan still feels beautiful in his heart, if he hadn't shown his loyalty today, Huatinghou wouldn't necessarily have brought him. The port of Guangzhou in this era is not as prosperous as the later generations, but sparsely populated and barren, but it is not that there is no port at all, according to legend, when the Three Kingdoms, Wu had a sea trade here, thousands of horses appeared outside the port of Guangzhou, looking at this quiet and beautiful bay, Li Yong couldn't help but sigh.
"What a great place!"
Feng Ang smiled.
"The old man doesn't understand these things, but since he can be praised by Huating Hou, it must be excellent to come to this port."
"This seaport is indeed very good, and it can be ranked among many seaports in Datang!"
Li Yong nodded very affirmatively, even in later generations, Guangzhou Port is also a very famous seaport, Feng Ang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard it, he listened to Li Yong has been praising it, and thought that the seaport of Guangzhou City is unique, and there is no other place to compare it in Datang, so Li Yong went straight to Lingnan, I didn't expect to listen to Li Yong's meaning, it doesn't seem to be the case, Li Yong rode on a horse and looked out, and finally found the moored sea boat.
"That ship moored over there is our ship, right?"
Li Yong turned around and asked, Liu Youyu said respectfully.
"Yes, Master Hou, that's our sea ship!"
Li Yong asked with a smile.
"Is the old man in the mood to go up and have a look?"
Feng Zhidai said with a smile.
"The old man is old, why don't I go up with the old man to have a look."
Feng Zhiji and Feng Zhiyu also hurriedly agreed, they were a little worried that Li Yong would be unfavorable to the old man in case he heard it, Feng Ang laughed and scolded.
"What? The old man can't even get on the boat? The old man can eat three bowls of meat per meal, and in this bay, the old man can swim back and forth several times when he jumps down! ”
Feng Zhidai and the others were relieved a lot when they heard this, how can there be water in Lingnan? This weather is hot and humid to death, if you jump into the sea and swim around, not only will it not freeze, but it will be comfortable to die, then board the ship, Li Yong took everyone to board the sea ship, Feng An, Feng Zhidai and others are full of curiosity, not only they are curious, even Li Yong himself is a little curious, although this sea ship is arranged according to his vision, but Li Yong himself has never come up, the overall shape of this ship is indeed a little different from the sea ship made by the Imperial Shipyard? The modified sea ship is floating on the sea like this, as if it is no different from an ordinary sea ship? On the boat, Feng Ang and they found something different, what were the bulging things on the sides of the ship? This is the ship that Li Yong transformed? Feng An, Feng Zhidai and others were speechless, this is Li Yong's transformation? With so many things on board the ship, how can this sea ship be loaded? How many more can it hold? Feng Zhidai asked with a smile.
"Hua Tinghou, what is this? It looks pretty chic! ”
"That's a good thing!"
After Li Yong finished speaking, he motioned to Liu Xiaochuan and they lifted the tarpaulin that was covered, and finally revealed the true face of the cannon, Feng An, Feng Zhidai and the others looked sluggish, what is this? This shape is really chic, this is Li Yong's confident modification? Is it to add a dozen iron bumps to the ship? Or is it such a chic iron bump? What does Li Yong think? What's the use of this thing? Ward off evil spirits? Even Liang Zhengxuan, who has full confidence in Li Yong, is stunned, if he doesn't say anything else, this shape is unreliable! It's so improper! It's not serious! Feng Zhidai coughed dryly.
"Huatinghou is really, really, whimsy!"
How could Li Yong not notice the look on everyone's faces? Even what everyone thought in their hearts, Li Yong could guess one or two, and Li Yong couldn't help laughing.
"I know you have a lot of doubts, this thing is called artillery, it is a firearm developed by me, it is very powerful, and it is also a perfect match for sea ships!"
Firearm? Feng Ang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, this is artillery? At this time, the Feng family's father and son's gaze at these ten iron bumps all changed, there was no banter in their eyes, and they became serious, they were very concerned about the imperial court, how could they not know about the firearms that caused an uproar in the imperial court at the beginning? For this reason, the emperor even set up a special yamen called the firearms supervisor, which shows the importance of firearms, and the power of firearms is even more miraculous, although the Feng family father and son tried their best to collect information in this regard, but because Lingnan is too far away from Chang'an, so little gain, I didn't expect that now, the artillery suddenly appeared in front of their eyes without warning, this is the famous and mysterious artillery? Except for this chic shape, I don't seem to see anything powerful!
"This is artillery, huh? I heard that the artillery rang out, the ground shook the mountains, and it was praised by the saint as a weapon for the town, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see it today! ”
Feng Ang said with a smile, Feng Zhidai and the others couldn't help but nod when they heard it, since the artillery was so praised by the emperor, there must be something commendable, it turns out that this is the legendary artillery? Liang Zhengxuan looked at the ten iron bumps, his eyes were full of awe, and Feng Zhiji asked curiously.
"I heard that this artillery is very sharp, I wonder if Hua Tinghou can show us a demonstration?"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Of course, this cannon is not for viewing on the ship, but for great use!"
"Liu Xiaochuan, it's time to test your training results, in just two months, let me see how well you train!"
Li Yong said with a smile, when Liu Xiaochuan and the others heard it, they immediately felt like they had been beaten with chicken blood!
"Yes, Master Hou! All of them, gunners are in place! ”
With Liu Xiaochuan's order, the crew members who were originally standing in the two columns suddenly ran.
"All of them! Check the artillery! ”
"Gun No. 1, check it out!"
"The second cannon is inspected!"
"The third cannon is checked!"
……
"Reload the artillery!"
"Adjust the angle!"
Feng An's father and son stared at all this with burning eyes, as if they wanted to gain insight into the secrets of artillery, their eyes were full of surprise, firearms simply subverted their perception of weapons, at first they thought that artillery was a huge trebuchet, capable of throwing burning stones and other things, Li Yong also watched with burning eyes as these crew members manipulated artillery.
"Report to Master Hou, the artillery has been loaded, please open the cannon!"
Liu Xiaochuan was immediately reporting, but it really looked like that, Li Yong nodded slightly.
"Let's shoot!"
Liu Xiaochuan turned around, waved the flag in his hand, and said loudly.
"Master Hou has an order, open the cannon!"
Boom Boom ~ Ten artillery salvos made a heaven-shattering sound, as if only the huge cannon sound echoed in the ears in the whole world, and even the huge sea ships shook because of the artillery salvo, and after the sound of artillery, the entire sea ship was silent.