"Your Majesty, the seven big ships of the shipyard have suddenly set sail!"

Some soldiers reported to Li Shimin.

"Do you know who is sailing?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"No, I don't know, I sailed suddenly."

The soldier shook his head and shouted.

"Go to Fang Mansion immediately and pass Fang Yuan into the palace!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes."

The soldier left.

It's just that his mission is destined to be unfinished.

At this time, Fang Yuan and the others were already on the steel steamer, facing the sea.

"Leaving Chang'an City like this, I am somewhat melancholy, but I look forward to my future life even more."

Du Miaoyan said with a sigh.

She was the one who didn't want to leave Chang'an City the most.

Because Chang'an City carries a lot of memories for her.

But if you don't leave, you will be targeted, and you won't be as happy as before.

In this case, it is not impossible to live in a different place, and many people around you will follow.

"I've wronged you."

Fang Yuan comforted.

This time it was in a hurry.

The main thing is that the money is exposed.

Plus a large-scale war will soon begin.

So since the money is carried away, then the people should go with it.

Anyway, I had such an idea before, so I implemented it in advance to save problems.

As Li Jing was about to go to war, the situation began to change, and it was uncertain what it would become in the future.

"There are no grievances, I will go wherever my husband goes."

Du Miaoyan chuckled.

I have a husband, a son, and some sisters.

No matter where you go, you won't feel lonely.

And this can also reduce more women coming close to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan didn't know what Du Miaoyan was thinking, and he was very moved, and he accompanied the child on the board with her, Su Ziqing and others.

It was October, the heat had subsided, and the autumn breeze was very cool.

Suddenly.

Fang Yuan noticed a ship approaching in front of him.

Because the steel steamer was huge, it seemed that the other ships were so small that Fang Yuan almost thought it wasn't a ship.

"What's going on?"

Fang Yuan immediately asked Lai Yingzhe and the others.

Lai Yingzhe and others also discovered the situation and are investigating.

Before long, more ships appeared in front of the steel steamer, both on the left and right.

"Master, we are surrounded, we are pirates, and they ask us to stay to buy money!"

Lai Yingzhe came to report, his face was a little strange.

It's ridiculous that someone would dare to stop their boat and rob it.

There are a lot of ships coming, and it looks like the lineup is very large, which is quite scary.

When ordinary people encounter so many pirates, it is estimated that they will directly leave the money to buy the road and not want to cause trouble.

"This is the sea, and you still want to buy road money?"

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then sneered.

He had people bring binoculars and look at the ships on the sea.

With the blessing of the telescope, Fang Yuan could see the pirates on the ship's board.

At this look, Fang Yuan's brows suddenly furrowed.

Looking at their appearance, they are neat and orderly, slightly heroic, and they are trained in an orderly manner at first glance.

If you look at the number of people walking on the board, there are about fifty to eighty people per boat, and there are nearly fifty of them on the sea.

Such a rude estimate turned out to be the size of hundreds of pirates.

This was not surprising to Fang Yuan, what surprised him was that these ships were quite well-armed, and trebuchets were available.

When there was no artillery, the trebuchet for naval warfare was the most direct weapon, a weapon several times more powerful than the bow and arrow, and it was an essential weapon for the navy of every country.

Unexpectedly, these pirates are not only huge in number, but also so well-armed.

"Master, they sent someone to negotiate!"

Suddenly, Lai Yingzhe pointed to a place and said loudly.

I saw a small boat galloping towards Fang Yuan's side, still waving a flag.

Through the understanding of the flag, it means to be able to meet and talk to the principal.

"There you go."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and asked Lai Yingzhe to deal with it.

It was impossible for him to talk to the pirates about such a trivial matter.

If you don't kill them directly, it's already a lot of face for them.

"Yes!"

Lai Yingzhe left immediately.

Even if Fang Yuan didn't say that, he would have persuaded Fang Yuan like this.

How can a group of pirates be qualified to meet their master?

Fang Yuan went back to the board and sat down, not paying attention to these pirates.

The only thing that feels strange is that they are so well trained that they are not comparable to your average pirate.

Du Miaoyan and the others asked a few words, but they didn't pay much attention to it after learning that it was a pirate.

The crowd continued their entertainment again.

Accompany the children and read the books.

"Bump!"

Suddenly, an explosion sounded.

Not far from Fang Yuan's ship, an explosion sounded.

A flash of fire burst into the sky, and a raging fire appeared on the sea.

"What's going on?!"

Fang Yuan and the others were shocked.

All the personnel of the seven large ships were also alarmed, and everyone began to be on guard.

However, before Fang Yuan and the others could know what was going on, the explosion sounded again.

"Bump, bump, bump"

Several explosions sounded one after another, and countless waves rose into the sky.

Fang Yuan felt the hull of the ship shake, shaking violently a few times, and the unsuspecting person was fallen.

Fortunately, Du Miaoyan was quick to move, and when the hull of the boat shook, he grabbed the two children, so that they were not injured.

But even then, the frightened children cried loudly.

"Are you all right?"

After Fang Yuan stabilized his body, he looked at Du Miaoyan for the first time.

Seeing that Du Miaoyan and the child in her arms were relieved, and then looked at the others, this really relieved me.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, a shout sounded on the sea.

At the same time, countless stones shot towards Fang Yuan and the other fleet.

"Arrogance!"

"Turn on the battle mode and bombard them for this king!"

Fang Yuan was immediately furious and roared.

He didn't think about the incident, and left peacefully for a few days.

But these pirates went too far, not only with explosives, but also with the intention of killing people.

How can they be allowed to live with such a provocation?

Fang Yuan's order was immediately conveyed.

Seven steel steamers adjust the direction and range of the cannons.

"Bump, bump, bump"

Several voices rang out, and bombs were dropped.

It was visible to the naked eye that the cannon that was hit in front of it was suddenly blown into smithereens.

Part of the crew was fated and jumped into the sea.

But more often than not, they were swept away by explosives, seriously injured or even killed, and became a corpse in the sea.

Fang Yuan's seven steel steamers were also attacked by stone-throwing, and some of them were injured.

However, the ship is made of steel, and even if it is hit by a trebuchet, it cannot be sunk, and the damage to the steel ship is almost zero.

During this period, Fang Yuan was rewarded, and the initial explosions sounded on the side of their respective ships, and it was suspected that a dead soldier secretly brought explosives to sneak attack.

However, due to the height of the steel steamer and the lack of a place for them to sneak in, their explosives only caused a dent in the hull of the steel steamer, but failed to destroy the hull.

In addition, Fang Yuan also received a news that when Lai Yingzhe went to negotiate, he was killed by pirates with explosives.

After getting these two pieces of information, Fang Yuan was furious and ordered the soldiers to fight back again, regardless of the counterattack of the bombs.

"Bump, bump, bump"

The cannon continued to fire.

One by one, they headed towards the pirate ship without any money.

The sea suddenly burst into turmoil.

Watching one pirate ship after another being hit and sunk into the sea, Fang Yuan couldn't be happy.

Eventually, the bombardment stopped, and the ship's soldiers and guards sailed out of the boat to find the living pirates.

Of the more than fifty ships just now, nearly forty sank, and only a dozen or so of them fled, and the sea was full of corpses and wooden pieces.

"Master, good news, Lai Yingzhe is not dead, but just drowning in a coma!"

Not long after, a guard came back to report and inform Fang Yuan of the good news.

A moment later, Lai Yingzhe was rescued and came to Fang Yuan to report.

It turned out that in the process of talking to the other party, Lai Yingzhe found that the pirate had lit a bomb.

At that moment, Lai Yingzhe jumped into the water and dived deep into the bottom of the sea with all his might.

In the end, he was swept away by a wave of surfing, passed out, and woke up to be rescued by his companions.

"It's good to have a big life, go and rest."

"Did you get anything out of their mouths?"

Fang Yuan finally smiled, and the anger in his heart disappeared a lot.

In the process of being attacked by pirates this time, what he was most angry about was Lai Yingzhe's accident.

Since Lai Yingzhe was fine, Fang Yuan put his mind at ease and began to care about the pirates.

These pirates are not simple, and they may not be pirates.

"I caught five pirates alive, but their status was too low, and I didn't know anything other than knowing that they weren't pirates in the first place."

The guards reported.

Failed to give Fang Yuan useful information.

At the same time, because of the blood, many sharks were attracted around the sea.

Some of the dead, or not yet completely dead, have been attacked by sharks and become their meals.

"Lock them up and follow them down when you go ashore!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

As long as there are clues, there are clues and you can investigate.

Lu Chuchu's current intelligence network is quite extensive, but now she is at sea, and her ability is useless.

When she got ashore, she would be able to slowly find out who was behind it based on the clues provided by these people.

"Yes!"

The guards should be.

After inspecting the hull, hit the road again.

With Fang Yuan and the other seven ships leaving, this sea area was left with a pool of blood and broken ship pieces.

A few days later, the steel steamer entered the Lingnan port, the same port that Fang Yuan had designated earlier.

The port is still under construction, but barely usable.

It was still a barren place, and Fang Yuan's fleet stopped here without attracting attention.

After landing, Lu Chuchu escorted the five pirates away to investigate the people behind them.

Although this is Lingnan, her intelligence network has not yet been popularized here, but money can make ghosts grind, as long as there is money, investigating a person is not a big problem.

After Lu Chuchu left with the people, Fang Yuanye, Du Miaoyan and others got off the ship one after another, and asked the soldiers to notify officials from all over Lingnan and local Tusi to come to report their work, including Yang Yuzhi.

With Fang Yuan's order, officials from all over Lingnan came one after another, and Tusi from all over the country also came one after another.

"Meet the King of Lingnan!"

Yang Yuzhi and others saluted respectfully.

Looking at Fang Yuan's eyes, there was a big difference.

Many people heard about what happened in Chang'an City.

Among them, Fang Yuan's huge amount of money also shocked everyone, and even had evil thoughts.

Just looking at the firecracker in the hands of Fang Yuan's guards, and the cannon against the steel steamer, they had a thief's heart but no thief's guts.

"Yang Yuzhi, how are the roads of the tribes being repaired?"

Fang Yuan was the first to ask about the road.

To get rich, build roads first, this is Fang Yuan's philosophy.

This should be true whether it is in Lingnan, on Future Island, or elsewhere.

"Back to Lingnan Wang, the road construction of all tribes is progressing smoothly, and they are all actively cooperating, and it will be completed in about a month."

"Just, just"

Yang Yuzhi hesitated, and did not dare to finish all his words.

"Just what?"

Fang Yuan frowned and asked.

"It's just that my money is really not enough, and I'm afraid I won't be able to support the follow-up food expenses."

Yang Yuzhi said with a wry smile.

He has a lot of money, and his family has given a lot of money.

However, he didn't expect the cost of food involved in building a road to be so high.

The people of all tribes were in high spirits and actively cooperated with the construction of the road and helped to build it.

Once it helps, you can eat together, so there are so many people who eat that Yang Yuzhi is afraid.

"If you don't have enough money, apply to this king, and as long as the conditions are sufficient, this king will give you money!"

"In addition, Lingnan will set up Yanhuang Money Village from today to implement Yanhuang banknotes, and it is recommended that all tribes in Lingnan use banknotes."

"If you don't want to use it, you don't have to force it, but those who work for this king will issue Yanhuang banknotes, and those who need to replace copper coins will go to Yanhuang Money Village to exchange them."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He is now the king of Lingnan and has the right to mint money in Lingnan.

But what Fang Yuan wants is to promote paper money and let Yanhuang banknotes be promoted in all aspects.

Yanhuang banknotes are mainly foreign trade currencies, which are used to promote them abroad.

However, in the territory of Datang, there are also some places that implement Yanhuang banknotes, such as Liaozhou.

"Lingnan Wang is wise!"

After Yang Yuzhi heard that Fang Yuan would give money, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though it's just paper money, it doesn't matter if it can be exchanged for copper coins.

The Lingnan tribes are relatively backward, and people's concepts are not as receptive to new things as they are outside.

The implementation of paper money in this land is destined to be much more difficult than the implementation outside.

Coupled with the general humidity in Lingnan, people are even more reluctant to use paper money.

"And you too, if the tribes have any difficulties, they can also apply to this king."

Fang Yuan looked at Feng Laiyi and the other tribes and said.

"Lingnan Wang is wise!"

Feng Laiyi and the others were all overjoyed, and they saluted Fang Yuan one after another.

"When it comes to money, you don't have to worry."

"Therefore, this king also hopes that you can actively cooperate with the reform of Lingnan and make Lingnan better."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

This visit to Lingnan is to start the road of reform.

Lingnan is too backward, and many places are not very suitable for living and need to be revised.

"We will actively cooperate."

The tribal toasts spoke one after another.

They are unhappy with Fang Yuan's arrival, but Fang Yuan's arrival brings them benefits, then they will welcome it.

People are interestists, and as long as the interests are sufficient, then active cooperation is not a problem at all.

During the meeting, Zhang Ji finally arrived from Wuling County.

Fang Yuan also called him.

He and Yang Yuzhi were responsible for the construction of the Lingnan Palace.

A few days ago, Fang Yuan had some arrangements for the planning of the Lingnan Palace. (End of chapter)