Six seagoing ships lined up and occupied a long section of the wharf, and the goods on these six seagoing ships made the merchants guarding the wharf red-eyed, and the soldiers who came down from the ships were even more intimidating.

The merchants were jealous of the goods on the ship, but they did not dare to do anything to oppress the newcomers, and the price was fair.

The sea breeze blows, and the pennants on the sea boats hunt!

It seems to show the strength of the owners of these ships, since they have negotiated a good business, the traders who pull the goods away will also look back at the soldiers on these ships.

The costumes are unified, but I don't know which force is the general, I must inquire clearly when I go back, and I have a good number in my heart for the next business dealing.

Of course, some of these inquirers were sent by the palace stewards.

Except for the one he kept, the other goods were emptied, Ye Fei walked to the cabin at the bottom of the ship, and said to the hundreds of pirates squatting inside: "Since you have decided to surrender and submit to our princess, then you must be loyal in the future, if you let Ben know who dares to stab him in the back, and he will never be spared, Ben will definitely screw off his head and kick it as a ball!" ”

After that, Ye Fei stepped out of the stuffy cabin first, and the soldiers who came in later drove all these prisoners out of the cabin and asked them to get off the ship and prepare to go to the barracks first.

This group of pirates can live in that sea area for more than ten years, they must have their excellent skills, and since they are now obedient to the princess, then they must be trained next.

However, the 1,000 elites who go to sea this time will select the generals who will not get seasick, train with these pirates, and reorganize them into a navy to prepare for future voyages.

The spies reported that Zeng Yan learned the news and did not dare to delay for a moment and returned to King Qian.

King Qian was taken aback when he heard the news that Zeng Yan Tan heard, "What did you say?" The princess went to sea once to get back six ships of supplies? Still sold out directly at the port? ”

At this time, when he heard the news, he couldn't care about the princess's trip to sea for a few days, and his attention was all attracted by a few boats of supplies.

The two gentlemen who stayed with King Qian also looked at Zeng Yan in surprise, suspecting that he had mistaken the news.

When she went to sea, she got six boatloads of supplies, I'm afraid that there are mountains of gold and silver on the sea for her to pick up?

Zeng Yan saw King Qian's shocked expression, and his heart was a little balanced, when he first got the news, he was also shocked, and gave Xia Jing a thumbs up in his heart, no one in the palace can toss her!

However, at this moment, he answered King Qian's question with great certainty, "This matter is true, it was Captain Ye who was in charge of following the princess at that time, and as soon as the goods were sold out, Captain Ye took the soldiers back to the barracks. The six sea ships parked at the pier also sailed away, and it was supposed that the princess had her own harbor dock. ”

King Qian and the two gentlemen glanced at each other, their hearts were numb, his princess could always go ahead of him when he did things, so that it was difficult for him to catch up with him if he wanted to.

Mr. Zhang sighed, "The princess is thoughtful in everything, and her actions are a few steps faster than us, we have been working hard to strengthen the forces on the continent these days, and she is already forming a sea force, the princess's foresight is something I can't catch up with, I'm really ashamed!" ”

Mr. Yan, a person who likes to be silent, couldn't be silent anymore at this time, and he said: "In fact, these things, in the final analysis, are still insufficient money and food, no food in hand, and panic in my heart!" I don't have money in my pocket, I don't have enough guts! Therefore, money limits the depth of our considerations.

Now the soldiers and horses in the hands of the prince have become a certain scale, according to the taxes paid in Lingnan this year, these soldiers may be enough to feed and wear, if we want to expand further, there is a danger of running out of food, unless, we can buy food from other places. ”

Armaments aside, now that several iron mines have been found in Lingnan, there is no shortage of iron tools in Lingnan for the time being.

King Qian listened to his words, turned his head to look at Zeng Yan, and asked, "Can you inquire clearly, where did the princess's boatloads of supplies come from?" ”

Zeng Yan wiped the sweat on his face and said his guess: "According to the spies' report, they found that when Captain Ye led the team back to the military camp on the outskirts of the city, there were hundreds of captives in their team, and these captives looked a bit like pirates, so do you think the princess's boatloads of supplies are copying the pirates' lair?" ”

Mr. Zhang nodded, "With this possibility, the princess likes to make strange moves, and it is like her style to copy the pirate's lair." ”

King Qian, who had lived in the capital and had never been out of the Gyeonggi region since he was a child, knew little about the sea, so he asked the two gentlemen, "Are pirates rich?" ”

In his impression, the sea was vast, there were absolutely few passing ships, and the environment was harsh, shouldn't the pirates be so poor that they were left to drink seawater?

Why did he listen to what they meant, pirates were richer than bandits on land?

Mr. Yan has an understanding of this aspect, "Sea ships often have a fixed route when sailing on the sea, as long as the pirates guard the fixed route, they can easily find the target, if they find that the target is what they can deal with, they will attack, the general pirate attack, the attacked fleet can not escape without accidents, only the fate of being plundered." ”

King Qian was not familiar with the sea, but he was interested in everything about the sea, so he couldn't help but ask a few more words, "Hearing you say this, pirates seem to be very powerful, why did the princess plunder six ships of supplies as soon as she made a move?" Do you think these pirates are too weak, or is the princess too strong? ”

"Pirates are distributed according to work, and they must be willing to work hard for wealth, and the caravans of sea ships are often family members or hired crews, and they are paid, and it is a bit unrealistic to want the salaried crew to find pirates to pay for their lives." As for why the princess was able to defeat the pirates again, Mr. Yan guessed: "The princess may have taken the pirate's lair this time by surprise and was unprepared!" ”

When Mr. Zhang heard this, he glanced at Mr. Yan with deep meaning, this old brother Yan didn't understand the situation, he really dared to say anything, and when it came out of his mouth, it seemed that the princess had become omnipotent.

King Qian seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, and he asked the two gentlemen, "This king's soldiers and horses are no worse than the princess's, you said that if this king also sends a team of men and horses to the sea to raid a few pirate dens, will he be able to transport a dozen ships of supplies back?" ”

"Ahem!" When Mr. Zhang heard this, he was so shocked that he choked on his own saliva, and received the gaze of several people, he stopped coughing and asked a very realistic question: "This proposal of the prince is a good idea, but our soldiers and horses are now sent to pacify Annan, where are the soldiers and horses going to sea?" ”

King Qian also remembered this stubble, and asked with a little regret: "Now that our army's salary, grain and grass are limited, and the soldiers and horses in our hands are out on the march, what do you say we should do?" ”

It's impossible for him to ask Xia to borrow it!

These words stopped the two gentlemen for a while, they can't change money and food, what should they say?

They have also tried their best recently, according to the princess's wishes, they have cleared the fields to help them, and they have done everything to suppress the bandits, and they have also raised a lot of food and wages.

It's just that the government and government guards here in Lingnan are rotten and corrupt enough, and when he takes over, he can't fill this huge hole with many efforts!

When Mr. Yan saw the folds on King Qian's desk, his mind flashed and he had an idea.

He pointed to the fold on the desk, "Lord Wang, last time the guard on the border of Annam didn't want to increase the salary, we can intervene from here to reduce our food expenses." ”

King Qian looked at the fold on the desk, and didn't understand the meaning for a while, "What do you mean?" Tell the king in detail what you do. ”

Mr. Yan took a sip of tea, and then said: "According to Weichen's understanding, it has become a common practice for the guards in the Dayu Dynasty to eat empty salaries, even if most of the soldiers are indiscriminate. Wechen believes that this should be the case with the guards here in Lingnan, and we can dismiss their mistakes and let them report the real strength according to the truth, and our salaries will be distributed according to the actual troops, so that we can save some of the salaries. ”

King Qian was happy in his heart, this matter is promising, but before he decided, he turned his head and asked Mr. Zhang, "What does Mr. think of this proposal?" ”

Mr. Zhang thinks Mr. Yan's proposal is very good, "Previously, we have implemented policies such as re-measuring land and clearing hidden households in Fucheng, but in fact, the two have similarities, and now it is not impossible to come to another wave of chasing dirty wages and rectifying the health center." ”

In recent years, the imperial court's control over the local area has become weaker and weaker, but everyone who has a little power and a position thinks about how to make money.

Therefore, the empty salary of the military camp has become a tacit thing for everyone.

Of course, now that Lingnan is the prince's fiefdom, it is different, knowing that his own slaves have made mistakes and embezzled, it is impossible for the master to ignore it, and it is impossible to continue to develop with it.

"Since it is feasible, then send people to the local health centers to check!" King Qian must have been happy that he could lighten his burden, and turned to Anu who was standing behind him and said, "You can arrange who to send for this matter." ”

Anu did not refuse, and agreed without hesitation.

At this time, Mr. Zhang added: "If you encounter a family member pretending to be a soldier of the guard, the palace will not pay any more money to support it. If you want the palace to support you, then you can confiscate the family, and they can think about it for two days, and then choose it themselves. ”

During the Huiyuan period, the imperial court could not pay taxes, and the treasury was empty, which led to the fact that the imperial court had been in arrears with the army's military salaries.

Whether it is a guard post or a border garrison, the generals can not receive military salaries, there is no food and grass military salaries, these teams are so hungry that there is no way, some elites are raised by the commander in the name of the family, in fact, they are pro-soldiers, they are private soldiers, in order to avoid people's eyes, they say that they are family members.

No one will be stupid enough to put it on the surface.

King Qian looked at Anu.

Anu nodded, indicating that he had written it down.

Xia Jing returned to the palace, plunged into the bathroom, and fell asleep after washing, not knowing what happened in the study in the front yard.

By the time she woke up, it was already dark.

"Does the princess want to eat?" There was a white plum inquiry outside.

"Hmm."

Xia Jing responded, stretched her waist, put on her clothes and got out of bed, and wandered on the boat for a few days.

Hongmei came in and lit a few more lights, and when she saw that Xia Jing had no energy, she asked, "The princess hasn't recovered yet?" ”

Xia Jing rubbed her cheeks and nodded: "I'm tired, I feel weak, it's uncomfortable!" ”

"When you finish eating, the slave will help you press it, and I will press it for you with the essential oil I made last time, maybe it will be more comfortable to sleep."

"Okay, this can be there."

The so-called essential oil was made by Xia Jing hiding at home some time ago for the maids, and the utensils used were all made in her space.

There are many flowers in Lingnan, and these flowers are a pity to see how defeated, so they let the maid make essential oil.

Due to physical exhaustion, Xia Jing didn't eat much at night, and after a little cushioning of her stomach, she withdrew her food.

took a bath again, let Hongmei massage it from time to time, and Xia Jing fell asleep again after a while.

The next day, King Qian got up early in the morning, and after exercising, he wanted to share breakfast with Xia Jing.

Just waited for him to wash up and rushed to Yigui Courtyard, Xia Jing had already gone out with the maid and guard.

King Qian looked at the empty room, and his expression changed several times.

Anu noticed the master's face, a dead fish eye did not squint, and a cold face tried to tense up, maintaining his own personality.

After a long time, I heard King Qian's resentful words coming from above my head, "It's been a waste of this king's heart!" ”

After that, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Anu glanced at the empty room and hurried to follow without saying a word.

Besides, Xia Jing, who went out, first went to the iron workshop, and then came out of her carriage followed by more than a dozen carriages.

In a teahouse near the north city gate, Tong Song stood by the window and noticed a dozen or so carriages on the street, the leading two-headed carriage, and he knew that it was from King Qian's mansion without asking.

Looking at the style of the carriage again, you can see that it is Princess Qian sitting inside.

It's just that Princess Qian is leading more than a dozen carriages and where is she going?

Niu Yongcheng saw that he was standing by the window and staring in one direction, so he stood up and leaned in front of the window, "Young Master Tong, who are you looking at?" Do you see a beauty? ”

With that, he craned his neck to look out of his line of sight, only to see a long convoy queuing up to go out at the entrance of the North City.

He sighed, "Whose convoy is this, a blue and blue carriage, and it is not small." ”

Tong Song said lightly: "King Qian's Mansion." ”

"King Qian's Mansion?" Niu Yongcheng was a little surprised, stretched his neck to look out, and at this moment, he saw the two-headed carriage at the front, "This is Princess Qian's carriage!" ”

Tong Song didn't answer him, turned around and sat back on the chair, "Speaking of which, we were lucky to go to Luofu Mountain to suppress bandits last time, we just gave up Luofu Mountain and came out, and we heard that Uncle Wangfu was injured." ”

Niu Yongcheng also sat back in his chair, didn't care about the extra horse convoy, and took over the conversation, "Who said no, fortunately, we gave up Sima Lu's department at the beginning, otherwise, with the strength of Sima Lu's department, even if we find their lair, we can't help them, maybe we will encounter danger." ”

Even Li Chengshang, who was protected by layers of guards, could be assassinated, and they felt that their guards could not be tighter than Li Chengshang.

In this way, if they find Sima Lu's department, I don't know if the other party will be harmed, but the team organized by their forces will be wiped out.

"I heard that the uncle of the palace is abolished? Have you heard this? Tong Song heard the news and felt that it was not true, so he asked Niu Yongcheng to confirm.

Niu Yongcheng pointed to his brain and whispered: "I heard that the wound was infected and had a fever, and it took three days, and finally the person burned into a fool." ”

Some people say that this book should be farmed but not farmed, first of all, I will state that this book is not a farming text~