The reckless man Gao Biaoren can be described as a master of the arts, and he didn't even think much about it, so he took over Yang Guang's task.

Li Kuan wiped a cold sweat for him, and sighed that the young people nowadays are really bold, and they dare to take their lives for such uncompromising things.

Gao Renbiao said confidently: "Your Highness, don't worry, isn't it just going to sea?" I'm very good at water, and I spend most of my time in the summer every year, so it's fine. ”

Yang Guang patted him on the shoulder and said: "If you have the courage, you won't let you go in vain, if you come back this time, you will definitely be a big official, and how much land you will occupy overseas in the future will belong to you." ”

Li Kuan was immediately taken aback: "Your Highness! ”

"Don't worry, I didn't just talk about this matter, with my father's consent."

When the emperor heard Yang Guang say about this matter before, he didn't take it seriously at all, anyway, what does the overseas land have to do with us, and it is not the land of the Central Plains, not to mention that if this trip runs to the edge of the cape and falls, it is still the same thing if he can't come back.

What does it matter if there is a bold person who is not afraid of death and is willing to go out and break through.

Yang Guang arranged for them to set off after taking them to see the latest warship that day, accompanied by Li Jing, Yang Guang needed a cronie to help him manage the navy in the future, Li Jing's battlefield experience and military books have read enough, every time I talked to him, I always felt that he was now a kung fu and had nowhere to perform, so Yang Guang gave him a position to train the navy.

I don't know if I can convince the public at such a young age, Yang Guang really muttered in his heart, but it is precisely because of such a young age, even if he does not do well enough this time, he will still have a chance in the future, and he should increase his experience.

The three of them said goodbye to Yang Guang.

Riding horses and taking the official road to the destination, the three of them ran out for a while, and arrived at the post station to rest when it was getting late.

There is an endless stream of people coming and going in the post station now, because of the prosperity of commerce and trade in the Great Sui Dynasty, so the post stations in various places are not only overcrowded now, but also have to be continuously added, otherwise they can not meet the use.

The post station has left a few rooms for distinguished guests, and this kind of wing room will not move unless there are distinguished guests, even if the other place is full of people.

The first place to live in the official university, of course, the one with the soldiers is the largest, although the three of them do not bring many soldiers, but there are also hundreds of people, at this time it is naturally the best room to stay.

When the three of them had dinner together, Gao Biaoren asked Li Jing: "Li Jing, is His Royal Highness the King of Jin really rich, it is said that he is rich enough to rival the country." ”

It is said that wealth is not exposed, but on the premise that you can ensure the safety of your property, it can be exposed, Li Jing did not hide it and nodded without shying away: "Your Highness is indeed very rich, and the wealth is too much, but to what extent, I don't know." ”

"Why do you say Your Highness has so much old money?"

"It's very simple, Your Highness's money is not from corruption, it's all earned by dignity, or Your Highness didn't expect to make so much money himself."

Gao Biaoren looked puzzled: "What is the truth of this?" ”

"According to His Royal Highness's words, if you do the right thing, the money will come naturally, just like the firearms workshop, how much money Your Highness invested in it, it was almost all used up in the silver of the Jin Palace, but after the firearms were made, the money came back in a hurry, how much money he stuffed into the research and development place, and the money came back inexplicably, and the same is true of Changle Fang, when it was built at the beginning, it was all money, and now it has to make money for His Highness every day."

"Your Highness calls these investments, and one of the main ways Your Highness invests is the coin policy."

Pei Shiqing looked puzzled: "Coin policy? Why doesn't it sound like a good thing? ”

Li Jing explained casually: "Literally, His Royal Highness does a lot of things, at the beginning, it was all invested regardless of the cost, he didn't seem to care about the money at all, and the reward for the people below was even more ruthless, and this money seemed to have a grudge against him, the last time I saw him sitting in the courtyard sad and thought it was something, and I asked to know that he was annoyed because the money he gave to the researchers of the firearms workshop was not sent." ”

Pei Shiqing was surprised: "There is such a thing? ”

"I thought it was strange at first, but then His Highness told me that I could understand a little."

"What did Your Highness say?"

"His Royal Highness said that these years were originally a reward for R&D personnel, they overfulfilled the R&D smoothly, and even exceeded expectations, they did not complete, the money was not sent, indicating that the task was not completed as expected, what is the money, and the money is only worth spending reasonably."

Gao Biaoren laughed: "His Royal Highness's thoughts are really different from ordinary people, the second brother often tells me that he is in the Jin Palace, every time he looks at His Royal Highness's behavior, three or four out of ten people who don't understand, but later found that what he doesn't understand can be useful, and then he understands, for example, he didn't understand why the maids of the Jin Palace's Mansion did six days off, and there were extra red envelopes and rest days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but then he found that after doing this, the people of the Jin Palace's mansion were more energetic than one another, for fear that their work would be topped and then understood. ”

Li Jing nodded and said: "Your Highness said that he is alone, he has no skills, and he can't say that he is staring at everything, so many times, spending money is the most efficient and easiest way." ”

Pei Shiqing agreed: "I'm ashamed to say that I haven't made any useful contributions to His Highness now, but I have relied on His Highness's arrangement to go to Wakoku and Baekje and other places and know the local language to do some correspondence work for His Highness, but I sometimes feel ashamed to accept the rewards given by His Highness." ”

Gao Biaoren asked curiously: "How much did His Highness give you?" ”

"I can't tell you how much it is, let's give a simple example, ordinary officials who are usually seven grades and below, now want to buy a house in a better area of Daxing City, at least three to five years of Yulu, and I, Your Highness rewarded me with three houses, the location is good, when His Highness rewarded me with the third set, I resigned, I said that it was useless, but His Highness said"

"Your Highness says it's a reward for those who dare to take risks."

Gao Biaoren was stunned and repeated: "The reward for those who dare to take risks...... A reward for those who dare to take risks. ”

The more he thought about it, the more excited he felt, but his excitement was not because of Yang Guang's monetary reward for adventurers, as Gao Gong's son, he had long been worry-free about food and clothing, eating and drinking, and even if the family's property was only one-tenth of him, it was enough for him to be prosperous and rich for a lifetime.

He was excited because he felt Yang Guang's recognition of adventurers from this sentence.

He didn't care how much the reward was, but Yang Guangken rewarded adventurers, those adventurers who were often considered stupid, which was an inner identification.

And he Gao Renbiao is a complete adventurer, he likes to explore, likes to challenge, and because of this, he is often scolded by his father for not doing his job, saying that he should study hard, become an official, and do some practical things, but he just can't hold back the impulse in his heart.

When you see the high mountains, you want to climb, when you see the vast river, you want to swim, when you see the canyon is empty, you want to explore, and even when you see the sky and the sea, you want to explore.

He was questioned and abused by his family, ridiculed from the eyes of others, and even said that Gao Gong was not as good as Yang Susheng as an idiot when he gave birth to a son like him.

But he couldn't resist the impulse in his heart, he just wanted to do those stupid things in the eyes of others.

Li Jing said to Gao Biaoren at this time: "Brother Gao, I see that among the tasks given by His Royal Highness the King of Jin this time, your task is the heaviest, and it is very dangerous to sail to a place where no one is around, but the conditions given by His Royal Highness are also the most generous, and the land occupied will belong to you. ”

"Ripping the Ground and Sealing the King!?"

Gao Biaoren was stunned, he didn't expect that he would come into contact with such a level one day, and he couldn't help but start to think that in the future, after he crossed the sea and arrived at a new land, this land would be all his.

With the possibility of taking risks and such a generous reward, is this a reward for those who dare to take risks?

It's you, His Royal Highness King Jin.

Before I set off, I was already yearning.

……

The sea in early spring, the blue waves are layered, and the wind blows people a little chill.

In the middle of the blue waves in front of you, there are large ships, like giant beasts crawling on the sea, looking out at the depths of the sea, the flags on the bow of the ships fluttering high, and the bright colors dancing in the wind.

Looking into the distance, everything seems so small and disproportionate on this long, vast ocean.

In the cool breeze, Li Jing was ready to say goodbye to the two in front of him.

He picked up his wine glass and said: "Brother Pei, Brother Gao, a short reunion, but also separation, you go overseas, this trip is a lot of hardships, and I hope that the two of you will cherish it." ”

"Brother Li Jingxian, at a young age, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has entrusted you with an important task, and now you are building a naval army, and I am afraid that we will have more help from you when we sail out in the future."

"Brother Xian, don't say more, we'll see you in the future."

"See you again tomorrow."

Sail exhibition, the vermilion hull is inlaid with golden dragon patterns, like a giant dragon with teeth and claws, and the high bow of the ship is carved with a silver-white dragon head, and the dragon's eyes are shining with vitality.

The two men each stood on the bow of their boat, waving goodbye.

The big ship broke through the waves and sailed into the distance.

Li Jing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, these two people went in two directions, but they were also the future direction of the Great Sui, he looked at the big ship, imagining what kind of scene it would be for the people along the coast to see the scene of the steam rising if the steam engine was installed on such a big ship in the near future.

Before he met Yang Guang, he couldn't even imagine these things, the times seemed to change too fast, and he, a young man, was afraid that he would accidentally fall behind.

After bidding farewell to the two, Li Jing began to reorganize the army and prepare to train a new type of navy.

First looked at the current drills of the local naval army, in general, there is not much difference from ordinary soldiers, the only difference is the training of seizing ships after boarding.

One of the most important things in naval warfare is that when two ships are fighting, they catch up with each other and board the ship to seize the ship.

And this situation generally occurs in rivers and lakes, the sea is vast, once in the battle into the water is basically a dead body, and in this era the Central Plains land is rarely naval battles, most of the actual sailing experience here is not as good as the fishermen.

When the local navy began to demonstrate boarding and seizing ships, hooking ropes, and flying over wooden planks to build bridges, these were some tactics that had been summarized before.

Li Jing looked at the hurried tactics and practical exercises, and was speechless for a while.

The leader of the naval army who led the team seemed to be very satisfied with the recent drill, and he was also very satisfied with the performance of the soldiers.

Li Jing said: "The soldiers are very full of spirits, but the next drills to board the ship and seize the ship have all been canceled. ”

"What?! Commander Li, this is the most important combat method in the future naval warfare, if our soldiers do not know how to board ships and seize ships, then how can we engage the enemy, if we rely purely on long-range archery, I am afraid that the lethality will be limited. ”

At this time, Yan Guozheng, the leader of the navy, heard that Li Jing was going to cancel what they considered the most important training program, and he was indignant for a while.

Originally, these people were very dissatisfied with the imperial court sending such a young man with raw melons and eggs as their naval commander, but now as soon as they arrived, they began to say such unreasonable and groundless words, which made him even more dissatisfied and even looked down on Li Jing, feeling that Li Jing did not know how to fight at all, let alone the naval army.

didn't understand anything, and when he came up, he pointed fingers, and Yan Guozheng seemed to have divided Li Jing into the people who came down to mix qualifications.

Li Jing said: "Who said that it all depends on long-range archery." ”

Then he said to the people around him, "Go and bring the latest cannon." ”

Among the supplies that came with them was a state-of-the-art firearm, a cannon.

A group of people slowly rolled out a long-barreled, spindle-shaped cannon, with wheels underneath for easy propulsion.

The people of the water army had never seen such a thing, and they all gathered around to look at this iron lump curiously.

"Commander, what is this?"

"It's called a cannon, it's a firearm, tell everyone to get out of the way and drive the most commonly used ship over here."

Everyone did the same, not knowing what Li Jing wanted to do.

After the warship was parked, Li Jing ordered his subordinates: "Open the cannon." ”

The lit fuse burned rapidly, followed by tongues of fire and a loud roar.

Rumble.

The cannonball bombarded the wooden hull, and the two were only twenty meters apart, and this cannon directly blasted a huge gap in the latest warship, and the cabin began to flood, and soon sank.

The sunken warship silenced all the sailors, just one moment, as long as you hit the right position, you can sink the current warship of the Great Sui, what kind of power is this.

Li Jing knew that the operational concept he was going to implement next would be very different from the current operational concept, and if he didn't wake everyone up, then his work would be very difficult to carry out.

The confidence of this first fire was given by artillery.

After Li Jing finished bombarding, he got up and walked backwards directly: "Do you still think it's important to board the ship and seize the ship?" In the future, the Great Sui warships will be equipped with such artillery, if one cannon does not work, two cannons, and if two can't do it, three cannons, our soldiers will be trained next How to use artillery and cooperate with artillery to fight. ”

Yan Guozheng looked at the iron lump not far away, and only felt that he couldn't keep up with the times.

Li Jing summoned his subordinates and said: "Send the news to Your Highness, the latest warships in the future, find a way to get more iron parts up, and the wood is useless." ”

(End of chapter)