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Chapter 924 A blind man rides a blind horse, entering a deep pool in the middle of the night

"If we want to plot against Japan, we need a lot of ships." Liang Jianfang watched Li Ji take another sip of wine and licked his lips.

"Yun Chuyou."

"Hey, where did he get the boat?"

"There is a city in Liaodong called Dahang City. It is the largest and most prosperous seaport in Liaodong. It is said to be the city of Tang Dynasty. What Yunchu said there may be more effective.

Over the years, more than [-]% of the candles used by wealthy families in Chang'an and Luoyang have been provided by Dahangcheng. I heard that there are no less than a thousand whaling ships that dock every year.

As long as they catch a giant whale, it will be enough for the people there for a long time. During the Chinese New Year the year before last, Yun Chu sent me several barrels of pickled whale meat. I fried it in oil and it tasted good. "

Liang Jianfang stroked the beard on his chin and said, "Why don't I know? If I knew, I should have taken a share."

Li Ji raised his head and glanced at Liang Jianfang and said: "How do you get the qualifications to participate in the shares? If your grandson Liang Ying participates in the shares, Yun Chu might agree. Daxing City was given to the soldiers of Chang'an Prefecture by Yun Chu when he followed me on the Eastern Expedition. As a way to make money, only soldiers from the Chang'an Prefecture are qualified to participate in Dahang City's business.

Why do you think Yunchu crushed the Chang'an soldiers by himself?

They relied on the money they earned in Dahang City and their belongings to make proper arrangements for the life, death, and burial of the Chang'an soldiers.

Your Majesty wants us to start wandering around the world with him since August last year, the reason is to drive us away, so that he can send people to thoroughly investigate Chang'an City. You also read it, and the officials in Chang'an are frequently transferred. I bet that when Yun Chu, Wen Wen and the others go back, they will find that at least [-]% of the officials under their command are people they have never seen or heard of. . "

Liang Jianfang was taken aback and said, "So, Yun Chu, they are going to be doomed and will be ignored by others."

Li Ji peeled off a sea melon seed and ate the bit of meat inside, then said slowly, "Have you seen Yunchu and the others in a hurry?"

Liang Jianfang said, "No."

Li Ji sighed and said: "People even suggested to His Majesty in the court hall that the Chang'an subordinates have extensive knowledge and outstanding abilities. I hope that Your Majesty can break the gap between officials and officials, reuse Chang'an subordinates, and give these people from humble backgrounds a bright future. The talents of these officials will not be hindered by their background and lost to everyone.

He also said that for the officials of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was a big melting pot and a fertile field for sowing. As long as your majesty sows people with lofty ideals in Chang'an, a large number of capable and useful talents will be harvested in the future.

Look, this is the heart and confidence of others. Your Majesty, as well as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, all listened and gave a thumbs up.Presumably those subordinates who stayed in Chang'an would also be grateful when they heard their county magistrate so flattering them. "

As Li Ji spoke, he also slapped away Liang Jianfang's hand that reached for his wine glass, wiped the oil stains on his hand on the piece of cloth, and continued: "I really don't believe that Yun Chu is a selfless person. , however, they did something selfless, and they did it very thoroughly.

Those under his command can leave Chang'an, but those who still need to continue to hone their skills, those who need to be beaten, and those who need to be recruited. People have made it clear how the new talents can integrate into Chang'an's officialdom as soon as possible.

No matter how doubtful I am, I can only hold it in. As long as I open my mouth and say that he is a fake, I will immediately be labeled as jealous of talents and be despised by the world.

But even so, I still don't believe that Yunchu is such a generous person, because this is no longer something that one person can do. "

Liang Jianfang finally got a sea melon seed and put it in his mouth: "You said so much, what do you want to say?"

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and said to Liang Jianfang: "You and Yunchu have always been close, you can ask him, the old man wants to build a seaport on Xiongjin Road, and prepares to do business with the Japanese country, can his Dahang City support us with some ships? "

Liang Jianfang nodded and said: "Oh, oh, he has many ships, manpower, and money and goods. You should ask him."

Li Ji looked at Liang Jianfang and said sadly: "You old man was so addicted to sex that you ruined so many women, but you didn't give birth to a better daughter..."

Liang Jianfang grabbed Li Ji's wine glass and drank it. Then he quickly rocked his wheelchair and walked out. As he walked, he muttered: "You do have a daughter, but you always like to kill your son-in-law..."

After hearing Liang Jianfang's appeal, Yun Chu did not immediately agree or refuse.

When the direction of the wind is uncertain, standing in a random line is a very fatal thing.

The large number of Baiqisi people in Chang'an City means that there are no Baiqisi people in Daxing City.In the Tang Dynasty, there must be Baiqisi in any important military area, important economic area, or important transportation area.

Today's Dahang City is already the most important city of the Tang Dynasty in Liaodong, and it is also the most prosperous city. It is also an important transportation center for materials in the Tang Dynasty and Liaodong.

Back then, when Li Ji led Yunchu and others on the eastern expedition, they went there with the goal of exterminating their descendants and destroying their ancestral temples. Naturally, such a large army would not be polite to them. Plus, with 50 soldiers to capture, If you want profit, you need to take money home.

Therefore, everything of value in the three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla was taken away by the Eastern Expedition army. As far as Yunchu knew, in the fourth year after he returned home from the Eastern Expedition, he was still getting a steady stream of The trophies of the Eastern Campaign given by the emperor.

Among them is Cui Yao’s favorite set of bronze chimes.

This thing was from the Silla Ancestral Temple, and it was an instrument that could only be used by princes. Li Zhi didn't like it, so he casually gave it to Yun Chu. According to Cui Yao, the Yun family finally had something that could be passed down from generation to generation.

All the good things from Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were shipped back to the Tang Dynasty, including various craftsmen with a little skill and women with a little beauty.It is said that only a few families over there can own a kitchen knife, and they are so poor that they can hardly even see it.

Under this situation, even if the fishermen at sea wanted to trade with them, they would not be able to bring anything good. If they wanted to exchange what the fishermen needed, they had to go to Dahang City.

Because Dahang City is different. This city belongs to the Tang Dynasty, so naturally it is not within the scope of the army's looting. This difference makes Dahang City the wealthiest and safest city in Liaodong.

As long as they are from Liaodong, there is no one who does not want to live in Dahang City.

Fishermen on whaling ships have no distinction between country and ethnicity. Their home is their ship. They live on the ship all year round. They live on the ship and finally die in the sea.

Copper coins, gold, silver, silk and other things that can be used as money are worthless in their eyes. They need good anchors, iron nails, iron knives, good harpoons, good iron pots, needles, and rice and vegetables. , pickles and other daily necessities, even the linen cloth advocated by Yun Chu, their demand is very small. Compared with linen cloth and cotton cloth, they feel that sea animal skin is warmer.

Through these people who have been floating on the sea all year round, he has learned that in the far north, across the vast ice fields, there are still some people living there. They live in ice houses and make a living by catching sea beasts.

Yunchu knew that Li Ji had taken a fancy to these sea-crossing Ezo people with beards and hair like shrimp whiskers who fished at sea all year round.

Li Ji knew that there were some Eni people living opposite Baekje. He might hope to use these Eni people who crossed the sea as the pioneers, and then go to the territory of the Eni people opposite Baekje to continue to expand their influence, and eventually go south and take over the entire Japanese country.

This is a good idea.

On the sea between Baekje and Ezo, there are strong winds and waves that come and go all year round. If there are no sailors who are familiar with that sea, if there is a strong wind, let alone the land of Japan, it will be blown all the way by the typhoon. It is possible to go to Lingnan.

According to what Yun Chu knew, Monk Jianzhen encountered such a strong wind a hundred years later. He clearly set out from Dengzhou, but after getting off the boat, he found himself in Lingnan.

The Ezo people who cross the sea don't even speak the same language as other Ezo people. They float on the sea all year round. Unless they encounter a giant whale, they will only cooperate with several ships. Otherwise, one ship is a country.What Li Ji was thinking about was simply delusional.

However, the news that Xue Changfeng came back from Youzhou made Yunchu a little confused, because Xue Changfeng said that he saw many noble princes in Youzhou who could only be seen in Chang'an and Luoyang, and they were just in Youzhou. After replenishing some supplies, they left Youzhou City. The most important thing was that after they left the city, a group of barbarian knights appeared and followed them all the way north.

In other words, the nobles of Chang'an and Luoyang have already started to take action, and they planned this matter at least half a year ago.

It was true that Yun Chu didn't like these nobles, but he also didn't want to watch these people blindfolded go into a world they were very unfamiliar with, at least he didn't like to see them die on the land of Japan.

After the emperor stayed in Penglai for another three days and saw that no new mirage appeared, he was ready to leave. However, he still sent Liu Renshi, the commander of the Dengzhou Navy, to be responsible for building a new Penglai city here.

When the emperor came to Penglai, he was as angry as a tiger, and when he left Penglai, he was somewhat disheartened.

After leaving the Shandong Peninsula, the front army commanded by Pei Xingjian and the rear army commanded by Xue Rengui rushed directly to Hebei. Youzhou deposed Ambassador Hao Chujun, and Yingzhou Governor Guo Daifeng returned to the court.

Yun Chu thought that the emperor would visit Hebei Road, or at least set foot on Hebei's territory. As a result, whether it was because the blow from Penglai was too great for Li Zhi or for some other reason, the emperor did not order to go to Hebei Road. This time Go straight to Mount Tai.

Zhang Guo's resurrection was a huge blow to the emperor, mainly because it affected the emperor's state of mind, causing the originally ambitious Li Zhi to seem to have lost his enterprising spirit.

(End of this chapter)