Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 272 The Power of Japanese Bandits

Cao Ming has been hanging out in the business field for a long time, now that his heart has been delivered, and seeing General Gan Ning and His Highness King Wu talking happily, knowing that His Highness and General Gan Ning will not meet again, there must be a lot of things in his heart to say, so he just sat down After sitting down, he politely got up and said goodbye.

After seeing off Cao Ming, Gan Ning and Li Chengdao took their seats again. Gan Ning said, "Your Highness, the Navy is currently stationed at the Longshan Guard. !"

"Longshan Guard?" Li Chengdao was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. Could it be the Longshan Guard that Zheng Baihu mentioned that day, so he asked, "Who is in command of the Longshan Guard now? How is the situation in the guard?"

Gan Ning heard the words and quickly replied: "His Royal Highness, the commander of the Longshan Guard seems to be Hao Jingzhong. Since the inner court Gao Shida established the twelve eunuchs, the eunuch sent to guard him is called Yuan Ziwei. He is as humble as these two people. It's just a one-time acquaintance, as for the situation of the guards, I don't know much about the situation of the guards, I have little contact with them because I led the navy to station at the pier in Longshan."

Li Chengdao fell into deep thought when he heard this, Gan Ning asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with this Longshan Guard?"

Li Chengdao nodded, shook his head again, and said: "At present, I have only heard about it. Originally, I only brought three hundred coins with me on this trip, and I am still sad that no one can use it. Now that General Gan Ning has come, it is really a timely gift." ah!"

Hearing this, Gan Ning hurriedly knelt down and clasped his fists and said: "The humble officer and the sailor are [-] sons, and I am willing to do my best for His Highness!"

Li Chengdao said with a smile: "General Gan Ning, please hurry up. You are still busy with your bandit suppression these days. When I need it, I will naturally send someone to contact you. In addition, if General Gan Ning has a chance, you might as well check Longshan If there is any news about Wei's situation, call a trustworthy person to report to me!"

Gan Ning nodded when he heard this. Li Chengdao seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help asking: "Speaking of which, who are these pirates?"

Gan Ning replied: "His Royal Highness, basically they are some samurai ronin from Japan, just a group of Japanese pirates!"

"Oh?" Li Chengdao said silently, "Are these pirates very powerful?"

Gan Ning smiled when he heard the words, and said disdainfully: "These people live in no fixed place, and their combat power is ordinary. Compared with the Turkic people, they are not worth mentioning at all. The troops in the local guards were neglected in training, so they were allowed to be unscrupulous!"

"The humble staff has fought against them several times. It's not that the humble staff is boasting. The humble staff can just pick up a small team and they can kill them. According to the accounts of several prisoners captured by the humble staff, I heard that they are now fighting with us. The time of the Six Kingdoms was almost the same. The princes from all over the country were fighting for power, and they were short of money. Some princes also thought about doing business with our Tang Dynasty, but it is a pity that we allow too few ports and trade to satisfy them! "

"So some princes jumped the wall in a hurry. In the beginning, they just organized people to secretly smuggle with our illegal businessmen. Cao Ming made his fortune in this kind of business. It was okay. Some people who didn't understand it were caught by our side The profiteers made a fool of themselves, they didn’t earn any money, and they were hunted by our officers and soldiers, so they simply changed their careers to become pirates. These people went ashore to plunder, then ran away, and hid in the sea. To be honest, there is really nothing they can do!”

Hearing this, Li Chengdao's heart moved. He originally thought that aggression and plundering were their nature, but he didn't want to have such a reason.

Li Chengdao nodded and said: "If you want to solve these problems, you can't just rely on fighting. You have to do both. On the one hand, we must continue to strengthen the force, so that they will be afraid and dare not easily commit crimes. On the one hand, we still need to open more ports and open up some legitimate business channels, in this way, it is a win-win situation, so why not?"

"Your Highness is right!" Gan Ning echoed, "These pirates can steal so much from the common people just by plundering, and now that I, the Tang Navy, are guarding this place, I'm afraid they will have a hard time making ends meet, and life is even more difficult. It’s not easy, if there is profit to be made, who would be willing to stuff their head into their crotch and live life!

Li Chengdao also nodded when he heard the words. His thoughts are good, but what about the reality?To rectify the army and strengthen the armed forces, in the eyes of those civil officials and ministers, this is a matter of poor soldiers and military forces, and the opening of treaty ports. Those old-fashioned veterans who have always claimed to be the king of heaven in the court do not nod. Can this policy work?

Li Chengdao suddenly realized that although he was a king of martial arts, what he wanted to do needed more power and connections. People in this era have not changed their ideology, and too many conditions are not mature enough.

Gan Ning saw Li Chengdao frowning and thought that he was worried about the people along the south of the Yangtze River because of these pirates. He explained: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry so much. Although this trade matter is not feasible for the time being, in terms of force, I dare not pack up my humble position." Moreover, the people along the coast here have been plundered and are also cautious. After all, these Japanese pirates come from the sea. Sea sailing must rely on wind power. There is a certain number of seasons and winds. Therefore, at a certain time, the residents along the coast will We have already made thorough preparations, and even if those Japanese pirates land ashore, they won’t be able to cause much trouble!”

Li Chengdao and Gan Ning were chatting, when he walked in with a big stick and hammer, he clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, Eunuch Lu has prepared his car and sedan chair and is waiting outside, His Highness, please go to Lion Peak to inspect it together!"

Hearing this, Li Chengdao stood up, pointed at Gan Ning and said, "Banghammer, this is General Gan Ning, do you know him?"

Hearing the words, Big Stick Hammer hurriedly saluted and said: "I know you, I met you once when you followed His Highness in the Shenji Camp!"

"Yeah, that's good. From today onwards, you don't have to follow this king anymore. You go to General Gan Ning. General Gan, there are too many people here. Don't come here often in the future. I just told you What's the matter, what's the matter, just ask the big stick to send the letter back and forth!"

"Yes!"

Li Chengdao got up and sent Gan Ning out, and saw two carriages parked at the door, Qinglong with several followers, and some local officials, Lu Zicong was also standing in the crowd C, looking at the back of Gan Ning who was leaving, There was a strange look in his eyes.

Li Chengdao looked at Gan Ning's retreating back and was a little distracted for a moment when he recalled the conversation he had just had. At this time, a voice behind him said softly: "Your Highness, does this general look strange to you? I don't know..."

Only then did Li Chengdao come to his senses. When he looked back, he saw Lu Zicong standing next to him, and his charming lady also stood aside, looking at Li Chengdao with eyes like water.

Li Chengdao quickly regained his composure and said with a smile, "Oh, it's just a subordinate from back then. Now he's passing through Hangzhou. He heard that I'm here, so he specially came to visit today!"

(End of this chapter)