Iron Dynasty

The gathered people gradually dispersed, and the people of Yutai Village in the prison came out one by one.

Seeing Yue Yun, an old woman suddenly knelt on the ground and said to Yang Chengye, Master Chief Inspector, this matter of selling illicit salt has nothing to do with Yue Yun, I ordered him to do it. The people in the village are all old and young. People who join the army join the army, and those who go out to sea to fish are killed, and the rest of us, the immortals, can’t farm at all, and we all rely on the sale of smuggled salt to exchange for some food.”

Mother, what are you doing? Your Highness has already forgiven us. Yue Yun was rather embarrassed.

What! The old woman looked at the three people outside the door, two of whom he did not know, while Yang Chengye had a wry smile on his face.

Seeing the old woman looking at him, Yang Chengye said with a wry smile: Yue Yun is right, this is His Royal Highness King Qi, thank His Highness if you want to thank him.

The old woman turned to Xiao Ming excitedly and was about to kowtow and salute.

At this time, Xiao Ming helped the old woman up and said, You don't have to do this great gift. You can't live your life.

The old woman was even more excited when she heard the words, Is what Your Highness said true?

Xiao Ming nodded.

At this time, Pang Yukun said, Your Highness, this is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the government office. Dengzhou is not less complicated than Cangzhou.

Yang Chengye came back to his senses immediately and said, Your Highness, Pang Changshi is right, there are often pirates in Dengzhou City, so let's go back and talk about it.

Letting the other villagers go back first, Xiao Ming took Yue Yun and the old woman to the mansion.

The group sat down again, and Xiao Ming asked: You are all from Dengzhou. Now tell this king about the situation in the sea near Dengzhou.

Let's talk about it. Yue Yun said attentively, not only was he forgiven for his crimes, but he also wanted to join the army. He was excited and wanted to express himself, When my grandfather was fishing at sea, there were no Japanese pirates in this area. It was so rampant, but when the generation of Caomin’s father came, there were more Japanese pirates in the nearby waters, and later we often encountered Japanese pirates’ ships when we went out to sea.

His Royal Highness, according to the time, it is almost the same. The murder of the envoy from the Great Yu Kingdom to Goryeo happened more than 20 years ago. Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming nodded and asked, What are these Japanese pirates? What about the boats they are on?

These Japanese pirates are wearing clogs, their hair is standing up, their foreheads are bare, and their clothes are different from those in the Great Yu Kingdom. Yue Yun said.

Xiao Ming drew the appearance of the kimono with a pen and paper, and said, Is it like this?

That's right, it's this kind of clothes. Yue Yun pointed and said, As for their boats, we call them Anzhai boats. This kind of boat seems to cover the house.

An house boat?

Xiao Ming knew this name. In the information of the technology library, there is a record of this An Zhai Ship, and the appearance is the same as what Yue Yun said.

After Yue Yun finished speaking, Yang Chengye said: His Royal Highness, in addition to killing people at sea, these Japanese pirates often go ashore to loot. Our Dengzhou has also found traces of Japanese pirates several times, but the number is not large, but it is said that there are many Japanese pirates in the wealthy south. .

This is all because Dengzhou is poor, otherwise how could these Japanese pirates let Dengzhou go. Yue Yun said through gritted teeth.

Then, the three asked Xiao Ming to talk about some matters at sea. Xiao Ming also asked some fishermen about the types of fish caught by fishermen. Due to the limitation of fishing level, fishermen can only catch some small fish, such as mingtai fish and other offshore fish. There are also abalone, but because abalone needs to be caught by diving, the output is very small.

In modern times, this generation of Dengzhou is rich in abalone. Because it is difficult to transport and store, this abalone is definitely a luxury. Because of this, the fishermen can survive fishing.

However, with the increase in the number of Japanese pirate ships in the offshore area, fishermen rarely ventured to the sea to fish for abalone.

Now Xiao Ming is facing many difficulties, and everything is in vain. Nowadays, the pressure of the northern barbarians makes it impossible not to devote too much energy to the construction of the navy. Therefore, the purpose of the Galen ship is not only to carry out ocean trade to obtain potatoes, etc. Crops are to drive out Japanese pirates in the coastal waters.

And ten years in the army, one hundred years in the navy, this is not just a joke, people like Yue Yun still dare not leave the land too far when sailing at sea.

In fact, why do Japanese pirates often appear here? The answer is obvious, because these Japanese pirates also travel along the coastline.

Leaving the coastline, they are likely to sail into the vast sea and never come back.

Therefore, when letting the fleet sail the ocean, Xiao Ming must teach these people how to identify the direction at sea, and this is a very deep knowledge.

After a brief understanding of the situation in Dengzhou and the sea, Xiao Ming said to Yue Yun: You are more familiar with the fishing village in Dengzhou than the governor, so you can cooperate with the governor to recruit crew members.

Yes, Your Highness, this question, but what if they don't want to? After all, they were frightened by the Japanese pirates. Yue Yun said.

Xiao Ming smiled lightly: It's okay, this king will not force you to join this king's navy, but you can take them to Qingzhou with this king, if they see the battleship and are still leaving, this king will also Just let them be, what do you say?

Well, this is no problem. Yue Yun said excitedly.

After talking about recruiting seamen, Xiao Ming thought of Luluo, and he said to Luluo behind him, By the way, Luluo, which village are you from?

When he looked back, Luluo looked like she was about to cry.

Luluo heard the words and said, Your Highness, I am from Yutai Village, Auntie, do you remember me? I am Meng Haiqiu.

At this time, the old woman returned to China, looked at Luluo, and said, What did you say?

Luluo came to the old woman this time and said, Auntie, I'm Meng Haiqiu, Meng Kuo's daughter.

Hearing this, Yue Yun looked incredulous and said, Are you Qiu'er?

Luluo nodded and said, Brother Yun, I'm Qiu'er?

The old woman gradually became excited, and she said, Are you really Qiu'er?

Luluo nodded again, and she said, It's me, auntie, brother Yun, where is my brother?

Dead! Speaking of this, Yue Yun's face suddenly darkened.

The old woman looked at Luluo and seemed to see Luluo's appearance when she was a child. He angrily said to Yue Yun, Don't talk nonsense, Qiu'er, your brother...

Speaking of which, she seemed to be at a loss for words.

Yue Yun said angrily: It's better to die, your brother joined the Japanese pirates, and now he is the leader of the Japanese pirates, an ungrateful bastard, you have the right to treat him dead.