Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Your Highness." Seeing Li Zhen's arrival, Cheng Chuliang, who was in charge of defense, came up to greet him, and Chang Kai, the person in charge of the fleet, came with him: "My subordinate Chang Kai has met His Highness the King of Yue."

"Get up." After Li Zhen saw the merchant ships and warships moored at the pier, most of her worries had been relieved.Although I still haven't figured out what's going on, but looking at the state of the dozen or so ships in front of me, it doesn't look like they came out of a shipwreck—I haven't heard that after a shipwreck, the ships can still be intact No damage, especially a shipwreck that could swallow a large fleet of more than 200 ships. The rest of the ships sank. Maybe.

"What's going on?" Although he was relieved, Li Zhen was even more puzzled: "I just heard that your fleet sank? Looking at you now, it doesn't look like it."

"Your Highness, it's all a misunderstanding." Chang Kai quickly explained: "Your subordinate came back not long after leaving, and only a dozen ships came back. This will cause everyone to worry about the heat. In addition, the ships have been loaded. There are too many things, the draft is too deep, and they are rickety on the sea, which deepens their doubts, so there are similar rumors on the pier. In fact, it is not like that at all. There is nothing wrong with the fleet, not only nothing , and there is a big harvest."

"What's the situation?"

Chang Kai looked around suspiciously, and after finding no suspicious person, he took off the armor, then the cowhide armor, took off the cowhide armor, took out a knife and cut the inside of the leather armor, Li Zhen noticed that it turned out that There is actually a lining made of cowhide inside the cowhide armor. In this way, a double-layer cowhide armor is formed, which not only has stronger defense, but also can hide things.

After groping around inside the leather armor, Chang Kai took out an envelope and handed it to Li Zhen, and said in a low voice: "The matter is too urgent, there are too many people talking here, it is difficult for my subordinates to explain to His Highness, but Lord Liu has already explained the matter The whole process is written here, His Highness will know it at a glance."

"..." Opening the envelope, there are two things inside, a piece of blank paper and a letter. There is nothing on the blank paper, only two irregular figures and a direction mark.After studying it, Li Zhen didn't see what it meant, so she temporarily put it away and opened the letter instead.

In the letter, Liu Rengui had already explained everything clearly. As for the blank paper, there were actually two islands drawn on it.One is Dongsha Island, and the other is the location of Yindao. In order to prevent others from getting the treasure map, he even wrote part of the letter in coded language.

Therefore, after reading the letter, Li Zhencong's mood is quite complicated. He is excited to find the treasure, shocked by the huge amount of silver mines in Yindao, confused about how to deal with Yindao in the future, and even more so in Yindao. Losing in the competition, worrying about Yindao being taken away by the enemy, etc., had mixed feelings, and he was a little confused for a while.

After a long time, Li Zhen came back to her senses, readjusted her mood, pointed to the merchant ship docked on the pier, and asked, "Is the thing that Liu Rengui gave to the king inside?"

Chang Kai nodded and said: "Yes, Your Highness, there are ten ships, a total of [-] tons, not less than one or two."

Li Zhen's thoughts changed, and she said, "Take off the things immediately."

"Shall I remove it now?" Chang Kai frowned slightly, and said in a voice that only two people could understand: "Your Highness, there are so many people here, who knows how many eyeliners of our enemies are there? What if a box leaks... Why don't you let the enemy know the information about the silver mine?"

"It's okay, I'll just ask Cheng Chuliang to lead people into martial law." Li Zhen said indifferently: "Besides, it's just a pile of silver ore, even if it leaks, it's nothing. On the contrary, the more we cover it up, the more they will try to figure out what's going on on the ship. What is it, this will have a considerable impact on our security."

"Okay, I'll listen to Your Highness." Li Zhen insisted, and Chang Kai naturally didn't dare to refute, so he hastily followed Li Zhen's order and moved out of the way.

Chapter 570 Li Zhen's Bait

Chapter 35 Lee Jung's Bait

Martial law at Pier No. [-] was soon completed. Under Li Zhen's order, thousands of slaves temporarily mobilized from the slave camps began to board the merchant ships, and slowly carried the ore in boxes.

Cen Wenwen approached Li Zhen and asked, "Your Highness, hasn't the No.11 wharf already been built? Why don't we unload such important materials at the No.11 wharf?"

Yuezhou Port is a dual-use port for both military and civilian purposes. According to the plan, there are four or five piers in total, of which piers No. [-] to No. [-] are civilian piers, and both merchant ships and fishing boats can dock here.

The 15th to No.11 piers are military piers, but because the quality requirements of the military piers are much higher than those of the civilian piers, all the ten civilian piers have been completely completed, and the military piers have only been successfully built. No.[-] At this rate, it will take at least a year for the remaining piers to be completely completed.

Of course, this is not the problem. The real problem is—since the things on the ship are very precious, why not unload the ship at the No.11 wharf?That is the territory of the navy, and there is a barracks guarding it outside. The security and confidentiality are far higher than those of No. 11 Pier. Why doesn't Li Zhen unload the fleet at No. [-] Pier?This is exactly what Cen Wenwen was most puzzled about.

"It's okay, it's not too important. It's best for outsiders not to know, and it's no big deal if they know." Li Zhen said indifferently. He naturally couldn't tell others that he did it on purpose, just to leak news about the silver mine. , to tease the aristocratic family well, and at the same time began to implement his own plan to divorce the relationship between the aristocratic families - facing such a large silver mine, Li Zhen did not believe that they would sincerely cooperate and jointly develop it.

Originally, Li Zhen's plan was to use the spices on the Spice Island (Banda Islands) as bait. After all, spices are not strategic materials, and it is not easy for the court to intervene in the open.However, the value of spices is extremely high, and the spices of an entire archipelago can completely arouse the greed among aristocratic families and make them beat out their brains.

But now, it seems that there is no need for it. The temptation of spices is great, but no matter how great it is, can it be better than the white money?After the spices are picked, they need to be processed and sold, which requires a lot of cost and effort. How can silver mines come so quickly?It only needs to be smelted, and what is cast is white silver.

Although silver mines are strategic materials and state-controlled items, private mining is generally not allowed unless there are special circumstances.but……

As mentioned above, it is generally not allowed, but first of all, the silver mine is now isolated overseas, and then, the reserves of the silver mine are too large. If they can really be mined, it is really not a problem to buy the entire Datang. Finally, the face For such interests, no one has any reason to refuse, even if it is against the court.

There is a saying in "Das Kapital" that capital is evil. Once there is a proper profit, capital will be bold. If there is 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it will be used everywhere. Be active; if there is a 50% profit, it will take risks; if there is a 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; if there is a 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime, even risking hanging.

And the silver mine on Silver Island is more than 300 yuan in profit?It only needs to invest in a little smelting equipment, and you can get enough wealth for the enemy country. Who can refuse such a temptation?Not to mention trampling on all laws in the world, as long as they can get Yindao, they can even sell their ancestors.

Even though they clearly know that Li Zhen is using a conspiracy to drive a wedge between themselves, but they still have to fight when they should fight-no one else, the benefits are too great, big enough to make most people lose their minds, even if Knowing that Datang is sitting behind to reap the benefits of the fisherman, he will not hesitate.

Not only aristocratic families, but also some big forces will also be tempted. I am afraid that even the Buddhist sect, which claims to be pure in heart and asceticism, will be no exception. To be a fisherman comfortably, you only need to clean up the mess at the end.

The only worry is whether the aristocratic family will unite with other forces and join hands to clear Datang out before competing for the silver mine.But thinking about it carefully, probably not, not to mention that even if they really united, Li Zhen might not be afraid of them.After all, Datang's strength lies there. If they want to destroy Datang, they must be prepared to be maimed by Datang.

And the major forces are only a temporary alliance, each with its own ghosts, each has its own plan, how can it be possible to cooperate sincerely, and how can it be possible to use all its strength in the battle of the Tang Dynasty-they are not fools, and it is impossible to do their best by themselves He died with Datang, not only made wedding clothes for others, but also was eaten alive by others, not even a bone was left.

"It doesn't matter?" Cen Wenwen was also drunk. This is a silver mine, a big silver mine. Is it really okay for you to be so calm?

Li Zhen said lightly: "What's the big deal? Anyway, I have the charts myself. I think as long as the charts are not lost, even if others know that the ocean-going fleet has found an island rich in silver mines overseas, so what? Don't they Can they still find that place? The sea is vast, where can they find it?"

When Cen Wenwen heard it, he felt that it made a lot of sense, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, His Highness is still thoughtful, and the old minister is thinking too much."

Fortunately, he didn't know Li Zhen's plan, otherwise he would definitely exercise the power of the Taifu and imprison Li Zhen in the palace, and let him handle this matter by himself--peat's prodigal son, such a big silver mine, You don't mine well, but you use it as bait, isn't it too prodigal?

Three thousand tons of silver ore may seem like a lot, but the density of silver (1053 grams per cubic centimeter) is much higher than that of iron. After unloading the silver ore, they were uniformly loaded on the carriage and transported to Li Zhen's base, which is in the Sanyue Mountain.

After Xue Rengui led the youth army to wipe out Feng Gai, Li Zhen took a fancy to the terrain of Sanyue Mountain. I have to say that Feng Gai would indeed choose a place. First of all, Sanyue Mountain is a karst landform, and the entire mountainside is hollow. It is an excellent Tibetan military place.Secondly, Sanyue Mountain is not far from Yuezhou City. It guards the official road leading to Yuezhou City. It is backed by the tributaries of the Pearl River. It can be attacked and defended. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend. An excellent strategic location.

Chapter 571

Chapter 36 Blood Fiend Order

If Feng Gai hadn't been unlucky, the first opponent he faced would be Li Zhen, and it happened that Li Zhen had an invincible young army in his hand, otherwise any person and army would have to be defeated in front of Sanyue Mountain Halberd, without spending several times the lives and a lot of time, it is impossible to conquer here.

After eliminating Feng Gai, Li Zhen fell in love with this place at a glance, made it his own territory, and built a huge military base here.After such a long period of construction, a reinforced concrete base has begun to take shape, enough to be used as a base for 10 people. Putting silver ore here is very safe.

In fact, Li Zhen opened a smelter in Lingnan, but the scale of the smelter was very small, and more than 3000 tons of silver ore could not be stored by a small foreign smelter.What's more, this batch of silver ore is too important. If it is placed in the smelter, it is too suspicious. Even if the enemy obtains the ore specimen, they will probably have doubts in their hearts, suspecting that there is some conspiracy in Li Zhen.

Sanyue Mountain is named for the huge crescent-shaped caves. These three caves are deep and large, each of which can accommodate thousands of people for meetings. They have been used as base warehouses, and some important materials will It is stored here, which is also the place where Li Zhen stores the silver ore. After putting the silver ore in, you only need to put down the heavy gate at the entrance of the cave. Without the key, no one can enter.

And Li Zhen's actions have indeed fallen into the eyes of the enemy, especially the aristocratic family. They are the most active one among the hostile forces of the Tang Dynasty, and they are also the one with the most manpower in Lingnan.This time, Li Zhen's actions were so mysterious, which made the family very nervous, for fear that Li Zhen was planning some conspiracy.So they immediately increased their investment in intelligence, and finally, with their unremitting efforts and Li Zhen's deliberate indulgence, they finally got the answer they wanted.

In a certain cave, several people are gathering.

"Cui Si, what are you trying to do by summoning us in such a hurry? Do you know that I have already made a plan and entangled almost all the bandits in a radius of a hundred miles. It seems that I am about to attack the county seat. How dare you Let me come back, this time all my efforts are in vain. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I will never forgive you." A teenage boy asked the leader unceremoniously Seeing that he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is still a student at the age of ordinary people. No one would have thought that he would be one of the six deacons of the Lingnan Branch of the Blood Alliance, and the representative of the Zheng family of Xingyang in the Blood Alliance. One of the finishers.Don't look at his young age, in fact, his methods are cruel, ruthless, and martial arts are superb. Many people fell into his hands because they underestimated his age.

"That's right, I've already connected with a commander of the Youth Army, and I'm about to instigate him, but you actually issued the blood demon order at this time, it's all right now, all the previous efforts were in vain. What the hell? The matter is so urgent?" It was a scribe who spoke, and his tone was also not kind.

"I am also with Ang, I have already met a senior craftsman in the glass workshop, and I am about to get the glass formula from him... Do you know what this means to us? It means that we It is very likely that we will get the glass formula and successfully dig out a piece of fat from Li Zhen's business empire. Whether we make it ourselves or publish the formula, it will cause Li Zhen a lot of trouble... you at this time What do you want me to come back for?" The third person also said bluntly.

The six deacons of the Blood Alliance have different divisions of labor, such as Zheng Lang who controls the force, Cui Si who controls the overall situation, Wang Tong who is in charge of intelligence, Li Weizhi who is in charge of business, Cui Long who is in charge of law enforcement, and of course, there is another one who is in charge of logistics. Lu Qishan, but since Lu's rebellion brought heavy losses to the Seven Sects and Five Surnames and the Blood Alliance, Lu Qishan has been "digested" by the Blood Alliance. As soon as the order came out, no matter where the members of the Blood Alliance were, as long as they were named, they had to come back as soon as possible.

Cui Si is a fat man with a sense of joy, grinning and grinning, even if he is forced to question him, he is still cheerful, with his almost slit eyes open, he smiled and said: "Everyone, don't worry, since I called everyone Come on, of course I have my reasons, and Lao Wang, you are too incompetent as the person in charge of intelligence, and you don’t know anything about what happened in Lingnan? Isn’t it too negligent of your duty?”

"Nonsense." Wang Tong curled his lips and said, "I've been in Nanyang these days, and you called me back with a bloody order. I thought something serious happened, and I was in a hurry all the way. I just came back and I haven't had time to talk to my brother." You called me over when I communicated with other people... Tell me yourself, where did I find the time to find out the information? My previous efforts were wasted, hey."

Speaking of this, Wang Tong couldn't help but sighed, but stared at Cui Si, the meaning was self-evident, and the rest of the people also had this expression, and Cui Si was asked to give an explanation, only Cui Long was in charge of law enforcement , was not hit by Cui Si, so he sat on the sidelines and watched the show indifferently.

"Oh, since I sent out the blood demon order, I have my reasons." Facing the silent oppression of the crowd, Cui Si seemed quite calm, and still smiled and said: "This time something really happened. The task of any of you is important. Old Wang, you just met Gao Tianying. Do you know his nature? Do you know whether he is loyal to Li Zhen or whether he has high loyalty? If it’s just that loyalty is more expensive That's all, what if he is Li Zhen's diehard loyalist? At that time, you have spent countless financial and material resources but failed to achieve the results you want, and you should be very clear about how the elders will punish you."

"And you, Zheng Li, what can you do if you conquer a county? Apart from forcing Li Zhen to fight with you, what benefits can there be? You think Li Zhen sent all the troops to the front, but he has no troops in his hands. Did you? You're so naive.

And Li Weizhi, so what if you snatch Li Zhen's glass trade over?At most, it can only give Li Zhen a little pain. He has so many profitable projects, just a piece of glass, and the output is still so low. I'm afraid he won't take it to heart. "

Zheng Li's youthful heart, seeing that his efforts were criticized as worthless by Cui Si, immediately slapped the table: "What do you mean? Are you negating our efforts? Are you able to do it yourself? Don't do anything, What's the point of just talking sarcastic here?"

The other two also looked unhappy, watching Cui Si become unkind.