Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

"Then how do you prevent pirates from coming ashore?" Li Xu asked.

Kou Xiao shook his head, "I can't guard against it, they always fight when they come, but the places where they go ashore are all random, usually when we rush there, they would have finished snatching and running away, it's thanks to the fact that they killed Xu Chang's gang last time Let the prince take the risk himself."

No, if Li Xu wasn't there, those pirates would definitely not be haunting around Minzhou, let alone run into Kou Xiao's hands.

"That's it, it's still too passive. If possible, I hope that a few naval stations can be established along the coast, and a group of sailors capable of fighting naval battles can be trained to stop pirates at sea so that they have no chance to harm the people. .”

Kou Xiao laughed when he heard this, "My lord has great ambitions, as long as you can afford the money, I will definitely settle this matter for you."

Li Xu was so confident that he even said with great pride: "This king not only wants to build a navy and ship, but also develop shipping. Only in this way can our goods from South Vietnam be sold to the farthest place."

Everyone couldn't help imagining that beautiful scene, and immediately felt a sense of admiration for Li Xu. Regardless of whether the prince's words can be realized, at least his heart is on the common people. Look at this energetic appearance, It was so touching.

The boatman guessed their identities more or less after listening to the conversation between the two, and stood aside anxiously. In the end, he didn't know whether he was moved by Li Xu's words or what, and he even praised Kou Xiao to his face: "My lord, we are along the coast. The people in the area are safe until now, thanks to General Kou who killed the enemy bravely, he is a good official."

Li Xu patted the good officer on the shoulder, "I know, General Kou is young, strong in martial arts, courageous and resourceful, and will definitely be the generalissimo who will lead the three armies in the future."

Kou Xiao gave the boatman a cold look, and was not pleased by his compliment, but rather annoyed.Li Xu didn't understand why, but he didn't want to ask too many questions, so he spoke a few more words with the boatman.

I don't know if it's because of his good attitude or because he's a good person, but the boatman even recommended himself: "My lord, my father can build ships, and most of the ships with a radius of hundreds of miles are made by him. If my lord needs them, my father will make them able to help.”

Li Xu didn't expect him to be quite clever. Just now he said that he wanted to build a navy, so he must build ships. Building ships for ordinary people is definitely different from building ships for officials.

"How old is your father, and how many brothers are there in the family?"

"My father is 45 this year, and I have five younger siblings. After I got married, I took over the boat. In my spare time, my father built boats with me. His craftsmanship is highly praised."

"I don't know where your family lives. I'll visit you when I return."

The man hurriedly said he didn't dare, "If the adult can use my father, let the villain go to Minzhou City to find you after he returns."

Li Xu thought about it and nodded. "It just so happens that the king wants to recruit more talented people, let your father go to Fujian Province to try, and the round trip will be reimbursed."

Before leaving, Li Xu asked the names of their father and son, and asked Liu Shu to write down these two names. This man is also capable, and he may be useful when he goes to sea in the future.

After getting off the boat, Li Xu and the others walked forward for a while, and they didn't set up camp on the beach until the sun went down.

They brought the staple food, and the dishes are all ready-made seafood. Seafood is very easy to cook, just steam it and boil it. But in order not to be greasy, he still stewed half of the sea prawns in oil, and made a fresh one with the sauce he bought. Dry pot seafood chowder, the taste is good, but the sauce is a bit poor.

Kou Xiao eats shrimp without peeling the shell. It should be said that Kou’s army does not peel the shell when they eat shrimp. They stuff a whole shrimp with head and tail into their mouths, chew it and swallow it, don’t mention the teeth.

However, Li Xu still kindly reminded, "Shrimp heads should not be eaten too much, there are too many dirty things, eating them is not good for your health."

Kou Xiao didn't take it seriously, "We have eaten a lot of dirtier things than this."

Li Xu thinks about it too. On this journey south, he has encountered all kinds of life, and people who have been hit by disasters dig tree roots and peel bark to eat, let alone spoiled meat and vegetables. If he goes deeper , Maybe you can see cannibals.

Eating a shrimp head is really nothing, and there is no industrial pollution in this era, and there should be no such thing as excessive heavy metals.

Li Xu held up a shrimp head to look at it, and suddenly laughed, "The Nanyue sauce is too bad, I'll make some shrimp oil and caviar later, and let General Kou try it out."

"Then the general will wait." Kou Xiao is really curious, how can the majestic King Shun, the son of the emperor, know how to cook food, and the food he makes is so delicious. If he learned from the imperial chef, he should only know how to cook. Just look at his grocery store, where new tricks emerge every day, and I don't know how this man's brain grows.

That night, after Kou Xiao fell asleep, Li Xu asked He Zun to arrest a Kou family soldier who was on duty at night, set out tea and fruits, and said kindly: "Come, let's chat."

This time Kou Xiao came out with his personal guards, seeing Li Xu smiling like a fox, his heart trembled, he always felt that he was going to die.

"My lord...why is your lord looking for a lowly job?" They slept directly on the beach by the sea, with oilcloth cushions under their bodies to prevent moisture and moisture, but this personal guard always felt as if his whole body was soaked in water.

He glanced at Kou Xiao's position, and found that it was a hundred meters away, as long as there was no loud noise here, he would not be able to wake him up.

Don't King Shun want to win him over to assassinate the general?Then he definitely can't agree to it, and he can't agree to torture or torture.

Li Xu didn't know that in just a few minutes, this talent automatically made up more than a dozen possibilities. Why did he buy him as a spy, use him to spy on information, anyway, it's not good.

Li Xu lowered his voice very low, leaned in front of him and asked: "Today, my king admired the boatman when he mentioned General Kou, and I also want to know some heroic deeds of General Kou, please tell me. "

Li Xu has always felt that Nanyue's attitude towards Kou Xiao is very strange, and he is afraid that he will respect him again, but he has been here for so long, and he has never seen Kou Xiao get angry. He is obviously a good young man who is reasonable and motivated. How can it be scary.

The personal guard looked at him suspiciously, probably not expecting this is what he wanted to ask, so he casually mentioned a few glorious deeds of Kou Xiao subduing the pirates.

He is quite good at telling stories, telling each story in a very vivid way, especially the scene of Kou Xiao bravely fighting the leader of the pirates with a long spear, he told it again and again, full of dangers.

Li Xu listened with relish, and when the guard finished speaking, he didn't get the answer he wanted. From the beginning to the end, he could only hear how smart, how brave, how decisive, and how powerful Kou Xiao was. In short, he was just praising him, but he couldn't. It's frightening to hear.

"What you said is true? Don't make it up to fool me." Li Xu stared at the guard unkindly.

The personal guard smiled innocently, and asked Li Xu: "I don't have eloquence in a lowly position, but what I say is not good enough?"

No, no, what you said sounds nice, but it's just too nice, like a storyteller, Li Xu didn't realize that there are still such talented people in the team.

Since he couldn't ask him what to say, Li Xu let him go on duty, and then he lay down to sleep, but tossed and turned, he couldn't sleep because of one thing in his mind, so in the middle of the night, Li Xu arrested another bodyguard Come chat.

The guard slept soundly in the first half of the night, unaware that Li Xu had already found his companion, and also talked endlessly about General Kou's deeds, the stories were similar, but the process was much different from what Li Xu had heard before.

In the mouth of this personal guard, Kou Xiao is like a god descending from the sky, with clever calculations, every time the opponent is insidious, cunning and extremely powerful, and every time the people suffer heavy casualties, Kou Xiao finally turns the tide and saves the people from the fire. among.

Li Xu wondered if there were some people in the army who were good at writing stories and compiled Kou Xiao's achievements into various stories to pass on. Pity.

Li Xu suddenly had the idea of ​​poaching the wall.

However, the most urgent task at the moment is not to poach the wall, but his own curiosity has not been satisfied, so he lied to the kid, "Don't give me nonsense, your companion has already told me exactly what I told you just now. It's too far away, originally this king thought he was smearing General Kou, but now it seems that what you two said is not true, it seems that this king will find some more people to confront."

The guard was stunned, and asked puzzledly: "What did the prince hear?"

Li Xu lowered his voice and said: "It is said how General Kou killed people like hemp, and his methods were so cruel that the people feared him. Of course, this king thinks what he said is a bit exaggerated. That’s right, there’s really nothing to be afraid of.”

The guard nodded like a slap in the face, and echoed at a very fast speed: "That's right, those foolish people who don't feel pain in their backs while standing and talking don't even think about it. Without General Kou, how could they have a stable life. General Kou was removed within two years. There are more than a dozen groups of pirates with outstanding achievements, even if they are ruthless, it is for the sake of the overall situation."

Li Xu hurriedly followed, "That's right, in this war, sometimes it is inevitable to sacrifice the small self to fulfill the big self, and it is also a merit to be able to exchange the smallest death for great peace."

The guard didn't know what to think of, and his eyes were a little wet, "The general has taken over the Kou family army since he was 14 years old. Before everyone recognized it, the pirate invasion broke out. They also learned the news of the old general's death and wanted to take the opportunity to go ashore. Occupying South Vietnam, at that time, everyone thought that South Vietnam was about to perish, and it would take at least two months for those who asked for help to go back to the north. Pirates ashore.

Fortunately, after the pirates occupied a few towns, internal strife broke out. Originally, it was a mob mixed with more than a dozen groups of forces. Once the division of interests was involved, they turned their faces. Seeing that the towns came so easily, they were unwilling to join forces with others , scattered around, occupying their own territory.

In this way, their number is scattered, but once they want to hide, it is extremely difficult to find.At that time, General Kou was wearing the armor of an old general, and he was only a little taller than a horse. He led 2 of us and searched the coast inch by inch. There must be innocent people among them, but at that time, there was no time to check them one by one. If the pirates were allowed to invade the hinterland of South Vietnam and hide in the mountains, it would be even more difficult to find them.

We travel day and night, sleep less than three hours a day, and even fight for three days and three nights when we encounter big waves of pirates. Either you die or I die. It's all right, there are those clever bandits who occupy the city Later, I actually knew how to build a high city wall, hiding inside and not coming out. The siege battle consumed nearly half of our troops, and there were black-hearted bandits who captured the people and threatened the general. If they fought, they would slaughter the city. Decisions are forced and helpless. Those who know how to be grateful will naturally remember the goodness of the general, and those who are ungrateful will regard the general as a god of death and do not want to mention him, alas! "