Evil disciple, let go of the back of your teacher's neck!

The news of the robbery of the grain ship did not reach the commander's tent until after noon. All three thousand shi of rations and the two hundred bags of sand and gravel transported by the Ministry of Industry fell into the enemy's hands. Never left the whole.The instigator was none other than the remnants of the Japanese pirates who were shrunk by the Nanyang navy a year ago, hibernated for several months, and took advantage of the chaos in the ban.

Ito Shiga couldn't wait for the sea to rise, and the huge tide difference from the time of landing at noon made sailing impossible.He told the sailors in the team to keep their spirits up, don't rush to unload the sails, and after a few hours, the tide will rise in the middle of the night, and they will sail back immediately.

This damned dilapidated deserted island, with dangerous mountains and deep forests, catered to the natural advantages of field warfare with knives, but the army rations and sand that had just been looted by this ship could not be carried away on one's shoulders.

What's more, Ito didn't dare to take it lightly when the evil dragon on the seabed came to land and there were people he feared.

Not far away, the shoals near the shore are densely packed with wooden stakes to prevent ships from approaching. Under the night, it looks like a mountain of knives and swords emerging from the mud of hell.The rest of the team gathered around the wooden pile in twos and threes to drink. They behaved rudely, laughed wildly, and their sharp Japanese accent was mixed with a few newly learned Chinese slang from time to time. frown.

"Blessed by Kamikaze, let us return to Qiandao smoothly with the reward of the God of War." Ito closed his eyes, put his index fingers on his forehead, and muttered, "I am here, I am here [1], Diving into the sea, you will not meet the evil spirits, and Yinuodu will be blessed by the divine wind."

Tiansha, to these ronin, is a force that is frightening even in the Penglai sea.Ito had never fought against it, but he had heard about the strength of this team from various rumors more than once. No matter how much he comforted himself, the deep-rooted fear made him even rob the Dayan people's grain ship. Also unable to show joy.

The bonfire blew up, and the assistant threw the salt jar, and brought the grilled sea fish to Ito.He shook his head, still resting his index finger between his eyebrows, pinching the bridge of his nose wearily.

The deputy was biting the fish, and asked vaguely while chewing: "The lord has an order, we only need to stay on this Dokdo for a few hours, and when the goddess Darcy ascends to the sky, the kamikaze will help us return to the voyage smoothly." , what is the captain worried about?"

When Japanese pirates go out to sea to plunder, they often form a team of five people, a row of ten people, and a small team of 50 people. Ito is the leader of this small team.

"Tiansha, I have a hunch that we will definitely meet Tiansha tonight." He replied, "We robbed the food of the Dayan people, and they will not let it go."

The deputy said: "That's just Yan Ren's trick. We have been sailing the sea for many years, and we have never seen anyone who can drive a whale. If there are such strange people in the Nanyang Navy, why are they restrained by Dongying warriors? After several years, you still haven't been able to get the slightest benefit?"

Ito was silent when he heard the words.

This is not because of the arrogance and ignorance of the deputy. The reason why Dongpu was able to "confront" the army of Shangguo relied on the continuous supply of ammunition from the shogunate-those were largely just illusions-the most fundamental reason was that they were In terms of tactics, they adapted to the sea earlier than the Dayan people.

Many of the Nanyang navy are soldiers who are familiar with water skills, but mountain warfare is their disadvantage. Dongying Ronin took advantage of this disadvantage. When the battle situation was unfavorable, they retreated into the mountains and hills and urgently built fortifications to defend themselves, thus forcing the logistics Yan Jun, who was too weak to fight at sea for a long time, retreated.

However, after Wang Lang assumed the post of Dadu Unification and there were more infantry in the navy who were good at field combat, the low swimming ability became a new problem, and this situation has not been really reversed.

The above problems can only be solved sooner or later, but the shogunate can also use this time to strengthen itself.Until the appearance of Tiansha—the mysterious power that is rumored to be able to control whale sharks and carry infantry across the shallows that are difficult for ships—a shadow of terror has cast a shadow of terror on the hearts of many Dongying people, including Ito.

"Thinking is useless." Ito got up and stepped on the bonfire, and said, "Order people to take turns to guard the whistle. When the tide rises, we-"

Before the last words could be uttered, a slender ripple suddenly appeared on the moonlit sea.The bubbles churned and burst, and after a moment of silence, countless cracks moved from the deep sea to the shore. The sea, like a shattered mirror, suddenly fell apart with a roar of a whale.

Ito's eyes widened, and he swore to Kamikaze that he had never seen such a fantastic scene before shouting: "Heavenly evil!"

I could only hear the sound of dripping water, and dozens of figures quickly broke through the water like carps, and they rushed to the unsuspecting Japanese pirates on the case with their strength.The leader, with ape arms and a wolf waist, held a blade in his palm, and when he pounced, he shot horizontally, and the deputy in front of him didn't even have time to block, and fell headlong into the sea water with a "boom".

The blood mist around him never stopped, and Ito jumped up and down, hastily escaping from the increasingly tight offensive, waiting for the opportunity to draw the sword from the leather sheath.He was extremely surprised at how these stalkers used their strength, and while swimming back quickly, he secretly looked at the strange reflection of people coming out of the water.

It didn’t matter, Ito was so shocked that he almost bit off his tongue: the huge shadow group was not a reef near the shore, but clearly the smooth and smooth back of a whale.

Riding a whale, really riding a whale!

The sound of the flute suddenly sounded, clear and intense, and more and more dimples split the surface of the water, rushing towards the shore quickly.The stealthy man quickly drew out his knife, without giving the Japanese pirates a chance to react, he chopped down the man the moment he landed on the shore, and the blood splashed on the black silk under the soft armor, and soon rolled down like beads.Ito just noticed that these people were wearing light-weight shark skin, and they moved in the water as if they were walking on the ground.

The Japanese pirates never thought that Yan Jun would have the ability to chase after Fushui, so he was caught off guard at the moment.Feng Lin killed his deputy, grabbed his collar and used his body as a meat shield, blocked the Japanese pirate's random knife, and just pushed back into the crowd who were too late to draw their swords.

Chi Xiaoyu led the soldiers to follow steadily, and slashed across with a sword, leaving behind corpses covered in grass.The whole squad is waiting for Ito's order, but their leader is being bitten by the wolf so quickly that he has no time to pay attention. The Japanese pirates instantly turned into headless flies. The roaring waves swept and swallowed.

Ito lost his knife and staggered and fell to the ground.Huaiying suddenly attacked from the right, he hurriedly dodged sideways, and the bag was torn from the neckline.He raised his bald arms from the mud suddenly, the dirty mud splattered his eyes, making his body slow for a moment, Ito seized the opening and jumped up, desperately ran to the mountain, only two steps away, and he was called the grass Another white shadow from the flying general hit the ground heavily, and there was no strength left to struggle.

The fighting stopped, and Feng Lin watched Yan Jun move bags of sandbags out of the cabin, without any relaxation between his brows.

At this time, there was the sound of a bamboo stick being tapped from behind, and when I turned around, I saw the blind peacock in green shirt, swaying slowly and slowly, and paused when it stepped on the limp corpse. Pause, and then avoid it in disgust, looking leisurely like a stroll in a garden.

"It is said that the Japanese pirates used to eat pickled raw meat, and it turns out that even the corpses stink, it is simply disgusting." Liao Wuji clicked his tongue.

Feng Lin didn't take his eyes off the sandy beach, he just blocked the blind man with his sword when he was about to step on the ground, and after a long while, he said: "This small band of rogues is weird."

"The weather is calm tonight. They don't need to stay here after their looting." Liao Wuji put away his sword scabbard calmly, his left foot was not firm, and his right heel touched, and he jumped over the half-arm-long ravine lightly and skillfully, "Strange return Strange, the real money rewards must not be less, otherwise I won’t be able to explain to my family when I go back.”

Feng Lin didn't bother to talk to her, so she glanced at the bosom who was licking and flattering the white wolf a few steps away, thinking that she had fallen into a nest of fear.

Chi Xiaoyu approached quickly, the blood on his head and face was not wiped, and his expression was very bad, "My lord, less than one-tenth of the three thousand shi army rations are on the ship, and the amount of sand and stones is not the same. Obviously it is just the looted goods." A little bit. I pressed the leader of this Japanese bandit just now, but he refused to say anything."

"Don't you want to say anything?"

Feng Lin's eyes were like knives, and those peeping eyes disappeared in a hurry. Ito was sweating coldly on his back. He suddenly yelled in Japanese dialect that no one could understand. knife.

Feng Lin reacted very quickly, swung his dart and nailed his protruding palm to the mud, and then bent down indifferently amidst the screams of pain.

"It's not difficult to ask for death, but I want to know more, if the entire squad dies and you are the only one who survives, what will your lord think when you go back?"

The only flame in Ito's eyes was also extinguished, and he shivered his shoulders, forgetting the pain of the injury in his fear.

"I, we, are just a tripping rope released by the lord—"

At dawn, the official Cao of Minzhou Mansion was still busy with his head bowed, and the beads on the abacus were crackling, but it didn't seem to help.

"The existing food in Taiwei Warehouse is only enough to guarantee the daily drills of the Nanyang Navy. No matter how it is reduced, it is really difficult to supply the construction of the merchant port."

A little wind came through the open curtains, diluting the already scarce light, and Wang Lang's attitude also changed in the dimness: "What do you mean?"

The civil servants who settled the accounts did not dare to make a sound, and the veteran Wang Jiajun who Wang Lang brought into the Nanyang Navy interjected: "Brothers put their heads on the belts of their trousers to work for the court. There is no reason to make them hungry. After the construction of the commercial port Who is the fat one, not the group of merchants covered in copper stink, who cut off the living rations to pave the way for others, Yan Wang is stupid, the scale in the Major General’s heart can be leveled.”

Wang Lang didn't speak, but thought to himself.

Since the tanker of the Ministry of Industry was robbed, rumors about using military rations to subsidize the construction of the commercial port have spread like wildfire.The veteran's words are not the words of the family, but represent the dissatisfaction of a considerable number of people in the Nanyang Navy. As for the target, of course it is King Yan who has been extremely firm in the construction of the commercial port from the beginning.

"General, outside—"

Wang Lang raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked impatiently, "What?"

"You...you should go out and have a look."

On the vast and unsheltered training ground, the long line couldn't see the end at a glance.Horses and chariots converge, clothes flow like streams, a child's sleepy eyes will open when he cries, and an old man's beard will bear frost.Taking advantage of Xiwei's morning light to look at the past, they are all ordinary people in Qin'an County.It is said that someone drove an ox cart and waited outside the gate when it was still dark. Gradually, neighbors from all over the world came in droves after hearing the news.

Wang Lang strode hastily, the sergeant made a way silently, before he could speak, the old man at the head put down his shoulder pole, plopped down on his knees, and said, "Young general, we heard that the grain transport ship was robbed by Japanese bandits, we recommend The grain sandbags in Shanggang have all been robbed, we small people can’t do anything else, every household has some surplus grain, do you think it’s worth it?”

Wang Lang was at a loss for words for a while, and the veteran behind him supported the old man on his behalf, and persuaded him: "Brother Liu, your son died early, and the family only has one-third of an acre of land, and it depends on the daughter-in-law to raise silkworms to subsidize the family. How can the major general do that?" Take your food."

The old man rubbed his hands embarrassingly, a trace of helplessness crossed his weather-beaten face, "The sea ban will not be opened, the whole Minzhou mulberry and weaving industry is in the hands of the squire, we have no other way to sell silk, we can only rely on They dominate the market and lower the price, and sometimes they can’t even get back the money after deducting layer after layer. But if the commercial port is built, we will sell directly to people, and we will no longer have to suffer from this useless bird!”

The veteran was stunned for a moment, he is a rough man, he is good at marching and fighting, how can he think so deeply about the business and economics.

"There is no need for people to donate food, the court has its own way to solve it."

A small but powerful voice sounded from outside the human wall, prying away the floating tension in the air like gold chiseling silver, everyone turned their heads in unison, only to see the figure of King Yan standing under the gate with his sword.He walked through the line as he took off his helmet, the pigtails behind his ears still dripping.

"The construction of the Minzhou Commercial Port started as scheduled, and some of the looted materials were recovered, and the remaining gap was allocated from the military rations. From now on, the daily rations for thousands and above will be reduced by one-third, and those above centurions will be reduced by one-quarter , Ordinary soldiers don’t move. It starts from the king’s personal army until the court’s food aid comes. Everything can be solved, only one thing is to prepare for the construction of a commercial port, and a grain of rice cannot be taken from the people.”

In the next few seconds, no one spoke on the school field, only the surging waves in the distance intertwined with the sound of breathing nearby.

Wang Lang held the old man's shriveled hand and pressed it hard. Before that, he was not without ideas, but he was hesitating between the hearts of the army and the hearts of the people. At this moment, he finally made up his mind.

"Pass the order down—"

At this moment, Chi Xiaoyu suddenly ran over quickly, and interrupted him out of breath: "Young General, look who's coming?"

The author says:

[1] Japanese haiku, from Kobayashi Ischa

On the first day of the new year, I was bitten by my dog ​​at home, and I have been vaccinated against rabies until now.