Datang Nongwang

Chapter 802 I am the master of my fleet

Leaving the capital, Li Chongyuan did not know how many times this happened.

The first time I walked was the Ziwu Road in Zhongnan Mountain. That time, it was really painful, and I also encountered two groups of bandits, one of which was false and the other was real.

The second time, it was a waterway, boring and painful all the way, and finally met Mo Fei, a rare Mo family, and got benefits from Mo Fei.

The next few times, I took my own boat and took the Weishui Yellow River to the sea.

Ever since Li Chongyuan had his own boat, as long as he traveled far away, he took his own boat, which was fast, smooth, and safe.

If you take someone else's boat, not only is it unsafe, but it is also prone to accidents, and it is really slow.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan has returned to his original state.

Last year, because Li Chongyuan was worried that Li Shimin and North Korean officials would seize his boat, he had to let Xingba drive the boat away and go back to Xisha Island.

But now, the ship is not at the Bashui Wharf, so Li Chongyuan can only leave Beijing by horse-drawn carriage.

After leaving the Xiuzhen Workshop, Li Chongyuan was filled with emotion towards A Niang and Ding Mu who watched him leave Beijing.

After the carriage left the east gate of Chang'an City, Li Chongyuan's brothers were already waiting outside the city gate, "Fourth brother, be careful on the road, go early and return early."

Li Chongji's brothers didn't know what Li Chongyuan was doing in the south this time, and they didn't ask much, and they didn't ask Li Chongyuan how he went to the south this time.

For this reason, Li Chongji's brothers thought that Li Chongyuan just went to Xisha Island to see, and then turned back.

Li Chongyuan didn't say much, so as not to worry about them.

Even Li Chongyuan didn't tell the old lady about Li Chongyuan's final destination in the south, but only said that he was going to the south to cultivate high-yielding grain seeds.

"Big brother, second brother, third brother, and fourth brother are not in Chang'an, please take care of Auntie, and don't make Auntie worry about you. In addition, my family would like to ask the three elder brothers to take care of them. If you have time, I will go to Li Zhuang to take care of my uncle. Uncle is getting old, and although he likes the life in Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang is definitely not Chang'an, and there are not so many conveniences." Li Chongyuan urged.

The three Li Chongji brothers nodded in response, "Don't worry, fourth brother, you don't need to worry about your mother and uncle. We will take care of your house from time to time."

"The fourth brother will trouble the three elder brothers, so I will leave now." Li Chongyuan won the nods of the three brothers, bowed his hands to the three elder brothers, and directly got into the carriage.

The carriage left, heading towards Lantian County.

Non-stop all the way, arrived in Lantian County before Shen Shi in the afternoon.

After arriving in Lantian County, Li Chongyuan was afraid that it would be late to get to the pier in Shangluo County, so he had to stay in Lantian County for one night.

Continue on the road the next day.

The journey was smooth and smooth. When we arrived at Shangluo Wharf, we rented a boat and went down Danshui to Hanshui.

Fortunately, it is going down the river, and there is no need to go against the current like before.

Passing through the Han River to the Yangtze River, it goes down smoothly all the way.

After traveling for thousands of miles, I finally arrived in Changzhou after 20 days, only one day away from Suzhou.

After only one day's journey away from Suzhou, Li Chongyuan saw that it was getting late, so he didn't want to rest at the shore, but ordered the boatman to continue on his way.

It is midnight.

It took 21 days to travel all the way from Chang'an to Xisha Island. Li Chongyuan finally saw his territory, and he was very happy.

Liao Xian and the others led the boat to dock first, and contacted the guards on Xisha Island.

Not a moment later, Xiang Jiu's guards and others on Xisha Island all came to welcome Li Chongyuan who got off the boat after landing with torches.

"Congratulations, little man, congratulations, little man, Xiang Jiu is here to greet Xisha County King, Li Sinongqing, and Li Judiciary." When Xiang Jiu and the others saw Li Chongyuan, they immediately bowed and saluted.

Li Chongyuan saw that Xiang Jiu and others came to welcome him with such great fanfare, and gave him such a big gift, so he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Don't do this. Even if I, Li Chongyuan, were promoted to Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Justice, I'm still the same Li Chongyuan. .You don't do this to me, it makes me uncomfortable."

"Xiao Langjun, haven't we never seen a minister from the second rank, and there has never been such a high-ranking minister in the house. We will be attached to Xiao Langjun again. This gift cannot be discarded." Jiu Dao had a good mouth, and Li Chongyuan didn't know how to answer the words.

After asking courtesy and greetings, Li Chongyuan had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that it was too dark to let everyone go to bed early, so as to avoid a bloody deed.

It doesn't matter if you are promoted or promoted, as long as you are one of your own, you have to get some honor, right?

No matter whether it is to be a subordinate official, or to reward some money, everyone will always do it this way, and Li Chongyuan is no exception.

But at the moment it was dark, the staff was not in order, and Li Chongyuan was not prepared, so he could only put it on hold for the time being and wait until tomorrow.

That night.

After arranging the boatman, Li Chongyuan hurried back to rest.

During the 21-day rush, Li Chongyuan never got off the boat a few times.

Stepping on the ground and sleeping on his own bed, Li Chongyuan slept so peacefully that night.

The next day when the sun was already high, Li Chongyuan got up, and after eating some breakfast prepared by Xiang Jiu and the others, he had time to ask Xiang Jiu some things.

"Back to Mr. Xiaolang, Xingba rushed back to Xisha Island after receiving your instruction from Mr. Xiaolang last year. He has already sailed all the boats here out of Xisha Island and went to Liuqiu Island. He came back once during the period, tell me Pass this letter to you, Mr. Xiao Lang." Xiang Jiu took out a letter he had prepared earlier and handed it to Li Chongyuan.

After Li Chongyuan received the letter, he looked at it and said: "Xingba did the right thing. If this letter were to be sent to Chang'an, it would have been read by others. Checked it. In the letter, Xingba said that he went to the Penghu Island area in the west of Liuqiu Island, where he built a camp and built a pier."

"No wonder Xing Ba said that this letter should be handed over to Mr. Xiao Lang by myself, and not sent back to Chang'an. So that's what he meant." After Xiang Jiu got the words, he finally understood why Xing Ba did this in the first place. up.

However, Xingba didn't know when Li Chongyuan would return to Xisha Island.

But Xingba knew that Li Chongyuan would definitely return to Xisha Island this year, as for when, it was beyond his expectation.

Li Chongyuan handed the letter back to Xiang Jiudao: "I believe you should burn it. By the way, I heard that the imperial court sent a Zhonglang general and brought five hundred soldiers with him. Where are those people?"

"On the other side. The leading Zhonglang will be called Su Dingfang. I heard that you still have some friendship with Xiaolangjun. However, I don't believe him, and I dare not say where our ship went. I just settled them in On the other side. Young Lord, then Su Zhonglang will come with five hundred soldiers, he won’t really want to requisition our ships, right?” Xiang Jiu pointed to the opposite side of Xisha Island.

Li Chongyuan shook his head and replied: "The requisition will definitely be requisitioned. This is what I promised the Holy Majesty at the beginning. However, the imperial court requisitioned our ships, but we have to manage the ships by ourselves. Otherwise, our ships would not be the same. That's easy to requisition. But since the people from the imperial court have arrived, we can't neglect them too much. You can arrange to bring Su Dingfang and other generals to the island later, and I'll have a good talk with them."

"Okay, I'll take care of it in a while. But our ship has left Xisha Island. Although Su Zhonglang didn't see the ship in the future, he didn't say anything, but the two lieutenants had a big opinion and said that Xiao Sir, you did this on purpose, trying to contradict the court. I don’t know the two lieutenants, but I have sent a letter to Chang’an to find the steward to ask who these two are. The letter I want to send has already been sent. We've arrived in Chang'an." Xiang Jiu replied.

When Li Chongyuan heard that the two lieutenants had opinions, Li Chongyuan didn't care at all, "The two lieutenants are just, I'm afraid of what they will do. My ship, I, Li Chongyuan, are in charge, and it's not their turn to point fingers and talk nonsense. It's okay, if these two people are really ignorant of current affairs, don't blame me, Li Chongyuan, for not treating them as human beings. You go and pick them up to the island now, I really need to have a good time with these two lieutenants who talk so much."

Go to nine.

Not long after.

Su Dingfang and his soldiers were taken to Xisha Island.

Behind Su Dingfang, followed by two lieutenants and several school lieutenants and brigade commanders.

From afar, Su Dingfang saw Li Chongyuan standing in front of the house door, so he trotted to meet Li Chongyuan.

When he was around Li Chongyuan, he immediately made a big salute, "General Su Dingfang of Zuowei Zhonglang has met Li Junwang Li Judicial Qing."

When Su Dingfang saw the salute, the lieutenant behind him, or the school lieutenant and brigade marshal, also hurriedly saluted.

Although these people are members of the army, when Li Chongyuan was promoted to the king of Xisha County, he was also a military officer who was dismissed, General Guide.

Although General Guide is only a dismissed military officer, he is a third-rank subordinate, and if he does not have this dismissed military officer, he will not be able to command the army in the future.

In addition to the dismissal of the military officer, the dismissal of the civil servant is also suspended, and the doctor is being discussed.

On the top of the Zhengyi doctor, it is Doctor Guanglu. Of course, Doctor Guanglu is divided into three levels: Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Doctor Jinzi Guanglu, and Doctor Guanglu.

As long as he is awarded Doctor Guanglu, it is not only an honor, but also means that he can be a prime minister.

Of course, if it is posthumous, that's another story.

As for the current Li Chongyuan, the highest rank in him is none other than the title of King of Xisha County. From the first rank, he is the Duke of the same country and heir to the king.

Furthermore, Li Chongyuan was the Secretary of Agriculture with real power from the third rank, and at the same time Li Shimin named him the Minister of Justice with real power from the second rank.

Whether Su Dingfang or the deputy generals, captains, brigade commanders and others who came with him, if they are rude and ignore Li Chongyuan, the king of the county, Li Chongyuan can be taken down directly, and they can't be accused of disrespect.

The crime of gross disrespect cannot be crowned, but the crime of disrespect can still be crowned.

Li Chongyuan stretched out his hand and raised it lightly: "General Su is safe and well, it's been a few years, I didn't expect General Su to meet me again here, please come inside."

"King Li Jun is becoming more and more elegant. I think that when Li Jun Wang was in Li Zhuang, the first time the subordinate officials dealt with Li Jun Wang, it was only a few years apart. But now, Li Jun Wang has made Such a great achievement, I look up to you." After entering the room and everyone sat down, Su Dingfang complimented.

Li Chongyuan smiled lightly and joked: "Some small things are not worth mentioning. General Su hasn't made any movement for several years. Seeing General Su again, I'm afraid he is a little bit fat. It can't be caused by the good food of the left and right guards." .”

Today's Su Dingfang's figure is really different from that of a few years ago.

Not to mention half a circle of fat, the flesh on this face has grown horizontally.

Su Dingfang knew that Li Chongyuan was joking with him, but when he heard such words, he seemed a little embarrassed. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the flesh on his face and sighed: "This official wants to make contributions to the country and build a career for the court, but he has never been able to get it." Opportunity. But the left and right guards don't have much time to practice boxing, kicking and horsepower. They get in and out every day, and they get fatter. It's because Li Junwang hasn't seen him for several years, and he's too thin. I heard that King Li Jun crossed the ocean, went to the other side of the ocean, the Eastern Continent, and found high-yield grain seeds for our Tang Dynasty. King Li Jun is really the god of the people, and the blessing of our dynasty."

During the chatter, both sides had some helplessness, jokes, embarrassment and concern.

Having not seen each other for several years, Li Chongyuan was talking to Su Dingfang some innocuous words.

After half an hour passed, the two lieutenants and the several lieutenants and brigade commanders seemed a little unable to sit still.

Seeing that Li Chongyuan came to Xisha Island from Chang'an, he was sitting opposite Li Chongyuan, only talking about some irrelevant things with Su Dingfang, but he didn't mention the boat.

This is not.

Seeing that the two had chatted for too long, the two lieutenants were anxious.

The anxious two, who didn't know if they had some kind of purpose, or if they were really doing business for the court, interrupted their conversation and said: "Jun Wang Li, I am waiting to come to Xisha Island this time by order. It is according to the order of the Holy Majesty that the ships of Li Junwang were requisitioned and given to us to train soldiers. However, Li Junwang and General Su Zhonglang talked about the world here, recalling the past and planning the future, and never took the Holy Majesty's will to heart. I I didn't want to disturb the narration of the past between King Li and General Su Zhonglang, but the business is urgent, so I ask King Li to hand over the ships for our training."

"Please Lord Li Jun to hand over the boat for our military training, so as not to miss the important event of the Holy One." Another person also added.

As soon as the two people's words came out, Su Dingfang was startled immediately, his eyes narrowed, and he stared at the two of them, his eyes were full of displeasure.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan saw these two talking like this.

It is said that they obeyed Li Shimin's will and requisitioned Li Chongyuan's ships for military training.

Moreover, he asked Li Chongyuan to hand over the ship in an orderly tone.

This kind of language, this kind of tone, immediately made Li Chongyuan angry, "You are following the imperial order, but I, Li Chongyuan, am not following the imperial order. You two young generals, talking to me in such a tone, really Do you think this is your home? Hmph! My ships and my fleet are not whatever you want. Everything is up to me, Li Chongyuan. Who are you? Go to build a ship, or go back to Beijing to sue me. If you still want to handle the business smoothly, then just shut up to the king of this county now!"

(End of this chapter)