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Chapter 503

Pinghai County.

The base camp of the East China Sea barrier.

Lu Yulong's hand fell on the Baekje Peninsula.

"There are more than 9000 Xingluo people in the peninsula, and Xiao Zheng's Pingwa army has more than [-] people and a huge number of horses. The daily food and chew of so many people is a big number."

"Now the mountains in the north are blocked by heavy snow, and the Beihai Customs has been cut off by Japanese pirates. I don't know when the land route will resume. Therefore, we can only transport food, grass and weapons by sea."

He looked up at Li Hebai, "I wonder if Hebai would you like to be the food protection team?"

"Speaking of which, the danger of this task is higher than simply guarding the coast of Huayang County."

Li Hebai hesitated for a moment.

He understood what Lu Yulong meant.

Now not only Yun Chui knew about the plight of the Starfall Legion in Baekje, but the Japanese pirates were also aware of it.

Maybe the reason why they took a big detour to raid Beihaiguan was because they wanted to starve to death the Starfall Legion and Xiao Zhengping's Japanese army first.

Therefore, as long as the grain transport ship goes out to sea, nine out of ten will encounter obstacles along the way.

Lu Yulong laughed, "Fortunately, after fighting for so long, the main force of the Japanese pirates is running out."

Hayato Doi had already brought a batch out before, and Masato Nei brought countless warships to the north, and Ishikawa Taki had to keep some at the door of his house, so as not to be taken away by the East China Sea barrier.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates who came out to obstruct the owner of the grain ship should not be too strong.

"The number of warships they sent may be quite a lot, but the soldiers on each ship should be novices who have just come from the mainland, or even ordinary people who are boarding a ship for the first time."

Li Hebai's eyes lit up.

"In this case, it's just a good time for our Zhennanguan fleet to practice."

Zhennanguan used to fight with the Nanfeng Navy.But Nanfeng is a land country after all, and its navy has but is not strong, and it is not the same as the pure ocean country like the Japanese pirates.

"General Lu, I think the task of this food protection team is more suitable for us."

Speaking of this, Li Hebai's eyes flashed.

More than a year ago, the Starfall Legion moved from Guangxin County to the north.

At that time, he specially rushed to Yingshan Camp to see him off, and Li Hebai thought about it at that time, but he didn't know when he would be able to fight side by side with his brother-in-law Ren Ning or the Starfall Legion again.

Unexpectedly, the dream is now in front of my eyes.

"Very good!" Lu Yulong patted him on the shoulder happily, "I really saw the right person."

"After the fleet is replenished, you should go north to the Huayang County Wharf as soon as possible. The grain transport ship will appear there soon to receive the grain, and then go to sea with the wind."

"Understood." Li Hebai nodded in response.

He was a little curious.

"General, I remember that your Yulong Fleet has been advancing and retreating with Uncle Xiao's Pingwa Army all these years. Why don't you go there this time while transporting food?"

Haha.

Lu Yulong laughed heartily.

"Our fleet has been in Baekje for more than three years, and many brothers have suffered from homesickness. This time, we finally came back. While repairing the ship's condition and replenishing troops, we should spend a good year at home."

Smiling and laughing, there was a glint of haze in his eyes.

After all, the Yulong Fleet is a fleet under the barriers of the East China Sea. No matter where he is, Lu Yulong must accept the command and dispatch of the chief general Lu Fuhai.

Under normal circumstances, if Lu Fuhai asked him to stay, Lu Yulong would have to stay; if Lu Fuhai asked him to go, Lu Yulong would have to leave immediately no matter how broken the boat was.

When the East China Sea Barrier left Baekje, it had left Wan Shilei's Panshi Fleet to Xiao Zheng, so Lu Fuhai probably would not send the Yulong Fleet when he came back this time.

Thinking about it, Lu Yulong lost his mind.

Especially when he thought of the secret letter sent by his son Lu Pingan from Dinghai Wharf a few days ago, he was sitting on pins and needles.

In Xingji City, for his own self-interest, there is a prince who intends to let the East China Sea barrier release water for Japanese pirates, and let the enemy go ashore to cause harm to the people...

Although there is no evidence to prove the identity of this person.

But Lu Yulong knew who the prince who had a close personal relationship with Donghai Barrier was without even thinking about it.

King Qi, Chen Xiuzhu!

However, Chen Xiuzhu was still the best son in the eyes of Emperor Changxing, and he might be Yun Chui's next emperor.

The more Lu Yulong thought about it, the bigger his head became...

cough cough.

Li Hebai coughed several times.

"General, General Lu?"

"What's the matter?" Lu Yulong came back to his senses.

"There is a grain transport ship, and the food protection team is also in place, but where does the food come from?" Li Hebai was curious, "Is the household department coming?"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

Xingluo is Yunchui's most powerful army, the so-called popular right and wrong.

Therefore, Wei Junqian's absurd past stories are tirelessly circulating in the major legions.

Qian Liang, Minister of the Household Department, is actually Wei Junqian's father-in-law.

However, more than twenty years ago, Wei Junqian was still a middle-level general in the Starfall Army who could not stand on the table.Although he and his daughter are in love with each other, the majestic Hubu Shangshufu naturally looks down on such a small person.

Wei Junqian was also daring. After the door-to-door marriage proposal was rejected, he didn't care about the official marriage of the matchmaker, and directly abducted the eldest daughter of the family.

Later, the daughter of the Qian family became pregnant, and Qian Liang, who was eager to love her daughter, had to hold his nose to admit the marriage, but also hated Wei Junqian because of it.

The son-in-law and the son-in-law are now regarded as Yunchui's prominent figures, but they are the kind who always point the needle at the wheat awn, and can't help but glaring at each other whenever they meet.

However, Qian Liang was still a minister of the household department with a clear distinction between public and private affairs, no matter how much he hated Wei Junqian in his heart, he had never felt sorry for the Starfall Army in terms of food, grass or other supplies.

But in the final analysis, besides Qian Liang, the things of the Ministry of Households also need to be approved by Emperor Changxing, and the procedures for dispatching are cumbersome and lengthy.If Baekje is in a hurry to ask for food to save lives, it is estimated that it will be difficult to use it for a while.

Lu Yulong naturally knew this, and his expression was a little strange.

"Food, as long as you wait for a while, it will come naturally. After you go there, you can clear the waterway outside Dinghai Wharf first."

"Understood." Li Hebai nodded in response.

He glanced at the East China Sea on the map.

Except for a few ships, almost all of the fleet brought by Hayato Doi was sunk by the East China Sea barrier or hit and sank off the coast of Huayang County.

The water there is neither too deep nor too shallow.If the remains of those sunken ships are not cleaned up or marked, it will be very dangerous for large ships to sail in the future.

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Guangxin County.

Ren Ning is a person who can't sit still. After a few days of tenderness with his two wives, he became busy again.

"How much grain and land in Huayang County have we bought?"

"Back to the general, according to your instructions, as long as someone sells the grain, we will accept as much as there is."

"The local tyrants in the dog days would not have known that they had hoarded so much food without this purchase. Every year when there is a shortage of food, the people in many parts of the empire are so hungry that they can only eat dirt."

The housekeeper, Zou Dahe, cursed angrily before flipping through the notes in his hand.

"As for the fields..."

"According to the latest data received, your foster brother Miao Xia has already purchased [-]% of the fertile land on both sides of the Post Road in Huayang County. The rest are either not sold by the landlord or at an inappropriate price."

"In addition, there are [-] roads leading to the surrounding counties from Dinghai Wharf. We have bought a lot of fertile land on both sides of each road, but the proportion is not high, only a little over [-]%."

Speaking of this, Zou Dahe looked a little ashamed.

"General, we really don't have enough silver, so we can only choose the best ones to buy."

"However, those remaining fields seem to have been sold off by the Zhen Guogong Mansion and the Taishi Mansion." He added.

"Good job." Ren Ning was very satisfied.

"Leave enough grain for the sharecroppers in the coming year, and prepare the rest to be weighed and loaded on trucks to be transported to Dinghai Wharf."

"That's right." Ren Ning smiled slightly, "Remember to report to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households that we have sold the food out of good intentions, and we will have to ask them for money in the future."

Zou Dahe grinned, "Understood."

Ren Ning asked him some more questions before letting him leave.Looking at the Baekje Peninsula on the map, he couldn't help but frowned again.

The North Customs doesn't know how long it will take. The little food received in Huayang County alone may not be enough.

(End of this chapter)