Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 518

Gong Chengshu doesn't know what's going on yet, but this kind of people don't have much loyalty at all.

In order to survive, for the sake of profit, regardless of other things, he described the situation he encountered in detail, and also marked the island where Liu Yu stopped before to Buling Ding.

Ding Buling was delighted when he heard that, he pulled his son aside and said, "This is God helping me!"

Ding Kuanglian also said excitedly: "With this money, we can do it ourselves, there is no need to ask Chen Minggong."

Ding Buling's eyes were full of splendor, he thought more than Ding Kuanglian.

Ding Kuanglian's eyes are only on the present, and Ding Buling is already looking at the future of the entire Jiaozhi.

Now the Twelve Envoys of Cochin are doing their own thing, and there are more than a dozen local mountain people like him occupying the Dongfu city to support themselves, just like a plate of loose sand.

Jiaozhi is rich in food, so it has a large population.

But Sanruan, Du Jingshuo, and Chen Lan, who are the most powerful, can't gather an army of more than [-] alone, and their strength is too scattered.

However, the Central Plains court could easily mobilize more than [-] troops for expedition.

This power is not something Jiao Zhi can contend with.

It can be said that Chen Lan now has [-]% of the chances of winning.

The only solution is to replace Chen Lan before Chen Lan is officially canonized by the Central Plains.

The Central Plains needs an agent, who is not chosen!

But this is also the hardest step to take.

There are many people who are willing to be Zhongyuan's son. Whether Zhongyuan likes him or not is the key.

Ding Buling knew in his heart that as a local barbarian in Jiaozhi, although he had been educated in Han culture and studied Confucius and Mencius for several years, he had nothing to do with Chen Lan, Sanruan, Lu Tang, Fan Baihu, and Li Kui. comparability.

Therefore, Ding Buling still has a second and a third plan.

Forcing Zhongyuan to admit that his son was against Zhongyuan.

Compared with going against Zhongyuan, Ding Buling still felt that it would be more reliable to force Zhongyuan to recognize his son.

Before Zhongyuan could react, let Jiaozhi completely mess up, muddy the muddy water of Jiaozhi, and become the only successor.

Prove to Zhongyuan's father that he has more advantages and younger than Chen Lan, and is more suitable to be a son.

But no matter which way, there is no need for huge financial support.

The appearance of Gong Chengshu can just make up for the shortcomings.

Ding Buling thought carefully for a while, and said to Ding Kuanglian: "You arrange someone to pick up Liu Yan, remember to do things cleanly, don't let others know..."

There is still great use for Liu Yu to keep it.

Really reached the last step, fighting against the Central Plains, Liu Wei's identity can still cause quite a stir in the Southern Han Dynasty.

However, if the matter of Liu Yan is exposed in advance, it will also leave a bad impression on the Central Plains, which may lead to the act of recognizing his father, which will cause trouble in vain.

If it wasn't for Ding Buling who needed to contact other envoys to leak the matter of Chen Lan's support from the Central Plains, he must have acted in person.

Time is urgent, and Ding Kuanglian can only let Ding Kuanglian handle it.

When Ding Buling was plotting to seize Jiaozhi, Pan Mei was still dealing with important military and political affairs in Lingnan.

Among the four generations of the Liu family in Lingnan, except for Liu Yu who has no brains, the other Liu Yin, Liu, and Liu Sheng are more or less psychopathic, but their abilities are beyond doubt.

During the late Tang Dynasty, the population of Lingnan decreased sharply, and the number of people according to statistics was between 14 households.

However, after the management of the Liu family, there were more than 17 counties in [-] prefectures in the Southern Han Dynasty, with a total of [-] households.

During the 50 years of the Southern Han Dynasty, the population increased by a full [-] households, which shows that the Liu family has made great contributions to the development of Lingnan.

However, the tax set by the Liu family for Lingnan is outrageously harsh.

Also, the Liu family was cruel and perverted by nature, and formulated the methods of stuffing the nose, cutting off the tongue, dismembering, picking, roasting, steaming, and water prison.

If it weren't for the golden cave in Guangzhou Port, Lingnan's wealth would not be as squandered by the Liu family.

Pan Meicai is both civil and military, whether it is martial arts or martial arts, they are all first-class.

The governor of Guangzhou was able to handle it with ease.

The first thing he did when he took office was to abolish the exorbitant taxes and torture laws set by the Liu family, which won a lot of popular support.

Then he first gave courtesy and then soldiers, and sent officials from the Southern Han Dynasty to promote the benevolent government of the Central Plains.

Since Liu Yu came to power, he has been extravagant, the government has been in chaos, and local officials have been deceiving. There are many Tibetans who do not have Lingnan household registration in the territory, and there are many people who can't bear to hide in the mountains and thieves who enter the mountains to steal.

Pan Mei has the strength to wipe out all the bandits, but he can act as if he doesn't use force, which won him a lot of popular support and accelerated Lingnan people's recognition of the Central Plains court.

On this day, Pan Mei discussed with Chen Shouzhong, Wang Si, Zhong Yunzhang, and Zhong Youzhang about the management of Guangzhou Port.

Pan Mei asked: "I checked the archives and found out why the commercial fleets in Guangzhou Port are batch by batch? Is someone monopolizing the fleets traveling from south to north?"

During the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou Port was the birthplace of Guangzhou’s Tonghaiyi Road. However, with Huang Chao’s massacre of [-] Hu merchants, the Liu family’s business tax was extremely heavy. Western ocean-going fleets preferred to go to Quanzhou Port, and seldom came to Guangzhou Port. .

However, Guangzhou Port did not decline because of this. Businessmen from many small countries in Southeast Asia in the South China Sea still use Guangzhou Port as their main trading platform and the economic center of the entire South China Sea.

Wang Si once served as the third envoy, and he had the most say. He said: "It's not that someone monopolizes it. It's because there are several waves of thieves on the sea, so the merchants have to agree on a time and travel in groups."

Pan Mei was surprised and said, "Mr. Liu doesn't care?"

Wang Si smiled wryly: "The Liu family used to have a navy to protect the safety of the sea, so that the surrounding maritime merchants continued. But because of the huge cost of maintaining the navy, the navy was abolished, and several waves of thieves looted in the South China Sea. This led to the current situation, the surrounding merchants agreed to go to sea together in the first and middle of every month."

Pan Mei shook her head slightly: "It's extremely stupid... In this way, a certain person will apply to the court to form a navy in the South China Sea to solve this problem."

They also discussed the situation in Lingnan in detail. Pan Mei wrote down the problems in Lingnan in detail, and then wrote down the solution, and sent people to the meeting hall for advice humbly.

Just when several people were discussing with each other, news came from outside that Ding Yu, the leader of the Cochin Rhubarb Hualu Cave Ding Department, had brought a gift to ask for an interview.

Pan Mei kept her composure, smiled and asked Chen Shouzhong, Wang Si, Zhong Yunzhang, and Zhong Youzhang to retreat first, and asked Ding Yu to be invited to the lobby.

Ding Yu is the uncle of Ding Buling. He forcibly took the political capital written by Ding Gong in his early years and exiled Ding Buling.

After Ding Buling became an adult, he came back after killing him, defeated Ding Yu, and forgave him generously.

Ding foresees that Ding Buling can indeed become a master, so he follows him.

At this meeting, Ding foresees Pan Mei's extraordinary demeanor and appearance, and he is instantly heartbroken, and the flattery follows: "President Pan's long and phoenix posture is rare in the world. My family's governor Jiu respects Mr. Mr.'s name, and I ask to see you with a special gift."

The pupils in Pan Mei's eyes shrank slightly. How alert he was, he instantly understood that there had been a change in the cochin.

(End of this chapter)