Datang Longya

Chapter 742 It's Not an Agreement, It's a Threat
So far, Zhang Zhongjian 1's battle of revenge has come to a perfect conclusion.

The setting sun renders the sea surface in a yellow-red color, but the surrounding area of ​​the island is not rendered with the setting sun, and it is also red.

In this battle, there were huge casualties. Even the well-equipped East China Sea Fleet suffered [-]% casualties, almost severely damaged.As for Zhang Zhongjian, only a little more than half of his men remained.

The luckiest thing was the Dragon Tooth Army. Except for some soldiers who were severely injured, no one was killed in battle.

This kind of battle damage is closely related to their tacit cooperation.

The sea was stained red with blood, attracting many sharks.

At this time, the delicacy of shark fin has not been popularized yet, and these shark fins live quite nourishingly in the sea.Some were fierce, and even hit the ironclad ship with their bodies.

If you are a little stupid, you will wash up on the shore.

Seeing the shark struggling on the beach, Zhang Liang couldn't bear it, and specially ordered the cook to give it a good meal, and cut off the shark's fin to see if it was as delicious as Leng Feng said.

The soldiers formed a patrol team, and under the leadership of Zhang Zhongjian's men, they searched and investigated various places on the five islands, trying their best not to catch anyone.

As the commander, Li Jing and others were already sitting in Zhang Zhongjian's meeting hall drinking tea and resting.

Looking at Zhang Zhongjian's gold chair, Zhang Liang was speechless to himself, and couldn't help but say, "Damn it, your relationship with pirates is really fat. Our Emperor has always wanted to get a pure gold dragon chair. I've been thinking about it for over ten years!"

Zhang Zhongjian did not sit on his commanding chair, but the same wooden chair as Leng Feng and others.

Li Jing looked at Zhang Zhongjian with his eyes closed and rested his mind, and asked, "What are your plans for the future, brother? Do you want to stick to this place? It's close to the Wa Kingdom, and now that you've killed all their naval forces, it will be even more difficult to get along in the future." .”

Zhang Zhongjian seemed to be asleep, but actually he was listening to everyone's voices.

Hearing Li Jing's question, he shook his head before continuing: "I can't stay any longer, but I don't want to go back to Datang, under the rule of Li Shimin. After wandering at sea for a long time, I realized that people like this The only person you can trust for the rest of your life is yourself, so it's not appropriate to entrust your life to the emperor!"

Zhang Liang buckled his ears, as if he didn't hear.

Leng Feng also smiled helplessly.

Let's be honest, no one really likes living under dominion and being chained everywhere.

Even living to the height of Fang Xuanling, someone secretly recorded how many times he went to the toilet every day.

Although people don't like to be restrained, they should live in Datang, and they still have to live in Datang.

Central Plains people have had a strong nostalgia for their hometown since ancient times. There are very few people like Zhang Zhongjian who have gone overseas.To put it bluntly, Zhang Zhongjian's father may also be one of the reasons why he is unwilling to return to Datang.

According to unofficial records, when he was born, his father thought he was ugly and wanted to kill him, but was later rescued by others.

Having quarreled with his father to such an extent, Zhang Zhongjian probably doesn't have any concept of family in his heart!
Li Jing sighed and said: "The world is so big that there is no place for my elder brother to be at ease, alas!"

Along the way, Li Jing saw the actions of the East China Sea Fleet recording the charts.

With the invincible ironclad ships, the strength of Datang Sea has reached a certain level.It can be said that the place where the sea map of the East China Sea Fleet reaches is the new territory of Datang.

Those who want to resist must first consider how to defeat the ironclad ship.

Leng Feng, who had been listening, thought of a place and couldn't help but say, "Actually, there is still a place."

Li Jing immediately looked at Leng Feng, and even Zhang Zhongjian opened his eyes with closed eyes, showing a trace of longing.

"what is the place?"

Zhang Zhongjian was not in a hurry, but Li Jing was.

Leng Feng took out a small world map, pointed to the south of Lingnan and said, "This is the South China Sea of ​​the Tang Dynasty. Further south, there is an archipelago. Further south, there is a land no less than the size of the Central Plains. I call it It is Australia. There are many grasslands, and it is a good place to develop livestock.”

The four of them gathered together to look at the map, and couldn't help but yearn for that place.

Li Jing couldn't help asking: "Is there no one occupying such a large piece of land?"

Leng Feng nodded: "Yes, there are, but the people there are all savage-like natives, and they are no threat to Zhang Zhongjian."

Zhang Zhongjian's eyes lit up for a while, he liked this place very much, if it wasn't for Leng Feng, he would not have known that there was such a paradise in the south of Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Liang thought for a while, and couldn't help but elbow Leng Feng.

Leng Feng smiled and said: "You don't have to hate me, this place is impossible for our Tang Dynasty to occupy, even if we occupy it, we will definitely rebel against independence in the future. It is too far away, so far that a memorial may take a year or two to be sent to Chang'an .

Rather than being abandoned, or even being discovered by other countries and occupied by immigrants, I would rather give it to Zhang Zhongjian, who is of the same origin as us. "

Zhang Zhongjian looked away from the map, and said to Leng Feng in a trembling voice: "Guo Hugong, I know that Zhang Zhongjian cannot afford this favor, so just tell me, what do you want from me?"

There is no free lunch in the world, Zhang Zhongjian knows this truth better than anyone else.

If what Leng Feng said is correct, catching up with such a large piece of land in the Central Plains and giving it to him is basically equivalent to giving him the throne of the Tang Dynasty.

The two words human feelings are not enough to describe such a thing.

Leng Feng smiled: "You are right. I do have a request. As long as you agree, I can even write to Feng An and ask him to prepare enough supplies for you to reach there and expand the territory."

Zhang Zhongjian put away his smile, looked at Leng Feng seriously, and nodded.

Compared with such a large piece of land, he will agree to any conditions.

"As long as you take root there, your country doesn't have to be called Datang, but if Datang has any needs, you and your descendants cannot refuse. Of course, this request is also based on the premise that it will not pose a threat to your fundamental interests. .”

Li Jing asked: "Watch and help each other?"

Leng Feng nodded.

Zhang Zhongjian thought for a while before saying: "This request is nothing, even if you don't ask, I will do it. The difficulty is that I can't restrain my descendants, and they can abide by the agreement like me."

Leng Feng pointed to Zhang Liang and said, "This is not an agreement, you can understand it as a threat. Now that I can give you the opportunity to go there and establish your own territory, then in the future, Datang will still have the ability to change the owner there.

I know you may feel aggrieved, but the fact is that it is impossible to entrust such a huge benefit to you without giving a corresponding return. "

Zhang Zhongjian lowered his head, his eyes were flickering.

This temptation is too great. Although it feels a little threatening, it is absolutely impossible to make him give up.

(End of this chapter)