The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 903 Who calculated who

Although Liaodong is not a prefecture, the Sui dynasty used to refer to Baitan, Pegasus, Shuangliao, Xing'an, Xiangping, Lushun, Xuantu, and Lelang collectively as Liaodong. Among the seven counties, [-]% to [-]% of the territory was successively inherited after the Western Han Dynasty. Occupied by foreign races, and now Yang Tong has taken back one after another. Except for Lelang, which has some territory for Goguryeo and Silla to divide, the remaining six counties are all expanding. Compared with the Western Han Dynasty, it is especially important. Vast and countless.

The places Liu Yanke wanted to investigate were also these seven counties. Excluding Pegasus and Xing'an counties, which were mainly animal husbandry, his focus was actually only five counties. Officially entered Shuangliao County belonging to Liaodong.

The Liaoxi Corridor, which belongs to the Sui Northeast Strategic Corridor, is within this Shuangliao County.Unlike the Hexi Corridor, since the Western Regions have been under the supervision of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Han Dynasty, there has been basically no unified and powerful regime in the Western Regions, and there is no precedent for the Western Regions to enter the Central Plains through the Hexi Corridor.The narrower and shorter Liaoxi Corridor with its back to the mountains and the sea has become a channel for the Central Plains Dynasty and the Northeast regime to communicate and game.There were not only incidents of the Central Plains dynasty attacking the Northeast, but also attempts by the Northeast regime to take control of the Central Plains.Different from the Hexi Corridor, in history, the regimes in the Northeast of the Central Plains once entered the Central Plains to establish political power through the Liaoxi Corridor.

The Liaoxi Corridor runs from northeast to southwest, with a length of less than 200 kilometers; and the narrowest part of the width is less than [-] kilometers; the corridor is backed by mountains and the sea, and the terrain is dangerous; another dividing line.In history, there have been precedents for the Central Plains dynasty to cross the Hexi Corridor to attack the Northeast. The earliest was Yan Guo crossing the Liaoxi Corridor to expand the territory of Liaodong, Cao Cao pursued the descendants of Yuan Shao to pacify Wuhuan, the Northern Qi Dynasty crossed the Liaoxi Corridor to attack Khitan, and the Sui Dynasty crossed the Liaoxi Corridor to attack Goguryeo and Hebei. Khitan, etc.; of course, there are also regimes that rose in the Northeast and entered the Central Plains through the Liaoxi Corridor. For example, the Murong family of Qianyan, who rose from Longcheng, entered the Central Plains and established the Qianyan, Houyan, Xiyan, Nanyan, Beiyan and other separatist regimes. Recently, there are Rouran and Turks attacking Northern Qi...

Located on the north side of Shuangliao County in the West Liao Corridor is Yanshan Mountain. There are rolling hills and green trees everywhere. Even in the hottest summer, it will not be unbearably hot, not to mention the season just after the heavy rain.

This day I arrived at Liucheng, the prefecture of Shuangliao County. Although it was relatively early in the day, Liu Yanke decided to rest early in order to maintain a high spirit. He will go to inspect the various counties tomorrow with full energy.

The inn where he stayed was not sweltering, but Liu Yanke's cheeks were flushed, as if he was drunk, and his forehead was even more greasy with sweat.Under him, lying is the beautiful young woman who "meeted" in Hutuoshui.

This young woman claims her surname is Xu, and her maiden name is Yingying. She has the same name and surname as Liu Yanke's poor sister-in-law. It will be over, so she was asked to go back to the Central Plains first, but her husband didn't return for a long time, and she was really worried, so she traveled thousands of miles from Luoyang to Liaodong to find her husband.

After getting acquainted with Liu Yanke, the two started chatting all over the world, such as that they have a calm temperament and are not liked by their husbands, and that her husband only dotes on Silla maidservants, and how cruel and ruthless he is to her.

Bossy, it's normal to say this kind of thing.

Hearing what happened to her confidant, Liu Yanke was very sympathetic, and Xu Yingying repeatedly showed off her talents in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and so on. Occasionally, she would borrow the inn kitchen to show off her cooking skills, almost tickling Liu Yanke's itch.

Liu Yanke admired his dignified appearance and elegant temperament, and felt sorry for her outstanding talent but unlucky beauty. Within a few days, the two of them were in love with each other and exchanged glances, only the last layer of window paper was not pierced.

However, although Liu Yanke was addicted to tenderness and could not extricate himself, he did not miss his official business because of this. After arriving in Shuangliao County, he sent his entourage to pretend to be helpers to investigate the situation in various villages in Shuangliao County, and took the opportunity to chat with the people. thing.

Liu Yanke has been an official for many years, and he knows that many things cannot be hidden from the top. If one checks from the top down, one may not find any clues for a year or so, but many illegal things have already happened in the countryside. Everyone knows it, but if you really ask, the people who are afraid of being retaliated by the other party dare not say it.

In order to win the trust of the local people, he simply changed his identity, pretended to be a grain merchant in the Central Plains, and made open and unannounced visits to the grain stores in Liucheng. Gradually, he gained the trust of each store and learned something about the situation.

Yesterday Liu Yanke got a piece of conclusive evidence. Overjoyed, he drank a few more glasses and couldn't control himself for a while, so he rolled with Xu Yingying, who was also drunk, and became a pair of dewy mandarin ducks.

At this time, Liu Yanke saw that the beautiful young woman was charming with dignified, reserved and shy, with an indescribably charming demeanor, and suddenly became passionate, he held her hot face full of spring, and kissed the small cherry mouth.

Before she knew it, Liu Yanke had already untied her bellyband.

Xu Yingying supported his chest softly with a pair of jade arms, and refused with tears: "I am already a married woman, so I can't make mistakes again and again."

Seeing this, Liu Yanke was even more excited
"Bang!" There was a loud noise from the door, and someone kicked it open from the outside, and then heard someone shouting: "What a shameless slut, no wonder I can't find you. I'm here to steal and rape."

Turning around suddenly, I saw a middle-aged man with three long beards and an extraordinary bearing striding in.

Liu Yanke only knew that he was the husband of this young woman, she blushed with shame, felt ashamed, grabbed a thin quilt to cover her face.

The young woman rolled out of the bed naked, knelt down in front of the middle-aged man, and begged with tears in her eyes: "Alang forgive me, it's not because I don't obey women's morals, but because he forced me. I have no choice but to obey... "

Hearing this, Liu Yanke was shocked, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, and a thought came to his mind: "Beauty tricks"

Liu Yanke, who had already understood that he had been tricked, was more angry than ashamed. He tore off the thin quilt that covered his face, and said angrily: "It turns out that the two of you calculated it on me. Do you know my identity? Believe it or not, I will blackmail you two together. , The crime of framing an official."

The middle-aged man said in astonishment: "You are an official of the imperial court? Since you are an official of the imperial court, why didn't you enter the post house, but rented an inn? I am a dignified magistrate of Jinzhou County, Shuangliao County, how can I break the law? Extortion, extortion, Frame the court officials"

Liu Yanke's face changed: "You you you, who am I?"

The middle-aged man proudly said: "My official is Lu Maozhi, the county magistrate of Liucheng County."

"Lu Maozhi, magistrate of Liucheng County?"

Liu Yanke, who was pale with shock, pointed to the naked and glittering 'Xu Yingying': "Then that, then who is she?"

Lu Maozhi replied: "This is the official's concubine 'Xu Yingying', because she returned to her hometown to worship, how did she get together with you?"

Liu Yanke looked at Lu Maozhi, then at 'Xu Yingying', the thin quilt slipped from his hands, and he was speechless.

Although there is no such thing as "immortal dance" these days, it doesn't mean that there was no such thing in the Sui Dynasty, nor does it mean that Liu Yanke didn't know the cause, effect and purpose of such things.

In short, everything, he hit.

However, what the distraught Liu Yanke didn't know was that there was a treacherous gaze staring at his naked body.

Who?
It must not be Xu Yingying who completed the task, but Lu Maozhi who caught the rape in bed.

Lu Maozhi looked at Liu Yanke's majestic and majestic male body, as if starving viciously, and suddenly saw a piece of beautiful meat; or as Dong Zhuo saw the beautiful Diaochan without clothes, his gleaming eyes began to blur, and his calm breathing began to rush , The calm complexion began to flush.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the gate, and Liu Yanke felt his butt cool.

Facing Lu Maozhi's green eyes and red face, she thought that the other party was extremely angry, so she couldn't help but grabbed the thin quilt, like a frightened little daughter-in-law.

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At the same time, the surface of the Bohai Sea was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Located in the Wuhai waters between Donglai County and Lushun Peninsula, there are a series of islands, which were named Bohai Islands at this time, and in later generations, they were called Miaodao Islands. One of the islands was named Daqin Island. The ancestors of the family secretly built a stronghold. They first smuggled some prohibited materials from the Central Plains here. When the weather was calm, they would cross the Bohai Strait and travel eastward to Baengling Island in Goguryeo. Going south, the materials were transported to Baekje. However, after the imperial court recovered a large area of ​​Liaodong, the navy was stationed in the Changshan Islands and the mouth of the river. On the one hand, it was to prevent the Koguryo water army from bypassing the Great Wall. Crack down on traders who smuggle people by sea.

However, the presence of the navy also made it difficult for the Lu family's caravan to travel once, so the Lu family shared this smuggling trade route with other gentry, and used everyone's financial resources to build a large number of sea-going ships. It is reduced, but the profits obtained are far more than before because of the strengthening of transportation capacity.

Daqin Island is an island surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side. There is an irregular 'lake' in the middle. There is a large wharf in this lake.Behind the wide pier, there is a lush jungle first, and then there are warehouses built against the mountains. The huge warehouses stand on this low mountain, like giants standing tall, and then there are rows of supply chains. A camp where people have lived.

This smuggling gang formed by the Shandong gentry made a lot of money for the gentry, but it also supported a large number of crew members, cooks, Liding, trackers, etc. who relied on smuggling for food. More than half of them are children of various families, generals, and slaves, and the rest are seafarers and shipbuilders hired from all over the world.

Water is the most elusive and fickle thing. When it is gentle, it takes what it wants, and when it is angry, it destroys everything. Sea transportation must fight against raging torrents, dangerous hidden reefs, unpredictable weather, and maybe even the Great Sui Navy. , Only by avoiding this many dangers can we get a bite of food. However, the total wealth these people have earned with their lives is less than [-]%, and the other [-]% is owned by a few big clans.

But no matter how much they get, these people must stick together, only in this way can they improve their chances of survival.So over time, a harsh system was formed, which is no less than the military system.

If one soldier in the land army disobeys the military order, it may not affect the fate of the entire army. However, at sea, everyone has an irreplaceable position. Once he slackens, the entire ship, The whole fleet was buried with him.Therefore, each ship must have strict regulations, and everyone must be bound by rules that are almost stricter than military regulations.

In the process of sailing, if any thorn dares to disobey the order, it is only right and proper to tie it to a stone and sink it in the sea. Even the family members of the deceased also acquiesced to this rule.

Over time, a special team with the nature of gangs and the nature of the army has been formed, but at present, no one has yet to break free from the control of the Shandong gentry, because most of them are slaves of the thousand-year-old gentry, slaves from generation to generation The concept has penetrated into their souls, and in their thinking, there is no idea of ​​'self-reliance' at all.

All the sea-going ships that can be dispatched from various families gathered here. The masts of the big ships on the surrounding sea were densely packed like a forest. Hundreds of dark ships covered several miles, and each ship was filled with food. The 40 stones mentioned are calculated according to the current "decimal system" of the Sui Dynasty, that is, 4000 million catties, which can cross the Bohai Sea at one time, and can be transported back to Liaodong as long as they go north from the Liaoshui River.

Of course, it is impossible for such a huge fleet to enter Liaoshui at one time, otherwise, it will be a dead end, but they have a way to transport them here in batches, and they also have a way to transport them back in batches, because in the waters near Shuangliao County, There is also a transit base called Juehua Island. After the fleet arrives there, they can use the circular island chain as a cover, wait until dark, and then enter and exit Liaoshui in batches.

It’s just that the sea at night is full of murderous intentions, and the sea surface is full of large and small eddies. If a ship is not careful, it will encounter a large eddy. As long as it is sucked, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

In order to be able to smuggle safely at night, they made full preparations and tried again and again to cross the river at various times of the day and night. After countless generations of hard work and sacrifice of countless people, they summed up a set of effective night travel experience. Specific to every day, every hour, every moment, as long as you follow this set of experience summed up by applying countless lives to sail, you will be almost foolproof.Take today as an example, it is safest to start at the first watch, and according to previous records and the experience of the old crew, although the eyesight is poor at night, the water surface is safer tonight than during the day.

As people who have been sailing on the sea for a long time, they know that once the ship sets off, it will sail to an unknown future, and if they are not careful, they will never come back. Breathe in and out, but before departure, I will cherish every moment of rest, so although it is not dark at this time, the entire Daqin Island, except for the slightly undulating boats on the water surface, everything is extraordinarily quiet, almost all Everyone is in a dream.

Although they have a set of "military discipline" that is even stricter than "military discipline", these people who are similar to private soldiers and dead soldiers are not pure soldiers after all, so the outposts and the like are also set up so-so. Come, and it is broad daylight, so there is almost no one on the post.

But dangerous!
It often appears suddenly when people don't expect it, especially above the sea.

These people didn't know that they had been thoroughly analyzed by Yang Tong, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling and others before they dived out of the Liaoshui River, and they concluded that the "Zheng family" could only come from Liaodong, Jizhou, and Youzhou. The conclusion of purchasing grain to fill the gap, not to mention that not long after the conclusion came out, Yang Tong had already sent a message through the eagle to strictly order the navy on the Changshan Islands to pay attention to the Bohai Sea.

So when this group of people thought they were sneaking south without anyone noticing, in fact there were sentry ships of the Great Sui Navy following them all the way.

How similar is this fact to what happened to Liu Yanke?

Just before dark!

The Sui army scouts had eliminated the straggling sentinels.

When the soldiers who landed one after another got the news, they, led by scouts, rushed to the camp of the smuggling gang. The people in the camp were sleeping, and they were caught off guard by being killed, and the screams rang out.

Perhaps the personal strength is not weaker than that of the Sui army, so when it comes to the ability to coordinate operations, how can these people be the opponents of the regular army?The Sui army has fought for so many years, and it has also proved a truth, that is, as long as a country is still in a normal state, the real elite will completely crush the so-called local heroes.How unreliable is the so-called "master among the people"...

The same is true of the surprise battle that took place on Daqin Island.

(End of this chapter)