Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 502 Four Navigation Treasures

Gao Ming has two waist tags, one is the Prince Fish Talisman, which represents Gao Ming's status as the prince, and he naturally cannot give this waist tag to Liu Bing.

The other token is a gold-plated token with "riding" written on one side, which represents his identity as the Commander of Thousand Riders, and this is the token that Gao Ming gave Liu Bing!
Liu Bing naturally knew the token, so when Gao Ming stuffed the token into his hand, he was stunned.

"This...this is..."

Seeing Liu Bing's shocked look with a hint of doubt, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Don't be surprised, this token is exactly the token of the Commander of the Thousand Riders!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing suddenly felt even more strange, and he immediately cupped his hands towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, why did you give this token to the old slave?"

Seeing Liu Bing's puzzled look, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows at him.

"If I don't give you this token, how can you drive Dingyuan away?"

Dingyuan is exactly the name Gao Ming gave to the steamship.

After returning from Goguryeo, Gao Ming asked people to paint the word "Dingyuan" on the ship, which means that as long as you have this ship, no matter how far the enemy is, you can use it to calm down .

The importance of the Dingyuan to Gao Ming, and even to the entire Tang Dynasty, was very clear to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Of course Liu Bing also knew, so when he heard that Gao Ming planned to give him the Dingyuan, he fell into shock again.

"Uh...His Royal Highness, this is absolutely impossible, this Dingyuan..."

"Okay, you don't need to say more!"

Seeing that Liu Bing was about to refuse again, Gao Ming waved his hand at him immediately and interrupted him.

"I've said it before, everything I give you is not for you, but for the smooth finding of corn. With this steamship, it will be much smoother!"

Gao Ming gave the steamship to Liu Bing after careful consideration.

Datang's current national strength is not enough to equip a large fleet with steam engines, so the expedition fleet following Liu Bing to search for corn this time is mainly based on sails and manpower.

Compared with these ships, the Dingyuan steamship can be called "open hanging".

Driven by twin steam engines, it has super mobility and is free from the influence of the weather. In addition, it is equipped with [-] cannons and [-] excellent gunners on board, and its attack power is extremely powerful.

Gao Ming speculated that in this era, there should be no role at sea that can give Dingyuan a tough fight. Therefore, deploying Dingyuan in the entire expedition fleet can greatly guarantee the safety of the entire fleet.

Liu Bing lives in the deep palace all year round. Although he has great experience in intrigue and politics, he lacks a big picture, so Gao Ming can only explain to him in an orderly tone.

"Dingyuan is one of the important guarantees for the success of this expedition. Its importance is no less than the compass, telescope and bean sprouts, so you don't need to say any more, and I have also sent two people as your deputy. "

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately clapped his palms twice, and immediately, two guards in armor came over, and then knelt down on one knee towards Gao Ming.

"The last general has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Looking at the two burly guards, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Well, get up!"

"Yes!"

After the two got up, Gao Ming turned his head to Liu Bing.

"Old Liu, these two are my confidantes, and their martial arts are superb. They are outstanding among the Qianqiwei. This time they go to sea, and they are your second-in-commands. Okay, let's get to know each other! "

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the Chinese character with a scar on his face came out of the two guards, and then cupped his hands towards Liu Bing.

"Eunuch Liu, my name is Shitou, and I am the commander of the right cavalry guard!"

As soon as Shi Shi finished speaking, another Chinese character came forward.

"Eunuch Liu, I'm Crow, and I'm also the Qianqi Commander of the right cavalry guard. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Hearing what the two said, Liu Bing immediately looked at Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, their names..."

Although Liu Bing didn't finish his sentence, Gao Ming also understood what he meant, so he immediately laughed.

"I know what you think, but the names of the two of them are like this. They are not hiding anything from you. You don't have to worry about it."

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Liu Bing could only nod his head.

"Yes, the old slave understands!"

Seeing that Liu Bing nodded, Gao Ming turned his attention to the stone and the crow.

"Stone, Crow, I will leave Dingyuan to you, and Liu Bing's safety will also be entrusted to you, don't let me down!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the two clenched their fists at him again.

"Yes!"

The two only used one word to answer Gao Ming, but looking at their expressions, Gao Ming knew that this one word was enough.

So he nodded again with a smile, then waved his hands towards the two.

"Okay, go down and get ready, we'll be leaving in three days!"

"Yes!"

The two agreed again, then turned and left.

After they left, Gao Ming turned around and patted Liu Bing on the shoulder.

"Old Liu, go down and prepare too. All the eunuchs in the palace, you can take away. If you can't, just give them a sum of money and let them go out of the palace to make a living."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing knew that the history of eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty was coming to an end.

However, this result was also within his expectation, because it was he who single-handedly contributed to this result.

So, as soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, he nodded immediately.

"The old slave knows, and the old slave will go to do this immediately after returning home, but there is no need to pay the money. In today's Datang, it is still very easy to find a bowl of food."

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing immediately.

"I like to hear what you say, but the money still has to be paid. This is their severance pay. The money will be paid according to the number of years in the palace. Those who have been in the palace for less than a year will be given ten guan. Adding a consistent amount of money every extra year can't make them suffer for nothing, right? Haha..."

"His Royal Highness is merciful, this old servant thanked His Royal Highness on behalf of these brats!"

After speaking, Liu Bing knelt down towards Gao Ming again, and kowtowed to him respectfully.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled and helped Liu Bing up.

"Don't use this trick in front of me, Lao Liu, how many eunuchs are there in the palace now?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, there are less than 4000 people in total, and more than 3000 of them are youngsters who have entered the palace for less than three years. Your Highness, you can just get [-] guan. As for the remaining hundreds of people, the old slave plans to Take them with you so you don't have to give them money."

"Ok!"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Of course I won't give money to the people you took away, because when you find the corn and come back, you will get far more than these dozens of coins. Believe me, even those civil and military officials will envy you !"

"Ok!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Liu Bing nodded heavily.

"This old servant believes in His Highness the Crown Prince! I have always believed in it!"

Seeing Liu Bing's firm expression, Gao Ming smiled and patted him on the shoulder again.

"Okay, go get ready, I'm waiting for your good news, Sibao eunuch Liu Bing!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)