Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1236 Shi Xie's Incessant Hesitation

Mu Jing hated Hu Zhao's words, but he couldn't find anything to refute.

Hu Zhao is a talent.

He knew this a long time ago, otherwise he wouldn't have played a rogue on Luhun Mountain back then, insisted on not leaving, and visited the door seven times, but he was more sincere than visiting the thatched cottage three times, and invited Hu Zhao out of the mountain.

But after all these years of getting along with each other first, he has come to understand what kind of talent Hu Zhao is.

Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements, and those who are good at governance do not have a brilliant name.

Hu Zhao is good at war and good at government. He is an all-round talent in administration. In Mu Jing's view, he is comparable to Liu Bang's Marquis Liu.

This person doesn't show off when he does things, but he is absolutely meticulous.

Watertight.

Mu Jing asked himself that he could find out Xi Zhicai's loopholes, but he definitely couldn't find Hu Zhao's loopholes. This person will take care of all aspects of his work.

Even if Mu Jing knew that it was his handwriting, so what, there was no evidence, he refused to admit it, and he couldn't even find a trace of clues that could prove that it was his instigation.

This is a war of words.

"Then Hu Changshi thinks, how should someone be responsible?" Mu Jing looked at Hu Zhao with cold eyes.

Hu Zhao was indifferent, as if he didn't feel the eyes from the ice cellar at all. He cupped his hands and saluted, and then suggested: "The rumors have started now, and the people are pure and good. They would rather believe it than not believe it. Today is the key to the New Deal. Today's New Deal The key to suppressing heroes is the support of the people. The people are both innocent and ignorant. They don’t believe in the New Deal, because they don’t understand the New Deal. They support it because they believe in the Lord. If they think that the Lord’s character is wrong, I am afraid that no matter how hard it is to trust the New Deal presided over by the lord, we will be in danger at that time, and the New Deal may die in desperation!"

"threaten me?"

Mu Jing's dark black pupils were full of flames, and his killing intent was aroused. He, who has never been threatened, does not want to be threatened. Hu Zhao, you made a wrong move.

"How dare you!"

Hu Zhao was still calm, as if he couldn't see Mu Jing's anger, he just said indifferently: "In this world, I never think that anyone can threaten the lord, but the lord has ambitions in his heart, which is more important, the lord understand more!"

"I don't know!"

Mujing's killing intent dissipated quietly.

This Hu Zhao always has the ability to make Mu Jing's emotions out of control, as if in a stage of being out of control.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then said: "The world's affairs, the world's people, since I took it up, I won't regret it, but Hu Kongming, you have to remember, my ambition never needs to sacrifice myself Yes, it is not allowed!"

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

Zhaoming Pavilion was completely silent.

Quite a number of civil servants in Zhaoming Pavilion had their eyes fixed on Hu Zhao. In fact, they didn’t quite understand why Hu Zhao felt uncomfortable looking for him alone. His deep Mujing’s trust was so strong that one person was worth tens of thousands of dollars. Is it really wise to challenge Mujing's majesty above people?

"Hey!"

Hu Zhao sighed, he is a man with a tough mind, he will not change because of changes, nor will he change his original intention because of Mu Jing's attitude, what should be done must be done.

"My lord, do you want to continue?" A confidant official came up and asked in a low voice.

"continue!"

Hu Zhaodao: "There is not enough wind and rain in the city. I, the Minghou Mansion, lead the eleven prefectures, and I know it all!"

"My lord, if this trouble continues, I'm afraid Minghou will not be able to bear it anymore!"

My confidant is a little worried.

"It doesn't matter!" Hu Zhao's eyes were deep, and he looked at the back of the far away, and smiled slightly: "I know his bottom line, he won't kill me!"

Without this confidence, he really didn't dare to do such a thing.

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The New Deal set off waves of storms in the Southwest.

Minghou Mansion is like a giant ship.

Walking steadily in the turbulent waves...

Mu Jing began to become a workaholic, devoting all his energies to the New Deal. He constantly summoned the New Deal officials to reprimand him, and at the same time personally wrote the New Deal regulations.

Very busy.

The power of resistance is still there, but under the strong pressure of the Minghou Mansion, there are really not many people who dare to take the lead, which makes Xinzheng a little bit firmer.

Of course, there are still quite a few voices among scholars, most of whom criticize Mujing and the Minghou Mansion.

Relatively speaking, Jiaozhou is a bit quiet.

Since Jiaozhou was divided into two, the eastern part of Jiaozhou has been swallowed up by Jiangdong, while in the west of Jiaozhou, Shi Xie chose to surrender to the Minghou Mansion, gaining a chance to breathe.

Of course, the military and political power in several counties in the west of Jiaozhou is still in the hands of Shi Xie.

Ke Shixie felt increasingly uneasy.

Cochin County.

county government.

A middle-aged man was kneeling and sitting in the gazebo.

This middle-aged man is Shi Xie, who looks refined and refined.

Although Shi Xie was from Jiaozhou and belonged to the barbarians of South Vietnam, he went to the Central Plains to study since he was a child, and he became a student of the great Confucianists in the Central Plains, and he had a scholarly air about him.

"My lord, there is another news from Yudu!"

A scholar stood in front of Shi Xie, bowed his hands in salute, and then said.

"Say!"

"Marquis Ming has something to say, not enough protons!"

"What do you mean?" Shi Xie's face sank slightly, and he sent his eldest son to Yudu in exchange for the support of the Minghou Mansion so that he could resist Jiangdong's troops in Jiaozhou, but the attitude of the Minghou Mansion has always been a little weird .

"They secretly rumored that the lord should go to Yudu in person, otherwise..." The scholar is one of Shi Xie's confidants and advisors. He was also a scholar in Yingchuan in the past. The disciple who had performed the ceremony, he was just a spectator. Later, his family fell into disrepair and he was sent to Jiaozhou, so he took refuge in Shi Xie.

His name is Yuan Wei.

"Otherwise?" Shi Xie put down the Chunqiu in his hands, his eyes became sharper, and the awe-inspiring killing intent burst out overnight.

One of the princes, after all, is unwilling to be restrained by others, he is still qualified to fight against the Minghou Mansion.

After Zhang Jin's death, although Jiangdong took over the eastern part of Jiaozhou, he could not be compared with himself in terms of reputation. Many gentry in the eastern part of Jiaozhou took refuge in him.

In the entire Jiaozhou, his influence is still very large, and the military strength of the Shi family is not weak. His younger brothers and many clan members are all capable of recruiting and fighting.

If there is a fight, it may not be possible to fight it out, but he is still confident in defending Jiaozhou.

"They didn't say it clearly, they just said a word. As long as the Lord doesn't rush to Yudu for a day, Jiaozhou will never be peaceful. No one can guarantee when the conflict will break out!"

Yuan Wei said with a wry smile.

"Humph!"

Shi Xie snorted coldly, but had nothing to say.

He also knows how the Minghou Mansion can allow him to hold the military and political power in Jiaozhou and be independent from one side. Even if he sends the proton to Yudu, as long as the Minghou Mansion thinks about it, sooner or later, it will still have heavy troops pressure.

"Brother Yuan, tell me, there is still a way out for this one?"

Shi Xie looked at the scholar and asked a little darkly.

"Survival in the cracks, Jiaozhou, there is no possibility of independence, it will not be eaten by the Minghou Mansion, but sooner or later it will be eaten by the Jiangdong Army!" Yuan Hui shook his head gently: "In today's world, the princes are full of power. , it is already clear, if the lord wants to be independent, I am afraid it is not impossible. They are all heroes in the world, how shrewd each of them is, how can someone hang out, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, sooner or later they will move !"

"Survival, is it that difficult?" Shi Xie sighed.

"Since my lord has already sent the eldest sons to Yudu, I'm afraid I have to make up my mind!" Yuan Hui said softly.

"What resolution?"

"The determination to return to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Is there no second way?"

"Yes!" Yuan Hui said: "I'm afraid you don't want to return to Jiangdong, and the risk is too great. I'm afraid that if the news leaks out, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses have not arrived, and the Mujun has already killed them. By then, Jiaozhou will only be bloody." Don't forget, my lord, there is a fierce tiger crawling beside us, you have experienced the horror of this man!"

"Gan Ning!"

Shi Xie's pupils widened.

Gan Ning's fleet was stationed by the sea at the beginning. It was small in scale and seemed easy to bully. Shi Xie couldn't deal with the Minghou Mansion, so he beat Gan Ning to vent his dissatisfaction.

But who would have thought that Gan Ning would be so difficult.

If it was a real fight, I'm afraid he has already been defeated by Gan Ning. Especially last year, he sent people to attack Gan Ning's naval base no less than five times in the name of the Baiyue Barbarian Army, and they were killed every time. Those who kill will throw away their armor and armor.

But this year, he couldn't even figure out the strength of Gan Ning's troops. He couldn't even figure out where Gan Ning was stationed.

"The picture of the herding dragon has already been arranged!"

When Shi Xie thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little decadent. He thought that directness was somewhat powerful, but when he found out that he was not good enough when compared with the heroes of the Central Plains.

"My lord, if you don't want to go, it's not impossible. From now on, gather your troops. Jiaozhou has many mountains and complex terrain. It will always be troublesome for outsiders to come in. Unless they are willing to come out with all their nests and rush in, otherwise, within ten years , they cannot attack Cochin, but in the past ten years, Cochin will inevitably be shrouded in blood and rain, and the war will not stop!"

Yuan Hui analyzed softly, and the final decision was still for Shi Xie to make.

"Let me think about it again!"

Shi Xie couldn't make a decision for a long time, and he hesitated in his heart. On the one hand, he was afraid, and on the other hand, he was unwilling. After all, the Shi family, as the head of the Jiaozhou gentry, was unwilling to hand over Jiaozhou so directly.

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Wanli Bibo.

One by one warships sailed on the sea.

"General, it is estimated that there will be a storm tonight. We need to find a place to hide, otherwise we will definitely damage a lot of warships!"

"Sail chart!"

"exist!"

"In this area, I seem to have seen an island before, so I sailed towards this place!"

"promise!"

"We still need a few days before we can surrender!"

"It should take another three days before we can return to the navy base!"

After the conversation on the deck, an older lieutenant walked up to the deck from under the ship and reported to a tall young general.

The young general is Gan Ning.

Everyone thought that Gan Ning was still at the Zhuyazhou Naval Base, but in fact he hadn't been there after this year.

For a long time, Gan Ning thought that to train a navy, it is enough to be familiar with water and warships, but seeing the sea, he felt that the training of a navy is not so simple.

From the beginning, he did not limit his fleet to the sea.

Jiuzhen and Nichinan walked around a few times.

He is no longer limited to the territory of the Han Dynasty, let the fleet go out, see the vastness of the world, and feel the rough sea, which makes him extremely excited.

This time, after sailing for four full months, they traveled the farthest to a continent where the aboriginal people dug up gold, silver and jewels, plundered the aboriginal population, and returned with a full load.

Zhu Yazhou was blocked outside Jiaozhou. If he wanted to develop a navy base, he needed enough manpower and financial resources. He couldn't transport it back from Yudu, so he could only find a way from outside.

With this voyage, he has a better understanding of the outside world, and also made him feel the ferocity of the sea, and made him realize that he cannot be confined to the territory of the Han Dynasty.

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three days later.

Zhuyazhou, in a large port.

Standing at the highest place, Zhang Yun gazed into the distance, looking at the sea in the distance. He has been waiting for a month. He did not agree with Gan Ning's risky plan, but he did not object.

After he came out of the mud pit in Jingzhou, he was not very reconciled, but when he saw the joy of the sea, he became ambitious.

"Zhang Sima, you're back, they're back!"

A voice boiled up.

"came back?"

In the navy base, more than [-] soldiers were alarmed.

This port is the largest port of the navy base, next to it is a shipbuilding workshop, where countless warships are moored, and recently, warships returning from afar are also moored here.

"General Zhonglang!"

Zhang Yun walked up quickly, looked at the bearded and tanned Gan Ning, gave a military salute, and then asked, "How's the harvest?"

"Very good!"

Gan Ning grinned.

"Who are those people?" Watching the sailors push some people up.

"Natives of the outside world!"

Gan Ning said: "They don't understand the language, but they are all laborers. If they can be used, don't waste them. We will need them to build our navy base in the future!"

"Only nineteen ships?"

Zhang Yun counted and asked.

Not counting the soldiers and horses in Neijiang, the Jingping Navy has all the elite warships here. Not only will the warships be sent from the Yudu Shipbuilding Workshop every year, but the shipbuilding workshop established here will also produce Elite warship.

At present, the Minghou Mansion can build the best warship, not a building boat, but a three-toothed sailboat, a kind of warship that is more suitable for sailing on the sea, and can carry five hundred soldiers.

"It's a fate to have lost six ships!" Gan Ning said bitterly, "We didn't encounter any enemies this time, and even if there were, we would be vulnerable. But the wind and waves on the sea are our natural enemies. If we don’t make it in time, we can only lose our soldiers and generals, and more than 800 soldiers were lost in the sea!”

This voyage paid a huge price.

(End of this chapter)