Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1274 Lion City
It was not yet dawn, but the rain started to fall.

The sea breeze stirred up the waves, and there was a clattering sound.Not daring to sail at night, so the fleet anchored early and spent the night at sea.

This is a fleet of thirteen ships, headed by three large treasure ships, followed by three merchant ships, three warships, and four speedboats.

In the stern cabin of the flagship Sunbuset, fleet commander Li Shimin was looking at the chart.

The destination of the fleet's trip was Sengapura, which was also called the City of Lions. The Chinese businessmen who traveled there liked to call it Dazhanhaikou, or simply Linyipu (Hoi An).

"Fan Fanzhi has five thousand guards, Lin Yipu is not easy to fight." Captain Whitebeard reminded Li Shimin again.

But Li Shimin just tapped lightly on the map with the iron hook in his left hand. He raised his head, and with a black blindfold on one eye, he added a bit of toughness.

"So what about five thousand? We have already entered and exited Linyipu more than once, and we know the reality of the city like the back of our hands." Li Shimin sneered a few times, "This Fan Fanzhi sent people to pay tribute to Luoyang, but on the other hand, he deliberately went to the northern border. Engage in friction, build troops secretly and build the city, and eventually lead to the fire of Nichinan County. Now the Nichinan prefect and our Sunset King are attacking together. Mujiaguan, after crossing Changshan, now Linyi has lost its city and land, but it is so embarrassing. Fan Fanzhi sent people to ask for peace in Luoyang, and at the same time mobilized many troops from all over Linyi to go north, including Linyipu city. Many guards."

Li Shimin has been staring at Lin Yipu for not a day or two.

Although he was appointed by the court as the magistrate of Nantang County, Sunset County, he didn't do much business. Instead, he borrowed some money from Luo Yi, and then used the money he plundered during the Lingnan rebellion to order a few ships from the shipyard. I also bought several other sea-going ships to refit.

So the Sun Never Sets Pirates continued across the sea.

He is not specialized in pirates, but is also a merchant and a thief. While doing business with Linyi, Funan and other countries in the south of Guangnan, he often raids the coast and even robs merchant ships.

Being both a businessman and a thief, there is no taboo, and Li Shimin's fleet is developing rapidly.

He established several strongholds on the coastal islands of Linyi and Funan. These strongholds have piers, water villages and even castles. He also subdued many pirates and bandits in Linyi and Funan, and developed them. For his own men.

On the other hand, he also established his own shops and warehouses in Linyi and the port towns along the coast of Funan.

Li Shimin has a treasure ship ordered by the Daqin Royal Shipyard at an increased price, and then reinstalls weapons privately. There are not only desperate thieves on board, but also elite guards drawn directly to him by Sunset King Luo Yi. Some fierce equipment such as small magic machine captains and ballistas.

Coupled with the advantages of navigation technology, they are almost invincible in Linyi and Funan, and even further south in the Kunlun Sea, although in the South China Sea, the most powerful force belongs to the Royal South Sea Fleet.But Li Shimin's cleverness is that he didn't do all this secretly. He used the Sunset King Luo Yi to communicate with the South China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Ship Division.

Even Li Shimin's fleet on which the sun never sets is already a non-staff fleet under the Royal Fleet of the South China Sea.

It is precisely because of this black and white identity that his actions in Linyi and Funan go smoothly. He is not only a distributor of the South China Sea caravan, but also acts as an intelligence officer, providing information and so on.

Although doing business with Funan and Lin Yiguo is quite profitable, for Li Shimin, the speed is still a bit slow.Formal channels are difficult to satisfy his ambition.

He thinks the most profitable thing is to rob.

But just grabbing the sea is actually still a small fight.After all, although he has thirteen boats, he dare not snatch the boats of merchants from the Central Plains. Some boats from Funan Linyi and other countries have strong armed guards, and it is not always possible to snatch them.

What Li Shimin most wanted to grab was going ashore.

But Li Shimin has a big appetite, and he is not satisfied with going ashore to sneak around and make troubles. For such small-scale operations, he usually lets the subdued Linyi, Funan, or Chenla Kingdom's subordinates do it.

Li Shimin can do whatever he wants, and he is aiming at the capital of Linyi.

"During the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, Linyi repeatedly invaded the country, and Emperor Wen was furious, so he dispatched a large army to conquer. At that time, Linyi was terrified and wanted to lose 30 catties of gold, [-] catties of silver, and [-] catties of copper, and return the day The people in Nanjun were common people, but the governor of Jiaozhou in the Liu Song Dynasty sent a fierce general Xiao Jingxian to lead an army to attack, first conquering Licheng in the northern border area, and then taking advantage of the victory in Kelin Township. Jin! The great general Liu Fang of the Sui Dynasty also led his army to attack Linyi, smashed its capital city, and took away its temple master, Jinren, and returned it.”

Although a group of pirate leaders followed Li Shimin to plunder everywhere, no matter how much they robbed, they usually just robbed some goods. It was unbelievable to hear that the gold was hundreds of thousands of catties.

"Hundreds of thousands of catties of gold? One catty is 16 taels, and one hundred thousand catties is 160 million taels. One tael of gold is worth more than eight pennies. Isn't that tens of millions of pennies?"

"How?" Li Shimin chuckled.

"Lingnan originally produced gold and silver, and the land of Linyi is even more rich in gold and silver. In addition, Linyi has the advantages of maritime trade and trades in gold and silver. Therefore, there are many gold and silver in the country. In addition, Linyi people worship Buddha and like to build temples. Standing a golden Buddha, even the ancestral tablets like to cast gold. Before Liu Song fought, they were willing to give away 30 catties of gold, [-] catties of silver, and [-] catties of copper, which shows how huge the gold and silver are in the country. Defeated It is not uncommon for Liu Song's army to plunder hundreds of thousands of catties of gold after the capital of the Hou Kingdom was destroyed."

A group of people swallowed there.

"Hundreds of thousands of jins, as long as there are 1 jins, even [-] taels is worth the sale."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "So, what's the point of robbing those small fishing villages? Are you robbing salted fish? If you want to rob, you can rob Linyipu or Lion City. have it?"

A group of pirates began to fantasize there.

"With so much gold, what do you do?"

"What's wrong with you? Buy wine and meat, buy land and land, and marry a few beautiful girls. It's best to go to Nanhai, Jiaozhi, or even Guangling, Luoyang, and Chang'an to buy him a big house, and then buy Kunlun. Silla maidservants Bosi Ji, BMWs from Qinghai, camels from the Western Regions, Kumoxi people's carts, Khitan people's saddles..."

"Come on, if I'm rich, I'll go to Jiaozhi and buy ten hectares of land from him, and I'll be his mother's big landlord, and then I'll have nothing to worry about for generations to come."

(End of this chapter)