The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 265 The orca’s grudges

"What do you mean when a big fish dies and a prince dies?" Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, but he didn't react at all.

I know that Liu Tai has been killing people since he was a child and did not receive a complete family education, so Liu Tai is not very clear about some allusions.

So Chu Hui quickly explained to Liu Tai: "The First Emperor was looking for a big fish in the East China Sea, and soon after he arrived at the Sand Dune Palace, he died of illness. Even though the First Emperor could not resist this bad luck, the king should return to Yecheng to avoid disaster first!"

"I have never believed in such superstitious things. If you are worried, I am not just the King of Han in Yecheng. Didn't Liu Yao claim to be the Great Zhao? Well, he used to be the King of Qin. Even if he wants to accept it, he should Let it come true for him!" Liu Tai said.

"It makes sense! This is Heaven's Punishment for Liu Yao. Liu Yao has to die. I will arrange for Bai Ling now!"

Chu Hui suddenly understood after hearing Liu Tai's words, and turned his head, preparing to provide one-stop service to Liu Yao who was locked in the cell.

"Come back, come back!" Seeing that Chu Hui was really going to kill Liu Yao to break the curse, Liu Tai felt that Liu Yao was going to die because of this, and he was afraid that his name would definitely go down in history.

He quickly said to Chu Hui: "What happened? It's just that a big fish died. Why is the prince buried with him? I don't even know the whole story?!"

After hearing Liu Tai's words, Chu Hui took out a memorial from his sleeve and sent it to Liu Tai and said:

"General Tian Xun's fleet encountered Da Kun when it went to Jiaozhou Bay for maintenance as scheduled. After a fight between the two sides, Da Kun died and was dragged back to Jiaozhou Port by Tian Xun's army.

General Tian Zhen had already handed in the report first, and then came over in shackles.

This time, Tian Zhen killed the big fish without authorization and cursed the king. He also asked the king to take advantage of his hard work and merit and kill only three tribes to calm the people! "

"Do you and Tian Zhen have such a deep hatred?" Liu Tai was a little unbelievable when he heard Chu Hui's words.

"I have a public heart and have no personal grudge against General Tian!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai frankly.

"Let Tian Zhen come and see Gu, and the meat of the other big Kun will be distributed to the local warriors, and the uneaten food will be dried in the sun to make food reserves. However, the bones will be transported to Yecheng, and Gu will build a special A palace contains the bones of this great Kun.

By the way, Gu has taken good care of the ambergris in Da Kun's body. After it is dried, it will be specially supplied to the palace.

There is also the oil on the whale's body. It will be much easier to maintain the armor of soldiers in the future, so don't lose it.

Wasn't it just killing a whale? How could one of his generals be buried with Da Kun? "

Chu Hui was slightly relieved when he heard Liu Tai's words. No matter what, Tian Tian's test was over.

Chu Hui said, "Then I asked the officials to send Tian Zhen over and let him explain the matter clearly!"

Liu Tai nodded and said, "Let him come to see Gu soon!"

A few days later, Tian Zhen came to Liu Tai with his hands locked in shackles. As soon as he came, he knelt on the ground and said,

"Your Majesty, for the sake of your loyalty to the great man, please just kill me and don't involve your whole family!"

"Get up, let someone break the shackles!" Liu Tai stepped forward to help Tian Tian up and said, "Isn't it just to kill a Kun? Just kill this kind of thing. Tell me, is the meat of this Kun delicious? ?”

"It's delicious!" Tian Zhen nodded decisively. After finishing speaking, Tian Zhen immediately knelt down and said, "I deserve to die!"

"Get up, didn't you just eat Kun meat? So what does it matter? In the future, a new recruit will be added to the training. Each batch of new recruits who enter the navy will get extra rewards if they kill a Kun before graduating!"

Liu Tai patted Tian Tian on the shoulder and said, "In the future, don't blame yourself for these witchcraft and gods. You are not afraid of witchcraft and it is because of the courage and protection of your soldiers. As long as the soldiers are here, , This big man will naturally ward off evil spirits, and evil spirits are not allowed to become spirits!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tian Tian knelt down again after hearing Liu Tai's words. Even if Liu Tai tried to help him, he couldn't help him up. He kowtowed three times before he stood up again, but his eyes were full of tears.

To be honest, it was impossible to say that Tian Tian was not worried. After all, he had killed a whale this time. If Liu Tai was afraid of the death of the big fish and the rumors of the death of the prince, then his whole family would be dead.

Because Tian Jin was defeated by Liu Tai and followed Liu Tai to kill all the way to his current achievements, Tian Jin knew very well that even if he rebelled, he could not defeat Liu Tai. In this case, it was better to ask for a complete corpse. .

Fortunately, he didn't believe Liu Tai wrongly. He didn't care at all about the rumors about the death of a big fish or the death of a prince.

Not only did Tian Zhen forgive himself, but he also prepared to let the navy recruits try to hunt down the giant Kun. Tian Zhen thought about it, it was hard to find the giant Kun!

However, Tian Zhen immediately explained to Liu Tai what happened.

Everything was normal at the beginning of that day. Basically, after the ship sailed for a period of time, it would be sent to Jiaozhou Bay for maintenance.

The first is to check whether the hull is damaged, the second is to replace various accessories on it, and the third and most important thing is to clean up the barnacles attached to the bottom of the ship to prevent the ship from becoming fragile and bulky due to barnacle erosion.

And on the way through the Shandong Peninsula, Tian Tian's team encountered the reverse halberd Kun.

Because Niji Kun had rescued Han soldiers who fell into the water, when the Han Dynasty built a fleet and encountered Niji Kun, and there were fish on the fleet, they would leave all kinds of fresh seafood to express their gratitude for encountering these ocean street gangsters. Gift.

And perhaps because they discovered the preferential treatment given to them by the Han Navy, this group of reverse halberd kun survived in the sea near Qingzhou and lived a relatively comfortable life.

"At least until now, the story is normal, so how did you meet Da Kun?" Liu Tai wondered,
  "We don't know either!" Tian Tian couldn't help but say at this time, "We don't know what happened.

We were feeding the skunks normally, and the skunks also made very pleasant sounds.

Then, we saw a huge creature rushing towards us with incredible waves.

The huge waves brought up at that time hit a ship almost immediately.

The soldiers quickly hid in the cabin, but were beaten to pieces by the waves. Even the hull of the ship itself was severely damaged!

At that time, we all thought we were doomed, because the reverse halberd kuns were fighting with this big kun.

One after another, we were slapped away by the big kun's tail or knocked away by the head, only for us to regain our organization.

If we ran away at this time, how could we still be considered Han warriors? I ordered the fleet to fire with powerful crossbows.

Our strong crossbow is tied with a rope. It is mainly used to deal with the opponent's ships and tow the ship, so it is naturally tied to the body of this big kun and is embedded into its flesh.

That big kun was so powerful that we chased it for a long time. Only after its blood dried up did we drag the dead kun to Jiaozhou Bay.

However, after all this trouble, several ships in our fleet need to be overhauled! ”     Liu Tai felt more and more strange the more he listened to Tian Tian's words.

Because Liu Tai had a vague feeling that he might not have made a back for these killer whales. Is this big Kun that came to find the killer whales not a humpback whale?
  Because I was bullied a lot by killer whales when I was a child, every time I heard the cry of killer whales, I would come all the way to cause trouble for them.

However, my own team was completely unaware of the grudges between these two ocean overlords, and simply believed that this kind of giant kun was for navy warships.

And they thought that the humpback whale beat up the killer whale because the killer whale wanted to save itself and others at all costs...

Hey... forget it, let this misunderstanding continue. Liu Tai really doesn't want to get involved in the grievances and grievances in the ocean.

Especially for humans, even if killer whales are despised by humans in the ocean, it is enough as long as they are friendly to humans.

And with their hatred of humpback whales, they might actually be able to use their radar to find whales.

Liu Tai thought of this and said, "Is Da Kun's tongue still there?"

"While the big Kun was being dragged through the water, it was bitten to bits by the Kuns!" Tian Tian couldn't help but say to Liu Tai.

"With this cooperation, maybe these guys will come looking for you when they encounter a big whale in the future!"

Liu Tai heard Tian Tian's words and said, "After you go back, set up a group of people to deal with these reverse halberd Kuns.

In addition, keep a warship standing and let them follow the reverse halberd Kun. Maybe they will take you to hunt the big Kun? "

"Is it possible?" Tian Tian was a little unbelievable when he heard Liu Tai's words, "Are these orcas know how to call people?!"

"These orcas can save our Han soldiers, maybe they have spirituality!" Liu Tai couldn't help but said,

"By the way, since the killer whale likes to eat tongues, if we cooperate with it to hunt a whale, the tongue will be rewarded to it. My strong soldiers will not touch it. This is our covenant with the killer whale!"

"My subordinate understands!" Tian Zhen heard Liu Tai's words and immediately responded, "I will definitely follow what the king said!"

To be honest, even Liu Tai didn't know if this would work, but Liu Tai knew that it would take a long time to accumulate experience to hunt whales purely by relying on humans instead of relying on these street gangsters.

No matter what, Tian Tian quickly accepted Liu Tai's suggestion and started to arrange it.

Watching Tian Zhen leave, Liu Tai couldn't help but sigh. With the formation of the team, they have the ability to hunt whales. Not to mention ocean navigation, at least they are invincible in the offshore. The people of Qingzhou are even more capable of obtaining resources from the sea. Up a level.

The harvest this brings is actually not just simple fishing, but also the ability to travel to nearby coastal islands.

Now that Tian Zhen's ships are decommissioned and handed over to the people, they will be able to look for islands with accumulated bird droppings.

If you are lucky enough to meet one, you may have a bumper harvest of food.

To be honest, during the years when Liu Tai occupied Qingzhou and Youzhou, he was able to cultivate a lot of fields and hoard a large amount of grain and grass in one go because of the large amount of pig iron and the large number of iron farm tools.

If all the grain and grass are transported by land, it will naturally not be enough for oneself to use randomly, but as long as shipping is carried out, the consumption of grain and grass on the road will be reduced to an astonishing level.

Not to mention, now that they are building their own canals, Youzhou can take the initiative to supply the project from Yecheng to Jinkou, and Qingzhou can supply the project from Jijun to Yecheng. At least there will be no problem in ensuring that these corvees eat and drink.

For these prisoners, as long as their enthusiasm for work is improved and they can be fed, there is basically no additional cost. This is one of the reasons why the entire Yongji Canal project is progressing smoothly.

Of course, large projects like this will inevitably suffer losses, and even many projects now allow death indicators.

But as long as it's not a situation of starving to death because of no food, Liu Tai can accept it.

As for the cases of death from exhaustion due to excessive fatigue, it is not unheard of, but it is in the minority.

Because even if they were prisoners, Liu Tai gave them one day of rest every week and allowed them to lie lazily in the cell for a day.

Of course, if you encounter some tasks that are likely to lead to death or life, they will be handed over to various captives.

If he died, he would be restored to civilian status; if he survived, he would be restored to civilian status and directly become a corvee.

The prisoners of Liu Yao and Shi Le who were left behind by Liu Tai were just for consumption when building the Yongji Canal!

But using them to consume does not mean that they will be unwilling and resist Liu Tai.

Because as long as the reward is in place, there must be a brave man under the big reward. As a prisoner, you have to do a job that may be tiring to death until the end of the Grand Canal project, or do a job that may lead to death, but as long as this hurdle is passed, you can Earn your identity back.

Of course, Liu Tai does not deny that some guys don't want to suffer or take risks, but choose to escape.

However, as Liu Tai took control of Hebei, the household registration management became more and more strict. If he was a local Han, it would be easy. If he was not a local Han, the accent and Chinese would be a problem.

And if they are local Han people, or foreigners who understand Chinese, they enjoy relatively middle- and upper-class treatment among captives.

When there are other people below who can be oppressed, normally speaking, these people are the most willing to accept the reality as their resentments are vented.

At the bottom, the most resistant ethnic minorities are the aliens, as well as the aliens who cannot speak Chinese.

They have the desire to resist and escape, but the surrounding environment simply cannot support their smooth escape.

Under such circumstances, as the resistance of the lower-level aliens was suppressed several times, and there were some people who actually survived the mission that originally meant a narrow escape, and were set up as examples by Liu Taili, after they were transformed from captive status into aliens, there was no more trouble. of people!

To be honest, because Liu Tai himself was born at the bottom and fought his way up, Liu Tai knows that for people at the bottom, the most important thing is not wealth, but hope. As long as the hope in his heart remains, then outsiders will Poverty cannot stop those who still have hope in their hearts.

And if I give each class such a little hope and help them carefully protect this hope, then even for this small hope, the people at the bottom will risk their lives and risk everything.

Of course, if someone is cruel enough to kill even a small hope like gambling on luck, there will definitely be a backlash from killing hope in the future. After all, you can't kill the right of the people at the bottom to dream.

Liu Tai reinvested in the construction of supporting facilities for the construction of the canal. After all, building the Yongji Canal as quickly as possible was the most critical thing for Liu Tai.

At this time, Liu Han from the north sent a document asking how many cattle and horses needed to be slaughtered this year.

(End of this chapter)