Ji Tang

Chapter 1014: Cursing~!

"Everyone, tell me, what is going on? Why does such a thing happen in my Pei family?"

Lawyer Pei seemed expressionless, but everyone was stunned!
Sometimes there is no anger, and that's the scariest thing, because you don't know how angry he is.

Lawyer Pei certainly has reason to be angry. There is a mole in his Pei family.When they were fighting for overseas territories, that warship gave the Pei family a huge boost.But it was a pity that it ran aground on the rocks on the way back. The better thing is that it was in shallow water at the time, and it could still be saved as long as it was salvaged in time.

But the night before they prepared to salvage with all their strength, they were told that a storm had pushed the ship into the deep sea, and not even a trace could be found.

After investigation, it was true that there were strong winds and huge waves the night before. Originally, this was nothing. Although it was a pity, the Pei family's strength could not afford the loss. They had already ordered craftsmen to explore the hull structure.

Compared with traditional ships, the warship adopted a keel and multi-layer cabin structure, which can greatly strengthen the hull and resist wind and waves.

As long as they know these, everything else will be no problem, and they will be able to build it again sooner or later.

But now, they learned that a mysterious fleet owned the ship and it was discovered. Now Ji's people are searching the south of the Yangtze River to find out who it is.

And after the court learned of the news, it even ordered that within one month, all the ships originally sold must be gathered at Mingzhou Port, otherwise the consequences would be at your own risk!
Now things are getting serious. Where can they find an identical ship now?When the time comes, everyone else’s will be there, but theirs will be missing. What do you want the court to think, and what do you want the emperor to think?
I'm afraid there will be another turmoil in the newly acquired territory.

"Who was guarding that day? Call him immediately. I would like to ask how the big ship floated to the sea. Were they all dead at the time?"

The housekeeper didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly went out to look for the person. The others were looking at their noses and hearts, but they didn't know what they were thinking.
Lawyer Pei frowned. Since his father's death, the family has not taken him seriously.He also knows the reason, isn't it because he took the title of Princess Linjiang?

But do you dare to refuse this?This is what my father fought for for himself.

From the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all the aristocratic families supported Li Jiancheng. It didn't matter at first, and everyone was relatively harmonious.But who knew that Li Shimin would launch the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, completely shattering the family's bets.The Zheng family even brought in a legitimate daughter, and other aristocratic families suffered heavy losses.

This was the reason why the aristocratic families did not cooperate very much after Li Shimin came to power. The ranking of surnames and the fact that he would rather his legitimate daughter marry a commoner than marry into the royal family, etc., pushed them into opposition.

In the end, if that bastard Ji Song hadn't disrupted the situation, how could they have been bullied to such an extent by the emperor?
In the end, Li Shimin defeated the Turks and his reputation was at its peak. His father changed his views in time and actively joined Li Shimin, and even asked for Princess Linjiang for himself.

But it was precisely because of this that many elders in the clan criticized him and his father, believing that they had tarnished the family's bloodline. They even privately threatened that Linjiang's remaining children would never be allowed to become the future head of the clan.

With all this, he had a lot of differences with some of the elders in the clan, but he was still restrained.

But they are indifferent to such a big event today. Why is this?
"Master, something happened"

At this time, the housekeeper who went out to look for someone came back, but he looked panicked. This made Lawyer Pei feel a little nervous and suddenly had a bad feeling!
"What's the matter? Tell me now!"

The housekeeper looked at the people present and whispered: "That man died last night! I heard from my servants that he died of drinking."

boom!
Lawyer Pei slammed the table angrily, looked at everyone and smiled angrily: "Okay, okay! I don't want to hide it at all. Drink to death? Why didn't you say that you died while sleeping or falling while walking?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, he had no intention of arguing with these people.

"Okay, in that case, it's okay if I don't want to be the head of the family, you guys should hire someone else!"

After saying that, he walked out amidst the surprised eyes of everyone.But when he was at the door, he said without looking back: "I don't care who did this. Since you dare to do it, let's do it alone and take responsibility for it. Don't bring trouble to the clan. It's hard for the clan to establish a foothold overseas. If I'm afraid the emperor will be angry if he is provoked at this time."

Then he shook his head and left quickly!
At this time, some of the people present were gloating about the misfortune, and some were silent.

"This matter must be explained to the imperial court. We must not make the emperor unhappy because of this matter. We have just gained a foothold on the sea, and we still need to continue to give it blood transfusions. If the imperial court is dissatisfied with us because of this incident. It's over. We will suffer heavy losses in sea lanes and will be quickly overtaken by several others, which is absolutely not allowed.”

One of them stood up and looked around and said.

Everyone frowned when they heard this, but nodded. After all, overseas has their interests anyway.Such a large territory, each of them has huge land on it, and it is impossible for them to give up.

"I will take care of this matter myself. Let them be more stable during this period, and I will also adjust the ship back. But does anyone want to comfort them?"

The speaker was Pei's third roommate. When he finished speaking, the owner of the fourth room sneered: "He's just a lonely ghost with no status, don't worry about it! Does he still dare to fall out?"

But after finishing speaking, he hesitated and said: "But that guy from the Ji family is not easy to fool. I'm afraid he will notice it soon."

"Humph, what do you know? As long as we wait for us to establish a foothold on the sea, what else can they do? As long as the overseas territories develop well, we will be safer in the Central Plains."

Everyone else nodded upon hearing this, acquiescing.

Chang'an, the residence of the Duke of Ning.

Ji Song was meeting with guests at this time, and the guests were none other than Liu Rengui, the current commander of the Nanhai Navy, and his deputy Shen Zhen.

"My subordinate is Liu Rengui."

"Xiaguan Shen Zhen!"

"Greetings to Mr. Xi!"

One of them is a half-disciple of Ji Song, and the other is a core member of the Ji family.Everyone bowed and saluted after seeing Ji Song.

"Okay, everyone, sit down and keep yourselves alone!"

The two looked at each other but neither refused, and sat down on the left and right sides.

"You are now considered General Li of the Tang Dynasty. You are also an extremely special navy general. This position has been indispensable since ancient times. It is also a technical job that ordinary people cannot do. As long as you don't have any problems yourself and can withstand it, If you resist the temptation, you will basically be invincible in the court!"

"But I still like to call the current North and South Navy the Beiyang Navy Fleet and the Nanyang Navy Fleet. It sounds encouraging. But the understanding of the ocean in the court is still at the stage of acquiring wealth, and the maritime fleet is not paid enough attention to. .”

Seeing what Liu Rengui wanted to say, he pressed it with his hand and said with a smile: "But these are only temporary. You have also seen that with the continuous innovation of sea ships, the ships are getting bigger and bigger, and they are stronger and stronger. There are also more and more goods and people.”

"The speed is getting faster and faster. As long as it develops like this for a few years, all the coastal countries around Datang will become the targets of our transactions with Datang. Now customs commercial taxes are increasing, and they may even exceed agricultural taxes in a few years. It will become the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, whether it is willing or not, the court must focus on the development of the navy."

"And during this period, what you have to do is to continuously strengthen the training of the navy. Whether it is inland water battles or sea battles, or even the training of the navy and marines, you must not be sloppy. As the saying goes, you can raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while. Don't let me lose your temper when the time comes!" Teng!
The two of them stood up at the same time, clasped their fists loudly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xi, we will not let you down!"

"No, it's not to disappoint me, but not to disappoint His Majesty and the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

After speaking, he said with a smile: "Okay! Everyone, sit down!"

"Did you encounter any problems when you went to Beijing to report on your work this time? Or what do you need? If you have any, just tell me. If I can handle it, I will personally go and run for you. They don't know your hard work. What else can I do? Don’t you know? The sea is very windy and dangerous. If you are not careful, you will die in the sea. There are also various diseases. You are exposed to wind and sun every day, how can you not work hard?"

"Look, how tanned are each of them? They are so tan that they almost look like Kunlun slaves!"

After hearing Ji Song's words, the two people's eyes immediately turned red. Could the difficulties and dangers they encountered be beyond the imagination of ordinary people?

The mental pressure caused by the long sea voyage almost caused many soldiers to collapse.Fortunately, Duke Neng established a naval manual for the navy, which contained many possible situations, so that they would not be helpless!
The navy is not short of money or food, but the pressure it bears is ten times or more than that on land!
"Reporting to the Young Master, we are short of everything else, but we are short of women!"

Liu Rengui felt a little hot when he talked about this, but you couldn't tell it from his black face.After all, I am an orthodox scholar, so some things are still a bit difficult to talk about!

"My lord, I am dissatisfied with you for saying that naval officers and soldiers are suffering!"

Seeing this, Shen Zhen couldn't help it. If we don't talk about it now, how long will it take?When they arrived, the group of brats watched them go eagerly.If you can't give them an explanation when you go back, it will be difficult to lead this team!
"You may not know that the soldiers are floating at sea all day long, and the military orders prohibit women from being brought on board. This is fine for a short time, but as time goes by, the soldiers become more and more irritable. There were even fights for a while. There are endless ones. If I hadn’t trained them to exhaustion according to your training methods, I don’t know what trouble would have happened!”

Then he licked his face, and under Liu Rengui's unbearable gaze, he said in a very shameless manner: "Do you think we can get some women for the soldiers? Otherwise."

bang~
Not only did this bastard feel his eyes go dark after he finished speaking, his stomach hurt, and he sat down on the ground.

"Bah! What the hell!"

Ji Song was trembling with anger and cursed: "Who do you think I am? A pimp? Did you get some women for you? Why don't you go and rob me!"

"Are you the only one who is a soldier of the Tang Dynasty? Do you have this level of consciousness? If you can't control the rotten flesh in your crotch, just say so. You don't have anything, and you still want me to find a woman for you bastards?"

"Hey, what the hell do you think?"

He was going crazy. He was not a bandit leader, so he wanted to let his men steal his wife?

Shen Zhen clutched her stomach and her face turned red, which showed that Ji Song's kick was not light!
"Master, he also has good intentions, you see"

Liu Rengui was still soft-hearted after all. He couldn't see his comrades being bullied, so he was ready to plead for mercy!

"Bah, you still have the nerve to talk? You are the commander of the navy, okay? There are no women under you. Why don't you find a way to find me? Can I conjure a woman for you?"

"You are all fucking bastards! Aren't the women of Goguryeo women? Aren't the women of those native people in the south women? Where did you ask me to find women for you in the Tang Dynasty? If I dare to tell your majesty, do you believe it? Do you not believe that the Queen, who represents the women of the world, can skin me alive?"

"Go away! I'm upset when I see you, so get out of here. If you don't leave, I will beat you out with a stick!"

"Grandfather."

Liu Rengui wanted to say something else, but Shen Zhen held him back, shook his head at him, and slowly backed away.

"Why are you pulling me here? This matter hasn't been finished yet!"

Liu Rengui said dissatisfied.

"Okay, my brother, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? Mr. Xi has already pointed out a clear way for us, what else do you want?"

Then he looked at Liu Rengui like he was a fool: "You don't really want Mr. Xi to find women for the soldiers, do you?"

"Is not it?"

Liu Rengui said with a puzzled look.

"It's over, it's over!"

Shen Zhen raised his forehead and said with a wry smile: "I'm usually a very smart person, why did I act stupid today?"

Seeing Liu Rengui's eyes becoming more and more dangerous, Shen Zhen said quickly: "What do you think, who is Mr. Xi? He is one of the best literati masters in the Tang Dynasty, and he is the best in the Tang Dynasty."

Thumbs up, it speaks for itself!

"Do you think he can do this? If Mr. Xi really does it, he will definitely be scolded to death by everyone in the world tomorrow. Anyway, you do it and I do it, but Mr. Xi can never do it."

“If this doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, then what should we do?”

Shen Zhen was completely speechless. Is this really stupid?
So he said patiently: "Did you hear what my father-in-law just said? For example, Goguryeo? A native woman?"

"you mean"

Liu Rengui's eyes lit up, and he understood completely.

"Okay, okay, let's figure this out ourselves. Since we have to do this, we can't do it too crudely so as not to embarrass the father-in-law. We have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds."

So, the two people who worked together in treason whispered to each other for a long time, and then they looked at each other with a satisfied smile and left the Duke of Xi's mansion.

When he heard the housekeeper say that they had left, Ji Song said helplessly: "Send a message to Lao Cui and ask him to help. Don't let some people with ulterior motives get in."

Old Liu's face turned red, obviously he was suppressed.

Who would have thought that the master would have such a helpless day?Are you actually starting to act as a matchmaker?There are still thousands of rough guys. Just thinking about it makes me laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)