Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 543: Educating the Foreigners, Han Anniang gave birth
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Nangong Jin slammed the table and shouted, “Look at what you’ve done.”

Zhang Feng lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that the main reason for the heavy casualties was himself. If he was not curious, this would not have happened.

Nangong Jin didn't really think about punishing Zhang Feng. After scolding him for a few words, he immediately asked, "What did you get this time?"

Zhang Feng glanced at his sister, then said in a deep voice: "You have greatly underestimated your expectations."

"Hmm?" Nangong Jin frowned.

Zhang Feng began to tell the story slowly.

It turned out that the Nangong family made a lot of money every time they went out to sea, which naturally aroused the envy of overseas countries. So several overseas countries took the opportunity to increase tariffs and so-called tolls.

For this, Zhang Feng paid a high fee.

"Damn it, it's okay for countries like Ski and India, but even a tiny country like Boliu dares to collect tolls from me. If I hadn't suffered a setback in the Xunxian Island of Gu Luo, I would have led my troops to destroy them." Zhang Feng became furious when he thought about this.

Although overseas countries like Ski and India are not big countries, they are not people that Zhang Feng can provoke easily.

The country of Boliu is estimated to have a smaller land area than Chuanhai, and its population is less than one million. In Zhang Feng's eyes, it is just an uncivilized barbaric country. If it weren't for the gems and medicinal materials in this country, Zhang Feng would not even play with it.

But now, even it dares to be jealous.

It's like the little brother whom you always look down upon dares to get ahead of you.

Zhang Feng said, "Brother-in-law, in my opinion, the next time we go out to sea, we should just lead our troops to destroy the Liu Kingdom. By then, all the gems and medicinal herbs on it will belong to us. Why would we trade with them?
If you don't teach it a lesson, it will dare to ask for more next time."

"How sure are you?" Nangong Jin asked.

Zhang Feng: “???”

"What's the matter? Haven't you always wanted to destroy the Boliu Kingdom? Are you silent this time?" Nangong Jin glared at Zhang Feng.

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Zhang Feng was a little confused. He had indeed proposed to destroy the Kingdom of Boliu more than once, but Nangong Jin always said that peace is the most important thing for overseas voyages, and that we go to sea to make money, and fighting and killing will not solve the problem. He refused with such words. But this time, he asked him how confident he was. It seemed that the tone was not right.

"Brother-in-law, did something big happen in the country while I was away?" Zhang Feng asked.

Nangong Jin sighed, and then said: "Chen Mo has occupied the entire north."

As he spoke, Nangong Jin told Zhang Feng what had happened in the country during this period.

Zhang Feng widened his eyes and exclaimed in his heart that Chen Mo was too fierce.

"No, brother-in-law, what does this have to do with our attack on the Kingdom of Boliu?" Zhang Feng said.

"He will hold an imperial examination in the four states. Scholars from all over the world will participate. He wants to select officials through the imperial examination to govern the north for him. Chuanhai will not be spared. By that time, the good days of our Nangong family will be over."

How could Nangong Jin not see Chen Mo's ambition? At that time, could he allow the Nangong family to maintain so many soldiers?

The Nangong family could no longer recruit new soldiers.

What if Chen Mo takes away Nangong family’s troops like he did in Qingzhou? What will Nangong family do then?
This must be guarded against.

Therefore, we have to expand overseas in advance.

"The country of Boliu lacks ironware, and there is not even a decent piece of iron armor in the country. If my brother-in-law gives me 5,000 armored soldiers, I will be 100% confident." Zhang Feng thought for a while and said.

"Five thousand armored soldiers? The Nangong family has less than five thousand pieces of armor in total. Where can we get you five thousand armored soldiers? We only have one thousand." Nangong Jin glanced at Zhang Feng and said.

Iron armor is still a rare item even in today's chaotic world.

Even through overseas trade, iron armor could not be purchased. Therefore, if one wanted to obtain iron armor, they could only make it privately. However, the Nangong family had only been free to do so for a short time, and they could not produce 5,000 sets of iron armor.

"One thousand." Zhang Feng looked embarrassed, then held up three fingers: "That's only 30%."

"I will give you another 7,000 ordinary soldiers." Nangong Jin said.

"I promise to destroy Boliu." Zhang Feng said, patting his chest.

"We are not trying to destroy them. We are trying to educate the barbarians. Our Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette. How can we bully others?" Nangong Jin is a scholar.

"Understood, understood." Zhang Feng nodded quickly, then looked at the fairy fruit on the table and said, "Then what should we do with this fruit?"

Nangong Jin thought for a moment, then tore off a fingernail-sized piece of flowing whisker from the fruit and said, "Come here."

Soon, a maid came in.

“Eat it.” Nangong Jin handed the torn off flowing beard to the maid.

The maid didn't say anything and put it directly into her mouth.

After all, in such a big family, servants dare not disobey their masters' words, and being beaten to death would be in vain.

"What does it taste like?" Nangong Jin asked.

The maid chewed it and said, "It's a bit bitter, but also a bit sweet and sour."

Nangong Jin raised his eyebrows and waited for the maid to finish eating. After another quarter of an hour, he asked her again how she felt and whether she had any discomfort.

The maid said that she felt warm and had no discomfort.

Another quarter of an hour later, Nangong Jin asked again.

The maid said that she didn't feel anything this time.

Nangong Jin asked the maid to leave, and after thinking for a while, he called a ninth-rank guard, also tore off a piece of the fairy fruit's beard, and ordered him to eat it.

Compared to maids who are ordinary people, guards who are warriors have more acute senses.

"Master, I feel that my cultivation has improved a lot." said the guard.

Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng looked at each other, and then both of them blushed, and said excitedly in their hearts: "Could it really be a fairy fruit?"

However, even though two people had tried it, Nangong Jin, out of caution, did not eat it. Instead, he planned to wait for a few days to see if the maid and guard who had eaten the fairy fruit were okay.

……

Chen Mo still didn't know what happened in Chuanhai. Ever since they detained the Nangong family's navy in Qingzhou last time, the Nangong family seemed to have a bad temper and rarely contacted Chen Mo.

At this moment, he was waiting anxiously outside Han Anniang's room.

On the last day of February, Han Anniang gave birth.

In the room, several midwives who had helped Xia Zhiqing and Wu Mi deliver their babies, as well as the maids, were busy around the bed, each of them looking nervous.

Because an hour had passed and the child was still reluctant to come out of Han Anniang's belly.

The midwife shouted anxiously, "Second Madam, push harder, it's almost out."

Han Anniang was groaning, her face covered in sweat, her face turned pale from the cold, her lips slightly open, and she was in great pain.

Half an hour later, accompanied by the baby's crying, Han Anniang felt relieved and fainted.

(End of this chapter)