The Demon Soul is Coming

Zhao Wugeng pointed between Chuzhou and Yangzhou, and said: "Here, there is also a force, the leader is called Jingwei, who seems to be a monster, but between them and Yangzhou, there is also an intricate Liusha River. Although we also have business dealings with Chuzhou, they are all transported to Yangzhou and then go overland from Yangzhou, which has nothing to do with them. We have a few merchant ships, even if there are profits to be made, they are too far away after all."

Pointing to Yangzhou, he said: "If the Daqi government is against us, of course we can do it without anyone noticing, but the possibility is too small."

Liu Sang said: "The government of Daqi wants to conspire with us, all they need is to increase the tax significantly. In fact, we have traded with Yangzhou and Chuzhou, and they originally took advantage of Chapter 232 Mengchong Flywheel. In addition, Daqi It has been more than [-] years since the founding of the country in Yangzhou, and the system of prefectures and counties has been successfully implemented. Unlike the Baifeng Kingdom in Hezhou, where there are many princes, the local government will never dare to attack us without the permission of the court. Regarding the war between countries, although we are only a small vassal of Baifeng Kingdom, it is impossible for Daqi to have no scruples, and besides, if they want to block this sea route, they just close the port."

Zhao Wugeng said: "Mr. Hu Yue of the Fox Clan has already bribed the government of several important ports. If they deliberately make things difficult for us, it is impossible not to find out the contacts of the Fox Clan in Yangzhou. Besides..." Move your finger to the right of the map.

Xia Yingchen sighed: "Sure enough, he is still young Yugong?"

Zhao Wugeng said: "The assailants set out quietly from Xihai Town and went down the strait. After attacking us, they will go back quietly. This possibility is the greatest. Our overseas trade is very important to Hezhou and Yangzhou, which were mostly controlled by Duke Yuyu in the past. Of course, trade through the straits is more convenient than our overseas trade. But we are combined with the fox clan, and the trade routes are smooth, forcing him to reduce tariffs. The loss is not counted. Small, but more important..."

Chapter 232 of Xia Meng Chong Feilun Yingchen said lightly: "The more important thing is that it was in Hezhou in the past. The glass trade that was almost monopolized by Mr. Zhiyu was destroyed by us at once. In Yangzhou, there are also people who We are full of resentment. It is extremely possible for Lord Zhiyu to embarrass us, and only Lord Zhiyu who controls the Hezhou and Yangzhou straits have warships to attack us, but because it is only a strait, their warships are not too many. So they can only engage in petty theft and cannot attack us on a large scale."

Liu Sang said with a smile: "If Lord Zhiyu builds warships on a large scale, Yangzhou Daqi will be the first to wake up, and then we will have nothing to worry about. So, at least so far, we don't have to worry about Chu Clan , and don’t worry about Zhiyugong, what they do is just some unsightly harassment, which will not affect our development in the sea. But it can be seen from this that although Zhiyugong and the Chu Clan have colluded, it is not Completely united, if they are united, the Chu Clan can start from the east side of the Liusha River, build a large number of warships, and completely block the sea routes under our control. However, doing so will benefit the young Yugong, and it will not be of any benefit to the Chu Clan itself. The Chu Clan and Yangzhou have no business relationship. Instead, we and the Fox Clan, in the process of doing business with Yangzhou, often buy commodities on the Chu Clan’s territory and resell them to Yangzhou. They also have some benefits."

Zhao Wugeng pondered and said: "Indeed, from the perspective of the Chu Clan's own interests, they hope to occupy this sea route rather than block it, and from the interests of Duke Yu, they obviously hope to destroy this sea route." The maritime trade routes that have a great competitive relationship with him, so it seems that the collusion between the Chu Clan and Zhiyugong is only focused on short-term interests."

Liu Sang said: "This is reasonable. Although the power of the Chu Clan is not as powerful as that of Lord Zhiyu, they are still a famous family. Why don't they want to divide the territory and establish their own dynasty? Their ambition may not be smaller than that of Lord Zhiyu. .”

Xia Yingchen waited, nodding repeatedly...

***

In Ningyun City, Marquis Luming sat behind the case, listening to Jia Xing's report from below the steps.

Beside him, there was a gentle and quiet little girl sitting on her knees. The little girl was blind and half leaned against his side, looking very attached.Afraid that she would be sleepy, Marquis Luming persuaded her to go to rest first, the little girl whispered: "I want to be with grandpa."

Lumenhou laughed, very happy.

Although he has two daughters, but at this time, the two daughters are not around, and the two daughters are already grown up, and they no longer pester him like they did when they were young. They went to Juejizhou and came back within two months , went to Yangzhou again. Although the eldest daughter is married, she still refuses to let him hold her grandson. Now suddenly there is another granddaughter. Although she is not her own, she is also cute and younger than the two daughters. All the time, he pestered him even more, so that he finally felt like a grandfather.

Jia Xing reported at the bottom of the stairs: "Chu Yugong, the leader of the Chu Clan, has repeatedly assured that the fact that the bandits from the Lianzhu Village attacked Ningyun City through the Zhijiang River has nothing to do with the Chu Clan. Many negligent people have been dealt with, and some gifts here are the gifts of the Chu Clan to accompany their crimes. Lord Hou, Jingcheng, and Qingmu City all have merits in eradicating bandits, and the Chu Clan is willing to act on behalf of the court and ask for credit for Lord Hou."

Marquis Luming already knew from his son-in-law's analysis that this was almost the best result, so he let go of this matter first, and strongly invited Jia Xing to stay in Ningyun City, and made it clear that this was the intention of the princess and Fuma.

Although Jia Xing represented Xudong Zhucheng as an envoy to the Chu Clan this time, he himself was a counselor in Yucheng. Seeing Lumen Hou's invitation, he thought in his heart: "Although Jingcheng escaped the disaster of destroying the city this time, it is still the same. The situation is precarious. The strategic position of Ningyun City is obviously more unfavorable than that of Jingcheng City, but unexpectedly it develops well, and its wealth and strength expand extremely fast. This time it was able to break through Lianzhuzhai. He was deceived by him when he went to Ningyun City as an envoy, since Marquis Luming and Fuma value it so much, staying in Ningyun City will have a better future."

Although the heart was moved, it was impossible to agree immediately on the face, it would appear too immoral, and for a literati counselor like him, integrity is also very important, so he declined for a while.Marquis Lumen was not angry either, he just sighed that it was a pity.Another banquet was held for him.

During the banquet, Marquis Luming observed Jia Xing and saw that he was talking and laughing with the generals, and he wanted to make friends. He thought to himself: "The son-in-law said that if he made friends with the generals at the banquet, it would be a move. You can strike while the iron is hot. And most likely he will pretend to decline, expressing that he refuses to abandon the Lord. At this time, all he needs to do is offer a generous gift and send a letter to Jingcheng Chengling. Just ask for someone directly. We have the grace of saving Jingcheng, and we have generous gifts. Plus Mr. Jia already intends to leave, Whale City will let him go."

Therefore, according to his son-in-law's teaching, Lu Minghou invited Jia Xing to stay in front of all the generals. As expected by his son-in-law, Jia Xing kept saying that he did not want to disappoint his master.Not to mention his own intentions, Marquis Luming immediately understood, after the banquet, he asked people to prepare generous gifts and wrote a letter.He was planning to have Jia Xing take him to Jingcheng on the second day. Most of the content of this letter was his willingness to form a friendship with Jingcheng, and he only pointed out his real intention at the end.

The letter was placed on the table, but that night, a small figure quietly broke in.He took out the letter, read it with strange eyes like black stars, tore it up, put it in his sleeve, and took a piece of letter paper to write another letter, the handwriting was exactly the same as that of Lumenhou.

Put the written letter in the envelope and seal it carefully.

On the second day, Jia Xing left Ningyun City with a letter and a generous gift from Lumenhou, thinking that he would be back soon.Marquis Luming was also waiting for the news, but within a few days, there was news that Jingcheng Cheng Jianxin was furious, cursing the old thief Lumenhou and beheading Jia Xing at the same time, Marquis Luming was extremely astonished, Jingcheng refused It's okay to let people go, how can they even kill people?

The generals of Ningyun City were also furious, Jingcheng was really deceiving people too much, they sent troops to rescue Jingcheng, but Jingcheng was ungrateful, instead they insulted their lord, and killed the people the lord asked for. The Zhongshan wolf who repays his kindness and hatred is not as good as even the city guard Huang Song, who has always been stable and good-tempered among the generals, can't help being angry, wishing to lead his troops to capture Jingcheng.

Lu Minghou had no choice but to suppress the generals first, but he didn't notice that the girl next to him, Wen Wen, sat there quietly with her head bowed, with a sneer hidden in the corner of her mouth... "Grandpa"'s friendly temperament is really not conducive to Ning The development of Yuncheng has created some conflicts between Ningyun City and the surrounding cities, so it can be used.

As for the guy surnamed Jia, although he is not as good as his father's various conspiracies, he is still a smart person with a big picture in mind and great talent. Staying with "Grandpa" is also a hindrance to her, why not let him... die alright!

***

A large ship sailed to the southern port of Yangzhou, Xia Yingchen, Liu Sang, Hu Cuier, Xia Zhaowu, Hu Yuetiantian and others were all on board.

Although Zhao Wugeng wanted to send a warship to escort him, this place is already close to Yangzhou. The soldiers of Ancestral Island are no longer the pirates who plundered everywhere before, but belong to Ningyun City. Ningyun City is also a feudal town of Baifeng Kingdom. Naturally, they have more scruples than before. Much more, and Xia Yingchen didn't think it was necessary.

There are two floors in the inner cabin, and in one of them, Liu Sang, who has already done his homework, explained the situation of Yangzhou by Xia Yingchen's side, saying: "The Qi State was founded more than [-] years ago, and it was the time when the national power was at its peak, and it occupied the entire Yangzhou. Continent and nearly one-third of Chu Continent. Qi Huang Jiang Yu, Emperor Qi Minghuang..."

Xia Yingchen asked in surprise: "Isn't the emperor's title only available after the emperor's death?" The monarch of Baifeng Kingdom was called king but not emperor. In the past, there was no such thing as an emperor's title, so she naturally didn't know much about it.

Liu Sang said: "Lady, there are four kinds of emperor titles, namely posthumous title, temple title, year title, and honor title. Both the posthumous title and the temple title are drawn up after the emperor's death based on his merits and demerits during his lifetime. The ancestors have meritorious deeds and the clan has virtue. Honor titles But before the emperor was alive, he was taken by his courtiers. At the beginning of the founding of my Baifeng Kingdom, although the Xia family claimed to be the successor of Shaohao, it was actually untestable, so I only dared to be called the king. The Jiang family of Qi State was the successor of Jiang Taigong. Tian Qi replaced Jiang Qi, and Jiang Qi had a saying that this Jiang may not be that Jiang. But at least in the past few hundred years, the Jiang family has more officials and princes, and no one doubts that they are descendants of Jiang Shang. Even so, Jiang's founding of the country and proclaiming himself emperor still caused dissatisfaction among many surrounding countries. Others are kings, but he is the emperor, and even the title of the country is 'Daqi'. Doesn't it mean that the kings of other countries are born a level shorter than him ? It’s just that Da Qi is at the peak of the sun, and no one else can do anything about him.”

Liu Sang said again: "Of course, rather than saying that there is nothing we can do about Emperor Qi Ming, the main thing is that there is nothing we can do about his father. The Great Emperor of Qi, the 'Fire Emperor' Jiang Kuangnan, is one of the seven great masters in the world today. The reputation is even far higher than that of "Dong Sheng" You Youxu. Qi State respects Confucian rituals and laws, but governs the country with Taoist Huang Lao's techniques. Both Confucianism and Taoism have signs of revival in Daqi, and the system of prefectures and counties has been successfully implemented. , Suppress the aristocratic family, and open the imperial examination. To put it bluntly, if it were not for the large strait formed after the collapse of Jiuzhou, Baifeng Kingdom would be annexed by it sooner or later. Unlike Hezhou, the influence of the Yangzhou aristocratic family is extremely high. It’s small, but there are many sects in the world.”

Xia Yingchen said lightly: "I know all of this, and I have a few friends of mine in Yangzhou."

Liu Sang said: "Ms. Heng Yuanqiu and Hua Jianyuehua, who were guests at home before, seem to be from Yangzhou too?"

Xia Yingchen said: "Well, Hengyuanqiu is the son of Tianjun Huan of the Senluo Vientiane City. Jianyue is the daughter of the nympho who is the head of the Liuhua Sect of Danxun Mountain in Yangzhou..."

Liu Sang said, "Neomaniac?"

Xia Yingchen said: "Her father's name is indeed that."

Liu Sang said: "Good, good name... I remember when they came to our house as guests before, they seemed to be very close?" I only met him once in Ningyun City.

Xia Yingchen said: "The two of them. Originally, they had a marriage contract."

I see!Liu Sang wanted to say something else, but he heard a quick clanging sound, which was the sound of warning.The two were astonished.Floating out, came to the deck, but saw three Mengchong approaching rapidly on the sea in the distance.

Mengchong is a narrow and long warship, the hull is wrapped with raw cowhide, with holes on both sides, dozens or even hundreds of sailors are hidden in it and shake the oars, the speed is extremely fast.There are three cabins above the deck, which are also covered with fireproof cowhide, and there are crossbow windows and spear holes on all sides.Can attack the enemy's cabin from all directions on the sea.

Xia Yingchen said indifferently: "These three ships have neither flags nor any signs to identify their origins. I'm afraid they are warships that attacked our merchant ships from the sea recently."

Hu Cui'er, Hu Yuetian, and Xia Zhaowu also floated out.Xia Zhaowu said bitterly: "We destroyed them."

Xia Yingchen said angrily: "They are warships specially used for ramming attacks. We are just merchant ships. How can we fight them? After a few blows, we are afraid that we will be rammed and sunk."

Liu Sang said: "The number of people carried in Mengchong is between the building boat and Xiandeng, and is comparable to that of a big boat. A building boat can carry more than 2000 to 400 people, and a building boat carrying thousands or even 100 people can also carry people. It is not unusual, but the function of building boats is mainly to transport troops on the big rivers. Mengchong is used for sea combat. The number of people in a Mengchong is about 200, of which about 700 sailors are hidden in the bottom of the paddle. In the cabin, about [-] people attacked the enemy ship with spears and crossbows, and were ready to board the enemy ship at any time. The enemy had three kinds of assaults, about a thousand people, and there were six to seven hundred people regardless of the sailors. , if we are surrounded by them, it is easy to destroy the ship and die."

Hu Yuetian was afraid of water, and she couldn't help turning pale when she thought of the unimaginable consequences if the ship was destroyed and fell into the sea.

But Liu Sang said again: "However, our ship looks like a merchant ship on the surface, but it's actually no different from a warship inside. The sailors are also disguised by policemen. Although there are only more than 40 people, we use Xiaomei's own hands to make the boats. The flywheel we designed uses the black ink core as the energy source and the magnet wood as the root, if the flywheel is activated, the speed will never be lower than them, if we get away now, it will not be a problem."

Xia Yingchen turned around: "My husband means..."

Liu Sang said: "Although we speculate that the warships attacking our side came from Xihai Town, we have no evidence after all. If we can capture an enemy general, it is a good time to ask."

Xia Yingchen said: "How is this different from picking chestnuts from the fire?"

Liu Sang said: "With our hidden flywheel, coupled with the lady's ability, the five-color spirit witch's obedience method that summons and dances to set fires, and Tweety's illusion, the chances of success are extremely high if we catch someone by surprise and escape quickly. Great. I think they are so forced, I'm afraid I didn't expect the lady to be here. Of course, the most important thing is not to be surrounded by them. As long as you find that the situation is not good, you should leave quickly with the flywheel. There should be no problem .”

Xia Yingchen pondered for a while, and said, "That's fine."

Liu Sang immediately sent an order to go down, and the soldiers below would keep their speed constant, turn around, draw a long arc on the sea surface, and avoid to the right.

The three Mengchong immediately changed direction and quickly intercepted them.

The big ship suddenly speeded up, almost narrowly dodging one of Meng Chong's interception, and galloped through the water like an arrow. The three Meng Chong only regarded it as a merchant ship, did not expect that it could speed up, so they had to chase after it , but because of the direction and angle chosen by Liu Sang, the three Mengchong and the big ship became a straight line.

The speed of the big boat began to slow down. Meng Chong, who was rushing ahead, thought that this boat was just like them, relying on manpower to shake the oars. He only thought that the people who shook the oars just tried to speed up forcibly in order to avoid them. Ji Ji approached.

Xia Yingchen and others rushed to the back deck, Liu Sang said: "Miss and Zhao Wu, Tweety, you and Miss Tiantian help them with illusions, and Zhao Wu breaks into the enemy's cabin and immediately sets fire to it. Mistress, you can just find someone or People who are dressed differently or have different looks, quickly capture them. If you succeed in one blow, or if you find that the enemy is more powerful, you will come back immediately. Don't be too eager to fight. As soon as you come back, we will accelerate with the flywheel and get away. .”

Xia Yingchen said lightly: "Understood."

Seeing that the leader Meng Chong was getting closer and closer, Meng Chong rang out war drums and astonishing shouts, intending to scare them and make them stop by themselves.

Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet...

The two sisters Xia Yingchen were already jumping up and down, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

A huge dark blue fireball flew from the sky, hit Meng Chong in an instant, broke through the cabin roof, and forcibly punched a big hole.

...! ! !