Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 325 Returning to Xianyang with full rank (10)

Zhao Xingde was taken aback for a moment, then lost his voice and said, "Is there such a thing?"

"Exactly," Li Sihai said slowly, "the newly trained Henghai battalion army of the Song Dynasty is very powerful. In just one month, dozens of South Sea fortresses have already enshrined the Song Dynasty as Zhengshuo. They are all Huawai vassals who pay a penny a year, but abandoning Xia and voting for Song will greatly damage the prestige of our court." He sighed and said with some regret, "If the war in Liaodong was not serious, my few gunboats I also want to be transferred to the south, heh heh. I heard that Yue Fei, the commander of the Henghaixiang Army, is a general. If there is a chance in the future, I will meet him." He paused, and smiled, "However, I have made a clear inquiry. The one who advised Chen Dong to train the new army was the well-known Zhao Yuanzhi in the Southern Dynasty. This person's name is taboo, and he is one character different from Brother Zhao. This bad debt cannot be blamed on Brother Zhao."

Zhao Xingde frowned tightly and did not answer.He didn't expect that Song Guo had just trained a new army of firecrackers, and before he could subdue Yanyun and consolidate the north, he would open border quarrels and turn against Xia Guo.Now that the Jin army has been defeated, the Liao Kingdom has no worries about the future, and the army is strong.In the south, Song and Xia each had hidden worries. Wouldn't it be an opportunity for Liao to take advantage of the two countries' war.

Seeing him bowing his head and not speaking, Li Sihai sighed inwardly, although this gentleman is talented, he was born in the Kanto region after all, and his foundation in the court is not deep, and even a little bit of wind and rain would make him feel anxious.Although he is also the captain of Chengying, Li Sihai has many times more information than Zhao Xingde. He revealed to Zhao Xingde today, and he also intended to make friends with him, so he comforted him: "Brother Zhao has been promoted to the captain in a few years, and some trees are very attractive. Zhao Xingde Someone in the middle used this to slander Brother Zhao in an attempt to recreate the grievances of Li Ling and Li Xu, the court will see the Ming Dynasty, Brother Zhao need not worry too much. As a colleague of Chengying, Li will definitely not allow others to point a deer into a horse."

Hearing the sound, Zhao Xingde raised his head, forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Li, for your suggestion." He no longer called him the school lieutenant, and he accepted Li Sihai's favor.Li Sihai waved his hand, he looked at Zhao Xingde, and said in a low voice: "Straightforward, my Great Xia employs people with eclecticism. Although you were born in the Kanto region, although you have accumulated meritorious service and been promoted quickly, no one else can tell you anything. But you have to be firm in your own heart." Zhao Xingde's heart trembled, but he paused and sighed, "The world must be divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time. Although the Xia, Song and Liao Dynasties have been established for hundreds of years," Li Sihai turned his gaze to Outside the cabin, the blue sky could not be seen, and he whispered, "Now Liaodong Ban's swinging, Yelu Dashi broke the situation with force, who would have thought that this would be a chance to unify the world?"

Li Sihai's age is similar to Li Ruobing's, not much older than Zhao Xingde's, and he usually doesn't care about his appearance, but when he said these words, it sounded like he had experienced many vicissitudes. indeed."

Li Sihai seemed to have come to his senses, took out a letter from his bosom, and said with a smile: "I have the problem of being distracted, and I don't care about it. This is a letter from my brother-in-law to Brother Zhao, and I will forward it on my behalf. "Although Li Yong established his own family, he did not break away from the Bowanghou Mansion, so he did not hide his brother's business partnership with Zhao De, and he briefly mentioned it in his family letter.

Zhao Xingde felt a sudden in his heart, and thought to himself, did Li Sihai also know about the partnership with Chen Dong?He didn't know that it was already an open secret that the elites of the Xia and Song dynasties joined forces to make profits in commercial firms. Even the Pan family in the Xijing camp and the Zheyang family in the East camp still had many contacts with Xia Guo in the caravan. With Chen Dong's participation, in Li Sihai's eyes, it was nothing more than that.He took the letter, and Li Sihai handed over the paper knife, opened it in front of his face, and read it, but his face changed a little.

The Yajiao Bank united with the wealthy merchants in the southeast to traffic the treasures to the Song Dynasty, and then trafficked the silk and porcelain from the Song Dynasty to the Dashi princes. In this process, some Dashi princes wanted goods from the East, but they did not have enough treasures to exchange. , So he used the Kunlun slaves and orchids who were looted in the war to make up the number.Li Yong also took all of them, and sent Kunlun slaves overseas to cultivate wasteland, and Hu Ji was transported to Jiangnan, Hebei, and sold to Qin Lou and Chu Guan or wealthy families.Although the Song State was known as a state of etiquette, it couldn't help taking concubines, and the government and the public were fond of prostitutes, so the supply was in short supply.Li Yong even encouraged the princes of Dashi to fight endlessly, plundering slaves to make up for the difference in trade between the two sides.In order to expand the results of the war, they even sent people to work in the Huguo Mansion to sell arms to the princes of Dashi.Because slavery has long been banned in Xia Kingdom, this letter is also specifically seeking Zhao Xingde's support for Yajiao's slave trading business in Huguo Mansion.

"Really, absurd, absurd." Zhao Xingde folded the letter paper and murmured.

"I didn't expect that Xingzhi's business would be so big. I need to take care of brother Yu more in the future." Li Sihai handed the letter to Zhao Xingde just to see his expression at this time, and he felt extremely happy in his heart.Secretly said, "When the fourth battalion opened the Linjiang Tower, you pretended to be a gentleman, but now you and your second brother are partnering in a business that is more advanced than mine."

"Isn't this against the court law?"

"Both ends of this population business are outside the territory of our dynasty. Does the law of our dynasty still control the big cannibals and the people of Song?"

Zhao Xingde pondered and said: "It's just...whether...should...don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself." Li Yong mentioned in his letter with regret that because the cabins of the ship are simple, the slaves who are trafficked are sometimes as fast as they can. Sixty to seventy percent of them died of illness and thirst at sea, all of which were converted into costs.But Zhao Xingde thought of these people whose families were broken, died in foreign lands, and were buried in the belly of fish.

"You have lived in the Song Dynasty for a long time, and you don't know anything. There are endless barbarians in the world. If you don't obey the king, although you can't kill them all, you can use up their vitality to some extent. Don't let the evil breeds multiply. Otherwise, tolerate and raise 'traitors'. The legacy of raising tigers." Li Sihai pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, and his face was a little cold, "The Jin Dynasty moved the barbarians inward, causing the five Hus to be in chaos. 'Chaos'. The fortunes of the world ebb and flow, and it may not always be in the Han Dynasty. I, Daxia, will not take advantage of the sharp edge of the sword to prevent future troubles for future generations, when will it be!" Although he regarded himself as a minister of the Xia Kingdom, but as a Tang Shi Yimai, of course, will not go too deep into Tang Xuanzong's faults, and only blame the Anshihu people for the decline and demise of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Xingde said: "Being born in sorrow and dying in peace, leaving half a leeway in doing things, luck may not be unable to stay in the Han Dynasty." He was recovering from a serious injury, and raised his spirit to fight with Li Sihai. Although his voice was hoarse, his voice was weak, It seems to be out of reason.

Li Sihai was silent for a moment, his eyes changed several times, he sighed, and said slowly: "Xingzhi, you have the benevolence of a woman, and you are not suitable to be a soldier. On the battlefield where heroes compete for the deer, they are all tigers and wolves. Although the world is big, But I can’t keep the benevolence of a single thought. Let me say a word, when things in Liaodong are over, it’s better to resign from the military post and bring your esteemed wife back to Chang’an. You can take this kindness of thought and find a job in the scholar’s ​​mansion.” Although these words are a little bit It was abrupt, but it came from the heart. After Li Sihai finished speaking, he stopped talking and looked into the distance.Fresh water was limited on the ship, he didn't grow a beard, his cheeks and chin were shaved black with a knife, he suddenly became serious at this moment, it was quite different from usual, he looked calm and majestic, just like a general in a martial arts temple.

Zhao Xingde was taken aback for a moment, but before he could answer, a shout came from outside the cabin: "Suzhou is here!"

Li Sihai's eyes froze, and he stood up. Where the water and the sky meet in the east, there is a faint line of green hills, which is the ridge of Laotie Mountain in Suzhou.The boats of Chengying Fourth Battalion traveled to and from Liaodong, and they were already familiar with the important mountains and landforms along the coast.Before the lookout posts of the Han army on the shore responded, the sailors on the ship had already shouted loudly.At this time, the navy was far less disciplined than the navy of the later generations. Seeing that it was about to dock, the sailors were all excitedly running around on the deck to tell each other.

Not long after, the Han Army Fort on Tieshan also fired its trumpet.In order to prevent the enemy from cheating the camp, although the scouts could clearly see the flag of Xia through the binoculars, the Han army's water village stepped up its guard.It wasn't until Han Ningshuang sent the general order signal that the Han army's water village opened the wharf gate, and hundreds of wooden boats sailed out of the water village.The ships of the Han army were divided into ten teams and lined up on the sea to meet them.At the same time, the generals of the Han army's various villages also came with their own soldiers. Thousands of people unfurled their battalion flags and gathered at the pier to welcome them.

Although the news of Han Ningshuang's rescue had already been informed to the Han army commander's mansion through Feige, the generals of the Han army were always worried.Jin Guo had just died of Wanyan Aguda, and immediately started killing each other. As a result, the Liao people took advantage of the opportunity and defeated him completely, which is a lesson from the past.After the defeat of the Kingdom of Jin, the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom came under pressure, and the Han army could not be left alone. After learning that Han Ningshuang had finally returned to Suzhou safely, the generals were finally relieved.

The closer you get to the shore, the more cloudy the sea becomes.The shape of the gunboats of the Xia Kingdom is different from that of ordinary merchant ships. The hull is narrow and long, filled with iron cannons, ammunition and goods, and its draft is much deeper than that of ordinary wooden boats. When entering the port, pilot boats sent by the Han army must be in front of, behind, around the boat. Protect and guide navigation.I saw two turbid waves plowing out of the hull, slowly berthed into the port.As the ship approached the port, the Han army sailors on both sides of the waterway and the horse infantry soldiers on the port pier saw the Qilin flag clearly, and they all cheered loudly. The Han army camps near and far also cheered together. Extraordinary, as if fighting a big victory.

"The Liao army's soldiers are pressing down on the border. If they don't make such great fanfare, their morale will be demoralized." Han Ningshuang waved to the subordinates on the shore, and explained in a low voice.

Zhao Xingde nodded, and he and Li Sihai each put on soft armor and stood on both sides of Han Ningshuang.Li Sihai's ears were particularly sharp, and he smiled slightly when he heard the sound.The sergeants of the Fourth Battalion of Chengying acted as Han Ningshuang's personal soldiers for the time being, and surrounded her with bright armor, and unfurled the Qilin flag of the Han army. Li Sihai had already asked the women on board to sew and wash suitable clothes for Han Ningshuang Robe, at this moment not only did not have the slightest haste to come back from the battlefield, but also appeared to be extraordinary.

During the welcoming ceremony of this day, the family members of the [-]th Battalion of Chengying took shelter in the cabin, Zhao Zhuo and Zhao Yong squeezed their heads against the window, staring at the strange things with wide-open eyes.Zhao Zhuo looked at Han Ningshuang being surrounded by the generals like stars holding the moon, and said enviously, "Aniang, when I grow up, I want to be like General Han."

The daughter has stars in her eyes.Li Ruoxue looked at the radiant Han Ningshuang, and then her gaze returned to the cabin, where she fell on the linen belt untied from Zhao Xingde's wound.She recognized that it belonged to a woman's house, should she return it or not?How can I repay this love?Although Bingxue was smart, Li Ruoxue still sighed lightly.