Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 161 Japanese pirates are here
Although Long Feiyu's words are true, the people here have lived in this way for dozens of generations, and suddenly they have to obey Long Feiyu, they can't adapt to it for a while.

Long Feiyu naturally knew what these people were thinking, although he was angry, he was helpless.He could only continue: "Starting from Guangzhou City today, except for the elderly who have passed the Chinese New Year and the underage teenagers, each person must cultivate five acres of fertile land every year. Every year when the autumn harvest occurs, the imperial court will send people to check. If there is no Farming or due to neglect of management, the yield of the land planted is lower than the average, and each person will pay forty boards and a fine of two taels of silver."

Hearing what Long Feiyu said, someone interrupted: "We will be beaten if we don't plant the land, but will the court reward us if we plant well?"

Long Feiyu nodded and said: "Of course there are. If you plant well, I will give you a first-class honor from the imperial court and reward you with a hundred taels of silver."

Everyone was a little angry when they heard that farming would be compulsory, but they were overwhelmed when they heard that farming could get rewards and titles.Thinking about this barren land in the South of the Five Ridges, bandits have always been everywhere, and now farming can be rewarded with titles. This is a rare thing, and the passion of everyone here is instantly ignited.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Long Feiyu said to a group of officials: "The soul of the general, I asked you to come to cultivate today to tell the whole of Lingnan my determination. As long as the officials move, the common people will follow." move."

The changes in Lingnan have already been reported back to Chang'an, and the Turkic people were defeated. Empress Xiao, who belonged to Princess Jieli, naturally became the trophy of the Tang Dynasty. This young woman, who has passed her age, still has her own charm. But it was incomparable. Li Shimin, who had always been lustful, twitched his index finger and couldn't help including her in his harem.And Empress Xiao is already used to this, this is her sixth man, and maybe also the last.

With strange thoughts, they gathered beside Li Shimin, but compared to Li Shimin's first wife, the empress, Empress Xiao had many years of fighting experience, so she seemed cautious.

Long Feiyu is no longer there, but the various officials in the court have left his faults behind.Each of them is very dedicated and performs their duties, and they do their own things properly.This made Li Shimin's hard-working heart finally released, and the concubines gathered in the harem for a while to start a big banquet.

A group of princes and princesses shuttled among the crowd, showing that Li Shimin's descendants are endless.At this moment, Li Shimin looked at his guards and said, "How is the situation in Lingnan?"

"The latest news from there is that Marshal Long led his troops to wipe out the banditry of that generation. In order to encourage the local people to depend on the sky for food and not think about labor, he led Lingnan officials, big and small, to reclaim wasteland in the fields."

Long Feiyu actually went to reclaim the wasteland himself. Li Shimin was surprised but also knew the decline of Lingnan.If Long Feiyu can manage the most chaotic place in the Tang Dynasty, it will just prove Long Feiyu's ability to the world.

After more than a year of hard work, Long Feiyu finally imposed the life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset on Lingnan people.After more than a year of hard work, people in Lingnan suddenly discovered that farming is so safe. With their children and grandchildren, the family enjoys harmony and freedom.

The congested traffic in Lingnan has slowed down the economic circulation here. Since ancient times, it has been known to the world as poor mountains and bad waters.Now that the people are still living in peace, Long Feiyu ordered people to widen the ancient Meiling Road, and at the same time began to march towards the south, hoping to better develop Jiaozhi County.Open up the road route from land to India.

The problems that had plagued generations of Lingnan officials were easily solved in the hands of Long Feiyu.This made the officials of this generation feel convinced of Long Feiyu.

Just when Long Feiyu was actively preparing to march to places other than Jiaozhi, a sudden incident stopped him.On this day, he was discussing with Yang Taishou and his group how to develop the Jiaozhi policy.A guard suddenly came to report: "My lord, the prefect of Fuzhou came to report that a group of suspected savages appeared in the coastal area recently. They came to the island several times to rob and killed many people."

Said Fuzhou Long Feiyu frowned and said: "Have you asked clearly? Are you from Ryukyu?"

The guard shook his head and said: "No, they don't speak Hokkien dialect at all. The local people say that they seem to be Japanese people in the sea. They are extremely poor and backward. In the past, similar people often came to rob, but I don't know why recently. The number suddenly increased."

Hearing the Japanese, Long Feiyu thought for a while and said, "Since these people can go to Fuzhou, they can definitely go to other places. Notify the counties and counties along the coast to organize self-defense forces to patrol the coast. If they encounter them, they will be sent to the local government office immediately to confirm their identity. Afterwards, the decision will be made. In addition, since it has been attacked by Japanese slaves, the Ryukyu will definitely encounter it, so let the Ryukyu prefect actively send people to defend."

"Yes"

After a few more days like this, Long Feiyu thought that the incident had subsided, but unexpectedly another soldier came to report: "My lord, there are more and more Japanese people appearing in various parts of Fuzhou. We are patrolling where they appear from here, and they have gathered more recently." Thousands of people are dormant in large and small seas outside Fuzhou, harassing us regardless of time and place."

Hearing these words, Long Feiyu was a little angry. The coastline was too long, and these bandits were just a few people. It would definitely not be worthwhile to use an army, but if they didn't use an army, the harm they would cause would be too great.

After thinking again and again, Long Feiyu came again: "Then do you know why these people suddenly appeared?"

"I heard that there was a war among them. The original ruler was defeated and killed. These people came to us to avoid the pursuit of the current ruler."

Hearing the guard's words, Long Feiyu snorted coldly, got up from his seat and said to Governor Yang, "As for the management of Jiaozhi and Qiongzhou, I will leave it to you."

"Me? My lord, I can't"

Seeing Prefect Yang's nervous look, Long Feiyu smiled and said: "Why not try it, you are resourceful but not courageous, do it well. I'll be in Fuzhou if you have something to do, you can send someone to deliver a letter." "

Long Feiyu said no matter how Yang Taishou refused to arrange everything, he led a team on the road immediately.Along the way, there are green seedlings everywhere, and the smoke is billowing, which makes Long Feiyu feel relieved.

In any case, these people finally accepted their plan, although there were temptations and punishments.It may be possible to let the common people live and work in peace and contentment, no matter what method is available, as long as it is feasible.

As soon as he arrived in Fuzhou, Long Feiyu began to deploy troops to prepare to go to sea.But when he saw the boat brought out by the prefect of Fuzhou, Long Feiyu was silent, and he arrived after a long time: "Prefect Li, do you think we can use this small boat to lead an army to suppress bandits? I'm afraid we won't wait until we find it." When the bandits come over with a wave, our entire army will be wiped out."

Li Taishou scratched his head and said: "These are recruited from nearby fishermen's homes, there is really nothing else."

Seeing Li Taishou's embarrassment, Long Feiyu sighed: "Now I know why you failed to suppress the bandits. With such a ship, people will not be afraid when they see it. Just find an island to drill, and wait for you to leave. Come out again. Go and find all the boatmen here, let those Japanese people know that we can chase them at sea, so that they will stay away from the coast, and even if they see us, they will have enough time to deal with it. Now they Gathered not far from the coast, as long as we hide our whereabouts, our people will not even have time to react."

Hearing what Long Feiyu said, Li Taishou let out a cry and hurriedly went to prepare. It didn't take long before hundreds of boatmen gathered.When the county lord said that they wanted to see the prefect, they were nervous and then surprised, but when the prefect told them that they were going to see the governor, these people were already inexplicably surprised.

Long Feiyu's name has long been known to them, and now they heard that he came to Fuzhou to let them build ships. Once the news spread, it spread along Fuzhou, and the boatmen from several surrounding states gathered here. up.

Seeing the boatmen gathered by Taishou Li, Long Feiyu glanced at the crowd and said, "How big is the biggest boat you build?"

"Two feet."

"Four feet."

"Then is it possible for you to build a large ship of fifty feet?"

"Fifty feet?"

All the boatmen exclaimed for a while, they had never heard of what kind of warship it was.I have never seen it before. Even the warships used by the government to fight wars are only a dozen feet at best, and fifty feet can only exist in legends.

An old man said with a smile: "Your Excellency may not know this, since ancient times no one has been able to build this fifty-foot boat, and even if it is built, it will not be able to sail on this river. With such a large displacement, once it sails, it will definitely It will run aground. Your Excellency wants to suppress the bandits, we can build a large ship of more than ten feet."

Long Feiyu nodded, and then said: "In this case, Lao Zhang will take people to cast a warship that is more than ten feet long."

Having said this, Long Feiyu continued: "Who can build a warship of fifty feet?"

Saying this, he glanced at a group of boatmen, and suddenly a boy in his early twenties stood up and said, "My lord, I can build it."

Hearing that people can build big ships, Long Feiyu was about to speak when the old man interrupted suddenly: "You young man doesn't know how to use such a big warship, have you ever thought about it?"

The young man nodded and said: "Of course I thought about it. I have always wanted to build a big ship to go to sea, but the cost of the big ship is too high. I can't afford it with my financial resources. Now that the adults want to build a big ship, I can naturally build it. If you want the boat to go, you only need to design vertical and horizontal sails, and the boat can easily go away under the buoyancy of the water and rely on the wind."

Listening to the young man's explanation, Long Feiyu nodded and said: "Okay, since you already have a countermeasure, I won't ink any more, this is a picture I designed and drawn, you just need to follow my idea Build this ship, just report what you want, and I will send someone to look for it.”

Looking at the blueprint handed over by Long Feiyu, the young man opened the paper with a little surprise, and was attracted just after a glance. The design of the hull is also seamless and impeccable.

Looking at this picture, the young man suddenly fell to the ground, kowtowed to Long Feiyu and said, "Sir, you are a great talent, please accept me as your apprentice."

Long Feiyu waved his hand and said: "It's fine to accept apprentices, there are many things waiting for me to deal with, and I can't stay here every day for the shipbuilding, so I entrust this matter to you, if you don't understand You can ask anytime."

Hearing what Long Feiyu said, the young man bowed down excitedly: "Mr. Xie."

Hearing the boy call himself Mr. instead of an adult, Long Feiyu didn't care. He helped him up and said, "I didn't ask you to kneel down for me when I asked you to build a ship. I've already written out how many materials are needed. As for For some things that have not been taken into account, you can add them."

Saying this, Long Feiyu said to Prefect Li: "Go, go and look elsewhere, since the navy is going to suppress the bandits, it must be trained well, otherwise their lives will not be guaranteed if they go out to sea. "

(End of this chapter)