Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 439

Under the rule of Hailing County, Haiyang Prefecture, Hengnan County Wharf.

Along with Zhang Shicheng's growing power, except for a few big cities in Hailing County, they are still under the control of Xia Guo at this time.The rest of the counties, towns and towns have all fallen into Zhang Shicheng's control.

Hengnan County, Haiyang Prefecture, which is close to the sea, is now under the control of Zhang Shicheng's tribe.

Thousands of people wearing Xia army armor, armed with weapons, bows and crossbows are all ready, and at first glance they are the elite soldiers and horses of the rebel army.

The leader of the rebel army is not tall, has a beard, and looks quite dignified. Surrounded by a group of rebel generals, he has a certain momentum in his eyes.

This person is the leader of the rebel army, Zhang Shicheng, who is causing the Xia Kingdom court quite a headache now!

The cronies around Zhang Shicheng looked at the empty sea in front of the pier, and couldn't help asking Zhang Shicheng:

"General, will someone really come here?"

Today's Zhang Shicheng only occupied less than half of the prefectures and counties in Hailing County, so he only called himself a general and did not display any banners that attracted too much attention.

Hearing the inquiries from the cronies around him, Zhang Shicheng had no doubts, and firmly said:

"There must be!"

Before Zhang Shicheng came to Xiaguo Hailing County, although he only stayed in the sticky place for a short time.But he has no doubts about the method of sticking the stick.

Say that the ordnance supplies can be delivered today, and they will definitely be delivered!

Zhang Shicheng led his subordinates and waited for another half an hour, when suddenly he heard someone shouting:

"Look, general, isn't that right?"

When everyone heard the words, they looked together.

On the surface of the sea in the distance, more than ten merchant ships appeared at this time.These ships were slowly slowing down at this time, as if they saw soldiers and horses stationed on the pier, watching silently.

Seeing this, Zhang Shicheng's eyes lit up, and he said immediately:
"It should be here... quickly set up my banner!"

Hearing the words, the subordinates responded quickly, turned around and set up Zhang Shicheng's handsome flag.

And the fleet above the sea, after seeing Zhang Shicheng's flag, sailed towards the pier again.

The Hengnan County wharf had already been emptied by Zhang Shicheng's followers.More than ten large ships sailed into the dock very easily.

The people on the pier only saw clearly at this time that the flags of the three neighboring countries of Korea, Fusang, and Balhae were hung on the more than ten ships.

Henghai General Wang Zhi took off his armor at this time, put on a suit of merchant clothes, and stepped off the ship surrounded by a group of sailors.At a glance, it looks like a big merchant from the sea.

If someone doesn't know the identity of Wang Zhi, how can he know that this is actually a navy general who has made great achievements in Yunguo.

Seeing Wang Zhi coming down, Zhang Shicheng stepped forward quickly, clasped his fists and said:

"Zhang Shicheng, I have met Mr. Wang!"

At this time, Wang Zhi was also acting like a businessman, and he returned the salute with a smile, saying:
"General Zhang, I have been admiring you for a long time!"

There is a sticky place that has contacted in advance, and the two of them naturally know the identity of the visitor.Even in their respective hands, there are even specific portraits of each other, so naturally they cannot be mistaken.

After a few polite words, Wang Zhi immediately signaled his men to start moving the cargo on the ship.Seeing this, Zhang Shicheng quickly signaled his subordinates to come forward to help.

When there were only a few confidantes left beside the two, Wang Zhi lowered his voice and said:

"A total of [-] sea-going ships brought over [-] pieces of armor, [-] knives, [-] spears, [-] divine arm crossbows, [-] bed crossbows, and [-] stones of food and grass."

Naturally, there are many of these things.But Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this.

Zhang Shicheng is very clear that although his power is getting stronger day by day.But that's just what it looks like.

Facing the coming Xia State's all-out suppression, Zhang Shicheng only had three thousand elite soldiers secretly supported by local salt merchants, plus tens of thousands of people who were coerced by him.

Based on the undefensable terrain of Hailing County, if Xia Guo mobilized elite soldiers and horses, he might not be able to last long with his ability.

Although the items sent by Henghai General Wang Zhi are quite a lot, they can at most allow him to arm a force of less than [-] soldiers. How can he resist the encirclement and suppression by the Xia army?
Although he didn't speak, looking at Zhang Shicheng's expression, Wang Zhi could guess his thoughts.Immediately chuckled and said:
"General Zhang, don't worry, this is just the first batch!"

"To the south of Goryeo, there is an island country on the sea called Danluo. Its customs are simple and crude, with a population of only [-], and its national strength is weak. Since the destruction of the Leizhou Navy of Xia, the forces of Xia were unable to resist this place, so I led it Now, although no prefectures and counties have been established in this place, it is included in our Dayun, but there are docks and warehouses on it, which are disguised as ships from other countries, and supplies will continue to be transported from China."

Danluo State is located on the main sea route, connecting Xia State with Goryeo and Fusang.Previously, for the maritime trade of the Three Kingdoms, the Xia Kingdom did not actually control this place, but only included it in the patrol area of ​​the Xia Kingdom Navy.

But now, with the destruction of the Xia State Leizhou Navy, the only remaining Jinling Navy needs to be responsible for patrolling the north and south coasts of Xia State and stationing Jinling City in the capital.For this Danluo country, he had no choice but to give up.

And Wang Zhi, after all, is a great pirate and maritime merchant with a long history.He is naturally quite sensitive about this important place on the sea trade route.

Before the rest of the countries could react, Wang Zhi hid his identity as General Henghai of the Yun Kingdom, led thousands of troops under his command, and directly occupied the Danluo Kingdom.

At this time, Wang Zhi's face was full of color, and he said with a smile:
"It only takes [-] days to travel by sea from Danluo Kingdom to Hailing County. As long as the arrangements are made properly, the military supplies General Zhang needs will surely come in a steady stream!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shicheng relaxed his brows, nodded and said:
"I see."

Even though Zhang Shicheng had a lot of confidence in himself, as long as he thought of Yun Guo's lack of support and making him face Xia Guo's court alone, he couldn't help but feel hopeless and powerless.

At this time, he heard that Yunguo had now gained a foothold in the sea and extended his power to this point, so he relaxed a little.

"Since that's the case, I ask Mr. Wang to take care of the future!" Zhang Shicheng bowed and smiled, then waved slightly behind him.

Then a confidant held two account books and handed them to Wang Zhi.

Zhang Shicheng was at the side, took the top one, and said:

"Here is [-] shi of refined salt, and it will be used for the purchase of military equipment. In the future, all expenditures for purchasing military equipment should be settled with refined salt!"

This fine salt, the common people in the world cannot do without, it is a hard currency.

The current turmoil in Hailing County has caused the price of salt in Xia Kingdom to rise.The original price of 20 Wen per catty has risen to [-] Wen.Forty thousand stones of refined salt, if converted, would be worth more than [-] taels of silver.

It can be said that Zhang Shicheng, who now occupies half of Hailing County, can almost say that he holds one-fifth of the salt in the Xia Kingdom, and he is definitely not short of money.

Wang went straight to the account book, opened it to check it again, and just nodded, so that he could put it in his arms. .

At this time, Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the situation and handed over another account book, and said softly:
"The [-] stones of refined salt here are the hard work I gave to the officials... In the future, please take care of me!"

When Wang Zhi heard the words, his eyes lit up, he took it without hesitation, and said with a smile:

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty has explained something earlier... and General Zhang is so polite, I will not let you down, General, hehehe."

Hearing the words, Zhang Shicheng also laughed a few times in agreement, then slightly raised his hand to greet him, and said in a low voice:
"Master Yiwei at the sticky pole, he will be here in a few days. Please stay for a while and meet with me."

Wang Zhi heard the words, nodded yes, and left with Zhang Shicheng with a smile.
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Xia Guo, Jinling City is in the palace.

Emperor Xia Yu Zhaoling closed the secret folder in his hand resentfully, and slapped it on the imperial case suddenly, his face was extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth and said in hatred:

"This Emperor Yun really opened my eyes! But even if he submits a letter of truce, he can play tricks like this."

"The righteous man was killed, but our Great Xia Mission can only continue to present the letter of credence, and can't do anything else. In this way, I'm afraid it will chill the blood of many loyal people!"

In the hall, Feng Chu heard the words, lowered his head and reported:

"The visiting missions tried their best to deal with it, but Emperor Yun made careful calculations, and even kept the captured martial arts fighters in Jiangzhou County all the time, just planning to act like this...It just made Honglu Temple Shaoqing full of grief and indignation after that day. , I can’t afford to get sick immediately.”

When Yu Zhaoling heard this, even though his face was extremely gloomy, he nodded and said:
"I know, so I can't blame them for this..."

"It's just that I'm really full of resentment in my heart now, and I don't know who to vent to!"

At this time, Feng Chu, without further ado, answered directly:

"Previously, the court used such lazy connections and material resources to invite masters from all schools to assassinate Emperor Yun. If the minister's ineffectiveness caused the success to fall short, why would Emperor Yun be so arrogant!"

At this time, Feng Chu suddenly bent down and fell to the ground, kowtowed and apologized:
"Your Majesty is ineffective in handling affairs, and please punish me with crimes!"

Yu Zhaoling felt even more indignant in his heart, and couldn't help but sharpen his voice, scolding:
"Did I blame you? Assassination methods are not on the table, how can you entrust all the important affairs of the country to it?"

After Feng Chu was reprimanded like this, he immediately shut his mouth and knelt on the ground with his head down.

Yu Zhaoling took several breaths, and just now he calmed down a little, and said in a deep voice:

"Get up, my tone is a bit aggressive now, but I don't mean to blame you... How old is this Emperor Yun? Who would have thought that the rumors about his martial arts in the world are all true!"

Anyway, Xiao Cheng's attack on the Yuanjiang River completely cut off the idea of ​​Xia Guo's court sending people to assassinate him.

An emperor, surrounded by many soldiers and horses to protect him, enshrined masters guarding his side day and night, coupled with his own martial arts, can be called ancient times and modern times.For such a character, one would know that assassination methods are extremely useless to him!
Yu Zhaoling took a deep breath, lifted his spirits again, and said:

"Forget it, no matter what, the war with Yunguo is finally a truce. Since Daxia has given me a chance to breathe, I must seize it!"

"In the southern border, the ministries are constantly training soldiers and horses, hoarding food, grass and military equipment, and deploying defense lines to prepare for the next battle. In the northern border, order the ministries to attack with all their strength. Even if the Turkic tribes cannot be completely wiped out in this battle, it must be done. Break the bones of the Turks, so that these grassland barbarians will not dare to mention Nangu again for more than ten years!"

Seeing Yu Zhaoling rekindled his fighting spirit, Feng Chu cupped his fists and shouted:

"According to the order!"
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Cloud Country, Jiangling Mansion, above the Jingjiang Wharf.

The mighty guard of honor fleet left Jiangzhou City, surrounded by large-scale and luxuriously decorated dragon boats, sailed here at this time, and parked on the river.

After conferring awards on the frontline soldiers and appeasing the hearts of the people of Jiangzhou County, Xiao Cheng's trip to Jiangzhou County was considered a complete merit, and he set off for Beijing half a month ago.

In order to maximize the ability of the body god card and appease the hearts of the people in several places, Xiao Cheng's return to Beijing will naturally be different from the previous visits.

The parade team still sailed upstream from Jiangzhou City, from Yuezhou, upstream along the Yangtze River, passed through Jiangling Prefecture and Yi County, entered Jiangyang County, entered Jianchang Prefecture, and returned to the capital.

Today, the fleet just arrived at Jiangling City.

Since he was the selected accompanying capital, Xiao Cheng became interested and ordered Liu Bowen and Yuan Tiangang, who were accompanying him, to come and have a look at the feng shui of Jiangling City.

Liu Bowen was by Xiao Cheng's side, after watching for a few times, he immediately praised:
"This is Jiangling City, where the Yangtze River passes from east to west. This is real water. The river moistens the local lakes, and there are water veins running through the north and south. This is virtual water. The water of virtual and real meets here, forming the image of "a thousand harmony". There is a trend of prosperity and prosperity. Setting up the accompanying capital here will reflect the image of our Dayun country's prosperity, but it is wonderful!"

Yuan Tiangang on the side also opened his mouth and said:

"On the east and west sides of Jiangling City, there are Mount Ji and Mount Baling."

"This Jishan Mountain is majestic and magnificent, with floating clouds flying across it, like a Qiongge in the fairy mountain. Near Jishan Mountain, there are five dragon pools of white, black, green, red, and yellow, surrounded by the image of "five dragons holding saints". It is a treasure land. And this Baling Mountain is also strange. It is composed of eight mountains. The mountains are majestic and meandering. From a distance, it looks like a giant dragon lying down.

Xiao Cheng heard the words, chuckled lightly, and said:
"Really? Don't both of you want to listen to only good things just because I have chosen in advance!"

When the two heard the words, they didn't even dare to speak.

Liu Bowen said truthfully:

"This Jiangling City does have some traces of the aura of an emperor hidden in it. It may not be enough for the capital of my Dayun Kingdom. But if it is only used as a companion capital, it is enough!"

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly when he heard this, and said:
"Since the two Qing families also said so, it is completely settled there. The Ministry of Industry will mobilize manpower now, and send my disciples from the Dayun Mo family to assist, with the help of Zajia and Shen's business firms, to build the accompanying capital palace and government office!"

Having said that, Xiao Cheng looked at the two of them again, and said:

"I'm not superstitious about this theory of Feng Shui, but I don't want to make taboos. The two of you also came up with ideas to create affairs accordingly... By the way, there is also Li Chunfeng, who is also transferred to the Sitian Supervisor and is jointly responsible This matter!"

When the two heard the words, they immediately bowed together and saluted, saying:
"Sir, obey the order!"

(End of this chapter)