The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 641

In the evening at Gaomi Military Port, the north wind really blows. From the evening onwards, the warm southeast wind turns into a cold north wind. Following Yang Tong's order, groups of Sui soldiers quickly lined up to board. Boat.

The shipbuilding industry has a long history in the Central Plains Dynasty. According to "Historical Records", as early as the time of Xuanyuan Huangdi, this wise nation had already started to manufacture boats and carts.At the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, there were records of the use of boats to transport troops across the river for combat. On this basis, warships adapted to military operations and waters gradually developed.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, warships emerged in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Wu, Yue, Chu, Qi and other countries along the rivers.Ships of this period included large wings, middle wings, small wings, sudden-mounted ships, bridge ships, building ships, and Ge ships.After the State of Yue destroyed Wu, it became a powerful vassal state in the south. It once sailed northward from the East China Sea with more than 300 Ge ships to attack the powerful State of Qi in the north, and successfully occupied the Langya area.During the Warring States Period, the State of Qin was also equipped with warships (two-hull warships) for transporting troops, each of which could carry 50 soldiers and their supplies for three months.

In the Han and Three Kingdoms period, warships had new developments.Soochow of the Three Kingdoms specially set up the captain of the ship to supervise the shipbuilding; set up shipbuilding workshops in Jianye, Houguan, Yongning, Jingkou and other places. At its peak, there were more than 3000 warships, and the superstructure of its large buildings was as high as five floors. , There are "Changan", "Feiyun", "Gaihai" and other ships, each of which can accommodate [-] soldiers.

The warships of the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties were further developed on the basis of the original ones.The warships of the Southern Dynasties included flying dragons, flying phoenixes, golden wings, green sparrows, and jays; warships like the jays carried [-] spears and "surpassed wind and electricity".There were also "shooting ships" equipped with throwing cars. During this period, the famous scientist Zu Chongzhi also invented a "thousand-mile ship" that could travel hundreds of miles a day.And Xu Shipu, the general of the navy in the Southern Dynasties, developed a warship called a water cart, that is, every large warship is equipped with a pole. Smash it to pieces.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen ordered Yang Su to rush to build a large number of warships in Yong’an on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to prepare for the extermination of Southern Chen. It is ten feet high, and there are 6 paddle poles on the front, back, left, and right sides. Each seat is three feet high. It is the main battleship of the Tai Sui Navy. The size is different, and the number of soldiers that can be carried is also different, followed by warships such as Huanglong, Pingcheng, and Feilong.

In addition to being equipped with a labor-saving pulley combination propulsion device, the current five-tooth warship also has a siege ladder. If it is attacking a city near the river, it can be placed on the top of the city in a condescending manner, and rolling wood and rocks can be placed in the city. The soldiers can then follow the ladder Entering the city, this new type of warship is easy to maneuver and fast to drive, which can be regarded as another creation of shipbuilding technology.

The five-tooth ship that Yang Tong was on was named "Kirin", and the four ships "Qinglong", "Suzaku", "Baihu" and "Xuanwu" represented the pinnacle of the shipbuilding industry in the Sui Dynasty. These five five-fold flagships are as high as Fifteen feet long, it can carry 3000 soldiers. This time, five ships will be sent out together, each serving as the flagship ship of the five fleets, and they will communicate with each other by letter eagles.Those small and medium-sized five-tooth warships, yellow dragon warships, flat boats, and flying dragons that could only carry 800 or [-] people were all small compared to these five large ships, and those boats were even smaller.

And among the many accompanying ships, there is also a huge long-distance transport ship, which is also equipped with a brand-new propulsion device, and can transport [-] stone materials to sea at a time. One of the achievements of the Institute in the shipbuilding industry over the years.

Standing on the height of the 'Kirin', Yang Tong watched the boarding army, full of arrogance. With this majestic fleet in hand, the Great Sui army can travel in various oceans. When the navy has [-] or [-] large five-tooth ships When the warship was underway, a [-]-strong army was sent to expedition to North America. If the risk in the Pacific Ocean was high, the fleet was sent north along the coast, and then crossed the Bering Strait, which was more than [-] miles wide, to reach North America.With such a shortcut, why foolishly cross the vast Pacific Ocean?
At the beginning, Yang Guang launched an expedition to Linyi because he heard that Champa had a high yield of rice seeds. For the sake of this high-yield rice seed, many troops were recruited. Even the commander Liu Fang died of illness on the way home.What Yang Tong thought of was chili peppers, so even if he couldn't actually occupy North America, he still had to send troops to look for them even if he wanted to eat a bite of chili peppers in his lifetime. What's more, chili peppers have extremely high medicinal value besides seasoning. .

Yang Qinfang and Yin Mingyue were standing beside him. Yin Mingyue was wearing a bronze mask, showing no expression, holding the Heavenly Sword. Under the light of the lantern, her vigorous figure was wearing a bronze mask, carrying a strange lure.

At this time, Yang Qinfang asked with some concern: "Is it safe for the big ship to go to sea?"

When Yang Tong turned around, she happened to see her beautiful face, tall and slender, wearing a white robe, holding the Yingying Sword in her arms, under the flickering light, a pair of big sparkling eyes, full of worries. color.So he smiled and said, "Of course it's safe. The warships in the past few years were not as good as they are now. Didn't they also flatten Goguryeo unharmed? If you are afraid, why not disembark and return to Luoyang before the fleet sets sail."

"I'm not afraid." Yang Qinfang said plausibly, "When I was an angel, didn't I always take a boat from Jiangdu to Zhuojun? Speaking of which, this is the second time for me to take this sea route."

"That's right. I still remember that you found the barracks directly. At that time, the lieutenant came to report that there was a female general asking to see me. I was surprised. Later, I saw that it was really a woman wearing a small armor and riding a pony. The female general of the horse."

When Yang Tong talked about these things, Yang Qinfang felt sweet in her heart, only to hear Yang Tong say with deep emotion: "Time is really the most magical thing, as if in a flash, the innocent little aunt disappeared, how many times?" I met a beautiful girl who is waiting to be married. Little Huanggu, tell me who you are looking for, I will personally make an order..."

Yang Qinfang's smiling face immediately turned cold, she stomped on Yang Tong's foot, snorted coldly, turned and left.

After walking a few steps, she turned her head again and said coldly: "I want to tell you two things, you have to remember: First, although I grew up in the palace, I have no blood relationship with you ;Secondly, don’t call me Huanggu again. I’m not a princess of Lujiang either. I’ll restore my real surname in a short while, and the queen mother also agreed. I won’t say these words a second time, please remember. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." After speaking, she quickened her pace and fled in the blink of an eye.

Yang Tong couldn't help but let out a long sigh: The girl has something on her mind when she grows up, and seeing her like this, she really depends on him.

Turning to look at Yin Mingyue on the other side, her military title is division-level general Huben, her title is Mingyue County Duke, and Wu Sanguan is also a third-rank general of Weiguo; apart from the royal family, she is considered a great Sui Women are well-deserved No.1, she has huge political resources in herself, and what is admirable is her beautiful appearance, which makes people consider the marriage of their nephews.

However, the beautiful and powerful Yin Mingyue is still a difficult marriage. It doesn't mean that no one wants her. In fact, almost all the people who propose marriage have broken through the threshold of the Yin family.But these people were turned away by her flirtatious words. The condition she put forward to the man was very "simple", that is, to win a county outside the territory, and then make a kiss. Without this condition, everything will be discussed.But to this day, she is the only one in the entire Sui Dynasty who has developed a county for the Sui Dynasty. Even Fang Xuanling only named a city, that is to say, no one met the conditions he considered.As soon as the conditions were spoken, people with various purposes collectively fell silent.

Yin Mingyue can use this reason to get rid of outsiders, but she can't get rid of Mrs. Yin and Yin Hongzhi, who are worried about her life-long affairs. Not long ago, the mother and son entered the palace together, begging Yang Tong to remove all the positions of Yin Mingyue , Let her be an ordinary woman, then marry and have children, and live a life of husband and son. In a rage, Yin Mingyue simply ran away from home with Yang Qinfang and fled to Xiangyang. When Yin Hongzhi took office, Only then returned to Luoyang.

"The old lady and your eldest brother came to the palace to find me not long ago, and asked me to revoke all your duties." "Huh?" Yin Mingyue said in surprise.

"Don't pretend to me." Yang Tong looked at Yin Mingyue. Under the cover of the mask, he couldn't see Yin Mingyue's face, but Yang Tong was keenly aware that her mood fluctuated greatly, and said lightly: "Put the mask on." pick up."

"Here!" Yin Mingyue bowed and took off the mask on her face.

At a glance, Yang Tong is still astonishing. Years have a special preference for her. Time has not reduced her celestial beauty by half. Even because of the lack of youthfulness and arrogance at first sight, she has become a little more strong and kind. Mature charm, cold and capable, people can't help but want to conquer her.

"If you're pretending to be stupid, then I'll tell you directly." Yang Tong looked at the busy military port and sighed, "It's been five years since you came to Chaotian Temple in Yecheng. Tianxiang's stunning beauty has dedicated her prime years to the battlefield, but you don't listen to what your relatives say, do you really want to die alone?"

Yin Mingyue's face became quite ugly when Yang Tong said that she was pretending to be stupid, and what she said later made Yin Mingyue's beautiful eyes flash with despair, her whole body became cold and numb. A broken heart.

"So, I decided to protect you as a matchmaker." Looking at that pretty face, Yang Tong felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. This girl was actually the girl who had been with him for the longest and longest time since he arrived in Sui Dynasty. Wei Fengwu is far inferior, he has long been used to her existence, used to eating, drinking and laughing together, used to overcome difficulties together, used to crossing the battlefield together, used to her covering himself with a quilt in the middle of the night...

Let her marry someone else?

Yang Tong refused.

"Boom" Yin Mingyue's mind exploded, and all her thoughts were lost: I never asked for anything extravagantly, as long as I could see him every day. Could it be that such a humble request is not given to me?
"I don't want to marry!" After a long while, Yin Mingyue knelt in front of Yang Yu and said eagerly, "My lord, please don't drive me away, please don't drive me away? I don't want to marry. If you force me to leave, I will immediately Kill yourself."

As he spoke, he was about to pull out the Heavenly Sword in his hand.

With quick hands and quick eyes, Yang Tong grabbed her hand and said with a smile, "Don't you want to know who I want to protect as a matchmaker?"

"Who, who is it?" Yin Mingyue asked eagerly, wishing she could get off the boat immediately and stab that damned guy to death.

"Myself!"

"Ah?" Yin Mingyue's mind was in a mess.

Yang Tong helped her up and said with a smile: "When Mrs. Yin and Yin Hongzhi approached me as a matchmaker, I realized that you have become a part of my life. I am not only used to your existence, but also feel It hurts so much. Let me give up my beloved woman, let me watch my beloved woman marry another woman, I will not agree, otherwise what's the point of being an emperor?"

"I used to think that the person you liked was Du Ruhui. Later, I saw that you had a bad impression of Fang Xuanling, and I mistakenly thought it was Fang Xuanling. But I realized that I was thinking too much. Four years ago we had Bai The first covenant, I told you in front of the plug, will take up three to five years of your time, if after four years, your sweetheart does not want you, I will. Now four years have passed, Mingyue, should you Give me an answer?"

Hearing Yang Tong's words, Yin Mingyue's tears that she had endured for a long time fell from her eye sockets, an inexplicable warmth gushed out from the bottom of her heart, and the hopeless coldness on her body melted like the scorching sun in summer...

For her, Yang Tong is irreplaceable. For that slim hope, she stayed in the Shura camp for several years, and served as the chief guard of the palace, just to get closer to Yang Tong.

When Yang Tong asked her just now, she felt extremely desperate in her heart. She thought that Yang Tong would drive her away and marry her to a man she had never met. What followed was a passage from hell to heaven.Rao is that her will has been tempered as hard as iron, and she can't stop the tears in her eyes at this moment.

"Marrying me, does Mingyue really suffer so much?" Looking at the tearful Yinmingyue, Yang Tong's heart melted, and there was a bit of teasing in his gentle smile.

Yin Mingyue was at a loss, her heart was pounding like a deer, and she didn't know how to deal with it. Her heart had never been as chaotic as it is now.Various emotions such as excitement, joy, fear, happiness, etc. came one after another, and I couldn't say a word.

"Are you willing or not?"

"Mingyue is willing." After a long time, Yin Mingyue choked out this sentence from her throat.

"Then you, Yin Mingyue, will be my Yang Tong's woman in this life." Yang Tong's tone seemed aggressive, but he didn't know how to express it. In the final analysis, it was because his wives didn't need him to pursue them. Without the stage of pursuit, it is directly to get married first and then fall in love.So he simply kept it simple and straightforward, directly sweetening Yin Mingyue's heart, but he didn't know how to deal with it.

"En!" Yin Mingyue lowered her head shyly.

"When the triumphant return to court, I will canonize you. I just wronged you." The ancestor system of the Sui Dynasty was one empress and three concubines, but when it came to Yang Tong, the three concubines became four concubines, five concubines, and one more concubine. It is too inconsistent with the rules. The future generations will accept a woman as a concubine if they fancy a woman, and a woman will be accepted as a concubine if they fancy a woman. Wouldn't the world be in chaos?

Yin Mingyue understood Yang Yu's meaning, she raised her head bravely, looked at the man who was about to become her, she loved to the bone marrow, and said seriously: "As long as I can be the woman of the Holy Lord, I don't care about anything..."

Once a woman is emotional, she will lower her position to the dust, let alone Yin Mingyue who has always put herself in a humble position?

After thinking about it, Yang Tong felt that the so-called ancestral system was unreliable. It seemed that no one had followed it, such as himself; , There is Concubine Xu Xian.At worst, I would force myself to stipulate that the next generation should only be the first and third concubines, so I said, "I have decided to confer you the title of Concubine Virtue."

"I don't want... Your Majesty doesn't need to make an exception for me..." Yin Mingyue flatly refused.

Yang Tong smiled heartily: "My emperor is a bit similar to Liu Xiu. Although we both rely on our ancestor Yu Yin, but in fact there is not much difference from the founding king. If Liu Xiu is not a descendant of Liu Bang, I am afraid that it is a brand new dynasty, and I am too." Like this. If I can't even decide on a woman's title, can I still decide on the whole world?"

Yin Mingyue's heart was soft, tears of happiness flowed in her eyes, she stared blankly at Yang Tong, as if she wanted to keep his appearance firmly in her heart, for the rest of her life...

Yang Tong couldn't help but hugged her into his arms, and looked at her enthusiastically.

Yin Mingyue didn't understand what it meant for a while, but she was as careful as a dust, and immediately felt the implication. At her age, she understood everything she should understand, not to mention that when Yang Tong took Shui Tianji to the expedition before, she would not know what she meant. As a guard and general, although he didn't want to hear it, he heard a lot.Over time, I also learned a lot of knowledge in this area.

At this moment, she felt that Yang Tong's gaze was like a hot fire, which dazzled her crystal clear cheeks, spreading to the neck of her ears in a moment, her breathing also changed, and her trembling eyelashes were like a pair of fluttering eyes. The fluttering butterfly finally closed its eyelids as if accepting its fate.

Suddenly, she felt Yang Tong wrapping her slender waist with one strong arm, caressing her fiery left jade cheek with the other, moving a few strands of blue silk fluttering in the wind, leaning against her, covering the trembling and trembling jade cheek. Cherry lips.

At the moment when the lips were captured, Yin Mingyue's mind roared, and it became blank, and her soul seemed to fly nine days away, merging with the stars all over the sky.

After a long time, the two slowly separated, Yin Mingyue opened her eyes, and buried her head in Ailang's arms in embarrassment, she was deeply infatuated with this wonderful taste, and even had the urge to cry.

Yang Tong didn't take any further action, but embraced her and watched the pier go from busy to quiet, to sailing at anchor, carefully experiencing the beautiful feeling of "Silence is better than sound".

The fleet sailed, winding southward like a fire dragon in the dark night.

The night wind was extremely strong, and the sea breeze in February was still very cold. After a long time, the tenderness in Yin Mingyue's heart gradually melted away, her long eyelashes moved slightly, and she said softly: "My lord, you still have a lot of military affairs tomorrow. to deal with..."

Yang Tong nodded, "Let's go back!"

The two held hands and walked to the cabin. The "Kirin Ship" is five floors high, the fifth floor is dedicated to Yang Tong, the fourth floor is where he handles official business, and the third floor is where Yang Qinfang, Yin Mingyue and Shura Wei live. The first and second floors are guarded by [-] Xuanjia soldiers.

At the entrance of the stairs, Yin Mingyue stopped suddenly.

In the dim light, Yin Mingyue's face was exquisite without a single blemish, like an elf in the night, she was reluctant to let go of Yang Tong's hand, and just looked at him obsessively, like a pair of beautiful black crystal eyes faintly flowing With a trace of anticipation.

Yang Tong hugged her into his arms and whispered in her ear: "Stay here!"

Yin Mingyue's face suddenly turned red.

Although this is inconsistent with the etiquette system, human emotions are often not bound by the etiquette system. Even an outstanding woman like Yin Mingyue has the same feelings as ordinary people. The emotions that have been suppressed for many years have finally come to fruition. At this moment, or Reluctant to be separated from Ailang, or maybe because she thought that she was already Yang Tong's person, she just hesitated for a moment, then nodded shyly.

Yang Tong carried her into the big three-room cabin that he lived in. When the two arrived in the cabin, Yin Mingyue was so passionate that she hugged Yang Tong's neck and asked for a kiss.

Under the bright candlelight, the incomparably moving skin slowly appeared, and this night was naturally countless romances and endless spring scenery.

(End of this chapter)