Water Margin people

"Hurry, don't let the supplies float away!"

Someone pointed at the small boats floating on the sea and shouted that they were full of supplies.

The sailors worked quickly and soon pulled the small boats close to the big ship.

"It's all food and water!"

"And wine!"

The sailors cheered; they hadn't had a drink for a long time.

"Haha, now the biggest trouble is solved!"

The captains also laughed. If Qi was willing to provide supplies, then they would be saved.

"Qi State said they want intelligence, so let's split up and help look for it. We have nothing to do anyway, so we can also look for some fresh water supplies!"

A captain suggested that the most lacking thing on the ship was fresh water. As for food, there would be a shortage of staple foods, but meat could always be obtained from fish in the sea.

"So what should we do? There are many ships wandering in the Mediterranean now. Ask them, or go to the northern coast!"

Some captains were tempted. As long as they could establish good relations with the State of Qi, they would feel at ease.

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On the Qi ship.

"General, are you just going to let them go?"

An officer looked at Ruan Li and asked, they had surrounded those people, they should be able to extract more.

"What else can they have now? A ship, dozens of people, some worthless goods, and some gold, silver and jewelry. What do you want?"

Ruan Li said.

The officers all shook their heads. They looked down on these things. They despised these backward merchant ships, just like people who were used to living in mansions suddenly had to live in thatched huts.

As for those people, they even thought it was too troublesome to throw them into the sea, and as for the goods, they were even less worth mentioning. Only gold, silver and jewelry could arouse a little interest.

But they didn't know the situation on those ships, so they didn't dare to make any contact rashly.

"Killing them will do us no good at all. It can even be said to be meaningless. In this case, why not make good use of them?"

"We want intelligence from the north, but it's too dangerous for us to go there by ourselves. The Black Death is rampant there, and we could get infected if we're not careful."

"Besides, we are not familiar with the route, and the conditions of the sea and coast over there are unknown. If I go there, it will only increase the risk!"

"The most important thing is that our ship is not big enough to handle any risks!"

Ruan Li pointed at the ship under his feet. If it was a ship from their Qi State, it would not be a big problem to attack other people's doorsteps, but now they are using ships converted from backward merchant ships.

"This is actually more beneficial to us. We were originally thinking about how to accommodate them, but now we find that it is not bad to use some food supplies to trap them and let them help us work. It saves a lot of trouble!"

Ruan Li spoke up. Originally, he just wanted to capture some people alive to gather intelligence, but he didn't expect that these people were even more miserable than he expected. They didn't even have enough food. This gave him an idea to drive these people.

"I'll understand later!"

The officers immediately saluted.

For the next period of time, Ruan Li led the fleet to patrol the periphery continuously.

And those merchant ships soon brought back news from the north.

"What did you say? The Imperial Cult? Someone is preaching over there?"

Ruan Li's face changed slightly. So far, the farthest that Qi State had preached was near the Red Sea. How could anyone go to the West to preach?

"It's true. We heard from some sea captains that on some coasts, those people even built castles..."

The captains on the ship waved their hands and shouted.

"You need to find out more about this matter. If I'm satisfied, I can give you a boatload of wine!"

Ruan Li looked at the captains and shouted.

"Don't worry, General. We'll be there soon!"

When they heard about the shipload of wine, the sailors' eyes lit up. They had been bored at sea for a long time, and now they dared not go ashore, so wine became their only entertainment.

"Send to port!"

Ruan Li immediately gave an order that this news was very important and he had to pass it back to Qi State as soon as possible.

Qi State, Liangshan City.

Sun Lei was reviewing the memorial in front of him with a pen. Although he was extremely reluctant, as an emperor, he would not evade what he had to do. "It's almost autumn!"

Sun Lei looked at the swaying leaves outside the window and sighed. Time passed quickly and a summer was gone.

"Your Majesty, urgent military information!"

Hua Rong walked into the study and spoke.

"Is there any urgent military information? Someone on the front line is sick?"

Sun Lei put down his pen, and the first thing he thought of was whether there were soldiers on the front line who were infected with the disease. The Black Death was still in its outbreak period.

"No, in the Mediterranean, Ruan Li got a message from merchants wandering on the sea. It is said that there are missionaries of the Imperial Church in the West, and they are spreading the gospel rapidly throughout the West!"

Hua Rong said.

"what?"

Sun Lei rummaged through the pile of memorials in front of him and finally found one, which stated that Zhu Xi and others had not yet set out to sea, but were expected to set out with the army next year.

"Who is preaching? Is there such a good thing? The believers have actually started pyramid selling themselves?"

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Sun Lei really didn't know what word to use, he thought the word "pyramid scheme" was very appropriate.

"That... I don't know. Ruan Li has already asked those people to investigate."

Hua Rong said.

"Isn't this a good thing? I finally have devout believers. They have begun to help me recruit believers. My Imperial Church will last forever!"

Sun Lei laughed.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Hua Rong smiled and saluted Sun Lei.

"Haha."

Sun Lei laughed.

"Your Majesty, I will send this information to the archives!"

Hua Rong smiled, bowed, and left.

"There is actually such a person. I must reward this guy if I have the chance. How can I not reward him for being so active?"

Sun Lei thought to himself that his Imperial Church had been established and the devout should be rewarded.

Hua Rong took the telegram and went to the archives room.

"Why are you guys here?"

As soon as Hua Rong walked into the archive room, he found Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuling and others were there.

"General Hua, aren't we going to the West next year? Let's see what changes have taken place there in the past year!"

Zhu Xi smiled and said that they had obtained the emperor's permission to come to the archives room, and they could look through some archives within their authority.

"I see!"

Hua Rong smiled and nodded. He was also going to the West next year, and he would be able to go all the way there.

"General Hua, what is this one?"

Lu Jiuling looked at the telegram in Hua Rong's hand.

"The latest news from the West, there are people preaching over there!"

Hua Rong handed over the telegram with a smile. This was not considered a military secret.

Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuling, Lu Jiuyuan and others all came over to take a look.

"General Hua, that's not right. This is not the place of the Arabs. This is the place of the Western religion."

Lu Jiuling said, they thought the West referred to the Arab world.

"Any questions?"

Hua Rong asked in confusion, aren't they all the same?

"Of course there is a problem. That place is not an ordinary place. Where else can we come from to preach? They can't even understand the language of our Qi country!"

Zhu Xi said. (End of this chapter)