Qian Song

Chapter 165 Female Pirate (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

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When Tong Guan arrived at Hejian Prefecture, he learned that the strategic situation in Hebei was extremely poor after listening to the report of Hou Yi, the appeasement envoy of Gaoyangguan Road and the prefect of Hejian Prefecture.

Later, Tong Guan went to inspect the granary and armory in person.

This time Tong Guan's heart was completely chilled, and he finally understood why Cai Jing strongly opposed the Lian Jin Mie Liao to recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun.

Tong Guan wrote a letter to Zhao Ji overnight:

The minister admired the sacred teachings and came to the north according to the imperial edict. Yinxi exhausted his thoughts and walked on the starry night. Along the way, he saw the state capitals in Hebei.The minister went to Gaoyangguan to prepare for the march. He saw that the army rations were too rough to eat, and most of them were far away, so the transportation was laborious.There is a great shortage of armaments, and as for the siege and defense, they are all unprepared, because Hebei has not learned about military affairs for 200 years...

Seeing the situation in Hebei, Tong Guan couldn't help retreating a little.

But Tong Guan thought about it again, this time it is not really necessary to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun by force this time, according to the three border patrol policies that Zhao Ji personally handed over to him before he came, "Take it as Yan people please, because of the restoration of the old territory, Yeluchun pays money It is said that the vassal times, the people of Yan have not recovered, and they are patrolling the border." They came this time to scare the people of Beiliao. Give them a piece of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will go back to receive rewards for their meritorious service. If it is not possible, they will talk to Beiliao about Beiliao’s claim to the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Thinking about not having to really fight the Liao army, Tong Guan felt that the pressure was relieved a lot.

At this time, the [-] troops transferred from the Huaihe defense line had secretly assembled in Xiongzhou and Guangxin Army respectively.

In addition, various armies from Hebei also arrived at Hejian Mansion one after another.

Tong Guan announced: The army is divided into two groups, one is the East Route Army, which is the Xiongzhou Garrison, with the goal of marching into the Baigou River area, and Zhongshidao is in charge; the other is the West Route Army, the Guangxin Army Garrison, with the goal of opening Into the area of ​​Fan Village, the planting division is in charge.

Later, Tong Guan came to Xiongzhou and hung up the signs of Xuanfu Division in Shaanxi and Hebei.

The next day, Tong Guan held a pre-military meeting as usual.

Those who participated in the meeting were Duguan Zhongshidao, Xilu Chief Zhongshi, Xiongzhou Zhizhou He Shen, and a group of generals.

——Cai You left Bianliang City, Tokyo on May [-]th. Along the way, he entered temples whenever he saw them, and worshiped Buddhas when he saw them. He held incense with both hands, closed his eyes and prayed, muttering words in his mouth, bless the Great Song Dynasty's division to win the flag, recover Yanjing in one fell swoop, and let himself return with honor, so he has not yet gone to the Daming Mansion in Beijing.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhong Shidao, who was the commander-in-chief of the front line, took the lead in speaking: "The Khitan has been severely injured by the Jurchens today, just like the neighbor's neighbor is being attacked by thieves. Instead of rescuing my neighbor, Song Dynasty will share the spoils with the thieves. This is not an act of benevolence and righteousness. , for fear of losing something."

Tong Guan didn't expect that Zhong Shidao didn't talk to him beforehand, so he said something that affected morale.

Tong Guan felt that Zhong Shi's morality was inflated because of the annihilation of Fang Layi's army, so he said coldly: "The official asked you to lead the army, in your name, to deter the ears of the Liao army, not for war."

After finishing speaking, Tong Guan showed Zhao Ji's three border patrol strategies to Zhong Shidao and others to watch.

Only then did Zhong Shidao and others know that they came here this time just to put on a show, there is no need to fight at all, as long as they scare the Khitan people, they can go back to receive the reward.

Seeing this, the generals of the Song Army couldn't help but slack off.

Even the frontline commander Zhong Shidao couldn't help showing a wry smile, and silently put away the prepared battle plan.

Then, He Shen said: "The people of Yan are suffering and helpless today. Knowing that I have sent troops from the Song Dynasty, they will tie their necks shoulder to shoulder and eat pots of pulp to welcome the king's teacher. Officials and civilians come down!"

Soon, Xuan Fusi's ingenious text wrote a list of surrenders.

The side of Youyan, which was originally our territory, has been occupied by Khitan for nearly 200 years. Recently, internal and external turmoil has occurred in Khitan.Today, the Xuanfu Division complies with Fengrui's decree, commanding heavy troops, stationed on the border, and indicting crimes. Its mission is to save the people, and it does not specialize in killings.Those who have officials will return to the old times, and those who have land will resume their jobs as before.If you can be a hero, don't make achievements, that is, you will be honored and an official position, and you will be rewarded with gold and silk.If a person can come and return from one state and one county, he will be appointed by his state and county; Area……

Tong Guan ordered to recruit warriors from Xiongzhou, let them carry the bulletin across the border, go deep into the territory of Liao, and post it everywhere.

At the same time, Tong Guan strictly ordered all armies not to cross the border to provoke, so as to avoid military conflicts...

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Not long after Li Cun arrived in Qiongzhou, a large number of pirates were killed.

These pirates consisted of dozens of small groups with a few small sampans, and thousands of large groups with dozens of large and small ships.

After these pirates were caught, they were all hanged to death in Qiongzhou Port and Guangzhou Port, where the pirates are the most ferocious.

Seeing this, the caravans in the past all applauded, thinking that although the Huben army collected high taxes, there was a reason for the high taxes.

Look at the pirates that the Zhao and Song Dynasty had banned for so many years and failed to ban them. It didn't take long for the Huben Army to take over, and the effect was very significant.

The most rare thing is that if there is a record of paying customs duties at Huben Army, and you can prove that the goods were indeed lost by you, the stolen goods recovered by Huben Army will be returned in full.

This is no longer as simple as suppressing pirates with force, but an official and military behavior that truly maintains the security of this sea area.

Undoubtedly, this will be of great help to the restoration of maritime trade.

It can be expected that in the near future, the trade volume in this sea area will definitely increase dramatically.

On this day, Li Cun, who had already arranged for Wu Jie and others to lead the Habayashi Army and civilian husbands to assemble in Xiping Prefecture, saw that he still had some time, so he returned to Guangzhou Port with his personal guards and part of the East China Sea Navy.

in fact--

This is not the first time Li Cun has come to Guangzhou Port.

——Li Cun was not referring to the time when he was engaged in maritime trade.

In fact, before going south to Qiongzhou, Li Cun had already been to Guangzhou Port once.

Not only Guangzhou Port, Li Cun also went to Quanzhou Port, and Li Cun even went to Liuqiu to see how Baokang's reclamation was going.

However, because Li Cun was more anxious to go south before, Li Cun did not stay in Guangzhou Port and other places for too long.

Now, while there is still some time, Li Cun wants to take care of the matter here in Guangzhou Port.

——The foundation of Quanzhou Port was laid by Li Cun himself, and Li Cun took a long time to recover it, so there must be no problem, and all the ports above Quanzhou Port are relatively close to Hangzhou, Li Cun can usually handle it, only Guangzhou Port and Li Cun of Qiongzhou Port is a bit beyond his reach. Now that Qiongzhou Port has been cleaned by Yu Guangda and is starting to be rebuilt, there must be no problem. In this way, the only thing that may go wrong is the newly recovered Guangzhou Port that has not been cleaned up much.

Therefore, even though Li Cun sent his cheap father-in-law Tong Shu here as the magistrate, Li Cun still had to come over and check it out in person.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how seriously Li Cun takes maritime trade.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Guangzhou has always been an important port city for China's foreign trade. It used to be the starting point of China's Maritime Silk Road. By this time, Guangzhou had developed into a world-renowned oriental port.

Liu Yu, the Empress of the Southern Han Dynasty, set fire to the palace treasury when the Song army attacked the city. In the following decades, Guangzhou, which lost its status as the capital, gradually collapsed.

During the reigns of Song Zhenzong and Song Renzong, Guangzhou City has gradually recovered the atmosphere of a coastal city.

Later, Shi Qixu, an official, reported that Guangzhou, a city full of Han merchants but lacking in defense, was being harassed by more and more pirates.

Therefore, in the fifth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, Wei Guan, the new prefect, first based on the old city of the Southern Han Dynasty, overhauled the sub-city, dug wells and dredged Hao, built sluice gates in East and West Australia, and placed crossbows on the city walls.The newly restored Zicheng extends to Cangbian Road in the east, Huaningli, Liushuijing and Longzang Street in the west, Danan Road and Wenming Road in the south, and Yuehua Road in the north.

After that, after decades and generations of construction, the three cities of Guangzhou (ie Zicheng, Dongcheng and Xicheng) gradually took shape.

After Li Cun inspected the three cities of Guangzhou, he told Tong Shu and other officials in Guangzhou that the city of Guangzhou should continue to be expanded and that Guangzhou should be built into an important port city to welcome the era of great navigation that was destined to come.

Li Cun listened to Tong Shu's report again: "The biggest threat to Guangzhou at present is the Daxishan Islanders. They attacked Guangzhou not long ago. I hope the governor will send some soldiers to garrison Guangzhou..."

The unification war in the early Song Dynasty was a period of rapid development of the navy in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, with the end of the war and the shift of strategic focus to the north, the status of the navy in the Zhao and Song Dynasties declined.

After the basic unification of the Northern Song Dynasty, both the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army had water armies. The Forbidden Army water army was mainly stationed in Kaifeng, the capital, and the Dengzhou area across the sea from the Liaodong Peninsula of the Liao Kingdom; the Xiang Army water army was mainly distributed along the river in the south. coastal area.

At the beginning, when Confucius regained Guangzhou, there were a thousand Guangnan naval patrols stationed here in Guangzhou.

How can this Xiang army be enough for the South China Sea Navy?
After World War I, the Guangnan Patrol Navy surrendered and was reorganized by the Huben Army.

After that, the South China Sea Navy sent out a 1000-person ship to station at the original Guangnan Patrol Navy station.

These human boats are barely enough to maintain law and order, but Tong Shu still feels unsafe, he is afraid that the sturdy Daxishan islanders will unite with pirates to attack Guangzhou Port.

You know, the current transshipment volume of Guangzhou Port is very amazing, and with Li Cun's governance, there will definitely be more and more in the future. It is hard to guarantee that the Daxishan Islanders and pirates will not be jealous.

Li Cun felt that Tong Shu was right to worry, and promised to send another thousand sailors to him after he finished cleaning up Champa and Annan, and he would send someone from the Ministry of War to recruit a command army for him.

Li Cun encouraged Tong Shu and other Guangzhou officials to work hard, saying that if they develop well, he will promote Guangzhou to the government.

After finishing the official business, Tong Shu asked, "How is Zhen'er?"

Li Cun said: "Very well, but the little girl Yushui gets sick from time to time, but after my concubine Chen takes care of her, she is well."

Li Cun said again: "I forgot to tell you that Zhen'er is pregnant again."

Tong Shu was very happy after hearing this, and praised: "The governor is really majestic."

Li Cun asked: "Guangzhou is suffering, otherwise I will transfer you back to Hangzhou?"

Tong Shu said: "It's a blessing for me to serve as an official and benefit one party."

Although Tong Shu was demoted, at the beginning of Li Cun's army, he made great contributions.

Besides, there is the connection of virginity in it.

So the two talked a lot.

Li Cun sighed, fortunately he didn't kill Tong Shu at the beginning.

Tong Shu also sighed, saying that he wanted to be loyal to Song Dynasty at that time, but he didn't have the courage.

Li Cun told Tong Shu not to take this matter too seriously. Now almost [-]% of the officials here are officials from the Song Dynasty, and there will be more and more officials like him.

In the afternoon, Li Cun and Tong Shu went to inspect the north bank of the Pearl River. Tong Shu said that the opposite bank is Daxishan Island. If there is siltation, the islanders on the opposite side will come to plunder the people, so he wants to build east and west along the city wall to the south. "Wild Wild Goose City", begged Li Cun to allocate some money to him.

Li Cun still gave Tong Shu face, and promised to allocate 20 yuan to him, and let him figure out the rest.

Just when Li Cun and Tong Shu were about to go back, Xu Xiang, a local tycoon, came to see Li Cun in a hurry.

Tong Shu said: "This man is a well-known man in Guangzhou. He has a lot of money and likes to make friends with heroes in the world. Not long ago, he took the initiative to report and expose two groups of pirates."

Li Cun heard the words and asked Xu Xiang to come over.

Xu wanted to come to Li Cun with great courtesy, and he said that he had a good plan to eradicate the scourge of pirates, but now it was dark, so he asked Li Cun to go to his house to rest for a while, and he would report in detail.

Tong Shu advised Li Cun to forget about it, and it would be the same to ask Xu Xiang to report to the city tomorrow.

But Li Cun didn't know what he was thinking, so he agreed to go to Xu Xiang's house to sit.

Xu Xiang was very attentive, not only arranged a sumptuous banquet for Li Cun, but also arranged for Li Cun to dance with the singers in his house.

During this process, there was a singer who didn't know how to dance at all, so she just made up for it.

Naturally, this diva attracted everyone's attention.

But Xu Xiang not only did not punish the singer, but also asked her to take off her veil so that Li Cun could see her face.

I saw this singer, very tall, with white skin, three-dimensional facial features, beautiful and coquettish.

This is not the most peculiar thing, the most peculiar thing is that this diva also has charming yellow hair and a pair of big sapphire-like eyes.

She turned out to be a typical western beauty.

Xu Xiang introduced: "Her name is Annie, she was a big cannibal who was going to present it to the King of Chenla, and was rescued by a villain friend, and later the villain friend gave her to the villain, and the villain asked his mother-in-law to test it. Absolutely perfect body, if the governor likes her, the villain will dedicate her to the governor."

Hearing this, Li Cun smiled and said, "Then tell her to come here."

Xu wanted to call Annie to accompany Li Cun immediately.

Xu Xiang didn't forget about others, he waved his hand, and the rest of the singers went to accompany Tong Shu, Chen Kuutong, Tong Ji and others.

At the same time, there was also a singer who was about the same height as Liang Hongyu, with a well-proportioned and well-proportioned figure, walking towards Xu Xiang.

But at this moment, Li Cunyi pointed to the singer who was walking towards Xu Xiang, and said with a smile, "I want this too."

As soon as Li Cun said this, the smile on Xu Xiang's face obviously froze, and he subconsciously glanced at the singer, and the other singers also showed signs of alertness.

The singer glanced at Xu Xiang without a trace, and Xu Xiang quickly said to the singer: "The governor has taken a fancy to you, it's your luck, go and accompany the governor quickly."

So, the singer and Annie came to Li Cun's side together, and the other singers also went to accompany Tong Shu and others.

Surprisingly, Li Cun did not touch the gorgeous Annie first, but embraced the singer in his arms.

Seeing this, Xu Xiang's pupils shrank, and the movements of the other singers obviously froze.

At this time, the singer Li Cun hugged slowly sat on Li Cun's lap, and wrapped her hands around Li Cun's neck, as if she was acting like a baby, but there was an imperceptible murderous look in her voice: " The governor is really desperate."

Li Cun smiled and said, "It's not because I'm desperate, it's really a rare opportunity."

The singer heard the words, and asked in a deep voice: "What does the governor mean?"

Annie on the side also said in not fluent Chinese: "Hey, Dadu, why do you only hug her and not me? Am I not beautiful?"

Without turning his head, Li Cun said, "You are very good, but no matter how good you are, how can you compare with Hong Gu?"

Speaking of this, Li Cun looked at the singer in his arms with a half-smile, and asked, "Yes, Honggu, the Dan family thief."

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(End of this chapter)