Prime Minister take care

Chapter 307
Chuhou Mansion.

The dark night is silent, the fog is thin and the moon is light.

In Cai Tong's residence, the curtains were floating, guards were patrolling around, and a shadow quietly moved in.

With a soft sound, Cai Tong opened his eyes, dragged his weak body and slowly sat up, looking at the black figure kneeling in front of him.

"Fan Yue, you're here!"

"Lord!"

Fan Yue, dressed in black, knelt on the ground with one knee and bowed his hands.

"What happened to what I asked you to investigate?"

"Yun Qu has begun to secretly contact Yun's generals in various places, and the soldiers and horses in Ximi City have also begun to prepare for war. Moreover, Yun Qu seems to be secretly colluding with Liang Jun in the north."

"Really?"

A look of worry appeared on Cai Tong's face. The power of the Yun clan is deeply rooted in Jingzhou. It is he who has been constantly changing their people over the past ten years, using poor scholars and casual cultivators, but he wants to completely cut off from the Yun clan. , but not that easy.

"In addition, I also found out that the Yun clan once sent an assassin to Shu, the specific purpose is unknown."

Cai Tong reached out and took out a box from the short table next to the bed.

"Yun Qu got the news and knew that the Shu navy had collected glazed algae jade, so he wanted to rob it while the Shu army was transporting it."

"How dare they!" Fan Yue felt a surge of anger in his heart, and then he felt that something was wrong. "We tried to break into the bureaucracy of Southwest County several times, but Qingyi stopped us. With Yun Qu alone, his subordinates How could a few people hide this from Qing Yi?"

"Yang Xian wants Yun Qu to know, how could he not know?"

Cai Tong smiled disdainfully, opened the box, and smelled it carefully. The surface of the glazed algae jade was soft and exuded an almost inaudible fishy smell.

"Could it be that Yang Xian designed it on purpose, but why?"

"I don't know either, but it seems that the Yun family has offended Yang Xian. Yang Xian pretended to be Wen Qing and handed this glazed jade into my hands. Although I don't want to, I owe him a huge favor. "

"Lord, what should we do? Do we want to take action against the Yun family?"

Cai Tong shook his head, a little helpless.

"The Yun clan is a big clan in Jingzhou. I was defeated by Huan Wu and lost [-] elites. If we go to war with the Yun clan at this time, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the Chu country. It is not a good choice."

"What does my lord mean?"

"Catch the thief first to capture the king!"

"Yun Qu is cunning, I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to leave his nest."

"Unless I can make him believe that I am seriously ill, confused and will die soon, let him think he can take advantage of it."

"What does my lord mean?"

"Isn't Cai Ji always clamoring to come and serve as medicine?" Cai Tong's eyes turned cold and he closed the box, "It's all a show."

"My subordinates understand!"

Xian City, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Suddenly, Liang Jun's troops approached, and Wen Qing led his troops to Xiangcheng?" When Yang Xian received this military report, he was discussing the naval affairs of the southwest county with a group of ministers in the prime minister's palace.After receiving the news, Yang Xian seemed a little surprised.

"The waters in Chu State are so muddy that Huan Wu also stepped in."

"My lord, this action of the Liang army is very abnormal. The army is approaching, with sufficient weapons and abundant food and grass. The leader of the army is Chu Sui, the general of the Liang army. However, Chu Sui just stationed his troops around Qingyang County. , confronting the Chu army, it seems that they have no intention of taking action in a short time."

Yan Le, who had just submitted the military report, had not yet retreated into the train and was telling everyone the specific situation ahead.

"Huan Wu smelled the smell of blood and was waiting for the situation in Chu to become clear so he could bite a piece of meat."

"Lord, how should we respond?"

"If Huan Wu really gets an advantage, it will be detrimental to us. Isn't that old boy Tong Gu shouting that he has nothing to do? Let him lead his Ying Yang army to Dankou."

"I understand!"

Yan Le retreated into the train, and Huang Yan stood up immediately.

"My lord, the refiners of Qianji Pavilion have teamed up with the craftsmen of Southwest County to renovate two large warships that were paid tribute by the Chu Kingdom these days. However, even if the fleet is completely renovated, our army currently does not have enough soldiers to control it. I suggest that we temporarily The twenty warships sent as tribute by Wu and Chu will be stored in storage first. They will be put into use later when the scale of the Southwest County naval force expands."

Yang Xian nodded and looked at Tang Dafu who was bored.

Even though Tang Dafu became a great master, he still didn't change his old temperament and was used to being casual.In this room, a group of ministers were discussing matters, but he was distracted.

"Tang Dafu, what do you think?"

Tang Dafu woke up from the state of wandering in the sky, cupped his hands and said: "I think it's good."

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All the ministers were speechless, and this one probably didn't even hear it.

Yang Xian smiled, ignored it, and said, "Do you think it is necessary for us to expand our navy?"

"I don't think it will be necessary for the time being." This time Tang Dafu finally heard clearly and said: "The strength of the naval forces of Wu and Chu has been seriously weakened. We have no opponents on the sea. There is no need to continue to increase the size of the fleet in a short period of time. . Furthermore, it is already difficult for our forces to control the existing sea areas. To continue to expand the fleet, we must recruit new navy soldiers. However, an elite navy cannot be trained in a short time."

Most of the navy troops in Southwest County are Jingzhou Chengtian Taoist disciples. They are good at water warfare. Although they have been homeless for many years, their skills have not fallen behind.After boarding the warship, I was able to adapt quickly.But other soldiers couldn't do it. What's more, in the southwestern county, most of the barbarians were afraid of the sea, and most of the refugees had never even touched the sea water. They wanted to recruit new soldiers but lacked soldiers.

Yang Xian waved the feather fan in his hand and said: "In this way, the twenty warships will be temporarily sealed. In addition, the area explored by the navy in Southwest County will be controlled."

The navy in this world is very special. In addition to the navy on the warship, there are also a large number of sea tribes under the warship.

Because of their existence, the fleet's endurance, combat effectiveness, and exploration capabilities have been greatly improved.The most critical thing is that the cost of fleet expedition is greatly reduced.

Southwest County does not need to prepare sufficient food, grass and fresh water for the fleet, and the Sea Tribe slaves can find it on their own.Zhou people did not have the power to collect food in the sea, but the Hai tribe could.

Even if the damage is not particularly serious, the warship does not require special maintenance, and the Sea Tribe slaves can repair it.

However, while the navy in Southwest County brought a lot of wealth, it also caused predatory destruction.It's not that there aren't any Sea Kings as powerful as Modu among the Sea Clan, it's just that they are in the deep sea.

Modu has been entrenched in the East China Sea for many years, constantly intruding on the sea frontiers and causing unrest on the border.Given the vastness of the South China Sea, the naval forces of Southwest County and Haiwangya's men are not enough to completely control it.

Yang Xian thought to himself that with the current strength and the premise that the navy could not continue to expand, it would not be wise to provoke another 'Modu'.

(End of this chapter)