Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 252 Territorial Sea
Wang Yan knew very well about Long Feiyu's deeds in Lingnan.It's a pity that Long Feiyu himself never said anything about Lingnan.And Wang Yan added a novel technique to polish it, and let a few half-grown children listen to it as a story.

After five years, I came to Guangzhou City again, although things have changed.But there is a lot of life here, the originally barren fields have now turned into green seedlings.

Just as a group of people bypassed Guantian and headed towards Guangzhou City, someone shouted: "The governor is back." Apparently they had already regarded Long Feiyu as a Lingnan native, and this place has been a place of exile since ancient times.With Long Feiyu, this place can no longer be used as a place of exile.

With a shout, the originally peaceful city of Guangzhou suddenly became lively.The common people flocked out of the city to welcome Long Feiyu's return.

Looking at the surging crowd, Yuan Hong felt for the first time that his father had such a high prestige in the hearts of the people.Ever since I could remember, Long Feiyu's days in Longfu were few and far between, and the children of Long's family complained a lot.Seeing how enthusiastic the people are, Yuan Hong and Zhong Fei changed their minds.

Mixed with the cheers of the people, Yang Taishou led the officials in Guangzhou out of the city gate.Long Feiyu led a group of officials to stand aside to welcome Long Feiyu's arrival.

Seeing Taishou Yang come out to meet him, Long Feiyu also rode from the back of the team to the front.He smiled and said, "Master Yang, I haven't seen you for a few years and you still look the same."

Taishou Yang hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, Hong Fu, if it weren't for your lord, how could our Lingnan develop so fast."

"Hehe, Master Yang, don't underestimate yourself. Without your governance, Lingnan would not be able to undergo such changes. By the way, are the ships you prepared ready?"

"It has already been prepared, and the adults can go to sea at any time."

"Well, I won't go into the city. There are so many people here, so going into the city will inevitably cause trouble."

Long Feiyu said while waving to the people who came out of the city to greet him, while leading the people around the city.Straight to the beach.

Due to the support of the country this time, there were tens of thousands of caravans following.There is a large cargo ship that Long Feiyu is in charge of manufacturing, and this trip to sea is huge.

As it was the first time to go to sea, the children were very excited.Running back and forth across the deck.But as soon as they walked out of the coastline for tens of miles, they became quiet.The endless sea and rough waves made several people dizzy.

I no longer have the passion I had when I first boarded the boat.

On the sea area, a group of men dressed in costumes of the Tang Dynasty paddled boats several feet long and wandered in the sea. Behind them, a group of boats of the same size just trailed behind them, firing a few arrows from time to time.

A man who seemed to be the leader on the boat in front said loudly: "Quick row, as long as you get close to the coast, even if they catch up, it won't help."

Obviously there is no need for men to direct at this time, these people already know what to do.On the largest ship not far behind, a middle-aged man dressed in Japanese service said to the young man next to him: "Boss, these Tang people have already entered the Tang Dynasty's waters. If we rush after them and be discovered by the Tang army, we will be in trouble." .”

"The waters of the Tang Dynasty? Did they say that they are theirs? There is no boundary in the sea. This group of hateful Tang people dare to plunder our population. If they are caught, such things will happen in the future."

"But these people were trafficked by those patriarchs with a license. Even if we capture them back, it won't help."

"Then don't take them back. The sea area is vast. Who knows what will happen on the sea. Our population is small, and the Tang Dynasty came here again and again to plunder. If things go on like this, how will our nation continue? You lead a dozen A boat flanked the past. Don't let these Tang Dynasty people get away."

"Yes"

Following the young man's order, a group of people paddled sideways and outflanked the past from the sea.Tang Jun in front didn't notice that the Japanese soldiers behind him were approaching, but just rowed to avoid them.

There are not many capable fighters on their ship, most of them are women bought from Japan.Due to the imperial government's decree, people who originally relied on human trafficking for a living suffered a devastating blow.

The trafficking of Tang people is not allowed, but foreigners of different races are still not included.As long as you try your best to get foreign women into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, you will be protected by the Tang law. As long as you marry the woman, the woman can obtain the household registration of the Tang Dynasty.

Whether these trafficked women are sold to bachelors without wives, or to Goulanyuan.The imperial court would not even ask about it. There are countless women from surrounding countries who yearn for the Tang Dynasty. When they hear that they can rush to the Tang Dynasty, they will naturally not resist too much.

Anyway, it is better to marry a Tang Dynasty person to eat and drink than to stay in his hometown and suffer.Women think this way, but men do not. A man who wants to obtain Tang nationality must make contributions to the Tang Dynasty in order to obtain household registration.If it is useless, it can only exist as a slave.

Therefore, when women of this race are trafficked into the Tang Dynasty, these men of other races will try their best to stop them.It was the same this time. Tang Ren didn't pay much attention to the number of ships behind him, but suddenly an enemy ship appeared in front of them, which made them lose their way forward.

Seeing that he was about to reach Tang Jing, he was blocked.He looked at the ships behind him, but was blocked again in front.The leading man said cruelly: "Speed ​​up and rush over."

Seeing the enemy rushing, the Japanese soldiers blocking the way hurriedly dropped ropes from the boats to connect the boats.After all, the impact of a ship is limited, and the rest of the ships cannot move forward if the way forward is blocked.

Seeing that the ship was intercepted, the leading Tang Jun man rushed to the other party's ship with his men.The two sides began hand-to-hand combat.

However, it is clear that these Dongying people have been wandering at sea for a long time, and their combat capabilities are far from what these Tang Dynasty merchants can match.At this time, the following ships had also surrounded them.

A great battle broke out in an instant, and seeing his companions fall one after another, the leading man from the Tang Dynasty was heartbroken.The leading Dongying man was overjoyed.Shouted in Japanese: "Kill, kill them all. Yes... yes, that's how it is cut."

The middle-aged man on the side gestured with his hands from time to time, and wantonly commanded the soldiers to kill the young man who was dancing.The young man didn't care about the middle-aged man's gesture at all, but he felt that the soldiers who were killing wantonly stopped, and the young man also felt that something was wrong.

Subconsciously glanced around, it didn't matter.I don't know when there was a large area of ​​darkness on the sea, and the ship that looked like a giant had surrounded them.

On the surrounding decks, a group of soldiers stretched their bows and arrows, ready to shoot at any time.

Although the young man was angry, he was not stupid.Without waiting for his order, the soldiers threw away their weapons early in the morning.But they stopped the Tang people on the opposite side, but they didn't intend to let them go. With the presence of the Tang Dynasty army, they were full of confidence, and cut down the group of Japanese soldiers closest to them with their hands raised.

Tang Jun barely disembarked, and those Tang people had already controlled the situation and tied the young man and the middle-aged man together.

Seeing these people being escorted onto the boat, Qin Huaiyu, who had slowly regained his strength and woke up from seasickness, wondered, "Uncle Long, why are there Dongying people here?"

Long Feiyu looked at Dongying Ren who was being held in front of him and said, "Ask them."

The middle-aged man said in broken Chinese: "Respect the generals of the Tang Dynasty, we have no intention of offending. It is only because the merchants of your country robbed thousands of women from our Dongying, that we had no choice but to go to sea to pursue them. Dongying has always been a vassal of your country However, the actions of businessmen in your country are really treasonous. The Tang law clearly stipulates that human trafficking is not allowed. They are clearly flouting the Tang law by doing so."

"Is that so?" Long Feiyu looked at the leader of the Tang Dynasty with a slightly majestic gaze.

The Tang Dynasty man hurriedly knelt down on the tunnel and said: "General, I am wronged. The Tang law stipulates that human trafficking is not allowed for various reasons. But it is aimed at the Tang people. Long Xiang said that no matter in any way, as long as you marry a foreign woman, the Tang Dynasty Recognize their identities. The Dongying women we brought back were sold to us by their patriarchs. They were not looted."

"Oh, so you're saying that your looting of the population was ordered by the dragon?"

"No, it's just that there is no law that prohibits buying and selling women of different races. It is not illegal for us to do so."

"Hmph, are you taking advantage of the law? You must know that human trafficking is a capital crime."

"The law stipulates that trafficking people with Tang registration is a capital crime. These Dongying women do not have Tang registration. Our trafficking is not illegal."

"Qin Huaiyu, Luo Yong, how do you two think we should handle this matter?"

Qin Huaiyu looked at Luo Yong and said, "I think these businessmen are only looking for profit, and human trafficking is a capital crime. They should be executed."

"How about you, Rayong?"

"The law of the Tang Dynasty does not stipulate that women of different races cannot be sold. I think that although this Tang Dynasty businessman's practice is a bit inappropriate, it has also made a certain contribution to the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty. Human trafficking is not recommended, but increasing the population is a good thing. .I think this matter can neither be punished nor rewarded. Just let nature take its course."

Long Feiyu nodded in satisfaction and said: "Luo Yong's idea is very good. You must remember that we are Tang people. No matter what we do, we must first think from the perspective of Tang people. Things that violate morality but are not illegal, we We can only restrain and condemn him with morality, but we cannot convict him. A gentleman has his way of life, and a villain has his way of life. We can’t generalize. This world is due to the fact that there are all kinds of people with different desires. Only in this way can the world move forward, and we can’t stop everything just because we don’t like it. Natural selection, survival of the fittest. As long as it benefits my Tang Dynasty, it is good.”

Long Feiyu's explanation made the Tang man finally feel relieved, but the Dongying man said dissatisfied: "Don't you Tang people advocate equality for everyone? Why do you treat us differently?"

"You're right, our equality is only for us Tang people themselves. Of course you foreigners are not included, although these Tang merchants have done something wrong. But you have already violated the law if you chased us within the territorial waters of the Tang Dynasty." If you kidnap these people outside the territorial sea, we have nothing to say, but at this time you have entered the territorial waters of my Tang Dynasty, so you will be punished by my Tang law."

"Territorial sea? Absurd, we have only heard about territorial waters, how come territorial seas, besides, the coastline is so long, where is your Datang's territorial sea, how do we know?"

"I don't know? Are you not from Dongying? Your army lost to my Tang army in the Silla generation naval battle. Since then, there have been regulations, and all along the coastline of Dongying country belongs to my Tang Dynasty's territorial waters. Also That is to say, as soon as you enter the sea area, you have already set foot in the territorial waters of my Tang Dynasty. It’s okay if you don’t find it, but we have clearly seen you at this time. Therefore, you will be punished for the crime of invasion.”

"Absurd, you Tang people are too domineering. This sea is so vast, can you occupy it all?"

"Then don't bother you, at least you don't have any territorial waters in Dongpu now."

(End of this chapter)