Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 157 Liu Bowen Returns

Li Song stood under a willow tree on the edge of Chaohu Lake, looked at the rippling lake water, and said to Xu Chu behind him: "Zhongkang! Go and call Zhongda here."

Chaohu Lake, also known as Nanchao Lake and Juchao Lake, is commonly called Jiaohu Lake by the locals. It belongs to the Yangtze River system. Li Song's current station is only less than three meters away from his naval base.

"Promise!" Xu Chu clasped his fists in salute, and turned to look for Gao Shun. Not long after, Xu Chu led Gao Shun to Li Song's back.

"Gao Shun, see the prime minister!" Gao Shun saluted Li Song.

Li Song turned back and helped Gao Shun up, who was bent over to salute, and asked, "Zhongda! How is the sailor's affairs going? Where are the armors, warships, etc.?"

"Report to the Prime Minister! This time, many craftsmen have been recruited. Under the rush of work day and night, the camp for the living and training of the sailors is almost completed."

"Returning to the prime minister, under the day and night rush of the craftsmen, three-quarters of the armor and weapons can be equipped for the recruits. In terms of ships, three battleships have been built, and the building boats have only made some parts. Yang Changshi that Only 500 sailors have been recruited, and the naval reserve has been fully recruited." Gao Shun hastily introduced the work progress to Li Song.

Li Song also knew that these were not so easy to accomplish. After all, the naval army was different from the army. He only needed to be given some weapons and equipment, and after a simple training, he could go to the battlefield.

Li Song continued to ask: "How is the recruit training going?"

"Back to the prime minister, the newly recruited reserve soldiers have never slackened in training for a moment. In time, they can fight for the prime minister in all directions and pacify the world." Gao Shun said hastily.

Although Li Song has some regrets for such an achievement, he is still satisfied. After all, with the current level of technology, they have done their best to achieve this step.

"Zhongda! How about walking with me?" Li Song turned his head and said to Gao Shun.

"Everything is up to the Prime Minister! Please, Prime Minister!" Gao Shun bowed his hands.

"Yeah!" Li Song hummed lightly, and walked along Jiaohu Lake, admiring the scenery of Jiaohu Lake. Gao Shun, Xu Chu and others followed behind Li Song, looking at several fishing boats in the lake. , swim in this lake.

"Prime Minister! After the navy base is completed, I will order people to expel all these fishermen and prohibit them from fishing here." Gao Shun saw that Li Song was engrossed, and he misunderstood what Li Song meant, and hurriedly said.

"No need!" Li Song turned around and said, "If you don't let them fish, what will they eat? These fishermen rely on whitebait, beautiful white shrimp, and river crabs in this lake to support their families. If you do this, you will be broke." Their way of life!"

"If we do this, how is it different from Yuan Shu? Zhongda, remember! There is an old saying: a king is a boat; a man is water; water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

"As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to drink water, if we cut off the living conditions of these fishermen, they will sooner or later become the water that will wipe us out."

"The last general has been taught! Please forgive me, Prime Minister!" Gao Shun hastily bowed his hands and saluted, sincerely admitting his mistake.

Gao Shun sighed inwardly, if it wasn't for seeing the prime minister, you look strange, why would I be such a villain!Well, this time I was preached instead.

Li Song was very satisfied with Gao Shun's attitude of admitting his mistakes, and was about to say a few more words to teach Gao Shun, after all, there were not many opportunities to teach like this, and the other party was someone like Gao Shun.

At this time, from the direction of Hefei City, a fast horse galloped towards Li Song. It stopped not far from Li Song, and one of them flew off the horse. He quickly came to Li Song and knelt down on one knee to salute Li Song.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Master Liu has arrived in Hefei City, Master Xu ordered me to come and report to the Prime Minister!"

"Oh! Bowen is back! Did he come back alone, or with others?" Li Song asked.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Lord Shang Shuling came to Hefei City with an adult from Yanzhou, and Lord Xu ordered me to come and report as soon as possible!" the man said.

"Okay! I got it! You go back to the business first! I'll go back to the city later, remember, tell Mr. Xu to treat them well." Li Song said, the lord from Yanzhou he was talking about should be Wei Zheng , Counting the days, they did arrive at this time.

"No!" The man clasped his fists in reply, immediately got up and walked quickly to the side of the horse, got on the horse, turned the horse's head, and headed towards Hefei City.

"Zhongda! I'll leave the matter here to you!" After Li Song finished speaking, he said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang! Let's return to Hefei City quickly."

"No!" Gao Shun and Xu Chu clasped their fists and saluted. Xu Chu hurriedly prepared Li Song's horse for returning to the city, and under the escort of Xu Chu's personal guards, he headed towards Hefei City.

Gao Shun watched Li Song leave until he could no longer see Li Song and his party, then glanced at Jiaohu, then turned back. After all, there were still many things he needed to do in the navy base.

As soon as Li Song returned to Hefei City, someone quickly reported the matter to Xu Maogong and the others. Xu Maogong and the others had been waiting for Li Song at the gate of the mansion early in the morning.

"See Prime Minister!" Li Song got off his horse on the avenue in front of the mansion, Xu Maogong and others hurriedly saluted and saw!

"You don't need to be too polite!" Li Song walked up the steps, came to the door and said to Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen and others. Everyone got up and stood aside. Li Song looked at Liu Bowen, "Bowen! This trip to Yanzhou! You have worked hard all the way!"

"Doing things for the Lord! It's not hard!" Liu Bowen stroked his beard and smiled slightly.

"Hahaha!" Li Song laughed and said, "Berwen, I don't like you like this! Hard work is hard work. How can you say such things against your will just because you work for me."

"Ji, remember the prime minister's instruction! I will definitely not have such a theory against my will again, but speaking of it, the journey was exhausting, and it was really hard work." Liu Bowen saluted.

Li Song looked at Liu Bowen, an ordinary-looking man in official uniform, and the word "Wei Zheng" immediately appeared in his mind, and Li Song knew that the person in front of him was the person he asked Liu Bowen to find in Yanzhou.

Wei Zheng was a statesman, thinker, writer and historian in the early Tang Dynasty. He was a famous figure who assisted Tang Taizong to create the rule of Zhenguan.

In Li Song's cognition, Wei Zheng is an admonisher who has no difference in appearance from ordinary people, but is very courageous and strategic, and even if he offends Tang Taizong's Longyan, he dares to speak out.

Even if Tang Taizong was half-dead in anger, he was merciless in admonishing him. Tang Taizong was so angry that he almost killed him many times, but he still persisted without changing his face, and advised the emperor until Tang Taizong changed his mind. give up.

Although Wei Zheng is a talented person, can he bear his stubborn temper?well!It's better to take a step and look at it. It's a big deal, just don't keep him by your side, Li Song thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)