Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 739

Jia Xian said: "Master Xu needs to recruit too many talents of all kinds to run the academy according to His Majesty's will. I'm afraid it will be difficult to run Xiangfu Academy for a while."

Ye Chen frowned and thought for a while, then said, "We can't wait any longer, are you talented... Maybe we can attract them to Xiangfu Academy faster by setting up the academy first."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused for a moment and said: "Let's not talk about this, Liu Jinyuan has sent someone to send a letter, rested at sea for a month, and is ready to attack Japan. Japan has a lot of gold, silver, and copper. It seems that there are not many. But their craftsman skills are not good, and they don’t know much about mining and prospecting, so the money used since the Sui Dynasty has been transported back by boats from my Chinese dynasties and used as their currency. Therefore , as long as Japan is taken down, not only will the financial crisis of our Xiangfu country be resolved, but the gold and silver of the Japanese country can be used to quickly make our Xiangfu country rise in the northwest."

"In addition, if gold and silver are made into coins by die forging, even if they are only half of their actual value, and the rest are mixed with copper or other metals to make them appear lighter, they can still be used. As long as no one can imitate them, they are exquisite enough. That's fine. With our Xiangfu country's own coins, the financial expenditure can be reduced by more than half. It's just that in a short period of time, the people in the research department have not been able to research hydraulic mechanical die forging."

Three years ago, when Ye Chen attacked the Southern Han Dynasty, he snatched it from the remnants of Tianyi Yidao, who was about to transport the huge wealth in the treasury of the Southern Han Dynasty to Tianyi Holy Island. Ye Chen did not hand over the huge wealth at that time. Instead, Du Qianqiu, the deputy envoy of the Reconnaissance Department of the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department at that time, took people to a deserted island overseas and hid it quietly. Wealth was used at critical moments, including the state affairs of the Song court.

It didn't take long for the Huaxia Weifu to investigate the location of Tianyi Island, and sent experts to the island to kill the remnants of Tianyi Island, and rescued more than 20 people on the island who had been enslaved by Tianyi for more than 1 years, and developed into a Overwhelmed the peripheral forces of Huaxia Weifu.Of course, Tianyi Island was also occupied by Huaxia Weifu Jiu, and became Ye Chen's secret overseas stronghold.

Later, Ye Chen considered that the Song Dynasty would go to war with Khitan in the future. If a navy could go north to Bohai Bay by sea, it would be very threatening to Khitan and also of great strategic significance.So Ye Chen asked Du Qianqiu and Liu Jinyuan to use this wealth to build a shipyard on Tianyi Island, transport various armor and weapons, and select 1 young and middle-aged men from among the more than 3000 people for training. Cheng Shuijun.At the same time, the Dajiang Gang also selected more than [-] core gang members on Dajiang to conduct regular naval training.

During this process, Du Qianqiu was lured by Zhao Guangyi in the process of going back to Kaifeng to report to Ye Chen. Controlled him with Gu insects.It was also since then that Ye Chen valued and trusted Hu Sanguang more and more.

More than a month ago, Liu Jinyuan led more than 3000 Jiang Gang sailors to go to sea in more than 50 river-sea dual-purpose ships. After coming to Tianyi Island, he became familiar with sea navigation and naval warfare.

Now that more than a month has passed, Liu Jinyuan's more than 3000 troops have finished reorganization and running-in with Liu Jinyuan's [-] navy divisions, and all the preliminary work for conquering the Japanese kingdom has been completed.

In this day and age, the saying that maritime merchants harm places may still sound funny to most people, but those with a little knowledge will think that this is a means of hoarding by merchants.But Liu Jinyuan understood that none of the merchants sailing at sea did not prepare swords, guns, bows and crossbows under the cabin, and would not go to sea without some armed forces.Some unscrupulous businessmen may change their jobs to become pirates at any time when they are at sea.Liu Jinyuan knew that the location of Goryeo and Wa Kingdom just formed a triangle, and there was a group of quite powerful pirates on Dadong Island, which was more than 300 miles away from Wa Kingdom. .

Today, the Dongfang Sea Road trade is the largest with the Song Dynasty and Khitan, but the Wa Kingdom is also an important trade partner. Merchant ships from Nanyang will also dock in Dadong, selling Nanyang spices, gems and other commodities, and buying Raw silk, porcelain, silk, etc., and then transferred to Wa country via Dadong Island, and traded again. After selling part of the goods, they could exchange some platinum, or buy Wa country knives, fans and other special products, and then went straight back to Nanyang and Song Dynasty.It can be said that Dadong Island is a road to making money in the East China Sea.
And all businessmen who went to Japan from Nanyang and Song Dynasty had to pay taxes to this group of pirates, otherwise the goods would be looted and all the people on board would be killed.

"...According to reports from the spies sent by our Nanfu to Japan and sneaked into Dadong Island, the pirate forces on Dadong Island are known as the Dadong Gang. There are all kinds of pirates, only half of them are Japanese, and the other half are Koreans, Song people, Khitan people, and even Nanyang people. They are all vicious pirates." In the largest mansion on Tianyi Island, Liu Jinyuan told Du Qianqiu Said.

Du Qianqiu smiled and said: "I have been eyeing this Dadong Island for a long time. Our Tianyi Island is located in the East China Sea, and it is still too far away from the Wa Kingdom. It is extremely inconvenient to supply food, fresh water and other supplies, so we We must first establish a base in the sea within three hundred miles from the Wa Kingdom, and this Dadong Island is the most suitable place for us to establish a base. Therefore, before we attack the Wa Kingdom, we must first take Dadong Island Next. Regarding this point, I arranged for people to sneak into Dadong Island as early as a year ago, which can be used as internal support."

Liu Jinyuan clasped his fists and said, "Master Du is indeed far-sighted."

Du Qianqiu said: "Your Majesty Liu didn't know something. His Majesty said two years ago that he would attack the Wa Kingdom sooner or later. So I started to prepare for this matter more than a year ago."

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Big East Island.

On April [-]th, just as it was getting dark, two four-masted ships, with twelve sails fully spread out, mustered the wind and galloped towards the island. The flag, but a warning signal was issued, and three people immediately climbed to the top of the nearby hill and looked into the distance.

Soon, a pirate from the Dadong Gang shouted: "It's our ship, Mr. Qi must have returned from a runaway."

When the pirates below heard this, they immediately relaxed and went to do their own things.

The boat traveled fast, and was very familiar with the water conditions of Dadong Island. It turned left and right like a fish swimming in the swirling reefs, and soon came to the shore. Feet on the soft sand.

Several pirates greeted with a smile: "Mr. Qi seems to have gained a lot this time, what good things did he bring to the brothers?"

Mr. Qi who got off the boat said lightly: "This time I brought a lot of good wine from the Song Dynasty to the brothers. Let the brothers taste it tonight."

When the pirates heard that there was good wine to drink, they immediately cheered.

It has been more than a year since Mr. Qi joined the Dadong Gang. His main task is to transport some goods looted from Dadong Island to sell the stolen goods, and purchase some daily necessities from Japan, Koryo or Song to return to the island.

As usual, Mr. Qi went to see the leader of the Dadong Gang, Heishan Erlang, reported the business on the trip, and after handing in the money he earned, he said casually: "The leader of the Heishan Gang, this time I am going to the Song Dynasty. A cargo ship in the wine business was robbed by the brothers. A lot of good wine was brought back, and the subordinates will ask the brothers to send it to the gang leader and brothers to taste later. "

When Heishan Erlang heard that there was good wine, his eyes lit up immediately, he laughed, and said, "Hurry up and bring it to me, let me taste it." Because one-third of his subordinates are Han Chinese, Heishan Erlang said in Chinese very neat,

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When having dinner in the evening, there are good wines brought by Mr. Qi on the dining tables of Dadong Island.

Heishan Erlang was extremely cautious. Before he and his brothers drank, he got a Japanese slave imprisoned on the island to test the wine first.After making sure that there is nothing wrong with drinking, they order to drink alcohol, and clearly limit the amount of alcohol that each person can drink to ensure that they are not drunk, and also arrange some people who are responsible for night patrols not to drink.

After arranging these things personally, Jiro Heishan couldn't wait to drink.

Looking for someone to try wine is not because Heishan Erlang doesn't trust Mr. Qi, but because of his personality and habits.Just like in the past four or five years, although only when there were less than [-] people under their command at the beginning, Waguo and Goryeo sent troops to the island three times to try to deal with them. Except for the Dadong Gang, no one hit their lair.But he still keeps a vigilant heart at all times.In fact, for so many years, his vigilance has virtually made some forces who tried to deal with him retreat.

There are several bonfires in front of Mr. Qi's courtyard, grilling fish and shrimps, as well as the fat chicken and goose, donkey meat and pork legs brought back from the land this time, all grilled on the fire, sprinkle some salt, Roasted sizzlingly oily, the meat is full of fragrance.

The hillside in the courtyard where Mr. Qi lives is on the east side of Dadong Island. At night, the wind blows from the mainland to the sea. Even so, the smell of meat can still be carried to the noses of the Dadong bandits patrolling on the beach. Make them salivate.Jiuxiang, Rouxiang and more than 100 subordinates of Mr. Qi talked and laughed unscrupulously and had a great time.

A group of patrolling pirates passed by not far away with their swords and guns in their arms. Seeing their happy faces, they spat a few times in displeasure.

Mr. Qi led several subordinates, lying in the dark, observing the situation of the pirates on the beach. Mr. Qi turned his head and said in a low voice: "The interval between each patrol team is a stick of incense. There are three patrol teams in total. , 15 people in each team, remember? Let the brothers be more cheerful and make them come over."

"okay!"

Mr. Qi's subordinates agreed, and the chatting and laughing became louder, and they even sang a folk song.

(End of this chapter)