Chapter 511: The Artifact of Conquering One Piece
Li Yu stopped, did not look back, but said in a muffled voice: "How much money can there be in the mere Wu and Yue?"
Being despised, saying anything else is OK, but saying that Wu Yue has no money is simply an insult!
Qian Hongyi said angrily: "The land of Liangzhe has been rich since ancient times, a land of fish and rice, silk, tea, abundant resources, and prosperous trade. It is really ignorant to say that Wu and Yue are poor!"
This guy is really not bragging. The first generation of Wu Yue's king was named Qian Liu. He was named King of Wu at the end of the Tang Dynasty and dominated the two Zhejiang areas. At that time, Liang and Jin in the Central Plains were fighting for power and were extremely fierce. Wu Yue was relatively peaceful. Qian Liu followed the strategy of protecting the land and protecting the people, personally recruited migrant workers, built Qiantang River to defend the sea, and thus "Qiantang was prosperous in the southeast."
In the Taihu Lake Basin, weir gates are built to store floods at the same time, not afraid of drought and flood, and established a maintenance system for water net ditches. As a result, there are many fields and ponds, fertile land, and there is a saying that "the land is beautiful near the lake". It is also encouraged to expand the land reclamation, so "the land is not abandoned in the territory", and the annual maturity is abundant. The people of both Zhejiang call it "Sea Dragon King".
Relying on the solid foundation laid by Qianli, the subsequent generations of Wu Yue Kings honestly maintained their achievements, developed agriculture, culture and trade, and accumulated a rich family foundation!
Qian Hongyi gritted his teeth and said, "As long as the country is willing to send troops, Wu Yue can offer three million stagnant of money and two million stagnant of food!"
Li Yu frowned. Qian Hongyi thought he was still too little, so he gritted his teeth again!
"If you don't have to add another half a million pieces of silk!"
What a wealthy Wu Yue, he took out so many things in one breath.
But Li Yu only has one problem.
"Your country has so much money, grain and silk, why don't you recruit young and strong men, train soldiers, build ships, and compete with Li Hongji for both good and bad? Why do you pray for the Great Zhou to help you?"
Qian Hongyi widened his eyes, "Wu Yue is small and weak, and there are no strong generals and strong soldiers. How can he compete with the Southern Tang Dynasty!" It was really hard for him, and he said it was justified.
Li Yu was left with contempt, "So much money, there is nothing to do. I can only say that you all Wu Yue are all living in the bucket!"
"you!"
The blue veins on Qian Hongyi's temples were blooming, and they were prominent. They argued loudly, saying that the people of Wu and Yue were rich and cultivated their literary virtues, and they were not like the Southern Tang Dynasty. They were easy to kill if they were fighting...
Facing Qian Hongyi's Gao Lun, Li Yu just spat, turned his head and left, too lazy to take a look.
After leaving the inn, Li Yu snorted with his nose. He had always hated his elder brother Li Hongji, thinking that he was ruthless and innocent, killing his father and seizing power, killing his brothers, and his methods were despicable... But at this moment, Li Yu's hatred actually disappeared a lot.
No matter what, Li Hongji can do ruthlessly, have ambitions, and dare to compete with the Great Zhou, at least he still has the bones!
The heart is black, but the spine is straight!
Like Wu Yue, who is soft from top to bottom, is simply a pitiful caterpillar!
Li Yu even felt that if he owned the land of Liangzhe, had millions of people, and had so much money and food, he would definitely take it out to train elite soldiers and fight to the death. Even if he had dried up his blood, he would not be in vain for his life!
I dare not do anything, I can only hope that others can help my life. It’s really useless!
Wu Yue is helpless!
But no one cares about Wu Yue. If so much money and food fall into Li Hongji, there will be tens of thousands of elite soldiers and thousands of ships, what a fortune it will be!
If you can't exert your power in Wu Yue's hands, it would be a bad thing if you get it by Li Hongji.
Li Yu hurriedly reported the matter to Ye Hua.
Ye Hua had a deep brow. He really didn't expect that Wu Yue's family was quite rich. As I have analyzed before, if Li Hongji wanted to continue, he had to rob and kill. If he sat down and swallowed Wu Yue, it would be a disaster for raising a tiger.
"Let's go, follow me and go south immediately!"
"The Marquis wants to leave Beijing?"
"Well, it's time to meet the heroes of Jiangnan!" Ye Hua, the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace, did not have much business. Because of the establishment of the navy, Chai Rong handed over all the relevant matters to Ye Hua, so Li Yu would report the situation directly to him, otherwise the embroidered envoy would only obey Chai Rong.
Ye Hua left Beijing and advanced all the way to Chuzhou.
Li Yu followed Ye Hua and finally figured out the situation along the way. It turned out that it was not just for the treasury of Wu Yue, but also for the pirate leader Ren Tianxing.
After occupying Jinghai, Zhao Er went to visit him with a huge sum of money and Han Xizai's handwritten letter. He thought he could bring Ren Tianxing over, but he was disappointed.
Ren Tianxing directly deducted the money, and Han Xizai's handwritten letter was torn to pieces by him and threw it into the sea.
Ren Tianxing said disdainfully: "I used to admire Han Xizai's fame and knew that he had no way to serve the country. He was old and wanted Ye Luo to return to his roots, so I helped him! But what about him! To put it nicely, he went to the Great Zhou Dynasty and became the one who bears the master! The shameless literati can be seen!"
Ren Tianxing spat fiercely and cursed: "Although I am a thief, I also know that such a villain cannot believe me at all. He wrote me a letter and did not look in the mirror. Is he worthy of talking to me?"
Zhao Er suppressed his anger, "What are you pretending to be a big clove of garlic? Mr. Han is willing to pay attention to you. My master wants to recruit you, otherwise you are what you are!
"If you are the owner of the ship, Mr. Han is not worthy of talking to you. Could it be that I, the Emperor of Great Zhou, have come in person?"
Ren Tianxing's eyes rolled and smiled, "It's OK, but the emperor's affairs are busy, so I dare not trouble. If I could send an important official, I would be content."
"who?"
"Of course it's the champion Hou Yehua!" Ren Tianxing laughed and said, "I claim to be Ren Tianxing. All of these four seas are my territory... But some people claim to be the champion Hou! The three armies are bravest, but I don't know if these three armies packages include my navy!" Ren Tianxing grabbed his beard and faced the sea and laughed wildly: "If the champion Hou can come, I can convince me and discuss anything. If he doesn't come, just sending some shrimp soldiers and crab generals will look down on me too much!"
Zhao Er rolled his eyes in anger. When did I become a shrimp soldier and a crab general? It's crazy, so crazy!
Even if you recruit such things, they are of no use.
Ren Tianxing glanced at Zhao Er and sneered: "I know that your father Zhao Hongyin is a man. He rushed into the Dading Mansion and burned the Khitans' turtle nest! Your elder brother Zhao Kuangyin is now the imperial guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has great martial arts and great military achievements! If they come, my surname is Ren, dare not disrespect me! But you are so unreliable!" Ren Tianxing spat, "I have a good general's son, but he has not gone to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but he has become an embroidered envoy, a minion and hawk for the dog emperor, and specializes in doing things that are depressed. I look down on you!"
Zhao Er was furious, "Whoever is surnamed Ren, you are just a pirate bandit, and you are also giving me some advice on the country. It's really a laugh! I am the embroidered envoy, but everything I do is worthy of my conscience! In order to find out the movements of the barbarians, we embroidered envoys gave up our lives and went deep into the grassland. How many brothers died at the mouth of the wolf? Also, we fight for the aristocratic families, supervise all officials, and clear the fields of the Zhangzhou. What's wrong with us?"
Ren Tianxing took a breath, and he couldn't help scratching his head and rolling his big eyes, "What are you saying true? Why are so many people scolding you?"
"Swear at us? Then you want to see who scolds us? Are there ordinary people?"
Ren Tianxing thought for a while and suddenly slapped his thigh, "Oh, I'm fooled, no, those who scold you are all those big turbans that came from the Central Plains. I believe they are talking nonsense!"
Ren Tianxing is really interesting. He was a cat and a dog. He was just speaking harshly, but the next second, he asked someone to drink, and he started drinking.
While drinking, he also said, "The sea is difficult. Ordinary clear water will break down in a few days. There is no way, so I can only bring rice wine on the boat. Nothing else, my brothers all have good alcohol content and can drink wine as water. If you have poor alcohol content, don't force it, just do it!"
"Pooh!"
Zhao Er spat, "Are you on the sea? I often go out to the frontier. The grassland is bitter and cold, and the snow is several feet long. It can freeze even if you urinate. Without a good alcohol tolerance, you will freeze! Not only can you drink, but you can also drink strong alcohol! What does your wine taste like water?"
Zhao Er followed Ye Hua, but didn't learn anything else, but he developed a good alcohol tolerance.
He followed Ren Tianxing to drink wildly, but he actually met his opponent. At the end of the drink, Ren Tianxing hugged Zhao Er's neck and called him brother.
"You are a good man, my brother apologizes to you! I will take back the previous words. But my brother cannot agree to you easily. Let me say that, my subordinates will have no less than 100,000!"
"Hundreds of thousands?"
Although Zhao Er was drunk, he couldn't believe it, "You brag with me!"
"No!" Ren Tianxing shook his head fiercely. He shook his body, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the sea in the east. "I, a few years ago, I found a string of islands. Did you see that, it was more than a thousand miles away from the quiet sea under my feet. That string of islands has dozens of large islands and countless small islands... In recent years, I have taken in many poor fishermen, boatmen, and people who can't survive. Almost 100,000 people live on the island!"
Ren Tianxing said proudly: "I am currently carrying the lives of so many people and I must not surrender easily. I will say the same thing, unless the champion Hou arrives in person, no one will be useful!"
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"Master, Ren Tianxing is simply arrogant and unaware of the greatness of the world. The disciples think that Master doesn't have to come at all." Zhao Er mentioned it and was still angry.
Ye Hua shook his head and said, "He has the capital!"
Ye Hua asked someone to take the map. According to Ren Tianxing's description, he should have occupied the Ruqiu Islands, which is a treasure land. He went north to Japan, south to Southeast Asia, forward to the ocean, and directly to Australia and America. This is a key on the sea!
It turned out that Ye Hua wanted to subdue Ren Tianxing and get valuable sailing experience, and by the way, he used his power to make trouble in the coastal areas. Now it seems that Ren Tianxing is of great use and he will exaggerate overseas in the future, and this person is the one who will!
Ye Hua thought for a while, "I can go to see him, but after all, I am also the marquis of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He should have come to pay homage to me first, and then I will visit again. This is the only way to do it!"
He called Zhao Er over, "You go to Jinghai again. I have two things here. You can hand them over to Ren Tianxing. After he sees them, he will definitely follow you obediently."
Chapter completed!