Chapter 448
After a long voyage, the Japanese ships finally docked, and the place where they docked was the seaside not far from where Dongmu Chasing was stationed.
After such a long voyage, even Yamamoto Kogoro, who had already experienced this, could no longer bear it. Almost all the people on the boat lost about twenty pounds than when they set off. However, they also knew that once they landed, good days would be coming.
"This is near the garrison of Dongmu, a naval army of the Tang Dynasty. Let's station in the nearby Huangxian County to rest for a day. With the documents sent by the Tang envoy, their county magistrate will treat us well."
Yamamoto Kogoro was obviously familiar with this process. He told the people behind him, and then got off the boat and enjoyed the scenery of the Tang Dynasty.
"Teacher, do you log in here every time?"
"Yes, this place is also a very important place for us. The people of the Tang Dynasty have the right time and place, but sometimes they are wasting natural resources. If they gave us all these, we no longer know how powerful the Tang Dynasty is today!"
Speaking this indignantly, Yamamoto Kogoro's eyes were completely focused on the direction where the two warships were located.
Although there are no warships here, it is obvious that Yamamoto Kogoro is still very concerned about warships, because it is a rare thing that the Tang Dynasty has existed for a long time, but Japan has never had.
If you go further, the warship directly determines which side of the two sides across the sea can destroy the opposite side. Such things are obviously urgently needed by Japan.
"Sir, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty from Japan has indeed landed dozens of miles from our neighborhood!"
At this time, in the Huangxian County Magistrate's Mansion, Zhang Chong, dressed in civilian costumes, was sitting in front of Hong Yuan, finished a large bowl of tea in one breath, and then said to Hong Yuan excitedly.
"It seems that His Majesty's guess is indeed good..."
Hong Yuan murmured this, and Zhang Chong in front of him naturally didn't hear it. After he and Li Yan returned the news about the Japanese on the warship, Li Yan showed great importance to the matter in his reply, and directly told Hong Yuan that the Japanese envoy's Tang Dynasty was about to arrive, so he asked him to pay close attention to whether they were landing near the warship. If so, it was obvious that some things would be one step closer to the truth.
Now that we have received this news, Hong Yuan's heart is more convinced that the Japanese, or the envoys from Japan, must have been closely related to this matter, because when it comes to warships, Hong Yuan also knows how heavy the burden is. As a young county magistrate and the new top scholar in the Tang Dynasty, he knows that he must not mess up this time.
"Sir, what will we do next? That kid is still delivering food to our camp like no one. But I have observed him according to your words. Indeed, our military pay is in place now, and he spends several times more money than before, but he doesn't seem to be happy. It's different from other vendors. The soldiers thought he was a Japanese, so they are different from our Tang people. But now it seems that this guy has another idea!"
"Keep him closely, don't let him run away, let alone let him notice that we have noticed him. These days, you can let him enter our barracks, but you don't give him a chance to get close to the warship. If he doesn't leave, it must be because he still needs to go to the warship. If we don't give him a chance, he will be anxious!"
Hong Yuan thought of Li Neng’s instructions and immediately gave his own ideas.
"Okay, that's it. And after the military pay and the cost of repairing warships has arrived, several craftsmen in our army have begun to purchase the materials used to repair warships. If nothing unexpected happens this month, construction can be started!"
"If there are not enough craftsmen, you can mobilize a few skilled craftsmen from my Huang County to the army. You must let the warships be launched as soon as possible. I can't hide some things from you. This order was issued by Your Majesty himself. When the warships can be launched, Your Majesty may come in person. How much of the relationship is involved, you can think about it yourself!"
Zhang Chong finally left excitedly. He knew that his thousand people were finally about to make a comeback. The military pay suddenly came. It was definitely not just the county magistrate of Huang County that could decide, but the Ministry of War finally noticed itself.
According to Hong Yuan, the reason why the Ministry of War noticed their own men was precisely because the current emperor Li Yan was interested in warships. In the current Tang Dynasty, there are two more warships.
If you seize this opportunity, Zhang Chong understood that he might have a chance to soar to the sky.
Not long after Zhang Chong left, the county magistrate found Hong Yuan and said anxiously: "The more than a dozen people from the Japanese Tang envoys have arrived in our Huang County. They sent a message to rest in the Huang County inn. Look at us..."
"How did the county magistrate do it before?"
"Because these envoys sent to Tang will arrive in Chang'an City sooner or later, we dare not neglect them. They can see Your Majesty. If you say bad things to Your Majesty, it will be more than worth the loss!"
"It's okay, just settle them in the inn and don't worry about the rest. As for food and drink, since they have all arrived in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they should know the rules."
Hong Yuan said this lightly, obviously not caring much about the Japanese envoy sent the Tang Dynasty.
"This...is probably not satisfying them!"
"What does it have to do with me if they are satisfied or not? Huang County is not a wealthy place. If you have spare money, you have to support the farming and sericulture. If you don't have their share, go and do it."
The officials under his command had long experienced Hong Yuan's toughness, so when he said this, the county magistrate could only sigh and go and do what he did.
He also heard that Hong Yuan was the county magistrate of Huang County whom Li Yan personally selected. He really has the confidence to be a Gentile people. He is the one who is a subordinate, so he will do it. Moreover, Hong Yuan said that if he really spent a lot of money on these people, the people in the county would know that they might not be able to scold them.
In this way, the Japanese envoys who thought they could have fun when they arrived in Huang County had no other arrangements except for getting the room in the inn.
Even if they wanted to eat something, they were told by the inn to buy it at the price, which made Yamamoto Kogoro feel frustrated.
Chapter completed!