It took a lot of time to run here and there when we came here, but when we went back we went straight to our destination, which was naturally a lot faster.
Han Du had no intention of killing any more Japanese pirates now. With so much wealth on board, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he naturally had to return to Beijing as soon as possible. If you go to wipe out Japanese pirates, you are simply mentally ill.
The warship sailed on the calm sea as if gliding on the surface of a huge gem. The bright sunlight shining down from above did not make the navy officers feel uncomfortable, but instead made them look comfortable while lying on the deck.
This is the happiest time for soldiers. There is nothing more enjoyable than eating and drinking every day, lying on the deck and basking in the sun with nothing to do.
"Brother Li, you said our trip out was like a dream." A young soldier looked at the white clouds in the sky and murmured to the old soldier next to him.
Hearing this, the old soldier next to him had impatience hidden in his expression. Rest well. The old pawn likes to be alone quietly without thinking about anything.
But now that this kid has spoken, the old soldier couldn't help but ignore it, so he said: "What dream did you have? A nightmare or a sweet dream?"
When the young soldier heard Brother Li respond to him, he suddenly became energetic and said: "It was a nightmare at first. Brother Li, you don't know. When I saw the arrow shooting towards me, I actually saw the flying arrow branch." It’s clear. I want to hide, but I don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t move.”
"Trouble, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you scared to death?" The old pawn obviously didn't believe what the young man said.
When the young man saw that Brother Li didn't believe it, he immediately became anxious and said, "It's true."
"Okay, okay, it's true, I believe it." Although the old pawn said he believed it, no matter who saw the expression on his face, they knew that he didn't believe the young man's words at all.
Can you see the arrows shot clearly? Are these human eyes?
The young man is not stupid. Seeing Brother Li's expression, you can tell that he doesn't believe in himself. After getting anxious, he simply pointed to the wrapped area on his arm and said, "Brother Li, this is where the arrow hit me. It's still hurting now."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"Just a little skin injury, you
Are you embarrassed to cry out about pain? For such a minor skin injury, my uncle actually considered it an injury to you and rewarded you with an extra ten taels of gold..." Lao Zhu's face was full of disdain, "Brother, I'm not afraid of pain, just give me ten taels of gold. , how about I let you poke me ten times? "
The old pawn was very upset, the reason why he was like this. The main thing is that he was unscathed during this trip to sea. This time when we went to sea, no ship could get close to the warship in the naval battle. The battle on the ground was also a one-sided battle. The old soldier has been a soldier for half his life, and this is the first time he has encountered such a smooth battle.
Therefore, those injured were almost all young and inexperienced soldiers. Very few veterans like him were injured, and only the very unlucky ones were injured.
They used to laugh crazily at the injured veterans, and they were so embarrassed that they were so embarrassed. However, when Jing Haibo announced that the reward for injuries would be doubled, they could no longer laugh.
Twelve taels of gold!
He had never seen so much gold in his life. Unfortunately, he lost ten taels of gold just because he had all the gold.
Young people are not fools. Of course they know which is more important, gold or stabbing others. She closed her mouth wisely, never said another word, and lay on the deck happily looking at the white clouds in the sky.
With twenty taels of gold in his body, even the white clouds in the sky are much more vivid and beautiful than before.
The old pawn was just so angry that he just said some angry words. However, he couldn't help but think that he should not be too timid in future battles, but should be more brave. Not for anything else, just to get more gold.
As for whether there will be any gold left in future wars, the old soldier himself doesn’t know.
When the warship passed Changguo County, it made a special stop.
Han Du was afraid that the Japanese pirates would come back, so he didn't take a look and felt really uneasy.
Fortunately, the result was quite satisfactory to Han Du, as he learned from Shi Ping. Since he left, Shi Ping and others have been very nervous, and they have arranged for people to patrol back and forth day and night every day. I was afraid that the Japanese pirates would suddenly arrive and be caught off guard.
But fortunately, Shi Ping never found any Japanese pirates from beginning to end.
Now I see Jinghai
When Bo came back again, Shi Ping finally let go of the worries he had been raising.
"You have done well. After I return to Beijing this time, I will give you a seal in front of the emperor. In addition, I will also arrange for the navy to come over. You will no longer have to worry about Japanese pirates."
"Thank you uncle."
The warship set sail again and soon arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River. This trip to sea lasted more than two months, and Han Du finally came back. Arranging for people to disembark and hurried to the capital to report, Han Du wrote a detailed memorial about what happened after going to sea and presented it to Lao Zhu.
Han Du led the warship slowly upstream.
In Jinshen Hall, Lao Zhu was holding a memorial with a sad face. As the weather gradually enters summer, reports of drought, water shortage and harvest in various places are drifting towards Lao Zhu like snow flakes.
On the broad imperial court, all piled up were memorials about drought and poor harvests in various places, as well as petitions for tax exemptions.
But this tax, does it mean that it can be reduced or reduced by reducing it? If you only reduce one or two lands, that would be fine. However, the taxes in the world during the Hongwu Period were not sufficient to begin with. If they were massively reduced or exempted, would the imperial court be able to survive?
Lao Zhu’s life can’t be passed?
You must know that in order to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court prepared for the war year after year. If there are too many tax reductions and exemptions, and the court cannot come up with the money, how can it feed the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border? If this causes a mutiny, it will be a disaster.
Therefore, Lao Zhu would never dare to reduce or reduce taxes. Even if we know that the people in the world are in difficulty, we cannot reduce or reduce taxes.
"Father, this is a memorial from the Chief Envoy of Henan. The drought in Henan this year has been particularly severe, and now it has reached the point where there is no harvest. I sincerely request my father to reduce taxes in Henan and immediately allocate money and grain to Henan for disaster relief. "
Zhu Biao stood in front of Lao Zhu with a miserable face and said with pain in his voice.
Zhu Biao read the memorial from the Chief Envoy of Henan Province, which made him heartbroken. It was really tragic. Starting from April and May, the wheat harvest began to fail due to drought. By June, not only had the drought not slowed down, but it had become more serious because of the lack of rain. Large tracts of wheat were dead, and even trees were dried to death.
