Phew!
Several high-pitched eagle calls came from the sky in Yunzhou County!
In the blink of an eye, a majestic and powerful Haidongqing circled down, and finally landed on the arm of a man in black. A pair of sharp claws that can break gold and crack rocks firmly grasped the arm of the man in black.
The man in black fed the sea turtle a few strips of raw beef as usual, then took out a bamboo tube from the sea turtle's eagle leg and opened it, and a secret message with very small handwriting appeared on the paper. .
The man in black did not dare to neglect, and immediately handed over the secret message after feeding Hai Dongqing and letting him fly.
Yunzhou City, Prince Yun's Mansion.
In the familiar study room, Zhao Jun opened the secret report sent by the secret guard as usual.
Judging from the mark on today's secret report, it should be from Bian'an County. When he saw Bian'an County, Zhao Jun immediately thought of the Ping Japanese Army who had been transferred to help by his father, and quickly opened it and read it carefully.
After a while, Zhao Jun showed a smile after reading the secret letter. Wang Huai'en on the side quickly poured tea and handed it over, and asked at the same time: "Your Majesty, seeing you like this, what good thing can you do?"
Zhao Jun smiled and nodded: "It is indeed a good thing. Li Dingguo and the others have completed the construction of the river embankment, and they will be able to leave for Northern Jiangsu again soon.
Moreover, through this incident, Feiyun Trading Company successfully established a foothold in Bian'an County. With a foothold, it will be much easier to continue to expand its scope in the future. "
"The relationship is so good, it's like double happiness. I congratulate the prince!"
Wang Huaien hurriedly congratulated, but Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "There is nothing to congratulate. Everything will fall into place, but there are good and bad. This time Dingguo and the others in Bian'an County have angered the Zhao family. The Zhao family wants to Use them to establish your authority.
The king is not worried about them in the war, but the Zhao family is a family that has been entrenched in Bian'an County for hundreds of years, and the family's heritage is still there.
According to the secret guard's information, the head of the Zhao family went to the Zhao family's ancestral hall and presumably invited a few old guys to come out.
In conventional combat, I am not worried about Dingguo and the others, but if the Zhao family wants to rely on a few old guys to carry out beheadings, the equipment in the hands of Dingguo and the others cannot stop them.
They were not allowed to bring firearms back when they entered customs this time. "
Wang Huai'en was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Your Majesty, wouldn't General Li and the others become lambs to be slaughtered? What should we do?"
Zhao Jun smiled and shook his head and said: "It's not certain that we will arrive. After all, we are doing things for me this time, so when I knew that I might face a family like the Zhao family, I sent a letter to me. Let him send people from the royal family to deal with those old guys.
The royal family has been able to suppress the world for so long, I don't believe there are not a few old guys in the palace.
When the time comes, soldiers will face soldiers, and generals will face each other. It is still unclear who will lose and who will win.
And as mentioned in the letter just now, the Imperial City Division has also received the news. It will not take long for the people in the palace to pass, so I am not too worried about Dingguo. "
Wang Huaien breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Then he smiled and said: "My lord, you are the one who planned the plan. You have anticipated this scene and made arrangements in advance."
Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "What kind of strategizing? I just made the preparations I should do.
By the way, what's going on at Pingbo Port? Have the ships departing from northern Jiangsu arrived? "
Zhao Jun humbled himself and then asked about the ship and port.
Wang Huaien had received this news two days ago. He immediately replied after hearing the words:
"Back to your lord, half a month ago Feiyun Chamber of Commerce's ship sailed from northern Jiangsu along the coast of Bohai Bay and successfully arrived at Pingbo Port, confirming that the two places can indeed be connected by sea.
This time the fleet brought some construction materials that they didn't have, and used these materials to dig deeper and expand Pingbo Port a lot.
Now the port of Pingbo Port can fully accommodate more than 200 ships owned by the trading company. "
After hearing this, Zhao Jun nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "The king here in Bian'an County estimates that Dingguo and the others will have to deal with it for a while. How long does it take to go back and forth from Pingbo Port to Qiubei?"
Wang Huaien made some calculations and immediately replied: "This is the first time that we are not very familiar with the road, so we fumbled along the way. It took almost a month to get from Northern Jiangsu to Pingbo Port.
According to the news coming back from there, the fleet is now roughly familiar with the route along the way, and those naval officers who were specially arranged to learn how to operate the ship are already able to operate the ship skillfully. It is estimated that the round trip will only take about a month. .
If you only count one way, it will take about half a month to get there. "
Zhao Jun understood, and after some calculations, he immediately ordered: "Let Yunli and the others go back to Northern Jiangsu first. This time, except for the necessary supplies, all the spices on the ship will be purchased for me from Shendu and transported back.
I heard that the demand for spices and the like is quite high in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the prices are not low. Let’s see how much money we can make with a full load?
Now that the fleet has been bought, we can’t keep it at a loss. Let’s test the waters first! "
Wang Huaien immediately nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, I know this, and I will send the message later."
Zhao Jun thought for a while and then said: "It takes a month to go back and forth. When the fleet comes back for the second time, Dingguo and the others will be able to reach northern Jiangsu. By then, the fleet must do their best to help Dingguo and the others. It provides good military supplies.
The king received a report a few days ago that Dingguo has captured 200,000 miners as prisoners. Is there any way to get them all back to us?
The miners in the southeast have always been the best soldiers of the Southern Army of the country. If they can all be brought back, their professional mining skills will not only greatly alleviate the current shortage of mineral production capacity in Yunzhou County, but also enable rapid expansion when necessary. Yunzhou Army.
I don’t want to let go of these two hundred thousand people! "
"this……"
Wang Huaien suddenly became a little embarrassed. These were 200,000 people, not thousands or hundreds of people.
If such a large population is taken away casually, it will definitely attract the attention of the court. This is not an easy task.
Seeing him like this, Zhao Jun immediately understood that Wang Huaien was feeling embarrassed. Zhao Jun must have been prepared for this since he said it.
"So, didn't we bring a lot of Tatars this time and use them as a baggage train?"
Wang Huai'en nodded: "Nearly ten thousand people were recruited. This time, more than half of the horses in the army belong to them."
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Originally, we used them as civilian envoys. This time you inform the country to let Dingguo treat the 200,000 miners as civilian envoys, and let those Tatars turn into combatants first.
It shouldn't be an exaggeration to have 200,000 civilians transporting logistics supplies out of 20,000, right? "
Wang Huai'en immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes, understanding his prince's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "It's not an exaggeration! It's not an exaggeration!"
Zhao Jun also smiled and nodded, and then said:
"Let's get them to Northern Jiangsu first. When the Japanese pirates are dealt with, or starting from entering Northern Jiangsu, we will directly start moving people bit by bit and transport them to Pingbo Port by ship. Where will they be brought from? Return to the county.
When the Japanese pirates were defeated, all the people were taken away without anyone noticing.
Perfect! "
Wang Huaien thought for a while and then said: "My lord, what if the court asks where they have gone?"
Zhao Jun shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "How do I know this? We just asked them to transport food. Maybe they ran away while we were fighting the Japanese pirates?
We fought the Japanese pirates so fiercely that we didn't have time to look after them. It's not surprising that they all ran away, right? "
Seeing his prince's shameless appearance, Wang Huai'en was stunned for a long time, then he raised his thumbs up and imitated the prince's previous appearance and said:
"My lord! High! Really high! You are as tall as several floors!"
Zhao Jun grinned.
Calm down! Calm down!
Basic practice, don’t be six!
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(End of chapter)
