"That's smuggling, disobeying the imperial edict and resisting the central government's orders. The junior navy is responsible for destroying pirates!"
The murderous words made Xiao Yu's heart tremble, and he felt that Fang Jun's white teeth seemed to be gleaming, like a hungry beast opening its bloody mouth and baring its fangs when facing its prey.
But Fang Jun is right.
The establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department is a central edict, the result of discussions among the prime ministers in the Political Hall, and was finally approved after the activation process of the three provinces. This is a national policy! The Jiangnan gentry can play some tricks secretly and play around with the situation, but if they dare to openly resist the national policy, they will be dealt with according to the national laws and regulations.
Xiao Yu, who has a thorough understanding of the world, can almost predict that the Jiangnan nobles will face extremely harsh blows in the future.
Because the Jiangnan nobles, who have long regarded sea trade as forbidden, would never give the meat in their mouths to Fang Jun...
With a slight sigh, Xiao Yu said dejectedly: "That's the case, since I took Erlang's words to heart, it is up to them to decide how to choose. But no matter what each family decides, the Xiao family will fully support your majesty. The will of the central government and the edict of the central government will definitely spare no effort to support Erlang."
The Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and the national destiny is prosperous. The only way to preserve it is to follow the trend. If you only covet the immediate interests and ignore the general trend, it will be a ruined path, which is what a wise man will not do.
*****
The naval fleet headed by the Five-Tooth Battleship sailed down the river in a mighty manner until it reached the mouth of the sea and then turned into a waterway heading south.
This is Wusongkou.
The Wusong River was named "Songjiang" in ancient times, and because its basin was within the territory of the ancient Wu Kingdom, it was also called the "Wusong River".
The Wusong River was originally the last tributary of the Yangtze River before it entered the sea, and the estuary of the Yangtze River was also called "Wusongkou". After the "Huangpu Seizes Song" in the Ming Dynasty, the Wusong River became a tributary of the Huangpu. The estuary of the Yangtze River was still called Wusongkou. In fact, it would be more appropriate to change it to "Huangpukou"...
However, the current Wusong River is still the most important river in the Wu region. It has abundant water and flows eastward with great force. It is by no means comparable to the quiet, delicate and lackluster Suzhou River in the future. The widest part of the river mouth is in the shape of a trumpet, and there are twenty people in it. It is wide and the water is vast. It is known as "the ancient Wusong River. Its old path is deep and wide, rivaling thousands of rivers."
The Wuya warship went upstream along the river mouth. The water surface was quite wide, but after all, it had not been dredged for many years, resulting in some siltation of the river bed. After entering the waterway, surveying ships were sent ahead to continuously measure the water depth and river bed width to avoid a heavy hull. The five-tooth battleship with a deep draft ran aground.
Fang Jun stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the mighty water, the puddles on the desolate salt-alkali land on both sides, and the tall wormwood spread all over the place, filled with the confusion of time and space.
This is Huangxiepu, which belongs to Huating Town.
If we continue upstream along this river and turn from the bifurcated river to another river, the Huangpu River, we will be where Shanghai will be in the future.
Looking far away, the prosperous city thousands of years later, filled with feasting, singing and horse racing, seemed to stand before our eyes.
Well, there can be an avenue along the river on the left, and a tower on the right, but the weird shape of two spheres connected in series on the tower is impossible to create in this era, let alone the four hundred and sixty Height of eight meters...
Going back in time and space, things are neither human nor objects!
On the boat-shaped water, there are vast waves.
A quarter of an hour later, a water village was seen standing on the west bank. From a distance, it looked large but very dilapidated. There were only a few stars and a few naval warships leaning against the dock. Instead, countless huge logs were piled on the shore not far from the water village, which was very conspicuous, like a huge wooden mountain.
During the Xianhe period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yutan and Yuan Shansong successively built the Hudu Fort at the mouth of the Wusong River to protect the east wing of Suzhou. Even in the Southern Dynasties, it was still an important military town. After the Sui Dynasty conquered the Southern Dynasties, a military town was established here, named Huating Town, and navy troops were stationed at the mouth of the river to defend Suzhou.
Most of the military system of the Tang Dynasty was inherited from the former Sui Dynasty. The garrison in Huating Town only changed a set of military uniforms and a set of flags, but they are still stationed here...
Fang Jun looked at the vast stretches of salt-alkali land and reed swamps around him, feeling like he was beeping. This is your own fiefdom! How great would it be if it were the Oriental Pearl Tower 1,400 years from now? Even the Songjiang Mansion a thousand years ago will do! But now besides reed marshes, wormwood and saline-alkali land, what else is there?
What's the use of sealing this crappy place to yourself? I guess I won’t be able to harvest even a bushel of grain...
The fleet arrived at the water village in a mighty manner. Only then did the garrison in the village discover this huge fleet. Many soldiers huffed and puffed around the trestle, pointing at the fleet in the river and marveling at it.
I have been stationed here for many years, but I have never seen such a huge fleet.
Especially that five-tooth battleship, what a darling! Is this too big?
The Wuya warship slowly docked. Fang Jun jumped off the warship and stepped onto the trestle surrounded by soldiers. A military general hurriedly ran over, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "General Yang Xiuwu, the commander of the Huating Town Navy, please see Hou." Lord."
Fang Jun glanced at this man. Although he was very respectful, he was quite unhappy.
His armor was worn crookedly, his face was red and smelled of alcohol, his beard was unkempt, and he looked more like a bandit than a royal general...
"Get up. The Marquis of Japan has written to you a few days ago. I wonder how the troops are prepared?"
Before leaving Jiangdu and arriving at Niuzhuji, Fang Jun sent someone to contact him and ordered the garrison in Huating Town to prepare the houses for the navy soldiers and the necessary military supplies.
Hearing that Fang Jun came up and directly asked about this matter without greetings, Yang Xiuwu looked a bit bitter and said nonchalantly: "This... After the general received the letter from the general manager, he tried his best to raise military resources and start building houses. It’s just that... due to limited money, we were unable to achieve the goal set by the Marquis, and the manpower gap was too large. Even though we had gone all out to build the house day and night, the time was too short after all, so... so..."
At this point, he was already hesitating and sweating all over his face.
Fang Jun's reputation has been spreading all over the country since the battle of Niuzhuji. A hundred armored cavalry were killed in the Nanshan mine until they turned into bloody men. There were no less than thousands of souls who died under the charge of the cavalry. He was really famous!
Fang Jun had already told him what he had done, but he had not completed it. He was giving the handle to others and using it to establish his authority. How could Yang Xiuwu not be afraid?
To his surprise, Fang Jun did not take the opportunity to get angry. Instead, he pulled him up with a smile and comforted him with gentle words: "General Yang, why should you panic? I am not an unreasonable person. I am in front of him." The military order was issued in front of His Majesty, so he was anxious, so he acted a little more impatiently. General Yang has done a great job in guarding Huating Town, and he is busy with everything. It is normal for him to be in a hurry and not be able to complete the instructions given by me. Although you and I They are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they dare not treat you lightly with military orders. But after all, manpower is sometimes scarce. As long as you work hard, I will naturally not criticize you harshly. But if you violate it in front of me, or even play tricks in secret, then don't do it. It’s the military law’s ruthlessness to blame!”
Yang Xiuwu was already sweating profusely and his face was pale.
These words were spoken in such a soft voice, which was more frightening than speaking in a sharp voice!
Yang Xiuwu naturally knew that Fang Jun was trying to beat himself up, so he gritted his teeth and expressed his stance: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your understanding. From today on, the general will definitely follow Lord Marquis's lead, but if there is a military order, you can go through fire and water with dignity!"
Fang Jun smiled and patted Yang Xiuwu on the shoulder. Without giving him any reassurance, he changed the subject and said, "This place is my fiefdom. Why doesn't General Yang take me to inspect it?"
"promise!"
Yang Xiuwu stood up, not daring to wipe the sweat off his face. He bowed respectfully and stood in front of Fang Jun, leading Fang Jun to look around.
The former Huating Town garrison on the side looked at the always arrogant and domineering leader who was groveling and trembling, and felt relieved... Do you really think that Huating Town belongs to your family? It's just a matter of bullying the soldiers like us. Aren't you as obedient as a rabbit in front of this chief executive? A few days ago, he vowed that the new general manager would be thrown into the river to feed the fishes before he could take office in Huating Town...
Humph, just wait to be punished this time!
However, it seems that the general manager's amiable appearance is very different from the rumored ferocious appearance. I wonder if he can suppress General Yang? After all, he is a descendant of the Hongnong Yang family...
