The fifth day of November in the fifth year of Dalong Ruian!
Haijin Town, Haijin Port!
Today's Haijin Town is no longer a remote place, with thousands of buildings and business travelers gathered, it has become a treasure place!
The former Haijin Town has expanded more than twenty times, and the small seaside fishing village of several thousand people has suddenly become a prosperous place with a population larger than that of a medium-sized state capital!
The waves hit the coast from time to time in the sea breeze, and the flags on the dock whistled in the sea breeze!
More than a thousand huge sea giant battleships surrounded the Dabao Ship. The big dragon flag on the battleship frigate and An Gouer's naval flag fluttered in the wind. The flag covered the sea for half a day, making it impossible to see at a glance. The edge is like a huge dark cloud floating on the sea!
Li Baiyu tightened his cloak and looked at An Gou'er beside him: "Mr. An, these ships were built by the Ministry of Revenue with the tax revenue of half of the country south of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers in Dalong. Are you sure there is really no problem in going to sea at this time? ?"
"Although it's not the twelfth lunar month of winter yet, the weather at night without a stove is already unbearable. Heavy snow has blocked roads in northern Xinjiang. If you are affected by the weather at sea, it will be a big trouble! The vast sea Above, alone and helpless, if something happens, it will be a huge disaster, and the lives of 60,000 people cannot be careless!"
Li Baiyu continued to rub his hands as he spoke. The sea breeze was really unbearable!
An Gou'er was wearing bright silver armor, quietly holding the horizontal sword on his waist, feeling the sea breeze blowing in front of him, showing a contented expression!
If Liu Mingzhi were here, he would definitely be surprised. It turns out that An Gouer, who often has cold eyes in front of him, would have such a peaceful side!
"Your Highness, the world is vast and boundless. The severe cold is coming to our Dalong. But as long as I sail straight down and pass the sea of Lun'an Si Kingdom, the climate will become warm like spring. The weather there is completely different from the weather of our Dalong. , This is why I chose this time to go to sea again!"
"April next year is a good time to go to sea, but Da... Dalong's diplomatic envoys can't wait. I must go to sea. In addition to the necessary supplementary supplies and fresh water resources, I will sail all the way without stopping. But safe and sound!"
Li Baiyu nodded clearly: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern. I have never heard of what Mr. An said, and naturally I don't understand it. My father wants to sit in the court and cannot come to see Mr. An on a cruise in person, so I have to kill me." The palace is here to see Mr. An and 60,000 men off on their voyage!"
"Father has said that Master Wang'an must remember the strict orders. Firstly, you must not use weapons rashly. Secondly, you must not humiliate your wife and daughter. Thirdly, you must strictly abide by the rules of our celestial dynasty!"
"The Dragon Fleet has made friends with all the Western countries, and has traveled all over the world. It does not want an inch of land from other countries, and is willing to share peace and happiness with all nations in the world!"
An Gouer glanced at Li Baiyu inadvertently and murmured silently!
"young!"
"Yes, I will strictly abide by His Majesty's wishes and strictly order the soldiers of the three armies to abide by the prohibition on navigation and make friends with all nations!"
Li Baiyu took the imperial edict from the eunuch at the side: "Master An, this is the imperial edict of going to sea. I will not read it out here. Master An, please accept the edict!"
An Gouer swung his cloak and knelt down on one knee, raising his hands in the air: "I accept the decree from An Jianghe, long live my emperor!"
Li Baiyu placed the imperial edict in An Gouer's hand: "Master An, I have sent you the imperial edict, so I will go back and reply first. Before leaving, I once again wish you and your 60,000 sons a safe return from their Western cruise!" "
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Deputy General Tan Haiqing waited for Li Baiyu's carriage to disappear without a trace and then looked at An Gouer respectfully!
"Commander, the auspicious time is coming soon. The brothers and the Western envoys are already on the ship. Let's board the ship too!"
An Gouer gently raised his hands and looked at the intersection in the distance of the dock expectantly: "Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
"Who is the commander waiting for?"
"I don't know, but I believe that someone will come!"
Tan Haiqing nodded silently, stepped aside and waited with An Gouer!
"Drive, drive..."
Under An Gou'er's eager eyes, he galloped straight towards An Gou'er's position!
"Uu..."
The horse's hooves were raised high, and a figure quickly jumped off the horse's back and trotted towards An Gou'er!
"Mr. An, it is not convenient for my young master to come, so I asked the younger one to bring a letter and a few words!"
An Gou'er looked at Qinglong wearing a bamboo hat with disappointment: "I know, let me tell you that Jiang He will always be his good brother!"
Qinglong nodded slightly, took out a letter and handed it to An Gou'er: "The young master asked his subordinates to tell Mr. An that he must bring the soldiers back safely. Your family is waiting for you!"
An Gouer took the letter and chuckled, pretending to be relaxed: "I know, thank you!"
"I'm resigning, I wish Master An all the best!"
Qinglong rode away with great speed, An Gouer put away the letter and handed the imperial edict to Tan Haiqing!
"Command the three armies to beat the drums and raise the sails, and sail the Western Ocean with thousands of sails!"
"Got the order!"
Tan Haiqing took out his command flag and trotted towards the seaside: "The commander-in-chief has ordered, the dragon fleet, set sail to sea and inspect all nations!"
An Gouer clutched the letter in his sleeve tightly and looked back slightly in the direction of the capital!
"Brother, Jiang He will conquer all the Western countries for Dalong, and will also leave a family fortune for my eldest brother!"
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With a complex expression, Liu Mingzhi held the pancake in his hand, turned on his horse, and nodded respectfully to an old woman in front of an adobe house!
"Mother-in-law, thank you for your hospitality. These brothers will definitely be your sons in the next life!"
The old woman used the crutch in her hand to fumble around in thin air. She obviously had an eye disease!
"My child, the old woman has nothing to entertain at home. When you come back next spring when new grains are grown, my mother-in-law will treat you well. The old woman has already looked away from the matter of her son. When she meets the child's father a hundred years from now, the old woman will dare to laugh loudly. said!"
"The old woman did not violate his dying instructions. His five sons, like the old man, are heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country and died on the battlefield! The old woman feels sorry for them and is also proud of them!"
"Mother-in-law, if you wait for the government subsidies, this day will come!"
The old woman shook her head sadly, sighed and groped back home!
Liu Mingzhi nodded with sour eyes, waved to the two seven or eight-year-old boys in the fenced yard, and threw out two ingots of silver, which happened to fall into the hands of the two children!
"Tiger Head, Leopard, take care of your grandma, uncle is leaving first!"
The two children looked at the silver ingots in their hands in surprise. Watching Liu Mingzhi leave Juechen, they hurriedly ran towards the old woman!
"Sister Ya, Lian'er, let's go back first?"
At the intersection of Dayang Village, Qi Ya and Qing Lian were dressed in men's clothes. When they heard Liu Mingzhi's voice, they hurriedly turned around to greet them!
"Husband, how are you? How is life at Yang Wulang's family?"
"Yes, we have visited non-stop in the past month, and finally visited the homes of the 26,000 people you first sorted out. Who else is in Yang Wulang's family?"
Liu Mingzhi turned over and dismounted with a complex expression on his face, broke the pancake in his hand in half and handed it to the two women!
"Try it! Grandma Yan's food!"
"Ugh, there's chaff!"
Qi Ya's pretty face vomited out the pancake in discomfort, apparently the wheat chaff got stuck in her throat!
Qinglian endured the roughness of the pancake and ate it. Unlike Qi Ya, Qinglian had survived the famine and had eaten food that was even harder to swallow than the pancake!
Holding back the discomfort, Qinglian ate half of the pancake: "Husband, sweet potatoes have spread to Yanzhou. There are many people eating sweet potatoes in the surrounding villages. Why is it that Yang Wulang's family eats thick pancakes mixed with wheat bran!"
"Yang Wulang's mother has an eye disease, how can she grow sweet potatoes?"
Qinglian opened the roster in her hand and looked for it: "I have an eye problem, doesn't he have a brother, Yang Hutou? He can breed, and according to the Great Dragon Law, the government must leave a son for recruitment!"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head with sore eyes: "Yang Hutou does exist, but he is not his brother, but his son!"
"Son, what's going on?"
"Alas, Grandma Yan personally sent her husband-in-law and five sons to the battlefield. Her husband died in the battle in Yunzhou, her eldest son Shi Qi joined the army and died in Fuzhou, and her second son Shi Qi died in Ganzhou. , the third son died in the battle in Suzhou on the 17th, and the fourth son died in the battle in Yingzhou a few years ago!"
"Yang Wulang was her last son. He had just given birth to two children and was sent to Ganzhou by Granny Yan. He died on the way to the west with her husband and died under the city wall of Cheshi Kingdom before the attack! "
"Where can there be Yang Liulang? Where can there be Yang Liulang! That was Wulang's eldest son Hutou who pretended to be someone else!"
The two daughters Qi Ya and Qing Lian were also a little moved, looking at the lonely adobe house a few hundred steps away with trembling lips.
Qi Ya looked at the roster with wet eyes: "Grandma Yan, doesn't she feel sorry for you at all? She sent all five sons to the battlefield and none of them came back!"
"Alas! How can I not feel distressed? My eyes are blinded by crying, but this is Mr. Yang's last wish. Granny Yan personally sent one of her beloveds to the battlefield with tears in her eyes!"
Liu Mingzhi took out the pen and ink from his horse with a sour face, and added a few words after Yang Wulang's name on the roster in Qinglian's hand!
This means that once the emperor agrees, the government will send three taels of silver every month to support the elderly and raise children!
Qi Ya sighed with a faint expression on her face: "Five heroic souls, in exchange for three taels of silver in settlement expenses, it's unfair. Mr. Yang has a soul in heaven and knows that his last wish has resulted in such a result. Will he regret it?"
Liu Mingzhi took the roster from Qinglian's hand, folded it up and put it on the horse's back!
"There are many villains in the temple, but righteousness lies in the people."
"A sect with six heroic spirits can hardly keep out the cold in a humble room."
"A wealthy family has plenty of wine and meat, while an old man alone is worried about having three meals a day."
"The emperor's words are sage and wise, but it is difficult to see them in the human world."
"drive!"
Liu Mingzhi got on his horse, waved his whip and rode away. After a month of searching for the list selected from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Liu Mingzhi could be said to have seen all kinds of things in the world!
He must rush back to Beijing and give a memorial to Li Zheng so that he can take a good look at the suffering of all sentient beings.
The two girls, Qi Ya and Qing Lian, looked at each other, frowned slightly, sighed, got on their horses and chased after her!
PS: Two updates today. My cousin is getting married. Due to special circumstances, there will only be two small banquets for close relatives tonight. Please understand.
