At the Hangzhou Navy Shipyard, countless soldiers were rushing back and forth, bags of food and buckets of fresh water being quickly loaded into the cabins.
Catapults, crossbows, bows and arrows, knives and spears, long racket sticks, bumping wood, and planks were all carried onto the warship in order by the soldiers.
Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and gold armor, walked calmly along the side of the ship, looking at everything.
Ji Xiao, the captain of the Hangzhou Navy, followed Li Xuan, and behind them were a group of navy chiefs, military officers, generals, etc.
"The last time Zhoushan pirates invaded Yuhang, the Navy went out to sea to find the enemy and fight, but those rats only knew how to hide in Tibet and did not dare to come out to fight us. In the end, we were forced to take back Yuhang. It was at this time that the navy The hurricane is coming."
Ji Xiao had a sneer on his lips and said with some gloating: "Although the Navy also suffered from the hurricane, the Navy's ships were large and they evacuated into the harbor in time, but those unlucky ones suffered a big loss.
Dozens of large and small ships were directly overturned by the sea and sea wind, and more than a dozen speedboats fled into the harbor and surrendered. If not for some of the pirates who escaped northward, they would have been completely annihilated that time. . "
Hearing the trace of regret in Ji Xiao's words, Li Xuan said with some humor: "If we can really completely annihilate the Zhoushan pirates, the captain can be transferred back to the central government."
Li Xuan knew clearly what Ji Xiao was thinking just by hearing the last note.
"Who doesn't want to be transferred back to the center?" Ji Xiao sighed deeply.
Li Xuan nodded silently. From Shi Jin to Ji Xiao, to Yuan Jiazuo and Duan Baoxuan, everyone wanted to be transferred back to the capital to serve.
Compared with the hub, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou, although prosperous, they always lack a sense of taking over the world.
After all, Hangzhou is just a corner of the world.
"Since you want to go back, then find a way to completely annihilate the Zhoushan pirates." Li Xuan said this, then turned and walked forward.
Ji Xiao raised his eyebrows, followed immediately, and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean by my nephew's words?"
Li Xuan did not answer directly, but instead asked: "Uncle, may all the naval warships go to sea to fight?"
"Of course, although these warships were severely damaged in the hurricane, now two months have passed, everything that needs to be repaired has been repaired, and greater reinforcements have been made, which is enough to cross the sea and cross the east." Ji Xiao paused for a moment and looked. Asked Li Xuan: "But what does this have to do with the Zhoushan pirates?"
"There is something that my nephew knows, and it is enough for my uncle to know for himself." Li Xuan glanced at the people behind him, and then whispered: "According to the news, the Zhoushan pirates have been secretly planning to send troops after the army leaves Hangzhou. Attack Hangzhou, and then launch a surprise attack from the center as the army attempts to return."
"Huh?" Ji Xiao's brows frowned instantly. As soon as he rolled his eyes, he understood the mystery: "My nephew is saying that we must completely eliminate the Zhoushan pirates before crossing eastward."
Li Xuan smiled faintly and did not answer. Instead, she looked at the four-masted ship in front of her and whispered, "Uncle, let's go to the ship and take a look."
Although Li Xuan did not give a direct answer, Ji Xiao fully understood what he meant, and his expression immediately became excited.
After inspecting the ship, Ji Xiao took Li Xuan to the school grounds to check on the ongoing recruitment.
On this trip to Silla, there were some injured and older sailors who could not follow the warships across the sea to the east. They had to stay in Hangzhou to guard their homes.
If you include the loss of crew at sea, recruiting an additional four hundred sailors is a bit small, but there is no way, the Ministry of War has only given these places.
Returning to the naval hall, Ji Xiao asked people to serve tea, then waved his hand and drove out all his men.
At this time, Ji Xiao looked at Li Xuan and said, "There is something. I don't know whether I should tell my nephew."
"Uncle, please tell me?" Li Xuan looked at Ji Xiao with some surprise. There was something unspeakable about the relationship between their two families.
"Not long ago, some old friends from the Ministry of War sent a letter saying that Ambassador Yuan of Hangzhou was about to be transferred." Ji Xiao's words made Li Xuan's face full of surprise.
Yuan Jiazuo was transferred. Why didn't he hear the news when he was in Chang'an? And why?
Was it someone from the Ministry of War who sent the message?
"Not only Yuan Shijun, but Governor Duan of Yuezhou will also be transferred. However, Duan Governor will most likely be transferred back to the central government. As for Yuan Shijun, it's hard to say." Ji Xiao couldn't help but shake his head.
"The structure of the southeast is about to change." Li Xuan's expression became completely solemn, and then he shook his head slightly and sighed: "Actually, my nephew should have thought of this a long time ago. The Tianyin Sect was destroyed, and officials from various states were successively rewarded. , how could we miss Governor Duan who is in charge of everything? As for Governor Yuan, his term in Hangzhou is almost up."
During his tenure in Hangzhou, Yuan Jiazuo cared about the people, suppressed wealthy families, built water conservancy projects, and developed culture and education. The people became rich and the gentry benefited, so it was difficult for the Tianyin Sect to truly develop among the people in Hangzhou.
Now that his term has come to an end, Yuan Jiazuo must be highly rated, and an upgrade is inevitable.
"The key is who will succeed you." Ji Xiao leaned back a little and said softly: "In the early days, I wouldn't have worried about this, but now that the East China Sea King incident has broken out, if someone comes to Hangzhou to stir up trouble, many people will be worried about it. It’s hard to talk about things, but you and I are both on the East Island. If someone makes a fuss behind it, then you and I will be in trouble.”
Ji Xiao is the captain of the Hangzhou Navy. His roots are in Hangzhou. If someone takes advantage of him to leave Hangzhou and pulls some tricks, he will be in trouble.
Although Li Xuan works in Wuzhou and has no border with Yangzhou, because the Yin sect has subsided very early this autumn, the business exchanges between Wuzhou and Yangzhou are more prosperous than before.
The main reason here is that Yuan Jiazuo once ordered that the Hangzhou government significantly reduced the customs tariff for Wuzhou ships.
Once this order changes, Wuhang water transportation will inevitably be greatly affected.
Not to mention, the Hangzhou Kai clan contributed a lot in the battle to annihilate the Tianyin Sect.
If someone wants to make tricks on the Wei family, intimidate, lure, or threaten to frame him, Li Xuan will not be able to guard against it.
Li Xuan gently knocked on the table and said with a serious face: "The overall situation of the DPRK, once the center is determined, you and I will have no room for comment. All you and I can do is build our own fences. As for the other things, , I can only take advantage of it."
At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment, looked at Ji Xiao and said, "Uncle, the most important thing for the court now is today's autumn harvest. After the army leaves, the autumn harvest will immediately enter a critical moment. If someone acts randomly, , messing up the autumn harvest will not only damage the war in the East Island, but even the preparations for the war against Tibet next year will also be damaged."
"In this way, you and I will have enough time." Ji Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He himself has no relationship with the King of East China Sea, but he can't help but some people insist on getting him involved with the King of East China Sea.
If this is really the case, given the emperor's suspicion of King Donghai, even he will inevitably have half of his skin peeled off.
"The real problem in this matter is not between you and me." Li Xuan shook her head slightly, looked at the golden dusk light outside the hall, and said softly: "No matter who comes to Hangzhou, the first thing they do is to establish their authority. , and it must be established in an upright and upright manner, and cannot rely on conspiracy. In this case, then the object of establishing authority must have a real relationship with Tianyin Sect and Donghai King, so..."
"I'm afraid my nephew has to go to the Lu Mansion." Ji Xiao looked at Li Xuan, who nodded slightly.
Who might the King of East China Sea be connected to now, and whose family might eventually be found out, confiscated, and exterminated?
In the entire Hangzhou, the only person who can handle this matter is Lu Yuanming.
Wang Xie, Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang, were the top six families of the 16th Wuyue family.
Compared to the Guan Ling family, the 16th Wuyue family had been married to each other for a longer period of time.
"Then nephew, go now." Li Xuan stood up directly, and said seriously to Ji Xiao: "Uncle, be careful, although there are only remnants of the Zhoushan pirates left, there are still 900 Tianyin black soldiers. Still no news, be careful, be careful."
Hearing what was said here, Ji Xiao's expression suddenly changed. He stood up and raised his hands to Li Xuan: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me. I will keep this in mind."
"Farewell!" Li Xuan nodded, then turned and left.
Ji Xiaoyi
He sent Li Xuan out of the navy station, and then shouted to the cronies around him: "Bang the drum, gather the generals."
The atmosphere in the Hangzhou Navy suddenly became tense.
On the long street, Li Xuan slowly got up and walked, with Zhou Qian and others silently protecting him behind him.
The people who were coming and going around were excluded from Li Xuan's surroundings without any sound.
Li Xuan didn't care about any of this. He just followed the horse casually, but he was thinking in his heart where the nine hundred well-trained black soldiers who disappeared from the Tianyin Sect went.
Before the Tianyin Rebellion, a total of 4,000 black soldiers were trained by the Tianyin Sect, 500 were stationed at the main altar, 500 were stationed in Muzhou, 1,400 were stationed in Shezhou, and 1,600 were placed in Wuzhou. Zhouzhou, Yuezhou and Hangzhou.
Among them, 700 people in Wuzhou were killed by Li Xuan, but the 500 people hiding in Yuezhou and 400 people in Hangzhou, a total of 900 people, disappeared without a trace after the war.
Although people from Hangzhou Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture have been actively searching for these people, these people have already disappeared without a trace. Read the book
The 500 people in Yuezhou Prefecture were fine, but the 400 people in Hangzhou Prefecture were originally under the command of Zhang Wanyu. However, after Fang Yunxiu died at the hands of Li Xuan, Zhang Wanyu transferred to Wuzhou. These batches The person remained in Fang Yunxiu's hands.
Later, the Tianyin Sect was destroyed, Zhang Wanyu surrendered to Li Xuan, and Wen Fuzhi traveled to Tubo. This group of people was arranged by Wen Fuzhi to lurk.
As for where it is hidden, even Zhang Wanyu doesn't know.
It wasn't that Empress Dowager was guarding against Zhang Wanyu, but that she had completely placed this group of people in Wen Fuzhi's hands.
After all, Wen Fuzhi is the heir that Empress Gu truly trusts. Keeping Wen Fuzhi and leaving him with the foundation of his future is what Empress Gu will definitely do.
Even originally, she brought Zhang Wanyu and the others to Hangzhou with the purpose of changing Wen Fuzhi's mind.
At that time, there were a thousand soldiers transferred from Huzhou and they were hiding in the place that must be passed from Muzhou to Hangzhou. Once Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan led their people to evacuate from Muzhou to Hangzhou, their group might eventually Few people survived.
So, find these pawns.
Whether they have followed Wen Fu away to Tubo, or they are hiding and waiting for another day, or these people have completely fallen into the hands of the King of East China Sea...
With the death of the demon monk Wu'ai, does the King of East China Sea no longer have any effective chess pieces in the entire southeast?
Li Xuan rejected this answer very decisively.
The King of Donghai must have other people in Hangzhou. Although this person is not as important as Yao Monk Wu'ai and Li Niannian, he must have it.
Just when she thought of this, Li Xuan's brows suddenly tightened, because at this moment, a spicy smell suddenly came from the restaurant kitchen on the side, and in an instant, he bared his teeth and claws and pounced on countless pedestrians on the road.
The same goes for Li Xuan, the Qianniu Guards, and the tall horses under their crotches.
But humans know how to hold their breath, but horses don't.
In an instant, more than a dozen tall horses became extremely restless.
Just on this crowded street...
