A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Seeing Wu Laoqi, a veteran of the world, leave, Gu Qing thought that in troubled times, such a person might have had a good time, but in a peaceful world, such a person would be lonely.

"Stop!" Gu Qing called to stop him and said, "I'm short of people right now, do you want to do something for me?"

Wu Laoqi said with a wry smile, "Caomin is used to being alone, I'm afraid I can't bear the restraint."

"Come here." Gu Qing waved and said, "This job is very suitable for you. Do you want to be a pirate?"

"Pirate?" Wu Laoqi was puzzled again.

"I can give you a big ship, manpower, and other necessary things, as long as you go to sea to search for things." Gu Qing spoke again, "You can't be a bandit in the Central Plains, but you can do it at sea."

"Going to be a bandit at sea?" Wu Laoqi was a little eager to try.

"In fact, in the Central Plains, the emperor is at his feet, but the sea is different." Gu Qing looked at Wu Laoqi's expression, "I will give you a sea chart, you can gallop on the sea, and search for good things on any island you want to go to. Come down, remember not to be polite."

"Being polite to Lord Hou is being rude to me, Wu Laoqi." Wu Laoqi said with a smile.

"That's right." Gu Qing continued, "Di Renjie, write a letter for him to give to Shangguanyi."

"Yes!" Di Renjie nodded.

"Master Gu, I still don't understand what to do." Wu Laoqi hesitated again.

"Of course you will understand when you go to the East China Sea." Gu Qing continued, "I will give you all the manpower and material resources, and we can share the gains [-]-[-]."

"No! Lord Hou!" Wu Laoqi said again, "It's all Lord Hou's, and it's just a piece of duckweed."

"Only five or five." Gu Qing took Di Renjie's handwritten letter and handed it to him, "Don't be too polite."

"Yes!" Wu Laoqi bowed and said, "I will go to the East China Sea right now."

"Wait!" Gu Qing gave him a bag of money, which was full of broken silver, "With the money, how did you get to the East China Sea without the money?"

"Thank you, Lord Hou." Wu Laoqi said loudly and left.

Di Renjie looked beside Gu Qing and watched this person go away, "Teacher, can we trust this person?"

"If you can believe it, don't believe it all." Gu Qing said, "A person like him will never cling to a person easily, and a person like him is also the most tenacious in vitality. Just watch and wait until he leaves the East China Sea. Get up with his own power, and then slowly get out of our control."

"Students don't understand."

"We need someone to play forward." Gu Qing said, "He is the most suitable, he is more suitable than all of my subordinates, you don't have to worry too much, if he is obedient, it's fine, if he is not obedient, then go I can’t go back to the Central Plains either, so let’s do it and cherish it, I hope he doesn’t go the wrong way.”

"Teacher, the sea chart is in Shangguanyi's hands now." Di Renjie said, "If he got the sea chart and the compass, wouldn't the sea and the sky be free for him."

"Don't be afraid of him. When the time comes, the sea boat will be like a crucian carp crossing the river." Gu Qing said indifferently, "It's up to him how he goes. You still need to rely on us."

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It’s late autumn, and winter is approaching in a blink of an eye. The civilians on the streets of Chang’an tightened their clothes and hurried home. In just over a month, many dignitaries have gone to sea, and many of them returned without success, or With or without starter

There was a lot of excitement in Chang'an going to sea, everyone wanted to pick the fruit that Gu Qing liked first, but there was no good result in going to sea, and the matter of going to sea suddenly cooled down, the rich and powerful stopped thinking and started to pay attention to the Gu family , What kind of confidence does this Gu Qing have to dare to go to sea, so many people have failed.

Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda sat together to discuss, "There are so many people going to sea, how come none of them get anything."

"What means does that kid have to be like a fish in water at sea?" Niu Jinda also thought about it and said, "Anyway, you and I both have a part to fight again, don't rush to make a move, let others run into trouble."

"Yes." Cheng Yaojin also nodded, "The old man is getting old, young people, let's go for a walk, I don't have to worry about the good wine and meat here."

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Chapter 454 Determining Candidates ([-])

Shangguanyi stood on the seashore, his clothes rattled by the sea breeze. In front of him were three large sea ships that had already been built. At first, he thought that the three inverted triangle-shaped sharp-bottomed sea ships on Gu Qing’s drawing could not stand upright in the sea. At sea, the three large ships in front of me were built according to Bao Qing's drawings.

It is very stable on the sea, and there is no sign of capsizing.

It has been a month since Wu Laoqi came to the East China Sea. These days, he has been busy with port construction and shipbuilding, helping him from time to time. Ever since he came to the East China Sea, Shangguanyi has been very self-confident.

"Big Foreman!" A peasant stepped forward and said something to Shangguanyi, "Chang'an sent some more things."

"what?"

"We can't understand it either, it's just a bunch of small compass."

Shangguanyi walked towards the camp, opened the small box and saw a bunch of small compasses, picked up one and looked at the pointer inside, but couldn't see why.

There was also a letter in the box. Shangguanyi picked it up and looked at it. Looking at the unsightly handwriting and a bunch of very, very special typos on it, she understood that it was written by Gu Qing himself, and it said the usage of this compass. and enjoin.

After reading the letter, Shangguanyi said, "Seal this box up for me immediately."

A few folks on the side followed suit, and Shangguanyi locked a big lock with his own hands. According to Gu Qing, this is a powerful weapon for going to sea, and it is also the reason why so many people go to sea without success. It is difficult to go to sea without a compass. find directions.

"What to do." Shangguanyi asked the people around him to leave, and he carried the small box to his barracks by himself, and locked the box with a chain to rest assured.

Looking at the blueprint on the table again, the blueprint that Gu Qing gave was very large. Shangguanyi separated the blueprint and prepared to build it part by part. There are only [-] people, not too many, but they can be ordered. It's not easy to manage.

Fishermen on the East China Sea often visit the port here, wondering what this group of people are doing here.

Changan

The battle reports of the East China Sea will be sent to Li Er every once in a while, and the war between Goguryeo and Wa is in full swing.

The Ganlu Palace was very quiet. After reading the battle report, Li Er asked Wang Qin, "How is Gu Qing's port?"

"Three large ships have been built." Wang Qin said, "Your Majesty, Gu Qing has been preparing food these days and it seems that he is ready to go to sea."

"I see." Li Er nodded and said, "Tell Gu Qing that the artillery is still rushing to be built."

"Old slave understands." Wang Qin said that he understood, but he still didn't know what to say in his heart. There were more than 30 artillery pieces left idle in the Firearms Bureau.

Gu Qing also received the news, this Li Er was a bit interesting, and said to the little eunuch who sent the message, "Tell Your Majesty, I am willing to hand over [-]% of the profits from the sea trade to the court tax."

In just an hour, Li Er also received the message, laughed three times and waved his sleeves, thirty artillery pieces were sent to Gu Qing's door.

"Hahaha!" Looking at the three cannons, Gu Qing also laughed three times and cupped his hands towards Taiji Palace, "Your Majesty is grand!"

Xiao Si was very curious about cannons. Sitting on top of them seemed to be driving a horse. The maid beside him was at a loss for what to do. The villagers in the village were also very curious about cannons. They watched the pitch-black cannons recede one by one. The firearms are invincible, this is the first time I have seen them.

Along with them came Wang Jin, Li Junxian and three thousand elite soldiers.

"General Li, why are you here?" Gu Qing looked at Li Junxian.

"Go back to Lord Marquis." Li Junxian saluted Gu Qing, "Your Majesty will bring thirty cannons to sea at the end of the day."

"Then there will be General Lao Li." Gu Qing laughed, "I just go to sea to do business, so I don't need this kind of bragging."

"Your Majesty has orders..."