Jicanghai

Mingran said solemnly: "Being a military commander, you should be shrouded in horse leather. There is nothing cruel or cruel. If there is a war, it will only be a hundred times more cruel than what I said."

The ruler of the country jumped up against the case and pointed at him angrily: "You...you are deliberately against Gu, right?"

Ming Ran stood up, surprised: "Your Majesty, what did I say wrong? Your Majesty wanted to arrange for people to join the Mingxiang Army, and my brother did not refuse. It's just that even if your Majesty pays the military salary, I have to settle the score." You can't waste His Majesty's money for nothing. Even if there is one more idler in the Mingxiang Army, the ministers feel ashamed of His Majesty, so they propose to let them go to practice. In this way, even if they serve separately in the future, the soldiers can be convinced. Don't believe it Your Majesty can have someone ask them to see if they are willing to go to the Ningjiang Region to practice, and I promise that they are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

So the king grabbed the teacup and threw it on Mingran: "Get lost!"

Mingran got up and rolled away without hesitation, but he heard him roaring behind him again: "You really got out, do you take me seriously as the king? The queen mother hasn't seen you for many days, and you don't go Look at her? You are an unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unrighteous thing, and you have been dragged so big for nothing!"

Ming Ran turned around and shook the dripping water on the lapel of his clothes: "How can I get rid of my clothes so wet? If the Queen Mother asks, can it be said that His Majesty splashed it?"

The king yelled angrily again: "It's obvious that you knocked over the cup yourself, get out!"

The two monarchs and ministers broke up unhappy, and Mingran was afraid that he would send people to lobby again, so he didn't go back to the Yongjianghou's mansion, and went straight to the Mingxiang by the river.When they arrived at the riverside, it was already twilight and the weary birds were returning to their nests. Yu Jinfeng and his men squatted on the bow of a boat from a distance and gathered a crowd to make noise. Face: "Why do you look unhappy again?"

Mingran kept a sullen face and didn't answer, then suddenly said after a while: "You can't do something serious, why are you arguing with a group of people every day? If you don't change your banditry at all, when will you be able to make a difference?"

Yu Jinfeng glanced at him, followed him all the way to the Mingxiang ship, and said cautiously: "Is it because your cousin of the king wants to put people in the Mingxiang army, are you angry with him?"

Mingran said: "If you can, you know everything."

Yu Jinfeng said: "Shangshu Lin talked for a long time that day. Since you didn't agree, he will inevitably pester the king. Then, do you agree?"

Mingran took off the robe that was already half dry by the wind: "I still didn't agree today, but he got angry and splashed water on me."

A Yan, who followed in, hurriedly went to get a regular uniform for him to replace, but Yu Jinfeng snatched it unceremoniously, and waited for Mingran to put it on with great consideration, and asked, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you? Sit down and rest first." , Wan Nianqing and the others caught a lot of white shrimp today, and Wen Renyu has mandarin fish over there, and they told them to keep it for you, and they will send it later."

When the dinner arrived, he helped peel the shrimps and pick the fishbone. Ah Yan felt bored and went out for a walk angrily.Yu Jinfeng took the time to persuade again: "The king probably also has the troubles of the king, since he has already refused, don't worry about it anymore. Let's eat quickly."

Mingran ate two shrimps that Yu Jinfeng handed over, and suddenly raised his head to stare at him, looking thoughtfully for a while, Yu Jinfeng stroked his beard: "What...is there on my face?"

Mingran said: "That's not true. When I went to the palace today, the king also mentioned another matter. It's a serious matter to get rid of his nonsense thoughts."

He thought about it for a while, thinking that there was no need to hide it from Yu Jinfeng, so he started from the beginning: "When the first emperor of my dynasty was still alive, I was invaded three times by the Cangpei Kingdom. It was agreed to draw the river as the boundary, and I was required to pay tributes of brocade and silver to the Cangpei Kingdom every year. It has been almost 20 years. Our lord can't even be called me, and the lord of Cangpei needs to be called elder brother. Even the Northwest Allied Forces were forced by the Cangpei Kingdom to send troops. It is said that merchants from the Southern Dynasty also passed through the commercial road of the Western Regions, so the two countries must jointly resist the invasion of the thirteen countries in the Western Regions. In fact, there are very few merchants from the Southern Dynasty to do business there, but the Western Regions Many Hu people came here, and most of them gathered outside the south city of Yunjing. Tens of thousands of Northwest coalition forces are far away from their homeland, and there is thousands of miles of Cangpei country in between. We tried our best to please Yun Yusu, fearing that if he turned his back on him, he would not even find a place to reason. Fortunately, all these years have been peaceful.

"Master Cangpei appointed his younger brother, His Royal Highness King Jin, to deal with Zhu Luan's affairs on a special trip, coercing and oppressing Zhu Luan everywhere. My cousin secretly dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to provoke the other party in face. The news of the revival of the Ming Xiang Army As soon as the news got out, Cangpei Kingdom over there also followed suit. The Ningjiang area not far to the north of Yunjing and Jingzhou in the upper reaches of the river also started to build warships separately. Maybe he had this idea a long time ago, because last year at this time Ye Zhiliang did everything possible to arrest Wen Renyu to supervise the construction of warships for him. At that time, the Mingxiang Army had not yet revived. It would be fine if Jingzhou was far away. The Ningjiang Region is a serious problem. I am very upset, and want me to dispose of this batch of warships without anyone noticing. In this way, if the other party really has a different intention, it can be delayed for at least a year or two. At that time, the Mingxiang Army will be fully equipped and powerful. I don’t know who is supervising this warship, and whether it will be difficult to deal with.”

Yu Jinfeng's eyes sparkled when he heard the words: "If your lord intends to make a move, then the disciples are willing to serve your lord, and you should go through fire and water and die."

Mingran stared at him again for a while, and said: "I thought that the reason I said so, you might bring your subordinates directly to Prince Jin of Cangpei Kingdom."

Yu Jinfeng said angrily, "Who do you think I am?"

Mingran said: "Just talking casually. You have trained with Feng Chengzhu for half a year, and you can go out to try your hand. It's just that there are difficulties in this matter. It's best not to let the other party find out our identity, so as not to cause disputes."

Yu Jinfeng said: "Do you think other people are fools, except for Zhu Luan, who would go all out to destroy their warships? They must know that it is a good thing done here."

Mingran smiled and said, "Knowing and grasping the evidence are two different things."

Yu Jinfeng snorted and asked, "Then Yi Tan and Susu... have a chance?"

He is so persevering, and it is very much in his mind to be Xiao Fu low, well-behaved and smart today, so Mingran said: "I can arrange for Yi Tan and Susu to meet alone, but in the end it depends on Susu's wishes. If she I can't help but look down on Yi Tan."

Yu Jinfeng was immediately overjoyed: "Just give me the chance to meet you." He moved closer and whispered, "What about me?"

Mingran raised his hand, grabbed his beard through a small table, and smiled half-smile: "What are you, do you treat death like this? First think about how to destroy the warships of Cangpei Kingdom. I don't I will treat you badly, but I have the final say on what to give you."

The two looked at each other, and then Yu Jinfeng took his hand away from his beard, and said helplessly: "Okay, you have the final say. Since we met, you have the final say on any matter, so why should I?" Room for talking? As for destroying the warship, how did we get here when we first came here? We have only heard about the Ningjiang Region, never been to it, and never participated in water battles. Please tell us how to do it.”

Mingran said: "I have only fought wolves in the northwest and suppressed bandits in Yanzhi Mountain, and I don't know water warfare. You can go to Wen Jiaxiu, he must be very interested, you can discuss it."

Yu Jinfeng was surprised: "Aren't you going to take care of me?"

Mingran was even more surprised: "What do I care about you? I don't care about spending money to build ships, I don't care about begging for military pay, and I have to manage your family Yi Tan chasing after his wife. I don't care enough? Tell you again, find Wen Jiaxiu goes."

Yu Jinfeng had no choice but to go to Wen Jiaxiu in desperation. Wen Jiaxiu heard Yu Jinfeng convey Mingran's meaning one by one, and was filled with righteous indignation: "Damn, the Mingxiang army on our side came back to life together, and his side followed suit. It’s so close to Yunjing, it’s obviously to make trouble for the Lord, this matter should be attacked at night, and should be attacked by fire, all of them must be burned! Ayu, bring the map of the Ningjiang region!”

He suddenly remembered something, and stared at Wen Renyu who came over with the map: "Could it be that Ye Zhiliang did something good? Ayu, has he come to harass you again these days?"

Wen Renyu shook his head hurriedly: "No, no, General Mingjian, I really haven't seen him in a while."

Wen Jiaxiu snorted coldly, and asked Feng Chengzhu to be invited, and the two discussed arranging troops on the map to formulate a sneak attack plan, and also planned to send some soldiers to pretend to be ordinary fishermen to rush to Ningjiang area to control the Cangpei National War boat condition.Yu Jinfeng originally planned to take the initiative to invite Ying, but he felt that the attitude should not be too urgent, so he said in a detour: "I have many young eagles brought from outside the Great Wall. They have been raised for several years. It is the most convenient to send news back and forth. Now they are all raised in Nancheng. I don’t know if the two generals can use the same courtyard.”

Wen Jiaxiu was really excited: "That would be great. So let's go and tell the young master. If he agrees, you will lead the team to carry out this sneak attack. Ayu is very familiar with the waterways in the Ningjiang area, let him and You go together."

When he talked about water warfare and sneak attack, he was very familiar with it, quickly drew up the steps to organize the troops to prepare the necessary equipment, and then took the map and took everyone to find Mingran.

Mingran was drinking tea and looking at the scenery in the third-floor coach cabin of the Mingxiang, and listened to Wen Jiaxiu's report one by one very solemnly, and finally said: "I sound very good, so I ask General Wen to take full responsibility for arranging the sneak attack on the Ningjiang area." General Feng is going to prepare for the drill. If you need money, come to me." He looked out the window, the night was dark, and the other three buildings were quietly parked on the shore, so he continued: " Tomorrow, the ship will be in place. From now on, the Mingxiang will be mine, the Mingrui will be given to General Feng, and the Mingyang will be given to General Wen, who can bring soldiers in immediately. As for the Mingfeng..." He glanced at Yu Jinfeng without a trace: " We have been talking about setting up a vanguard battalion, but the name and number of people have not yet been correctly determined. The Mingfeng will be reserved for the future vanguard battalion. As for the warship soldiers left on the East China Sea, let’s go back here. Let’s go again. Make other arrangements."

Yu Jinfeng was excited and cheered up. It turned out that the Pioneer Battalion had this advantage. They could get the same treatment as the three chief and deputy commanders and occupy a large ship.

Wen Jiaxiu commanded the crowd, and after several days of preparations, they gathered together kerosene, pumps, rockets, long ropes, water tanks, etc. Yu Jinfeng, together with Wen Renyu, and his soldiers were either fishermen or traders, and went to Ningxia in batches. Jiangyu left.Before Yu Jinfeng and Wen Renyu left, he saw that Wen Renyu was reluctant to part with Wen Jiaxiu's sleeves, and Wen Jiaxiu was also exhorting and exhorting, so he felt itchy and moved, and made a special trip to find Mingran to say goodbye .

In front of the window on the north side of the third-floor cabin of the Mingxiang, Mingran arranged a huge arhat bed.He didn't go back to Yongjianghou's mansion very much these days, except to go down to assist Feng Chengzhu in training soldiers' archery skills, and spent most of the rest of the time here, drinking tea and reading books while enjoying the breeze of the river and the moonlight.This move even gave people the illusion that the young master was spending money on building the boat just to find a good place to overlook the river view, but it was just that he accidentally spent a lot of money.

Yu Jinfeng leaned over tiredly, and sat down beside him: "This is my first time as a teacher, and the seat master has nothing to explain?"

Mingran pulled out the sleeves that were suppressed by him, and flicked it casually: "No need to explain, I trust you. The Mingfeng is waiting for you to settle in. Leave the military parade to Feng Chengzhu. It doesn't matter if you can't catch up. Get things done.”

Yu Jinfeng said: "But General Wen has a lot to say to Wenren Yudu!"

Mingran smiled: "Wen Renyu is an honest person, and General Wen is not at ease. You are so smart, wise, wise, knowledgeable and interesting, and you can sell camels back and forth in the thirteen countries, so why should I worry about it. By the way, Jing As soon as you remind me, I really have something to tell you. I always feel that Ye Zhiliang cannot avoid the shipbuilding in Cang Peiguo. He always wants to get Wen Renyu's idea. Just be careful, don't worry. Don't surprise him."