Tang's dining table

"If we want to plot against Japan, we need a lot of ships." Liang Jianfang watched Li Ji take another sip of wine and licked his lips.

"Yun Chuyou."

"Hey, where did he get the boat?"

"There is a city in Liaodong called Dahang City. It is the largest and most prosperous seaport in Liaodong. It is said to be a city in the Tang Dynasty. What Yun Chu said there may be more effective.

Over the years, more than 90% of the candles used by wealthy families in Chang'an and Luoyang have been provided by Dahangcheng. I heard that there are no less than a thousand whaling ships that dock every year.

As long as they catch a giant whale, it will be enough for the people there for a long time. During the Chinese New Year the year before last, Yun Chu sent me several barrels of pickled whale meat. I fried it in oil and it tasted good. "

Liang Jianfang stroked the beard on his chin and said, "Why don't I know? If I knew, I should have taken a share."

Li Ji raised his head and glanced at Liang Jianfang and said: "How do you get the qualifications to participate in the shares? If your grandson Liang Ying participates in the shares, Yun Chu might agree. Daxing City was given to the soldiers of Chang'an Prefecture by Yun Chu when he followed me on the Eastern Expedition. As a way to make money, only soldiers from the Chang'an Prefecture are qualified to participate in Dahang City's business.

Do you think Yun Chu could squeeze the Chang'an soldiers to death by himself?

They relied on the money they earned in Dahang City and their belongings to make proper arrangements for the life, death, and burial of the Chang'an soldiers.

His Majesty asked us people to follow him around the world since August last year. The reason is to get us away so that he can send people to carefully investigate Chang'an City. During this year, Di Bao You have also seen that officials in Chang'an are transferred frequently. I bet that when Yunchu, Wenrou and others return, they will find that at least 40% of the officials under their command are people they have never seen or heard of. . "

Liang Jianfang was taken aback and said, "So, Yun Chu, they are going to be doomed and will be ignored by others."

Li Ji peeled off a sea melon seed and ate the bit of meat inside, then said slowly, "Have you seen Yunchu and the others in a hurry?"

Liang Jianfang said: "No."

Li Ji sighed and said, "I even suggested to your majesty in the court that the subordinate officials in Chang'an are knowledgeable and capable. I hope that your majesty can break the gap between officials and reuse the subordinate officials in Chang'an to give these people from humble backgrounds a bright future. The talents of these officials will not be hindered by their background and lost to everyone.

He also said that for the officials of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was a big melting pot and a fertile field for sowing. As long as your majesty sows people with lofty ideals in Chang'an, a large number of capable and useful talents will be harvested in the future.

Look, this is his broad-mindedness and confidence. His Majesty, as well as the civil and military officials in the court, all gave thumbs up after hearing this. Presumably the subordinate officials who stayed in Chang'an would shed tears of gratitude when their county magistrate praised them so highly. "

As Li Ji spoke, he also slapped away Liang Jianfang's hand that reached for his wine glass, wiped the oil stains on his hand on the piece of cloth, and continued: "I really don't believe that Yun Chu is a selfless person. , however, they did something selfless, and they did it very thoroughly.

Those under his command can leave Chang'an, but those who still need to continue to hone their skills, those who need to be beaten, and those who need to be recruited. People have made it clear how the new talents can integrate into Chang'an's officialdom as soon as possible.

No matter how doubtful I am, I can only hold it in. As long as I open my mouth and say that he is a fake, I will immediately be labeled as jealous of talents and be despised by the world.

But even so, I still don't believe that Yunchu is such a generous person, because this is no longer something that one person can do. "

Liang Jianfang finally got a sea melon seed and put it in his mouth: "You said so much, what do you want to say?"

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and then said to Liang Jianfang: "You and Yunchu have always been close. Go and ask him. I want to build a seaport on Xiongjin Road to trade with Japan. Can his Dahang City support some of our ships?" "

Liang Jianfang nodded and said: "Oh, oh, he has many ships, manpower, and money and goods. You should ask him."

Li Ji looked at Liang Jianfang and said sadly: "You old man was so addicted to sex that you ruined so many women, but you didn't give birth to a better daughter..."

Liang Jianfang grabbed Li Ji's wine glass and drank it. Then he quickly rocked his wheelchair and walked out. As he walked, he muttered: "You do have a daughter, but you always like to kill your son-in-law..."

After hearing Liang Jianfang's appeal, Yun Chu did not immediately agree or refuse.

When the direction of the wind is uncertain, standing in a random line is a very fatal thing.

The large number of Baiqisi people in Chang'an City means that there are no Baiqisi people in Daxing City.

In the Tang Dynasty, there must be Baiqisi in any important military area, important economic area, or important transportation area.

Today's Dahang City is already the most important city of the Tang Dynasty in Liaodong, and it is also the most prosperous city. It is also an important transportation center for materials in the Tang Dynasty and Liaodong.

Back then, when Li Ji led Yun Chu and others on the eastern expedition, they went there with the purpose of exterminating their descendants and destroying their ancestral temples. Naturally, such a large army would not be polite to them, plus there were 500,000 soldiers to capture them. , I want benefits, I want to go home with money.

Therefore, in the three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, all valuable things were taken away by the army of the Eastern Expedition. The spoils of war rewarded by the emperor.

Among them, there is Cui Yao's favorite set of bronze chimes.

This thing was from the Silla Ancestral Temple, and it was a musical instrument that could only be used by princes. Li Zhi didn't like it, so he gave it to Yun Chu casually. According to Cui Yao, the Yun family finally had something that could be handed down from generation to generation.

The good things from Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were all transported back to Tang Dynasty, including various slightly skilled craftsmen and slightly attractive women. It is said that only a few families can own a kitchen knife over there, and the poor can barely see it.

Under such a situation, even if the fishermen at sea wanted to trade with them, they would not be able to offer any good things. The only way to get what the fishermen needed in exchange was Dahang City.

Because Dahang City is different. This city belongs to the Tang Dynasty, so naturally it is not within the scope of the army's looting. This difference makes Dahang City the wealthiest and safest city in Liaodong.

As long as they are local people in Liaodong, there is no one who does not want to live in Dahang City.

The fishermen on the whaling ship are not divided into countries and nations. Their homeland is their ship, and they live on the ship all year round. They live on the ship and finally die in the sea.

Copper coins, gold, silver, and silk are worthless in their eyes. They need good anchors, nails, knives, harpoons, pots, needles, rice, and vegetables , pickles and other daily necessities, even the linen that Yunchu advocated, their demand is very small. Compared with linen and cotton, they think sea animal skin is more warm.

Through these people who have been floating on the sea all year round, he has learned that in the extreme north, across the vast ice sheet, there are still some people living there. They live in igloos and hunt sea beasts for a living.

Yunchu knew that Li Ji had taken a fancy to these bearded and haired Ainu people who had been fishing at sea all year round.

Li Ji knew that there were some Ainu people living on the opposite side of Baekje. He might hope to use these Ainu people who crossed the sea as a forerunner, and then go to the Ainu people's territory opposite Baekje to continue to expand their influence, and finally go south and take down the entire Wa country.

It's a good idea.

On the sea between Baekje and Ezo, there are strong winds and waves that come and go all the year round. If you don’t have sailors who are familiar with the sea, if you encounter a strong wind, let alone board the Wa country, you will be blown all the way by the typhoon. It is possible to go to Lingnan.

According to what Yunchu knew, Monk Jianzhen encountered such a strong wind a hundred years later. He obviously set off from Dengzhou, but after getting off the boat, he found himself in Lingnan.

The Ainu people who cross the sea do not even understand the language with other Ainu people. They float on the sea all year round. Only when they encounter giant whales will there be cooperation between several ships. Otherwise, one ship is a country. What Li Ji was thinking about was simply delusional.

However, the news that Xue Changfeng came back from Youzhou made Yunchu a little confused, because Xue Changfeng said that he saw many noble sons in Youzhou who could only be seen in Chang'an and Luoyang, and they were only in Youzhou. After replenishing some supplies, they left Youzhou City. Most importantly, after they left the city, a group of barbarian knights appeared and surrounded them all the way to the north.

In other words, the nobles in Chang'an and Luoyang have already started to act, and the time to plan this matter was at least half a year ago.

It is true that Yunchu doesn't like these nobles, but he also doesn't want to see these people blindfolded and venture into a world they are very unfamiliar with, at least he doesn't like to see them die on the land of Wa Kingdom.

After the emperor stayed in Penglai for another three days, he saw that no new mirage appeared, so he was about to leave here. However, he still sent Liu Renshi, the governor of the Dengzhou Navy, to build a new Penglai city here.

When the emperor came to Penglai, he was as angry as a tiger, and when he left Penglai, he was somewhat disheartened.

After walking out of the Shandong Peninsula, the former army led by Pei Xingjian and the rear army led by Xue Rengui rushed directly to Hebei. Youzhou deposed the ambassador Hao Chujun, and the governor of Yingzhou Guo Daifeng returned to the court.

Yunchu thought that the emperor would go to Hebei Road once, or at least set foot on Hebei territory. In the end, whether it was Penglai’s blow to Li Zhi too much, or for some other reason, the emperor did not order to go to Hebei Road. Go straight to Mount Tai.

The incident of Zhang Guo's resurrection from the dead still dealt a great blow to the emperor, mainly because it affected the emperor's state of mind, causing Li Zhi, who was originally ambitious, to seem to have lost his aggressiveness.