hotmtlnovel Chapter 205 Is that a Japanese pirate? No! That's baby!
Chapter 205 Is that a Japanese pirate? No! That's baby!
No one in the Sheng family expected that Wei Yuan would be friends with the royal nobleman, King Wu.
And as Wei Yuan shocked them again and again, Mo Lan and others' envy or jealousy towards Ming Lan could no longer be described in words.
Minglan always felt that there would be something wrong with accepting King Wu's arrangement.
But under the strong request of the Suzhou officials, she didn't know what to do, so she had to ask her grandmother.
"If I accept King Wu's kindness, wouldn't it be bad if I bring trouble to my grandson's uncle?"
Old Mrs. Sheng said with a smile: "Let's follow the official into the city, otherwise we will not give King Wu face."
"Afterwards, King Wu got some benefits from us, so we simply reciprocated and returned it to him."
"This way, your uncle will not be embarrassed."
Minglan thought the same thing. If he didn't follow the official into the city, he was afraid that King Wu would be unhappy when he found out.
After entering the city, they suddenly discovered that the house arranged by King Wu was a large house with three entrances and three exits.
In terms of floor area, it is larger than the residences of the Youyang Sheng family and the Sheng family in Yangzhou and Beijing.
Moreover, the various facilities inside are also extremely luxurious.
Everyone listened to the Suzhou official's introduction: "The prince has just ordered people to tidy up this house. During these days in Suzhou, we can stay here with peace of mind."
"Everything in the house can be used by you. The prince is worried that Miss Sheng and you all need someone to take care of you, so he has assigned a few maids."
Mrs. Sheng said: "Your Majesty is too polite."
The Suzhou official smiled and said: "The relationship between King Wu and General Wei is very good, as it should be."
Minglan, who was standing behind the old lady, looked embarrassed.
Rulan held Minglan's arm and whispered:
"We are new here. Although it is for your uncle's sake, will this King of Wu treat us too well?"
Pinlan nodded and said: "Minglan, why don't we go find an inn? After all, we can't stay in Suzhou for too long."
Hearing this, the Suzhou official said slowly: "Everyone, you are all here. As the saying goes, you will be at peace with the situation. King Wu has made such careful arrangements, and it is hard to live up to his old man's good intentions. Are you right?"
Mrs. Sheng nodded and said, "Then let's stay here for the time being. We will only stay in Suzhou for a few days, and we won't bother King Wu for too long."
After the Suzhou officials leave here.
Mrs. Sheng told Sheng Wei and said earnestly: "Go and find out what King Wu likes. Let's buy some things to prepare and give them to him when we leave Suzhou."
With the status of the King of Wu, there must be no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry, so he must do what he likes.
Sheng Wei nodded and said, "My nephew understands what my aunt means."
The Sheng family stayed in Suzhou for a few days and heard that King Wu liked to drink fruit wine and fish.
So Mrs. Sheng asked Sheng Wei to buy some fruit wine and a bamboo pole made of gold and jade, which was expensive.
But after all, it was to repay the prince's favor, and Sheng Wei also wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with the King of Wu.
So, I gritted my teeth and bought it.
On the day before they left, their family went to King Wu's Mansion to pay homage to King Wu, but saw no one there, so they had no choice but to leave the gifts and leave.
After leaving Suzhou, Mrs. Sheng and others headed to Hangzhou.
On the way, the old lady, Ru Lan, Sheng Wei and others said one after another:
"Staying in Suzhou for the past few days can be regarded as taking up the time of Sixth Sister. Grandma, grandma, you don't know something. On weekdays, very few people go to see a Taihu Lake cruise ship. Because of Sixth Sister, we were able to see it. "
"That building boat is really big. It is said that the prince personally ordered it to be built. Rich people may not have the opportunity to go there, and it costs hundreds of taels of silver to go there. As a result, the guard responsible for guarding the building boat heard about Sixth Sister's After the name is given, it will be released directly.”
"This is for the sake of Girl Ming, and for the sake of Ming's uncle. I don't know if the Prince likes the return gift we give him."
"We did our best, and that's enough."
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When everyone arrived in Hangzhou, a scene that surprised them happened again.
Just like the scene they met outside Suzhou, a Hangzhou official was waiting for Minglan and others here.
Everyone only heard the Hangzhou official say:
"I have been ordered by Governor Mei to wait here for the arrival of Miss Shengming Lansheng. Everyone, your accommodation has been arranged."
"I also ask you to follow me into the city."
The attitude of this Hangzhou official was even much friendlier than that of the Suzhou official.
Minglan didn't know whether she was happy or worried, and murmured: "Isn't this the case when we go all the way south?"
If that were the case, she would rather go back to Beijing.
If he were not his uncle, how could he be so virtuous on his own?
He refused their kindness because he was afraid of causing trouble to his uncle. If he didn't refuse, it would be easier to offend others.
She really didn't know what to do.
In fact, King Wu of Suzhou and Wei Yuan are indeed friends now.
As friends, it is natural to take care of each other's relatives.
And Mei Zhi, the governor of Hangzhou, was so eager to be nice to Minglan because he hoped that she could say more good things about him around Wei Yuan.
After all, what happened in Zhao's tea shop a few days ago left a lingering fear for the governor Mei.
If Wei Yuan remembers this from now on, he will tell the officials when he returns to the capital.
Then, Governor Mei's future ends here.
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Since the days when the Sheng family stayed in Suzhou and went to Hangzhou.
The situation in Fuzhou is temporarily stable.
The first batch of merchants who participated in the sea transportation have all arrived in Fuzhou at this moment. They can go out to sea as soon as Wei Yuan gives an order.
The goods that have been stored for several months can finally be put to use.
At the same time, on the vast sea.
Four thousand naval soldiers were divided into ten teams and began to search for Japanese pirates in a carpet-style manner.
The day before yesterday, on the sea, the navy encountered a group of Japanese pirates with only forty ships and about three hundred people.
Most of the ships that the Japanese pirates took were wooden boats, and both the sailing speed and volume were far inferior to the warships of the navy.
Therefore, under the siege of thousands of naval forces, the Japanese pirates were successfully wiped out, with only four people injured and no one killed.
Among the four casualties, one of them accidentally fell from the ship while robbing the heads of the Japanese pirates and drank a few mouthfuls of sea water.
This battle is also one of the largest battles launched against the Japanese pirates since the establishment of the navy.
Wei Yuan was very happy and named it the Battle of Fuhai.
Merchants, officials and even envoys from various countries in Fuzhou were all delighted when they heard the news.
After all, the fewer Japanese pirates there were, the safer the sea transportation would be.
This matter concerns the interests of many parties.
Logically speaking, with such a great victory, the happiest people should be the navy officers and soldiers.
In fact, it is not entirely true. Most of the navy officers and soldiers are unhappy at the moment.
It is because in that great battle, many people did not even see the shadow of the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese pirates were destroyed.
In this way, how can they bring honor to their ancestors? How can they be recorded in the county annals of their hometown?
The current situation of the navy officers and soldiers is that everyone looks like a Japanese pirate. If they see a ship not far away, they want to go over and hit it.
There are even some navy teams that have paid for the heads of Japanese pirates.
It started with a sailor who gave a few coins to his colleagues on the warship, begging his brothers to show mercy if they encountered Japanese pirates and let him kill a few more. He only wanted to open a family tree, and the silver reward for killing Japanese pirates would belong to his brothers.
As a result, his brothers not only confiscated his money, but also said:
"There are only a few Japanese pirates, and we can't even rob them. You still want us to show mercy for these few coins?"
"That's right, don't you ask, how many of our brothers are killing Japanese pirates for money?"
"Brother, not only do you want to bring honor to your family, I want to too!"
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Once upon a time, because the Japanese pirates were good at roaming and sneaking, whether it was the soldiers of the coastal defense camp of Fujian Road or the soldiers of Liangzhe Road, when they encountered Japanese pirates, they only took defensive measures.
Few took the initiative to attack.
But now, if you don't sail hard and take the initiative to attack when you see Japanese pirates, I'm afraid you won't even be able to separate your bones.
Some soldiers even almost burst into tears after killing a Japanese pirate, "Finally I caught one, it's not easy!" Today, there was a team of naval soldiers. While patrolling the sea, they suddenly saw a few lonely ships wandering not far away. For a moment, the naval soldiers who were originally a little depressed suddenly rushed towards those ships desperately, "Sink it!" "Hurry, go faster, don't let others see it!" "It's been five days! After five days, I finally saw the Japanese pirates!" "Oh no, those Japanese pirates are going to run!" "." Those Japanese pirate ships obviously discovered the Great Zhou navy, so they quickly dispersed. At this time, the Japanese pirates with a slightly higher status could wear cloth armor. But what about the naval soldiers? They wore fish scale armor, with armor plates attached to the lining. The armor plates were made of the shells of old gourds, brushed with raw tung oil on the surface, and then dried in the sun or dried over a low fire. This kind of armor has excellent defense and buoyancy in water.
How can the Japanese pirates resist it?
Besides, in the past few days, the Japanese pirates floating in Fuzhou have heard about the tyranny of the newly built navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
When they meet me, it's like meeting a woman, and there is greed in their eyes.
They are really scared!
Suddenly.
On the side of the navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
A captain shouted loudly: "They are going to run away! Brothers, the family tree is open, and the family is glorious. Chase them! Chase them!"
Then, the navy soldiers shouted loudly:
"Don't run! Don't run! If you have something to say, talk it over, why run?"
"Fight first and then run!"
"Chase! Chase!"
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It is very easy to encounter unexpected events when chasing the enemy at sea.
However, the navy soldiers still worry about these things?
Because at this moment, in their eyes, the Japanese pirates not far away are not Japanese pirates, let alone enemies.
It is to "bring honor to the ancestors", to "open a single page in the family tree", and to be admired by future generations.
Just imagine, when a hundred years later, your grandchildren's grandchildren will one day, on a whim, look at the family tree.
Suddenly, they saw a page that recorded their glorious deeds of bravely killing the Japanese.
It's exciting to think about it!
So.
The eyes of these navy soldiers were full of desire and greed.
Even worse, they were as if they had encountered rare delicacies, and they were so excited that they almost drooled.
They wanted to swim over directly.
It seems that it was not the Japanese pirates who robbed the treasures of the merchants on the sea.
It was these navy soldiers who were rushing forward, fearing that their brothers would catch up with the warships they were on.