novelcrest Chapter 1526 South China Sea Situation
Chapter 1526 South China Sea Situation
Chapter 1526 South China Sea Situation
Ministry of War Yamen.
In the check-in room, Fang Jun and Su Dingfang sat on the floor, with the scent of tea on the low table in front of them, and a few ordinary pastries on display.
Fang Jun reached out and poured Su Dingfang half a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "Has the journey been smooth?"
Su Dingfang sat on the floor mat, bowed slightly to express his thanks, and said, "Erlang, don't worry, the reason why the last general personally escorted the rice to Chang'an this time is because he was worried that other people would make mistakes and bring troubles to Erlang..."
Speaking of this, he raised his eyes, looked at Fang Jun, and said softly: "Fortunately, it is not disgraceful."
Fang Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "There is no need to mention this matter again, Brother Fang is set to do things, so why worry about it? Come, come, try this tea, this is this year's Mingqian tea , Excluding the expenses of supplying the palace and human relations, there is only a dozen catties left here, and I am usually reluctant to drink it, and it is hidden in the ice cellar."
Fresh tea leaves should be kept fresh in an ice cellar, which is already common knowledge among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.
Su Dingfang was slightly taken aback, and wondered, "Isn't it? Longhongquan is now planting tea trees all over the place. Even Mingqian tea won't have such a small output, right? Keeping the promise of good tea, I bought a few catties of Tibetan tea at a high price not long ago. No one will drink it when I wake up, the south of the Yangtze River is hot and humid, so I specially prepared a large amount of saltpeter to make iced tea..."
Keeping promises is Pei Xingjian's word.
Compared with rough people like Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian, who was born in the Pei family in Hedong, is a son of a serious family. It is difficult to preserve, it does not freeze in winter, and it is impossible to dig a cellar to store ice. You can only use saltpeter to make ice and store tea. In one summer, the cost of making ice is even several times more than the money for buying tea...
Fang Jun laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Brother Dingfang doesn't know that the so-called Mingqian tea on the market is just the top-grade Yuqian tea. Although it is top-grade, the difference is not small in terms of quality. It's just normal. Commercial methods are aimed at those ordinary people who have money and no land to spend, but still pay attention to ostentation."
Su Dingfang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mingqian tea, which is treasured by keeping promises, is just Yuqian tea? Fortunately, every time he treats me, he cherishes every bud and leaf and is reluctant to let go. If he finds out, how can I Don't you want to be mad?"
Fang Jun smiled and said, "Pei Shouyue is arty, who is to blame?"
Su Dingfang smiled, thinking that he would tell Pei Xingjian about this when he returned to Huating Town, wondering how embarrassing the boy who usually looked like a son of a family would have such an embarrassing expression?
The two drank tea, talked and laughed softly, and Su Dingfang reported some information about the navy.
"The Jiangnan shipyard now has more than [-] senior craftsmen, all of whom are shipbuilding experts in shipyards all over the world. Not only has the speed of shipbuilding been greatly improved, but the quality has also improved a lot. Erlang told us to record all the details of the warship every time we go to sea. The data, we dare not neglect, record these data every time, and then hand them over to those shipwrights. Now the newly launched warships have been improved in many places. When the warships go out to sea and encounter wind and waves, they become more stable and speed Also faster."
Fang Jun nodded in satisfaction.
After all, he is not a shipbuilding expert, and the blueprints of sea ships drawn based on the memories of his previous life are inevitably inappropriate. There is no way to do this. After the ship is built, he can find out the unreasonable parts through sailing and naval battles, and gradually improve it.
Thinking of this, he called in a trusted family member and ordered him to rush back to the house and bring over a blueprint and a book in the drawer of his study.
The general was ordered to leave, and Fang Jun asked, "How is the situation in Lin Yiguo?"
Su Dingfang said: "In general, it's stable, but Fan Fanzhi, Fan Zhenlong and his son have complained about the increasing number of Han businessmen..."
When the soldiers of the Chenla Kingdom came to the city, Fan Zhenlong had no choice but to sign the "Alliance under the City" with Fang Jun, selling Da Nang to Datang, and becoming the permanent territory of Datang, where the navy was stationed.
At the beginning, Fan's father and son also wanted to go back on their word. After all, letting Datang's invincible army stationed on the side of the capital, Sangapura City, would be a serious disaster sooner or later!But Fang Jun's attitude was extremely tough at that time, and he had a big intention of going to war immediately when he disagreed with him. The Fan family and his son were forced by the military power of the Tang Dynasty, so they had to agree.
Although they are unwilling, in the eyes of the Fans and their sons, even if the Tang Dynasty is stationed in Da Nang, as long as Lin Yiguo honestly regards the Tang Dynasty as a kingdom of heaven and keeps offering tributes during the festivals, then the Tang Dynasty will not The reason is to be cruel to Lin Yiguo.
After all, what Tang cares about is the rice of Linyi country, and even if he is interested in the vast territory of Linyi country, he can't hold it if he occupies it, so why bother?As long as Linyi country continuously supplies Datang with high-quality rice, the relationship between the two countries can be maintained for a long time, not to mention that Linyi country also needs the help of Datang to deter surrounding Zhenla and other countries.
However, within a few days, Fan's father and son couldn't sit still...
They have calculated thousands of times, but they have not calculated that the construction of the Han people is so fast and the population is so large!
The construction of Da Nang made all the people in Linyi dumbfounded. A seaport that was originally desolate and withered is undergoing rapid changes under the circumstances visible to the naked eye. The Han people built brick kilns in all the clay-producing places near the seaport to burn green bricks, and then A kind of thing mixed with sand that can be quickly solidified as a rock is transported by warships one by one, and the green bricks are cast on the seashore with it. In just half a year, a huge seaport has basically taken shape. .
Then, countless merchant ships flocked under the guidance of the navy!
The vicinity of Singapura City is the richest, most prosperous, and most populous area in Linyi Kingdom, with developed commerce.Many of the local merchants are descendants of the Han people, and they are closely related to the Han people. Therefore, when merchants from the Tang Dynasty brought in silk, glass and other commodities ship by ship, they quickly reached cooperation with the local merchants.
Han merchants brought in glass, porcelain, silk, and other commodities, and sold them at a sky-high price in Linyi State, and then took away the rice, precious wood, and... copper and gold produced in Linyi State one by one!
The Fan royal family is sitting on pins and needles!
At this rate of development, within a few years, all the wealth of Linyi Kingdom will be concentrated in the hands of the Han people, and the local aborigines will be reduced to the most humble laborers. At that time, why is it necessary for the army of the Tang Dynasty to occupy the land?
Lin Yiguo has long been ruled by the Han people!
However, the one who fears the Fan royal family the most is the seemingly harmless "extraterritoriality"!
It is precisely because of this "extraterritoriality" that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be walking sideways in Linyi Kingdom.And who can travel thousands of miles to Linyi country to fight for wealth, who is a modest gentleman?To put it bluntly, they are just a group of desperadoes who risk their lives for wealth and honor!
Most of these people are lawless, and it is common to commit adultery and crimes. Wherever they go, they are unscrupulous and unscrupulous, but Lin Yiguo's laws are helpless. Even if the Tang people kill people, they can only be punished by the Tang people themselves. If Quan Guan asked, at most the criminal would be arrested and handed over to Tang Jun.
However, Liu Rengui, the highest officer of the Tang Navy stationed in Da Nang, connived at these criminals a lot. If the Han people fought with each other, the naval officer would be severely punished. If it was serious, he would behead his head as a warning. Xiaoyou, but for the Tang people bullying the people of Linyi...then it doesn't exist at all, and I don't even bother to talk about it.
In this way, more and more merchants in the Tang Dynasty acted recklessly and rampantly!
Fan's father and son were so angry that they gritted their teeth every day, wishing to kill all the Tang people to vent their anger!
However, the dozens of Tang warships and thousands of tigers stationed in Da Nang made Fan and his son fearful and did not dare to act rashly.In particular, the iron lump in Tang Jun's hands that would cause thunder to fall into the world if he threw black smoke into the enemy's formation made Fan's father and son dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool...
Fang Jun listened to Su Dingfang's narration, pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Write a letter to Liu Rengui and ask him to restrict the behavior of Han merchants. If he is too unscrupulous, it will easily cause ethnic confrontation. There are too many obstacles... Forget it, I must have told him that he would not understand. When the Naval Academy is established, all the naval generals will come back to study and learn how to colonize overseas... Also, tell Liu Rengui to be careful Fan's father and son jumped over the wall in a hurry, and they can act first when necessary, so as not to cause any harm to the Han people in Linyiguo!"
Su Dingfang's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "Here!"
At this moment, the family who just went back to pick up the books will return, put a thick stack of drawings and a book in front of Fang Jun, and then bow and retreat.
(End of this chapter)