Chapter Two Hundred and Seventeen (Chapter 217)
"Sir, don't say much..." King Zhao looked pale and raised his palm and said, "What is the second way to praise and kill?"
"Xu Zi has been back for several days and has not yet taken office in Qizhou. He is struggling with relocating refugees to the Dongfan. I heard that Chen Dujing and Xu Zixian want to join forces with Xu Zixian to reclaim cotton fields in the Dongfan. It can be seen that their minds are all spent on the cotton fields in the Dongfan. They have money and food, and they also have soldiers. They are just to fight against the king. How can they really kill Chen Yutai? Xu Zixian has always claimed to kill pirates before. We might as well call them several newspapers that we have raised to publish articles in succession, mention Xu Zixian's past achievements and the bold statements he has said to build public opinion. It is best to mention Xu Yingbin's incident back then. It is difficult to suppress it. If he wants to take office in a low-key manner, it is afraid it will be difficult to not fight with Chen Yutai..."
"This move..." King Zhao was a little hesitant. Li Gu's idea was correct. He used public opinion to lift Xu Zixian up. He did not move for a long time. Then he questioned public opinion. This would be a very heavy suppression of the reputation that Xu Zixian had already gained.
It would be a good thing if Xu Zi had a trap first. For the sake of fame and reputation, he could only fight with Chen Yutai to the end. How could Chen Yutai be nice? The combat power of the two thousand Qishan thieves is no less than that of the imperial guards of one army. What is important is the terrain. From the sea, it must attack the guarded beaches. From the Qishan side, the terrain is too steep. Xu Yingbin fell under the geographical environment and was ambushed by Qishan thieves. A large number of soldiers were damaged in battle. He was held accountable by the court afterwards, which made him very embarrassed.
"Chen Yutai has been very honest recently." King Zhao pondered: "His brother was killed by Xu Zixian, so he has endured it. Is it an exaggeration to name it?"
"Your Highness," said Li Gu: "Chen Yutai has been traversing Fujian Road for nearly twenty years, and his subordinates are not allowed to be taken away by elite troops. His subordinates are brave and brave. When Heqiao was defeated, Xu Zi was beaten to a halt, which was not a crime of war. After Qishan could not be robbed, Wang Zhi still wanted to recruit him. The families agreed to restrain his subordinates and did not act rashly. Now Wang Zhi has been appointed as the governor of the army. I guess even if Xu Zi doesn't go to find Chen Yutai for the first time, Chen Yutai will not let him go... But Nan'an's group practices well and he will not stick to it. Chen Yutai considers that the loss is too great and will not go to Nan'an for a while. If Xu Zi first rashly attacks Qishan Village, he will be seeking death."
King Zhao murmured: "He doesn't want to move, just urge him to move?"
"Yes." Li Gu said with a Jizhu's expression in his grip, "This is to put him on the fire and roast him!"
"Okay, this strategy is feasible." Zhao Wang said: "Borrow one or two main writers and question why Xu Zi returned to Fuzhou first and then delayed taking office. What is his intention? Is he afraid of Chen Yutai?"
Li Gu felt that King Zhao was a little too hasty, but he still agreed with a smile.
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The tall Huang Laifu stood on the large whistle of Baji Dufan, his body fluctuating with the waves.
Because there were too many people on the whistle, the hull was pressed very low, the waves surged, and the water kept slapped, and water often poured into the hull. When halfway through the middle of the river, water was already flowing into the hull that was not over the upper part.
Some people were a little dissatisfied or panicked, but old sailors like Huang Laifu knew that this was nothing. They would also drive fishing boats of this size on the sea. It was common for them to swim over and the hull to capsize. It was nothing important. Everyone was swimming in the sea and pushed the boat back.
Once, Huang Laifu and a few people rode a sloop boat and went down from Quanzhou Port to Penghu, then to Dongfan, and returned with some agricultural tools, swords, and silver jewelry for a lot of sand gold in the natives. That time he made a fortune.
But this is too risky. Not to mention that the Transportation Office of the Wei Dynasty would strictly investigate such smuggling trade. Even if there is a storm, no matter how good the water is, no matter how rich the experience is, he would be buried in the sea or in the sea or the flesh is fed to the fish's belly if he is not careful.
Huang Laifu is over thirty years old and it is not easy to make a living in the world. His younger brother Huang Laigui wrote a letter to Shaowu Army in the past two days. When talking about the training of the Nan'an regiment, he asked his brother to come to Nan'an as soon as possible.
Huang Laigui didn't call Huang Laifulai a military servant. The military servants were treated well, but for an old sailor like Huang Laifu, first of all, he couldn't stand such constraints. Secondly, he was older and his physical fitness was declining, so he would definitely have difficulty in training. Third, Huang Laifu is an old sailor. He not only sailed near the coast of Fuzhou, but also fought fish in Penghu and Dongfan, bought sand gold, and also went to Nanyang with a large ship, went to Japan, Siam, Zhenla, Sanfoqi, and Mantaga, which was considered to have traveled all over the coastal trade circle.
This was also the norm for sailors in Fuzhou at that time, and even the entire Fujian Road.
Immigration from various countries in Southeast Asia are either Guangdong or Fujian. Apart from these two places, there are very few foreigners. It is also because Guangdong and Fujian have developed foreign trade, and Fujian is full of mountains and few fields and has a large population. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, many Fujianese have taken boats to sea and never returned.
Nowadays, the Three Foqi and Lan Fang are countries founded by the Han people. There are millions of Han people in the entire Southeast Asian country. In addition to the Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar, Siam and other countries, there are also many Han people, accounting for about 20% to 30% of the total population of their country.
Fujianese are not afraid to go to sea, and are even willing to go to sea. If Huang Laifu had a way out, he would probably not return overseas. However, he is straightforward by nature and is not good at socializing. He has good skills but no one appreciates him. He has no money after several trips, and has no connections to settle overseas, so he can only return to Fujian.
This time, the brothers stood in Nan'an and immediately wrote a letter to Nan'an in Daxing Water Camp, which required a large number of experienced old sailors. Nan'an Hou was kind and kind, and was very caring for the people below. He could make a living... Huang Laiyong did not leave immediately after receiving the letter, but asked many people about it. Nan'an Hou was indeed kind and the treatment of Nan'an Wushou was quite good.
Huang Laiyong is more interested in the sanitary school. The Huang brothers are always away. The father and mother are over 60 years old. It is not a big deal to have no one to support them. This is not a matter of ordinary people. But in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, both prefer boys over girls, of course, the same is true in the entire Wei Dynasty. However, Fujian has the unique custom of drowning babies, and it is quite common. This makes it difficult for more men and fewer women to support the family. No males have broken the incense and have no status in the clan and are bullied. However, when a male is born, he cannot get a wife. There are also many people who are there, which makes ordinary people anxious to jump.
This situation is considered a self-destruction, but Huang Laiyong could not have imagined so many things. He thought that if the two brothers could settle in Nan'an, no matter how high their income was, they could bring their father and mother to Nan'an to live and have someone to take care of them, so that they could work hard outside with confidence.
The hull was shaken, and the small whistle boat finally leaned against the shore. The man who was raising the boat breathed a sigh of relief and said in a silence: "Everyone be careful, jump off the boat and go ashore by yourself, don't slip."
Huang Laiyong looked at the boat boss with contempt. He didn't want to have a meal in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.
The boat was very unstable on the river surface, and the shore was not good. There were some dry beaches to stop, but the man parked the boat in a slippery place.
Some small businessmen jumped ashore with the goods carefully. A woman holding the child wanted to get off but didn't dare, so she wanted to cry in a hurry.
Huang Laiyong told the woman, hugged the child in his arms and jumped ashore.
Everyone cheered, and the woman got on the shore and bowed to thank her.
"My man works as a group training in Nan'an. I found a house a few months ago and asked me to come over to settle down," the woman thanked her, "Seeing my elder brother, I'm here to be a martial servant. If so, I'll ask my man to give me a drink and thank my elder brother."
"Don't be polite." Huang Laiyong knew that many people came from the other side, all of whom were Lao Wu's family. Previously, more than 1,600 Wu's soldiers were from all towns in Shukou, Nan'an, and half were refugees recruited from the other side, living in the Shaowu Army. Now Huang Laiyong has been here, and there are already very few refugees. He basically either worked as a Wu's soldiers in Nan'an, or found work at the port of the dock, or was waiting to resettle the Dongfan.
"Marquis of Nan'an is really a charity." A small merchant said sincerely: "This lady must have suffered a lot before. Now she can live in Nan'an. It's a pity to end the hardship."
The clothes worn by the refugee woman were quite torn. Everyone saw this, and when they heard the words of the small merchant, they nodded and said yes.
"I read the recent newspaper." A scholar wiping the mud on his boots and shouted: "The miserable refugees are mainly caused by pirates. Now people say that the Marquis of Nan'an should wipe out Chen Yutai as soon as possible. He held a strong soldier but sat in Nan'an and watched Chen Yutai rage. What's the reason?"
"Don't you go!" The man who was holding the small whistle boat and several other slurry players were likely to join the Nan'an regiment training and become part of the water camp officers and soldiers. When he heard the scholars, he cursed: "What do you know about sour people? You just take a knife when you fight. Damn, I hate these sour people the most. If you don't understand nothing, you know how to be careless."
"A battle in the river beach," the scholar said with his neck, "Marquis of Nan'an defeated thousands of bandits in one battle, Chen Yutai only had two thousand people."
"You are wrong." Xiaoxing Shang said with displeasure, "You are also a husband who is a scholar and polite. Think about what is the main army, the guest army, and Chen Yutai's subordinates, who can compare with those mobs?"
"There is also a good place." Huang Laifu couldn't help but say: "The Qishan thieves are in Haikou, Qizhou. The beach is very well prepared, and there is a fleet. The water camp here has not yet opened. Walking from Qishan, it is all mountain roads. The army is inconvenient to move, there is no careful plan, the geographical disadvantage, and there is not even a job. You scholar, you are a scholar, are you still embarrassed and criticized?"
The scholar was completely silent. He also saw some heart-killing arguments in the newspaper, such as Nan'an Hou not going to make a bloody battle and damaging his strength. Xu Zixian had already achieved success and would not fight with Chen Yutai again, etc.
Chapter completed!