Chapter 384: The Beast Mobilization

As the Song army's flagship was singing, Chen Buqun used a telescope to observe the sea surface, observed the port not far away, and casually asked the officers around him: "Who will climb first?"

The officer replied: "Teacher's servant."

Chen Buqun said oh and continued to observe with a telescope. After a moment, he replied: "Order the Sea Wolf Battleship to start the first round of artillery fire... Let us pray for the Seljuk people, hoping that they can ascend to heaven smoothly."

An officer next to him seemed to be very familiar with Chen Buqun. He said in a relaxed tone: "Senior brother, how can you pray that they will ascend to heaven? We should pray that they will go to hell - the teacher's servant has taken action, and it is difficult for them to think that they can't go to hell."

Zhao Xing's servants were not special in the Song Dynasty. In "Water Margin", there were countless servants in Zhujiazhuang, Hujiazhuang and other manors. These servants all had the distinctive characteristics of the times. Under "Tiansheng Ling", the maximum service period of family servants in the Song Dynasty was ten years. During these ten years, their status was slightly higher than hiring servants. But ten years later, because of the existence of "Tiansheng Ling", they faced the ending of seeking a way out.

The most miserable slave will pay you the salary you earned during the ten-year labor period and then allow you to leave freely. This treatment can make the slaves in the Ming and Qing dynasties cry to death with jealousy. However, this is the worst experience of servants in the Song Dynasty. Because after leaving the family of gentry, these people will face various taxes and labor from the court after they set up their own families. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, expelling the servants from their own protection was the most serious punishment. This punishment can make the slaves in the Ming and Qing dynasties envious.

In addition, there are several better choices for family servants. The first is that because they perform well during their service, the master will give them a surname and list them as a branch of the clan, so that they can continue to survive under the protection of the clan. This is the best treatment. Because this treatment can allow the servant to extend his service indefinitely. And he will be promoted to a strong sect under the wall of the gate, and the clan will be given as shelter.

As for the middle road, the master turned to recommend it, and his performance during his service was highly praised, so that he could carry the master's reward, turn to other clans, and continue to live under the protection of the patriarchal law. For example, Gao Qiu, he was a senior aide hired by Su Shi. He turned to Queen Duan and became a third-rank official in the court.

Because of the role of "The Heavenly Saint Order", the cohesion of slaves and servants in the Song Dynasty was particularly strong. Even when encountering life-and-death struggles, they dared to fight for the first place and fought forever. In "Water Margin", the bandits of Liangshanbo who were lying on the land of Qilu also felt a headache. It was under the "The Heavenly Saint Order" of the Song Dynasty that the slave organization really reappeared.

Compared with the common Zhuang Ding system in the Song Dynasty, the group of servants under Zhao Xing's name was an extremely special existence. Because his manor was attacked, Zhao Xing attached great importance to the development of military skills of servants. The measures he took were nothing more than rewards, demarcating the salary and assessment standards for each skill. The servants with different skills can get multiple salaries. In this case, the servants under Zhao Xing's name were proud of enjoying multiple skills.

Zhao Xing is rich, and as long as the servant applies for training in a certain skill, he will provide both the teacher and the equipment for free. Moreover, after passing the skill assessment, Zhao Xing will put obvious skill marks on the servants, so that the servants can enjoy more honors when they enjoy an extra salary.

Zhao Xing has the right to enter the military field or overseas leaders as officials, Zhao Xing has a lot of blank officials waiting to fill in the battle when the servants under his name are particularly crazy. On the one hand, they hope to get Zhao Xing's appreciation in the battle, and get a generous reward after the service period, or get a small official position. On the other hand, Zhao Xing has never cared about the ownership of the spoils. Based on the principle of who owns and who owns it, he seized it in the battle. He has always recognized the ownership of the confiscated person, so even if Zhao Xing does not reward them afterwards, the soldiers participating in the war will bravely take the lead and strive to reap the greatest benefits in the war.

Zhao Xing's current servants must have the ability, be fierce and fierce, be desperate and have the nature of a desperate person. With them launching the attack on the empire, no wonder Chen Buqun and others have to pray for the Seljuk people.

Navigation is a special science. Since the Song army began to contact Arabia many years ago, Zhao Xing's Guangzhou Wubei Academy began to teach the trigonometric functions and other knowledge required for navigation. Zhao Xing was the principal of the Wubei Academy, so after the officers of the Wubei Academy came out, they all called Zhao Xing "teacher", while Chen Buqun, as their elder brother, was called "senior brother" or "senior". The Song Dynasty continued the strict academic discipleship system passed down in the Tang Dynasty, so those officers prefer to call their naval commander by kind "senior brother" or "senior".

Seawolf One began to move slowly, adjusting the ship while moving. At the same time, the window of the cannon window was pushed open, revealing a cannon. The sailors were filled with shells and whistling, watching the Song army and local contact ship carrying Aduli to row towards the shore with great effort.

A naval officer looked at the harbor on the shore and asked in confusion: "Senior brother, isn't the teacher's target Arab? Why do you always hit indirectly and hit some of the collars next to Arabia..."

The officer chuckled and joked: "It feels like the teacher is like a squinted eye, aiming accurately, but always hitting the person next to him. It's so interesting."

Chen Buqun smiled and replied: "Arab is a huge country, it is huge. The whole of Europe needs to gather all its strength to compete with it. Faced with such a huge empire, indirect temptation is necessary...

As far as I know, the Arabian Northern Line is in full swing, and we are now pounding on its southern line, with the purpose of forcing it to surrender. Such a huge empire would not be able to conquer it without hundreds of years or even thousands of years. But I, the Song Dynasty, could not wait for such a long time.

My Song Dynasty must restore trade between the East and the West as soon as possible, so as to ensure that our tax revenue will not be exhausted. The teacher said that a new group of Hu people emerged from the source of cholera in Liaodong. This group of women, Naomen, is more cruel than the Liao people, and we must be prepared to welcome this group of women, Naomen.

The war is about money. At present, we are both internal and external troubles and must quickly expand our financial resources to cope with this war... As long as we survive this war, our Song Dynasty will be even more glorious. At that time..."

What Chen Buqun did not explain was that the newly-entered Song Huizong was a landlord who could spend money, and the party struggles were getting worse and worse. Every faction was in power and did not like people who dared to speak out loudly with them. These people were often exiled to Hainan by them and "killed" in disguise. In the end, there were only a group of praise factions left in the court. They praised all their opinions on powerful ministers. Even if the powerful ministers said that one plus one equals nine, they would praise them in unison.

Under such circumstances, the court's expenditure was unlimited, and if the income shrank slightly, the entire country's finances would collapse. Zhao Xing's expedition was to explore wealth for the empire. Chen Buqun did not understand this purpose, but he was used to implementing Zhao Xing's strategy, so he parrots according to Zhao Xing's words.

He said it, and the officers could not understand it. After all, there were some prophetic statements. These officers only saw that the little emperor had worked hard since he came to power, but did not understand the nature of the little emperor. An officer asked curiously: "Senior brother. My finances and taxes in the Song Dynasty have increased over the years. Why are the teacher still worried that the tax source will be exhausted? It doesn't make sense."

Chen Buqun put down his telescope. At this time, Sea Wolf One had already entered the dock and began to fire. It stood on tiptoe like a proud rooster, dancing and gently swept across the port area. The entire hull was spitting flames, and spitting thick white smoke while proudly rowing on the water. With the sound of cannons, Sea Wolf Two also entered the shelling position. When Sea Wolf One drove by, it took over the shelling mission. With this round of shelling, thick white smoke came out of the port area. It was the scorching shells hitting the water and stirring up steam and huge waves. Later, the flames in the port area rose and black smoke swayed.

Chen Buqun raised his telescope and observed for a while, put down his telescope and said, "I asked the teacher, and the teacher's answer was four words: 'People'. Before Wang Jinggong's reform, the people had no other burdens except for the taxes, land taxes, and labor services. In addition, they could also serve as merchants, set up stalls and mobile merchandise without paying taxes. However, after Wang Jinggong introduced the laws of the market, the law of the horse protection, the law of the exemption of service, and other laws, the burden on the people became heavier and heavier. Now the increase in local taxes comes at the cost of increasing the burden on the people..."

After a pause, Chen Buqun sighed and said, "When the teacher left Hangzhou, there was an earthquake on the Jinghu South Road. A censor impeached Zeng Bu, saying that it was a great traitor to be eliminated. Therefore, the heavens and man responded, and the earth was shaken. The lord should remove the treacherous and slander to comply with the heavens. Han Zhongyan strongly agreed with this claim, but the teacher said that Han Zhongyan was deceived by Cai Jing. Zeng Bu was impeached and resigned to Cai Jingteng's position. The next person who impeached would definitely be Han Zhongyan's turn. After Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu both went, Cai Jing was in charge of the government affairs alone, and I am afraid he would not be able to tolerate a dissenter. The direction of the court would change again after that."

Another officer asked in confusion: "Senior brother, since the situation in the court is so critical, why don't the teacher stay in China and go overseas instead? I think the matter is irreversible after the teacher returns."

Chen Buqun smiled bitterly. At this time, Hailang No. 3 had entered the shells and began to shoot. As the shells fell, dust and smoke rose up. Chen Buqun waved his hand: "It's our turn, turn the rudder and enter the shelling position."

The Sea Wolf battleship only built three, and the rest were Class A warships. Among the Class A warships, the flagships would launch artillery first. With Chen Buqun's order, the officers took their own responsibility and began to enter their respective command positions. The commander who was just asking was still unwilling to disperse. He stood there waiting for Chen Buqun's answer. Chen Buqun waved his hand power weakly: "We cannot save the battle in the court, because the voice behind this battle is the official family, and we cannot challenge the imperial power. The teacher means to be a warlord peacefully and be able to keep the vitality of the southeastern half of the country, and then we are worthy of the court. Let us work hard, and the army will start fighting."

Chen Buqun said this with an old-fashioned expression. In fact, he was in his early twenties, but as the saying goes, his butt determines his head. Because of his experience of going out to sea with Zhao Xing, he began to command the Guangnan fleet at a young age. As the Guangnan fleet became larger and larger, he gradually became the style of a general. He tried to pretend to be honest when speaking, and often fooled those younger brothers with the banner of teachers.

The flagship gradually entered the shelling position. Xiao Feng climbed onto the deck. In the silence of the shelling, he stared at Chen Buqun and asked, "Chen Dalang, we didn't seem to have passed here last time?"

Chen Buqun rolled his eyes: "Last time you were there, the teacher led us to the African continent. Aren't you there too? Why do you ask me?"

Xiao Feng scratched his head and replied embarrassedly: "Shajia is a rough man. He can't tell the world when he arrives at the sea. Wherever Dalang (Zhao Xing) leads me, I will follow you. Wherever I know where to go, east, south, and where to hit me."

The first shot of the flagship was fired, and a column of smoke rose up in the dock area. At this time, the flagship had already sailed to the shore. The crying and shouting from the dock area was vividly remembered. The port was transformed into a mess by the shelling of the Sea Wolf. Broken wooden boards were floating everywhere. The sailors were swimming desperately in the sea, and some of the hit ships were sinking. The decks of the ships were full of panic, running around like headless flies.

The Song army flagship was not the main battleship. It carried a large number of staff officers, so firepower was not its strength. The flagship's shelling stopped for a while and gradually drove out of the port area. When it left the smoke, Chen Buqun pointed to the dock with the telescope in his hand. He said proudly: "Look at this dilapidated appearance-the Seljuk people took destruction as their highest goal and robbed as their power in life. They did not know how to do business, and their favorite was to pay with swords. No one was willing to trade with them, so the port they occupied, no matter how prosperous they used to be, would fall in an instant.

This is the 未新. The teacher once said it had another name, called 'Karachi'. This port was deserted. Last time we went to the West. We had been to Sri Lanka. After replenishing supplies, we sailed directly to the mouth of the Red Sea. The place was called 'Aden'. We have never been here. Hey, I remember that the teacher's servants had to board first, why don't you prepare?"

Xiao Feng laughed and said, "Dalang said he would wait until the artillery was completed before he could send people to land. These thirty warships, after the artillery was fired, it was too late. We still have enough time... Dalang was explaining to Yuanpu in the cabin. When Yuanpu came out, we probably started to take action."

In the cabin, not only Yuan Yeping, but Xiao Feng, as the head of Zhao Xing's servant, has begun to retreat behind the scenes in recent years. In addition to enjoying great power on Danluo Island, this servant in the Song Dynasty is no longer under his command, so he is idle and wanders around.

At this time, Zhao Xing was mobilizing pre-war mobilization in the cabin. In addition to Yuan Yeping, there were also officer leaders of the Great Song Hujie Army, Xuan Yi Army, Guangnan Ping Demon Army, and the remaining Suzaku Army, which were reorganized under Zhao Xing's name. A huge map was spread on the huge table, and a huge red arrow pointed at the position where the warship was being shelled - Karachi, the port of the Lanlu Branch.

"We have 10,000 people landed this time, but don't think that this 10,000 people have few people. Two thousand years ago, there was a king named Macedonia in the distant west. He led 30,000 people to fight here from Greece. It was the Iron Age, and he faced an iron armored army equipped with Persian armor. He defeated them, swept across the place, and crossed here to enter the current Gurkha country.

At that time, a young man came to join the army and wanted to lead his local army into his country. The young man was called Gupta. The Macedonian king did not obey him because his soldiers had fought for three years, were tired of the war, and seized enough spoils. They planned to bring these spoils back to their hometown. After that, Gupta, a young Indian man who came to join the army, led his servants to continue south under the banner of Macedonia, and established his own empire. This empire lasted for a thousand years and was called the "Gupta Dynasty" or the "Mauryan Dynasty".

You may not know anything about Gupta, but this person is also famous in the history of Buddhism. He is King Ashoka who "put down his butcher knife and becomes a Buddha on the spot." He put down his butcher knife that slaughtered ten thousand creatures, converted to Buddhism, and since then he became the supreme guardian of Buddhism.

This Western emperor Macedon, led 30,000 soldiers to fight hundreds of thousands of miles in the age of cold weapons, sweeping here. In the age of fire weapons, ten thousand of us should be able to sweep here. With a sword and hundreds of servants, Ashoka was able to slaughter tens of thousands of creatures here and create a thousand-year empire. Therefore, as long as there is sufficient ammunition, the muskets in our hands can do this. After each of us kills ten thousand people, I allow everyone to put down the muskets, become Buddhas on the spot, and then enjoy their praises.

Next, let’s talk about what’s here? There are countless ivory, countless tiger skins, precious woods, highland Buddha statues made of pure gold, and Indian gods... These are all ours. Whoever occupys and owns them is natural. I allow you to take everything you can find your hands legally and in accordance with the principles. This is endless wealth.
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