Chapter 19

"Congratulations, congratulations, Mr. Feng personally led the heroes of the South China Sea Guardian Division to destroy the ugly people of the Bohai Sea and clear the trade routes between the people. I will make great contributions to the country and the people. I will pay homage to the court and ask for rewards for the wise Kunzhong!" The Jinghai Village outside the city of Guangzhou is still a small bridge with red flowers and green willows. Lord Cui, the governor of the state, bowed to the Feng brothers who were waiting in front of the village gate from afar.

"This time, you can achieve success, all thanks to Your Majesty's great blessing. I am the one who commands me well. I have no such achievements, so why should I do this!" After hearing this, Feng Ruofang smiled slightly and bowed to meet him.

After greetings, several people followed the village to the village. It seemed that they were walking forward inadvertently. Cui Po, who was walking forward, turned sideways and smiled: "This time, Mr. Feng defeated the many with fewer people, and wiped out Bohai Yu Jian with only 20,000 people. With such combat power, the title of "Guan'an" is not enough to control more than 10,000 elite troops in the South China Sea. The so-called "If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth". This official recently planned to bid for the imperial court and rebuild our Tang Dynasty naval commander. It is impossible to say that the first General Yang Bo and the position of the Navy as the chief magistrate of the navy will fall on Mr. Feng. I hope that Mr. thanks for the priest of the dynasty, so don't refuse!"

"Sailor?" After hearing this suddenly, Feng Ruofang suddenly walked to himself and then smiled and said, "But I don't know what kind of constitution is the navy master?"

"Different from the Shence Army and the state army in various places, as the name suggests, the navy is to be single-arranged into an army, and inside is to protect the safety of our Tang Dynasty's waters, and outside is to conquer the foreign countries and promote our power at the sea. The department is under the jurisdiction of the Chang'an Ministry of War, and is subject to the salary of the court, and acts according to the emperor's order. In this way, I don't know what Mr. Feng wants to do?" While walking slowly, Cui Po explained with a smile on his lips.

"Recruitment!" This is the first thought that popped up in the minds of the Feng brothers, "Just just finished the bird, the bow is hidden!" How could the Feng brothers be willing, especially Feng Ruolong. If it weren't for his brother's eyes, he would have cursed out a long time ago.

"Haha, thank you for your concern for me, the South China Sea brothers. You can serve the court. You should not refuse according to reason. But this matter is really important. You must discuss it with your children before replying to you?" The expression on your face remained unchanged. Feng Ruofang also used the word "drag" to respond temporarily.

This reply was not surprised when he heard this. He glanced at Feng Ruolong's eldest son Feng Chun who followed him at the end. The Lord smiled and said, "This matter is very important, and what Mr. Feng said is justified. In fact, in my opinion, good men should serve their families and countries. In addition, the court has a large-scale recruitment system. Although the salary is not very high, it is feasible to support the family. Although there is less freedom than before, it also has more safety guarantees! Of course, if Xian Kunzhong does not intend to serve in the official position, this official will have two positions in the future. As for the position of General Yangbo, I can recommend Feng Chun and Feng Young Brother to take over. Jieshi, Brother Nan served as the Hanlin Qinggui, and the Young Brother took office as the Grand Protector of the Navy, one literary and one martial arts, and the Feng Mansion in Chunzhou, Lingnan, which is truly a legend for our dynasty."

At this point, Cui Po kept silent and stepped forward into the main hall of Dezhuang. However, his words caused Feng Chun to shiver.

When he entered the main hall to sit and talk about tea, the envoy did not mention the matter of the current talent, but only praised the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the four walls. After talking all the gossip, Feng Ruofang took the opportunity to add tea and interjected and asked: "I don't know what the envoy's plan is for the ocean-going fleet to go to sea trade that I said about?

"Old fox, you can't help it!" Cui Po muttered in his heart and raised his cup casually and said, "Everyone knows the profits of this long-sea trade, there is no need to say much. Before, all the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty worked hard to weave brocades and burn ceramics, but the profits were all from the big food and the merchants of the Lion Kingdom. I deeply hated them! Now, since the Customs Temple can also build huge ocean ships, and the Jianghuai merchant Aunt Yu deeply understands the righteousness and offers the sea

Picture: Our great Tang Dynasty should also submit its own intention to carry out the ocean trade as soon as possible. One is to alleviate the insufficient expenditure of the imperial court; the other is to use this to promote overseas power and make friends with foreign countries. According to the intention of this official, until October of this autumn, under the craftsmen, twenty huge ships of 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

"Oh! But I don't know that this long voyage allows private ships to travel together?" After listening to his official words patiently, Feng Ruofang immediately followed up and asked.

"Private ships are also my people of the Tang Dynasty. I am naturally welcomed by this official. But from the present moment, I am afraid that our merchants will not be able to create such a huge ocean-going ship that can withstand great storms. What can I do?" After sipping tea and drinking, Cui Po said in a tone of regret.

"I'm not afraid of Lord Jun's jokes. I have two shipyards in this Chunzhou area. If I can accomplish this, I will pass on this shipbuilding technique. My brother is willing to disperse all the family materials. In the past few months, I have built several giant ships, attached to Lord Jun's wings and doing this ocean trade, how about it?" At this point, Feng Ruofang stared at Cui Po, who was smiling without blinking.

"Oh, why didn't you say early? At this time, the shipbuilding technique has been reported to the Chang'an Ministry of Works. I don't know how the Secretary Lu was thinking about it. He actually listed it as a "first-class confidentiality" like the "Divine Arm Bow". Now, if there is no Ministry of Works, if you do this, you will definitely violate the law of the court without doing it. This..." Cui Po, who looked embarrassed, said this and kept smiling bitterly. The atmosphere in the hall became extremely solemn for a moment. Feng Ruofang, who was "good temper", was still changing.

However, he heard the envoy sigh and continued, "Stop! Mr. Feng and the Gu'an Department are loyal to the king, and with the brother Nan, I took on this great relationship and ordered the ship to make time on the field to rush to build five giant ships for the teacher. As for the goods needed for this future, there is no extra profit, and they will be given to them together! As for the shipbuilding technique, the Ministry of Works will hand over it when the navy is established in the future, it is just a slowdown. In this way, I wonder what the teacher wants?"

He reached out and patted the corner of his second brother's shirt. After a moment of silence, Feng Ruofang's expression returned to normal: "It's so good, my brother thanked the adult for his help!"

At this point, everyone stopped continuing. After drinking another cup of tea, they saw that it was almost noon. With Feng Ruofang's order, in just a moment, the banquet was already over in the main hall.

"This time, the Gu'an Department made contributions in one fell swoop and destroyed the Bohai Sea. I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to congratulate you! Another customs temple allocated 400,000 special silver, and asked the sir to issue it on his behalf, thinking that he would reward you!" As soon as he got into the seat, Cui Po immediately raised his cup to congratulate Feng Ruofang.

"Thank you, sir." After drinking the wine in the cup, Feng Ruofang, who had no strange colors on his face, pointed to a delicious dish in the middle of the mat and said, "Sir, please try this 'honey'?"

Putting down the wine cup in his hand, Cui Po looked at it with a smile. With just one glance, he suddenly felt chills all over his body, and even the wine that had just been drinking in his belly could hardly help spurting out. It turned out that the plate was filled with more than ten young mice covered with milky white honey. They had never opened their eyes and were still living things with light red all over their bodies, still screaming faintly in the plate.

"This thing has only been in half a day and is the cleanest. While its blood and energy are still alive, please invite me!" As if ignoring Cui Po's expression on his face, Feng Ruofang diligently advised the guest.

Seeing that Cui Po had no intention of taking action, the owner of the big manor actually put it in front of him. Feng Ruolong, who saw that his brother had given him a visit, reached out to hold the young mouse that was still slightly wriggling. He ate it in a bite in the terrifying gaze of the envoy, chewing it with a delicious chewing sound. He listened carefully, and the sounds of the sounds from his mouth were as if he was scratching the heart.

When he saw the faint blood marks from Feng Ruolong's mouth seeping out, the governor of Meifengyi could no longer bear it and said "offending" and turned around and fled in a panic.

After a long time, Lord Jun returned to the banquet outside the hall. Fortunately, Feng Ruofang had ordered people to withdraw the "honey chirp", which saved Cui Po's subsequent suffering.

"The honey is a famous dish in Lingnan just now. It is the most nourishing thing with fresh honey. Unfortunately, I am not disappointed by this kind of blessing, but I am really disappointed!" Feng Ruofang, who held a little bit of a smile on his face, said.

"Thank you, Mr. Feng, for your kindness, I appreciate it!" Cui Po, who had a bitter smile, said with a green face, and picked up the beef and chewed it carefully.

Who knew that as soon as he had picked up beef, he saw the little boy serving the side immediately came to hold a silver utensil. When Lord Jun looked down, he saw that there were many dark green grass paste in the bright silver bottle. Surprised, he raised his head to look at Feng Ruofang, the chairman.

"The beef that adults have taken just now is the most tough thing. You need to use the 'holy geese' to overcome it and move it: this cup of 'elephant' is made of black elephants in Xunzhou and Leizhou. A cup of 100 gold is not much, and its taste is the most 'fat and crispy'. You must appreciate it carefully!" Feng Ruofang was indeed a good host and couldn't help but persuade the guests.

"What is the Holy Ghost?" Cui Po followed and asked, looking at the green things in front of him.

"This cow's stomach has turned into grass!" Just this faint sentence made Lord Jun's stomach churn. When he turned his head and saw a family member passing the dishes on a plate of pink bats, he couldn't help but leave the seat and run out again.

This time, after the pale faced envoy returned to the hall, he would not sit down and thank the master, and then bid farewell. His hurry looked like thousands of troops were chasing him behind him.

"It's a joke that he wants to accumulate my Nanhai tribe! Brother, I must not agree to this matter!" As soon as the carriage that Cui Po was riding, Feng Ruolong, who was seeing him off at the beginning of the door, sneered and said to his brother.

"Second brother, what if I don't agree?" After asking this back, Feng Ruofang continued to say, "If I don't agree, my South China Sea tribes have two ways to go. One is to go to the outside seas and make a living by plundering, and no longer think about returning to my hometown; the other is to go north to Bohai and rely on the four towns. In short, there is no need to go back to Chunzhou again. In this way, the second brother thinks that the road to be elected is better."

"Now, the waters near the Tang Dynasty are all decided by the eldest brother. Isn't Cui Poruzi recruiting merchants in a big way? We have sealed the sea route and see how he does it. When he made no achievements here, the court will definitely replace him. Isn't this a turning point in my South China Sea?" Although Feng Ruolong is rough and generous, this trick of "killing people with a knife" is also very skillful.

"Cui Po's background is too deep and he is favored by the emperor. This plan is extremely difficult. If he cannot achieve success in one fell swoop, I will be completely in the South China Sea! Customs Temple now has the art of building giant ships and has elite and sharp equipment. Looking at it for a long time, how can I fight against it? Besides, if you really have such a clear confrontation with Customs Temple, will the brothers really be as united as this time? Besides, Nan'er is still in Chang'an!", sighed slowly, and Feng Ruofang turned back to the village.

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"What a pity, it's a pity. Today, Lao Feng really spent his time to entertain the young master. It's okay to have a 'Saint'. Miji and Elephant Bird Chicken are all famous dishes in Lingnan, but they are exchanged for the young master to escape from the seat twice. This..." Before he finished speaking, Li Boyuan laughed out loud.

"People say that people in Lingnan dare to eat anything, this is true!" Cui Po said this with a wry smile. He felt another squirming in his abdomen, and he couldn't help but hurriedly stretched his head out of the curtain, and vomited continuously.

His actions naturally caused Li Boyuan to laugh a lot. After waiting for a long time, he returned to his seriousness and said, "Young Master, I will go back to the yamen today. There is something to do immediately."

"Oh! Why is it so urgent?" Cui Po put away the silk cloth with clean face and followed and asked.

"The official document for the Ministry of Revenue has arrived. The bill is planned for 4 million knots, and the time for the payment is tight. How much money should be allocated? The young master will give him a charter."

"Mr. Yang is really worthy of being the master of financial management! Half a month ago, I went to Guangzhou to officially take office for a full year. His official documents for asking for money arrived. Judging from his attitude, he was waiting for money in the future. Four million coins, and he was really unwilling to lose a piece of money!" After hearing this, Cui Po sighed.

"Since the official implementation of the recruitment system in March, it is inevitable that the money would be used like a splash of water. Yang Xiang is also a person who refuses to strip the people. I believe he is so anxious that he wishes money to fall from the sky. The four million guan that the young master promised is not a small amount, so how can he not worry about it? Speaking of which, this matter is really too urgent for the imperial court to promote recruitment!" Li Boyuan, who was sitting in the carriage, responded lightly.
Chapter completed!