The four large ships slowly docked, and Dahai led all the young adults on Haiying Island down. As soon as they saw Lei Yuan, they quickly saluted, "Dahai pays homage to Mr. Lei!"
Lei Yuan quickly stepped forward, helped Dahai up, and said, "We have said before that we are brothers, why have you forgotten?"
Dahai smiled innocently and touched his head with his left hand, revealing a hand with two fingers missing.
"Are your hands... used to it?" Lei Yuan asked in a low voice.
Dahai was startled, looked at his hand, and said with a smile: "I've gotten used to it a long time ago. Fortunately, the injury was on my left hand, so it doesn't delay my work. Plus, we can go ashore at any time, so life on the island has become much better!"
Master Lei, we are here to help the master. Master Diao sent us a letter, saying that Uncle Wu and Brother Li were detained by the Emperor of Luo Kingdom, and asked us to join you to think of a rescue strategy. Just now
I was worried when I was on the boat that I wouldn't be able to find you, what a coincidence!"
"It's not a coincidence. We followed the master's order to find boatmen to go to Luo Kingdom, but no one dares to sail the boat now. You guys came just in time!" Lei Yuan said solemnly.
"In that case, let's quickly prepare to leave for Luo Country. I wonder how many people Brother Lei plans to take with him?"
Lei Yuan whispered to the trees, Dahai scratched his head and said: "Now we only have four big ships, plus the master's two, there are six. I'm afraid we can't carry so many people, not to mention the Luo Kingdom now."
The wharf near Luocheng has been closed. We need to divert to the wharf a hundred miles away from Luocheng. It is more secluded and easier to get ashore, but there are all reefs there, and it is impossible to carry too many people. Brother, just
There can be a hundred people, but no more!"
Lei Yuan frowned when he heard this, but now they couldn't care too much, so they could only nod.[
"I'll have people prepare the preparations and dry food you need!" Tie Shuan said quickly.
Lei Yuan nodded.
That night, Dahai and others stayed with Chu Han to buy things that Dahai would use. Tie Shuan quickly wrote a letter and asked Babaili to send it to Chu Han as soon as possible to explain the current situation to Chu Yiqing.
Ever since he learned about the accident in the fleet, Chu Yiqing had trouble sleeping and eating, and he also lost weight.
"Mother, please eat something. You have been worrying about the boatmen these days and you have no appetite!" Yingrun came in and saw that Chu Yiqing's lunch had only moved very little, so she couldn't help but whisper.
Chu Yiqing shook his head and said: "I really have no appetite. I don't know if Lei Yuan and the others have found a boatman to go to sea. Even if they found it, I heard that it is still raining in Luo country and the sea is windy. I don't know if they can rely on it."
Shore, and that Emperor Luo, I’m afraid they won’t let them dock easily!”
Yingrun whispered: "Your Majesty, no matter how worried you are, you must also take care of yourself. If the emperor finds out, the emperor will feel distressed again!"
Chu Yiqing had no choice but to eat some more, but he was still worried and asked: "Is there any news from Chu Han? Are the family members of the boatmen still calm?"
"Master Li sent someone to deliver the news before. Master Li has stepped forward to calm the family members, so the mood of the family members is relatively stable for the time being!" Yingrun said quickly.
"I forgot. Tieshuan has taken office. Counting the days, Master Bai and his wife will soon arrive in the capital, right?" Chu Yiqing cheered up and asked.
She had been worried about the boatmen recently, and she was not in the mood to visit the capital. If Bai Yuanzeng came back, she would be able to use it, and at least she would feel relieved.
"I heard that Mrs. Bai was pregnant, so Mr. Bai took advantage of this transfer and wanted to take Mrs. Bai back to his hometown. Although Mr. Bai's parents are no longer alive, there are still several uncles in his hometown!"
Yingrun said quickly, asking for details.
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and looked at her, "You asked in detail, which is an improvement compared to before!"
Yingrun smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment, thank you. Fortunately, sister Yingqian is busy taking care of the children now, otherwise there would be no role for me as a slave."
Chu Yiqing smiled faintly and asked as if he suddenly remembered something: "It's been a long time since you and Fifteen got married, why haven't you heard anything yet? Could it be because I assigned Fifteen too many tasks, which delayed you?"
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Yingrun blushed all of a sudden and said in a low voice: "Mother, look at you, you are saying this in broad daylight... Actually this is what I don't want. I have been drinking the Bizi soup prescribed by Lord Lei. Sister Yingqian has it."
My child, you see, we are all busy, if this servant...is no longer available, there will be no one available by my side!"
Chu Yiqing raised his lips and smiled, "It seems that I have to find some more reliable people. What if it delays your important task of passing on the family line to Fifteen? But I don't seem to have heard Fifteen talk about him.
Where is my hometown? Has he ever mentioned it to you?"
Most of the children that Chu Yiqing bought back then were from wealthy families who had committed crimes and were implicated in being exiled. Back then, Chu Yiqing chose to trust them and cultivate them, without ever asking about their origins. Now that he has entered the palace, he has many connections.
Especially those fourteen and fifteen around her, it's time to ask. If it was an unjust case back then, it would be a good idea to reverse the case for them, and it wouldn't be in vain for these two children to follow her loyally.
"Fifteen didn't say it specifically, but I heard Fourteen mention it. He said that his family used to sell sea salt, but later he was framed. His parents died, and he was sold to Chu Han. As for that,
I won’t tell you anymore. If your Majesty wants to know, please wait until you leave the palace to ask!" Yingrun said quickly.
Chu Yiqing thought. Selling sea salt is indeed a very profitable business. In modern times, this kind of business is controlled by the state. However, in this society, people have not realized that each family has a sea salt farm.
Dry the sun and sell it yourself. Among the four major families, the Murong family had a business in this area before. However, after Chu Yuan changed hands, the Haiyan salt field was sold to someone unknown, so they stopped the business. If there is a need in the future,
When the time comes, you can pick it up.
Although he thought so in his heart, Chu Yiqing was currently busy with the boatman's affairs, and he didn't have such thoughts yet, so he said: "Forget it, I just feel bored and panic, just ask!"
Yingrun responded and saw that Chu Yiqing couldn't eat any more, so she took it out.
Li Huang went down early today, but his face was not good-looking, because he received a secret message from the Luo Kingdom. The matter of Li Dayong and Wu Laoda being killed and their heads hung on the city gate was also mentioned in the superstition.
, he knew to let Chu Yiqing know, and he was afraid that he would be unable to sit still, so he hid the letter, tried to stay calm, and came to Qiankun Palace.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" Yingrun quickly saluted.
Li Huang waved his hand, glanced at the food on the tray, and asked, "Your Majesty's appetite is still not good?"
Yingrun nodded.
"Okay, you go down, and go to the south study room to bring the prince back. I told him to give him half a day off today, so he doesn't need to study, so he can stay with the queen!" Li Huang said softly.
Yingrun knew that Li Huang was showing sympathy for Chu Yiqing and hurriedly responded.
Li Huang sighed and took Xiao Fuzi into the Qiankun Palace.
In the Qiankun Palace, Chu Yiqing was planning things about Haiyan. Seeing Li Huang come in, he stood up and said with a smile, "It's early in the morning, can we have lunch?"
"Used with Yang Xin, I sighed about this generation of scholars. There are really many talents to be made!" Li Huang said, and he stepped forward to hold her hand and sat down together, "
I see that Yingrun brought out a lot of food, why did you eat so little? Are you still worried about the boatman? Do you blame me for not letting you go? "
Chu Yiqing shook his head and said: "I am used to doing things myself, and you are used to sitting in the big house and strategizing. The two of us have some different ways of doing things, I know that! But Chu Han's sea access rights are what I have spent so long thinking about.
I just got it, I will never let Emperor Luo get it!"
"Don't worry, Haiying Island is yours, and Chu Han is also ours, unless Qu Yi wants to completely cut off the connection between Li State and Luo State!" Li Huang said in a low voice.
"This is what I fear the most!" Chu Yiqing frowned, "In recent years, I have deliberately dumped the food, vegetables and fruits of Li State to Luo State, and reduced the import of Luo State, making the people of Luo State gradually rely on Li State.
, Maybe this move was noticed by Emperor Luo, and when there was a flood, he needed the goods of the dozens of ships, so he merged and launched an attack!"
"I don't understand what you mean. I thought you shipped things to Luo Country because they can make money!" Li Huang frowned.
"Before, I was just a small landowner. Naturally, I didn't think so much. I just did business whenever I wanted to make money. But since I learned about my life experience, I have deliberately opened up the trade surplus between Li State and Luo State.
Since then, it has been Li Guo who has made a net profit; and the party with a trade deficit, that is, Luo Guo, has paid a net profit." Although Chu Yiqing knew that a larger trade surplus is not necessarily a good thing, an excessive trade surplus is also a problem.
This is a dangerous thing, which means that the country's economic growth is more dependent on external demand than at any time in the past few years, and its dependence on foreign countries is too high. Faced with this, she has also taken some precautions, such as stimulating domestic demand and trying her best to
Some fashionable products arouse people's desire for demand, etc.
Li Huang was startled and sighed quietly, "Fortunately I married you, otherwise a talent like you would be Li's biggest enemy in any country!"
Chu Yiqing had no intention of joking with him. If Luo Guo closed the sea and closed himself off, most of Chu Han's things would not be able to be exported, and Chu Han's economy would be in turmoil by then.
"No, Huang, I thought about it and I'm afraid I have to go there in person!" Chu Yiqing frowned, "This is not only related to the boatmen and the right to access the sea, but also to the rise and fall of Chu Han! If Chu Han can be where he is today, I
I have put in a lot of effort, and I can’t just ignore it! What’s more, Chu Han is Abao’s fiefdom, and I can’t let Chu Han suffer any losses!”
In response to Chu Yiqing's request, Li Huang sighed again and whispered: "It seems that I can't stop you, and besides, this matter is not that simple!"
Li Huang had no choice but to tell Chu Yiqing about the deaths of Li Dayong and Wu Laoda.
When Chu Yiqing heard this, he clenched his fists involuntarily. This Qu Yi, she had cared about his help to her and let him go, but she didn't expect that now, he would cause even greater trouble!
"Mom!" Just as he was thinking about it, Abao rushed in and hugged Chu Yiqing happily, "Dad said that there is no need to go to school today, and he wants me to accompany my mother!"
When no one else is around, Bao still likes to call him daddy and mommy.
Chu Yiqing glanced at Li Huang and knew that he had good intentions, but now she had made up her mind, so she said: "Mom may have to go out for a while, you can help dad and take care of my brother!"
Abao blinked, "Mom, are you leaving again?"
When Chu Yiqing heard the word "again", his heart tightened, but he still nodded.
"Your Majesty, the little prince is awake and wants to see you, Your Majesty!" At this moment, the nanny Xu's voice also sounded outside the door. A Bao hurried to open the door and saw the nanny bringing blessings in.
Blessing is now almost ten months old. He can't sit still all day long. He always likes to be teased. As soon as he wakes up and can't see anyone, he keeps making troubles. These days, Chu Yi has stopped thinking about the boatman's things and just spends time with him.
With blessings.
Chu Yiqing took the blessing and saw that the blessing was grinning and his little face kept rubbing Chu Yiqing's forehead, looking very intimate.
Chu Yiqing became more and more reluctant to let go!
"I'll go with you!" Li Huang thought about it for a moment, then stepped forward and said.
Chu Yiqing was stunned for a moment and looked back at him, "You are the leader of a country, how can you leave just as you say?"
"This time Emperor Luo provoked me, I have to give an explanation to the family members of the dead boatman! Besides, I'm really worried about you going alone!" Li Huang said in a low voice.
Chu Yiqing frowned, she could leave. Li Huang is the head of a country, how could he leave casually? Just as he was hesitating, he heard Xiao Fuzi reporting outside: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Chu Han!"
Chu Yiqing quickly stood up and opened the door himself. Outside the door, Xiao Fuzi respectfully handed over a letter.
Chu Yiqing took the letter and saw that it was Tie Shuan's handwriting, so he quickly opened it.
"Hai Dahai has come from Haiying Island for support. At this time, Lei Yuan and the others have already set off!" Chu Yiqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Lei Yuan and Teng Long are both Li Huang's most capable assistants. With them here,
At least the boatman can be rescued!
"Dahai, Tenglong, Leiyuan, plus your black gunpowder, do you think Luocheng can be calm? Don't worry, they will definitely resolve this matter satisfactorily!" Li Huang held her hand.
Blessing seemed to understand something and hugged Chu Yiqing's neck tightly without letting go. Chu Yiqing could only nod.
In Luo Kingdom's palace, Qu Yi was closing his eyes to rest. When he heard some movement outside the palace, he quickly opened his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the palace servants are cleaning outside!" the chamberlain said quickly.
Qu Yi frowned and asked in a low voice: "No news from Liu Guang yet?"
"Master Liu left the palace early in the morning and hasn't come back yet!" the chamberlain said, bringing ginseng tea to Qu Yi.
Qu Yi waved his hand, straightened his body, and calculated the time. He deliberately asked someone to send the news out. It has been more than half a month now, and the heads on the city gate have become mummies. How come Chu Yiqing hasn't found anything yet?
News? Did she really leave these people alone? This sea power is not just a business, but also involves the lifeline of the country. Otherwise, he would not have left Luo Country at a young age to go undercover in Li Country for this reason.
Right to the sea!
Qu Yi was just guessing when he heard Liu Guang's voice ringing outside: "Your Majesty, I would like to see you, Liu Guang!"
Qu Yi quickly ordered the servant: "Hurry up!"
The waiter hurried to open the door.
Liu Guang hurriedly came in, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, there is movement over there in Li State, but they did not disembark from Luocheng Pier, but from Liufu City Pier. By the time we noticed, when we chased them, people were already there
We have entered the city, and now the ministers have ordered the gates of Liufu City to be closed, and they are trying their best to capture the people of Li Kingdom!"
"Liufu City Pier? It's just a small dock there, not to mention that there are many reefs within a thirty-mile radius of the sea facing Li State, and they were able to land smoothly!" Qu Yi frowned, he didn't expect the people of Li State not to
They would blatantly go to Luocheng Pier and set up defenses within 200 miles nearby, but they didn't expect that Li Guolai actually chose the most difficult pier to get to and beat them hard!
"It is difficult to enter a big ship in that area, and my subordinates did not expect that all they made this time were small rafts. It seems that the people on Haiying Island helped them!" Liu Guang said quickly.
Qu Yi frowned, yes, there are people from Haiying Island as well, this time I will catch turtles in a jar and catch them all in one catch!
"Liu Guang, take more people to Liufu City. Remember, as long as everyone is suspicious, arrest them all and don't let anyone go!" Qu Yi stood up, his eyes full of excitement!
Liu Guang responded quickly.
The city gates of Liufu City were closed tightly, but everyone who left the city was subject to interrogation. Suddenly, the people of Luo Kingdom were even more panic-stricken.
Tenglong and Lei Yuan were trapped in the city with their people, but it was not easy to get out. Just when more than a hundred people were hiding, Lei Yuan found Chuji Jiangcaifang in Liufu City. The Jiangcaifang's
The boss was Shopkeeper Huang who had returned from Luocheng. As soon as Lei Yuan took out Chu Yiqing's token, Shopkeeper Huang made people hide in his yard without saying a word.
Shopkeeper Huang's yard is not big, and hiding so many people is not a long-term solution. Shopkeeper Huang thought for a while and said, "Brothers, eat first. When it gets dark, I will naturally find a way to get you out of the city!"
Lei Yuan cupped his fists and thanked him.
Shopkeeper Huang went out and headed towards the market. At this time every day, there were many boatmen waiting to find work in the market.
In the crowd, Yunsheng and Father Hu were looking at the sunset worriedly. They had waited for another day in vain. They saw Shopkeeper Huang walking over. Dad Hu quickly responded with joy on his face, "Shopkeeper Huang, what are you doing?"
Come to Floating City!"
"Is that you?" Shopkeeper Huang paused, thought for a moment, and whispered, "Do you want to make money?"
Father Hu nodded quickly, "Who doesn't want to make money? Look at the world, the streets are full of people looking for work, but there is no work!"
"I have a few batches of goods that I want to transport to Luocheng, but now the city gate is tightly checked, do you have any ideas?" Shopkeeper Huang asked in a low voice.
Father Hu quickly said: "This Liufu City is my hometown, and one of the guards guarding the city gate is my brother. Shopkeeper Huang is one of our own and easy to talk to. If you have anything to transport out, you can leave it to me. I promise
Ship it out to you!"
When Shopkeeper Huang heard this, he nodded and immediately gave Father Hu a big ingot.
When Father Hu saw the ingot, his eyes widened, and he immediately agreed to go to Shopkeeper Huang's ginger and vegetable shop in the evening.
Shopkeeper Huang went to the market and bought a few large cars and a few large boxes before returning to the yard.
It was getting late, and Father Hu had finished taking care of things, so he asked Yun Sheng to go to the shop and call shopkeeper Huang. Shopkeeper Huang immediately asked people to pull the things and prepare to leave the city.
"Brother, this is it!" Father Hu stepped forward and secretly gave the brother some money.
The man immediately nodded and asked someone to open the city gate.
"Stop!" Liu Guang was patrolling around with his people. When he saw a group of people sneaking around, he quickly stepped forward and ordered someone to open the box and check it.
"My lord, it's all ginger and vegetables, nothing to look at. It's been raining heavily for a few days, which has delayed the supply in Luocheng. You see..." Shopkeeper Huang said, and was about to go to Liu Guang's shop.
Silver in hand.
Shopkeeper Huang was like this, and Liu Guang was even more suspicious, so he had people surround Shopkeeper Huang, not allowing them to leave the city, and insisting on opening the box to take a look.
Shopkeeper Huang refused, so Father Hu stepped forward to intercede again, and some people started to pull the strings, attracting people at the city gate to go down to help.
At this moment, a group of black figures jumped down from the city gate tower and left Floating City safely.
At the gate of the city, the wanderer finally opened the box. As soon as he opened it, he saw some women hiding inside, all of them naked.
Shopkeeper Huang's face turned red, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, we have no choice. These girls were bought with our money, not trafficked!"
Liuguang waved his hand and told them to hurry over.
He didn't want to delay catching Li Guoren because of these people.
After leaving the city gate, Father Hu hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and asked: "Shopkeeper Huang, who are those people trying to arrest? Is there someone from Li Guo?"
Shopkeeper Huang said: "I don't know. Anyway, thank you for this trip. Are you going back to Luocheng or Liufu City?"
Father Hu quickly said: "Let's go back to Floating City! There are two heads hanging at the gate of Naluo City. They are our old friends. When I saw that, I couldn't sleep at night!"
Shopkeeper Huang's heart moved and he quickly said: "Dad Hu, thank you very much this time. If you still have a chance, come to my ginger vegetable shop and I will hire you long-term!"
Father Hu chuckled and said, "Then Shopkeeper Huang must have business!"
Shopkeeper Huang smiled, looked at the backs of Father Hu and Yunsheng, and sighed.
Although he is from the Luo Kingdom, Chu Yiqing is the one who provides him with food and clothing, so what he does is not considered a traitor!
Late that night, the prison in Luocheng was attacked, and a thousand boatmen were rescued. That same night, the gate of Luocheng was blown up. Some people rumored that it was Emperor Li who sent people to rescue those people.
The dead boatman took revenge, and Luocheng fell into chaos for a while.
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