The moon is white, the wind is clear, and the autumn night is quiet.
Yang Lin's study was brightly lit, and Lu Qian, Lu Wang and other confidants were gathered together. There was a map spread on the desk. Looking at the mountains and rivers on it, it was clearly Banqiao Town, Mizhou.
Yang Lin pointed to a small island and said: "There are no pirates near here, which is a strange thing."
Lu Qian smiled and said: "I don't know, my Song Dynasty navy is so majestic that the idle bandit boats cannot withstand the collision."
The shipbuilding industry in the Northern Song Dynasty developed rapidly, and it was even possible to build large ships such as building ships, and its long-distance voyage capabilities were unparalleled in the world.
Yang Lin squinted, nodded secretly, and put an ink dot on the island.
"Let Zhang Heng go."
Lu Qian was stunned when he heard this. Zhang Heng was Song Jiang's brother. Because he arrived late, he had not been given an official position. Tiji asked him to go where?
Yang Lin didn't wait for him to ask questions and continued: "Let Zhang Heng go to this island and become a pirate."
Everyone in the room looked at him in surprise. Yang Lin smiled and said: "How else can we develop the navy? Xujiazhuang builds some warships. If they don't work, why don't we let people report them?"
Everyone's doubts have not diminished at all. The good scholar of the Song Dynasty has an unlimited future. What are you doing as a water engineer?
You must know that in the Song Dynasty, civil servants were the best way out, and military generals had no status at all.
As strong as Di Qing, he was often humiliated and ridiculed by civil servants in front of him. Even Han Qi's prostitute dared to laugh in front of his face that he was a thief and an army mate.
Who is Di Qing? He was the privy envoy of the Song Dynasty and one of the only military generals who worshiped the prime minister.
Such a military commander with great military exploits was often ridiculed by the admonishers, who wrote letters saying that it was unlucky for him to be a "dog with horns" and the emperor had to expel him from Bianliang.
In the end, due to the suspicion of the civil servant group, he was demoted to Chenzhou Tongpan, and finally died of depression.
Under such a general environment, Yang Tiju was born as a top scholar, and there is no better foundation in the world than this. If you don't work hard to make progress, why would you want to get involved in the Navy?
Yang Lin had no intention of answering their questions, and said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Let Zhang Heng go to this island, secretly give him some men and ships, and lie dormant."
Because Lu Wang was a salt dealer, he was most familiar with the military bases near these seaside salt factories. He whispered: "Tiju, this is not appropriate. The vicinity of Mizhou is Dengzhou, and Dengzhou is separated from the Liaodong Peninsula of Khitan by the sea.
Facing each other, in order to prepare for Liao's attack from the sea, our dynasty stationed the Chengdu Navy crossbowmen and the Pinghai Navy there. It was the largest navy in our Song Dynasty. If Zhang Heng was active here, I'm afraid it would be "
Yang Lin smiled softly and said: "I have my own way. I told Zhang Heng not to touch the merchant ships coming to Mizhou Port. I specially rob the merchant ships from the Japanese and Korean countries to the two Zhejiang roads. If I intercept the Japanese and Koreans, don't kill them.
I have a use for them all.”
After sending away all his confidants, Yang Lin looked at the map and sneered again and again. He had gone through all the trouble and not hesitated to bear the infamy. In exchange for the three shipping companies, you, Pan Yi, didn't do anything and just wanted to pick it up?
There is no door!——
Time flies, and in the next half month, Yang Lin conscientiously directs the people to build Genyue Shoushan every day.
All kinds of exotic flowers and stones were constantly sent to Bianliang with the transportation team of the Long Live Battalion. Zhao Ji praised them repeatedly and continuously allocated rewards to Yang Lin.
Yang Lin himself was also very happy. These fleets and car dealers who transported Hua Shi Gang were already making a lot of money just by taking the goods, and they also mixed in some illegal income from selling salt.
This is a gift of flowers and stones to the emperor. Who dares to check the yamen along the way?
The amount of these gray incomes is terrifying, and it is people like Yang Tong who are responsible for it.
On this day, Zhao Ji came to Genyue again to play. Yang Lin directed everyone to cover the incense burner that had been burned with a large piece of oilcloth. All the fine agarwood was burning in it. When Zhao Ji came, the men of Long Live Camp
They all hurriedly tilted the incense burner downwards. The agarwood smoke rolled down as if it was just spilling. Halfway through, it began to curl up again, shrouding Gen Mountain like a dream.
Good agarwood has many benefits for the body after smelling it. It can cure long-term deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, cessation of water and drinking, improve the lung meridian, cough and shortness of breath, abdominal distention, and difficulty in urination.
What's even worse is that this time the fairy mist is shrouding the half-finished Gen Yue, making it a fairyland on earth.
Zhao Ji was beaming and intoxicated. He really liked this scene arrangement to the extreme.
Yang Lin took the opportunity to step forward, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, a group of pirates have recently appeared in Banqiao Town, Mizhou. They are very rampant and disturb the people of Mizhou. Most of the money I spent to build Gen Yue came from Mizhou.
I sincerely ask Your Majesty to allow the Long Live Battalion to equip the Long Live Battalion with warships to protect the safety of Michigan Port. Our Long Live Battalion will definitely wipe out this group of thieves."
Zhao Ji's current mood was as if he had taken drugs, and he said casually: "This will help Yang Aiqing. You must not go yourself, just stay here in Bianliang to build Genyue for me."
Yang Lin smiled and agreed, asking me to go but I won't go. Who knows what kind of tricks you will be instigated to do once I leave.
With just one word from the emperor, the Long Live Battalion was given the power to equip the warships. Construction of the shipyard in Xujiazhuang had already begun. All that was missing was a reason——
On the sea in Michigan, the two groups fought every day, treating it as an exercise.
Zhang Heng and Ruan Xiaoqi fought side by side, watching the people under their command beating each other, and they did whatever they wanted to do with their young energy as long as no lives were lost.
Zhang Heng sighed and said: "Recently, most of the young bandits on the sea have been killed. You still come to me every day to take credit. I told you to come less and kill me a few times. You are a thief and a bastard."
He just refuses. If I can’t hand over the prisoners and heads when I see them, how will you explain them?”
It turns out that Ruan Xiaoqi came to the island every day to "suppress bandits" under the name of Long Live Battalion, and each time he brought some real pirates back to present his military exploits and receive rewards from the court.
These "pirates" are also very useful. The infrastructure construction of the Port of Michigan relies on their sweat and sweat.
Because the rewards from the Song Dynasty were not bad, Ruan Xiaoqi became addicted for a time. He would come to Zhang Heng to "act" every day when he had nothing to do. There was no danger at all, but there were many benefits. The pirate leader also had to take care of the food.
However, the good times did not last long. The small group of pirates here, which were not many in the first place, were either captured or frightened and went ashore to rehabilitate themselves.
Ruan Xiaoqi laughed ferociously and said: "Tiju has a clever plan for you, isn't it for you to rob the merchant ships of Goryeo and Japanese without harming their lives? Locking them on the island is also a waste of food. They will all be beaten into pirates and shipped to them first."
I'll have to work hard as a coolie for brother Song Gongming for a few months, and then I can consider letting him go slowly after I'm done."
Song Jiang also built a port in Ninghai County. This is not the magic city of later generations. It is now very remote.
Zhang Heng couldn't bear it and said, "The Japanese on board these merchant ships actually didn't commit any crime. It's not good to just lock them up like this for a few months and let them suffer this crime."
Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes were slightly contemptuous, and he said: "I have already said it before. These people go to Liangzhe Road just to make Hangzhou Shipping Company make money. When Hangzhou Shipping Company makes money, Pan Yi makes money. Pan Yi's guy robbed us."
Cai Lu means sworn enemies, so these Japanese are our enemies."
Zhang Heng smiled bitterly: "What the hell is this?"