"Your Majesty, overseas servants, Duke Zhou, the commander of the Yangzhou Navy, is waiting in front with his navy!" Gan Ning hurriedly reported. When Liu Qu heard this, he immediately laughed and looked at Jiang Wei beside him and said: "Good morning!
I have heard about this man, but I have only seen him once since he came to the throne. He has to deal with overseas affairs, so I have never seen him. It is really great to be able to see him this time. Boyue, this man is a genius.
, you can humbly ask him for advice!”
Liu Qu said, and then he galloped towards the front. He did not tell lies.
"Zhou Yu, Lu Sujian's decisiveness is outstanding, and he is truly a genius."
However, when Liu Qu arrived at the front, he was stunned. What was in front of him was the mighty navy army. Zhou Yu was standing at the front, but the problem was, among those soldiers
Around him, there were many people kneeling on the ground. They were all tied up, naked and tattooed. They looked like indigenous people outside Jiaozhou. The smile on Liu Qu's face gradually solidified.
"Chen Yu, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Zhou Yu bowed to the emperor. Liu Qu helped him up and then hurriedly asked: "Duke Zhou, who are these people?"
"Your Majesty, these are the bandits who caused trouble outside Jiaozhou. I learned that there were bandits attacking Jiaozhou, so I sent troops to conquer. Within fifteen days, they defeated all the bandits, captured them, and killed six of the bandit chiefs.
, There were six thousand thieves and more than four thousand prisoners." Zhou Yu said seriously, and the generals around him looked particularly proud. What they did in this matter was really beautiful.
With a land army of less than 2,000 people, they were able to kill nearly 10,000 bandits. I heard that the emperor was very angry with these bandits and wanted to come in person. I was helping the emperor to deal with them.
If we get into big trouble, how will the emperor reward himself? Of course, this reward is still light. The important thing is that the emperor will remember us people in the future, and we will be promoted in the future. This is called simplicity in the emperor's heart!
Everyone was extremely happy.
Liu Qu was stunned for a long time, looking blankly at the prisoners kneeling on the ground around him, taking a long breath, and then looked at Zhou Yu and said: "Okay, as expected of Duke Zhou, we will kill these bandits within fifteen days."
I'm very pleased to have it eliminated, great!" He said, but Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is too complimentary, I don't have much interference in this matter, it's all the generals from Yangzhou who have brought it with them.
With less than two thousand soldiers, these bandits were defeated..."
After hearing Zhou Yu's words, many generals of the Navy stood up straight, and Zhou Yu introduced them to Liu Qu one by one.
Liu Qu looked at them slightly blankly, "Okay!"
"You guys are great!"
Liu Qu obviously wrote down these people one by one, which made them even happier.
After getting to know these people, Zhou Yu invited the emperor to go to the Yangzhou navy camp. The two were walking in the middle, and Liu Qu just said: "Actually, these bandits are not necessarily the masterminds. I learned from Lieutenant Gan that
They don't dare to provoke the big man. I think there must be some dark hand behind them. I want to find out who is behind them..." Liu Qu was talking, and Zhou Yu said with some surprise: "What your Majesty said is true!"
"I thought so at first. After investigation, I discovered that these people used furs, wood, etc. to trade with the Mogai Kingdom, and exchanged leather armor for swords..."
"Hahaha, okay! This damn Mojie Kingdom actually funded bandits! I will definitely not forgive him this time!" Liu Qu said angrily. Just as he spoke, a school captain who had made great contributions laughed.
Then he said: "Your Majesty, I have already informed the Guishan garrison. At this time, the Mogai Kingdom has probably been defeated... maybe the king is on the way to be escorted!"
"What?! You guys!!!"
"good very good!!"
Many captains looked at the emperor's face that looked a little ferocious due to excitement, and they couldn't help but feel happy. Now, they could finally be in the emperor's heart!
Sitting in the mansion, meeting many generals of the navy and giving them rewards, Liu Qu angrily left the place and went to the study to rest. The emperor had traveled a long distance and was exhausted after all. Everyone was thinking like this,
They all left separately and rested for a whole day. Liu Qu just summoned Zhou Yu. Because this time he came for an expedition, most of them, such as Zhou Yu, were unaware of it. Zhou Yu was commanding the navy.
Only then are you qualified to know and come to greet you.
"I am in the palace, and I often hear Fajun mention Your Excellency. Fajun has great respect for Duke Zhou. When I saw him today, he is indeed an important minister of the country..." For Zhou Yu, even if he broke his own
Liu Qu also respected the emperor very much. Zhou Yu had also heard of the emperor's bad reputation. It was said that he was a difficult person to get along with and had a bad temper. But when he saw it today, the emperor was clearly such an elegant person. As expected, according to the words of the officials in the temple,
It's unbelievable.
Zhou Yu was cold by nature, but he did not appear cold to the emperor. Liu Qu chatted a lot with him about the situation of the navy, and asked about the situation overseas. Zhou Yu said seriously: "Your Majesty, over the years, the Yangzhou navy has been at court.
We have been exploring outside, but nothing has been gained. The main problem is the ship. The ship cannot sail such a long distance, and if it encounters some disasters, it is easy for the entire army to be wiped out."
"I sent people to the Gongfu, hoping that they can help design new ships. Over the years, they have been researching and developing, but there are still no good results..." Zhou Yu frowned and said, "We have also encountered this.
Several merchants, according to them, come from a place further away than Parthia, but we have also seen their ships, and they are not as strong as our ships at all, and I don’t know how they got here."
"However, Your Majesty, we still cannot relax on overseas matters. I heard that some ministers in the temple want to reduce support for the Overseas Government. This is absolutely impossible. In the past few years, the Overseas Government has gained more every time.
Exhausted by its own support, the Overseas Government is still developing several islands in the sea area. There is salt, iron, and even silver and gold... There are many islands that are very suitable for farming... In Yan
Next to Kangda Island, we also discovered a small island. Although the island is small, it has a lot of household registrations!"
Zhou Yu explained the situation overseas to Liu Qu. Liu Qu, who was originally depressed due to the war, suddenly became interested in overseas and asked some questions, "What do they look like? They are surrounded by the ocean. Will they sink?"
Go down?" In response to the emperor's strange questions, Zhou Yu answered them one by one. Liu Qu was interested in overseas affairs, which was exactly what Zhou Yu wanted. Overseas mansions almost became the most important source of income for temples in the beginning.
However, in the following period, the Overseas Government has not achieved much results. Many governments have already wanted to take action against the Overseas Government. After all, the Overseas Government has always been the temple's first support target.
The second is the Nongfu, and the third is the Gongfu. However, Zhou Yu understands in his heart that as long as he has the support of the emperor, no matter how much the ministers talk about it, it is useless. From the moment the emperor can personally lead the army here, Zhou Yu can understand,
No one in the temple could persuade him.
In his words, he also discovered the emperor's character. He was playful and liked novelty things the most. After seeing through the emperor's temperament, Zhou Yu immediately sent someone to ask everyone in the Overseas Mansion to donate some overseas unique things.
Novelty gadgets, preferably those for playing with.
Zhou Yu gave the order, and everyone took action. Anyone who was interested could naturally guess who these things were dedicated to. Everyone worked hard to prepare. In the past few days, some people presented novelties from various places, some with strange looks.
There were fruits with strange shapes, and some people even spent a lot of money to get some fruits from the area near Kushan. This shocked Zhou Yu. After thinking for a long time, he sent them to the emperor.
Then there were more and more things, all kinds of strange things, such as rickety people, rickety women, naked rickety women, naked but not rickety women, and so on. Some of them were so angry that Zhou Yu almost spurted blood and punished the overseas government officials heavily.
After a few bastards, no one offered such strange things anymore. However, it turned out that Zhou Yu's actions were very useful.
Liu Qu had a great time, and his interest in overseas was growing. He even wanted to go overseas to have a look. Zhou Yu did not dare to take the emperor overseas, but he still took him on the ship and went
After a trip to Yizhou, he saw an unprecedented sight, with the blue ocean and sky stretching as far as the eye can see. This beautiful sight made Liu Qu a little obsessed, but Liu Qu didn't like the name Yizhou very much.
After returning home, he must have gathered his ministers and changed the name.
Liu Qu thought this way. After staying in Overseas Mansion for a period of time, he also traveled around Yangzhou. He had never been to the south. Although he still failed to fight this time, it was still an opportunity to inspect the south.
, the emperor strictly requested the Overseas Government not to disclose his whereabouts, so he inspected Yangzhou in the name of the Overseas Government. Such an inspection really made Liu Qu discover some problems.
The biggest problem in Yangzhou is that there are too many merchants. Originally, merchants should not be a big problem, but the problem is that there seem to be far more merchants and traders here than farmers. Liu Qu found that there is a lot of arable land, and the cultivation is not food.
On the contrary, there are so-called herbal medicines and tea. The people here seem to be very rich, and there are basically no poor people on the road, but Liu Qu still feels something is wrong.
He has never had a good impression of merchants. Of course, the merchants in Yangzhou are doing their duty and have not seen any bullying. But the problem is that the merchants in Yangzhou seem to have a very high status. He saw the soldiers guarding the city with his own eyes.
They showed respect to the merchants, and even officials and merchants ate together with smiles. The merchants rode in the best carriages, wore decent clothes, had a high status and were full of arrogance.