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Chapter 207. Salty Sea Breeze

It is said that the Chinese farmers in ancient times were the most kind and labor-behaved people. The old ox was like a storm, and he was determined to survive the wind and frost and disasters, and the ruling class was domineering. But in fact, the farmers in this era were not so bitter and bitter.

The same was true for the farmers in the Li Dynasty. They were even more unfortunate than the farmers in the Ming Dynasty. The identities of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were at least very noble in China. However, in the Li Dynasty, Li Chenggui divided people into four levels, and most of the farmers were just low-key slaves who were not worthy of even their names.

But these lowly people as lowly as weeds were tenaciously like weeds. Last year, the extremely tragic Japanese pirate invasion, and the southeast of the Li Dynasty was full of wars. But this year, small villages made of simple and broken grass houses grew on this land like mushrooms.

This is the case with Park A-da's family. Last year, they escaped from Hung Hae Road. In the difficult situation, Gyeongsang-do actually had free land. The family happily settled down and planted for half a month. Only then did they realize that they were still a low-ranking family and continued to be a tenant for others, but they just changed their family home master.

I just paid the rent a few days ago. The government's tax revenue is now very high, one tenth, but this is not the most. The rent I have to be paid to the house family must be 50%. The last little rice I planted is gone. However, in the past few days, Park Ada is still happy. Several huge dried fish were hung on the dilapidated thatched mud wall. While the men left after collecting the rent, he worked hard to brush some red things in the big basin with a brush.

Sweet potato!

I leaned against the beach and touched a few fish a few days ago. During the New Year holiday, I finally had some meat and meat. The guys in my hands were sent to him by relatives who worked in Xiongjin. It is said that they were unique crops in the Ming Dynasty and were rising very vigorously. He secretly planted several acres of wasteland without telling the Fang family. After digging out the autumn harvest, he found a large warehouse, which was still sweet when eating. With these, there was still some coarse grain left, it would be fine to eat until the autumn harvest next year.

Just like in "Calling Three or Five Dolls of Extra", wealth and desire to lust, and collecting more sweet potatoes. While he was brushing, Park Ada also hummed in a fantasy manner. He was almost forty years old. If it were in previous years, he would not have thought about finding a wife. But this year he had something to eat. Maybe he could still pick up a wife when the famine next year. His old Park family has six, five of them either starved to death or lost in military disasters. The bloodline may only be on him.

But just as Park Ada was humming happily, waves of unusual sounds of water came into his ears. Driven by curiosity, Park Ada dropped the sweet potato and climbed up along the elm lump at the head of the house. After only looking at it for the first time, the old bachelor in his early forties almost turned black in front of him and fell from the tree.

The towering and fat ship and the grinning Hachiman Great Bodhisattva Flag, for the coastal residents in the east, the Japanese pirates were as frightening as the Western Viking pirates, slid down the tree in a daze, and the old bachelor ran away.

However, after running for a few steps, he stopped again and looked at the small broken adobe house he had lived in for a year with reluctance. He gritted his teeth, reached out to pick a dried fish, stuffed a few of the freshly washed sweet potatoes into his pocket, and finally bit one in his mouth. Then he pulled up his legs and ran away.

He was still lucky. Not long after, the entire calm fishing village was in a terrifying chaos. The fire ignited, the woman screamed desperately, the man's cowardly escape, and the child's crying. The sound was like hell on earth.

After a year, the terror of the Japanese pirates once again swept the coast of the Li Dynasty, and the messengers running towards Wang Jing were like crucian carp crossing the river, endlessly.

In early November, Wang Jing, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Compared with the high-rise hall of the Ming Dynasty, it is really small. It is not as tall as the lobby of the Officer Mao Jue’s Officer Club. Even Li Chao’s own officials cannot accommodate them. Only six officials and senior officials of the government are qualified to kneel here with their butts sticking out. The rest can only kneel outside. They also have a unique title.

The officials in the hall.

But unlike Sheng Jing who came to Simida in the past, today everyone is like a mute, speechless, which makes the angry old face of King Renzu, who is in his early forties, turn red, and his two fists hammer their deputy and roar.

"I, Li Dynasty, two groups of civil and military officials! The enemy is in front of me, is there no second Li Shunchen?"

But even so, it was still dead silent. This year's Japanese pirates are coming in full force. According to local observation envoys, there were no less than 20,000 people, or even more. According to the previous combat power, 20,000 Japanese pirates are almost worth 50,000 Li Chaojun. Moreover, this time they came from a delegation and drove straight in. Who dares to say that I can win if I go up.

Seeing that his king became more and more irritable and the scene was getting more and more uncontrollable, he finally sighed secretly, and Li Shanhai, the judge of the military commander, stuck out his butt and knocked down his head.

"Your Highness, the Japanese pirates are coming in full force and poison the East China Sea. We should quickly gather troops from the four southern roads to fight, and at the same time we should ask for help from the Ming Dynasty."

"There are many elite troops composed of Japanese pirates. Only the Ming army of Dongjiang can handle them!"

"But, the court's Lumi is no longer in charge to support it. Last time, all the money and food were spent in Dongfu Palace..."

Halfway through the words, the magistrate Cui Mingji swallowed the words back again because the face of the King Renzu Li of the above was already bad.

People have dreams. Ministers can build houses and kings can do it. Last year, thanks to Li Shanhai, Li Chao also collected three or five dou more money for the money. When he was happy, Li Yu ordered the Dongfu Palace to be repaired properly.

However, the procrastination and efficiency of the Li Dynasty's official family are really in line with the current Ming Dynasty. The Nanhan Mountain City shelter, which was used to take refuge in the royal family, has not been repaired for nearly twenty years. The court has no money to repair it. In the end, it encouraged the monks to practice it by issuing monks and Taoists' monks to practice it. Until now, it has not been completed. The Dongfu Palace project, which was originally planned for one year, has been delayed for two years. It is a large-scale project that was regarded as a source of wealth by the scholars and officials, is simply a bottomless pit. Not only does Li Shanhai bring back the extra financial income, but he also posted a lot of it.

This is why Jin Zidian dared to ask Dongjiang for help last year, but he did not dare to ask for help this year.

Since Li Shanhai proposed it, everyone was relieved. Even if the verdict had spoken out, there was no intention to say much. It was only similar to the Ming Dynasty. The censor, who did not need to ask for any faults, was chattering.

"Your Highness, Dongjiang has too much money. If there is not enough food and money, I am afraid that I will not send troops. Even if I am forced to plunder our dynasty when I return to the army, it will not be worth the loss."

The words of the Censor Li Zhongqing almost made all the civil and military officials jump up. Whether to grab the place or not is a matter of war, why do you care about so much? What if the king changes his mind and asks the master to lead the troops?

Fortunately, Li Shanhai was very powerful. Before the censor finished speaking, he had already kowtowed firmly.

"Qingshangjidao is the main supply area for mao rice. Li Chao and Dongjiang are dependent on each other. If Qingshangjidao is robbed by Japanese pirates, Dongjiang will also be hungry next year. The old minister is sure to convince Maoshang to send troops!"

Just kidding, it was Mao Jue who proposed to attack Japan, and drag Li Chao into the water. Does he still have the face to ask for food?

Who knew that Renzu King Li Jue was still a kind person? After Li Shanhai finished speaking, Li Jue hesitated for a few seconds before waved his sleeves.

"Don't make things too difficult for soldiers to be sentenced. In this way, General Xiao Mao will give the land that he has opened outside the Great Wall of our dynasty. If the households are sentenced, they will directly transfer it to him. Next year, the 20% of the macadamia will be considered a sensible person. He will not make things difficult for our dynasty anymore!"

Li Shanhai almost vomited blood. It was considered an exception to give Mao Jue a chance to stand out. There was no need to add any conditions. Mao Jue wanted to send troops, but he didn't dare to say it was suspicious. After a long time of tragedy, he finally made a prayer as hard as eating shit.

"Old minister obeys the order!"

…………

Time changed, and another five or six days passed, Dongjiang.

As the New Year is approaching, it should have been a period of prosperity for various markets, but these days, whether it is the big carts that are rushing to the market or the mule and horse teams that transport goods and minerals, they have to give up the main road and let the galloping military vehicles pass first.

Unlike the light troops in the Ming Dynasty who carried guns and at most brought a bag of food, the Dongjiang Tieyi Army is a real heavy force. The small tiger squat cannons were basically eliminated to the third-line militia to guard the village. One regiment cannon, there are ten field cannons, and the gunpowder and pellets needed are almost heavy. There are also spare weapons, Dongjiang's specialty field army food and war horses. Although Mao Jue does not have many cavalry, war horses that carry supplies and bring mobility are now indispensable.

In the past, there were enough auxiliary legions, but this time, Mao Jue had to be equipped with two auxiliary legions. This time, five regiments of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth regiments gathered 4,000 troops, and Mao Jue summoned more than 8,000 reserve troops.

So many army gathered in Tieshan Port when the Chinese New Year was approaching. If it were other Ming army towns, they would have sighed and resented. But the soldiers who chose the army were all red, especially the Second Regiment of the Pangda Sea. When they went on the battle for the second time this year, they were so happy that they almost opened their mouths. They didn't even need Mao Jue to shout slogans, they shouted out the slogans first.

Following the ladder, he boarded the huge sail battleship, while listening to the soldiers shouting.

"Go on the boat! Enjoy the vassal states thousands of miles away, follow the emperor! Have a fat New Year!"

"The Qin army was nothing more than this back then. When they heard the gold, they were angry and happy when they heard the drum. They were called Qin, a tiger and wolf. Only then did the Qin Emperor unified the six kingdoms, and the army of Dongjiang was so powerful!"

Although he retreated behind the scenes, when Mao Jue was not around, Mao Wenlong was still the leader of Dongjiang. When he came to see him off, Shen Guangzuo also gave up his academic studies and followed him to see him off. Looking at the soldiers swept on the ship, Shen Guangzuo couldn't help but exclaim.

Unfortunately, the Mao family's father and son seem to be very proud of each other, only Fan Wenju, a Dongjiang farming agency, nodded in agreement.

In Mao Jue's sad expression, he was pulled aside by Mao Wenlong. The old guy had a serious face and stared at Mao Jue very seriously.

"What happened to me again when I went to such a warehouse this time?"

It is really difficult to hide it from the old guy's eyes, but it has to be hidden from it. I have never heard that saying, be honest and lenient, sit in the prison, resist and be strict, go home for the New Year? Mao Jue's face was innocent and shook his head seriously.

"Dad! It's not a mess that happened to Li Chao. The child doesn't want to go. He wants to serve his parents at home for the New Year, but he can't go! The family and country cannot be both good. The child is unfilial, so please take care of him!"

"Fuck! As soon as you stick your butt, I know you want to get diarrhea. In the past two months, don't think I don't know. The boat you went south three times, you kid..."

His fingers were trembling and he raised a breath. Finally, Mao Wenlong put down his arm in Mao Jue's sad eyes.

"Forget it, let it be yours!"

"This time I went by Jeju. If I could, I would like to mention Shen Shikui. Although his old man is more ambitious, he is also a hero. He will definitely not be vague in war! There are five brothers from the Liu family. Although they are unruly and selfish, they are also important, but as long as you can suppress them, these people are good dogs that bite people!"

This is the last bit of Dongjiang's family's fortune. Mao Wenlong is really paving the way for himself. Mao Jue didn't know when he sent the five Liu family brothers and deputy general Shen Shikui to Jeju Island. He was the one who did the evil people. If Mao Jue uses it, he would be this good person. No, and continued to throw people to Jeju Island and would not delay him from taking charge of Dongjiang.

He was really moved and stunned for a moment. Mao Jue straightened his helmet and then bowed heavily.

"Don't say goodbye to my father!"

The general did not shed tears or looked back. The salty sea breeze blew on his face, and Mao Jue's eyes were a little red. Looking down, at some point, Mao Wenlong's hair was whiter. He stood with Shen Guangzuo, like two white-headed old men and simple-blooded. This time he was going to fight. As a confidential secretary, Adrena could accompany her, but she couldn't see her expression clearly, but Mao Jue could still see her standing in front, waving her handkerchief.

Finally he made up his heart and turned around. Mao Jue went back to his captain's room of the Black Pearl and stopped looking. As soon as he entered the room, he leaned against the corner of the wall. He rubbed his eyes first, took a few breaths before he lowered his face. As soon as he turned around, Mao Jue almost turned his back.

"Why are you here?"

Wearing a maid's goose yellow dress, and a helmet on her head, Yu Le'er was sitting bored in front of his desk. If it weren't for not having a cell phone these days, this girl would have been taking selfies. Looking at Mao Jue asking, the girl couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"I don't want to come either. The master told me to come! He said that the general should not be without someone to serve him!"

"A kind father will lose his son!"

Mao Jue almost got confused.

He understood Mao Wenlong's approach. After marrying a famous family these days, it is extremely important for men. The old guy must know what happened to Chen Jiao, and he naturally doesn't like this daughter-in-law. Mao Jue brought back Yu Le'er and became a substitute. He replaced the plain clothes and gave them a chance to enhance their relationship. Once Mao Jue was awarded the title in the future, someone would receive this country's wife.

The question is, Yu Le'er is a real lady. What will she do? Is she going out to fight? Do you still need Mao Jue to take care of her princess?

The corners of his mouth twitched, and Mao Jue pointed outside the door and ordered.

"Don't you serve me? Go out and cook a pot of hot water for me to make some tea!"

"I don't know how to do it!"

With a pair of big eyes, Mao Jue looked at him with a sad look.
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