Chapter 549: Going to the sea

I thought the court had proposed to pull Chen Ao off the horse, but I knew that there were bad news one after another. At this time, Cui Zhi woke up, glanced at the ministers in the hall, and immediately returned to his usual temperament. He just kept his face and retreated.

At this time, it is impossible to cure Chen Ao. The official family will definitely not call him back. Instead, Cui Zhishao must submit a memorial to apologize. As for the matter on Fujian Road, he has to revisit it.

After the court agreed, many officials did not return home. The sedan chairs stopped in front of the Cui Mansion. Without reporting, they just nodded to the gatehouse and went straight in. Everyone was familiar with the road, as if they had an agreement, and they all gathered in the lobby. Dozens of people either sat or stood, held tea and looked at the osmanthus leaves outside the window in a daze.

When Cui Zhi came in, everyone hugged him one after another and didn't say much.

Cui Zhi sat down in the main seat, sighed first, and then said: "Xinghua Army has brought the surname Chen to control it. Quanzhou must be prepared, otherwise something big will happen again."

Everyone smiled bitterly: "How to prepare? You can't fight with the navy, that's really a rebellion."

Cui Zhi pondered for a moment, but couldn't think of a solution for a moment, so he had to say, "No matter what, the Xinghua naval army cannot enter Quanzhou. Once it enters Quanzhou, everyone will have to be fish on the chopping board. The one with the surname Chen will be slaughtered at will. Let's tell you the truth..." He glanced at the people in the hall and said, "If the surname Chen is just dealing with me, I will admit it. At worst, I will retire. But if I move Quanzhou, I will move the foundation of the Cui family. At this point, I will bite the bullet and fight him to the end. What about you? What do you think?"

Most of the people here are from Quanzhou, and they have a huge family business there. Cui Zhi said just now. The surname Chen is indeed powerful and terrible. If he only targets a person, he will admit it with a pinch of his nose. At worst, the official will stop doing it. But if the family foundation is moved, it will be a matter of life and death. Someone gritted his teeth and said, "Then fight, there is nothing to say. At worst, he will burn his jade with Chen."

Cui Zhi was silent for a long time before saying, "That's right, but it's not so easy to fight. Let's go back and write a letter to their family, and let them take the boat out of the sea for the time being and prepare more food on the boat. It would be fine if the Xinghua naval army did not go to Quanzhou. As long as you go, you can pretend to be a pirate and fight with the naval army."

This method is good. As long as the maritime merchants are not standing up and becoming enemies with Shen Ao, it is not considered a rebellion. Pirates and Maritime merchants are not a big deal.

At this moment, a concierge came to report: "Master..."

Cui Zhi said calmly: "If you have anything to say, what are you doing slowly?"

"Sir, the new news is said to be that His Highness the Crown Prince has entered the palace."

Cui Zhi put his hand on his knees, owed him, and said, "What does the prince have to do with me when he enters his palace?"

"The prince came to the palace to plead for Quanzhou sea merchants."

Cui Zhi opened his eyes, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and said, "The prince pleads for us? What did he say?"

"The people in the palace said that the prince cried to the official family, saying that the Song Tian family owned all over the world, how could they compete with the people of Quanzhou for profit..."

Cui Zhi sat still and said slowly: "Why didn't I think about the words of the prince? Competing for profit with the people, isn't Chen Ao doing this? Business is the people, and the sea merchants are also the people. Chen Ao wants to collect taxes, which is to force the people to death."

Some people couldn't help but think, your Cui family is considered a citizen in Quanzhou, but is this citizen the same thing as the other person? You, a citizen, can eat and use a day to live for ten years. But naturally, these words cannot be said. Everyone has the same position and relies on the "people" of Quanzhou to make a living. So they said one after another: "So if someone named Chen goes to Quanzhou, it will inevitably be angry and resentful to the heavens. He forced the people to become anxious and incite the people to change."

Cui Zhi's eyes flashed and he said, "Yes, civil rebellion is also a solution. I must think about it carefully." Then he said, "The prince is willing to speak for us this time, and that's the best."

Someone said: "Do you should bring some gifts to the Ding Prince's Mansion to pay homage?"

Cui Zhi shook his head: "No need, going to pay homage now will inevitably make people suspicious. Having said that, if the prince has something to do in the future, we cannot be idle."

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The war that had just started in Bianjing suddenly stopped, as if things had never happened in Quanzhou. After the court discussion, there was no one mention. However, the prince went to cry and complained, but he was also acting. Zhao Ji ignored him. The prince had to leave the palace in shame, but he was very proud in his heart. He secretly admired Cai Jing's power. With just this cry, Baxing could spread out of the palace. At that time, who else in Quanzhou would not be grateful to him? Don't want to build it on his own tree?

Just a mere effort, many court officials emerged from the periphery. This time, I can't punish Chen Ao, but I can strengthen myself, so why not do it?

The weather is getting warmer, and you can wear summer shirts on the other side of Fujian Road. Although the water army in the water village complained and the training was extremely hard, no one was away. First, the lieutenants were very careful. A lieutenant dared to scold him. In addition, they shared the joys and sorrows with you, and they could not find any dissatisfaction. In addition, the ferrymen had already swore to Mazu and owed another debt. People all said that they would be exempted from debt in the future. What else can they say?

After half a month, the navy has already become like this. It usually practices footwork and stands on the road one day, and sets sail to the sea one day, and goes out to circle outside and comes back.

Chen Ao lived a comfortable life. He went fishing early in the morning, calling it improved the food in the army. Unfortunately, his fishing skills were too bad. He finally caught a fish as big as a palm and gave him a nourishing fish soup. He still showed that he was not good at improving himself.

Fortunately, he was generous in his actions. In the past, most of the food in the navy was fish, so there was nothing we could do about it. The nearby sea fish were the cheapest, and the vegetables, fruits and cattle and sheep were astonishingly expensive. What should I eat without fish? I can eat from the sea.

Although seafood is nourishing, even people can't bear it when you eat it for many years. Therefore, when these navy soldiers encounter a cabbage, they must chew it wildly. After eating, they will lick their mouths with licking satisfaction. Chen Ao is very real. He goes to the military commander every few days to kill a sheep or a pig, and then go to the nearby village to buy some fruits and vegetables.

This small benefit touched the navy. Where can I find such a good creditor? If I had known this, I would have written more loan notes at that time, and I would not have to pay them back anyway. Of course, this sentence must not be said. When Lord Shen knew about it, he would have to slap you into the sea with a slap.

What the navy army couldn't stand the most is that whenever Lord Shen gathered in line, Lord Shen started to speak. Most of the remarks were that you owe me money, you owe me money, and your whole family owed me money as the opening remarks. When you yell like this, everyone felt blushing and felt that if you didn't practice until the water dripped through the stones, the sea would rot and rocks would not be able to pay off this favor debt.

Chen Ao occasionally appears and wanders around. The nearby Ninghai Town is where he often goes. On the surface, he is aimless. In fact, as soon as he arrives here, he goes straight to the local shipbuilding workshop. Shipbuilding is the main business of most people in Ninghai. Although it is near the sea, it is not a must for merchants. Fishing alone is not enough to support their families. There is a strong demand for ships in Quanzhou, and this place has gradually become an important place for shipbuilding. Chen Ao went there and only understood some shipbuilding processes, such as how to select materials. Shipbuilding does not mean that all wood is fine, especially sea boats. It is necessary to carefully select the wood. If the wood is selected, it will dry it. Otherwise, wet wood will fall into the sea and will fall apart soon. This knowledge will not be learned in the past. In the future, Chen Ao does not want to be fooled by others.

Occasionally, Chen Ao would also meet some craftsmen. These craftsmen were all shipbuilding craftsmen passed down from generation to generation. They were very exquisite and were also famous in Ninghai. However, the shipbuilders were still shipbuilding after all. In this era, their identities were still low. Chen Ao went to ask for advice. They were arrogant first, and when they showed their identities, they immediately became obediently and knew everything about Shen Dayin Envoy.

By the end of March, the sea gradually became a little restless at this time, and the tide gradually rose sharply. Zhou Chu came over to discuss with Shen Ao, believing that this was a great opportunity for the navy to go east to Quanzhou. Chen Ao suppressed it for so long and hated Quanzhou maritime merchants and announced that the whole army would gather.

Under the school stage, the rustling water army was lined up in order, waiting patiently for the advice of the imperial envoy Chen. Chen Ao stood on the school stage, first glanced at the person on his head, and then slowly said: "What did I say about this imperial envoy? Raising troops for thousands of miles, and using troops for a while, you owe me so much debt to me..."

The navy soldiers at the bottom lowered their heads down with shame, but when they hit the imperial envoy, they would never avoid this topic.

Chen Ao continued: "It's time to return. This imperial envoy said that we should repay grievances with righteousness and benevolence with kindness. From today on, we will get on the boat and go to Quanzhou! Do you dare?"

The navy also knew a little about the news from Quanzhou and said, "Why don't you dare?"

Chen Aohe nodded, smiled with his lips pursed, "Send the order, everyone boards the ship."

There is no need to say anything extra. This morale cannot be inspired by just a few words. At this critical moment, the envoy Chen Qin felt that it would be better to speak less. The Xinghua Navy had more than 200 large and small warships, and the flagship was the Dragon. It was a lucky ship with 1,500 materials. It was divided into three layers, and the decoration was quite luxurious. This was originally the commander's car, but now it has accomplished Chen Ao's good thing.

Long before making a plan to go to sea, Chen Ao had already asked Zhou Chu to observe the wind direction. This season was a great time for the fleet to go to Quanzhou. The supply and the tamsui were piled up with the bottom cabin. With the order, the navy troops boarded the boat, raised sails, and pulled up the iron anchors, and everything was in order.

When the dawn of the morning emerges from the sea level, more than 200 large and small military ships came out from the water camp in a huge momentum, and a sail seems to be connected to the sky.

Zhou Chu had already called people to sing flags and list the marching formations. The front was the whistle ship to open the way, the center was the flagship, and the back was the endless ships of large and small ships swaying in long snakes, heading towards Quanzhou with wind.

Chen Ao sat in the flagship cabin and called Zhou Chu, the coach, and the heads in, took out a detailed map of Quanzhou Port. The map was painted by a team of lieutenants who went to Quanzhou. Later, they escaped from Quanzhou and returned to the team, the maps of the ports and neighbors in all Quanzhou naturally fell into Chen Ao's hands.

He picked up the oil lamp and made the cabin brighter. Chen Ao said, "Now our enemy is the maritime merchants. When the navy is over, maritime merchants will definitely not dare to be enemies with us, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not pretend to be pirates and attack us. There are many ships and people. If they really want them to gather together to fight us in the sea, the outcome is really unknown. What do you think?"

Zhou Chu was experienced and said at this time: "Sir, the advantage of maritime merchants is that they have many people. The advantage of Xinghua Navy is that they are the official army. It is enough to have this identity. Although they are many people, they are temporarily gathered together. There must be many conflicts in it. If we really want to fight, we may not have no chance of winning."

Everyone nodded, and all said, "The Zhou Yingguan said it well. As far as we know, the four major sea merchants usually have a crush on each other. If it weren't for the purpose of dealing with Lord Shen this time, they wouldn't have turned enemies into friends. The most taboo thing in water wars is the different dispatches..."

Chen Ao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Then divide them, just how do you divide them? This matter has to be decided. You can rest for now, I will think about it again."

Zhou Chu took the people out of the cabin; Chen Ao was still sitting in the cabin in a daze, his stomach was full of bad water. At this time, he seemed to have found a hole to vent, and immediately came up with many plans, but he shook his head from time to time, feeling that it was not meticulous enough. His opponents were all a group of businessmen, and most of the businessmen were very smart, how could they be fooled easily?

"Smart!" Chen Ao slapped the table and suddenly thought of the characteristics of a businessman. The so-called smartness is nothing more than a compliment. To put it bluntly, these people are suspicious and will not trust others easily.

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Chapter completed!