I remember Xiang Yu said when he saw the First Emperor's chariot battle, this is what men should do. At that time, Xiang Yu already had the ambition to rebel. Just as Li Er said, ever since he became sensible, he wanted to conquer the Sui Dynasty.
Instead.
Speaking of ambitions, the guy at Leminyuan Baozi Shop in Chang'an City is very ambitious.
This guy's first ambition is to learn the boss's secret recipe for dumpling fillings. Then he will become the chef of the shop, marry the boss's daughter, and open a steamed bun shop of his own.
Who can say that this guy has no ambition?
Knife steel also has ambitions.
The indigenous people are just at the bottom of the knowledge level and have too little experience. It does not mean that these people have low IQs.
His ambition is to go to Chang'an and become a real high-ranking official in Chang'an, instead of being a so-called county magistrate here. He already knows the value of many goods and only knows a number.
Even a slave girl next to the big man, with clothes and decorations on her body, worked hard for many days with hundreds of people on top of him. She may not be able to exchange it for her.
From the education he received and all the texts he received, including the words he heard from the Tang Dynasty, Daogang vaguely understood a truth: Chang'an is the center of the world, and they only have remote corners here.
Daogang has been standing on the dock. After seeing the fleet leaving, he still didn't want to leave.
"Should we take this guy for a tour of Chang'an?" the staff officer asked a scribe next to him.
The clerk was counting the number of fiber bundles to be dried this time. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the staff member's words. He just said: "If he doesn't come back, who will take care of these natives for us?"
"That makes sense." The staff officer took out a bottle of wine, took a sip, and took a look at the account book: "I heard recently that the price of hemp rope has increased. What do you think we should set up a hemp rope workshop here?"
"There's nothing here except hemp. Let's buy everything from Huating and turn it into hemp ropes and sell them back. How about we figure out whether we can make more money? Anyway, this god is overworked."
After the two people talked to this point, they stopped talking and each was busy with his own business.
The clerk continued to settle accounts, and the staff continued to think wildly.
Thousands of miles west from the Philippine Islands to Baiyue, Li Yuanxing had already sent someone on the ship to notify Feng An by telegram.
A few days later, Li Yuanxing's fleet arrived at the location of Halong Bay.
"Your Highness, Governor Feng's fleet has also arrived, and the lair of the self-proclaimed Tianhai King has been found. They can all be eliminated in one charge." After hearing Pei Xi's report, Li Yuanxing did not answer, but waved his hand gently.
Pei Xi sent an order outside: "Warships forward, merchant ships behind, first-level battle preparations!"
Want to fight?
Although the merchant ship began to move to the back of the queue, all the guests were excited to seize advantageous positions. A naval battle was not something you had the chance to see. No one could imagine what a naval battle would be like.
There are many villages in Halong Bay, and there is also a fairly small pier. Dozens of ketches are docked on this pier. The slender ketch is almost three to five feet long and can load about twenty or thirty tons of cargo.
This kind of sea-going ship can be said to be the mainstream sea-going ship in the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, if Li Yuanxing had not come to Datang, this would have been the mainstream sea-going ship.
"Your Highness, Commander Feng's fleet sent a signal to ask if they want to start an attack."
Li Yuanxing shook his head gently: "Order Feng An's troops to step aside, and order all the warships not to move. The flagship came forward, opened the gun port on one side, aimed at an uninhabited place one mile to the left of the enemy camp, and fired two salvos."
Aim at an uninhabited area on the left side of the enemy camp?
Pei Xi didn't understand the purpose of this order at all. One shot cost hundreds of pennies, and these two salvos cost more than ten pennies. They didn't hit the enemy's head, but only hit the open ground.
But a command is a command.
Two salvos!!!
With the firepower of thirty-six guns on one side, the artillery team's captain immediately understood the purpose of this order and chose all flaming shotguns, plus some incendiary bombs. The ground five miles away in the square garden was bombed.
Not a blade of grass grew, the entire forest, the rocks on the seashore, everything was destroyed.
Not to mention the people in the camp, even the Tang Dynasty itself had never seen such a dense volley of artillery fire.
The artillery at this time was several times more powerful than when it attacked Pyongyang City.
Whether it is visual or psychological shock, many people are trembling.
"Tell that King of Heaven and Sea to come and see me. Let's put tables and chairs on the deck!" Li Yuanxing said lazily.
In the eyes of Li Yuanxing, there is nothing special about the demonstrations of the flames. With the development of science and technology, there are only three wars that still require some mental energy. The first is the tropical jungle of Indochina, the second is the altitude sickness in Tufan, and the third is the cannibal.
Religious fanaticism and long-distance supplies.
Apart from this, there is no enemy that can fight against the Tang Dynasty.
Anyone who wants to attack the mainland of the Tang Dynasty will only have to choose how the Tang Dynasty wants him to die, not how he chooses to attack.
After Li Yuanxing gave the order, Pei Xi immediately sent people to disembark.
The captain who passed the message asked before disembarking: "What if the other party doesn't come?"
Pei Xi was asked what to do if he was really a die-hard. Should he go back and ask for instructions?
"Forget it, I'll go first!" The captain ignored Pei Xi's reaction and jumped from the side of the ship to the hanging board. Then he used the hanging board to put him on the boat, and someone sent him to the shore.
The captain's worries didn't exist at all. When he was standing on the beach, a man brought him tied up, holding a wooden stick in his mouth, and the thin ropes on both sides of the wooden stick were wrapped around his neck, and then thick
He tied his arms with ropes and strode towards the captain.
He knew this man very well. From the moment those ships approached, he knew that he must be defeated.
Escape? What will happen to the old, young, women and children there after you escape?
To take revenge, they had more than a dozen small boats, and even the smallest one was not something they could fight against. That huge ship, which was fifty or sixty feet long, was impossible even if they tried desperately to climb onto the deck. What could they use to resist?
On the deck, Li Yuanxing was not wearing the robe of the King of Qin, but a very simple Tang style round-neck shirt.
"The surname is Ji, the Zhao family. Speaking of which, your ancestors are cousins of the First Emperor. Of course, they are distant relatives. But they are both from the Ji family, and your own ancestors, whether they are ennobled or self-appointed, are the same.
The King of Nanhai, or King Wu of Nanyue, also went on his own when the First Emperor died."
The man who tied himself up looked at Li Yuanxing blankly.
He really couldn't guess who this person was. His attire was no more noble than that of a boatman. He was not made of silk, but just fine linen. There was not a single expensive ornament on his body, nor was there anything that felt valuable.
.
Li Yuanxing really put in the effort to check Baiyue's information.
Or later Li Lanshan reminded him that how could the Baiyue people know how to call themselves kings? Those who dare to call themselves kings must be Han people.
But who is this Han?
After verifying a lot of information, Li Yuanxing determined that this was probably a descendant of Zhao Tuo. Otherwise, a bandit from Wuthering Mountains, like Wang Ba, would call himself a bandit, but he would never call himself a king.
"Later, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor. Zhao Tuo wrote: Tuo's original Han people, relatives, and tombs are all in the Han Dynasty. Now it is contrary to the customs of the Han Dynasty. If he wants to take advantage of this place, he will compete with the Han Dynasty as an enemy. Isn't it wrong? Qin Dynasty has lost its deer.
The whole world expelled him. But the Han emperor was merciful and accepting, and the people were happy to obey." After reciting it here, Li Yuanxing stopped: "This paragraph is too long, and it doesn't make sense after reading it."
"Qin, His Highness King Qin!" That person finally came to his senses.
Li Yuanxing nodded: "I have been granted the title of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, General Tiance."
With a bang, the man's legs went weak and he fell to his knees.
"Some people in the Zhao family were not convinced when Zhao Tuo surrendered to the Han Dynasty, so the Zhao family had some internal strife in those years. One branch went south and mixed with the original residents of Indochina. After hundreds of years, who would have thought that it would decline to this point. However,
Even if you are in decline, I will recognize you as the two-character king!"
"I, Zhao Lu! I'm convinced!"
"Sit down, I think you have never eaten food from the Central Plains. As a Han Chinese, your family will still be happy when you come home. You are still a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties and a descendant of the Ji family. I am at odds with you.
You are talking nonsense. I want to add the Indochina Peninsula to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If you are willing to be a pioneer, I will give you an official title of King of the Tang Dynasty when the success is achieved. If you are not willing, I don’t like to force people to divide a piece of land for you.
In a safe place, take your people to live in peace."
"Zhao Lu is puzzled! There is no such thing as being soft when facing the enemy. Since His Highness has been granted the title of King of Qin, he has a killing blade in his hand. By robbing a sea ship, Zhao is an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. If he doesn't kill him, how can he conquer the world?
.How can you frighten the world?"
Li Yuanxing poured himself a glass of wine.
Zhao Lu kept staring at Li Yuanxing's eyes.
Li Yuanxing in Zhao Lu's eyes was so calm, his eyes were like windless lake water.
"My king's sword will not be pointed at the Han people, nor will it be stained with the blood of the Han people. What's more, the world is so big, even if the Tang Dynasty does not tolerate it, there is still a place for it."
Zhao Lu, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly howled strangely, and all the finger-thick hemp ropes were broken.
No one moved, not one of the twenty guards around him moved. The imperial guard standing three steps behind Li Yuanxing didn't even open his eyes, as if Zhao Lu didn't exist at all.
"I am willing to be a vanguard!" Zhao Lu performed the military salute of the Qin army.
"Old Qin people, I didn't expect to see Old Qin people here." Li Yuanxing stood up with a smile:
"What I want is to conquer. You can slowly learn the difference between conquest and occupation. The first task for you is to tell all the Han people in the entire Indochina Peninsula and all the Han people in the continuous islands south of the Tang Dynasty.
This king is here to take them home."
"Go home?" Zhao Lu asked foolishly.
Li Yuanxing smiled: "Even if we go home, even if people are wandering, the Tang Dynasty will still protect them, because they are descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)