The summer sunshine passed through the leaves and hit the ground, forming tiny spots of light. There was a sultry smell brewing in the air. In such hot weather, when Lin Fengjin stayed in a solitary space like the study, he just
He was dressed very casually, but the way he was dressed, the bamboo couch quickly got wet and stained with sweat.
"It's only May, why is it so hot?" Lin Fengjin muttered.
At this time, there were footsteps outside, followed by someone knocking on the door gently, and then whispered:
"Master, the newspaper you requested has been delivered. By the way, do you want some ice cubes?"
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin perked up and said:
"If you want it, of course you want it, send it in as soon as possible. By the way, is the Di's newspaper the latest?"
"It's the latest one." The servant said respectfully, "Master Zuo brought it back from the palace when he was on duty."
Soon, a large basin of ice cubes was placed next to the bamboo chair. Feeling the cool breath coming towards him, Lin Fengjin sighed happily, then picked up the Di newspaper and read through it.
It has been seven or eight days since I returned to Yedu. I was mainly busy with the placement of the slaves and prisoners of war. Otherwise, Lin Fengjin would have been able to return to Yedu and have some free time. Now he has finally managed a series of things in Sanlibu.
Once he became a regular student, he could return to Yedu and enjoy the happiness, but he was arrested by his master and had to study hard for a few days.
Lin Fengjin finally had such a free time today. He really stole half a day's free time in his life. However, in Lin Fengjin's position, he couldn't really be free even if he wanted to. He had to strive to do everything at any given time.
I was racing against time to enrich myself and was reading the latest Di Di newspaper.
These newspapers were leaked from Mr. Zuo, and they were the latest things presented to Lu Yu. Their completeness, timeliness, and reliability were not comparable to those of ordinary abridged newspapers.
of.
At this time, these newspapers contained information about their own country as well as information about other countries. However, most of the things mentioned above were closely related to the invasion of the countries in the East China Sea, and ten of them would involve these contents.
It has to be said that the current way of exchanging information is still too backward. Even if the things in these newspapers are to be presented to the king of the country, Lu Yu, there are actually many things that are untrue and full of conjectures and conjectures.
Guess. Maybe the rest of the people can't see the flaw, but for Lin Fengjin, who has been fighting life and death with the East China Sea Alliance Army for several months, it is clear at a glance.
For example, this newspaper described the offensive of the East China Sea Allied Forces as very fierce, like lightning and thunder, saying that they "sudden in an instant, erratic, and flew thousands of miles away after one blow." In fact, this is a complete exaggeration of the facts. It is just the East China Sea Allied Forces.
His tactics are completely unfamiliar to the Central Plains.
What was amazing in this newspaper was: The East China Sea Alliance Army attacked two cities thousands of miles apart in two or three days, and thought this was the East China Sea Alliance Army's regular combat strength. In fact? The truth is that the wind direction was indeed very favorable at that time. The East China Sea Alliance Army
The coalition forces attacked Xiangzhou and found that the city was well-defended, so they looted the surrounding areas, boarded ships and set sail. Under the influence of the monsoon, it took them two days to reach Haozhou, which was thousands of miles away.
The person who wrote this newspaper regarded this special situation as a common phenomenon, thinking that all the East China Sea coalition forces can do this kind of thing anytime and anywhere. Isn't this misleading?
In addition, the East China Sea Allied Forces are accustomed to using elites such as red flags or samurai to charge directly. They don't even need ladders. They use such elites to directly attack the city gate and open the city, and then the remaining people swarm up. This kind of tactics is popular in prefectures and counties.
It can be said that he often succeeds when he is unprepared, so it also gives many people the illusion that all the soldiers of the East China Sea Alliance are as powerful as Wakakamoto or samurai...
Looking at these newspapers, Lin Fengjin couldn't help but feel angry and funny at the same time. He wished he could catch the people who wrote these newspapers on the spot to see how their brains grew, and they actually wrote such nonsense.
All the speculative things were presented to the king.
However, gradually, the smile at the corner of Lin Fengjin's mouth also faded... There is a saying that it is from the small to see the big, to see the small to know the great. Although there are many things in these newspapers that are equivalent to nonsense, but among them are also
There may not necessarily be some desirable things.
For example, although these lower-level officials misjudged the strength of the countries in the East China Sea, they should be very familiar with the information and data in their own jurisdictions, right? Lin Fengjin found out after reading more than a dozen newspapers submitted by prefectures and counties.
A very obvious issue was raised, that is, they all mentioned the plundering of the people under their rule by the East China Sea Allied Forces and others.
Robbery of people's children is often done by extremely ambitious rebels. To put it bluntly, those who do these things are "big thieves of the country", such as Cao Cao, Nurhaci, etc., all of whom have
To gain their own territory, they must plunder the population to farm for themselves and exert long-term effects.
However, Lin Fengjin knew that the problem of the East China Sea countries was not a lack of people, but that there were too many people under their rule, too little land, and poor products that could not support too many people, so he put the internal contradictions into consideration
Only by turning it into an external conflict can we brazenly launch a war.
Moreover, the countries in the East China Sea are thousands of miles across the ocean, and they currently occupy islands and the like, with a small arable area. So what are they doing to rob the population? To be honest, if you arrest people, you have to pay attention to eating, drinking and urinating.
Arranging their food, clothing, housing and transportation is the most troublesome thing. If you have the energy, it would be more cost-effective to grab more food. Leaving one more person behind would also be an additional burden for the government at that time.
For a refugee who has completely lost his land and house, if the government provides relief to him, he will have to invest almost completely in the first two years, and then he can start to earn a little interest by doing light corvee and small taxes, and it will take six or seven years to recover his capital. This is
It is recognized that if you want to consume more of the enemy's national power in the short term, it is definitely not to rob the population, but to directly burn its houses, kill its cattle, and then steal the last grain!
Therefore, in Lin Fengjin's eyes, the behavior of the East China Sea countries in plundering their young labor force is very suspicious:
"Could it be...that these bastards are going to perform some large-scale evil spell again? Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of young men are going to be sacrificed?"
Such an idea suddenly appeared in Lin Fengjin's mind.
I don’t know how many captives from the East China Sea countries were killed by Lin Fengjin. Even the priests and envoys were killed one after another by him. Naturally, before setting out to attack the East China Sea countries, he slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people to sacrifice to the god Xie Mihu.
His behavior is very clear. After that sacrifice, Xie Mihu's divine power increased greatly, and he gave it to the Suwo envoys from the countries in the East China Sea. He protected them and gained the invincible ability to sail across the ocean.
"Could this sacrifice be in response to my previous behavior?" Lin Fengjin couldn't help but think this way.
It's no wonder that Lin Fengjin thinks so, because his previous behavior has sounded the alarm to the East China Sea Allied Forces, which is to tell them that Su Wo's envoys are not invincible, so their behavior must be natural to strengthen Su Wo.
messenger.
However, if you think about it carefully, Lin Fengjin's assumption is a bit too subjective.
Why do you say that? Because if you think about it this way, Lin Fengjin is just looking at the problem from the perspective of War Zone C, which is too one-sided. In fact, from the perspective of the entire East China Sea countries, I believe they have already discovered it at this time.
One very crucial thing was discovered, that is, the Central Plains countries actually paid very little attention to the navy.
In other words, even if the Soviet and Wo envoys can be restrained, the Central Plains countries will not be able to come up with corresponding ships and fleets to fight against them! Under such a general premise, Wu Zuocheng's gains and losses in one city and one place are huge.
What is it for?
These newspapers were quickly read by Lin Fengjin. After all, he still couldn't guess what the other party wanted to do by plundering the young people. This was because there was too little information.
When Lin Fengjin was deep in thought, the boy outside knocked on the door softly again. There must be something to report. Lin Fengjin coughed and said:
"Come in."
The young man walked in and bowed:
"Tell me, sir, there are several carriages and horses coming outside, saying that your subordinates are here, sir."
After hearing this sentence, Lin Fengjin's eyes lit up and he said:
"Oh, I got it. I'm going out right now. By the way. I'm going to ask Lao He right away and tell me if the guest room I asked him to vacate a few days ago is ready. It's set up according to the first-class VIP guest room."
Soon, after hearing the news, Lao He hurriedly came over and said:
"Going back to the young master, I have prepared a total of eight villas for distinguished guests as ordered. All of them have been cleaned properly, and the maids are also ready. It is only used to entertain the female housekeeper Shi who is waiting for the distinguished guests because she has very high requirements, so
There are still two villas available.”
Lin Fengjin said simply:
"Take the money and go to the Chunfeng Tower in Yedu to redeem the two most popular people."
Lao He's heart moved, and he knew that his young master should think highly of the important person, so he immediately bowed and said:
"Yes, I'll do it now, little man."
After Lin Fengjin finished explaining here, he quickly went out and went to the front. He saw a few familiar figures in the Songhe Hall where he was receiving guests. They were He Li, Chi Bili, Lang Tu and others.
, At this time, Lin Fengjin stayed and the Kirby brothers were in charge of the overall situation in Wu Zuocheng, and the rest of his confidants went down with the boat. Because Lin Fengjin temporarily decided to send the prisoners back to Wu Zuocheng and then take the land route, so he intervened with Lang Tu and them.
It just took a lot of time to arrive.
This time Lin Fengjin brought his group of confidants here, naturally taking advantage of the end of the war to let them relax and experience the colorful world of the Central Plains. Among them, mediation is the most difficult, but Langtu has already been here.
For once, I can serve as a good guide for them.
The subordinates who came at this time were all his own, and there was no need to be polite. Lin Fengjin gave each of them 10,000 taels of silver notes, and then gave them a few words and then let them go. Naturally, someone would take care of them.
They took a good look at the prosperous scene of Yedu.
However, there is one person, Lin Fengjin, who deserves special treatment.
This person's identity is also very special. Although he considers himself to be Lin Fengjin's slave, Lin Fengjin really does not regard him as a slave, and this person's heart seems to be as solid as a rock.
There is a slight gap, but due to an accident not long ago, even this gap was completely closed.
To him, everything in the world is like a clear spring gurgling from a rock, and it can only be described as an uncontaminated foreign object.
my heart,
as hard as iron,
my knife,
That is my way!
He is the master of swordsmanship: Domu Hao!!
Even in the long history of the Central Plains, there were only a handful of people who could be promoted to sword masters on their own.
Although there are many people who use swords, there are only a few who can study and master them in depth. More importantly, because the army has long had sword and shield soldiers, the army also pays great attention to the practice and promotion of sword skills and teaches how to use them.
But it can be said that all of them are the most effective and simplest tricks that can kill people.
In this way, it will have a great impact on the development and promotion of the entire sword technique. The excessive emphasis on killing efficiency ignores the cultivation of the character and cultivation of the person who uses the knife. Therefore, people who use the knife can often say at the beginning
There are some people who "went astray", which makes it very rare for people to enter Taoism with swords.
After Lin Fengjin settled some of his subordinates, he smiled at Duo Muhao and said:
"It's been a long wait. I'm tired from the journey. Do you want to take a rest?"
Domuhao shook his head slightly and said:
"No need, as long as I don't kill anyone, I can stay at my peak condition at any time. However, Master, it seems inappropriate to go hastily to meet an expert like Mr. Jiuyuan. Please arrange for me to bathe and change clothes."
Lin Fengjin nodded slightly and said:
"Okay, I will arrange it, and I hope you can stand in front of my master in the best condition. To be honest, one of you enters the Tao with a sword, and the other enters the Tao with a knife.
When we meet together, we really can’t imagine what will happen. It’s really exciting to think about it.”
Domu Hiroshi said:
"Master, I have been looking forward to this moment all the time. I feel that the fire of my life can continue to burn brightly just for the sublimation of that moment. In front of me, it seems that there is no way. I have one
I have a premonition that after meeting Master Lu, I will no longer be confused."
Lin Fengjin nodded and asked people to take a bath and change clothes for Duo Muhao.
At this time, Taki Hirano was thirty-five years old. It was the time when a man's body and experience had reached their peak. When he slowly soaked in the hot water of the furo, he still held his own sword in his hand.
, as if he is clinging to his own life.
The water is very hot, soaking the heat into your body bit by bit, which is very comfortable. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!