An Shougui followed Pang Ju and stood on the seaside, watching the densely packed Silla prisoners of war building logs to build docks on the coast. He looked ahead at Pang Ju, the supervisor with a telescope, and was full of doubts about the Tang general's thoughts.
An Shougui's mood has been like a roller coaster recently. At first, he thought he was dead.
The Tang army was very harsh on the rebellious vassal states. I originally thought that a massacre was inevitable, but the Tang army did not kill any prisoners of war.
Even if they were not killed, there were even doctors accompanying the army to treat the injured prisoners, and they had plenty of meals three times a day, which were even richer than those eaten by the Silla army.
But this feeling of luck did not last for a day. A group of prisoners of war who knew Chinese and Silla languages, such as An Shougui, were taken away and imprisoned alone in Dahang Fortress.
Next, Pang Ju read out to An Shougui and other translators his opinions on how to deal with the prisoners of war, which was to let these prisoners of war go to the seaside to build docks.
The following days were not pleasant. It was not an easy task to build a dock in the cold wind and half-immersed in the cold sea water. Many soldiers fell ill on the first day, but the Tang army still insisted on letting the Silla people go.
During construction, even if the sick took some decoction, they would be driven into the forest to cut down trees.
Translators like An Shougui did not need to work. They only had to follow the officers of the Tang Dynasty to inspect the construction site every day. Over time, An Shougui felt the hateful eyes of his compatriots.
It is strange to say that ordinary Silla soldiers did not hate the Tang Dynasty people who were the instigators, but they were full of resentment towards the translators such as An Shougui.
An Shougui also often felt ashamed of his compatriots, but he also felt that he was not physically able to work on the construction site, so when he visited the construction site on weekdays, he could only lower his head and cover his face with a scarf.
However, there are people like An Shou Kei who feel ashamed, and there are also many translators who have turned into the players' bastards.
These guys assist the players in supervising translations and treat their compatriots even more harshly than the players.
Whenever Silla people stopped working and gathered together on the construction site, these henchmen would rush over with whips to drive them away.
If someone curses Datang, they will report it to the player immediately.
An Shougui looked at Jin Zai walking by carrying a log, and An Shougui looked a little guilty.
Jin Zai also knew Chinese, but he refused to translate for Datang and voluntarily came to the construction site to do hard labor.
An Shougui did not dare to look at Jin Zai, and lowered his head to let the other person pass. This scene was seen by Pang Ju.
After boarding a mound, Pang Ju said to An Shougui:
"An Shougui, you Silla are building a city on the Yajiang River. This matter has been reported to Wang Jiedushi by joining the army!"
An Shougui's face turned pale, he built a city on the edge of the Yalu River, and even took the initiative to attack the Tang army. This was already a serious provocation to the Tang Dynasty.
I have two thousand elites, but my father has put countless efforts into building a new army.
But even this new army was unable to fight back in front of the three hundred elites of the Tang Dynasty.
When he thought of this, An Shougui became frightened. He knelt down in front of Pang Ju and shouted:
"Join the army and spare your life! The construction of the city and the order to attack the Tang army were all done by me, An Shougui. Please join the army and kill me!"
An Shougui kowtowed to Pang Ju, but Pang Ju said without changing his expression:
"You, the smallest country of Silla, actually dare to offend the power of the Tang Dynasty. If Wang Jiedushi hadn't ordered us to build a port here, we would have gone to Jincheng to arrest you, the King of Silla, and hold you accountable!"
An Shougui quickly continued to kowtow, but he had also read the book and heard the pronunciation of Pang Ju's words.
An Shougui said quickly: "Pang Shenjun was ordered by the Jiedu Envoy to build a port in Dahang City. We Silla people are willing to atone for our sins!"
Seeing that An Shougui was so righteous, Pang Ju softened his tone and asked many questions: "How to atone for sin?"
An Shougui immediately said: "I am willing to recruit Silla people to build a port for Datang!"
Pang Ju asked with satisfaction: "How do you make the people of Silla willing to come here to build a port?"
An Shougui said quickly: "My father is the prime minister of Silla and the ruler of the Northern Court. If I explain my interests to my father, my father will definitely mobilize the people to build the port for the Tang Dynasty!"
Pang Ju looked at An Shougui and didn't expect that this guy was actually a big fish.
"How long do you need?"
An Shougui thought for a while and said: "I have two provinces, the North and South of Silla. Your Majesty lives in the South, and my father is the ruler of the North and is stationed in Pingcheng."
Pang Ju nodded. During these days, he also studied some information about Silla.
After annexing Baekje and Goguryeo, Silla finally unified the peninsula.
However, the situation on the peninsula was complicated and ethnic conflicts were also very serious. The King of Silla lived in Jincheng (today's Gyeongju) and governed the original territory of Silla.
At the same time, the King of Silla established another court team in Pyongyang (Pyongyang) to manage the affairs of the North Province.
The northern part of the peninsula is mountainous and colder than the south. In the north are mountains and forests where there are remnants of Goguryeo and other barbarians who fled to the peninsula. Most of the Silla officials regard the North Road as their official border.
In addition to the inconvenient transportation, Pyeongseong was often closed due to heavy snowfall, so the King of Silla simply set up a court team in the North Road that was the same as the South Road. He would send a prince to supervise the country in the North Road, and then appoint a ruler in the North Road.
Prince Fu Zuo handed over the affairs of the North Road to the small court of the North Road in Pingcheng.
The Silla people called the court in Jincheng Nanban and the court in North Road called Beiban.
However, after the current King of Silla, Kim Heon-young, succeeded to the throne, he no longer sent princes to North Province to supervise the country. Instead, he allowed his crown prince to lead the country in the name of supervising the country, and only appointed a "ruling" to coordinate the overall situation in North Province.
Unexpectedly, An Shougui was the son of An Xiyu, the ruler of the Northern Province. Pang Ju also did not expect that he would casually cast a net and catch a big fish.
Pang Ju asked: "I'm going to join the army and ask you to return to Pingcheng. How long will it take to bring you the civilian husband?"
An Shougui said: "It takes a month to travel to Pingcheng. After one month, I will definitely bring a civilian husband to join the army!"
Pang Ju shook his head and said, "Too slow!"
An Shougui was so anxious that he was sweating all over, and he said with a cry: "But the North Road is mountainous and narrow, and it really takes such a long time to go back and forth!"
Pang Ju took out a map at this time, which was a detailed map of the peninsula.
After seeing this map, An Shougui took a deep breath.
This is a detailed map of the peninsula, so detailed that even the mountains, rivers and lakes are marked.
An Shougui had never seen such a detailed map in the royal library in Jincheng!
Maps are very important strategic items throughout ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
Even in this modern era with satellites flying all over the sky, illegal surveying and mapping is still a criminal offence.
The Tang Dynasty had such a detailed map of the peninsula, it was ridiculous that his father actually allowed him to build a city on the banks of the Yalu River! Little did he know that the Tang Dynasty had already had a detailed map of the peninsula, and it already knew the situation in Silla very well!
An Shougui thought about his behavior as a clown, which strengthened his belief that he could not be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty!
You must persuade your father to provide labor for the Tang Dynasty! You must quell the anger of the Tang Dynasty at all costs!
Pang Ju pointed to the map and said, "This is Dahang City."
Then Pang Ju pointed to a red dot and said, "Is this Pingcheng?"
An Shougui nodded.
Pang Ju added: "I remember that Nanpu is also an entrance to the sea, less than a hundred miles away from Pingcheng, right?"
An Shougui was even more frightened. He didn't expect that Pang Ju even knew about Nanpu.
Nanpu is a port not far from Pingcheng. The Datong River flowing through Pingcheng enters the sea at Nanpu. This is a naturally suitable place for building a port.
After An Shougui's father took office as the governor of Beiban, he began to order the construction of a dock in Nanpo.
Except for Pyeongseong, ordinary Silla people did not know that Nampo was building a dock.
All the soldiers who joined the army at Pinglu Jiedu knew about this, which shows how much the Tang Dynasty knew about Silla!
An Shougui was trembling. He didn't know that there was a port in Nanpu. Pang Ju only knew about it by looking up information. It was the largest port in the Northern Dynasties in later generations and was also a natural harbor. So Pang Ju thought that it could be used for navigation and docking, so he asked An Shougui.
Unexpectedly, the construction of Nanpu Port had already begun, and Pang Ju immediately became excited.
He said to An Shougui: "In that case, you can take a boat to Nanpu, and then use the boat to transport the civilians to Dahang City."
"Calculate the time, it only takes fifteen days to come and go. The dock should have been repaired by then, and repairing the dock will still require a lot of manpower."
An Shougui said quickly: "But we don't have that many ships in North Silla Province. To transport the civilians to Dahangcheng, it will take a lot of ships."
What An Shougui said is correct. Although the Silla people are also good at building ships, Silla's ports are basically in the south, and there are not many ships near Pyeongseong.
Unexpectedly, Pang Ju said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about it. Once you organize the people and wait at Nanpu Port, there will naturally be a ship to take you to Dahang City!"
Pang Ju added: "It would be better if there are carpenters and shipbuilders. We in the Tang Dynasty pay a lot of money to invite them over! They will be treated well!"
An Shougui wrote down Pang Ju's words, but he looked around and said: "Pang joins the army, but how can I get to Nanpu Port? We don't have ships in Daxing City?"
Pang Ju smiled mysteriously and said to the sea: "There will be a ship soon."
At this time, in the unfinished shipyard, a player was arguing with the Tang Dynasty shipbuilder.
"Impossible! It's impossible for this kind of ship to float!"
The old shipwright's surname was Pan. He was tricked by Pang Ju in Andong City with a lot of money. When he was young, he worked as a master craftsman in the government's shipyard and was an experienced shipbuilder.
The player who was arguing with him took a design drawing and said: "My design can definitely build the fastest sailboat in the Bohai Sea!"