"Shougui?" An Xiyu rubbed his eyes, but he didn't expect that it was his son who got off this strange ship?
In addition to An Shougui, several Tang soldiers wearing red cloaks also jumped from the ship.
At this time, the Silla soldiers guarding Nanpo came up and surrounded Su Xing and others who had disembarked from the ship.
An Shougui was nervous about another conflict between the Tang army and the Silla people, and quickly shouted:
"I am An Shougui, the son of An Xiyu, the ruler of the Northern Province! I have requested to see the ruler on important matters under the orders of the Tang Dynasty's military!"
As An Shougui shouted, it became clear that there was an officer in the garrison who actually knew him. The officer quickly restrained his men, and the tense atmosphere eased a little.
An Xiyu heard his son calling his name and quickly walked over with his men.
"Shou Kei?"
An Shougui did not expect to see his father directly in Nanpu City. He quickly shouted: "Father!"
What happened in the past few days was like a dream. The experience of being captured by the Tang army flashed through An Shougui's mind, and tears suddenly flowed down his face.
An Shougui rushed in front of An Xiyu, knelt down quickly and said, "Father, my son has something important to report!"
An Xiyu's heart was also full of doubts, and he quickly pulled An Shougui and said, "Wait a minute, there are many people talking here, let's talk later."
Then An Xiyu said to the man beside him: "Find a translator who understands Chinese and arrange a place for those Tang military lords to rest."
An Xiyu pulled An Shougui to a quiet place. An Shougui couldn't bear it anymore. He said with a cry:
"Father, our army is defeated!"
An Xiyu already had a bad premonition, but when he heard his son say this result, he was still stunned.
Yasu Shou Kei 1510 told the story of the battle, focusing on the terrifying weapon of Tang Dynasty artillery, and described the scene of the artillery destroying the camp.
An Xiyu only felt that his hands and feet were cold. The Tang army was originally more brave than the Silla people, and their weapons and equipment were much more advanced.
However, over the years, the Silla people recruited blacksmiths and developed iron smelting. Originally, An Xiyu thought that Silla's weapons could catch up with those of the Tang Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, the Tang Dynasty actually had cannons, such a powerful new weapon!
Soon An Xiyu thought of something even more terrifying. He grabbed his son's arm and said, "You said the defeat happened a few days ago. Then why did you arrive in Nanpu today? Did you come on that strange boat?"
An Shougui nodded desperately and said, "That's right! Father, I took a boat early this morning and arrived at Nanpo Port in the evening."
"What?"
An Xiyu asked in horror.
An Shougui nodded firmly and said: "It's absolutely true! Father, I didn't close my eyes for a moment on the boat. It really was morning and evening. It only took half a day to get from Daxing City to Nanpu Port!"
Half a day!
An Xiyu was silent. In fact, the reason An Xiyu dared to test the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty and ordered his son to lead troops to attack the Andong Protectorate was because he relied on the cover of the mountains in northern Silla.
When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty used the troops from the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, and it took several years of fighting to completely defeat Goguryeo.
Not to mention that Goguryeo had been constantly fighting with the Central Plains since the Sui Dynasty, and its national power had already been reduced.
But when An Shougui told An Xiyu that the Tang Dynasty's fast ship would leave in the morning and reach Nanpu Port, which was only a few dozen miles away from Pingcheng, in the evening, An Xiyu felt that his whole body was extremely cold.
This feeling of shattered security is really too bad. The Tang people had such weapons, and the walls of Pingcheng were not enough to defend, so the entire Baekje was almost completely undefendable for the Tang Dynasty.
An Xiyu grabbed his son's shoulders and shouted: "The Tang people destroyed your army, why did they let you back?"
An Shougui understood his father's pain. He felt the same pain after seeing the strength of the Tang people.
An Shougui immediately said: "The Tang Dynasty needs to build a port in Dahang City and needs manpower. When my son comes back this time, he is asking his father to recruit people from the North Road to build a dock for the Tang Dynasty!"
An Xiyu pointed at An Shougui and cursed: "Recruiting civilians to build docks in Datang? Did you lose the battle and end up in the lake?"
An Shougui knelt down, hugged An Xiyu's legs and said:
"Father! With the great power of the Tang Dynasty, how long can we, Silla, resist the troops that have poured out from all over the country?"
An Xiyu also served as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and he also understood the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty. Even if we did not count the terrifying weapons such as artillery, the Silla people had no chance of winning against the Tang army.
An Xiyu fell silent.
An Shougui continued: "There are ten thousand elite Tang troops in Pinglu Town. If these private soldiers cross the sea by boat and land at Nanpu to attack Pingcheng, how many days can you hold them back, Father?"
An Xiyu continued to remain silent.
The two thousand elite soldiers An Xiyu handed over to An Shougui were recruits trained by the An family with all their strength.
In addition to the Anjia, the private soldiers of several big families in Beidao could not even amount to ten thousand people together.
Moreover, the private soldiers of those big families were simply a ragtag group and could not possibly be the opponent of the Tang army.
Seeing that his father was silent, An Shougui immediately said:
"Father! I, Silla, and the Tang Dynasty are not enemies!"
After saying this, An Xiyu's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, he always compares the military strength of Silla and Datang, but the battle between Datang and Silla has not been officially launched, and the Tang army has not reached Pingcheng.
An Shougui said: "The Tang Dynasty is the elite, but the Tang Dynasty has no interest in the land of the peninsula since Emperor Zetian. Now as long as the war is eliminated, the Tang Dynasty will still be the superior country of our Silla!"
An Xiyu nodded quickly, Silla and Tang Dynasty did not go to war, and the matter has not reached the point of irreversibility.
An Shougui said: "However, our Silla has offended the Tang Dynasty by building a city on the edge of the Yalu River. If we want to eliminate the war, we must satisfy Pang Shenjun!"
"Pang Canjun followed the order of Wang Jiedushi to build a port and dock in Dahang City. He did not intend to stay in Dahang City for a long time."
"If we can satisfy Pang Canjun, complete the construction of the dock as soon as possible, let Pang Canjun return to Jiedushi to resume his life, and say a few good words about our Silla, then won't our building a city on the Yajiang River be over?"
An Xiyu nodded quickly. He suddenly remembered something and said:
"What are you still doing? Come with me to greet Ambassador Tang!"
An Xiyu quickly ran to the dock and ordered the soldiers guarding the dock to retreat. An Xiyu immediately said to Su Xingbi respectfully:
"It's great to have friends come from far away. Envoy Tang has worked hard on the journey. Please honor the envoy and the old man to return to Pingcheng, so that the old man can fulfill his friendship as a landlord."
Looking at this talkative high-ranking Silla official, Su Xing didn't have a good expression. He just said impatiently:
"You are An Shougui's father, the ruler of the Northern Province, right?"
An Xiyu nodded quickly.
Su Xing was originally a craftsman player and was not interested in this kind of mission.
He is more concerned about his voyage. At this time, he has accumulated a lot of sailing materials and is preparing to edit them and post them online to show off.
However, An Xiyu, the governor of the Northern Province, kept talking. Su Xing said a little irritably:
"I came to Silla today to do only two things!"
An Xiyu said quickly: "The foreign ministers are all ears!"
"The first thing is that our Tang Dynasty needs civilian husbands, the more the better!"
"As for what kind of work the civilian men do, that is, the work of repairing the port and docks, you can rest assured that our Tang Dynasty will not treat the civilian men badly. Pang Canjun has searched, and three meals a day are guaranteed. If you do it well, you can still do it.
Naturalized in the Tang Dynasty."
"The second thing is that a fleet will dock at Nanpu Port in a few days. It will be replenished at Nanpu Port and the civilians recruited will also board the ship at Nanpu and sail to Dahang City."
An Xiyu was secretly shocked when he heard Su Xing's words. The fleet docked at Nanpu, which meant that Datang had a powerful fleet coming to Nanpu!
All An Xiyu's thoughts of resisting had disappeared. The Tang Dynasty had even prepared its fleet. It would be unwise for him not to cooperate.
However, we still need to ask how many civilian laborers are needed. An Xiyu endured his fear and asked:
"May I ask your envoy, how many civilians are needed?"
Su Xing thought for a moment, and when he set out, Pang Ju didn't tell him how many civilians he would bring back.
There are already 2,000 Silla prisoners working in Dahang City, so another 2,000 people will be enough, right?
Su Xing raised two fingers and waved them in front of An Xiyu, and An Xiyu's expression changed.
"Your Majesty, this, this is really too much, can it be less?"
Su Xing said dissatisfied: "That's the number, it can't be any less!"
An Xiyu could only respond with a crying face.
Then Su Xing asked: "Does your port have a shipyard?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Is there any dried aniseed?"
Although this voyage was successfully completed, Su Xing also discovered many problems.
The wood delivered to the wooden sailboat needs to be dried and drained of moisture so that the hull can be strong and not crack.
However, it takes six or seven years for a mature pine wood to drain out of water in the natural environment. Even if it is heated and dried in a greenhouse, it will take at least six months before it can be used for shipbuilding.
The hull of Su Xing's clipper ship was small, so there were no major problems during the voyage, but various minor problems also appeared on the hull.
If you want to build a truly ocean-going clipper ship, you must use qualified wood.
So when Su Xing saw the dock at Nanpu Port, he eagerly asked An Xiyu.
An Xiyu said quickly: "There are some, if your envoy needs them, I can give them to you!"
Su Xing said: "Since there is a shipyard, there are also shipwrights? Let them follow us to Dahang City!"
Seeing that An Xiyu was on the road, Su Xing said: "Common man, please transport half of the people there first, and I will give you a nice word in front of Pang Canjun."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After settling down Su Xing and his party, An Xiyu said to his son behind him: "Did you hear that, the Tang Dynasty needs 20,000 people."
An Shougui looked pale and said: "Thanks to my father for asking for mercy from the Tang Dynasty, but ten thousand people are very tight."
An Xiyu said to the ordered man behind him: "Pass my order to recruit 10,000 people to come to Nanpu Port! We must gather these 10,000 people no matter what!"