Nine months is almost enough time for a baby to come into this world smoothly. In such a long time, a baby can do anything.
Of course, nine months does not mean forever. For example, if Li Er wanted to conquer America in nine months, he must have thought too much. But for Wang Jing and others, nine months of hard work would definitely be a waste of money.
I don’t know how much money I have.
This time, there are five surnames and seven hopes.
Although there are still five surnames and five hopes, the loss of two senior members can be said to be quite heavy, but compared to everyone's previous situation, this can be regarded as a bloody gain, although the two lost members cannot return.
, the psychological blow to Wang Jing and Pei Ji's group is absolutely irreversible.
However, from the perspective of the material resources under control and from the perspective of family wealth...the total amount of blood returned during these nine months has almost brought Wang Jing and others' family wealth back to the previous level.
In other words, if Wang Jing and Pei Ji were allowed to go back to a few years ago before Li Sheng appeared, they could buy a huge family property equivalent to the level at that time!
And consider the situation where a seven-member group loses two people. In other words, averaged over each member, the total size of assets per person would be even higher than the level at that time.
Such huge gains were certainly not due to the fact that Wang Jing and Pei Ji's gang had become more powerful. Li Tang could no longer stop the power of these gangs from running rampant in the southeastern ocean of the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, although these people spent a lot of money on intelligence work, the Li and Tang regime's military strikes always failed, but they still succeeded two or three times, and each time they naturally hit the target hard and annihilated them all.
The pirates who participated in the act were either killed on the spot, or were captured back to China and served as hard labor, and would never be able to stand up again.
Of course, there is no need to say more about the looted goods, the ships controlled, the weapons used, etc.
This was done successfully for two or three times, and the effect was still very effective for Datang, and the effect on soothing the people's hearts was quite significant.
but.
Having said that, things in the world are not that simple.
Although the pacification effect of several successful military operations in the Tang Dynasty was significant, it did not mean success - in other words, "remarkable effect" itself was a euphemism for the failure of the plan.
In fact, in the past nine months, the fear of pirates along the coast of the Tang Dynasty has become more and more powerful. This power has even changed its nature. From the panic at the beginning, it has become something that almost every maritime merchant will think about now.
Due to considerations of interests, Datang's current plan to explore the Americas has gradually begun to run into problems. Maritime merchants have become increasingly reluctant to go to sea - originally there were only a few, but now there is almost no one left.
No maritime merchant is willing to sail to America!
At the same time, even the scale of Datang's trade in the South China Sea was greatly reduced.
This reduction has even been exaggerated to the point of widespread discussion among the people, so much so that scholars in many local academies became anxious when they saw that the situation was not good, and began to go directly to Chang'an to write to the emperor. The climax of this incident caused a great uproar.
, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and the content of this discussion at the beginning became unimportant, because at the beginning, although the people were discussing these passionate scholars, but that night alone, the people began to worry about the Tang Dynasty.
This situation...
If you are riding a horse, it cannot be that there is something wrong with the national destiny. If that is the case, this matter will be serious!
But the other way around.
This situation of "the Tang Dynasty is now in danger" is very good for people like Wang Jing and Pei Ji!
With such a good situation, everyone will naturally hold a meeting.
Now everyone's hard work and cooperation with the actions of the Romans have injected fear into the southeastern area of the entire Chinese world. Such a huge achievement is, first of all, extremely worthy of celebration, but more importantly, since China has now changed from nearly a year ago
The initial panic has gradually taken shape.
Then it is conceivable that it will only take a few months and a year.
"Just wait for another year, and maritime merchants from China will never consider sailing to America again!"
At this moment, Wang Jing was exchanging glasses with Pei Ji and others. After speaking with excitement, he raised his head and poured a large glass of wine down his throat.
It has to be said that the Five Surnames and Qiwang gang have made considerable progress against Li Sheng and Li Er for so long. Under such a good situation now, the situation of this gang is much smaller than before.
The place is in a small coastal town called "Yokohama" in the Japanese country. The wine and food are far inferior to the prosperity and wealth of China, but Wang Jing and others don't feel much discomfort.
Compared with nine months ago, just to celebrate the initial success of the intelligence work, everyone specially opened an expensive boat for the party, which can be said to be a lot more frugal.
This change is quite obvious. It is obvious that Wang Jing and others have begun to have the awareness to work hard. Although they have not risen to their daily personal qualities like Li Er and Li Sheng, they can be said to have changed too much compared to before.
At this moment, all the elders who heard Wang Jing's words also showed excitement and smiles on their faces.
This is a humble house, but I am the only one who enjoys it.
Although this poem has not yet appeared in this world, it is undoubtedly very consistent with the state of mind of Wang Jing and others.
Several old men agreed one after another and poured wine one after another.
But then.
Wang Jing sighed excitedly and drank another whole glass. Then he suddenly looked thoughtful and looked at a few old friends, "But brothers, although the situation is good now, the outcome of the matter is still unclear. I think
I'd better be careful while I wait."
Such words came out suddenly, and several old men present were a little awe-inspiring.
That's right, everyone has been tricked by the thief Li Er too many times. You should be careful about what you say this time.
Although they said they should be careful, several old men suddenly changed their minds and no longer felt that there was anything to be careful about.
After all, in the past nine months, everyone has been cautious about words and deeds at all times, and carefully guarded against Li Er, the dog emperor, suddenly causing trouble.
During these nine months, although everyone had indeed made mistakes, they were actually caught once by Li Er.
but!
This situation is much better than before. After all, even one injury did not hurt the fundamentals. And more importantly, after this incident, everyone continued to make profits!
In other words, they are continuing to engage in pirate activities. Actions under such circumstances are naturally nerve-wracking, but after going on for a period of time... until now, Li Er has not been able to organize another Forbidden Army raid!
For such a long time, Li Er has not been able to make a living, so for Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others, they can't help but think about it.