Pretending to be a pirate and plundering these merchants was mainly a psychological barrier for Chai Shao... after all, this was the Forbidden Army.
He is a famous member of the Forbidden Army and a general of Lingyan Pavilion. These soldiers are not warriors of the Tang Dynasty. They want to pretend to be pirates to rob merchants... Even if they are "pretending" to be pirates rather than being pirates, they are definitely more resistant to it.
But now that it's made clear, it's not a big problem. Isn't it just a piece of cake to pretend to be a pirate? Compared with this, Chai Shao is more concerned about the target situation, which is the situation of the merchants that Li Sheng said he needs to beat -
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What is the opponent's armed level? If they are not afraid of pirates, the Forbidden Army can do the same. Moreover, the Forbidden Army is not afraid of any kind of pirates. They only see the Forbidden Army running away at the speed of light...
So what about this group of merchants? A naval battle is also a battle. This is not a dinner party. You are responsible for the immediate family members of your soldiers, and you cannot mess around.
However, when Chai Shao asked, Li Sheng smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Chai has thought too much about this. This group of merchants is quite special, and that is also for merchants, or for pirates... they are the stronger ones.
Some of them, but the Imperial Army has no problem cooking them."
Li Sheng and Chai Shao have worked together at Zhongzuo Institute for such a long time, and they are all one of their own. He speaks directly when he has anything to say, and there is nothing subtle or polite about it. When he said this, Chai Shao immediately felt relieved.
After removing the last doubt, I solemnly agreed to this matter.
I had a drink with Chai Shao, and then... Since Chai Shao had his life on his side, of course he would not drink too much with Li Sheng, so he left soon, leaving Li Sheng alone in the restaurant to drink by himself.
Watching the sea and listening to the waves, I was stunned.
"This response should be enough..."
Li Sheng murmured to himself, and the maid Mian'er beside him asked curiously, "Master, what is enough?"
Mian'er has always been serving Li Sheng, and this time Li Sheng and Chai Shao were talking about something, Mian'er also had Li Sheng, so he didn't have to avoid it, but just said nothing. At this time, Li Sheng was drinking alone and talking to himself, Mian'er watched
Just a little worried.
But looking at the wine on the table, Mian'er continued, "I think the young master has drunk enough, how about we..."
"Uh, that's not what I meant."
Li Sheng shook his head, "His Majesty has come up with various methods this time, and his efforts to collect overseas gold and silver should have some effect... These are almost all the methods currently available, and they should be effective."
"Gather gold and silver?"
Mian'er felt a little weird when hearing this, because the word "accumulation" is a bit unpleasant to hear.
But Li Sheng nodded, "Yes, it is to gather gold and silver, because the Tang Dynasty will need some extremely important things in the future, and... this is not some plunder, but the people of the Tang Dynasty used their own blood and sweat to exchange for their descendants.
It’s just the future.”
This blood and sweat naturally refers to various products and goods.
Mian'er nodded in understanding, but Li Sheng's expression was not much relaxed.
At present, it seems that there can be some progress in gathering gold and silver, but it is obviously not enough, because...
Because overseas, not to mention coal, iron, oil and gas resources, even the development progress of precious metals such as gold and silver is far behind. It is said that gold and silver are to be gathered... but in essence, it is to gather the total distribution of gold and silver, the two global values.
Right, but...the gold and silver that has not been mined will still be valuable in the future.
How to do this part is another problem.
Li Sheng shook his head, a little funny...
These methods used during this period of time... are quite good, but small tricks are just small tricks. The profits from this kind of operation are reliable, but after all, they are not reliable for a long time.
And something that can be relied on for a long time...
Li Sheng thought for a long time, and finally drank a glass and sighed leisurely.
"It seems it has to be the Mayflower..."
"Mayflower?"
Mian'er heard Li Sheng say many new terms, but this was the first time he heard Li Sheng talk about the names of flowers... Although Li Sheng was a master in calligraphy, music, and poetry, he was really different from other celebrities. Li Sheng was not obsessed with hurt.
Spring is sad, autumn is windy, flowers are snowing, and Mian'er has never known that Li Sheng still knows about flowers.
But just as Mian'er felt strange, Li Sheng smiled and shook his head, "It's not the Mayflower, it's the Mayflower..."
"The Mayflower...is this a ship?"
Mian'er served Li Sheng and had spent a lot of time with Li Sheng in Hangzhou and Zhongzuo. He knew that ships... especially the ships built by Li Sheng, all had a name, called "So-and-so".
Mian'er guessed correctly, but Li Sheng smiled mysteriously, "Yes, it's a boat... It was a ship that sank in the storm. Mian'er, are you afraid of ghost ships?"
"Ah? Ghost... ghost ship?"
The little maid was startled by Li Sheng, but Li Sheng did not continue to explain. She laughed and continued to pour herself a drink, thinking about the fate of the Mayflower...
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But he said that Chai Shao took the order and left, packed his bags and prepared to go to war...
Halfway across the East China Sea, in the city of Hangzhou, inside a large house, there are flowers, willows, and lights brightly lit.
It was still daytime at this time, but how could there be no lights in the high-walled courtyards of the ancients.
The flower hall is located deep in a large area of the entire mansion, but with lanterns hanging everywhere, it looks very lively.
There are also many exotic flowers and plants placed in the flower hall. Many varieties do not even belong to this season at all, but because of the grand power of the owner of the mansion and the strange people under his command, he uses incredible means to make all flowers bloom.
And the people in this extremely expensive and luxurious flower hall are naturally...
It's Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others. The high-standard decoration of this flower hall is something that even the owner of the mansion, Su Dashou, can't bear to part with. However, in order to accommodate Wang Jing and others, he still uses many high-end luxury configurations.
A few days ago, due to various factors, Wang Jing, Li Tiancheng and Cui Baihe...
Regardless of Wang Jing's good brothers, everyone is in a state of misery every day, which can be described as burning with worry.
What I am worried about is nothing else but the matter of maritime trade - pirates have been causing trouble too frequently recently, and even Wang Jing, Pei Ji and the others feel overwhelmed by their strength.
Every time a sea-going ship goes back and forth from the Southeast Bay, it encounters countless waves of pirates and nearly half of them are damaged. Who can bear this? Even the Forbidden Army dare not guarantee that it can bear it.
The reasons for this are, firstly, that the people living along the coast - either in the coastal states or counties, or the people living along the coastline - are relatively poor, and are completely different from the people who live in sea-view houses in later generations.
People who lived in those places in this era were often poor, but at the same time...because they were close to the sea and there was no shortage of food, bandits could easily breed in such an environment.