[Volume Two] Chapter Fifty-fourth Treaty of Guazhoudu
[Volume 2] Chapter 54 Guazhou Crossing Treaty
In the back hall of the Yangzhou Prefecture, in the study of Jia Siming, the prefect, Jia Junwen was wrapped in a quilt, with runny nose and tears streaming down his face, and sneezing constantly. Jia Siming frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Junwen goes to rest first, we have nothing to do with you here.
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Jia Junwen was a little unhappy, and when Jia Siming glared hard at him, Jia Junwen had no choice but to drag his clothes out and go out. After Jia Junwen went out, Jia Siming looked at the two men in black with solemn faces and said: "You are here, Prime Minister
Sir, I can’t wait any longer!”
"Hmph! Don't worry, Yishui has never failed in his work. Now we can get Li Quancheng's head!"
"Third sir, don't be anxious. According to reports from my servants, Li Quancheng is still in "Yishuijian" and has no plans to leave. You all have come from afar, so you should rest for a day first and wait until he is ready to set off before taking action."
Late!"
At this time, the woman who had been sitting in the dark wearing a bamboo hat and a black gauze suddenly sneered and said: "You are afraid that Li Quancheng will die in your Yangzhou, and your precious son will have a grudge against him, and you are afraid that it will not be easy to explain!"
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Jia Siming was so heartbroken that her face froze, and she smiled awkwardly and said: "Where, where..."
However, the woman did not accept this trick and stood up and came: "Don't worry, we won't let him die in Yangzhou, but I really can't sleep if I rest here with you!"
Jia Siming also wanted these people to leave as soon as possible, so she couldn't help but said: "Since the eldest lady is so anxious, let me send someone to Yishuijian to book some guest rooms for you."
The third gentleman snorted coldly and said: "Don't bother, we will decide it ourselves!"
There is no one best inn in Yishuijian - Guazhou - or even in the whole of Yangzhou.
Jingkou and Guazhou are separated by water, and Zhongshan is only separated by several mountains.
The spring breeze turns green again on the south bank of the river. When will the bright moon shine on me again?
The name "One Water Room" comes from Wang Anshi's poem. It is said that when Wang Anshi passed by this place by boat, he stayed in this inn, and wrote "Boancing Guazhou" which has been passed down for hundreds of years.
The shopkeeper was also a discerning businessman, so he changed the name of the inn to "Yishuijian" and asked Wang Anshi to write an inscription. Within a hundred years, Yishuijian Inn has become one of the most famous inns in Yangzhou.
Early on the next morning, the three Chu Lianxiang brothers and sisters came to the "Yishuijian". Li Quancheng had a rare opportunity to sleep in, but he did not expect that the Chu family came so actively. Li Quancheng immediately followed Meng De's example of "walking to greet each other", which made Chu
Lianxiang's face looked much better, but the three siblings all had dark circles under their eyes, so they must have not slept well last night.
Li Quancheng said a few polite words, but even after signing the "Guazhou Crossing Treaty" with Chu Lianxiang, this treaty naturally became the first unequal treaty in history. In later generations, it became the town of Mingyue Empire's "Trade Museum".
The treasure of the museum, next to it is an inscription written by King Mingyue - "This treaty will surely lay a solid foundation for the Song Empire to become a maritime commercial power!"
This sentence has been confirmed in later generations, but at this moment, after Li Quancheng said this sentence, except for himself, everyone else was not optimistic. Lu Wenhuan, Dou Wen and others were relatively calm, but the Chu family
The three brothers and sisters were still a little excited. Chu Lianxiang's hand holding the pen trembled like a convulsion. Chu Lianqing's lips were so pouty that they could hang in a basket, but Chu Lianbai's beautiful eyes were staring at Li Quancheng in a daze.
But everyone has their own thoughts.
In the afternoon, Qi Zhiyun, Liu Zheng's former general and now captain of the Yangzhou Navy, came to visit him. It was he who led the army to surround the water village yesterday. Li Quancheng talked with him for half a day, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became. Regarding the Song Dynasty, he
Qi Zhiyun's analysis of the future direction of Mongolia was clear and logical, but it was still limited to the battle for battlefield land.
Li Quancheng was secretly shocked. This Liu Zheng was not a very good character, but his abilities should not be underestimated. Li Quancheng had a love for talents and couldn't help but ask, "What does General Qi have to say about naval warfare?"...
Qi Zhiyun frowned and replied: "Although I often lead my troops to the East China Sea for training, they are always in shallow seas and have never traveled far."
"It's okay, just tell me!"
"The general believes that naval warfare is no better than inland water warfare. It has higher-level requirements for ships, naval officers and soldiers, weather and wind directions, weapons and equipment, etc. Judging from the situation of our Song Dynasty Navy, as long as the equipment can keep up, the physical fitness of the navy will
There is still no problem! But now that the Mongolian army is about to move south, many shipyards are rushing to build ships and have no time to study sea-going ships!"
Li Quancheng nodded and suddenly said: "If I want to set the battlefield between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia on this vast sea, what does General Qi think our chances of winning are?"
Qi Zhiyun's eyes suddenly brightened, and he stood up and said excitedly: "If this is true, Mongolia will be difficult to enter the sea within five years, and it will be difficult to form effective combat effectiveness within ten years. Within twenty years, we, the Song Dynasty, can become a maritime power!"
As a naval general, all Qi Zhiyun thinks about all day long is things related to naval battles. It’s not that he has never thought about naval battles. It’s just that he is a lieutenant and a low-key officer. He is not interested in major events that are related to the national destiny of a country.
It was simply a behemoth that was hard to look up to. Now that he suddenly heard Li Quancheng talking about it like this, Qi Zhiyun had no doubt at all. He felt that the man in front of him, who was even smaller than himself, was about to start creating legends again!
"General Qi is so courageous!"
Li Quancheng clapped his hands and praised, saying: "I will definitely work hard so that the general can show off his talents in future sea battles!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Qi Zhiyun didn't care how trustworthy or unreliable Li Quancheng's words were, so he just accepted them. This guy was also impatient, or he blindly believed in Li Quancheng. In fact, in addition to considering the water war, he was not so sophisticated in human relations.
Very little attention is paid to him, he is just an idiot. Idiots are often geniuses in some fields, it just depends on whether he is lucky enough to meet his talent!
Qi Zhiyun was lucky enough to meet Li Quancheng, and Li Quancheng's luck had always been good. However, this guy had always been greedy and was always trying to make ends meet. After getting Qi Zhiyun, Li Quancheng pretended to be in a dilemma and said: "It's a pity that now I have General Qi besides him."
Besides, there is no one who is good at water warfare. Now naval training depends entirely on Liu Zheng, and the progress is too slow!"
Qi Zhiyun immediately made the decision and said: "Sir, don't worry. The five major river systems of Haihe, Yellow River, Huaihe, Yangtze River, Qiantang, Beijing and Hangzhou, plus Dongting, Poyang, and Taihu Lake all have naval forces stationed there. Zhiyun also happens to know a dozen naval generals.
Although they are not of high rank, they are all loyal and loyal people serving the country."
"Nowadays, the treacherous prime minister has total power. Most of the land and water generals are his, but the lower-level officers have very little control. In fact, it is the lower-level officers who really control the army. As long as you give the order, there will definitely be many generals.
A loyal and patriotic person has joined your Majesty's command!"
Li Quancheng was very excited when he heard this. When he was in Xiangyang, he wanted to kill Jia Sidao, but Dou Wen told him that he stopped thinking. Later, he thought that he was really confused, and he had already offended Jia to death anyway.
Sidao was still relatively peaceful, but he didn't expect Jia Sidao to run away. At this moment, hearing Qi Zhiyun's words, Li Quancheng had the idea of killing Jia Sidao again, but Li Quancheng suppressed this idea for the time being.
Although a group of people who agree with his ideas have gathered around him, Wen Tianxiang, one of the three strongest men in the late Song Dynasty, has also been persuaded to come over, but there are still two people, Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie. If they want to make a decision in the Song Dynasty court, there may be
When using Jia Sidao to suppress Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.
What Li Quancheng didn't know was that as soon as Jia Sidao returned to Lin'an, he immediately arranged for a killer organization to assassinate him. However, he had already gone to Nanyang first. When the killer arrived in Nanyang, he had just figured out Li Quancheng's whereabouts.
, was planning to take action at night, but when night went by, Li Quancheng disappeared again. Five days later, he found out that Li Quancheng had returned to Xiangyang. The killer chased Xiangyang, and then Xiangyang became an empty city, and Li Quancheng was fucking missing again...
"Let's not talk about this for the moment. What matters now is that I will train the generals who are good at water warfare for me. Can Zhiyun find some of them for me?"
Qi Zhiyun pondered for a while and then said with a smile: "Sir, the final general has been selected. Please give me ten days, and I will find ten Shanshui warriors for you!"
"That's very good, but I still have to go to Lin'an. The two thousand people Liu Zheng left in Yangzhou, plus the two thousand people Long Wenhu still leave to you. Now the Chu family in Caokou is my own.
, you have a heavy responsibility, and you have to take care of me at ordinary times."
Li Quancheng explained clearly one by one, and finally said to Long Wenhu and several thousand captains: "You remember that you are my own officer, and I am a person who does not follow the rules, so in addition to the military regulations of the People's Liberation Army, you also
Don't tell me the rules. Anyone who dares to bully or make things difficult for you will be beaten, killed, and robbed. If anything happens, I'll be responsible for it!"
Everyone's blood boiled with excitement. Li Quancheng said what he said like a bandit, but soldiers like to hear this, especially the last sentence "I will bear the responsibility if anything happens."
, the people below would not be able to hold their breath, so Li Quancheng mobilized the people in the room with just a few words, and their eyes shone with the light of "A scholar will die for his confidant."
After returning to the camp, he said this in a sarcastic way, which immediately made the soldiers feel warm in their hearts. A passionate and violent factor was quietly growing, and a bandit-like and tough army was quietly beginning to transform.