Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 149

[Chapter 149 Unexpected News]

Yan City.

There is a wide area in the east of the north gate, which is full of thatched sheds.

The huts were full of disheveled and dirty people.

These people are the people Mo Yu rescued from Beidi people.

Since they came to Yancheng, the government placed them here.

Give them porridge here every day to make them live.

During this period, some people got the fields, but most people are still waiting.

Just when everyone thought it was another boring day.

Suddenly they saw an official in green robes walking towards them, followed by several yamen servants.

“Come here, come here.” The yamen servants called all the people over.

After a while, the officials were surrounded by people.

Zou Rong saw that people were almost coming, and said at this time: “It’s time for you to catch up. His Royal Highness Yan Wang is kind, and he can’t bear to pull you into corvee. Now he has decided to use work as relief and give you a chance to earn money. You have Whoever wants to, can sign here and wait for the order to go.”

After King Yan decided to build the bastion, he discussed with the officials under his command in the government office for several days and made a preliminary plan.

After finding the manpower, five officials will each lead 16,000 people to build a bastion.

Today, they officially started recruiting young adults.

“Where are you going?” said one of the people.

“In Wu’an County, there are three meals a day, and there is still a tael of silver.” Zou Rong said.

The word “relief with work” was taught to him by King Yan.

It means that instead of letting these people eat porridge from Shishi every day, it is better to let them work to make money.

“Take care of the food, and give back a tael of silver.” The people in front of them suddenly became enthusiastic after hearing this.

“Really, fake, you won’t trick us into doing coolies.” A middle-aged man said.

He was scared of being deceived by officials before, and he couldn’t believe it when he heard such a good thing.

Zou Rong glanced at him and said with a smile, “This is Yan County. King Yan’s words are spit and nailed. If you don’t believe me, don’t regret losing such a good thing.”

“Yes, this is Yan County. Everyone here Said that the king of Yan must do what he says, okay, I will be the first.”

“What is this bastion for?” Someone asked curiously.

“It’s to defend against Beidi people.” Zou Rong said.

This is a secret that cannot be kept. After all, such a large project can be known at a glance.

“As long as it’s beating people from Beidi, I’ll go too.” Immediately someone became excited.

“That’s right, I’ll go.”

“In Yanzhou, only the King of Yan is guarding against Beidi people. If we don’t go, who will we go?”

“…” The

people shouted.

They did not forget the grievance when they were captured by the Beidi people.

Nor did he forget the grief when his wife and children were killed by Beidi people.

Before Zou Rong could react, he was immediately overwhelmed by the rushing people.

at the same time.

Yamen servants posted notices at the gate of the city.

There were even cavalrymen who took notices to other counties to recruit people who wanted to go.

Bamboo County.

As soon as the notice was posted, it immediately attracted a large number of people to become officials.

After a scholar read out the content of the notice, the people suddenly became excited.

“His Royal Highness King Yan is good. If it was before, when a government order came down, he would have to go to corvee service, and His Highness actually gave him a tael of silver every month.” One person said.

“It’s really impossible to catch such a virtuous king with a lantern.” Another person said.

“The seeds are planted, and they are idle anyway. It’s a pity that the money is not earned.”

Several people chatted a little, and when they turned around to sign up, they saw other people running faster than rabbits.

The direction is the registration office at the door.

In a hurry, they rushed into the crowd, and the door was in chaos.

Some people even scuffled together for the sake of succession.

In less than five days, Gongcao had enough people needed.

The news was fed back to Yancheng Gongcao, and a stone fell to the ground in Zou Rong’s heart.

There is a difference between giving silver and not giving silver.

When he came to the government office, he reported the matter to King Yan.

“Your Highness, we’ve gathered all the people, and we’re going to set off in two days, but I’m worried that the Beidi cavalry will come and make trouble.” Zou Rong said, this was his last worry.

“I will give you a thousand soldiers to guard each bastion.” Zhao Xu said.

Zou Rong is still very careful, this is a problem.

Although Beidi was defeated, Beidi would send scouts to investigate from time to time before the mountain was covered by heavy snow.

The lives of the people who built the bastion need to be protected.

“Since that’s the case, I can rest assured that I will set off in two days.” Zou Rong was overjoyed.

Zhao Xu nodded, and said seriously: “This matter is of great importance, there must be no sloppy.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Zou Rong’s heart tightened, and he secretly resolved to do his best to do this matter well.

Otherwise, King Yan really wouldn’t spare him.

Zou Rong left.

Zhao Xu glanced at the paper in front of him, it was a picture drawn with goose feathers dipped in ink.

The picture shows a huge battleship with three masts and sails on it.

The battleship is seventy meters long and twenty-four meters wide.

There are three floors in total, and each floor has a small window on the periphery.

Any future placements in these small windows will be artillery.

to him.

Now is the time to build your very own warship.

After all, artillery will be mass-produced soon, so building your own sailing warship is not a problem.

But although there is no technical problem, what makes him a headache is that there is a problem with talent.

Since ancient times, the north is not good at water warfare, so the shipbuilding technology is not very good.

The same is true of Yan County, he asked Liu Fu.

Liu Fu also couldn’t find craftsmen who built large ships.

This incident troubled him quite a bit.

He was worrying, when suddenly Feng’er knocked on the door and came in.

“Your Highness, General Chang and General Mo are here.”

Zhao Xu was about to talk to them about dispatching troops to Zou Rong, so he said, “Let them in.”

“Your Highness.” Entering the study, Chang Wei and Mo Yu bowed and saluted .

Without waiting for Zhao Xu to speak, Chang Wei complained: “Your Highness, the last general and Deputy General Mo are planning to recruit new soldiers for the past two days, but why did the Gongcao’s people get rid of them all? Isn’t this fighting for the source of troops with the last general?”

Mo Yu smiled wryly, he didn’t want to come, after all, he was new here.

But Chang Wei insisted on pulling him together to complain, saying that it was heavy.

Because these people were saved by Mo Yu.

Zhao Xu glanced at Chang Wei, wondering what the two of them were doing together.

So he said: “These people are not a source of soldiers for you. Go to Shanggu County to recruit people. You can’t draw everyone from Yan County. The young and strong are gone. How can you restore people’s livelihood? Sweep the wool. I have seen a sheep caught.” Did you pull it hard?”

Chang Wei scratched his head, thinking that the officials from the government office deliberately robbed him.

After all, civil and military do not like each other.

If Liu Fu was here, he would directly trouble Liu Fu.

Unexpectedly, this was what King Yan meant.

Laughing twice, he said, “Why does Your Highness need so many people?”

So Zhao Xu told about the construction of the bastion, and asked him to send soldiers to protect the people who participated in the construction during the construction.

“Your Highness is really daring.” Mo Yu looked at the five points on Yanjun’s drawing, his eyes were filled with admiration, “If the imperial court has such courage, why did it come to this?”

Then he asked doubtfully: “Your Highness, what is a cannon? ”

You guys will know about this soon.” Zhao Xu kept it mysterious on purpose.

Looking at Mo Yu, he suddenly remembered that Mo Yu was a member of the capital and was often in the army. Maybe he knew someone who had experience in building large ships, so he asked, “General Mo, does anyone know who can build large ships?”

“Giant ships ? Your Highness wants to build a navy?” Mo Yu asked.

Zhao Xu nodded, “I have this idea, but I suffer from the lack of such a capable person.”

Mo Yu smiled, “Actually, there is such a capable person in Yan County, but…”

“But what?” Zhao Xu Surprised.

“This person used to build warships in the Ning Jindu Division for the navy of the Ning Jin Army. Later, the Ningjin Dusi was occupied by Beidi people, and the imperial court retreated to Yanguan. He had no intention of taking back Ning Jin, so he was disheartened. Yunhai County in Yan County lives in seclusion, and his father visited him several times and recommended him to go to the south to supervise the construction of warships, but he refused all of them, implying that he would never serve the court again.” Mo Yu said.

“It’s really bright.” Zhao Xu was overjoyed after hearing this, “Take me to see him.”

“Ah?” Mo Yu was dumbfounded, wondering if King Yan didn’t understand him?

(end of this chapter)