Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 372

[Chapter 372]

Pingcheng.

Chen Shou was a little confused.

In the early morning of this day, Chang Wei suddenly led his troops to the shipbuilding workshop, looking like he was facing a formidable enemy.

If he didn’t know that the general was loyal to King Yan, he would have thought there was a mutiny.

“The pirates are coming again!” After some inquiries, Chen Shou almost jumped up when he learned the reason why the army from the palace came.

Chang Wei nodded slightly, “Although it’s just His Highness’s guess, we have to be on guard, and we can’t let these warships be destroyed in the hands of those who want to.”

Chang Wei said while looking at the river.

The King of Yan talked with him about building a battleship.

Oak wood was used for each of these battleships.

Although he is just a rough man, he also knows this kind of wood that is known to be as hard as iron.

But the corresponding is its expensive price.

Therefore, the cost of each warship is as high as hundreds of thousands of taels.

Currently, there are twelve warships under construction in the dock by the river.

If it is destroyed, the loss will be more than four million taels of silver and this half year’s time.

“Damn it.” Chen Shou couldn’t help himself from swearing.

The battleship in Jinghai County was destroyed, although King Yan did not severely punish him.

He never forgave himself in his heart.

That is the white money and the hard work of the craftsmen.

“They want to destroy the battleship unless they step over my corpse!” Chen Shou stomped his feet.

According to King Yan’s request, he built twelve dry docks by the river.

In each dry dock there is a battleship under construction.

Today, the main body of the battleship is roughly completed, and the scattered subsidiary structures can be completed in another three months.

Then it will be dried for another two or three months, loaded with artillery, and the battleship will be able to sail.

Now that everything was working perfectly, how could he endure yet another failure.

“Mr. Chen, don’t worry. Your Highness, isn’t this the future? With Ben here, even if these pirates have three heads, don’t even think about destroying these warships from me, Chang Wei.” Chang Wei was angry when he saw Chen Shou. His face was purple and he quickly comforted him.

Hearing this, Chen Shou was relieved a lot. He bowed his hands to Chang Wei, “General Chang, I’ll take care of you this time.”

Chang Wei returned the salute, and immediately ordered the generals to lead the troops to the junction of the Haihe River and the Canal to conduct strict investigations.

At the same time, he observed the terrain near the shipyard for a while, and ambushed some soldiers on the side of the river bank facing away from the shipyard.

Because the river where the shipyard is located is a dead end river.

He set up the artillery position on the river bank at the severed head, overlooking the entire shipyard.

…

“Your Highness, all the pirates who attacked Jinghai County were wiped out by the last general.”

Jinghai County.

Bai Shang clasped his fist heavily at Zhao Xu.

“Very good.” Zhao Xu said, “Go back, I asked Chang Wei to give you and the soldiers a credit.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Bai Shang and the generals around him all smiled.

At this time, Zhao Xu boarded the city wall and looked at the distant sea with a telescope.

More than 30 warships of pirates are still moored in place.

These warships are Dasong’s traditional hard-sailed building boats.

Each warship can carry more than two hundred people.

“Your Highness, there were seventy-two warships on the sea the day before yesterday, but after waking up overnight, there were more than thirty ships left on the sea.” Bai Shang explained, “The last general sent people in small boats to capture these warships, but the pirates They left people on the boat and bombarded the soldiers with artillery, and the last general ordered the soldiers to withdraw.”

Speaking of this, Bai Shang felt a little regretful.

The only shortcoming of this battle is that these warships were not captured.

“More than forty ships are missing?” Zhao Xu’s heart skipped a beat.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Seeing Zhao Xu’s gloomy face, Bai Shang felt a little uneasy, thinking that he had done something wrong.

“You immediately send someone to Pingcheng and tell Chang Wei to order him to search the fleet in the Haihe River.” Zhao Xu said.

Although he knew that it might be too late, it was still necessary to send someone there to be sure.

Bai Shang came to his senses suddenly, and immediately ordered a group of cavalry to go.

“The general only thought these pirates were arrogant, but I didn’t expect them to play tricks.” Bai Shang spat.

Then he said: “Your Highness, the last general captured a Dongying man, and the other pirates confessed that he is the deputy of the deputy island owner Heishan.”

“Is there anything wrong?” Zhao Xu said.

“The other pirates don’t know much, but this Yamada Kazuno has a very hard mouth, and he doesn’t open his mouth anyway.” Bai Shang said.

Zhao Xu sneered when he heard the words, “Bring me out, I have plenty of ways to get him to talk.”

In Zhao Xu’s view, the country of Dongying is not the same as a certain country in the contemporary era.

After all, a large part of the aggression and extremism of the island nation is determined by the geographical environment.

This is the same reason that oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, and oranges grown in Huaibei are oranges.

Japan’s narrow territory, lack of resources, and the lack of national integration on all sides of the sea are destined to make it full of aggressiveness and extremes.

The only reason for their non-aggression is that they are not strong enough.

As long as there is strength, it will inevitably provoke a war.

As far as he knew, at the end of the Qing Dynasty before Dasong, pirates composed of Dongying people continued to harass the southeast coast.

Even Japan invaded Korea at that time.

After the founding of Dasong, this kind of harassment has never stopped.

Coupled with the age of great voyages, pirates and privateers ran rampant throughout the ocean, and only then did the current sea ban prevail.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Bai Shang ordered the general to take Yamada Kazuno out of the prison.

The two went down the city wall and waited outside the east gate.

Not long after, a person was dragged to the door by soldiers.

When he got close, Zhao Xu was slightly taken aback.

Even the attire is so similar to the contemporary Japanese warriors.

“Baga, the narrow belt of the mouth is rolling…” Kazuno Yamada was extremely jealous when he saw Bai Shang, and kept cursing in his mouth.

At this time, the soldiers of the palace threw it to the ground severely.

“What kind of bird language is he talking about!” Bai Shang frowned. Although he couldn’t understand it, he knew it was definitely not a good word.

“He called you a bastard and even killed you.” Zhao Xu said.

“Fuck you!” Bai Shang heard the words, kicked Yamada Kazuno, and kicked him to the ground.

It’s just that Yamada Kazuno ignored Bai Shang at this time, got up and stared at Zhao Xu, “Who are you? How do you understand Dongying language.”

Bai Shang respected this person, and he looked like a high-ranking official.

It is impossible for Dasong officials to understand Japanese, so he asked again in Japanese.

“I am King Yan!” Zhao Xu said.

Yamada Kazuno narrowed his eyes, and then said angrily: “I advise you to let me go, otherwise Wufeng Island won’t let you go, and you Yanzhou coast will never have a peaceful day…”

Zhao Xu just sneered.

These pirates have plundered the coast for a long time, and they have obviously developed an extremely domineering habit because local officials fled.

He thought that with a few threats, he would send them back with good food and wine like the officials in the southeast.

“This king knows thirty-four categories and more than five hundred kinds of torture. It is said that your mouth is very hard. This king wants to try it. Is it your hard mouth or these tortures.” Zhao Xu sneered again and again.

The torture he mentioned is the method used by the Japanese army to persecute the people when they invaded China.

The level of cruelty is outrageous.

If he hadn’t come here, I’m afraid that Da Song and his descendants would also suffer from such tragedies.

Hearing this, Bai Shang sneered.

I don’t know how many great people have died tragically at the hands of these pirates over the years.

According to rumors, these pirates often take pleasure in killing people, including old and young, women and children.

For him, no amount of torture is too much for this Yamada Kazuno.

(end of this chapter)