v2.Chapter 352

Within a few days, Minister Zuo proposed to return to China.

Yufu was quite surprised. They came all the way to Beili. How could they leave so soon?

"I didn't go back to China immediately, but I saw that the craftsmen of the Ministry of industry were studying hard and wanted to take them to the harbor where we stopped to survey the ships on the spot, which was much faster than studying the drawings."

Minister Zuo explained this, and Yu Fu also felt that the progress of the Ministry of industry's research on ships was too slow. It's a good thing that the envoys of sangyi kingdom had such an idea.

Yu Fuke said, "just like this, won't it delay your study?"

Minister Zuo said with a smile: "no delay, no delay. In fact, I also want to walk around several coastal towns to see how Beili people deal with all kinds of fish in the sea. To be honest with your majesty, we only eat raw in our country. "

Raw?!

What's the difference between eating raw fish and drinking blood?

Yu Fu coughed awkwardly. He didn't want the courtiers to show their contempt, so he said, "please make yourself at home. I'll give you the gift I prepared for your country. Later, I'll ask the Ministry of rites to hand it over to you. The Ministry of work is also ready to escort the responsible officials and craftsmen to the port with the envoys. "

"Yes."

"I will comply with the order."

The two ministers set out to take orders. Within a few days, the envoy and his party left the capital.

after the envoy left, Chen Jinghang's subordinates came back to make a secret report. "Come back to adults, our eyes are everywhere and we can't find anyone who can speak sang Yu. Sang Yi has not been with us for hundreds of years. How can anyone say what they say? "

Subordinates only feel that Chen Jingxing's request is unreasonable, but they don't know that Chen Jingxing is also entangled in various ways.

"Why don't you know that such a person is hard to find? But I always feel that the envoys of sangyi are a little strange, but I can't say anything strange. "

The subordinates comforted: "you don't have to worry, don't they have left now? Even if it's weird, it won't make any waves. "

Yes, it's gone

Chen Jingxing suddenly said, "no, the officials of the Ministry of industry and the builders are still with them! Get the carriage ready at once. I'm going to the Ministry of industry! "

Ever since Yu Fu told him to learn shipbuilding technology from the craftsmen of Sang Yi state, Chen Jingxing has been in frequent contact with the Ministry of industry. Today, the people of the Ministry of industry are surprised to see him again.

The envoys are gone. What else can he do?

"Where are you, Lord Shangshu?"

When he entered the door, he was very busy. The door keeper said, "yes, it's inside."

Chen Jingxing went in without waiting for a notice. Fortunately, he and the Minister of the Ministry of industry were officials of the same rank. No one dared to say anything about him. The Minister of the Ministry of industry was drinking tea in the inner hall and was surprised to see him.

"Mr. Chen, why are you free today?"

Chen Jingxing said: "Mr. Shang Shu, I suddenly think of something important to ask you. Your people have been learning shipbuilding for quite a long time in sangyi envoys. Have they made any progress? "

When it comes to learning shipbuilding technology, the Minister of the Ministry of industry doesn't look good.

Chen Jingxing compared when he first came to the Minister of the Ministry of industry, his face was not as ugly as it is now.

He frowned. "What's the matter?"

The Minister of the Ministry of industry sighed, "well, it's a small matter, but it's bad for the face of the Ministry of industry. Don't tell Mr. Chen. If you want to talk about these people in the shipbuilding department, they are always smart and competent, and I am very proud of them! But I don't know if sang Yi's boat is too ingenious or why. They've studied for so long and haven't found the way. It's just a facade. "

Chen Jingxing felt a thump in his heart. The secret is not good.

The Secretary of the Ministry of industry was still complaining, "it's also possible that my proud subordinates are too stupid, alas. Fortunately, the people of sangyi took them to the port to see the ship. No matter how stupid you are, you can always learn it by looking at it for yourself, don't you think? "

Chen Jingxing had no heart to listen to what he said. He left in a hurry and rushed to the palace.

Meanwhile, in the palace.

Yufu and Gu Shubai use snacks in Changsheng hall. She likes crab cake. Their taste has not changed over the years. They eat and talk at the same time.

Yu Fu was holding a piece of crab cake, but he didn't see the missing horn for a long time.

Gu Shubai can't help laughing, "put it down when you're full, what do you do with it?"

"No, I'm thinking."

Yu Fu bit hard. Her face was full of food and she was thinking about something. Gu Shubai handed her the tea cup, and she swallowed the cake smoothly.

"I still think that the envoys of sangyi are strange."

Yu Fu said: "you see, at the beginning, we found that they had a large number of ships and a large number of people, and they had prepared many gifts. It didn't look like a very poor small country. Then what what naturally or half unconsciously emphasizes is the poor and weak of the Sang Yi country? What is the reason why even registered residence system can not be implemented? Why should he eat fish raw? Why should he expose himself to us?"That's all. Maybe it can be explained as different customs. The weirdest thing was that this time, they left in a hurry, as if something had happened. It took so much energy and money to come across the sea just to study? If we leave so soon, will the weak country waste a lot of money, and their king will agree? "

It's a bit odd to say.

The reason why the ministers of the central court didn't notice it was that they were contemptuous of sangyi and all the envoys, so they didn't care about these things.

Gu Shubai thought for a moment and said, "when you say that, I think of one thing. At the beginning, several questions raised by the envoys of sangyi state in the golden hall were said to be difficult to solve for a hundred years. Although those problems are difficult, it's not exaggerating to think that they will be difficult to solve in a hundred years. "

Yu Fu frowned. "It's not a problem, but a problem. Is it a novel way to please us? If it's not to please, there's only one possibility - "

Yu Fu puts down his cake, looks at each other, and immediately has the answer.

"If it's not flattery, it's paralysis."

Suddenly, a hasty sound of footsteps came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty, Chen Jingxing, Mr. Chen has something urgent to see you!"

"Quick announcement."

Yu Fu vaguely realized that Chen Jingxing's rush might have something to do with sangyi's envoys.

Chen Jingxing hurried into the hall to salute, and then said, "Your Majesty, I've been stuck in my mind for several days, so I have to tell you. Does your majesty think that the envoys of sangyi are strange? "

Yu Fu subconsciously looked at Gu Shubai, "what happened?"

Chen Jingxing shook his head. "It's because nothing happened that I feel strange. Your majesty, do you remember the last time you asked the minister to ask the people from the Ministry of industry to ask for advice on how to build a ship? At that time, the left minister's expression was very delicate, and the envoys behind him showed even more displeasure. Although the minister suddenly asked, the minister left gave the perfect reason, saying that it was because the tea caused homesickness. After years of experience in dealing with envoys from other countries, I feel that they are not willing to teach us the art of shipbuilding. "

Chen Jingxing was the party who was present at that time. He knew most about how minister Zuo and others looked.

Yu Fu knew him very well and knew that he had extraordinary talent in foreign affairs. Since he felt that the envoys were unwilling, I'm afraid it was not groundless.

"You go on."

Chen Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief, then said: "I originally intended to put spies around them to explore their thoughts. But they usually talked in the language of sangyi in private. They ordered people to visit the country, but they could not find anyone who could speak the language of sangyi, so they had to give up. Just now, I went to the Ministry of industry and asked the minister. Your majesty, guess what? Those skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of industry have not mastered the shipbuilding technology of the sangyi people up to now. They have only learned a little bit! "

If you say this to others, maybe you don't feel it.

But as soon as Yu Fu heard it, he understood that the old craftsmen in the Ministry of industry had been working in the central government. If they were so incompetent, they would not be able to sit in their positions all the time.

The biggest possibility is that the craftsmen of the sangyi Kingdom did something and refused to teach them the real technology.

Gu Shubai suddenly frowned, "if we just refuse to teach our craftsmen their skills, it's not a big problem. What I'm worried about now is... "

"What?"

Gu Shubai pursed his lips and looked at Yu Fu with some worry. "If they don't want to teach our craftsmen shipbuilding technology, it's an excuse to take them to the port for field investigation."

Yu Fu was stunned and understood

The imperial court sent people to travel day and night, following the steps of sangyi's envoys all the way to the East.

In the middle of the journey, they turned back to the capital. Along with them came the officials and craftsmen in charge of shipbuilding in the Ministry of industry, but they were all dead.

The corpses were all cut through their abdomen with a sabre, and they died of excessive blood loss. The most striking thing is that the sabre cut through their abdomen is a cross.

That is to say, some people first cut their abdomen horizontally, and then cut it vertically, so that almost all the viscera in their abdomen were chopped up, not only there was no possibility of survival, but also they suffered a lot before death.

This abnormal method of killing caused the resentment of Beili Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, these people from the Ministry of work set out with the envoys of sangyi state. Now they are dead and miserable, but the envoys have no response. They must be taken back and questioned carefully!"

"Don't cross examine."

Yu Fu's face was cold. "I'm afraid they've already run away on the ship. How can we have a chance to catch them?"

"Your Majesty means Who are the envoys in the Ministry of work? "

Why do those good envoys kill people?

Gu Shubai went out and said: "last night, my majesty and I went through the ancient books and found that people in sangyi have a special tradition, that is, they like to kill people with a cross knife. This kind of killing method is unheard of in Beili. In addition, the envoys didn't send people back to report it. It can be seen that they did itThe ministers were very surprised. They could not imagine that these people would kill people when they thought of sangyi's envoy's respectful appearance in the capital.

First of all, Yufu's voice is deep.

"When I heard from the Minister of sangyi, I always felt that something was wrong. I once sent someone to secretly investigate the minister's whereabouts. I understand now that these envoys did not come to Beili to study at all, but to spy on the real and the false. Before their great ship came to Beili, they sent a small boat to Dongling. I only got the news yesterday. "

Instead of coming to Beili, the most powerful city in mainland Kyushu, they went to Dongling. It can be seen that studying is false and the plot is true.

Yufu sneered: "sangyi must have colluded with Dongling and plotted something against Beili. So I want to divide the prefectures and send envoys to give gifts to Emperor Ning, and let them think that I have known their plot, so they will flee in such a hurry. The key now is not to try to get these envoys back. They fled to the sea, and our ship technology can't match them at all. Now the most important thing is -- "

she almost gritted her teeth and said," build the border defense of the coastal cities in the east of Beili, and always guard against the surprise attack led by sangyi! "

"Your majesty

The Secretary of the Ministry of war took the lead in setting out, "our Beili is on the east coast. Since there was no combat readiness for city defense, we have always built city defense only at the border with Xikun, Dongling and other countries. Not only in China, but also in the east of Dongling, there are large cities by the sea. They never set up city defenses! "

It is not easy to build all the places that have never been fortified at once?

Ouyang Qi said: "yes, your majesty, what are you worried about? Are you still afraid of those sangyi envoys coming back to attack us? Although their ship technology is good, their population and strength are insufficient, and their weapons are not as advanced as ours. Even if they come across the sea with a large army, how much combat power can they have? "

Yu Fu sighed and frowned at Ouyang Qi.

Tianyun said: "general Ouyang's words are wrong. Since he knows that sangyi is ambitious, he should know that what they told us may not be true. They say our country is weak. Is it really that weak? They say that their weapons and armaments are not perfect. Are they really not? Now I think, those words are just used to paralyze us. They must have made a deal with Ningdi, which is not good for Beili. "

Ouyang Qi was a military man. He was a good hand in leading the army to fight. It was a little difficult to analyze the affairs of the court.

After listening to tianyunpo's words, he realized that sangyi envoy langzi was ambitious and had bad intentions at the beginning.

All the ministers whispered and scolded sang Yi people one after another.

Yu Fu's hand knocked on the imperial case, and the hall was immediately in awe. She said with a straight face: "this is not the time to complain about nature and others, let alone the time when Zhuqing can lightly underestimate the enemy. Just now you said that Beili has never been deployed along the coast since ancient times, so has Dongling. Have you forgotten the letter? "

Two years ago, the rebel army attacked Dongling. Gu Xiang used straw to send messages, throwing a large number of straw with words into the sea and drifting to the coast of Dongling along the ocean current.

At that time, the people along the coast of Dongling got the letter and learned about Beili's generous national policy. They all came to join them with their families.

The ministers could not help being silent.

Beili used to send straw letters by sea ships, which changed the war situation of Dongling. How could sangyi not?

Their ships are obviously more advanced and larger.

Gu Shubai said: "there are 25 cities along the east coast of Beili, including Dongling, which have been included in our territory. Chen suggested that the 25 cities should be classified in batches, not only requiring local officials and garrison generals to build a defense line, but also sending a number of generals to lead the troops. On the one hand, it is more convenient for us to supplement our forces; on the other hand, it is more convenient for us to manage and observe the enemy's situation. "

Yu Fu nodded, "there is also the side of Dongling. Although emperor Ning is weak, his national strength still exists. If the sangyi people used any tricks to lure emperor Ning to send troops, we should pay attention to them. The twenty-five cities are divided into five parts. Five generals are sent to the city. In addition, six generals are needed from Dongling. "

The general in the palace was eager to try. Yu Fu said quickly: "you generals don't have to ask for orders. I mean that the generals who are sent to the coastal front line to build the city defense should be familiar with the sea situation and have experience in water war. What's the use of the soldiers you're taking, if they're all draught ducks who don't dare to go under the water? "

In this way, many eager generals retreated.

In land battles, whether they are mountain battles, desert battles or water battles, they all have proficient hands.

But the sea war It's too strange for them.

When the ministers thought about the candidates, they also doubted whether the so-called naval battle was due to his Majesty's too much consideration and too much imagination of sangyi?

Even if they deliberately hide their real strength, can their national strength still surpass Beili?

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