Chapter 472(1/2)
The next morning, Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang got up and went out, and saw Ye Zhiqiu and a group of children doing morning exercises in the yard.
Ye Zhiqiu has just arrived one day and has officially been promoted to the King of Kaifeng Mansion. Perhaps because he is not tall and has a baby face, the children are close to him. Not only the children, but even the cats and dogs in the yard like him, especially the older women, who think he is cute. Surprisingly, Ye Zhiqiu is also very popular among the maids in Kaifeng Mansion. Perhaps Kaifeng Mansion is always handsome and tall, but this time he has a small man, which is very fresh.
Ye Zhiqiu felt the love of the girls and felt that Kaifeng Mansion was such a good place... so he decided not to leave and eat for free.
Bai Yutang tilted his head and whispered to Zhan Zhao, "Your status as the number one cute pet in Kaifeng is about to shake."
Zhan Zhao smiled and looked at Bai Yutang, that's what to do - yes, yes, what should I do?
Chen Xing'er and Yueya'er came in with breakfast, followed by Bai Fu.
"Fifth Master." Bai Fu arrived at Bai Yutang and said, "The Second Master and Fourth Master will be able to arrive at the dock at noon."
Bai Yutang was surprised, "So quickly?"
"When the second master heard that the Xingtian number was found, he naturally came overnight." Bai Fu said, taking a list to Zhao Pu who came out of the house and yawned. "Prince, the goods list, and the things come with the Second Master's ship."
"Oh? Already here?" Zhao Pu took it and took a look, nodded with satisfaction, "It's so fast!"
Bai Fu was happy, "Of course, what the prince wants?"
Zhan Zhao was curious and looked over and asked Zhao Pu, "Buy something?"
Zhao Pu nodded, "The new warship arrived at the dock today. When Qiao Guang visited the dock on Xiankong Island, he said that he saw many water cannons and crossbow frames designed by Han Erye himself, so he ordered a batch."
Bai Yutang nodded. Zhao Pu was considerate. The things designed by his second brother were all used by himself and never took out, so Zhao Pu could get it with him.
Zhao Pu smiled and said to Bai Yutang, "The price is also cheap, the second brother is really good enough, hehe."
Bai Yutang was so amused that his second brother was enough, so Zhao Pu called him brother.
Gongsun ran out of the room with great enthusiasm and greeted Zhao Pu, "Hurry up and go to the dock after dinner."
Zhan Zhao and others sat down at the table. Zhan Zhao asked Gongsun curiously, "Are you going to see the boat too?"
"Well, there are also a batch of medicinal materials I want when I came on the same boat." Gongsun pulled Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi who were climbing onto the stool and stuffed them into his mouth for food.
"Dad, have you gone to Yiming Pavilion to listen to books after breakfast?" Xiao Sizi took a spoon and glanced at Gongsun.
Gongsun remembered that a few days ago they heard that a very interesting storyteller came to Yiming Pavilion, who told stories about the world. Yiming Pavilion was doing well in business, but when he arrived, he couldn't even book a seat. Pang Yu asked someone to help him earlier, and he had booked a table. He agreed to take Xiao Sizi to the next day...
Gongsun clasped his hands together and begged for mercy with the little fourth son, but he forgot about it.
Xiao Sizi squinted his eyes and looked at his father--just knew it was like that.
Gongsun looked at his son, "Or... Daddy would have to accompany you?"
The little Sizi shook his hand and muttered, "Forget it, a man's career is the most important thing."
"puff……"
Zhao Pu squirted out a mouthful of porridge, and the others laughed.
After saying that, Xiao Sizi looked up at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and that's what he meant - are you two going with me?
Zhan Zhao shook his head and said to himself, "Master, I am also a career priority."
Bai Yutang told Xiao Si, "Maoer and I are going to Zhou Guang to go to the small lake in the western suburbs today to find the old man to inquire about Ehu Island."
The little Sizi blinked and pouted and watched the Heavenly Lord - would the Zun like him who listened to the opera?
Unexpectedly, Tianzun pointed to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, saying that he was also curious about the matter of Ehu Island, and that he wanted to go fishing more than listening to the book.
The little fourth son went to see Mr. Yin again.
Yin Hou was embarrassed, "I made an appointment with Wusha and Weichen to drink..."
The little Sizi narrowed his eyes—the two monks ran to drink again…
Xiao Liangzi picked up a bun for Xiao Sizi, "Jin'er, why don't we take Xiao Mantou and the others?"
Pang Yu said, "Eight people can sit at a table! Just go a few more people, it's very difficult to make a decision and don't waste it!"
Gongsun is anxious - he can't find anyone to take care of his children!
At this time, Lin Yehuo raised his hand, "I'll go, I'm idle, and I don't need to accompany Yiyi to practice the piano today." As he said that, Huofeng didn't forget to complain - the mute ran to the dock early in the morning.
Gongsun breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lin Yehuo to help take care of the two children.
The little Sizi and Luo Yuanluo Ying were already familiar with each other, so they asked the siblings if they wanted to go together.
Luo Yuan nodded, but Luo Ying was a little hesitant... After all, they were being chased, would you go out to play now?
Seeing Luo Yuan in a dilemma, Ye Zhiqiu picked up a bun for her and patted her on the head, "Don't worry."
Zhan Zhao also nodded, "This is Kaifeng, don't be afraid, it's just right if anyone dares to come to him."
Luo Ying nodded.
Chen Xing'er also felt a little distressed when she saw that she was thin and wearing men's clothes. She was a little sad. She was a pretty girl, but she must have suffered a lot.
So the two girls took Luo Ying to change into a beautiful skirt.
Lord Bao took the time to have breakfast with everyone, and was very concerned about the experience of the two children, and told Zhan Zhao, "We must find out the case clearly, who is doing it."
Zhan Zhao nodded and sent the dynasty Ma Han to monitor the Satellite Communications. In addition, Kaifeng Prefecture also arranged a lot of people who were eyeliners to monitor Tianbaotang.
After the meal, everyone started a busy day.
Gongsun and Zhao Pu took Ouyang Longqiaoguang and Zou Liang to go to the dock to wait for the boat, and helped Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao pick up Han Zhang and Jiang Ping.
Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Tianzun took Zhou Guang to the western suburbs to find the old man who was fishing.
Lord Bao continued to work hard on the spring trial, and Yin Hou went to find a friend to drink. Finally... Pang Yu, Bao Yan, Lin Yehuo, Ye Zhiqiu, with four children, went to Yiming Pavilion to have tea and listen to books.
The troops divided into several groups to act on their own. Everyone thought it would be a smooth day before going out, but they did not expect that all kinds of unpredictable troubles were waiting for them in front of them.
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Today, it was a very grand event for a new ship to arrive at the dock, and there were also many ships. Zhao Pu brought some naval troops and many ship workers to prepare to inspect the ship.
Zhao Zhen also said today that he wanted to come and see the new ship. It would probably arrive at noon. The emperor went on a patrol? Although he was just waving around at the door of Kaifeng's house, he could still feel a nervous atmosphere on the street early in the morning.
Long Qiaoguang and Zou Liangyi led their men to the dock early to do some preparations.
Kaifeng's wharf is divided into two internal and external. After all, it is a river port but not a sea port, so it is not that large in scale. The inner wharf is near the navy camp, while the outer wharf is slightly larger than that. It is located in the south of the city and connects the canal, and many ships enter and exit every day.
The navy's wharf in Kaifeng was actually only temporary training, because the navy barracks and larger wharfs in the coastal areas were being built, and it would take at least one year to complete the construction. The navy's troops were also quite weak, and they could only be able to fight after being trained in Kaifeng.
Zhao Pu is a big deal for the navy. In short, with a ship and a man, let’s practice first.
Everyone was also stunned when they arrived at the pier. The pier was really very lively early in the morning.
Various merchant ships that load and unload goods entered the port before dawn. Now at least thousands of people are loading and unloading goods on the dock.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhen sent several officials in charge of water transportation to help communicate, allowing him to make room for the warships to enter the port.
Gongsun discussed with several ship owners how to move the ship. Zhao Pu and several other generals were watching. Gongsun not only had many dialects in the Clever Society. The ship owners from all directions were muttering in various dialects, but only Gongsun could speak to them.
When the merchant ships at the wharf were almost moved, everyone found that there were still several large ships parked at important locations in and out of the port.
Zhao Pu asked Lord Wang, who came to the water transport, and asked, "What are the three ships?"
Lord Wang frowned slightly and told Zhao Pu, "That doesn't seem to be a merchant ship."
Zhao Pu was a little puzzled. These three ships were all building ships, one was two-story, two three-story, and the hull was huge and strong. Not to mention running water transportation, it was also OK to be a warship.
"Is it a private ship?" Long Qiaoguang was a little puzzled, "There are unified emblem patterns on the hull. Is it a family?"
"This is the ship of the Four Rivers Gang." Lord Wang told everyone, "The Four Rivers Gang is a sect in the Jianghu Sect, which is the alliance of the Qinghe Gang, the Honghe Gang, the Heihe Gang and the Baihe Gang. The sect has a general hall in Kaifeng City, so it should be transported by sea..."
Zhao Pu nodded, too lazy to care about these things, "Let the boat be moved away and not block the waterway."
"I can't contact the ship owner..." Lord Wang only wiped his sweat. "I have sent someone to Sihai to ask, but it is said that the hall master is not here, and the person who talks are not here, so I have gone to Jiangnan to discuss things together. The servants in the family can't make the decision, and the rest of the sect are not here either."
Zhao Pu frowned and looked at the rest of the people.
Long Qiaoguang touched his chin, "The sect of the Jianghu..."
Ouyang also felt it was a bit interesting, "It seems that most of the components that deliberately block the river channel are. Could it be that there is a grudge?"
Lord Wang was also embarrassed and hesitated for a while, and told Zhao Pu, "That... Prince, the leader of the Sihe Gang, Fang Xinglu, is the nephew of Fang Jie, the former chief of the water army commander. Fang Jie has no son, so he treated his nephew as a son."
"Oh..." Zhao Pu smiled and nodded, "So that's it."
Ouyang and Zou Liang looked at each other, and Long Qiaoguang touched his chin, "No wonder he didn't give him face."
Gongsun asked curiously, "What's going on?"
"Fang Jie was originally a good general of the navy army... He was also considered a talent, but this person had a bad temper and liked to punish soldiers." Zhao Pu said with his arms, "There are many soldiers who were punished to death by him in anger, and there were complaints in the military camp. About seven or eight years ago, one day, a woman ran to Kaifeng Prefecture to complain to Bao Xiang, saying that his son had been hung in the military camp by Fang Jie in the sun and rain for two days, and if he didn't save people, he would die. Lord Bao went to the military camp to ask, but Fang Jie didn't see him, and the other soldiers did not dare to say anything. Later, a soldier quietly told Bao Xiang that the reason for the soldier's punishment was because he accidentally broke one of Fang Jie's tea cups."
Gongsun frowned, "Is it going to lose my life if I smash a teacup?"
"So, Bao Jingshi felt it was incredible when he said Fang Jie was cruel, but Fang Jie didn't take him seriously." Zhao Pu said, "The Fang family has a good way in the officialdom, a big family and a big business and military power, but unfortunately..."
Gongsun nodded, "Unfortunately, these rights were all left by the previous dynasty. He was hitting Zhao Zhen and wanted to take back those rights?"
Zhao Pu smiled.
Long Qiaoguang said, "I happened to go back to Kaifeng to report my duties. The emperor asked me to take my men and Lord Bao to enter the naval army camp. But to be honest, when Lord Bao sent someone to arrest Fang Jie, none of the soldiers pleaded for him, but they felt that they were all saving their lives. Later, they accused him of killing many soldiers for no reason, and many people ran out to testify."
Gongsun asked, "What about it later?"
"After all, Fang Jie has military achievements, and the emperor did not take his life, but all official positions were removed and he was allowed to return to his hometown to support his old age." Zhao Pu said, "Later, I heard that Fang Jie committed suicide by hanging his beam. So no one from his descendants became officials, and they changed the sects of the martial arts world... It turns out that they are quite big."
To be continued...