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Han Zhi wanted to say it again, Li Jing waved his hand, "No need to say Qilang again, don't say that I am just a small town and will not be able to help. Even if I can really help one or two, Qilang has to think about me. Feng Zhang is my immediate boss. Now that I have not taken office, I will use the titles of King Zhao and two mentors to suppress him. Have you ever thought about how I will gain a foothold in Shamen Town after I take office?"

Li Jing patted Han Zhi's arm and left first. It's not that he didn't want to help the Han family, but Han Zhi's attitude was too arrogant. Secondly, even the head of the Han family went to ask Cui Yunqing in person, but he couldn't even see him, which was enough to show that the teacher was unwilling to get into this muddy water. Although Li Jing was a disciple of Cui Yunqing, he still had some self-knowledge. Originally, he didn't go to Qingzhou this time, Cui Yunqing would definitely feel a little unhappy. If he took a lot of things and then the disciple assigned the teacher to do things, he would still deal with the matter between such a troublesome two families. What would Cui Yunqing think of him at that time? Now he relied on Cui Yunqing. Once the teacher was disliked and felt that he was ignorant, Li Jing's life would be difficult in the future.

For the sake of ten thousand yuan, I lost my true backer. That was because I lost the big picture, and I picked up sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

As soon as Li Jing separated from Han Zhi, another person immediately stopped him. He looked up and saw that it was the young man who had been with the Han family outside the village. He had not had time just now and had not asked about his identity. When the man saw Li Jing, he immediately bowed and bowed. "I am Cui Zhiyuan, whose name is Guyun, is a member of Silla. A few days ago, I have not thanked the Fahua Court for saving his life. I feel very ashamed. Thank you very much today. Please forgive me."

After hearing what he said, Li Jing finally remembered that this person was the young man he saved in the Fahua Court that day. Later, when he ran away with Zhang Yingying, he threw him behind a Buddha statue, and did not remember this matter the next day at dawn. Unexpectedly, this person actually found this person.

"I'm ashamed to say that, I was in a hurry and put the young master in his hand after the Buddha statue. Later, when I went down the mountain the next day, I forgot about this. You were not found by those killers that day, right? By the way, why were you arrested that day, and how did you know Zhang Yingying?" Seeing Cui Zhiyuan, Li Jing couldn't help but feel the Fahua Courtyard that day and night.

Li Jing pulled Cui Zhiyuan to find a quiet place and listened to him telling about the day. More so, Li Jing asked about everything about Zhang Yingying, but unfortunately Cui Zhiyuan was not the subordinate of Zhang Yingying as Li Jing imagined. Cui Zhiyuan's family was in Silla, and was an ordinary noble in Gyeongju, Silla. At the age of twelve, he was elected as a student in Silla to Tang Dynasty. He followed many fellow villagers to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty and went to the Imperial College for study. Before leaving, his father trusted and harshly warned: "If you don't get a Jinshi for ten years, don't say that you have a son. I don't say that you have a son. You are diligent and have no laziness." The Cui family was not a prominent noble at that time, but an ordinary noble family. If you want to revitalize your family, shine and become a first-time official, it is the only shortcut to become an official. 12-year-old Cui Zhiyuan thus assumed the important mission of elevating the entire family.

Cui Zhiyuan worked very hard, and finally passed the imperial examination this year's imperial examination just five years after coming to the Tang Dynasty. The news came back to Silla, and the Cui family celebrated with each other. Because Cui Zhiyuan was not willing to go back to Silla immediately, the Cui family sent people to bring letters to the caravans between Silla and the Tang Dynasty. The merchant ship carrying the letters was overwhelmed by the storm on the sea, and Zhang Yingying's merchant ship rescued some people on the boat. The man entrusted Zhang Yingying's delivery of the letter to Zhang Yingying because of injury. Zhang Yingying knew that Cui Zhiyuan had actually passed the Jinshi at the age of seventeen, and also admired this fellow villager very much, so he came to Dengzhou to deliver letters to him.

As a result, somehow, the news leaked about this matter. Princess Jinman, who had been chasing Zhang Yingying, took him and used him as bait to plan a plan to surround and kill Zhang Yingying. Fortunately, Li Jing accidentally broke into the Dragon Girl Hall that day and saved Zhang Yingying and Cui Zhiyuan. That day, Cui Zhiyuan had been hiding behind the Buddha statue after waking up that day, and was lucky enough to escape the assassin. The next morning, Zhang Yingying found him and took him away. Zhang Yingying originally wanted to take him back to Silla, but Cui Zhiyuan admired the life of the Tang Dynasty very much and wanted to be an official of the Tang Dynasty. However, according to the rules, he was not allowed to choose an official in the imperial examination this year. Zhang Yingying pointed out a way for him to come to Li Jing to ask for a position of one and a half. In addition, he was also asked to be a messenger and brought a letter for Zhang Yingying.

"If you don't mind the bitterness and coldness of the border guards, I would rather find a job in our army. You are a Jinshi and a talented person, and you have some talent in the garrison." Although Cui Zhiyuan is a Silla, Li Jing once considered that he was a Jinshi and could be arranged to serve as a civilian staff member in the army. Secondly, he was introduced by Zhang Yingying. Although he has not yet figured out the relationship between him and Zhang Yingying, he subconsciously heard that it was Zhang Yingying who asked him to come, and Li Jing had already made up his mind to keep him. Perhaps, he could also act as a contact between him and Cui Yingying.

When I opened Cui Yingying's letter, it was a poem by a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. There were only two familiar small characters on the letter paper, which were the brocade ser of Li Shangyin, who was called Li Li Du.

"The brocade zither is fifty strings, one string and one pillar are all in my heart. Zhuang Sheng was confused about the butterflies in his dreams, and Emperor Wang was entrusted with the cuckoo in his spring heart.

The moon is bright in the sea and the pearls are full of tears, and the sun is warm in the blue field and the jade produces smoke. This love can be remembered, but it was already lost at that time."

Although many people interpreted this poem by Li Shangyin as a work of recalling his deceased wife or recalling the past, Zhang Yingying used it here at this time, Li Jing felt that he was recalling the night when the two of them were in the Fahua Court. This love can be remembered, but it was already lost at that time.

So what should I do if I recall it today?

"Young Master Zhang also asked me to bring a gift to my benefactor!" Cui Zhiyuan's voice interrupted Li Jing's obsessive mind. He raised his head and saw Cui Zhiyuan handing over a jade pendant. The jade pendant was wet, the feet were the size of a palm. In the middle of the jade pendant was a hideous shark with two rows of sharp teeth exposed.

"This is?"

Cui Zhiyuan looked at Li Jing with a hint of envy: "This is the Shark Order. Legend has it that the sea king Gongfu made nine Shark Jade Pendant tokens, granting them to the nine captains he trusted most, and constrained his nine fleets. If you hold this order, you can command a fleet of the King of Seas. However, this one from Zhang Yingying specially made for you. Although you can't command a fleet of a fleet with this, you can immediately take over a sea ship that is twenty meters long and loads of 1,500 stones at the port of Chishanpu."

"What? You can immediately go to Chishanpu to take over a sea ship that is twenty feet long and loads 1,500 stones with one hand?" Li Jing exclaimed in disbelief. He couldn't help but exclaim. "The Thirteen Levels of Tongdian Soldiers and Water War Equipment Appendix" said that warships "wind many people, and they are all based on rice. Each person weighs two stones of rice." A sea ship of 1,500 stones can carry seven or eight hundred people. As far as Li Jing knows, the top warships in the Tang Dynasty belong to a five-story building ship, and the tower ship that is more than a hundred feet high is only 800 soldiers. Li Jing immediately went to Shamen Town with him, which was an island surrounded by the Daxie Village Master and other fortresses on three sides. If he owned such a big ship, it would be a timely help.

A ship worth 1,500 stone is definitely a giant ship. As Li Jing knows, even though there are even a large ship, the warlords built more than 200 giant ships at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The scale was like the government office of the government, called "Hezhouzai", and the rest were called "Qishan", "intercepting the sea", "slashing the waves", etc. They recruited all the troops to a total of 100,000 in the name of rescuing Ezhou, and waited for the opportunity to seize the land in Huainan. Secretary Li Qiong advised: "Now each ship carrying one thousand soldiers is twice as many as the rice. Once it changes, it cannot be moved easily." One thousand soldiers plus twice the rice, one thousand soldiers redeem the rice and double the rice, and double the food of four thousand stones, which is a full six thousand stone, which is the largest ship at that time.

Li Jing almost couldn't help but want to go to Chishanpu immediately to receive his first "warship". Although he already knew that this ship was a maritime merchant ship, he still couldn't help but be excited. He could carry six or seven hundred people at a time, so his soldiers could be equipped with all of them in one ship. It seems that this time when he returned to Shamen Town, Li Jing could take his subordinates directly from the sea with his boat.

Unable to help but feel excited, Li Jing called Lin Wei, Wang Chong, Lin Wu, and Zhang Hong over and told the good news to several people as soon as possible. When the news was heard, the few people couldn't help but feel happy like Li Jing.

"Fourth brother, is this ship sent by the Han family? I have heard that the shipyard in Lanling, the largest shipyard in Jiangnan, the Lanling Xiao family built large ships, each of which cost at least 10,000 yuan. The Han family and the Xiao family are in-laws, and have also started to operate marine trade and shipbuilding in recent years. The Han family has set up a large shipyard in Haizhou in recent years, and many craftsmen borrowed it directly from Yangzhou. I heard that the Han family's shipyard can start construction of hundreds of large ships at the same time when it is the busiest. If we can get the support of the Han family, we will not have to worry about buying and repairing ships in the future." Zhang Hong said with a smile.

The shipbuilding industry in the Tang Dynasty was quite developed. Volume 94 of the Old Book of Tang Dynasty, "Biography of Cui Rong" records: "The world's various centres are gathered, and the boats are connected by Ba, Han, before referring to Fujian, Yue, seven lakes, ten rivers and five lakes, control the rivers and Luo, and also cover the Huaihai, the huge ships of the Hongbo, thousands of ships, thousands of ships, trade and trade, and the eternal sun." From Jiannan, Shuzhong in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to Tanzhou, Ezhou, Jiangzhou, Hongzhou, Yangzhou in the middle reaches, and Songzhou on the canal line and Haizhou along the coast, Dengzhou were all very developed places in the shipbuilding industry. For example, during the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong of Tang appointed Yan Lide as a master, that is, Hongzhou built 500 floating sea voyages.

However, although the shipbuilding industry in the Tang Dynasty was developed, ships were still very expensive. During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang wanted to buy "ten ferry boats, please send them to Yangzhou to build them, which cost 5,000 guan". The ferry boats, which are dragon boats, cost 500 guan. Those canal ships and sea boats with a price of more than 10,000 guan were more expensive, more than 10,000 guan or even tens of thousands of guan. The boat that Zhang Yingying gave to Li Jing could be worth at least 10,000 guan. However, everyone obviously didn't know what happened between Li Jing and Zhang Yingying, and they all thought it was the gift given by the Han family.

Li Jing didn't know how to answer for a while, and then said, "This ship was not given by the Han family." Then he told the story of Han Zhi asking him for help just now. Since now he was sitting on the same boat with Lin Wei and others, Li Jing did not hide it from them anymore. After hearing this, the few people frowned and thought. Lin Wu said first: "I think since the Han family is willing to give this big gift, it would be bad if it is not collected. We have to raise soldiers now. The fourth brother has offered such high food and salary. The vassal government cannot give us so much food and salary, but we have no other items to make, and we have less money. If we can accept the Han family's money, it will be at least a year or two."

Zhang Hong also said on the side: "Brother Lin is right. A penny is stumping the heroes. If you don't have money, you can't support the army. Without high food and salary, who will be willing to accompany us to stay in the monk's garrison to drink the sea breeze? Besides, in my opinion, Song Wen asked us to go to the monk Island, for Feng Zhang. Since that's the case, why don't we take this opportunity to use the Han family's affairs to pull Cui Gong and King Zhao and others out to suppress Cui Zhang once, so that he can know that we are not the ones who are kneading. Since we have to match sooner or later, it's better to start early. Even if we can't get Cui Zhang away, we have to show that our strength is not."

Both of them made sense, especially Zhang Hong's. Although he is not a military general, he has the style of a dog-headed military advisor. The questions he raised are just right. Feng Zhang couldn't avoid them when he went to Shamen Town. In addition, money is indeed a big problem. If an ordinary family has a thousand guan of money, it is enough for a family to live a good life. It can be used to raise soldiers, but it can't last long for a thousand guan of money.

Lin Wei is now half of the Li family, so he naturally thinks about Li Jing. He didn't speak just now because he thought more. He clenched his fists and Lin Wei said, "I think he should accept the gift from the Han family. No matter what, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Han family is, he is also the third gentry in Ziqing Town. He should have a good relationship with them. Even if this matter is not done in the end, they will not blame you. We use money to do things, only responsible for the introduction and contact in the center, and don't care about the rest. Besides, if this matter is done, it will be a big favor for the Han family. Not only will the Han family remember it, but the wife of the Xiao family will also remember it. Didn't Mingyuan just now say that the Han family and the Xiao family have shipyards? In the future, we must buy and repair ships when we stay on Shamen Island."

"But I have already rejected Han Qilang just now. I'm afraid it's not good to change my words now?" Li Jing said with a wry smile. He didn't think so far just now, or he had always believed that he was to use money to do things. Since he felt that he might not be able to do things, he didn't want to get money. But he didn't expect that these good brothers would be even more awesome. No matter whether they succeeded or not, they would be willing to accept money if they had money.

"Don't worry about this. If you get closer to Han Zhi, he will definitely take the opportunity to bring up this matter. Then you pretend to be in a difficult situation. Then we persuaded you, and you will reluctantly agree in a difficult situation." Zhang Hong quickly thought of a better countermeasure, "Ten 15,000 guan is too little. Han Zhi will have to pay at least 20,000 guan before agreeing."

It was getting darker and the guests also celebrated their birthday to Li's mother. Many rich gentry and businessmen had a banquet and had already started to resign. There were too many visitors today, and Wangli Village could not make any arrangements. Although it was getting late, those people were riding horses and chasing, so they didn't intend to bother Li Jing, and they planned to go to Chishan Town or the Sila Desert shop for a night before returning to their houses.
Chapter completed!