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Chapter 70 Zhuo County

The big ship sailed through the wind and waves, raised sails, and left Beishui Port. This time the emperor returned to Beijing, except for the 20,000 imperial guards who followed the emperor back to Beijing, his main force remained in Goguryeo. On the one hand, there were some cities in Pyongyang and Goguryeo northeast. On the other hand, the Sui army adopted a high-pressure policy in the occupied land, drawing away the young and strong people and confiscated the grain as military rations. The Goguryeo people sometimes resisted and could not be suppressed by the army.

Since the Sui army expeditioned Goguryeo, the previous peace of Bohai Bay has been broken. The Sui army's ships have never been cut off on the route from Zhuojun to Beishui. During this period, apart from a small storm, it damaged seven small boats below one thousand materials. The two ships collided too close and sank a ship, and there has never been an accident. This sailing became a safe route and also allowed most of the Sui army to eliminate the fear of sailing.

It was early November of the fifth year of Daye. The first snow from the past year was floating in the sky. The north wind was blowing bitterly. Thin ice had already formed on the river surface of Yongji Canal, but the ships on the river were still coming and going. The wooden hulls crushed the ice surface and made a sound of creaking. Zhuojun wharf was crowded with people, and countless people stood on both sides of the river bank in the cold wind, stretching their necks to look forward.

Several golden-winged clutches sailed through the river. There were a row of soldiers with armor and weapons standing on both sides of the Golden-winged clutches. Behind the several golden-winged clutches, a huge ship with carved beams and painted beams, more than 30 meters long and more than ten meters wide, and four-story high, coming towards us. Above the ship, a golden-red dragon flag fluttered high.

Seeing this dragon flag and the big ship, the people on both sides suddenly became extremely fanatical and squeezed forward with force. A deafening shout came: "Long live! Long live! Long live!"

This was the emperor's team who was personally expeditioned and sailed on the sea for more than ten days. The emperor's fleet returned to Zhuo County without any danger. Behind the emperor's imperial ship, more ships were exposed, one after another, which was dazzling.

In the past six months, the emperor personally went to the front line, and victory after victory came one by one. All kinds of prisoners and spoils were transported from the sea through large ships. The emperor's reputation had reached its peak in the hearts of the people. When he heard that today was the date of the emperor's triumphant return, most of the people in Zhuo County were excited and came to the dock to see the holy person in person despite the cold.

At this time, Yang Yong was sitting on the top of the dragon boat, with a lazy expression standing beside him a row of civil servants and military generals, a team of Goguryeo women playing soft music, and another team of Goguryeo women dancing with songs. These Goguryeo women had beautiful faces, most of whom were between the age of sixteen or seventeen. When they looked at Yang Yong, there was always a timid look under their faces.

These women were captured by various generals on the front line from the homes of the nobles of Goguryeo, and then carefully selected them and presented them to the emperor. This time, they went to fight away from the country and were ordered to seize population and resources. The military discipline of the Sui army was naturally not good. A large number of young Goguryeo women were also regarded as spoils. Although the emperor did not explicitly state, each general would naturally not miss the emperor's share.

Yang Yong naturally would not be unkind to the kindness of the front-line generals and accepted them all. When he went to the battle, the emperor did not even bring a concubine. In fact, Yang Yong regretted it when he arrived at the front. In this era when there was not much entertainment, as the emperor, women were one of the only pleasures. Even in Liaodong New City, he had to hunt and hang out every day. Now that he was in Beishui, Yang Yong lived on the boat the day. If he was not close to women, he could not fish every day.

Hearing the sudden burst of long live shouts outside, Yang Yong raised his eyes and looked out from the window. The scene of crowds of people on both sides of the straits suddenly came into his eyes. He hurriedly waved his hand and asked the Goguryeo woman who was playing songs and dancing to retreat, and cursed with a smile: "What the hell do in Zhuo County officials? I said that the weather was very cold, so there was no need for the people to come to the two sides to welcome me."

Xue Shixiong hurriedly said, "The emperor misunderstood. Who dares not obey the emperor's will? This must be because the people who heard the emperor's triumphant return and greeted him spontaneously."

As soon as Xue Shixiong finished speaking, a soft humming sound came, with indescribable contempt in his tone. Xue Shixiong looked at the sound awkwardly, but the humming came from the mouth of a woman in white. The woman in white had a heroic face, long legs, and a curved whole body, and a disdainful expression on her face.

Seeing that it was her, Xue Shixiong did not make any comments and said to the emperor: "Emperor, the people spontaneously welcome Your Majesty to return successfully. Will Your Majesty go out to meet the people?"

Yang Yong nodded: "Well, all my dear friends should come out together." After saying that, the emperor reached out and pulled the woman in white: "Let's beloved concubine come together."

This woman was no other person, but Princess Shande, who fell into the hands of the Sui army. After Princess Shande revealed her identity, the Sui army attached great importance to it and wanted to send it to the emperor immediately, but the navy made a mistake for a moment, thinking that the emperor stayed in Beishui at that time, and did not meet Princess Shande until the emperor took the prisoners back.

Princess Shande is talented and beautiful. Yang Yong is short of people who serve him, and her identity is of great use. After Yang Yong met, she directly took him as a concubine. Although Princess Shande was reluctant, she did not refuse and fell into the hands of the Sui army. This is the best choice. If she could influence the emperor without pursuing Silla's backbone with her own body, Princess Shande would be unable to ask for it. That night, Yang Yong summoned her to serve her and was named Jin Meiren.

But just because he easily committed himself to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Jin Deman couldn't help but feel resentful. He would stab the emperor and ministers of the Sui Dynasty from time to time. These days, many ministers were stabbed by Jin Deman in words. The ministers of the Sui Dynasty naturally did not care about her because she was already an emperor's concubine.

Seeing the emperor's hand stretched out, Princess Shande hesitated for a moment and still held the emperor's hand. She knew that she should not be too fond of being too fond of it, otherwise if the emperor was really angry, it would not be a good thing for her or Silla.

Yang Yong smiled slightly and walked out of the warehouse with Princess Shande's hand. In the Daxing Palace, there were dozens of Yang Yong's concubines, and thousands of beautiful palace maids. They could enjoy them as long as the emperor was interested. Simple beauty could no longer arouse Yang Yong's interest. Jin Deman is undoubtedly a special one. Her experience alone can arouse Yang Yong's strong interest.

"Long live! Long live! Long live!" Seeing the emperor appearing from the ship warehouse, the people on both sides of the strait were even more enthusiastic and shouting wildly, even the sky seemed to be infected. The fluttering snow had stopped just now, and the sun showed a half of the face from the clouds, and the weather suddenly became brighter.

Yang Yong smiled and waved his hand to signal to the lower body, feeling that the people's respect for him was indeed from the heart. The Chinese people have always had little demands on the superiors. As long as they could have a bite of food, they would not rebel. If they could eat and wear warmly, it would be a rare prosperous era. But looking at the thousands of years of history of the Central Plains, they could have been in such a small amount of time.

I have changed history. At least ten years later, the troubled times that swept the whole country will not come, but I can influence ten years, a hundred years of history, and hundreds of years, will history return to its original track?

The cheers below were a harsh feeling for Princess Shande. The Great Sui Dynasty was too big, so what if the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje were united? They would eventually be defeated. Especially the fanatical people below, they were the emperor who supported them so much. Can they really save Silla's destiny by themselves?

A cold wind blew, and Jindeman couldn't help but shrink his neck, and suddenly saw a trace of confusion flashing across the emperor's face. He felt strange in his heart. As the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, he ruled thousands of miles of territory, and had 60 million people under his command. He held a million troops in his hand, and the surrounding countries were allowed to be fish and meat. Could it be that he would feel confused when facing the cheers of the people?

No, history will not become the original trajectory. I have changed the world too much. I have decades left to change the world. No one can stop the Chinese nation from moving towards prosperity in a hundred or thousand years. The East is the center of the world, and the East’s civilization will far surpass the Western civilization.

Yang Yong's expression became relaxed and he continued to wave his hands until the ship was docked and the officials of Zhuo County came to pay homage to the emperor. Yang Yong returned to the ship warehouse.

"I will meet the emperor, long live the emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"Dear friends, please get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After meeting the emperor, these people hurriedly greeted Xue Shixiong, after all, Xue Shixiong was the county magistrate of Zhuo County.

After giving everyone a seat, Yang Yong said, "Xue Aiqing, I will hand over the tens of thousands of prisoners in this ship to you. I hope you can make good use of these prisoners. As for your four young masters, please follow me to the capital. I will not treat them unfairly."

This time the emperor returned triumphantly, in addition to the imperial guards who accompanied him, there were tens of thousands of prisoners on the ship. These prisoners lived under the lowest level of ship warehouse, crowded with them, eating the worst food, and even sewed and urine were solved in the ship warehouse. Fortunately, the weather is cold now and the sailing distance is not too long, so there is no need to worry about how many people will die.

The river work of building the canal was already enough. Yang Yong placed the captives in Zhuo County, which was equivalent to giving tens of thousands of free laborers to Zhuo County. Xue Shixiong was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you, the emperor." He was not very interested in leaving the four sons together.
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