dhibooks Chapter 153
Chapter 153
Old Mrs. An pondered for a while, then said, "Third brother, what do you think of the Shen family?"
"Father, I can't say anything else, but I always feel that there must be something behind them, otherwise Master Fang wouldn't have given me such an important spiritual liquid directly. While trusting me, he would undoubtedly reveal to me that if I dared to If you betray the Shen family, even the An family will be in danger, it's the kind of fundamental revenge, not just taking the opportunity to suppress."
Mrs. An rubbed the rim of the cup unconsciously with her fingers, and her eyes were half closed. Although the youngest in his family liked to eat and drink a little, he had a good eye for seeing people. Since the youngest had such a dangerous feeling, the Shen family had control The possibility of a sharp weapon they don't know is very high.
Although the ectoplasmic liquid cannot make people live forever, the fact of prolonging life alone is enough to make those powerful people flock to it, except those who are no longer young.Even he, after hearing what the third child said just now, had the urge to take it for himself, let alone those old princes and the like.Fortunately, the emperor is still young now, if a few years earlier...
Old Mrs. An suddenly opened his eyes and made a decision: "Third son, just do what you said before and continue to make good friends with the Shen family. Master Fang entrusted you to take care of one or two relatives and friends of the Shen family. You take care of them. I will let the boss pay attention to the actions of the Shen family."
"Father, don't mess around?" Master An San reminded.
"Hey, am I so old and foolish?" Old Mrs. An squinted at his son who was in a sense the least worried.
You know, Mrs. An has three prostitutes, and there are not a few concubine sons. Adding daughters, the total number has already exceeded two palms. Among so many sons and daughters, only the third son can be as big as him, and how poor is he? sentence.It's a good thing that the third child is not very ambitious, otherwise, even Mrs. An himself would not know whether he can hold on and help the third child to the top.
Seeing the third son looking at him in disbelief, Old Mrs. An was almost out of breath, and hurriedly turned his head away and said casually: "Okay, okay, you go back, I will pay attention to propriety, and I won't do anything to the Shen family. .”
"Hey, hey! You can leave as soon as you go, why did you take away the spiritual liquid and leave it to me!" Old Mrs. An walked like a tiger, and jumped in front of the third child, secretly stuffing him into the sleeve of the spiritual liquid. When the liquid is dug out, where can you still see a little bit of old age?
"Father..." Master Ansan's expression was displeased. He had good intentions to consider for his family, so he took out the spiritual liquid as a proof. He never thought that after taking out the things, they would not return to him?Fortunately, he was careful not to say the whole thing, otherwise... Thinking of the result, Master An San couldn't help but shudder.
"Don't pretend, it's impossible for you to have nothing in stock, this bottle of psychic liquid is your filial piety." Old Mrs. An glared, "Could it be that Dad can't eat anything from you?"
Mr. An San, the father and son, came and went, and made enough cutscenes, and then one left aggrieved, and the other sat happily in the study.
"Small sample, fight with dad, you're still young." Old Mrs. An was holding the spirit liquid bottle, happy to see his teeth but not his eyes.
When there was no one there, Master An San looked back at the study, shook his head, and walked away happily.
Both father and son plays are very good!
In the past few years in Yunzhou City, the Shen family has gained a lot. In addition to getting to know Master An San, they also forged friendship with Zongbing Ling by chance.If it wasn't for the Ling family's secret care at the beginning, how could Fang Tianlin take his wife and children away with confidence?
Thinking of the captivity of his family's four children, one big, three young, Fang Tianlin still has a shadow.If he hadn't had the well-trained Zhaocaijinbao and other hounds to help him, he might not have caught these obvious human traffickers.
Now that the chaos in the Jing Dynasty is becoming apparent, the status of military commanders is bound to gradually increase, and holding military power is the real capital for living in peace.Although the Ling family only controls the navies of the two governments, it is enough for them to deal with possible crises.
What's more, the sea area is also very important. If the sea route is blocked, the flow of goods will be greatly hindered, and the transfer of military pay and food will become a troublesome matter.
The disturbance in the interior is only a domestic matter of the Jing Dynasty. The issue of the sea area involves foreign countries. How serious is it?
Fang Tianlin doesn't want to see that Huanggu's products can only be transported by land from the southwest border to the north and east. How long will it take?Traveling by sea is calculated in months, and traveling by land may not even be seen.
Zongbing Ling is not at home every day, even if he can enter the barracks, it is too conspicuous to find the door like this. Fang Tianlin sent the post to the time when he received the guards sent by the Ling family just a few days after he arrived in Yunzhou City that manor.No, as soon as Zongbing Ling returned home, he sent someone to inform Fang Tianlin to meet him in the small courtyard where he had met before in the city.
"Master Fang, I don't know what you are here today?" Ling Jingcheng asked straight to the point without making any detours.
"Mr. Ling, I went to other places last year and just came back. I don't know much about the situation here. I just feel that the sea is not calm. Is it okay here?"There are really too few channels for him to obtain information. There is a ready-made person here, and he will not miss it.
Just because Ling Jingcheng has a straight temper doesn't mean he can't hold his temper. If he is like this, he might not be able to hold his position as the commander-in-chief.Seeing that Fang Tianlin was interested in these things, he simply told everything he could say.Anyway, these information can be obtained with a little knowledge, he is just doing a favor, so that Fang Tianlin will not have to spend any more effort to investigate.
After hearing this, Fang Tianlin felt that the situation was not very optimistic. This was really an internal and external trouble.The new young emperor wanted to govern the country well, and he still had the ability, but the timing of his ascension was not right, just in time for years of famine.
In the few years before Jingchao came to this world from Fang Tianlin, there were many disasters and minor disasters. In addition, the temperature in winter was getting lower every year. Even if there were no floods, droughts, locust disasters, etc., it would be enough to deal with the annual frost damage.In the past few years, His Majesty's thoughts have been spent on disaster relief and safety, while the border gates have not been negligent, and the coastal defenses have been a little careless. The farther away from the royal city, the more obvious this situation is.
Fang Tianlin left the disaster area when the victims were not yet desperate, and then settled in Yunzhou City, and then moved to Huanggu. He didn't have any intuitive feelings about these.
The border area is already chaotic. Even in the prosperous Kaiyuan period, the situation there is much more complicated than that in the hinterland, so it cannot be generalized.
Ling Zongbing is in charge of the navy and is responsible for the safety of the waters near the two prefectures, including Yunzhou Prefecture, which has natural advantages.
The two prefectures are rich places in the south, especially the Yunzhou prefecture, which can be said to be extremely rich. As long as they are officials, regardless of the government or military, they will get a lot of benefits from the locality.If so, the Ling family's army can only shrink the line of defense at present. They want to catch bandits and clean up all the sea areas under their jurisdiction. They can't do it at all, let alone other places farther away from the king's city. Many generals only care about raising private soldiers , keep drawing blood from the hands of the court, it would be nice to be able to maintain the current chaos without danger.
Before coming here, Fang Tianlin was already mentally prepared, and when he actually heard the news, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Fang Tianlin may not agree with saying that he would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times, but for those ordinary people who follow the crowd, this is the true portrayal of most people.In ancient times, human life was worthless, and the situation in troubled times was even more serious.
Of course, Fang Tianlin posted a visit so solemnly, not just to thank Mr. Ling for his secret care of the Shen family.
Because the Shen family is stationed inland, he can't take into account the force at sea for the time being. However, Yanzhou Port is not peaceful. He has never encountered any serious troubles before. It's because the Shen family's fleet is lucky, and he can't possibly Are you always counting on this?The problem is that instead of shipping by sea, it is more troublesome to rely on land transportation. Not to mention the small volume of cargo, it may not be safe.Therefore, the arming of the escort ship can only be done in another way, and Zongbing Ling's side can be regarded as a breakthrough.
Fang Tianlin has a lot of liquid funds in his hands. The income of the Shen family's fleet over the past year plus the income from the workshop and food shop is tens of thousands of taels.These things are dead if they are left in the hands. Fang Tianlin has no habit of hoarding gold and silver. ?
The small and medium-sized ships that Fang Tianlin bought this time are not all cargo ships. There are also light warships such as clippers.
How do these come from?The person in front of me is a good partner.
Fang Tianlin would not think about regular equipment, these are all available, and every piece of equipment is recorded, unless Mr. Ling wants to be greedy, there will be a lot of loss.What he wants are weapons that are facing obsolescence in the army, but still usable.
In Fang Tianlin's eyes, no matter how good Jingchao's military equipment was, it couldn't compare to the military equipment in his hands. He didn't want to go to war with the imperial court because he was full. He just wanted to have the ability to protect himself. These weapons were enough.
Fang Tianlin took out a small purse from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Ling Jingcheng: "Mr. Ling, please take a look at this first. If you are satisfied, we can talk about it later."
Ling Jingcheng glanced at Fang Tianlin suspiciously. As soon as his hand touched the purse, he realized that it was very light. He loosened the rope and tipped it over lightly, revealing a few pieces of paper.
Ling Jingcheng unfolded one of them casually, and the more he looked at it, the more dignified his expression became.
After reading all the papers, Ling Jingcheng stared at Fang Tianlin sharply like a sharp sword out of its sheath.
Fang Tianlin remained calm, allowing Ling Jingcheng to look him up and down.In the past, he had many scruples, but now the external environment is not good. If he continues to behave like before, he might not wait for him to develop and go to war at the border. Does he really want to stay in the barren valley with his family for the rest of his life? ?Then he was really blind to come here for a while.
Although the Jing Dynasty was relatively close to the end of the feudal society in his previous life, it was only relatively close. Fang Tianlin was forcibly speeding up the progress of this world. It is rare for future generations to have such a good opportunity to get rid of these things in this world, and one mistake will even drag the entire Shen family into the abyss.