Chapter 773 Prince Liuqiu
Huans Island hammer sat on a bamboo couch in a silk shirt.
Fuqing in May is already a bit hot. It has not rained for a long time, and the sky is stuffy. Shimazu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
Two young women in Liuqiu fan him with fans.
"Last month's rations have been put down, and you must collect them as soon as possible." Shimazu put down his teacup and said slowly.
He speaks an authentic official dialect, the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty combined with Luoxia reading pronunciation and Guanzhong dialect. If it weren't for the obvious tattoos on his face under the crown of the island mallet, it would be easy for people to overlook this man in a toga Sleeve, a well-dressed middle-aged man, turned out to be a Dao Fan.
"Grandpa, many young people these days have completely forgotten their identities. After eating enough food from the Tang people for several years and wearing cloth clothes and straw sandals, they really think that they are also from the Tang Dynasty. They don't even want to pay the money!" A vicious man with a long scar and bruises on his face shouted, "Grandpa, let me tell you, we can't be polite to them, we have to pick a few thorns out, chop their heads off and hang them up." Rise up and show the public!"
Shimazu just frowned.
"Don't always think about screaming and shouting. Today is different. No matter what, we are all attached to the Qin family, so we have to abide by the rules set by the Qin family."
"But if this continues, those young people will only know the Qin family, but not the old rules."
"Be more patient. If you don't know, you can teach them. If they don't understand, have their mothers forgotten? Although we are on the mainland, we are all from the island. This will not change and will never change. Can't change it."
The Qin family is the owner here, the owner of the workshop, and the owner of the manor.
However, those who were forced to move from the island back then have shed blood on this land for more than 20 years, so they should be the real owners of this land.
"We were wrong before, and we have always been wrong. We only know how to fight in the nest, and no one will obey anyone. We have been fighting on the island for a thousand years, and we have been fighting here for more than 20 years. How many people die every year? How many children starve to death, how many The baby girl was forced to drown, and how many old people can only walk into the mountains in the cold winter?"
"Why? Because we are born savages, and we have a bad life. No one cares about our lives. If we don't care about ourselves, then we really have a bad life. Fortunately, the Qin family came and didn't let us Continue to fight in the nest, not continue to rot."
"But the Qin family is not our master. We can't let the Qin family be our master. We can plow the fields, hunt, work and row boats for the Qin family. This is just life. We exchange our labor for their food and clothing, but that's not all. "
"We can't just stop there, we need to always remember who we are!"
The surname of Daomaet is Huansi, and it belongs to the Huansi tribe.
At that time, the Huansi tribe was one of the largest tribes on the central plain of Liuqiu Island, and the island hammer was the prince of the Huansi tribe at that time. Mo.
In that shameless raid more than 20 years ago, both his elder brother and father were killed by the Sui army, and he was also captured when he was young.
Having lost his homeland, he was taken here along with thousands of men and women from the tribes, and he would never return to his hometown. Later, many people from other tribes came.
For more than 20 years, they have struggled to survive here, and Huansi Daomaet has gradually grown from a weak tribal little prince to the most prestigious elder in Panyi.
He was the first to bring his clansmen back to the Qin family, but he also secretly established the Dimi Sandalwood Society.
Dimeitan is the stockade of the Huanhua tribe back then, and it is his home. For many years, he will never forget Dimeitan Cave.
Gaomeitan Club is a secret club that accepts foreign people to join the club. The club has strict hierarchy, and everyone who joins the club has to obey the president completely.
Not only that, each person has to pay a monthly membership fee.
Whenever the Qin family paid wages, the island mallet began to ask people to collect membership fees. Some of the collected membership fees would be used to help the orphans and widows in the association, but more were used to secretly purchase materials such as iron and cowhide, and secretly build them. Weapons like swords and shields.
Huan Sidaozui never fully trusted those Tang people, no matter how kind the Qin family usually behaved, he was only superficially grateful.
Huans Island Hammer has a dream, that is, one day, he can have his own fleet, own weapons and equipment, and after storing enough money and food, he will return to the island by boat.
Not only does he want to return to the island, but he also wants to retake the lost tribes, and re-establish their Huansi family's kingdom in Dimeitan Cave.
For this goal, he is willing to pay any price.
Membership fees must not be low, and people's hearts must not be confused.
"Young people are not sensible, so teach them well! But remember to give them opportunities. Young people are our future. If we want to return to Liuqiu and rebuild the Huansi Kingdom in Dimeitandong, we need them!"
The ferocious man nodded in response.
"How much equipment can be made this month?"
"Recently, there has been a lot of wind. Not only are iron materials hard to get, but even cowhide is hard to get. The Qin family seems to have noticed that now they have strict inspections on the materials entering and leaving the port, and it is difficult to get them in secretly. Grandpa, if you want Why don't we simply take the manor? There are a lot of money and food stored in the manor and workshop warehouses, and there are many ships in the port..."
"madness!"
Huansi Daomai reprimanded in a low voice, "What kind of family is the Qin family? The top nobles in Chang'an, father and son are both prime ministers, and their power is in our hands? You have to remember that the Qin family is our umbrella. When we have the strength to leave Before that, you had to be attached to the Qin family, and you had to respect the Qin family."
Without the Qin family, would they be able to live a life of food and clothing like they are now? Don't look at the officials in Fuzhou city on the other side of the mountain who usually turn a blind eye to them, but now that their life is easier, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this side.
There are even rumors that the governor of Fuzhou has always wanted to establish Fuqing County here. If it weren't for the Qin family, they would have been registered as Qimin. Once the account is registered, the officials in Fuzhou will reach out. How can they still think about the stable life now?
Those are all vicious dogs, and even those tyrants have long been staring at this bustling place. If the Qin family leaves, there will be no scum left that will be swallowed up immediately.
A man with short hair came in.
"Grandpa, there are a lot of large ships coming into the port, there are hundreds of them, and they don't seem to be merchant ships, they seem to be refitted armed merchant ships, and they look like warships."
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Scarface's eyes.
"Grandpa, it's not coming for us, is it a soldier of the imperial court?"
Huans Island Hammer was very calm.
"You really treat us like green onions, just tens of thousands of us use hundreds of warships? Besides, have you ever heard that there are so many warships on this sea?"
"Didn't you pass by the warships several times before?" Huans Island hammered on the table and said, "The news I heard before said that they were going to the north? It seems that the imperial court built a new navy. These ships came from the Taiping Port Shipyard in Wu'an Prefecture. There are also warships refitted in Jiaozhou Shipyard, Qinzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou Shipyard, etc. Now it seems that these ships are probably going south."
"But why did you sail into Fuqing Bay? We are not a big port here. They should go to Mawei Port in Fuzhou in the north, right?"
The island mallet took his time.
"I remember that the new naval division of the imperial court seems to be supervised by the Duke of Wei to supervise the training. Maybe it is the Duke of Wei who has gone south. Passing by the property of the Qin family, it is normal to come and have a look."
"Don't panic, why panic, send some smarter people to the port to investigate the situation."
After thinking for a while, he said again, "I will pass on the order, and I have been honestly calming down recently. The materials will not be collected, and the ordnance will not be made."
"If there are those stunned youths who refuse to pay their dues, ignore them for now, and wait until the limelight passes."
Whenever a storm comes, those snakes, rats, and rats can sense it in advance, and hide and wait for the storm to pass. They never fight the storm, it is a stupid behavior.
Huans Island Hammer has been waiting for more than twenty years, and he can wait more.
Wait another twenty years, and he will too.
Port.
As soon as the luxurious navy fleet appeared, everyone on the port pier had long been dumbfounded.
The steward of the Qin family also made preparations early on. They arranged for ships to berth in the port, and prepared fresh water, grain, vegetables and meat.
"The ships take turns to go ashore to rest. Don't lose your reputation as a navy when you get to the shore. Don't mess around. Remember to give money for eating and drinking, and fights and troubles are not allowed."
Qin Lang issued a few orders, and then got off the boat.
The pier suddenly became lively, except for those on duty who stayed on the ship to be on duty, the rest of the people rushed down from the ship.
Sailing training at sea all day, except for the blue sky and white clouds, or the undulating waves, the small boat is really suffocating, especially when sleeping, in the small airtight cabin, everyone can only sleep in hammocks, the smell inside is absolutely sharp.
Everyone cherishes the time to be on the deck, but the deck is not always on the deck.
And every time I come to Hong Kong to rest and recuperate, it is definitely like Chinese New Year. Usually hard training, the collapse is too tight. Finally being able to disembark in style, I can't wait to disembark as soon as possible.
Eating wine and drinking meat, it's best to go crazy in a brothel and hug a woman, that's the taste.
Walking on the flat and wide wharf avenue, Qin Lang liked this bustling wharf very much.
"I haven't negotiated with the Fanwangs of Liuqiu so far this year. We haven't been able to bring back a boatload of camphor. Now we can only process the crude camphor in stock last year, but it will soon be used up. This year, there is no camphor. The merchant ships going back and forth to Liuqiu have been deserted a lot.”
The steward complained to Qin Lang that the Qin family had been operating here for several years, and it was already Datang's largest camphor incense processing base. At the same time, the processing of betel nuts, deerskin, sulfur, etc. here was also on a certain scale. A large number of orders for Liuqiu Trade, not only purchased the handmade goods needed by Liuqiu from various places, but also built a lot of workshops here to produce and process by ourselves.
At the same time, an important port trading station has also been formed here. The common people and merchants in the vicinity all come here to buy and sell transactions. Eating, drinking, lassing, and wearing also consume a lot.
However, after the trade problem with Liuqiu, the place has been greatly affected by the naked eye. Many workshops have reduced production and even started to stop work for holidays. Many workshops such as camphor incense will soon have no materials to process.
"We now have more than 50,000 mouths. Once we stop, the consequences will be unimaginable. I can't afford it."
Qin Lang smiled.
"Since I'm here, I'll take care of these things, you don't have to worry about that." He said to the steward, "You call me some of the more prestigious people among these people, and I want to have a meal with them." Let's have a meeting!"
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Huan Mo Daozhu soon received the news, knowing that it was Qin Lang, the Patriarch of the Qin Family, Duke of Wei, who had arrived, and he was bringing with him the new navy fleet of the imperial court. Soldiers and horses, more than a hundred large and small ships.
Shimazu went to the port to have a look in person. Looking at those tall and mighty warships, especially the six flagship battleships, he was stunned.
Before I could see enough, I saw the subordinates who came all the way.
"The chief steward sent someone to pass the message, saying that Wei Guogong summoned him, and asked Grandpa to go quickly. He also told him to take a bath and change clothes. It is best to smell some incense before going."
Dao Chui just nodded and didn't feel offended at all. They are just some barbarians from the island. How can they compare with the top nobles in the Central Plains? Duke Wei is already very proud to see these savages.
"Go to Bana and say that I want two bottles of stag blood wine, the best one, and I want to give it to Duke Wei!"
(end of this chapter)