0638 The merchant of the labor army
Wait until late afternoon, and the second climax comes! Wu Yizhou led a large number of fleets to return to the sea, filling the port of Penghu. As a result, the events of the afternoon repeated themselves again.
Liu Pei personally went to the dock to greet Wu Yizhou. After Wu Yizhou met, he laughed and saluted Liu Pei and said: "Dashuai, most of the pirates have been annihilated, and Liu Xiang committed suicide on the spot!" ”
After saying that, a staff officer behind him brought over a box. The guard stepped forward to take the opening, and the official Liu Xiang's head was placed inside! Liu Pei looked at Liu Xiang's head and recalled the portrait, and felt that it was almost the main one. He waved his hand and motioned for the guard to take it.
Liu Pei saluted everyone and said, "You have worked hard! ”
Wu Yizhou led everyone to officially return the salute and said in unison: "I am willing to die for the handsome!" ”
After the two sides saluted, Liu Pei motioned for Wu Yizhou to follow him. As he walked, he said: Hold on, leave the rest to the people below, and gather the officers with command ability to participate in the combat meeting. I plan to set out tomorrow morning to attack Tainan. ”
Wu Yizhou nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "Okay, I also agree!" After all, soldiers are fast! ”
Liu Pei said with emotion: "Yes, we must move fast!" It's just that the brothers have to stay up all night to prepare supplies! ”
Wu Yizhou said with a smile: "Don't worry about the big handsome. As long as there is a fight, our brothers can stand it! ”
The two discussed all the way into the barracks. Just when Liu Pei was presiding over the combat meeting, the guards came to report and said: "There is a group of maritime merchants outside who want to see the marshal, and have sent a lot of gifts to the labor army. At the same time, invite the handsome to the banquet. ”
A staff officer muttered in a low voice, "These businessmen have really good noses!" Now you know that you have come to the big handsome! ”
He thought his voice was small, but everyone heard it. However, everyone agreed with this sentence, and let out a soft laugh.
Liu Pei said: "Tell them, just say that you have good intentions." Now we are busy, and we will talk about the feast later. ”
The guards turned around and were about to go out. Wu Yizhou said, "Wait a minute. ”
He turned back to Liu Pei and said, "Dashuai, I think it's better for you to go out and deal with it." We've been late
In a series of wars, I am afraid that military spending is indispensable! It would be nice to be able to squeeze some oil out of them. ”
Liu Pei felt that Wu Yizhou's words were very reasonable. He couldn't help but have a headache thinking about the red loss number on the ledger! The cost of the war will not be less, and the cost of developing Taiwan after the war will be even more bottomless! However, if you don't invest, there will be no immigration, no soldiers, no taxes, and no workshops, so you need to invest a lot of money in it.
And Liu Pei also thought of a problem, that is, he hoped that more people would come to Penghu to trade. So that his interests can be maximized. Now there are always two or three kittens, which is not an ideal state after all. If the news of their big victory can be spread through the mouths of these businessmen, maybe Penghu's business will get better faster.
Thinking of this, Liu Pei said: "Then Zhiheng, you preside over the meeting first, and I will go back when I go." ”
Liu Pei was accompanied by the guards to the outside of the camp, and saw that there were indeed more than a dozen brightly dressed businessmen standing outside the camp. There was also a group of men behind them pushing carts and carrying burdens. You can see the wine jar in the car, and there are two pigs tied up and a few sheep.
Liu Pei felt that it was really difficult for these businessmen to send these things. Because Penghu has just been developed, the livestock raised by farmers have not yet grown up. I'm afraid that these things were brought by merchants from the mainland to eat themselves.
When the dozen or so businessmen saw Liu Pei coming out, they all stepped forward to pay their respects and bowed at Liu Pei. After Liu Pei returned the salute one by one, the merchant took two steps forward and said to Liu Pei: "In order to sweep away the pirates and fight in all directions, the Dragon Lord also sent people to guard the maritime trade routes, which is really hard!" This is a great benefit to us businessmen. Taking advantage of this great victory, I will send some things to the labor army to express my heart, and ask the Dragon Lord to accept it. ”
Liu Pei sighed in his heart, these businessmen always don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles! A while ago, they were asked to pay the tolls, and they cried and shouted poverty one by one. Now that he saw that his own side was huge, he hurried to catch up and stammer.
However, Liu Pei does not intend to expose it. Liu Pei still understands the matter of buying horse bones. At that moment, Liu Pei wanted everyone and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I will be ashamed!" sometime
Be sure to tell your subordinates to patrol the sea seriously, guard the trade routes, and let everyone do business peacefully! ”
The old merchant nodded again and again with joy on his face, and said, "Then everything is up to the Dragon Lord!" And in order to thank the Dragon King, we specially set up a banquet to invite the Dragon King to enjoy the light! ”
Liu Pei said with a sad face: "I'm afraid it won't work this time!" On the one hand, the big battle is on the side, and on the other hand, I will lead the fleet to attack the Dutch tomorrow morning. So there are too many things to arrange tonight, and I can only brush off your good intentions. ”
Liu Pei is not afraid of the news getting out when he says this. Even if it did, it wouldn't reach the ears of the Dutch people. Moreover, this time he attacked the southern part of Taiwan as a dignified division, and he won with strength by pressing the border with heavy troops. There is no fear of change at all.
This time, Liu Pei defeated the Dutch fleet with the same strength, and now the entire fleet is full of confidence from top to bottom! Even if the Dutch transferred the Batavian guard fleet, they would be confident that they would win the battle again! However, I am afraid that the Dutch will not dare to send their remaining ten ships.
The old merchant hurriedly waved his hand after hearing Liu Pei's words, and said, "The matter of the Dragon King is important!" But I'm waiting for it to be abrupt! ”
Liu Pei said: "If you want to invite me to drink, there will be opportunities in the future." But here's one thing I would like to ask you about. ”
The old merchant nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "Although the Dragon King commands, as long as you can do it, the little old man will definitely do it." ”
The other merchants also nodded behind him, indicating that they would do their best. Liu Pei said: "As a free trade zone, Penghu is thriving at this time. And you can also see the potential of Penghu in the future. Therefore, I would like to ask you to spread the news among the maritime merchants and let more people come to Penghu to trade. I wonder if you can help with this? ”
When everyone heard that it was such a simple thing, they were naturally full of promises. Liu Pei arched his hand to these businessmen and said, "Since this is the case, then please leave it to you." ”
As soon as Liu Pei put down his hands, the old merchant took out a dozen silver tickets from his arms, held them in both hands, and said, "Another expedition is imminent, so we naturally can't disturb it." This is a little silver that I waited to make up, and I hope that the dragon king will accept it and reward his sons. ”