Xu Hai's eyes shot a fine light, and said, "Is there anything else going on with the old shipowner?" As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and grasped the hilt of the soft sword around his waist. [ Eight? ] 1 Chinese 〈〈 )]].]8]1?Ji Xiangqiong also took a step back and retreated behind Xu Hai.

Meng Heng remained silent and said: "Mingshan, once you get ready, it will cost you money to build weapons and maintain ships, so I plan to increase the cost of levying merchants by fifty percent, of course, it is still according to the amount we discussed first, what do you think?" ”

Xu Hai knew that even if he objected to this, it was useless, so he said: "I have no opinion on this, you can also share more if you collect more money, what do you say, Aunt Lan?"

Meng Lanjun said: "I have no opinion. ”

Xu Haidao: "Then it's decided, I'll leave first." With that, he turned around and left with Ji Xiangqiong.

When he came to the outside of the Accord, Xu Hai's subordinates immediately greeted him and said, "Master, you came out." ”

Xu Haidao: "Let's go." "Lead the people downstairs. When the shopkeeper of the Xie family restaurant saw Xu Hai and his party leaving, he nodded and said goodbye. I was also relieved in my heart, and finally sent away a plague god, and nothing happened.

When he came outside, Xu Haicai snorted heavily and said, "Meng Heng, an old fox, is actually playing a joint role again, and I thought I didn't know what the hell he was fighting." ”

Ji Xiangqiong nodded and said, "He got the sweetness from the last alliance, and this time he obviously wants to use the alliance to expand his power, maybe he still wants to spit out you and Lan Gu." ”

Xu Hai also nodded, he had already understood in his heart that Meng Heng actually didn't really want to deal with Yang Yan, or used dealing with Yang Yan as an excuse, and it was true to implement the maritime alliance, because once the alliance was established, the alliance leader must be Meng Heng's, so that Meng Heng could use the identity of the alliance leader to give orders, take the opportunity to expand his own power, reduce the strength of others, first annex other guys and pirates, and further annex Xu Hai and Meng Lanjun, the two pirates, to monopolize the power of the South China Sea.

Xu Haidao: "But now it seems that even if we oppose it, it is useless, Meng Heng will definitely force those young pirates to join the alliance, so that his power will also expand, and at that time, I am afraid that neither I nor Lan Gu will be able to fight against him." ”

Ji Xiangqiong smiled slightly and said, "This is easy to do, in my opinion, although Lan Gu is young, she also understands Meng Heng's ghostly idea, didn't she also have your opinion just now?" Let's go to Lan Gu tonight and explain the stakes to her, and the two of us will secretly unite, so that we don't have to be afraid of Meng Heng. ”

Xu Hai nodded and said, "Good idea." ”

Ji Xiangqiong sighed lightly and said, "I'm afraid that Meng Heng will be self-defeating, and this time I will increase the fee for businessmen by fifty percent, just afraid that it will cause a big mess." ”

Xu Hai was stunned for a moment and said, "What kind of mess will it cause, will the businessman not pay it?" ”

Ji Xiangqiong said lightly: "Naturally, you will make a handover, but what about after handing over?" Businessmen will not do business with their capital, they will only raise the price and make up for the overpayment, and the final result will be a rise in prices, which will inevitably cause chaos. Guangdong is also a place under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, in the past, we were able to be at peace with each other, on the one hand, there was Cheng Yuanzhou in the bullying and blinding, on the other hand, it was also because the court, the government, the merchants, we basically formed a delicate balance, everyone has their own gains, and they are all safe, Meng Heng broke this balance at once, and it will definitely cause turmoil in Guangdong, and at that time Cheng Yuanzhou can't be blinded if he wants to, and the court can't ignore it. ”

Xu Hai was also silent, he also knew in his heart that now Yang Yan was in Guangnan, he had more or less heard about Yang Yan, and he had secretly sent people to spy on the Great Song Dynasty sailors stationed in Guangzhou. I couldn't help but say, "So what should we do now?" ”

Ji Xiangqiong said: "Temporarily reined, let Meng Heng toss, the bigger the trouble, the better, I hope to attract Yang Yan's attention to Meng Heng, and when the time comes, he will ignore us." In addition, there are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, and we can't just guard Mingshan Island, and think of finding another place to retreat in the Nanyang place, and act at the opportunity when the time comes. If you really can't do it, you will flee to Nanyang to avoid the limelight, Yang Yan can't stay in Guangzhou all the time, and we will come back when the limelight subsides, maybe Yang Yan will get rid of Meng Heng for us at that time. ”

Xu Hai laughed and said, "What a good idea." ”

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Cao Xun and Gao Zhen captured Leizhou City on December 14, and Yang Yan's party arrived in Leizhou on December 16.

Seeing Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru coming side by side, Cao Xun and Gao Zhen came to them and said, "Big brother, the task you gave us has been successfully completed. He saluted Zhao Qianru and said, "Big brother, sister-in-law, congratulations." ”

Yang Yan nodded, and patted the shoulders of the two gently, these two people are no longer the two fledgling teenagers back then, and now they have gradually grown into generals who can lead an army by themselves. "Let's go into the city and talk about it." ”

With a "bang", a map of Hainan Island was attached to the table, and Li Gongzuo pointed to the map and said: "Hainan is divided into Wan'an Army, Jiyang Army, Changhua Army and Qiongzhou, and the old Manichaean army is in Qiongzhou. ”

Yang Yan looked at the map, Qiongzhou is at the north and south ends of the sea, very close to Leizhou, and said: "How far is the sea route from Leizhou to Qiongzhou?" ”

Li Gongzuo gestured on the map and said: "Please see, from Leizhou to Hainan, the nearest sea route is only a dozen miles, but there are many mountainous areas in the north of Hainan, including Cangye Mountain, Chengmai Mountain, Qixingling, etc., the terrain is narrow, and the reef is distributed, it is not a good place to kick the island, and Manichaeism will also deploy heavy troops along the coast in northern Hainan, which is not easy to attack." ”

Yang Yan nodded, he was not very proficient in water warfare, and said, "Then according to the opinion of Li Commander, how should we march into the army." ”

Li Gongzuo said: "I thought that we should divide the troops into three routes, the left, the center and the right, the middle road should attack Qiongzhou, but it was just a feint to attract the attention of the Manichaean army, and the other two roads went around to the east and west sides of Hainan, and divided into Wanning and Changhua to kick the island, so that the battle could be successful." After the success of kicking the island, the Manichaean army will inevitably return to the rescue, and then our fleet attacking Qiongzhou can become a feint, and after capturing Qiongzhou, Hainan can be pacified in one fell swoop. ”

Yang Yan said: "How many ships do we have available now, and how should the forces to attack Hainan be distributed?" ”

Li Gongzuo said: "The fleet of the last general has one hundred and fifty-three warships, and now sixty-one large and small ships have been requisitioned, which can be used as troop transport ships. The last general thought that he could use 60 ships and 15,000 men and horses to attack from the east and west, and the others from the center. Please make a decision. ”

Yang Yan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Commander Li, then when can you start attacking." ”

Li Gongzuo said: "Now that everything is ready, the middle route army can attack within three days, and the east and west roads will have to make a detour farther, and they will have to wait for the Manichaean forces to be attracted, so the last general thinks that it is better to attack after five days." ”

Yang Yan said: "Okay, as you said, the east and west roads are led by Cao Xun and Gao Zhen, and you and Ben Shuai attack from the middle." Everyone went down and prepared to start attacking Hainan tomorrow. ”

After the generals dispersed, Li Gongzuo said to Yang Yan: "Shuai, this time Miss Meng and I came together, and she said that she wanted to see you." ”

Yang Yan said: "Please come over." ”

After a while, Li Gongzuo brought Meng Lanjun over, and Meng Lanjun immediately gave Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru a salute, and said, "The folk girl has seen Lord Yang, the princess. ”

Yang Yan said: "Miss Meng, you came just in time, if you don't come, I am also about to contact you." Then he took out two copies of yellow silk from the table, handed them to Meng Lanjun, and said, "Miss Meng, you can see for yourself." ”

Meng Lanjun took Huang Aya, opened it and saw that there were two holy decrees, one was to dismiss Cheng Yuanzhou from his post and prosecute him, and the other was to pardon himself for the crime of theft. Yang Yan continued: "After the new Guangzhou Governor takes office, I will find out your family's grievances and bring peace to your family." ”

Meng Lanjun saw that his great revenge could be avenged, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed to Yang Yan again and again, and said: "Thank you Lord Yang, your lord's great kindness, Lan Jun will be a cow and a horse in his next life, and he will make grass and rings, and report to his lord." ”

Zhao Qianru helped her up and said with a smile: "Miss Meng, get up quickly, you don't have to be like this." ”

Yang Yan continued: "It's just that at present, my top priority is to attack Hainan and completely wipe out the remnants of Manichaeism, so I can't go to Guangzhou for the time being, and I can't go to Guangzhou to investigate Cheng Yuanzhou until I conquer Hainan, so you have to wait a little longer." ”

Meng Lanjun nodded and said, "Lan Jun understands, adults should put national affairs first, in order to take revenge, Lan Jun has waited for ten years, do you still care about waiting for these few days?" Rest assured, adult. But I also have one more thing to tell you. As he spoke, he told him how he met Xu Hai and Meng Heng that day. and also said that Xu Hai came to him that night and asked the two to join forces to deal with Meng Heng, and he thought about it for a few days.