The Possession of My Beloved (Hidden Charm) - Chapter 157
Yingji Temple listened to the Japanese narration and asked some details, then waved them down and sat there by herself, rubbing her chin while looking at the map of the North Sea spread out in front of her.
When he heard the report from his subordinates that Zaohuashou died in the hands of a very beautiful woman, for some reason, he suddenly thought of Cui Xingzhou’s beautiful princess. With the vigilance and archery skills that the woman showed when facing the diorama, it is not surprising that Zaohua Shou died in her hands.
But after thinking about it, I feel that my idea is too absurd. The Han Chinese have strict Confucian etiquette. The wives of nobles have their own laws to walk, lie down, and sit.
A dignified princess will seduce gangsters in person? This is unimaginable for those who have a little understanding of the customs of Dayan.
So Yingsi Temple just thought about it for a while, and then consciously dismissed the idea.
Since King Huaiyang came to Beihai, everything went wrong. Some time ago, King Huaiyang also practiced his navy and patrolled the coast. It seemed that he planned to attack his old nest by crossing the sea.
You have to do it first, and get rid of King Huaiyang before they do. In order to do this, it is very necessary to know ourselves and others.
To be honest, he was able to linger in the North Sea for so long, naturally someone in the court.
Dayan originally conquered the northwest, and finally negotiated with the barbarian tribe to obtain a rich iron ore.
However, the imperial court strictly forbids iron ore takeaway. There are countless fleets under Yingsi Temple, and they come and go, which is convenient for Dayan’s powerful ministers to collude and have a channel to make money together.
Nowadays, he doesn’t know much about Cui Xingzhou, so he called in Deli’s pig pigtail husband and told him to bring some people to connect with the other party and learn about King Huaiyang.
The pig tail husband is proficient in Dayan mandarin. He disguised himself as a Dayan man, infiltrated the capital, and went out to discuss the recent iron ore accident. He also needs to investigate this Cui Xingzhou who has disturbed the Beihai.
When he came to a tea room, someone quickly approached him, and the person who came was Shi Wen, the housekeeper of Shifu.
When Cui Xingzhou conquered the northwest, it was the predecessors who planted the trees and the later generations enjoyed the shade. At that time, both King Sui and Shi’s family were eyeing this piece of fat. In order to take the iron ore as their own, the two of them fought against each other and used many methods. Unfortunately, King Sui was later caught by Cui Xingzhou and found the mystery of his private sale of iron ore.
In order to make more profits, he thought of smuggling iron tools, and after picking a circle, he fell in love with the Japanese Yingsi Temple in Beihai. Because he knows that these iron tools will eventually be re-melted into weapons.
Wasn’t King Sui also working in Dayan’s territory before being caught by Cui Xingzhou?
Shi Yikuan summed up the lessons of King Sui, and simply sold the iron ore farther and re-sold it to Dongying and Nanyang. In this way, the country that was resold and Dayan were far away from the sea. The secret of making money can be kept properly.
However, Shi Yikuan never imagined that the original Dongying mixed with Yingsi Temple was not a vegetarian. After making a profit from smuggling and trading, he even recruited troops and horses to settle in the North Sea, constantly trying to land, which has the meaning of dividing the North Sea.
Yingsi Temple made clear his intentions to him before, the East Ying is too small, and the people are eager to live in the mainland. If Shi Guozhang is willing to help him divide the Beihai, that would be the best.
After all, Beihai is a tasteless piece for Dayan, not a blessing.
Shi Yikuan did not expect Yingsi Temple to have such a wolf-like ambition and wanted to stop, but it was not easy to get rid of this long-term business partner.
However, now that Yingsi Temple and Cui Xingzhou are facing each other, it is a golden opportunity for Shi Yikuan.
With the fall of King Sui, the imperial power of Liu Hao was consolidated. But it’s not a good thing for Shi Yikuan.
The consolidation of imperial power means that it is not easy to be a subject.
And Cui Xingzhou is not the same person as him. Thinking that he rejected his youngest daughter’s intention to marry and slammed his face to the ground, Shi Yikuan felt uneasy.
But now, Cui Xingzhou went to Beihai to exterminate bandits and happened to meet Yingsi Temple. No matter who dies of these two people, he will not suffer!
In Shi Yikuan’s view, if things were to be prioritized, he hoped that Cui Xingzhou would die first.
After all, King Huaiyang’s wings have grown, and it will be difficult to overthrow him.
And Yingsi Temple is nothing more than coveting the North Sea, if he succeeds, there is no hurry…
After making such a plan, Shi Yikuan sorted out the military trends of King Huaiyang that he had discovered and transferred them to Yingsi Temple, and he had to repeat the old tricks. Just like watching Cui Xingzhou fighting with King Sui back then, sitting as a fisherman and watching the snipe and mussels fight with a smile.
When the information about Cui Xingzhou was delivered to Yingsi Temple, Yingsi Temple looked at it ten lines at a time, and then stopped at the recorder of Huaiyang Princess Liu Shi:
Liu’s Miantang, the daughter of a criminal minister, is said to have been a bandit in Yangshan and the leader of a group of bandits. The King of Huaiyang is also.
The more I looked at Yoshiji Temple, the more frightened I became, I couldn’t believe my eyes. How could such a delicate woman… be a bandit?
Besides the North Sea, after Cui Xingzhou led his soldiers to take the initiative to fight a confrontation in the village where the Japanese were often ravaged, the sea level became much calmer.
However, Cui Xingzhou knew that if there were many variables in naval battles, those Japanese people lived at sea all year round and were very familiar with naval battles. The most important thing is that their ships are covered with thorns, making it impossible for people to climb, and the ships turn flexibly.
On the other hand, Dayan’s warship is extremely cumbersome.
So the Japanese dare not go on the road to harass for a while. However, Dayan’s army must also step up shipbuilding. As long as Kou Island is recaptured, the troubles in the North Sea can be completely eliminated.
To this end, Cui Xingzhou spent a lot of money to hire several craftsmen from Nanyang to transform the warships in the North Sea.
In a blink of an eye, King Huaiyang has been in the North Sea for several months. During this time, he has attacked and defeated the Japanese, and the Japanese have not gone ashore to loot for a while. The Marquis of Zhennan also worked hard day and night to help the people, so the people’s views on the King of Huaiyang and the army of Zhenzhou were greatly improved, and local young and middle-aged people also signed up to join the army.
The drawing of the warship was finally drawn. King Huaiyang immediately prepared to build the warship, and at the same time practiced the navy.
Miantang cooks some meals that Cui Xingzhou likes every day, and uses a large food box to take the car to the water army camp to deliver meals.
There was a heavy fog on the sea today, and it was all foggy as far as the eye could see.
The sound of crunching paddles was heard in the distance. As the sound became louder, a small boat gradually appeared in the thick fog, revealing a few local people from the North Sea. Clothes silhouettes. After a while, the boat came to a remote and uninhabited place to dock, and several people jumped down one after another, and the leader was Yingsi Temple.
The small island where the Japanese are stationed is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also barren, and the usual food and clothing expenses are looted. Because of King Huaiyang’s attack, the Japanese did not go ashore for some time, sitting on the mountain and eating the mountains and empty, poor in material, and soon they would have nothing to eat.
Yingsi Temple has always been very daring, so he calculated the weather, and took advantage of the heavy fog to lead a few men ashore, disguised as a merchant to buy some food, and inquired about some news by the way.
A few days ago, Dayan Detective specially sent him news that the King of Huaiyang had begun to build warships, but unfortunately the warships were built in secret in the camp, and he didn’t see a single point after watching it for a long time. Shadow of warship.
But if you want to move forward, you can’t.
Cangwu County has been raining continuously for the past few days, so Miantang did not wear silk shoes, but took off her shoes and socks and wore clogs that were convenient for walking on the muddy ground. The dress she was wearing was also popular in Beihai with thin skirts with exposed ankles, with broken sleeves and low breasts, which was very cool, making her figure even more slender.
The unforgettable Princess Huaiyang.
He looked up at the sun, carefully raised the diorama to avoid reflecting the light, and looked carefully, it was Liu Miantang who had not seen for a long time, the clouds on the temples were combed high, revealing fine lines White neck, walking, naturally another romantic.
To watch this woman today seems to be more charming and moving than last time, making his heart pound.
Although Yingsiji Sui also thought so early in the morning, but when he heard the subordinate admit it himself, his heart still froze.
It’s hard to imagine how the slender hand that she used to put on her wrist to diagnose the pulse held a sword and cut off a person’s head…
Miantang didn’t know someone was spying on her, so she only took her sister Cui Fu’s hand and said, “Sister walk carefully, the head of the dock is even more muddy, be careful not to fall.”
Cui Fu had been vomiting a while ago. She invited Zhao Quan to check her pulse and found that she was two months pregnant.
Li Guangcai was ecstatic when she heard it, and almost put Cui Fu on the bed, lest she bump into an accident.
However, just like King Huaiyang, he was not allowed to go home in order to rush to supervise the warship these days, so this time she and Liu Miantang came to bring some food to her husband.
Zhao Quan, as the messenger to protect the flowers, also went with him, swinging his fan and holding the oil umbrella for the two ladies.