Linyi Kingdom is located on the southeast coast of the Indochina Peninsula, bordering the Tang Dynasty in the north, but the Tang Dynasty did not attach much importance to the territory in the south, so the area bordering Linyi was very desolate and there were not many people living there. The nearest big city is called Yanzhou City, which is still south of the Jiaozhou Governor's Office. It is considered a relatively important port, but due to its geographical location, it cannot be compared with the port of Linyi Kingdom.

In recent years, the rise of industry and commerce in the Tang Dynasty, and grain production was affected. Linyi was an important grain production land, so many merchants seized the opportunity and started to trade grain transportation. Yanzhou, the Tang Dynasty, as the closest port to Linyi, was gradually affected and began to flourish. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty also added some garrisons here.

However, the prosperity of Yanzhou City only lasted for a while. As Li Yan put two new types of ships into use, the continuous navigation capacity of the sea fleet was greatly improved, and the demand for ports decreased a little. Because Yanzhou City was too close to Linyi, it was better to pass through the sea and arrive in Leizhou and other places instead of mooring in Yanzhou. This would save a lot of time. As a result, since then, Yanzhou Port has slowly returned to its original form and the garrison was withdrawn.

However, Yanzhou City is the closest port city to Linyi, and it is not useless. For example, there are often fleets of unknown origins here. Although they are buying grain from Linyi, they are rarely seen pulling food back from Linyi. Other experienced people have found that when these fleets go to Linyi, the ships have a deep draft, which means that the ships are carrying goods on the ships, but when they come back, the draft is much shallower.

In fact, most people don’t know that the port of Yanzhou is not completely abandoned, but has taken another path with its own advantages, which is smuggling. Even in an era of highly developed information such as the 21st century, smuggling cannot be eliminated, let alone a backward era like the Tang Dynasty.

With the development of maritime trade, the major ports of Datang were set up in municipal volleyball offices, which specialized in managing port supervision, taxation and other related matters. Because the profits of maritime trade in this era were relatively large, the taxation was also relatively high. In addition, Datang also stipulated that many commodities that were prohibited from being sold out, such as steel, cement, etc.

However, with the emergence of Shibosi, the corresponding smuggling began to take root and sprout on the soil of the Tang Dynasty. After all, there are people who take risks for the sake of interests everywhere. Although the Tang Dynasty tried hard to crack down on this situation, it could not be completely eradicated. Li Yan's current strength was still insufficient and he could not help the Tang Dynasty crack down on smuggling. Therefore, the smuggling situation along the Tang Dynasty was still quite serious. For example, the port of Yanzhou was an important port for the Tang Dynasty to smuggle to Linyi.

Yanzhou was shining brightly and the wind was very suitable. It was a good day to go to sea. The fishing boats in the fishing port had already gone out early and started a busy day of work. Speaking of which, although Yanzhou Port was affected, Yanzhou was vigorously developed as a fishing port. More than a dozen canning factories have been opened in the city, specializing in canned fish. Moreover, the sales are pretty good. Every few days, there will be fleets to transport canned food to the inland to sell.

However, the situation today is a bit special. There is also a strange caravan that goes out to sea with the fishing boats. Under the banner of Dengzhou grain merchants, this caravan goes out to sea with those fishing boats that go out to sea at a later time when it is just dawn. When the fleet passes by the fishing boats, many fishermen find that the crew of this fleet looks fierce and does not look like ordinary people at first glance. Moreover, the ships in the fleet are also particularly tall and strong, and the ships on the ship are also equipped with weapons. You can tell at first that they are ships that often run far away, because only such ships can be built so strong. As for the weapons on the ship, they are forbidden to pirates.

Generally speaking, ocean-going fleets like this will be docked in large ports like Guangzhou, Fuzhou, and Keelung, and rarely go to ports like Yanzhou. They will find a port to hide from them unless they are to avoid the storm and waves. However, in recent times, the sea outside Yanzhou has been calm and has never heard of any big waves.

However, although the fishermen were strange, they didn't have time to care about a fleet passing by. After all, for them, it was still important to fish more and make more money. However, young people nowadays are wild. Most young people in Yanzhou would rather go north to Keelung or Guangzhou to make a try than stay at home to fish. Thinking of this, the elderly fishermen sighed.

Similarly, the fleet from Yanzhou would not care about the fishermen passing by, and they had their own things to do. On the largest ship in front of the fleet, a strong old man with a gray head stood at the bow of the ship, holding the railing with both hands. Although the expression on his face looked extremely calm, there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

At this moment, a young man with short beards walked out of the cabin behind the old man. Although he was thin, he was dressed very well and looked very decent. He looked nothing special. His eyes were just full of shrewdness. He knew at first sight that this man must be a very shrewd businessman.

The very smart businessman saw the old man at the bow of the boat and walked over with a smile, standing side by side with the old man and said, "Brother, it's still early now, why don't you have a good rest?"

The old man knew who was coming from the sound of footsteps, so he said without even looking back: "As old as he grows, he will be less awake. In addition, this is the first thing Jingwei did for His Highness, so I have to think about it carefully, how to avoid any mistakes."

The old man with white hair is Yang Lie, the judge in charge of Jingwei. The man dressed by the merchant around him is Yang Jiu who made wine in Prince Li Yan's mansion. Although Yang Jiu is a very good winemaker, it is just a profession he uses to hide his true identity. In fact, he is the adopted son of Mr. Yang, the King of Breaking, and the last power of the Dirty Guard.

Since they joined Li Yan's subordinates, Yang Jiu has been staying in Chang'an to help Li Yan collect information from Chang'an. It was not until Wu Meiniang became pregnant that he and Mr. Yang went to Dengzhou to formally manage overseas intelligence organizations. Now, like Yang Jiu and his wife, he is Wu Meiniang's capable support. He took over Linyi's affairs half a year ago, and this time he took action personally, preparing to finish Linyi's affairs in one fell swoop.

Yang Lie is Mr. Yang's nephew, so Yang Jiu naturally calls the other party a clan brother. Now when he heard Yang Lie was worried about Lin Yi, Yang Jiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother, Mrs. Wei has been planning for this matter for a few years and has been prepared in all aspects. And if nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid you don't need to do it, so you can rest assured!"

The intelligence organization in Li Yan's hands was born from the Four Guards. Although he had made some reforms to the Four Guards, he retained the names of the Four Guards. Naturally, he was the master of the Four Guards. Everyone below was called the Lord of the War. However, now the Four Guards are under the control of Wu Meiniang, and she is Li Yan's subordinate, so she asked the people below to call her by the code name of Mrs. Wei.

It should be mentioned that although the names of the four guards are preserved, they are actually mainly composed of spy guards and dirty guards. As for the financial guards, there is no need to be formed. After all, if an intelligence organization has a strong source of financial resources, it would be too uneasy. The Jing guards were separated by Li Yan and formed a very special team, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Li Yan, but Yang Lie is still in charge. Now it is their first mission.

When Yang Lie heard Yang Jiu's words, he smiled and said, "Of course I know this. But people are just as old as they are, and they like to think about it. Even though they know that this time is not complicated, they still can't help but think about it. It seems that time is really unforgivable. After this mission is completed, I plan to hand over the things in my hands to Twelve and Thirteen. As for me, I will be at home like my uncle, and I will support my old age!"

When Yang Lie was still under Yang Ming's command, Jingwei's power shrank greatly, especially the older generation of killers could no longer be used, while the new generation of killers was difficult to cultivate. It took him more than ten years to train sixteen young killers, which were called by code names, among which Twelve and Thirteen were the best, and his successors would also be selected from the two in the future.

"Haha~, if you say in front of your adoptive father that you are old, you will definitely make him beat him up. I think he is nearly 100 years old this year, but he is still worried about the affairs of the four guards. So if you want to retire, you will not be able to get through the adoptive father's level alone!" Yang Jiu laughed after hearing this.

When Yang Lie heard Yang Jiu compare himself with his clan uncle, he waved his hand and said, "The clan uncle is talented and has very energy. I, a junior, dare not compare with him. Now I see that the Jingwei can continue and achieve greater development, I am already satisfied. However, I will not retreat completely, but help Your Highness train his men in the rear. As for the things that beat him to death, it will be left to those young people to do!"

The two were talking when suddenly a tidy run came from the deck behind them. When they turned around, they happened to see a team of dozens of people in black running. The men in black lined up in extremely neat queues and ran past the deck without squinting. Although Yang Lie and Yang Jiu were their bosses, none of them looked at them.

Looking at these black-clothed team members who were as strong as rocks, Yang Jiu also showed a hint of appreciation in his eyes. Although he didn't know how to train soldiers, he could also see that all the men in black who had just run were extremely strong soldiers, but these soldiers were still somewhat different from ordinary soldiers. The specific difference was not something Yang Jiu could tell. Yang Lie also looked at the black-clothed people running over with appreciation, but in this appreciation, there was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
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