A hero who is respected by a hundred people, a hero who is respected by a thousand people, a hero who is respected by a whole world... Of course, it is Daning, but it can only be Daning.

I don’t know when it started, but the countries around Ning State gradually started a blessing activity. It should have started first in the Zhaoli Kingdom, which was next to the South Vietnamese Kingdom. On the ninth day of the ninth month of the year, the emperor of the Zhaoli Kingdom would personally bring civil and military officials to pray for Daning, and then secretly add a sentence... I hope that Daning will not move its troops.

Simply put, every year, don’t beat me or beat me...

It's ridiculous to say that the reason why the Zhaoli Congress did this was because of the Nanyue Kingdom. A few years ago, the goats that crossed the border chewed a few cabbages from the border, so Ningguo 120,000 elite soldiers went south and wiped the Nanyue Kingdom off the map. The strength of the Zhaoli Kingdom was almost the same as that of the Nanyue Kingdom. The two countries fought for hundreds of years without a winner. The 120,000 elite soldiers are still stationed next to each other. How could Zhaoli Kingdom not be afraid?

Daning could use a few cabbages as an excuse to destroy Nanyue, but he might have destroyed Zhaoli because of the same nonsense.

Now the fallen emperor of the Nanyue Kingdom who was under house arrest in Babu Lane, Beijing, Daning, drank too much and regretted why he had not killed all kinds of goats, sheep and sheep all over the country. The emperor of Zhaoli Kingdom has already done this, and the whole country has destroyed sheep...

The sheep take the blame.

All things were strong in Daning, but only one thing was slightly worse, that was the navy.

Speaking of strong troops on land, the most important ones are naturally the tiger and wolf in the four borders and four kus of the Daning Kingdom, the iron cavalry in the northern border, the heavy armor in the western border, the wolf ape in the southern border, and the sword and soldiers in the eastern border, while the Siku is the source of soldiers in the four borders. In which year, the Siku Martial Arts Mansion was not full of talents and tiger generals frequently appeared?

But if it were not for the rich treasury that the Daning Kingdom had accumulated over hundreds of years, no matter how powerful the army was, it would not be able to support the four words of awe in the world.

There are nineteen roads in Daning, each of which is nineteen counties. The richest is Jiangnan Road. One fifth of the money, grain and taxes that fill the national treasury every year come from Jiangnan Road. The richest Jiangnan Road is Anyang County, the location of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion in Daning.

The brocade cloth of Daning is the best in the world. The red hair from the north and the blue eyes of the Western Regions are unimaginable in the brocade of Daning. It is rumored that the king of the Western Regions Chetuo Kingdom showed off that he had worn eleven clothes and was less than a pound. The king of the Tubo Kingdom next door immediately bought better ones at a high cost, and then opened a feast to show off that he had worn fifteen pieces. Well, it was less than a pound.

It is good to have serious clothes, but if you are serious or not, you won’t know.

Anyang County City is adjacent to the Nanping River, with a large river spreading across the river. There are endless merchant ships transporting brocade cloth every day. It is these cloth merchants that support 60% of the tax revenue of Jiangnan Road.

There will be no shortage of desperate outlaws in this world. The water bandits on the Nanping River have always been a disaster. At the beginning, they mobilized the Daning warriors to sweep them. However, the water bandits' boat-holding skills are far superior to these invincible soldiers on land, so they cannot be killed.

To this end, His Majesty the Emperor, Li Chengtang, decided to build the Daning naval army in Jiangnan Road. In its initial name, it was the Jiangnan Weaver Mansion's patrol naval army, and used water bandits to train troops and saw initial results. However, it would not take a day or two to eliminate the water bandits.

A Leng, a young man who had just finished loading, sat by the river and looked at the river patrol warship driving past. He was the adopted son of the boss Meng of a cloth weaving workshop in Yulin Town. He said he was the adopted son, but he was just a coolie who came for nothing.

He is twelve years old this year, and his biggest dream is to have the power of thousands of men to kill all the water bandits in the world.

The young man had such a ruthless idea, just because he felt that his parents must have been killed by the water bandits, so he threw him, who was still in his cradle, into the grass on the roadside in that cold winter. If Boss Meng had not picked him up and went back to block the evil spirits of his own son Meng Chang'an, he might have left the world at the age when he opened his eyes to see it.

Mr. Chen said, remember more kindness and less hatred.

A Leng suffered a lot at Boss Meng's house. He started working at the age of five or six. Other people's goods were hired by the coachman to deliver them to the cargo ship by the river. After he was ten, A Leng carried the goods alone on his shoulders. Everyone thought that A Leng should not live long. After all, he started working since he was so young. Boss Meng only gave him two cold steamed buns every day. How long can he last?

A Leng is like a weed that shouldn't have crawled out of the snow but is falling out. She scattered the frozen soil and tore the snow, and grew towards the rising sun... twelve years old, 1.7 meters tall, although she is thin, she is also strong.

From dusk to late at night, A Leng sat by the river all the time. He couldn't leave because Boss Meng asked him to wait for Meng Chang'an here, the young master who was the same age as him but had different fates.

Six years ago, an old Taoist passed by here. When he saw Meng Chang'an, his eyes shone brightly, saying that Meng Chang'an was like a tiger and wolf and would become a great man in the future, so he took him to Yanta Academy in Chang'an City to study and practice martial arts.

Every year before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Meng Chang'an would come back from Chang'an City. Every time, A Leng pulled a heavy cart to pick him up. The Meng family had a slow horse to pull a cart, but Boss Meng said that pulling a cart was too bumpy and it was not as smooth and comfortable as pulling a cart for people.

The little fat Chen Ran ran over from a distance, sat beside A Leng and stuffed him two warm white steamed buns: "Leng'er, why haven't the work been cut off today? I see you'll be loaded in the evening."

"Waiting for Meng Chang'an."

Leng'er smiled: "Where are you? Why don't you go back so late?"

"Accompany my dad, my dad said that there will be a ship of cargo to be loaded later. I will take the customer's money and I have to wait no matter how late."

He handed Leng'er the bigger bun, and Leng'er picked the smaller one and bit down half of it.

Chen Ran also laughed, and bit her bit her mouth like Leng'er, and her mouth was bulging and she was still talking: "Meng Changan is coming back, that guy, bullying you since he was a child... But then again, can he really become a general?"

"General?"

Leng'er shook his head. He didn't know if Meng Chang'an would become a general. But he remembered that when the old Taoist took Meng Chang'an away that day, he saw him carrying a piece of cloth and his hands were trembling. The guy was muttering in his mouth and saying something like trapped in Long Zaiyuan. Leng'er couldn't understand and said that Boss Meng would be punished by God, and that Yulin Town was afraid that there would be a major disaster in the future.

Don't care.

He didn't like the old Taoist, and he looked mysterious and unpleasant. Leng'er liked Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen, who came to Meng's house to purchase goods every month, looked like a warm person. He seemed very kind to Leng'er. Every time Leng'er came to load the goods, he would give Leng'er three copper coins. Of course, three copper coins were nothing, so he just bought two steamed buns, but that was concerned.

Every time Mr. Chen comes, he will bring some small gifts, which are not worth it, but they are very special. This time he gave Leng'er a steel hunting knife. It has no sharp edges or scabbards. Leng'er doesn't understand what Mr. Chen means to give him this, but he likes it very much anyway.

Mr. Chen went to Boss Meng's house to purchase goods after hearing the story of Leng'er. That winter, Boss Meng got a son and invited Taoist from nearby Taoist temples to see his son. Taoist said that Meng Chang'an was a blessed person, but his life was weak. He asked Boss Meng to find a miserable child of the same age as Meng Chang'an to take him as his adopted son to block the evil spirits. Coincidentally, on the way back to Taoist temple, Boss Meng heard the child's crying in the grass on the side of the road.

A bitter child? What else is more bitter than being abandoned?

Boss Meng felt that it was God's will, so he happily picked up Leng'er and named it Leng'er casually. It didn't matter anyway, and he didn't allow Leng'er's surname to be Meng. Of course, it doesn't matter whether he has a surname or not.

Leng'er thought, if she could, her surname would be Chen, Mr. Chen... Chen Leng.

Mr. Chen said favor is more important than hatred, and he doesn't know why Mr. Chen says this every time he comes. There is a meaning in his eyes that seems to be trying to get forgiveness. Leng'er is not sure, and he doesn't think there will be such a meaning. Mr. Chen doesn't feel sorry for himself.

But Mr. Chen also said that a man should have ambitions for the whole world, remember to be kind, and to avenge him, whether it is a grudge or a kindness, he should be repaid quickly or not. In fact, Leng'er didn't understand the meaning of Mr. Chen giving him a hunting knife. Mr. Chen wanted to tell him that the knife had no sheath and did not hide his edge.

Thinking about it in a mess, Leng'er was in a daze before hearing what Chen Ran was talking about beside her, and the steamed buns had been eaten.

Leng'er suddenly remembered something: "Is this steamed bun your father's supper? He gave the steamed bun to you and me. How can he hold on to the boat if he has to be hungry after a while?"

Leng'er took out the three copper coins from his arms: "The people who sell steamed buns by the river go to buy two more to send to your father. As a son, you should think more about whether your father is tired."

Chen Ran's nose felt sour: "I understand! I'd rather be hungry than let my father be hungry."

He grabbed the three coins and ran out, like a stupid fat duck.

Leng'er smiled, and Mr. Chen said he should care more about others and move towards warmth all the time... Mr. Chen is really a strange person. He knows everything and sometimes what he says is a bit contradictory.

Over the years, Mr. Chen has kept the copper coins given by him. Even if he is cold or hungry, he is reluctant to spend them. I heard that the wine and food in Haohailou, Yulin Town is the best, but it is very expensive, so I have to save it again. Then I invite Mr. Chen to have a meal and drink at Haohailou, and I have to order a few more dishes.

When it was midnight, the cargo ship that was supposed to come had not arrived yet. The drivers Liba who were waiting for loading on the riverside began to curse. The voice was not loud, but it was quite harsh.

Leng'er stood up and stretched his muscles and bones. The blood marks on his shoulders were still aching. After carrying the goods for a day, he pulled such a heavy car over, and his shoulders were already unable to bear it.

At this moment, suddenly, balls of red light came down the river in the upstream direction, looking spectacular. Everyone gathered on the pier and looked over there, and suddenly shouted with sharp eyes: "The boat is burned!"

The red lights were ignited cargo ships, Leng'er was shocked... Water bandits! Water bandits were hijacking the ship upstream again. Mr. Chen left in the evening, so nothing happened.

He stood by the river and watched with his feet watching a burning cargo ship passing by in front of him. The fire was very strong. Leng'er saw the sign on the cargo ship through the fire... It was Mr. Shen's ship.

Leng'er felt so sad for the first time in her life.

No matter how miserable his life is, he is not sad, but how can such a good person as Mr. Chen die?

Without hesitation, Leng'er took out the hunting knife and held it in her mouth, gritted her teeth, lowered her head, like a calf who didn't know the sinister hearts of the world, rushed out of the fence, plunged into the cold river water, and swam towards the burning cargo ship.

If I have the power of ten thousand men, I will kill all the water bandits in the world.
Chapter completed!