Chapter 287 Li Longji's Conspiracy
Lin Yisao has nearly 300 sea falcon ships... I have more than 20,000 people, and this sea falcon ship should be one of the strongest warships in the Tang Dynasty.
It can fight in bad weather. It is not large in size, with a low head and high tail, and a wide front and narrow back. It is designed and built according to the appearance of the sea falcon. Four to eight floating plates are placed on the left and right on the left, shaped like sea falcon wings. Its function is to enable the ship to sail smoothly in the stormy waves and drain water to increase speed.
The cabins are covered with raw cowhide into a city wall to prevent huge waves from breaking the wooden hull and preventing fire attack. A half-person-high female wall is also added to the cowhide wall, with crossbow windows and ship holes on the wall for attack. Various tooth flags and war drums are inserted on the deck to enhance the momentum.
Ordinary attacks cannot break the defense of the sea falcon ship. Most of the money robbed by the Black Dragon Gang turned into sea falcon ships, which is also the cleverness of this Mrs. Lin.
She knew that only by constantly increasing her strength at sea was the only choice to have a way out. Unlike the people who robbed her before, she only knew how to be greedy for pleasure.
Lin Yisao has good relations with some of the big merchants on the shore. As long as they pay the protection fee, they will not let the merchant ships of these big merchants be robbed. This is a very advanced idea.
Because of this, Lin Yisao frequently bought the most advanced warships of the Tang Dynasty with the help of Da Shang to expand her military power.
"Don't you think about it anymore?" Zhang Bao looked at Lin Yisao and asked in a low voice.
"What else is there to think about? Dengzhou is just a piece of fat. We have to be the first person to bite it. I will send someone to investigate and then launch an attack on Dengzhou. Don't worry about these things. Just take care of the portal at home."
"But..." Zhang Bao still wanted to persuade him, but Mrs. Lin waved her hand and didn't want to continue talking to Zhang Bao anymore.
Helplessly, Zhang Bao had to leave. After Zhang Bao left Lin Yisao's room, the confidants standing outside laughed intently. Zhang Bao clearly heard someone laughing sarcastically and said, "Look... I've been driven out again, is this kind of man?"
"Haha...what do you know... this kind of man who is called a soft-eating man, do you know the son-in-law?"
"I don't want to be such a man in my life. I can't even deal with my own women. It's better to die."
"In the past, Zhang Bao sold himself, but now he sold himself again. By the way... I remembered that this kind of thing is going to be a male favorite."
"Male pet...haha... This name is very appropriate, it's really a lowly male pet."
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The ridicule around him made Zhang Bao's mouth twitch slightly, but Zhang Bao did not refute, but left silently. This was Zhang Bao's hatred, and he had always lived in the shadow of the former leader.
Later, he finally snatched the woman from the former gang leader, and the former gang leader died again. He was originally justified to take the lead.
But who knew that this woman, Lin Yisao, had great ambitions. At a meeting of the Black Dragon Gang, the woman stepped on Zhang Bao and took the position of the leader of the gang. Although Zhang Bao wanted to fight with this woman that day, Zhang Bao looked at the people following the woman... Zhang Bao endured humiliation and died of silence again.
After entering his room, Zhang Bao kicked the stool down with one foot. Zhang Bao, who was sitting on the bed, calmed down. About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Bao suddenly shouted to the outside: "Is Lao Qiu here or not, have a drink with me."
After a while, Lao Qiu came. This was an old man who had no front teeth and felt very obscene when he smiled. It was an old man who was rescued by Zhang Bao when he went out to sea. The two soon became friends and always liked to have a drink together.
Today, Zhang Bao called Lao Qiu again and started drinking with Lao Qiu. While drinking, Zhang Bao started talking to Lao Qiu about his grievances and Lin Yisao's strength.
Not only that, when Zhang Bao was about to fall into drunkenness, he also revealed a news that shocked Lao Qiu, that was that Lin Yisao was preparing to attack Dengzhou City. This news made Lao Qiu a little worried.
After a drink, Lao Qiu, who had no front teeth, helped Zhang Bao to the bed, followed him secretly to the back mountain where there were very few pirates, and then took out a carrier pigeon from his arms and released it.
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Luoyang...Wu Sansi's Tianshu was successfully cast, with the pillar body stele engraved with the names of all officials and the four barbarians. Wu Zetian personally wrote "The Great Zhou Dynasty and the All Kingdoms Praise the virtues of Tianshu"
And on this day, Wu Zetian added the title of "Ci Yue Gu Jin Wheel Holy Emperor"
Then Wu Zetian set out from Shendu, climbed Mount Song, conferred the gods' mountains, and immigrated the world, and exempted the people of the world from renting and taxes for one year.
It was also in this year... Wu Zetian gathered the Wu family, Li Dan, Princess Taiping and other Li family members together, and asked the people on both sides to swear that they would never hurt each other.
This was Wu Zetian's helpless move. The court is now the world of the Li family. Although she was very disappointed with the Wu family, she could not watch the Wu family die because the Wu family killed too many of the Li family.
Wu Zetian was afraid that if he died, the Li family would kill all the Wu family.
So she had such a party, and at this party, Li Dan also expressed that she would live in peace with the Wu family, so that Wu Zetian could feel at ease. Of course, this was actually Wu Zetian himself deceived herself.
There is no conflict of interest now, so of course, whatever Wu Zetian says is what he says, but if there is a day when the Wu family changes, these so-called promises today will be invalidated instantly.
After Wu Zetian arrived in Songshan, she actually silently told her prime ministers about something related to Ang Lee. Wu Zetian meant that she was old and didn't know when she would see Ang Lee.
So Wu Zetian hopes to let Ang Lee come back once a year to see him.
It was just refuted by several prime ministers. Not only that, this incident reached Li Longji's ears, and Li Longji became even more afraid of Ang Lee. During this period, Li Longji could be said to be like a fish in water. In the court, he received support from many people.
Those who supported Li Longji promised that as long as Li Dan became emperor, he would recommend Li Longji as the crown prince.
However, from beginning to end, Li Longji did not get the recognition of several prime ministers. Under Di Renjie's persuasion, these prime ministers believed that only the eldest son, Li Chengqi, could become the crown prince.
On this side, the generals of Wu Zetian, Li Dan, Princess Taiping, Wu Sansi and others made oaths and documents, which were friendly to each other, wrote the oaths on iron vouchers, announced to the heaven and earth, and hid them in the history museum.
After she thought that this had solved the problem of the heir, she was full of complacentness. In addition, she was nearly 80 years old and began to indulge in pleasure, repairing palaces and temples, and her control over the government gradually decreased.
However, Wu Zetian did not expect that her behavior gave some people an opportunity to take advantage of.
Wu Zetian had fun with the Zhang brothers, so he basically stopped going to court, so the government was basically controlled by the prime ministers, so she asked the Zhang brothers to do whatever they did today and yesterday, just knowing what they did.
If the Zhang brothers had dared to act recklessly in the past, but after being beaten by their elder brother Ang Lee, the Zhang brothers became much more honest and generally followed Wu Zetian's request and did not dare to do more.
But even so, some people can't control their hearts. He wants to make contributions and make great contributions to help his father as the emperor, so that he can become the crown prince with justification.
So he began to think about the Zhang brothers. If he could turn the Zhang brothers into a disaster, he could clear the emperor's side.
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Dengzhou City at night
This is Dengzhou Port, which is different from Luoyang, which is already sleeping. Dengzhou Port is at this time when it is very lively.
On the long cement road of the port about a thousand meters, there are all kinds of snacks on both sides.
"Hupancakes, pancakes, sesame cakes, soup cakes... are all hot and freshly released...!"
This is a cake seller. The white flour cake is sprinkled with oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds, roasted in the stove, and it is crispy after taking a bite. If you can pick the meat, it will be even more fragrant.
"Lengtao, cold tao, eat it in one bite and it's unparalleled coolness..." This restaurant sells cold noodles. Sophora leaves juice and noodles are cooked into noodles, put them in well water to cool naturally, and eat them in your mouth to refresh and sweetly, relieve heat and relieve heat, and bring the breath of nature.
"Come on...come on...mutton, water basin mutton...!"
"Fish sashimi...fish sashimi...this is the sashimi of tuna. It was caught by our fishing team just now. Do you know that the king loves to eat it...!"
People in the Tang Dynasty also liked to eat fish. The common method was sashimi, which was made into sashimi. The way to eat sashimi in Japan was passed down by the Tang Dynasty. Now, Dengzhou can also catch a large number of sea fish. You should know that the fish sashimi of sea fish are much better than river fish. Ang Lee really likes to eat tuna fish sashimi.
But I don’t eat much, mainly because I am afraid of parasites.
"Sushan...Sushan...Delicious and sweet Sushan...!"
Every summer, people in the Tang Dynasty have endless ways to cool down, including frozen desserts. In the hot summer, a cup of Sushan is covered with cream on the bottom. If you get tired of it, you will dye it red with Concubine Red and Brows in red. It is full of fairy spirit with fake flowers and fairy taste. It is sweet and smooth at the mouth. It is the predecessor of modern ice cream.
Ang Lee, Qing'er, and Wang Ling'er walked in the Dengzhou Port at night, holding hands, with the sound of hawking and soliciting business on both sides, and the smell of food coming out. The three of them were walking and watching.
"What are we eating today?" Ang Lee asked, looking at the two little girls beside him.
But the two little girls didn't finish speaking, and a little tail behind them spoke: "Brother-in-law, I want to eat Sushan..."
Ang Lee looked back and saw that Wang Ziran, Wang Ling'er's younger brother, looked at Sushan, and said with a drooling look on the side.
"Your teeth are not good, and you still want to eat sweet... No..." Ang Lee was not spoiled at all for Wang Ziran. He really treated this kid as a relative.
"Ah..." Wang Ziran looked at the sister beside him with a frown.
However, Wang Ling'er said more fiercely than Ang Lee: "Don't look at me, if I were me, I would not give you any sweets. Look at your teeth, there is not much better. If you are disobedient, I will take you to see a doctor and give you those bitter medicines. What should I do?"
"Brother-in-law..." Wang Ziran looked at Ang Lee again.
At this time, Ang Lee laughed: "Okay... he can actually change his teeth, there is no need to go see the doctor, let's go eat cold noodles and cut some braised mutton...!"
"Okay...good..." Qing'er nodded with a smile.
Following a group of people into a cold noodle stall, the stall owner was very enthusiastic. After seeing a few people, he hurriedly asked a few to sit down. However, this cold noodle stall was really busy enough.
They not only have to make it in the store, but also deliver it.
"Waiter... hurry up, the eighth position of the port, you need ten bowls of cold noodles, you can send it here quickly."
Ang Lee laughed loudly, but he didn't expect that he had already had a delivery guy in Dengzhou. Although he couldn't compare with the modern delivery guy, he was already a lot of mistakes.
Then he heard the waiter respond quickly and trotted on the tray. Ang Lee was really worried that these noodles would be sprinkled.
Just as Ang Lee and others were eating cold noodles at the port.
Shangguan Wan'er, Xu Jingyi, and Li Pingcu were sitting in a room and talking to a white pigeon on the table.
"Finally, some pirates became interested in our Dengzhou." Shangguan Wan'er handed the note on the white pigeon's feet to Xu Jingyi and Li Pingcu.
"It's still the biggest pirate gang... This sister-in-law Lin is a character." Li Pingcu smiled slightly.
"Di Ting this guy will continue to follow up, and then determine the time for this group of pirates to attack us..." Xu Jingyi said slightly.
"Do you want to tell the king about this?" Shangguan Wan'er asked looking at the two girls.
"During this period, the king's mood has always been bad." Xu Jingyi said: "Or won't say it... Let Qing'er and Ling'er accompany you and relax."
"I think I'd better say anything here... Let the king divert his attention. Maybe the king will be happier in this way. And I always feel that the attack on us by the Black Dragon Gang this time is not that simple. The news I have in my hand is that Huangpu, Yangzhou, has also been doing something recently."
With a slightly frowning, Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Pingcu: "Isn't it Zhou Zhengtao's method?"
"There is this possibility..." Li Pingcu thought for a while: "The last time our explosives were robbed and the Li Xian family was killed, which prompted the king to be driven here. This also indirectly shows that Huangpu also had a secret recipe for explosives.
So if this incident was the action of Zhou Zhengtao of Huangpu, then we must be careful not only on the sea, but also on the land."
"Then let the king know... After all, this is not a trivial matter, by the way... Can Diting win over that Zhang Bao?" Shangguan Wan'er looked at Xu Jingyi and asked.
"Well...!" Xu Jingyi nodded: "The news given by Diting is that this Zhang Bao is indeed not very satisfactory, but it is dangerous to win over rashly and easily exposed, so I think it is better to wait until this crisis is over before slowly winning over, so there is no danger."
"Okay...!" Shangguan Wan'er: "That's it... Okay... All the things you should say are finished. You can go and do your own things, but no matter how busy you are, remember to go back before 22 o'clock in the evening.
The king needs us.”
Chapter completed!