The sea waves were gushing, and the wind that was rushing towards me had a salty smell.

Liu Zhiyuan used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the situation of the Song people's villages. For the Xia people on the island, observing another living state opposite the sea is a relaxing entertainment activity. The Xia people are nervously guarding against the enemy at all times, while the life of the Song people's immigrants is much lazy and casual. However, neither the Black Slaves nor the Tufan tribes are as complicated and interesting as the Song people. The ratio of men and women among the Song people is slightly lower than that of the Xia people on Longzhu Island. The houses they built are too scattered, which is convenient for work and not conducive to defense. The Xia people on the island live in the narrow village walls, and at most temporary shacks are built in the fields on the ground. Outside the village walls are townhouses where the black Slaves live, and only a few most reliable slaves are allowed to step into the village and can only enter a limited place.

In order to avoid trouble, Longzhu Island used black slaves as labor, and the Song people or Tufans were not allowed to go to the island. The grain harvest of black slaves was far inferior to that of farmers from Guandong, and only sugarcane was easy to plant. Li Yong originally wanted to use black slaves to grow sugarcane on both sides of the north and south, but built sugar factories, warehouses and wharfs on Longzhu Island. After the Marine Office discovered Longzhu Island, a large number of black slaves were used to strengthen the city, and the labor force in the fields was not enough. Longzhu Island was far inferior to the achievements of the Song people's cultivation.

A year ago, a Dashi Navy crossed the Ivory Channel. At that time, the defense facilities on the island were still well built. Liu Zhiyuan could only let it pass and tried not to provoke disputes with the Dashi fleet. The managers of several Yajiaoxing were very cowardly. Even now, there are only 1,500 Xia people on the island, including more than 200 gunners and more than 1,200 strong men. If they really fight, even the black slaves are unreliable. Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan also hopes that the South China Sea Navy will arrive early, and it is best to block the Dashi Navy to the east of the Ivory Channel.

"The opposite side will have to sow again tomorrow." Liu Wu, the manager, said in a disappointment, "I'm afraid I'll have to buy food from the opposite side again in a few months."

"This is nothing," Liu Zhiyuan sneered, "they also ask us for help."

"Ah? Is that right?" Liu Wu looked at Liu Zhiyuan in surprise and whispered, "Can they... those turtle men are going to kill pigs?"

"It's not certain." Liu Zhiyuan whispered, "But, the host is poor and the guest is rich, and this day will come sooner or later."

Although the troops on the island were not enough to deal with the Dashi Navy, it was far better than the defenders of Huating County in the Song State, and was no less inferior to the princes of Sanfoqi. Liu Zhiyuan had been buying fine works in Fanluo. He heard that Huating County was getting richer and richer, and many of the leaders of Fanluo were salivating. The Song people's reclaimed more and more, and they also conflicted with the original Fanluo people. There were Dashi merchants who sowed the dissatisfaction and said that the Song people were very cunning and occupied the land of the original Fanluo for nothing, and took advantage of the transaction. Therefore, a stream of dissatisfaction and greed was secretly accumulating in the nearby Fanluo, and even the princes of Sanfoqi could not help it.

"No," Liu Wu said in confusion, "Aren't the Three Buddhas fighting against the Dashi princes? The State of Song is also fighting against the Dashi..."

"That's the matter of the princes in the north," Liu Zhiyuan shook his head, "These local kings in the south do not care about these. The big food merchants are deeply rooted here, and they have already fed the local king for hundreds of years. The official of Song State is high and high. Hum..." Liu Zhiyuan looked dissatisfied. The official of Song State is arrogant. Even if Xia and Song are allies now, they will be embarrassed by the official every time they buy grain from Huating County. They repeatedly ask Longzhu Island to recognize the official as the righteous and devote a lot of effort. For Liu Zhiyuan and others, this is nothing more than a humiliation. "In a few years, they will regret it."

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"A gentleman seeks for himself, and a villain seeks for others. Why is this?"

The boat shook slightly. In the White Tiger Hall, Zhao Xingde was in charge of the commander position, holding a volume of "The Analects of Confucius" in his hand, and explained slowly. The hall was filled with naval officers, some listened attentively, while others looked at the sea water outside the window absent-mindedly. Every morning and evening reading for half an hour, it was the third day. Du Chujiao fought with his eyelids, but he still held his spirits. Since Zhao Xingde reopened the lecture, although the officers were asked to participate voluntarily, no one dared to shrink his neck and not come.

"Only a gentleman is the position of a gentleman outside and a gentleman is the right of a gentleman can do the way of a gentleman. A gentleman does not depend on others in terms of status or intention. Therefore, when encountering anything, he has both power and ability to make decisions and deal with it. On the contrary, villains have to rely on others to make decisions and make decisions in terms of status and ability. People who have status and rely on others to make decisions, such as King Huai of Chu relies on Zhang Yi, Emperor Huan of Han relies on ten regular attendants, and officials of state officials rely on swords and pens, and have no opinion in the case of things, and are led by others. It cannot be called the way of a gentleman. People who have the right of a gentleman but do not have the status of a gentleman, unless they are better to be broken than to be completely broken, it will be difficult to practice the way of a gentleman and have to seek it from others. Therefore, everyone in the Song Dynasty is a gentleman, and their responsibilities are heavy and their path is far-reaching."

"That's all for today." Zhao Xingde closed the Analects of Confucius and said in a deep voice: "Thank you all for your hard work."

"Thank you for your advice," the officers said in unison. Early in the morning every morning, the officers gathered in Baihu Hall to listen. In addition to the school officials who were the main lecturer of Zhao Xingde, each boat was selected to teach the gentleman's way to the officers. Zhao Xingde had written a memorial to the Ministry of War, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the title of the school official was organized into customization. In the future, the commander, the school official, and the guardian envoy were three. Although the command power on the ship was extremely powerful, he was not allowed to appoint and remove the school official and the guardian envoy. If the commander died or was dismissed in the battle, the guardian envoy was given priority. If the guardian envoy died or was dismissed, the guardian envoy was given priority. If the guardian envoy died or was dismissed, the guardian envoy was given priority.

When the officers were talking, the soldiers would organize the cabin and scrub the deck. Then Zhao Xingde led the officers to inspect the entire ship. Next, all officers and soldiers had a meeting. In addition to military affairs, Zhao Xingde also had to tell all officers and soldiers a small way of gentlemanly. He also encouraged officers and soldiers to discuss with each other and speak freely. In the evening, such procedures would come again, but the officers would first organize the evening meeting of officers and soldiers of each department, and then Zhao Xingde organized the evening meeting of officers and officers of all ships. At the evening meeting, everyone had to speak, summarizing their shortcomings, and encouraging officers and soldiers to oppress their robes and other acts that violated military law. Zhao Xingde is called "a gentleman examines himself three times a day", and also helps others to "repair before."

In short, each crew member is under the public attention from the outside to the inside, each person has much less free time and less space for small groups to move. However, the gentleman's way that Zhao Xingde has fully instilled in the navy officers and soldiers is the most important thing for gentlemen to be independent. In other words, he wants everyone not to hide from the public life on the ship, find their own place, express their opinions, and guard their territory. This allows the ship to form an open and stable order. Anyone or behavior that disrupts this order will be discovered and corrected at the first time. Active and conscious soldiers have the opportunity to improve and cultivate. Life on the ship is closed and simple. With subtle influence day after day, officers and soldiers will gradually get used to a completely different life and order from the past in the village or relatives.

Under the urging of the Ministry of War, Zhao Xingde led the navy to anchor in advance and sail southward. However, in order to wait for the navy divisions of various departments to meet with the Yangzhou merchant fleet, Zhao Xingde notified the ports of Guangnan Road to strictly prevent pirates, the main force of the navy was just sailing slowly along the coast. Although the Ministry of War urged the troops to promote the troops in a hurry, Zhao Xingde was unwilling to fight with the Dashi Navy in haste, so he kept walking and stopping like this. When the storm was small, he would line up the sea to practice formations, and when the storm was heavy, he would dock and moor for a few days.

On that day, it anchored on Pinghu Island, Jinjiang County. There were no government offices on the island, only a few villages and nearly a thousand families.

When the people heard that the navy of the government army was docking, they carried three live sheep and five pigs under the leadership of the elders in the village. Ten jars of turbid wine from the farmers came to reward the army and cried to Zhao Xingde that there was a large island east of Pinghu, called Liuqiu. There were countless Shengfans on the island, which were inconsistent with the people of the Central Plains. They were naked, like wild animals rather than humans. They were especially good at killing and robbing people, and hung the cut heads outside the house to show their bravery. Therefore, unless they encountered great storms, passing merchant ships did not dare to stop on this Liuqiu Island, and this island became the nest of Shengfan and pirates. In particular, there was a Shengfan tribe named Visheye who often crossed the sea to kill people and rob.

"Master Qingtian, the foreign gangs are killing people without blinking, which has caused us overseas residents to suffer a great disaster. For many years, the old man said more and more miserable. "The villagers dare not look at the East China Sea during the day, and at night, they dare not light the lights in the village, for fear that the pirates will see the people and come to harm us." The villagers next to them also looked sad. Hundreds of men and women knelt down together and cried and begged: "Master Qingtian, please eliminate the pirates and make decisions for the people." There were also village women kowtowed with their children.

Although Pinghu is across the sea from Quanzhou, it is just a small island hanging overseas, and the annual taxes are optional. The island has been harassed by pirates for many years, and Quanzhou Prefecture and Jinjiang County both turned a deaf ear to it. Therefore, when the people saw the warships of the official army pass by, they begged desperately. After hearing the villagers' crying, many officers took a quick look, and some showed indignation.

Zhao Xingde pondered for a moment and asked, "How far is Liuqiu Island from here? Where is the Visayah tribe?"

"It's only a day and a night of sea journey, small boats and bamboo rafts can sail to Liuqiu Island," the old man saw this, and hurriedly said, "There are people in the village who were captured by Visheyeshengfan and fled back," he called out a man in his thirties from the villagers, "It's him who can serve as a guide for the general."

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