Chapter 1079: Success in the East and Success in the West (Part 72)

Zao Wuji was very angry. In a short period of time, he had already smashed several cups and was pacing around the room like a trapped animal. His wide-eyed, scary-red eyes seemed to want to devour anyone. .

Zhao Wuji had no reason not to be angry. As the leader of Zhao State, he humbly came to Jicheng and bowed his head to Gao Yuan, an upstart. Yes, in Zhao Wuji's heart, Gao Yuan was an upstart. In his heart, Even if Zhao is now in trouble and in decline, shouldn't Gao Yuan give him the courtesy that a king should have?

He sent a minister of etiquette, left him in the post house, and then ran away in a hurry. This kind of naked humiliation made Zhao Wuji almost want to shake off his sleeves and leave Jicheng.

Just when Zhao Wuji was getting more and more angry as he thought about it, Zhou Changshou hurried in.

"Your Majesty, I heard about it!" Zhou Changshou said: "The people I sent out are back. Today, an expedition team from the Han Kingdom happened to be back. This team has been on the expedition for two years."

"Two years on the expedition? Where did they go?" Zhao Wuji was startled. He never expected that Gao Yuan would actually send an expedition team despite the fact that he had been fighting non-stop for these years.

"Overseas!" Zhou Changshou's face was solemn, "The Han Kingdom sent an expedition team of thousands of people and sailed out to sea with hundreds of ships. They have been there for more than two years. They just returned to Jicheng today. They won a great victory. We returned with countless trophies, including dozens of large monsters that we had never seen before."

Zhao Wuji sat down slowly, the anger on his face dissipated a lot in the blink of an eye, "Chang Changshou, you have friendship with many generals in the Han army. Please go and find out when the King of Han can see me?" "

"Yes, I understand!" Zhou Changshou bowed, walked a few steps, and then stopped, "Your Majesty, Zhao is in a bad situation now, Your Majesty is still..."

"You go ahead, I understand." Zhao Wuji sighed and waved his hand to signal Zhou Changshou to leave. "I hope to see the King of Han as soon as possible. Now that you and I have left Handan, Yang Shu and Meng Guang's previous positions were too low. I I’m worried that they won’t be able to suppress the situation.”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll find a way out right away!" Zhou Changshou nodded repeatedly.

And when Zhao Wang Zhao Wuji was angry, entangled, worried, fearful and other emotions mixed together, eating poorly and having trouble sleeping peacefully, Kou Shuguang was sitting in the Qinzheng Hall where Gao Yuan usually reviewed official documents, saying to him. Gao Yuan and several political advisors reported some things that were not suitable to be discussed in a court meeting.

At the court meeting, Kou Shuguang offered only things of honor, such as dozens of carriages worth of gold and silver, which amounted to millions of taels of silver. He almost turned over the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to his delight on the spot. Gao Yuan estimated At that time, Wang Wudi was so hot-blooded and flushed that his blood pressure soared to at least over 200. However, in this era, everyone definitely doesn't know what blood pressure is.

Except for silver, those animals that were not found in the Central Plains, and those places that we passed along the way, some so-called credentials of kings expressing their surrender, but for these, Gao Yuan disdained, the kind that occupied a small There are even several kings on the same island. The letters of credence sent by the king's guys are really not of much value. He can't defeat you and express his surrender to you. Once you leave, he will go his own way and be capricious, but it can't be taken seriously. .

However, many officials in the court care about this very much. Even Jiang Jiaquan is twitching his beard and smiling.

After the honorable work was done and the court dispersed, Kou Shuguang came to the Qinzheng Hall where Gao Yuan usually worked. This was what Gao Yuan really valued.

"How many people have been killed along the way?" Gao Yuan asked, looking at Kou Shuguang who had a lot of iron-blooded aura on his body. Kou Shuguang used to be a general of the Supervisory Council. Because he had certain attainments in the navy, he was originally assigned He went to Zhou Yuan's hometown in Fenzhou, and then organized the navy and became the first commander of the navy. At that time, he had not been on the battlefield, so he naturally did not have the murderous aura that can be accumulated on the battlefield now.

Kou Shuguang smiled, "In the past, Li Yizheng mainly did business, and sometimes we had to be bullied by them. But this time we go, not only to do business, but also to conquer, so at the beginning, I We started to set a trap for them. The first thing we docked was a real merchant ship. When those natives thought they were bullying us like they did in previous years, the warships would appear and land, and then there would be iron and blood." He looked up and thought for a moment. , "It's not too many, there are always hundreds of thousands of people!"

As soon as he said these words, several councilors took a breath of cold air. You must know that Kou Shuguang only brought a total of 3,000 people out. In the past two years, they have killed more than 100,000 people. On average, wouldn't it be like going to sea? Every one of them has dozens of lives on their hands.

"A Quan, he..." Li Can on the side asked a little stutteringly. When Li Quan was at home, he was just a scholar.

Kou Shuguang laughed, "Li Quan was a little uncomfortable at first, but as we walked farther and farther, the casualties of the troops became larger and larger, and he had to go into battle with a knife, killing for the first time. After defeating the enemy, he lay on the boat for three whole days, vomiting to the point of blackness, but he got through it and was fine. Later, he probably killed more people than me."

The muscles on Li Can's face twitched, and he didn't know whether he was happy or worried.

"There are a lot more!" Gao Yuan exhaled, "There shouldn't be many people on those island countries, so wouldn't some of them be wiped out by you?"

"There were a few people who were exterminated. They were mainly those who resisted to the end, refused to surrender, or caused us heavy casualties. In fact, the biggest casualties were not in the island countries along the way, but in the end we found what the king said The Fuso. Fuso is larger and more densely populated. As the king said, this place is rich in gold and silver. At first we wanted to trade normally, but the people here are so cunning and cruel that they actually want to take advantage of us. , then we are not polite, I only left a few hundred people to guard the ship, and took 2,000 soldiers and some servants who were subdued along the way ashore, where we fought with them for more than a year."

"Knock them all down?" Jiang Jiaquan asked.

"How is that possible?" Kou Shuguang said with a smile: "We are only two or three thousand people, but we conquered all the people in southern Fusang, and then we helped some puppets come to power to fight against the north. It is precisely because of this , it took too much time and made the king worried."

"What you did in Fuso was correct. There are more people on this island, and they have their own traditions and culture. You can't kill them all if you want to. Support some, fight some, and let them suffer from internal friction. Gradually consume strength, this is a grand strategy, you can discuss it carefully with the Overwatch Council Tianci and others later, we must control this island."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go back and find Dean Cao." Kou Shuguang nodded.

"By the way, have you found the tree I asked you to look for?" Gao Yuan asked.

"We found the rubber tree that the king mentioned. We found this kind of tree on an island. The natives on the island cut the bark and collected the sap from the tree. After tinkering with it, this kind of tree came out. The seed sap turns into something soft and leathery, but quite strong. This time, we brought back a lot of this kind of leather, and also brought along the best craftsmen on the island who make this kind of thing. return."

"How many of these things did you bring back?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Because the king values ​​this thing very much, I packed a whole boat with it. This thing is not a rare thing among them." Kou Shuguang said with a smile.

"It's rare or not, let's see where it is used!" Gao Yuan laughed and said, rubber trees, if you find this thing, there are many places where it can be used. Not to mention anything else, just the carriages of the Han Kingdom are driving. Above the speed, it will reach a higher level. With the rapid development of Dahan's military industry, new biological parts such as balls, tired shafts, bending shafts, pulleys and other new parts are bringing Dahan's military industry to a new stage, especially in transportation. On the road, the speed of the carriage has increased again and again with the appearance of these things. The only shortcoming is the wheels, whether they are made of iron or wood, they are too easy to be damaged. Now that they have found rubber, Gao Yuan can't help but look forward to the wheels with tires. The scene of a horse-drawn carriage galloping on a horse racing track.

"Your Majesty, I have inquired about it. Due to the climate, this kind of tree cannot be planted here, so I gave up the idea of ​​bringing the plant back for transplanting." Kou Shuguang explained.

"I know!" Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Are there many people planting this kind of tree there?"

"Not many!" Kou Shuguang said: "We searched many islands, and we only found this kind of tree on two or three small islands."

"The next time you go there, I hope there are more places to plant this kind of tree. I think it won't be long before our demand for this kind of thing will reach a terrifying amount. Remember those natives Plant as much as possible, and we will purchase as much as we can harvest at that time, so that people there will find it profitable to plant this kind of tree, so as to attract more people to plant rubber trees."

"This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone!" Jiang Jiaquan said with a smile: "When all the people over there plant this kind of tree, then they will not have more people to plant valuable food and produce those daily necessities. So where do these things come from? Of course we transport them and sell them to them, and we pay them for the rubber, but they eventually return the money to us."

"Take your people and have a good time in Jicheng for a few days, and then give them a long vacation. There is still a lot of time before the next trip to sea. Let the brothers relax. Next time you go on an expedition, the ships will Doubling the training will double the army. Shuguang, the place you have reached is far from the end of the sea. I hope you can go further." Gao Yuan stood up and patted Kou Shuguang in front of him. His shoulders.(To be continued)