Chapter 1181 Zhao Qian's bold decision (tenth)
This time, when the caravan leader was still communicating with the big boss behind them, and was shocked by the rapid production of textile groups in the Han Dynasty today, Ambassador Liu Liang had already met Zhao Kuo.
"Liu Liang has seen His Majesty go to the Seleucid Empire this time and is lucky to be worse than life. He finally successfully completed the task entrusted by His Majesty."
When Liu Liang spoke, there was a tremor caused by excitement in his voice, but there was more pride and pride.
After all, this time Liu Liang did complete the task very successfully, and he definitely belonged to the kind of contribution that he could get promoted and make money.
Zhao Kuo looked at Liu Liang with a smile, nodded and said, "It's very good, I already knew that you are a reliable and useful talent. Now it seems that I have lived up to my expectations.
Let me tell you some important things about your Seleucid Empire, so that I can also understand what kind of country the Seleucid Empire is.”
Although Zhao Kuo had fought a war with the Seleucid Empire, after all, it was a battle between everyone on the battlefield. The real life of the Seleucid Empire, the conversation habits of their kings and nobles, etc., and of course it is impossible to know these things from the battlefield.
Liu Liang naturally did not dare to neglect and quickly arrived one by one with the things Zhao Kuo asked for.
This was said for several hours. Zhao Kuo also heard it, so he left Liu Liang in the palace for dinner. He said it until midnight. After Liu Liang's mouth was dry, Zhao Kuo nodded with satisfaction.
"It turns out that the Seleucid Empire is such a country. If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't know.
Liu Liang, you are indeed very rewarding. I decided to reward you with 1 million yuan and also promote your title to one level.
As for your official position, I have decided to establish a new Seleucid Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so you should be the director of this Seleucid Division."
When Liu Liang heard Zhao Kuo's reward, he smiled and knelt down directly at Zhao Kuo.
This reward is definitely very, very generous. Usually, Liu Liang may have to endure the hard work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he may not be able to receive for 5 or 10 years. This time he can only get it for one year after going to the Seleucid Empire. How can he not be overjoyed?
Afterwards, Liu Liang wrote the letter written by Li Jian in his hand to Zhao Kuo that he had already brought in his arms, and respectfully handed it to Zhao Kuo, and then he left it.
Zhao Kuo looked at the letter from Li Jian in his hand and was also a little curious. Although Liu Liang was an ambassador on the surface, in fact, the minions sent by Zhao Kuo to the Seleucid Empire were actually Li Jian.
Only these old nightingales are the ones Zhao Kuo feel most at ease.
Looking at Li Jian's letter, Zhao Kuo's brows gradually frowned, and then slowly stretched out.
Judging from Li Jian's line, Zhao Kuo could read a very strong confidence. It was obvious that Li Jian felt that the demise of the Han Dynasty and the Seleucid Empire were already a natural thing. It only required some construction for about two or three years.
So now there is a question, which is Zhao Kuo. Should he adopt Li Jian’s suggestion?
Zhao Kuo smiled and solemnly put the letter away.
"Then set the demise of the Seleucid Empire two years later."
The demise of the Seleucid Empire has not yet happened, but the demise of the North Korean Empire has ended, and the aftermath of the demise of the North Korean Empire is still rippling on the Korean Peninsula.
This is a coast at the southernmost end of the Korean Peninsula. There are bare reefs on the shore, which can be said to be rare.
There is a small village about six or seven miles away from the coast. This village maintains the original tribal posture and can be said to be very backward.
There is only such a small village within a radius of dozens of miles. The main reason is that the living environment of this place is too harsh, so most of the tribes that can survive have moved to the plains in the west, unwilling to survive in the reefs and mountains in the southeast.
On that morning, when the men of these tribes were about to leave their homes and go out to sea to fish on the beach, they suddenly fell off their chins by the scene in front of them.
There were countless dense ships suddenly appeared on the vast ocean, and these ships were only big and small. The largest of them was even larger than the largest whale these fishermen had seen in their lives. The red flag on them also looked particularly dazzling.
For the men of these tribes, they obviously could not understand what they were seeing, so the next moment they immediately ran back home in panic and began to take their families and young people to hide in the distant mountains. This is also a common method for them to meet powerful enemies.
The prince of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Qian, stood on the deck of a Yuhuang warship headed by the leader. After watching this scene, he couldn't help laughing.
To be honest, this is actually not the first panicked tribe that Zhao Qian saw when he went south to conquer various tribes on the Korean Peninsula. However, whenever he saw this scene, he still felt a sense of satisfaction and pride in his heart.
There is no way, who made the Han Kingdom so powerful? Just look at the tribal villages like the savages in front of you, and you can know how valuable the Han Kingdom is now.
Zhao Qing took a deep breath, glanced at the fleet commander who had already been eager to try, and said with a smile: "Commander Li, you can give orders now."
So after a quarter of an hour, when a large number of Han naval fleets began to dock, the soldiers of the naval fleet jumped down the shore and marched towards the village not far away.
Half an hour later, hundreds of tribal people in the village who had not yet left were all gathered. They stared at the fully armed naval soldiers of the Han Kingdom around them in panic, not knowing what kind of fate they were going to face.
Zhao Qian had long been accustomed to this situation. He coughed and said lightly: "What about the translation? Don't give it to me, come here quickly."
Soon, a guy who looked like a native native of the Korean Peninsula, ran over wearing the armor of soldiers of the Han army nodded and bowed.
This is also impossible. If you want to communicate with these local indigenous people, of course you still need some translation. After all, these indigenous people are similar to the respective languages of the savages. They are not born in the Shang Dynasty like the North Korean country, and can communicate with Zhao Qian in elegant language.
Zhao Qian spoke to the local natives of the Korean Peninsula in front of him: "From today on, you are the people under our Han Dynasty. Next, officials will come to rule and educate you. You must do your best to follow his words, otherwise you will have a very miserable end."
After waiting for the translator to translate these words to these natives, Zhao Qian reached out and pointed to a sheep not far away.
Several Han musketeers who had already prepared raised the muzzles in their hands at the same time, and shot several bangs at the same time, instantly knocking the sheep into a sieve.
After seeing this scene, the natives in the village screamed in surprise. Some even knelt down at the musketeers with a look of panic and began to kowtow, talking about something in their mouths.
Zhao Qian glanced at the translator, and the translator understood and immediately spoke: "The savages such as the Crown Prince of the Cavalry do not understand. They think that these musketeers are messengers sent by the gods, so they are expressing their awe to these messengers."
After hearing what the translator said, Zhao Qian was also a little amused and laughed. He thought that this uneducated thing was really terrible. Even musketeers could be considered as messengers of the gods.
But that's good. During the next contact between Zhao Qian and the natives, these natives may have been really scared by the musketeers. They knew everything about Zhao Qian's inquiries.
So, during this ordinary inquiry, Zhao Qian actually gained an unexpected gain.
It turns out that this tribe's village does not actually live here every year. During the few months of each year, they often choose to retreat into the mountains and forests in the north, with the purpose of hiding from some sea bandits from the southeast.
When Zhao Qian heard the news, he immediately became interested and immediately asked: "What kind of sea bandit is it?
Can you describe it to me in detail?”
Then the natives of these tribes also explained in detail. They actually did not know where the bandits on the sea came from, but they knew that these bandits on the sea came from very far islands, and they rode canoes or very simple sailboats every year.
Sometimes they come and trade with local indigenous people for goods, but in recent years, I don’t know why they are more willing to rob and kill.
It is precisely because of this that there were actually several villages in this area, but later, in order to avoid bandits, these villages moved away one after another. Only this village took the risk of staying here because their force was relatively strong.
After all, after other villages move away, these places will actually have more prey and can catch more fish when going to sea. This is also a very important reason why this village stays here.
After listening to the words of the natives in these villages, Zhao Qian actually had a scheming in his mind.
That night, Zhao Qian opened a world map in his room on the boat and watched it for a long time in a daze.
The door was knocked, Zhao Qian responded quietly, and then Zhao Zheng walked in and said to Zhao Qian: "Why is the prince not resting yet?
It's already very late."
After so many days of training, Zhao Zheng's seasickness problem has finally improved a lot, so he can act more freely now.
Zhao Qian smiled and told Zhao Zheng what he heard during the day, and then said to Zhao Zheng: "If I was not wrong, the so-called sea bandits should actually be from the Four Islands of Fusang."
After hearing Zhao Qian's words, Zhao Zheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's true. According to what Your Majesty told us before, these bandits on the sea should have taken advantage of the annual monsoon current and then drifted directly over with canoes."
Zhao Qian smiled and said, "I heard from my father that those distant Western Vikings could only use a small boat to travel through a very vast ocean. At that time, I thought this kind of thing was simply a myth, but I didn't expect that I could hear it at this time."
Zhao Zheng smiled, then looked at Zhao Qian and said, "If His Royal Highness the Prince is willing, we can actually assemble a small army here. When the sea bandits arrive, we can directly capture them. If we ask them to be our guide, we will probably be able to spend this ocean and arrive at the Four Islands of Fusang safely."
Zhao Zheng was actually quite happy when he spoke, because this time Zhao Qian had another task, which was to serve as a military supervisor to create as many conditions as possible for the future attack on the Four Islands of Fusang. Unexpectedly, there would be hope so soon, and he would catch a group of indigenous people who were originally from the Four Islands of Fusang.
Zhao Qian smiled after hearing Zhao Zheng's words and did not speak, but the prince's eyes shone with a light that had never appeared before.
After a while, Zhao Qian made up his mind and spoke to Zhao Zheng, "Actually, I don't think we have to wait for any sea bandits here at all. After all, we don't know when this so-called sea bandit comes every year, and whether they made it up."
After hearing what Zhao Qian said, Zhao Zheng was stunned at first, then suddenly seemed to understand something, and looked at Zhao Qian in surprise: "Crown Prince, do you mean..." Zhao Qian smiled and said to Zhao Zheng with great certainty: "It seems that you already understand what I mean. Yes, I just want to set out directly from here and go to the Four Islands of Fusang."
After hearing Zhao Qian's words, Zhao Zheng was already mentally prepared, but he was still shocked at this moment and subconsciously said to Zhao Qian: "Your Highness the Crown Prince must not do this time."
You should know that before this, the ships of these fleets had been moving along the coastline, so basically there was no experience of leaving the coastline and directly entering the depths of the ocean.
Now Zhao Qian actually wants to cross the Korean Strait on the map and go to the Four Islands of Fusang. This is undoubtedly a very risky move, and it is difficult for Zhao Zheng to agree.
However, Zhao Zheng's opposition did not shake any Zhao Qian's confidence. He said with certainty: "I have made up my mind. This time, I must let the whole world and my father know that I, Zhao Qian, are not a flower in the greenhouse, and I can also make a career."
Chapter completed!