Chapter 887 Hiding?
Gu Yunting finally decided to take these women with him.
As for the men on the eight civilian ships, whether they were Koreans or Japanese pirates, they were all thrown into the sea.
Just as they had abandoned the poor women and children, they were thrown into the sea themselves.
The sea is vast and boundless, and every wave seems to have a force of a thousand pounds. In a moment, they disappear in the blue water.
The matter of the civilian ship was just a small episode on the road ahead. It had no meaning other than inspiring the enthusiasm of the soldiers.
Gu Yunting led the fleet and marched along the coastline of the peninsula straight to Licheng Port.
Licheng Port was an important foreign trade hub of Goryeo, and countless cargo ships sailed from here to Da Zhou.
The appearance of the Dayun warship was like a shark pouncing on the clouds, scaring the passenger ships into fleeing in all directions.
"General Gu, aren't we going to take it down?" Song Shoujie rubbed his hands ready to fight.
Gu Yunting waved his fan. The weather was a bit hot and humid.
"Don't be in a hurry. We are here to show our national prestige. As a country of etiquette, it is normal diplomatic practice to use courtesy before force."
Song Shoujie was speechless. If occupying Licheng Port openly and honestly was a courtesy, then the Dayun Navy really understood etiquette.
The huge Licheng Port was occupied by the Dayun Navy.
No matter whether they were civilian ships or merchant ships, they were all driven away, acting like the master.
Song Shoujie led a team of Dayun sailors and wandered around the harbor.
He grabbed a naked fisherman and pointed at his fish basket.
The fisherman bent his back to 90 degrees as if he had seen a ghost, not daring to look at Song Shoujie at all.
"Delicious fish! Get it?!"
The fishermen were so frightened that they could only nod their heads repeatedly and did not understand what Song Shoujie meant at all. Finally, the women on the civilian boats translated haltingly, and only then did the fishermen realize that the other party did not want to kill them, but wanted fish from them.
The naked fisherman not only brought a basket of fish, but also brought sea cucumbers and clam shells.
Song Shoujie habitually paid out of his own pocket. The Dayun Navy had its own rules and could not take things for free.
His hand paused, but that rule was for the land in the Central Plains, and it did not mention whether or not to pay money after arriving in Goryeo.
If you don’t give it to me, it’s against military discipline.
Give it to me, but I still feel a little unwilling.
Fortunately, the fishermen did not give Song Shoujie a chance to make a decision. He didn't dare to ask for money. He put down his things and ran away.
Song Shoujie left two clams and prepared to open the shells himself, and gave the remaining fish to the women of Da Zhou, asking them to make some grilled fish.
Song Shoujie was lucky and got two pearls as big as fingernails.
He did not dare to eat it all by himself, but gave one to Gu Yunting: "Give it to the imperial concubine when you go back, as a local specialty."
"How much can this pearl sell for?"
"It's hard to say. If it was purple pearls, it would be more expensive, at least 100,000 strings of cash. No, because our Yunzhou's colored glassware is becoming more and more exquisite, and the hairpins and pearl hairpins made from it are particularly beautiful. Pearls are not selling as well as before, so the price has dropped a bit."
Gu Yunting glanced at the pearl in Song Shoujie's palm.
Song Shoujie clenched his fist and said embarrassedly: "I can't give it to you. I promised my daughter that I would give her the first trophy after arriving in Goryeo."
So giving you half is already very kind of me.
It just so happened that the women's grilled fish and stir-fried sea cucumbers were ready and were being brought onto the boat.
Song Shoujie narrowed his eyes and criticized them: "You didn't poison them, did you?"
"Look at what you said. We are counting on you to take us back to Dayun. How dare you poison us?"
"Hmph. Keep an eye on those Korean women. If any of their family members come looking for them, charge them some money as a token of your appreciation and then release them." Song Shoujie warned.
"The general is kind-hearted." The women praised him repeatedly and slowly retreated from the boat.
Gu Yunting took a bite of the sea cucumber. There was little seasoning on the boat, so the sea cucumber had no flavor and tasted bad.
"How old is your girl?"
Song Shoujie is not picky about food, he ate with a sizzling sound, "She is twelve, just the right age to love beauty. Bring the pearls back and set them on a hairpin, it will be very beautiful. Or grind them into pearl powder. She and her mother are addicted to applying white powder on their faces recently. It's so white that I was almost scared to death when I got up at night."
"How dare you say that to her face?"
Song Shoujie sneered and said in a rough voice: "Of course I don't dare! As for a woman's makeup, no matter whether she is made up as Yang Guifei or Zhong Wuyan, you have to praise them. They all have their own beauty."
"Tsk, tsk, is this your experience?"
Song Shoujie put down his chopsticks and sighed, "Of course I did. I only realized this truth five years after getting married."
Gu Yunting and Song Shoujie clinked glasses tacitly. This is how married men are. No matter how respectable they appear to be outside, they have to be humble and submissive to their wives when they return home.
Only when the daughter-in-law is happy can the family be harmonious.
If she is generous and allows you to have one or two concubines, that would be the best thing.
If she is jealous, it is better not to mention the matter of taking a concubine, otherwise, this family will not be a family.
The two of them were eating and drinking, as if they were not coming to Goryeo to fight, but to travel at sea.
Gu Yunting saw a Korean girl crying and running towards a pale-haired woman: "They are all money."
Song Shoujie glanced at Gu Yunting, who had an expressionless face, and was unsure of his attitude. After thinking for a moment, he organized his words.
"The battlefield is the battlefield, and the slaves earned during the war are spoils of war. For people like these who were picked up along the way, we should just treat them as pitiful people."
It sounded a bit hypocritical, but Gu Yunting accepted this reason.
Feeling that the relationship was almost established, Song Shoujie directly stated the purpose of his visit today: "Do we pay for the things we buy in Gaoli?"
"No."
"Um?!"
"Not only do they not give it, but they are also arrogant and domineering. In addition to murder and rape, the more arrogant the better."
Song Shoujie understood what Gu Yunting meant and gave him a thumbs up.
It’s not easy to pretend to be a good person, but isn’t it easy to do bad things?
When the navy heard Song Shoujie's order, the first thing they did was look at him with suspicion.
"General Song, are you trying to sting the law?"
"Go away, I don't have the time for that! To tell you the truth, we came to Goryeo just to cause trouble!"
There is no point in negotiation!
A soldier asked, "What if Gao Li and his men endured it?"
Song Shoujie's face flashed with hesitation: "You're not that cowardly, are you?"
“It’s hard to say.”
“Try it first!”
The Goryeo royal family was like a quail with its neck retracted. When they saw the Dayun warships blocking their port, they did not send anyone out.
What does this mean? If they don't meet, there won't be any conflicts, and they won't need to cede land or pay compensation?
You're just wishing. You're bound to find fault with this!
"If you don't give us a basket of sea cucumbers before tonight, I'll burn your straw nest tomorrow!"
The fishermen jumped into the sea naked, not even daring to take a breath, just to fill the basket with sea cucumbers.
Master Dayun hid aside and muttered to himself.
"Will it really be hot tomorrow?"
"Burn it?"
The doctor asked me to reduce the dosage by half a pill.
The body feels like a dead battery, with all kinds of fatigue and chaotic reactions coming on.
It will probably take another month or two to adjust...
My dears, please pay more attention to your health, because your health is your capital!
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