Chapter 514: The House Was Stolen
Dong Jichuan noticed that Prince Cheng was wavering, and immediately said, "Brother Boya, your master wants to form an alliance with the prince. Is he not sincere at all?"
Prince Cheng came back to his senses. Indeed, he was moved, but since Xie Zhan came to ask for help, how could he not show any expression?
Jiang Boya bowed and smiled, "Boya will not be impolite. To show his sincerity, my lord is willing to share the cultivation method of three-season rice on Zhuya Island with King Cheng."
Prince Cheng and Dong Jichuan looked at each other. They had heard before that three crops of rice could be grown on Zhuya Island. They had secretly tried it in the southwest, but could only grow two crops of rice a year and could not grow three crops of rice.
This gift is good, but they don’t seem to be able to use it.
That's what they thought and said.
Jiang Boya smiled but said nothing, "Prince Cheng will need it."
Oh? Prince Cheng waited for him to continue with great interest.
Wars are fought for food and supplies. Food is so important.
"Sindhu (India)." Jiang Boya uttered two words.
King Cheng touched his chin. He understood what Jiang Boya meant, which was that the neighboring place of Sindhu could grow three crops of rice.
"Besides this, is there nothing else?" Dong Jichuan asked.
Jiang Boya replied, "Of course there is more. My Lord promised that after we overcome this difficulty, next time we will join forces to capture cities and territories. At that time, King Cheng can take 70% of the profits."
Getting something for nothing!
Lingnan came to seek an alliance and sent three gifts, which sounded good, but in reality, they didn't receive a single one.
Prince Cheng was feeling rather unhappy when his favorite servant came forward and announced that the banquet was ready. He wanted to make a scene, but he had no choice but to give up.
Dong Jichuan sighed and invited Jiang Boya to join him.
At the same time, thousands of miles away at sea, the Cao Gang and the team led by Qin Sheng had just finished a battle, and some people were cleaning up the battlefield.
Qin Sheng was explaining things to Zhu Dazhuang.
Zhu Dazhuang looked at the small fingernail-sized wound on his hand and asked, "Sixth Master, do you want to apply some medicine?"
Qin Sheng took a glance and saw that the tiny wound was almost scabbing over.
Just then, he felt something tugging at the hem of his clothes, and he lowered his head.
During the fight just now, Qin Sheng's clothes were torn apart. He didn't pay attention when he was talking, and a corner of it fell into the sea.
Zhu Dazhuang also looked down along his line of sight. "What is that?"
Zhu Dazhuang's voice attracted everyone's attention.
One of the sailors had sharp eyes and realized what it was. He shouted, "Purple turtle! Catch it! Bring the net!"
At this time, Qin Sheng gently lifted the hem of his clothes.
The sailor was shocked when he saw this. Just as he was about to say this, the purple turtle would surely fall back into the sea and he would not be able to catch it!
But the purple turtle stretched out its mouth and bit the hem of the clothes tightly without letting go, and was successfully lifted up.
The sailor was delighted, "This thing is very nutritious."
"What's that?"
"Replenish blood!"
Zhu Dazhuang and others who knew the inside story: ...
Everyone was cursing in their hearts, thinking that this evil God would not bear to see their Sixth Master suffer even the slightest bit of injustice!
A sailor put the purple turtle in a bucket and took it to the kitchen.
Qin Sheng also changed into clean clothes and threw away the blood-stained clothes. He came to the deck, wearing a mask and staring blankly in the direction of Pingzhou.
Zhu Dazhuang, Gao Lei, Lu Dayou and others were helping the Cao Gang sailors clean the deck.
Most of the bandits are people of temperament. They can become familiar with the sailors of the Cao Gang after hanging out with them for a few days.
At this time, a sailor asked, "Why does your Sixth Master still keep his face covered?" He looked rather stern.
Zhu Dazhuang said, "Don't worry about him. Brother Dai, can you tell me your trick for breathing underwater?"
Qin Sheng had sharp ears and eyes, so of course he heard them talking about him. In his mind, these bachelors still have the nerve to talk about him. Don’t they know that the strong wind on the sea will make his face chapped?
No wonder they can’t find wives. They all live such rough lives. They look like they’re thirty when they’re in their early twenties. They’re growing up too fast.
Forget it, he is a married man, different from these rough guys.
Thinking of this, he pulled the mask up on his face to block out more sea breeze and sunlight.
"You soldiers are all very eager to learn." The sailors were impressed by Zhu Dazhuang and his crew. When they first went out to sea and boarded the ship, they knew nothing about anything. Now they are all quite capable. They look like they have been sailors for two or three years.
"It's always good to have many skills. Learn more. Who knows, one of them might be a way to save your life." Chen Jinlong continued.
"That's right."
"I see it's quite tiring for you to follow the boat." Chen Jinlong chatted with them.
"It's all the same, it's the same for you when you're in the army. You're all risking your lives, it's very dangerous."
Chen Jinlong and the others didn't take it seriously. Being a soldier is dangerous, so is being a civilian not dangerous? In these chaotic times, if a civilian is killed on the street, they don't know who to turn to for justice.
After all, being a soldier means you belong to a group. Whether it's worth it or not depends on your superiors.
But Chen Jinlong agreed with the other party on the surface, "Indeed, but we have one good thing. We are going to implement new regulations in Pingzhou's new policy. After serving in the army for fifteen years, if we retire and return to the countryside-"
Lu Dayou interrupted him, "Sixth Master said this is called retirement."
"Well, whatever. That's what I mean. If we retire from the army, we can receive a pension every month."
"Is this true?" the sailors were stunned.
"How much can I get?"
"You get it based on your pre-retirement level. The higher your level, the more money you get each month. You can keep getting it until you die."
The sailors sighed, "Fifteen years, that's a long time, and it's so hard. First of all, you have to make sure you're not dead during those fifteen years, only then can you receive this pension."
"Yes, it's difficult. We just want to survive." Difficulty makes things seem real.
"But it doesn't matter if you leave the army before fifteen years. For example, if you suffer an irreparable injury or have served for a short time but have made few contributions, Daping Prefecture will provide you with a sum of money as compensation. If you have all your limbs intact and your fighting ability is still there, you can even be assigned a job."
"If you die in battle, there will be a pension for your family."
"Hiss, then it's pretty good to be a soldier in your Pingzhou." The sailors' eyes lit up when they heard this.
"It's okay, it's okay, haha."
In a word, it is worth risking your life for Pingzhou.
"Besides, we are the Jintai Army. The Jintai Army has a strict selection process. Once selected, the entire family can be exempted from corvée labor and land tax. Even if we retire in the future, we can still enjoy this benefit."
The sailors looked at them with envy. It was really great to exempt the whole family from labor service and land and house taxes.
Chen Jinlong secretly told the sailors that among all the military camps in Pingzhou, only their Jintai Army had this treatment.
These benefits were told to them by Liu Ye, and they believed them without a doubt.
Although these benefits have not been fully announced and implemented, they are basically the same.
The person in charge of Pingzhou now is Madam Qin Liu. Master Liu and Madam Qin Liu are in the same bed, so how could Master Liu's words be false?
Manager Bi on the Cao Gang's ship came to the deck to inspect the ship. When he saw Chen Jinlong, Zhu Dazhuang and others helping to clean up the battlefield, he immediately smiled from ear to ear and thought that their deputy gang leader had done a good job this time.
When these people faced the enemy, they were all very brave. They really attacked, sometimes by surprise, sometimes by head-on, without any slacking of effort.
Now he found that they were very hardworking.
Deputy Gang Leader Lin borrowed so many helpers, and they only needed to provide them with food, which was a great deal.
At this time, Manager Bi had no idea that their house was about to be robbed.
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