Volume 1 Chapter 394 Dispersed Interests
How could he know that all this was just Li Nezha's nonsense. The emperor would never do such a thing as bribing officials with silver.
If it were Xiang Yun's style, if these people failed to govern the place well and were corrupt and committed injustice, he would just kill them and replace them with the next batch.
There are so many people in the world, and there is no shortage of people like them who can become officials.
These silvers are naturally Li Nezha's own savings. He is alone in this world, and it is useless for him to have too much money, so he will not feel sorry to spend it. Anyway, it is all given by people in the palace as gifts.
In Li Nezha's eyes, anything that can be done with money is not a big deal. As long as he can complete the task assigned to him by Xiang Yun, he is willing to spend any amount of money.
Of course, the savings he has accumulated in the palace over the years are too much, and he could never spend it all, unless he used it to build some industry. The silver given to these officials today seems to be a lot, but compared to his savings, it is just a fraction.
Seeing Yue Dian was about to leave, Li Nezha stopped him again and said, "Where are you going, young general? You dare not refuse the hero wine given by the current emperor? You just threw it on the table like this?"
"I..." Yue Dian didn't know how to answer, Li Nezha continued: "Or do you think you are not worthy of drinking this hero wine, and you are unwilling to govern the local area for the court, treat the people well, and do not want to be the parents of the people. You just want to be a cool general and live your life well. You have no sense of responsibility at all, and you think that the lives of the people of Dayun Empire have nothing to do with you?"
Yue Dian quickly shouted: "Of course not!"
Li Nezha also shouted in a stern voice: "Then you should sit back down and drink your hero's wine!"
Yue Dian was so frightened that he dared not speak any more. He sat back in his seat with a red face, staring at the hero wine on the table in a daze. Was this much silver really his? And it was so fair and just, given by the emperor himself?
Yue Dian was a little at a loss, as long as it wasn't stolen silver, he would naturally not reject it, but... he always felt that something was not right, was there really such a good thing in the world?
Li Nezha learned Yue Dian's identity and name from Gan Ce, and then said loudly: "This young general Yue is upright and fearless, and is truly a role model among all heroes. You may not know that the current emperor likes people with excellent character like young general Yue the most. He is so good at such a young age, and is truly a role model for everyone to learn from. Come on, give us two more jars of hero wine!"
Soon, two more jars of hero wine were carried to Yue Dian's table under everyone's envious gazes, making a total of three jars, which made everyone else envious.
Li Nezha continued, "The Heroic Wine was given by His Majesty, but it would be unreasonable for me not to express my gratitude. Yue Dian, obey your orders."
Yue Dian, who was still in shock and hadn't reacted, immediately stood up and bowed stupidly: "I am here."
"You are appointed as the vice-captain of this admiral, directly under this admiral, and you are required to report here from today."
"What? Deputy Governor-General?" Not only Yue Dian was shocked, but other officials were also very frightened. The Deputy Governor-General is a high-ranking official of the second rank. In terms of rank, his rank is higher than Gan Ce's current rank.
Logically speaking, Li Nezha, as a governor, is not qualified to be appointed as such an official. This requires reporting to the three provinces and then approval from the emperor before the appointment can be made. However, since Li Nezha dared to say such words, he must be able to accomplish this task. This is terrifying when people think about it carefully.
Yue Dian was overjoyed when he realized what was happening, and quickly said, "Thank you, Admiral!"
Li Nezha said: "You have to thank His Majesty the Emperor. This position of deputy governor and three jars of heroic wine are not given for nothing. Remember what I just said to you and be a good official who serves the country and the people."
Yue Dian hurriedly thanked His Majesty and Li Nezha. When he returned to his seat, his head was still confused.
Li Nezha stopped talking and continued to eat. The goal for today had been achieved. Giving money represented financial strength, and giving officials represented power. Giving both represented his magnanimity. Now that he had demonstrated his strength as the admiral, he believed that these officials in Jin Province would behave themselves and would not go against him again.
After all, as long as you listen to him obediently, you can get money and an official position. With such a bright future, who would go crazy and do something against it?
As for the deputy governor-general, he was not afraid that His Majesty would disagree. After all, Xiang Yun had promised to give him whatever he wanted. He was just a deputy governor-general in a remote area with no military power. Although he was a second-rank official, his power was no different from that of a seventh-rank official. There was no reason not to give him such an empty title.
In the following days, after understanding what he should do as a governor, Li Nezha became a hands-off boss and let each official do his own thing. Soon the court's policies would be passed on, and then there would be a series of matters in the receiving areas, such as the transportation of food, military equipment, and the opening of trade routes.
Although he encountered some resistance along the way, it was already insignificant. Li Nezha was only afraid that all the civil and military officials in the Canghai area would rise up to resist, so he gave money. In this way, the whole group would be dispersed. By then, even if one person's cake was touched, the others would still have cake to eat, and would not speak for those who had no cake.
In this case, Li Nezha would not be afraid of a single official. He could just suppress them violently and give the rest of the people some benefits, and nothing would happen.
Soon Li Nezha brought Gan Ce, Lu Feng and other Anbu guards to Breeze Harbor, a large port on the coast of Jieshi City.
Li Nezha's main goal is not to govern the vast ocean area, but to sail out to sea to discover and develop unknown islands.
Long before the founding of the Dayun Empire, Xiang Yun had this plan in mind and had arranged for Gan Ce to build a large ironclad warship for direct use when the time came.
As soon as the group arrived at Breeze Harbor, they saw the giant warship hovering on the sea. Li Nezha's eyes lit up on the spot, and when he walked closer to take a look, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
This ship is said to be an ironclad warship, but in fact it is just a larger ship. The hull is still made of solid wood, but a thick layer of iron sheet is nailed on the surface and inside of the ship to increase its defense.
Gan Ce knew that this result was very different from the ironclad warship Xiang Yun had told him about. It could only be called an iron-skinned warship. However, there was no other way. Gan Ce asked all the craftsmen, but none of them could produce such huge and delicate iron parts. It was already very good to be able to create a layer of iron skin.
However, it was equipped with quite a few Big Sun cannon gun positions, twelve on each side, six on the top and six on the bottom, for a total of twenty-four Big Sun cannons on the entire ship. When encountering an enemy, one only needs to pull the ship horizontally and the twelve Big Sun cannons will fire at the same time, and no matter what enemy ship it is, it will be reduced to ruins and sink into the sea.
In Gan Ce's view, this kind of combat capability can be called the overlord of the sea.
After going out to sea, you only need to worry about the wind and waves, and no longer be afraid of pirates. If they dare to come, there is no way back, and they will surely die.
This warship can be said to be Gan Ce's hard work. Although it was not built by him personally, he supervised it all the way and kept an eye on it from the initial model to completion.
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