Chapter Thirty-Three: Something Happened to the Ocean Fleet?
Today happened to be the day when Huo Zhen was on duty, he had just checked out a cargo ship carrying smuggled goods, fined a large sum of silver, and was about to go back to rest for a while, who knew that as soon as he sat down, his deputy suddenly reminded: "My lord, another fleet is coming, looking at the direction to the front." ” "Another fleet?"
Huo Zhen immediately came to the spirit, although not every fleet can get filial piety, but there are always four or five out of ten ships that will be harvested, in fact, this is the bulk of their daily harvest, otherwise just relying on a little money, a fool would stand on the dock and suffer in the wind and sun.
Just when Huo Zhen was sharpening his knife and Huo Huo was about to welcome the arrival of the new ship, the deputy next to him suddenly wondered: "Hey, no, why is this ship so familiar?"
” Huo Zhen took a closer look, and immediately lost his spirit, sat back in place, and said angrily: "Hey, isn't this a vertical and horizontal class merchant ship from our shipyard?"
There is no need to check, this ship is currently in Lingnan and only His Royal Highness King Yue can take out ten at a time, don't believe you look at the two battleships next to it, they are pure fourth-class warships, there are dozens of cannons alone, who can take this thing except King Yue?
” "That's right."
The deputy was stunned, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't check, everyone, this is the fleet of the Yue Wangfu, there is no oil and water to fish, so I am directly ready to greet it, and I have arranged for people to help unload the cargo." ” These officials are greedy for money, but they are also very discerning, and they know who can collect money, and who can't ask for money even if they are killed.
There is no doubt that the fleet of the Yue Wangfu is the latter, not to mention that they went up and took the initiative to ask for it, even if the steward of the fleet gave it to them personally, they did not have the courage to take it.
Otherwise, let His Royal Highness King Yue know that he accepted bribes, and with his status as a non-high-grade official, it is not a matter of minutes to kill himself.
"Wait a minute."
Just when everyone was about to retreat, Huo Zhen's pupils, who inadvertently glanced at the fleet again, suddenly shrank, and said loudly: "This is not an ordinary fleet, this is the ocean-going fleet discharged by His Highness, everyone look at the flag." ” Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, they saw a dragon head shark painted on the flag, which is the symbol of the ocean-going fleet, and the dragon's head is the symbol of the royal family, which represents the ownership of the ocean-going fleet is royal.
As for the sharks......
Sharks are the most ferocious animals in the sea, extremely aggressive and aggressive.
Li Zhen chose this icon for the ocean-going fleet, hoping that the ocean-going fleet could be like a shark in the sea, conquering cities and expanding territory for the Tang Dynasty.
As a rare maritime military operation in Yuezhou and even in the whole of Lingnan, the ocean-going fleet set off with unprecedented pomp, and many people who watched the excitement at that time remembered this special banner.
As a small official on the dock, Huo Zhen naturally remembered the flags of each family, especially the flag of the Yue Wangfu, which was even more backwards, so after seeing the dragon head shark flag, he immediately remembered it.
"This is the flag of the ocean-going fleet."
The deputy's face changed greatly, and he said in a low voice: "It's just that the ocean-going fleet just left a few days ago?"
I heard from a friend that I would have to go for months, why did I come back now?
” Huo Zhen thought more, and his face became even more ugly: "Not only that, don't forget, when you left, there were more than two hundred ships in the ocean-going fleet, and now only twelve have come back - where did the rest of the ships go?"
” "Shhh Everyone who heard this couldn't help but think of a possibility in their hearts, and immediately gasped.
If it's really as I guessed, I'm afraid that things will be big.
The deputy reminded: "My lord, this matter is not our business, what we need to do is to report this matter immediately." ” "Yes, yes, it's time to report."
Huo Zhen woke up and said, "You help me watch here, I'll go find Master Feng." ” "Yes."
This scene was not only seen by Huo Zhen and others, but there were many people begging for a living on the dock, and many people noticed this.
"Hey, everyone, look, this fleet is escorted by warships, amazing."
"This banner looks so familiar, have you seen it anywhere......
I remember, dragon shark, isn't this the flag of the ocean-going fleet?
” "Strange, didn't King Yue's ocean-going fleet just leave?
How did you come back again?
” "The problem is not here, have you noticed, the ocean-going fleet has more than 200 large and small ships, why is there only so much now?
And what about the rest of the ships?
” "That's what I'm talking about, and you see, the cargo ships in the middle have such a deep draft, and they are swaying when they sail, like they are leaking at the bottom?
This......
It can't be a big storm, right?
” "In the face of a great storm?
The unpredictable weather at sea is a possibility......" “……” "Did you hear that?
Something happened to the ocean-going fleet. ” "Let me tell you something, the ocean-going fleet, the whole army has been wiped out."
"The ocean-going fleet met a tsunami, oops, the scene was so miserable that there wasn't even a small sampan left."
"The ocean-going fleet is completely annihilated, this is the Dragon King's warning."
"What am I talking about?
The sea is the territory of the Dragon King, and the King of Yue sent a fleet to conquer the ocean, that is, he was slapping the Dragon Lord in the face, and the Dragon Lord could go around him?
It's no wonder that this fleet can end well. ” "The Dragon King can't be provoked, this time the fleet is just a warning, if the King of Yue is obsessed, I'm afraid that the next time it will be a big wave overthrowing the city."
"King Yue went against the sky, and finally suffered retribution, this is just the beginning, let's watch, let him continue, the whole Lingnan will suffer with him." “……” Soon, the entire port of Yuezhou spread the news that the ocean-going fleet had failed to succeed, encountered strong winds and waves, and the whole army was wiped out, and there were those who were worried about this, some who gloated, and some who insinuated......
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These remarks quickly fell into the ears of some people with ulterior motives, and all those who learned the news reacted differently, but they all chose to report the news.
As the deputy envoy of the Municipal Department of Shipping, and now the general person in charge of the Department of Yuezhou City, Feng Zhibao was the last to get the news.
After confirming the accuracy of this news, Feng Zhibao was shocked, and almost rushed into Yuezhou City to report the situation to Li Zhen.
"Your Highness, Your Highness~" Li Zhen was correcting official business, when he heard Feng Zhibao rushing in, and his heart suddenly felt a sigh - Feng Zhibao has always been steady, when have he ever seen him so embarrassed?
Could it be that something big is wrong?
"Your Highness, Your Highness, something has happened, something has happened."
Feng Zhibao rushed in, and without even breathing, he said anxiously: "Your Highness, something happened to the ocean-going fleet......