Vol 2 Chapter 2324: Zhou Yu and Shang Shanshan’s second voyage to the West
Chapter 2324 Zhou Yu and Shang Shanshan, their second voyage to the West
Chapter 2320: Zhou Yu and Shang Shanshan, their second voyage to the West
【Ding dong, Ye Qingmei led the fleet to complete the first voyage to the West, becoming the first woman from the East to arrive in India. She achieved two major achievements, "World Connector" and "Female Model", and was awarded five-dimensional permanent +1 and charm +3.
Ye Qingmei’s current situation: Commander 50 (+16), Martial Power 85 (+50), Intelligence 98 (+6), Politics 94 (+8), Charisma 107 (+7)]
Ying Hao received the system prompt and took a look at Ye Qingmei's attributes, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
“Hiss…Ye Qingmei’s attributes have improved so much.”
If Ying Hao remembers correctly, Ye Qingmei’s commander and force attributes before going to sea were still 40 (+6) and 80 (+45).
After returning from the voyage, through hard work and achievement rewards, Ye Qingmei's attributes improved by a full 24 points.
Is this Ye Qingmei, a time traveler, whose potential has not yet been explored?
Or did this voyage to the West give Ye Qingmei enough training?
Or both?
【Ding dong, Qi Jiguang protected Ye Qingmei, completed his first voyage to the West, won many battles, achieved the achievement ‘Powerful in Nanyang’, and was rewarded with a permanent +1 in the fifth dimension.
Qi Jiguang’s current five dimensions: Commander 98 (+1), Force 99 (+3), Intelligence 90 (+1), Politics 86 (+1), Charisma 97 (+1). 】
[Ding dong, Qi Jiguang landed in Chu State for the first time, and broke through Chu State's Jiaozhou Governor's Office, captured Liu Xian, the governor of Jiaozhou, and returned safely, becoming the first navy general in the Qin Dynasty to land in Chu State. He will reward the commander with a permanent +1 and permanent charm. +1.
Qi Jiguang's current five dimensions: Commander 99 (+2), Force 99 (+3), Intelligence 90 (+1), Politics 86 (+1), Charisma 98 (+2). 】
The improvement of Qi Jiguang's attributes is not as exaggerated as Ye Qingmei's, but it is still amazing enough.
Ying Hao looked surprised when he saw this and said to himself: "Qi Jiguang's attributes have also improved so much. It seems that this voyage is far more exciting than I expected.
When Qingmei and Qi Jiguang return to the court, they must give me a good talk. "
The fleet heading to the Western Ocean has arrived in the North Sea. It is estimated that Ye Qingmei and Qi Jiguang will return to the court in half a month at most.
Qingbei, Beihai County, Beihai Village.
After more than a month of sailing, Ye Qingmei and his party finally returned to Qingbei.
Upon learning that the mission to the West had returned, Fan Zhongyan, the governor of Qingzhou, Su Lie, the commander-in-chief of Qingzhou, and Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the navy, all led the Qingzhou civil and military forces to greet them. The scene was so grand.
Before Ye Qingmei returned, two waves of fleets from the Western Ocean had returned, both of which brought huge wealth to Da Qin.
As the starting point of the fleet, Qingbei has naturally benefited a lot, and the development of Qingbei as a whole has accelerated a lot.
For the current Qin Dynasty, whoever can bring wealth for development to the country is the boss.
The fleet sailing to the Western Ocean is now like a chicken that can continuously lay golden eggs and can continuously create wealth, so it is natural to treat it with great dignity.
Princess Huayang Ying Xuewu, who was five months pregnant, kept staring at the sea level with a telescope, but she saw that the fleet did not return for a long time, so she became a little drowsy.
Just when Ying Xuewu was about to close her eyes, she caught a glimpse of a shadow jumping out of the sea level in the camera lens. She immediately cheered up and said excitedly: "Back, sister Qingmei is back."
Zhou Yu supported his wife and took the telescope. After taking a closer look, he smiled and said, "I'm finally back. Let's play some music to welcome the envoy back."
…
Thousands of musicians began to play festive music.
Under the music and the cheers of the crowd, Ye Qingmei and Qi Jiguang's treasure ship was the first to sail into Beihai Port.
“Sister Xuewu, long time no see.”
After seeing Ying Xuewu at the port, Ye Qingmei smiled and ran over. She was originally ready to hug her, but when she saw Ying Xuewu's swollen belly, she stopped immediately and said in surprise: "Sister Xuewu, you are pregnant. ”
"Um."
Ying Xuewu nodded happily, looked at her husband around her lovingly, stroked her belly and said with a smile, "It's been five months."
"so good."
Ye Qingmei surrounded Ying Xuewu, looking left and right, as if looking at some treasure.
Seeing this, Ying Xuewu smiled and said, "Soon you will have it too."
Ye Qingmei's face suddenly turned red, and then he pulled Zhou Yu aside and asked in a low voice: "Gong Jin, you should have dealt with the matter about that person."
“Which one?” Zhou Yu asked in confusion.
“Who else could it be, Shang Shanshan?”
Hearing Ye Qingmei say this name, Zhou Yu's face suddenly changed. He quickly pulled Ye Qingmei further away and whispered: "Miss Qingmei, please don't talk nonsense. The relationship between me and the monk is pure." , nothing happened.”
Ye Qingmei crossed her arms and looked at Zhou Yu with a sneer: "Really? She is such a beautiful woman, and she is a slave and maid by your side. You can't even chase her away. Are you really not moved at all?"
Zhou Yu said without thinking: "I'm not moved. I, Zhou Yu, am devoted to my wife. Apart from my wife, I will never have anyone else in my heart."
Seeing Zhou Yu's decisive answer, Ye Qingmei believed most of it, but she was still worried about Shang Shanshan, so she asked again: "What about Shang Shanshan now?"
Ye Qingmei was inexplicably hostile to the woman Shang Shanshan.
Such a beautiful woman from a wealthy family, knowing that Zhou Yu liked Princess Da Qin and that there was absolutely no possibility of a relationship between them, completely put down her dignity and insisted on staying in Zhou Yu's house in a shameless and even desperate way. Surrounded by slaves and maids.
If it were any other woman, Ye Qingmei might admire her courage to pursue happiness, but for Shang Shanshan, Ye Qingmei always felt that her purpose was impure, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
“Ever since the princess became pregnant, I asked Miss Shang to leave.” Zhou Yu answered truthfully.
Ye Qingmei couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. No matter what Shang Shanshan's purpose was, she has been kicked out of the state capital now. It is impossible to ruin the relationship between Zhou Yu and his wife, right?
But out of caution, Ye Qingmei asked again: "You haven't mentioned any news about military affairs to Shang Shanshan, have you?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Miss Qingmei, do you think Zhou is stupid? Regarding military affairs, even in front of his wife, Zhou never mentioned it, so how could he tell Miss Shang?"
Hearing this, Ye Qingmei breathed a sigh of relief, and now the last hidden danger was gone.
What Ye Qingmei didn't know was that at this moment, Shanshan, no, it was Uesugi Kenshin, hiding in the crowd and watching her from a distance.
"Ye Qingmei." Uesugi Kenshin gritted his teeth and said, his eyes filled with resentment.
If it weren't for this woman, she might have become Zhou Yu's concubine, and it would be easier to find out Da Qin's intelligence in this way.
The Japanese pirates who had been detained were wiped out by the Qin army. In order to prevent his identity from being exposed, Uesugi Kenshin changed his name to Shang Shanshan and pretended to be rescued by Zhou Yu. Then he pretended to repay his kindness and stayed by Zhou Yu's side as a maid. In order to find out the secrets of the Qin Army, such as the Qin Army’s shipbuilding technology.
Like the Chu State spies, Uesugi Kenshin obtained only fragmentary information and did not obtain complete information.
Just when she was extremely disappointed and was no longer ready to waste time, and was about to return to Japan, she discovered that Da Qin had launched a large-scale secret shipbuilding plan.
Although she didn't know the specific scale of shipbuilding, she knew that the scale of expansion was definitely not small, otherwise Zhou Yu wouldn't be so busy getting up early and staying up late every day.
Da Qin is located in the north. It obviously does not need so many naval forces, but it builds so many warships. So who does it want to deal with?
There are only two naval forces in the north, Dongying and Wangmang.
Although Uesugi Kenshin didn't know whether Da Qin's goal was Japan, just in case, she decided to stay and wait until she found out Da Qin's specific purpose before going back.
Uesugi Kenshin’s plan was to become Zhou Yu’s concubine first. After all, as a maid, it was too difficult to get information from Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu is a gentleman, and he already has someone to love, so he has never done anything untoward to a beauty like her.
So, if you want to climb into this man's bed, you must use some special means, such as drugging.
Zhou Yu is the kind of responsible man. If he gets his first time, he will definitely take responsibility for himself.
Although Japanese people generally don't value chastity very much, Uesugi Kenshin is a virgin after all, so if she loses her first time in such a dirty way, she will naturally feel conflicted in her heart.
It took her a long time to make up her mind. After all, compared with the safety of Japan, her personal chastity was insignificant.
Uesugi Kenshin's plan was originally perfect, but it was ruined by the arrival of a person, Ye Qingmei.
Uesugi Kenshin was sure that he was not guilty of Ye Qingmei, but this woman had been wary of her since the first time she saw her, and even said a lot of bad things about her to Zhou Yu.
I don’t know if it was because of Ye Qingmei’s influence. Uesugi Kenshin felt that Zhou Yu had become so alienated from her that she didn’t have any chance to make a move.
It is precisely because of this that after Zhou Yu asked her to leave, Uesugi Kenshin left the Zhou Mansion. After all, Zhou Yu was already wary of her. Even if she continued to stay, she would only waste time and might even endanger herself. Get a ride in.
After leaving the Zhou Mansion, Uesugi Kenshin did not return to Japan, but stayed in Qingzhou to continue to collect information.
She had a bad feeling in her heart. The reason why Da Qin built ships on a large scale might really be to take revenge on Japan.
Two days later, Ye Qingmei, Qi Jiguang and other heroes who went to the Western Ocean, as well as the princes of Ruan Yue and other countries, went to Luoyang under the auspices of the civil and military officials in Qingzhou.
Zhou Yu looked at Qi Jiguang's leaving figure and felt the pressure on his body getting heavier.
After understanding the story of this voyage to the West, Zhou Yu realized that Qi Jiguang, a subordinate who was usually a secretive man, was so good at both water and land battles.
Zhou Yu has fully understood the many battles that the mission went to the West. Even if he personally took action, I am afraid that it would be at this level and would not be better than Qi Jiguang.
Since Qi Jiguang has accomplished this great feat, he will definitely be highly rewarded by His Majesty when he returns to the court, and his status in the Great Qin Navy will definitely be greatly improved, even to the point where he can challenge him as the Commander-in-Chief.
At this thought, Zhou Yu only felt that it was very difficult for him to be the governor.
Although he has meritorious service, his meritorious service is only enough to occupy the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. If he wants to be firmly in the position, he must achieve greater meritorious service.
Hence, none of his men were restless. Whether it was Qi Jiguang or Han Shizhong, they all wanted to challenge or even replace him.
"But you won't have this opportunity. This expedition is an opportunity for me to completely widen the gap between me and you." Zhou Yu said with confidence.
Zhou Yu has been preparing for a year and is well aware of the current combat power of the Qingzhou navy. It will definitely not be a problem to deal with the Japanese navy.
Although the imperial court has not yet announced the conquest of Japan and the candidate for the general, Zhou Yu felt that the candidate for the general this time was none other than himself.
Before attacking the Japanese island, the naval force was the absolute main force. Even if the Japanese island was attacked later, the importance of the naval force was also self-evident.
Hence, as the commander-in-chief of the navy, he is naturally the best choice for the general.
Every time he thought of this, Zhou Yu became more and more looking forward to showing off his talents in the Japanese country.
In the second year of Shenwu, on March 1st, Ye Qingmei and his party returned to Luoyang and accepted the canonization in the early morning.
“...Annan, Ruan, Yue and other eight countries have now taken the initiative to join us, Great Qin...
The Emperor Fengtian carried the order and issued an edict: Conferring Ruan Fuying the title of Marquis of Ruan and Li Gongyun the title of Marquis of Yue... He was given a seal to grant him a title overseas, and he was also rewarded with hundreds of altars of imperial wine and thousands of pieces of Qin brocade... and the announcement was made to the world, and the Xian envoys heard about it. "
After Cao Zhengchun read out the canonization edict, Ruan Yue and other princes of the eight kingdoms were overjoyed. They kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. Long live my emperor, and may the Qin Dynasty live forever."
Ying Hao did not grant kings to Ruan and Yue. After all, Annan's power was still too weak. Even Li and Tang surrendered without being granted the title of king, let alone Ruan and Yue.
The princes of Ruan Yue and other countries obviously knew this, so they did not have extravagant expectations from the beginning. Da Qin would make them kings, and it would be good to be made a prince.
Ruan Yue and other princes of the eight kingdoms, after bowing their thanks, ordered people to present tributes, which were all rare gold, silver, jewelry, and other rare objects.
When the ministers of Qin Dynasty saw this, they were all extremely surprised. They did not expect that a mere barbarian could be so rich.
Ying Hao was very satisfied with these tributes. If the Annan countries paid this amount every year, this would be a considerable income for the Qin Dynasty.
After Ruan Yue and other princes withdrew from the ceremony, Cao Zhengchun began to read out the canonization of Ye Qingmei and Qi Jiguang.
“Female Ye Qingmei as the Marquis of the Princess, and reward her with a phoenix crown, ten gold beads, five thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand taels of silver…”
“Female Qi Jiguang as Marquis of Jinghai, and reward him with a pair of dragon-scaled armor, ten horses, five thousand taels of gold, and nine thousand taels of silver…”
Ye Qingmei and Qi Jiguang knelt down together and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Ying Hao stretched out his hand to help her, and said with a smile: "I love you both, so you don't need to be so polite."
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
"The business income from this voyage to the West alone accounted for more than 50% of our Daqin's total annual income. This shows that sea trade is extremely profitable. We, Daqin, cannot give up under any circumstances. The second voyage to the West must also be carried out as soon as possible. Just put it on the agenda.”
With that said, Ying Hao looked at Ye Qingmei below and asked: "Ye Aiqing, regarding the candidate for the second voyage to the West, who do you think is more suitable?"
(End of this chapter)