bookrebus Chapter 295
Chapter 295
[Master is the best in the whole wide world!] The system provided plenty of emotional support.Chatting and laughing, the person and the system soon saw Yu Chongshan arriving at the Bright Moon Pavilion with Wei Ping, Cai Xian, and Shen Kang.
They had appeared in the Yu Manor with a hundred or so men, and the hiding spots of everyone were clearly displayed on the screen in the sky.
Now that the mop-up operation was over, they naturally had to come and give Yue Fuguang a reasonable explanation!
"Lord Wei, are you saying that you found Feng Yang's hiding place a long time ago?" Yue Fuguang invited everyone to sit down.
Wei Ping cupped his hands and said, "The Junior Preceptor is correct. The reason we delayed making our move to arrest them was to bait everyone out today and capture them all in one fell swoop."
Cai Xian added, "We received the news about their three main attack locations too late and couldn't inform the Junior Preceptor in time. Please forgive us!"
Yue Fuguang waved her hand dismissively, "Looking at the deployment of the guards in my courtyard and outside the manor, they must have received your message in time."
"Fuguang, besides Feng Yang's men, the Dongyi prince Matsuyama and his subordinates also appeared outside our manor this time.
However, they were out of luck. The weather outside suddenly changed, and they were accidentally struck by falling lightning."
Yu Chongshan had a face full of joy when he mentioned this.
"Matsuyama? Didn't he return to the Dongyi State? Why did he come back? How is he now? Is he badly injured?"
Yue Fuguang wore all her doubts clearly on her face.
[Master, aren't you showing a bit too much doubt?]
Yue Fuguang felt a moment of embarrassment; her acting was indeed a bit over the top!
She forcefully tried to save face, 'Is it too much? Not at all!'
Yu Chongshan hid the smile in his eyes and said, "He still has a breath left, so he won't die. As for his purpose in returning, we'll have to wait until Lord Wei and the others interrogate him to find out."
"His Majesty wouldn't end up letting him go out of consideration for his status as a prince, right?"
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but subtly slander Emperor Mingxi, giving him a long-distance warning.
Wei Ping, Cai Xian, and the others exchanged glances. Shen Kang, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "Rest assured, Junior Preceptor, His Majesty will absolutely not let him go this time."
The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a sly smile. "Besides, Matsuyama was struck beyond recognition by the lightning, and all the people we caught tonight are assassins from the Wind and Rain Pavilion.
We have never seen the Dongyi prince Matsuyama, who has already returned to his country!"
[Master, there's actually a smart person hiding among a bunch of fools!]
Fool Cai and Fool Wei twitched the corners of their mouths. They just answered a step too late and were beaten to it by this kid Shen Kang.
How did they get grouped into the fool category by Lord Divine Artifact!
Shen Kang, who was praised as a smart person by Lord Divine Artifact, unconsciously puffed out his chest and sat even straighter.
Yue Fuguang covertly glanced behind him; if this guy had a tail, it would probably be wagging in the air by now!
Wei Ping and the others quickly nodded in agreement, "Lord Shen is right. We indeed haven't seen any Dongyi prince today."
Speaking of Dongyi, Yue Fuguang remembered another matter, so she asked, "Grandfather, how is the construction of the naval vessels at the shipyard going?"
A few months have passed, there should be some progress by now!
At the mention of this, a smile appeared on Yu Chongshan's face. "The blueprints for building the large ships that Fuguang provided are very detailed.
Several master craftsmen from the Ministry of Works are leading over a thousand artisans to simultaneously build two large ships at the Yining Shipyard according to the blueprints.
Everything is going smoothly so far. I imagine it won't take two years before our Great Yan can have several more large ships that fear no ocean storms."
By then, it will be time for them to venture east.
If Great Yan wants to sweep across the other five nations, the first one to destroy is the enemy at their back, Dongyi.
Well, of course, it's also because they have a mountain of gold and silver mines. Taking that place will provide an endless stream of financial support for Great Yan.
[Master, if they have the guts to deploy troops to Dongyi, will you tell them the locations of the gold and silver mines in the Dongyi archipelago?]
'If they have the courage to deploy troops, I will naturally consider it. Otherwise, let them find it themselves; who knows how long that will take!'
[Master, if they go a little further, there are not only gold and silver mines but also spices and timber that sell for astronomical prices in Great Yan.
Although we look down on them, it seems these mortals really like these things!]
The few people who were still looking down and drinking tea couldn't help but pause their movements. Shen Kang, after all, was only in his early twenties, young and unable to keep his composure.
The teacup in his hand trembled, and he didn't even notice a few drops of tea spilling onto his clothes.
Feeling that this wasn't stimulating enough, Yue Fuguang continued to raise the stakes, 'Little Zhu, didn't you say that there are various other mineral veins on the islands further away?'
[Yes, Master! Little Zhu remembers there are iron mines, copper mines, gold and silver mines, and some other precious mineral veins.
But with Great Yan's current technology, they wouldn't even recognize them.]
Every time the system mentioned one, it was like sticking a needle into everyone's hearts, providing a powerful jolt of excitement.
When the few of them finally took their leave, walking as if they were riding the wind, Yue Fuguang guessed that Emperor Mingxi wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.
Yue Fuguang didn't care whether the emperor could sleep or not. Anyway, she had already asked her grandfather to request a leave of absence for her, so she wouldn't be attending the morning court tomorrow.
[Host, are you sure that the first place Great Yan will attack is Dongyi?]
"I am not sure! That is why I kept raising the stakes tonight. With such massive profits dangling right in front of them, how could the donkey that is the Great Yan Dynasty not start running?"
Developing maritime trade and training a naval force—if these things are not prepared in advance, are they supposed to wait until they actually have seafaring ships to even consider it?
"I was just worried that the Emperor and his ministers of Great Yan might have a sudden rush of blood to the head and send their existing land army out to sea!"
Great Yan did indeed have a water force along its coast, but its scale was small, and a portion of it was firmly in the hands of the Sima family.
If Emperor Mingxi did not start training a powerful navy of his own right now, even if he dealt with the Sima family before expanding eastward, there was no guarantee that the loyalties of those corrupted naval forces would not be compromised.
[Those shrewd foxes would not resort to such a foolish move, would they?]
The System, having read the history of Great Yan, said this out loud, but inwardly, it was not entirely confident either.
However, the person and the System soon received good news.
Because Yue Fuguang had not attended court today, she had to wait until Yu Chongshan finished his official duties to learn that the Emperor had proposed expanding the navy during the morning assembly.
"Grandfather, His Majesty wants to expand the naval forces, but it probably will not go too smoothly, will it?"
Setting aside the conservative faction, Sima Jing's people would never allow the emergence of another force outside their control to compete for power and profit with the navy currently held by the Sima family.
Yu Chongshan nodded. "Fuguang, your guess is correct. There are indeed many opponents, but there are even more officials who support the expansion of the navy."
Yu Zhongchun chimed in, "His Majesty is absolutely determined to build a new type of navy. How could those petty buffoons possibly stop him!"
Yu Shuchun nodded in agreement. "Big brother is right. The large ships are already under intense construction. If we do not expand the naval forces, we cannot exactly force our current landlubber soldiers onto those ships when the time comes!"
[Master, from the looks of it, the Emperor and ministers of Great Yan have not lost their minds enough to use the land army as a navy.]
Land army? Navy?
The hearts of the father and sons stirred. Such terms were quite fitting. They faintly felt that, aside from these two military branches, there ought to be others as well.
Yet, given their current level of understanding, they had no idea what was missing!