Chapter 139: Who is the Big Winner (Part 1)

Standing at the berth, looking at the huge alchemical merchant ship in Western style in the sea.

Zhang Gui, who felt that he was beginning to be pushed by the new era, said goodbye to the shareholders of 'Joseph and Kadika Cotton and Linen Clothing'.

He walked quickly out of the pier, returned to the former old camp yamen, now the Longhu Shogunate.

He called the Shogunate Right Zaicheng Ding Chengqi and said that he had a spiritual inspiration and wanted to go deep into the Xuanzhi Mountain range to practice for a period of time.

The military and civil affairs of Zhihai Town were all entrusted to him to make decisions.

The 'Right Zaicheng' was already the third-in-command in the Shogunate, but theoretically only managed military affairs.

But the second-in-command, Lü Zhenduan, was Prince Zhen's subordinate, and Zhang Gui had finally managed to sideline him, so he naturally couldn't give him power again.

Ding Chengqi also understood this point, so he stood below, nodding respectfully to indicate yes.

But he secretly slandered in his heart,

"Truly, one rank higher in officialdom crushes people to death.

Staying in the fief of Zhihai Town is stuffy, and wanting to go out to relax, he still has to find some reasons.

Reminding me, this subordinate.

But actually, even if you are in the town, besides eating and drinking, what effort have you ever spent?"

Although he was convinced by Zhang Gui and willing to die for him.

But smart people always have their own opinions.

In ancient times, many loyal ministers and good generals who had both talent and insight, while working their best for their masters, also wrote memorials to criticize their mistakes, which was common.

It's just that Ding Chengqi and Zhang Gui are not too familiar yet, and haven't reached that step.

And Zhang Gui didn't know Ding Chengqi's thoughts; he talked nonsense for a long time, and finally, his face became solemn,

"Chengqi, you don't need to pay attention to that Lü Zhenduan usually.

But if there are any arrangements from Prince Zhen, you must do your best to do them well.

Understand?"

"General, rest assured, I know the joints.

Lü Zhenduan is Lü Zhenduan, and Prince Zhen is Prince Zhen.

His Highness seems to have the mandate of heaven and may be the future Crown Prince Ming Emperor of our Ming Song people.

If he has any instructions, we will just do our best to serve!"

"It seems that the difference between the soldiers of Zhihai Town and the True Dragon citizens is truly impossible to eliminate.

Even if the loyalty reaches the top, because their perception of me is different—one is the supreme founding emperor, a rare wise monarch;

one is a barbarian fourth-rank opening general who, although possessing great autonomy and can appoint low-grade civil and military officials, is only a subject.

The degree of obedience may produce huge differences."

Zhang Gui thought silently in his heart:

"In the future, if we reach some subtle moment, such differences must be considered."

Seeing him in a daze, Ding Chengqi, who had other things to do, was a bit anxious.

He stammered,

"Longhu, Longhu, do you have any other instructions?"

"No, you go." Zhang Gui came back to his senses and smiled.

Ding Chengqi bowed and retreated.

Zhang Gui, who was in the hall, returned to the backyard and was about to teleport to Giant Snake Head Island when he suddenly felt a strange sensation in his heart.

It seemed that his earthly 'Divine Kingdom' had increased by a piece for no reason.

He didn't expect such a beautiful thing to exist in the world.

Zhang Gui widened his eyes and sensed carefully.

He found that the newly added territory was also located in the Eastern Inner Sea, and although it could be sensed, the connection in the dark was not as close as that of Giant Snake Head Island or Zhihai Town.

This kind of thing is much more important than any 'trade gate connecting the coastal piers of the Ming Song Eastern Yue Province and the Western ocean hub cities'.

Zhang Gui hurriedly ran back to the Zhihai Town pier.

Regardless of anything else, he mobilized a small hundred-material warship and sailed into the vast Eastern Inner Sea.

Three days later.

Relying entirely on Zhang Gui standing on the deck and pointing out the direction based on his senses.

The warship sailed westward all the way, and finally, a large island came into view.

Zhang Gui knew that he had finally found his destination, waved his hand in feigned shock,

"The barren island we are looking for is that one, everyone anchor and land!"

Although the small sea ship ran fast, because of its small tonnage, even a warship without cargo could only be a 'hundred-man' establishment.

Plus Zhang Gui didn't go to sea to fight, so he couldn't carry full soldiers; the whole ship only had less than ten sailors.

When sailing, they couldn't even manage a full shift, and they didn't know where the destination was, so there was no hope.

Although the time at sea was not long, they were exhausted.

The team leader Hong Zhengji, who was the helmsman and sailor, heard the General's order to anchor and land.

His stiff face finally revealed a trace of relief, and he roared loudly:

"By the order of Longhu General, anchor, land..."

Just at this moment, a figure rushed out of the sea and shouted with a very loud voice:

"Stop, stop.

Are you saying this ship is the flagship of Longhu General Caiyang?"

The person had light cyan skin all over his body, looking like scales but not in shape, but the hardness was extraordinary, and it should be comparable to leather armor.

He was clustered by a small wave under his feet and stood in the air.

He looked at the hundred-material warship in front of him very carefully, with a look of suspicion on his face,

"Caiyang Longhu is very wealthy; how could he use such a small sea ship as a flagship?

Don't randomly attach yourself..."

Just looking at the appearance, Zhang Gui vaguely guessed the origin of this person, operated the Divine Cluster 'Chief Breaks Heaven', and turned into the shape of a giant of zhang eight.

"Is the person coming a brother of the Daohai Gang?

Come and see if I am Caiyang Longhu of Zhihai Town."

With such obvious characteristics, the cyan-skinned person naturally stopped talking nonsense.

He bowed on the wave and said very proudly: "I am Guan Zhenyong, meeting Caiyang Longhu face to face.

It's just that the Daohai Gang is gone.

I am now a purchaser for Prince Zhen's temporary residence, a hundred-man manager of the 'Jia San Juzhou' of the White Sail Chamber of Commerce."

Zhang Gui's eyes turned upon hearing this, and he had a guess, but he smiled calmly on the surface:

"White Sail Chamber of Commerce, White Sail Chamber of Commerce.

When I was in the White Sail Chamber of Commerce, I was a character with quite a bit of weight.

You have the surname Guan, and you can change your 'Green Shrimp' true form in the sea.

You should be a descendant of Brother Xi Hui, right?

At that time, it was he who invited me to join the White Sail Chamber of Commerce.

Now it has only been a year, but it seems like a lifetime ago."

"Green Shrimp Demon is my cousin," Guan Zhenyong said, with a bit of stiff emotion on his face.

He should know the half-true, half-false friendship between Zhang Gui and Guan Xihui.

He gave Zhang Gui a look, suddenly raised his volume, and asked:

"I wonder why you, Caiyang Longhu, came here?"

"I heard that Prince Zhen wants to select several large islands in the Eastern Inner Sea to station troops and build cities, so I came to the sea to see.

Open my eyes."

Zhang Gui casually made up a reason, a bit confused.

Unexpectedly, Guan Zhenyong seemed to have thought of something, waved to release a signal arrow, and lowered his voice:

"Caiyang Longhu is truly an extraordinary person, but he found the right place in only three or four days.

Go less than a li to the left ahead, and when you meet the black reef, there is a natural pier.

Large sea ships cannot stop, but small ships under three hundred materials are fine.

You anchor there, drop the anchor, and land on the island."

"Good, good, thank you for the guidance."

Zhang Gui nodded in thanks, suppressed the doubts in his heart, and followed Guan Zhenyong's instructions to go left for a while, and sure enough, he met a piece of black reef.

The rock was concave in the middle, which happened to be a deep-water berth.

He anchored and stopped the ship.

Zhang Gui ordered Hong Zhengji, the helmsman and other sailors, to stay on the ship and wait for orders.

He flew onto the sea island alone.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 140 =====