Take charge of Ascension

Chapter 285 Millennium Ginseng
The fleet of the imperial court was indeed quite powerful, and they quickly took down the pirates. Of course, this was because the pirates had no other powerful masters except for the bearded young man.

After finishing off the pirate ship, the three merchant ships that had been besieged earlier had the courage to slowly approach them. When they got close, a slightly old voice shouted: "I don't know which general is in front of you. I would like to thank the general I hope I can meet with you and thank the general in person.”

"Old man, please come up, let's talk face to face."

Liu or stood at the bow of the boat and replied forcefully.

Under Liu Or's order, some soldiers moved quickly and built a wide and thick wooden board between the two boats.

On the merchant ship, an old man boarded the warship with the support of two young men. When he saw Liu Or who was waiting at the bow, he quickly bowed and saluted.

"Thank you General for saving me, Huang Xiang is very grateful."

The old man bowed to Liu He, and said with a grateful look on his face.

"Old man, please hurry up. Protecting the country and the people, and eradicating pirates is the duty of soldiers of my generation. Therefore, I must not do this."

Taking half a step to the side, Liu Or not only did not accept Huang Xiang's salute, but also quickly stretched out his hands to help Huang Xiang up.

Wu country is a country that respects the elderly. There will be inexplicable respect and preferential treatment for the elderly. Huang Xiang is not young. Judging by his appearance, he looks at least 70 to [-] years old.

Just at the bow of the boat, a table was set up, and Liu or Huang Xiang sat opposite each other, drinking tea and communicating, and what they said was nothing more than some nonsense on the scene and some grateful exchanges.

"General Liu, I have a little idea here, please accept it, General."

He took a wooden box from the young man beside him, held it in both hands, and presented it to Liu He respectfully, Huang Xiang smiled.

Frowning slightly, his face darkened slightly, Liu said in a deep voice, "Old man Huang, what do you mean by that, you think that I, Liu, is either a money-seeker or rescues you for a purpose."

Liu Or's words startled Huang Xiang, and his face changed slightly. However, people who have lived half their lives who have never seen any situation will naturally not really lose their sense of propriety.

"General Liu is serious. This old man really didn't mean it. He just wanted to express his gratitude. The general saved all of our lives. If we don't let us express our gratitude, I won't be at ease. So please, General Liu. give me a chance."

Huang Xiang got up again and bowed deeply.

This kind of gift-giving behavior is still begging to be given. You may feel surprised at first sight, but in fact, this should be very common.

Huang Xiang may have given gifts to Liu or to express his gratitude, but he may not have no intention of forming a friendship with Liu or.

Like Liu Or, in the state of Wu, someone who can become the commander of a fleet is not a high-ranking official, but he is still a middle-level official.

Such an official will have some power in his hands, and it is a basic part of the state of Wu. For example, Liu Or, sailing in this sea area, if the relationship with Liu Or can get along well, it will be very convenient.

Liu or should know this, so he resolutely rejected Huang Xiang's thank you gift, but he was not easy to lose his temper when facing Huang Xiang's deep bow.

"Old Huang, I accept your wish, but as an official of the court, that is only the task I should do. As for receiving gifts, it is absolutely impossible."

No matter what Huangxiang said, Liu might just postpone it.

Seeing Liu Or's resolute attitude, Huang Xiang was very impatient. It would be a pity if such a good opportunity to build a relationship was lost.

His eyes blinked slightly, and for a moment, Huang Xiang thought of something, his face was slightly happy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "General Liu, when I was watching from a distance just now, I seemed to see you and the other two masters. In the process of fighting a pirate together, if General Liu is unwilling to accept these things, you can help me give them to the other two strong men."

"Moreover, there are not only some yellow and white things in this wooden box, but also a thousand-year-old ginseng, which is not without benefits for innate warriors."

When Huang Xiang said this, Liu Or was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and felt that his words were reasonable. Although the imperial navy played an important role in the process of killing the pirates, Fang Shiliang and Zhao Ji also contributed a lot. , without the two of them taking action, the pirate leader would never be taken down.

That's all for Fang Shiliang, as an official of the imperial court, he would generally have some restraint in giving gifts like this, and even if he was willing to accept gifts, he would not accept them in the open.

However, Zhao Ji was a little different. Although he was enshrined as a resident in Haibo, strictly speaking, he also entered the official system of the Wu state, belonging to the category of a lord, but, after all, he was different from a serious court official.

Civil and military ministers can rule the country, but honors are an independent system. They don't have to worry about anything, and they can still enjoy the life of the upper class.

Of course, ordinary nobles have no power in their hands if they do not have fiefdoms, and those with fiefs are all descendants of the founding heroes.

It has never happened in the Wu Kingdom for hundreds of years that the Luo family came from behind and became an earl with a fief.

Thinking of Fang Shiliang and Zhao Ji, Liu Hu hesitated a little, and Huang Xiang just discovered this again, and quickly drummed up his three-inch tongue, which burst into lotus flowers, and agitated.

"Okay, Mr. Huang, I will accept these things for the time being, and I will ask Brother Fang and Brother Zhao later to see if they are willing to accept."

Liu or finally agreed.

"Thank you General Liu."

Huangxiang was overjoyed.

The two exchanged for a while, and Huang Xiang left. The three merchant ships, which looked a little embarrassed, followed the imperial fleet and sailed all the way forward.

The fleet in charge of Liu Or is to patrol the sea area of ​​Wu State, and it is impossible to protect the merchant ships. The three merchant ships followed the fleet, and Liu Or acquiesced for the sake of those gifts.

After accepting the gift from Huang Xiang, Liu Or didn't keep much in his hands, and directly gave it to Fang Shiliang and Zhao Ji.

Fang Shiliang didn't intend to accept it, even if he had that thought, he would definitely not show it in front of Liu He.

Zhao Ji, on the other hand, was really not polite at all, so he just took it away. When he opened the wooden box, he found that there were two layers.

On the upper layer of the wooden box, there is a layer of gold ingots, five taels each, a total of twenty, a total of 100 taels of gold.

Although gold is heavy, 100 taels is not a lot, but Zhao Ji relies on the Luo family and never worries about gold and silver, and he usually doesn't spend much money.

On the lower floor of the wooden box, Zhao Ji was pleasantly surprised. There was a ginseng with complete beard and hair. Judging from the appearance, the age may have reached more than a thousand years.

(End of this chapter)