The Chai family has a great business, and this is not just bragging.

Because Princess Pingyang's contribution was so high and she was a woman, Li Yuan initially compensated her in terms of wealth.

In addition, the Chai family itself is considered an aristocratic family. After so many years, only the Prince of Chu's Palace in Chang'an has bucked the trend and can surpass the Chai family in terms of wealth.

As the industry with the fastest growth in profits for the Chai family in recent years, income from whaling and maritime trade has accounted for half of the Chai family's revenue.

To put it bluntly, even if the Chai family has a large business, it will be painful for a long time if they suddenly lose this piece of income.

"Lang Jun, although autumn is a hurricane-prone season, Dengzhou has always been rarely hit by hurricanes. All the ships that went to sea around the same time as our fleet have returned to Wendeng Pier, but ours is missing.

Fleet. So the steward over at Dengzhou came back with a message and asked if anything happened in Chang'an City."

The method of passing messages by flying pigeons, driven by the Chu Palace, has become the most important tool for the nobles of the Tang Dynasty to transmit information quickly over long distances.

Naturally, the Chai family also has dedicated servants responsible for the cultivation and management of homing pigeons.

"You mean these ships are being targeted at sea?"

Not only is Chai Zhewei not stupid, on the contrary, he is also very smart.

He quickly grabbed the key information from the note handed over by Wu Yuan.

Of course, as long as you are not stupid, you can guess that so many ships disappeared together, it cannot be an accident.

"Our ships are all newly purchased, and they are maintained on time every year. There must be no problems such as water leakage. There are no hurricanes now, and everyone is familiar with the route. It is impossible for Lang to disappear inexplicably.

Sir, our fleet is most likely being targeted by someone."

Wu Yuan boldly stated his guess.

This is also the reason why he ran in a little panicked just now.

If there really is a hurricane and some ships are lost, everyone can accept it.

Anyway, the Chai family has a big business.

However, being targeted for no reason can be troublesome.

Will you go to sea again in the future?

Will he disappear again as soon as he goes to sea?

There are so many crew members on the missing ship. Should the Chai family pay some pensions to their families?

A series of questions followed.

To put it bluntly, the disappearance of the fleet this time alone will cause direct losses to the Chai family of more than 30,000 yuan, or even more.

As for indirect losses, there is no way to calculate them.

In short, that would be a number that would make the Chai family feel heartbroken.

"Didn't you say before that the Bohai generation had no room for pirates to survive? Besides, it might still be meaningful for pirates to hijack the fleets that went to trade with Japan. Like the whaling ship, the pirates were out of their minds.

, will they rob it? Why would they rob it back?"

Chai Lingwu stared at Wu Yuan dissatisfied.

"Erlang, it is precisely because there are no pirates in the Bohai Sea, and several of our fleets have disappeared again, that the problem is even more serious. Other people's fleets are fine, but ours has an accident. Who did it?

If we don’t figure this out, what will we do next?”

Wu Yuan said to the side with a grimace.

Although he is only the housekeeper of the Chai family, his relationship with the Chai family is definitely one of mutual prosperity and mutual loss.

"There are no more pirates in the Bohai Sea. If I remember correctly, it's because the Dengzhou City Shipping Division's navy has been active in that sea area to combat all kinds of pirates, right?"

Chai Zhewei seemed to have thought of something and said something half to himself.

"Yes, the Shibo Navy is now the most powerful existence in the Tang Dynasty sea area, and no one is their opponent. Even the navy expanded by the imperial court in Dengzhou is not their opponent."

Being able to secure his position as the housekeeper of the Chai family, Wu Yuan is naturally not the kind of person who knows nothing.

"Brother, you don't think this was done by someone from Shibo Navy, do you?"

Chai Lingwu asked in surprise.

He's not stupid either.

Who do the naval forces of the city listen to?

All the nobles of the Tang Dynasty knew that Li Kuan, as the Grand Governor of the Municipal Shipping Governor's Office, had complete control over the various shipping departments.

As for the Shibo Navy, it was established under Li Kuan's strong advocacy.

Today, the Municipal Navy has stations in Dengzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Yazhou and Puluozhong, with more than 100 ships of various types and tens of thousands of personnel.

To put it bluntly, in Shibo Navy, Li Shimin's imperial edict was not as effective as Li Kuan's words.

"Other than the city navy, who else has the power to make several of our fleets disappear at the same time?"

Chai Zhewei looked at Chai Lingwu with a displeased face.

Why did the Shibo navy deal with the Chai family?

I thought that the conflict between the Chai family and the Chu Palace was understood after the guards were injured and the honey shop was closed for a period of time.

Now it seems that that is probably just the beginning.

I've long heard that Li Kuan is a bit vindictive, but I didn't expect it to be true.

"This Li Kuan...I...I..." Chai Lingwu was about to walk out before he could finish his sentence.

"Stop! What are you going to do?"

"Brother, this Li Kuan is going too far! I want to argue with him in person!"

The muscles on Chai Lingwu's face were a little distorted, and he was obviously going to be furious.

Ever since he was a child, he has been the only one who bullied others, but he has never suffered such injustice.

If he didn't say this, he felt that he would not be able to stay in Chang'an City in the future.

"Theory? What theory? What evidence do you have to prove that this matter is related to the Chu Palace?"

Chai Lingwu: "I..."

"If the people of the Shibo Navy dare to do this, nine out of ten people and ships on the ship have been sunk into the sea to feed the fish. Unless, Erlang, you can find the crew of the Shibo Navy to stand up and testify, otherwise you will just run away like this

If we go to Prince Chu's Mansion, they might even accuse us of slandering us."

Wu Yuan's words made Chai Lingwu even more angry.

"Slander? Li Kuan himself still doesn't know whether I have slandered or not?"

"Erlang, His Royal Highness the King of Chu knows it, so what? There is no evidence!"

Wu Yuan also had some opinions on Chai Lingwu.

If it weren't for him beating up the students at Guanshishan Academy, how could the Chai family encounter all kinds of things one after another?

Now the entire fleet has been wiped out.

Although as long as you have money, you can quickly build a new fleet.

After so many years of development, the production capacity of Datang's shipbuilding workshops is still very good.

However, no matter how many fleets there are, if they only go out to sea to feed fish, it is better not to form one.

No matter how big the Chai family is, they can't help but use their fleet to feed the fish.

"Wu Yuan, prepare a generous gift and I will go to Prince Chu's Mansion."
Chapter completed!