Lu Ming

Chapter 233: The Completion of All Talents ([-])

Hearing that the other party opened his mouth and reported his family history, Du Dewei was slightly surprised at first, and then he was relieved: Xu Xinsu should have sent a clipper to report the news, and the speed must be much faster than the 20 miscellaneous boats here.

After figuring out the joints, Du Dewei slowly took off his bamboo hat, showing his true colors, and then said with a smile: "It turned out that it was Shopkeeper Xue in person, disrespectful and disrespectful, but it was Du Dewei."

Having said that, Du Dewei took out Xu Xinsu's handwritten letter from his pocket.After reading the letter, Xue Haiyuan nodded and said to him, "I have admired Shopkeeper Du for a long time. I don't know when you left from Haimen Island?"

Du Dewei knew that the next step would be the inevitable "Troubleshooting" procedure, so he didn't hide anything, and answered Xue Haiyuan's series of questions honestly.

The "chat" with the guests ended up taking half an hour.After all the information was matched, Xue Haiyuan got up and began to greet the guests to "wash the dust".

The three of them were then led to a guest room in the courtyard, and then a young servant brought several buckets of hot water and three sets of inconspicuous green cloth robes.After tidying up, it was already dark, and Du Dewei was taken back to the room just now.

A bright kerosene lamp was already lit in the room at this moment, and Xue Haiyuan, who had brought a few dishes of food and wine, was sitting there with a smile waiting for him.

After simply touching a glass of water and wine, Xue Haiyuan said straight to the point: "I already know the purpose of Shopkeeper Du's visit. It is said that Shopkeeper Du is willing to serve the country and the country, and join the army of the imperial court to fight for the future of his family. This is a good thing. It's the true nature of a man."

"It's just a joint here." Speaking of this, Xue Haiyuan stared at Du Dewei's eyes, and said slowly: "The public is uncomfortable, and the self-comfort is not public. Brother Du, the number of Zhengjun and Jianghu are different. Once you put on the number Kan, some things are beyond your control."

Du Dewei understood the meaning of Xue Haiyuan's words.

Since ancient times, bandits who have played Zhao'an can't escape the government's tricks of breaking up and separating.However, this set of interaction between what you love and what you want can be said to be enduring in the past dynasties. There will always be people who will not hesitate to fly moths into the flames just to become civil servants in the system.

There are many people who are as unlucky as Liangshanpo among them; however, there are also those who have operated in place and flourished after being recruited: Zheng Zhilong is an example.

But for most of the small forces that accept the recruitment, they don't have the ability to turn the table like Zheng Zhilong and Li Chuangwang, so the government is stronger than them.In other words, their ability to resist abolition and integration is weak. They lack bargaining power.

You must know that the tiger skin still exists in the Ming Dynasty, and it has not rotted to the time when warlords will walk everywhere ten years later.This is the core question Du Dewei is facing now: whether he has the confidence to mortgage his property on the scale in exchange for a chance to adapt to the system.

This opportunity belongs to venture capital.Du Dewei came to Fuzhou this time, to put it bluntly, he just traded his brothers for a chance to mix himself up with the system.

However, Du Dewei had considered the above reasons countless times during his days as a pirate.Again, since he is sitting at this table without hesitation today, it means that he is willing to take all risks—nothing can stop his desire to be a "good person" now.

"Dewei understands." After listening to Xue Haiyuan's provocative words, Du Dewei said sincerely: "If it hadn't been for the great changes in his family when he was young, Dewei would not have fallen into the situation he is today. Now I have made up my mind , and hope that Mr. will be fulfilled."

After Xue Haiyuan listened to it, his evaluation of this gentleman was: clear organization, strong heart of "Xiang Dao", obviously well thought out. "That's good." Xue Haiyuan nodded, smiled and held up the wine glass, and the two of them drank the crucial glass of wine tacitly.

Now that the ugly words have been said, the atmosphere on the table has improved a lot.

"Treasurer Du, your trip has come at a good time." After taking two bites of food, Xue Haiyuan's face was glowing red, and he said to the person in front of him with a smile: "Since ancient times, there have been thousands of gold to buy horse bones, and now it is' When my general is thirsty for talents, shopkeeper Du, the future is boundless!"

When Du Dewei heard this, his heart was clear.

From Xu Xinsu's place before, all he got was the vague concept that "the government has been preparing for the recruitment and never gave up".And when he said goodbye, what Xu Xinsu told him in the end was: After going to Fuzhou, he must follow the lead of "Zhou Xingchi", and under the arrangement of this person, he will maintain his health and wait for the "Master".

The "Mingzhu" here refers to the person who will eventually be recruited by the government in the future and entrusted with the task of suppressing bandits.But just now after hearing what Xue Haiyuan said, Du Dewei knew that this "Master of the Ming Dynasty" had already appeared.

Du Dewei, who had been depressed ever since Zheng Zhilong's accident was confirmed, finally let go of his worries at this moment, and his heart of making contributions came alive.

Du Dewei rested in Haidong Commercial Bank that night.

In the early morning of the next day, Xue Haiyuan took people and led Du Dewei and his party to Mawei Island by boat.

Mawei Island is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, in the east of Fuzhou, later called Mawei District, which is the only place to enter Fuzhou by sea, and the famous Mawei naval battle took place here in later generations.

Surrounded by mountains and dangerous terrain, it has been the water gateway of Fuzhou since ancient times.Wulong River, Bailong River and Qinjiang River meet here, and then flow into the East China Sea via Min'an Town and Nagato.

In the Ming Dynasty, Mawei Island had an inspection department and a fort.Today, Xue Haiyuan's destination is the newly built Mawei Water Camp on Mawei Island.

There were 5 major water camps in Fujian before.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhou Dexing, the Marquis of Jiang Xia, managed Fujian Haiphong.This person not only built a land defense line with guards and patrols as the backbone along the coastline, but also established a sea defense line with water villages as the core.

The five water villages are: Tongshan Water Village, Fenghuomen Water Village, Xiaocheng Water Village, Nanri Water Village, and Wuyu Water Village.

So history has changed here: the Mawei Water Village, which had never appeared near Fuzhou, started to be built quickly after the order of the governor not long ago.So when Xue Haiyuan and the others came to Mawei Island in the lucky boat, the water village had already become a scale.

A billowing black smoke is rising from the shore, and wooden stakes erected on the water have surrounded a large area of ​​water.And a large number of corvée conscripts from nearby counties are building several piers at the same time on the shore.

Seeing the blessing boat approaching, a sentry boat came to meet him soon.Perhaps it was because the village had received the news a long time ago, Xue Haiyuan and the others entered inside without any trouble.

The architecture of the water village is full of the styles of the time travellers.On the shore, there are not only boiler rooms made of red bricks emitting black smoke, but also large dormitories with wooden and stone structures.

Du Dewei soon met the most important target of his trip: the counterfeit Cao Chuan and Zhang Dongdong in a big square red brick house that hadn't even been painted with white lime.

(End of this chapter)