Mingshi

Chapter 649
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After walking forward for about 100 meters, Luo Xin walked into a restaurant, asked for a box, and sat in.Wan Daquan stood by the window and looked down at the street below.The guy in the restaurant quickly served four dishes, one soup, and a jug of wine. About two quarters of an hour later, a person walked by on the opposite street, grinned at Wan Daquan behind the upstairs window, and nodded slightly , and then slowly left.Wan Daquan showed a smile on his face, returned to Luo Xin and said in a low voice:
"The spies who followed were all killed."

"Ok!"

Luo Xin nodded lightly, he knew that there were many people following him, among them were not only powerful families from the southeast, but also people from Hu Zongxian, and even Japanese pirates.But Luo Xin killed them all without hesitation, even Hu Zongxian's people were no exception.He didn't need to know who those spies were, as long as he followed him, he would kill them all.

In the southeast, if you don't show your fangs, you will be eaten until there is no scum left.

"No trace left?"

"No, they are all veterans!" Wan Daquan grinned.

"sit down!"

"Yes, Lord Hou!" Wan Daquan sat down horizontally.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the box door, Wan Daquan stood up, came to the door, opened the door, and saw a very ordinary-looking middle-aged man standing outside, that Seeing Wan Daquan, the middle-aged man said softly:
"I think back when Gong Jin was young, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time."

Wan Daquan also replied in a low voice: "It makes me unhappy."

The middle-aged man was overjoyed, he squeezed into the door, Wan Daquan closed the door behind him, still pondering in his mind.

"Your Majesty deserves to be the No. [-] Scholar of the Ming Dynasty. This poem is well written. That beautiful little Qiao is married, so as a man, he will naturally not be happy."

At this time, the middle-aged man had already bowed to Luo Xin and said, "The villain Hou Deli pays homage to Lord Hou."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Lord."

"sit!"

"Yes!"

Hou Deli sat on the chair in a regular manner, Luo Xin looked at him and said: "I ask you a question, the southeast is the Daming granary, but now I see silk shops all over the streets and alleys, where do these silks come from? ?”

"Back to Lord Hou, nowadays the people in the southeast grow more mulberry trees, but less food."

Luo Xin frowned slightly and said, "Why?"

"Because of raising silkworms."

After a little thought, Luo Xin understood that the only reason for this result was maritime trade.

"It seems that smuggling is rampant in the southeast!"

"Yes!" Hou Deli said softly: "There is no powerful family here who does not smuggle, even the main industry of Xu Jie's family is silk."

"Hehe..." Luo Xin laughed, his voice was full of coldness.

"Anything else?"

"Master Hou, don't look at how rich the southeast is on the surface. In fact, the people are very miserable. There is no one who is not greedy here. The people are miserable, but there is no way to sue. It was okay a few years ago, and there was a sea Master Rui Hai, but Master Hai was arrested for impeaching Yan Song, and he has not been released yet."

Luo Xin smiled wryly in his heart, then Hai Rui was not only impeaching Yan Song, if it was just impeaching Yan Song, he would have been released by this time.He simply abused the emperor, so now that he is locked in a prison, no one dares to intercede for him.However, Luo also knew in his heart that the historical Hai Rui had been imprisoned by Emperor Jiajing, but he did not kill him.It was not until Emperor Jiajing died that Hai Rui was released, and the official gradually became bigger.He shook his head slightly and said:
"go on."

"Yes, Master Hou..." Hou Deli said for about two quarters of an hour, and then said with embarrassment on his face:
"Master Hou, the bodyguard agency in Suzhou has just been established, and the channels for collecting information have not been fully established, so we can only collect these information."

Luo Xin nodded and said: "To speed up the channels for collecting information, it is best to plant a few spies among the Japanese pirates and pirates. I want to know their whereabouts."

"Yes, my lord!"

"And those powerful families, including the Governor's Mansion, plant spies as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

"You do one thing for me immediately, inform Tang Zhuang, and send me those who are capable of fighting to Hangzhou."

Hou Deli swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Master Hou, there are not many people in our escort agency who have the ability to fight, and these people have to protect the escort. If these people leave, this escort agency will not be able to continue."

Luo Xin frowned, Hou Deli was right, the people Tang Zhuang recruited were veterans who were wounded and retired from the battlefield, which one of those veterans was not injured?There are definitely not many people who still have the ability to fight.

Seeing Luo Xin's frowning, Hou Deli said softly: "Master, there is no other way?"

"What way?" Luo Xin raised his eyebrows.

"Master Hou, since the establishment of our Bafang Escort Bureau, the days of the Paoze people have become better, and the family can have enough food, and they can also help the family members of the Paoze who are still in the army. This matter has spread to those in the army. In the ears of Pao Ze, those Pao Ze heard that the bodyguard agency founded by the bodyguard Tang, all wanted to escape from the army and join our bodyguard agency. But the bodyguard body Tang did not agree. This is only because they know that the bodyguard agency was opened by the bodyguard body Tang. Knowing that you are behind them, they have already escaped. Lord Hou needs a group of veterans who can fight, so we might as well start from this aspect."

Luo Xin fell into deep thought, now there is no war in the north, in fact recruiting some veterans from the army will not affect the defense of the border.Moreover, there are millions of soldiers at the northern border, let alone a few thousand fewer, even tens of thousands less, it is not a big deal.Seeing Luo Xin meditating there, Hou Deli said again:

"Master Hou, the brothers in the army are living a miserable life. The military pay is deducted frequently by the superiors, and few of them get their hands. Many of them can't even get their wives, and even the brothers who get their wives can't afford to support them. And Even if Lord Hou doesn't recruit them, there will still be tens of thousands of deserters every year."

"Tens of thousands of deserters?" Luo Xin's expression tightened: "Why are there so many deserters? There are tens of thousands every year. After a few years, where will there be soldiers at the border? Aren't those generals afraid?"

A look of anger appeared on Hou Deli's face and he said: "They hope that there will be as many deserters as possible, so that they can eat empty wages."

Luo Xin closed his eyes, a look of pain appeared on his face.This Daming is really rotten to the root.

"Master Hou..."

Luo Xin opened his eyes, and there was firmness in his eyes. He said: "Notify Tang Zhuang as soon as possible, and recruit five thousand soldiers capable of fighting from the army. The requirement is that the first thing is to be a sailor. .Secondly, you need to know water. If you don’t have these two items, you can recruit other people.”

"Yes!" Hou Deli nodded and said: "However, Lord Marquis, I'm afraid there are not many sailors who want to recruit. At most, I want to recruit some who have been fishermen and have driven fishing boats. There should be quite a few who can swim."

"Go, let those people enter Hangzhou one after another, and I will arrange for them as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Hou Deli stood up, gently opened the door and walked out.Luo Xin waved to Wan Daquan and said:

"Eat."

"Yes! Lord Marquis!"

It wasn't the first time Wan Daquan ate with Luo Xin, but he was not restrained, and ate with his cheeks open.In less than two quarters of an hour, the two finished their meal, walked down the stairs, and walked along the street towards the Governor's Mansion.

Day two.

Luo Qing and Luo Sheng rushed over, but Luo Xin did not entertain them at the Governor's Mansion.Instead, he brought two people to a restaurant and asked for a box. Wan Daquan stood outside the box and refused to let anyone in.

Inside the box.

Luo Qing looked at Luo Dao: "Little brother, why are you calling us in such a hurry?"

Luo Xin then recounted the matter of cooperating with Hu Zongxian, Luo Qing pondered for a while and said:

"Little brother, this is not right!"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you want the five hundred soldiers we brought to become sailors, and then drive two ships to sea for sea trade?"

"how?"

"The goal is too big!" Luo Qing frowned and said, "It's okay if you only do it once. If you do it too many times, it's inevitable that people will find out that you are behind it. No, people will definitely be found out. When those people are in court Impeach you, Your Majesty, he..."

"I only do it once!" Luo Xin laughed.

"That's good!" Luo Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked strangely: "Just do it once, and you don't need to train our own people to become sailors, even if you use the soldiers of Lord Butang, just do it once, The Lord of the Ministry will not say anything."

"Actually, I'm not doing sea trade!" Luo Xin said while moving the dishes on the table to the side, and then took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it on the table.

"Is this a sea chart?" Luo Sheng glanced at the blueprint on the table and blurted out in surprise.

"En!" Luo Xin nodded slightly.

"Where did you get it?"

Hearing Luo Xin's words, Luo Qing asked even more surprised. He had been in the southeast for a while, but he knew that it was not easy to get a chart. The reason why those pirates roamed the sea was because their charts were more comprehensive. ,thinner.However, he saw that the chart Luo Xin put on the table covered a large area and was very detailed.This can't help but surprise him.

"I drew this!"

"Did you draw it?" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng were even more surprised.

Luo Qing swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Little brother, this is not a joke, if the drawing is wrong, then the matter will be serious."

"Don't worry, it's very accurate."

Luo Xin said firmly, secretly thinking in his heart, can this be inaccurate?This is what I drew according to the proportion of later generations.Stretching out a finger and pointing to a large island, said:

"I named this island Taiwan. This island is still an undeveloped island, and the pirates should not have discovered it. Therefore, there should be no pirates on it, only some indigenous people. Even if we want to occupy this pirate come down."

"Occupy a pirate?" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng looked at Luo Xin in surprise.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "Brother, cousin. You two should also know that our Luo family has no foundation in Daming. We are no different from those aristocratic families, no matter whether Daming changed the dynasty or not, those officials in the court They all came from those families. As for our Luo family, as long as His Majesty gets angry, our Luo family may disappear completely.

You should also know my current situation, maybe one day, His Majesty will order me to be beheaded.When the time comes, our Luo family..."

"Little brother, does His Majesty really know?"

Luo Xin sighed and said: "Your Majesty's life is not long, and it is very likely that he will not leave me to his son. He is afraid that his son will not be able to control me, so he asked me to act like a yellow robe."

"Then you occupy this island?"

"As a place for our Luo family to settle down, it is also a place for our Luo family to thrive. It is such a big island, and there are also natives on the island, our Luo family can definitely establish a country there."

"Jianguo?" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng's eyes lit up.

"That's right!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "I have recruited 500 soldiers capable of fighting, and I will come to Hangzhou one after another. Before they come here, I need you two to recruit those [-] soldiers in the shortest possible time. Trained as a sailor, able to control those two ships, at the beginning of spring, Wang Zhi will destroy this, this, and this, this..."

Luo Xin pointed to several islands and said: "The pirates on these islands. I believe that in the process of extermination, there must be fish that slip through the net. Your goal is to intercept these pirates that slipped through the net, snatch their ships, and kill them. Grab them and form your own navy. Then you will never come back, and then you will become a new group of pirates at sea, and gather a small group of pirates in the shortest possible time. After the arrival of the five thousand capable soldiers, You will take them to Taiwan Island and establish our real power there. Therefore, today I want to seek the opinions of the two brothers. This Taiwan Island must be firmly in the hands of our Luo family, so the two brothers must One of them stays in Taiwan, which of the two brothers is willing to go?"

"I'll go!" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng said almost at the same time.

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said, "Then go, cousin. Eldest brother won't stay in the southeast for too long. After I gain a firm foothold in the southeast, I will transfer elder brother to the north. Then elder brother will go to the grassland and control the grassland. In my hands, let the grassland become another force of our Luo family."

"Okay!" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng's eyes were full of excitement.

"Brother, you will go back to Hangzhou tomorrow. Cousin, you stay with the five hundred robes, and I will greet Hu Zongxian tomorrow."

"Brother Xin, don't worry. My five hundred soldiers are all capable of water. As long as Hu Zongxian's people are willing to teach, I promise to train them within half a month. It's just..."

"Just what?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Luo Sheng's face and he said: "It's just that even if the five hundred soldiers are trained as sailors, they are all sailors who are just familiar with ships, especially they are not familiar with naval battles, and we only have one A ship. If this encounters a pirate ship, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."

When he said this, Luo Xin and Luo Qing understood in their hearts, and Luo Xin couldn't help showing a look of worry on his face.These five hundred soldiers were all trained by him and Luo Sheng's confidantes. If they died like this, it would definitely be a huge loss to the Luo family.He couldn't help looking at Luo Xin worriedly, but seeing a confident smile on Luo Xin's face, he couldn't help but lift up his spirits.

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