Mingshi

Chapter 662 Multi-Party Arrangements
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Day two.

Luo Xin and Liang Botao were both wearing civilian clothes, and Wan Daquan brought twenty soldiers in disguise to protect Luo Xin and came to the water army camp.Luo Xin found a restaurant in the market outside the water village, asked for a private room, and waited there quietly. He had entrusted the escort to deliver a letter to Luo Sheng yesterday, and we will meet today.

About two quarters of an hour later, Luo Sheng in casual clothes walked into Luo Xin's box.

"Brother Xin."

"Cousin, sit down and eat first."

"it is good!"

There was no speech in the private room, only the sounds of Luo Xin, Luo Sheng and Liang Botao eating. The three of them didn't drink, so they ate very quickly. In less than two quarters of an hour, the three of them were full.Luo Xin wiped his mouth and said to Luo Sheng:

"Cousin, this man is called Liang Botao, he is from the north, he once followed me across the grasslands, he is completely trustworthy."

"I've seen General Luo." Liang Botao bowed his hands to Luo Sheng.

Luo Sheng also cupped his hands and returned the salute: "Brother Liang."

"Brother Liang's group came with 800 people. You also know that I wiped out tens of thousands of Japanese pirates on the banks of the Qiantang River before."

"Well, I know." Luo Sheng's eyes showed admiration, he nodded and said: "But, why did you give the credit to Hu Zongxian?"

"I have done too much!"

Luo Xin said softly, Luo Sheng remained silent.The success of the Luo family is also Luo Xin, and the failure is also Luo Xin.Luo Xin's continuous meritorious service has benefited the entire Luo family, even Luo Sheng's promotion also benefited from Luo Xin.However, because of Luo Xin's great contribution, Emperor Jiajing feared it, not only put Luo Xin in a situation where he would be beheaded by Emperor Jiajing at any time, but also the entire Luo family would be in a state of being exterminated at any time.Thinking that Luo Xin already had a plan for him to go to some Taiwan island to start a business, his heart became excited.

"Cousin, Hu Zongxian only knows that I have killed tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, but he doesn't know that I have captured more than [-] ships."

Luo Sheng's eyes lit up, and his whole face was flushed with excitement. If there were more than [-] ships, he felt that although he could not say that he could not traverse the sea, he could already protect himself.

"More than 30 boats, is this true?"

"Of course it is true!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "Liang Botao took 1000 northern veterans and more than [-] captive pirates to ransack seven pirate lairs a few days ago. Foundation."

"Great!" Luo Sheng hit his left palm hard with his right fist excitedly.

"Brother Liang also captured more than 1 women, children and children. These people know about farming and mulberry. After arriving in Taiwan Island, you can let those people teach those aborigines how to cultivate farmland."

"En!" Luo Sheng nodded heavily.

"In a while, you take Brother Liang back to your ship, find a chance to go out on patrol, and then leave Daming. At night, you dock at the place where the Japanese pirates were wiped out last time. Now more than 1000 veterans have come from the north. You are here Pick up the veterans there, and then I will send you some thunderbolts made these days, and then Brother Liang will take you to their hiding place. After meeting with Brother Liang’s people, you will follow my drawing chart to Taiwan Island."

Both Luo Sheng and Liang Botao nodded with excitement in their eyes.Luo Xin said again:
"After you go to Taiwan Island, the first thing you need to do is conquer some of the indigenous people, then start building fortifications where you can land, and then build the city."

"Yes!"

"Treat natives with kindness and majesty, and you can't always kill them. After all, we want to build our kingdom there."

"Yes!" Luo Sheng pondered for a while and said, "Brother Xin, the people we gather now are all members of the military. If we want to govern Taiwan Island, we need scholars. We also want to build Taiwan Island into our Luo family. If we want to be a real kingdom, we need to educate those indigenous people, which also needs scholars."

Luo Xin nodded in thought, Luo Sheng was right.It is not difficult to conquer the aborigines on the island of Taiwan. Luo Xin knew that the island of Taiwan was still an alien land at this time, and those aborigines did not even have ordinary weapons, and they were still very backward.And who are these people recruited by Luo Xin?

But they are veterans who have experienced many battles, and Luo Xin does not want everyone. Tang Zhuang is very familiar with the north and has a wide network of contacts. people.There are now more than 2000 such experienced veterans, plus the [-] soldiers trained by Luo Qing, they can completely crush those natives.

but……

It is one thing to conquer the natives, but quite another to subdue the hearts of those natives.So there is a great need for readers.If these military personnel are allowed to govern Taiwan, I am afraid it will be chaotic.But scholars are not so easy to attract. Daming is regarded as the world of scholars. Those scholars enjoy themselves well in Daming. Who wants to go to a barbaric land?

"I'll find a way."

In the end, Luo Xin had no choice but to take on this task first, and then figure out a solution after returning home.Fortunately, this matter is not very urgent. Luo Sheng and the others first need to find Taiwan Island, then conquer the natives, and build fortifications, all of which will take time.After letting go of this matter, Luo Xin said again:

"Cousin, more than [-] boats are not enough. After you find Taiwan Island, you can leave half of them to conquer those aborigines. The combat effectiveness of those aborigines is very low. As long as you don't enter the mountains for the time being, just fight in the plains , those natives are vulnerable. The other half will continue to go to sea, the only purpose is to attack pirates and rob their ships. But you have to remember, capture pirates if you can, don’t kill them all, subdue them, use the army Strict training and control in the same way. This cousin, you are good at it."

Luo Sheng said with a row of chests: "Don't worry about this, I can train him into a real soldier even if he is a trash."

"If there are people with special skills among the pirates, pick them out. For example, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., especially if there are people who can build ships and weapons, they must be picked out, and these people with special skills will be gathered in one place. Establish a Ministry of Industry. Be sure to treat these craftsmen well. I will also look for some craftsmen here, and then you will take them all to Taiwan Island."

"Will anyone be willing to go?" Luo Xin asked worriedly.

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said: "There should be, after all, craftsmen's status in Ming Dynasty is very low. If it doesn't work, then cheat and take them away by force. It's just that after arriving in Taiwan Island, treat them kindly.

Remember, the kindness I said is true respect, and you should respect them as scholars.After I can recruit some scholars to go to Taiwan Island, I will let those scholars teach those craftsmen how to read.The strength of Taiwan Island is directly related to these craftsmen.At that time, we will have to create a system, which is equivalent to those among the scholars, such as Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi. "

A look of embarrassment appeared in Luo Sheng's eyes, and he said, "Brother Xin, I don't understand these things."

"It doesn't matter!" Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "You go to conquer the natives of Taiwan first, build fortifications, and go out to grab ships. Then I will try to go to Taiwan Island once."

"that would be great!"

Luo Sheng was beaming when he heard this, who is Luo Xin?That is the number one scholar of the dynasty, a great Confucian of the generation, with Luo Xin to plan, Luo Sheng immediately felt that he had no pressure.

After a detailed discussion, Luo Xin left, and Luo Sheng took Liang Botao back to the water village.

Luo Xin did not directly meet with the Hangzhou Shipping Department, but went to the manor outside the city of Hangzhou.When I came to the manor, I checked the roster. There were a total of 530 veterans recruited from the north.Luo Xin selected 300 people from these people, and then asked them to take enough gold and silver and go to all parts of the country. Their task was to find all kinds of craftsmen, and then recruit them, and even let them go to various yamen workshops To secretly solicit them, no matter what means they use, whether it is lure or deception, whether it is saying that their master wants to build a large garden and hire them, anyway, they will get all the craftsmen here.

Luo Xin has a big heart. He wants to make more advanced ships and guns.It's just that he doesn't know much about shipbuilding and gunbuilding, he only knows a little about structure.But he is not in a hurry, he can give what he understands to those craftsmen, and let those craftsmen study it slowly.

Luo Xin believes that these craftsmen of Ming Dynasty are the scientists of this era, what they lack is direction.As long as he pointed out the direction for them, provided them with enough money, and gave them enough respect, he believed that these craftsmen of Daming would eventually make them.

The 300 people left with Luo Xin's mission, and Luo Xin became worried again.What he was worried about was how to get some scholars to go to Taiwan. In the era of Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to lure some scholars to go to a barbaric place like Taiwan.Only those readers who have lost hope are likely to...

"Slow! Lost hope..."

Luo Xin's heart moved, there were also scholars who lost hope in Daming, and they were criminals who were exiled.There will be criminals every year in the Ming Dynasty, and the law of the Ming Dynasty is Zhulian clansmen, especially during the reign of Emperor Jiajing, the most officials were exiled, and often a family was exiled, so naturally there are a large number of scholars.Those who are exiled have no hope at all, and those who can survive two or three years in the land of exile are extremely lucky.Because the officials in charge of their fate did not treat them as human beings at all, and most of them were tortured to death.And if Luo Xin gives these people hope, these people will definitely follow Luo Xin, even if they go to a foreign place like Taiwan Island.

Luo Xin began to analyze the possibility. There are usually only two places where the criminals were exiled in the Ming Dynasty. One is the extreme south, such as Lingnan.One is the extreme north, such as the nine towns in the north where Luo Xin once fought.

"It all takes money!"

Luo Xin sighed. The fate of these exiled criminals is in the hands of the northern and southern officials. It is not difficult to get those scholars from them. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, as long as you give them enough money , those officials will report the deaths of those people Luo Xin needs, and then hand them over to Luo Xin.It's just that those officials are greedy moths, and what Luo Xin needs is not just one or two scholars, the more the better, so this requires a lot of gold and silver.

"It seems that the gold and silver seized by Liang Botao and the others will be embezzled. However, Taiwan Island also needs construction!"

Luo Xin frowned and thought about it, and gradually a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Feeling concerned, Luo Xin left the manor and returned to the Hangzhou Shipping Department.As soon as I got back to the Shibo Department, I saw the New Year coming in a hurry, my mouth was blistered, and when I saw Luo Xin, I started to complain about the magistrate's office, because some supplies had stopped, and now the docks are closed.On the other hand, Luo Xin comforted He Nian with a smile, telling him not to worry, and finally persuaded He Nian to leave, so Luo Xin called Lu Daqing to him and said:

"You go to the Weiyuan Escort Bureau and ask Zhao Escort to meet me."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

"By the way, call Wan Daquan."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Lu Daqing left in a hurry, and after a while, Wan Daquan walked in, saluting, "See you, Lord Hou."

"Da Quan, how are you doing with the things I entrusted to you?"

"Back to the Marquis, the investigation has made it clear that the aristocratic families in the southeast smuggle with feudal states or pirates on the [-]th of every month, respectively at the Qiantang River in Haining on the Hangzhou side and Wusongkou on the Suzhou side."

"What's the size like?"

"It's very big. The wealthy families on the Hangzhou side are all in Haining, and the wealthy families on the Suzhou side are all in Wusongkou. Almost all the wealthy families will trade in these two places on the fifteenth day of each month. Local ships can add up to dozens of ships."

"It's so big, they are so blatant?"

"Yes, they don't shy away from it at all. The only thing they shy away from is that they don't smuggle during the day, but at night. Lord Hou, the entire southeast is full of collusion between officials, businessmen, and pirates. They have no scruples at all."

"Bang!" Luo Xin slapped his hands on the table fiercely: "Sooner or later, all these fortifications will be killed."

"When will we do it?" Wan Daquan looked at Luo Xin excitedly.

Luo Xin looked at Wan Daquan speechlessly and said: "Continue to let the scouts monitor those wealthy families, including the prefect Song Danian."

"Yes, Lord Hou!" Wan Daquan retreated.

Luo Xin sat on a chair thinking about something, and after about two quarters of an hour, Zhao Biaotou arrived with sweat all over his face.

"See you Lord Hou."

"sit down!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

"You send a letter to Tang Zhuang, let us spend money to buy the exiled scholars in the exile places in the north and the south, and then send them to the manor outside Hangzhou. Let the security bureau embezzle all the money to this area first, I will make up this part of the money to you as soon as possible. This matter must be done secretly to avoid being discovered. I will write to you right away."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Zhao Biaotou took the letter and left, Luo Xin sighed.

"Money! Emperor Jiajing's reward is almost here. After it arrives, Qi Jiguang and the eldest brother will be back. After I come back, I should give them a good look."

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