Mingshi

Chapter 663 Acting
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Water army camp.

Every day, the navy will send a boat to go around the sea area around the camp. In fact, it is just a formality. Everyone goes around the nearby sea area, catches some fish and shrimp, and then returns.

Today, it was the turn of Luo Sheng's ship to go out on patrol. Luo Xin led five hundred men, drove a large ship out of the camp, sailed into the sea area, and then disappeared into the sea area.

That night.

Qiantang River Bank.

Luo Xin led more than [-] northern veterans lurking on the shore, and also carried some boxes, which were filled with made Thunderbolt bombs.

A large ship approached the shore in the night, then anchored and stopped, a gangplank was lowered from the ship, Luo Sheng and Liang Botao got off the ship, and stood quietly on the shore.

The woods on the bank were rustling. Luo Xin led more than 200 people out of the woods and walked towards Luo Sheng.

"Cousin!"

"Brother Xin!"

Luo Xin came in front of Luo Sheng, holding two big hands together.Luo Xin waved to the northern veterans behind him, and those veterans quickly walked up the gangway to the ship.Luo Xin whispered to Luo Sheng:
"Don't go to Taiwan Island..."

Luo Sheng nodded while listening, and finally nodded heavily: "Brother Xin, don't worry. I asked Brother Liang to keep two people here, and I will wait for your news at the place where Brother Liang and the others are hiding."

"Good! I wish you all the best."

in the night.

Luo Sheng's big boat slowly left the water bank and disappeared into the distance.

Luo Xin took advantage of the night to return to his manor outside the city, and returned to Hangzhou in casual clothes the next day, and entered the Shibosi Yamen through the back door.In the morning, not only was it New Year's Eve, many officials from the Shipbuilding Department came to Luo Xin one after another, complaining to him that the prefect had cut off all the supplies of the Shipbuilding Department, and the construction of the wharf had completely stopped. Luo Xin just Tell them not to worry, and send them out.But he already felt that the atmosphere of the Shibo Department had changed, the morale that had been hard to gather before began to dissipate, and the faces of the officials began to show decadent expressions again.

At this time, in the Shibo Department, all the officials were frowning and discussing in low voices from time to time.

"Hey... I finally feel that I have something to look forward to. Now it seems that I am thinking too much."

"Yeah, your lord doesn't look like a coward, why do you let the magistrate oppress you like this?"

"So what if you don't allow yourself to be oppressed? An adult is only a fifth-rank co-prefect, but a magistrate is a fourth-rank official. As the saying goes, the first rank of officials crushes people to death!"

"Hmph, I think our lord is nothing more than Wo Liheng, and there are many ways to deal with us. If you meet the magistrate, you will be scared."

"There is no hope for us..."

"........."

Sitting in the study, Luo Xin was also frowning. He also knew that the affairs of Shibosi could not be dragged on any longer.But now he has nothing to do.Although he has an imperial decree in his hand, which can kill officials below the third rank, even the prefect of Hangzhou, but this imperial decree may not be useful.

This place in the southeast is very chaotic, because of the perennial harassment of Japanese pirates, this place has been corrupted to the root.Those officials are no longer like the officials of the court, they are all like the emperor of the earth.If you take the imperial decree to arrest people, kill people.Those officials, such as the prefect Song Danian, might kill Luo Xin, and then make up a reason that Luo Xin was killed by Japanese pirates.Therefore, today's Luo Xin can't act rashly, unless he has the strength to protect himself, that is to say, Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing come back with soldiers.At that time, he will only be able to act according to his own wishes if he has the imperial decree and the soldiers.

"It's time for the court's reward to arrive, right?"

"Master Hou!"

Luo Xin was thinking about something, when he heard Lu Daqing's voice, he looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"My lord sent someone to see you."

"Please!"

Luo was overjoyed in his heart, and wondered in his heart, could it be that the reward from the court has come down, or... = Hu Zongxian has already heard the news of Luo Sheng's disappearance?

"Lord Luo!"

Luo Xin looked up and saw that it was a general under Hu Zongxian. He had seen both sides, so he stood up and said:
"General Zhao, please sit down."

"Stop sitting!" General Zhao waved his hand and said, "Master Luo please go to the Governor's Mansion to discuss important matters with you."

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know the humble job!" Having said this, he hesitated and said, "However, Mao Haifeng is here."

"Oh!"

Luo Xin felt a little disappointed. Since Mao Haifeng came, it meant that the pirates on the small islands near the Qiantang River had all been wiped out.However, Mao Haifeng came, what did Hu Zongxian let himself do?
But remembering his plan, Hu Zongxian still had to nod, and said bluntly:

"Okay, let's set off immediately."

Governor's Palace.

There were only three people sitting in the lobby, with Hu Zongxian at the top, Luo Xin and Mao Haifeng at the bottom and left and right respectively.Hu Zongxian is now more enthusiastic about Luo Xin, looking at Luo Dao with a smile on his face:
"No, Haifeng has now wiped out all the pirates on the islands near the Qiantang River. This time, Haifeng came back just to ask when the Shibo Department will officially start operating."

Luo Xin frowned slightly and said: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. Now the Shibo Department has encountered some troubles."

"Trouble?" Mao Haifeng's complexion changed: "Is it because the emperor stopped sailing?"

"Of course not!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty speaks well, how could the words not count?"

"Why is that?" Mao Haifeng was stunned.

"Some people are jealous of the Shibo Department and want to get a share of the Shibo Department's profits, so they stopped some materials for the construction of the dock, and waited for me to take the initiative to find a compromise with them."

"Then let's make money together!"

Mao Haifeng spread his hands and said, in his heart, it doesn't matter how the officials and businessmen of Daming distribute the benefits, as long as Daming opens the sea, they Kyushu Island will definitely make a lot of money, because without their Kyushu Island escorting the sea, Daming Kaihai will be a joke.As many goods go to sea, as many will be robbed.

Luo Xin smiled lightly and said: "However, His Majesty the Emperor gave me a target, requiring me to hand over a certain amount of money this year. If I let those people take a share, it would be a price increase. So, Mao Zhuangshi's side It must be lost."

"That won't do!"

Mao Haifeng's head immediately shook like a rattle drum, Luo Xin didn't take it seriously and said:

"So this matter will take a while, so don't worry, it takes a long time! By the way, I know that even if our Shibo Division does not open the sea, you will not lose. I know that you and the people on the shore have been smuggling. "

Mao Haifeng shook his head again and said, "Lord Luo, what you said is wrong."

"Oh? What did I say wrong?" Luo Xin asked curiously.

"We used to smuggle with the people on the shore of Daming, and we were the largest smuggling fleet. However, since I went back last time and led my brothers to eliminate pirates for the adults, my father issued an order that our Kyushu Island Wufeng fleet stop smuggling , we are ready to cooperate with the court in a legitimate way."

"Oh?" Luo Xin raised his eyebrows and said, "So, there are no smugglers in the southeast now?"

"Will that happen?" Mao Haifeng smiled wryly, "Our family is not the only one at sea."

"But you are the biggest family, if you don't smuggle anymore, who else dares to smuggle?"

Mao Haifeng hesitated for a moment, and said with a trace of embarrassment: "Actually, there is another group of pirates at sea, not much worse than us."

"Who?"

"Xu Hai!"

"Xu Hai?"

"Well, Xu Haihai, Monk Xu, is cruel and ruthless, and he is also very good at fighting. He is a cruel master. Even my godfather would not want to provoke him."

Luo Xin frowned slightly and said, "If the Shibo Division opens the sea, how about Xu Hai coming to rob?"

Mao Haifeng patted his chest and said: "With my godfather here, Xu Hai still dare not be presumptuous."

Luo Xin nodded, then turned his gaze to Hu Zongxian and said, "Brother, Shibosi has some troubles here, and it's holding Mr. Butang back."

Hu Zongxian waved his hand and said, "Don't say such nonsense, do you need my brother's help?"

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said, "I really need my brother's help."

"No matter what you say, as long as my brother can do it, I will do it for you."

"Thank you, brother!" Luo Xin cupped his hands and said, "Brother, what kind of reward will my elder brother and cousin get from the court this time?"

Hu Zongxian smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will give a lot of credit to your elder brother and cousin. Your elder brother should be able to be promoted to the fourth rank, and your cousin can also be promoted to the fifth rank."

"Really!" Luo Xin said with joy on his face: "Old brother, after the court awards, I hope that I can send General Qi and my elder brother to Hangzhou to help me with errands."

"That's no problem!"

Hu Zongxian replied straightforwardly, this is nothing at all, originally Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing were assigned to Luo Xin, but now they are just returned to their original owners.

"Brother, since my eldest brother has been promoted, can he have more soldiers?"

"He recruits himself, and I can let him have 3000 people."

"Thank you bro."

"My lord!" A voice came from outside the door.

"Come in!"

A general came in and saluted, "My lord, the commander of the navy is here and said he has something to report to you."

"Let him in."

After a while, the commander of the navy came in, and seeing Luo Xin sitting there, his expression changed, and Ai Ai was speechless.Hu Zongxian's face darkened, with displeasure in his eyes, he said:
"What's the matter?"

"My lord... my lord... something happened..."

"What happened?" Hu Zongxian frowned slightly.

"Lost a boat..."

"Lost a boat?"

"Yes... yes... went out on patrol yesterday morning and never came back."

Hu Zongxian frowned, and looked at Mao Haifeng.Mao Haifeng jumped up with a bang and said:
"My lord, it has nothing to do with us. We definitely didn't do it. Xu Hai must have done it. Yes! It's him, Monk Xu must have done it."

Hu Zongxian was not happy in his heart. A boat and hundreds of sailors were lost like this. The loss was not small.But if it's gone, it's gone. In Hu Zongxian's view, this is just a trivial matter, but he still said with a sullen face:

"I don't want this kind of thing to happen again in the future."

"Yes, I understand. It's just..." He glanced at Luo Xin again. In fact, if he just lost a boat.He didn't have to think about Hu Zongxian's report at all, he had a way to deal with it himself, because it was Luo Sheng's boat that disappeared this time, and Luo Sheng also disappeared with that boat.

Who is Luo Sheng?

Rossin's cousin.

Who is Luo Xin?

Putting aside Luo Xin's other identities, as the commander of the navy, how could he not know that this great victory was achieved by Luo Xin, but Luo Xin gave up the credit, even he got some credit, now Luo Xin Xin's cousin is missing, how dare he hide it?
If he really concealed it and exposed it in the future, let alone Luo Xin, I am afraid Hu Zongxian will be able to tear him apart.So, when he saw Luo Xin sitting there, how dare he hide it, he stammered and said:

"It's just... that ship is Luo Sheng's ship..."

"Whose?" Hu Zongxian froze for a moment, and asked in disbelief.

The commander of the navy swallowed his saliva, and said awkwardly: "It's Lord Luo's cousin, Luo Sheng."

"Boom..."

Luo Xinteng stood up with a bang, the stool under his buttocks fell to the ground, his face became pale and he said:
"What did you say? Who's missing?"

A look of shame appeared on the face of the commander of the navy, and he said shyly, "It's my lord's cousin!"

Luo Xin's body shook twice, Hu Zongxian stood up, and called out with concern: "No weapon!"

Luo Xin took a deep breath, looked at the commander of the navy and said, "How long have you been missing?"

Hu Zongxian also shouted sharply: "What's going on?"

The navy commander was about to suffer: "Yesterday morning, it was Luo Sheng's turn to go out on patrol as usual. It was no different from the past. But... Luo Sheng still didn't come back at night."

"Did you go out to look for it?" Hu Zongxian asked sharply.

"I found it, but I didn't find it."

"My lord, I want to go to sea!" Luo Xin turned around and bowed to Hu Zongxian, "I'm going to find my cousin."

When Hu Zongxian heard that Luo Xin called himself "Master", he knew that Luo Xin was really in a hurry, so he pondered for a moment and said:

"I go with you!"

"Brother!" Luo Xin said with a look of gratitude on his face, "Your precious body..."

"What a body of gold, we are brothers, I don't worry if you go to sea."

"Thank you sir!"

An anxious look appeared on Luo Xin's face, and he didn't refuse any more. Hu Zongxian immediately gave orders, and soon an army escorted Hu Zongxian and Luo Xin, and galloped towards the navy.

The vast sea.

The navy dispatched half of the ships to search for Luo Sheng's ship on the sea. On the deck of a big ship, Luo Xin, Hu Zongxian and Mao Haifeng stood at the bow, looking towards the vast sea. It was almost dusk at this time. Luo Xin His face was full of anxiety.Hu Zongxian's complexion was also very ugly. After looking at Luo Xin several times, he finally couldn't help but said:
"No, it's getting late, it's time to return."

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