Mingshi

Chapter 690 Convincing Lu Ding
As soon as Luo Xin heard it, he understood that it was Shen Ling who came back and brought back Lu Bing's letter. It seemed that Lu Bing had agreed to join forces with him.This couldn't help but let him secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Both of them felt relaxed, and the atmosphere naturally became more harmonious.A friendly smile appeared on Luo Xin's face and said:
"My lord, please!"

"Lord Luo, please!"

Two people walked into the Shibo Department with smiles, but a few people left in a hurry outside.Now that Luo Xin copied and killed the Lu family, and the four great families went to the capital to impeach Luo Xin, how could it be possible not to leave spies at the gate of the Shibosi?

When these spies saw that Lu Ding had actually come to visit Luo Xin, and they were chatting happily with Luo Xin, they were a little confused and a little flustered.

What is Lu Ding doing?
Could it be that Lu Ding got a letter from the capital, His Majesty is going to punish Luo Xin, come here to ridicule Luo Xin, see Luo Xin's jokes?

But looking at Lu Ding's appearance, don't you want to?Instead, he thought he was here to make good friends with Luo Xin.

no!I have to go back and inform the master immediately!

These people hurried back to their mansion and reported to their master.Their master was dumbfounded when he heard it, and they didn't understand what Lu Ding was trying to do.These four people pondered for a long time in the mansion, and they almost unanimously prepared sedan chairs and came to Lu's mansion. After inquiring, Lu Ding hadn't returned from Luo Xin, and these four people felt uneasy in their hearts, so they didn't leave at all. Now, go directly to the lobby of Lu Mansion, sit there and wait.

These four people are old friends of Lu Ding, and their status in Hangzhou is not much different from Lu Ding's, so the housekeeper of Lu's house naturally did not dare to blow them out, and had to serve them well with tea.

City ship division.

In the second hall.

Luo Xin and Lu Ding took their seats separately, Lu Daqing retired after serving tea, and only Luo Xin and Lu Ding were left in the second hall.Outside the gate of the second hall, He Nian and Wang Ziren stood there with their hands clasped, secretly looking at Lu Ding from time to time, both of them had relaxed and relieved smiles on their faces.

Recalling the predicament that Luo Xin encountered before, in the eyes of the two of them, it was already a desperate situation.At that time, the two of them were flustered and didn't know what to do. They couldn't even sleep well at night, and their hair turned gray a lot.

However, he did not expect that Luo Xin had already made up his mind, and now that Lu Ding has come to visit, this means that the overall situation has been settled.Why are they so upset?
In the second hall.

Luo Xin just drank tea with a smile and didn't speak, while Lu Ding had an awkward smile on his face, but he didn't know what to say.At this moment, Lu Daqing walked in, and whispered something in Luo Xin's ear, Luo Xin smiled and said to Lu Ding:

"My lord, I'll be right back soon."

Lu Ding also hurriedly stood up and said: "My lord, please go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

Luo Xin walked outside the gate of Shibo Division, and saw Shen Ling standing there.A smile appeared on Luo Xin's face and said:
"Shen Qianhu, you're back."

A smile appeared on Shen Ling's gloomy face and said, "Lord Luo, the governor asked me to give you a message."

"Oh? Shen Qianhu, please!"

"Lord Luo, please!"

Luo Xin invited Shen Ling to sit in the side hall, and Lu Daqing withdrew after serving tea.Luo Xin looked at Shen Ling with a smile, and didn't ask what message Lu Bing sent him, as if he didn't care if Lu Bing sent him a message.Shen Ling originally wanted to make a decision, but waited for Luo Xin to ask before he said.But seeing Luo Xin like this, he not only sighed in his heart, but secretly thought in his heart, he deserves to be the one who dares to kick the gate of Jinyiwei.Forget it, the governor asked me to make friends with Luo Xin, I'd better stop pretending to be an old man, and pretend to be a grandson.

The expression on his face became humble, and he cupped his hands towards Luo Xin and said, "Master Luo, the governor asked me to tell you that Lu Ding will come to visit you."

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Well, Lu Ding has come and is in the second hall."

"Oh..." Shen Ling froze for a moment, and said with embarrassment on his face, "In that case, I'll take my leave first."

"I send you!"

"Don't dare!"

Luo Xin said with a smile: "It must be delivered."

Luo Xin sent Shen Ling to the gate, Shen Ling suddenly stopped, turned back to Luo Xin and said:
"Lord Luo, if you can get me in the future, please be polite, Lord Luo."

Luo Xin looked at Shen Ling fixedly, even the gloomy Shen Ling felt a little nervous when Luo Xin saw it, grinned and said:

"Sir, are you?"

Luo Xin's aura subsided, and he said like a gentleman like jade: "Did Shen Qianhu's words just represent himself, or Jin Yiwei?"

Shen Ling's eyes just shrank, he understood Luo Xin's words, was he asking him if he would work for Luo Xin or Lu Bing in the future?
His heart turned, even Lu Bing was showing his favor to Luo Xin, and Lu Bing was already old, and he might die someday.And watching Luo Xin strategize and win thousands of miles, it is obvious that the future is limitless.Immediately lowered his voice and said:
"On behalf of myself."

A friendly smile appeared on Luo Xin's face, and he stopped addressing Shen Qianhu.

"Brother Shen, you are Jin Yiwei, you should have known me before."

Shen Ling smiled embarrassingly, and then heard Luo Xin continue to say: "In this way, you should understand me as a person. If you don't let me down, I will definitely not let you down."

Shen Ling's spirit is lifted, he naturally understands Luo Xin's personality, just as Luo Xin said, Luo Xin's character is quite reliable.So when he heard that, his face showed joy and said:

"Shen Ling will definitely live up to my lord."

"Alright, let me know if you have any news." Luo Xin lowered his voice.

"Yes, Lord Luo, don't worry."

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Brother Shen, I won't keep you today, I will treat you to a drink another day."

"That is the honor of the humble position. The humble position is farewell."

Luo Xin looked at Shen Ling's leaving back with a smile on his face.Now that Hu Zongxian in the southeast has been settled by himself, Jin Yiwei has also settled himself today, the prefect Song Danian has become his follower, and Lu Ding is still waiting for him in the second hall, presumably the four great families will come to seek refuge soon.In this way, in the southeast area, the military, government, secret service agencies, and aristocratic families are all settled by him, and he can finally start operating the Shibo Department.

Luo Xin returned to the second hall with a happy mood, and when Lu Ding saw Luo Xin walking back with a smile on his face, his heart skipped a beat.Could it be that the other four great families have come to seek refuge with Luo Xin?
It cannot be delayed any longer.

Lu Ding immediately said: "Lord Luo, Lu has only one purpose for coming this time, and that is to help him with all his strength, and he wants someone who is rich and rich."

Luo Xin was silent for a moment and said: "My lord, since I came to the southeast, we have tested each other many times and fought against each other a few times. We both know each other very well, so I will tell the truth here. I hope that my lord will Don't be offended."

A look of embarrassment appeared on Lu Ding's face, and he thought to himself, I have lost so many fights with you, are you trying to humiliate me?
A surge of anger couldn't help but rise up in his heart, do you really think that my Lu family will be slaughtered by you?But on the surface, he still endured it, smiled awkwardly and said:

"Sir, please speak!"

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said: "First, the boss must have the mentality of being at a disadvantage to help Bu Qi?"

"Isn't it?" Lu Ding thought to himself.It's just that he didn't say anything, since Luo Xin said the first, there must be a second, so you might as well finish listening.

Seeing Lu Ding holding his breath, Luo Xin couldn't help but nodded secretly, feeling a little happy in his heart, he also wanted to cooperate with someone who could hold his breath, and didn't want to cooperate with an impulsive person.So he continued:
"Secondly, at this time, the boss did not inform the four big families. I am afraid that he wants to monopolize the business of the Shipbuilding Department, so as to reduce his losses?"

Lu Ding's face turned purple all of a sudden, as if he was stripped naked by Luo Xin and sitting naked in front of Luo Xin, no matter how calm he was, his face at this time He couldn't help but show a look of shame and anger.

Seeing the expression on Lu Ding's face, Luo Xin waved his hands and smiled, "My lord, don't worry. I don't have any other intentions, I just want to tell you that you have misunderstood me, Luo Xin, and the Shibo Secretary It's different."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin's face showed pride and said: "If I, Luo Xin, come to Southeast to establish a shipping department, and let you earn less than before, then I, Luo Xin, will not agree to your Majesty's coming to Southeast. And, if you can't make the southeast people rich, even if you don't smuggle, other people will smuggle. I just want to let the people in the southeast understand that doing business with Shibosi in an upright manner can make a lot of money. Go smuggling, but lose your head."

Lu Ding sat there in astonishment, and said for a while: "My lord, is what you said true?"

"Of course it is true." Luo Xin said firmly.

"Earn more than before?"

"Of course!"

Lu Ding hesitated for a while and said, "My lord, since you said just now that we know each other very well, then I'm telling the truth."

"My lord, please general, after all, you are a real southeast person, and you can't compare to knowing the southeast."

Lu Ding nodded, his expression became serious and he said, "I don't really believe it. My lord, how much tax do you plan to collect after your ship company opens the sea?"

"Thirty percent!" Luo Xin raised his finger.

Lu Ding's face turned dark, and he took a breath and said, "When we smuggled, we didn't collect any tax. How do you think we can earn more than before?"

Luo Xin smiled and said, "Have you ever thought that the prices you give to those so-called maritime merchants are too low?"

Lu Ding was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "So what if it's not low? If we want to increase the price a little, they won't accept our goods. After your shipping company opens the sea, you will also encounter such a situation. "

"Then I won't sell it!" Luo Xin said decisively.

Lu Ding smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Luo, you are mistaken. In fact, it's not that we don't sell it, it's that people don't have to buy it."

Luo Xin had a wry smile on his face, it seemed that the Ming Dynasty sealed off the sea and prevented the board from going into the sea, so that the people of Daming lost their vision and could not see the outside world.

"Boss, let me ask you, when you smuggled, how much did a porcelain plate cost? It's just an ordinary porcelain plate."

"How much can you buy? It's just a few copper coins."

"My lord, are you just transporting the porcelain with a few copper coins to Frankie, Arabia and other places and sell it for hundreds of copper coins? Although it won't be that expensive to sell to the feudal kingdom, it is still not so expensive to double or triple it." question."

"Why?" Lu Ding asked in surprise.

Luo Xin said with a smile: "They not only earn a huge price difference from our Ming Dynasty, but also bring glass and other things that our Ming Dynasty does not have from them, and sell them to us at a high price. So, they just bully us. It’s very valuable outside. As long as we hold our breath, this is at our doorstep, and they’ve come from afar, if they don’t buy the goods, why don’t they go back with an empty ship?”

"But..." Lu Ding said: "Lord Luo, you may not know that we do not directly do business with those vassal states, but are monopolized by Japanese pirates such as Xu Hai, Wang Zhi, Ye Ma and Xin Wulang. No, they don't buy our goods, even if the merchants of those vassal states want to buy them, they can't buy them. Even if they buy them, they will be robbed by Wang Zhi and Xu Hai at sea. Only by getting a hand from them can we Safety."

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Whether it's Wang Zhi or Xu Hai, they also want to make money. As long as we can hold our breath, they will eventually buy it. Of course, this also requires our Daming navy to be able to severely crack down on Japanese pirates. Let the pirates know that if you do business with us honestly, although you will earn less, you won’t lose your head.”

Speaking of this, Luo Xin said solemnly: "It will be difficult at the beginning, and the earning will be less. But as the Shibo Division gets on the right track, more and more businessmen from the vassal state will definitely come. By that time , I guarantee that your earnings will be several times or even ten times what you are now."

"How long will it take?" Lu Ding asked expectantly.

"If the boss is willing to cooperate, at most two years, at least half a year."

Lu Ding cheered up and said, "You mean that Hu Zongxian will wipe out the Japanese pirates within half a year to two years?"

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Hu Zongxian already knows that His Majesty will not give him any more time. Within two years, either he will destroy the Japanese pirates, or he will be beheaded by His Majesty. I have seen Hu Zongxian's current military strength, and it is not very difficult to wipe out the Japanese pirates. "

And Luo Xin still has some things to say, he has already made tens of thousands of thunderbolts, and thousands of veterans have come from the north, and they are all living in the manor at this time, just waiting for Luo Sheng to come back next time to take these people away , With these veterans, craftsmen and scholars, Taiwan will soon be established.Moreover, these people are all good at fighting, and with the addition of thunderbolts, they can completely traverse the sea.At that time, what Wang Zhi, what Xu Hai, Ye Ma, Xin Wulang, and Luo Sheng can annex them one by one to strengthen themselves.Even if Hu Zongxian achieves nothing within two years, it will be Luo Sheng who monopolizes the sea at that time, not Wang Zhi and the others.

"Great!"

Lu Ding looked excited. Although he didn't know how valuable Daming's things would be when they arrived in the feudal kingdom, he also knew that he would definitely lose money, but with Wang Zhi and the others around, they had no choice.If there were no Wang Zhi and the others, and the vassals were allowed to do business directly with the Shibo Division, even though the Shibo Division charged [-]% of the tax, but the things were expensive, the [-]% would be nothing.

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