Mingshi

Chapter 783 Helpless
"My lord!" He Nian was almost crying: "Are you in no hurry? How long has it been? Those merchants from the feudal kingdom should have come!"

"No hurry, no hurry!" Luo Xin said with a smile, "What should come will always come."

"My lord..."

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, He Nian stopped the sound, and the three of them turned their heads to look, and saw Wan Daquan hurried in with Yu Dayou.When Yu Dayou saw Luo Xin, his eyes lit up, he walked forward a few steps and saluted:
"The last general pays his respects to your lord."

"General Yu, please sit down." Luo Xin hurriedly stood up and greeted with a smile, He Nian and Wang Ziren also stood up, greeted each other with Yu Dayou, and then the four sat down again.Luo Xin then asked in a concentrated voice:

"General Yu, you are not in Suzhou, why are you here?"

"There is one thing that I can't figure out, come and ask the adults for advice."

"What?" Not only Luo Xin was curious, but He Nian and Wang Ziren were also curious.

"Half a month ago, the navy dispatched 45 ships."

"The navy is dispatched?" He Nian frowned and said, "There are no more pirates now, what is the navy dispatched for?"

Wang Ziren also frowned and asked, "Could it be that Hu Zongxian learned of Wang Zhi's whereabouts and went after him?"

"I don't know!" Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "But the sailors who went out today came back, only two ships came back."

The faces of He Nian and Wang Ziren changed drastically, and He Nian asked anxiously, "What do you mean? Could it be that they were defeated by Wang Zhi? Wang Zhi snatched all the ships?"

The expression on Yu Dayou's face became more and more strange: "But the people were hardly injured, but their armor and weapons were taken away. That is to say, someone defeated the navy at sea, but did not kill the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty." , just stripped them naked, and then gave them back to the two boats for them to ride back. My lord, the last general really can’t figure out why this happened?”

He Nian and Wang Ziren stared at Yu Dayou dumbfounded, with complete disbelief on their faces.After a while, Wang Ziren thought about it and said:

"Could it be that another group of pirates appeared, and that group of pirates didn't want to fight against Da Ming, so they left room for Da Ming's officers and soldiers?"

Yu Dayou ignored He Nian and Wang Ziren, but just stared at Luo Xin. He found that Luo Xin's expression had been calm since he told the story.

"My lord, please let me explain to you for the last general."

He Nian and Wang Ziren looked over, and Luo Xin sarcastically said, "First of all, I think there are only two reasons for Hu Zongxian to send troops.

The first reason. Luo Xin raised a finger and said, "Chasing and killing Wang Zhi." "

"The second reason." Luo Xin stretched out another finger and said, "They went to rob the merchants of the feudal kingdom."

"Robbery... the merchants of the feudal kingdom..."

The expressions of Yu Dayou, He Nian and Wang Ziren all changed.Luo Xin put down his hand and said softly:

"Do you think Hu Zongxian used the courage to hunt down Wang Zhi at sea? Or is he capable of finding Wang Zhi's hiding place?"

Yu Dayou, He Nian and Wang Ziren all looked at each other, then shook their heads.The sarcasm on Luo Xin's face magnified.

"In this way, he is going to rob the merchants of the vassal state. On the one hand, he can make him rich, and on the other hand, he can destroy the Shibo Division I run. The third aspect is to raise the bandits' self-respect. Three birds with one stone."

There was a sudden silence in the second hall, Yu Dayou questioned: "Then how do you explain that they were stripped and returned?"

"Let's analyze it again. The only famous pirates in the southeast are Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Ye Ma and Xin Wulang. The rest of the pirates are not popular, right?"

"Yes!" The three of Yu Dayou knew this very well.

"Let's recall, how did Ye Ma die? If no one secretly snatched Xu Hai and Ye Ma's boat by the sea, do you think Ye Ma would still die?"

"You mean..." Yu Dayou said with bright eyes: "There is a group of pirates that we and Wang Zhi and others have not paid attention to all the time, that is, those pirates who are not well-known. They suddenly attacked the ships of Xu Hai and Ye Ma, and took their Sea ship snatched?
So, they were also the ones who snatched Wang Zhi's and others' ship before? "

"It should be!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "The current situation is that three of the four major pirates at sea have died, and Wang Zhi has also become a remnant. I am afraid that at this time the mysterious pirates have become the overlord of the sea, replacing Wang Zhi.

To be honest, they robbed Xu Hai and Wang Zhi's ships twice, which was an important factor for their victory.If they hadn't robbed Xu Hai and Wang Zhi's ships, Wang Zhi and the others would have withdrawn to the sea long ago, we would not have nearly killed Xu Hai, Ye Ma, and Xin Wulang at all.Annihilate the Japanese pirates.From this point of view, they all made great contributions to Daming.Also from this point of view, they have never set foot on the shore, and they have never done anything like burning, killing, looting, which proves that they have no intention of going against Da Ming.They just wanted to make a fortune, so they just robbed the ships and equipment of the Daming Navy, but let them back, which is not surprising. "

Yu Dayou pondered for a while and said, "Hu Zongxian should be beheaded, but the pirates should also be wiped out."

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "You and I can't kill Hu Zongxian, because they just speculate and have no evidence. The pirates can't kill either, because they don't know where they are at all?"

"Bang!" Yu Dayou slammed his fist on the table fiercely, with an angry look on his face.

Luo Xin patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't think too much, Hu Zongxian has a lot to do after losing so many ships. As long as he doesn't make trouble for me, I won't bother with him. Similarly, as long as pirates don't come to destroy Shibo, I won't talk to them either."

"My lord, if you let it go like this, Hu Zongxian will quickly wipe out this matter, and will still target you in the future. As the pirates continue to grow, they will still cause trouble to the southeast." Yu Dayou said in a condensed voice.

"There is no way around it." Luo Xin sighed and said, "Hu Zongxian and Xu Jie joined hands, and I can't do anything about him. Even if I report to His Majesty, I can only impeach Hu Zongxian and defeat him. Evidence can be speculated, but it cannot be reported. This will not hurt Hu Zongxian, but it will make His Majesty more worried about the Japanese pirates in the southeast, and let Hu Zongxian continue to guard the southeast. After all, when Hu Zongxian was in the southeast, Wang Zhi was defeated, Xu Hai, Ye Ma and Xin Wulang fought die."

"But... what do these achievements have to do with Hu Zongxian?"

"But it has nothing to do with me. So, since I didn't do it, who did it? Is it you, or Qi Jiguang? No matter which of you two, you are all under Hu Zongxian's leadership, this credit is natural It's Hu Zongxian's part."

"This...is there nothing you can do about him?" Yu Dayou said unwillingly.

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