It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 537

Fallen Phoenix City.

Li Xingzai returned to the City Lord's Mansion, read the piece of information just received, and then detained it on the handsome case.

"The news just came. Ten days ago, he appeared in Yanzhou and encountered Yanzhou soldiers, and his whereabouts are unknown after that."

Li Xingzai tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about this in his mind. He hasn't come to Luofeng City for a long time, and he has temporarily stabilized the situation. Of course, the situation is far from ideal. After that, he selected a person to be responsible for collecting intelligence, but there are not many people available, so the time for the news to reach here will be a little later.

"Can you confirm that it is him?" Li Xingzai asked worriedly.

"For the time being, it can be confirmed that the King of Yanzhou has dispatched experts to mobilize the army. Looking at this movement, the origin of the enemy is not easy. Qingzhou Xuzhou Yuzhou Jizhou has corresponding arrangements, and the recruitment hall has sent experts."

"Tsk, why is he here?" Li Xingzai sighed and muttered to himself, "Why don't you stay in Liangzhou and go to the East China Sea?"

"My subordinates have ordered to investigate. Once there is news, report it to the king immediately."

"That's it, that's it." Li Xingzai waved his hand: "There are so many things in the city, there is no way to separate people to do this. General Qi, you don't have to do everything yourself, you should rest or rest, after all, your health is important."

Li Xingzai was really worried that Qi Jiguang would have a headache, three long and two short. Since Qi Jiguang came to Luofeng City, Li Xingzai suddenly became more powerful, and the bad problem that he had nowhere to deal with was quite a bit of a solution.

However, Luofengcheng's manpower is still too small, and all the things are burdened on Qi Jiguang alone, and no one can share it with him.

Qi Jiguang's eyes were hot, and he fell to his knees with a thud: "A scholar who dies for a confidant can worry about the king, and his subordinates will do whatever they want."

"Alright, alright, get up and talk, you and I don't need to do this."

Li Xingzai hurriedly helped him up and poured a cup of tea for Qi Jiguang himself. Of course, the City Lord's Mansion also had no servants available.

"Don't worry about Cheng Dalei's problem for now. It's our own business that matters. Since the guards in the city were handed over to General Qi for rectification, the army's appearance has changed. We have won several consecutive battles against pirates. After eliminating a small wave of pirates, I estimate that no pirates will easily disturb me in Luofeng City." Li Xingzai paused and said, "However, our troops are still too weak, and the defenders in the city, including the recently recruited ones, are also too weak. But there are more than 1,000 people. If you want to fight, you still have to have soldiers."

"This question has already been thought of by my subordinates, and I have also figured out a way."

"Oh, General Qi really thinks about what this king does not think about, and is worried about what this king does not worry about. If you have any ideas, come and listen." Li Xingzai hurriedly said.

"Luofeng City is barren and surrounded by powerful enemies. But Luofeng City also has a special product that is not found in other places."

"What specialty?" Li Xingzai was a little confused: "Is it iron or copper, I've been here for a while, why have I never heard of it."

"It's a pirate."

"Uh..." Li Xingzai was speechless.

"Pirates are active on the sea, sometimes going ashore to loot, and sometimes robbing ships. There is a lot of wealth on the small islands they occupy."

"What do you mean, pirates rob merchants, we rob pirates, and let a group of pirates become our wallets?" Li Xingzai opened his eyes wide, then immediately shook his head: "No, no, this is easy to say, but we have to go to sea. Sweeping down the pirates costs not a small amount of money. It requires both money to build ships and troops to fight wars. The point is, I have no use for these two things."

"If you have soldiers, you won't have to worry about money, and if you have money, you won't have to worry about not having soldiers."

"But what if you don't have both?" Li Xingzai asked angrily.

Qi Jiguang was useless to answer, to be precise, there was no way to answer. Even though he is very talented and has a great talent for training soldiers, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and some things cannot be done by just relying on the head.

"Okay, okay." Li Xingzai comforted: "We don't ask for speed, we will slowly find a way if we don't have money. If there are no pirates, or bandits, it's the same as robbing them. We will develop step by step, and when we have money to build ships, Let's go to the pirates again."

"The king is right."

"Report!"

A pawn came from outside, and after bowing to Li Xingzai, he said, "Your Highness, there is someone outside the door asking to see you."

"Oh, who are you, bring me here."

Li Xingzai was also recruiting troops recently. Although he did not have the financial resources to support him, it was inevitable that the blind would be cast under his command. For example, Qi Jiguang is not a famous general sent to him by God.

He is also looking forward to whether this time someone like Qi Jiguang, who is blind, but has a good brain, will come to rely on him.

Looking eagerly, I saw a group of people pouring in from outside the door, led by a white-haired and beardless old man, who immediately knelt down when they entered the hall:

"The sixth prince is above, please accept the old servant's worship, the old servant can be considered to see His Highness."

Li Xingzai was a little confused, he saw that there were seven or eight people in the team. Everyone is dressed in splendid clothes and looks arrogant. Judging from their clothes, they should be very rich.

"Old man, please get up quickly, what do you say, why is it like this?" Li Xingzai walked out of the handsome case and wanted to help the old man up.

But the old man was obviously very excited, with tears on his face, it was not easy for Li Xingzai to lift him up.

"The old slave Yuqian is from the third-rank eunuch Sun Delong, see the sixth prince, and ask your Highness to forgive the sin of the old minister."

Li Xingzai was still a little stunned, not knowing what was going on.

This old man is Sun Delong, an old eunuch who escaped from the capital with Emperor Ming, who was headed by the Cao Gang of Qianzhou City in Yangzhou. Although Emperor Ming is dead, Sun Delong's loyalty to the empire has never changed. Now that he learned that Li Xingzai was named King of Xiaoyao, he brought his subordinates to flee.

That was more than thirty years ago. At that time, Li Xingzai had not yet been born, and he had no idea who this Sun Delong was. He listened to Sun Delong's words intermittently, and understood the whole story.

One word in particular made Li Xingzai's heart tremble: Cao Gang.

Caobang is very rich.

"It has been more than 30 years since I separated from the late emperor. Who would have expected the late emperor to return to the sky." Sun Delong choked up: "I have helped three thousand people, both big and small, all willing to serve in front of His Highness and shatter their bones for His Highness. Regardless."

"The words are heavy, the words are heavy." Li Xingzai hurried to win over people's hearts: "With a loyal minister like you in the empire, why can't you help the society and create a prosperous world."

"His Royal Highness, a few years ago, you sent people to Jiangnan to get food. After that, did things go well?"

Li Xingzai blinked: "What happened a few years ago?"