"Xin'er, you, you!" Xiao Renqing looked at his niece helplessly, "Where is the mess, where are you going! You let your mother know, but how did you get it?"

Ruan Jingxin smiled, "Uncle, don't forget whose niece and granddaughter I am?"

Xiao Renqing smiled bitterly, "Although Liu Shiniang said that you have made great progress in the past two years, I think your courage has become bigger and bigger." ”

"Uncle!" Ruan Jingxin was coquettish, "Uncle, people are here to help you a lot this time!"

"Good, good, good!" Xiao Renqing nodded fondly, "How do you want to help me?"

Ruan Jingxin suddenly said, "Lord Xiao, since you want to talk about business, why don't you go to the study." ”

Xiao Renqing was stunned for a moment, and became serious, "Then lead the way." "It was the first time he came to the mansion of the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division. This yamen is in front, the mansion is in the back, and whoever is in office is someone's home. Nguyen Guanqi has only been in office for a short time, and he has not yet had a chance to come.

The two entered the study, and Dongfang Xu appeared. Because Ruan Jingxin and Xiao Renqing have a relatively close relationship, Dongfang Xu didn't say much, and let Ruan Jingxin control the situation after revealing the identities of the two of them.

"Uncle, I know that you are in charge of suppressing bandits now, I don't know what your plan is?" Ruan Jingxin asked bluntly.

Xiao Renqing's face was serious, "Since you are the people appointed by His Majesty, I will also say it directly." We're very passive these days. I don't have a lot of people with me. What's more, the ships are also limited, and the capabilities of the navy are really ...... Therefore, during this time, we can only deploy defenses in more important and sensitive places to prevent the Japanese from landing. However, the effect of this is not very good, and there are often omissions. It's as if those widows always get the news in advance. ”

"Uncle should have thought of it, we are going to cooperate with my uncle this time to dig these people out together. Ruan Jingxin nodded, "I don't know what my uncle's next plan is?" ”

Xiao Renqing sighed, "I plan to recruit some pirates. These people are familiar with the sea and have access to water, which is really the best helper today. ”

Ruan Jingxin's eyes lit up! "Uncle, you can go and find out if there are any helpers or relatives of the Water Rejection Gang." The islands they occupy in the sea have been taken over by the Japanese invaders. But I've heard that some of these pirates are usually left on the shore to meet them, and some of their families are usually hidden, and not all of them are brought to the island. ”

"How do you know where the widows are hiding?" Xiao Renqing's first reaction was not to be happy, but to worry, "Are you going to do something dangerous again?"

Ruan Jingxin shook her head amusedly, "No, we want to visit some fishermen and learn about some nearby sea conditions." Didn't want to meet someone in the know. He is now living in the house. ”

Speaking of this, Ruan Jingxin took out a drawing, "Uncle, look, this is the nautical chart drawn by that person, which is several times more detailed than the nautical chart of the shipping department. There are also pirate organizations marked with nearby islands here, and my uncle can refer to them before going to Zhao'an. ”

Xiao Renqing looked at the drawings with bright eyes, and praised happily, "This drawing has helped me a lot!" He didn't come for long, and the local navy was not very cooperative, so he had to rely on himself.

Dongfang Xu said suddenly, "If General Xiao doesn't mind, I still have a few people here who want to follow you." ”

Xiao Renqing raised his eyebrows, "Lord Shizi, I don't know who you are talking about?"

"One is Liu Ashui, who draws the picture, and the rest are people from their village, a total of eight people, they are all good hands on the boat, not only have good water quality, but also are familiar with the sea area. Dongfang Xu paused, and then said, "I have also seen the ship of the navy, it is too ......" He frowned, not knowing how to describe it.

He was so depressed that he simply thought of another way, "The ships of the navy cannot be used, and it is too late to build new ones, so I plan to requisition a few good ships." ”

Ruan Jingxin felt that the moment in front of her was like a thousand-year-old vixen. She couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, "Are you going to ask the salt merchant to donate the ship?"

Xiao Renqing frowned, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to speak......"

Dongfang Xu narrowed his eyes with a smile, "This is a righteous act to help the army fight against the Japanese! Not to mention it is also for the interests of the salt merchants." Well...... I will write to the Crown Prince and His Majesty, and after the war is over, I will erect a monument of merit in front of the Yamen of the Maritime Division, and engrave their righteous deeds on the monument, if any of them really have too much financial resources...... It's not that you can't give them some practical benefits. ”

Ruan Jingxin understood that the opportunity they gave them to join the company last year was what the salt merchants wanted the most. "It's a good idea. Ruan Jingxin thought for a moment, and then said, "It's just that although the merchant ship is strong, it is not fast, so why not equip it with some weapons?"

"The navy is good at bows and arrows, and these are ready-made. Xiao Renqing said.

"No! I mean, for example, a large bed crossbow can be used. Ruan Jingxin said with a smile, "Make a bottom bracket that can be directly fixed on the deck below to ensure that it will not shake, and make a vertical axis for the part linked above to ensure that the direction can be adjusted." Arrows can not be handled, rockets are more lethal for ships. ”

Dongfang Xu obviously remembered what Ruan Jingxin had made, "Is that thing of yours usable?"

"Yes, but it can only be used at close range, too far for ordinary people to throw it. Ruan Jingxin's eyes rolled, "Rough porcelain bottles and wine, I believe it should be easy to collect, and let the local salt merchants help." But it would be better if there was kerosene. ”

"The control of fire oil is too strict, but other oils can also be used!" Dongfang Xu smiled, "There are many people and great power, these are easy to say." ”

Xiao Renqing had been listening, he hadn't thought that the large weapons used for siege could be used on ships. "That...... Trebuchets are actually not very difficult to make, they are smaller, can they be put on a boat? Isn't that the thing you are talking about can be thrown farther? I have a few here who are good at using bed crossbows and trebuchets. ”

Ruan Jingxin was overjoyed, "This is excellent, but uncle, you have to be careful, the ship is best modified in secret." I'm afraid that General Deng on the other side of the navy is also a little dissatisfied with you, and if it's like this, if he doesn't act, it means that there may be a problem, don't let him spread the news. ”

Xiao Renqing frowned and pondered for a while, "This person is a hidden danger, I have to find an opportunity to take him down first." You say, how can you show his traces?"

Dongfang Xu's eyes swept and saw the drawings in Xiao Renqing's hand, and he pointed a little, "This is easy......!