The fleets of Shangzhai and Xiazhai will only meet after leaving the port and walking a sea route, Xu Chaoguang took Tongdong 'Gate' Qing to take a small boat to board Lin Guoxian's ship in person, which is the younger generation to meet the elders, which not only shows his respect for Lin Guoxian, but also shows his sincerity to Lin Guoxian.

At this meeting, it was still Lin Guoxian, Xu Chaoguang, Dong 'Men' Qing and Shen 'Men' Wu Ping, but there was one more Cao Gu'an, and the six of them sat down in the cabin to discuss major matters. How the two sides will cooperate has already been discussed last time, and this time it will be about where to go to "fish" and how to fight.

Dongmen Qing is quite resourceful, but when it comes to how to command such a large fleet to do big business, he has never experienced it, Xu Chaoguang has also led the fleet to sail alone, but it is all small business, and the fleet he led this time is also unprecedented in scale for him, and both of them feel that they are not experienced enough, so after entering the cabin, they are also humble Lin Guoxian to ask for advice.

Xu Dong was reluctant to go out in person this time, and was afraid that Xu Chaoguang would be calculated by Lin Guoxian at a young age, so he sent Cao Gu'an to be the guardian of the Xiazhai fleet, if the fleet did not appear inappropriate, there was no need to interfere with Xu Chaoguang's decision, Cao Gu'an has not expressed much of his stance after going to sea this time, I don't know whether to trust Xu Chaoguang, or to take the opportunity to let his nephew have more experience.

Cao Gu'an didn't speak, and everyone in the cabin only looked forward to Lin Guoxian, Lin Guoxian didn't give in, let alone talk nonsense, so he asked Shen 'Men' to take out a sea chart and said: "Let's come out to fish this time, there are two choices." The first is to catch fish from the sea, that is, passing merchants, and the second is to land and 'borrow' grain from the coastal state capital. At present, it is not the peak season of 'exchange', whether we can meet merchants at sea has to try luck, as for to meet the big merchants who can meet us, it depends on luck. I don't think I've had such good luck lately, so I don't plan to fish at sea, but I plan to borrow grain from the state capital. ”

Dong'men' Qing was not familiar with these situations, so he kept silent, Cao Gu'an had something to say, but he couldn't help but say it, just looked at his nephew, but heard Xu Chaoguang say: "Not long ago, the 'Chao' state government heard that the main force of Shangzhai was destroyed, and saw that our Nanao had not moved for a long time, and the four joint forces of Jinghai, Hai'men', Pengzhou, and Dacheng actually sent a fleet to test us. If we only plunder along the coast, we are afraid that we will not be able to capture much. If you go deep inland, you are afraid that you will not have enough troops and fall into a trap. ”

The southeast coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty has been abandoned for a long time, so there is the danger of piracy, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the coastal guard station arranged here by the Ming Dynasty and the militia spontaneously organized by the people still have the power to fight against the pirates. Although Li Dayong overwhelmed the official army in his heyday, he was defeated as soon as he had the intention of 'advancing' into the interior. At this time, although the combined forces of the four 'Chao' state capitals did not dare to attack Nanao, the combined fleet of the two villages in Nanao was not sure that they would be able to successfully attack the depths of the inland of the 'Chao' state capital.

Cao Gu'an's eyes narrowed when he heard his nephew's words, and when he heard Xu Chaoguang say this, he knew that he was afraid that if he entered the inland lightly, he would repeat Li Dayong's mistakes, Lin Guoxian also understood this, and said: "Kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred!" Now we have to go to attack the state and the county, we don't have the troops, we don't have the morale, and the money and food lent to us by the village can't afford to take too long to fight the war. If you can't take it, you can only outwit it. ”

Xu Chaoguang asked, "But I don't know how Uncle Lin wants to outwit?" ”

Lin Guoxian said: "If you want to outwit, you must know that you know the other, and you have to pick a place that we are most familiar with, so that we can be sure that we will not be ambushed." ”

Dongmen' Qing's heart moved: "He won't want to go to his hometown to rob, right?" Sure enough, I heard Lin Guoxian say: "Rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, we used to try not to move Raoping, so as not to be scolded by the old folks, but now we are hungry and panicked, and we have to eat two grasses on the edge of the nest!" But we don't really go down from our hometown, and we don't go to the county seat......" he said a little on the rough chart, "We'll fight here!" ”

Cao Gu'an looked at it and couldn't help but sigh.

The east 'gate' Qing saw that the place where Lin Guoxian was pointed was neither a county seat, nor a prefecture city, let alone a fertile town that he had heard of, saying that it was inland and not very far from the sea, and that it was the coast and not being able to 'approach' by ships, Xu Chaoguang couldn't help but wonder in his heart, Xu Chaoguang knew more about Rao Ping's situation than the East 'Gate' Qing, and asked: "Uncle Lin's idea to go to the stone and go to the warehouse?" ”

"Not bad." Lin Guoxian said: "During the Chenghua period of this dynasty, Raoping County was placed, and this warehouse was set up during the Zhengde period, which was provided to Raoping County in the north, and Huanggang Town and Dacheng in the south, and there was a lot of money and grain stored all year round. If I can get two or three percent, it will be enough for me to build a ship and go to sea and go on an expedition to Penghu. ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing thought to himself: "Since this Shixia warehouse is so important, how can it be defenseless? But he said nothing.

Xu Chaoguang also thought of this, and said: "This stone cabin is guarded by the two villages surnamed Cangqian Zhang and Canghou Lin all the year round, and these two clansmen add up to five or six hundred men, which is not easy to mess with!" Both villages have built arrow towers and towers to guard the main roads of the river. There is a beacon fire in the village, if it cannot be defeated within three days, Raoping County in the north, the 'Chao' state capital in the west, and Chenghai County in the southwest will send troops to help, if it is to be defeated within three days, I am afraid that ten times the strength will not be used - where do we have such strength now? And Ishishita is not on the coast, and our ship will not go! With our current situation, if we abandon the ship and go ashore, and abandon the long and short, I am afraid that we will not be able to hit the stone and go to the warehouse. Even if it is defeated, it is difficult to transport money and grain to the sea. ”

Hearing this, Dongmen Qingyi said: "This situation is reasonable!" If this stone is so easy to take, I am afraid that Xu Dong and them will take it long ago. Lin Guoxian just said that rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, if the grass on the edge of the nest is too easy to eat, I'm afraid they can't stop it at all! ”

However, he thought that since Lin Guoxian mentioned it, he must have an idea, and he really listened to him: "Shixia Cang is near the river and the mountain, and there are arrow towers and towers, and the Zhang and Lin clans guarding it are fierce, and if they want to attack hard, they are afraid that they will be sad and go directly to Raoping County." However, I know that the person who is in charge of the warehouse under Shixia is a heroic man who refuses to settle down, if he can say that he roars into the sea, then not to mention the village in front of Shixia Cangcang, it is the whole Raoping to shake 'swing'! Once Raoping is shaken, all counties and towns will be unable to save themselves, and we will have the opportunity to steal money and grain. Although Shixia Warehouse is not on the seaside, it is necessary to consider transportation when the warehouse is set up, so this warehouse is close to the Huanggang River, and we use small boats to load money and grain down the river, and we can reach Zhelin Bay in one day. Although the Ayutthaya is nearby, if we calculate the time to break into Zhelin Bay, I don't expect that the soft eggs in the Ayutthaya will not dare to provoke us until reinforcements from the other guards arrive! Reinforcements from other guards will arrive, and it will take three to five days at the earliest, and when they come, we will already transport all the things from the Huanggang River! ”

Xu Chaoguang listened and said: "If you can talk about that person, this matter is indeed promising!" However, as far as the little nephew knows, this person is not like us, he is living a good life in Raoping, and he may not be willing to fall into the sea. ”

Lin Guoxian said: "Virtuous nephew, you don't know, this person's current situation seems to be safe. ”

Xu Chaoguang asked: "What kind of security and danger law?" ”

Lin Guoxian said: "This person has two hidden dangers. One is that he attaches too much importance to affection, so he knows that the cousin who raised him to sell the things in the warehouse has always been forbearance, but how can this kind of thing be hidden for a long time? Once the incident happened, let alone keep his current position, even his 'life' would have to be lost - this is one. Second, this man has a hidden vendetta. ”

"Hidden vendetta?" Xu Chaoguang said strangely: "What is hidden revenge? ”

Lin Guoxian said: "There are two powerful figures in Cangqian Village, this person is one, and the other is Zhang Kun, the village head of Cangqian Village. And this Zhang Kun is the man's father-killing enemy - but this enemy has never been known, so it is called a hidden revenge. ”

Xu Chaoguang's heart sank when he heard this, and he thought, "Didn't I also have a hidden vendetta? ”

But I heard Lin Guoxian say: "I know these two things by chance, and now I just take these two things out and 'force' this person to fall into the grass!" ”

Dong Men' Qing was confused when he heard these conversations between the two, and thought: "Who are the 'this people' and 'that people' they are talking about?" "When I wanted to ask, I saw that the two of them spoke right, and they couldn't 'interject'. Lin Guoxian and Xu Chaoguang are both from the 'Chao' Mansion, and the two of them don't need to understand everything when they talk about their hometowns, Cao Gu'an, Shen 'Men' and others must know who they are talking about, but the guest Qing of the East 'Gate' doesn't know what to do when he hears it, and a feeling of "outsider" arises spontaneously. He thought again: "The master of Lin Zhai knows about such things, or there may be a coincidence in it, but if he hadn't paid attention to this person, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known so clearly!" Well, he's just afraid that he's been coveting this Shishitokura for a long time, and this time it's just an opportunity. ”

But I heard Xu Chaoguang ask: "Listening to Uncle Lin say this, this matter can be done!" But I don't know how Uncle Lin plans to arrange it? ”

Lin Guoxian said: "Our soldiers are divided into four routes. The first way is the brigade, led by Xu Xian's nephew, and I will let Shen 'Men' be your right and left hand, lead the main force of the fleet, and first find a hidden place outside Zhelin Bay to hide, waiting for a response. ”

He said that he glanced at Cao Gu'an here, saw Cao Gu'an nodding and smiling, and knew that he did not object, so he said: "On the second way, Wu Ping led a few ships to patrol in the eastern sea area to see if there were any 'fat' fish in the past. ”

Wu Ping received the order, and Lin Guoxian said: "The third way is to send someone to Shixia Cang to do something, I have a leader named Lin Fushan, who is a person from Canghou Village, and many things in Cangqian Village are told to me by him, and this strategy is also offered by him, so I will send him to do a job of that person, see the situation, and we will raise troops to respond as soon as there is news." However, Lin Fushan is just doing this strategy, and there has to be a commander behind him, I don't know if he can work on Brother Cao's big frame? ”

Cao Gu'an is not famous, and he became one of the leaders in Xiazhai because he is Xu Dong's brother-in-law, if Lin Guoxian didn't look at him a year ago, he had to discuss with him in a good voice, and Shen 'Men' couldn't help but sigh when he saw it in his eyes.

Lin Guoxian paused at this point, and Xu Chaoguang asked, "What about the fifth road?" Lin Guoxian said: "I have to go to the fifth road myself." Xu Chaoguang asked him where he was going, and Lin Guoxian said, "Niujiapu." ”

Xu Chaoguang sighed and said, "It turns out that Uncle Lin is going to order a shipbuilder. ”

"Not bad." Lin Guoxian said: "We can't wait for the money and food to arrive before making a decision, which will have to delay for a long time." The grain and grass in Xiazhai are not abundant, and the completion of the matter one day earlier is to save the rations of hundreds of people for a day. ”

Xu Chaoguang said: "But does Uncle Lin have a deposit now?" ”

Lin Guoxian said: "No." ”

Xu Chaoguang was surprised: "No? So what to decide? ”

Cao Gu'an smiled when he heard this: "It's because there is no deposit, so Boss Lin has to go on a trip in person!" If you have money, ordering a shipbuilding is just a matter of one sentence, so why bother Boss Lin to leave! ”

Lin Guoxian was silent, and Xu Chaoguang hurriedly said: "Yes, Uncle Lin is a gold-lettered signboard, and your words are better than 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Lin Guoxian said lightly: "Only those who have money have gold-lettered signboards, and those who don't have money have white-lettered signboards." Now Xiaowei is always swimming in shallow water and the tiger is falling in Pingyang, Niu Gonghui is willing to sell this face, I can't say! ”

So the matter was decided, and the whole process seemed to have nothing to do with the East Gate, as if the East Gate" Qing had completed his mission after setting up a line for the two families. This time, Lin Guoxian arranged for Xu Chaoguang to lead the brigade in the middle, although Lin Guoxian had no choice but to do so, but after all, he 'handed over' the power to him, so Xu Chaoguang was also quite satisfied with this arrangement. But the East 'Gate' Qing side did not get any important tasks, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied, he endured the request several times, and saw that it was about to end, Lin Guoxian noticed him, sank slightly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "How about following me to Niujiapu to see the means of shipbuilding for the 'Chaozhou' people?" ”

Dongmen' Qingxin said: "The two of them have already negotiated, and at this time, I suddenly complained, 'complaining' has no effect, and it only shows that my heart is narrow-minded." Then he smiled and said, "Okay." After a pause, he said: "It's just that I heard so much just now, but there is one thing that I haven't heard clearly." ”

Lin Guoxian asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Dong'men' Qingdao: "Just now, the lord of Lin Zhai mentioned the heroic man in Shixiacang, and kept saying 'this person' and 'that person', but I don't know what kind of person that person is?" ”

"This person," Lin Guoxian hadn't spoken yet, Cao Gu'an had already said: "Although this person is only in his twenties, he is also a rare hero in our Raoping, just because he can't read eight shares, so he is really wronged by being a small official who is not in the stream at the moment." ”

The east 'gate' celebrated: "I would like to know the name of this person." ”

Cao Gu'an didn't answer, Wu Ping already said: "This guy's surname is Zhang, his name is Zhang Lian!" ”

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The manuscript is used up, and I am greedy for the Olympics during the day, and I forgot to update the code word, sorry, sorry.