Wang Zhiren's military households were very satisfied with their treatment at first, after all, they could eat well, but after the first bold to join the Cantonese army, everyone had no heart to work, and every day they just thought about how to blend into the revolutionary ranks. Wang Zhiren can't help it, those Guangdong lords are really not something they can offend, but fortunately, they recruit soldiers very strictly, as long as they are under twenty and fifteen years old, there are less than 500 people in the entire Dinghaiwei who can meet this condition, so Wang Zhiren's power still hasn't suffered much loss.

At the beginning, Wang Zhiren didn't know why he wanted to build a house, even if he added the Cantonese Yankees, there were less than 30,000 people on the entire Dinghai Island, and the house Wang Zhiren has built now is enough for 100,000 people to live. In the following September, Wang Zhiren knew why he wanted to build a house, and a large number of displaced people from Nanzhili and Zhejiang came to the island, and there were more than 100,000 displaced people on the island every month, and the houses were not enough to live in.

The Governor ordered Wang Zhiren to continue building the house, but at this time Wang Zhiren did not complain at all, because the Governor allocated him 20,000 men to command. This is different from the old and weak military households in the past, they are all in the prime of life, coupled with the heavy workload, the daily consumption of food and salt is astronomical.

Wang Zhiren, as a qualified Ming bureaucrat, naturally has to pump some oil and water for money and grain, not to mention that the grain and salt allocated to him by the Cantonese are all first-class goods, the rice is polished rice, there are no stones in it, and the salt is all snow-white green salt.

Wang Zhiren made suggestions at the beginning with the mentality of being responsible for the Governor, but he didn't expect to be scolded by the Governor.

Li Zhi was so busy at that time that he hit the back of his head, Wang Zhiren actually told him at this time that he ate too well for the homeless, and hoped to supply them with brown rice and large grains of sea salt in the future, and also reduce expenses in the name of reducing expenses, he didn't know that this kind of refined salt was not worth much in Guangdong? Is it necessary for the king of Chu to open another salt field to produce large grains of sea salt for the displaced people? The rice was all brought from Annam, so do you still have to put sand in it? It's unbelievable.

Wang Zhiren, who was scolded, secretly scolded these rich people in Guangdong in his heart, kindly let you make money and scold others, and the uncle will make a fortune himself.

Next, Wang Zhiren took advantage of his position to let his brother-in-law pull a boatload of refined salt, go to the mainland to exchange silver, and then buy half a boat of local official salt back.

I didn't expect the homeless people who worked to stop working, who ate polished rice half a month ago, and suddenly changed to brown rice with sand and gravel half a month later?

When they first arrived, the homeless people were just complaining, but when they found out that the old and weak people who did not work in the camp were eating better than themselves, these laborers were immediately unhappy.

The result of the displeasure was passive sabotage, and the news soon reached the ears of the governor, and the result was very simple, Wang Zhiren's brother-in-law was beheaded in public, and Wang Zhiren was beaten with thirty military sticks. made Wang Zhiren tremble when he saw the governor Li Zhi.

Today, when I heard that Lord Li had something to look for him, Wang Zhiren's heart was beating wildly, he has been very peaceful in the past few months, why does the Governor still look for himself?

Wang Zhiren walked into the big tent with apprehension, but he didn't dare to look up, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Humble Wang Zhiren, meet the lord of Taiwan, I don't know what happened to the lord of the platform to call the lowly position?" ”

Li Zhi didn't speak, he was the master of Jinshi, so he could talk to this Qiu Ba. The fat man sitting next to him said, "Lord Wang, please get up!" Come on, show Lord Wang! ”

Wang Zhiren trembled and got up, leaned on the chair and half-pulled his buttocks, and looked at the situation in the big tent.

There are two people in the big tent, and the one wearing the official uniform of the second grade is Lord Li, the governor of Nanzhili, and there is a brocade guard wearing a flying fish suit sitting on the side, I don't know what identity!

Seeing Wang Zhiren looking at himself, Qian Lide smiled and said, "Lord Wang, brother, I am Qian Lide, the commander of the Jinyi Guard!" ”

Hearing that it was the head of Jinyiwei, Wang Zhiren was so frightened that he peed his pants, and quickly knelt down and shouted: "Lord Li, the last ink corruption case was committed by the lowly brother-in-law, and the lowly really doesn't know!" Please spare me! ”

Seeing Wang Zhiren crying and howling, Li Zhi couldn't sit still, although he hated Wang Zhiren, but Wang Zhiren was under his own command after all, and now he was so shameless that he really couldn't get over Lord Li's face.

"Who said that it was that case, Mr. Wang hurriedly got up, Lord Qian came to you this time to have something to arrange!"

Hearing that he didn't clean himself up, Wang Zhiren quickly wiped away his tears and stood up.

Qian Lide smiled and said, "Lord Wang, brother, there is something here that needs to be done by Lord Wang. ”

"Commander, please speak!" Wang Zhiren didn't dare to take it big in front of Qian Lide, but he knew that the commanders of the Jinyi Guard in the past dynasties were all cronies of the emperor, and killing a miscellaneous soldier like himself was like stepping on an ant.

"That's the case, King Lu is going to Guangdong, but the war in Nanzhili is tight, and the official can't escort him personally, I want to ask Lord Wang to make a hard trip, and take someone to escort King Lu to Guangdong three days later, and there will be a reward for the prison country after the incident."

Qian Lide said politely, Wang Zhiren dared to disagree, and hurriedly said: "No problem, it is the honor of the humble duty to serve the adults, and the humble duty will escort King Lu to Guangdong safely!" "Wang Zhiren doesn't want his face now, the commander of the Jinyi Guard is the third grade, and he is a second-grade general soldier who claims to be humble, and he really has to bow his head under the eaves.

Seeing Wang Zhiren come out of the big tent, Li Zhi asked, "Lord Qian, have you made arrangements over there?" ”

"Don't worry, Master Li, I have cut a big hole under King Lu's boat and glued it with fish glue, now it's no problem, after five days, the fish glue will dissolve in water, and no one will be able to save the boat at that time." If this strategy doesn't work, I will also arrange for someone in the escort team, and it is okay to drug King Lu's diet. ”

Hearing that Qian Lide arranged it very thoughtfully, Li Zhi said with a cold face: "In this case, Lord Qian, please go back, this official is going to rest in peace!" Li Zhi worked with Qian Lide for Zhu Hongsan's order, and now that the matter is done, Li Zhi, who hates the factory guard very much, immediately drove Qian Lide away.

Qian Lide secretly scolded in his heart: "These stinky old men, don't fall into my hands in the future!" "On the surface, there is no way, only a big account.

Wang Zhiren, the chief soldier of Dinghai, went out of the big tent and returned to his residence, and put down a stone in his heart, it is better to go to Guangdong than to be angry here in Dinghai.

At this time, Wang Zhiren's master, Wang Shang, came to see Wang Zhiren. Wang Shang is a distant relative of Wang Zhiren, and he should be called Uncle Wang Zhiren. Originally, Wang Shang was a teacher in his hometown, but he didn't expect the chaos in the north, and Wang Shang had to go south to his relative Wang Zhiren. Wang Shang is famous for his talents, and when he came to Wang Zhiren, he helped Wang Zhiren do some work of writing and calculating, which can be regarded as a way to live.

Today, when he heard that Wang Zhiren was called away by the governor, Wang Shang hurriedly came over to inquire about the situation.

After Wang Zhiren finished talking about the situation in detail, Wang Shang frowned.

"Uncle, do you think it's okay here?"

"What could be the problem? Isn't it just to escort King Lu to Guangdong? ”

"Uncle knows the story of Liao Yongzhong, Marquis of Deqing, when the Ming Dynasty was founded!"

"I don't know, nephew come and listen!"

Wang Shang cleared his throat and said, "Uncle, have you heard of Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er?" When Han Lin'er was in Chuzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Liao Yongzhong to meet him to the sky, but when he arrived in Guazhou, the boat capsized, and Han Lin'er was drowned. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was crowned a marquis, he said that Liao Yongzhong had a lot of credit, if this matter hadn't been done well, Liao Yongzhong should have been crowned a duke, and now he can only be a marquis. ”

Wang Zhiren was taken aback after hearing this, and asked, "Nephew, do you say that the King of Chu means that I want to kill King Lu on the way?" ”

Wang Shang shook his head and said, "Uncle, it must not be like this, I haven't finished the story just now, do you know how Liao Yongzhong died in the end?" was given death by Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of fifty-three. ”

Wang Zhiren was shocked and asked, "What should I do?" ”

"Uncle, I think we want to save King Lu, only King Lu will not die, at most we will not be treated by King Chu, there are still peaceful days, if King Lu dies halfway, uncle, you can be a marquis in the future, I don't know!"

"Since Jin Yiwei handed over this matter to me, there must be surveillance on the road, what should we do? Now go to King Lu to explain! ”

"Absolutely not! I think Jinyiwei's means are nothing more than poisoning and making a fuss on the ship, the impact of poisoning is too great, I guess it is to sink the ship halfway, so that King Lu died in a shipwreck, no one can say anything! What we have to do is to make it clear to King Lu after three days of sailing, and then get someone to pretend to be King Lu, and let's protect King Lu, so that we can ensure the safety of King Lu when we arrive in Guangdong! ”

Wang Zhiren thought about it, and there was no better way, only to agree with what Wang Shang said, and get on the boat.

Time flies, three days pass in a blink of an eye.

On the morning of the third day, the wharf was full of officials from Nanzhili, all of whom came to see off Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu. In order to make the world unable to find fault, Li Zhi sent a large passenger ship as King Lu's car, and King Lu's family was on this ship. There are two gunboats escorted, and now the ocean from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Guangdong is under the control of the Ming army, and there is no problem at all in terms of safety.

The old ministers of King Lu's family also came to the dock to see him off, and Zhang Huangyan was also very satisfied when he saw that Li Zhi's arrangements were in place.

Zhang Huangyan stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, after going to Guangdong, please ask Your Highness to cultivate a good life, and the minister will have the opportunity to go back to visit His Highness in the future!" "Zhang Huangyan means that if you go to Guangdong now, you will send people under the fence, don't think about anything else, just live your pig breeding days.

The meaning of Zhang Huangyan's words was of course known to Zhu Yihai. Zhu Yihai took Zhang Huangyan's hand and said: "Xuanzhu, don't worry, this king will concentrate on working hard for the Lu Domain when he goes to Guangdong, this king has been drifting for more than ten years now, and he has no children, I'm really sorry for my ancestors!" Xuan is a talented person, I believe that you will be able to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, I am waiting for your good news in Guangdong! After saying that, the two parted with tears.