Chapter 557: Overnight Fame
In the afternoon of the next day, the big boat that Li Hongyu was riding slowly sailed into the Jilong Harbor, and the crowd on the wharf who rushed to hear the news immediately waved their arms and cheered to welcome Li Hongyu's arrival.
After the battle the night before, Lee Hong-woo had become a hero of Chicken Coop Harbor, not only successfully escorting the schoolchildren to take refuge in the castle tower of Onizuka Musashi, but also convincing Onizuka Musashi to send troops to defeat Wang Ren and the rebels in one fell swoop.
In addition, when Li Hongyu was escorting the children of the private school, he used a bow and arrow to shoot the pursuers to dodge in embarrassment, and he did not dare to chase him, which has spread like a whirlwind in Jilong Harbor and has become a topic of discussion among people on the streets and alleys.
After the saliva of several big men present at the time was recounted, Li Hongyu seemed to have become a marksman who walked through the Yang at a hundred paces, and it was as easy as picking up people and collecting them in the night, otherwise how could those schoolchildren successfully avoid the pursuers and reach the castle tower?
Therefore, Li Hongyu became famous in the first battle in Jilong Port, and became a well-known hero in Jilong Port, a model of both civil and military.
Li Hongyu didn't expect that Wang Rendong's attack would benefit him a lot, not only made Liu Dahai and Shi Hu owe him a great favor, but also unexpectedly became the husband of Sakurako Yamashita, if there is no accident, he will be the third generation of the Onitsuka Merchant Group.
Li Hongyu had a headache about this matter, and as the court official of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally didn't want to have anything to do with the Japanese people, but the situation was forcing at that time, and he had to agree to Yamashita Sakurako's request, and now he can only be distracted to deal with the affairs of the Onizuka family.
"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao......"
Li Hongyu got off the boat, and the people gathered on the dock immediately cheered, and then raised their right fists and shouted rhythmically to welcome the hero's return.
Liu Dahai and Shi Hu had already received the news when Li Hongyu's ship was off the coast of Jilong Harbor, so they personally led people to greet them.
Li Hongyu has a life-saving grace for the two, if Li Hongyu hadn't sent someone to report to them in advance and risked leading the people of Onizuka Musashi to rush to the rescue, then the two have now become corpses, so the two naturally have to come in person and treat each other with courtesy, otherwise they will be despised by the people.
Shi Hu's arm was hanging from his chest, and his forehead was also wrapped in a bandage, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured, and his situation that night was much more dangerous than Liu Dahai's.
When the people sent by Li Hongyu ran to Shi Hu's house to warn Shi Hu, Shi Hu immediately summoned his brothers to be on guard, who knew that a brother who had followed him for more than 20 years, the third leader in his camp, the white wolf, was suddenly in trouble, and took advantage of the opportunity to almost kill him with a knife.
Fortunately, Shi Hu was vigilant enough after receiving Li Hongyu's warning, and at the critical moment, he turned sideways to the side to avoid the white wolf's fatal blow, but was stabbed in the arm.
When the Japanese sent by Li Hongyu arrived, Shi Hu and his surviving men had been suppressed in a wing, and the situation was in a state of flux, and the arrival of the Japanese turned the tide of the battle in one fell swoop and helped him relieve the siege.
It's a pity that the white wolf saw that the situation was wrong and immediately drove away, and led his men to escape from Jilong Harbor on the boat that had been prepared for a long time.
It wasn't until this time that Shi Hu knew that the white wolf had already transferred his family a day earlier, making it impossible for him to kill the white wolf.
In addition to Liu Dahai and Shi Hu, the Onitsuka side also sent Onitsuka Saburo to greet Li Hongyu.
In the face of the triumphant return, especially Li Hongyu, who was holding Youlan's hand, Onizuka Saburo had an extremely complicated mood, on the one hand, he affirmed Li Hongyu's ability, and on the other hand, he also felt unfair for Yamashita Sakurako.
After all, Li Hongyu has already agreed to Sakurako Yamashita, but he is still so close to Youlan, how can he be worthy of Sakurako Yamashita?
But then again, not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the aristocracy and samurai class of the Wa Kingdom were usually polygamous, and there were other concubines in addition to the main wife to ensure the continuation of the family bloodline, so it was normal for Li Hongyu to have other women.
"What a beautiful woman!"
Because of being held by Li Hongyu, Youlan's cheeks were delicate, she was no longer wearing a veil at this time, and as soon as she appeared, she immediately caused a sensation at the scene, making people stare at her fiercely.
"Who is this beauty?"
"This is Hai Ye's righteous daughter, the first beauty of our Xiaoliuqiu!"
"No wonder Wang Ren wants to beat her idea, who is not tempted by such a beautiful woman?"
"The first beauty really lives up to her reputation, she is simply a fairy daughter!"
"Miss Liu and Mr. Zhao are a talented man and a woman, and they are a match made in heaven."
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The crowd was chattering, which made Youlan's cheeks even more rosy, and she couldn't help but glance at Li Hongyu beside her shyly, feeling extremely happy and sweet in her heart.
She never dreamed that she would marry the champion of the Ming Dynasty in the future, Li Hongyu was already a Ming auxiliary minister at this time, and his future career would be unlimited.
After greeting Liu Dahai, Shi Hu and Onizuka Saburo for a while, Li Hongyu was surrounded by everyone and went to a restaurant in the town, and Liu Dahai and others naturally wanted to pick him up and wash the dust.
After that night of fighting, the prosperous and wealthy town of Jilonggang has lost its former glory, and it looks depressed, many places have been scorched and blackened by arson, and many people have cried out, and it seems that someone has died in the chaos.
Li Hongyu shook his head secretly in his heart after witnessing the bleak scene in front of him, not only Jilong Port, no matter how prosperous and rich the place is, if there is no strong political backing it, then it can only be a mirror and a moon, and it will not last long, and one day it will be plundered and destroyed.
Liu Dahai used the restaurant as a place for Li Hongyu to receive wind and dust today, and his house was seriously damaged in the melee that night, and nearly half of the place was burned, so he had to use this well-preserved restaurant in the melee as a place for the reception banquet.
The specifications of the banquet are very grand, and the atmosphere is extremely warm, and all the characters with heads and faces in Jilong Harbor are all present, and everyone is staggered, talking and laughing.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to welcoming Li Hongyu, there is another important thing in this banquet, that is, to discuss the aftermath of Wang Rendong's melee and rebuild after the war.
After all, unlike Wang Ren, who can't beat and run, Liu Dahai and the others' industries are in Jilong Port, so they must make Jilong Port recover as soon as possible, which is their common interest.
Therefore, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Dahai mentioned the reconstruction.
Hearing this, the originally noisy restaurant hall fell silent for a moment, and the people present raised their eyes to look at the seats where Li Hongyu and Liu Dahai and others were sitting, waiting for these most powerful people in Jilong Port to come up with ideas.
"Mr. Zhao, although you are young, you are the most knowledgeable person in our Chicken Coop Harbor, can you tell us what we should do next?" In silence, Shi Hu glanced around at the scene and said to Li Hongyu with a smile.
Because the reconstruction involves many interests, and Liu Dahai, Shi Hu and Onitsuka Saburo represent the interests of the three major forces in Jilong Port, so only Li Hongyu, a private school gentleman who is connected with the three forces, can speak in this matter, no matter how to say that Jilong Port can escape from Wang Ren's hands, Li Hongyu has made great contributions.
As for whether Li Hongyu is the most knowledgeable person in Jilong Gang, as soon as his "Disciple Rules" came out, the gentlemen of several private schools in Jilong Hong Kong were greatly shocked, and they highly respected him and thought it was a strange book, so he was ashamed of himself in terms of knowledge.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if the Chicken Coop Harbor wants to maintain its long-term stability and prosperity and avoid another disaster, it must make a decision now."
Under the concerned gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu glanced around the scene and groaned for a while, and then said loudly:
"I think you already know that the imperial court has decided to open up maritime trade with overseas countries, and for this purpose three sailors have been formed in Shanghai, Fuzhou and Guangzhou.
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion at the scene, and people turned their heads and whispered to each other, they naturally knew that the imperial court wanted to trade with overseas countries, so they had sent the Ming Dynasty assistant minister, the young Zuo Chunfang Li University Scholar to Shanghai to sit down.
Although the imperial court has not yet begun to eliminate pirates and armed smuggling maritime syndicates, everyone here knows that this is only a matter of time, otherwise why would the imperial court spend so much effort to form three sailors in one go.
Compared with pirates like Wang Ren, it is natural that the imperial court's clean-up is a greater threat to Jilong Harbor, and the Ming court has also sent troops to Jilong Harbor to clean up before, and the people of Jilong Harbor dispersed in a hurry to avoid after hearing the news, and then returned to Jilong Harbor afterwards.
Since Xiaoliuqiu is a barren island hanging overseas, the Ming Dynasty did not have enough funds to establish power in Jilong Harbor, who would occupy a useless land in ancient times? It has taken a lot of effort to establish the inspection department in Penghu alone.
Although the Penghu Zhai Inspection Division is only a small eight-grade yamen, it not only has to manage Penghu, but also has the responsibility of inspecting Xiaoliuqiu.
This helpless laissez-faire attitude of the Ming court also made Xiaoliuqiu a paradise for pirates, armed smugglers, fugitives and adventurers.
The finances of the imperial court were originally stretched, and whoever had enough to eat would invest a lot of money on an inconsequential island, even if they captured the chicken coop port and wanted to govern it, it would be a lot of money every year.
But now the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and the imperial court wants to expand overseas trade, and has sent a senior official, Li Daxue, to preside over the matter, so that the pirates and armed smugglers on Xiaoliuqiu Island will be affected.
When the training of the three sailors prepared by Scholar Li is completed, for the smooth progress of maritime trade, they will inevitably use Jilong Port to open the knife, and it will not be as simple as fighting and leaving, and will definitely establish political power in Xiaoliuqiu and chase and beat those who flee.
In that case, the pirates and armed maritime merchants in Xiaoliuqiu will be forced to flee to the South Seas to avoid the sphere of influence of the Ming army's naval divisions, and everything they have worked Xiaoliuqiu will be ruined, and no one wants to see this happen.
Li Hongyu noticed that the expressions on everyone's faces became solemn, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but flash a subtle smile, it seemed that they had fully realized that the opening of overseas trade by the imperial court was a catastrophe for them.
But it also means that they are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to normalize their lives, and now it is up to them to see if they can take advantage of this opportunity.
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