Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 2 Rampant Qilu

Chapter 2 Rafting across the sea and setting off on the return journey

Section 2 Lushun Merchants

I saw that the person walked towards Liu Yunwei and the others with a smile on his face, and after a little hesitation when he came to him, he recognized Liu Yunwei as the leader of these Ming generals in front of him.

So, the man stepped forward and said in a somewhat stiff official language: "This honorable general, I sincerely apologize to you for the reckless actions of my men, and I hope that your broad mind can forgive them for their wrong actions." ”

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei paused a little and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man said, "Back to the General, my name is Blanco Merlo, and I am the Portuguese Empire, oh! That is, a merchant from the country of Franco, and the people who offended the general just now were all sailors on my ship. ”

Liu Yunwei snorted coldly and said, "Since you are just a businessman, why do your subordinates hold weapons privately?" Still running rampant in my Daming land? You must know that this is the Ming Dynasty, not the land of your foreign barbarians! ”

Blanco Melo saw Liu Yunwei's stern tone, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Please forgive me, General, we who sail to sea all year round must bring some weapons to defend ourselves, otherwise our lives will not be guaranteed." But rest assured, Shogun, after I go back, I will strictly restrain my sailors, and ensure that nothing like this will happen, we have always been very close to the dynasty, and will never violate the laws of the dynasty. ”

Liu Yunwei saw that Blanco Melo had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, so he was not ready to beat him again, and said: "This is the best." ”

At this time, Yuan Mingxuan asked on the side: "I don't know what kind of business you do?" ”

Blanco Melo hesitated slightly, but still said truthfully: "If you go back to this adult, I bought some silk and porcelain in Daming and brought them back to the Franc machine to sell, and then brought back some special products from the Franc machine to sell to the dynasty." ”

"I see." Yuan Mingxuan stopped talking after speaking.

Liu Yunwei looked at Yuan Mingxuan, didn't know what he was thinking, and didn't say anything anymore, asked Na Blanco Melo to get out of the way, and then got on the horse with everyone and continued to Qian Mansion.

On the way to Qianfu, Liu Yunwei said to Yuan Mingxuan: "Lord Yuan, just now I saw that you seemed to be a little interested in that Franco merchant?" ”

"Well, indeed." Yuan Mingxuan said: "During the confrontation just now, I saw that the firearms of those Franc machine people were very exquisite, and I thought that we might be able to collect some in our camp to see if they could be used in the future, so I inquired about the details of the businessman. ”

Wen Poyu said: "But that person is just an ordinary businessman who resells silk and porcelain, can he get involved with such a militaristic weapon as firearms?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan shook his head and said, "I can't say clearly, but I think what the person said seems to have been partially concealed, and he didn't say it all." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "Don't worry about the Franc machine first, let's go visit the Qian Daguan first." ”

As he was talking, Liu Yunwei and his party came to the door of the Qian Mansion. I saw that the mansion of the richest man in Lushun City was not splendid, and the area was not very large, but very decent, and it was not even as good as the mansions of some ordinary merchants, and it looked like an ordinary rich family from a distance.

Liu Yunwei looked at the Qian Mansion in front of him, was very surprised in his heart, and said to Cheng Shiyong: "This Qian official is really deep enough to hide, who would have thought that there is the richest man in a city living in such a mansion?" ”

Cheng Shiyong smiled and said: "This Qian official is such a person, Qian Daguan does not pay attention to food and clothing on weekdays, and he is very low-key in his actions, and he only brings a few entourages when he goes out to do errands, and never talks about pomp and circumstance. ”

Liu Yunwei also became very interested in this rich official when he heard it, after all, there are many rich people and many people who like money, but there are really few people who have money but don't like to enjoy and show off.

"Shiyong, you go and call the door to have a look, and say that we are coming to visit." After Liu Yunwei finished speaking, he beckoned everyone to dismount and led the horse to the gate.

Cheng Shiyong stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, only to see an old man open the door and walk out, and said with a smile: "Isn't this Cheng Baihu?" Come in, come in, I'll make you tea in a moment. ”

Cheng Shiyong said with a smile: "How is Uncle Zhao lately? ”

"Okay, very good, come in."

Cheng Shiyong said that he was not busy, and pointed to Liu Yunwei and said: "Uncle Zhao, this is Liu Yunwei and Liu Qianzong of the Hanwei Battalion, and now they are my Shangguan, and today we are making a special trip to visit Qian Daguan." ”

That Uncle Zhao glanced at Liu Yunwei, then looked at the guards behind him, and said: "Oh, this is the Qilin Tiger who is famous in Liaodong, rude, please come in, please come in!" ”

Liu Yunwei saluted and said, "There is Uncle Lao." ”

Uncle Zhao opened the door completely and welcomed Liu Yunwei and the others in. After walking into the courtyard, Liu Yunwei saw that there were not too many decorations in the Qian Mansion, but there were a lot of flowers and trees. After passing the front yard and entering the inner courtyard, Liu Yunwei asked the twenty personal guards accompanying him to wait in the front yard, and he took Yuan Mingxuan, Wen Poyu and Cheng Shiyong into the inner courtyard with Zhao Bo.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, everyone saw a man in his forties standing at the door of the main room and waiting.

Liu Yunwei carefully observed the man, and saw that his body was thin, but he was very energetic, and his skin was bronzed, and he looked like a person who was often exposed to the wind and sun. But looking at his complexion, he is very kind, and he doesn't look like an old sea wolf chasing the sea, but like an old scholar with a lot of culture.

Just thinking about it, the man had already walked over with a smile and said, "This is President Liu Qian, it's really better to see than to hear, the Qilin Tiger is really worthy of its reputation!" After speaking, Qian Mingli greeted Cheng Shiyong, Yuan Mingxuan, and Wen Poyu respectively.

Liu Yunwei clasped his hands into fists and said, "Liu Yunwei has seen Qian Yuanwai. This time, my Hanwei camp went south to Shandong, thanks to the strong support of Qian Yuanwai, Yunwei is grateful! ”

"You're welcome, little general." Qian Mingli said very sincerely: "What is it to raise a few sea ships, the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion led by the little general to fight the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion in a bloody battle are the real men!" When I heard the news of the bloody battle of the soldiers against the Tartars, I really wanted to donate all the money and wealth of my family to the front-line soldiers, and I couldn't wait to go into battle to kill a few lowly Tartars in person! ”

Liu Yunwei was also very moved after hearing this, and said: "Qian Yuanwai's words are serious, Qian Yuanwai understands the righteousness, and we admire him very much." ”

Qian Mingli said: "The little general is too praised. ”

As soon as the words fell, Qian Mingli suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh, look at me, I'm patronizing and talking here." Come, come, come, little generals, generals, come into the house quickly, let's talk in the house. ”

Everyone followed Qian Mingli into the main room, and the guests of honor were seated.

Qian Mingli looked at Liu Yunwei and the others very happily, and said: "I'm really happy today, the little general came to my house, this is really my honor." Tonight, I will have a banquet at my home to greet the little general and the generals. ”

Liu Yunwei hurriedly thanked him and said: "I have received the kindness of Qian Yuanwai, I will come to visit today, mainly to discuss the matter of the sea ship with Qian Yuanwai, and then we will go out of the city." ”

Qian Mingli was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "What is the little general doing when he goes out of the city?" ”

"That's the case, the garrison in the city didn't let the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion enter the city, for fear that the soldiers would disturb the people in the city, so we have to go out of the city and return to the camp for the night."

"How unreasonable!" Qian Mingli was very angry after hearing this, and said: "The soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion are all heroes of our dynasty, why don't you let them enter the city?" Isn't the garrison worried that the merchants in the city are unwilling to delay their own collection of money? ”

Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan glanced at each other, and both of them sighed slightly.

After that, Liu Yunwei said: "There is no need to be angry about this, it doesn't matter if you don't enter the city, you just have to bother the laborers to raise ships for us." ”

Qian Mingli calmed down and said, "Don't worry, little general, I will personally handle the affairs of the sea ship." The little general gave me two days, and the soldiers could go out to sea the day after tomorrow. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Qian." Liu Yunwei hurriedly got up and thanked him, and Yuan Mingxuan, Wen Poyu and Cheng Shiyong also thanked him one after another.

Qian Mingli said: "What is there to thank you for, I just did a little bit of what the people of the Ming Dynasty should do." ”

Yuan Mingxuan couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "Qian Yuanwai is so deeply aware of the righteousness, I really admire it, if my Ming officials, generals, and people are the same as Qian Yuanwai, where can we still tolerate the rampant construction of slaves!" ”

Everyone sighed.

After a while, Qian Mingli asked, "Little General, I don't know where the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion are resting?" ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Just camp a few miles outside the city. ”

Qian Mingli asked again: "I don't know if it's inconvenient for the little general to tell me how many soldiers there are in the battalion?" ”

Liu Yunwei paused and said, "There are two thousand or hundreds of people. ”

"That's right." Qian Ming thought for a moment and said: "I think so, don't take the soldiers to camp in the wilderness, I have a manor outside the city, and the rooms there are quite rich, why don't the little generals move and take the soldiers to my manor to rest for two days, okay?" ”

"Where is the manor outside the money clerk?" Liu Yunwei asked.

Qian Mingli said: "It is five miles south of Lushun City, not far from the port where the ship will board the day after tomorrow. ”

"Okay." Liu Yunwei thought for a while and agreed, and said: "Then Yunwei will not shirk, I will wait for this to go out of the city to lead the soldiers to the village, there will be a lot of trouble." ”

Qian Mingli nodded with a smile and said, "It should be so, it should be so." In this way, I asked Uncle Zhao to go out of the city with the little general, so that the little general could lead the way to the manor. ”

Liu Yunwei got up and clenched his fists and said, "Thank you Qian Yuan." ”

Yuan Mingxuan, Wen Poyu and Cheng Shiyong also hugged their fists to thank them.