Yangzhou, the backyard of the General Office of the Customs Department, the back door. 『Nature'.2

"Who?"

Seeing Li Hongyu walking towards the back door surrounded by the sailors, the soldiers guarding the back door immediately greeted him, and the leading captain shouted vigilantly, "The customs department is heavy, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

"We are water masters, please go to the master of the horse and say that Li Shenggongzi of Huguang is here." A strong man who was following Li Hongyu said when he saw this.

"Li Sheng Gongzi of Huguang?"

The soldiers guarding the door couldn't help but look at each other in surprise when they heard this, and then looked at Li Hongyu with a brush, "Huguang Li Sheng" is the first genius of the Ming Dynasty, and rose in Yangzhou, so the old and young women and children in Yangzhou City all know the deeds of "Huguang Li Sheng", they are very surprised that someone now claims to be "Huguang Li Sheng" to come to the door.

The leading Wu Chang had never seen Li Hongyu, so he glanced Li Hongyu up and down and said, "This son is here for a while, and I will go to report it." ”

As he spoke, the Wu Commander turned around and ran into the door, Ran Xingrang had already explained, if "Huguang Li Sheng" came, he would immediately go and inform him, and there would be no delay.

Li Hongyu knew that the chief Wu didn't dare to put him into the Customs Department without authorization, he must have found someone to verify it, so he waited leisurely at the door, anyway, he was already in Yangzhou and was not in a hurry.

Department of Customs, Back House.

Ran Xingrang was reading the official documents of the Customs Department in the study, and as the first overseas trade approached, he was getting busier and busier as the director of the Customs Department.

Although he is busy with official business, Ran Xingrang's heart is full, rather than being a nominal colt, it is better to become a feudal official who sits on one side, and he can show his strength and make contributions to his career, and this life is not in vain.

Now, the affairs of the Customs Department are running smoothly, and all the subordinate yamen are performing their duties, which makes Ran Xing secretly relieved in his heart.

But Ran Xingrang still couldn't be happy, because Li Hongyu didn't have any information except for asking people to bring back a letter to report safety, which made his heart hang all the time, for fear that Li Hongyu would have some accidents.

As the director of the Customs Department, Ran Xingrang knew very well that the stall of the Customs Department and the sailor was supported by Li Hongyu, and if Li Hongyu had an accident, the Customs Department and the sailor would be finished, and he was powerless to control the situation of the Customs Department and the sailor, let alone deal with the threat from the court.

The core of the Customs Department is the person who participated in the examination with Li Hongyu, and has the friendship of the same department, and the core of the sailor is Li Hongyu's rescue of prisoners in Liaodong, and Li Hongyu has a life-saving grace for many people.

Although Ran Xingrang is a concubine, but the concubine of the Ming Dynasty does not have power, it is just in name only, and the officialdom pays attention to background, for those core officials of the Customs Department, Ran Xingrang is just a move like them.

However, those officials of the Customs Department had participated in the Enke specially set up by the Wanli Emperor for tax officials, so their achievements in the imperial examination were higher than Ran Xingrang's, which made Ran Xingrang how could he control them.

As for the soldiers of the water division, Ran Xingrang, who is not familiar with military affairs, is even more uncontrollable, and after the training of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, the military attache of the water division has formed a pyramid-like perfect system, and the spire of this system is naturally Li Hongyu, who single-handedly founded the water division.

Li Hongyu is not only the founder of the Sailor Division but also has made great achievements in the Liaodong battlefield, how can Ran Xingrang compare, do you want him to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like Li Hongyu?

Ran Xingrang knew very well that the reason why he was able to mobilize the people of the Customs Department and the Sailor was entirely because he was Li Hongyu's ally, and acted as Li Hongyu's spokesman when Li Hongyu was away.

Moreover, the reason why Emperor Wanli installed Ran Xingrang in the Customs Department was not to let him be in charge of the affairs of the Customs Department, but to supervise the accounts of the Customs Department and assist Li Hongyu in controlling the Customs Department.

Emperor Wanli knew that Ran Xingrang was not capable of being the home of the Customs Department, but he was able to faithfully perform his duty of supervising the accounts.

However, Emperor Wanli would not have thought that Ran Xingrang would not only supervise the accounts of the Customs Department now, but also become the head of the Customs Department during Li Hongyu's time in Xiaoliuqiu, and become the out-and-out second-in-command of the Customs Department.

"Master Horse, the doorman at the back door came to report just now, and some people said that he was 'Huguang Li Sheng', and he wanted to see Master Horse."

Just as Ran Xingrang was flipping through an official document in his hand, a clerk walked in quickly and bowed to him to report.

"'Huguang Li Sheng'?"

Ran Xingrang was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react for a while, but he knew that "Huguang Li Sheng" was Li Hongyu's pseudonym, could it be that Li Hongyu was back?

"Back to Master Ma, that's exactly what the person said, because the doorman hasn't seen Li Shenggongzi, so I don't know if the person who came is Li Shenggongzi."

Seeing this, the official hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, his eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, he naturally knew who "Huguang Li Sheng" was, but it was a pity that he had never seen it, if the person who came to see Ran Xingrang this time was really "Huguang Li Sheng", he would have to feast his eyes to see the appearance of the first genius of the Ming Dynasty.

"Go and see if the person who came is Li Sheng's son." Ran Xingrang suddenly came back to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly said to the girl who was standing beside him and serving.

This maid is the personal maid that Ran Xingrang received after coming to Yangzhou, and the relationship between Rou'er and Li Hongyu is similar, except that she has to sleep at night and Rou'er doesn't, and she saw Li Hongyu last year.

The personal maid bowed to Ran Xingrang when she heard this, and then walked quickly to the back door to check, Ran Xingrang paced back and forth in the room with her hands behind her back nervously, and her mood seemed a little excited.

Just like Li Hongyu was suddenly robbed by gangsters, Li Hongyu's appearance this time was so sudden, which gave Ran Xingrang a big surprise.

It didn't take long for Li Hongyu to walk into the courtyard where the study was located under the guidance of the personal maid, Ran Xingrang was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly walked up to meet him, and a hanging stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Where have you been hiding during this time, if you let the people in the capital know, you won't be able to fry the pot!"

After welcoming Li Hongyu into the study, Ran Xingrang motioned for the personal maid to leave with his subordinates, and then smashed a fist on Li Hongyu's chest, and said with a smile.

When the news of the fall of Liaodong reached Yangzhou, Ran Xingrang was very anxious, for fear that the imperial court would order Li Hongyu to return to Beijing to deal with it, after all, no one could compare to Li Hongyu who defeated Houjin in Liaodong and forced Nurhachi to move the capital.

Fortunately, the imperial court did not convey the intention of Li Hongyu, but reactivated Xiong Tingbi after the court discussion, which made Ran Xingrang deeply relieved, if the imperial court transferred Li Hongyu to Beijing, then he would have to sit on wax.

"Those people in the capital are busy with infighting, where can they have time to take care of me."

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and then told Ran Xingrang what happened after he was robbed, there is no need to hide these things from Ran Xingrang, otherwise it will only make Ran Xingrang feel angry.

"No wonder you can't miss Xiaoliuqiu, it turns out that you are accompanied by two beautiful women."

After learning about Youlan and Sakurako under the mountain, Ran Xingrang couldn't help laughing, looked at Li Hongyu and said, "That Sakurako girl really has a vision, and she took a fancy to our Ming assistants at a glance!" ”

"Forced by the situation, forced by the situation!" Li Hongyu felt a little embarrassed, and said with a smile, but Ran Xingrang was right, Sakurako Yamashita had a really unique vision, and it was really unexpected that he could think of marrying him.

"It's okay now, after appeasing those people in Xiaoliuqiu, it is equivalent to cutting off the smuggling route from Daming to Nanyang, and giving those smuggling merchants a salary to see how they will smuggle at sea in the future!"

Ran Xing let him know that Li Hongyu was not that kind of lustful person, otherwise there would be no shortage of women around him at all, so he was just laughing just now, and then Yu Feng smiled and said, "It seems that those people are going to be arrested." ”

"People die for money, birds die for food, some people will definitely not give up after we cut off their financial routes, I hope there will be no big trouble."

Li Hongyu was not as optimistic as Ran Xingrang, and after frowning slightly, he said that some smugglers would definitely not give up, and this would inevitably cause an incident to prevent overseas trade.

"Hmph, since they don't want to die, then let's satisfy them, these moths are not satisfied after making so much money from the sea smuggling business!"

Ran Xingran's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and he snorted coldly and said, he hated those insatiable businessmen, and he didn't mind using thunderous means when the time came.

"Horse, what is the attitude of the Portuguese and Spaniards towards the start of overseas trade in our Ming Dynasty?" Li Hongyu knew that Ran Xingrang didn't have a good impression of those smugglers, so he smiled and asked, the top priority is to make the first overseas trade go smoothly.

"The Guangzhou Customs Department reported that those Hongmaoyi are very interested in the opening of trade in Daming, and are willing to provide us with support at sea, but they hope to get as many business opportunities as possible."

Ran Xingrang Wenyan had a smile on his face and said to Li Hongyu, "These red-haired people wish we could open a trade route, and I heard that our silk, ceramics, tea and other items are very popular with their people. ”

"The land of the Western countries is barren, and it is difficult to have such a huge profit opportunity except to trade with overseas, so naturally they can't wait to trade with us."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly and said in an orderly manner, "Now Spain and Portugal's Hongmaoyi are the two strongest in the maritime industry, and if we can make good use of it, we will benefit a lot from it." ”

"I heard that the Hongmaoyi who invaded Penghu and the Hongmaoyi of Spain and Portugal are hostile, so it is better to take this opportunity to unite with the Hongmaoyi of Spain and Portugal to drive out the Hongmaoyi of Penghu."

Ran Xingrang nodded again and again when he heard this, since he joined the Customs Department, his horizons have been broadened a lot, and he knows that the method used by Li Hongyu is "razing to raze", so he remembered something, his eyes lit up for a moment, and he said to Li Hongyu with a smile.

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