"This is ......" Xie Hong walked all the way to the gate, raised his eyes to look, and was stunned. 【Reading.com】

Jiang Bin had already seen it once, and it was not unusual, he pointed to the four people waiting quietly outside and said: "This is the Lu brothers, the old mainland Renjia, and then Lu Renyi, Lu Renbing, Lu Rending, one mother and four children, so they all look similar, and they are also very surprised when they first see each other." ”

"I see." Quadruplets are rare in later generations, let alone the Ming Dynasty, seeing these four dark-skinned and sturdy brothers standing together, Xie Hong was also amazed in his heart, is this considered to have exceeded the goal? If all four of them are good sailors, that's great.

"I've seen adults." The four of them clasped their fists together and saluted, but the object of the salute was not Xie Hong, but Wang Yun, out of the consideration of concealment, Xie Hong's current identity can only be regarded as a scholar, Wang Yun and Jiang Bin, who is alias Jiang Wu, are the principals on the surface.

"General Jiang said to this officer, you claim to be good at seafaring, and you have also used fishing boats to go to Dengzhou and North Korea, but is this so?" Wang Yun asked in a deep voice.

"Don't dare to deceive adults, that's exactly what ......" The eldest of the four brothers doesn't seem to be good at words, it is the second Lu Renyi who speaks, the names of these four people are quite exquisite, and they have a very scholarly taste, and this Lu Renyi is also very organized when he speaks, the time, place, and process are clear, so that people can understand it when they hear it.

According to him, the ancestors of the Lu family were from Fujian, and their ancestors were not only scholarly families, but also held important positions in the court, but they had already fallen in the Hongwu period, and they were sent to the border after being confiscated and sent to the border fortress, and they took root.

And the conditions in Liaodong are very poor, and the Lu family has no conditions for poetry and books to be inherited, except for a family genealogy, there is nothing that can be related to poetry and books.

Over the years, the Lu family has completely become Liaodong fishermen, but probably because of their ancestral hometown, they soon showed their talent for navigation, and when they went to sea, their harvest often exceeded that of others, which aroused the envy of many people.

After the Lu family was a prisoner, their status was actually lower than that of ordinary military households, and the envy soon turned into exclusion, and in the face of all kinds of suppression, the Lu family could only swallow their anger, and when they went to sea, they mostly avoided everyone and went to that remote place.

When the generation of the four brothers arrived, they were even more arrogant, and simply went directly to the open sea to fish, not only harvesting more than before, but also completely avoiding others, and the four of them were even more happy.

Liaodong is in short supply of grain, ordinary military households and tenants are about the same, a year's harvest has to be handed over to most of the harvest, more planting, more paying, in short, it is not enough to eat, even if it is not enough to add fishing, seafood is rare in later generations, but it cannot be eaten as food.

The four brothers still have their mothers to support, and the four of them are all in the prime of life, and the seafood is not worth much in Jinzhou, and the food in exchange for it cannot meet the demand at all, so Lu Renyi, who is the most shrewd among the four brothers, discussed with the brothers to find some other way to support the family.

Liaodong is located in a remote area, the transportation is inconvenient, and the output is also small, but there are also many rare things in the Central Plains, such as ginseng. The closest place to Lushun in the Central Plains is Dengzhou, Shandong, where the grain is cheap, but the ginseng is valuable, Lu Renyi hit this idea, got ginseng from Liaodong, took it to Shandong to sell, and then bought grain back.

When he heard this, Xie Hong also sighed, when he was forced to have no choice, people with ambition would always not sit still, although Lu Renyi may not have realized it, but what he did was sea trade. An illiterate fisherman can realize the benefits of sea trade, but how can the scholars in the court not see it?

It's easy to think of ideas, but it's not that simple to actually do. Ginseng is grown in the deep mountains and old forests, but there is no one here in southern Liaoning, and from southern Liaoning to the Changbai Mountains, there are many guards on the way, all of which are to prevent the passage of the army, and with the identity of the Lu family brothers, they can't pass at all.

It is possible to make money, but if there is silver, why should they use fishing boats to sail long distances, and do such a dangerous sea trade?

There is a saying: There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts, the Lu family brothers inquired and ran into walls everywhere, not only did they not lose heart, but they thought of a new way. That is, to go to North Korea by sea, where you either dig it yourself, or buy it with money, and after you get ginseng, you go to Dengju.

If you just take the map and look at it, many people will think that this method is very good, from Jinzhou to the sea, the northeast direction is the mouth of the Yalu River, almost due south direction is Dengzhou, as long as you find the right direction.

But in fact, people who have been to sea know that the sea route seems to be easy to walk, but in fact it is extremely dangerous, especially when they use small fishing boats, if they encounter strong winds and waves, they can be overturned at once.

Xie Hong didn't know whether the four brothers were talented or purely lucky, and they advanced along the islands northeast of Jinzhou, and this sea route actually allowed them to find their way.

But the reality is cruel, the four brothers who have gone through hardships did not get their wish, and the procurement in North Korea is very unsmooth, don't look at the small court of North Korea is very respectful to the Ming court, but the North Koreans are not so easy to deal with in private.

The battle of Jianzhou during the Chenghua period was the strength of the Koreans, and it was said that the Ming border army was weak and vulnerable in the Korean folk, and even the Liaodong military households looked down on it.

Of course, no one has taken this statement to the surface, Liaodong Town's military strength is not very strong, but it is not something that North Korea's strength can despise, not to mention that there is a huge empire behind Liaozhen.

However, the Italian silver in private cannot be stopped, not to mention that in addition to their own personal soldiers, the military generals of Liaozhen don't care much about the life and death of the military households under their jurisdiction, let alone the criminal households, because of this, the procurement plan of the four brothers also failed.

It's not impossible to dig down at home, but there are often Jianzhou's Tartars in the dense forest, these Tartars are further than North Korea, even the superficial respect is not sufficient, and when you see the Han people in private, especially those who are alone or have no weapons in their hands, they must be robbed and killed, and it has always been a fine tradition of foreign races to bully the soft and fear the hard.

In the end, the Lu brothers' sea trade plan failed, and they never went to North Korea again, except for the occasional trip to Dengzhou to sell fish and shrimp for food. In fact, there are many risks in going to Dengzhou to buy grain, and the checkpoint is one of the specific manifestations of Daming's discrimination against businessmen, if it weren't for their tight money and can't buy much, I'm afraid they would have been arrested and put in prison in Dengzhou.

So, when the four of them saw Xie Hong's recruitment notice, they were all overjoyed, to others, Xie Hong's requirements were like a myth, but for the Lu family brothers, this matter was too simple.

“…… Whether you want to go to Dengju or North Korea, our brothers can lead the way. Lu Renyi patted his chest and said, and his three brothers also nodded vigorously, for fear of losing this opportunity.

Xie Hong went to visit Wang Shouren almost every day, every time he ate closed-door soup, and then every time he rewarded Lao Liu Tou, and every time he took Jiang Bin and them...... These things are seen by others, and the effect is that everyone thinks that Jiang Bin is an extremely generous nobleman.

Lao Liu Tou is now a nouveau riche who has been famous for dozens of miles, and the reward money saved in bits and pieces is enough to dozens of taels, and he can be called a rich family in this place in Liaodong, I don't know how many people envy his good luck, and he can guard the door for the ordinary Lord Wang who is a mortal Wenqu star, and he can meet such a pious and generous noble person as General Jiang, which is simply a blessing from his previous life.

When the recruitment notice was posted here in Nancheng, the people who came to apply were quite enthusiastic, mainly because of the example of Lao Liu Tou, if the Lu family brothers didn't happen to go to sea and didn't return, they would definitely come to report early.

It is precisely because of the heart that he must win that Lu Renyi told those private deeds.

When Xie Hong and his entourage first arrived in Jinzhou, many people heard Jiang Bin's voice, they had been to Shandong several times, and the rumors they heard were more detailed, knowing that the current champion Hou was born as a craftsman, and he also intended to open the sea, so in order to win Jiang Bin's trust, he did not shy away from it.

After saying a few words, he made another guarantee, and the eager eyes of the four brothers stared at Wang Yun's face, which made Wang Yun add a lot of pressure out of thin air.

Lu Renyi's words sound reasonable, it doesn't seem to be contrary, you can use a flat boat to go to the sea, how mysterious this matter is, Wang Yun is not good at judging things, and he was a little hesitant for a while.

"It's a long way to Dengzhou or Phi Island, and it's difficult to verify it for a while, which makes it difficult for adults to believe it, but my brother's surname is not bad, and it can be demonstrated now, so let's take this island as the goal, what do you think?" Lu Renyi's brain turned very fast, and when he saw Wang Yun's expression, he knew what was going on, so he retreated to the next best thing, at least to get a sailor's place.

Xie Hong looked in the direction he pointed, and his heart was shocked, there are many islands around Jinzhou, and when the weather is clear, many of them are visible to the naked eye.

However, as the saying goes: what seems to be within reach of a dead horse in the mountains may actually be very far away, especially at sea.

The small island that Lu Renyi pointed to seems to be very close, but according to Xie Hong's visual measurements, it should be at least ten miles away, and a round trip is nearly 10,000 meters, which is very amazing.

What's more, it's not the middle of summer, but the midwinter wax moon, the coldest time of the year, jumping into the sea will first freeze half to death, plus 10,000 meters of marathon swimming, it's a bit incredible.

Seeing that the four brothers are full of confidence, Xie Hong also has some expectations, if these four people can really accomplish such a feat, then there is nothing untrustworthy in driving a fishing boat to the open sea, as long as they walk along the coast, even if the boat capsizes, these four brothers can swim back to the shore.

With such a good sailing hand to help, then the rest of the things are also easy to carry out. Xie Hong nodded slightly, Wang Yun did not hesitate when he saw this, and immediately said: "That's it, you go by yourself, the official will wait and see here, and then let someone prepare a fishing boat to follow, so as not to ......"

"You don't need to worry too much, but please wait and see, and my brother will go back as soon as he goes." This time it was not Lu Renyi who spoke, but the eldest brother Lu Renjia, looking at this person's confident appearance, Xie Hong immediately understood that among the four brothers, the second one with the best mind was the second, and the one with the best surname Shui was the eldest.

After the four brothers went into the water, Xie Hong was even more determined, and Lu Renjia swam at the end, looking at ease, obviously to take care of the brothers, which is the case.

The speed of the four of them swimming is not slow, the waves are surging, and they will reach the middle section in a short time, Xie Hong is also very happy to see this, such a water surname, it is almost the same as the white strip in the waves in the Water Margin, with the help of such four people with superb navigation skills, the exploration of the offshore sea, and the problem of raw materials that worried him will be solved.

(To be continued)