256. Looking back at the new Xianghu Banner (2)
"What do you think about Mr. Hu?"
"Childe, this person can stay!" Hu Jingshui said in a low voice: "Ruan Fuyu is slow to go up and down, and before he succeeds, he needs to rely on our strength, so he is more humble, but if he calms down the Ruan family, he will inevitably break his word and become fat, and even act more contemptuously." Keep this person and let him know that we are always ready to support others, and he will not dare to be disrespectful! β
Speaking of this, Hu Jingshui smiled again: "When I was doing business at the beginning, I also had to pay attention to shopping around, so that the suppliers could compete with each other, and now the son can do the same!" β
This is the same as Yu Guozhen's thoughts, Yu Guozhen returned to his original position with him, Ruan Fuxi secretly raised his eyes, but from Yu Guozhen's face, he couldn't see what decision he would make.
"Nguyen Phuc Thanh allowed me to go from Hoi An to the land of steamed buns in exchange for me sending troops to help." Yu Guozhen said lightly.
Steamed buns, that is, Da Nang in the future, Ruan Fuxi heard this, his body trembled, and he scolded secretly. But then, he didn't hear Yu Guozhen say anything more, and he knew that it was time for him to make conditions. He knelt down and said: "What is this, Guangnan Yifu, if the noble envoy is interested, you can take it!" β
Yu Guozhen smiled dumbly, this Guangnan Mansion was originally taken by the Annam Li Dynasty from the self-occupied city, and the Ruan family has controlled it for more than 60 years.
"What do I want to do in Quang Nam." Yu Guozhen said: "Besides, this Guangnan is not yours, but Ruan Fuwei's, if you just want to play small tricks, you should die with peace of mind." β
When these words were spoken, Ruan Fuxi hurriedly kowtowed: "I just ask for mercy, whatever the noble envoy wants, even if he is told, I only ask for my life!" β
"You're based in the broad sense?" Yu Guozhen didn't say much, and after a little hesitation, he asked.
"Yes."
"With Quang Nam as the boundary, you and Nguyen Phuc Wei share the land of the Nguyen clan equally." Yu Guozhen thought for a while, the appearance of this Ruan Fuxi was just in line with his strategy of dividing and conquering and gradually encroaching: "The land of the Ruan family, you two are divided into north and south, Ruan Fuwei is the main master, you are the deputy master, if the Zheng family goes south, you two must work together." β
When he said this, he didn't say Ruan Fuxi, even Yu Guozhen himself didn't believe it. If Er Ruan can cooperate, the first thing is to cooperate against him, how can Yu Guozhen make them truly united!
What he needs is a war-torn Annan, not a concerted Annan. As for this, the Annamite people shed a river of blood...... What does that have to do with Yu Guozhen, doesn't it make the blood of the Annan people flow into a river, but let the blood of the descendants of the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia flow into a river?
"Yes, yes."
"So we can let you go back, but there is one thing that you have to do, and after a while, among the captives, you pick a few cronies to spread the word, so that your subordinates will be in peace and all the people of Annam will move to Guangyi."
"Huh?"
"Presumably you're in a broad sense, and you need population, right?" Yu Guozhen said with a smile.
Ruan Fuxi immediately understood Yu Guozhen's intentions, and while secretly scolding the insidious in his heart, he was even more chilled. This young man of the Ming Kingdom is completely inferior to the generosity of the noble envoys of the Ming Kingdom that they have received before by the Annan people, on the contrary, his methods are extremely subtle!
Yu Guozhen needed the plain between Hoi An and Da Nang, which would be his first granary. But in this great plain, there would not be an Annanite inhabitant? Although the people of Annamite are lazy and ignorant, slash-and-burn farming, there are tens of thousands of Annamite people living in the entire alluvial plain.
These people are all big troubles, if the Ming people want to reclaim the land, they must be expelled, otherwise they will be left here to make trouble for the Ming people?
But if Yu Guozhen sends someone to expel them, they will definitely hate Yu Guozhen and try every means to retaliate, and now it is Ruan Fuxi who comes forward, there is no such thing, they want to hate, and they can only hate Ruan Fuxi.
Moreover, they were taken to Quang Ngai to be resettled, and if they wanted to return to Quang Nam, it would be very difficult, and if there was any trouble, it was also a matter for Nguyen Phuc Khi. Nguyen Phuc Khe took away such a large number of people from Quang Nam, and the relationship between Nguyen Phuc Khe and him will be even more antagonistic, and it is even more impossible for the two sides to cooperate sincerely.
"Yes, yes!" Thinking about this, Ruan Fuxi sighed, the matter of his own refuge had just happened, and in such a short period of time, this young man of the Ming Kingdom thought of how to use his refuge to maximize his benefits. This kind of mental talent is by no means beyond his reach, let alone something that Ruan Fuwei can compete with. Fortunately, this noble envoy of the Ming Kingdom did not seem to want to destroy the Ruan family, otherwise, even if Ruan Fuxi fought to the death, he would not be able to agree to the other party's conditions.
"Since you agreed, then pick someone." Yu Guozhen raised his chin over there: "I hope that within three days, the matter can be completed." After the matter is done, Deputy Lord Ruan can return to Guangyi, and maybe he can occupy a few more prefectures. β
Ruan Fuxi's heart moved, and suddenly a thought came to him again.
Nguyen Phuc Wei is the Ruan Lord, there are definitely many people who are as disgruntled as him, not to mention that the main army of the Ruan clan is still in Lihai Gate, and it will take ten days and a half months for Ruan Phuc Wei to collect this army. And now that the Zheng soldiers are coming to Lihaimen, it is estimated that it will take some time to force them back. Therefore, during this period of time, he had no time to look south, if he could get out earlier, he would have been able to gather the disgruntled people in the south earlier, and he would be able to confront Ruan Phuc Wei.
"Yes, within three days, this matter will be accomplished, and within ten days, the minister promises that from Hoi An to Fu Man, there will be no one who the noble envoy does not want to see!"
"It has nothing to do with me, it's you, it's you." Yu Guozhen laughed.
This black cauldron, Ruan Fuxi is back. Even if he went to explain to the displaced people, the Annanites would only blame him, because it was he Nguyen Phuoc Khe who drove them out of their homes and took them with them.
Ruan Fuxi himself knew this, and nodded again and again with a smile on his face. Seeing that he was still kneeling, Yu Guozhen asked him to get up and gave him a seat. Ruan Fuxi was immediately gratefulβat least on the surface, he looked flattered.
Of course, he didn't dare to sit down, but hurriedly went to pick out five people from the captives, all of whom were his cronies, and after handing over these five people to the guards, he returned to Yu Guozhen.
He was a hostage until it was done.
At this moment, the news of Yajiro's arrival came over, and Yu Guozhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that a Japanese man came to congratulate him.
There was such a big movement, and the Ming merchants in Hoi An Harbor had not made any movement, but the Japanese people reacted first and came to "congratulate".
However, this Japanese merchant is smart, and knows that from now on, the sky in Hoi An Harbor will change greatly, and it is no longer the Ruan family who counts, but him Yu Guozhen.
"Let him wait." Yu Guozhen was in a good mood at this time, so he was also willing to meet this Japanese man and see his true intentions.
He paced to the other end of the clearing, where the guards had just returned from a victorious battle. Seeing him coming, everyone was in high spirits, one by one, with their chests and stomachs straight, standing upright.
Among the people here, there are guards who have been following him for a few years, and there are newcomers who have just adapted from the rogue criminals, but at this moment they all have the same confidence, pride and glory in their hearts.
Yu Guozhen looked at the excited faces and laughed.
"Today, you have fought bravely, made outstanding achievements, and achieved brilliant results." Yu Guozhen said: "This matter is victorious, it is extremely beautiful!" β
It was indeed a very beautiful victory, with more than 2,000 defenders, more than 500 enemy troops killed and wounded, 2,000 prisoners, and the number of his own casualties was only more than 20 people. The old family guard is used to winning this kind of battle, but who would be afraid of winning many battles? And those who are new to join feel that it is a pleasure to fight with the Wuwei Tiger Cub!
Yu Guozhen heard a faint cheer among the crowd, he raised his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Since it is a great victory, it cannot be rewarded, and it is meritorious to talk about meritorious deeds, and there are officials at all levels who act, so I won't say more." There is only one, those who participate in the battle today, whether they go out of the city to fight in the field or defend the city, each person will be rewarded with three taels of silver, and after a while, the logistics officers of each team will draw it! β
Hearing that such an easy victory, he immediately exchanged three taels of silver, and this reward was calculated in addition to everyone's merits, and everyone immediately cheered, this time even Yu Guozhen couldn't hold it down.
Yu Guozhen smiled secretly in his heart, that is, he gave them silver, how could they spend it, the accommodation was in the barracks, and gambling was strictly forbidden in the camp, and most of the final results had to be returned to him and kept by him.
"Needless to say, add dinner tonight. In addition, there is one more thing, today's battle, you are majestic, worthy of me to choose a military name for you. Yu Guozhen said this, waved his hand behind him, and suddenly, behind him, a red battle flag rose on a large flagpole.
This red battle flag is embroidered with a tiger with teeth and claws, Yu Guozhen pointed to this flag: "This is your own fight, from now on, you are the new Xianghu Guard!" β
"New Xianghuwei!"
"What a loud name!"
"Our son is a young tiger who is not a young tiger, we are naturally Tiger Guard, haha, Tiger Guard, and the Yue family army and the Qi family army!"
Everyone first talked about it, and then everyone shouted: "New Xianghuwei, Xinxianghuwei!" β
Taking this name, Yu Guozhen was moved. He couldn't call the army directly, and it was arrogant to pass back to the Ming Dynasty, so he used the word "Wei". He had a "tiger" in his own nickname, and the army also needed to have the momentum of a tiger, so he used another "tiger" character. As for the word "Xinxiang", it is to let all the tiger guards keep in mind that their foundation is still in Xinxiang, Daming Qin's state.
The name of the new Xianghuwei was officially born.
Luo Jiuhe smacked his lips beside him, he felt that the name of Xinxiang Huwei was much louder than his Fishery Bureau, and the petty officials were really a little eccentric, why not change the Fishery Administration Bureau to Long Xiang?
But he was just thinking about it in his belly, and he didn't say it.
Yajiro Beibei, who understood Chinese, looked up at the red battle flag hanging in mid-air, which hunted in the wind, and the tiger embroidered on the flag seemed to come to life.
"Sure enough, it is a great His Royal Highness Mingguo, perhaps, the name of my family, I will ask this Highness to be restored!" He thought to himself.
At this moment, he finally waited for the long-awaited news, and Yu Guozhen asked him to pass.
(To be continued)