A merchant ship slowly approached the dock, and Wu Jin couldn't help but laugh when he saw the carp logo printed on the sail of the merchant ship, which was Qi Ruifu's logo.

A young man in his twenties got down from the boat, and he was followed by a Silla official in his thirties, Wu Jin recognized the young man and hurriedly greeted him, this person was not an outsider, it was Qi Fengwu's eldest brother Qi Yunhuan, that is, Wu Jin's brother-in-law.

Wu Jin didn't expect the Qi family to send him to Silla to negotiate the purchase of this island, but Qi Yunhuan, like his sister Qi Fengwu, is also a young man, although he is twenty-three years old this year, he has been a store manager since he was fourteen years old, and at the age of eighteen he became the chief manager of all shops in the capital except for Qian Zhuang, and he has been able to stand alone, he is the eldest grandson of the Qi family, and he will also inherit the Qi family's industry in the future.

This time he went to Silla Mai Island, in addition to him, there was also a Han steward who had dealt with Silla for 30 years to assist him.

Qi Yunhuan saw Wu Jin from afar, and waved to him with a smile, "Wu Jin!" ”

Wu Jin is his brother-in-law, he can call Wu Jin in an intimate tone, Wu Jin greeted him with a smile, "I didn't expect to send you to Silla, let alone meet you here." ”

The two patted each other on the shoulder, Qi Yunhuan likes this brother-in-law very much, not because he is powerful, because he has vision, brains, and can do great things, he has been in the capital for many years, and he has seen a lot of various royal families, and he has always been very disgusted with these children of the royal family who only know how to have fun all day long, but he is an exception for Wujin.

"I came here to take me to see this island, but I didn't expect to meet you attacking Baekje Island, what a coincidence."

"How's your talk with them?"

Wu Jin said in a low voice: "Do they sell this island?" ”

"There is no problem, the contract has been signed, and it only cost 200,000 taels of silver."

Qi Yunhuan glanced back at the Silla officials, and laughed in a low voice: "They don't seem to care about this island at all, and the price I offered surprised them." ”

It should not be that they don't care, if they do, they won't let Baisha be entrenched on it for twenty years, Wu Jin knew it in his heart, so he asked Qi Yunhuan with a smile, "Who is this official, tell me about it." ”

Qi Yunhuan hurriedly pulled the official over and introduced him to Wujin: "This is the squire of the household department of Silla, named Li Jingqing, and he is also a royal nobleman. ”

Wu Jin arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be Li Shilang, I have admired it for a long time!" ”

The nobles of Silla could basically speak Chinese, and he returned the salute and asked Qi Yunhuan, "This general is ......?"

"This is King Heiliang, the governor of Chuzhou, His Royal Highness the Emperor."

"It turns out that you are Huangfu Wujin!"

Li Jingqing was surprised for a while, Silla had been very concerned about the situation of the Daning Dynasty, and the name of Huangfu Wujin also spread to Silla, he saw that Huangfu Wujin led thousands of warships to gather on Baekje Island, he was secretly surprised in his heart, could it be that he came to attack Silla?

"I wonder why His Royal Highness is here?"

Wu Jin had already had a right word, and he smiled slightly: "The Baisha Society has invaded the coastal areas of the Daning Dynasty for many years, annihilated silver, burned and killed, and plundered the population, which is a great crime, and I am on the order of the emperor of my Daning Dynasty to come to exterminate the Baisha Society, which has nothing to do with the Silla Kingdom." ”

Li Jingqing's heart was slightly lowered, he remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "Did Li Baisha catch it?" ”

Li Baisha was the son of the rebel aristocrat Li Chaoxi, and he was the fish that slipped through the net, and the Silla Kingdom had long wanted to exterminate him, but the Silla State had a weak naval army and had been unable to go to the island to suppress bandits, but he did not expect to be exterminated by the Daning Naval Army, and Li Jingqing immediately cared about Li Baisha's whereabouts.

"Li Baisha is in my hands, and I am going to take him back to the Daning Dynasty for trial, why, the Silla Kingdom is also interested in him?"

Li Jingqing hurriedly bowed deeply, "I beg Your Highness to hand over this person to us, this person is a traitor and a confidant of the Silla Kingdom, Your Highness must hand him over to us, please." ”

Wu Jin glanced at Qi Yunhuan and nodded at him, meaning to let him decide, as long as it is beneficial to get this island.

Qi Yunhuan understood, and hurriedly gave a salute to Wu Jinshen, "Your Highness, this island Silla has been sold to Qi Ruifu, can you please ask Your Highness to give me a face, give me Li Baisha, and let me dispose of it." ”

Wujin pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Qi Ruifu has a lot of support for the Chuzhou Naval Army, so I will hand over Li Baisha to you, and you will dispose of it." ”

He said to Li Jingqing again: "Master Li, I have already given Li Baisha to Qi Gongzi, you can discuss with him." ”

Of course, Li Jingqing knew that Li Baisha had no effect on Qi Ruifu, and Huangfu Wujin gave Li Baisha to him, in fact, he asked him to transfer it to himself, he hurriedly said to Qi Yunhuan: "Gongzi Qi, our contract has been signed, now wait for the king's final seal and approval, if Gongzi is willing to give us Li Baisha, I can guarantee that the king will be grateful to the Qi family and approve it immediately, at that time, Baekje Island will officially belong to the Qi family, in addition, I can also agree to the additional requirements of the Qi family and sell grain to Qi Ruifu, how about it?" ”

Qi Yunhuan knew that Wujin urgently needed to get this island, so he nodded with a smile, "We have a very pleasant cooperation this time, and in order to show my sincerity, I am willing to hand over Li Baisha to the Silla Kingdom." ”

．．．．．．．． Li Jingqing got Li Baisha and wanted to go back to repay his merits, he was not interested in Baekje Island, so he and Qi Yunhuan hurried back to Silla, Wujin sat on a big stone, watching the big ship with the carp logo gradually walk away, at this time a personal guard stepped forward and presented several letters and half a semicircular jade pendant to Wujin.

"General, these are Li Baisha's things, and he has explained them one by one."

Wu Jin took a few items, the letter from Uncle Shen Guo to him, and the letter from the King of Goryeo to him, he was not interested in the letter of the King of Goryeo, but he was quite interested in Uncle Shen's letter, and Uncle Shen Guo would not give him a few letters, he only took this letter with him, which shows the importance of this letter.

Wu Jin opened the letter, he read it carefully, and was secretly surprised in his heart, in the letter, Uncle Shen asked him to open up the wasteland and reclaim the land, and the tun rice needed to be eaten by 100,000 people for three months, and build a warehouse for the storage of ordnance, and the money and materials needed were all supported, what does this mean?

The food of 100,000 people is obviously not for Li Baisha's own use, which shows that Uncle Shen will bring an army of 100,000 to the island, Wu Jin probably already understands what Uncle Shen means, this is obviously the retreat of Uncle Shen's arrangement for himself, of course Uncle Shen will not be trapped on the island, he wants to use Baisha Island as a springboard to capture Silla in one fell swoop and establish himself as the king.

Wu Jin swept around again, there was no warehouse, and the reclaimed land could also support thousands of pirates, it can be seen that Li Baisha also understood Uncle Shen's intentions, he was not enthusiastic, so where did Uncle Shen's support go?

Wu Jin opened another envelope, the envelope was coated with white wax, which was waterproof, he shook out a deposit ticket from it, and reported to the soldiers: "This is Li Baisha's deposit ticket in Donglai Qianzhuang, and you must use that half of the jade pendant to withdraw the silver." ”

The deposit ticket is only 300,000 taels of silver, and if you add the 300,000 of Donglai Qianzhuang in Donghai County, it is only 600,000, which is unimaginable for a pirate leader who has robbed merchant ships for 20 years, and if it is really only 600,000 taels, he actually withdrew half of his savings in one fell swoop in order to buy pig iron, which is absolutely impossible, and it is impossible for the pirate leader's money to be stored in someone else's bank, it can only be a very small part.

"Is all his belongings here?"

"Yes, it's all here, he says all his belongings are here."

"And what's on board?"

"The ship was full of water and food, and nothing else."

Wu Jin pondered for a moment, then said, "How many people are left under his henchmen?" Have you been interrogated? ”

The guard's face was embarrassed, "General Hui, his henchmen are very strong, they wanted to grab the boat to save Li Baisha, most of them were killed by the brothers, and only five or six old subordinates were left, and they didn't have time to interrogate." ”

"Go and interrogate them separately, I suspect that Li Baisha's belongings are hidden on this island, they must know it, and they must torture me out."

The guards agreed and went, and Zhou Yanbao next to him said with a smile: "We searched Li Baisha's palace, except for his more than 100 wives and concubines and some gold and jade chairs, there is no other money, they say that Li Baisha is very harsh to them, only three meals a day, two clothes per person, and no jewelry, saying that Li Baisha is a miser." ”

"Those women are also pitiful, and each of them gives them a little money, and those who have parents on the island can be let go, and those who have no parents are given to the sergeants who have not yet married their wives."

Wu Jin stood up and said with a smile: "Let's come all the way to lay down Li Baisha's lair, how can we give up without making a windfall, since Li Baisha is a miser, there must be his treasure cave on the island." ”

．．．．．．．． At noon, an old butler who had followed Li Baisha for 20 years finally confessed that in a hill in the south of the island, there was indeed a secret cave where Li Baisha stored money and belongings, and Huangfu Wujin immediately led 2,000 soldiers to take Li Baisha's old butler to a hill in the south of the island.

This is a stone mountain formed by volcanic eruptions, more than ten zhang high, several miles in a radius, the strange rocks on the mountain are craggy, covered with a layer of shallow soil, and covered with all kinds of thorns and bushes.

This island led a large group of sergeants to the west of Shishan, and he pointed to a huge stone weighing more than 100,000 catties and said: "That boulder could have been removed, but Li Baisha sealed the hole two months ago, and now it can't be moved. ”

"How much money is hidden in it?"

This old housekeeper is fifty years old, and he followed Li Baisha to the island back then, and has always been in charge of Li Baisha's belongings, he whispered: "The second son brought a batch of property to the island back then, and then accumulated it for another twenty years, I forgot how much, it is estimated that there are millions of taels of gold and silver, and there are many valuable belongings.

Huangfu Wujin smiled and said, "Go and push the boulder away, all the brothers will be rewarded!" ”

The soldiers were gearing up and rushed to push the boulder, the hole was very narrow, it could only accommodate dozens of people, the boulder could not be pushed, Wu Jin immediately ordered, "Blow the boulder open!" ”

Immediately a few soldiers went up to install cast-iron mines, and the rest of the soldiers were pushed hundreds of paces away. Rumble! There were two deafening explosions, and when I looked up again, the boulder had been blown up, and dozens of soldiers worked together to finally pry open the boulder, revealing a large black hole, and from the outside, I could see that there were large wooden boxes inside.

The soldiers cheered and rushed into the hole to carry the boxes.

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(To be continued)