Haihan has developed from a group of unknown overseas visitors all the way to a powerful force that is about to build a country, and Luo Shengdong, as one of the few witnesses from the outside world, has witnessed the evolution of this force from scratch and from weak to strong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info If it weren't for the Haihan people who appeared in Yazhou seven years ago, then he Luo Shengdong would probably still be a soldier in Yacheng Water Village now, and at most he could be promoted to the general manager, and the generals would not have to be delusional. This step of taking refuge in Haihan has indeed fundamentally changed the trajectory of his life, although his behavior is tantamount to treason to the Ming Dynasty, but in this world, who cares about this? There are a large number of officials lining up in the officialdom of Guangxi and Guangxi at any time to get the recruitment of the Haihan people, and there are really countless people who intend to use the energy of the Haihan people to get promoted and make a fortune.

In addition to the now almost semi-open illegal salt trafficking business, Luo Shengdong also has another secret mission, that is, to act as a spokesperson for Haihan in the officialdom of Guangxi and Guangzhou, on the one hand, to open up various joints for Haihan, and on the other hand, to find objects for Haihan to buy and win over in the process. In particular, those local officials with real power who can play a role in promoting Haihan's commerce and immigration are the key targets in Luo Shengdong's eyes. A few years ago, when Luo Shengdong was moving around, he was inevitably reprimanded for eating people and being white-eyed, and some people even reported to Dongchang and Jinyiwei that he intended to rebel, but in the past two years, he took the initiative to come to him to ask for help, and there were more and more people who hoped to have a relationship with Haihan. After all, today's Haihan is rich and powerful, and the pioneers who took this big ship in front are all developed, which will naturally attract many followers to flock to it.

Before returning from the mainland this time, Luo Shengdong met with several Guangdong officials one after another, and it is worth mentioning that these officials were not generals in the army, but genuine local officials. Without exception, these people are all jealous of the huge benefits hidden in the trade between Haihan and Daming, and want to try to participate and seek a profit. If it were another business, he might have sent money to the door a long time ago, but Haihan is now a big bully, and not everyone is qualified to enter the interest network led by him, and what Luo Shengdong played in this process was a broker who checked for Haihan.

Luo Shengdong has been working for Haihan for many years, and under the words and deeds of a group of traversers, he has long had a clear understanding of Haihan's employment standards. There are two kinds of Ming officials that Haihan is willing to accept, one is like Luo Shengdong, who understands current affairs and is willing to take refuge in Haihan wholeheartedly;

Luo Shengdong is a person who has come over, so he naturally knows that the benefits that the former can obtain are actually more abundant, and his task is to find out the other party's wishes before the Haihan people come forward to contact him in person, so as not to waste his expressions. Of course, in the case of a retreat option, the vast majority of people still prefer to choose the second way, which not only retains the official status of the Ming Dynasty, but also reaps practical benefits from Haihan. And a Ming official like Luo Shengdong, who completely defected to Haihan, if the relationship between the two sides recurs in the future, he will have no way back.

Before leaving Guangdong, Luo Shengdong also went to Zhaoqing and had a private meeting with Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang. Xiong Wencan, who is currently in charge of Lingnan power, is actually well aware of these developments in the officialdom of Liangguang and Guangzhou, but Haihan has become a general trend, and it is difficult for him to come up with an effective way to curb the current direction of development.

Compared with financial strength and force, the two Guangxi governments are not Haihan's opponents, and the only thing that makes Xiong Wencan feel fortunate is that Haihan's ambitions for expansion in the Ming Dynasty seem to have stopped at the Qiongzhou Strait and the Fujian Strait for the time being, and there is no sign of planning to set foot on the mainland. As for the ownership of Qiongzhou Island, Xiong Wencan also knew that it was unlikely to let Haihan spit out the meat that he ate in his mouth again, Haihan now wants to use Qiongzhou Island as a place to establish a country, Xiong Wencan has no better way to deal with it except for pretending to be deaf and dumb.

The purpose of Xiong Wencan's secret meeting with Luo Shengdong this time was to find out the development strategy of Haihan after the founding of the country, especially the attitude towards the Ming Dynasty. Once Haihan's ambitions explode, the Liangguang region near Qiongzhou Island will definitely bear the brunt of the war, although Xiong Wencan thinks that this situation is unlikely, but he has to guard against it. After all, for several years, Haihan had started a foreign war immediately after the anniversary celebration.

Regarding this matter, Luo Shengdong has long explored the tone of the Haihan people in Sanya and Guangzhou, and it is basically certain that the Haihan has no intention of using force against the Ming Dynasty after the founding of the country, so the reassuring pill fed to Xiong Wencan is still very stable. The Haihan people wanted resources, manpower and markets in Guangzhou, but they did not show a special interest in occupying this area, and Luo Shengdong knew that the Haihan people had a special affection for the Ming Dynasty, although the words often revealed a condescending sense of contempt, but they had always maintained close contacts with the Ming Dynasty, and took the initiative to avoid possible conflicts.

If it weren't for Haihan taking the initiative to maintain such restraint, Luo Shengdong thought that when Qiongbei fell under Haihan's control two or three years ago, he would have been able to build a country. The reason why it was delayed for such a long time was probably not that Haihan's strength was not good, but that it was necessary to leave enough time to deal with the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and avoid the rupture of relations with the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country and fall into a state of war.

After getting Luo Shengdong's affirmative answer, Xiong Wencan also repaired a letter and asked him to bring it to the Haihan Executive Committee. From Xiong Wencan's standpoint, it is definitely impossible to admit that Haihan's founding is effective, and he will not send people to Sanya to watch the ceremony, but it is necessary to show the attitude of the Ming government towards this matter, so there must be a person who can be trusted by both parties to act as a channel of communication, and Luo Shengdong played the role of a messenger in it.

Although Luo Shengdong did not know the specific content of Xiong Wencan's letter, he judged from the course of the talks that the other side had acquiesced in the establishment of the Haihan State and did not want to start a war because of this -- this was consistent with the attitude held by Haihan. Bringing this letter back to Sanya and handing it over to the Executive Committee, Luo Shengdong can be regarded as a meritorious service.

Before returning to Sanya, Luo Shengdong took a telegram from Guangzhou to return to Sanya, informing his family of his return time. The journey south was smooth sailing, and the voyage calculation was very accurate, but he never thought that his servant would almost cause trouble on the dock. As soon as he got on the boat, he saw Zhou Hengxing and the helpless housekeeper behind him, and he also knew that his face must not be able to let Zhou Hengxing come to the dock to greet him, and the other party appeared here waiting for him, there must be some reason.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Luo Shengdong still greeted Zhou Hengxing very skillfully first: "Chief Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's always been good?"

Zhou Hengxing smiled and said, "Mr. Luo, this trip is coming back from Guangzhou?"

Luo Shengdong responded: "Looking back, the villain went to Guangdong on a business trip this time and was fortunate to be dishonored, and now he has brought back a secret letter, and he will go to Shengli Fort to submit it to the Executive Committee later." ”

"Oh, since you have something to do, let's hurry up and do it, your butler has even prepared the sedan chair for you. Zhou Hengxing pointed to the sedan chair not far away: "I've been waiting for you here for a long time!"

When Luo Shengdong heard that Zhou Hengxing's tone was a little wrong, he didn't dare to answer his words, glared at the housekeeper and said, "What's the matter?"

Steward Wang trembled forward and responded: "The villain chartered this sedan chair today and let them wait here. The villain was not popular, so he scolded them a few words...... There is something inappropriate between these words, and it just so happens that the chief is passing by here, so there will be some misunderstandings......"

Luo Shengdong didn't wait for the housekeeper to finish speaking, and he had already said deeply: "Chief, there is no way to discipline you, so you can laugh!"

With Zhou Hengxing's status and status, he naturally would not make a small report on such an occasion, since Luo Shengdong already knew about this matter, he would not ask any more. Luo Shengdong pursues it or not, how to deal with it, that is Luo Shengdong's family matter, and Zhou Hengxing will definitely not waste time to care about such trivial matters. After Luo Shengdong finished speaking, he just nodded lightly, signaling that this matter could be revealed.

Luo Shengdong glared at the housekeeper fiercely again, and then said goodbye to Zhou Hengxing, turned around and got into the sedan chair. The sedan chair drivers were too frightened to make a sound, so they quickly got up and left. Steward Wang hurriedly bowed to Zhou Hengxing, and also trotted all the way to follow.

The sedan chair didn't go far, and Luo Shengdong issued an order in the sedan chair: "Go directly to the train station." ”

Butler Wang asked outside the sedan chair: "Master, why don't you go home first?"

"Let's go to Fort Victory first. After Luo Shengdong finished saying this, he was silent. Steward Wang didn't dare to ask any more, and quickly asked the sedan chair driver to turn around and go to the train station. It is more than ten miles away from Victory Fort, and it is too slow to go by car, so it is naturally more convenient to take the train.

When he got off the sedan chair outside the train station, Luo Shengdong ordered: "After waiting for a long time, the sedan chair driver's salary will be more!"

When several palanquin drivers heard this, they thanked them repeatedly. Steward Wang knew that this matter was not over, so he quickly took out the circulation coupon, paid double the price agreed in advance, and then hurriedly went to the ticket office to buy two seat tickets. This way to the outside of Victory Fort, Luo Shengdong opened his mouth and told the housekeeper to wait outside, verified his identity to the doorman, and then the staff inside took him in.

It was not the first time that Luo Shengdong had entered Victory Castle, so he was familiar with these procedures, but Ning Qi, who was supposed to hand over this matter to him, was in a meeting, and he didn't have time to meet him for a while, so he only called a secretary to come out and contact him. Although Luo Shengdong wanted to personally hand over the secret letter of Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang, to Ning Qi, he was worried that if he did not hand over the letter, he would offend Ning Qi's subordinates, so he had to take out the letter and hand it to the secretary who contacted him, and did not forget to seize this opportunity to show his merits: "When I went to Zhaoqing Mansion here, I followed the instructions of the Executive Committee, and carefully hid my whereabouts back and forth, without letting the outside world know." ”

The secretary nodded and said, "General Luo has worked hard all the way, so let's go back and rest early, today's meeting of the chief is estimated to be a long time, and there are other schedules in the future, I'm afraid I won't have time to meet you." ”

Luo Shengdong hurriedly said: "The people I saw in Zhaoqing Mansion here, there are still some things that I have to tell the chief, and I have to report it in person." ”

The secretary couldn't see Luo Shengdong's careful thoughts, so he persuaded: "General Luo, you go back to rest first, and when the chief's schedule is free, he will naturally notify you to come over again." ”

Luo Shengdong saw that he couldn't move the other party, and he was a little disappointed at the moment, so he had to say goodbye and leave. After leaving the Victory Castle, the king's butler greeted him, and Luo Shengdong ordered quietly: "Go home!"

At the moment, the two took the train from Shengli Fort back to Sanya City, Luo Shengdong bought a riverside villa here two years ago, and spent nearly 30,000 yuan on the decoration and furnished interior, which is one of the best grades in this rich area. He spent a lot of money to buy property here, not just to buy it as a façade, but to move his wife and children here to settle here. His two sons, a five-year-old and a three-year-old, have already completed the formalities of enrolling in school here.

Luo Shengdong has already made up his mind that in the future, he will definitely let his two sons study in a school opened by Haihan people, rather than a traditional private school. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Haihan will definitely be more inclined to cultivate talents in the future, rather than recruiting from the Ming Dynasty as it is now. Even if you just want the next generation to be a rich man who is not involved in politics under the rule of Haihan, you have to follow the social system of Haihan as much as possible, so that they can get used to the system here from an early age.

After going home and seeing his wife and children, Luo Shengdong called Butler Wang into the study, and then asked him about what happened at the dock before. Steward Wang didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell the truth.

After Luo Shengdong listened, he pondered for a moment before he spoke: "You can go and pack up your personal belongings later......"

Steward Wang didn't wait for Luo Shengdong to finish speaking, then he fell to his knees: "Master, the villain is just a momentary gaffe, and he has already complained to the chief of the week, don't dismiss the villain!"

Luo Shengdong said: "Master, I don't want to dismiss you, this is actually not a big deal." It's just that you said such impolite things in front of the chief, how would the chief think? I must think that I, Luo Shengdong, have no one in my eyes on weekdays! If I don't deal with you, when the chief thinks of this matter in the future, he will inevitably fall into the impression of covering up and conniving again. You have been with me for several years, taking care of my family, and you have worked hard without merit, so how can I dismiss you because of this? ”

Steward Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stood up. He originally thought that he would lose his livelihood because of this, but it seems that his master still has affection.

Luo Shengdong said: "But if you continue to stay here, it may make the chief have a bad opinion of the master, so you still have to leave." You set off for Guangzhou on the same day and exchange Li Sangui who was guarding the house over there, and you will stay in Guangzhou in the future, and don't go back to Sanya in the next few years. (To be continued.) )