May 15, 1627, the first day of the fourth month of the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow's Apocalypse. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng) (.)

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of that day, the Yulinjiao outpost sent an alarm message to Base No. 1 and the nearby training camp, saying that a sailing ship was heading from the direction of Luhuitoujiao towards Shengli Harbor. However, only ten minutes later, before the militia could assemble, the alarm was lifted, because the sentry had already seen Luo Shengdong standing at the bow of the ship through the binoculars.

Luo Shengdong stood straight at the bow of the ship, looking at the Victory Port that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Forty days earlier, he had been defeated and captured here, and had become a servant of the Haihan people, believing that he would never have a better day. Twenty days ago, he successfully persuaded the Haihan people to let him return to Yazhou Water Village and escaped. Four days ago, the commendation order issued by the Qiongzhou Mansion had been sent to Shuizhai, and Luo Shengdong was promoted to the originally vacant position of general manager as he wished. In just over a month, Luo Shengdong was thrown down by fate, and then he was sent to the cusp of the waves, and the ups and downs were so fast that he couldn't believe it.

But there is no doubt about one thing, Luo Shengdong knows very well that it is these mysterious Haihan people who have made their fate take a turn, and if nothing else, whether his future career can be smooth will also be affected by them, even if he regrets it now, I am afraid he will not be able to get off this thief ship. Although he vaguely felt that his approach was a little sorry for the trust of the emperor and the military department, it was beneficial to his family and himself, and the latter seemed to be more practical.

After Luo Shengdong went home, he did not hide his experience of these days from his father, but said it as it was, hoping to get some guidance from his father. His father, who had fought all his life and finally only achieved the total number of hundreds, thought for a long time before he said to him: "Since you know the Haihan people so well, then think about it, be an enemy or a friend, which choice will benefit you more." ”

This choice is not too difficult for Luo Shengdong, as a friend, Luo Shengdong can get a steady stream of money from the Haihan, which is something that several leaders of the Haihan people have clearly stated, and there is no need to doubt their sincerity. In the future, if there are pirates who invade the area of Shengli Port, or even Yazhou, the Haihan people will promise to take action, and this war will inevitably have their own share at that time.

And to be the enemy, thinking of this thought, Luo Shengdong's back began to break out in a cold sweat. How his subordinates were easily killed by the Haihan people without fighting back, and how he was captured and did more than 20 days of hard labor, I still vividly remember it. Sometimes when he woke up, Luo Shengdong even had the illusion that he was still locked in the stinky iron ship cabin. And when he returned to Yazhou a few days ago, Chief Tao said ruthlessly, if they meet on the battlefield next time, there will be no prisoners, which is completely a clear reminder to Luo Shengdong not to go against the Haihan people.

As long as he keeps close to these Haihan people, Luo Shengdong believes that even if he doesn't make much progress in his career, he can at least become a rich man. Last time he accompanied the Haihan people to negotiate with two trading houses, Luo Shengdong was a bystander throughout the whole process, those exquisite items were never seen in his life, and the Haihan people earned hundreds of taels of silver in just one day, and the speed of making money also made him breathtaking. You must know that there are hundreds of people up and down in the entire Yazhou Water Village, and the total amount of military salary in a year is less than 2,000 taels of silver. The Haihan people have such a great ability to make money, so it is no wonder that they are willing to spend 10,000 catties of fine iron to build that strange iron ship.

When he sailed into the harbor, Luo Shengdong heard a loud bang coming from the shore on the right, and he subconsciously squatted down his body, but this kind of loud noise can only be made by artillery!

After a long time, Luo Shengdong slowly poked his head out of the side of the boat to look towards the shore, and he saw a group of people pushing two black cannons on the sandbar on the right. Luo Shengdong rubbed his eyes vigorously, and once again made sure that he was not mistaken, that is, two cannons, when Luo Shengdong went to Qiongzhou Mansion to participate in the drill before, he had also seen similar Hongyi artillery.

Maybe it was the omnipotence of traversing the crowd that left too deep a psychological imprint on Luo Shengdong, after he saw this scene, the first thought that popped up in his heart was not where the Haihan people got the cannon, but that these Haihan people could even make cannons!

Being able to build a strange ship that doesn't need sails, having a sharp burst of fire, and now even having a cannon with huge lethality, Luo Shengdong has no doubt that if these Haihan people want to take Yazhou Water Village or even Yazhou City, I'm afraid it will not be a difficult task. Luo Shengdong didn't understand why these people were so reckless and didn't attack the nearby towns, but at least the existing peace would not be broken in a short period of time, otherwise they wouldn't have to spend money to buy a house in Yazhou City.

When the boat docked, Luo Shengdong noticed that some migrant workers on the shore were carrying baskets of stones, and several small hills had been piled up not far away. There are also a large number of logs stacked next to it, which have obviously been processed, not only have the bark been stripped of it, but are also of the same length and thickness. Some of the logs were also sharpened, apparently for piling.

"This is going to repair the dock......" As a sailor general, Luo Shengdong naturally saw at a glance the purpose of these building materials piled here.

"Don't stop, you lazy pig! don't even think about the next meal if you are so slow!"

The shouting from the construction site attracted Luo Shengdong's attention, and he turned his head to see a small man kicking the ass of a migrant worker. The man seemed to feel Luo Shengdong's gaze, and turned his head to look at him.

Luo Shengdong immediately recognized this person, he was one of the pirates who were captured in the last attack, this guy is said to be a samurai among the pirates, and he has some prestige among that group of pirates, and he was quite disobedient under his own command at that time. If it weren't for the fear of the rules of the labor camp, Luo Shengdong would have wanted to clean him up several times, and it seems that after he returned to Yazhou, this guy had seized the opportunity to mix up and take his place in the labor camp.

"Phew!" Luo Shengdong snorted. But his voice was not small, and the people near the dock probably heard it.

"Hmph! Defeated general!" Takahashi Minami, who had been studying Chinese hard recently, also threw out a mockery without showing weakness. He naturally recognized Luo Shengdong, in his opinion, this incompetent general of the Ming army had sat in the position of the leader of the labor camp completely by patting his ass, if it wasn't for the magnanimity of the executive committee, this guy should have stayed in the labor camp until he died.

The two of them looked at each other in the air, and they both put on a posture of wanting to do something if they didn't agree.

"Luo Shengdong, why can't you get along with people as soon as you come back?"

As soon as he heard this voice, Luo Shengdong was immediately excited, and hurriedly took three steps and two steps down to the dock, and respectfully clasped his fists and saluted: "I haven't seen you for many days, has it always been good?"

The person who came was Ren Liang, as Luo Shengdong's former boss, he was also a little surprised by Luo Shengdong's respectful attitude now, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "This guy only stayed under me for more than 20 days before he was put back, and now he is still so tame, how much psychological shadow did I cause to him in the first place?"

"Takahashi Minami, you've also seen it, is now in charge of assisting me in managing the labor camp. You will be close to each other in the future. Ren Liang pretended not to know the contradiction between the two.

Luo Shengdong really didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Ren Liang, but he wouldn't bow his head to Takahashi Nan because of this, just a slight fist hug was considered a salute. Takahashi Nan also bent down slightly and bowed, but the range of this movement was less than one-tenth of when he bowed to Ren Liang.

"Sir, is this going to build a wharf?" Luo Shengdong didn't want to get too entangled with Gao Qiaonan, so he quickly changed the topic.

Ren Liang nodded and said: "Yes, soon there will be merchants from Yazhou, Qiongzhou and even Guangzhou who will come here to trade with us, and we must build a big wharf." The main part of the dam project upstream was almost completed, so I transferred the people from the labor camp here to prepare for the construction of the wharf. By the way, you can appear in this place at this time, if I'm not mistaken, I should be promoted, right?"

Luo Shengdong unconsciously straightened his body, and said with an arrogant face: "Luo Mou is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has been promoted to the head of the water village by Shangfeng the day before yesterday." At present, it is in charge of all matters related to Yazhou Water Village, and has the right to dispatch ships and manpower by itself. ”

"Congratulations!" Ren Liang said with a smile: "Now that the merit has been made and the official has been promoted, what conditions did you promise us at the beginning, you won't forget it, right?"

"How dare Luo forget!" Luo Shengdong hurriedly put away his reserve and said respectfully: "I came here this time, in addition to buying some coal, saltpeter, tung oil, cloth and other items in Yazhou according to the request of Chief Tao, I also transferred five households and seventeen boatwrights under Shuizhai on the grounds of repairing the ship, and now they are on the boat. You only need to be responsible for their daily food and accommodation, and as for the time limit, it doesn't matter, I will arrange it at the water village. ”

"Oh, that's good news, you wait, I'll tell the shipyard to come and get someone. Ren Liang found out PHS at the moment, made a phone call to Sun Changmi, told him what happened, and asked him to come to the dock to get people.

"There are only seventeen people, will it be too little?" After hanging up the phone, Ren Liang suddenly remembered this question and couldn't help but ask Luo Shengdong.

Luo Shengdong thought that Ren Liang felt that he was not doing his job well, so he hurriedly explained: "Sir Ren, there are very few people who are engaged in the position of shipwrights in Yazhou, and there are only ten shipwrights in my water village, who are responsible for the daily repair of warships. Now I have done my best to transfer five households to you. ”

"I see...... Ren Mingliang nodded in recognition of Luo Shengdong's statement, and beckoned to Gao Qiao Nan: "Gao Qiao, let them stop moving stones, come and unload the cargo on this ship first!"

"Yes!" Gao Qiao Nan raised his head in response, and then stared at Luo Shengdong with a provocative look before turning around and leaving to organize people to carry out Ren Liang's orders.

"This little slave ......" Luo Shengdong muttered very unhappily, but he also had to admit that this guy seemed to be doing a better job in his current position than he had at the beginning, at least he had never seen this kind of appreciation on the face of the incumbent governor before.

"It must be that I used to meet my boss in the wrong posture, and I have to practice hard in the future. Luo Shengdong involuntarily had a strange thought.