Lu Ning watched Governor Chen's departure, he was really a little annoyed, and said to Li Jinglong next to him.

"What the hell is this waste thinking? Could it be that you were really scared by the Japanese and couldn't do it! ”

Li Jinglong was also a little helpless, he felt that this Governor Chen was still submissive just now, but he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants when he heard the widow.

Could it be that this widow really has three heads and six arms? What a joke.

"Master, these local officials have not experienced many battle formations, and their subordinates are not elite soldiers, I am afraid that it is rare to experience a big war, and it is estimated that they have not predicted the enemy's situation enough."

Lu Ning was a little helpless, he said directly.

"Our Ming Dynasty was founded on water warfare, and when it comes to the water army, the Ming army is the ancestor, otherwise how to defeat Chen Youliang in the battle of Poyang Lake! If you can't hit a few loop-legged water snake waist buckles, don't come out to mix in the future. ”

When it comes to the founding battle of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the classic battle that can go down in history, the Poyang Lake Water Battle, Li Jinglong is also quite impressed.

His father, Li Wenzhong, was the vanguard of the former army, and although he was young, although he was far away in the Chinese army, he had also seen that earth-shattering battle.

"Master, what you said is right, our Ming Dynasty is based on water warfare, if we don't even dare to fight a naval battle, we will lose this military soul, naturally it must not be like this."

At this time, Xie Jin next to him said to Lu Ning helplessly.

"Master, I haven't had time to tell you yet, before the arrival of this Chen prefect's mansion, I had already talked to the envoys, and they had no intention of sending troops at all, for fear that they would be held accountable by the imperial court for losing the battle."

After hearing this, Lu Ning was first happy that Xie Jin was able to do things ahead, but after thinking about it, he suddenly understood a very realistic thing.

That is, if neither the envoy yamen nor the prefect's yamen want to send troops, he is actually an empty earl with no soldiers in his hands.

"Jiujiang, what do you say should be done about this matter?"

Li Jinglong has always been simple and rude in doing things, so he won't think too much about it, so he replied directly.

"Master, I think that whether it is this envoy or this prefect, on the surface it looks submissive, but in fact it is not a thing, it is better for you to ask for the banner of the king's order, remove this envoy, and kill this prefect, and directly seize the military power."

For Lu Ning, Li Jinglong is naturally loyal, but the method he thought of was indeed a bad idea.

"Xie Jin, do you think what your senior brother said makes sense? If you were asked to do it, what should you do? ”

Xie Jin thought for a moment, and then said to Lu Ning.

"Master, my brother and I think a little differently, since these coastal officers and soldiers are no longer able to fight, even if they take over the military power, they are just a group of instigated soldiers, and they are not of great use at all."

Lu Ning nodded, he very much agreed with Xie Jin's statement, this can be regarded as the real point.

With his current position as an earl, coupled with the blessing of the royal flag, he was naturally able to smoothly avoid the envoy, kill the prefect and seize the military power.

However, these are meaningless at all, because even if they take over the military power and send troops smoothly, they will not achieve results at all.

These people have long been frightened by the Japanese invaders, and there is no way to fight smoothly, so they lose their reputation and let the Ming Dynasty damage the warship.

"So what do you think you should do? I think you have a good idea since you have your own ideas and judgments. ”

Seeing that the master asked such a question, Xie Jin seemed to be confident, so he said.

"Master, since the officers and soldiers on this coast have long been useless, why don't we recruit an army to conquer Dongying, so that we can command them smoothly, and the battle will not be affected by morale problems."

Lu Ning glanced at Xie Jin, he seemed to understand this apprentice's thoughts, and asked further.

"You mean to recruit troops here?"

Xie Jin shook his head, and he told his master.

"Far away in front of you, it is these craftsmen who build ships and build roads, they are originally disaster victims, you gave them food and gave them jobs, they are naturally grateful to you, and now if you want to recruit soldiers, you will choose them, how can the morale not be strong?"

Lu Ning thought about it carefully and felt that this method was still quite useful, so he ordered directly.

"Since you came up with this idea, it's up to you to handle it, but you must make it clear to these craftsmen that joining the army to fight the Japanese is voluntary, and it is not reluctant."

Xie Jin immediately bowed deeply to the master, and then walked out.

Li Jinglong next to him was a little dumbfounded, this little junior brother is only thirteen years old now, and he dares to strategize like this.

Letting a child go to recruit soldiers and be in charge of training is simply child's play in other places, but here in Lu Ning, it is extremely normal.

After Xie Jin walked out of the room, he felt that his whole body was relaxed.

In fact, he proposed to recruit craftsmen to join the army, not only for the sake of the imperial court to fight the Japanese invaders, but more for the sake of his master Lu Ning.

During this time, he had long seen that the master was the character of an idle cloud and wild crane, and he was not interested in the imperial court.

But the more this is the case, the more closely those officials above the court keep an eye on Changning County, and they do not intend to let him go.

After thinking about it carefully, Xie Jin felt that there was something greasy in this.

No matter how much the master has made to the imperial court, if he has no soldiers in his hands, he will not have a knife handle, and these officials will not be afraid of him.

Otherwise, how could these well-fed imperial historians not impeach those fierce generals and old commanders, but to impeach this lord of a rich country and rich people?

To put it bluntly, it's just picking up soft persimmons and pinching them, bullying the soft ones and being afraid of the hard ones.