1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 53 Invitation to Reward ([-])
When Luo Shengdong was about to enter the White Tiger Hall with a few cronies, he was stopped by the guards at the door: "There is an order from the top, please listen to the announcement outside the General Hall of Luo Bai."

Luo Shengdong gritted his teeth secretly, and it seemed that as soon as he arrived at the water village, someone had already sent a letter.Now deliberately blocking himself out, clearly has a kind of beat.However, the current situation is unclear, and Luo Shengdong did not dare to make a fool of himself, so he could only stand outside obediently and wait.

After a long time, an order came out from the hall, asking Luo Shengdong to come in to see him, but his subordinates had to stay outside the hall.Luo Shengdong sorted out his outfit, adjusted his breathing slightly, and strode in.

Sitting in the main seat of the hall was an old man in his fifties, wearing a black gauze hat and a red plate to make up clothes. It was He Wenhui, the general of the water village in Yazhou.

This Mr. He has been in the barracks for more than 30 to 40 years. What is most praised is not how many outstanding military exploits he has made, but that as long as he is in the place, there has never been any large-scale armed forces of a war nature. People gave him the nickname "General Peace".He was able to rise all the way to the rank of general, not because of his achievements in opening up territories and beheading enemies, but because he had never made any mistakes for decades.Thinking about it carefully, this seems to be an alternative talent as well.

According to the rule left by Ming Taizu in those days, "the civil and military officers over [-] listen to the official". Seeing that General He, who is about to slash the threshold of retirement, the last stop of his career was supported by the Ministry of War to such a remote and oilless place as Yazhou. Come on, it stands to reason that it will be somewhat unwilling.But General He doesn't have this kind of mentality, because if he doesn't come here, it is estimated that he will not be able to upgrade from garrison to general before retiring.In other words, if this Yazhou general is a real power and a soldier, I am afraid it will not be his turn to sit for He Wenhui.

In addition to He Wenhui and several of his personal soldiers, there was another person in the hall. He was dressed in exactly the same clothes as Luo Shengdong, but was slightly shorter than him. This person was his competitor Wei Sanzhu.This Wei Sanzhu was looking at Luo Shengdong up and down at this time, and there was an irresistible mockery in his eyes.

Luo Shengdong turned a blind eye to Wei Sanzhu, and directly knelt and bowed to He Wenhui in the hall.

He Wenhui didn't ask Luo Shengdong to get up, but said slowly: "This old man went to Qiongzhou Fucheng for business, because the business was delayed for a few days in the Fucheng, this is more than ten days, I left later than you, and came back earlier than you. "Is this Yulin farther away than Qiongzhou's capital?"

"On the [-]th day of the second month, Lizhai led the team to the east. On the [-]th day of the second month, they were attacked by pirates near Yulin Bay. The brothers fought hard for three days on both land and sea fronts, and finally defeated the pirates on Qingming Day. It was severely damaged in the battle and could not be driven back to the water village, so it had to run aground near Yulin. Fortunately, a pirate ship named Guangzhou was captured, and it was only after many days of repairing the damage that it could be brought back to life." Luo Shengdong calmly arranged according to what he had already made up. Good lines answered.

He Wenhui nodded and said, "It does sound reasonable, but Yulin is only a hundred miles away, so why don't you send someone to pay back in the [-] days or so?"

Luo Shengdong said: "One is that there are many injured brothers, and most of them are inconvenient to move after the war; the other is that the two groups of messengers sent were intercepted by pirates in the Linchun River area, so they can only wait until the ship is repaired. Withdrew from the waterway. In addition to the five personal soldiers who returned together this time, there are still more than [-] people in Yulin who are still recovering and guarding the warship, all of which can be used as witnesses."

Luo Shengdong whispered in his heart as he spoke, brothers who are still working as coolies, don't blame me for talking nonsense. If I don't save my life first, I won't be able to save you.

He Wenhui was a little undecided when he heard Luo Shengdong's speech.At this moment, Wei Sanzhu, who saw that the atmosphere was not right, interjected: "Luo Shengdong, you probably don't know yet, but your soldiers came back before you! You were defeated and captured in Yulin on February [-], and again Why bother to fight the enemy? Lie about the military situation, deceive the Shangguan, you are so bold!"

Luo Shengdong thought to himself that if you don't help to point out this stubble, I will not be able to continue the show, and immediately got up in a state of anger and said: "I counted the personnel after the war, and found that there were two people who couldn't find them anywhere, and they still didn't know what to do. I thought they fell into the sea during the war and didn't realize it, but I don't want these two to be deserters! I urge you to deal with these two by military law, so as to set an example!"

Wei Sanzhu sneered: "Is it the two of them who were deserters, or whether you, Mr. Luo Bai, were the prisoners, I see something strange!"

He Wenhui pondered for a while before asking, "Luo Shengdong, you said that you have defeated the pirates. Apart from the fact that you brought back the ship, do you have any other evidence?"

Luo Shengdong glanced at Wei Sanzhu with provocative eyes, and then said calmly: "The humble personal soldiers are now waiting outside with the pirate's head, and they have also seized a number of pirate swords and guns, fire guns, three-eyed guns. , and the earth cannons have also been seized, and they are now placed on the wide ship, ready to be inspected by adults at any time!"

"Pirate's head? You're not trying to kill a good person, right?" This turn of events was obviously beyond Wei Sanzhu's expectations. When he questioned Luo Shengdong, he was obviously not as arrogant as before.

Luo Shengdong smiled coldly and said, "Whether it's killing a good person and taking advantage of it, you can tell by looking at it."

He Wenhui will naturally not make any troubles for Luo Shengdong at this time. In fact, he is also very curious about whether what Luo Shengdong said is the truth, but it doesn't matter which side Luo Shengdong and the two soldiers are telling the truth. , the other party will definitely be severely punished by military law for lying about the military situation - [-]% of the time is the end of beheading.

The five personal soldiers quickly dragged in the three wooden boxes containing the pirate heads. Although these heads have been chopped off for several days, there is no obvious corruption under the action of lime, but the smell is inevitably a bit punchy. .At least half of these heads have obvious features of Southeast Asian appearance, and there are also a few Japanese pirates with moon-shaped heads that are quite recognizable. These people's heads are not usually cut off on Hainan Island. Taking the risk of making a claim is naturally self-defeating.

The personal soldiers He Wenhui sent to the ship to inspect the captured weapons also returned soon, exactly as Luo Shengdong said.

This time, He Wenhui's attitude changed immediately: "Don't show it to President Luo Bai!"

Luo Shengdong finally took a reassuring pill, thanked him, and sat down.On the other hand, Wei Sanzhu was neither sitting nor standing, humming with anger.He couldn't figure out why things took a turn for the worse. It was obvious that the two soldiers said it decently. Everyone from Luo Shengdong onwards was captured by a group of short-haired pirates, and even the Haicang ship was taken away. .

Thinking of this, Wei Sanzhu seemed to have caught another straw, and said quickly, "Sir, wait a minute, those two soldiers said that they were fighting against a group of short-haired pirates.

"These two people who confuse black and white!" Luo Shengdong looked like he was furious, but his heart was full of joy - taking this opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to clear the matter of the Haihan people first, so as not to mention it alone Appears contrived.

"My lord, it is clear that there is someone with this short hair, but it is not a pirate from the South China Sea, but an overseas volunteer." Luo Shengdong had already made a draft of the origin of the Haihan people, and it was logical to throw it out at this time. : "When our team was fighting hard against the pirates that day, several ships entered the battlefield to help our team. Otherwise, it would be difficult for our team to defeat the pirate fleet that was several times with our team. After the war, I learned that these ships came from another country thousands of miles overseas. In the country, they are all descendants of Han people. They call themselves Haihan people. When they arrived in Yulin across the sea, they also wanted to return to their homeland and do some ordinary business and trade. I think that these Haihan people are all knowledgeable and reasonable, and they are not barbarians. Wounded, why did you talk about pirates?"

"Oh? There is such a thing... So how many are these Haihans, and where are they now?" He Wenhui heard that there were still so many twists and turns in the middle, and he became interested at the moment.

Luo Shengdong replied respectfully: "There are only three to five hundred people, and now they have settled down in Yulin and formed a village. In addition, they also sent special envoys to visit Yazhou City, but they are afraid that the costumes will be different from ours. And I was mistaken for a pirate, so I temporarily stayed outside Nanshan Town. My lord, these Haihan people can also testify for me about fighting the pirates that day."

"In this case, the two deserters are making up rumors and causing trouble..." He Wenhui said with a sullen face here, and said to Wei Sanzhu: "This official said earlier that President Luo Bai is loyal to the imperial court, and his combat power is strong. There will never be a case of being captured by pirates, what do you say now?"

Wei Sanzhu said tremblingly, "Those two... must have a personal grudge against President Luo Bai to spread rumors and slander. They should be killed! They should be killed!"

"What are you still doing here! Quickly take down those two people, and engage in military law!" He Wenhui took the case, Wei Sanzhu quickly responded, and went out in despair.

At this point, Luo Shengdong is almost certain that he has taken the initiative in this total battle.All that's left is to play steadily. As long as you don't make any mistakes, this guy should have an [-]-[-]% chance of getting it.

"Mr. Luo Bai led the crowd to kill the enemy this time, and his exploits were outstanding. I will write a battle report today and send it to Qiongzhou Prefecture City to ask for the credit for President Luo Bai!" He Wenhui was also in a good mood at this time.

The flower sedan chair was carried by everyone. Since He Wenhui gave face like this, Luo Shengdong would naturally not be ignorant. He immediately got up and bowed his hands and said, "It's all adults who have good leadership and strong command, and who only make this small contribution in a humble position. humiliation and obliterating the credit of the adults themselves."

"Okay, Luo Shengdong, I see that you went out and came back, your mouth is much stronger than Wei Sanzhu!" Seeing that Luo Shengdong was well informed, He Wenhui also relaxed and joked with him.

He Wenhui has achieved the position of general, and his vision is much higher than that of Luo Shengdong.In recent years, pirates along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong have intensified, and the officers and troops rarely have real victories. After Yazhou's military exploits are reported, I am afraid that it will cause a lot of repercussions in the Ministry of War.He Wenhui figured out that his current position, called a general manager, was actually a strange job, and maybe he could move on before retiring.

(End of this chapter)