General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 163
On the way back, Zhang Huanggai's attitude towards Lu Huai was obviously a lot more submissive.

Until the ship entered the sea, after floating on the sea for about a day and night, Lu Huai felt that the ship had entered a ship port.

Although it is an island, it is no different from Daming City.

In addition to the goods being loaded and unloaded on the wharf, there are also many shops such as silk and satin shops and porcelain shops outside the wharf, which are really prosperous.

It's just not waiting for Lu Huai to speak.

Zhang Huanggai sensed that something was wrong on the island.

"Something is wrong on the island..."

Before Zhang Huanggai finished speaking, the guard next to him pointed to a big boat on the pier and said excitedly: "Brother, it's the shopkeeper."

Zhang Huanggai was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Hurry up, Mr. Lu, I'll introduce you later, my shopkeeper has always liked to make friends with noble people like you."

Lu Huai frowned upon hearing this.

"Big shopkeeper?"

Both Xu Dong and Baldy Li are dead!

Where did the big shopkeeper come out of the sea? !
Zhang Huanggai didn't explain, he pulled Lu Huai and walked in while smiling, "Mr. Lu, I'll know when I see you later."

Under Zhang Huanggai's leadership, Lu Huai was taken directly into a mansion on the island. It was said to be a mansion, but it was very grand and spacious.

"My subordinate Zhang Huanggai, I have met the shopkeeper."

The man in the courtyard seemed to be deliberately waiting for Zhang Huanggai.

Lu Huai and Zhang Huanggai just showed up.

There was laughter in the hall.

"This is Mr. Ganquan's first disciple, right? Wufeng has heard Mr. Lu's name for a long time, so he is very polite."

Lu Huai frowned, and asked with a little surprise: "Treasurer Wang?!"

"It's Xiao Ke."

Wang Zhi bowed again, and Lu Huai hurriedly took the lead.

"I've heard about Shopkeeper Wang's name for a long time, and I finally got to meet him today, but unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Fang has partnered with Shopkeeper Wang."

A few years ago, it was the Xie family who was killed by Wang Zhi.

Lu Huai only thought that Wang Zhi had died with Xu Dong in Zou Maxi as early as the beginning of the year.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi survived.

"Mr. Lu is too tired to travel, so let's sit down first. Someone, come and bring me my good tea."

"Here."

The two maidservants stepped back.

Lu Huai just looked at Wang Zhi with some vigilance, put his hands together and said, "Does Shopkeeper Wang know why Lu came here?"

Wang Zhi took a sip of tea, nodded slightly and said: "I have roughly read it, and Wu Feng is waiting here for this."

Before Wang Zhi finished speaking, Lu Huai just clapped his hands and sighed.

"If I had known this earlier, I said I would never do this to Meng Lang, and I would ask shopkeeper Wang to forgive me."

After saying that, Lu Huai got up and pointed his head at Wang Zhi, making a gesture of "apology".

Wang Zhi looked at Lu Huai in surprise.

"This is……?"

Zhang Huanggai was also puzzled.

"Mr. Lu, you don't have Meng Lang either. The time we walked in Songjiang was the most enjoyable trip I've ever done in my life."

Wang Zhi frowned.

"What's the matter with Songjiang?"

Lu Huai also waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't mention it, it's Lu Menglang."

"It was Mr. Lu who led us to rob Huating's granary, but Huating's cavalry didn't even give chase."

"Mr. Lu said that this is called burning warehouses by fire dragons. Those state and county officials hope that we will rob like this in the future."

Lu Huai glanced at Wang Zhi with a little satisfaction. What Lu Huai said was to tell Wang Zhi on purpose.

It's too late for you to regret it now, the court already knows, and there is no turning back when you open your bow.

Lu Huai picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Lu Mou only heard a few mentions from his colleagues, and he is too small to be on the stage."

Wang Zhi's complexion changed slightly.

It took a long time before he spoke again: "Whatever Mr. Lu said, no matter who takes the job, as long as we accept it, we will be entrusted by others. The thing of loyalty is like this in ancient times."

Hearing what Wang Zhi said, Lu Huai's originally suspended heart was relieved.

"What Wufeng meant just now is that Wufeng got some good things at sea, just to help Mr. Lu."

Wang Zhi glanced at Lu Huai mysteriously.

Lu Huai also looked at Wang Zhi with great interest.

"What does Shopkeeper Wang mean by this?"

Wang Zhi smiled, then stood up and waved his hands behind him.

"Go get those cannons."

"Here."

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhi stretched out his hand towards Lu Huaichao's courtyard: "Mr. Lu, please."

"Then Lu will be disrespectful."

Lu Huai followed Wang Zhizhi and walked towards the backyard until he entered the backyard. Only then did Lu Huai see two black doors on a high platform among the rockery behind the mansion. The "cannon" is facing the sea in the distance.

Daming's firearms are mostly tiger squatting cannons.

The largest firearm is the so-called "General Cannon".

It's just that these general cannons are also old items from the Yongle period, and have not been improved for more than a hundred years.

Around the giant cannon, there are more than a dozen wooden boxes piled up.

Wang Zhizi winked at the two gunners.

"Show Mr. Lu a look, and go far away."

"Here!"

The two gunners immediately loaded the cannon with ammunition, and after making some corrections, they ignited the fuze behind the cannon.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the projectiles of the cannonball whizzed away towards the distance, unexpectedly smashing out a distance of nearly ten miles.

Right now, the General Cannon with the longest range on the Nine Sides is only two or three miles away in one shot.

Looking at Lu Huai who was stunned in place, Wang Zhi smiled and introduced: "Wufeng bought this item from the Hongmao fan merchant of Flangji. According to Mr. Lu, how is it compared with Shenjiying?"

Lu Huai had already been stunned in place.

"Sacred weapon...a divine weapon! This thing should be the most important weapon of the country!"

Looking at the stunned Lu Huai, a smile appeared on the corner of Wang Zhi's mouth.

"That's why Wufeng sent someone to load the ship, and Mr. Lu's mission first!"

Lu Huai was overjoyed when he heard the words.

"Shopkeeper Wang's words are true?"

"Naturally!"

Seeing boxes of gunpowder being carried to Zhang Huanggai's ship by several sailors, Lu Huai's snot was almost bubbling.

"Lv, on behalf of my teacher, thanks to shopkeeper Wang!"

"I can't thank you for this meeting. Wufeng has prepared good wine, so I'll just wait for Mr. Lu!"

Wang Zhi pulled Lu Huai and walked towards the side hall.

Lu Huai is a scholar, how can he drink these people who are floating on the sea all day.

After three or two glasses of wine, Lu Huai blushed and hugged the bench to compose poems to cheer up.

And Wang Zhi also left the bar at this time.

Not long after Wang Zhi left the banquet, a person ran out of the house quickly, and led the sailors to move down the few gunpowder boxes that had just been loaded on the ship, and replaced them with a batch of boxes.

For the next few days, Lu Huai was taken in turns by Wang Zhi's subordinates to drink and name his own child day and night.

The whole person was hardly awake.

It was not until three days later that Lu Huai boarded the boat again with Zhang Huanggai's support.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I guess the news about Huating County has already spread. It's...not too late. After it's done, I'll come to the island again and find you, Shopkeeper Wang, for a drink."

Drunken-eyed Wang Zhi also patted Lu Huai's shoulder and said loudly: "Brother! You are joking! We have already sworn sworn brothers! From now on, you and I will be brothers! I, Li Gang, will always be with Brother Lu!"

Only then did Lu Huai set sail and headed for Songjiang.

The moment Zhang Huanggai's ship left Ligang.

The smell of alcohol on Wang Zhi's body suddenly disappeared.

"Wake Sixi up!"

"Here!"

Four Streams is Fang Tingzhu's name, and Lu Huai's order was also taken by Fang Tingzhu.

Two barrels of salty seawater were poured on Fang Tingzhu's face, and Fang Tingzhu's wine was sober.

"Sixi, have you forgotten the rules we set when we were partners?!"

After waking up, Fang Tingzhu, whose body was sticky after soaking in sea water, struggled to stand up, but was firmly held down by the people behind him.

"Boss, isn't this a normal order? Besides, that's Mr. Gan Quan's protégé, how much help from the ruling and opposition parties!"

"Didn't I send Haifeng to send a message last month?! The imperial court is about to open, so stop messing around with those people! Does anyone recognize me as the shopkeeper!"

Hearing Wang Zhi's words, Fang Tingzhu couldn't help but his face darkened.

"Great shopkeeper! Do you really think that the imperial court can control the maritime affairs in the southeast? How can the imperial court open this sea?!"

"Wake up! Without those gentlemen, Haixia will not be able to drive in this lifetime! We brothers will still have to deal with these noble people in the future!"

Wang Zhi seemed to have expected Fang Tingzhu's reply.

Xu Dong just died, and Wang Zhi took advantage of the fact that the dragons had no leader, and just put together these forces in the sea.

After all, it is not fully digested, and these people cannot be convinced from the bottom of their hearts.

Wang Zhi didn't try to argue, but ordered in a low voice with a gloomy face: "According to the rules, ten lashes."

Fang Tingzhu was startled when he heard the words.

"Wang Zhi! How dare you hit me?! You usually call me a shopkeeper because of your age..."

Before Fang Tingzhu could finish speaking, Wang Zhi suddenly spoke angrily: "Ten lashes! Are you deaf?!"

Right now, Fang Tingzhu was surrounded by Wang Zhi's people, and Fang Tingzhu was pushed to the ground after a while, and he was whipped ten times.

Only Wang Zhi's adoptive son, Wang Fu, couldn't sit still and looked at Wang Zhi in a low voice: "Father, Fang Sixi is highly respected here, isn't it too much for us to fight like this?"

"There are no rules, there is no such thing as a circle, do you want to be a bandit at sea for the rest of your life?!"

A whip dipped in sea water lashed at Fang Tingzhu's body.

Fang Tingzhu's scolding also continued for a long time.

But Wang Zhi only looked at Zhang Huanggai's drifting sail and clicked his tongue: "Lv Rude, Lv Rude, if you are not benevolent, then don't be obedient and I am unrighteous."

"You brought it to your door yourself."

Wang Fu, who was standing by the side, looked at Wang Zhi suspiciously.

"What does foster father mean by that? Then Fang Tingzhu is not easy to get along with. If we humiliate him like this, the island will be in trouble again."

Wang Zhi didn't answer Wang Fu directly, but asked instead: "Haifeng, do you know what kind of people are most likely to die in this world?"

"A reckless man like Fang Tingzhu?"

Wang Zhi shook his head.

"It is not easy to die if you are reckless to the extreme, and it is not easy to die if you are extremely smart."

"People who think they are extremely smart are the easiest to die!"

(End of this chapter)