Of course, Jiwan also has a management agency, but it does not belong to the Lingnan Jingluo Prefecture, but belongs to the City Ship Division, after the Jingyuan Mutiny, the City Ship Division was abolished, and the last institution left is to manage the mothballed ships.

Not long after, a fat black and fat steward in his forties was brought by the soldiers, and Kang Bao was slightly stunned, the person who came turned out to be a eunuch.

Zeng Jinghai introduced with a smile: "This person's name is An Baochun, he was sent to the city during the Great Calendar, and he stayed in Guangzhou for more than 20 years. ”

Although Kang Bao didn't like eunuchs very much, he couldn't help but have a good impression of him when he heard that it was thanks to this eunuch sea ship that he could survive.

An Baochun stepped forward and bowed, "The villain sees General Kang!" ”

Kang Bao nodded, pointed to the ships in the bay and asked, "Are all the ships in here under your control?" ”

"The villain is mainly responsible for managing the cargo ship, and the warship was originally not under the jurisdiction of the villain, but the king summoned me to manage it together."

"Can all these ships go to sea?"

"The warships are not a big problem, they are relatively new, but the seagoing ships must be repaired, repainted, and replaced with decaying planks, and they must be overhauled."

"How much would it cost if it were all overhauled? For how long? ”

An Baochun thought for a while and said, "If there are all the craftsmen, I estimate that it can be completed in a year, but it will cost at least one million." ”

"It costs so much money?" Kang Bao asked in surprise.

"That's not it, at least tens of thousands of craftsmen must be recruited, each person will have five yuan per month, and 600,000 yuan a year, as well as the wood, varnish, ropes, sails, buckets, etc. of three hundred big ships, and the general has seen those three giants?"

An Baochun pointed to the sea in the distance, Kang Bao had already noticed that there were three particularly huge ships, and the Thousand Stone Warship was a small point in front of them.

"It is three huge ships with a carrying capacity of 30,000 stones, built in 12 years by Tianbao, 40 years ago, and now it can't be built, just renovating these three giant ships, it will cost 100,000 yuan, and you have to go to Quanzhou and Mingzhou to recruit top craftsmen, if the general thinks that if you don't renovate them, you can save 100,000 yuan."

Kang Bao pondered for a moment and said, "Is it that after the renovation, we will have the ability to rebuild this 30,000-stone giant ship?" ”

"It should be!"

Kang Bao resolutely made up his mind, "Okay! Do you draw up a plan to repair the ship together with the sea ship and the warship, and see how much it will cost? ”

An Baochun was overjoyed, he had been guarding these ships for 20 years, seeing them aging and obsolete day by day, he was also very uncomfortable in his heart, I don't know how many times he persuaded the king, but the king refused to agree, but he didn't expect the court to come, and he made a decision all of a sudden.

An Baochun hurriedly said: "The year before the humble post, a complete repair plan was formulated, including the warship, and after the humble post was slightly modified, it could be submitted to the general." ”

Although the other party was only a eunuch, Kang Bao did see a dedication in him, he nodded and said: "As long as you do this important thing well, I will promote you as the envoy of the new market." ”

..........

Back at the temporary government office, Kang Bao simply wrote a report, which was to be sent to Jiangnan first, and then sent an eagle letter from Jiangnan to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, in which he made it clear why he needed to leave some money and grain.

As soon as he finished writing the letter, a soldier outside the door said: "Li Tingshi is here!" ”

Li Thorn History is Li Yang, he was appointed by Guo Song, the King of Jin, in Chang'an, as the Thorn History of Guangzhou, and today he is also officially in office.

"Let him in!"

After a while, Li Yang walked into the room quickly, and Kang Bao asked with a smile: "How do you feel about inspecting Nansha County today?" ”

"Fortunately, it hasn't changed much, and Yu Chihu hasn't had time to destroy it yet."

Kang Bao just smiled, it's not that Yu Chihu didn't have time to destroy, but Yu Chihu is also stabilizing the South China Sea, speaking of which this Yu Chihu is still a bit of a brain, he is more suitable than Li Yang to do the history of Guangzhou Thorn, but it's a pity that he is too ambitious, he wants to split Lingnan and stand on his own, the court will never allow him, this kind of splitter territory, the greater the ability, the greater the harm, Kang Bao has no pity for him, and he must be resolutely eradicated.

"General, I heard a rumor, I don't know if it's true or not?"

"What rumors?" Kang Bao put down his pen and asked.

"It is rumored that Luo Huaiqing actually plans to support the army and stand on his own, and fight against Wei Chihu!"

Kang Bao frowned, "Didn't you say that this Luo Huaiqing has followed your father for many years?" ”

Li Yang sighed, "Those Zhonglang generals who betrayed my brother and defected to Wei Chihu have followed my father for a longer time, but people's hearts will always change, and it's useless to talk about this now." ”

Kang Bao took a few steps and asked, "Where did you get this news from?" ”

"Several officials of the state government were secretly bribed by Luo Huaiqing, and Luo Huaiqing promised them the official positions, one promised to seal the long history, the other promised to seal Sima, and two promised to be the chief officials of the six Caos."

Whether it is the assassin history, the long history and Sima, or the chief official of the state six Cao, they are all appointed by the imperial court, and Luo Huaiqing himself promised, obviously not taking the imperial court in his eyes, and there is indeed a suspicion of supporting the army and standing on his own.

"But Luo Huaiqing has 7,000 troops! I'm worried that he will make crazy moves, to be honest, Lingnan Qingzhuang is very precious, kill one and one less, His Royal Highness King Jin wants me to kill as little as possible! ”

"Although Luo Huaiqing is ambitious, he is not stupid, he will not do the thing of using his mantis arm as a car, and his staff Wang Kai and I have a good personal relationship, I promised him a position as a Nansha county commander, I believe he will persuade Luo Huaiqing."

Kang Bao nodded, "Let's salute first and then soldiers, first write a letter to Luo Huaiqing, asking him to lead the army to surrender, if he refuses, then I will press the border with a large army." ”

"Then I'll write a letter to Wang Kai too!"

.........

Kang Bao and Li Yang wrote a letter to Luo Huaiqing and his staff Wang Kai respectively as the commander of the imperial court and the assassin of Guangzhou, and Kang Bao asked Luo Huaiqing that he understood the righteousness and led the army to surrender as soon as possible, and not to repeat the mistakes of Wei Chihu.

And Li Yang promised Wang Kai that as long as he could persuade Luo Huaiqing to surrender, he would recommend him to be the commander of Nansha County.

Zengcheng County is not far away, and two days later, Luo Huaiqing received a letter.

Luo Huaiqing is the first confidant general under the Zhaowang Li Si, he is indeed loyal to the Zhaowang Li Si, if Li Si is still here, he will never rebel, he will still be loyal, but it does not mean that he does not have his own ideas, two years ago, Li Si said to him after a drink, 'My sons are all mediocre people, not enough to inherit the throne, if I am unlucky, the public can be the lord of Lingnan, and I can give my son wealth and wealth." ’

Regardless of whether Li Xi's words were drunk, or deliberately tempted Luo Huaiqing, but these words took root in Luo Huaiqing's heart, he knew in his heart that King Zhao had no biological son, and the four righteous sons were not successful, only the eldest son Li Yang was slightly better, but he was also a weak scholar, and it was barely okay to be a county commander, but it was far from being a feudal town.

In the entire Lingnan, except for himself and Wei Chihu, no one can be qualified for the position of feudal lord.

So after the news of Li Si's death reached Lingnan, Luo Huaiqing also began to prepare to take over the position of Jinglu, but he moved a little slowly, trying to persuade Li Jun to take the initiative to give way, but he didn't expect Wei Chihu to be more ruthless, and directly bribed Li Jun's generals, killed Li Jun, and captured Nanhai County.

But the situation was reversed in less than half a month, and as the imperial army entered Lingnan, Wei Chihu was quickly shattered, and now it was finally his turn.

Of course, Luo Huaiqing knew that he had no chance, the arrival of 30,000 troops, his thousands of troops were not enough for the other party to crush, Luo Huaiqing was also dead, but he still had to fight for it, get a higher official position and title, Zeng Jinghai got the promise of General Hu Benlang, this is the highest level of Zhonglang General, equivalent to a four-rank high-ranking official, then he should at least be a Wei general, from the third grade.

"The general's hopes are too great, I'm afraid the disappointment will be great!" When the staff member Wang Kai saw his wishful thinking, he couldn't help but remind him.

"Why?" Luo Huaiqing asked puzzled.

Wang Kai said with a wry smile: "Everyone knows the rules of the Jin army, the generals of Toucheng will be demoted to one level, it is already very good to be able to retain the original position, it is almost impossible to use it by one level, the general's military position in the imperial court is Zhonglang General, and the lowly position feels that it is more likely to maintain the original position." ”

"Nonsense!"

Luo Huaiqing's face suddenly sank, "Zeng Jinghai is just a general, but Kang Bao promised him to be a general of the tiger and a general, what do you say?" ”

"General, Zeng Jinghai's situation is quite special, on the one hand, he made a contribution in the battle to exterminate Wei Chihu, and secondly, I think because he is a naval general, since Guo Song's eyes are set on the south, the naval generals will inevitably be reused."

Luo Huaiqing stretched his face and said: "I don't care what special I am, if my military position is not as good as Zeng Jinghai, then I will still lead the troops to Qiongzhou, and being an island owner over there is much better than being humiliated by Guo Song." ”

Wang Kai sighed secretly in his heart, how could things be so easy, not to mention whether the soldiers were willing to go or not, even if the soldiers were forced to go, what would their families do? What about the grain? Will the imperial army let you go?

Wang Kai quickly glanced at Luo Huaiqing, and when he saw him standing in front of the window and was depressed, he immediately understood, I am afraid that this person who keeps saying that he wants to go to Qiongzhou is just talking, he doesn't have the courage.

Thinking of this, Wang Kai persuaded: "The matter is not yet that step, and the general does not need to be disappointed, I think the key is to make the King of Jin feel that the general is useful and can do things that others can't, just like Zeng Jinghai, I believe that the King of Jin will also promote the general exceptionally." ”

Luo Huaiqing felt a little better in his heart, and asked again: "Do you think I have any skills that others can't do?" ”

"I think there is!"