Chapter 537

Luofeng City.

Li Xingya returned to the City Lord's Mansion, read the information he had just received again, and then put it on the handsome case.

"The news has just arrived, ten days ago, he appeared in Yanzhou, encountered Yanzhou soldiers, and then his whereabouts are unknown. ”

Li Xingzai's fingers tapped on the tabletop, thinking about this in his mind. He hadn't been in Luofeng City for a long time, and he had stabilized the situation for the time being. Of course, the situation is not ideal. After that, he selected someone to be responsible for gathering intelligence, but there were not many people who could use it, so the news came a little later.

"Can you confirm that it's him?" asked Li Xingya uneasily.

"For the time being, it can be determined that the king of Yanzhou has sent a master to mobilize the people. Looking at this movement, the origin of the enemy should not be simple. Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Jizhou have corresponding arrangements, and the recruitment hall has sent masters. ”

"Tsk, why is he here? Li Xingzai sighed, and said to himself: "It's not good to nest in Liangzhou, what are you doing in the East China Sea." ”

"My subordinates have ordered to investigate, and as soon as there is news, report it to the king. ”

"That's it, that's it. Li Xingzai waved his hand: "There are many things in the city, and there is no one to do it." General Qi, you don't have to bow down to everything, you should rest or rest, after all, your body is important. ”

Li Xingzai is really worried that Qi Jiguang has a headache and brain fever, three long and two short. Since Qi Jiguang came to Luofeng City, Li Xingzai suddenly became like a tiger, and the bad problem that he had nowhere to start was quite a bit of a posture that could be easily solved.

However, Luofeng City still has too few people, and all kinds of things are pressed on Qi Jiguang alone, and no one can share it with him.

Qi Jiguang's eyes were hot, and he knelt down with a bang: "If a soldier dies for a confidant, he can worry about the king, and his subordinates will not give up." ”

"Okay, okay, get up and talk, you and I don't need to do that. ”

Li Xingzai hurriedly helped him up, and personally poured a cup of tea for Qi Jiguang, of course, there was no one available in the City Lord's Mansion.

"Cheng Dalei's problem is not to worry about him first. It still matters to us. Since the defenders in the city were handed over to General Qi for rectification, the appearance of the army has changed from before, and we have won several successive battles against pirates. Today, I have eliminated a small wave of pirates, and I estimate that after that, there will not be any pirates who will easily disturb my Luofeng City. Li Xingzai paused and said, "However, our troops are still too weak, and the defenders in the city, including those recently recruited, are only more than a thousand people. If you want to fight, you still have to have soldiers in your hands. ”

"This problem, the subordinates have already thought of it, and they have also figured out a way. ”

"Oh, General Qi really thinks about this king's thoughts, worries about this king's worries, what can you do, tell me about it. Li Xingzai hurriedly said.

"The land of Luofeng City is barren, and there are strong enemies around it. But Luofeng City also has a specialty that is not available elsewhere. ”

"What specialty?" Li Xingya was a little confused: "Is it iron or copper, I've been here for a while, why have I never heard of it." ”

"It's a pirate. ”

"Uh......" Li Xingzai was speechless.

"Pirates are active on the seas, sometimes going ashore to plunder, sometimes robbing ships. On the small islands where they lived, there was a great deal of wealth. ”

"You mean, pirates rob merchants, we rob pirates, let a gang of pirates, become our wallet?" Li Xingzai's eyes widened, and then he immediately shook his head: "No, no, no, this matter is easy to say, but to go to sea to sweep away pirates, the cost is not a small amount, both silver is needed to build ships, and troops are needed to fight." And the point is, I don't use either of these things. ”

"If you have soldiers, you don't have to worry about running out of money, and if you have money, you don't have to worry about running out of soldiers. ”

"But what if you don't have both?" asked Li Xingya angrily.

Qi Jiguang didn't have to answer, to be exact, there was no way to answer. Even though he is extremely talented and extremely talented in military training, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and some things cannot be done with just your head.

"Alright, alright. Li Xingzai comforted: "We don't ask for fast, we will slowly find a way if we don't have money." There are no pirates, and there are bandits, and it is the same to rob them. Step by step, when we have the money to build ships, we will go to piracy. ”

The king was right. ”

"Report!"

A pawn came from outside, and after saluting Li Xingzai, he said, "King Qiqi, there are people outside the door who ask to see you." ”

"Oh, who's who, bring them to me. ”

Li Xingzai has also been recruiting troops recently, although he has no financial resources to support him, but it is inevitable that some blind people will join him. For example, this Qi Jiguang, isn't he a famous general sent to him by heaven.

He is also looking forward to whether this time he will be like Qi Jiguang, who is blind in his eyes but has a good brain, will come to take refuge in him.

As he looked at it, he saw a group of people rushing in from outside the door, led by a white-haired and bearded old man, who immediately knelt down when he entered the hall:

"The sixth prince is above, please accept the old slave's worship, and the old slave can be regarded as seeing His Royal Highness. ”

Li Xingzai was a little confused, he saw that there were seven or eight people in this team. Everyone is dressed in fine clothes and has a proud face, looking at what they are wearing, they should be very rich.

"Uncle, please get up quickly, what do you say, why is this like this?" Li Xingzai walked out of the handsome case and wanted to help the old man up.

But the old man's emotions were obviously very excited, and there were tears on his face, and it was not easy for Li Xingzai to help him up.

"The old slave came from the three-rank eunuch Sun Delong, and saw the six princes, asking His Royal Highness to forgive the old minister's sins. ”

Li Xingzai was still a little confused, and he didn't know what was going on.

This old man is the head of the Cao Gang in Yangzhou Qianzhou City, and the old eunuch Sun Delong, who originally escaped from Beijing with Emperor Ming. Although Emperor Ming is dead, Sun Delong's loyalty to the empire has never changed. Now he learned that Li Xingzai was named the king of Xiaoyao, so he came to defect with his subordinates.

That was more than thirty years ago, when Li Xingzai was not born and didn't know who this Sun Delong was. He listened to Sun Delong's words intermittently, and he understood what was going on.

Especially one word, which made Li Xingya's heart tremble fiercely: Cao Gang.

The Cao Gang is very rich.

"It has been more than 30 years since I was separated from the first emperor, who would have thought that the first emperor had returned to heaven. Sun Delong choked up: "I have 3,000 people in the Cao Gang, all of whom are willing to serve in front of His Highness, and I will not give up for His Highness." ”

"It's serious, it's serious. Li Xingzai hurriedly won over people's hearts: "The empire has a loyal minister like you, why can't you help the society and create another prosperous era." ”

"Your Highness, a few years ago, you sent someone to Jiangnan to fetch grain. After that, did things go well?"

Li Xingzai blinked: "A few years ago, what happened?"