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After walking forward for about a hundred meters, Luo Xin walked into a restaurant, asked for a private room, and sat in it. Wan Daquan stood by the window and looked towards the street below. The restaurant's staff quickly served four dishes and one soup, plus a pot of wine. About two quarters of an hour later, a person walked past the street opposite, smiled at Wan Daquan behind the window upstairs, nodded slightly, and then slowly left. Wan Daquan smiled on his face and returned to Luo Xin and whispered:

"The spies who followed them were killed."

"Um!"

Luo Xin nodded slightly. He knew that there were many people following him. Among those, there were not only powerful families in the southeast, but also Hu Zongxian, and even Japanese pirates. But Luo Xin killed them without hesitation, even Hu Zongxian's people were no exception. He didn't need to know who those spies were. As long as he followed him, he would kill them all.

In the southeast, if you don’t show your fangs, you will be eaten so that you can’t even have a residue left.

"No trace left?"

"No, they are all veterans!" Wan Daquan smiled.

"Sit down!"

"Yes, Marquis!" Wan Daquan sat down.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the door of the private room sounded and knocked. Wan Daquan stood up, came to the door, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged man with a very ordinary appearance standing outside. When the middle-aged man saw Wan Daquan, he whispered:

"I remember that when Gongjin was the first time, Xiao Qiao got married."

Wan Daquan also replied in a low voice: "It makes me unhappy."

The middle-aged man was filled with joy on his face and rushed into the door. Wan Daquan closed the door behind him, still thinking in his heart.

"The Marquis is worthy of being the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty. This poem is well written. When Xiao Qiao married, he naturally had to be happy as a man."

At this time, the middle-aged man had already bowed to Luo Xin and said, "The villain Hou Deli pays homage to the Marquis."

"Get up."

"Mr. Xie."

"sit!"

"yes!"

Hou Deli sat in the chair in a regular manner, Luo Xin looked at him and said, "I'll ask you a question. It's the southeast of the Daming granary, but now I see silk shops everywhere in the streets and alleys. Where do these silks come from?"

"Hurricane Hui, the people in the southeast now have a variety of mulberry trees, but they grow less food."

Luo Xin frowned slightly and said, "Why?"

"Because of raising silkworms."

Luo Xin thought for a moment and realized that the only reason for this result was maritime trade.

"It seems that the Southeast smuggling is rampant!"

"Yes!" Hou Deli whispered: "There are no powerful families here who do not smuggle them. Even the main industry of Xu Jie, the old master of this dynasty, is silk."

"Haha..." Luo Xin laughed, his voice filled with coldness.

"What else is there?"

"Mr. Marquis, don't look at the Southeast as it appears to be rich, but in fact the people are suffering very much. No one here is greedy. The people are suffering too much, but they have no way to complain. Fortunately, a few years ago, a Lord Hai Ruihai was released, but Lord Hai was arrested for impeaching Yan Song for impeachment, but he has not been released yet."

Luo Xin smiled bitterly in his heart. Hai Rui was more than just impeaching Yan Song. If he had only impeached Yan Song, he would have been released at this time. He was simply insulting the emperor, so now he was locked in a prison, and no one dared to plead for him. However, Luo Xin also knew in his heart that Hai Rui had been locked up by Emperor Jiajing in history, but he did not kill him. He waited until Emperor Jiajing died before Hai Rui was released, and the official gradually grew bigger. He shook his head gently and said:

“Continue.”

"Yes, Marquis..." Hou Deli said for about two quarters of an hour, then said with embarrassment on his face:

"Mr. Marquis, the Suzhou escort agency has just been established, and the channels for collecting information have not been fully established, so we can only collect these messages."

Luo Xin nodded and said, "To speed up the channels for collecting information, it is best to lay a few spies among the Japanese pirates and pirates. I want to know their whereabouts."

"Yes, Marquis!"

"There are also those powerful families, including the Governor's Office, to lay the spies as soon as possible."

"Yes, Marquis!"

"Do something for me immediately and notify Tang Zhuang and send someone with combat ability to me to Hangzhou."

Hou Deli swallowed and said, "Mr. Marquis, there are not many people in our escort agency that have combat capabilities. These people still have to protect the escort. If all these people leave, the escort agency will not be able to continue."

Luo Xin frowned. Hou Deli was right. The people recruited by Tang Zhuang were originally veterans who were injured and retired from the battlefield. Which veterans were not injured? There must be not many people with combat capabilities.

Seeing Luo Xin locking his eyebrows, Hou Deli whispered: "Mr. Marquis, isn't there no way?"

"What method?" Luo Xin raised his eyebrows.

"Mr. Marquis, since our eight-way escort agency was established, the escorts have had a better life, and their families have enough food to eat, and they can also help the escort families who are still in the army. This matter has reached the ears of the escorts in the army. When those escorts heard that the escorts founded by the escorts, they all wanted to escape from the army and join our escorts. But the escorts did not agree. It was just that they knew that the escorts were run by the escorts. If they knew that you were behind them, they would have escaped long ago. Marquis needed a group of veterans who could have combat effectiveness, so they might as well start from this aspect."

Luo Xin fell into deep thought. There was no war in the north now. In fact, recruiting some veterans from the army did not affect the defense of the border. Moreover, there were millions of soldiers in the northern border, not to mention a few thousand people, even a few tens of thousands of people were missing. Seeing Luo Xin pondering there, Hou Deli said again:

"Marquis, the brothers in the army are living a hard life. The military pay was deducted by Shangguan, and there were not many people in his hands. Many people couldn't even get their wives, and even if they had their wives, they couldn't afford to raise their wives. And even if the Marquis didn't go to recruit them, there were tens of thousands of deserters every year."

"Ten thousand deserters?" Luo Xin's expression tightened: "Why are there so many deserters? There are tens of thousands every year. After several years, where are there any soldiers in the border? Are those generals and officials not afraid?"

Hou Deli said with anger on his face: "They wish that more deserters, the better, so that they can get an empty salary."

Luo Xin closed his eyes and looked painful on his face. This great Ming Dynasty was really rotten.

"Marty..."

Luo Xin opened his eyes and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Notify Tang Zhuang as quickly as possible to recruit five thousand capable soldiers from the army. The requirement is that first, one must be a sailor. Secondly, one must be a water person. None of these two items will be allowed to recruit others."

"Yes!" Hou Deli nodded and said, "However, Marquis, there are probably not many who have ever recruited sailors. At most, they are recruiting some fishermen and fishing boats. There should be many who know how to water."

"Go and let those people enter Hangzhou one after another, and I will arrange it for them as soon as possible."

"Yes, Marquis!"

Hou Deli stood up, opened the door gently and walked out. Luo Xin waved to Wan Daquan and said:

“Eat.”

"Yes! Marquis!"

It was not the first time that Wan Daquan had eaten with Luo Xin, so he was not restrained and threw his cheeks away and started eating. In less than two quarters of an hour, the two of them finished their meal, walked down the stairs, and walked along the street towards the Governor's Mansion.

The second day.

Luo Qing and Luo Sheng rushed over and did not entertain them at the Governor's Mansion. Instead, Luo Xin brought the two of them to a restaurant and asked for a private room. Wan Daquan stood outside the private room and refused to let anyone enter.

Inside the private room.

Luo Qing looked at Luo Xin and said, "Brother, why are you asking us to do in such a hurry?"

Luo Xin told the story of his cooperation with Hu Zongxian, and Luo Qing thought for a while and said:

"Brother, this is inappropriate!"

“What’s wrong?”

"Do you want the five hundred soldiers we brought to become sailors, and then drive two sea boats to sea to do maritime trade?"

"how?"

"The goal is too big!" Luo Qing frowned and said, "It would be fine if he only did it once. If he had too many times, he would inevitably be discovered by others. No, he would definitely be discovered. At that time, those people impeach you in the court, Your Majesty..."

"I only do it once!" Luo Xin smiled.

"That's good!" Luo Qing gave a breath, and then asked strangely: "Only do it once, you don't have to train our own people into sailors. Even if you use the soldiers of Master Master, just do it once, Master Master Master Master does not say anything."

"Actually, I'm not doing maritime trade!" Luo Xin said as he moved the dishes on the table aside, then took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it on the table.

"Is this a chart?" Luo Sheng looked at the drawings on the table and blurted out in surprise.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded slightly.

"Where did you get it?"

Hearing Luo Xin's words, Luo Qing asked even more surprised. He had been in the southeast for a while, but he knew it was not easy to get a chart. The reason why those pirates roamed the sea was because their charts were more complete and more detailed. However, he saw that the charts on the table contained a large area and were very detailed. He couldn't help but be surprised.

"This is what I drew!"

"You drew it?" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng were even more surprised.

Luo Qing swallowed and said, "My brother, this is not a joke. If you draw it wrong, then the matter will be a big deal."

"Don't worry, very accurate."

Luo Xin said confidently, thinking in his heart, can this be inaccurate? This was drawn by me according to the proportions of later generations. He pointed at a big island with his finger:

"I named this island Taiwan. This island is still an undeveloped island, and pirates should not have discovered it. So there should be no pirates on it, only some natives. Even if we want to occupy this pirate."

"Occupy a pirate?" Luo Qing and Luo Sheng looked at Luo Xin in surprise.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "Brother, cousin. You two should also know that our Luo family has no foundation in the Ming Dynasty. We are not as good as those aristocratic families. Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty changed or not, those officials in the court were born from those aristocratic families. As long as your Majesty gets angry, our Luo family will disappear completely.

You should also know my current situation. Maybe one day, Your Majesty will order me to beheaded. Then our Luo family..."

"My brother, your majesty really knows?"

Luo Xin sighed and said, "Your Majesty's life is not long. It is very likely that he will not leave me to his son. He is afraid that his son will not be able to control me, so he will also make me put on a yellow robe."

"Then do you occupy this island?"

"As a place where our Luo family can settle down and a place where our Luo family can flourish. Such a large island and there are indigenous people on the island, our Luo family can fully establish a country there."
To be continued...