A quarter of an hour later, outside Hu Lian's house.
After saying goodbye to Manager Hu San, Kang Lin silently sat on the slide carried by the two of them and began to head towards his residence, Hongbin Building. He was still accompanied by his old partners Zheng Nansheng and Jiang San. He was accompanied by a group of ordinary personal guards. The only difference was that in order to avoid assassinations and ambushes that might come at any time, this guy recruited six people from other worlds through the system. They carried wild goose feather knives on their waists and carried short fire guns. personnel, these elite warriors who suddenly appeared from the corner, together with Kang Lin's original followers, firmly protected the latter in the heart of the team!
To be honest, this is somewhat suspected of being greedy for life, but the effect is real. After all, with the obstruction of these human shields, the sneak attackers used strong bows and crossbows, and for a time I'm afraid it won't be able to penetrate the short iron armor-clad bodies of the followers and injure someone behind them, unless the attacker dares to risk the disdain of the world and use firearms in the East China Sea Guard City! That one is really unstoppable. Under the impetus of gunpowder gas, large and small lead pieces can easily break through and break even a few-inch-thick wooden board made of human flesh and blood. Otherwise, they would never be able to injure someone wearing chain mail. , plus the head of Kanglin Kangda with short armor! Of course, if they really use firecrackers and cannons, it will not be a sneak attack but an open killing. At that time, the senior officials of the guard station who were slapped in the face will definitely seal the four gates and then send out a large army to strangle them. Donghaiwei's No matter how useless the flag troops are, with hundreds of people facing off against a dozen desperadoes, even with the loss of some men, they can still defeat, destroy, or even capture them all! Therefore, Kang Lin and others walked calmly. He firmly believed that he had not offended any force that could have musketeers as death soldiers and abandon their sons. What's more, his followers all wore short hoods with armor plates. , the defense is really not weak!
"Sir, what's the reason for recruiting the Qianshi Mansion? I think that killer named Hu is not a good guy. Don't accidentally fall into this person's trap?" I saw my leader coming out of the Qianshi Mansion. With a gloomy look on his face, as if there was an invisible anger brewing in his chest, Zheng Nansheng immediately took a step forward and asked in a low voice next to him.
"It's nothing. This guy just wants me to hand over 60% of the company's profits to him, and from then on I join his camp and become his lackey who will come and go whenever he calls..."
"What?! The thief An dares to do this. I am the great master and leader of Chiyang. I have hundreds of subordinates and more than ten ships. How can I be a dog to him? I thought that in Zhujiawan that day, Hao Ba, who was in the camp, There are hundreds of soldiers in total, and they treat me as a distinguished guest. They dare not neglect it easily. Hu Lian is only involved in the affairs of the flag army. Even if the official is a bit bigger, the area he is in charge of is only the East China Sea Acropolis. How dare he do this? Are you trying to humiliate a hero in this world? Lord, from Ruoyimou’s point of view, it’s too embarrassing for you to be a member of this hundred households!” Zheng Nansheng was born in the frontier army of Ji Town and participated in the Wanli War to Aid Korea. , with such rich experience, he could tell at a glance that Hu Lian and Hu Qianshi were not sincere in recruiting Kang Lin. There is no reason to sacrifice most of his own interests just after joining the army. If he really wants to promote the latter, he can do it. After showing kindness, you can then look for something else. By then the person has arrived at your tent, just like mutton put into a boiling pot, it will naturally fall into place, why do you need to eat it so ugly as soon as it comes out? Thinking of this, Zheng Nansheng began to strongly encourage Kang Lin to quickly transfer supplies, collect ships and personnel, and leave this crisis-ridden East China Sea Acropolis as soon as possible before the situation completely changed!
"Old Zheng, since you can rest assured that we will leave the Qianshi Mansion, how can we not have any back-ups? There may be people following us behind us. Besides, Hu Qianshi has hands and eyes all over the East China Sea Acropolis. How dare you He said that there are no people of his in the water stronghold. By then, as long as we send people to seize our boat, will we be able to fly out of the East China Sea Acropolis with wings on our ribs?" Don't be hasty but be patient. Kang Lin took a few deep breaths. With the fresh air smelling salty and wet in his mouth, he rationally rejected Zheng Nansheng's proposal! Are you kidding me? I came to Donghai City initially to complete the mission, to treat Liu Laoliu, and to purchase the supplies needed for the fleet. But as I was doing everything, things gradually changed. After a bloody battle with the Japanese, they successfully won the friendship of the Ming Dynasty camp soldiers. With seven or eight real and fake Japanese heads, all the ghosts and ghosts in Donghai City heard the news and made their own reactions, knowing that the other side had sent out their sworn soldiers. The eldest brother, Liu Chongqi, lured him into the army by offering him an official position as a trial 100 households; Qian Shi directly went into battle with no shirt on his back, coercing and luring himself into joining his camp, and the price also changed from a mere trial 100 households to a genuine 100 households. Now only the commander Gu Wentong, who is high up and holds real power, has not sent his own envoy. But if Kang Lin’s prediction is correct, Commander Gu is actually with the official Hu Lian. Otherwise, how to explain a The authority of a mere commanding officer is actually superior to that of a superior commanding officer! However, all of this has nothing to do with me. Now I just want to get an official position and a territory that I can control. Whether it is to command colleagues, commanders, or general affairs, whoever can meet my requirements will be my own. Who to invest in? Of course, as the saying goes, "the one with the highest price gets it," whoever can offer a higher price will naturally gain the loyalty of the seven or eight Japanese pirate heads and hundreds of people from the Chiyang fleet. It doesn't matter what he does. You cannot let your relatives and companions die in vain and their blood be shed in vain!
"Then what should we do next?" Seeing that his proposal was rejected, Zheng Nansheng was not upset, but continued to play the supporting role of praise. In fact, he was also confused. If Kang Lin didn't leave at this time, what should be the next step? How to do.
"Wait, wait quietly, we have no other way to break the situation except to wait for things to develop. After all, whether it is Gu Wentong, Weng Yuli or Hu Lian, their power is not something we can compete with right now. Trade Rushing to any party will lead to a crazy attack from the other party. It is better to wait for their bids before deciding who to cooperate with. In the meantime, we must seize the time to inventory a suitable private port, and then tell the story of the camp we purchased. The ship is anchored there. After all, chickens cannot be put in a basket, right..." With long words, Kang Lin set a tone for the direction of development of the matter when he spoke, and then, with his order, the whole Chi The Yang Fleet Residency Office began to operate. Kang Lin and Jiang San continued to stay at Hongbin Building to welcome and dispatch all parties. Zheng Nansheng and Yang Qi went to the Baihu Office in the northeast of Donghaiwei to discuss leasing a private port. , while Wu Fang and others stayed behind to guard the sand boat to prevent someone from attacking the Residency Office's only means of escape from the East China Sea boundary. As for the behavior of the officials of the East China Sea Guards, they left it to their die-hard ally Qiao Si. This guy was both inside and outside the city. He has eyes and ears, and every move of the flag soldiers cannot escape his eyes!
Banquets, endless banquets, in the next few days, people with different identities came to invite Kang Lin to the banquet every day! There are those who are interested in the hot sale of kerosene lamps and want to discuss cooperation with Kang Lin; there are those who are greedy for pearls and gems that are selling well and want to get involved in Kang Lin's business; there are even more well-informed people who know that Kang Lin helped Ying Bing in the Zhu family After the victory in Bay, there were even some serving camp soldiers and guards officers who wanted to come and burn the cold stove after the victory in Bay. They wanted to spend a lot of money to buy the heads of Japanese pirates from Kang Lin... However, Kang Lin faced these people. He pushes if he can, hides if he can't, and never leaves the protection of his followers easily to go to other places to attend a meeting alone! Even with his sworn brother as his backer, the commander of the East China Sea Guard met with the aide Weng Yuli, hiding in the Hongbin Building. It seemed that this guy was scared out of his wits by what happened to the Qianshi Mansion last time and did not dare to go outside again. Go wander around!
And everything that happened next also proved that his response strategy was effective. In order not to push Kang Lin into the other side's camp, the commanding officer Weng Yuli and the commanding officer Hu Lian both relaxed their pressure on the latter. , at least, that's what it looks like on the surface, but in fact, not only did they not remove those unprofessional looking monitors, on the contrary, they also added a lot of spies near Hongbin Tower. These guys are better than the previous monitors. If you don't want to be careless, each of them looks fierce and has a cruel face, just have the words "I am a bad person" carved on their foreheads! However, they did not dare to do anything other than monitor from a distance, for fear that if they were not careful, the cooked duck would grow wings and fly!
Try hundreds of households, hundreds of households, garrison in the fort, freely choose the location, exempt from chores in the first year, and exempt from chores in three years... At the same time, Weng and Hu are still offering various favorable conditions, hoping to impress Kang Lin asked him to join his camp as soon as possible. As everyone knows, the latter has not been idle these days. In addition to constantly showing up to anesthetize all forces, he is also secretly gathering strength in order to have the power to protect himself as soon as possible and then counterattack. Weng and Hu are two meat-eaters, and Kang Lin has used up almost all the recruitment opportunities rewarded by the system, whether special recruitment or ordinary recruitment. The result is that this guy has forty elite warriors under his command without knowing it. Four Ten warriors with lower combat prowess and four to five hundred ordinary immigrants from other worlds, half of whom are young men who can serve as auxiliary soldiers, are already a formidable force. If Used well, they are enough to change all the unfavorable situations currently encountered by the Residency Office! Twenty real Japanese, combined with eighty fake Japanese, can drive Meng Dagang's elite battalion around, and almost the entire army is wiped out. Now Kang Lin has 80 elite soldiers and 260 auxiliary soldiers under his command. It was almost three times as many as Taro Naminoju's team. If they suddenly appeared in Donghai City, unless the elite cavalry of the guerrilla general Meng Zhigu of the Dengzhou Army arrived in time to resist their attack, the capital would have to rely on them. The dozen or twenty cavalry guards under the command of three and a half old men, as well as dozens of armed servants, met the elite veterans recruited by Kang Lin from other worlds. They were just serving food. With a large number of system rewards for sophisticated firearms, they only needed to line up. Forming a strict formation, advancing like a wall, constantly firing matchlocks, flintlock guns, bottle bombs, explosive cartridges, small wolf machines, and even Ye Gong's magic gun, they can defeat those of the East China Sea Guards who have neglected training. The East China Sea Flag Army, which was fighting independently, was easily defeated and defeated!
