When Lian Zhongtao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Although the prefect did not specify any position for him, it was obvious that he wanted to reuse him. He quickly knelt down and said, "I would like to thank you for your kindness."
Wang Junlin said: "Well, if you become someone by my side, you won't have to kneel down and pray every day, and you won't have to do this big ceremony in the future."
Lian Zhongtao stood up quickly and said respectfully: "The adults are like the villains reborn as parents. The villains will definitely serve the adults to the death."
Wang Junlin and his party were about to return to the inn, when suddenly there was an exclamation from a gathering place of salt workers and salt slaves not far away. Some salt workers at a nearby coastal port exclaimed: "It's such a big ship, could it be a pirate..."
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Wang Junlin was shocked and quickly looked towards the sea. A large ship was speeding towards where they were. It turned out that this direction was directly facing where he was standing. There was no deviation at all, and the route was clearly straight.
"How...how could there be such a big ship in the world?" Lian Zhongtao looked in disbelief.
Although Wang Junlin had not seen many sea ships in this era, he knew that this ship would be considered a big ship even in later generations. The most important thing is that it was clearly a wooden ship. Perhaps during the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West.
, people can build such a large sea-going ship, but it was nearly a thousand years away from the Sui Dynasty at that time, and it was only built after thousands of years of development of navigation and shipbuilding industry.
"Xiaoyu is back..." Wang Junlin breathed a long sigh of relief. The worries that he had been carrying in his heart for a while were completely relieved. This kind of giant ship that should not appear in this era, in addition to the ship that should not appear in this era, also should not appear in this era.
Nie Xiaoyu, who else can do it.
The salt field has its own port that can berth ships, but it is controlled by saltmen. Seeing the large ship approaching, they felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, drew up their bows and arrows, and began to mobilize saltmen to prepare for the enemy.
Wang Junlin quickly led people to rush over, but when he rushed over, Dong Kang, together with the salt captains Lu Zhongding and Lu Sanwa, gathered more than 500 salt soldiers to guard the port, preparing to fight.
"See, Lord Prefect, there is an unknown ship approaching, suspected of being pirates. I have already led people to prepare for the battle." Dong Kang came over to salute, but Lu Sanwa and Lu Zhongding were busy arranging their troops and setting up defense lines, so they did not come over.
"The people on this boat are my followers. Remove the salt and let the boat dock!" Wang Junlin said in a tone that left no room for doubt.
Dong Kang was stunned for a moment, thinking that such a big ship actually belonged to the governor, but no matter how big the ship was, there were only three or four hundred people, so he didn't take it to heart. While thinking about who it might be, he said: "Xia Guan
Go and deliver the order now.”
Dong Kang went over to convey the order of the prefect to the two captains of Yanding. I don't know how the three of them discussed it. They just gave way to the port and did not evacuate.
Wang Junlin narrowed his eyes and gave the two salt captains a cold look, without saying anything, and just let them watch.
The giant ship was very fast, and it didn't take long to anchor at the port. Xiang Xiang, Luo Shixin, and Li Xuanba didn't wait for the giant ship to stop, and waved to Wang Junlin excitedly. With a child's heart, Wang Junlin had already sent Nie Xiaoyu away.
Xiang Xiang and Luo Shixin were as if they were family members. Seeing that they had returned safely, they were equally happy and waved to say hello.
Dong Kang, Lu Sanwa, and Lu Zhongding were relieved when they saw women and children standing on the boat. They thought that these were the family members of the prefect, but where did they come from and why did they emerge from the sea in a big ship? Moreover, the ship was brand new.
Incomparable, it clearly took only a few days to build.
No matter what doubts they had in their minds, when the ship docked at the port, Wang Junlin waved his guard to come forward and help set up a board for people to disembark.
Then Nie Xiaoyu and more than 250 people disembarked from the boat one after another, and Wang Junlin happily greeted them.
At this moment, Lu Zhongding's expression suddenly changed and he lost his voice: "He...he is Zhang Yongming. I know. They are the noble children of the three counties in the south who were kidnapped by pirates some time ago."
Wang Junlin suddenly stopped. He just watched Nie Xiaoyu return safely, but he ignored this matter. Nie Xiaoyu may have thought that the people here were reliable and trustworthy people, so he didn't take it seriously.
Wang Junlin turned his head and looked coldly at Lu Zhongding, Lu Sanwa, and Dong Kang, whose expressions also changed. These three people were considered important figures in the Lu Group. How could they not know the relationship between the Snake Island pirates and the Lu Group?
And the three of them are not stupid. They instantly understood that the governor had sent people to rescue these noble children from the three southern counties who were kidnapped by the pirates of Snake Island. The three of them quickly realized what this matter meant to the Lu family.
After his expression changed several times, Dong Kang opened his mouth and wanted to take his people to say goodbye to the prefect, so as to find an opportunity to inform the Lu family as soon as possible.
Wang Junlin was the first to say, "Mr. Dong, according to the agreement between me and Mr. Lu, these aristocratic children from the three counties in the south who were kidnapped by pirates will be picked up by the Lu family. I know that you are the representative of the Lu family in the salt field.
Just take them away!"
The expressions of nearly a hundred nobles from the three southern counties who were on board the ship changed as they were about to say something. Nie Xiaoyu turned to look at them with an expressionless look, frightening these people into silence immediately. No one dared to say a word.
Dong Kang and Lu Sanwa, Lu Zhongding heard the words
, suddenly looked surprised and confused, but they all heard what Wang Junlin said just now, and after Mr. Lu had talked with the prefect that night, he also called the three of them over for a brief conversation, in which he mentioned meeting the prefect.
The conversation was very pleasant.
Seeing Dong Kang and Lu Sanwa, Lu Zhongding looked hesitant and suspicious. Wang Junlin frowned and said: "It seems that Lu Youwei didn't explain some things clearly to you. According to the agreement between me and him, the salt field will be completely handed over to me from now on."
, the condition is that I will hand them over to you, Lu, and take them away now! Don’t wait for me to change my mind.”
Dong Kang, Lu Sanwa, and Lu Zhongding suddenly looked stunned, thinking that no wonder the five master craftsmen in charge sent people to ask for help from the Lu family. The words from the second master Lu were left to their own devices, which obviously gave up on them.
It means letting the prefect kill him.
It is true that although these forty people are extremely domineering in the salt field, they are just servants in the Lu family. In the eyes of the sect leader, Second Master Lu, and the prefect, they may be like ants, using their
Let the prefect vent his anger and hand over the salt field to the prefect in exchange for these noble children from the three southern counties who can prove that the pirates are related to the Lu family. This business is not a loss for the Lu family.
The most important thing is that what Wang Junlin said makes sense logically, and it also explains some of the inconsistent things in the salt field these days. For example, the prefect clearly accepted the heavy gift from Mr. Lu, but why did he treat him so badly?
The master craftsmen took action, and Lu's reaction to the matter.
Dong Kang, Lu Sanwa, and Lu Zhongding no longer doubted what Wang Junlin said. After Nie Xiaoyu got off the ship with more than a hundred martial arts masters and perfume, he ordered two hundred salt men to board the ship to escort the nearly one hundred southerners.
Children of nobles from three counties.
However, what they did not notice was that the hundreds of guards around Wang Junlin and the more than a hundred martial arts masters who followed Nie Xiaoyu off the boat had vaguely surrounded the remaining nearly 300 saltmen on the shore, and they did not notice that Nie Xiaoyu
Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba who were beside them stayed on the ship and opened the entrance to the bottom cabin. The two little guys each held weapons and guarded the entrance.
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