Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 230

Xu Hai died, and so did Wang Cuiqiao.What He Liu has to do now is to go to Puluo Island to find the treasure buried by Xu Hai.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Hu Zongxian mobilized [-] lucky boats, and asked Qi Jiguang to gather [-] soldiers from the Qi family army.He handed over the blessing boat and two thousand soldiers to Commander He Liu.

Hu Zongxian ordered someone to bring two wine glasses and pour wine.

Hu Zongxian said: "Lao Liu, this glass of wine is for you to see you off! Whether the people who have left their homes can have money to rebuild their homes, and whether I can be dismissed smoothly depends on you!"

He Liu replied confidently: "Don't worry, Hu Butang. Digging three feet to find money is my job as a family raider of the Jinyiwei! I can definitely find these treasures and benefit the people in the southeast coast!"

He Liu boarded the boat, and the thirty lucky boats headed straight for Puluo Island.

"Bearded Li" Li Bofeng has already recovered his original name.Li Bofeng has a sea chart to Puluo Island in his hand.If nothing else happened, after seven or eight days, the fleet would be able to follow the chart to reach Puro Island.

At night, He Liu and Li Bofeng stood on the deck.The moon is as bright as a mirror, and the stars have lost their brilliance.

Li Bofeng couldn't help humming a little song: "Yuelanglang, the sky hangs high. The fog is heavy, and the palace is full of palaces. The wind is rustling, and the martial arts are perfect. The vastness, the classics of the world. Can't see it all, the bustling miles, and the setting sun fades in an instant. Smoke. The prosperity of the country is a dream once in a hundred years. Watch the rise and fall, play the command room..."

He Liu asked Li Bofeng: "Bofeng, what song are you singing? It sounds good?"

Li Bofeng replied: "This is "Yuelanglang" written by the famous actress Du Sanniang at the end of the Tang Dynasty. This song laments the Tang Dynasty's transition from prosperity to decline, from a great country and a proud people, to a court where all nations came to court, to continuous wars and starvation everywhere."

He Liu sighed: "Oh. You were also a son of an official family back then. I can hear that you also have a lot of knowledge in your stomach. In order to wipe out Japanese pirates, you, a scholar, went to Napuluo Island. After five years, no one is there. The days when you look like people and ghosts don’t look like ghosts. It’s hard for you.”

Li Bofeng said humbly: "The sixth master raised me up. At the beginning, I lurked next to Xu Hai, and the original intention was to get promoted faster. But these days I have been thinking about the story that Hu Butang told at the celebration banquet. Marshal Qi 12 years ago The phrase 'Dedicate yourself to your life, serve your life overnight, the way of longevity is also' shocked me. I think, everything I have done in the past five years is worth it!"

He Liu nodded: "Of course it's worth it! If you hadn't been lurking for five years and fought back at the most critical moment, Xu Hai's thousands of Japanese pirates would not have collapsed. Maybe, I have already been hacked by Xu Hai at this moment Bite your head! Our Jinyiwei’s family rules require the approval of the emperor to upgrade to more than a hundred households. I, the governor of the North Town, can at most promote you to a trial hundred households. When I return to Beijing, I will send you an order to test a hundred households. .”

Li Bofeng has been promoted two levels in succession from Xiaoqi to Baihu.

Li Bofeng cupped his hands: "Thank you, Master Liu, for your cultivation!"

He Liudao: "You are under Fatty Xu now. Are you willing to be transferred from the Qianhu Office to follow me? If you are willing, I will say hello to Fatty Xu as soon as I return to Beijing."

Li Bofeng said: "Sixth Lord thinks highly of me, so I am naturally willing to do my best for you!"

He Liu made a joke: "Let Fatty Xu bear the pain and give up, I will at least give him a hundred pig's trotters!"

He Liu is now focused on being the commander of Jinyiwei.Sometimes, he even doubted himself, the whole effort to fight for the position of commander was not to open the secret file room of Tianzihao, not to find out the truth of the ghost house Yinbing case, but to gain the greatest power in Jinyiwei.

Power is the most attractive thing in the world.He Liu is not a god, but a mortal.Facing the temptation of power, no mortal can hold back.

To compete for the position of commander, He Liu must have his own team.In contact with Li Bofeng in the past few days, he found that Li Bofeng is meticulous in his work.Being able to lurk in Puluo Island for five years shows that Li Bofeng can endure what ordinary people can't bear.

Lao Hu is already old, and he is unable to do many things.He Liu wants to find a reliable and younger helper to build his own team, and Li Bofeng has now become one of the candidates in his mind.

Eight days later, thirty lucky boats arrived at Puro Island.There are still [-] pirates left by Xu Hai to guard the island.

Nearly [-] Francophone guns on [-] Fuchuan slammed towards the island.Afterwards, two thousand soldiers from the Qi Family Army disembarked, and wiped out the remaining two hundred pirates on the island within half an hour.

He Liu and Li Bofeng went to Depuluo Island.

He Liu asked Li Bofeng, "What is the approximate radius of Puluo Island?"

Li Bofeng replied: "Puluo Island is long and narrow from east to west, about eight miles long, and six miles from north to south. Dare I ask Master Liu, where should we start?"

He Liudao: "A few days ago, you said that the place where Xu Hai hides the treasure is extremely secretive. You were his confidant, and you didn't even know where the treasure is. I think he must have put the treasure in a place that ordinary people can't think of."

Li Bofeng is a smart person, he said: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. The place that ordinary people least expect? It's just under the nose!"

He Liu looked at Li Bofeng approvingly: "Go, go to Xu Hai's 'Island Lord's Mansion'!"

He Liu and Li Bofeng led the people to the "Island Owner's Mansion" in the center of the island.

This three-story "Island Owner's Mansion" is built of bamboo and is easy to dismantle.He Liu first ordered three hundred soldiers to search the bamboo building up and down.

The soldiers searched for a while.In the bamboo building, three large boxes were found.He Liu opened the boxes one by one. One box was filled with high-quality Suzhou and Hangzhou silk, the other box was full of jewelry for women, and the third box was filled with 100 taels of silver ingots.

He Liu took a rough look: "These three boxes of things can add up to 3 to [-] taels. It's not as good as Xu Hai's plundering of property. Come on, tear down the bamboo building!"

The soldiers rushed forward, and it took two hours to tear down the bamboo building.

He Liu came to the foundation of the bamboo building, took a small shovel, and shoveled the soil inch by inch.

Suddenly, his shovel hit something: "Come on! Dig!"

Dozens of soldiers took big shovels and dug in one go.After a few sticks of incense, two large wooden boxes came into view again.

He Liu pushed open the wooden box, a golden light dazzled his eyes.

These two wooden boxes are full of gold bars, gold ingots, and gold lockets.

He Liu made a rough count: "These two boxes of laoshizi add up to 5000 taels. That's 15 taels of silver!"

Li Bofeng said: "Sixth Master is really good at it. It took only a few hours to find gold and silver treasures worth 8 to [-] taels!"

He Liu smiled and said, "Where are we going? It's getting late, so let the brothers light a fire and cook. Let's have a good rest after dinner, and continue searching tomorrow."

In the evening, two soldiers brought dinner for He Liu and Li Bofeng.This island dinner is quite sumptuous.A few grilled sea fish, a plate of fried ham, seven or eight large crabs caught in the sea, and half a roast leg of lamb.

He Liu said to Li Bofeng while eating: "The houses on the island are mostly bamboo buildings except the meeting hall. Bamboo buildings cannot be equipped with secret rooms and hidden compartments. The meeting hall is not the same. It is built of bricks and stones, and secret rooms and hidden compartments can be set up. .Tomorrow we will mainly search the chamber."

(End of this chapter)