The ancients paid attention to food and did not speak, and Qian Yuan was filial and could not drink, so there was basically nothing to say at the dinner table, and after the meal was withdrawn, the servants served a few cups of tea, and four or five people found some topics to chat.

Wang Shizhen's younger brother Wang Shimao is 17 years old this year and the same age as Qian Yuan, and he also passed the hospital examination last year, but he did not participate in last year's township examination, and now he is studying in Hangzhou with his father.

There is a father of a feudal official, a brother who is famous all over the world, and the family has two Jinshi in each generation from the great-grandfather, and the young Wang Shimao is young and vigorous, so he is very disdainful of the peer opposite.

Speaking of which, it is still the head of the government trial case, and it is shameful enough to come forward to do business, but I didn't expect it to be so low, and Wang Shimao's words made Wang Shimao blush when he heard it......

In Qian Yuan's opinion, patting sycophants is always just a means rather than an end, if he can make Wang Chen feel better, he doesn't mind slapping sycophants louder, as long as the other party can give him more time.

When Qian Yuan's topic changed, Wang Shimao was still disdainful, but Zhang Juzheng listened attentively, and Wang Chen and Xingshi, who were originally careless, also slowly focused.

"Both the DPRK and China say that maritime merchants are thieves, and this sentence cannot be miscalculated." Qian Yuan explained carefully: "Nowadays, in the sea business, once two ships meet in the vast sea, there are only two results, either eat each other or be eaten by the other party. ”

"But not all maritime merchants will go ashore to plunder the people, in fact, most of them are not willing to plunder the people, of course, provided that there is a perfect trade channel." Qian Yuan glanced at Wang Chen: "So Wang Zhi of Zhoushan Ligang is a key person." ”

Xingshi interjected and asked: "Wang Zhi has been doing business in Ligang for two years, but during this time, the Japanese robbers who have come ashore to plunder have never stopped. ”

"That's true." Qian Yuan nodded and continued: "It is said that Wang Zhi is the current leader of the maritime merchants, but in fact he is only the nominal leader. ”

"The titular head?" The lucky luck of the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks frowned and asked.

"Yes, Wang Zhi's fleet is private to each shipowner, and he does not have absolute jurisdiction, such as Xu Weixue, Mao Haifeng, Ye Zongman and others all do their own thing, and they are not completely under Wang Zhi's control." Qian Yuan licked his lips, "There are two reasons why Wang Zhi can get to his current position, one is that he has the support of the Ming army to continuously exterminate several pirates of Lu Qi, Shen Jiu, and Chen Sipan, and he has been sent twenty sea ships by the former deputy envoy of the sea channel, and the second is because of Zhoushan Ligang. ”

Xingshi cautiously looked at Wang Chen's expression, "Wang Zhi is doing business in Zhoushan Ligang, and he has opened up the joints, so he can cover the sky with one hand in the maritime business?" ”

"Yes, after the destruction of Shuangyu Port, Wang Zhi single-handedly founded Ligang, which was the foundation of his foothold, but it can't be said to cover the sky with one hand." Qian Yuan shook his head, "It is precisely because of the lack of control that the Japanese invaders frequently come ashore to plunder, and in fact, it is the maritime merchants who were excluded from Ligang by Wang Zhi that will turn into Japanese robbers...... For example, two months ago, Jiaxing, near the coastline, was attacked by small groups of pirates, as was Taizhou, which is far away from Zhoushan. ”

Wang Chen's eyes were blazing, and he couldn't think of drinking tea with a teacup in his hand, he was a native of Suzhou, and he knew how rampant smuggling was along the coast of Zhejiang, and he quickly made a plan after taking office as the governor of Zhejiang, but for the Wufeng shipowner who was hiding in Zhoushan, he always had a feeling of seeing flowers in the fog, so he had been uneasy, but he didn't expect this layer of fog to be removed by a young man today.

Qian Yuan prepared for several days, and at this moment he talked eloquently, "When Li Guangtou and the Xu brothers were captured and killed, it was Wang Zhi who rebuilt the coastal smuggling business system, which is the reason why he is now respected as the big boss, but it can also be seen that Wang Zhi is not a pure businessman, but he is unwilling to go ashore to rob the people under the premise of having business channels." ”

Wang Chen squinted his eyes and nodded, "In other words, Wang Zhi is unwilling to go to war with the imperial court. ”

The stone that Qian Yuan was carrying in his heart finally fell, okay, he finally saw the mind of the governor of Zhejiang in front of him, well, it was exactly the same as he guessed.

"Isn't there a war now?" Zhang Juzheng was surprised, "It is said that Tan Zili, the new prefect of Taizhou, is hiring troops to form a regiment for training. ”

Qian Yuan's pupils shrank, Tan Lun and Tan Zili, that is a famous general who can be called on a par with Qi Jiguang, and now he has finally appeared on the stage of history.

"Of course it's not a war." Xingshi explained with a smile: "That's just the consequence of Wang Zhi's inability to suppress." ”

"Yes, in fact, two months ago, Xu Weixue's men went ashore to loot Jiaxing, and Wang Zhi turned his face against him for this." Qian Yuan said casually.

Before Zhang Juzheng could react, Wang Chen and Xingshi's eyes shot towards Qian Yuan like electricity.

Qian Yuan was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly and said: "My father and brother were all lost at the hands of the Japanese Invaders, and if I want to take revenge, how can I not bother to investigate." ”

After half a ring, Wang Chen nodded silently, for him, Qian Yuan, whose father and brother died at the hands of the Wako, was trustworthy, at least in the matter of the Wako.

"Come on, this is Ming Qian tea, there was no such blessing in Beijing and Shandong a few years ago." Xingshi smiled and raised the teacup, "It's a pity that there aren't many of them, otherwise I'll pack some for the two of you to go back and taste." ”

"It's normal that the smuggled goods in recent years have been mainly cotton, silk, porcelain, and tea." Qian Yuan lowered his head and took a sip, and said with all kinds of slander: "Especially the tea before the Ming Dynasty, it has already been ordered. ”

"Huh?" Wang Chen snorted.

Qian Yuan smiled bitterly: "Since the southeast coast smuggling trade is rampant, the status of maritime merchants is rising, the people have sent their children to the fleet, and there are even military attaches who kneel down to worship Wang Zhi, what is the tea before the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Military attaché bows?" Zhang Juzheng's eyes widened, "This and this, this and this ......"

Wang Chen turned his head and glanced at it, and said with a wry smile: "It's all rumors, rumors, ...... rumors."

"Mm-hmm, it's really a rumor." Qian Yuan seemed indifferent and said, "I also heard about it in the teahouse a few days ago. ”

Xingshi's hidden corner of his eyes glanced at Qian Yuan, and he really didn't know if this sentence was intentional or unintentional...... Because fortunately, it was very clear that the rumored military attache was the general at the previous yamen, Zhang Siwei.

After agreeing on the departure, Zhang Juzheng and Qian Yuan said goodbye and left to go back to their respective homes, the former still lived in the inn, and the latter went back to the shop.

The nails have been buried, and the relationship is also involved...... Well, in fact, it was people who wanted to have something to do with him, Qian Yuan smiled bitterly after thinking about it for a moment in his heart.

Wang Chen, this is a typical bureaucrat.

His eyes could not see the benefits brought by the sea trade, but only the troubles brought by the Japanese invaders, of course, this is also the mainstream opinion of the DPRK and China today.

However, Wang Chen was able to make the most favorable judgment for himself, and divided his troops to suppress a small group of Japanese robbers, which was not only likely to lose the war, but also from the perspective of cost and benefit.

This is a volcanic crater for the governor of Zhejiang, and the death of his predecessor Zhu Kun is still vivid.

But if you can destroy Wang Zhi and destroy Ligang, you can build a way to escape from the crater and even go straight up.

In fact, Qian Yuan understands very well, why was he pushed to the position that had been vacant for so many years after the death of his predecessor, and if he didn't hurry up and make meritorious contributions, did he still want to fill this active volcano to death?

However, today Qian Yuan was a little soft-hearted, and he had already faintly mentioned the evil consequences if he took Ligang directly.

Once Ligang is destroyed, he will not be able to suppress the fleets under his command, and then those maritime merchants and Japanese who have no way forward will flock to them, and there will be no peace on the southeast coast.

Even if Wang Chen didn't have this judgment before, but today Qian Yuan has made it clear and clear, but how Wang Chen is willing to give up this opportunity, although Wang Zhi may be vigilant, it is very likely that Wang Chen will take Ligang directly.

Tactically speaking, Wang Chen is already invincible.

But strategically speaking, the imperial court was already invincible.

It's just that the successor is suffering...... Qian Yuan tilted his head and recalled that before Hu Zongxian, there seemed to be several, Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong were the most famous, and the two who were unjustly killed after Wang Jiangjing's victory, for which Yan Song also brought the famous Yang Jisheng.

Qian Yuan said to himself in his heart, this is not my responsibility, I just follow history, I just hope to get what I need in it.