Since the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the subordinates of the Qian Mansion have avoided the gloomy Qian Yuan when they walk, although the young master has always been gentle at home, and quite kind, and treats the subordinates very preferentially, but he has a straight face...... A chill unconsciously came from the bottom of my heart.

In the side hall, Qian Yuan rarely showed a gentle smile, he held a tea cup in one hand and a horsewhip in the other, "Which way did you come back?" ”

Yang Wen shuddered, he had followed this master for many years, and naturally knew in his heart that Qian Yuan's scolding was not necessarily a bad thing, but he was so smiling...... It must not be a good thing.

"Huh?"

"Dumb?"

"Or are the wings stiff?"

Yang Wen, who came back to his senses, hurriedly responded: "Young master, the little one came by boat from the Fenghua River, got off the boat ten miles away from the city, and came by horses. ”

"Then you should enter the city through the new city gate?"

"Yes."

"See the porridge shack outside?"

"See."

"Do you know who set it up?"

Yang Wen shrank back, and said tentatively with a dry smile: "It can't be the Zhou family, right?" ”

"Oops, that's pretty smart!" Qian Yuan put down the teacup and tried to wave the horsewhip, but found that he couldn't reach it, so he simply got up and walked two steps, "In June, Wang Zhi came down, Tang Jingchuan recruited people to start setting up a city and trade, and I handed over the list on the second day, that is to say, before and after half a year, I tried back and forth, secretly planned, and you finally told me...... It's empty! ”

"You yourself say that you should be given a few lashes...... Of course, you Yang Yunjiang is now a guerrilla general, and you are no longer my Qian family's guard, so it is natural that you will not want to! ”

A month ago, Qian Yuan decided to settle the matter before Chinese New Year's Eve, ordering Yang Wen and Tan Qizhi to join forces and annihilate the smuggling fleet led by the Wu family in Fenghua.

As a result, the returning fleet sailed into Zhoushan Port unharmed, Qian Yuan got a report, and Yang Wen and Tan Qizhi actually flew into the air.

Although it is said that in the vast sea, there is no radar, and it is difficult to find the traces of the opponent, but the opponent has an exact return route? And there is an exact destination? This will all be in the air...... It really annoyed Qian Yuan.

The Zhou family was overjoyed, and they also set up a porridge shed like a dog...... Zhenhai because of the establishment of the city for trade? Population growth now? The beggars may have had the idea of relocating the helmsman here.

Qian Yuan scolded him with his head and face, but Yang Wen was relieved? He only knelt on one knee in frustration and listened honestly, and after being whipped twice, he pretended to scream a few times.

"Who?!"

See a figure flickering at the door? Qian Yuan was furious? He threw the whip in his hand, "Who dares to peep?!" ”

"Oops......"

"Boom la la ......"

Qingwen, who was hit on her head, covered her forehead with teary eyes, and at her feet was a broken tea cup, Yang Wen looked back nervously? Dengshi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Isn't it Zhou Ze who was scolded? What are you going to do? Qian Yuan was not angry: "Okay, well, I'll send a message out later, let Zhou Ze come back and be beaten!" ”

Qingwen pouted and muttered, "Sister Raider asked me to come......"

"She has a scheming plan to use you as a gunman." Qian Yuan scolded, "Who is guarding the outside?" ”

Liang Sheng came in with a bitter face? Kneeling on one knee, does he know what's going on? Seeing that the young master was angry, he sent a letter to the backyard to attack someone? Yang Wen and Raiden are a couple, and they have already begun to discuss the marriage period.

"You're going to get ten sticks? Qingwen deducted half a year's money. "Qian Yuan turned around and kicked Yang Wen?" Let me lose such a big face this time, young master? There is still the face to find someone to intercede! ”

Qingwen and Liang Sheng withdrew to Hu, and Yang Wencai whispered: "Young master, this time it was really their luck, it happened to be a northwest wind...... Their course was off, and when Tan Qizhi found a trace, the fleet entered Zhoushan Port. ”

"Get up and speak." Qian Yuan snorted, "For such a big event, why don't you put more eyeliner out?" ”

"Young master, it's Tan Qizhi's business to look at the eyeliner." Yang Wen glanced at him aggrievedly.

Qian Yuan looked outside the door, lowered his voice and scolded: "Don't you know if others don't know, that's my uncle, do you want the young master to scold him, or beat him?" ”

Yang Wen was speechless, and only said after half a ring: "Anyway, it will be copied in the future, so it doesn't hurt to let them earn more." ”

"I'm sorry for that bit of silver?!" Qian Yuan was so angry that he kicked it again!

It was Chinese New Year's Eve now, and Wu Baipeng had left Hangzhou that day to serve as the governor of Fujian, and had already written to the imperial court to transfer Qi Jiguang, deputy chief of Zhejiang, to lead his troops south to Fujian.

In other words, it is very likely that Qi Jiguang will soon go south after the New Year, and the time for Lu Bin, the general of Ning Shaotai stationed in Taizhou, to move north to Ningbo is uncertain, so that there will be a period of vacuum in the forces that Qian Yuan can mobilize immediately.

It doesn't have to happen.

But it doesn't have to be accidental.

Qian Yuan has never fought an unprepared battle, he has been preparing for this battle for at least two years, and he has been planning for a long time, how could he take such a risk at the most critical moment?

"Young Master, what should I do then?" Yang Wen said in a low voice: "Or...... Simply ......"

Seeing that Yang Wen made a throat-slitting gesture, Qian Yuan sneered and said, "I'm not going to publicize this kind of thing publicly...... In the name of smuggling out to sea, without real evidence, to search for the southeast big households, do you think that the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached the young master, and I don't have enough concerts? ”

After a pause, Qian Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "Let them live longer, send a few people to squat on the elephant mountain to see if they will go to sea after the year, but they must not be ordered by me, and they must not do it." ”

Qian Yuan's year was not very smooth, but the Zhou family, which was just three streets away, was beaming.

The fleet arrived in Nanyang smoothly, the goods were sold at a high price, and brought back blankets and other novelty goods, which made a lot of profits, and the pressure on Zhou Fu's shoulders was relieved, with a satisfied smile on his face.

The second son got married three days ago, and he took the young daughter of Liu Juren in this county, and he was happy.

"Big brother, congratulations." Zhou Feng came over with a smile, "I just heard about it, a meeting gift for my daughter-in-law...... Tsk, big spending! ”

Zhou Fu said in a low voice: "Don't go out and talk nonsense." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I won't say it." Zhou Feng sighed: "I haven't seen such a red coral tree for many years, and I am afraid that it will be sent to Beijing and presented to the palace a few decades ago." ”

Zhou Fu smiled reservedly, "Now that the sea trade is booming, such objects are not rare." ”

"Big brother, the Liu family sent New Year's gifts yesterday, and asked when they would leave another batch after the New Year." Zhou Feng said lightly: "I asked carefully this time, it was safe and sound, and there was no leakage at all, there was a lot of trouble in Fujian, but I didn't dare to loot at will at sea." ”

"Why is Wang Zhi so well-behaved...... Zhou Fu was a little puzzled, "I'm used to eating meat, but I really changed to a vegetarian and want to be a monk?" ”

"Hey, who knows!" Zhou Feng laughed and said: "Xu Hai has been a monk, but he kills people like hemp and never eats vegetarian!" ”

Zhou Fu pondered for a moment and hesitated: "Second brother, I still want to go to Hou Taoshan's side...... After all, there is a clear road here, so why bother sneaking around, the government may not let it go after the year. ”

"That's right, but the question is ......" Zhou Feng smiled bitterly: "Our eight families have always advanced and retreated together over the years, I'm afraid that they won't, at least the Fenghua Wu family will definitely be unwilling......"

Zhou Fu also smacked his lips, wanting the Wu family to bow to Wang Zhi, don't even think about it, there were several fights back then, and the head of the Wu family had a son and a grandson all broken......

Zhou Feng lowered his voice and added: "Besides, if the eight families fall apart and go their own way, in case something happens to the Wu family's fleet......

Zhou Fu shuddered, he was right, if he went to sea by paying taxes and silver on the bright road, and the smuggling of the Wu family's fleet was caught, he was afraid that the Wu family would suspect him, and the family would ...... has always been unreasonable, and killing people is commonplace.

Sighing in his heart, Zhou Fu decided not to consider going to the government office to apply for the release of official documents, this road is a dead end, even if it works, it can't be walked.

Anyway, after the trade, Tang Jingchuan, Qian Zhancai and others only cared about Zhenhai and didn't care too much about other ports of going to sea, as evidenced by the fact that the fleet went to the South China Sea so smoothly.