For the rest of the day, Du Dewei and Hu Ba's fleet did not go to Zhongzuo to join the group, but walked around Xiamen Island. In the evening, the fleet had already rested on the coast of the mainland, across the sea from Xiamen Island.

Early the next morning, the fleet began to sail south along the coast of the mainland, passing through the strait between Gulangyu Island and the mainland, bypassing Elephant Trunk Reef, jumping into the Jiulong River, and anchoring in the private harbor of Haimen Island.

Haimen Island, located at the mouth of the Kowloon River, was originally a gathering place for private businessmen. As a transit point between Yuegang and Xiamen, there are commercial buildings on Haimen Island at this point in time: private harbors, warehouses, inns, taverns, kilns...... All of them.

After the fleet was anchored, Du Dewei gave a few more instructions to his deputy, and then Hu Ba looked after the house, and he himself took a light bird boat and sailed all the way to Yuegang along the south bank of the Kowloon River.

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From the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, with the emergence of the historical event of "Longqing Switch", as the only legal port of departure for maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty, Yuegang in Haicheng County, Fujian Province once became the world's first foreign trade port of "sea ships and merchants".

And now the Moon Harbor is a desolate, and the prosperity of the past is no longer there.

With Zheng Zhilong's defeat of the official army and the occupation of the Zhongzuo Institute, the days of Yuegang have not been issued in the recent period - Xiamen Island is stuck in the sea off the Jiulong River, and thousands of pirates gather here, completely sealing the door of Yuegang.

After Zheng Zhilong occupied Xiamen, his original strategic intention was to transfer the South China Sea Trade Center here, so Yuegang became a thorn in his side. Soon after the occupation of the Zhongzuo Institute, Zheng Zhilong personally led a large army to break into the Jiulong River, ransack the Moon Harbor, and set fire to the port, and by the way, he chased and killed the spokesperson of the Haiphong General / Yuegang Comprador Group / Xu Xinsu everywhere.

To tell the truth, Zheng Zhilong and his predecessor Xu Xinsu have no personal enmity. The only motivation that supports Zheng Zhilong to keep chasing and killing Xu Xinsu is Yuegang.

Xu Xinsu is the spokesperson of the merchant comprador group in Yuegang, including the Zhangquan area. And if Zheng Zhilong wants to complete his strategic plan and replace the strategic position of Yuegang with Xiamen, he must kill Xu Xinsu and destroy Yuegang.

So, it's a public vendetta. The rest of the reasons for the constant pursuit and killing of Xu Jiang are all excuses.

...... Du Dewei's bird boat departed from Haimen Island, all the way upstream along the south bank of the Kowloon River, and after just 20 miles, it turned into the destination port: this place is open to the sea tide outside, connected to the mountain stream inside, and its shape is like a glaive, so it is named Moon Port.

Moon Harbor has seven piers on a coast almost a kilometer long. From east to west, it is Xiangguan Wharf, Lutouwei Wharf, Zhonggu Wharf, Rongchuan Wharf, Dianziwei Wharf, Agobo Wharf, and Xiwei Wharf.

These piers are all made of stone and are very strong, and behind each pier there is a temple dedicated to different gods. The roles of the seven wharves are different, and Du Dewei, who has come to Yuegang many times to sell stolen goods, swaggered and parked the boat on the official wharf with only two or three small shrimps.

In the former bustling wharf area, only a few fishing boats are haunted at the moment, and there are no more trees on both sides.

After getting off the boat, Du Dewei only took two entourages and walked towards Fan Lane.

The original Yuegang commercial market covers an area of about 5 square kilometers, and there are many commercial houses such as jewelry stores, medicinal herb stores, cotton cloth stores, silk shops, grocery stores, hoop shops, casting tripod shops, sugar shops, silk thread shops, fish shops, paper shops, timber shops, tea shops and so on.

The seven major commercial markets are all surrounded by water networks, so people call Yuegang the "sea country".

It's just that Du Dewei traveled all the way today, and found that most of the shops had been overburned, with ruined walls abounding, few pedestrians, deserted markets, and even beggars......

......After shaking his head, Du Dewei and his entourage quickened their pace, and soon after, they came to a big stone house in Fan Lane. The scale of this stone house is so large that even though it is obvious that it has been hit by fire, it still looks extraordinary.

And this house is probably the only lively place in the Moon Harbor right now.

A large number of craftsmen are climbing on the roof to replace the damaged parts at the moment, and there are many men in strong clothes standing outside the door of the house, after seeing Du Dewei and his party coming, at least 3 of these people greeted Lao Du at the same time.

"Shopkeeper Du, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing lately?"

"TOEFL TOEFL is still acceptable ......"

Du Dewei entered the house smoothly in greetings all the way. Since the plaque on the door of the house has been burned and has not had time to be remade, outsiders really don't know who the owner of the house is.

Under the guidance of a man in Tsing Yi with a short knife on his waist, Du Dewei walked all the way through the dilapidated but many people's front yard, and by the way, he left his entourage there. By this time, he already had a number in his mind—among the attendants left in the front yard, he saw a familiar one.

After coming to the atrium, which was not much better than the front yard, Du Dewei was introduced into the flower hall of the side yard. The flower hall is still in good condition, at least the canopy above the head is still there, so the guests have been brought here, and then as expected, Du Dewei saw Cao Hu with big ears and a seemingly honest one at first sight.

Pressing down and pulling out the dagger on his waist and stabbing into the tempting idea of this disgusting chrysanthemum, Du Dewei smiled and greeted Cao Hu without smiling: "Brother Cao, what a meeting in the mountains and rivers?" ”

"Coincidental ......"

After a few polite words, Du Dewei went to sit aside, and someone brought a tea bowl later. While bowing his head to drink tea, while raising his eyes and glancing, Du Dewei found that in addition to himself and Cao Hu, the two small shopkeepers, there were five or six businessman-like guests sitting in the flower hall at the moment.

didn't let him wait long, after the tea, a man in Tsing Yi walked into the flower hall with a smile, accused the rest of the people, and then led Du Dewei into the back house.

There are still many craftsmen in the back house who are engaged in renovation projects, Du Dewei followed the man in Tsing Yi and turned into a hanging flower door, and finally saw a complete house, with a brocade, standing at the door of the house and smiling at him The owner of the house - Xu Xinsu.

......

Xu Xinsu is Du Dewei's last retreat. When the family suffered great changes, the first boat that Du Dewei, who was 15 years old, ran to the sea was a merchant ship under Xu Xinsu.

It was on Xu Xinsu's merchant ship that Du Dewei gradually grew into a qualified captain. Later, even after Du Dewei pulled the flag and stood on his own, he still couldn't do without Xu Xinsu's support in secret, and he could be regarded as a secret confidant. So to this day, after meeting Xu Xinsu, Du Dewei still uses the old name of "Dongjia".

"Wait until you have a day." Grabbed Du Dewei, who walked quickly in front of him and was about to clasp his fists and salute, Xu Xinsu pulled him into the house.

After the two of them sat down, their faces showed a look of sighing.

"The owner, this time it's ruined! Dewei was small and could not help much, and hoped that the owner would forgive him. ”

"Hehe, tens of thousands of people are fighting, what are you doing?" Xu Xinsu shook his head with a smile, and then said: "Burned my house, burned my shop, and killed my shopkeeper and buddy, he Zheng Yiguan is also retribution this time!" ”

Du Dewei naturally didn't know that Xu Xinsu was referring to Zheng Zhilong being ambushed at this time, and he naturally thought that people were talking about shipwrecks: "Alas, it's a pity that Yuegang has a good foundation." ”

"It doesn't matter."

As soon as this aspect was mentioned, Xu Xinsu's momentum of a big businessman suddenly emerged: "Business will eventually move to Xiamen, and this place will be just an ordinary sea market in the future, so it doesn't hurt my heart." ”

"Xiamen?" Du Dewei couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "Right now, the center left is in the hands of Li Kuiqi's shopkeeper, shouldn't the owner discuss it with Li Da's shopkeeper?" ”

"Hahaha" When Xu Xinsu heard this, he raised his head and laughed twice: "Dewei, you want to go wrong." That Li Kuiqi has no skills in management, and he is only focused on looting, it's not that I underestimate him, he doesn't have the ability to manage and develop. ”

Xu Xinsu paused and then said: "A few days ago, Kuiqi sent someone to discuss and asked me to rebuild Yuegang so that he could 'do business' in the future."

When Xu Xinsu said this, he couldn't help sneering twice: "It's really a long-term ......."

Du Dewei was confused by someone's attitude towards Li Kuiqi at this time: "The owner, Dewei came today to ask the owner for guidance." Is this Li Kuiqi, is it inconvenient for Dewei to defect? ”

"It's convenient, it's not convenient." Xu Xinsu first nodded, then shook his head.

Du Dewei was completely stunned.

......

Xu Xinsu did not explain further, but first picked up the tea bowl on the table and motioned to Du Dewei to drink tea. After the two of them had finished drinking, Xu Xinsu picked up a pitch-black, strange-looking short pipe on the table, and then pinched out a pinch of tobacco from the porcelain bottle.

After a long metallic sound of "ding", Du Dewei watched in amazement as the owner lit his pipe with a silver-white square fire sickle and smoked beautifully.

After taking two puffs of cigarette, Xu Xinsu opened his mouth and asked, "What about your good brother?" ”

Du Dewei hurriedly replied: "Oh, Hu Ba is taking care of his family on Haimen Island. ”

"I knew it was so." Xu Xinsu nodded: "You have always been anxious about Meng, but this time I am afraid that you will have to act separately." That's what makes it convenient and inconvenient. ”

Just when Du Dewei seemed to understand or not, Xu Xinsu took out an official document from the table and put it in front of him: "I know that you are coarse and well-versed, read it yourself." ”

After reading the official document a few times, Du Dewei couldn't help but widen his eyes: "The owner, the court ordered you to help with the appeasement?" But Zheng Yiguan died! ”

"Hehe, which told you that Zheng Yiguan died, and the court would not appease him?" Xu Xinsu Xu Xinsu looked at him playfully: "The court is not opened by the Zheng family, and if you leave the Zheng butcher, you still have to eat hairy pigs?" ”

Someone understood everything at the moment, and then he became excited: "Boss, who does the court want to recruit?" Let me tell Dewei that I will lead my brothers to go over earlier and end up with a lottery! ”

Xu Xinsu played mysteriously at this time, only to see him spitting out a cigarette while slowly shaking his head: "Don't say, don't say." ”

After finishing speaking, looking at Du Dewei, who was waiting for the following, Xu Xinsu laughed silently: "I'll give you a book here, you can take the brothers to Fuzhou, Hu Ba will leave it for me, I will be useful." ”