Hearing that the other party opened his mouth to report his origin, Du Dewei was slightly startled at first, and then relieved: Xu Xinsu should have sent a clipper to report the news, and the speed must be much faster than the 20 miscellaneous boats here.

After figuring out the joint, Du Dewei slowly took off the hat, revealing his true face, and then said with a smile: "It turned out that it was the shopkeeper Xue in person, disrespectful and disrespectful, isn't it Du Dewei." ”

Speaking of this, Du Dewei took out Xu Xinsu's handwritten letter from his arms. After reading the letter, Xue Haiyuan nodded and said to him: "Shopkeeper Du, I have been here for a long time." I wonder when you set off from Haimen Island? ”

Du Dewei knew that the next step was the "Pandao" procedure, so he didn't hide anything, and answered Xue Haiyuan's series of questions honestly.

The "conversation" with the guests finally took half an hour. After all the information was matched, Xue Haiyuan got up and began to greet the guests to "wash the dust".

The three of them were then led to a guest room in the courtyard, where a servant brought buckets of hot water and three sets of inconspicuous-looking green cloth robes. After cleaning up, it was already dark, and Du Dewei was taken back to the room just now.

A bright kerosene lamp has been lit in the room at this moment, and a few plates of wine and food are taken out...... Xue Haiyuan was smiling and sitting there waiting for him.

After briefly touching a glass of water and wine, Xue Haiyuan got straight to the point and said: "I already know the intention of Shopkeeper Du's trip. It is said that the shopkeeper Du is willing to serve the country and the country, join the army of the imperial court, and want to fight for his own future, which is a good thing, and it is the true character of a man. ”

"It's just that there's a joint in there." Speaking of this, Xue Haiyuan stared at Du Dewei's eyes and said slowly: "The public door is not comfortable, and the public door is not fair." Brother Du, the Zhengjun is different from the number of rivers and lakes, once you put on the number barrier, some things will not be up to you. ”

......

Du Dewei knew the meaning of Xue Haiyuan's words.

The bandits who have been playing Zhao'an since ancient times can't escape the trick of the government to separate and disperse. However, this set of interaction between you and me can be said to be enduring in all dynasties, and there will always be people who do not hesitate to moths to fight fires, just to enter the system as civil servants.

There are many unlucky people who are as unlucky as Liang Shanbo; However, there are also those that have been able to flourish after Zhao'an: Zheng Zhilong is an example.

But for most of the small forces that accept Zhao'an, they don't have the ability to lift the table like Zheng Zhilong and Li Chuangwang, so the government is strong relative to them. In other words, their ability to resist dismantling and incorporation is weak...... Lack of bargaining power.

You must know that the tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty still exists, and it has not rotted to the years when warlords are everywhere in 10 years. This is the core question that Du Dewei is facing now: whether he has the confidence to mortgage his belongings to Libra in exchange for a chance to adapt to the system.

This opportunity is venture capital. Du Dewei came to Fuzhou this time, and to say that it was ugly, it was to exchange the brothers for an opportunity to mix the system by himself.

However, Du Dewei had considered these truths countless times in his days as a pirate in these years. Again, since he is sitting at this table today without hesitation, it means that he is willing to take all risks - nothing can stop his desire to be a "good person" now.

"Dewei understands." After listening to Xue Haiyuan's words, Du Dewei said sincerely: "If it weren't for the great changes in his family when he was a teenager, Dewei would not have fallen into such a field today. Now that I have no will, I hope that Mr. will fulfill it. ”

After Xue Haiyuan listened, his evaluation of this gentleman was: It is clearly organized, and the heart of "Xiangdao" is very strong, and it is obviously well thought out. "That's fine......" Xue Haiyuan nodded, smiled and picked up the wine glass, and the two tacitly drank the key glass of wine.

Now that the ugly words have been said, the atmosphere on the table is much better.

"Shopkeeper Du, you have caught up with a good time this time." After sandwiching two bites of food, Xue Haiyuan's face was flushed, and he said to the person in front of him with a smile: "Since ancient times, there have been thousands of dollars to buy horse bones, and now is the time for 'my general' to seek talent." Shopkeeper Du, the future is immeasurable! ”

When Du Dewei heard this, his heart was already clear.

Before, at Xu Xinsu, all he got was a vague concept that "the government has been preparing for Zhao'an and has never given up". And when he said goodbye, Xu Xinsu finally told him that after going to Fuzhou, he must only look forward to "Stephen Chow", and under the arrangement of this person, he will recuperate and wait for the "Ming Lord".

The "Ming Lord" here refers to the person who will eventually be recruited by the government in the future and entrusted with the task of suppressing bandits. And just after listening to the meaning of Xue Haiyuan's words, Du Dewei knew that this "Ming Master" had appeared.

Du Dewei, who has been sullen since it was determined that Zheng Zhilong's accident had happened, finally let go of his worries at this moment, and his heart of making contributions became lively.

......

Du Dewei rested in Haidong Commercial Bank that night.

Early the next morning, Xue Haiyuan led Du Dewei and his entourage to Maweizhou by boat.

Maweizhou is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, in the east of Fuzhou, called Mawei District in later generations, it is the only place to enter Fuzhou by sea, and the famous Mawei naval battle once occurred here in later generations.

Surrounded by mountains and with dangerous terrain, it has been the water gateway of Fuzhou since ancient times. The Wulong River, the Bailong River and the Qinjiang River meet here, and then flow into the East China Sea through Min'an Town and Changmen.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a patrol inspection department and a fort. And today, Xue Haiyuan's destination is the newly built Mawei Water Camp on Mawei Island.

Before this, there were 5 major water camps in Fujian.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Xiahou Zhou Dexing passed through Fujian Haiphong. This person not only built a land defense line along the coastline with the guard post and the patrol department as the backbone, but also established a sea defense line with the water village as the core.

These 5 water villages are: Tongshan Water Village, Fenghuomen Water Village, Xiaocheng Water Village, Nanri Water Village, and Huyu Water Village.

So history changed here: Mawei Water Village, which had not appeared near Fuzhou, was quickly built after the governor's order. So when Xue Haiyuan and the others came to Maweizhou on the lucky boat, the water village had already become a scale.

A billowing cloud of black smoke was rising from the shore, and wooden stakes had risen above the water to enclose a large area of water. A large number of conscripts from nearby counties are building several wharves on the shore at the same time.

Seeing the Fu ship approaching, a sentinel boat soon greeted him. Perhaps because the village had already gotten the news, Xue Haiyuan and the others entered it without much effort.

The architecture of the water village is full of traversal style. On the shore, there are not only boiler rooms made of red bricks with black smoke, but also large dormitories made of wood and stone.

Du Dewei soon met the most important target of his trip in a square red brick house that didn't even have time to paint the white lime: the fake Cao Chuan Zhang Dongdong.