Fuya back street.

Song Jia has long since lost the image of a businessman in the morning. Now he wears a straw hat and a brown short, very inconspicuous and very working people.

It was already dark, Song Jia lowered his head, sat on a dilapidated stone drum on the side of the street, and the cigarette butt in his hand was extinguished.

His location was still 50 meters away from the back door of Fuya. Next to the small street is a small sedan chair with green bamboo and four sedan chair drivers played by the intelligence officer of Fuzhou Station, plus a Song Jia, and there is nothing else.

As for "Cao Chuan", 5 minutes ago, he had been taken away by Xiong Wencan's henchman Xiong Qi.

After the two sides met in the backstreet of the Fuya, Cao Chuan, who was wearing a veil, followed Xiong Qi, who was carrying a lantern, and quietly walked into the backyard of Fuya through a side door.

In most dynasties, the Chinese-style official government system was prescribed to die. Although the Futai Yamen covers a wide area, it is actually still a large broken county yamen, which is equally desolate and dilapidated.

In the case of the feudal dynasty, which was under a strict centralized system, the local officials did not have the funds for repairs - most of the tax revenue was paid to the household department, and there was no budget for this at all.

For private purposes, the Ming and Qing Dynasty magistrates' salaries were a lump sum system, and all the money for raising a family and a second wife and inviting staff members was in it, and it was even more impossible to repair the government for the country.

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Zhang Dongdong...... No, it was Comrade "Cao Chuan", who didn't go far behind Xiong Qi's buttocks, and went around to the door of Xiong Wencan's small study. Waiting for Xiong Qi to go in to report, Zhang Dongdong took off his veil and straightened his clothes.

Soon, Zhang Dongdong was invited into the door by Xiong Qi.

didn't have time to observe the study illuminated by solar lights, after Zhang Dongdong entered the door, according to the standard process of training, he lowered his head and stepped forward, lifted his robe, and knelt down to the figure in the chair: "Cao Chuan, a grass citizen, knocked to see Lord Fujun." ”

"Cao Chuan, you don't need to be polite, please get up quickly." Xiong Wencan, who was wearing a loose pattern robe, leaned over at this moment and helped Cao Chuan, whose knees had not yet touched the ground, up.

"Thank you, Lord Fujun!"

...... Xiong Wencan's courtesy to people is also the meaning of the title.

Lao Xiong, who can mix into a feudal official, will naturally not be a nerd of etiquette, and at this moment, in the environment where the two of them are alone, it is meaningless to put that set of officials again.

In addition, starting from Hangzhou Bear Road, the old bear has collected a lot of silver and two jewels used to explore the way before this. On Cao Chuan's gift list three days ago, the silver ingots used for the base were 10,000 taels and 5 strings of pearls, the most rare treasure pure yang lantern, which was now placed on the table. This is a real treasure, and so far, he has given away such a lamp, and there will be no more in the future, and the emperor will not be able to catch it.

In a word: the hands are short.

In addition, courtesy is surrendered, which is also the official attitude that Xiong Wencan set before leaving Beijing. Therefore, in addition to changing the object of appeasement, Lao Xiong followed the established routine in other aspects.

Why do you want to be courteous? This also has to ask Zheng Zhilong.

In fact, since the beginning of the Minghu-Penghu War four years ago, the Zheng Zhilong group, which was dispatched by the government to oppose the Dutch, has been in a state of being appeased, fooled, continued to be appeased, and continued to be fooled.

In general, the Dutch and Lao Zheng are night pots in the eyes of the government. The government sometimes promised to appease Lao Zheng, and sometimes promised the Dutch to open up trade, and whichever group jumped jumped would use bait to attract another group to attack and kill each other.

This trick was played until last year, that is, in the first year of the crossing, in 1627, when the government finally collapsed.

What happened was: In early 1627, after several robberies and troubles, Zheng Zhilong once again felt the warm current of appeasement. This time, it was Cai Shanji, who was the prefect of Quanzhou at the time.

However, when Zheng Zhilong happily rushed to Quanzhou to meet Cai Shanji, he did not get the enthusiasm and sincerity he imagined - the familiar routine, the familiar skin and flesh are not smiling, and the familiar taste of contempt emanating from his bones......

Lao Zheng realized at this moment. In the words of later generations, Lao Zheng finally let go of his burden, abandoned all distracting thoughts, and firmly began to implement the line of all-round armed struggle.

So Lao Zheng began to make a fuss. As for the government, it also skillfully organized a tripartite alliance of officials, bandits and foreigners, but this time, Lao Zheng defeated the coalition army.

From the moment the general soldier Yu Zhigao was beaten and escaped, the government's trick of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf could no longer be played, just like the Ponzi platforms that ran away in later generations, dancing on the tip of the knife, the bubble will burst one day.

So there was an old bear Fumin. So Cai Shanji's attitude of looking down on pirates was very normal at the beginning, but now it has become a superficial reason: pay attention to etiquette, because his face has been swollen, this time it is a real Zhaoan, not a fake Zhaoan......

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"At a young age, you can think of the right path, it's not easy, it's not easy." After Xiong Wencan sat down in Cao Chuan, he stroked his long beard lightly and said gently: "Cao Chuan, you are here today, and your ability to judge the situation is not small, hehe." ”

"It's all about the love of adults, don't be despicable to villains, Cao Chuan dares not to repay the service?"

"Haha......"

At the beginning, a wave of business blows each other, which is a necessary routine. One pretends to be a mentor, and the other recites the teacher's watch, and the scene is very harmonious.

And then the conversation began.

Lao Xiong's first question in the conversation did not meet Zhang Dongdong's expectations: Why did the traversers rob Zheng Zhilong's appeasement, why was it so urgent, and "confident?" ”

Zhang Dongdong then explained his motivation from a unique perspective according to the answer prepared in advance: commodities.

Zhang Dongdong said that including the kerosene lamp that he gave to Lao Xiong before, as well as the glass bowl, these good things were all made by himself in the kiln of Dayuan through the secret methods learned by the Taixi people.

Therefore, the Zheng Zhilong bandit gang is different from the Zheng Zhilong gang, which is a good citizen with fist products, family business and perseverance, and now the only thing that is lacking is the Daming market after the approval of the imperial court...... So recruit An.

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After Xiong Wencan listened, he nodded slightly.

The Confucian officials of the Ming Dynasty did not understand what domestic and foreign trade needed to generate wealth. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong and others ship domestic goods to foreign countries for sale, and in their opinion, this kind of behavior of not producing and buying and selling is digging into the corners of the country.

However, the situation that Cao Chuan told him just now is much better than that of the Zheng family and his ilk - at least people also have output, although it is not genuine goods such as grain and cloth, but the oil lamp glass bowl is also a daily need, isn't it? Maybe it can be used as a tribute.

If this is the case, then the traversing force that has a family, a business, and an altar and a jar is indeed a grade higher than that of a rogue like the Zheng family.

After Xiong Wencan thought about it for a while, he put the matter aside for the time being, and instead considered Zhang Dongdong's judgment on the current situation.

This aspect is of course the strong point of "Cao Chuan".

Xiong Wencan's question, to put it bluntly, is that if his old man takes action to appease the crossers, how will Cao Chuan and them sweep away these big and small bandits on the sea?

Zhang Dongdong answered this question in two steps.

The first point: Zhang Dongdong said that the crossing people had sharp firearms at hand, and the main ships were all made by Western methods, so the firepower was fierce and the combat effectiveness was strong—you see that the Dutch were all beaten away by the brothers.

The second point: Zhang Dongdong modestly said that the soldiers under his command are brave, but the number is small, and it is only suitable for breaking the formation with a sharp knife and taking the head of the enemy...... As for the strategic aspect, we still need Boss Xiong to preside over the overall situation in the future, let's just listen to the shouting, and cut whoever you say!

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Xiong Wencan's eyes narrowed when he heard this.

has already thoroughly studied the old bear's mind through the crowd, and every word he said at this moment scratched the old bear's heart.

In history, Lao Xiong pinched his nose and appeased Lao Zheng, and then used Lao Zheng to dominate the rivers and lakes, causing Lao Zheng's tail to be too big - it didn't take a few years for the power of Fujian Province to be unable to control Lao Zheng.

After Zheng Zhilong was appeased, the Ming court issued edicts many times, wanting to transfer Zheng Zhilong to the north and south, to fight with people from all walks of life...... However, Zheng Zhilong stubbornly guarded the old nest and refused to obey the edict, and the Ming court had no choice.

In this kind of situation of separating feudal towns, Xiong Wencan, who has read history books a lot, can't he see it when he is appeased?

In fact, Xiong Wencan knew very well what would happen after being appeased, but there was nothing he could do - Lao Xiong was a traditional bureaucrat who wanted to paste everything in the past during his tenure, and what could he do in the face of Zheng Zhilong's strength at that time? He's desperate too!

Now everything is different.

When "Cao Chuan" said: I am very fierce, but my foundation is insufficient, so I listen to you in terms of the overall situation, including the large army used to strengthen the momentum in the future, all need your old man to provide...... This tickles the old bear's itchy flesh.

What are the strengths of the government? Isn't it just a lot of resources? Lao Xiong can issue the treasury silver, can transfer the soldiers and horses of the whole province of Fujian, and can seal the civilian ships of the whole province, but what is lacking is the fierce general who breaks the formation!

And the cooperation method proposed by Cao Chuan tonight is exactly the situation that Lao Xiong wants to see the most: a small number of elites come forward to cut the chieftain and break the formation, and then the officers and soldiers cover up. Afterwards, not to mention that most of the officers and soldiers who had made all kinds of merits were taken away, the number of people was scarce, and the crossing forces that had no foundation in Fujian would have to rely on his old man to live in the future......

Xiong Wencan fell into deep thought at this moment.

And Comrade "Cao Chuan" naturally did not interrupt Lao Xiong's train of thought at this time, so in the small study, he fell into silence for a period of time.

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When Xiong Qi came in with a tea tray to change the water, he found that the conversation between his master and Cao Haizhu had reached the end stage, because they were already talking about some unimportant business matters.

However, at this moment, Xiong Qi heard a sentence that made his heart beat 180 instantly: "No matter where the adults will take office in the future, Xiaomin's glass cup and bowl business will always trouble the adults to find some buyers in the local area, alas, it is not easy to do business now, and this wine is good and afraid of deep alleys!" ”

Xiong Qi trembled his legs and withdrew from the study, and at this moment his eyes were floating in those crystal clear glass bowls and monstrous silver ingots: this kind of treasure still needs to be found everywhere to find a buyer?

Xiong Qi immediately reacted: I'm afraid that as long as my lord nods, the business of this glass bowl in Fujian will be served as the general agent by the surname Xiong in the future!

Ah, what a grip this is...... Xiong Qi was out of body at this moment, and he just wanted to turn around and rush into the house, hugging his master's thigh and crying: When you are old, you must release the loyal servant Xiong Qi to be the shopkeeper!