Time: The next morning.

Location: Fuya.

A team of about 50 people was slowly approaching the Fujian Governor's Yamen.

Two knights are tied at the front. The two of them wore armor and high heads under their crotches, rampage, and retreated all the way.

They were followed by gong players and chess players. The gong player is responsible for making noise along the way to drive away the idle, and the chess and card player is responsible for holding up the signboard to tell the people which way the big insect is out on patrol again.

Then there was a Ming-style soldier wearing a brand-new red fat jacket and leather armor, and a bronze helmet. Dozens of neat lines of walking were all too common in later generations, but they were unique in this era, so pedestrians on the side of the road looked sideways.

Guarded in the middle by the sergeant were two identical four-wheeled carriages with bulletproof windows with dark space film on them.

Later, when the carriage stopped in front of the Fuyamen, a guard opened the door of one of the carriages. The next moment, the Ming Dynasty Fujian guarded Xiamen and other places coastal defense staff general Cao Chuan {pseudo}, and walked down from the carriage.

Vice General Cao did not stop after getting out of the car, and soon entered the side gate of Fuya, surrounded by several tall guards.

As in the past, after Vice General Cao entered the door, a doorman had already come out and led the way.

And unlike in the past, there is a middle-aged man dressed in black and dressed as a scribe next to the gatehouse: Master Bu Daxing.

Master Bu, who was standing by the side of the road with his hands behind his back and his chest up, immediately found Vice General Cao who passed in front of him - General Cao wearing a second-grade red lion complement robe was so distinct, even if he was hidden in many guards, he was recognized by Master Bu like a firefly.

Without squinting at Comrade Zhang Dongdong, who was striding by, he naturally didn't notice that an old man was staring at him with hatred.

And the old man shook his head helplessly after seeing the target go away, and then he walked out of the Fuya gate.

Although there was still a little hope in Master Bu's heart before he came today, when he saw the true face of "General Cao", he had to admit one thing: the image on Cao's head was not this person.

This is the benefit of being a sophisticated product. Whether it's a banknote or Cao Datou, the portraits on it are lifelike; Even if Master Bu insisted on climbing, he couldn't talk about the faces of Zhang Dongdong and Cao Chuan, who had different faces.

However, although he has seen Cao Chuan himself, who is surrounded by heavy troops and flying and domineering, for some reason, Master Bu always has an inexplicable feeling: the avatar on those banknotes should be Cao Chuan - because in his judgment, only Cao Chuan, the leader of the anti-thieves, is qualified and motivated to print the avatar on the banknotes.

It wasn't until he got into the carriage parked outside the Fuyamen that Master Bu, who still couldn't figure out the joints, found that he was starting to have a headache.

"Master, are you going home?" At this time, the subordinate outside the car interrupted the master's thinking.

Master Bu, who was already completely disappointed in Xiong Wencan, didn't plan to stay here anymore, he was going to a new battlefield: "Go home, pack up your salutes, book a ferry ticket, and go to the mansion of the old man." ”

......

General Cao, who didn't notice the episode at all, went straight to Lao Xiong's study, and Comrade Lao Xiong was already standing at the door of the study with a smile on his face.

"Break through the sky and see your lord!" After Zhang Dongdong saw the old bear, he hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed down.

It is said that since everyone's life has been getting better and better in recent years, the relationship between Cao and the Fujian officials and businessmen headed by Xiong Wencan has become more and more harmonious.

This kind of is certain. In history, Zheng Zhilong only cared about his own family after recruiting An, and he couldn't come up with any business strategies to make a fortune together.

But it's not the same when it comes to traversing: strong industrial production capacity and hunger for raw materials have led to the mobilization of idle capital throughout Fujian. The silver buried in the ground and the large surplus population that would have been the source of social dòng luàn have now found a way out, and resources have been rationally allocated.

In this wave of development frenzy, in addition to the first batch of businessmen who ate crabs and got rich, those who made a fortune were followed by officials from all over the country who had an innate advantage in information. Mining, transportation, wholesale, agency...... All kinds of commercial activities have exploded so that everyone can make money.

As for the top-level officials, like Lao Xiong and the political envoy Cai Shanji, it is even more difficult to make money: the agency of any in-demand commodity can make the big guy eat and drink.

So some happy little troubles were inadvertently born: some time ago, several bigwigs with a good relationship hinted at the willingness to help General Cao get a table at a party, intentionally or unintentionally.

Ancient literati had the habit of choosing names and characters for their close juniors or warriors. The representative of this is Zheng Chenggong: his childhood name was "Fusong", and later the private school teacher named him "Sen", and then when he came to Nanjing Guozijian for further study, his master Shui was too cool and gave him the table word "Damu".

Later, Comrade Zheng Damu gave the Ming Dynasty the surname "Zhu" and the name "Chenggong" to Emperor Menglongwu, and was named loyal and filial piety, known as "Zheng Ci surname", "Zheng Guo surname", "national surname Ye"; And because Emperor Meng Yongli was named the king of Yanping, it was called "Zheng Yanping".

In short, the big guy's willingness to help a rude warrior get the table word is a manifestation of goodwill.

However, Zhang Dongdong sat on the wax at that time. The question of the table character is a bit similar to the era name, how dare he let a few Ming Dynasty officials give the emperor a word? This kind of problem can be big or small, and it can be put on the line when the situation is right, and he doesn't want to be put on his head by the gang of thieves who stay on the island - alas, it is difficult to be a puppet!

Fortunately, Zhang Dongdong had a fast brain at the time, so he quickly used the fact that there were still elders in the family to fool him...... People from later generations have almost no concept of "table characters", which is why the traversers, including Cao Chuan, have not paid attention to this issue for a long time.

Then when Zhang Dongdong's urgent telegram was sent to the cabinet, people remembered: It's time to give the emperor a watch.

Fortunately, the voting process was very convenient, and the problem of the table was solved that night: after dozens of rounds of instant screening on lùn tán, the final winner was "Breaking the Sky", which has both deep connotations and strong fantasy colors.

...... It is worth noting that this table was created without the knowledge of the emperor himself, which shows that the process of crossing the inner part of the people is still satisfactory.

So from that day on, when Comrade Zhang Dongdong appeared in the officialdom of the Ming Kingdom again, he began to call himself "breaking the sky".

Today is no exception. Seeing Xiong Wencan waiting at the door of the study, Zhang Dongdong hurriedly bowed his hand when he went up: "Break the sky and see your lord." ”

Xiong Wencan, who was standing in front of the door of the study to greet the guests, hurriedly stretched out his hand to help each other at this time: "You and I are now ministers in the same hall, and we must not be so polite in the future!" In terms of official rank, Cao Chuan, the actual general, is a deputy general from the third rank, and Xiong Wencan's official rank is actually not high: the right deputy governor Yushi is also from the third rank official. That's why Xiong Wencan has the phrase "you and I are ministers in the same palace".

Of course, stories like this about civil and military officials treating each other as equals will only happen in a few cases, such as now.

In the Ariake generation, except for the founding period, the status of military generals in the future was not as good as day by day. By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the civilian class had completely suppressed the military officials, and usually the military attachés of the fifth or sixth rank were not farts in front of the seventh-grade civil officials.

This situation will be completely reversed in the coming collapse of the late Ming Dynasty. This is the case in all dynasties: the warriors have bottomed out in troubled times, and the military leaders have killed civilian officials like chickens, which is the so-called cycle of chaos.

And now Xiong Wencan is so polite to General Cao, not because he has a premonition that troubled times are coming, but because the two sides have indeed become political allies with equal status: equal ranks, each has its own strength, complements each other's resources, and cooperation will benefit both sides.

After a few polite words, the two entered the study, and someone served tea later.

Now let's get to the point. Xiong Wencan picked up an official document on the table and patted it in the palm of his hand, and then he said with a smile: "I asked you to come here today for this foreign official document." Guess where this article came from? ”

Zhang Dongdong saw that Lao Xiong was interested in it today, and he actually sold Guanzi, so he started to think about it: since it was an official document from other places, and Lao Xiong specially asked himself to come over, then this official document could not run away from Beijing in the north and Guangzhou in the south.

Zhang Dongdong, a traverser, knew that after Zheng Zhilong recruited an army in history, he sent a lot of official documents from the capital asking him to lead his troops north to share the emperor's worries.

However, Zhang Dongdong carefully calculated the time at this time, and felt that the possibility of the official document coming from the capital was not high: it was the beginning of July, and Yuan Chonghuan would not kill Mao Wenlong until the end of this month.

The death of Mao Wenlong led to the complete loosening of the flank battlefield that the Jiannu group had been contained, and the resulting first entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty began in October. Therefore, there should be no major events in the capital at the moment, and Chongzhen will not summon himself to King Qin at this point in time.

After thinking about this, Zhang Dongdong guessed the origin of this official document in combination with the social report he recently received about Guangdong: "Could it be an official document from Guangdong?" ”

"Hahaha!" Xiong Wencan laughed: "Good guess! It was sent by the governor of Guangdong, Yamen. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Xiong handed the official document to Zhang Dongdong.

Although he had never been exposed to ancient literature before, since he became a puppet, Zhang Dongdong has seriously remediated the relevant knowledge. Although it is still almost meaningful, he can already understand the official documents with a fixed format and standardized words.

At first glance, the content of this document looks very messy, and it is full of rambling; But when Zhang Dongdong read it carefully, he understood the core meaning: borrowing the help of the teacher to suppress the bandit Liu Xiang.

"It seems that Lao Liu is really forcing Wang Zunde to be anxious." Zhang Dongdong nodded secretly in his heart at this time: "Then Lao Tzu is going to be promoted again." ”

After thinking about it, General Cao raised his head and said to Lao Xiong, "I wonder what the adults think about this matter?" Should I go or shouldn't I go to break the sky? ”

Xiong Wencan nodded at this time, very satisfied with General Cao's attitude: whether it is from the perspective of political experience or allies, Cao Chuan should first ask for his own opinion on this matter.

Now that Cao Chuan has done the right thing, he also said his thoughts: "According to the old man, it is better for the general to make a hard trip." ”14