There is a person surnamed Xia who said: Eliminate all impossible conclusions, and what remains, no matter how implausible, must be the truth.

Well, this person is not called Xia Xianze, but Charlotte Holmes.

Xu Xinsu, a big businessman in the 17th century, also understood this truth.

Why could the people on Dayuan Island know about Xiong Wencan Fu Min a few months ago? You must know that at that time, Yu Zhigao, the general soldier of Fujian, ate Zheng Zhilong's defeated recital, and it was not certain that he had not arrived in the capital.

After Xu Xinsu ruled out all the impossibilities, he finally came to the conclusion that there were bigwigs in the court who could influence the government and wanted to do wrong, so he took the lead in the southeast corner in advance.

...... Xu Xinsu's official position in the system is a position bought by money as the head of coastal defense and the big shrimp. At this moment, when he found out that he actually had the opportunity to hug the thick legs of a certain big man in the court, this was tantamount to a heavenly sound for Mr. Xu, who was being hunted down by Zheng Zhilong's whole map.

After thinking about this, the comprador Xu shouted: Heaven will not kill me!

So, Xu Xinsu immediately made two moves.

First of all, he assigned his henchman Xu Duanwu to set sail from Quanzhou on a handy 200-material Xiaofu ship and went straight to Dayuan. In order to avoid pirates and increase the speed of the ship, the cabin was filled with only some raw silk and no other cargo.

After Xu Duanwu arrived at the commissioner, he made it clear that these raw silk were the goods that his master owed to the Dutch at the beginning, and all these arrears in the future will be handed over to the crossing public one after another.

Next, Xu Duanwu will not leave, he will wait for further instructions from the crossing public on Dayuan Island: Xu Xinsu's handwritten thanks + integrity, which has been handed over to Cai Feiming before.

As for Xu Xinsu himself, on the second day of Xu Duanwu's departure, he organized people, took a large amount of gold and silver, and went north to Fuzhou to hibernate according to the previous instructions of the traverser.

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Cai Feiming called Xu Duanwu over today to inform him to get ready: the envoy ship will depart tomorrow, and there will be a bed for Xu Duanwu on it. As for what Xu Duanwu should do when he returns to Fuzhou, someone will naturally tell him during the journey.

After Cai Feiming and Xu Duanwu briefly explained the situation, they took him to the door of an office in the southeast corner of the merchant house, and after knocking on the door and handing over Xu Duanwu, there was nothing to do with Cai Feiming.

The person who received Xu Duanwu was surnamed Tang, and he was a kind middle-aged man. This middle-aged man calls himself Tang Qi, but his real name is Tang Mude, but he uses a pseudonym in front of the Ming people - Tang Qi is the head of the Operations Department of the Intelligence Bureau, and he is also one of the three musketeers of the envoy group this time, specializing in information communication and intelligence transmission.

After a few brief words with Xu Duanwu, he sent him back to prepare - all kinds of tasks to report or something, and when he got to the ship, he naturally had time to talk about it in detail, and now everyone should hurry up and prepare their luggage.

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Early the next morning, the team took the "Ruian" modified Fu ship, went straight north from Dayuan, and set off for Fuzhou.

In addition to Zhang Dongdong, the fake Cao Chuan, there are also 2 traversers in the mission. Tang Qi of the intelligence department is one, and the other is Sha Zhengming.

Sha Zhengming is a big man with a board head. This man has a big waist and a fierce face, and he used to be a sailing instructor. Due to the late time of travel, this gentleman, as a representative of the navy, was pushed out to become a pirate leader.

Sha Zhengming's ostensible profession is Cao Chuan's general who commands elite pirates. In order to explain the soldier's hair in front of Xiong Wencan, Sha Zhengming was set up with a template for monks to fall into the grass - the leader is a monk, so it is very reasonable to have monks under his command.

After departing from Dayuan, the Ryan first headed north along the coastline of Taiwan, and only after seeing Fugui Jiao in Taipei, did it turn to cross the strait.

Due to the unsuitable wind direction, it took four days for the Ryan to cross the strait and come to the area of Lianjiang County in the future.

Lianjiang County, which is part of the Matsu Islands, was part of the Matsu Islands, and when the Ryan saw this, it began to turn its sails and sail southwestward, and at noon the next day, from the bow of the ship, it could already see the islands of the Minjiang River estuary.

Entering from the mouth of the Minjiang River, passing through the large and small islands along the way, sparing the Mawei Island, you can see the Fuzhou Plain.

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The Fuzhou Plain, 5,000 years ago, was still a bay. 2,500 years ago, the sea level gradually decreased, which revealed the silt layer of the Fuzhou Basin. Including the famous Yushan, Wushan, and Pingshan in later generations, these places were all small islands before the Shang and Zhou dynasties, so Fuzhou has many place names named after "Yu".

With the continuous natural expansion of the Fuzhou Plain for thousands of years, the city of Fuzhou located on it has also kept pace with the times, and has been continuously expanded by the people of Fujian who lack plains. Starting from a small smelting city in the Han Dynasty, after many additions, as of the moment when the people came to the city, the outer wall of Fuzhou City has wrapped these sections of Jiuxian Mountain.

After bypassing Maweizhou, which was lined with artillery and forts, it sailed upriver along the North Min River, which was split by Cangshan Island, and at 5 p.m., the Ruian finally arrived at the Minjiang Wharf outside Fuzhou.

As the capital of Fujian, Fuzhou City is naturally extremely prosperous. Outside the south gate is a row of rough wooden wharves, lined up along the Min River. The river is lined with sails, and the boats shuttle; The people on the wharf are like ants, the labor is like a cloud, there are many streets and alleys along the river bank outside the south gate, although there are mostly shantytowns and stilted buildings, but it is also lively into a market, and the business is prosperous.

The Ryan ended up anchoring under the "Hong" pier.

The "Hong" pier is a civilian wharf. Originally, according to the identity of the Ryan, it could be parked directly at the official wharf, but the mission was secretly sent this time, and there were many pirate gangs in Fuzhou City, so it was better to park at the inconspicuous civilian wharf honestly.

At this time, the person who was already waiting for Zhang Dongdong and his party on the Hongzi number was the head of the Fuzhou Station of the Intelligence Bureau: Song Jia.

The layout of Fuzhou Station and Hangzhou Station is similar.

There is also a semi-public identity of a big businessman to attract firepower, and Song Jia, the stationmaster, is hiding in the shadows and controlling the overall situation as a grocery merchant in Hangzhou.

After the Ryan dropped anchor, Song Jia, who was wearing a plain robe, walked up from the gangplank.

The stern compartment is busy at the moment: all electronic instruments, including radar, are disassembled, packed into special moisture-proof boxes, and then hidden in the lower cabins.

The Ryan will stay outside the south gate of Fuzhou for many days, and the docks will be full of people, and all kinds of ghosts, snakes, and gods will often enter and exit the stern compartment equivalent to the office, so the equipment must be hidden...... Anyway, there is a radio station at Fuzhou Station, and there is no shortage of this one on board.

A few people didn't have time to greet each other, so everyone worked together, packed all the instruments according to the trained procedures, and then moved them into the dark compartment below the deck with their own hands, which was the end.

After all this, it was already dark, and it was a good time to enter the city.

Before Song Jia got on the boat, he had already taken out the silver and sent away the wharf tax collector and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and at this time, there were only a few sedan chairs that Song Jia had hired in advance.

So the envoys of the oxen and horses wore veils one by one, bowed their waists, and quickly stepped off the boat and got into the sedan chair. Before the city was closed, the four small sedan chairs entered Fuzhou City under the escort of more than a dozen people.

Soon after the mission left, the sky grew darker and darker, and at this time, an inconspicuous black thin man stepped down from the Ryan. The man disembarked and hurried to the south gate, as if the sailors had not seen him.

The north and south of Fuzhou City are divided, the south is under the jurisdiction of Houguan County, and the north is Min County.

Along the stone street lined with ancient buildings, the mission team starts from the middle line of the south gate, passes through the Fuxue, Houguan County Ya, and then crosses the Antai Bridge, and after passing the Huanzhu Gate, it is a necessary building in the center of the ancient Chinese city: the Drum Tower.

After passing the drum tower, and then crossing the Mao Ying Bridge, it is the Beicheng District where the governors and yamen are gathered.

When the team came here, they did not go any further, but turned straight to the right, and finally, the envoys settled down in a secluded house near the Zhongyi Temple in the upper right corner of Fuzhou City.

This house is the first property that Fuzhou Station Pu bought secretly as soon as it was established. The house is not big, three into, there is a small garden, the location is in the middle of Zhongyi Temple and Lion Bridge, the transportation is convenient, and the family is detached.

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"The old people have worked hard, and they haven't had a reception banquet all the way away, alas, I'm really embarrassed." After entering the house and washing up briefly, Song Jia, the head snake, had the opportunity to say a few words of greeting to everyone.

"Well, you're welcome, old man, hurry up and tell me about the situation." Song Jia's colleague on the side, Director Tang Qitang, who was wiping his face with a wet cloth, turned his head and said.

"Hmm..... Then I will briefly report to you on the situation. Song Jia pondered for a while and said: "The overall situation is good at the moment, and the news I got from 'Emeifeng' is that Xiong Wencan is still looking forward to meeting you with 'Brother Cao'." ”

After smiling at the fake Cao Chuan, Song Jia said again: "But Lao Zheng's side also has the same action, a few days ago, Lao Zheng raided the Zhongzuo Institute again, which put pressure on Xiong Wencan. In addition, there are also people who have recently asked for lobbying Xiong Wencan, all of which are for Zheng Zhilong. ”

"Are we still going to go according to plan? Is there anything that needs to be changed? Hearing Song Jia say this, Zhang Dongdong couldn't help but open his mouth to ask.

Song Jia shook his head and said categorically: "No, everything remains the same. Now the most important thing is the meeting between you and Lao Xiong, everyone else, all the work must be used to ensure that the meeting goes smoothly. After that, we will agree on the next step based on the results of the meeting. ”

"Don't worry, I have a plan here, and tomorrow Don and I will work together to improve the plan." Song Jia said this, and smiled: "As for the two of you, as long as you prepare for the interview with Lao Xiong with peace of mind, don't worry about everything else." ”

"Well, that's the way it goes." When Zhang Dongdong heard this, he nodded.

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Due to the fact that the Fuzhou Station has been established for too short a time, it has not yet cultivated enough people who can be trusted, so there are no outsiders in the courtyard of the mission, only three people from the Crossing Group and more than a dozen subordinates of the Intelligence Bureau brought from the senior officers.

Among them, three people were left by Song Jia that night, and they were Fuzhou Station personnel who were familiar with the local situation. As for Song Jia himself, after a few hasty words, he returned to his own residence—it was already the beginning of the day, and it would be troublesome to encounter the patrol if he didn't leave.

So that night, Zhang Dongdong and his entourage could only do it by themselves, after washing, the bed was made, and after arranging the sentry, everyone rested early.