People come and go on Nantong port, there is no lack of big ships that do business to dock to transport goods, there are many small boats shuttling back and forth in the middle, boatmen fishing, coolies carrying, it is very lively.

Before the fleet reached the port of Tongzhou, it was divided into two groups, and most of the ships continued to sail under the leadership of Cao Bin, and only two ships followed the building ships of the Tongzhou bureaucracy.

Some clever boats saw three big ships approaching, and hurriedly rowed away, so as not to disturb the big people, and just by looking at the men on the deck who were guarding, they could deduce that the owner of the ship was an existence that ordinary people could not provoke.

Not long after, the ship docked, Zhu Zhiwen took the lead in getting off the boat, and then gave an order to a middle-aged scribe on the shore, and a luxurious carriage was driven over after a while.

Cao Wei got off the boat surrounded by everyone, and then got straight into the carriage under the surprised eyes of the port, and the carriage slowly drove towards Nantong City.

Let Cao Bin return first with his belongings is a plan that Cao Wei has already made on the sea, no matter what, it is time to give an explanation to the court and the emperor!

The fleet and generals who have been "missing" for so long, if they still stay in the place on a large scale without an order from the imperial court, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are slapped in the face of the imperial court.

Who doesn't live for a meeting? The people want face, the ministers want face, the emperor wants face, if someone else gives you face, but you turn your hand and slap someone else's face, then it is really shameless.

And it is impossible for a person who gives shame to be mixed up in the court.

Therefore, Cao Bin took a few ships and a few folds to return to Nanjing at this time, and then transported the ship's belongings from Nanjing to Beijing, which was very important.

This is Cao Wei's explanation to the emperor and the bigwigs in the court.

We built dikes and dams to fight floods, purchased rice and grain for disaster relief, paid salaries to soldiers at border gates, and replaced armaments and equipment for officers and soldiers...... Everything requires a large amount of silver taels, and Zhu Youzhu is a benevolent emperor who is unwilling to increase the taxes of the people, so the court is short of silver, and the emperor is short of silver, which is not a secret at all in the court and even among the people.

Cao Wei expected that as long as he sent these silver coins and property, then even if he did something out of the ordinary, or even something out of the ordinary, Zhu Youzhu and the bigwigs in the DPRK would pinch their noses and admit it.

This is where his confidence lies in daring to go to sea, and it is also the reason for the fierce robbery in the Japanese country.

The origin of this batch of money, Cao Wei has also been "clear" in the secret music.

This is a souvenir that the hospitable Japanese people "sent"!

The emperor must not believe it, and the elders of the three pavilions will spit on Cao's only face, but in any case, the emperor and the elders will acquiesce in this matter, because they are like the heads of the Ming Dynasty, knowing the price of money, rice, oil and salt, and they can't turn a blind eye to so many silver taels.

Therefore, the only fate of this batch of silver was to be secretly transported to the inner treasury, and then it was transferred from the inner treasury to the national treasury for a random reason.

Although there is a lot of money, it can't make much waves when it falls on such a large territory as the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to worry about causing a situation where there is more silver and less things and prices soar. This amount of silver went into the treasury, which could only be regarded as a little richer to the imperial court.

After getting off the boat, Cao Wei and his party were arranged in a big house, which was the courtyard of a wealthy businessman, as for what the rich businessman's name was, Cao Wei did not know, only knew that the surname was Lin, because there was a plaque on the gate, which said "Lin Mansion".

Under the leadership of the prefect Zhu Zhiwen, the officials of Tongzhou expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Lord Qincha, with a joyful and sincere smile on their faces.

Of course, how much of it is true and true is only known to both sides.

After sending off the officials in Tongzhou, Cao Wei did not return to the mansion immediately, but stood patiently at the door. It didn't take long for a carriage to come slowly, the carriage stopped, and the curtain was lifted, revealing a smiling face, who was not the town guard eunuch Ma Jing who had just left.

Ma Jing got down from the carriage, and suddenly saw Cao Wei's smiling face, and hurriedly saluted: "Ma Jing has seen Master Hou!" ”

Cao Wei didn't pay attention to him, but turned around and entered the mansion directly, this kind of rude behavior would be regarded as a great insult if it was seen by the civil officials, but Ma Jing did not have any dissatisfaction in his heart, but breathed a sigh of relief.

In the final analysis, he is the royal slave, and he knows the weight of Cao Wei in the hearts of the emperor and the prince, so he sees Cao Wei as half a royal person. Cao Wei's behavior is rude in the eyes of others, but in Ma Jing's eyes, it is a manifestation of not treating him as an outsider.

He trotted into the mansion, followed Cao Wei into the lobby, and then stood below with his hands tied, like a servant at home.

Cao Wei waved his hand casually, and a maid came up with two cups of tea, one on the table in front of Cao Wei, and one in front of Ma Jing, and then the blessed body retreated.

"Sit!"

"Thank you, Master Hou!"

Ma Jing sat down slowly, but he didn't sit down, looking ready to stand up at any time: "Hou Ye is really like a god, he actually knew that the villain would come to visit, he is worthy of being a person valued by His Majesty, and he is also worthy of intersecting with His Royal Highness the Prince, Hou Ye will definitely be able to go one step further in the future and be crowned a prince and prince......."

Flattery is a compulsory course for eunuchs in the palace, and Ma Jingneng is even better at this as an errand in the Wenhua Palace.

Cao Wei waved his hand, stopped his chatterbox, and said, "Ben Hou remembers that he didn't get the will of the imperial court when he went to Songjiang Mansion, why did he become a messenger now?" ”

Ma Jing said respectfully: "Master Hou doesn't know, when you first went to Songjiang Mansion, you were indeed not a Qincha, but later you exterminated the Japanese Kou, Your Majesty was very happy, so I gave you a guard of honor for Qincha, a banner of the king's order, and the eunuchs secretly rushed to Songjiang Mansion by the central government......

Cao Wei suddenly understood, and he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, he knew that Zhu Youzhu temporarily appointed him as the minister of the Qin Mission, which was a kind of protection for him, so as not to leave any bad words in the future.

The reason why the eunuch was ordered to secretly rush to Songjiang Mansion was to make it easier to declare to the public that the holy decree had been granted by Cao Wei before he rushed to Songjiang Mansion in the future, so that this matter would no longer be used by people with ulterior motives.

Of course, Cao Wei also knew that this holy decree must not have passed through the cabinet, and it could only be regarded as a middle decree, not a holy decree, and the weight would be greatly reduced, but this did not matter, as long as the emperor resisted the name, Cao Wei would not be considered a teacher.

Therefore, if there is really an unusually upright imperial history to impeach Cao Wei, it will only be pulled back and forth on the emperor in the end, and the Son of Heaven will only be guilty of the same crime as the common people...... !

Heaven and earth Jun is a teacher, Jun is only behind heaven and earth, that is to say, in addition to heaven and earth, the emperor is the largest, on the premise of not rebellion, put a knife on the emperor's neck, and which fool really dares to cut?

“…… However, the Hou Ye was nowhere to be found in Songjiang Mansion, and the eunuch estimated that... It is estimated that it is the first time to encounter this situation, and I dare not return to Beijing like this, nor can I stay in Songjiang Mansion all the time, so I returned to Nanjing to wait for Hou Ye, and after a few days, the news of Hou Ye in Nantong Mansion spread, presumably the eunuch will come to announce the decree. ”

Cao Wei nodded slightly, picked up the tea on the table and was about to drink, Ma Jing also wanted to drink tea when he saw this, he had just said a lot of words, and his mouth was already dry at this time, but just as he put the teacup to his mouth, a soft voice came from his ear: "Why do you want to leave Benhou in Nantong?" ”

Ma Jing seemed to have a thunderclap in his ears, his hand shook, and the tea almost poured out, he didn't care about drinking water, put down the teacup, and hurriedly said, "What did Master Hou say?" Staying in Nantong is not Hou ...... Do you mean it yourself, Master Hou? What does it have to do with miscellaneous families......"