Qi Jiguang in the capital is preparing to go south, and Xu De, who is in Fujian, is also busy, he has two main jobs, one is to monitor the Zhen family, and the other is to summarize intelligence, and find out the people who are connected with the Zhen family by the way.

No matter what the emperor wants to do, he must be ready, this is Xu De's purpose.

It may cost useless work, but it must not be impossible to do it when the emperor wants to.

The inner factory is very important, Xu De knows how to do a good job of the inner factory, looking at the information in his hand, Xu De stretched out his hand and put the information aside, and then said to the person in front of him: "Tell me about this Li Dan!" ”

At this time, the person standing respectfully in front of Xu De is called Min Da, of course, this is his code name.

Once you enter the inner factory, you will no longer have a name, and only when you reappear in the sun, your name will be taken out.

Min University is a man in his thirties, he entered the inner factory at the age of seventeen, with excellent grades, and was favored by Xu De and sent to Fujian, which was the earliest batch of people in the inner factory. The identity of Fujian University is that of a down-and-out scholar who has suffered from the flood, and he came to Fujian to join his relatives.

His relatives died ten years ago, and Fujian University took root in Fujian.

After years of hard work, Min University not only has a lot of net worth, but also has gained the fame of lifting people, as for Jinshi, there is no play. Originally, Min Da felt that his life was like this, but he didn't expect Xu Gonggong to suddenly come to Fujian, he felt that this was his opportunity.

In fact, Qi Da's matter has been spread all over the inner factory, and after Shandong cracked the White Lotus Sect, Qi Da not only restored his name, but also officially became an official. There is no one in the inner factory who is not envious, including Minda.

In order to grasp this opportunity, Fujian University can be said to have done its best.

Unlike Dong Chengwu's uncertainty and hearsay, Fujian University has tangible information here.

"Back to my father-in-law, Li Dan does have his own person, and he does care about the Zhen family, but it is not that Li Dan is from the Zhen family as rumored outside, or Li Dan's mother is from the Zhen family. In fact, the Zhen family has always been a big local family in Fujian, and has been doing maritime trade for many years. ”

"It's been going on since the Jiajing years, but it's getting bigger and bigger over the years."

Xu De nodded, this is the information he wants, and he regrets it even more in his heart, before he goes to see Dong Chengwu, he should come to see his own people first. But this regret disappeared in a flash, and he listened more carefully, and he felt that there must be a chance here.

"In fact, the Zhen family is rich and wealthy, and they have done a lot of things over the years, including marrying and supporting scholars."

"In the local area, the Zhen family has a very good reputation, donating to schools, building academies and private schools, helping poor students, giving porridge in disaster years, and reducing rent in good years." Min Da said that there was some embarrassment here: "There are many people who are grateful to the Zhen family locally. ”

Xu De sighed, in fact, he was not afraid of encountering evildoers, he was afraid of encountering such a person.

"The Zhen family's business is very large, basically all over the six southeastern provinces, from silk to porcelain, from salt and iron to ore, the Zhen family has dabbled." Seeing that Xu De didn't speak, Min Da continued: "In the officialdom, the Zhen family has also made great efforts. ”

"Although no one in the Zhen family is an official, the son-in-law of the Zhen family has an official who is not small."

Xu De was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Who?" "If you can make Min University say that the official is not small, then it is really not small!

"It's Liao Daoyan, the governor of Jiangsu." Speaking of this, Min Da peeked at his family's factory father, and said cautiously: "The Zhen family has bribed and cultivated a lot of officials over the years, and they have sponsored a lot of students, but we haven't been able to master everyone. ”

In a word, the Zhen family's network is all over the southeast, not only powerful and wealthy, but also profound.

With these, the Zhen family basically controls the entire maritime trade in Fujian, and Li Dan was born in Fujian, so the two sides are naturally connected. This Li Dan can be so big, and there is actually the support of the Zhen family behind it. ”

"The two sides are mutually beneficial, and over the years, the Zhen family has basically become the controller of the southeast sea trade."

Xu De was silent for a moment, although this was a rebellious idea, but Xu De couldn't help but think, in the six southeastern provinces, a word from the Zhen family, I'm afraid it will be more effective than the emperor's holy decree, right? Turning his head to look at Min Da, Xu De asked in a low voice, "Why don't you report these things?" ”

Hearing Xu De's words, Min Da was shocked, and he knew that his factory father was angry.

If you don't explain it well, what you have in front of you is not an opportunity, but a big pit, a big pit that you can bury yourself. Min Da hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, the subordinates have limited manpower, and it hasn't been long since these things were found, and they haven't been thoroughly investigated. ”

"When the subordinates arrived in Fujian, they could be described as having a black eye, finding out the gentry of Fujian, and at the same time cooperating with the tax officials and gentry to pay the grain in one, and the subordinates were really lacking in skills! However, his subordinates had already sent people to investigate this matter, and his subordinates even sent people to join Li Dan's fleet. ”

After listening to Min Da's explanation, Xu De's expression instantly eased, and when he heard that Min Da sent someone to join Li Dan's fleet, Xu De suddenly became interested, and couldn't wait to say: "Let's talk about it!" ”

"Yes, father-in-law!" Min Da immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and was glad in his heart about his arrangement.

"The subordinates arranged people after knowing Li Dan's existence, and the subordinates were also worried that Li Dan would go to Daming to loot, once this kind of thing happened, the people we arranged would be able to play a big role."

Of course, Min Da said so, in fact, he was ready to use this matter to make meritorious contributions.

Once Li Dan came to attack, his spy would have made a great achievement, and Min Da had been waiting for this opportunity.

"This spy has not been in for a long time, but he still knows some things." Min Da said in a deep voice: "The matter about Li Dan and the Wa Kingdom is not as rumored outside. ”

"Li Dan was friendly with a Japanese warlord named Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he did support Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu also supported Li Dan."

"It's just that the current situation of Tokugawa Ieyasu is not good, and things have to go back many years. The Wa Kingdom has been at war for many years, and warlords from all over the country have supported their own troops, and one of them, Oda Nobunaga, is the most powerful. ”

"Basically ended the war of the Japanese Kingdom, and those defeated Japanese invaders came to the Ming Dynasty, which is also a reason for the rampant Japanese invaders during the Jiajing period."

"Originally, this Oda Nobunaga had the hope of unifying the Wa Kingdom, but something happened, Oda Nobunaga had a man named Akechi Mitsuhide, who was dissatisfied with Oda Nobunaga, so he took advantage of the army to fight and killed Oda Nobunaga in Honnoji Temple."

"Akechi Mitsuhide was defeated by Oda Nobunaga's men and his son, and it is rumored that he was killed, and there are also rumors that he escaped."

After the death of Oda Nobunaga, the Oda family was mainly divided into two factions, led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie, the head of the family. A great war ensued between the two sides, and later Oda Nobunaga's eldest son, Oda Nobuo, broke with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu maintained an alliance with Oda Nobuo in order to maintain the justice of his duel with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, as he was fighting against Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the name of protecting Oda Nobunaga's son. Once again, a great battle ensued between the two sides, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi winning a great victory, and Oda Nobuo surrendering Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ”

"As a last resort, Tokugawa Ieyasu also surrendered Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and now Tokugawa Ieyasu is surviving on his own territory."

Xu De listened to these things that Min Da said very carefully, and he decided to write a note to the emperor when he went back, giving a detailed introduction to the recent situation of the Wa Kingdom. Of course, it is important to mention the credit of the inner factory.

This is a big deal!

"Although Li Dan is good friends with Tokugawa Ieyasu, it is difficult for him to get support from Tokugawa Ieyasu now."

In the end, Fujian University made a summary.

Xu De nodded, it turns out that this is the case, if this is the case, it is a good time to take advantage of the current time to clean up these gentry who colluded with the Ming Dynasty. Even if Li Dan comes to commit it in the future, without these people as internal responses, it will be much easier to fight.

"Good, well done!" Looking at Minda, Xu De smiled and said, "We'll ask you for credit when we go back." ”

Min Da hurriedly smiled and said: "Thank you father-in-law, there is one more thing for my subordinates, I don't know if I should say it or not." ”

"Say!" Xu De was in a good mood at this time, this time it was a great achievement, and he would definitely be able to get praise from the emperor when he went back.

"Yes, father-in-law!" Min Da agreed: "It seems that the Japanese have made some moves, and the merchants have been buying iron ingots and sulfur on a large scale recently. ”

Buying iron sulfur ingots?

As soon as Xu De heard this, he came to his senses, sulfur and other things are made of gunpowder, iron ingots are forged weapons and armor, what are the Japanese collecting these things for? No matter what you do, it's certainly not a good thing.

"Check!"

Xu De looked at Min Da solemnly: "Check it for our family, do your best to investigate, at all costs, you must find out what they are doing when they buy these things, and our family will go back to write to the emperor immediately."

Fold! ”

"Yes, father-in-law!" Min Da agreed: "I promise to find out." ”

"This time the errand is done, our family personally sponsors you to Your Majesty." Xu De patted Min Da on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Don't dare to say anything else, our family will definitely guarantee you a good future." ”

Fujian University is really excited this time, with the words of its own factory, its own soaring is just around the corner.

You must know that your factory father is very favored in front of the emperor, and with the sponsorship of the factory father, the emperor will definitely reuse himself.

When he returned to his room, Xu De immediately began to write a recital, writing in detail about the affairs of the Japanese Kingdom, and even the matter of the Japanese Kou's uneasy and kind purchase of military supplies, and promised that he would find it out.

After writing it, I checked it several times, and after checking that there were no omissions, Xu Decai copied it again and asked people to send it to the capital.

Although the matter of Qincha's arrival in Fuzhou was kept as secret as possible, the news still spread out, but the so-called outsiders did not know where Qincha came from. Although there are many people who inquire about the news, they ostensibly say that they are here to inspect the river workers.

Although martial law was imposed in the city, no one knew that a large net had been opened.