Chongzhen was woken up by Wu Chengen's words, put away his original decadent mood, and specially sent the elderly Wu Chengen to go to the provincial capital in person to meet with Zhu Yihai and find out Zhu Yihai's thoughts.

Wu Chengen happily agreed, and this time he went to the provincial capital, which was to send benefits to Zhu Yihai for nothing, and did not ask him for anything. He absolutely believed that Zhu Yihai would definitely not refuse such a pie.

So, on the same day, Wu Chengen set off lightly, only with a dozen guards, pretending to be a merchant and rushing to the provincial capital.

Guangzhou is the provincial capital of Guangdong, a coastal provincial capital, since ancient times has been a battleground for soldiers, embracing the Pearl River and close to the sea, water trade is developed. Nowadays, although Daming has been stormy for many years, Guangzhou is still prosperous.

The forces here were chaotic, and some overseas people took root here, engaged in the maritime trade that made a fortune, and combined with some local forces, and over time formed a group of merchant forces.

And some big merchant gangs and local governments still have to look at their faces to do things, no way, who calls people more money, more food, and more people. The decline of the imperial court exacerbated the decline of the local government, and without the upper court to rely on, the local government could only fend for itself and rely on the relief of these big merchant gangs.

Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, the four of them came here to develop before, and what they fancied was the prosperity here and the decline of the government's power. Due to the intricacies of the provincial capital's power and the inability of the officials to suppress it, it has become a borderless place, which constantly attracts those outlaws who want to make a fortune.

Huang Degong relied on his previous surviving family background, and soon developed into a middle-power merchant gang here, and even took root in Foshan to recruit troops. By the time King Fu arrived, Huang Degong's men already had tens of thousands of people, but unfortunately this time they followed King Fu to Nanjing, but they were defeated again.

The Chamber of Commerce, which is the Chamber of Commerce founded by Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie, is also one of the best in Foshan.

Zhu Yihai came this time and directly brought all the soldiers and horses together, a full 50,000 soldiers and horses, and came to Foshan in a mighty way. The arrival of such an army immediately made the local government in Foshan nervous.

After the county order learned that it was Huang Degong and them, the county order was relieved, put on the official uniform and took all the officials, and the county order didn't have time to sit in a sedan chair, so he rode directly on a horse and went straight to the east gate to greet him.

The city gate has already been opened, and the county commander led dozens of officials to hurry outside the city, only to see that the outside was dark and oppressive, full of soldiers and horses. Since the decline of the Ming Dynasty, he has been the magistrate of Foshan for more than ten years, and he has never seen such a formation.

Zhu Yihai, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others, who were waiting outside the city, saw that the county order had come out, and Huang Degong immediately said to Zhu Yihai: "Lord Wang, please wait for a while, and your subordinates will go to ventilate with the county order first." ”

Zhu Yihai nodded: "Go ahead!" ”

Huang Degong said no more, and after saying goodbye, Pegasus came to meet the county commander outside the city, and after the two muttered for a while, the county commander and Huang Degong came to Zhu Yihai together.

The county magistrate is a middle-aged man, his hometown is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, his surname is Ma, and his name is Wenxing. When he arrived in front of Zhu Yihai, he immediately bowed and paid homage: "The arrival of the prince is far away, and the crime deserves death." ”

"Master Ma doesn't have to be polite, get up!" Zhu Yihai just glanced at the thin Ma Wenxing and said politely.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Ma Wenxing didn't dare to be disrespectful, got up honestly, and then stood aside quietly.

Huang Degong stood up at this time and said to Zhu Yihai: "Lord Wang, because we came too suddenly, there is no place in the city ready for the army to settle down now. Can you give your subordinates a few days to set up camp outside the city? ”

Zhu Yihai glanced at Huang Degong, and then turned his head to look at Qing Huaiwu beside him, who nodded to Zhu Yihai and said yes. Only then did Zhu Yihai speak: "Give you five days, after five days, if you don't settle the army into the city, you won't be spared!" ”

Huang Degong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly promised: "The subordinates will make proper arrangements and not disappoint the prince." ”

Zhu Yihai nodded: "Okay, now we can enter the city, right?" ”

Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo immediately bowed their hands and said, "Lord Wang, please come with us." ”

The two of them and the county commander immediately led the way in front, and Zhu Yihai and the three generals walked towards the city with 10,000 guards. The army outside the city was left behind by Li Dahai to take care of it, and he directly found a suitable place outside the east city gate to set up camp.

Entering the city, the 10,000-strong army immediately attracted countless people to watch, and everyone had already known about the movement outside the city. Everyone was curious about the sudden arrival of the army.

Under the watchful eye of the people, Zhu Yihai and the others soon came to the government under the guidance of Huang Degong.

Ma Wenxing was extremely diligent, sending his subordinates busy before and after, while Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo came to the lobby to rest with Zhu Yihai and Qing Huaiwu, and Qing Huaiwen. After the subordinates who had to serve tea and water retreated one after another, Huang Degong got up and said: "Lord Wang, in addition to our Sihe Merchant Gang in Foshan, there is also a Hui Merchant Gang and Zhejiang Merchant Gang, do you want to go and invite these two merchant gangs to come over now?" ”

There is more than one chamber of commerce in Foshan, and the arrival of Zhu Yihai, the prince, will obviously cause panic to the other two merchants. Maybe the two chambers of commerce are already busy asking what happened?

Zhu Yihai was about to open his mouth to agree, but the county order came in a hurry and said: "Lord Wang, the leader of the Hui merchant gang and the leader of the Zhejiang merchant gang came to ask for a meeting. ”

Zhu Yihai hesitated, nodded and said, "Bring them over." ”

The county commander immediately stepped back to bring people, and Zhu Yihai looked at Huang Degong and said, "What is the power of these two people in the city?" ”

Huang Degong bowed his hand and said: "Lord Wang, the city used to be a three-legged stand, but whenever there was a major event, the three families discussed it together. ”

Zhu Yihai frowned, thought for a moment before speaking: "Then if you want to eat the two of them, with the current strength of this king, is it difficult?" ”

Huang Degong thought for a moment before shaking his head and saying with a wry smile: "The prince doesn't know, these two are just a branch here in Foshan, and their general chamber of commerce is in Fucheng. Its own strength is far from being comparable to our Quadrangle, and the forces here are intricate, and it affects the whole body, and his subordinates implore the prince to think twice before acting. ”

Zhu Yihai was silent, he turned his head to look at Qing Huaiwu on the side, and the latter immediately bowed his hand and said: "My subordinates think it's better to find out their details first, and then it's more stable to do things." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yihai nodded and stopped talking.