Hearing this, Liang Xiaozhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking in her heart, she was almost frightened. In fact, if you think about it, in Nanyang, there is no strength that can match your own side. If anyone who is not long-sighted dares to come and rob Liu Da's business, see what kind of price he will pay!

Others were disappointed, disappointed in anticipation, and their emotions fluctuated, which made them very angry, and someone immediately reprimanded them.

"The haircut, talking in his sleep! When will the imperial court take care of those of us who go to sea? ”

"That's right, in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, so many Ming people died, is the court in charge? Counting on the imperial court? The sun is coming out of the west! ”

"In the eyes of the imperial court, all of us who go to sea are businessmen, and we are lowly people, understand? That's what the official documents of the imperial court say! Do you care if we live or die? Stop daydreaming! ”

"I said haircut, you wouldn't be delirious with fear, would you? I was scared and cried before, I thought it was a little strange, but now I am stupid, and I dare to say that the imperial court has sent reinforcements? What a joke! ”

“……”

Listening to so many reprimands, Zhang Wu was surprisingly lifeless. Because he can empathize, just before yesterday, if someone had said that, he himself would not have believed it.

Therefore, he raised his hands to signal them to be quiet, although his action was not effective, and few people paid attention to him, but after all, his voice was lower, Zhang Wu was not particular, and immediately raised his voice and said: "What I said is true, as long as we can hold on, there is a large army in the imperial court in Annam, and it has come to save us!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the noise suddenly became louder!

"Liar! Annam has a court army? Dreaming, right? ”

"And seriously! Even if you want to make it up blindly, can you make it up more reliable! ”

"Yes, besides, could the court have sent troops before the prophets knew that the Spaniards were going to do something to us, and that we were in trouble? Do you think it's next door to your house, and you can greet you with a shout? ”

“……”

Among them, Li Jiacheng didn't speak, because his business was big, he had many sources, and he also heard a little news, indicating that the army seemed to have captured Annam. He was a little strange, how could this barber know about this situation when he was cutting his hair in his shop all day long? It stands to reason that there should be very few people who know this news!

And Zhang Wu saw that almost everyone was condemning himself for cheating, he was a little anxious, so he swore loudly: "What I said is true, if there is even the slightest lie, there will be five thunders in the sky, and it will not be good to die!" ”

Or maybe he was a little surprised by his look and words, and the room was quiet.

Seeing this, Zhang Wu hurried to explain: "Really, I reported to the emperor, and when the emperor learned that we were in trouble, he immediately sent troops......

Before he could finish his words, suddenly, the council room, which had just quieted down, was in trouble again.

"Tell the emperor, is it the person whose surname is called by the emperor?"

"Come on, there's a madman here, get out of here!"

“……”

This time, Li Jiacheng, who was originally a little suspicious, did not doubt anymore, he thought in his heart, dare to love this is a madman, and it happened that Annan was right, and he almost believed it!

And Zhang Wu looked at all this, he was also a little stupid, he told the truth, but no one believed it!

But when he turned his head to think about it, he immediately understood. Because these people, they don't know that their motherland has undergone earth-shaking changes. Today's emperors are also different from all previous emperors! They are still looking at Da Ming with old eyes, no wonder they don't understand!

But in this way, Zhang Wu is worried, how to say it to make them believe it?

However, without waiting for him to come up with a way, Li Jiacheng stopped everyone from continuing to vent their emotions, but stopped in front of Liang Xiaozhen and said very sincerely: "The three masters, can you allow us another half a day." There are several wealthy merchants, who are now pinning their hopes on the Spaniards, and probably will not pay for it. Given a little more time, let's talk about it. ”

"That's right, the three masters, even if we agree, we have to have this time to make up money!" Whitebeard also stood in front of Liang Xiaozhen and said almost pleadingly.

The fat man also squeezed over to block the way, afraid that Liang Xiaozhen would leave, and begged: "The three masters, for the sake of the compatriots, give me some more time?" ”

Before Liang Xiaozhen could say anything, she heard Zhang Wu interject again: "Asking for so much silver, it is obviously the nature of a robber, and it is ...... to rob money."

Hearing his words, all of a sudden, the whole room was on fire, and they immediately turned to look at Zhang Wu and scolded one after another.

"Who robbed the money? Don't talk nonsense, it's also a practice to open silver! ”

"Shut up, who's a robber? The court is the robber! ”

"Yes, it's better for us to believe in Liu Da than to believe in the imperial court!"

“……”

Among them, some of them shouted and scolded angrily, and more of them were afraid that the three masters would be angry when they heard it.

However, what they never expected was that Liang Xiaozhen not only did not get angry, but showed a puzzled look, put aside the people who were blocking him, walked in front of Zhang Wu, and asked curiously: "Are you from the Dongchang of the imperial court?" ”

This question made everyone present listen to it, including Zhang Wu himself, and then subconsciously shook his head.

"Then you're from the Jinyi Guard?" Liang Xiaozhen listened, and asked again.

Zhang Wu still heard vaguely, still shaking his head, but this time he asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Liang Xiaozhen still looked puzzled, and did not answer his question, but asked again: "Then how can you contact the imperial court immediately, the emperor?" ”

Their conversation made the whole chamber seem very quiet. Li Jiacheng and others, looked at Zhang Wu, and then looked at Liang Xiaozhen, and felt that they couldn't understand.

"Can't tell!" Zhang Wu was a little suspicious of the pirate in front of him, could he know about the chat group? Thinking so, he added, "Anyway, I can contact the emperor, even if the emperor doesn't get in touch, I can also contact the first assistant, or the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, ......."

Crazy, crazy again! This is the common idea of the people in the council room, but it does not include Liang Xiaozhen.

Although he was still a little skeptical, he knew that Dongchang or Jinyiwei had people with this ability.

Liang Xiaozhen was caught by Dongchang before and put back as an insider, although no one doubted him, but he didn't even dare to sleep with others, for fear that he would say something that shouldn't be said in his dream, which would be a loss of his head. Now seeing a person with such magical abilities makes him think.

So, he turned his head to look at it, and then said to Li Jiacheng: "Outside Li Yuan, this person speaks upside down, I have something to interrogate to understand, please give me a quiet room!" “

What's the situation? Everyone listened, and a crow flew over their heads, with a series of question marks.

Although he couldn't understand Liang Xiaozhen's intentions, Li Jiacheng immediately agreed, no matter what the three masters wanted to ask the barber, at least he would not leave for the time being, so that they would have a chance and discuss it again.

So, they discussed the matter of pooling money in the council hall again, which was also a last resort, and the silver and fortune were worth more money after all, although this silver could make them almost nothing. But Liang Xiaozhen took Zhang Wu, who was also a little puzzled, to a remote and quiet room.

In the room, when Zhang Wuyi entered, Liang Xiaozhen immediately closed the door. Even before closing the door, he stuck his head to see if anyone outside might hear what was being said in the room. His move made Zhang Wu, who was standing in the room, very puzzled, I don't know what it means to be so mysterious and sneaky?

After closing the door, Liang Xiaozhen's attitude turned out to be much better, not as arrogant as when he was in the council hall just now, at least an equal attitude, smiled and led Zhang Wu to the innermost part of the room, and then asked Zhang Wudao: "You said that you can contact the people of Mingguo directly, is this true?" ”

Zhang Wu found from his words and deeds that it seemed that this third master might believe his words, and couldn't help but be a little curious, and at the same time nodded vigorously and said, "Of course, I have already sworn that this is true!" ”

Liang Xiaozhen listened, rolled her eyes, and asked again: "What you said about the imperial court will send troops to Luzon, is it true?" ”

"Of course it's true!" Zhang Wu nodded without hesitation, but he immediately remembered that the person in front of him was the third leader of Liu Xiang's pirate gang, and he was the opponent of the imperial court, so he immediately became vigilant, stared at Liang Xiaozhen and asked, "What do you want to do?" “

Liu Xiang's power, in their opinion, is not not powerful. At that time, when the flock was like the South Seas, the momentum was so great that even the Spaniards were nervous. After all, behind these pirates, there are still Dutch, and their strength is really not to be underestimated.

If they knew that the imperial court was going to send troops to Luzon, would they do something? After all, they're pirates!

Thinking so, Zhang Wu decided to shut up and let Liang Xiaozhen guess. But he didn't expect that Liang Xiaozhen's next words surprised him.

I only heard Liang Xiaozhen whisper: "I believe you, I am from Dongchang, can you help me contact the factory?" ”

Zhang Wuleng paused for a while before confirming in a low voice of surprise: "You...... Are you a member of the East Factory? ”

In fact, Liang Xiaozhen is not a member of the East Factory, but just an inside line in the hands of the East Factory. But at this time, he nodded, and then asked, "Can you help me contact the factory?" I have news to report. ”

While speaking, one of his hands had already touched the dagger in his sleeve, if Zhang Wu was just a liar, he wouldn't mind killing people.

Zhang Wu listened, shook his head and said: "I don't know what factory is the father, I just said that I can ...... with the emperor and the first assistant."

Seeing him shake his head, the dagger in Liang Xiaozhen's sleeve was almost pulled out. But when I heard him speak, saying that he could contact the emperor, and when he was the first assistant, he held it down again, if he could have a direct relationship with the emperor, wouldn't it be better?

Thinking so, there was a kind of eagerness in his eyes, and he immediately asked Zhang Wudao: "Then can you help contact the emperor?" Let's just say that I, Liang Xiaozhen, the third master of Liu Xiang's thief, lurked on the orders of the factory duke, and I have important news to report. ”

When Zhang Wu heard this, he was a little puzzled, these three masters turned out to be people from the imperial court? He was a little unconvinced! However, when he saw Liang Xiaozhen's expression, he felt that it was real, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll try it!" ”

So, under Liang Xiaozhen's attention, Zhang Wu entered the chat group, and in the chat group of "Luzon Crisis", he learned from the previous Shoufu and said: "@普渡众生, Your Majesty, there is a person named Liang Xiaozhen, who is the third leader of Liu Xiang's pirates, saying that he is lurking under the order of the factory father, and now there is important news to announce." ”

Several people saw his words, but Emperor Chongzhen was also @, and when he saw the news, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. In the past, Wang Chengen was responsible for it, and he really didn't know much.

Liu Xiang's gang of pirates were driven to Nanyang in a planned way. Now that he has the news, he is naturally interested in learning about it. But before that, he still pulled Wang Chengen into the temporary group, and then asked: "Wang Daban, the person you sent to lurk on Liu Xiang's side is Liang Xiaozhen?" ”

When Wang Chengen saw it, he was stunned at first, feeling a little sudden, but when the emperor asked, he naturally wouldn't hide it, and immediately replied: "The slave caught him in Fujian before......"

He told the situation to prove that Liang Xiaozhen was indeed sent back by him to lurk, after completing the task of guiding the pirates into the South Seas, he almost forgot about this Liang Xiaozhen, but he didn't expect that now the emperor would know, it's really unexpected!

After Emperor Chongzhen confirmed that there was such a thing, he asked, "What's the news?" ”

Zhang Wu also got confirmation in the group, so he confessed, quit the chat group and asked: "The emperor called the factory to prove that there is you, what is the news?" ”

When Liang Xiaozhen heard that she could go up to the sky, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly told the situation.

So, Zhang Wu pleaded in the group: "Back to Your Majesty, Liang Xiaozhen said that after Liu Xiang's pirates came to Nanyang, they attacked the Portuguese entrenched in the Straits of Malacca together with the Dutch, defeated them, and occupied Temasek. Later, I learned that many Ming people were plundered by the Portuguese to be slaves here, but now they are all working for Liu Xiang. ”

Historically, the Portuguese had been at war with the natives of the Strait of Malacca, but when the Dutch, the Portuguese rivals, intervened to help the natives fight against the Portuguese for control of the Straits of Malacca, the situation turned against the Portuguese. By the mid-seventeenth century, the Portuguese had finally been driven out of the Strait of Malacca.

And in this plane, because Liu Xiang and other pirates who went to the South Seas were friendly with the Dutch, after discussion, they went together to fight the Portuguese in the Strait of Malacca. With the addition of this new force, the Portuguese were defeated at once, so that Liu Xiang and other pirates also had a stronghold in Nanyang.

After Liu Xiang took over Temasek, he was ambitious and has been expanding his power. It just so happened that Malaysia in later generations was divided into many small countries at this time. Therefore, Liu Xiang's pirate group sent people to plunder around the island of Malaysia, and even killed them ashore for a time. It is also because of this that the Ming people in Luzon were able to contact Liu Xiang's pirates.