"Tongzhi has arrived, please come in, Lord Zhizhou has been talking about you!"

Liu Wenruo carried his hands, followed by Judge Ge and several other civil officials, the porter not only greeted him with a smile, but also someone stepped forward to help carry the gifts, and these civil officials also smiled and bowed their hands in return before entering the door.

Wiping his sweat, the porter heard a louder sound of footsteps, and when he looked up, his face changed a little.

This time it was a group of military attachés from the state city, maybe it was a sign of momentum when they walked together, as long as the military attachés with a little authority in the state city were among them.

From the thousands of directors to the small generals, they came in groups of three or five, everyone was wearing an iron armor, and they were quite eye-catching along the way.

The three people at the head are in control of the only more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in the current state city, and the person at the head has a hooked nose on his face, called Duan Tiande, this Tiande has more than 100 armor-clad family members, and half of the officers and soldiers in the state city are in his hands.

However, his performance on the day of the siege of the water bandits was not very good, and he also had many conflicts with the garrison Han Dahu, except for the civilian officials, he didn't take anyone in his eyes at all.

The first two people are Lu Kui and Dong Qianxiao, each of whom has dozens of family members, and the officers and soldiers in their hands can add up to the same as Duan Tiande.

Speaking of which, the situation of the generals in the state city is not too complicated, these three people are nominally Han Rong's subordinates, and they obey the command of the garrison Han Dahu, but in fact, Han Rong has long been set aside, except for Han Dahu's family, almost no one listens to his orders.

Having said that, even against Han Dahu, Duan Tiande is often a disobedient person.

The porter actually looked quite respectful to Duan Tiande and the three of them, there was no way, after all, people had soldiers in their hands, and in these years, there were more or fewer soldiers in the hands of martial artists, so that they could appear to be noble and low.

"Haha, please!"

Duan Tiande looked very happy, glanced at Han Dahu after entering the door, and directly lazily learned from the civil officials and approached the courtyard with a little bow.

"It turned out to be Mr. Duan Qian, how are you doing lately?" Qi Lai no longer stared at Wang Zheng, and said with a smile.

"Qi Dong's family has also arrived!"

Duan Tiande was like a well-behaved rabbit in front of Qi Lai, Hao Sicheng and others, not daring to show the slightest disrespect, in Wang Zheng's eyes, this Tiande's approach was to recognize his godfather everywhere.

Even in the face of Liu Wenruo, a young acquaintance from the sixth grade, his attitude was much more respectful than when he saw Han Dahu.

Not long after, a group of servants and maids came in front of him, and the one who hit the head was Kong Zheng, who was trembling after seeing Han Dahu who was glaring at him angrily, and could only turn a blind eye, turned his head and shouted.

"Wang Zhizhou has arrived!"

With a brisk footstep, a person dressed in a green robe and wearing a square scarf walked over.

Wang Dele had a smile on his face, looked around at everyone, and arched his hand: "You can come to celebrate the birthday of this official, very lucky, very happy, don't talk about business today, chant poetry against you, just talk about joy, please take a seat!" ”

The corners of Qi Lai's mouth curled, a sneer appeared on his hooked nose, and he nodded to himself.

His housekeeper glanced at the group of people watching the play behind the crowd, and the first one stepped forward, took out a big red gift box, handed it to Kong Zheng, and said loudly.

"The owner said that there is a person Wang Zhizhou who must meet him."

When the words landed, many people around swept their eyes over, Wang Dele was originally very happy, but after hearing the words of Qi Lai's housekeeper, the smile on his face was a little solidified, and he looked at Kong Zheng reproachfully.

Kong Zheng glanced at the butler, and when he saw the warning in his eyes, he took a few steps back and didn't say anything.

"Hahaha, Wang Zhizhou's birthday is auspicious, how can my Zheng family not come to congratulate?"

As the words landed, everyone looked at each other, and when they saw the comer, they all changed color, followed by discussions.

"Why is Zheng Ping here!?"

"This time Ninghai Prefecture is lively!"

"I don't know what Zhizhou will look like."

This person's name is Zheng Ping, and he is the housekeeper of Zheng Hongkui (now called Zheng Zhifeng, renamed Zheng Hongkui when Chongzhen was admitted to the Wujinshi in the twelfth year, and will be called Zheng Hongkui in this book in the future).

Zheng Hongkui is the fourth oldest in the Zheng family, and is the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong, the head of the Zheng family, and the uncle of Zheng Chenggong, the national hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty.

Speaking of Zheng Hongkui, we have to mention the Zheng family.

The current Zheng family, whether it is Wang Zheng, Wu Weizhong and Han Dahu, or Wang Dele and others, is a behemoth, and no one can afford to mess with it.

At that time, there was a saying that "the Zheng family was the Great Wall in Fujian", and the Zheng family was the leader of the largest maritime merchant and military group in Taiwan and Japan on the southeast coast.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the famous Battle of Kinmen took place, and the Zheng family defeated the fleet of the Dutch East India Company, and from then on controlled the sea routes, so as to collect the fees of merchant ships from various countries, and Zheng Zhilong quickly reached the point of becoming a wealthy country.

Up to now, Zheng Zhilong is like the lord of southern Fujian and the overlord of the sea, and he pays protection fees to Zhilong's merchant ships (a large ship needs to pay 3,000 taels of silver), and gives the Zheng family's order flag.

If you don't pay and want to pass through the sea, almost all of them will not escape the fate of being robbed, and the Zheng family is so strong that the Dutch East India Company is restless.

In recent years, the Dutch have united with other forces to take over the Zheng family, but the Zheng family has continued to expand its power, defeating the Dutch, known as the "coachman of the sea", at sea again and again.

"Since then, the sea atmosphere is quite breathing, selling foreign goods, domestic and foreign merchants, all using the Zheng banner, no precaution, businessmen have 20 times the benefits, all with Haili traffic court, to show greatly"

At present, the Zheng family's trade is wide in the East and South Seas, with a fleet of more than 3,000 large and small ships, and it is the only power in the ocean world of East China and South China.

However, Wang Zheng did not have a good impression of Zheng Zhilong, but he remembered that this person later shaved his hair and cleared up, and the Zheng family actually sent someone to attend Wang Dele's birthday banquet, which no one expected.

Wang Dele was stunned for a long time, and suddenly felt that he was a little out of shape, and immediately arched his hand and said: "It turned out that the Zheng family had arrived, it was really an unexpected joy." ”

Zheng Ping laughed and said straight to the point: "There is a vacancy in the post of Ninghai Inspector, I have heard that Jiaodong Yan Road is rich, and my Zheng family is quite interested in this..."

"Uncle Ping, what do you say to these earth leopards, my Zheng family wants to be a patrol position, does he dare not give it to Wang Dele?"

Although Zheng Ping said bluntly, he still had some humility, and he was very arrogant and domineering when he spoke, and the people around him were shocked when they heard it, and many people looked at Wang Dele, wanting to see how the newly appointed Zhizhou dealt with it.

The ruddy color on Wang Dele's face gradually dissipated, and he was smashed on the field on his birthday, and it was uncomfortable for anyone to do it.

"Ke'er, what did your father teach you, don't use the authority of the Zheng family to intimidate others when talking to people outside, why haven't you heard of it." Although Zheng Ping had some reproach in his words, compared to the doting feelings revealed, that little reproach was nothing.

"Got it, got it."

The person who is talking is called Zheng Ke, Zheng Hongkui's own son, he is dressed as a child, holding a paper folding fan, full of domineering, in a few words, directly the people in Ninghai Prefecture present are sarcastic leopards.

Zheng Ke broke free of Zheng Ping's hand, walked in front of Wang Dele in a few steps, pointed his nose and shouted: "Wang Dele, my Zheng family wants the inspection position, what do you mean?" To tell you the truth, the result is the same whether you help or not! ”

Wang Dele's face turned into a pig's liver color, the Zheng family is so strong, even if it is his birthday banquet, he still doesn't give any face, and if he, the governor of the imperial court, openly bows to him, Wang Dele still can't get in the way.

If this is done, how will you be in charge of the state city in the future?

But looking back, if you don't follow the meaning of this ancestor, it is really not much more difficult for the Zheng family to pinch themselves to death than it is to pinch an ant to death, this is very difficult....

Not only Wang Dele, but the people around him are very angry, this Zheng family kid is too blind, and the people in the entire Ninghai Prefecture are earth leopards?

"If you want to take the position of this inspection, or let the Zheng family change to someone with real talent and learning, I'm afraid this hairy boy is not enough!"

At this moment, a confident voice reached everyone's ears.