Although the town of Geranza is located in the east of the island, the market is bustling and crowded, no worse than the city of Geranza, and the streets alone are neatly planned and criss-crossed, like a small town. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the unique geographical location of this town, it has become a transit point for maritime trade from all over the world, so it is very world-like, all kinds of exotic goods are sold in the market, and all kinds of traders of different colors sell and shop on the street, it seems to have become the commercial center of the world, everything is all-encompassing.

When Li Dan took a group of men to the Li family trading house located on South Street in the town, his son Li Guozhu had already brought people to greet him outside the door. The father and son haven't seen each other for months, so it's naturally a licking story. At the end, Li Dan was welcomed into the lobby of the trading house, and someone had already served hot tea.

Li Dan drank hot tea, and questioned and instructed Li Guozhu as usual. Li Guozhu honestly reported the business situation in the months since Li Dan's absence, and then stood aside with his head bowed, listening to his father's next instructions as usual.

Li Dan felt very relieved to have a son like this. He was a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, and his family was very poor when he was young, but he later made a fortune by going to sea to operate, and the scope of fleet trade expanded to countries in the Southeast Ocean. It is precisely because he is young and hardships that he cherishes everything in front of him very much, and for his biological son Li Guozhu, he also devoted all his efforts to cultivating him.

Since Li Guozhu was a child, he has invited famous teachers from the Ming Dynasty to teach him to learn scriptures and righteousness, and also invited famous Japanese samurai to teach him sword and swordsmanship, in an attempt to cultivate him as a successor of cultural relics. Li Guozhu really lived up to his expectations, and under his strict supervision, Wen Tao's martial arts were not perfect, and he became an extremely powerful assistant in his business.

Li Dan put down the teacup and said lightly: "Guozhu, you really lived up to your father's expectations, and took care of the business house in an orderly manner, and I am very pleased for my father." In this way, after another three years and five years, all the livelihood of the father will have to be handed over to you to take care of, you must be respectful and self-controlled, diligent and painstaking, and do not waste a piece of hard work for the father! ”

Li Guozhu said respectfully: "Father's instructions to keep the children in mind, and they will definitely work hard to live up to your expectations." ”

Li Dan nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Now that the situation in Fujian is different from the past, Governor Zhu Qinxiang wants to change the previous maritime trade policy and implement a new strategy for governing the sea. In order to maintain the stable development of the family business, his father has expressed his support for his reform to Lord Zhu, and has also established a relationship with the new envoy Sun. After a while, I will introduce Master Sun to you, and you should get close to him in the future and maintain friendly relations with him. ”

Li Guozhu was surprised when he heard this: "Father, didn't our business in Fujian always be taken care of by Yu Dashuai in the past, why did we become the envoy of Lord Sun again?" Why is that? ”

Li Dan sighed and explained: "At that time, now that the high-level personnel of the Fujian government have changed, Yu Dashuai is no longer trusted by the governor. Now the governor trusts him the most is the envoy Sun Yueling, and I am afraid that all maritime trade policies in the future will be discussed with him and let him be responsible for their implementation. After a pause, he added, "So, I want you to maintain a good relationship with Master Sun, so that our business can develop for a long time." ”

Li Guozhu was silent for a moment, and suddenly said cautiously: "Father, the child has also heard about the deeds of this Lord Sun, and heard that he is a member of the Donglin Party, and now he is ...... Now that the Donglin Party has lost ground in the DPRK, can this so-called Lord Sun fight against Yu Dashuai, who has deep roots and leaves? After a pause, he said, "The child is only afraid that this Lord Sun will be dismissed by the imperial court and driven out of Fujian!" ”

"Where did you hear all this nonsense?" Li Dan couldn't help but scold.

Li Guozhu did not back down this time, but continued: "The child also heard that none of the remnants of the Donglin Party could die well, and even those Donglin gentlemen who were dismissed from their posts were arrested by Wei Zhongxian one by one and sent to the Imperial Prison. Speaking of this, looking at Li Dan's increasingly ugly face, he said, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, this Lord Sun will inevitably take his post and go to prison, is it unwise for my father to bet on this person?" ”

"Presumptuous!" Li Dan was completely furious, this was the first time in his life that Li Guozhu questioned his decision, and his words were taken as wind in his ears, which made him, a person who has always boasted of a strict family education, feel very unacceptable.

Li Dan was so angry that he stood up, pointed his finger at Li Guozhu and shouted, "You dare to talk to me like this, your wings have hardened, haven't you?" ”

Li Guozhu tightened his face, hung his head and said, "This is a child's heartfelt words, why can't my father listen to it?" ”

"Heartfelt words?" Li Dan laughed angrily and said, "You can't see the situation in front of you at all, you are so confused, and I have worked hard to cultivate you." Without waiting for Li Guozhu to speak, he went on and said: "It's easy to start a business, but it's hard to keep it, do you think it's easy to create this big family business for your father?" has been in the rivers and lakes for many years for my father, how can I not see people and things as well as you? Don't look at Yu Zhigao's power, he has been entrenched in Fujian for many years, manipulating maritime trade, I am afraid that he has already aroused the dissatisfaction of the imperial court, otherwise how could Lord Zhu easily change the maritime trade policy? How could the imperial court send Lord Sun to inspect Fujian? ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Li Guozhu with hatred, and continued: "Zhu Qinxiang changed the maritime trade policy, and the first person to bear the brunt was this Yu Zhigao, and the target was him. Although Sun Yueling is young, but according to his father's knowledge and seeing, his person is an upright and unafraid of power, although Donglin has lost power, it does not mean that the current emperor does not value him, otherwise he will not be given a gold medal order to kill. Seeing that Li Guozhu didn't dare to refute, his anger stopped for a while, and he continued, "We do business, naturally we hope that the business can develop sustainably for a long time, since Zhu and Sun want to reform the sea trade, we should obey it, even if they lose power in the future, we are also adhering to the will of the government, who can make it difficult for us?" If we are still tied up with Yu Zhigao at this time, it would be better to say if he wins; If he loses, we will be doomed. ”

sighed heavily, and said: "The so-called unfiltered victory, first filtered defeat, in vain you are still a scholar, why can't you even understand this superficial truth?" ”

After Li Guozhu was silent for a long time, Fang Jingjing said: "I'm afraid that the older my father is, the less courage he has, how can you make your own business bigger if you are so snake and mouse, swaying from side to side?" ”

"What did you say?" Li Dan's anger, which had been calmed down, rose again, pointed at Li Guozhu and scolded: "You...... How dare you, an unfilial son, speak to your father like this? ”

Li Guozhu didn't seem to see his accusations, but said lightly: "Father, it seems that you are really old, and your courage has become smaller, and you are no longer as fearless and wanton as before, but have become timid and worried. After a pause, he continued, "Have you forgotten how you extended this cross-sea trade to the countries of the Southeast Sea?" Have you forgotten how you currently cross the East China Sea? Just a lost Donglin remnant party scared you out and spread the word, aren't you afraid that the East China Sea heroes will laugh at you? ”

With a "snap", Li Dan raised his palm and slapped Li Guozhu, his eyes were already glaring, and he shouted: "You are so disrespectful, so disrespectful, it is simply a big rebellion." ”

Although Li Guozhu was slapped by his Lao Tzu, his expression became more and more calm, and he said: "Father, you fight, hit hard, since I was a child, you have never beaten me less, and I don't care about being slapped by you more!" ”

Li Dan was extremely angry, just pointed at him and scolded: "Unfilial son...... The disobedient son ......" was so angry that he covered his chest and couldn't say any more.

Li Guozhu's expression remained unchanged and said, "No matter what, the child must also explain it clearly to your old man today." Not only did the child not agree with your point of view this time, but also decided to raise the banner of the Li family and fully support Yu Dashuai, and from then on, the Li family caravan was only Yu Dashuai's life! ”

"You...... Don't you dare? Li Dan's face turned red with anger, and he shouted, "I am the one who is in charge of the Li family firm now, and it is not your turn to speak!" ”

"Really?" The corners of Li Guozhu's mouth moved, and after lightly spitting out this sentence, he said, "Now that your old man is old, don't you want to go back to your hometown to enjoy your old age?" Are you reluctant to give me power? Are you going to wait until after Chiaki to hand over the caravan to me? ”

Li Dan finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly: "Yang Liu, Yang Qi, tie up this rebellious shaft for me and put him in the firewood room." ”

As soon as his words fell, I saw two men walking in outside the hall, standing behind Li Guozhu, but they didn't move.

Li Guozhu shook his head and sighed, and said to Li Dan: "Father, since the child can say this to you today, he is naturally prepared, Father, you boast of being far-sighted, why can't you even think of this?" ”

Li Dan was shocked when he heard this, pointed at Yang Liu and Yang Qi and shouted, "You two still don't do it?" Yang Liu and Yang Qi didn't move at all, as if they hadn't heard of his words.

"Do you want to rebel too?" Li Dan exploded his chest and lungs, and his voice became sharp.

Li Guozhu smiled bitterly and said, "Father, can't you see that they no longer listen to your orders?" Xuan said again, "Today, I have to wronged you, my father, and I will make the Li family's business bigger and bring down Sun Yueling with Yu Dashuai, and then I will come to your old man to ask for guilt!" With that, with a wave of his hand, Yang Liu and Yang Qi behind him walked towards Li Dan.

Li Dan gasped and scolded angrily: "Shaft, you won't end well if you do this, you idiot......"

……

In the castle of Reranza, Zheng Yiguan, who was full of anxiety, said to Sun Yueling: "My lord, I'm afraid things will not be second!" ”

Sun Yueling said: "How can you see it? ”

Zheng Yiguan said: "The people sent by the envoys to contact Wang Garrison went out at noon, and they have not returned so far, and I don't know what happened to Wang Garrison. Moreover, I saw a lot of Dutch soldiers armed with guns entering the city of Geranza, and it seemed that the Dutch were about to make a move. ”

"Really?" Sun Yueling was shocked, could it be that Song Ke wanted to change his mind and planned to use force against the envoys. This doesn't make sense, based on what I know about him, it's really unwise for Song Ke to do this in the current situation, and he doesn't do it any good at all.

Even if Song Ke can detain the envoys in the castle, but with the current situation in Taiwan, not only Yan Siqi is stationed in Beigang, but also Li Dan is in Gelancha Town, and these Han forces are now all falling to the Ming government headed by Sun Yueling, isn't Song Ke afraid of attracting their hatred by doing this? Or is he completely sure that he can settle these people?

Although the Dutch fleet is invincible, this is not a battle at sea, but a struggle on land, if Song Ke is really so decisive, he is not afraid that the two sides will fight to the death, and neither side will get any benefits at that time.

Just when he was puzzled, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps outside the door, and soon came from the corridor to the door, and then there was a "bang", and the closed door was pushed open from the outside, only to see Planck striding in with a few musketeers, and smiled at Sun Yueling in impure Chinese: "Envoy Sun, I'm sorry, from now on, you can't leave this door for half a step until we allow you to leave." ”

Sure enough, something was wrong, Sun Yueling's face remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "What does this mean?" Are you going to put the envoy under house arrest? ”

Planck smiled proudly and said, "So what?" That's what we're going to do! ”

Sun Yueling snorted angrily and said, "You must know that the original envoy is the envoy of Fujian and the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and if you do this, it will only provoke a war between the two countries." ”

Planck laughed and scolded, "Do you think we're going to be afraid of you just because of your broken ships and broken guns?" You're just a prisoner now, and you dare to shout and show off in front of me, come on, lock me up! ”

As soon as his words fell, the soldiers on both sides stepped forward with shackles and leg cuffs, and they were about to put Sun Yueling on.

"Bold!" Zheng Yiguan shouted at Planck, "How dare you insult the envoys of the kingdom? ”

"Shut up!" Planck scolded fiercely, flew up at Zheng Yiguan, kicked him aside, and shouted, "You dare to show your majesty in front of Lao Tzu, I don't know whether I am alive or dead." ”

Sun Yueling calmed down and said to Planck: "You go and tell Song Ke that if he does this, he will only force the Han people in Taiwan to be dissatisfied, and if Yan Siqi and Li Dan lead people to attack, I'm afraid you won't get any benefits." ”

"I'll stuff you for purpose!" Planck blurted out a national curse at Sun Yueling, and shouted, "You still have to think about your own situation, your subordinates and guards have been controlled by us, and you yourself can't protect yourself, what do you care!" ”

After that, Sun Yueling was not allowed to say anything, and commanded his subordinates to rush up and shackle him and Zheng Yiguan. (To be continued.) )