After a lapse of March, Ningbo Port was noisy again, but the noise was still there, and the face was no longer the same. [Full text reading]

Gone are the impassioned men who had commanded here before, replaced by a group of fresh faces who had not been able to appear on the stage; The faces of these people were also devoid of the previous laughter and expectation, and each of them looked very solemn, and rarely talked to each other, and their eyes flashed with vigilance and fear.

"Zheng Yuanwai, you're here too." Yang Yong found a familiar figure in the crowd, he only felt a trance in his heart, although he had only been seen for more than a month, but at this time, it was as if he was in a different world.

He knows very well that with the other party's net worth and positivity, he should not be excluded from the target, but things in the world have never been so reliable, what if the plague god goes crazy?

"It's Brother Yang, I'm not just here, the families and businessmen in Jiaxing are all summoned by me, I'm really ashamed, ashamed."

"It turns out that you are also ...... outside Zheng Yuan" Yang Yong was slightly stunned, and then he felt even more confidant, and sighed again and again: "Alas, I am too, there are so many families in Shaoxing, but I was selected, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse." ”

"After all, it's not just to catch us all," Zheng Yuanwai sighed: "Zheng Long's kid was grown up by me, he has a lot of eyes and good eyes, and it is possible to fly high branches, but he is also a loving person, if you want to say that he will harm the old man, it should be impossible, besides, the plague ...... If Hou Ye wants to kill people, why bother with this effort? ”

"That's what my brother said." Yang Yong nodded in agreement, even big families like the Xie family and the Wang family, the plague god said that they would be slaughtered, how could they care about their little shrimp? However, he still had some concerns, "It's just that before I heard the exact words, I really didn't know the bottom in my heart." ”

"Actually, I have some thoughts in my heart...... Zheng Yuanwai looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he whispered.

"Oh?" Yang Yong's eyes lit up, "Please ask the elder brother to solve the doubts for the younger brother." ”

"I can't talk about solving doubts, just say it, let's refer to it together." Zheng Yuanwai waved his hand, not taking credit, "Brother Yang, do you still remember last year's events?" ”

"Brother refers to...... "A lot of things happened last year, all of which were unprecedented strange things, and Yang Yong couldn't figure it out for a while."

"You forgot? It's the news that circulated privately after something happened to the five islands. Zheng Yuanwai prompted.

"Is that the new deal for maritime trade? I've heard about it, and I think it's a bit of a doorway, but then I thank you...... Yuyao's ......" mentioned Xie Qian, Yang Yong felt a little uncomfortable, he laughed dryly, and said: "Later, I didn't think about it, is it for this today?" ”

Yang Min was very effective in spreading the news, and many people were moved, but all this was interrupted by the coalition formed by Xie Qian, if you simply look at the comparison of the strength of the fleet, who would have thought of today's result?

"Well, it should be about the same." Zheng Yuanwai nodded and lowered his voice: "Yuyao's first heard the rumors, and he was also angry at the moment, and urgently ordered to investigate, but then there was no follow-up, what is the matter with you?" ”

"What's going on?"

"Hehe, in the end, it was actually traced to the Wang family." Zheng Yuanwai sneered and said: "Think about it, Yuyao's and Suzhou's are a little bit of a disagreement, at this juncture, how can he lose a big deal because of a small one, after all, the one in Suzhou is still in the court, and he has already made a decision." ”

"You mean to say that the old man of the royal pavilion...... However, Wu County is obviously the same as Yuyao? Yang Yong was puzzled, the Wang family and the Xie family were the same fate, the difference was that only Wang Wei was not in his hometown, so he only escaped with his body.

Zheng Yuanwai said hesitantly: "Last year, everyone else came back on a broken boat, and only the Wang family retreated, don't you think it's strange?" I see, then Yang Min is probably the same as Zheng Long, he has long been in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and those news were spread by him, and the one in Liaodong should be an idea of division and disintegration. ”

To say that there has never been a shortage of smart people in this world, the two of them muttered for a while, and they guessed the whole thing.

In addition to the two of them, the other acquaintances are also in the same pattern, first experiencing together, and then speculating, gradually getting closer to the truth of the facts.

"Everyone, please come here...... After everyone arrived, they were led by their own officials, and finally they were all led to a place, which was the prefect Yamen of Ningbo.

After they saw the person standing at the entrance of the yamen, their previous speculation was also confirmed, because the person who smiled and chanted was none other than the Wang family's fleet manager, Yang Min.

The public hall of the prefect's yamen was very large, but it could not hold up the large number of people, so the meeting place was set up in the backyard. This is also a helpless thing, almost half of the big households in the south of the Yangtze River have come, if it weren't for the rush of time, I'm afraid that the backyard of the yamen can't be put down, so I can only go to the wharf, only there is enough spaciousness.

There were a hundred and ten chairs and a larger number of small benches neatly placed on the ground, and a simple platform was set up in the middle, and a Taishi chair was placed next to it, which was considered the venue.

The people who came were all old and sophisticated, and they didn't need to be taught when they saw this posture, and they sat down on the chairs or benches one by one in order of order, and waited for the arrival of the master with bated breath.

This side is in order, and the efficiency of the master is also not low, and not long after, surrounded by a group of armor soldiers, a handsome young man walked into the courtyard.

"See Master Hou." Although he was dressed in a green shirt, with a faint smile on his face, and he was even younger, he couldn't see the shadow of the plague god at all, but everyone stood up awe-inspiring and greeted in unison.

"Everyone, please take a seat, the place is a little simple, and I have to let you work hard, let's make a long story short, Yang Qianhu, you can tell you." Xie Hong smiled and waved his hand, and sat down on the Taishi chair.

"Yes, Master Hou." Yang Min bowed, raised his body on the high platform, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that the sea ban is the most serious malpractice of my Ming Dynasty, which not only restricts the development of Ming navigation technology, but also gives up the control of sea power, not to mention the expansion of overseas ......."

When they came, they were as expected, and everyone cheered up.

The news spread by Wang Hai last year just made them a little tempted, and they were still far from action, but at this time and then, now that the overall situation has been decided, if they still want to do maritime trade, they can only follow the rules of the Governor's Palace, that is, Hou Ye, now look at this posture, Hou Ye seems to want to revisit the old proposal, which is a great thing.

As for the important surnames and sea power of navigation technology, everyone has heard about it, and no one has taken it to heart, and that thing can't bring money, but expands overseas...... Hehe, who cares about that kind of thing that costs people and money! Now Master Hou, you have a big fist, and there are people on it, you can toss as much as you like.

“…… Needless to say, the regression of shipbuilding technology and the abandonment of sea power have also made many people with ill intentions see an opportunity to take advantage of. Yang Min swept around with sharp eyes, and everyone avoided, there was something in the words.

"In July, there were Xu brothers who braved the world and gathered thousands of warships to cross the East China Sea and attack Lushun! If it weren't for the malpractice of the sea ban, how could a mere pirate have such a momentum? Although relying on the emperor's blessing, the Hou Ye's tiger might, and the brave soldiers, the Royal Navy annihilated him in one fell swoop, but such a painful lesson cannot but be learned! ”

Except for a few diehards who still had doubts that the two sides might have missed out, the expected outcome of the naval battle had long been guessed. The plague god is not a madman, for no reason, why did he come here in Jiangnan to kill him?

What's more, Yang Min himself went out with the army, could it be that he also calculated in advance, left the team halfway, and then joined Xie Hong from Wadao? Apparently impossible.

Although it had been predicted, after confirming this fact, everyone couldn't help but show a look of horror. More than 1,000 warships, tens of thousands of sailors, plus so many secret weapons carefully prepared in the past year, were actually defeated in one fell swoop, looking like this, it seems that they are still completely annihilated.

In addition, the naval battle was carried out in July, even if the Lushun side had already prepared and set off immediately after the battle, it would have been more than a month to reach Jiangnan, what a terrifying speed? You must know that coming to Jiangnan from Lushun is against the wind, and the time must be at least twice as long as when you go.

If you think about it again, Hou Ye went to Wadao from Lushun and came back to Jiangnan in a big circle...... The smell is really breathtaking, what kind of ship can be so fast?

Yang Min said bitterly: "This situation is not only in Lushun, but it is not only pirates who threaten the Ming Dynasty from the sea, but also the pirates!" Just half a month ago, in the port of Ningbo, a large number of Japanese pirates came by boat, invaded many coastal cities, and even penetrated inland, posing a great threat to the lives and safety of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and also caused a lot of losses. ”

This is the legendary reference to a deer as a horse, right? And it's bundled. The heads of the families present all knew the truth of the matter, but no one planned to refute it, not to mention that the other party's knife was on the neck, even if it was confronted in the capital, it was difficult to spread out this matter.

It doesn't matter what the corpses of those widows are, the evidence is for people to see, the law is for people to play, whoever has the power is the one who has the right to say, and the evidence and testimony are just a façade.

But if you want to spread it out, that's right, Lord Xie pretended to be a Japanese coward and ran to Jiangnan to kill people, but the people are not clean here, what is the so-called Xu family pirates, who still doesn't know? In the situation of a crushing defeat of the fleet, or even total annihilation, can this matter be more serious?

"With so many lessons, isn't it imperative to open the sea ban?" Yang Min concluded.

"Lord Yang is right, it is really necessary to open the sea, and I am willing to go to the court and petition to open the sea." Thinking of the rumors he heard about the new sea trade deal last year, Yang Yong's heart was already hot, and as soon as Yang Min's voice fell, he got up and responded.

"I'm willing to ...... below"

"There's still to come!"

Whether it is a person, or a person who has not been a person, but has a meritorious name, the rule of the Ming Dynasty is that as long as he has a meritorious name, he can go to the Son of Heaven, of course, whether the Son of Heaven will see it, whether it will respond is two different things.

The family business present is not big, even if someone in the family is outstanding, the official position is not high, but this does not prevent them from responding in groups, you know, the speed of response, but it is related to the sea trade tax rate, that is, everyone's money bags, how can this kind of thing lag behind?

(To be continued)