Nanao Island is located in the southeast of the stronghold, between eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, since the Jiajing pirates raged, the pirates and pirates often entrenched here as a stronghold, the most famous, is undoubtedly here to build a fort and build a fortress, but in the 44th year of Jiajing by Qi Jiguang Yu Dayou to sweep away the pirate Wu Ping. Later, Lin Daoqian also used this as a base, even after Lin Daoqian once fled to Siam Patani, Nanao Island was still a prosperous place of the sea market, and the smuggling trade was repeatedly banned.

Therefore, just last year, that is, in the third year of Wanli, the imperial court added a deputy general soldier in the Guangdong General Military Office, stationed on Nanao Island, and the official title was Zhangchao Deputy General Soldier, but the people often called Nanao Deputy General Soldier because of the region. As for the deputy commander-in-chief's mansion, it is because of convention, and the people usually omit that sub-word.

Although the garrison here is to relieve the pressure on Zhelin Town, and secondly, to prevent Nanao Island from falling into the hands of pirates again, but because this is a sea point, the bigwigs of the DPRK and China have assigned a small Nanao to Guangdong and Fujian for the purpose of coastal defense and checks and balances. And it wasn't until this year that the government office, known as the South Australian General Military Office, was just completed.

Yan Jifang, the current deputy chief soldier of South Australia, is fifty years old this year, and he is placed among civilian officials, which is when he is in the prime of life, but among military generals, he belongs to the generals of the younger generation in terms of age. After all, among the deputy commanders in charge of all towns in the world, his age can basically be counted backwards. But if it is placed in the specific group of Qi Jiajun, he is not outstanding - as Qi Jiguang's former subordinate, a former member of Qi Jiajun. Some of his companions remained in eastern Zhejiang. Some stayed in Fujian. Some followed the coach Qi Jiguang to the north to Jizhen, although everyone's military position is different, most of them have a similar characteristic, that is, they are young.

Qi Jiguang is less than fifty this year, not to mention those generals who have fought under his command in the past?

But Yan Jifang has always felt that his promotion is not fast at all. In the forty-second year of Jiajing, he was already the commander of the Zhejiang capital when he was less than forty, and he also had the glory of the rattan soldiers breaking the Japanese invaders. Now it's fifty. But he is still only the deputy commander-in-chief. The kind of heart that did not break the oath of the Japanese and did not return it back then, he has a lot less now, and the only thing he will never forget is to remove this sub-word. However, it is easy to say that Li Chengliang went from being penniless in his family to being a general, and then to a deputy general and a general soldier. How many years have it only been used? But most of the deputy commanders-in-chief have been transferred around for the rest of their lives. It's hard to get a job.

Therefore, his ideal is undoubtedly to be transferred to a small military town as the chief soldier before he returns to his hometown.

And at present, on this small island of Nanao, the government office has just been built, and the deputy chief soldier has only been in office for less than a year, Yan Jifang of course knows that in the next few years, I am afraid that it will be a water mill. In addition to not making mistakes in the use of troops, the more important point is that he has no backing in the DPRK, so he can only firmly hug the thigh of the old boss. Therefore, even if Qi Jiguang has already been transferred to Jizhen, he will never forget the festival every year, and the correspondence is even more frequent. As for the governors of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, he has always behaved quite deferentially, after all, Yu Dayou will not be an official and an old man who offends people, and he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

In his opinion, this newly established deputy commander of South Australia will fall on his head, in addition to the achievements of the anti-Japanese war in the past, he will be a man, which is undoubtedly the biggest advantage! Otherwise, the two battalions of soldiers and horses in Guangdong and Fujian under his command will not be well coordinated, and there will be a big mess in the blink of an eye. And on the huge island of Nanao, all kinds of maritime transactions secretly carried out, he, as a manager, has to grasp the balance even more, if he blindly indulges and attracts the attention of the DPRK and China, he will definitely reiterate the ban and make an example of him, and he, the deputy commander-in-chief, will also be subjected to Zhulian, and if he is blindly suppressed, the forces behind the wealthy merchants of Chaozhou Mansion will drive him away.

Therefore, Yan Jifang's career as a deputy commander-in-chief who maintains balance like walking a tightrope is by no means easy. Businessmen or smugglers often give money and beautiful women all kinds of filial piety, he knows that it is easy to get into trouble when he receives it, most of them push, and sometimes he meets people who can't be pushed, so he symbolically receives some small gifts. In comparison, the garrison on the island is hard, and he can't leave this Nanao Island for half a step, which is his biggest headache. In addition, the climate here is humid and hot, which is even more torturous for him who is old and has some inconvenience for his waist and legs.

On this day, Yan Jifang came to a beach under a team of personal soldiers as usual. As the wide tarpaulin umbrella was propped up, he took off his shirt and buried himself in the sun-scorched sand, as the doctor had so often seen, and after a moment he let out a comfortable moan. Although he knew that the pirates had not yet been eliminated, there were watchtowers all over the island, and the vicinity of the beach was no exception, so he had no fear of a sudden attack by pirates, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep. Just when he was half asleep, he suddenly heard a voice in his ear.

"Dashuai, Dashuai!"

Although he is the deputy chief soldier, since he is guarding one place, he doesn't need to look at people's faces, so in private, whether it is a personal soldier, most officers and soldiers, all of them will not burst out with such a vice word, and they have always called Yan Jifang a marshal. At this moment, Yan Jifang woke up from a handsome call, but he couldn't help but squint his eyes first to familiarize himself with the change of light, and then asked a little unhappily: "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone went to the General Military Mansion to ask to see the commander." Seeing Yan Jifang's eyebrows raised, it was clear that if it was an unknown cat and dog, he would definitely settle accounts with you, and the pro-soldier hurriedly added, "The person who came called himself Qi Liang said that you should remember, and he ...... with you."

Before he finished speaking, the pro-soldier saw Yan Jifang sit up and quickly slapped the sand on his body. Knowing that his own coach must have really remembered who the other party was, Deng Shi secretly congratulated himself that he didn't ignore it because the other party was a plainly dressed one-eyed dragon, but wisely chose to come to report the news, especially when the few soldiers around Yan Jifang were hiding and refused to come forward to report, he took responsibility and stepped forward to wake people up.

When a few other soldiers came over with a bucket of water, Yan Jifang scrubbed his body and changed into another set of clothes. He suddenly saw Yan Jifang beckoning to him. Hurriedly ran forward with a smoke.

To know. Originally, he could only be regarded as the outermost of the pro-soldiers, and he couldn't get close at all, but he didn't expect to have such an opportunity after a report.

"What other characteristics does that human form have?"

As soon as he heard this, the pro-soldier was even more sure, and hurriedly looked left and right, and when Yan Jifang waved his hand to hold everyone back, he said in a low voice: "Back to the big handsome, that Qi Liang glanced at it." ”

"It's really him......" Yan Jifang smacked his mouth slightly. Then he said with a pleasant face, "It's very good, thanks to you to report it quickly and without delaying things." You go back immediately, invite people to the guest room of the General Soldier's Mansion to wait, and remember to order someone to entertain you! ”

After the pro-soldier agreed and saluted and left, Yan Jifang stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse, but when he slowly walked back to the General Soldier's Mansion, he pondered this matter repeatedly in his heart, and always felt a little puzzled. Because he has never snubbed Qi Jiguang, who went to Jizhen to serve as the chief soldier. He was also often in contact with many of the original robes, so he had heard of it too. Qi Jiguang seemed to be sympathetic to some of the disabled soldiers under his command, so he managed to remove these people's military status and dismiss them through the Korean and Central Military Department, because they were all pro-soldiers, and these veterans were said to have lived a good life.

But in that case, what did Qi Liang suddenly come to him for? Seek help? Joke, this person who won Qi Jiguang's trust back then was famous, instead of running to a remote place like Nanao Island, Fujian and Zhejiang, and there are no other Qi Jiguang's generals, if there is really difficulty, who will be stingy to help Qi Liang?

It wasn't until he stepped into the guest room in the South Australian General Army's Mansion that Yan Jifang saw Qi Liang again, and he was sure that it was indeed not a trivial matter for the other party to come to him. Because at this moment, the captain of the personal soldier squad beside Qi Jiguang in the past was dressed in a short beating, and he could not see any traces of a prosperous life, and the saber on his waist was very similar to the smuggler guards that can often be seen on Nanao Island. At that moment, he even thought in his mind how he would reply if Qi Liang really escorted a new smuggler to Nanao Island and asked him for accommodation.

But fortunately, he doesn't have to worry about it for a while. Because Qi Liang was as cheerful as before, after getting up and saluting, he said straightforwardly: "Yan Dashuai, there is nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, this time I am not here on my own behalf, and it has nothing to do with Qi Dashuai, I am escorting the new Guangdong Inspector Yu Shi Wang Ye over this time." ”

This is an answer that is completely unexpected by Yan Jifang. Qi Jiguang dismissed those disabled veterans in the open, and secretly asked Wang Daokun to help him take care of his private money, this matter was only known to Qi Liang among the old soldiers, of course, no one among his subordinates knew, and even where Qi Liang and others were living in their old age, there were multiple versions. Therefore, at this time, Yan Jifang didn't know that Qi Jiguang had entrusted someone to Wang Daokun until Qi Liang explained a few words.

To say that Qi Jiguang has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he has done a good job in poetry, and he knows a lot of civil officials, but if you want to say that the only one who really gets along, is Wang Daokun, who has partnered in Fujian. This alone, many people feel quite incomprehensible, Yan Jifang was the same at first, but when he was transferred to Fujian for a while, I heard that Wang Daokun, who was the governor of Fujian at the time, had completely delegated power to Qi Jiguang, and promised to take responsibility together and never shirk it.

As a military general, it is easy to find a civil official who appreciates you, and it is difficult to find a civil official who is willing to treat you with all sincerity and is blessed and enjoys hardships! Of course, what is even more rare is that Qi Jiguang got the blue eyes of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the dynasty, earlier in the dynasty, at that time, Zhang Juzheng had not yet entered the cabinet, but was still in the Hanlin Academy.

"It turned out to be Wang Shilang's nephew." Yan Jifang calmed down and asked Qi Liang to sit down again, so he cautiously asked, "I don't know why this Wang Xun came to Nanao Island here?" ”

"I really can't say that. If Yan Dashuai can spare time, can he meet Wang Ye in person? ”

Qi Liang has been following Qi Jiguang for so long, and he is the best at grasping the word proportion. Not to mention that because Wang Fulin sent people to help manage money, the lives of these old soldiers are rich and rich, let's just say that the boss's private money has increased tenfold now, even if Wang Fulin is not admitted to the Jinshi, it is not a Guangdong patrol imperial history, he will not treat him as an ordinary person. What's more, this time he didn't agree to the Wang family's request, so he brought a few old soldiers who were willing to move their muscles and bones to Guangdong, but because he received a letter from Qi Jiguang.

The coach has entrusted him to take care of Wang Fulin, where does he have any words?

Yan Jifang was keenly aware of the details revealed in Qi Liang's attitude, and after thinking about it, he asked, "It's not convenient for Master Wang to come to me?" ”

"Yan Dashuai thinks well, I can still use the banner of old acquaintances in the past, and come to the door to meet me, but Wang Ye is only twenty years old, which is really more conspicuous, and many people on Nanao Island are staring at the General Military Mansion." Having said that, Qi Liang knew that if he really wanted Wang Fulin to pretend to be his attaché, that one would definitely not feel disgraced. The biggest reason for not doing this is nothing more than that he doesn't want to mess things up as soon as he comes up, so he comes forward for initial contact to leave a little buffer room. By the way, let's see if Yan Jifang is willing to make the next contact, or to assume the responsibilities that may come with this contact.

"Hmm......" just a moment of silence, Yan Jifang immediately said, "Well, in addition to going to the beach in the afternoon, I often go around every day. After you go back, tell Wang Xunzhi that I will wait for him in the Prince Building this evening. ”

The so-called Prince Tower, which is said to be the residence of Zhao Yu, the young emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, when he stayed on Nanao Island, is now a ruin after hundreds of years, and there are no ruins left, after all, time is the best way to kill this trace. At this moment, standing in the place where the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty may have stayed for a while, thinking that the royal family and officials of the Southern Song Dynasty retreated all the way south under the iron hooves of the Mongols, and finally in Yashan, with the young emperor committing suicide by 100,000 soldiers and civilians, Wang Fulin couldn't help but squint his eyes.

In fact, with the navigation ability of the Song people at the beginning, it was not impossible to sail overseas to avoid the edge, but after the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, their overseas trade was even more developed than that of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Yongle was able to send Zheng He to the Western Ocean seven times for the sake of Emperor Jianwen, so if the Southern Song Dynasty ****** far away, how could the Mongols be stingy in sending a mighty fleet all over the South Ocean? Just like Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, didn't he flee to Burma and be sent back to be executed? The surging trend is like the wheel of history, which will crush the obstacles. He's on the side of the trend now, so it seems like he's going well.

The general trend is the most difficult thing to resist after all.

"Wang Xun pressed it so early."

Hearing such a voice from behind, Wang Fulin turned around and saw that Yan Jifang had left more than a dozen personal soldiers to guard in the distance, and he walked over alone, also leaving his entourage in the distance, to show that he had no other heart, and immediately greeted him, and the sigh of rise and death was left behind in an instant. (To be continued.) )