Ruan Fuyu sat on the chair, slapped the armrest of the chair hard, and let out a long sigh.

This chair came from the Ming Kingdom, it is said to come from Qinzhou, and it was given to him as a gift by merchants. As soon as he saw it, he liked it, and every time he sat on it and watched his subordinates bow down, he felt a strange joy.

It was as if he sat on his father's throne and received worship from all directions.

He is the third son of Nguyen Phuc Yuan, who now controls the southern part of Annam, Thuan Quang Taipo and Nguyen Phuc Yuan, the Duke of Shwe Giang, and his status is very noble in Annam. His father seized the southern part of Annam and confronted the Zheng family, who controlled the Lê king in the north. The surrounding Lao Kingdom and Zhancheng were all suppressed by the power of his Ruan family, and they ceded land and lost money, and paid tribute. It can be said that their family is half of the king of Annam, and he is the son of this half of the king of Annam.

But Nguyen Phuc Wei is still not satisfied with the identity of "half of the son of the king of Annam", he wants to be the real king of Annam.

For this reason, he had contacted Zheng Jie, the head of the Zheng family, two years earlier, but unfortunately, his father became suspicious and did not transfer him to Guangyi, which borders the Zheng family, but ordered him to stay in Quang Nam, and finally his plan did not come to fruition.

"That Akito hasn't arrived yet?" He asked, a little anxiously.

"It's already here, but I don't know why, he hasn't left Chinatown yet, it seems that something is going on." The subordinate replied with a low brow.

Ruan Fuyu scolded, waited for a while, and finally heard someone: "Ming Shang Hu Jingshui asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

As Hu Jingshui came in, there was also a box, and two wrestlers carried the box to Ruan Fuyu. Although Annan learned the etiquette of the Ming Kingdom, he finally drew tiger dogs, and when Ruan Fuyu looked at the box, he knew that it was a gift for himself, and immediately smiled.

"What is this?"

"This is a friend of Daming Kingdom, who admires Xiao Wang Haosheng and asks the villain to send a gift to Xiao Wang."

Nguyen Phuc Wei asked the box to be opened, and then he saw a beautiful bust. When Ruan Fuyu saw this half-body armor that was also plated with gold powder, he was immediately overjoyed: "Good thing, good thing!" ”

"Only this kind of golden armor can be matched with the demeanor of Xiao Wang, if he says that Xiao Wang succeeds to the throne and wears this armor, it will be really majestic!"

Hu Jingshui could speak fluent Annan, but when he said this, Ruan Fuwei's face suddenly became gloomy.

Ruan Phuc Yen does want to succeed to the throne, but this is unrealistic, he is only the third son of Ruan Phuc Yuan, above him, although the eldest brother is dead, there is also a second brother Nguyen Phuc Lan, and Ruan Phuc Lan has always had a bad relationship with him, and the fight between the two has been going on for a long time.

"Shut up!" He said angrily.

"Why is Xiao Wang like this?" Hu Jingshui was surprised: "The villain has always been friendly with Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang did not give up, and Xu was the master of Hoi An Chinatown, and he didn't dare not plan for Xiao Wang, so he introduced Xiao Wang to that friend of the Ming Dynasty, who sent a total of twenty sets of battle armor, and talked about his respect for Xiao Wang......

"Alas......" Hearing this, Ruan Fuyu also blushed a little, and he was depressed, but he was angry with this Ming businessman, which really shouldn't be.

But he didn't have the slightest intention of apologizing, the Ruan family, whether it was him Ruan Fuyu or his father Ruan Fuyuan, was perfunctory to Da Ming. On the surface, he is respectful, but in fact he has a lot of contempt, for example, the Ruan clan invaded the territory of Zhancheng, and the king of Zhancheng complained to Daming because he was the suzerain of Daming, but Daming was powerless!

The Zheng clan in the north also did not take the Ming Dynasty in their eyes, invaded the Ming vassal countries, harassed the Ming frontier, and even forcibly occupied the land of the Ming Dynasty!

"Xiao Wang, the villain said a disrespectful word, some time ago the villain heard that the Buddha's body is no longer good, and he is about to return to heaven, and at that time, Xiao Wang can succeed to the throne......"

The Lord of the Buddha is the honorific title of Nguyen Phuc Yuan, the father of Nguyen Phuc Ao, and there are also those who call him "Lord Sai", but he himself brazenly calls himself "Ren Guo Gong".

"Enough, don't you know that my father is my brother's favorite?" Ruan Fuyu waved his hand: "By that time, I will even have this Quang Nam ...... I'm afraid it's gone. ”

Hu Jingshui was shocked when he heard this: "If that's the case, then the villain, the head of Hoi An Port, ......"

"Then you can send some armor to my brother, he likes this kind of thing...... Perhaps, he will also let you be the principal. ”

"The villain heard that Ruan Fulan is the most greedy, how can Xiao Wang be so benevolent and generous! And...... We have a book in the Ming Kingdom, called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I wonder if Xiao Wang knows? ”

Of course, Ruan Fuwei knew that Tao Weici, one of the most important advisers of their Ruan family, who died only last year, often called himself "Zhuge Liang", and also wrote a poem called "Wollongong". Seeing him nodding, Hu Jingshui said in a low voice: "When Cao Ying's army went south to force Eastern Wu to surrender, Lu Su said to Sun Quan that everyone else can surrender, but Sun Quan can't. Xiao Wang, everyone else can be friendly with Ruan Fulan, but Xiao Wang can't. ”

Ruan Fuyu's face was cloudy, he looked at Hu Jingshui, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"Like a villain, that Ruan Fulan is corrupt, the villain can give more bribes at most, and he has to be the steward of Hoi An Port, but Xiao Wang has always been on bad terms with Ruan Fulan, if he ascends the throne, Xiao Wang wants to be a rich man in peace, but I'm afraid he can't!"

As soon as these words came out, Ruan Fuyu's face suddenly turned red, and his eyes were a little bloodshot. He hasn't been stupid yet, and at this time, he knew that Hu Jingshui came to give gifts this time, but he was afraid that he had another purpose. Therefore, he asked Hu Jingshui: "What do you mean by this, are you just here to stir up our brotherhood?" ”

Hu Jingshui scolded secretly, where is there any brotherhood in this group of monkey-like Annan people, they are greedy and stupid, and they are accustomed to treachery, all of them are the same!

"Why did Xiao Wang say this, what he said today, just treat it as if the villain never said it." Hu Jingshui sneered: "The villain is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and he has also met some powerful people in the Ming Dynasty, but he is not afraid of his brother, at most, the villain will not come to Guangnan to do business, after he succeeds to the throne, can he still beat our Ming?" ”

When Ruan Fuyu heard this, his face suddenly changed again, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's me who is rude...... Mr. Hu, please teach me. ”

Hu Jingshui looked around, Ruan Fuyu immediately withdrew the people around him, and Hu Jingshui said: "Xiao Wang, since Renguo Gong favors Ruan Fulan, why doesn't Xiao Wang make a lot of foreign aid to try to get it?" ”

"What?" Ruan Fuyu was taken aback, he had colluded with the Zheng family, thinking that he was doing something hidden, Hu Jingshui's words seemed to know!

"The Zheng family in the north, Champa in the south, and Zhenla and Liao in the west are all places where you can ask for help, even if you can't let them help Xiao Wang, at least let them be neutral. The most important thing is that if Xiao Wang can go to the Ming Dynasty and ask for the order of the great tomorrow, why worry about the great cause? ”

"Where will the son of tomorrow take care of me?" Ruan Fuyu laughed when he heard this: "Mr. Hu, don't be joking. ”

"If you go directly to the Great Tomorrow, it will naturally not work, but if there is a powerful person in the Ming Kingdom to make a case for Xiao Wang, it will be another matter." Hu Jingshui pointed to the bright set of golden helmets: "This one is a big man who can pass through the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Oh, what is he?"

"He himself has no position, but his uncle is the new Qinzhou governor, and in addition, he has a way to be the chief eunuch of the Nanjing Town Guard. In his hands, there are also 3,000 elite families, and he also has a great friendship with the Zheng family in the South Seas, and he can borrow 10,000 sailors from the Zheng family at any time. Hu Jingshui boasted greatly: "If Xiao Wang is really interested, he is willing to help." ”

Ruan Fuyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was not stupid, and now he knew very well that Hu Jingshui must have been instructed by "him" to come and contact him.

"That big man in the Ming Kingdom, what does he want?" Ruan Fuyu asked very dryly.

"Hoi An Port." Hu Jingshui replied without hesitation: "He wants to use Hoi An Port to trade with Fanren!" ”

If he said anything else, Nguyen Phuc Wei would definitely be suspicious, but when he said that he wanted to borrow Hoi An Port, which was named "Pheu Phuoc" at this time, he really believed it. Since the opening of Hoi An Harbor, Nguyen Thi has been collecting taxes from merchant ships that come to him, and each ship only receives taxes ranging from 300 to 8,000 guan according to the country to which the ship belongs, and the annual income is often more than 10,000 yuan.

He also knew that at this time, although the Ming Dynasty had opened the sea ban, there was only one place in Guangzhou's land to trade with the Fanren, if he really borrowed his Hoi An Port, then the profit from trading with the Fanren was even more difficult to estimate.

After hesitating for a moment, he didn't open his mouth to respond, and Hu Jingshui said again: "Hoi An is a port, the radius is only dozens of miles, if Xiao Wang succeeds to the throne, he will get a big country with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, millions of people, and 30,000 armor!" ”

At this time, Annam was in the so-called Northern and Southern Dynasties, first the Mo rebellion, followed by the Zheng Mo war, and now there was the Ruan-Zheng confrontation, a hundred years of chaotic war, which caused the population of Annam to decline sharply. At the beginning, when Annan had just left the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 2560,000 soldiers, and when the Li clan Zhongxing attacked the Mo clan, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. The population of the Nguyen clan was inferior to that of the Zheng clan, and the army was insufficient, so it relied on the forts of the Great Wall in the north for defense.

Hearing Hu Jingshui talk about this "big country", Ruan Fuwei finally made up his mind.

"It's just borrowing a Hoi An port to trade with Fanyi, that person is from the Ming Kingdom, how can he stay on my Annan land for a long time! It is the malaria caused by the unadaptation of the soil and water, which can make him go back to Daming! He thought to himself, "Besides, after I become the lord of the country, the most I can do is drive him away!" ”

Thinking of this, he nodded: "Since this is the case, how do you say you should act?" ”

"The Lord of the Buddha is in poor health, if Xiao Wang can enter Fu'an (now Guangtian County, Chengtian Prefecture, where the Ruan regime was located at that time), imprison Ruan Fulan, and hold the authority of the court, why worry about the big thing?" Hu Jingshui said with a smile.

"I also know, but now that my brother is in power, how can I enter Fu'an?"

"Does Xiao Wang have any cronies in Fu'an Mansion? If Xiao Wang takes 3,000 elites and enters the inland from the Xiangjiang River by boat, and then opens the city by his cronies, it will be extremely easy to become a big thing! Hu Jingshui lowered his voice: "If Xiao Wang still feels unsure, he can still secretly trust the Zheng family, ask the Zheng family to pretend to be Koubian, and everyone in the court will only look north, who will pay attention to Xiao Wang's actions in Guangnan?" ”

Hearing this, Nguyen Phuc was overjoyed and almost danced.

(To be continued)