The last time Xiao Tian and Wang Zhi met, Wang Zhi attached great importance to Xiao Tian, but the last time compared with this time, it was nothing, Wang Zhi heard the news of Xiao Tianlai, and only asked one question, "Did he come with soldiers or by himself?" ”

The subordinate said, "His troops are docked more than a hundred miles away from us, and only one of his big exaggerated ships has come." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Since he didn't come with soldiers, he was naturally a friend, and Wang Zhi didn't pretend to be confused, and directly took his various leaders to the dock to greet Xiaotian in person.

Xiaotian's posture was very low, wearing a unicorn robe, and he hugged his fists and said: "It's really a torturous boy to greet the old shipowner in person."

With Xiaotian's identity, daring to use his official body to only go to Wufeng Island at this time is actually the greatest sincerity. Of course Wang Zhi understands, naturally he will not be embarrassed, and after simply introducing the leaders one by one, he will let them disperse, the only person on the island who is qualified to talk to Xiaotian is himself, since people are here alone, you are surrounded by a whole group of leaders, that is to set up a score.

To tell the truth, Wang Zhi's mood at this time is complicated, when he saw Xiaotian last year, his power was even slightly inferior to Xu Hai, but in less than a year, Xiaotian has not lost much to himself, for a while, Wang Zhi actually had the feeling that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves.

What's more, the last time he came, Xiao Tian was a junior in the pirate world to meet his seniors, but this time, it was the marquis of the imperial court who officially negotiated with him. However, it is gratifying that although Xiaotian is wearing an official uniform, he still performs a junior salute to him.

After the two of them sat down, Wang Zhi took the lead in speaking, "Although it is not simple to know the official background of the scholar, I never imagined that you are already the honor of the marquis." Shame on you."

Xiao Tian hurriedly said: "The old shipowner, don't talk like this, the younger generation is just borrowing the power of the imperial court, where can I compare with you, the Hou Ye or something will pretend to be face, if you say it again, but it's a joke on me, you still call me a scholar."

Wang Zhi was completely relieved at this time. nodded, and said: "Okay, then call you a scholar, the scholar is here this time, I don't know if it's Zhao'an?" ”

Xiao Tian said with a smile: "Where is it, how dare this, the younger generation happened to come to the country to do something, how can there be no reason to visit the old shipowner by the way, and our business is almost the same now, seeing that the autumn harvest is over, millions of taels of silver, I also wonder if it is better for us to meet again."

Wang Zhi smiled and said: "The dignified marquis, you are actually willing to put down your son to talk to me about business, if the other officials in the court have half of you, our life will be much better."

Xiao Tiandao: "The old ship owner is talking nonsense again, where are you a widow, you haven't robbed our people in the Ming Dynasty, if anyone dares to say that you are a widow, the younger generation will be the first to tear his mouth." You are my friend of Daming! ”

Wang Zhi was very surprised, Xiao Tian's words were undoubtedly a statement, and he said, "What did you say?" Friend? I thought you were going to say it was the people, but you weren't wrong."

Xiaotian said that he was not a widow, he was naturally very happy, but to be honest, he was not surprised, he could say that he was a friend, but he was unexpectedly broken, what is a friend? Equal is a friend!

Xiao Tiandao: "Of course not, you are my friend of the Ming Dynasty, and now we have too few friends and too many people."

Wang Zhi was very useful, and secretly cooled for a long time before he spoke: "Actually, if the court is willing to recruit me, it's not that there is no need to talk about it at all."

This sentence, Wang Zhi said absolutely from the heart. If it is said that in history, Wang Zhi talked about Zhao'an with Hu Zongxian, playing a routine, and at this time, it was somewhat sincere to say this to Xiaotian.

In these years, who wants to be a thief if he can be an official? The reason why you are reluctant to recruit is that you are afraid of losing the power in your hands, and second, you are worried about the sincerity of the court.

Besides, thieves are a profession that is very despised these days, and the biggest problem with Zhao'an has never been whether these thieves are willing or not, but whether they can rest assured. In all dynasties, how many thieves in Zhao'an have a good end? Song Jiang is a role model. When the time comes, if you really change into an official uniform, you won't be excluded everywhere and oppressed all the time?

However, there are three reasons why Wang Zhi said this to Xiaotian, first, Xiaotian's style somewhat made him believe in Xiaotian's character and sincerity. Second, after all, he is essentially a businessman, and businessmen pay attention to making money and recruiting peace, at least in business, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Besides, the old shipowner is already gray-haired, although he has a son, but he doesn't know how many pounds and taels his son has? If he wasn't there, how could he suppress these outlaws at sea? Third, it is because of Xiaotian's example, what kind of road is Xiaotian, how can Wang Zhi, who has been mixed at sea for most of his life, not understand, this is a two-headed leaning, that is, he enjoys the convenience of the official body, and can enjoy the freedom of the sea, although it is the official body, but in fact, what is not his own decision?

It is precisely because of these three reasons that he took the initiative to propose the word Zhao'an, and he didn't expect to be Xiaotian, as long as he could catch up with half of Xiaotian, he could smile at Jiuquan.

Wang Zhi proposed Zhao'an, which was expected by Xiaotian, but you must know that at this time, Wang Zhi is actually a slightly stronger party than the imperial court, no matter how bad it is, it is also an equal relationship, even if the navy of the imperial court adds Xiaotian, it can't drip him, and there is Xu Hai in the rear.

Therefore, Wang Zhi's so-called Zhao'an must be a state of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and there are still a lot of conditions if it is not good, these are impossible for the imperial court to accept, Xiaotian is not Hu Zongxian, even if he is deceived ashore, it will be over, and it will naturally be impossible to accept this conversation, otherwise the talk will collapse at that time, but it will affect the goodwill that has been established with great difficulty.

So Xiaotian said without hesitation: "It's not time yet, the time is not yet ripe."

Wang Zhi nodded, his words just now were also throwing stones to ask for directions, although he had never been an official, but he was also a rare smart person in this era, a smart person can be thorough, since Xiaotian said that it is not the time, then it must not be the time, as for why it is not the time, he can probably guess it, so as soon as it is interrupted, this topic will pass, and when the time is ripe, it is estimated that Xiaotian will naturally come to him to talk.

Since Zhao'an can't talk about it, he naturally wants to talk about something else, Wang Zhi said with a smile: "Oda Nobunaga's mysterious reinforcements, I think it must be you, the hero is a young man, it really impresses me, Imagawa Yoshimoto is the most powerful name on the East China Sea Island, don't look at the more than 50,000 people under our hands, it looks better than him, in fact, my own family knows his own affairs, my more than 50,000 people, if I really want to pull it to the battlefield, there may not be 5,000 useful people, your hand, it really scared me."

Xiao Tian said with a smile: "I am afraid that this little manpower under me is not as good as the old shipowner, and I will beat a side drum in this battle, mainly by Oda Nobunaga and Yu Dayou, the general soldier of Zhejiang (Jiangsu) of the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Zhi smiled and didn't speak, Xiaotian also lowered his head and took a sip of tea, the two of them understood very well that the country is a huge market, and now there has been such a big change, it is natural to re-divide it, since the time for political negotiations is not yet ripe, it is natural to talk about business. (To be continued.) )