Chapter 826: Meeting (Part II)

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The rapid restoration of calm in the south-east after the war, and the flourishing of maritime trade, were largely due to the fact that the agreement was consistently well observed. However, all ships sailing in the Asia-Pacific region, except for the fleet escorted by the Daming Naval Division, can be exempted, and even the Nanyang Company, which does not need their escort, also pays taxes honestly.

In fact, the enemies of Nanyang Company are these two maritime hegemons...... Although Xu Hai and Wang Zhi knew that this company was inextricably linked to Shen Mo, and it was difficult for them to do it clearly, they could still swoop other forces, and even directly send their subordinates to pretend to be pirates and rob their fleets on the vast sea.

Fortunately, the president of Nanyang Company is Zheng Ruozeng, an outstanding military theorist who knows that "when you sail on the ocean, you must first defeat the ocean". Not only did he secretly recruit a group of experienced old pirates such as Lin Feng, but he also personally recruited sailors, hired Francophone instructors, and taught him the most advanced navigation techniques and the navigation tactics he had improved.

Therefore, when the first batch of warships he customized arrived, it didn't take much effort to form an instant combat capability. It was not until this time that Nanyang Company was officially listed, and began to sail NV, and in the first voyage, it had a disparity of 1 to 27 battle losses, so that heroes from all walks of life did not dare to humiliate.

In the next two years, under the outstanding leadership of Zheng Ruozeng, Nanyang Company developed steadily and steadily, becoming the third largest maritime force after Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, and obtained the qualification to sit on an equal footing with the two giants.

However, even so, the transit tax of the jiāo is still indispensable, which is the bottom line of the two giants. Zheng Ruozeng didn't want to attract their left and right attacks, so he just used huā money to buy time, and he kept paying tribute.

But everything changed qualitatively after Nanyang took control of Luzon Manila. This route, which originally belonged to Wang Zhi, was occupied by the Nanyang Company as the most important relay point...... Previously, when Wang Zhi's fleet passed through Manila, he had to pay a heavy tax to the Spaniard Jiāo, but now of course he would not tax the Nanyang Company Jiāo. Of course, Zheng Ruozeng also consciously stopped paying taxes to Wang Zhi, and neither party felt that there was anything wrong.

The highest criterion on the ocean is not a bullshit covenant, there are only four words 'strength is respected'!

As a result, the Nanyang route actually became shared by the two families, and it was Máo Haifeng that represented Wang Zhi's interests in Nanyang...... The core of Wang Zhi's power is the waters of Taiwan-Japan-Korea-Shandong, and the fact that Máo Haifeng was sent to the South Seas was actually a disguised exile. There is no way, no matter how loyal and meritorious his godson is, it is impossible to compare with his own son. However, the prestige of Máo Haifeng is too high, and Wang Zhi's son Wang Cheng has only been in the sea for a few years, so Wang Zhi must send as far as Máo Haifeng can in order to smooth the Jiāo class.

máo Haifeng is no longer the stupid xiǎomáo of the past, he is middle-aged, mature and old-fashioned, and naturally knows that if it weren't for Gu Nian's father and son, and his own iron rod too much, Wang Zhi would definitely kill himself. He cut off the idea of going back, set up a base in Hawksbill Harbor wholeheartedly, and took the initiative to make overtures to Manila, hoping that the two sides could coexist peacefully.

His overtures were met with an enthusiastic response from the Nanyang Company, and Zheng Ruozeng even rushed to Luzon in person, and took only a small entourage to meet him at Tortoiseshell Harbor. The most convincing thing in Máo Haifeng's life is the kind of character who is silent that 'a scholar can reach a million soldiers', and he naturally admires Zheng Ruozeng when he sees him. The two sides were happy and reached a four-point agreement on 'mutual non-aggression, benefit sharing, protection of immigrants, and joint defense against foreign enemies', and after the meeting, Máo Haifeng personally sent Zheng Ruozeng back to Manila to show that his sincerity did not belong to the other party.

The two sides can try their best to reconcile, of course, not only because of Zheng Ruozeng's personal charm, but also because the two sides are facing the threat of the Spaniards...... They all know that the world's number one naval power will definitely not give up, and when they come back, it will definitely not be just the same number of people; In addition, there is the unfriendliness of the local indigenous people...... There are many tribes on the island of Luzon, and although some are friendly with the Chinese, there are also those who are very hostile to the Chinese, and regard them as invaders like the 'red máo ghosts'.

Therefore, if you want to gain a foothold here, you Chinese have to give up infighting and unite to have hope...... Of course, this is also inseparable from Shen Mo's entrustment of Shen Jing's letter to Xiǎomáo's classmates.

For Máo Haifeng, who is bent on embracing the Nanyang Company, inheriting Wang Zhi's power in Nanyang is of great benefit, which means that he will not only be in Luzon, but in the entire Nanyang, with the qualifications to share the situation with the Nanyang Company, whether it is advancing or retreating in the future, this is a very thick capital.

Of course, Wang Zhi also has conditions, that is, to let Máo Haifeng help Wang Cheng suppress the very likely split after his death...... Wang Zhi believes that as long as the two brothers can join hands, neither Ye Bichuan nor Wang Qingxi will dare to come out of the moth.

The situation on Wang Zhi's side is probably like this, in any case, it is already a matter of time before the Nanyang route is completely controlled by the Nanyang Company. As for Xu Hai on the other side, because Wang Cuiqiao, the wife of the pro-court court, has always been there, he is not as unruly as Wang Zhi, and he is still more cooperative, but he has always wanted to attack Malacca, but he has been held down by Shen Mu, which makes him a little dissatisfied.

In fact, Malacca is the western part of the Ming Sea Frontier that has been silently demarcated, and naturally he will have to take it sooner or later, but the time is not right at this moment, and he doesn't want to start a war with the two teeth at the same time, so instead of taking any provocations, he ordered the Nanyang Company to do whatever it takes to be the local Governor of Franco...... With the help of the Australian Mén Franco, this task was completed very well.

To put it simply, Nadia, the governor of Franco, became Zheng Ruozeng's in-laws...... Mr. Kaiyang made great sacrifices in order to open up the sea frontier of the Ming Dynasty, and he married his nv son to Nadia's son Xiǎo Nadia. For Franco, it is absolutely undesirable to be able to marry a noble Oriental Xiǎo sister as a wife, and of course he is extremely happy. However, for Zheng Ruozeng, he was almost divorced by his wife, and the husband and wife were separated for a whole year.

Later, Nadia and his wife settled in Australia, which in the eyes of the Orientals was tantamount to an inverted chāmén. In addition, the xiǎo guy has rare black hair, is very handsome and educated, and can speak fluent Chinese, so he gradually influenced his mother-in-law and made the old man feel a little better.

Zheng Ruozeng became in-laws with old Nadia, and of course he also got some benefits. Most importantly, Nanyang ships were able to enjoy the same treatment as Francomotor ships in Malacca, as well as a number of other priorities. But this is not the purpose of Lao Zheng to play and kiss, for this reason he has endured the ridicule of his peers and even subordinates, until ten years later, everyone suddenly realized that he was immediately enshrined as a celestial, of course, this is also a later story.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that Nanyang has more and more control and influence over the two routes, so the concerns about the sea routes can be completely dispelled.

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As for the 'raw materials' and 'grain', Shen Mo said to everyone: "You are really holding a golden bowl for food, and the development of Luzon is tight, and you don't have everything, so why bother to be controlled by others?" ”

Everyone laughed embarrassedly...... Although most of you have subscribed to the large amount of land in Nanyang, you have also sent people to see it, and the feedback is also very satisfactory. However, bound by traditional concepts, they always feel that it is an overseas enclave, which is unreliable. In case the Spaniards fight back, or the local natives rebel, won't they lose their wives and soldiers? So I didn't bother to develop it.

In the end, they did not regard it as their own territory, but only as a relay station for maritime shipping. No matter how tight the Nanyang Company is, they all think that Zheng Ruo once needed manpower to consolidate his rule, just to fulfill his shareholder obligations, the provinces put bankrupt workers and peasants, gang members, and prisoners in prison...... It was all lumpenproletarians who endangered harmony, and they gathered more than 10,000 people, even deceived and tied up, and sent them to Luzon in one go, and then they didn't care about anything.

For this, silence is also helpless, forcing the head of the ox not to drink water, without completely defeating the expeditionary fleet of the Spanish governor of Mexico, without establishing effective rule in the region, and letting these fellows see the vast money of the plantation economy, to let them go to the South Seas to engage in plantations, it is really thirty nights of hope for the moon - no hope.

The same thing happened to Beijing Xungui, and it even made him even more helpless. Shen Mo also promised those people a large piece of land, but except for the two grandfathers Xu in the south and one in the north, who gave him face, reluctantly subscribed cheaply, and then sent a hundred and ten people each to manage it, the rest only sent representatives to take a look, and then there was no follow-up.

Of course, it is also understandable that for the princes who are far away in Beijing, Nanyang is too far away, and it takes a year to go back and forth, so I can't be interested! What they are more interested in is the black land of Liaodong, but it is occupied by Tu Man and Duoyan Sanwei, and there is also NV Zhen, no one dares to go to find Thorn Jī.

But although helpless, the silence does not blame them, after all, the official gentry of the Ming Dynasty have given him too many surprises, if it is changed to my Qing Dynasty, he will definitely have nothing so far, and eighty percent was directly clicked by the emperor. It was this unprecedented free Zhongming era that gave him the opportunity to show his planning, and it was beyond his expectations to be able to do this step today.

How can you get an inch and force the ancients?

Therefore, Shen Mo thought about how to make the Ming people have confidence in Luzon as soon as possible, rather than ordering them anything.

This issue can only be pressed first, but after all, he has already drawn a cake for everyone, but whether it can be realized depends on the test of time.

Time flies, and before you know it, it's time. Before Shen Mo could speak of the last question of 'labor', he heard a knock outside, which was the time to announce the burial.

He could only stop talking and said to the people who were still unsatisfied: "Let's stop here, the rest of the issues are more complicated, I will communicate with a few more family heads and let them convey them to you." As he spoke, he stood up, put on his plain clothes, and said in a deep voice: "Now, put away all your thoughts and send the handsome one last ride!" ”

Everyone responded, got up together, and walked out of the filial piety shed with him, only to see that the other people in the filial piety shed had already come out and were already waiting there.

Shen Mo nodded at them, and without saying anything, he walked to the tomb, and everyone followed him silently......

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The place where the Shinto Road connects to the tomb is a 20-zhang tunnel. Hu Dashuai's yīn wooden coffin stopped at the mouth of the tunnel, and as soon as the hour came, the people carried the coffin to the grave and placed it, and then covered the tunnel with the ground.

As soon as Shen Mo and his entourage arrived at the worship platform and stood still, they heard three cannon shots, 'dong, knock, knock', which was a report that auspiciousness had arrived. The scene, which was still a little noisy, suddenly became silent.

After a series of funeral ceremonies, the memorial letter issued by the Longqing Emperor was silently read, and after reading it, it was burned in front of Hu Zongxian's coffin.

When the flames flickered and drowned out the bright yellow sacrificial text, a gong was struck by the celebrant and shouted:

"Congratulations to the Taibao Hainingbo into the Hades Palace-"

As soon as the shouting stopped, the mourning and joy flourished. Thirty-six strong men dressed in sackcloth with white cloth wrapped around their heads gritted their teeth and lifted the incomparably heavy coffin.

Hu Zongxian's several children and grandchildren, as well as his sons and grandsons, dozens of filial sons and grandsons opened the way in front. The eldest son, Hu Guiqi, walked in the middle, crying while sprinkling a bowl of warm male jī blood on the ground along the way...... Xiongjī blood can dispel evil spirits, and sprinkling it in the tomb can avoid the intrusion of ghosts and gods, so that the deceased can sleep in peace. Hu Guiqi sprinkled jī's blood all the way to the mouth of the tomb, and when the last drop of blood fell to the ground, he threw the large magnetic bowl violently at the lid of the coffin and smashed it according to the rules, praying for his father's safety in the spirit of heaven......

With this shattering sound, the salute officer sang in a long voice: "Please send ......"

With this bleak trumpet, thousands of Hu clansmen wearing linen and filial piety on the stage worshipped; A dignitary dressed in white and dressed in white cloth with a white cloth around his waist...... Including silence, like a fallen wheat field, they all bow down and bow down.

"One worship...... all white sè's filial piety hats are attached to the ground.

"Second worship ......" countless chrysanthemums bloom at the same time.

"Three worships and ......" is another sea of white sè.

When everyone got up, the huge coffin had been placed in the burial chamber, and all the coffin bearers and filial sons and grandsons withdrew. Then one hundred and eight shovels were raised together and filled the tunnel with earth, and when the tunnel was covered with earth, the funeral was finished...... After that, there will be craftsmen who use 10,000 catties of broken dragon stones to completely build the tunnel to death, so as not to disturb the sleep of the handsome man.

After the funeral, the officials and gentry who came to mourn came down the mountain one after another, but Shen Mo stayed in the filial piety shed, and he wanted to keep filial piety for Hu Zongxian for three days.

People were all moved by Shen Ge Lao and Hu Taibao's deep affection, but as everyone knows, he just wanted to relieve the guilt in his heart a little-

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