It was late at night last night, and Yang Fan returned to the post station full of alcohol. He lit firecrackers with the children and stuffed them into a water tank. The ice in the vat was blown out.

Yang Fan, who slept until he woke up naturally, looked out the window, it was already a warm sun, shining in through the window, and the dust was exceptionally clear in the light.

"Sir, Zheng Dudu's invitation has arrived."

It's been three poles in the morning, and I didn't see this Ling Hebo coming over in a hurry, this Zheng Zhilong was a little impatient, as soon as this Chaozhong lord came over, he Zheng Zhilong should have picked up the wind and washed the dust. Now that he heard about the car hatred, this lord didn't come to visit, so he had to hand over the invitation in person.

Yang Fan got up and said, "Got it." You and Yu Huan are ready to go with me. By the way, we can't go over the bottles of wine we brought from the ship yesterday empty-handed. ”

The carriage came out of the post station and headed for Zheng's house.

Nowadays, Quanzhou is one of the richest places in the Ming Dynasty. Along the way, there were a lot of pawn vendors. Li Yuhuan straightened his clothes and asked, "Sir, why did you take the two of us with you when you went to Zheng's house today?" ”

"What, don't want to go?" Yang Fan looked at Li Yuhuan's clothes today, and asked, "Where did this clothes come from?" Li Yuhuan couldn't say why. Sun Yi on the side laughed so much that his stomach was about to twitch, and he said: "When we came out this year ago, Yu Huan's father wanted to make a new dress for him and asked him what style he wanted. As a result, he said that he wanted a lord like this, and this Uncle Li thought that the lord was too expensive in your shop, so he found a tailor and made a rough touch, and it became like this, the coat is not like a coat, and the robe is not like a robe. ”

Li Yuhuan said with some embarrassment: "Sir, don't listen to Sun Yi's nonsense, it's the tailor who is fashionable, and specially said to make a new style for me, and the result is ......."

"Haha." Yang Fan said, "This is called being greedy for a small price and suffering a big loss." Okay, wait until you get back...... Alas, it is estimated that it will be hot when I go back. Li Yuhuan glanced at Yang Fan and whispered, "It's okay, it's okay." You can wear it next year if you keep it. ”

"Poof......" In the carriage, Sun Yi and Yang Fan almost laughed and suffered internal injuries. This little ** is so cute.

Until he arrived at the gate of Zheng's mansion, Sun Yi had a low smile and was still laughing with his stomach covered. Li Yuhuan followed behind Yang Fan and complained a little unhappily: "Is it so funny?" ”

"Yes." Sun Yi replied extremely uncooperatively. Yang Fan handed over the post, stood in front of the Zheng Mansion, and said: "Don't pretend to be Lao Tzu from the capital when you go in later, Lao Tzu's grandfather is a fool of a second-class master, do you understand?" This is for Sun Yi. Li Yuhuan and Yang Fan are not worried.

"Understood. But sir, what is a fool like? ”

Yang Fan glanced at Sun Yi and said, "Well, like you." Sun Yi didn't react, oh, and there was no sound. Zheng Zhilong quickly walked over, his eyebrows were bright, and his face was full of red light: "The lord has been waiting for a long time, and it is rude." ”

"Just arrived, too." Yang Fan replied with a smile. Zheng Zhilong raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said: "Yesterday I was in a hurry, I didn't know that the lord arrived in Quanzhou, and later the chief soldier of the car told him that he had arrived in Quanzhou." Thinking that it was late yesterday, I set up a banquet today and personally entertained the lord. ”

Zheng Dudu was polite. There are so many businesses waiting for Zheng Dudu on this sea, so he is naturally too busy, so he understands below. Zheng Zhilong was stunned and said with a smile: "Sir, this is the fault for snubbing you?" ”

"Haha, how dare you. As a junior, he should come to visit, and these bottles of wine should be a gift for Zheng Dudu. ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard Yang Fan's flattering tone, although he was domineering and arrogant at sea, he lacked the hypocrisy of officialdom. After taking the wine, he said: "Then someone Zheng has to taste the wine that the lord brought from Jingshi today." Zheng Zhilong saw that Yang Fan was followed by two people, so he asked, "......Who are these two?"

"This is the son of the family of Li Daoli, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and this is the son of Sun Chengzong's Sun Shangshu family. This time, I followed the south and saw the world. You still don't give Zheng Dudu a salute. ”

"Governor Zheng, look up for a long time." Sun Yi grinned and saluted. Only Li Yuhuan bowed and said respectfully: "Little nephew Li Yuhuan, I have seen Zheng Dudu." ”

"Good, good. It's all very good. Come, come, please, sit in the house. "Actually, whether it is Yang Fan, the lord, or Zheng Zhilong, the governor, one has no fiefdom and the other has no military power, they are all false names. And Zheng Zhilong has many subordinates, so many that in the entire Ming Dynasty, there is not a single general soldier, there are so many people under his command, and no general soldier is richer than Zheng Zhilong. The rich rival the country, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zheng Zhilong is rich and rival the country.

A few people sat down, and after a few words of greeting, Zheng Zhilong didn't see any urgency on Yang Fan's face, and secretly said that he was still swelling his face and becoming fat at this time, so he asked tentatively: "I heard that the lord was ordered to send Luzon this time?" ”

"Yes. This matter of Lingqi, please also ask Zheng Dudu to be accommodating. ”

"Haha, the ship of the imperial court, how dare you collect money below. But sir, you'll have to shut up this time. Then Luzon has long been occupied by Westerners. Even if you have dozens of ships, there are also fifteen treasure ships with artillery, and the Westerners will never let you emigrate. ”

The two people sitting on the side were shocked, they were occupied by Westerners? That's how it can be good. This time, the main purpose of this visit was to resettle 30,000 refugees, and it was best to be able to gather enough granaries and carry them back for disaster relief, but the Westerners occupied Luzon.

"So Lord Yang, it's better to plan early."

Yang Fan raised his head, put his hands on his knees, and asked, "What should I do?" You can't pull these 30,000 people back, can you? Zheng Zhilong smiled: "Zheng has a way to get the best of both worlds, what do you think?" ”

Yang Fan sneered, and the fox tail was revealed, but he still pretended not to know: "Governor Zheng, please say, is there a good way to have the best of both worlds." ”

"Does Lord Yang know that there is a strip of water on the other side of this sea, and there is a small island called Taiwan?"

"Naturally, I know that what Governor Zheng means is to let these 30,000 people be resettled on the island of Taiwan?" Yang Fan followed Zheng Zhilong's words and said. It seems that Zheng Zhilong is preparing to develop and expand his own power in Taiwan. The three caves of the cunning rabbit, now the imperial court has no time to take care of Zheng Zhilong here, so he has to Zhao'an. But who can say what will happen in the future? In case the situation is not right, retreating to Taiwan is the last strategy of the old Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, has a very strong sense of distress. However, in order to retreat to the island of Taiwan, the first thing to be solved is the population problem. If you want to make a fortune in Taiwan, you have to have someone, what does no one eat? Not to mention the soldiers. Therefore, immigration has become extremely important in the past, who is willing to leave their homeland and go to that island to live, so no matter how Zheng Zhilong convinces the people, it is good for one person to reward three dollars, or three people to give a cow, and there are only a few thousand people in the past.

Therefore, the 30,000 people in Yang Fan's hands have become extremely important. The most important thing is that he has no worries, and when he saw Yang Fan climbing up along the pole, he said: "The lord is really witty, what do you think?" He thought that this kind of attention that helped Yang Fan solve a big problem would definitely make Yang Fan agree, but he still miscalculated.

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "Governor Zheng, you don't know anything." ”

Zheng Zhilong raised his eyebrows, and his face was a little ugly: "What?" What are the difficulties of Lord Yang? ”

"I heard that there are still Westerners on this island of Taiwan?"

Zheng Zhilong understood and said, "There are Westerners on top." But they're all businessmen. Why, does this have anything to do with immigration? Yang Fan said: "You see, this Taiwan island is so big, and it is still mostly mountainous, so it is difficult to grow grain." What the Holy One wants is a place that is not only self-sufficient, but preferably a large place that can be used as a granary. ”

Zheng Zhilong's face immediately changed, this little emperor's ambition is not small, not only to let these 30,000 refugees live, but also to transport grain back. immediately dispelled the idea of letting them immigrate to Taiwan. These people are not under his control, and they must not be allowed to immigrate to the island of Taiwan, otherwise they will lure wolves into the house.

"Aha, didn't the lord say that he brought good wine? Come, bring it. Zheng Zhilong diverted the topic and stopped talking about this immigration to the island of Taiwan. I'll taste the good wine that the lord has brought. ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up when he saw the transparent bottle taken out of the wooden box, this ...... This is too extravagant, and the crystal is used as a wine bottle. "The lord is extravagant enough, this wine bottle costs a few taels of silver, it seems that this wine is also a jade dew." Zheng Zhilong just wanted to pour the bowl of wine, but was stopped by Yang Fan.

"Governor, this wine cannot be drunk in a bowl, but in a small cup." Yang Fan has a total of four bottles of wine in a wooden box, and two glasses at the same time, which looks magnificent and exquisite. Zheng Zhilong said: "Why can't you use a bowl?" This little cup is too small. Zheng Zhilong picked up the cup, smelled it, and seemed to be stunned by the aroma of the wine, and poured it into his mouth in one go.

"Tsk, hah. Wine! Joyfully! Zheng Zhilong poured wine again, "This is wine, happy." ”

Yang Fan looked at Zheng Zhilong, who had drunk three glasses in a row, and said, "The governor really has a good amount of wine." ”

"Sir, what kind of wine is this?"

"Heroic tears." Yang Fan said, "What does the governor think?" I am worried that there is such a batch of wine, and there is no place to buy it. Yang Fan felt that if he sold it loosely, when would he have to sell it, he would simply sell it to the local tyrant Zheng Zhilong to get the money faster. After all, the consumption of 200 stone of white rice per day is also a lot of silver.

"How many more are there? I'm going to ask for someone Zheng. ”

"Oh? The Governor is really arrogant. If there is really no way, this person has to be resettled on the island of Taiwan. Zheng Zhilong's eyelids jumped, and he had to buy this wine himself. Who calls himself cheap, and wants to help others immigrate to the island of Taiwan? He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sir, how about I spend fifty taels to buy a set?" ”

Zheng Zhilong estimated that with such an expensive crystal glass, coupled with this good wine, he only had thirty taels of silver to die, and he spent fifty taels on himself, which was a big deal to charge a few more boats.

Yang Fan stood up and said with a smile: "Then these thousand sets of heroic tears can count on you." ”

"A thousand...... Set ...... "Zheng Zhilong's face is hard to see, isn't this your mother an envoy to Luzon, what are you doing with so much wine?" Fifty thousand taels, this is white flowers. However, in order to quickly drive this broom star away, Zheng Zhilong could only endure the pain and buy it.

His face twitched, and he said, "Don't worry, sir, this thousand sets of Zheng people have been packed." Such a good wine, such a good bottle, a good deal...... a fart." Some of them chatted a few words, and finally Yang Fan said goodbye and left. Yang Fan was also satisfied to get the Zheng family's order flag, otherwise this three thousand taels of silver per boat would not be something he could afford. Besides, for Zheng Zhilong, who has an annual income of tens of millions, the 50,000 taels of silver is just a drizzle.

Sending Yang Fan away, Zheng Zhilong sat on the seat alone and drank wine. "Master, look at this thing......"

"Money is not an issue, let this man leave quickly, as for what happens at sea, this is not something for us to consider. And what happened to those foreigners on the island of Taiwan? ”

The old man in a long shirt on the side brushed his beard and replied, "I still refuse to go." Now on the southern island, the immigrants we brought with us can only go to the north. ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The time is not yet ripe, and you can't rush it. Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin are now gone, and this Liu Xiang has become a big problem for me, so it's better to kill it as soon as possible. ”

"The old man is right. Now that the lord is a member of the court, that is to do the right thing for heaven and eliminate harm for the people. Waiting for the approval of the imperial court, Liu Xiang and his gang are naturally not your opponents. ”

Zheng Zhilong took another sip of wine and muttered: "Wine is good wine, but it's a little expensive......"