In terms of personal force, it can be said that he stands at the pinnacle of this era, and if it is a heads-up of cold weapons, it can be said that there are few opponents in the world.

Since Jia Qing is Liu Sheng Zongyan's apprentice, it is no wonder that he has such ability.

"Your martial arts skills are indeed good!" Lian Zining nodded and said, "In that case, your request will be agreed by the official." However, my Wu Yijun has always paid attention to military merits, no matter how high your martial arts are, you must start from the soldiers step by step, understand? ”

"Grass people, no, mark it and understand!"

"But now there's a great opportunity in front of you."

Jia Qing was overjoyed: "Please show me!" ”

"Your master Yanagi Zongyan, where is he now?" Lian Zining asked.

"The master left here at the end of last year, saying that he was going to Kinai." Jia Qing replied.

Lian Zining said: "How old is Yan, Yan, Liusheng?" Do you have disciples? ”

Jia Qing said proudly: "The master is a first-class and famous swordsman in Fusang, there are nine in the Chinese New Year's Eve today, and sixty disciples under his command, all of whom are first-class swordsmanship. ”

"Oh?" Lian Zining smiled: "The official gave you some silver, let you go to your master, and persuade him to come to serve under the official's account." You go and tell him that if he comes, the official will give him the title of deputy thousand households, five hundred taels of silver every year, a number of ice and carbon in winter and summer, all the best armor and fur, and all the official seals, and in the Ming Dynasty, the official can also give him a mansion and a number of slaves and maids. Ask him if he would like to come. If you are willing to come, bring those apprentices with you, and everyone will be rewarded! ”

"What?" Jia Qing's voice trembled, and he looked at Lian Zining in disbelief: "Is this true, adult?" ”

Lian Zining bowed: "Naturally, it's true." ”

Jia Qing was overjoyed, and even patted his chest and said loudly: "My lord, please rest assured, mark the dry packing ticket, and the master will definitely come back." ”

Don't think too highly of the martial arts masters of this era, in this era, in Fusang is still the rule of lords and nobles, and in Daming, it is the world of great unification and centralization. Those in power are the most taboo against those who violate the ban with force, so all dynasties have spared no effort to suppress those who practice martial arts.

In the Ming Dynasty, the children of the major Jianghu factions had a very limited way out, roughly four - joining the army, being a bandit, being a bodyguard for a large family, or just doing it yourself. To put it bluntly, it's all part-time work! And like the vendetta of the Jianghu factions shown in the martial arts novels of later generations, the chic of killing one person in ten steps and not leaving a thousand miles is simply nonsense - in the Ming Dynasty, you have no road guide is difficult to move an inch, I really thought about the addiction of killing a person in ten steps, and the consequence is to attract a large number of officers and soldiers and then be shot into a chicken feather ball by random arrows.

Except for a very small number of martial arts practitioners, Yunwen Yunwu, who can take the route of martial arts, the others have been mixed at the bottom of society all their lives.

And it is normal for the ruler to look down on such a person who practices martial arts, as strong as Yanagi Zongyan, if he encounters Lian Zining, fifty five thunder god fighters will shoot a salvo, and they will be immediately beaten into a sieve. Before the great shift of Qiankun was not practiced to the ninth layer, and the Jiuyang Divine Skill was not completed, ninety percent of the martial arts people were also a dead word to the officers and soldiers.

And the recruited martial arts people may not be treated very well, just like the existence of Yagyu Zongyan who stood at the top of the warrior pyramid, and later became Tokugawa Ieyasu's swordsmanship teacher, he only gave him a fief of 500 stones-500 stone of land, which is 300 acres to die!

In the eyes of the big turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was worth a little money.

And now Lian Zining gave him a price, which can be said to be extremely rich, this is like in later generations, a general in the United States said to a Muay Thai master, brother, come under me, come directly and give you the rank of colonel, the whole family and apprentices will be issued green cards to enjoy the superior life of the United States, give you 500,000 a year, don't look at the money is not much, we are treated, food and accommodation are the best, and it doesn't cost money! Buying you a three-story villa next to Madison Square Garden in New York, with a garden! There are five blonde white-skinned beauties and five long-legged and big-black girls under your hands, you can do whatever you want! There are three sets of high-quality suits, all of which are handmade!

Do you think he's tempted?

The results are self-evident, not to mention, the Muay Thai masters of later generations are also fragrant and spicy, and Yanagi Zongyan in this era can only eat bran vegetables, and white rice may not be eaten.

Lian Zining immediately ordered someone to take a hundred taels of silver, and asked someone to bring a two-handed heavy sword used by those generals and reward Jia Qing.

This two-handed heavy sword is more than a person long, nearly a foot wide, weighing thirty or forty pounds, it looks like a door panel, this kind of powerful giant sword, but it just fits Jia Qing's swordsmanship routine, and the martial artist gets a divine weapon as if he has got a second life. Jia Qing's face was full of joy, and he was busy thanking him again.

Then he resigned from Lian Zining, turned around and walked north, preparing to go to Kyoto, which was called Kyoto at this time, to find Shizun.

After this incident, Lian Zining also plans to leave.

As soon as he turned around and walked two steps, he heard a person shouting: "Lian Xianggong, Lian Xianggong!" ”

Lian Zining raised his eyebrows, with his high status, everyone's address to him is now basically fixed as the word adult, and he can still be called Lian Xianggong, only Dai Fuzhong is a person, and Fusang still has someone who calls himself Lian Xianggong? And the voice sounded a little familiar, and when he looked back, there was a person in the crowd who was jumping and waving to this side, but his face was not real. Lian Zining pointed in that direction: "Go and bring that person over." ”

The two soldiers should be, and when the person was brought over, Lian Zining looked at it, this person was fifty or sixty years old, wearing a green robe, with a thin figure, and a square scarf, and it turned out to be Yu Jingguan Yu Boss of the Fei Lengcui Publishing Society who wanted to buy his own book.

"Huh? Boss? It turned out to be you? "I met an old acquaintance in a foreign country, although I didn't get along very happily with this old acquaintance at the beginning, but I couldn't help but feel better, Lian Zining asked with a smile.

"Ahem, ahem! Although the old man is in Beijing, he can also keep hearing the news of Lian Xianggong, and I heard that Lian Xianggong is now a big official, which is really gratifying! Yu Jingguan stood still in front of Lian Zining, straightened the square scarf on his head, sang a fat promise, and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect Lord Lian to remember the old age." ”

Lian Zining laughed: "Why is Boss Yu here?" ”

"Alas, that's a long story!" Yu Jingguan sighed and talked about the reason.

It turned out that he was too stingy and refused to pay a high price, so he talked to Lian Zining and collapsed, and after the negotiation collapsed, he didn't care too much about going. But later, after Ying Ning's book became popular, this is the regret that does not fall. Later, Yu Susu got Lian Zining's various scripts and his financial support, and Ji Yaxuan's competitiveness was greatly enhanced, and many branches were opened in a row, squeezing Fei Lengcui Books to the point that there was almost no business to do. The store is cold and depressed, so it can only maintain no loss or profit.

Seeing that the business that had been inherited for decades was in ruins, Yu Jingguan was naturally unwilling, and after listening to the instigation of others, he took out all his savings, borrowed a little from the west, and scraped together a total of 10,000 taels of silver, bought a lot of goods, and joined many merchants with small capital to get together and board the big ship to Fusang.

This idea is good, in fact, in this era, Fusang is not short of anything except silver, as long as all kinds of rare things from the south and north of the Ming Dynasty are transported here, there is no reason not to get rich.

But it was also Yu Jingguan's bad luck, when he was close to the coastline of Fuso, and it was only more than 100 miles away from Hizen Port, he let the pirates rob him!

The pirate was from the Ming Kingdom, and when he saw that he was still a fellow countryman, he didn't embarrass them, robbed them all the things, threw the boat to them, and let them come to Hizen Port alive.

But for a businessman, there is no difference between being penniless and dying, Yu Jingguan lost all his capital, thinking that he would be driven crazy by forced debts when he went back, and his wife and children at home would also be implicated, so it was better to wait here first to see if there was a chance to make a comeback.

After coming for more than ten days, he found that the daimyo and nobles of Fusang were quite obsessed with Middle-earth culture, especially those who liked poetry and songs, and books. Not to mention, business is still booming, but if you want to earn enough 10,000 taels of silver, you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

He came to the dock all day long to wander around, hoping to meet some opportunity, and this time he met Lian Zining.

He looked at this person from a distance like Lian Zining, but he didn't know the news that Lian Zining had come to Fusang, so he watched and observed for a long time before he rushed over to recognize him.

The identities and status of the two are already different, but he is trembling in his heart, for fear that Lian Zining will hate the events of the past and turn his face and deny it, which will be miserable.

But after all, I gritted my teeth and took the risk to come and give it a try.

Lian Zining squinted at him, his heart suddenly moved, and asked, "When did you come to Fusang?" ”

Yu Jingguan said: "I came here in September last autumn. ”

Lian Zining nodded, and then asked, "After all these days here, you must be very familiar with everything here?" ”

Yu Jingguan bowed his head and said: "Don't dare to deceive adults, the old man has been here for a few months, because he wants to open a business and open a store and find a way to make a fortune, so he has a lot of dealings with the Ming merchants, the Francoji merchants, the Hongyi merchants, and the local merchants of Fusang." After the villain came here, he saw that my Ming merchants were scattered and disorganized, and they were often bullied by the locals of Fusang. ”

"Oh?" Lian Zining raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this Yu Jingguan to really be able to toss, and when he came to Fusang, he tossed out a chamber of commerce. Such organizational skills are in line with their own requirements.

Lian Zining beckoned, asked Yu Jingguan to come over, and said slowly: "Then, there is a better opportunity in front of you, an opportunity for you to be powerful, do you want to grasp it?" ”

Yu Jingguan trembled, a light flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his head deeply: "Please also show it!" ”

—————— dividing line—————— today is a bad weather that is not very common in spring, wind and rain, and the sky and the earth are white and gray.

The entire port of Hizen was shrouded in a clear drizzle, and the sea crashed against the shore, stirring up waves of surging and breaking gray-white waves.

On the pier of Hizen Port, next to the shoreline, a low platform was erected, on which many large coffins of Nanmu were released, and if you count them carefully, there are exactly twenty-eight.

All the coffins have their heads facing west, which is the direction of the Ming Dynasty.

Ten steps away, Lian Zining was wearing the red official robe of a fourth-grade military attaché, standing solemnly, with a white silk tied to his left arm, and his face was solemn and cold. Behind him, there were Shi Dazhu, Wang Dachun, Xiong Tingbi, Dong Ce and other generals and the surviving dragoons, many of whom had bulging bags on their bodies, and they were obviously still wrapped in gauze bandages. Further back, there are 3,000 Wu Yi soldiers, holding the weapons in their hands, standing resolutely and solemnly, immobile like a mountain, although it is a scene of thousands of people, but it is silent, and the atmosphere is heavy.

In the frontmost position behind Lian Zining, Yu Jingguan was also impressively listed.

This shows that in just a few days, he has changed from a penniless businessman to a figure who can be counted by the Lianzi Ning Wuyi Army Group.

Today is the first day of April in the 51st year of Zhengde, and three days have passed since the battle to seize the door.

In the third day, Wu Yijun's Hizen Port Management Office was also established, and this newly established organization was the tool that Lian Zining conceived to manage Hizen Port for himself. As the leader of an army rather than a civilian official, it is impossible for Lian Zining to manage this place through the Wu Yi Army, and it is a miracle that the economy of a region under military control does not regress, let alone grow and develop. And he is going to return to China after all, and Wu Yijun can't stay here, so a new management body must be required.

The Hizen Port Management Office came naturally.

The powers given to it by Lian Zining are the same as those of the municipal axe town hall of later generations, to rectify buildings, public administration, economic development, urban renovation, etc., and of course, the most important point - taxation. In fact, this institution has all the political power, except for the right to garrison troops and the power to mobilize troops.

The highest position of the management office is the clerk, whose power is equivalent to the party and government leaders in later generations, responsible for everything, and the current secretary of the management office is Yu Jingguan. According to the experience of later generations, Lian Zining also set up official positions in the Ming Dynasty such as warden and head catcher, and the structure of the entire management office is similar to that of a prefecture in China. Among them, the officials were mainly composed of businessmen, and most of these businessmen were well-known and influential businessmen in Hizen Port.

They had money, but no political power, and in the past few years, they had always been the meat on the cutting board of the Goto clan, and the pigs that were fattened and killed, and Lian Zining gathered them together and gave them the power to manage the new Hizen Port, which made them feel extremely honored and grateful.

If you think about the serfs turning over to become masters, you can understand this mood.

There were a few Francophiles who could put down their bodies, and they even had to kneel down and lick Lian Zining's boots.

In the past few days, Lian Zining led the Wu Yi army to station here, one as a recuperation after a long voyage, and the other to completely receive the resources of the Wudao clan. A few days is enough time to scavenge the Godao clan's family foundation. The huge harvest made Lian Zining deeply aware of the wealth of the nobles of Fusang, and the family property of the nobles under the influence of the Wudao clan in addition to the Wudao clan was copied out of cash alone to more than 900,000 taels of silver, and other properties were innumerable, and the total value was more than four million taels according to conservative estimates! However, these are not cash and need to be sold.

Not only that, but the fertile land on the small mountain plains around Hizen Port is the territory of these nobles, adding up to more than 100,000 acres, and now there are more than 10,000 Fusang farmers in these territories, all of whom are surnamed Lian. Lian Zining finally felt the disadvantages of the talent shortage at this time, and only felt that there were people everywhere who were overstretched and had no available henchmen. I made up my mind that after returning to the Ming Dynasty, I must recruit some veterans in management, accounting, auditing, and handling government affairs.

He still found a person with experience in managing the grange from those stewards of Chengyu and filled it in, and asked him to bring a soldier of the general banner and a few Fusang locals to consolidate the land, re-issue the regulations, and restrain the Fusang peasants.

Lian Zi Ninglao was full of pots, and the messenger of the Tachibana family also sent three batches, saying that since Goto Baiju went to the Goto clan army after Chikugo, he took over the command, and these few desperate attacks, the Tachibana family's army has been very unable to hold on. urged Lian Zining to set off quickly, and the two sides flanked each other to fulfill their previous promises.

Lian Zining watched coldly, the reason why he didn't go to the rescue immediately was to let the two sides consume the idea, and at this time, it was almost over, so he set off for the army today.

Facts have proved that Lian Zining's idea is correct, and the merchants of Hizen Port are very resistant to the army, but they are happy to accept the management of the management office, which is also composed of merchants. In the past few days, Wu Yijun has handed over all the management power to the Management Office, and there are many of them who were left by the grassroots officials left by the Wudao clan, these little people have not been affected, and they can't ask for the respected Lord Mingguo to give them a chance to serve again.

During these three days, the work of the Office of Management was fruitful, and the most direct manifestation of this was in the taxation - in three days, three thousand taels of silver were collected. Now it is only spring, the merchant ships are not the most, and in the summer and autumn, the tax will be doubled, on average, a year will be close to 500,000 taels of net commercial tax income! Lian Zining only knew at this time that she really let the little girl of Tachibana Chiyo calculate, as a native of Fuso, she must know how big the oil and water in this Hizen Port is, and when she heard that she wanted to dominate Iwami Silver Mountain, she pretended to be aggrieved and resentful.

(To be continued)