"Brother Yang doesn't have to be harsh on Brother Qian, since the matter has happened, let's discuss countermeasures. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Since Ren Siqi dared to detain our sea ship and asked for two thousand taels of silver for the toll, we will not agree to this matter. ”

Seeing Qian Shuqing's face flushed when Yang Bingnai said it, Fan Yong hurriedly played a round and pulled the topic back. Who made him and Qian Shuqing in-laws.

"Of course not! Why does he collect tolls from us as a small guerrilla? We are all local noble families, generations of eunuchs, suppressed by a small inspection, if it spreads, how can we gain a foothold in Jiangnan? Tu Xianchen objected sharply, when he was studying in Yinxian County, he looked down on Ren Siqi, and now he doesn't want to be subdued by him.

"I can't agree, two thousand taels of silver is nothing to us people, but if we want to form a convention, I'm afraid that there will be another Zheng Zhilong in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!" Dong Deqing, the head of the Dong family, who had been speechless for a long time, said categorically. Dong Deqing is in his fifties, the oldest among everyone, and he can be described as highly respected.

Another Zheng Zhilong appeared! As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was shocked, after Zheng Zhilong rose in Fujian, he almost controlled the ocean of the Ming Dynasty and controlled the shipping route of the South China Sea of Japan. All merchant ships that traded at sea had to pay silver to them in order to trade safely. Over the years, the maritime trade business of the families in the coastal provinces has shrunk significantly, and the money they make from maritime trade has become less and less year by year.

In the eyes of these Jiangnan families, the most hated person is not the Manchurian captives, nor the thieves, but the Zheng family in Fujian. After all, for them, whether it is the Beiyu or the Liukou, there is no pain in the skin.

Take the Yang family as an example, in previous years, there would be three or four sea ships every year, going back and forth with Japan or the South Seas.

However, in the past 20 years, due to the rise of the Zheng family in Fujian, and due to the plundering of the Dutch, the route to Nanyang has long been impassable. The only way to go is to Japan.

However, in order to control Japan's trade, the Zheng family monopolized prices and did not allow the family to have too many seagoing ships to Japan. One or two ships are fine, and if there are too many of them, the Zheng family will not sell you water marks at all. So over the years, the business of the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has shrunk significantly.

If Ren Siqi is allowed to rise in Jiangsu and Zhejiang now, maybe everyone will not be able to trade at sea in the future!

"Senior Dong is right, you must not agree to Ren Siqi's unreasonable request!" Yang Bingnai said categorically. He didn't want to make a big deal at first, but now it seems that he can't back down.

It is said that the master of Shaoxing, the merchant of Ningbo, Ningbo because of its coastal location, many ports and islands, has always done a lot of business in maritime trade, among the gentry in Ningbo, as long as there is strength, they will choose to do maritime trade. Nine times out of ten, the maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who go to sea are from Ningbo. These people here are the representatives of maritime merchants.

It can be said that Ren Siqi's actions have touched the nerves of these maritime merchants and completely aroused the anger of these people!

"This should have been the case a long time ago," Tu Xianchen said happily, "The surname Ren is just a small coastal defense guerrilla, and it is not easy for us people to deal with him." ”

"I'm going to write a letter to Wang Zhiren, the general soldier of the anti-Japanese army, and ask him to send troops as soon as possible to exterminate Ren Siqi!" Yang Bingnai finally made up his mind.

"How much silver do you need, Uncle Yang, just say." Tu Xianchen said overjoyed.

"Yes, if you want money and things, I fully support Brother Yang!" Others have responded.

"Then you don't have to let Zhang Jingxian find someone surnamed Ren anymore, why sell other favors." Someone reminded.

"Let's let him go," Yang Bingnai thought for a while, and said: "It will take some time to send troops, if he can persuade Ren Siqi and let our ships go, it will also be a good thing for the province to make a big move!" ”

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Gaoting Town, Daishan Island

Ren Siqi nervously watched the news from the sea, and at the same time thought about the possible attack of the gentry.

The attacks of the gentry came from two sides, one was at the level of the imperial court, which, through operation, made the imperial court issue an order to depose itself. The other is to gather forces and fight a real war with yourself!

For the imperial court, Ren Siqi is naturally not afraid. Since King Fu ascended the throne under the support of the four towns in Jiangbei, the imperial court's control over the military generals has been reduced to a minimum. The military generals of various towns have risen up one after another, Zuo Liangyu who is entrenched in Wuchang, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing of the four towns of Jiangbei, and Zheng Zhilong of Fujian, none of these people are ordered by the imperial court.

If the holy decree conforms to the will, if it does not conform to the will, these people will resist the decree and disrespect it, and the court has no choice but to try its best to appease them.

Therefore, if the gentry dare to use the imperial court to pressure themselves, they don't mind coming to the scene to resist the edict and disrespect, and by the way, they will send a fleet to Hangzhou and fire a few shots at the city of Hangzhou, in that case, maybe their official position will be promoted by one liter.

The court could not help itself, so the gentry could only use force. It is naturally impossible for them to go into battle shirtless, they can only attack themselves through other officers and soldiers, such as Wang Zhiren, the general soldier of the anti-Japanese army, and Fang Guoan, the chief soldier of Hangzhou.

Fang Guoan is an infantryman, there is no fleet to consider, and the only one who can threaten him is Wang Zhiren.

For Wang Zhiren, Ren Siqi did not pay attention to it. As the general soldier of the anti-Japanese army stationed in Dinghai, but he didn't care about Gu Rong's attack on Chongming Island the year before last, and he didn't ask about the pirate attack on Zhoushan this year, of course, he didn't ask, but sent a few ships to Zhoushan for a trip many days afterwards.

It is difficult to imagine such a person that he would send troops against himself for the sake of the gentry.

However, Wang Zhiren still has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, although Ren Siqi looks down on him, he can't be unguarded. At that moment, he ordered Mao Shibaguang to send a sentinel ship to spy on Wang Zhiren's movements.

Now Mao's 18th fleet has withdrawn to Daishan, and Sima Nan's fleet is also stationed in Cen Port. Ren Siqi sent a team of infantry in Cen Gang, and there were more than 500 infantry in Cen Gang, and four of the newly built cannons were also transported, and a fort with six cannons was built, and Daishan was more than 40 miles away from Cen Gang, as long as Wang Zhiren dared to attack Cen Gang, his own reinforcements could arrive in more than an hour.

As for the defense of Daishan, there is no need to worry, there are two newly built batteries, there are 1,500 infantry, and the Mao 18th fleet, if necessary, you can also call in more archers, Gaoting Port can be said to be impregnable.

It's June, and the southeast wind is blowing the flags on the mast. After this matter is settled, it is time to leave for Japan, and with the cargo of nearly twenty seagoing ships seized, it is believed that the silver earned this year will be ten times that of last year.

Eighteen captured sea vessels, each of which was full of goods, such a large number, Ren Siqi felt excited when he thought about it!

When I was excited, someone suddenly came to report that an old man named Zhang Jingxian had come to Daishan! (To be continued.) )