After making preparations, Fan Liang came to the Zheng family's mansion in Nagasaki to visit with gifts. After many inquiries www.biquge.info Fan Liang already knew that the Zheng family's mansion was the residence of Zheng Zhilong when he was still in Nagasaki in the early years, and now Zheng Zhilong's wife Tagawa clan is in charge.

However, the real person in charge of the Zheng family in Nagasaki is not the Tagawa clan, but Zheng Zhilong's brother Zheng Xing. Although the Tagawa clan is Zheng Zhilong's wife and Zheng Chenggong's mother, whether in Japan or the Ming Dynasty, the status of women determines that it is impossible for them to show up and do something that only men can do. However, although the Tagawa clan doesn't care about anything, her influence is not small at all. As an "ally" of the Zheng family, Fan Liang should have paid a visit.

However, to Fan Liang's regret, Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen, whom Liu Fan often mentioned, was not in Nagasaki, Japan. It turned out that when Chongzhen was three years old, Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Zhiyan to Japan to pick up his wife and children and return to China, but the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate refused to let Tagawa and others leave the country for various reasons. So Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Zhilu to Japan again, Zheng Zhilu not only brought a lot of people on this trip, but also brought a picture of Zheng Zhilong leading the mighty scene of the sailor, Zheng Zhilu told the Japanese that if they did not release the people, Zheng Zhilong would personally lead the sailor to pick up people. In the face of the threat, the Tokugawa shogunate finally relented and agreed to some of Zheng Zhilong's demands. However, on the grounds that the Japanese woman married the Tang people and did not leave Japan, he was only willing to let the child return to China, and the Tagawa clan had to stay in Japan. In this case, Zheng Zhiyu had no choice but to take Zheng Chenggong back alone. As a result, the Tagawa clan was left in Japan.

After some briefing, Fan Liang and the others were allowed to come to the inner hall smoothly and met the famous Tagawa clan. Yu Guang glanced at this charming beautiful woman slightly, Fan Liang bowed and saluted, "Shandong Chief Military Officer Liu is attacking Fan Liang under the command of Lord Liu, and I have seen Mrs. Zheng!" ”

Tian Chuan's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Fan Liang and the others with a smile, "General Fan doesn't need to be polite, Fujun has mentioned you Liu Zongbing many times in his letters, saying that he is a rare person in the Ming Dynasty who is a man of all-round talent in civil and military affairs. Now that she sees General Fan, the concubine knows that what her husband said is indeed good. Come, give a seat! "Tian Chuan is Zheng Zhilong's wife, and he lives with Zheng Zhilong and other Ming people all the year round, and Tian Chuan's official language of the Ming Dynasty naturally understands. Not only understands, but Tagawa's official language is also very fluent, and there is no obstacle to communicating with Fan Liang at all.

Fan Liang first returned the salute, then took the chair sent by the servant, and sat down before he spoke again, "Madame is too famous!" Before my family came, the chief soldier of my family had instructed me to come to visit you and meet you, a strange woman who does not let her eyebrows go. When I saw it today, I can finally go back and explain to the chief soldier with confidence! ”

Tian Chuan's family was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "General Fan is confused about the concubine, why can you explain to your general as soon as you meet?" What is the mystery of this, and I hope that General Fan will solve the puzzles? ”

Fan Liang smiled and said, "Madame, I don't know, in the past, the chief soldiers of my family always praised you for how beautiful, how solemn you are, and how you know how to be reasonable." Now that this is the case, I can rest assured that I will say to the Chief Soldier next time, Lord General Soldier, you are right, Mrs. Zheng is indeed a rare and strange woman as you say! ”

"Uh," Tagawa said with a smirk, "General Fan is really good at joking!" After a deep sigh, Tagawa said directly: "General Fan came all the way from Daming to Nagasaki, and he must have been very tired. The concubine has already ordered someone to prepare the side room meal, General Fan will rest for a day before talking about the rest! After all, the concubine is a woman's family, so it is inconvenient to say more. If there is anything to ask General Fan to talk to Brother Zheng Xing! ”

Fan Liang originally wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the situation in Nagasaki, and by the way, talk about cooperation with the Zheng family, but when he saw Tian Chuan saying this, he could only get up and say, "Thank you Madame for your kindness, then I won't bother Madame in the future!" ”

"You're welcome, come on! Send General Fan to the wing," Tian Chuan said, and the servant standing on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Fan, please follow me!" With that, he led Fan Liang and the others out of the inner hall and went to the wing.

After a night without saying anything, Zheng Xing, who received the news early the next morning, rushed to Zheng's mansion, met with Fan Liang and others, and invited them to go to the Fuzhou Hall where Zheng's family was located to discuss cooperation.

In the hall, Zheng Xing said to Fan Liang very politely: "General Fan, as soon as your Shandong fleet came to Nagasaki, our Zheng family got the news. I just heard that General Fan was going to meet his wife, so I didn't bother much. In fact, not long ago, I received a notice from my eldest brother that you would be coming to Japan to trade in the near future. But I didn't expect you to come so quickly. After a pause, Zheng Xing said straight to the point: "Regarding the cooperation between Jiaozhou and the Zheng family, my brother has already told me. Since we are allies now, we are not outsiders! If General Fan is useful to our Zheng family, as long as he can help, we will never refuse! ”

Fan Liang was overjoyed and said, "That's really good, don't hide it from Brother Zheng, we are also new to Japan, and we are very unfamiliar with everything in Nagasaki." The fleet has also been docked at the dock but has not been able to find a buyer. Seeing that the task assigned by the chief soldier could not be completed, Fan was also extremely anxious! If possible, please ask Brother Zheng to help us introduce us to some local businessmen! ”

Zheng Xing pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is easy, so let's do it, it just so happens that we are going to invite some local merchants to a party in three days, and General Fan can come and have a look if he is interested." ”

"Huh? That's great! Fan Liang was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Zheng has helped us a lot this time!" If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to sell the goods on our ship, even if they were moldy and rotten! ”

"General Fan is polite, since we are allies now, we should help each other! If General Fan still has any difficulties, even if he comes to the Fuzhou Hall to find our Zheng family, within the scope of our ability, we will definitely do our best to help! That's how we live up to our ally! Zheng Xing patted his chest and reassured, looking like he was sticking a knife in his friend's ribs.

Seeing this, Fan Liang also smiled and said a bunch of grateful polite words, and the two agreed to meet at the Fuzhou Hall in three days, after which Fan Liang said goodbye and left. On the way back to the dock, Fan Liang said to Zhao Yan, the deputy beside him, "Ah Yan, you take someone to find out what other influential people in Nagasaki besides the Zheng family." It's best to deal with the Zheng family or someone who can talk to the Japanese shogunate, and after finding out, come back quickly and report to me! "Fan Liang has never forgotten that Liu Fan handed over the task of meeting Tokugawa Iemitsu, since the Zheng family is not easy to get through here, then he can only think of other ways! (To be continued.) )