Xu Hai hurriedly said, "Wait, I still have something to ask." ”

The heavenly wolf had long expected that Xu Hai would not really let him go, so he was secretly happy in his heart, sat back, and said coldly: "Just say something, my time is tight, since you don't want to talk about peace, I naturally have to return to the emperor as soon as possible." ”

A smile appeared on Xu Hai's face: "What I said just now was just a little brother's gaffe after drinking, and he was punished with a glass of wine!" He said he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all.

Tianluo sighed: "Xu Hai, it's not that I don't believe you, I don't want to talk about peace, it's just that I think your attitude and understanding are a bit problematic, thinking that the imperial court is willing to recruit you is helpless, this is a big mistake, I have a Ming place of thousands of miles, with a million, in the past you can take advantage of it because of this thousand miles of coastal defense, there are cities and towns everywhere, it is really impossible to prevent it, you grab it and run, it is difficult for my Ming officials and soldiers to chase it, plus for some southeast pirates and make a big move, it really doesn't count, Therefore, the opinions of the emperor and Governor Hu are mainly Fu. ”

Xu Hai shook his head: "Brother Lang, you don't need to say this again, if Governor Hu really means this, then directly open up trade, but the last time we negotiated, he bit this and didn't let go, only said the matter of Zhao'an, and later reorganized the army, is this sincere, want to soothe our appearance?" ”

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "Brother Xu, as I said just now, the emperor is a good-looking person, he will never take the initiative to take the sea ban, this is tantamount to slapping himself in the face, but he can acquiesce to you and Governor Hu secretly and privately trade, these can be discussed, if you are really willing to be recruited." If you join the imperial court, then this sea ban will naturally be self-defeating, you know. Now I only prohibit trade with the Japanese and the Orientals, but there is no ban on trading with the Nanyang Francophiles, you look at the current Ningbo wharf, there are a lot of Westerners and Western-style ships coming and going. ”

Xu Hai looked at a Spanish galleon that was entering the port, and nodded thoughtfully: "Then if we trade through the Guò Lang machine, isn't it okay?" ”

Sky Wolf smiled: "Brother Xu, the so-called non-my race. Its heart must be different, in the first year of Jiajing, these Franco-machine people fought with our Ming Dynasty, and they were defeated at that time. Don't dare to have bad intentions, if you are through these Francois people to trade with me, not to mention that these people will eat a considerable part of your profits, if they want to get rid of you. Trade with us alone. So what do you get in the end? ”

Xu Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Speaking of which, don't you just want to recruit us?" This matter is impossible, now our biggest hole card is our invincible fleet at sea, if you want to recruit peace, how can you give the conditions to feed our current hundreds of thousands of men, and our hundreds of thousands of brothers, on the sea, are accustomed to the free life of robbing homes and houses, licking blood with knives. If you let them become officials again, then they will not be able to be honest for long. ”

Sky Wolf nodded: "Brother Xu is reasonable. Therefore, the meaning of Governor Hu and our emperor is that only you leaders will be recruited, and as for his brothers, if they are Chinese, the emperor can pardon their crimes and allow them to become maritime merchants or go to the sea to fish, and as for those Oriental people, they will not stay any and drive all back to the East. As for your leaders, you can give hereditary military positions, your brother Xu can be a general, and the owner of the Wang ship, it is not impossible to consider giving a general soldier. ”

Xu Hai's eyebrows raised: "You want us to disband the army and go ashore as an official?" Heavenly wolf, your abacus is too fine, if we have no soldiers, I am afraid that what awaits us is not an official position, but a butcher's knife!"

The wolf smiled slightly: "Brother Xu, why did you say this, you see that the Guangxi wolf soldiers who came to the southeast this time are all private soldiers of the local Tusi in Guangxi, these people are also rebelled and capricious, but now they are loyal to the imperial court, didn't our emperor also give them the title of Tusi Chief Military Officer, and they have been officials for generations, this time they were also transferred to the southeast to fight at five times the military salary, our emperor is dedicated to cultivating, the Ming Dynasty is such a big world, so many endless rebellions and bandits, if you don't recruit peace, it's all by extermination, How can you get over it!"

Xu Hai was still a little unconvinced, he was silent, and in a pair of black and white eyes, his eyeballs were rolling slightly, obviously the words of the wolf made him half-convinced.

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "Actually, this opportunity is good, you intend to exterminate those Guangdong pirates Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian and their gang, as long as they are eliminated, you can directly establish a relationship with the Franc plane on Luzon Island in the South Ocean, as long as we secretly open trade here, you can use silk, porcelain and other goods to go to Luzon in exchange for Western goods, especially muskets and cannons, and then sell them to Japan, you can make a lot of money, why not." ”

"If you have earned enough money and don't come to rob coastal towns, the emperor will naturally issue an edict to recruit you when he sees that you are not extremely vicious, and when the time comes, several of your leaders can enjoy wealth and nobility, and those who are willing to continue to be soldiers can stay, and those who are not willing to be soldiers can also share the money and make their own living, so that everyone is happy, it is better than you being a traitor to the Japanese Shimazu clan for the rest of your life."

Xu Hai was obviously a little moved, he blinked his eyes, and sighed softly: "Heavenly wolf, I won't tell you, my newly married wife, that is, the woman in Languifang you saw in Nanjing City last time, also persuaded me to reform and serve the country all day long. It's just that I, Xu Hai, are full of blood, I have killed so many compatriots, and I have even killed the generals of the imperial court, and others may be able to let the emperor go, but I, Xu Hai, am afraid that there is no way back. ”

The wolf waved his hand: "Brother Xu, the so-called prodigal son is not too late to turn back, you embarked on this road when you were taken on a thief ship by your uncle, and Governor Hu also knows this." You are in the Japanese, although you have done a lot of evil, but you also have a last resort, put yourself in your shoes, others in your position, may not do better than you, Governor Hu said, if you can make up for the merits, help the imperial court stabilize the trade routes on the sea, he can guarantee that the past is not to blame, and you will be amnesty. ”

Xu Hai shook his head in disbelief: "Governor Hu is only afraid that he doesn't have this power, after all, I have killed a senior general at the level of the general army." Probably only the emperor can pardon me. ”

When the wolf thought of this, his heart ached, and he wished that he could break the corpse of this widow in front of him into ten thousand pieces. But after thinking about it, the overall situation is important, first according to Hu Zongxian's plan, luring the Japanese to take the bait, and then Xu Tuzhi, so the wolf laughed: "The emperor gave Governor Hu full power to act cheaply in the southeast, that is to say." As long as the maritime ban is not explicitly abolished, it is war or peace, and suppression and appeasement. It's all a matter of Governor Hu's words, the generals of the general army, the imperial court has to kill a few when fighting against the Mongols every year, which is not so important. Besides. If you succeed in recruiting security, maybe you can become the chief soldier. ”

Xu Hai was surprised and delighted: "Is this serious? Can I make Xu Hai the chief soldier? ”

The wolf simply ran with his mouth full of horses, and smiled slightly: "Governor Hu said that Captain Wang is a genius in business, and it is not easy to create such a huge business empire with one hand, but when it comes to fighting a war, he is not as good as you, Brother Xu." Even Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou generals. They also admired your Brother Xu's generals, saying that if you didn't go astray, but served the court, the sea would be safe within the seven seas. ”

Xu Hai's face was colorful, he opened the folding fan in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Several generals are really too famous, I just happened by chance when I was in the Hupao Temple, and I taught a few tricks of war to a stranger, plus the owner of the Wang boat has a lot of soldiers and ships, which gave me this space." ”

The wolf nodded, he had also discussed this issue with Qi Jiguang, the reason why the Japanese were a headache was not how fierce their combat power was on land, but that they could take a boat and enter the river from the sea into the river, once the land battle was unfavorable, they could escape by jumping on the boat, Xu Hai and others were proficient in the hydrology and geography of the interior, and they were clear about the bifurcation of the river, so the mobility was stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers.

So the wolf said: "Brother Xu, if you can take refuge in the imperial court, you don't have to suffer from the splint of the Japanese, I also know that the Japanese also sent Chen Dong and Ma Ye to monitor you, they also have their own teams and subordinates, every time you attack the coast, you contribute the most, but these two people say a few words to the Japanese, but the spoils they share are not less than yours, I see that your Brother Xu is a hero, but he is calculated like this, it's not worth it!"

Xu Hai was told by the wolf, he quickly drank a glass of wine, his face was a little red, his mouth was sprayed with wine, and he said hatefully: "Brother Lang is his own person, I won't beat around the bush with you, you say this to the brother's heart, these Japanese can't trust me at all, every time they fight, let these two guys take people to stare at the back, called the battle, in fact, they are monitoring me, once I am here victory in sight, they will come up to grab the credit, on the other hand, if I am unfavorable here, these two guys will slip faster than anyone else, If it weren't for the fact that they were sent by the Shimazu family, Lao Tzu would have destroyed these two guys a long time ago!"

Tian Wolf was happy in his heart, it seemed that he had guessed correctly, Xu Hai's contradiction with the Japanese was deeper than he originally estimated, and he sighed: "Brother Xu, I heard that Chen Dong is the secretary of the Shimazu clan, and he has no talent, that is, he can calculate accounts and speak Japanese, it is not good to compare with your Brother Xu, but why do the Japanese trust him so much?" ”

Xu Hai crooked his mouth: "Chen Dong and Ma Ye are typical villains, they can only nod their heads in front of the Japanese, and they have no ability, but it is because they have no ability, so the Japanese can rest assured of them, because the Japanese have to listen to my command every time they go to rob, and they are afraid that I will take the opportunity to annex these people into their own subordinates, so every time I rob something, I have to hand it over except for leaving thirty percent here, and the Japanese soldiers under the three of us are gathered together to divide these looted things equally, for a long time, Those Japanese are also happy to get Chen Dong and Ma Ye's men, so it is safe and they get a lot of things. ”

The wolf suddenly realized: "I see, then I take the liberty of asking, this time Governor Hu and the owner of the ship, as well as with your brother Xu, do the Japanese know about this matter?" If you agree to recruit An, then the Japanese can't play a bamboo basket that will be empty. ”

Xu Hai nodded: "That's right, the Shimazu family is resolutely opposed to this peace talks, but now the strength of the Wang ship owner is strong, and the large number of iron cannons (the Japanese name for foreign guns and cannons) that the Shimazu family needs every year need to be purchased through the business between the Wang ship owner and the Franco man, and the Wang ship owner told me that he is old and wants to return to his roots." I didn't want to be a lonely ghost in a foreign land, so I thought that the imperial court could open the sea ban, so that he could return to his hometown after receiving amnesty. You don't have to suffer from the splint of those Japanese. ”

Heavenly Wolf's heart moved: "So the owner of the Wang ship is extremely peaceful, and even willing to recruit peace?" ”

Xu Hai laughed: "Brother Lang, I also revealed my hole cards to you today, I just want to negotiate this deal with you, in fact, you don't know, the sea is stormy, and the wind and sun are blowing on the ship all day long." The days we had were miserable, and besides, our ancestral graves and hometowns were all in China. Now that there is no need for food and clothing, who still wants to continue to be traitors for the Japanese to lead the way and fight their hometown? As long as the imperial court is willing to let go and let us live, we can take care of the livelihood of these hundreds of thousands of brothers. We don't have a problem. ”

Sky Wolf frowned: "But if the Japanese know what you really think." Will they let you talk so lightly? You have basically relied on the Japanese for robbery over the years, what if they re-establish some main battle factions? ”

Xu Hai put away his smile and said in a low voice: "It depends on the conditions you give us, if you go to Shuangyu Island, you will be as domineering as you did to me at the beginning today, and you will have an attitude of giving us alms to recruit peace, those young leaders." In particular, the Japanese will vigorously oppose it, and even incite everyone to attack you en masse. Also, if the conditions you give are not satisfactory to everyone, such as recruiting only a few of our leaders, but not giving other brothers official positions, most of the people below will not be happy. Finally, there is the way to deal with the Japanese, if you drive them all away, it will be strange if they don't kill you on the spot. ”

Sky Wolf realized that this was a great opportunity to take Xu Hai and Wang Zhi's hole cards, so he said quietly: "Then according to Brother Xu's opinion, what kind of conditions should be given, can you have an explanation for all aspects?" ”

Xu Hai Zhengse said: "Well, I'll put forward a few comments today, you can see if it's too difficult, if you really can't talk about it, you can go back and discuss it with Governor Hu, or even with the emperor, to see how far it goes, how?" ”

Sky Wolf nodded: "Listen up." ”

Xu Hai said: "The first article is to open the sea with us to ban trade, of course, if the emperor wants to save face, and the edict is not clear, you can also secretly turn a blind eye to the private trade of the people, and if you can't trade directly in the Ming Dynasty, you might as well trade on Shuangyu Island or other islands, anyway, we just need to get an affordable one." ”

Tian Wolf smiled slightly: "This is not difficult, but the amount of the transaction needs to be limited, I know that your favorite is silk and porcelain, but the palace also needs a large amount of silk every year, if you let the private merchants do business with you, I am afraid that the silk that will soon be paid tribute to the court is insufficient, so the meaning of Governor Hu, this transaction is carried out by the officially designated businessman, as for the amount, you can negotiate." ”

A hint of joy flashed on Xu Hai's face: "This first is the most important, as long as we can ban trade, it can ensure our minimum source of income, with silk we can resell muskets and cannons, and then exchange them for silver in Japan, as long as there is something to eat, no one wants to come out and rob, even the Japanese are not the kind of savages who don't want to die if they have money." ”

Heavenly Wolf nodded: "But correspondingly, Governor Hu should also have told you that the premise of this is that you must no longer loot the coast, and you are not allowed to rob a village or a town, if you can't control your subordinates, then you need to capture the robber and hand it over to my Ming court for disposal, otherwise, this trade and trade will be yellow." ”

Xu Hai nodded again and again: "As long as the amount can satisfy us, then it is natural to restrain our subordinates." ”

Xu Hai continued: "This second article is that the imperial court wants to send troops to help us eliminate Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian's gang, which is also good for the imperial court, this time the Shimazu clan failed to prevent the Wang boat owner from negotiating peace with the imperial court, so he secretly began to contact these Guangdong pirates, and there is an attempt to set up another door, and the imperial court will help us annex them, and it is also to eliminate future opponents, which is beneficial to both of us." ”

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "Brother Xu, obviously you want to fire and strengthen your own strength, why do you always mention our benefits, now Chen Sipan and his gang are far less threatening to Daming than your Wang Zhi Xu Hai Group, and if they are eliminated, your Wang Xu Group is the only one on the sea, and Governor Hu thinks that this is raising tigers." ”

Xu Hai's face changed: "Brother Lang, Governor Hu agreed to this matter last time, and he didn't raise any objections this time." ”

Heavenly Wolf's face sank: "Last time was last time, last time you didn't help Yan Shifan come to Governor Heihu in Yiwu, don't you understand the consequences of this move?" It is to destroy the mutual trust between the two sides, and the things that were originally promised are also variable. ”

Xu Hai smiled on his face, and his tone softened: "Brother Lang, don't worry, what happened last time was that we were wrong, brother, I will make amends for you first, but I have already made it clear, it was an order from Yan Shifan, last time we didn't know what was at stake, we just wanted to please Yan Shifan, plus Governor Hu's training gave us a misunderstanding, this matter is explained clearly, let's stop here." (To be continued......)