The messenger took Cai Jing's secret letter and rushed to Yingtianfu in only one day, but Zhou Quan was not here, but returned to Jeju Wuguo City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info messenger had no choice but to rush to Haizhou again.

When I arrived in Dehaizhou, I didn't catch the mail ship that departs every seven days, so I had to go to the wharf to find out if there were any merchant ships.

He is not familiar with life here, but fortunately, looking at a familiar figure on the dock, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Little scholar, little scholar!" ”

It was Cai Xing that the messenger saw.

This guy turned his face with his father Cai You, and then stayed outside the Beijing Division, never going home during the New Year's Festival, but also at ease. In the rest of the year, he not only made a lot of money, but also saw and heard more extensively, greeted the messenger, and clapped his hands after listening to his intentions: "You came just in time, this Mr. Hu is going to go to the Five Kingdoms City to meet Jiguo Gong, I originally sent him today, Mr. Hu, take this Mr. Yan to the Five Kingdoms City for me, there is hard work!" ”

The messenger was surprised, Cai Xing was extremely arrogant when he was in Beijing, that is, the princes of the clan and the learned celebrities, they often didn't take it to heart, how could he be so polite to this surnamed Hu?

He peeked at the surnamed Hu, but he was just a dark and thin man, particularly old-fashioned, and he was really not good-looking.

At that moment, he secretly asked Cai Xing about the identity of this person, and Cai Xing secretly said behind Mr. Nahu's back: "You don't want to snub this person, Zhou Quan values him very much, and named him, and he has a name in the Jeju Advisory Bureau...... Well, you don't know what the Advisory Bureau is, even me, I just have a name in the Advisory Bureau, that is to say, in Zhou Quan's heart, this person is equivalent to me! ”

When the messenger heard this, he exclaimed: "What qualifications does this man have, comparable to that of a scholar?" ”

"Don't mess around, don't offend him anyway, I still hope to befriend him!" Cai Xing didn't bother to explain, just ordered.

The so-called Consultative Bureau is a newly established institution established by Zhou Quan five years after entering Xuanhe, in his own words, that is, the interests involved in the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce are too wide, and it is inevitable to do things without distinguishing between priorities and priorities, so this body was established and held once a year to decide the key direction of the Chamber of Commerce in the coming year.

Others may not understand, but Cai Xing knows very well that this is Zhou Quan sharing power with others!

At this time, with the Tokai Chamber of Commerce as the core, a loose alliance of interests was formed, and the Advisory Bureau further consolidated this alliance. It can even be said that if the betrayal of the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce last year is discovered, the entire alliance of interests will inevitably attack it en masse, and it will no longer be neutral and lively.

At present, the members of the Advisory Council are designated by Zhou Quan, and Cai Xing can enter because he controls the "Jinling Hall" attached to the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, which is actually the Cai family's money bag. And this Hu Jingshui was able to enter because this guy discovered a new continent.

"Hu Zhou."

This is the name that Zhou Quan gave to this continent, which is located south of Luzon, through a large group of islands and an ocean. Hu Jingshui set out from Guangzhou, and it took half a year to get there, and then it took another half a year to barely go around the land. It only took more than two months to come back, but only two of the five ships that went with Hu Jingshui returned, and only half of the 460 sailors returned.

All he brought back were specimens of animals and plants, some ores of unknown composition, and some tattered things of the natives. It can be said that this voyage is a loss, but Zhou Quan is still extremely happy, no

only named this Lu with Hu Jingshui's surname, and rewarded Hu Jingshui with 200,000 silver yuan at one time, so that he not only did not lose money on this trip, but also made a slight profit.

In addition, Zhou Quan also reiterated the previous agreement with Hu Jingshui, if the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce opens up trade routes to Huzhou, some of the profits will belong to Hu Jingshui.

Therefore, Hu Jingshui has been lobbying everywhere in the past few months, wanting to organize an expedition of about 1,000 people to go deeper into Huzhou to find possible benefits. Precious metals such as gold and silver are the best, and if there is no gold or silver, other products are fine.

The messenger easily inquired about these news on the ship, and his heart suddenly became hot, and he pleaded with Hu Jingshui to join the expedition as well, so that he could share the benefits in the future.

At this time, under the encouragement of Zhou Quan, the Great Song Dynasty has formed an atmosphere of great prosperity and exploration and treasure hunting. Although this messenger is Cai Jing's cronies and is not short of money, he is not too much money, and Hu Jingshui naturally welcomes this. The two hit it off, they were originally strangers, but when they arrived in the Five Kingdoms City, they began to call each other brothers.

As soon as the messenger landed in the Five Kingdoms City, he sensed that the atmosphere was not right.

Loose on the outside and tight on the inside, it seems that something is going to happen in the city of the Five Kingdoms.

In addition to business travelers, there are also more people on the streets who wear uniforms but do not wear hats, often with badges on their chests, and belong to the militia of various factories in Jeju.

The messenger had come to the Five Kingdoms City by mail ship before, all for Cai Jing to deliver letters, and the Five Kingdoms City he saw at that time did not have the current tense atmosphere, which made people feel that they were preparing for a big war.

Because of Hu Jingshui's help, the messenger soon saw Zhou Quan, and after Zhou Quan read the letter, he pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "I think Mr. Lai also saw that the situation in the city of the Five Kingdoms is a little wrong now. ”

"Yes."

"Because something happened in Japan, I had to send troops to Japan." Zhou Quan's expression was deep.

"What...... At this time...... Jekookong, is Japan really in a hurry? The messenger knew Cai Jing's intentions, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Almost at the same time, in a shack in the port area of the Five Kingdoms City, two people kneeling opposite each other were whispering and mentioning the incident.

"Have you made it clear, are these recent changes, even mobilization, requiring the militia of all factories to start training, a sign that they are going to send troops?" One of them asked in a deep voice.

Opposite him was a Korean, and he repeatedly bowed: "Inquire clearly, there is nothing wrong, it is the Japanese side that has a problem, it is said that several wealthy families in Japan have played the banner of 'respecting the king and conquering the country', and want to expel all non-Japanese, including the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce." They have installed a new ruler and mobilized all the people, millions of them......"

Hearing millions of people, the big man opposite the Korean people gasped: "Millions of people, this is bragging, right?" ”

"Not only that, but the Japanese will also cast cannons...... It's strange to say that in such a short period of time, all countries will build artillery! When the Goryeo people said this, they muttered a little in their hearts, wondering if Goryeo could also make cannons.

The big man was silent.

He is an insider, and he knows that it is not difficult to build a cannon, as long as he knows the shape and explores it twice, he can build a cannon with the power of all countries.

It can even be said that casting a bronze cannon is not necessarily more difficult than casting a large bell in a temple.

And now the disputes between the countries, as if in ancient times, during the Warring States period, all countries would invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the equipment of war. If a country is used to study a weapon, as long as the weapon is not advanced to the point where it is completely incomprehensible to the people of this era, it will eventually be developed.

Moreover, on the issue of the proliferation of artillery, Dahan himself is one of the contributors.

He remembered very well that he had received the appearance of artillery from the captured Goryeo and then quietly sent it out of Jeju.

"If you do it again next time, it will be a big problem." The big man said slowly.

"It's going to be troublesome this time, our business is not easy to do." The Koreans sighed and sighed.

They're doing a very old business, smuggling.

Although Jeju's business tax is not high, for some merchants, it is worth a penny to steal, so there are still smugglers who secretly breed. Even if the discipline of the law here is very strict, it is difficult to avoid the presence of rats and cockroaches hiding in the shadows.

Most of the time, the Doge's Office cracked down on smugglers, but there were times when it turned a blind eye.

It's just that the big man disguises his true profession as a smuggler under the illegal identity of a smuggler: fine work.

"I don't think so...... Can you arrange for me to go to Japan to have a look, I want to see if there is an opportunity to make money there. The big man hesitated for a long time, and then said.

"You're crazy, Japan just has some opportunities to make money, and it's not for us to interfere!" The Koreans are wary of the tunnel.

"I'm not crazy, I'm always doing it piecemeal, when will I get rich, I still want to buy my own boat after I make a fortune, and change my face to be a serious businessman. Brother Cui, we have been working together for many years, I know that you have a wide range of channels, there must be a way to send me to Japan, right? The big man said.

The Korean surnamed Cui persuaded him twice, but when he didn't listen, he could only respond to the matter.

Within a few days, this Goryeo surnamed Cui came to find the big man again: "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, come quickly, I'm about to leave, Hu Jingshui's ship is just going to Japan, and I want to transport a batch of supplies, I have a position as a sailor for you on the ship!" ”

The big man who was called Brother Wang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Sure enough, it won't be the eight-sided exquisite Cui Jinghui, but he has the ability, thank you, thank you!" ”

The Korean man surnamed Cui smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that Hu Jingshui's fleet lost too many people when it went to Huzhou, and now it is recruiting sailors." But Brother Wang, the ugly words are ahead, it took me a lot of effort to let you in, but when you get to the ship, you can only be the lowest sailor, and I don't have the ability to take care of anything else. ”

The big man nodded, a sneer in his heart.

After ordering the Japanese to assassinate Zhao Gou, Ande, and Maode, he took a lot of effort to hide himself, and the two companions with him were captured and killed one after another, and I don't know whether he confessed or not.

It's a pity that that time failed because of the Japanese maneuver, but it can also be seen from that incident that the Japanese really hate Zhou Quan. In this way, it is possible that the news of the million-person riot in Japan is true.

No matter what, you have to see it with your own eyes, and if you can confirm it, you have a plan for your own master...... It will be of great help!

What's more, you can rely on this matter to complete your revenge on Zhou Quan!

Zhou Quan would never have known that there was such a group of people who were secretly staring at him and wanted to take revenge on him! (To be continued.) )