"It's okay, it's okay, relax, old Chen! Ben Hou killed a river of blood in Fuzhou, but he still didn't kill the maritime merchants in Fuzhou, do you know why? Zhang Ru looked at Chen Dafu with a smile, and then winked at Qin Luo.

Qin Luo, whose face was flushed, seemed to understand what he meant, and his slightly open mouth quickly closed, while Chen Dafu looked at Zhang Ru with a blank expression. After a while, the maritime merchant, who was already over forty years old, turned his head to look at Qin Luo with difficulty, hoping that he could give him a hint.

It's a pity that Zhang Ru is watching from the sidelines, and his ally abandons him very simply.

Reluctantly, he turned his head to look ahead, his mouth opened and closed, and after a few times, Zhang Ru patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lao Chen, now they are all a few of their own people, don't worry too much." What comes to mind and what to say, although Ben Hou is notorious, he is not unavoidable to listen to advice. Tell me your guess and let Benhou see if you're smart.

We are going to cooperate in the future, and Ben Hou doesn't want his cooperation to be a complete fool. ”

In this way, Chen Dafu has a little bottom in his heart, and in Zhang Ru's expectant eyes, he said with a little tentativeness: "Master Hou is kind-hearted and unwilling to kill too much." ”

Zhang Ru said disdainfully: "Lao Chen, you are a little unrealistic, Ben Hou killed a blood-stained long street in Fuzhou, if you are really kind-hearted, I am afraid that there will be no wicked people in this world." ”

"The grass people are stupid, I really don't know what the Hou Ye means." Chen Dafu simply kicked the ball back. Speaking at this time, it is wrong for him to say good things about Zhang Ru, and it is also wrong to say bad things about Zhang Ru.

Zhang Ru didn't plan to continue to embarrass Chen Dafu, so he turned his face to Qin Luo and asked, "Qin Luo, what do you think?" ”

Qin Luo, who originally wanted to watch a good show, suddenly heard Zhang Ru's question, and the whole person was stunned.

After a while, he reacted and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, forgive me, although I have a guess in my heart, I don't dare to talk nonsense." Hou Ye still reminded the two of us a few words, so that the two of us could have a long experience. ”

A reader is a reader, and the words he says are completely different from Chen Dafu's big boss.

As soon as he said this, Zhang Ru didn't want to think about the two of them anymore, and said to himself: "Lao Chen, Qin Luo, and the reason why Ben Hou left those maritime merchants is because they have no blood debts on their hands, they have not killed anyone, and it is understandable to leave them with their lives. Second, it is not easy for the maritime merchants in the southeast coastal area to become a climate, and it is not easy to get out of the situation, if Benhou is cut down with a knife, then he will really be a little sorry for the ancestors who regarded the sea as a rice bowl at the beginning.

Since the imperial court wants to open the sea ban, the root of this maritime merchant cannot be broken. Once the maritime merchant is broken, even if the sea ban is opened in the future, how many people dare to be maritime merchants with great fanfare?

Maritime merchants are not leeks, and the imperial court is not a person who cuts leeks, and this maritime merchant is not like leek stubble that can grow casually.

What the court wants is the interests, the interests of the royal family, the interests of the nobles, the interests of the officials, and the interests of the people.

Drying up and fishing, such a stupid thing may be something that some officials in the imperial court would like Ben Hou to do, but Ben Hou will not be stupid. Just like Ben Hou killed Guo Hansheng and other sea merchants who had a lot of blood debts and left you two sea merchants, Ben Hou really wanted to kill you all, but Ben Hou couldn't kill them.

Chen Dafu and Qin Luo, your attitude towards the imperial court is not bad, so Ben Hou can ignore the indirect smell of blood on your hands. Ben Hou does not pursue you, it does not mean that Ben Hou does not know. ”

Qin Luo nodded again and again when he said the previous words, but the last sentence made his back sweat break out.

Zhang Ru's last sentence made it clear that he was beating them, and with the density and style of the brocade guards, he should be able to know what they had done very simply. And Zhang Ru let them go for the time being, but put an iron hoop around their necks. If they do something in the future that will displease the imperial court, these evidences, which are now sealed by the Jinyi Guard, will be able to squeeze out the head of their heads at any time.

Chen Dafu, who is obviously more philistine than Qin Luo, immediately said: "Master Hou, the grass people are grateful, and in the future, Hou Ye will say the east, and the grass people will never go west." ”

Qin Luo also immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, whatever Hou Ye says in the future, if there is even the slightest resistance, if there is even the slightest resistance, if there is no three-catty head on his neck, Hou Ye can take it." ”

Zhang Ru smiled with satisfaction: "You two think too seriously about the problem, everyone is helping the court to do things, what the court wants to do, we will do it, we can't allow us to think about anything else." As for your performance, Ben Hou has a pair of tricks, I'll see it. ”

Hearing this, the two secretly wiped a handful of cold sweat and sat firmly on the stool.

After personally picking up the wine jug on the table and filling it for the two of them, Zhang Ru was the first to pick up the wine glass: "Come, drink this glass of wine, and the three of us will work together in the business of the southeast coastal area in the future." ”

Chen Dafu had some scruples, and the wine glass came to his lips, but he didn't drink it for a long time. Qin Luo was very simple, Zhang Ru hadn't drunk it yet, so he set an example of doing it first.

Zhang Ru slowly sipped the wine in the wine glass, and looked at Chen Dafu meaningfully: "Why, does Lao Chen think that I am not suitable for this partner?" ”

Chen Dafu smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, forgive me, the grass people are just thinking about whether we can do it if we can do it." Not to mention the existence of the behemoth of the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, let's just say that there are countless officials in the southeast coastal area, we may not be able to take it. ”

Zhang Ru patted him on the back: "This is not something you have to worry about, Wei Guogong takes money to do things, and his personal relationship with Benhou is not bad, once the order from the imperial court is issued, he is not easy to stumble." As for those officials, if Wei Guogong takes a stand, if any of them dares not to give Wei Guogong face, we don't need to do it, Wei Guogong can directly take them down. ”

It was only at this time that Chen Dafu's hanging heart barely let go of most of it, and poured the slightly bitter wine into his mouth.

"There will be people from the capital to the southeast in the near future, you will leave for Fuzhou tomorrow to do everything, let people supervise the construction of sea ships first, and then Benhou will write a letter in his hand, and Lei Yuan, the prefect of Fuzhou, will fully cooperate with you and so on.

When the people from the capital come, they will be responsible for recruiting the navy, and as for the training of the navy, you don't need to worry.

During this trip to the southeast, there were 97 million taels of silver obtained by the raiders alone, and there were countless other gold ingots, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Benhou only planned to hand over a small part of this silver to the imperial court, and the rest would be put into the construction of Fuzhou and Tianjin Liangdi.

In the future, the big ships that go to sea will not only bring tea, porcelain, and silk from the Central Plains, but also bring our powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty. The previous set, should be discarded also to abandon the time to abandon, you go to the sea, the West, the East and other places, remember to bring back some local specialties.

Note that the future war is likely to be a war of firearms, although our Ming firearms have developed, but compared with other countries, they may not be able to stand alone in the world. If you can get the finished product, you can get it for Ben Hou at any cost, and it is best to be able to fool their craftsmen to Ben Hou.

As long as someone is willing to come, and they have real materials, everything is preferential in terms of treatment. ”

"Master Hou, what are you?" Qin Luo asked worriedly.

Firearms have always been something that the imperial court controls independently, after all, the lethality of this thing is too great, if ordinary people control it, I am afraid that they will have the intention of rebellion.

Zhang Ru waved his hand: "Don't worry about this, it's not that Benhou wants to plot wrong, it's just that he is recruiting some talents for the court according to the needs of the court." At that time, these craftsmen will set up a special craftsman supervisor, and everything will be under the control of the imperial court. What you have to do is not to worry about this bullshit, but to care about whether you can find such a craftsman.

As long as the craftsman is found, your benefits will be indispensable at that time. ”

The two of them were obviously a lot happier when their worries were dispelled, and what Chen Dafu asked was also what Qin Luo wanted to ask.

"Come on, keep drinking." Zhang Ru raised his glass and said: "Everything has a transition process, it can't be achieved overnight, and it doesn't have to be decided today." Drink today, tomorrow we will go our separate ways, and there will be someone to contact you at that time, and you will try to cooperate with the people who come to integrate the resources of Fuzhou and get one or two businesses out. ”

said that they didn't talk about business, but they talked about business again after coming and going, and the three of them talked until late at night, and even forgot to eat.

It wasn't until Xu Li and Xu Liang, who had already left at the beginning of the conversation, that Zhang Ru, who had basically finalized the southeast development policy, was a little reluctant to leave the hot chair he sat on, and pulled the two out with a smile.

Xu Li knew that the matter was almost negotiated when he looked at him like that, and patted his arm and said, "Look at your appearance as a chicken thief, the matter has been negotiated?" ”

Zhang Ru nodded: "It's negotiated, it's negotiated, in the future, this southeast, you have to rely on you, brother." ”

Xu Li said unhappily: "What's the matter, you and I are a family, what are you doing with these polite words." In the future, your business will be my business, and my business will be yours, and you don't need to separate so much from each other. ”

With the shipping of the fortune of everyone, Xu Li really looked at Zhang Rugao a lot. What's more, he Xu Li was originally an important minister of the country who was loyal to the imperial court, and the emperor was relieved, so he had no reason not to do this favor.

It is better to be able to make Zhang Ru, a popular man in front of the emperor, his friend, than to erect an enemy of his own beside the emperor.

It is not unreasonable that the Wei Mansion has been inherited to this day, at least the people in the Wei Mansion are people who know how to measure.

Sending Chen Dafu and Qin Luo away, the two nobles, one old and one young, let people fry a few side dishes, and found a cool place to eat and drink.

The second person, Zhang Ru, who was full of red eyes, and Xu Li, who was tired, didn't know which corner to get out of. At this time, Fan Tong and Wang Zhou were already ready with people.

After Xu Li personally rode a horse to send Zhang Ru out of Nanjing City, he reluctantly said goodbye to Zhang Ru, and before leaving, the grandfather shouted loudly regardless of his identity: "Wenxuan, come to Nanjing when you have time!" ”