At the beginning of April, several rumors suddenly raged in Jiangnan, and in a short period of time, they spread all over Jiangnan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Rumors say that the thieves have invaded Beijing and that Emperor Chongzhen has been martyred. There are also rumors that Emperor Chongzhen was not martyred and had escaped with the crown prince. There are also rumors that Emperor Chongzhen was martyred, but the crown prince has fled to Nanjing.

No matter what kind of rumors it is, it all shows one thing, but something is wrong in distant Beijing, and I am afraid that the sky of the Ming Dynasty is about to change.

Song Liben came back from Hangzhou, and after reporting the course of the trip, he told Ren Siqi the rumors he had heard. When he spoke, he was dark and excited, but there was a faint expectation. The troubled times are coming, and it is the time for heroes to rise up, and he is looking forward to following Ren Siqi to make a vigorous career.

For what has happened, and what is about to happen, Ren Siqi knows it well. Ren Siqi was not interested in these rumors at all, what he wanted to know most now was when the reward of the imperial court would come down and when he would be able to become a general in Zhoushan. Only when he became a general in Zhoushan could he justifiably control Zhoushan, and many layouts could be carried out one by one.

In the end, the background is too shallow, with Ren Siqi's current connections, at most he can go to Hangzhou, and the appointment of Zhoushan General needs to be recognized by the Nanjing Military Department, and all he can do now is wait.

Ren Siqi has not been idle in Cen Gang these days, the spring silk has come down, and every day there are silk farmers from the opposite mainland to Cen Gang.

Cen Gang's original silk merchant money shopkeeper was suppressed by Ren Siqi, and he was unable to compete with Ren Siqi, and the goods and silver in his shop were looted by pirates, and finally fell into the hands of Ren Siqi, but the assistance of the Changshu Qian family has not arrived for a long time, and he is powerless to compete with Ren Siqi for raw silk.

As for the other shopkeepers, most of them are natives of Ningbo, and they have obtained permission from the proprietor behind them not to dispute with Ren Siqi anymore.

Everyone is a fellow villager, so they have to talk about it, Ren Siqi can be regarded as saving their lives and saving their shop, and the lost goods are regarded as a thank you gift to him.

In fact, the reason why these businessmen compromised was because of Ren Siqi's position as an inspector. Daishan patrol inspection is equivalent to the police station chief in later generations. Such a petty official is not big, but it is very important. Because Daishan is located in the north of Cen Port, it is just stuck at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay. All the smuggling maritime merchants and ships basically have to go through the waters near Daishan, and if Ren Siqi is annoyed, he can completely arrest all the sea ships in the name of seizing smuggling. And with Ren Siqi's current strength, he can completely do this.

Everyone is seeking money, and it is of course better to cooperate than to conflict. Although Cen Gang is not too big, it can accommodate the next Ren Siqi.

Behind every shop in Cen Gang represents a gentry in Ningbo, and of course Ren Siqi does not want to tear his face with them. There is only one result of offending everyone, his power will never be able to land on the mainland, in which case he can only become a pirate.

After reaching a settlement with most of the merchants, Ren Siqi's forces officially landed in Cen Gang and started business in the name of Qiyun Firm. However, his business was limited to raw silk, like satin, cotton, ironware, and tea could no longer be purchased. However, raw silk is one of the largest commodities in overseas trade, and it is very satisfying for Ren Siqi to monopolize the raw silk business in Cen Port.

As for the original raw silk merchant money shopkeeper, it has been completely ignored by everyone.

In a few days, more than 500 quintals of raw silk had been purchased, and with the goods snatched from the pirates, the goods to Luzon were ready.

There are many things on Zhoushan's side, and Ren Siqi can't get out at all. He could only let Mao 18 be the commander, and Sima Nan assisted him and drove the "Flying Fish" and "Fuchun" to Luzon.

At this time last year, I had already been to Luzon once, and I was considered to have taken a familiar route, and there were nautical charts, so with the rich experience of Mao 18 and Sima Nan, there should be no problem.

"Brother Eighteen, everything is please!" Cen Port Wharf, Ren Siqi came to see him off.

"With me here, Xiucai, don't worry!" Mao 18 laughed and said that being able to take the boat out to sea made his heart extremely happy.

"Xiucai, do you have anything else for me to give to someone, such as the Governor's Lady?" Mao 18 squeezed his eyes at Ren Siqi.

Ren Siqi suddenly remembered that the foreign girl Liya with a hot and enthusiastic body suddenly remembered, and then smiled bitterly, a dewy marriage, both parties don't care, why mention it again?

"Eighteen Brother Mo is going to make fun of him, by the way, but if you meet David, you can see if you can ask him to help buy some muskets." Ren Siqi commanded. Now there are only about 100 muskets in the entire Daishan army, and the number is too small.

The "Flying Fish" and "Fuchun" set sail, and Ren Siqi waved his hand until he could not see the shadow of the sail before turning around.

"Inspector, congratulations!" When I returned to the Yamen of the Inspection Division, I met Zhang Yunxing, a tea merchant.

The shopkeeper Zhang is Zhang Jingxian's nephew, Zhang Pujia's cousin, if the two families did not withdraw from the marriage, they can be regarded as Ren Siqi's relatives, but now for him, Ren Siqi can't have a good impression of him.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhang, I don't know where my joy comes from?" Ren Siqi said lightly.

"The fleet is leaving, of course, the wealth is rolling in, of course you want to congratulate?" Zhang Yunxing said with a smile on his face.

"But this is not the time to go to Japan, so is it possible for the fleet of the inspectors to go to the South Seas? The trade route over there is not easy to walk, and there are Dutch, and they block the road to Nanyang. Zhang Yunxing said tentatively, trying to follow Ren Siqi's words.

"Well, there's nothing remarkable about the Dutch, I fought them in Japan last year, and I didn't run away from a big defeat." Of course, Ren Siqi will not say the destination of his fleet, but only brags about his achievements.

In Japan last year, the matter of Ren Siqi fighting the Dutch has been widely spread among the maritime merchants in Zhejiang, which is also a reason why the people of Cen Gang compromised with him, and even the Dutch are not afraid and can win the murder group is unwilling to provoke. There is only the malllet of the money shopkeeper, relying on the power of Qian Qianyi behind him to try to challenge Ren Siqi, although Qian Qianyi has been a big official, but on this sea, his reputation is a fart.

"I am naturally thunderous about the outstanding achievements of the inspection lord, speaking of which, you and our Zhang family have a relationship before, although there have been unpleasantness, but the enemy wants to solve the knot, we have to be more close in the future." Zhang Yunxing said to Ren Siqi with a smile.

Is this trying to woo me? Looking at Zhang Yunxing's smile, he suddenly remembered Zhang Jingxian, and then remembered his original fiancée Zhang Pujia, the girl who once made him fascinated. (To be continued.) )