In Huangpu, Guangzhou, in the west of Wuya Palace, in the criminal law court of Dali Temple and Shanglu Yuan, a group of green-robed and red-robed officials are chattering their teeth.

"The official family is really standing by and letting us be the first birds?" "The official family is soaking in the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau, doing what kind of steamed chicken or steamed duck, I haven't been very careful in the past half a year, and I have faintly a virtue with the previous Wanli Ye."

"The concubine gave birth to a child, the royal family has a succession, and seeing the children around their knees, the official family should also want to relax."

"It is said that this is a good thing, originally the official family said that it was still in the same place for ten years, but now the two years of the Holy Dao are not over, I heard that the two ministers of Shangshu Province were printed on the same day!"

"What's the matter, the official family doesn't care, this responsibility of the government is even pressed on us......"

"Yes, there are many mistakes in doing too much, seeing that the hairless little people of the Taoist Party are jumping energetically, once the matter is not dealt with properly, the official family will look at it in a blink of an eye, and there will be a big movement in the court!"

All kinds of gossip revolve around the emperor's laziness as the center, and gradually extend to the inner court of the palace.

"In the middle of the year, it is said that the princess of Huaigar also set the New Year's throne, and the official family is in its prime, and it is a good time to work hard."

"Then Princess Huaigar can't get the concubine position, that is, she is the first concubine, I heard that there are ......"

The first purple-robed official coughed, and promptly dispersed the eight women state of these officials.

"I see that you are more calm than the official family! There are dozens of more people outside the yamen, and Chen Ju is complaining to me, saying that the situation has not stopped for days, and his patrolmen are almost tired and paralyzed! Today, if you don't discuss the detailed regulations, let's prepare to build the ground in the yamen! ”

The purple-robed official was no more than thirty years old, but he was quite dignified, and after a reprimand, everyone held their breath and did not dare to make any more noises.

Qu Chengshuo, secretary of the Criminal Law Yuan, is now a cadre under Shi Yizhi, the assistant secretary Shi Yizhi, who sorted out the "Imperial Criminal Law", set up the Criminal Law Court, and was in charge of the criminal law adjudication of a country. On the one hand, it is symmetrical with his father, Qu Minghong, the official secretary who is known as "Qu Lao Shangshu", and on the other hand, it is the weight of his power, no less than a book.

At a young age, he has to be in a high position, but Qu Chengshuo has no trace of arrogance. He is well aware of the weight of his responsibilities, and the recent handling of a major case has confirmed his understanding.

Instructing this "task force" to continue to carefully review the file and verify the details, Qu Chengshuo changed his official uniform and slipped out through the side door, as usual, to see the movements of those people gathered at the gate of the legal department.

Hundreds of people blocked the gate of the law department, standing against the patrol police. They did not make any noise, but held signs, joined the beat, and shouted slogans in unison: "Return my law", "Uphold justice", "Where is the law?" and so on.

There is nothing unusual, and the people around who are watching the excitement are more than half of the people who are used to it, and I think they are used to it, and the newspaper pen in the crowd holding a pencil and holding a small book is almost gone.

But Qu Chengshuo knows that it is calm here, but public opinion is constantly heating up, and it has gathered a huge force to oppress the law department. This is another feast of grace after the trend of Funan and Boshen pioneers in the middle of the year. It's a pity that he, the secretary of the criminal court, is the target of a dinner and is much burned.

"It's all Fan Sihai's fault, why do you want to work here, presumably the officials are all treating you as a hot potato......" Thinking of the reason for this, Qu Chengshuo sighed.

This is not a bad thing, but a great thing!

Fuzhou sea merchant Fan Sihai, I don't know whether it was a conscience discovery, or a glimpse of the general trend, or what threat was posed by Shi Shifat, so he resolutely took his family and movable property to Yinghua. This person's family business is prosperous, there are dozens of big ships, and he is a well-known bigwig in the circle of Luzon and Yueben Maritime Trade.

What Fan Sihai did was an important symbol of the Fujian maritime merchants gradually dragging Shi Shi to suppress and change their posture of riding on the wall, and the court was extremely excited about it. Without a trace of effort, he was able to dig up the silver roots of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Shi Shiqi in Fujian, and at the same time shook the hearts of the Fujian people, laying a foundation for the future succession of Fujian.

But this great thing, in the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is a crisis.

Behind Fan Sihai was a giant beast: the Fujian syndicate, a group of Fujian merchants who held millions of taels of silver in their hands and made a profit from lending, and their business spread all over Fujian and Zhejiang, and even the Spaniards and Portuguese owed them money.

In the history of Li Xian's previous life, the Fujian people of this era were especially good at cooking silver money, and most of the foreign merchants in Guangzhou came from Fujian. If the Cantonese are very similar to the British, they are all daring to take risks and dare to pioneer, then the Fujianese are very similar to the Jews, of course, they are still worse than the Zhejiang. , before there was Yinghua separated by a layer, many Guangdong and Hunan businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, even if the silver money was influenced by the Fujianese, it was only a foreign matter. But as soon as Fan Sihai came over like this, if he led the Fujian syndicate to pour in, the old man of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry would suddenly be in danger of accompanying the prince to study. Although the financial resources of the Fujian syndicate are far inferior to those of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Federation of Industry and Commerce is very afraid of these people and the interests of operating money.

Li Shi decided to temporarily move Fujian, but he also hoped to stir up the Nanyang first, and then pull the Fujian syndicate and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry into the Nanyang melting pot together.

But Fan Sihai threw it himself. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry even suspected that he was the first to be pushed by the Fujian syndicate.

The businessmen of Guangdong and Hunan tried every means to push this person away, and they did not hesitate to use some means to do so. It's just that this Fan Sihai already has a layer of shǐ on his body, because he is ...... Maritime.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the title of maritime merchant is synonymous with piracy. Doing sea trade is an illegal thing, and other illegal things are naturally done by the way, Wang Zhi, Li Dan, Yan Siqi, and Zheng Yiguan are typical representatives in the early years.

Punishing unpleasant peers, taking sheep on passers-by, for the sake of goods, how many lives are mixed in with it, who cares? Therefore, this Fan Sihai is a sea owl with his hands stained with xuè.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry originally had the intention to do whatever it wanted, but now it doesn't have to, as a good and law-abiding citizen. It didn't take much effort to find a group of bitter masters in Guangdong who had been violated by Fan Sihai in the past, and sued Fan Sihai for money and murder. Fan Sihai, who thought he was a guest, became a prisoner in a blink of an eye.

The law secretary acted decisively, but the court was noisy.

The Xian Party and the Confucian Party believe that this person is dedicated to China and has come to serve the people, and he is related to the Fujian Dajú of the imperial court, how can you allow the law department to support the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and dispose of it at will?

On the one hand, the Taoist Party adheres to the Tao and is impartial, and on the other hand, it emphasizes the emperor's larger banner. The "Shang Party", which was separated from the Taoist Party and spoke specifically for industry and commerce, directly denounced the view that the Confucianism was the utilitarian logic of great benevolence and small benevolence.

However, during these days, the emperor seemed to have lost much interest in the government because of Sanniang's birth, and he did not come forward to speak, and this dispute has always been stagnant. Even if Shi Yizhi was independent, he was forced to look at him by both parties, and the pressure was great. No matter which side is in the court's favor, the other side will jump out and ask him about his intentions, and may even bite into his previous background as a Manchu official.

Shi Yizhi had no choice but to signal to the Zhangzhou Criminal Court, which specifically handled the case, and gave a painless ruling, and the disposition of Fan Sihai was to exile from Taiwan. Thinking about this, it is not only merciful to his subordinates and blocking the mouths of the two parties, but also to make Fan Sihai disheartened and get out of Yinghua, and also to fulfill the will of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

His two-sided exquisite idea encountered an accident again, Fan Sihai was stubborn, he was not convinced, and he sued. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry also stopped doing it, so he couldn't shoot it to death, and he also instigated the bitter master to continue to complain.

Shi Yi had a headache, threw the case to Qu Chengshuo, and solemnly explained: "I will fully support any judgment you make", and the black pot was unloaded with grace.

Qu Chengshuo had no choice but to organize a special case team in the Criminal Law Institute to conduct a retrial, and according to the "Imperial Criminal Law" and the evidence at hand, even if it was just a simple judgment of the case, Fan Sihai would not be able to escape death, not to mention that the industry and commerce also set off a surge of public feelings.

Looking at these group of cardholders, most of whom were bought by businessmen, Fan Sihai's old and firm face floated in Qu Chengshuo's mind, Qu Chengshuo shook his head again and again, Fan Sihai, Fan Sihai, why are you here......

Off the coast of Dongshan Island, seeing that the distance between the two sides was shortened to two hundred zhang, Luo Wugui said sharply: "Turn around!" Square cut! Shoot a hundred shots! ”

The customs inspector next to him exclaimed, "I haven't figured out the identity of the person yet...... That shot may also be a return gift. ”

After taking the rattan leather cuirass handed over by his subordinates, and then putting on the eammless iron helmet, Luo Wugui sneered: "There was a mistake in killing, I didn't let it go!" Do you have to wait for their shells to come at you before you do it? This is not the way our navy does things! ”

Stuffing the cuirass and iron helmet to the stunned patrolman, Luo Wugui shouted: "My brother Luo Lao Wu must not be a soft egg!" Wait for whoever shrinks the egg, I'll cut off someone's head! Never break your word! ”

The patrolman's heart was even colder, and he asked tremblingly: "Captain Luo, you used to be ......" Luo Wugui grinned: "Before?" In the past, of course, it was a sea robbery. ”

Just as the patrolman groaned weakly, the head ship of the opposite fleet suddenly raised a flag, with a black skull on a white background, and four leg bones around the pith of the ship, which looked particularly hideous. , Luo Wugui's cheeks also suddenly distorted, he clenched his fists, and let out a roar that I didn't know whether it was anger or disbelief:

"Four Sea Flags!?"

Ying Tianfu, Guangzhou City, in the prison of the Criminal Department, Bai Yanding entered a cell. Facing the old man in the prison, he clenched his fists and said, "Brother Fan! ”

The old man respectfully bowed to Bai Yanding:

"General Bai, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you're refreshed."

Bai Yanding smiled bitterly and was about to speak, but the old man shook his hand and said:

"I'm not sarcastic, Swallow, I'm full of envy for you."

Looking at this eldest brother on the road in the past, Bai Yanding felt extremely unfamiliar, that kind of domineering that no one in his eyes, domineering across the seas, was all gone, could it be this prison...... No, Fan Sihai is an important person and has not been abused.

Maybe it's because Big Brother's mind has been softened, Bai Yanding sighed: "Brother Fan, there are indeed villains behind this matter, but all parties act according to the rules, and we, the martial artists, are not easy to speak, and we only hope that the official family can come forward." ”

Fan Sihai smiled lightly: "After all, there is this level, I am just looking to see how far this rule can go, official family...... What kind of world are you building? ”

Bai Yanding looked to the left and whispered: "The path set by Shi Fa Si earlier actually gave Brother Fan a chance, why don't you ......?"

Fan Sihai shook his head: "I'm tired, I want to have a home, I want to have a country." The court in the north can't be this destination now, and the south, here, should be my home and my country. ”

The voice was low, as if it had penetrated time: "When I made this decision earlier, I understood the thoughts of Wang Zhi and Zheng Yiguan back then. Why would they stare at the court's solicitations like moths to a flame, they ...... Like me, I think that my boat floating on the sea will finally be able to dock and go home. ”

This activity also hit Bai Yanding's heart to defect to Li Sihai a few years ago, and he also mentioned it to Fan Sihai at that time, but Li Sihai at that time was far from being able to enter Fan Sihai's eyes, and the world changed, like Fan Sihai to take this road again, but it was a little late.

He was silent, and Fan Sihai sighed again: "Now what I'm worried about is Liuxi, he is too young to understand the meaning of home......

Under the banner of the Four Seas Skull, a sturdy young man pressed the short tong in one hand and held a steel knife in the other, with a fiery resentful gaze in his eyes.

"The Yinghua thief forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and he actually wanted to harm my father! If you want to let them know that Fan Sihai still has a son! His son Fan Liuxi will be their mortal enemy! If you don't let my father go, their sea won't be at peace for a day! ”

The young man gritted his teeth and whispered to himself, beside him, a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner, holding a monocular, carefully observing the enemy ship that had just drawn two arcs and waves, gaining the upper hand, and was rapidly approaching on the starboard side, and his mouth was also full of words.

"It must have been the Britons or the Dutch who helped them build ships and taught them how to handle sails, but two schooners are unlikely to do us any real harm......

The foreigner put away his binoculars and looked at Fan Liuxi with a solemn expression.

"Wait until they are defeated and flee, it is better not to pursue, the governor has explained, this action is a limited warning."