Wang Zhi's face became ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Tianluo, you are an official, we are bandits, this is needless to say, but there is no need to be so aggressive, we are just to get a living, and you just want to be famous in history, in fact, you are the same as Governor Hu, you are also for fame and profit, and you are not nobler than us people, and now you are not talking about peace with us widows?"

Tian Wolf smiled: "There is still a big difference, Governor Hu does not harm the people when he asks for fame, and he only wants to benefit one party when he is an official, while the shipowner is colluding with foreign enemies to invade, of course you can also leave a name in the history, but with all due respect to Sky Wolf, at least so far, Wang Shipowner has not left a good reputation in the history books, and you know this."

Wang Zhi's eyelids jumped, of course he knew this, the wolf saw Wang Zhi's reaction, laughed, and continued: "It's just that Ship Master Wang still has a chance to reform now, no matter what you have done before, as long as you want to turn back, it is still too late now, I am afraid that you will go all the way to the dark, and no one will be able to save you."

Yan Shifan sneered: "Heavenly wolf, don't be alarmist here, Ship Master Wang is the overlord of the Seven Seas, dominating the world, free, unrestrained, even I am envious, as long as you are alive, what do you care about after death?" Since ancient times, those who have become great things have not been informal, that is, my Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, didn't he also scolded the officials of the Yuan Dynasty as thieves before raising troops? Don't think that only you and Hu Zongxian are noble, if you are really so capable, do you still need to come here to sue for peace now? ”

Sky Wolf smiled and shook his head: "Little Pavilion Elder, you naturally don't care about this. Because you have cultivated to the realm of shamelessness and invincibility in the world, you are shameless. There's no one in the world like you. I don't care about the name of this before and after death, but the owner of the ship Wang is not the same as you, people have the intention of turning back, I don't imagine that your Xiaoge Lao will be infamous in the history books, do you still want to hinder the owner of the ship Wang from being a good person? ”

"Also, I am here today to represent the peace of the imperial court. But there is no such thing as asking for peace, if it is really said to seek peace, it is also the owner of the Wang ship who first sent the leader Xu and them to Hangzhou to meet Governor Hu. At most, I can only pay a return visit, and I'm here to talk about the suppression of Kou Zhao'an, not to ask for peace and concessions."

Yan Shifan blinked maliciously: "Heavenly Wolf, don't blow the atmosphere here." You're a mouthful. From your mouth to your heart, you see the owner of the ship Wang as a pirate and a bandit, what are you talking about now? I think that your so-called Zhao'an just wants to take the opportunity to annex the owner of Wang, trick him into disbanding his subordinates, be charged by you, and finally disband the troops like the Song Dynasty did to the heroes of Liangshan. Scatter the leaders and kill them one by one. That's what you mean by banditry."

Yan Shifan's words made Mao Haifeng jump: "Grandma's, what a poisonous plan, father-in-law, we must not fall for them, this An, you can't recruit anything!" ”

Heavenly Wolf smiled slightly: "Yan Shifan, you are not the roundworm in Governor Hu's stomach, how can you know his thoughts?" Speaking of which, I'm afraid these are your little pavilion elder's own ideas."

Yan Shifan laughed and said: "I don't want to recruit An, I just want to cooperate with the Wang ship owner who retains his free identity and strong military strength for a long time, and everyone makes money and fortune together, Tian Wolf, you don't have to provoke the relationship between us."

Wang Zhi groaned for a while, and said: "Lord Heavenly Wolf, I know that you are a good man who is upright and upright, and what you say should be your true thoughts, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, not to mention what Governor Hu thinks, I don't know, but I only know that I have to be responsible for the lives of more than 100,000 brothers under my command. Therefore, I will not talk about the matter of recruiting peace for the time being, and I ask Lord Sky Wolf to forgive me for this."

Heavenly Wolf nodded: "Governor Hu expected this concern of the Wang ship owner early on, so this time in the peace meeting, we decided to express our sincerity first, and I will serve as the liaison messenger to coordinate the two families to join forces to destroy Chen Sipan, and when the Wang ship owner has eliminated Chen Sipan and opened up the trade route to Nanyang, then we will talk about Zhao'an and the ban on trade."

A hint of joy appeared on Wang Zhi's face, and his voice also revealed excitement: "Why, Governor Hu is willing to talk about the ban on trade?"

The wolf glanced at Yan Shifan proudly, and said to Wang Zhi: "In order to prevent some people from slandering and affecting the cooperation between our two families, Governor Hu specially made these concessions, it is not feasible to recruit Liangshan heroes in the Song Dynasty, Governor Hu also knows that Captain Wang needs time to do the work of his brothers, and everyone's ideological turn is also to take his time, but the matter of recruiting an is the bottom line, and there is no discussion, so a transitional period can be drawn, as fast as a year and a half, or as many as several years, During this time, Governor Hu can trade privately with you in an official capacity, provide you with the silk and tea you need, so that you can trade with the Francophiles of Nanyang in order to support your brothers, and in the future, you will become an official and an army, and you will have a legal status, and whether the brothers go or stay is up to the owner of the Wang ship, as long as it does not account for the military salary expenditure of the imperial court, it is not a problem how many people there are."

Yan Shifan saw that the shape was not good, and hurriedly said: "Heavenly wolf, don't make empty promises here, how can the imperial court allow more than 100,000 private armed people in the southeast area to be stored? Are you trying to rebel?"

Heavenly Wolf sneered: "Xiao Ge Lao, you are so forgetful, the Tusi private armed forces in the Liangguang area, that is, what we call the wolf soil soldiers, aren't they also passed down from generation to generation, and the number is as many as more than 100,000, this time Governor Hu also specially transferred 20,000 wolf soldiers from Guangxi, and all the military salaries are paid by the imperial court, who said that this kind of private armed forces loyal to the imperial court cannot be saved?"

Yan Shifan was dumbfounded, his eyes rolled, and he argued forcefully: "The wolf soldiers in Guangxi are a problem left over from the period of the first emperor, which is different from the situation here."

The wolf immediately retorted: "The first emperor was able to recruit the wolf soldiers of Guangxi, so that the local Tusi had tens of thousands of soldiers, and now the emperor is talented and wise, and the owner of the Wang ship is eloquent and strategic, and he wants to serve the country, why can't he give the owner of the Wang ship this opportunity?" Xiao Ge Lao, while you keep saying that you have the power of the world, and on the other hand, you say that you are good friends with Ship Master Wang, why can't you even help with this little favor?"

Yan Shifan gritted his teeth: "These hundreds of thousands of people have consumed a huge amount, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the imperial court to collect taxes now, and the expenses in all aspects are huge, how can there be money to feed them?"

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "Governor Hu sits in the southeast, controls the military power, financial power, and personnel power of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Zhizhi, and secretly prohibits trade with the owner of the ship, which is enough to feed these hundreds of thousands of brothers, didn't the elder Xiaoge say just now, that is, your Xiaoge elder relies on your cronies in the two provinces of Zhejiang, plus some people in the rivers and lakes, to do shady smuggling business can make the owner of Wang earn enough money, not to mention the governor Hu who holds the taxes of the two provinces of Zhejiang."

Yan Shifan's head was bruised, and he couldn't care about anything anymore, so he shouted: "Heavenly wolf, you are so bold, the taxes of Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces are to be handed over to the national treasury, you and Hu Zongxian dare to touch this money?"

The wolf's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he greeted Yan Shifan without flinching, and shouted: "Yan Shifan, you yourself have brought disaster to the country and the people, don't hinder the loyal Governor Hu, if you form a peace agreement with the owner of the Wang ship, then the huge military expenditure invested in the southeastern provinces every year can be saved, and you can also open up the sea trade routes, this alone can increase the income of tens of millions of taels of silver for the imperial court every year, the world is the world of the people of the world, not your Yan family, the country is everyone's country, not a tool for your Yan family to search for the people's fat and people's ointment." .”

Yan Shifan's stern tone and awe-inspiring righteousness to the Heavenly Wolf were so strong that he couldn't open his mouth, and he hated it so much that his teeth itched, but he couldn't find a word that could fight back.

Wang Zhi nodded and said: "Okay, the two of you are guests from afar, so you should give me someone Wang a face, don't quarrel anymore, you are all officials of the imperial court, and you attack each other like this in front of a bandit like me, I'm afraid it won't sound good to spread out."

Yan Shifan "snorted" hatefully, and said to Wang Zhi: "Ship Master Wang, I see that my affairs are almost done today, everything that should be said has been said, and everything that should be reminded has been reminded, but it seems that Ship Master Wang has not taken it to heart, and he still wants to negotiate peace with this wolf, so since this is the case, it is pointless for me to continue to stay here, and I will leave!"

Wang Zhi hurriedly said: "Xiao Ge Lao, please don't be angry, the matter has not been decided yet, even if you discuss the details of peace with Tianluo next, there are many things that need to be consulted by you, besides, our business can continue to be discussed, even if it is forbidden to trade with the imperial court, with the ability of Xiao Ge Lao, you can also bring your own share, which is just discussed here, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Yan Shifan sneered: "Ship Master Wang, let me remind you, the silk tea you need can either only be imported from me, or Hu Zongxian will trade with you in an official way, he can't allow me or my subordinates to do this transaction with you, because in that case, the number of transactions will not be controlled by him, does Ship Master Wang think it is a good thing to do business with Hu Zongxian?" I might as well tell you now that he is calling him a boiled frog in warm water, and he will start to trade with you, so that you can eat some sweetness, and when your men's expenses are completely inseparable from him, then he will suddenly break off the deal, and come to recruit you on the condition that you leaders go ashore to accept official positions, and on that day, how can the owner of the Wang ship resist? Your subordinates are only afraid that they will lose their fighting spirit at that time, and they are used to lying down and taking money, so they will naturally not work hard anymore."

Wang Zhi didn't speak, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, and he looked at the wolf, the wolf secretly sighed in his heart that this Yan Shifan was indeed scheming, this move was originally Hu Zongxian's killer weapon to deal with Wang Zhi, even Xu Hai didn't have any objections after hearing it, but he didn't expect Yan Shifan to expect this, and he said it directly here.

But the wolf had already prepared for the worst, and the contingency plan for this situation was immediately taken out, he laughed and said, "Little Pavilion Elder, I really don't understand, why did you decide that Governor Hu wanted to put the owner of the Wang ship to death?" If the Wang boat owner is willing to turn back to the shore and take them in as an escort for the official army, the imperial court only needs to take some surplus silk and tea out, and the Wang boat owner himself will have a way to make more money, and the income obtained by the imperial court from selling these things at official prices can also effectively make up for the deficit of the national treasury, so why not do it for the benefit of the country and the people?"

Yan Shifan said coldly: "No, what Hu Zongxian wants is to go down in history, in his opinion, it is by no means a face-saving thing to negotiate peace with the Japanese Kou, and only by putting the owner of Wang Ship on the spot can he pacify the southeast."

The wolf snorted disdainfully: "Xiaoge Lao is really a big mistake, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, captured the barbarian king Meng Shu seven times, but they were all released but not killed, Meng Huo rebelled when the Shu country was mourning, divided the territory and stood on his own, and killed the county guard of Shu Han, in any case, this nature is much worse than Wang Shipowner going to the sea to claim the king, but Zhuge Liang did not say that he had to kill Meng Shu, but relied on the seven captures and seven verticals to subdue the hearts of the Southern Barbarians, which is passed down through the ages."

"Besides, my Ming Dynasty, those Guangxi Tusi, at the beginning of the founding of the country, they also rebelled and descended, capricious, and the imperial court also tried several times to recruit soldiers, all of them went and rebelled, and finally gave those Tusi hereditary titles, allowing them to keep their private armies, and only symbolically handing over some local specialties to the imperial court, so these barbarians are grateful to Dade."

"This time, the owner of the Wang boat made a disturbance in the southeast, and they all sent private soldiers to help the war, which shows that the Huairou policy is not ineffective. Captain Wang's strength today is enough to dominate the sea, and it is rare that he is willing to turn back and take the initiative to move closer to the imperial court.

"After the success of Zhao'an, it will establish an impression of benevolence and leniency in the world, and if you turn your face and kill people, the water and land bandits who occupy the mountain as the king will break their minds and make trouble in the end, the Song Dynasty has killed the loyal Liangshan heroes, so later the Jin people invaded, and almost all the righteous armies no longer obeyed the orders of the Song Dynasty, Xiaoge Lao, you are clear about these things, but you deliberately misled the Wang boat owner, and never mentioned it, aren't you afraid that Governor Hu and Wang will not have your share in the ban on trading?"

Yan Shifan's face was blue and white, since he was a child, he had never pointed his nose at people like this and scolded him so much, his one-eyed eye was almost bursting out of his socket, his face was hideous, and even the fat on his two faces were beating, if he wasn't in Wang Zhi's territory, I was afraid that he would have come up and fight with the wolf.

Wang Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Lord Sirius said very well, the old man expects that Governor Hu is not a cold-blooded person, Xiao Ge Lao, in fact, you don't have to worry too much, after all, Governor Hu is recommended by you, if there is any misunderstanding, the old man is willing to mediate, I think Governor Hu will definitely set aside enough shares for Xiao Ge Lao to do this business, and he will never completely turn his face with Xiao Ge Lao, Lord Tian Wolf, do you say yes?"

The wolf's heart is like a mirror, this Wang Zhi is playing a round, he has been inclined to Hu Zongxian's peace plan, but he doesn't want to offend Yan Shifan, only by maintaining a business relationship with Yan Shifan, Yan Shifan can take the path of the Japanese in the future and leave a refuge overseas. But the Heavenly Wolf didn't want to break this, after all, forcing Yan Shifan too hard now would also make Wang Zhi embarrassed, and even give birth to other variables.

So the wolf smiled and said, "Master Wang." Governor Hu said that this trade matter can be discussed in the future. Xiaoge Lao has the grace of knowing Governor Hu, in the future, as long as you say hello, your share is indispensable, Governor Hu doesn't want to completely tear his face with Xiaoge Lao, Zheng Bichang and He Maocai have been fishing in the southeast all these years, and Governor Hu is not also turning a blind eye. ”

Yan Shifan's single eye narrowed slightly, and the light in his eyes flashed. As if thinking about something again, suddenly, a terrible whistle was heard in the distance. It was long and long, as if it was out of breath at any time, and it was indescribably weird, which was very different from the whistle of the Central Plains. Sky Wolf once listened to Yanagi play some Oriental tunes. This whistle is seven or eight points similar to the oriental wind.

There was a faint uneasiness in the heart of the heavenly wolf, because he saw a cold and evil smile suddenly hanging on the corner of Yan Shifan's mouth, and he suddenly thought that from the beginning to the end of today, Yan Shifan had exhausted all his means for himself, and almost every place that could be used to attack was thought of by him, but he actually didn't mention Feng Wu, and he didn't even ask why Feng Wu didn't come with him as a deputy envoy, which was not normal. It's so abnormal.

And Feng Wu went to the island this time to explore the situation on the island, and even kept himself in the dark. She only told herself about this after she went ashore, just not to give herself any time to stop her, although she had seen Feng Wu's ability as a spy, but after all, this was the Longtan Tiger's Den, and Lu Bing had also sent masters to spy many times before, but all of them had no return, so when the wolf was here just now, he laughed and scolded angrily, but he was secretly worried about Feng Wu in his heart, and he didn't know if she was safe now.

In fact, as soon as he entered the Sea God Temple, he was relieved to see that Wang Zhi's subordinate leaders and Yan Shifan were here, because that meant that there were not too many masters outside, and Feng Wu's safety factor could be relatively improved.

Yan Shifan suddenly opened his mouth: "I don't know if Ship Master Wang knows that this time the Heavenly Wolf did not come to the island alone, and he also brought a deputy envoy." ”

Wang Zhi nodded, a look of vigilance flashed in his eyes, and said to the wolf: "The old man saw it from Xu Hai's banner, this time the wolf came with a female brocade guard codenamed Feng Wu, just now when the wolf envoy first entered the hall, the old man was still a little strange, why did he only see the wolf alone, the wolf envoy, where is your deputy envoy?" ”

The heavenly wolf smiled slightly and said: "Feng Wu had a little trouble with Zai Xia on the boat, and after going to the island, he left in a bad mood, which Leader Xu saw." Right, Brother Xu? (To be continued......)