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"Xu Du, a native of Dongyang, his grandfather was a former official to the deputy envoy, he studied in Jiaxing when he was young, and made friends with Chen Zilong, Xu Fuyuan, He Gang and Zheng Zunqian, a wealthy household in Yuyao, Zhejiang, etc., with a heroic style, love to scatter money and wealth to hand over warriors, often dissatisfied with the government, it is rumored that he sent his subordinates to join the Baitou Army of Kuocang Mountain, and Dongyang Haoqiang respected him."

This is the news that Ji Hong spent nearly a month investigating and handed over to Zhai Zhe about Xu Du, although the number of words is not much, but it is concise and to the point, and the background and origin of Xu Du and his daily interactions are clearly explained, especially the secret rumors related to the Baitou Army, so that Zhai Zhe can find out the details of Xu Du.

Dongyang and Yiwu are located in the mountainous area of eastern Zhejiang, the people are fierce, it is rumored that Qi Jiguang saw the courage of the two factions of miners in Yiwu fighting, and finally trained the world-famous Qi family army based on the children of eastern Zhejiang. In this kind of place, the imperial court is often weak in control, and the local power is strong, and it is not uncommon for Xu to be able to make a name for himself. The Baitou Army of Kuocang Mountain is a group of rioting mountain people, active in the eastern region of Zhejiang, often robbing homes and houses, robbing the rich and helping the poor, but their reputation is not very loud.

But with these, it is enough, it is enough for Zhai Zhe to come to Dongyang to meet Xu Du in person.

"There is no way in the court, but it is not yet the time for Xu Gongzi to get into trouble." Zhai Zhe tasted the Dongyang tea that Xu Du offered him, although this tea had a somewhat bitter taste, compared with the brick tea he often drank on the grassland, it was already considered a light taste. These things that Xu Du did may be regarded as deviant and appalling in the land south of the Yangtze River, but they are not worth mentioning in Shaanxi and the Central Plains, let alone in front of people like him who have dealt with the Mongolian khans.

"Zhai Dongjia thinks so too!" Xu Du motioned to the leader behind him to put away the knife.

"When I was in the north, I had a heart for the Ming Dynasty, and I put the interests of the Han people first in everything, and the death of Lu Gong made my heart cold." Zhai Zhe is telling the truth. Sometimes it takes a few words of truth to make people believe.

"For more than ten years, I have traveled all over Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and my eyes are full of injustices in the world. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were able to crisscross the Central Plains for ten years, and the imperial court repeatedly suppressed them, and the situation of wanting to come there was even better than that of Jiangnan. Zhai Dongjia is a person who has led troops to fight, if he can join, why worry about big things? ”

Of course, far better than Jiangnan! Zhai Zhe secretly sighed that if it weren't for nine out of ten people who cut off their livelihoods, who would have embarked on the road of rebellion.

Xu Du's demeanor and words fell in Zhai Zhe's eyes, and he was completely a rich son who had just set foot in the world. There is injustice in his heart, but he is too far away in terms of scheming and ability, otherwise he would not let Ji Hong inquire about the details so quickly.

I thought you were Song Jiang, but I didn't expect it to be probably just Wang Lun. Zhai Zhe hesitated in his heart, he wanted to find someone to cooperate, Xu Du is the most suitable, although it is difficult for people with ability to control, but it is more risky to cooperate with people who have no ability. Once the incident is leaked, it is all a loss-making transaction.

East Zhejiang is located in the east of the south of the Yangtze River, compared with central Zhejiang, Nanjing, Songjiang and Yangzhou, there are many mountains and forests, and the place is remote. However, Hangzhou, which is adjacent to the five wealthy centers in the south of the Yangtze River to the north, is also the foothold of the business alliance. Zhai Zhe took the tea and drank several sips, and finally made up his mind to gamble, although there is a risk, but in the current situation, if you want to act steadily, the chances are slim.

"How many elite soldiers does Gongzi Xu have? How many armors are there? How many guns are there? How much money and food? Zhai Zhe's words stunned Xu Du's question. Although he had some people to join the Baitou Army, he had not yet made up his mind to join the ranks of the rebel court, and these things had never been carefully planned.

Zhai Zhe sighed in his heart and said, "Even if there are tens of thousands of troops under Xu Gongzi's command, I am afraid that there is still a great shortage of soldiers, money, food and other things. ”

He is just an outsider, and he has only met Xu Du for the second time, and a few words have made Xu Du's bottom line clear, and the person in front of him is indeed not a person who can do things. If you are destined to step on the shoulders of countless people to climb to the heights, let you be my stepping stone.

Xu Du stood up, bent down and bowed his hand, and asked for advice: "Please Zhai Dongjia teach me." ”

Zhai Zhe also got up, returned the salute, stretched out his hand to signal the two to sit down, and said, "Don't dare to be down." His eyes swept to the entourage standing behind Xu Du.

Xu Duyi waved his hand and said, "Zhu Dabiao, you guys should avoid it." ”

Zhu Dabiao turned around on Zhai Zhe's face with a guarded look, and reluctantly withdrew from the hall with two entourage.

After a few people went out, there were only two people left in the huge living room, Zhai Zhe asked: "May I ask Gongzi Xu, who is the richest person in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Xu Du thought for a while and said: "The Shen family in Hangzhou and the Gu family in Songjiang are both wealthy and prestigious families, but it is difficult to determine who is the richest. ”

Zhai Zhe smiled slightly and said, "Although the princes of Jiangnan are rich, they are not as good as the Zheng family in Fujian. ”

Xu Du nodded again and again when he heard this, and replied, "That's right." ”

The Fujian Zheng clan mentioned by Zhai Zhe refers to the Zheng Zhilong clan of the Fujian general soldier. Zheng Zhilong was originally a pirate, the imperial court repeatedly suppressed unfavorable, Chongzhen was recruited by the governor of Fujian Xiong Wencan in the early years, with the help of the power of the imperial court to merge with several other powerful pirates, and was later promoted to the general army of Fujian, and defeated the Dutch fleet in the Battle of Penghu, completely monopolized the sea trade of Japan, the Ming Dynasty and the Nanyang. If the trade between Xuanda Town and Mongolia is compared to a pool of water, the profits of the sea trade in these three places are equivalent to a pond.

Xiong Wencan tasted the sweetness of Zhao'an Zheng Zhilong back then, and when he was transferred to the Central Plains to chase down the thieves, he also thought about Zhao'an Zhang Xianzhong. I didn't expect this thief to be another pirate. Zheng Zhilong needed to trade with Japan and the Dutch with the help of various goods of the Ming Dynasty, so he was willing to be a Shunmin of the Ming Dynasty and reaped enough benefits from it. Zhang Xianzhong's ambition swelled to the point that it could not be suppressed in the flow of more than ten years, and the displaced people who could not be appeased in the Central Plains could not be eliminated, and he was finally arrested and imprisoned for Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion.

"The wealth of sea trade is not exclusive to the Fujian people, it was still the world of the Zhejiang people a few decades ago." Zhai Zhe seemed to sigh with emotion.

"If it weren't for the maritime merchants who got into trouble, and the southeast coast of the country were all **** by the Japanese people, how could there be today's Fujian people to enjoy their benefits." Xu didn't know why Zhai Zhe wanted to talk about it, and some of the second monks were confused.

The rebellion of the Japanese pirates in the southeast of Jiajing was originally caused by the collusion of maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Later, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou pacified the shipwreck, the Ming Dynasty banned sea trade, ships were not allowed to go to sea, and Shuangyu Island in Ningbo Prefecture changed from prosperity to depression. During the Longqing period, due to the endless smuggling of the Fujian people, Xu Fuyuan, the governor of Fujian, asked for the opening of the Zhangzhou Yuegang sea trade, which changed the blockage to sparseness, and the Fujian people flourished in the sea trade. Zhejiang is too close to the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court is worried that it will cause trouble after the liberalization of sea trade, and the ban has not been loosened.

During the Chongzhen period, the imperial court was not effective, and the smuggling of the Fujian people intensified. There are also some poor people on the border of Zhejiang who go to the sea to become pirates, but after all, they can't get into the big climate. The old plot of the Fujian people's hometown is very heavy, and after going to the sea, they are more grouped, and the Zhejiang people are excluded. Zhejiang people go to Fujian, have to pay taxes to the Zheng family, but also face the danger of pirate intrusion at any time, often lose money, and even die in the belly of the fish, and the number of people who go to sea is gradually decreasing.

Although Zhai Zhe has been on the border of the north in recent years, the Shang League often sends a copy of the imperial court's Tangbao report to the outside of the Saiwai, and Liu Suifeng told him all kinds of secret things about the Ming Dynasty's politics. Let him slowly become familiar with the decades of coups in the Ming Dynasty and the impact on various places. It can be said that above the court, a word can be rich and a place can be poor, and the fierce struggle involved is far from being as simple as it seems.

"The Zheng climate of the Fujian people has been established, and the Zhejiang people eat their own bitter fruits." Zhai Zhe smiled, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "But most of the goods of Zheng's sea trade, such as silk, cotton cloth, porcelain and other things, come from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and you and I have to find a way to get a small cup of soup from it, which is enough to make a big deal." ”

"Tooth extraction!" Xu Du's mind was not so confused that he would believe whatever Zhai Zhe said.

"Master Xu, don't be impatient, I have my own way." Zhai Zhe looks like a mountain man has his own clever plan.

"If the Zhai Dongjia has a way to profit from it, of course they are willing to cooperate with the Dongjia." Xu Du listened to what Zhai Zhe said, of course he would not refuse the benefits sent to the door, but he would not be stupid enough to charge for Zhai Zhe.

"There is only one way to enter Fujian!" Zhai Zhe stretched out his right index finger and drew a curve on the table, "I heard that the governor of Zhejiang is preparing to hunt down the bandits who are active in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, and those bandits are all composed of Fujian people, doesn't Xu Gongzi understand the opportunity?" ”

"Qiu Lingxiao!" Xu Du blurted out. Qiu Lingxiao, a native of Tingzhou, Fujian, led the mountain people to rebel in a riot that had been active at the junction of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, and his Baitou Army rebels in Kucang Mountain were also in contact with him.

"This road is surrounded by mountains, and the interests of too many people are at stake, I don't know if Xu Gongzi has the guts." Zhai Zhe flicked his fingers, waiting for Xu Du's reply.

Xu Du hesitated for a long time, he was worshiped by Zhai Zhe's words, and he was a little afraid. He has lived in eastern Zhejiang for decades, and it is better for this business owner who has been in Jiangnan for a few months to analyze him thoroughly in a few words. The higher you stand, the farther you look, Zhai Zhe, who has dealt with the Mongolian Khans, is of course more clear than Xu Du, an ambitious and unpractical person. The people who have fought him over the years are all the most cunning and clever talents in the north, such as Fan Yongdou, Huang Taiji, Lu Xiangsheng and Ezhe.

"Let me think about it a little longer." Xu Du's hands trembled slightly. He was ambitious and full of righteous indignation, and when the opportunity was really in front of him, he actually felt that Ye Gong was a good dragon.

Zhai Zhe showed a slight disappointment, but quickly covered up the past, and said with a smile: "This matter is very important, don't rush for a while." ”

"Yes, too!" Xu Du nodded again and again.

"I have a matter, and I want to ask Gongzi Xu for help!"

"Zhai Dongjia, please speak, as long as you can do it in the future!" Hearing this, Xu Du showed pride.

"I have a group of subordinates who are still in Jiangbei, and I want to bring them into the places where Jiangnan has not stayed, I don't know if Xu Gongzi can help."