The next day, headed by Pan Qide, the leading figures of the six major families in the south of the Yangtze River, hired a group of drummers to blow and blow and beat, and came to see Yan Hong and Hu Zongxian. After the meeting, he first gave a salute, and then said that he only learned about his account yesterday, and since the 35th year of Jiajing, he has forgotten to pay commercial taxes. Thinking that these families are all heirlooms of poetry and rites, first-class lovers, how can they do that tax evasion? It's really damn that his subordinates missed paying their taxes, and they came to return the taxes they owed.

Hu Zongxian knew that what the other party said was nonsense, and he couldn't break it in person, so he praised everyone. Pan Qide and others donated 50,000 taels of silver to reward the meritorious personnel who destroyed the Japanese, and Hu Zongxian wrote a few words of Jishan House and sent it to Pan Qide.

As soon as these six families paid their taxes, they became weather vanes, and the rest of the people did not dare to be as stable as before. Speaking of which, even if the six families are not the richest people in Hangzhou, they are also the people with the deepest heritage in Hangzhou. Even they have paid taxes, what are they and who are they not to pay? Let's do a careful calculation, thirty taxes and one, although the total amount is a lot, but if it is because of this money is remembered by the little king of Yama and throws a few pairs of iron armor home, it will be more than worth the loss.

For a time, the gentry of Hangzhou enthusiastically paid the taxes, the prefect's yamen, the political envoys, and even the governor's yamen were overcrowded, and the clerks of the book office were busy with their hands, which can also be called a Ming wonder.

After nearly half a month, this wind of tax payment gradually blew over, Yan Hong was trying to ask Hu Zongxian this day, when to clean up Li Wenzao. I didn't want someone from the door to report that a woman asked to see her, but when she went out to see, she saw that it was Wang Cuiqiao. I saw Wang Cuiqiao's face haggard. He was followed by a few sturdy women. And then there were a dozen athletic men. There are also several cages carried. The green bead that carried the child with him, but he never saw it.

As soon as he saw Yan Hong, Wang Cui's eyes turned red and he shouted, "Brother." But he stepped forward and threw himself into Yan Hong's arms and cried bitterly.

After painting the boat for a while that day, Hu Zongxian was afraid of long nights and dreams, and second, he was afraid that the thieves in Zhoushan would change, so he sent Wang Zhi and Xu Hai out of Hangzhou secretly. Return to Zhoushan, rectify the troops and take them to the Eastern Domain, Xiangdao, and do not camp near Hangzhou. Wang Cuiqiao naturally went with her husband. Yan Hong saw that she was here now, and his feelings had changed, so he hurriedly said: "Sister, don't cry, if you have something to say, go into the room and say." So he hugged Wang Cuiqiao back to the bedroom, and as for those maids, Chang Sui, they were all led to other places to stay. Hua Geng's second daughter also knows this so-called sister. It's just a Jinlan sister and brother, and they are from the upper courtyard. The appearance and figure are so outstanding. Now hugging his man, crying pear blossoms with rain, causing pity in people, I can't help but feel pantothenic acid in my heart.

When he entered the bedroom, Wang Cuiqiao sat on the chair, gently wiped his tears with his sleeve and said, "It's my sister Meng Lang for a while, and my brother smiled." ”

Yan Hong said: "Sister, you're welcome, what's going on?" Could it be that something has happened at sea? Sister, just say, if you have any grievances, my younger brother will help you out. ”

When Wang Cuiqiao heard this, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and said after a while: "Brother, you don't know that my sister is now homeless, if you can't be accommodated here, my sister will have to live on the streets." ”

Yan Hong was shocked when he heard this: "Why is this? Could it be that my brother-in-law and sister are unhappy? When I go to sea, I will go to my brother-in-law and ask for clarification. I think my sister suffered so much for him at the beginning, how can he still drive you out today? ”

Wang Cuiqiao shook his head and said: "On Zhoushan Island today, it is estimated that a big happy event is being held, do you go there to please the wine?" ”

It turned out that after their husband and wife returned to Zhoushan with Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi first announced the holy decree of the imperial court to recruit peace, and he became an official family. He released Xia Zheng, the commander of the hostages who had been held before, and gave him a sum of money to send him back to Hangzhou. This Xia Zheng originally heard that Wang Zhi was taken, and said in his heart that he was nine deaths, and he didn't know how Lu Dao was going to be brutally killed by the Japanese Kou, but he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and never frowned even if he was cut with a thousand knives, and he couldn't lose the prestige of the third-grade military attache of the imperial court. didn't want to run from time to time, Wang Zhi was actually released from Zhao'an, and he also lost a windfall.

followed Wang Zhi to start an internal purge in Zhoushan. Li Yulong was recovering from his injuries at that time, and said a few strange words, asking not to be recruited and continue to be a pirate at large. Within two days, Li Yulong's cronies came out and accused Li Yulong of colluding with Chen Dong, Ye Ma, and the Songpu Domain to usurp the throne and stand on his own.

Later, after another search, some evidence was really found, and there was even a messenger from the Matsuura family, who was hidden in Li Yulong's water village. This is a nail in the coffin, and it has become an iron case. Li Yulong was finished, and the Shaozhuang faction of the entire Wufeng was also hit hard, and he didn't dare to mention that he would continue to be a coward and not be controlled by the Ming Court.

At this moment, Wang Zhi suddenly summoned Xu Hai and proposed to kiss Xu Hai, recruit Xu Hai as his son-in-law, and marry Wang Yiren to Xu Hai as his wife. He also said that in the past few years, Luzhu has been through ups and downs, serving by Xu Hai's side, and he has no merit and hard work, so he has to give a name. He first recognized Lu Zhu as a righteous daughter, and then asked Xu Hai to take Yi as his wife and Lu Zhu as his concubine. To say that Xu Hai and Wang Zhi are of the same age, when it comes to qualifications to go to the sea, Xu Hai is still before Wang Zhi. But now Wang Zhi is already the uncrowned king of the two oceans, and Xu Hai is a prince all the way, and this kind of marriage is the right one in Yemen.

When Yan Hong heard this, he said angrily: "Wang Wufeng dares to do this? You are Xu Hai's wife and my sister, and he makes such an arrangement, obviously he doesn't take me seriously! I went to Zhoushan Island to make a fuss, and the former Wang Yiren also seduced me, so I simply asked Wang Zhi to ask her to be small, to see what Wang Wufeng had to say. ”

Wang Cuiqiao has always been Xu Hai's wife, but the old shipowner's beloved daughter, how can she be a concubine for Xu Hai? Since Wang Yiren is his wife, he obviously wants to take on Wang Cuiqiao's status. Yan Hong thinks of this method, but it is also an idea to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, since Wang Zhi has been recruited, he will also be bound by the imperial court, does he really dare to turn his face against himself? And when it comes to being a high-ranking official from the family, the Qincha of the Heavenly Family, the eldest grandson of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and marrying Wang Zhi, the daughter of the grass-headed king, as a concubine, there is nothing wrong with the title.

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Brothers, don't be so reckless. This matter, in fact, Xu Lang refused to agree at first, or I asked Xu Lang to do this family business, and my brother is making trouble now, but it makes no sense. ”

Seeing that Yan Hong was puzzled, Wang Cuiqiao said: "Xu Lang has gathered Chen Dong and Ye Ma's men and horses this time, and the soldiers are strong and strong, and they are only slightly inferior by three points compared to the momentum of the old ship owner. There are no two heavens and no two lords in the country, and if they are not married to each other, they are enemies. But as long as the war is together, the wolf smoke is billowing on the sea, and the matter of opening the sea cannot be done, brother, won't all your hard work be in vain? Besides, the prestige of the old ship owner is extremely high, and Xu Lang's subordinates are not really attached, if they really rise up, I am afraid that Xu Lang will also be defeated and invincible. ”

At the beginning, the strongest at sea was Wang Zhi, followed by Xu Hai, Chen Dong, Ye Ma, and many shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Among them, Chen Dong and Ye Ma joined forces, and they were able to reluctantly straighten up with Xu Hai, and the two parties were not harmonious, fighting openly and secretly with each other, Wang Zhi sat on the fisherman's profits, and sat firmly on the throne of the boss. Later, after Xu Hai recruited An, his subordinates were not divided by Chen Dong and Ye Mu, and it was Wang Zhi who pushed Xu Hai's subordinates to maintain their independence. After that, Xu Hai's team was able to expand and recover rapidly, and there was also an element of Wang Zhi's support.

But now, Xu Hai has annexed Chen Dong and Ye Ma, and he has suddenly become a force on an equal footing with Wang Zhi. In addition, Xu Hai used the method of defecting in front of the battle and stabbing him in the back against Chen Dong and Ye Ma. Although it is said that this method directly saved Wang Zhi's life, but Xu Hai can use this method to deal with Chen Dong and Ye Ma today, can't he use it to deal with Wang Zhi tomorrow? Therefore, Wang Zhi's jealousy of Xu Hai is not a strange thing.

If it had been placed in the past, Xu Hai would have posed such a threat, and the old shipowner would have eaten it a long time ago. But now that everyone has been recruited by the imperial court, if they want to fight again, they are pumping the face of the imperial court, and there is no benefit. That's why Wang Zhi used this marriage method to restrain him. If Xu Hai refuses to listen, it will be tantamount to openly refuting the old shipowner's face.

Although Xu Hai is better at combat command than Wang Zhi, his troops are much smaller than Wang Zhi, and the newly recruited Chen Dong and Ye Ma troops are only because their families have been taken and have to be surrendered, and their loyalty cannot be guaranteed. If it's okay to start a war with others, it's okay to start a war with Wang Zhi, I'm afraid that when the Wufeng flag lights up, not to mention those new attached troops, even in the old troops, there will be many people who will turn against the water. As a result of the fire, there is also an 8 out of 10 chance of defeat.

When Yan Hong heard this, he couldn't help but groan. It seems that although this Wang Zhi was recruited, he was not willing to be a thug only under the constraints of the imperial court, and he still attached great importance to the power at sea. Wang Cuiqiao said again: "In the previous naval battle, your brother-in-law's attack on Chen Dong and Ye Ma's old camp went so smoothly, and it was also arranged by the old ship owner in the two of them's troops to inform them of the location of the old camp. He personally piloted the battle, avoided the reef henge, and took the lead in the mutiny among the remaining troops, so that he could win so easily. It was only then that we learned that the old shipowner was originally in Chen Dong, and Ye Ma's team had already been ambushed. Looking at it this way, how many old shipowners' meticulous works should be under your brother-in-law? Others don't say it, just talk about the green bead, I have always regarded her as a confidant, but I didn't expect her to be backwater. ”

Yan Hong still remembers that when he went down to Jiangnan to save Xu Hai, the little girl who untied her clothes in front of her eyes and blinked her eyes as soon as she lied, why did she even turn back?

Wang Cuiqiao said: "Xu was that time, I forced her too much on the boat, and now she has thrown herself to the old owner." Otherwise, the old shipowner would not have come forward to be a matchmaker for her, and he would have taken her as a righteous daughter. The situation is stronger than people, what else can I do except let Xu Lang nod? (To be continued......)