"No, this move is not appropriate, even if we don't report it, the imperial court has its own brocade guard spies everywhere, and the imperial court will know the news, it is better for us to report it and win the trust of His Majesty, and there are also our own children in the imperial navy, there are several shops in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, which are our Zheng family's shops, and our Zheng family business also relies on this commercial port to earn a lot of silver coins, almost as much as the imperial court, if we let the pirates make such a fuss, what money do we make."

Zheng Zhilong said and gave an order: "Immediately enter Beijing quickly, inform the imperial court of what we have discovered, and let the Generalissimo's Mansion make its own decision." ”

Zheng Zhihu didn't have any opinion when he heard Zheng Zhilong say this, but he just smiled lightly, secretly thinking that His Majesty had given his Zheng family tax exemption at the beginning, and let his Zheng family follow the court to make a lot of money in Songjiang Mansion, but he was afraid that he would let his Zheng family taste the sweetness of this, and no longer dare to make up his mind about Songjiang Mansion, and even have to protect the commercial port of Songjiang Mansion.

"Several old friends from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion in Jiangnan have sent letters saying that they want to make a fortune together, I think I'm afraid it will also be related to this matter, and according to the eldest brother's intentions, it will also be reported to the imperial court?" Zheng Zhihu asked.

"Report to the imperial court, half of the shops and merchant ships in Songjiang Mansion belong to our Zheng family's firm, and these are all merchants from Huguang, Jiangxi and even Sichuan, everyone is counting on this export to make a lot of money, these big families in the south of the Yangtze River want to make Songjiang Mansion messy and fish, occupy the shops and fields, it is really beautiful!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't think about betraying his old friends in Jiangnan to the imperial court, just as he would not hesitate to surrender to the Qing court in his original history, he was a mercenary businessman after all.

"Big brother is right, now half of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty has flowed into our Zheng family, the more peaceful the Ming Dynasty, we will make more money, these big families in Jiangnan who don't know whether they are alive or dead still think that the world is not successful decades ago, but now that we are playing red hair, we have to think about how to fight, who is the pioneer?"

Zheng Zhihu brought the topic to the main topic of recovering Dongfan Island, Zheng Zhilong pondered for a while, and then said: "Let Shi Lang be the pioneer, this guy has always had a strategy, in addition, give him all the doll trainees in the Ship Administration Bureau, and tell Shi Lang, let this group of doll trainees rush to the front, doesn't Your Majesty want us to train this group of people well, do you want them to become real naval warriors, how to train if you don't let them rush to the front!" If there are casualties at that time, I can't blame someone Zheng. ”

"Big brother, this is a good idea, this group of doll trainees think they are the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and they are pretentious when they come to us, they should let them know that fighting is not fun!" Zheng Zhihu agreed.

……

When Zheng Zhilong and others were preparing to start a war against Hongmaofan and set out to recover Dongfan Island, the holy decree of the imperial court also arrived in Songjiang Mansion.

Wu Jiayin was given the official position of Zuo Shilang by Zhu Youzhen, gave a sacrifice of 3,000 silver dollars, pursued loyalty, and ordered Songjiang Prefecture City Bo Si to allocate 300,000 silver dollars to build a marble square on the Bund at the intersection of Wusongjiang River and Huangpu, named Wu Jiayin Memorial Square, and sculpted the bronze statue of Wu Jiayin, in order to commemorate the first Songjiang Prefecture prefect and city secretary of Songjiang Prefecture who made great contributions to the opening of Songjiang Mansion.

Zhu Youzhen naturally did this in order to boost the confidence of the future prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, provide the political status of Songjiang Mansion, and give Wu Jiayin the official position of Zuo Shilang of the Household Department to show that even if he dies, as long as he becomes the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, he can still become an official of the Household Department!

Li Tianjing, the new prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, is not in the mood to think about whether he will also be an official of the household department in the future, he only has one feeling in his heart now, that is, fear, fear of the imperial court, fear of imperial power!

Looking at the mess of cups and plates on the table and the blood on the ground, as well as the heads of people hanging on the table, he is now completely numb, he doesn't know that this is the first batch of people killed by Dongchang, but he only knows that he can no longer think about helping these big families in Songjiang Mansion to do anything, and after he returns to Songjiang Mansion, he can only mechanically act in accordance with Wu Jiayin's previous policy and obey the arrangement of Songjiang Mansion.

At this time, the gentry of Songjiang Mansion did not dare to see Li Tianjing again, and after learning that many gentry would disappear mysteriously after meeting Li Tianjing, they did not dare to determine whether the new prefect Li Tianjing was friend or foe.

In this way, Li Tianjing could not get along with these local gentry in Songjiang Mansion while making good money.

……

"Master Ge, now the new Lord Futai doesn't seem to be able to touch his pulse, now it seems that he can only wait for Li Kui and Hua Gu'er and their people to appear and make a fuss in this Songjiang Mansion, but I don't know if these people can defeat Lord Liu's navy", a young man wearing a square scarf walked into a mansion and stood next to a member who looked a little wise.

This person smiled and said: "The king of Abatai will also make some moves, Lord Liu's navy has collected protection money from the Jin merchants in the north, and the king of Abatai of the Great Qing Kingdom is naturally in charge, although the sailors of the Great Qing Kingdom are not very good, but this year they have also recruited a lot of powerful pirates, plus the foundation of Liaodong in the past and Li Kui, they are not afraid of the newly trained navy of the imperial court!" ”

The member named Master Ge was saying this, and there was an earth-shattering shouting of killing outside, and I saw a man wearing a watermelon hat running over: "Master, it's not good, there are so many thieves, a lot of thieves have been killed, and the Pan family has been wiped out, and the men have almost been killed, only some children, women and children are tied up and left!" ”

Master Ge also hurriedly came out to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that the outside was already red, and the sound of wailing resounded throughout the alley, and he couldn't help but ask for a while: "What's going on, Liu Cripple, did they do it in advance, what are they doing, didn't they let them only grab Huangpu, how did they grab the new field!" Quickly bang the gong, gather everyone, close the courtyard door, and don't let the thieves rush in! ”

As he spoke, he went to the backyard and hurriedly ordered people to pack up the gold and silver and prepare to escape through the back door.

……

Here, Yan Yingyuan came to the Ge family's compound with five hundred people.

These 500 people are the regular army of the Guards, different from the general thieves who rob homes and houses, even with such a high wall, 500 people also form a battle mode that integrates attack and defense.

A general person pushed a three-pound cannon over, and blasted at the stone gate, and blasted open the Ge family compound, and then two infantry rushed in with firearms, and began to shoot at the Ge family, and at the same time, Yan Yingyuan also personally led people to break into the backyard, and when he saw the old man Ge running out in a hurry, he directly stopped in front of him: "Kill him, there is a life on the peak, and only those under the age of fifteen can spare their lives!" ”

"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life, I have gold here, I will give it to you, the contemptible person is the former criminal department member Ge Zongbao, I also have silver dollars in Nanjing, as long as you are willing to spare me, I will take you to get it now!"

(End of chapter)