Duan Fei went directly to the sea from Tianjin this time, taking a giant ship downwind, the speed was much faster than walking slowly in the canal, he did not go to Suzhou and Hangzhou Yang, but came directly to Ningbo, stopping for several days.

Since someone sent it to Suzhou with a holy decree, just as Duan Fei discussed with Zhengde at the beginning, Gui Cao was transferred to Beijing to serve as a scholar in Zhan Shifu, Gui Cao happily entered Beijing, and sent a letter to Duan Fei, in which he loudly applauded the cabinet reform, and the expansion of the cabinet and the limitation of the time limit for serving in the cabinet were of great benefit to these newcomers, so Gui Cao was very interested.

Duan Fei stayed in Ningbo for a few days, and Jiang Yue, the head of the internal logistics department of Jinyiwei, came to meet him in person, he had been moving around Jiangnan for the past two or three months, and sometimes even went to sea directly by boat, obtained a lot of first-hand information, and explained the information to Duan Fei one by one after arriving.

When Duan Fei's personal guard Jiang Hui came to report that someone had come to visit with a sticker, Duan Fei was standing in front of a sand table terrain on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, thinking seriously.

He took the greeting post handed by Jiang Hui, opened it, and found that it was He Hai's post, he smiled slightly, and said: "He Hai is the official's playmate and brother when he was a child, if he comes to me in the future, don't report it anymore, just bring him to see me." ”

Jiang Hui agreed, but his eyes looked behind Duan Fei, his steps hesitated and refused to move, Duan Fei looked back in surprise, only to see Jiang Yue arching his hand to him and said: "Don't be surprised, my lord, Jiang Hui is a lowly cousin, I haven't seen him for almost half a year, Jiang Hui, if you have something to say, what are you doing?" ”

Jiang Hui said with a bitter face: "Brother Hall, you haven't been home, your mother thinks you're sick, when are you free to go home." ”

Jiang Yue said: "I know about this, but I have a heavy responsibility, and I can't leave for a while, and I can't go back until Jiangnan's affairs are done." ”

Duan Fei said: "Jiang Yue, your mother is sick?" Why didn't you say such a big thing earlier? And Jiang Hui is too, if you tell the official earlier, the official can make other arrangements, Jiang Yue, you hand over the matter at hand to others as soon as possible, and go home to visit your mother. ”

Jiang Yue said: "My lord, please rest assured, my mother is fine, her illness has been cured, relatively speaking, the matter of Jiangnan's suppression of the Japanese is more important, these things are handled by me, how can I just leave?" Let's wait until the anti-Japanese operation is successful, Xiaohui, why don't you go and invite the adults' guests in? ”

"Oh......" Jiang Hui retreated, and after a while, he brought He Hai in, He Haigang called Brother Fei, and suddenly saw Jiang Yue behind Duan Fei, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, Jiang Hui smiled at him, and said: "It turns out that the adult's brother is Boss He, so I can rest assured that I am humble." ”

Duan Fei sighed and asked, "What are you relieved of?" ”

He Hai smiled bitterly: "Brother Fei, I am also familiar with this Lord Jiang, and Lord Jiang has been very interested in my business recently. ”

Jiang Yue said with a smile: "If Boss He said that he was the brother of the adult, how dare he offend him?" I would like to thank Boss He for raising his noble hand and letting go of my two subordinates. ”

The conversation between the two made Duan Fei quickly understand everything, and he smiled: "I see, now that the reform and opening up is a foregone conclusion, the suppression of the Japanese is in front of you, and He Hai's identity is no longer top secret, he is indeed my person, and he has long been a member of Jinyiwei, Jiang Yue, you might as well take care of him in the future, and you have to keep his identity secret for him for the time being." ”

Jiang Yue said with a smile: "No problem, Boss He can eat more than me in the sea, maybe I want Boss He to take care of it more, Boss He must have come here to find out more information that is difficult for our Foreign Intelligence Department to find, I don't know if I guessed right?" ”

He Hai nodded and said, "I do have some gains, but it seems that most of them don't need me to talk about it......"

He Hai's eyes were looking at the big sand table in front of Duan Fei, this thing vividly showed the coastal islands of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Beigang (now Taiwan | Bay Island) in detail, many islands also have a flag made of dog skin plaster, He Hai now knows everything about the islands along the coast of the East China Sea, only after a little thought, he understands that those plaster flags are actually marked with islands with Japanese pirates.

In addition, there are many other small flags with characters on them, all of which are strongholds of the more powerful pirates or private traders in the East China Sea, including a flag with the word "sea" in the south of Beigang, and two small characters written under the word "sea": Dawan, which is the largest base of He Hai on the sea.

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The topographic situation map of the East China Sea is right in front of you, you can pick up some things that are not marked here or have mistakes." ”

He Hai nodded and said, "Jinyiwei's intelligence is really powerful, basically the situation in the East China Sea is already very complete, but ...... Looking at the layout around Chen Qianshan, the adults are planning to besiege Chen Qianshan, I don't know how many people are in the intelligence of Chen Qianshan? Where is the sect? ”

Duan Fei sighed, glanced at Jiang Yue, and said: "The information sent back by the Ministry of Foreign Intelligence says that the Japanese who were originally based in Yangshan have fled to Chen Qianshan with the same sect, and based on this, they have survived the winter and plan to go south to plunder when the northeast wind rises, what?" Isn't that right? ”

He Haidao: "There was no problem with this information a few days ago, but now the situation is completely different, according to the information I have obtained, Zong She knows that the Lord has built a powerful fleet, and he knows that the Lord will send a ship to fight him before the northeast wind blows, so he has already set out in advance, coming to Ningbo, if the Lord sends a ship to Chen Qianshan now, not only will he fight in the air, but also just let the Zong Set take advantage of the situation, although the Jinyi Guard is elite, it is impossible to defend everywhere, and the Zong Set still has many eyeliner on land, When the time comes, he will plunder everywhere under the guidance of those spies, and it will be difficult for the adults to do it. ”

Duan Fei frowned and said, "Now that the sea breeze has not risen, how can the sect sail so far?" Where has he been now? ”

He Haidao: "My lord, the wind direction of the ship is not a problem now, and it is in the offshore sea, at most it is the difference between fast and slow, the sect is Chen Qianshan, who left five days ago, I got the news and personally went ashore with a waist card to raise the alarm, but I heard that the adult has come to Ningbo, so I hurried over, hoping that it was still too late." ”

Duan Fei groaned, "You didn't receive the message I gave you? Well...... Zong Shi left Chen Qianshan five days ago, according to your calculations, where should he arrive now? ”

He Hai smiled bitterly: "The sea is vast, who knows where he will go?" But...... I suspect that he will go back to Yangshan to hide, and when he hears that the lord's ship has already set off for Chen Qianshan, he will drive the boat to pass by the lord and go straight to Ningbo or other places. ”

Duan Fei looked at the empty Yangshan without any flags, and said, "Zong Shi will really go back to Yangshan again?" This is really an unexpected plan, Yangshan was originally his lair, the nearby waters are extremely complicated, it is easy to run aground without a familiar person to lead, Guo Zhen was planted in Yangshan, it is indeed possible for the sect to return there, and then hit the official by surprise......"

Jiang Yue said: "My lord, since the sect is likely to hide in Yangshan and wait for news, why don't we block the news first, and then go straight to Yangshan, if we don't find out, how about we go to Chen Qian Mountain again?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "Blocking the news? Now that ships are coming and going on the sea, our fleet is so eye-catching, it is really impossible to think of an unknown sortie, if you make another move to lure the enemy deeper, I am afraid that the sect will not be fooled, huh...... I've got to think about it......"

He Hai suggested: "My lord, why don't you let my boat go, now that the sect is no longer as brave as it used to be, and some of my subordinates are familiar with the waters of Yangshan, it shouldn't be a problem to take Yangshan by surprise." ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "The sect is not set up in the heart of this official, this official wants to suppress the Japanese with great fanfare, he just wants to use the Japanese to train and train soldiers, the real enemy is in the south, in Tuen Mun Island and Manchu Thorn Jia!" ”

He Hai was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "My lord is clever, I don't even pay attention to the current widows, not to mention my lord, those Franc machine people who occupy the full thorn are indeed real rivals." ”

Duan Fei thought for a while, and before he could make a decision, Jiang Hui ran in again and said, "My lord, Zhejiang businessman Wuhaiyan is here. ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "This is the person who came to get the news, Jiang Hui, go and invite him in." ”

After a while, Wu Haiyan walked in quickly, he was stunned when he saw Jiang Yue and He Hai, Jiang Yue had already prepared, he said with a smile: "My lord, your secret guarding skills are really powerful, this Wu Boss, needless to say, is also an old acquaintance who is very familiar with the humble position but has never seen it." ”

Wu Haiyan waved to Duan Fei and Jiang Yue respectively, and then said: "Lord Jiang, let's talk about it later, Lord Duan, the grass people got the news that Zong She has left Chen Qian Mountain with more than ten boats of widows, and there are only some old and weak women and children left in Chen Qian Mountain, according to what the grass people saw, Zong Shi planned to take advantage of the weakness when the adult soldiers sent Chen Qianshan to loot Jiangnan, and the grass people hurried after learning the news, hoping that it was still too late. ”

Duan Fei was surprised: "It seems that you haven't received the news sent to you by the official, you rushed to tell you immediately after you got the news, it can be seen that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the official is very impressed, Jiang Yue, you guessed well, Boss Wu is one of the old turtles of the four major maritime merchants, Boss Wu, now Jiang Yue already knows your identity, you can contact him directly if you have anything, and this, the official has to solemnly introduce to Boss Wu, his name is He Hai, he is a close friend and brother who has played with the official since childhood, and he is also the Haizi who has had a dispute with the third child of your family, you are all like-minded people, but you have to talk about it. ”

Hearing Duan Fei's words, He Hai and Wu Haiyan both looked at each other with bright eyes, while Jiang Yue looked at them as if they had seen a fishy gluttonous cat......