Lin Xing had been to Sanya, and naturally heard the legendary story of many maritime merchants in Fuguang and Guangzhou who made a fortune quickly after falling in love with Haihan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info especially the Li family of Panyu, Guangzhou, which is now known as the richest man in Guangzhou, is an example that many maritime businessmen want to follow. Of course, making money is only one aspect, and being able to get all-round support from Haihan is a condition that everyone values more. The Li family, who had been attached to the Han Dynasty early, has now become a local tyrant in the real sense, and Panyu County under the Guangzhou Prefecture has completely become the private property of the Li family, Li Jifeng's speech is even more effective than that of the local magistrate, and the elite soldiers of the militia under his command have completely taken over the responsibilities of the local guard, as if they have become the emperor of Panyu County.

People in other places may just envy the privilege of the Li family, but an armed smuggler like Lin Xing, who is himself an outlaw, thinks a little more. When he went south to Sanya, the Sanlin Gang had already occupied a place on Liuheng Island, and how to turn this situation of occupying the mountain into a real local separatist force was also one of the directions that Lin Xing wanted to try. The Sanlin Gang does not have enough strength to copy Haihan's model, but if you want to follow the route of the Li family, the relative threshold is much lower. As long as Haihan is willing to take action, it is not impossible to support local heroes like this in other places, the problem is that Zhejiang, where the Sanlin Gang is located, is far away from Haihan's sphere of influence, and Haihan at that time was busy dealing with the troubles of the Fujian government, and it seems that he has no plans to go north to Zhejiang for the time being, but this idea has always remained in Lin Xing's heart.

Now that Haihan is going north, and the army has arrived at his doorstep, this is both a danger and an opportunity for the Sanlin Gang, and General Haihan's statement made Lin Xing see a glimmer of hope for the realization of his idea, so he naturally agreed to come down first.

But his cheerfulness did not win Qian Tiandun's approval, Qian Tiandun said: "Don't be in a hurry to reply first, we still have conditions, and it's not too late for you to make a decision after listening." ”

"Please make it clear, General. Lin Xing hurriedly responded.

"First of all, all of your men must be disarmed, and we will identify and reorganize them. We only need obedient people who can do things, and we don't need to be the king of the mountain as we want, do you understand what I mean?" asked Qian Tiandun.

Lin Xing frowned slightly, but he still quickly responded: "I should follow the general's arrangement." ”

Of course, Lin Xing was not happy to accept such an arrangement, and the measures Qian Tiandun said were undoubtedly to take away the foundation of the Sanlin Gang's rule in the northern region of Liuheng Island in one fell swoop. The people of the Sanlin Gang were handed over to Haihan to break up and identify and re-list, so the three brothers of the Lin family basically lost the main credentials that could bargain with the Haihan people. But compared to being crushed by the Haihan fleet, or even coming to the end, such an arrangement is not unacceptable.

Sure enough, Qian Tiandun then talked about the topic he was most concerned about: "Secondly, we will next clean up the entire Zhoushan Islands area, including Liuheng Island, which people can be used and which people must be removed, and I hope you can sort out a rough charter for us as a reference." Do well, it will also give you more opportunities in the future, don't limit your eyes to the square inch of this Liuheng Island. ”

Lin Xing's heart jumped again, and sure enough, the pattern in the eyes of the Haihan people was very large, and they didn't regard Liuheng Island as an obstacle at all, and everyone's minds were on how to pocket the entire Zhoushan Islands, compared to the weight of the Sanlin Gang and Liuheng Island, it was indeed lighter. However, Lin Xing believed that his understanding of the geographical situation and distribution of forces in the entire Zhoushan Islands deserved enough attention from the Haihan people.

Lin Xing hurriedly got up again and hugged his fists and said, "I will live up to General Qian's appreciation in the future, and I will do my best!"

When Lin Xing sat down, he saw that Ma Ling, who seemed to be physically and mentally settled before, was actually staring at him directly at this time, as if he had seen a flower on his face. He was stunned for a moment, and then reacted - this Ma Ling was able to sit here and listen to the whole process, obviously he had completely surrendered to the Haihan people, and he would have this treatment only if he gained their trust. In this way, the local leading party that can provide information to the Haihan people is not the only one in the Sanlin Gang! If the Haihan people want to use themselves, they will undoubtedly steal the work that should have belonged to Ma Ling, so that the two sides will be competitors to each other.

To compete with the officers of the Ming Dynasty for a chance to stand out under the Haihan people, Lin Xing didn't expect this when he came, and quickly began to calculate the advantages and disadvantages of the conditions on both sides.

Ma Ling, as a thousand households in Shipu Wei, is obviously no less familiar with the area south of Xiangshan than the Sanlin Gang, but due to the limitations of his jurisdiction, the sea area of the Zhoushan Islands north of the object mountain may not be as good as the Sanlin Gang that has been active in that sea area all year round, and Lin Xing believes that he has a slight advantage in this regard.

However, Ma Ling's special status has advantages that the Sanlin Gang is completely incomparable, he can use his official identity to enter and exit all ports on the coast of Ningbo Prefecture at will, and has a certain authority to mobilize local armed forces and materials. Even if the Sanlin Gang is powerful in the East China Sea, it will not be able to get rid of its identity as pirates and smugglers after all, and they often have to change their names when they enter the territory of Ningbo Prefecture, and they do not dare to openly swagger through the market. If the Haihan people plan to organize and prepare supplies in Ningbo Prefecture, then Ma Ling's official status is obviously very easy to handle, of course, provided that Haihan and Ningbo officials do not openly tear their faces and cause an armed conflict. As for what happened here in Shipu Port, it seems that the impact is still controllable, and for the Haihan people, Ma Ling's chess piece can obviously come in handy, which can be seen from the fact that he can attend the hearing.

Why did Ma Ling take refuge in the Haihan people, Lin Xing believes that there are only two reasons, one is greed for life and fear of death, and the other is the trend of profit. Needless to say, after seeing the huge fleet of Haihan people docked in Shipu Port, Lin Xing believed that the vast majority of normal people would become greedy for life and afraid of death, and besides, these Tuntian soldiers in Shipu Guard did not have much will to fight, and it was unlikely that they would choose to die generously for the honor of the Ming Dynasty. Even if Ma Ling dies in battle, it will be difficult to make up for his loss of land, but Lin Xing believes that the Haihan people do not want the land here, and occupying Shipu Port is just to eliminate the hidden danger of the garrison here, and by the way, use this place as a place for fleet transit and assembly.

With the Haihan people's style of doing things, most of them also gave Ma Ling some promises, such as continuing to maintain the nominal rule of the Ming Dynasty in Shipu Port. However, Lin Xing also knew that there were a lot of valuable goods in this city, and the Haihan people probably wouldn't spit out the good things they ate in their mouths, and this Ma Ling couldn't explain to the owners of the goods, including himself, afterwards.

Thinking of this, Lin Xing suddenly woke up, Ma Ling is not only greedy for life and afraid of death, his only way back now falls on the Haihan people, if he can't stay in Daming in the future, it is indeed a good way out to work for the Haihan people. When Lin Xing went to Sanya, he had seen that the local inspection department, sailors, and guards in Yazhou were all under the command and dispatch of the Haihan people, and there were really many Ming soldiers who worked for them, and it is said that these people only belonged to the general quality and were not valued by the Haihan people, and almost all the people who really had the ability had been picked up by the Haihan militia. Although this Ma Ling doesn't have any great skills, he can manage a radius of dozens of miles from Shipu Port, and he can naturally get a suitable errand under the hands of the Haihan people. The more Lin Xing thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and when he looked at Ma Ling again, he couldn't help but feel a little hostile.

It's already time to eat, but Qian Tiandun, because of his identity, will not deign to eat with these little people. I don't know if he was intentional or unintentional, so he arranged for Ma Ling to take Lin Xing to dinner.

Out of the festival hall, Lin Xing saw that Qian Tiandun did not send another person to follow, so he took the initiative to say to Ma Ling: "Master Ma, in the future, everyone will work together for Haihan, and there will be a lot of care for you!"

Ma Ling snorted and said: "Boss Lin has a good calculation, it's hard to say who will take care of whom in the future, so you don't need to be so polite." Obviously, he had already calculated the impact that Lin Xing would have on himself after joining this bureau, and it was really difficult for him to have a good reputation for this competitor.

Lin Xinggan smiled and said: "Master Ma don't have to worry, I can't do your work, and you can't snatch my work, in fact, there won't be any conflict." It's better for you and me to cooperate well and conspire for great things. ”

Ma Ling looked at Lin Xing, shook his head, and said, "Do you think that you and I are working for the Haihan people in this Ningbo Mansion? Think about it clearly, you and I have never met these Haihan people, so why should people trust us? Have you heard what General Qian said? People said to take your suggestion as a reference, just a reference, don't think that you have become a military advisor of the Haihan people. ”

Lin Xing frowned and said, "Master Ma means that there are other people under Haihan who are responsible for providing information?"

Ma Ling nodded and replied: "Yes, Boss Xu Kexu of Xiangshan County just came back from Liuheng Island yesterday. ”

"Xu Ke?" Lin Xing frowned and said, "This name is a bit impressive, it seems to be a rich man." This Xiangshan County is still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, why did this person join the Haihan people to do things?"

"I don't know, but it seems to be the eyeliner planted by the Haihan people in Xiangshan. Ma Ling lowered his voice and said: "Since the Haihan people want to start in Zhejiang, they must have already had a layout, and there is no known number of people lurking in Ningbo Mansion for a dark pile like this Xu Ke." ”

When Lin Xing heard Ma Ling say this, he also felt that his previous thoughts were too simple. This Haihan people have always been meticulous, how could they leave such an obvious loophole in the employment of personnel. Most of the time, as Ma Ling said, the Haihan people would compare the information they had gathered with the information provided by the Ming generals and the Sanlin Gang, and then select the valuable parts to use. If there is a conflict in intelligence information, I am afraid that the Haihan people trust their own intelligence sources more.

Thinking of this, Lin Xing couldn't help but feel a little unhappy: "This surnamed Xu actually secretly went to Liuheng Island to explore my reality, no wonder General Shicai Qian is so clear about the situation of my Sanlin Gang!"

"You just rejoice, if it weren't for the fact that the surname Xu said that the Sanlin Gang has taken many measures to emulate Haihan, General Qian would not have any interest in you, even if you take the initiative to come to Shipu Port to pull relations, at most he will ask you to disarm and surrender, disband your arms, how will he give you a chance to cooperate?" Ma Ling said jealously.

"In this way, I would like to thank him for his kind words for me in front of General Qian?" Lin Xing didn't expect that there would be such twists and turns in the middle.

"If you want to thank you, you can thank you in person. Ma Ling said to Nunu in front of him: "Well, that person is Xu Ke." ”

After Xu Ke returned to Shipu Port yesterday, he and Zhao Cheng reported to the headquarters what they had seen and heard on Liuheng Island and the intelligence information they had gathered. Regarding the Sanlin Gang's various business measures to imitate Haihan, he only told the truth, and did not deliberately say good things for the Sanlin Gang. It's just that after listening to their reports, several high-level officials couldn't help but feel some closeness to the main person of the Sanlin Gang. Today, Lin Xing took the initiative to visit, and this goodwill was once again bonus, so Qian Tiandun gave him a chance.

Although he has used his real name in front of Qian Tiandun, Shi Diwen and Xu Yuzhuo and others, he still maintains the identity of "Xu Ke" at other times, so as not to let people associate things with Fujian Xu. Even Ma Ling, a general who has been given the right to observe, does not know the true identity of this Xiangshanxu boss.

Ma Ling stopped Xu Ke and introduced him to Lin Xing's identity. In fact, there is no need for a special introduction, Xu Ke also knows Lin Xing, he has seen it when he went to Liuheng Island before, but the two sides have not really dealt with each other face-to-face. Xu Ke didn't go to observe the meeting between Lin Xing and Qian Tiandun just now, but he had already heard that Lin Xing had come to Shipu Port in person, and he didn't expect to meet so soon.

"I heard that Boss Xu only came back from Liuheng Island yesterday and went to the dock of my Sanlin Gang, why don't you say hello, so that I can have the opportunity to entertain the east. Lin Xing had a complaining tone, but there was a faint thorn in his words: "Now that you and I are both working for Haihan, we need to be more close." ”

Xu Ke is also a relatively shrewd person, and when he heard this, he immediately glanced at Ma Ling, but Ma Ling deliberately avoided his eyes. He didn't meet the Lin brothers when he went to Liuheng Island this time, and this matter was obviously told to him by Ma Linggang. If you want to say that Ma Ling unconsciously leaked his mouth, Xu Ke didn't believe it, so it was impossible for a thousand households to casually tell military secrets. And Lin Xing said that he had taken refuge in Haihan, which was obviously making a stand to himself. Ma Ling told Lin Xing's purpose to tell this, and Xu Ke could only understand it as sowing discord.

"There is a task to go to Liuheng Island this time, it is inconvenient to disturb Boss Lin, and if you are offended, bear with me!" Xu Ke arched his hand towards Lin Xing, and responded without humility or arrogance.