Compared with Shaoxing Prefecture, where only some troop transport ships were stationed, the scale of the naval division stationed in Ningbo Prefecture was slightly larger, and at least there were dozens of large and small ships used for combat. The main station of the pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info sailors in Ningbo is located outside Zhenhai City at the mouth of the Yongjiang River, and a small number of them are stationed in Guanhaiwei and Changguowei in the south. However, during the period when the Haihan people entered Zhoushan, the sailors and these ships basically did not go out, and occasionally went to sea to keep their routes and activities at a relatively large distance from Zhoushan Island, so as to avoid causing misunderstanding among the Haihan people for no reason.

In addition to the terrifying strength displayed by the Haihan militia in several operations into the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, part of the credit is due to the secret front personnel who secretly persuaded the naval staff not to compete with the Haihan. And this person who is in Cao Ying's heart is in Han is Xu Shaohua, the general manager of the Ningbo Navy.

Xu Shaohua is also one of the people arranged by the Xu family in Fujian to lurk in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he is not like Xu Ke who changed his name before coming, this is his real name. His blood relationship is only a very distant relative of Xu Xinsu, and it will take about four or five generations to be linked to the Fujian Xu family, so there is no need to change his name and surname. And the main reason why he was able to be selected into the list formulated by Xu Xinsu is that he has practiced martial arts with Xu Xinsu's sons since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a partner in the sparring partner. After arriving in Zhejiang, Xu Shaohua, who was only 16 years old, joined the army according to the previous arrangement, and is now only in his early twenties, and he is also one of the youngest officers in the Zhejiang Navy Division.

When Xu Ke set out from Xiangshan and went south to Shipu to lead the way for the Haihan fleet, Xu Shaohua also began to move in the sailors. Compared with the garrisons of the local guard posts, the naval division has a better understanding of the situation in the south, especially the Haihan people, because every year the ships of the Fujian military going north to Nanjing or Beijing will choose the military wharves in the coastal areas of Zhejiang to dock and replenish, and the information exchange between the naval divisions of the two places is also relatively frequent, and the Haihan, as the largest backer of the Fujian military, is naturally also one of the main talking points.

Known for their strong naval forces, the Franc Machine and the Red-Haired Man both suffered great losses under his command, and the southeast sea overlord Eighteen Zhi was beaten and fled to the Ryukyus, coupled with the Fujian military highly respected and regarded him as an idol, the Haihan fleet became famous before coming to Zhejiang. The Weisuo army may not be able to figure out the catties and taels of the Haihan people, but the sailor has heard of his deeds, and he didn't want to provoke this difficult god. Xu Shaohua made a bridge in the middle, and Xu paid a lot of money, and did not spend much effort in exchange for the neutrality promise of the local sailor general. So the official document issued by Yu Pingfeng in the name of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division was lost to the side of the Ningbo Naval Division, and without the participation of the Naval Division, it was impossible for the Weisuo Army to swim to Zhoushan Island to fight the Haihan people even if they wanted to come out.

Haihan seized the gap in the response of the Zhejiang government to hold a conference on Zhoushan Island, attracting a group of rich and powerful businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to join his trade camp. And the officers at all levels below Huang Tao, who commanded Guan Haiwei, were also dragged into the water one after another. Anyway, there is no need to do anything, nothing needs to be said, the Haihan people have already sent 10,000 taels of silver, and there are no additional requirements, Huang Tao is naturally happy to be idle, and like Yan Guowei, the commander of Chang Guowei, he happily accepted the silver as a spectator. As for how the people of Zhejiang Dusi want to toss, it is up to them to go, Huang Tao has a short hand, and he doesn't plan to participate anyway.

Huang Tao wasn't too worried that the Haihan people would gain an inch and go to the land to grab territory, if they really planned to do this kind of thing, they would probably have already done it in Fuguang and Guangzhou. Of course, if Huang Tao had been to Qiongzhou and seen the actual situation there, I am afraid he would not have such an opinion. That place is no longer a matter of snatching control, but has been cut off from the facts of the Ming Dynasty and has become Haihan's own territory. And Haihan took Penghu and Taiwan Island on the other side of Fujian, and this Taiwan Island alone will take several years to develop slowly, and there is no time to fight the idea of Fujian itself for the time being.

The Haihan were now expanding much faster than the bureaucracy they were cultivating, and even if they were to seize a larger territory by force, it would be difficult to enforce effective rule, so they continued to implement the development strategy formulated at the beginning of the crossing, with the main goal of controlling sea power rather than land power. The area around Jiangsu and Zhejiang was a sales market that the Executive Committee was extremely optimistic about, and since Zhoushan was extremely close to the mainland, there was no need to forcibly land and establish a colony. On the contrary, the island is more in line with Haihan's consistent development concept, which can be attacked and defended, and if necessary in the future, it can be used as a base to blockade Hangzhou Bay and the Yangtze River estuary, where is it necessary to risk offending the Ming Dynasty to grab land on land.

Huang Tao, Yan Guowei and others did not have such a high degree of strategic vision, what they saw and felt was that the arrival of the Haihan people brought them more practical benefits, and the Haihan people had an excellent reputation in Fuguang and Fuguang, even if they let them occupy Zhoushan, it would not necessarily be a bad thing. Taking 10,000 steps back, the Ming army in Zhejiang does not have enough troops to garrison many islands in Zhoushan, and it is much better to let the Haihan people occupy this place to operate maritime trade than to let the pirates and pirates occupy it.

Anyway, the Ningbo garrison relies on the mountains to eat the mountains, and the sea to eat the sea, and the Haihan people have already said that they will guarantee that they will have a piece of the pie for themselves in the future, which is enough for the two commanders to reach a tacit understanding after several secret letter exchanges, and they will disobey the instructions of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division. Since it was only written in the official document that the two guards wanted to thoroughly investigate the armed issue of the Haihan, Huang Tao simply followed Yan Guowei's approach to push the boat, saying that the Haihan people were actually cooperating with the guards to fight the Zhoushan pirates. There are many heads, captives, and seizures as evidence of this, and even Wang Jialin, the leader of the boat gang, was captured by the Haihan people, and it is even easier to find a few victims. The human and material evidence of the case is complete, and after it is reported, it is difficult for Zhejiang Dusi to overturn the case even if it wants to intervene.

involved two guards to send troops to kill, such a big case has come to this point, it will be transferred to the prosecution department for trial, but the relationship between these smugglers and pirates in the East China Sea is too many and complicated, and it has not been a year and a half to figure out the clues. By the time the yamen handled this matter well, the matter of the Haihan people settling in Zhoushan would have long been ironclad. When the time comes, if the Weisho army of Ningbo Mansion finds any excuses, the Zhejiang Dusi side will naturally dispel those unrealistic thoughts before.

However, in the secret letter sent to Huang Tao by Wei Shan, the commander of Linshanwei, there was information that made Huang Tao more difficult. After thinking about it, he decided to order someone to invite Xu Shaohua to come over to discuss. The person who was the one who connected Guanhaiwei and the sailor was Xu Shaohua, and Huang Tao also knew that this person had a lot of ways, and it might be the safest way to disclose the information to him.

On the second day, Xu Shaohua came to see Huang Tao in the Acropolis, and it was not the first time that the two had dealt with each other. ”

Xu Shaohua was stunned and said: "At sea? This is not looking for death? The Haihan ships are strong and the pirates in the East China Sea are afraid to avoid them, how can someone rush to the door by themselves?"

Huang Tao coughed dryly and said: "What these people have to deal with may not be the Haihan warship, but the Daming maritime merchants who enter and leave Zhoushan Island. ”

Xu Shaohua is also a smart person, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized: "This is to disrupt the trade route and make the maritime merchants dare not go to Zhoushan Island to trade again, but it is a ruthless move!"

The East China Sea has always been a paradise for adventurers, even if Haihan has occupied the general trend in the Zhoushan area, but it has not cleared all the islands, and Daishan Island, Qushan Island, Shengsi Island and other places north of Zhoushan Island are still out of control. There are still many small armed forces in these places, but they can no longer compete head-on with the Haihan. Although the Haihan militia is strong, it is unable to deploy defenses in the entire Zhoushan sea area, and the loopholes that Huang Tao said not only exist but also cannot be prevented. After all, there were maritime merchants from the southeast, south, and northwest who came to Zhoushan to trade, and even if the Haihan fleet had ten times as many ships, it would not be able to tie Zhoushan into an iron bucket array.

Once the maritime merchants who come to trade here are frequently attacked, it will inevitably affect the security mechanism and business reputation that Haihan has built up with great difficulty. You must know that when the China Merchants Association was held a few days ago, Qian Tiandun said in front of many maritime businessmen that he would build Dinghai Port into the safest free trade port in the East China Sea. It's only been a few days, and if something starts to happen at sea, it will really be a slap in the face.

Although Xu Shaohua is not a direct officer of Haihan, the success or failure of Haihan in the local area is also closely related to his future future, and he is naturally very concerned about this matter. Although the news provided by Huang Tao is valuable, it lacks details, and Xu Shaohua will certainly not stop there, and immediately inquire about the details.

Huang Tao responded: "Actually, this matter was sent by a certain adult in Shaoxing Mansion, but this adult had some losses in Zhoushan before, so he ......."

Huang Tao said this, so he dragged out his voice and didn't continue, Xu Shaohua was also knowledgeable, and immediately said: "If the news is true, the loss is easy to say, the bosses of Haihan may not have anything else, but the money is there, and the compensation is for this adult." If this adult wants to discuss a deal with the Haihan people, he can also contact him in the middle and arrange a meeting time. ”

Huang Tao said: "If you can negotiate in person, it will be the best, and the official also wants to meet with the Haihan people for a while." ”

Although Huang Tao has reached an agreement with the Haihan side, in fact, the two sides have not met directly, and everything is led by Xu Shaohua and others. After reading the secret letter sent by Wei Shan yesterday, Huang Tao thought that he could use this valuable information to talk to the Haihan people about the deal. After all, the deal reached at the Zhoushan Merchants Association is not a secret, and Huang Tao is also very greedy for those merchants, even if he can't get benefits such as franchises from the Haihan people, at least he has to increase the cost of incense that will be handed over to him in the future.

As for the intention of Wei Shan, the commander of Linshanwei, it has been very clear in the secret letter, and he hopes that Huang Tao can help build a springboard, and use intelligence as a condition to allow him to enter the interest network led by the Haihan people. Huang Tao didn't hesitate to pull a colleague into the water, anyway, the more people who finally got on the ship of Haihan, the more they couldn't liquidate them. Linshanwei and Guanhaiwei are adjacent to each other, in case something really happens, there is a way to respond and retreat. The other two commanders came forward together, and when they negotiated the conditions with the Haihan people, they could also be more confident.

Xu Shaohua pondered for a while, then nodded in response: "Since Lord Huang also has this intention, I will send someone to Zhoushan as soon as possible to contact the Haihan people and see how they reply." If it is fast, it will be one or two days, and if it is slow, it will be three or five days, and there will be an echo. ”

Xu Shaohua went to see Huang Tao in the morning, and the news had already been sent to the headquarters on Zhoushan Island in the evening, and the string that had been loosened by Wang Jialin's arrest was tightened again.

"It's been too quiet these days, and it's normal to think something has happened. Shi Diwen looked very relaxed: "Am I a little perverted like this?"

Qian Tiandun didn't answer his words: "The official who provided the information is from Shaoxing, and he contacted us through Huang Tao, and it is likely that he is also a person in the health system." ”

"Unfortunately, this information is too vague, there is no time, there is no specific location, this is just an idea, and there is not even any evidence to prove the truth of this information. Shi Diwen tapped the table with his knuckles and said, "Is it possible that this is to trick us into going to the meeting, and then set up an ambush to arrest people?"

"This problem is easy to solve, if we set a place, we can set it in a place that is relatively beneficial to us, such as Jintang Island. Qian Tiandun didn't care too much about this: "Just let Gao Qiao Nan go to the meeting place to clear the venue a day or two in advance." The key is how much useful information the other side can give us, and whether we can prevent the situation in advance as they claim. ”

"Are you going to meet them?" asked Shi Diwen.

"I think it's good to meet each other, we have been in Zhejiang for a while, and among the Ming officials who have really dealt with each other, the highest-ranking is none other than Ma Ling of the Shipu Guard, and this time there is at least one Wei commander. Qian Tiandun explained: "We want to settle down here, after all, we still have to deal with the local government, and getting to know a few more Ming officials may come in handy in the future." They were reluctant to follow the path of the prefect Qu Yutong to contact us, and it was obvious that they did not want to spread the news, so it was safer to conduct an interview. ”

"Then what do you think their purpose is?" Shi Diwen continued.

"Zhejiang Dusi sent a letter to the Ningbo Health Institute, but Huang Tao not only did not do it, but stood on our side, and he must form a gang to protect himself. In addition, he probably wanted to take this opportunity to ask us for some conditions, such as asking us for a franchise or something. Qian Tiandun didn't need to think about it, he already expected some clues. (To be continued.) )