"Xu Xinsu?" Huang Wei frowned, "Why is he here?" ”

In the waters around Quanzhou Prefecture, if you say that the most influential person, in addition to Huang Wei, is Xu Xinsu on Xiamen Island.

Huang Wei is a representative of the gentry, the leader of the Quanzhou merchant gang, and the leader of the white road. However, Xu Xinsu was born as a pirate, and Li Dan, the leader of the Japanese Han pirates, is a brother, and has a close relationship with the red-haired ghost Dutch who is in southern Taiwan, and his reputation at sea far exceeds that of Huang Wei, and he is considered a leader in the underworld.

However, he was too famous at sea, but he didn't enter the stream after all, and he was still not in the eyes of Huang Wei's gentry, and Xu Xinsu also knew that he was insufficient, so he managed to catch up with Yu Zhigao, the deputy commander-in-chief, and helped Yu Zhigao recruit Yang Lu and other pirates, so he became the general of the official army and was stationed on Xiamen Island.

Nominally, he was the general of the official army, but in fact he still controlled the sea trade, and the Dutch purchased goods from the Ming Dynasty through Xu Xinsu, and Li Dan's caravan used to purchase goods from the mainland, and Xu Xinsu was also in charge.

Huang Wei and others were very annoyed by Xu Xinsu, because every year, many small merchants and hawkers crossed the Quanzhou merchant gang and quietly sent goods to Xiamen Island to sell to Xu Xinsu. In fact, the two sides are quite competitors.

But the Quanzhou merchant gang didn't dare to do anything to Xu Xinsu, because there were pirates standing behind Xu Xinsu, and there were red-haired ghost Dutchmen. If Xu Xinsu is provoked, he really dares to attract the Dutch plywood ship to bombard Quanzhou!

Of course, Xu Xinsu did not dare to offend the Quanzhou merchant gang easily, offending these gentry would not be good for him, even if he wanted to gain a foothold in Xiamen, it was impossible. Being able to resell goods in Xiamen and make money easily is much better than working hard to run a ship trade, which is also the reason why Xu Xinsu took the initiative to recruit An.

Fear each other, the two sides coexist, and many times, they will cooperate with each other.

Of course, because of the difference in identity, Huang Wei and others, who claim to be gentry scholars, do not interact with Xu Xinsu at all on weekdays, and if there is anything, they will arrange for the steward and servant to be responsible for contacting! People who are not on the same path cannot be friends at all.

Now Xu Xinsu actually came to Quanzhou by himself, which made Huang Wei a little surprised. But after thinking about it, I decided to meet again.

"Master Huang, it was not Li Kuiqi who attacked Jin'an, but Zheng Zhilong!" Xu Xinsu's first sentence surprised Huang Wei.

"How do you know?" Huang Wei looked Xu Xinsu up and down, and said suspiciously, "I heard that you and Zheng Zhilong had a holiday, didn't you deliberately frame Zheng Zhilong?" ”

Xu Xinsu and Li Dan are brothers, after Li Dan died, Zheng Zhilong robbed his fleet, Xu Xinsu was very dissatisfied, and would rather lose some business than cooperate with Zheng Zhilong, which made Zheng Zhilong unable to get goods from land at all, so he could only choose Zhao'an. For Xu Xinsu, because of the relationship with the Dutch, the goods received can always be sold, and the loss is not large.

Huang Wei and others relied on sea trade to make money, so they naturally knew about the festival between Xu Xinsu and Zheng Zhilong.

Xu Xinsu shook his head: "How dare Xu deceive the head of the Huang family because of some personal grievances, in fact, the pirate is really sent by Zheng Zhilong." ”

"Don't hide it from the head of the Huang family, I also have some connections with that Li Kuiqi, after learning that he sent people to attack Jin'an, I sent a boat to Penghu to question Li Kuiqi and ask him why he is like this?

However, Li Kuiqi didn't know at all, and scolded someone for framing him. This matter is so big, and there are so many pirates dispatched, if it was really Li Kuiqi who did it, he couldn't hide it at all!

These days, I have sent people to the islands to investigate, and there are many pirates on the sea in Fujian, and there are not many who can dispatch thousands of people at once, unless many groups of pirates are united, but the results of the investigation have not yielded any results. On the contrary, they got the news that on the day of the incident, some island fishermen saw a fleet of boats coming from the east, clearly from the direction of Taiwan.

Then there is only one result, this group of pirates is sent by Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong opened up a wasteland in Taiwan, with tens of thousands of people, and only he has such great strength! ”

Huang Wei frowned and said, "But Zheng Zhilong has already chosen Zhao'an, why does he want to do this?" ”

Xu Xinsu said: "The reason is very simple, because of the monopoly of the major merchant gangs, he can't get enough goods from the land, and seeing that the southeast monsoon is about to rise, he is in a hurry to make such a move." ”

Huang Wei was still a little skeptical: "But Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of things leaking?" If he dares so much, he will offend all the business gangs in Fujian, so he is not afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Fujian? ”

Xu Xinsu sighed: "If it was in the past, he would naturally be afraid, but I heard that he was appreciated by the emperor and wanted to help the emperor open a sea trade and business house in Fujian. The means of officialdom can't help him at all. ”

Huang Wei thought quickly, and had to admit that Xu Xinsu was right, this matter was very likely to be done by Zheng Zhilong, and blamed Li Kuiqi!

Zheng Zhilong wants to help the emperor set up a trading house, this is to grab food from the mouths of the major merchant gangs, and the two sides are already hostile relations, so Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of offending the Fujian merchant gang at all. With the emperor as a backer, it is obvious that the new Fujian General Soldier and Inspector Yushi were also sent by the emperor to support Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong is indeed fearless.

The reason why the gentry are unscrupulous is because they hold power, and whoever wants to offend them, they will use the power of the government to suppress it! When the pirates offend them, they will say that the sailors are encircling and suppressing!

But now, these methods in the officialdom can't help Zheng Zhilong at all, and Huang Wei has no choice for a while.

"Now that you know that it was Zheng Zhilong who did it, why don't you stop Yu Zhigao?" Huang Wei said suddenly.

Now he has realized that Yu Zhigao led his troops to attack Li Kuiqi, and the cheapest one can only be Zheng Zhilong!

Xu Xinsu said helplessly: "I sent someone to inform me, but General Yu said that I have no real evidence, since he was ordered to go on the expedition, whether it was Li Kuiqi or not, Li Kuiqi is always a pirate, and it is always right to kill him." ”

"This stubborn bastard!" Huang Weiqi's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but scold, "Since it was Zheng Zhilong's doing, Yu Zhigao should lead the fleet to Taiwan Benzen Port and exterminate Zheng Zhilong's department!" ”

Xu Xinsu smiled bitterly: "General Yu, how dare he?" Zheng Zhilong now has the support of the new commander-in-chief and the inspector Yushi, and he was ordered by Governor Xiong to immigrate to Taiwan, without real evidence, General Yu did not dare to do anything to Zheng Zhilong. ”

Huang Wei glared and said, "Do you just watch Zheng Zhilong get away with it?" Xu Xinsu, since you came to see me, do you have any ideas? ”

Xu Xinsu nodded: "I just have some ideas, let's discuss them with the Huang family master." ”

"Now that Zheng Zhilong is full-fledged, it is not easy to use officialdom to deal with them, but we can use other means!" Xu Xinsu said.

"You make it clear, don't whet me." Huang Wei didn't have a good airway.

"Red-haired ghost!" Xu Xinsu sneered, "As long as the head of the Huang family is willing to pay some price, I can say that the red-haired ghosts of the big people can be mobilized, and let them send a fleet to Ben Harbor to deal with Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, Zheng Zhilong will definitely go back to support when he hears that the old nest of Bon Port has been attacked, and I will then move Li Kuiqi, copy his back road, and work with the red-haired ghost to destroy Zheng Zhilong on the island of Taiwan!" ”

"Wasn't Li Kuiqi besieged by Yu Zhigao?" Huang Wei asked.

Xu Xinsu said with a smile: "The movement of the official army is so big, how can Li Kuiqi not know?" will inevitably lead the crowd to leave Penghu to avoid General Yu's edge. Zheng Zhilong has just framed Li Kuiqi, and Li Kuiqi will definitely take revenge! ”

Huang Wei stared at Xu Xinsu for a while, what Li Kuiqi checked the movements of the officials and troops, it must be Xu Xinsu, a bastard, who told Li Kuiqi the movements of the officials and troops.

However, now that the two sides are in a cooperative relationship, Huang Wei is reluctant to expose the matter.

"At what cost?" Huang Wei asked in a deep voice. He had no doubt that Xu Xin had the ability to move the red-haired ghost Dutchman, if he could destroy Zheng Zhilong and relieve the hatred in his heart, it didn't matter if he paid some price.

"It doesn't take too much, just sell it to the Dutch for one or two thousand quintals of raw silk at a low price." Xu Xinsu said with a smile.

One or two thousand quintals of raw silk, one or two hundred thousand catties, in Fujian is worth more than 100,000 or 200,000 taels of silver, if it is shipped to Japan, it can almost be exchanged for one million taels of silver! Japan's feudal lords, daimyos, and samurai all seemed to have an insatiable demand for raw silk.

But the problem is that the hundreds of loads of raw silk stored by the Quanzhou merchants in Jin'an Town were all snatched by Zheng Zhilong, not to mention one or two thousand loads, even a hundred loads could not be taken out.

When Huang Wei said his difficulties, Xu Xinsu smiled and said: "Master Huang, there is no raw silk in Quanzhou, but you can go to Zhangzhou to Fuzhou and other governments to raise money!" Zheng Zhilong is so bold and reckless, he dares to rob the Quanzhou merchant gang today, will he pretend to be a pirate to rob Zhangzhou and other places tomorrow? I believe that other merchant gangs will be willing to help get rid of Zheng Zhilong. ”

"Good! I'm going to write letters to the Zhangzhou Merchant Gang and the Fuzhou Merchant Gang! Huang Wei said categorically.

Zheng Zhilong is so bold, coupled with the establishment of the Royal Sea Trade Company, which has threatened the interests of all the merchants, Huang Wei believes that the gentry of all provinces can realize the threat of Zheng Zhilong, and they are willing to pay a certain price to destroy Zheng Zhilong and nip the Royal Sea Trade House in the bud!

"Well, as long as the heads of the house agree, I will be able to persuade the Dutch." Xu Xinsu said with a smile.

For persuading the Dutch red-haired ghost to send troops to Bon Port, Xu Xinsu has a great grasp.

The Dutch built a castle in southern Taiwan, but Zheng Zhilong set up a village in Bon Hong Kong in western Taiwan to immigrate the people, which was clearly to compete with the Dutch for the rhythm of Taiwan Island.

On the side of the couch, there is no room for others to sleep soundly! How could the Dutch tolerate the existence of other forces on the island of Taiwan?

What's more, as long as Zheng Zhilong is defeated, tens of thousands of Han people around Ben Harbor can be subdued, and the annual tax alone is a lot of money, how can the Dutch not be tempted?

So even if they don't persuade themselves, sooner or later the Dutch will send troops to Bon Harbor. What's more, he brought one or two thousand loads of raw silk to the Dutch this time, which is a big business worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

And he took this opportunity to not only get rid of his old enemy Zheng Zhilong, but also sell a favor to the major merchants, and one or two thousand quintals of raw silk, he can make a lot of money just by drawing it, it is simply killing three birds with one stone, and it feels beautiful when you think about it!