At the beginning of the new year, the first batch of people to come to the ship were gifts, which made Yan Zheng feel that it was a good sign.

It's a pity that this gift was sent by a thief, and it made him feel a little unlucky.

However, in line with the mentality of not taking advantage of the king, he still summoned this messenger.

And for Zhang He's sending an envoy, he also felt that it was both reasonable and unexpected.

Since the defeat of Mocheng and the retreat from the enemy, no one has been able to shake his actual control of Dongfan Island, and all foreign armed forces who intend to operate on Dongfan Island have to consider this short-haired king!

"Villain Zhang Xi, meet the king!"

The person who came was white-faced, looked to be only in his twenties, wearing a Confucian robe, and had a somewhat graceful temperament all over his body.

"You don't look like a thief!" Yan Zheng was surprised at first sight.

Zhang Xi smiled faintly and arched his hand: "Let the king see and laugh, I was originally my master's scholar!"

Yan Zheng looked at it again, he knew that ancient scholars and his own young masters often had a habit of prostitution.

Many young masters who went to Beijing to take the exam were inconvenient to bring maids, so they generally brought a handsome scholar, who could carry a bookcase and put out the fire.

"I can send you, Zhang He seems to be a little sincere this time, let's say, what is the matter with Zhang He!" Yan Zheng leaned on the chair and asked.

Zhang Xi took it out of his sleeve and handed over a letter: "This is my master's handwritten letter!"

Yan Zheng asked Lan Ya to take it, and after opening it, she was immediately a little confused by this Ming Dynasty saying.

After reading it for a while, I understood what Zhang He meant, in the letter, he first apologized, then explained his situation, and finally said that he wanted to do business with Yan Zheng.

In a word, Lao Tzu is in a bad situation now, and I can't find anyone to rob with me, if the king is willing, let's do a business without capital together!

When the time comes, the king will bring back to Dongfan what he wants, and if he doesn't want it, I will sell it for the king and exchange it for silver for the king.

As long as the king nods, I will send troops to the ship in the future, and I will take the king's soldiers to rob those landlords and wealthy merchants, and I can make a lot of profits in one trip!

Yan Zheng threw the letter aside and said, "I came to attack Mocheng before, and I haven't settled this matter yet, and now you are begging me to do business together?" Zhang He's abacus is also too good! ”

"The king doesn't know! It was Yang Chengde who attacked Mocheng! Zhang Xi hurriedly said: "My lord has long parted ways with Yang Chengde, this Yang family is unkind and unjust, taking advantage of the fact that my lord was invited by the king to be a guest, he coaxed my eldest lady and swallowed a lot of Zhang family's property with a clear conscience......"

Zhang Xi told Yan Zheng about the cause and effect, and he was stunned when he listened.

What's more, the last time he blackmailed, he made the Yang family make a good profit, and the Yang family is too fucking shameless!

"So your master is already in the same situation as the Yang family?" Yan Zheng asked.

Zhang Xi nodded and responded: "My master, I wish I would destroy the Yang family!"

Yan Zheng smiled, stared at Zhang Xi and said, "It's impossible to make me believe in a few words!" And the business you want to do, I, the lord of the East and the West, don't bother to do it! I'm an upright person, and I won't do anything like murder and overkill! ”

"But! Zhang He wants to make a fortune, and he can do it if he has a business! ”

Zhang Xi hurriedly asked: "Please show the king!"

Yan Zheng patted the chair and said, "What is the price of Zhejiang fur?"

"The price is better than gold!"

"Well, the last thing I lack in Dongfan is fur! As long as your lord is willing, you can come to Dongfan to buy furs and sell them back to Zhejiang! I guess it's better to make money than robbery, right? ”

Zhang Xi lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "If the king is willing to sell the fur, my lord must be willing to do this deal......

"Wait!" Yan Zheng interrupted: "If you want to get the fur, it's not that easy!" There are three more conditions, as long as your master can do it, not only in the future, but also many good things in Dongfan! ”

"Please speak up to the king!"

"The first condition! I want a ship, three big ships of no less than 300 materials! Second, every time I come to trade, I must bring half of the pig iron, as well as other goods I specify! Third, every time you need to bring some Ming refugees over. ”

"If you can't do any of these three, you can't do this business!" Yan Zheng said with a smile.

Zhang Xi was silent for a while, and was embarrassed: "The other two are not a problem, but this ship is really lacking in big ships, and I can't take out these three ships!"

"I don't care!" Yan Zheng said expressionlessly: "Since you want to make money from Dongfan, then you have to agree to my conditions!"

"Your Majesty, this ...... The ship is really embarrassed, and at the moment, my Zhang family does not have so much silver to carry out activities, and it is too late to build a ship! Zhang Xi said sincerely.

Yan Zheng saw that he didn't seem to be a fake, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Are there any shipbuilding craftsmen in Zhejiang?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xi hurriedly answered: "Repairing ships along the coast all rely on these shipbuilders!"

"A hundred shipbuilders!" Yan Zheng clapped his hands and said: "As long as you send it, I will not only promise the fur trade, but also give your master five thousand taels of silver as a thank you!"

Zhang Xi was slightly surprised, thought for a moment and then arched his hand: "Thank you for being lenient with the king, rest assured, my lord will do his best in this matter!" It's just that I asked the king to give me a few furs to take back to Ningbo, so as to convince my master! ”

"It's trifle! By the way, bring a few iron pots and a few threshers back! Yan Zheng said with a smile.

Zhang Xi didn't know what a threshing machine was, so he was only busy thanking him.

Yan Zheng asked again: "Do you know Yang Chengde's whereabouts?"

"I really don't know about this!" Zhang Xi shook his head and said: "I only heard that he recruited some water bandits and widows, and then left Ningbo Mansion, and there has been no news since then!"

Yan Zheng sighed and said, "It's a pity! If you know his whereabouts, you can tell me that I haven't avenged his attack on Mocheng! ”

Zhang Xi immediately said: "Don't worry, the king will pay more attention to the king in the future, as long as there is news of this fang, we will definitely inform the king!"

Yan Zheng nodded and waved him to step back.

It is also a good thing to be able to open up the business road in Zhejiang.

It's just that doing business with the former thieves, Yan Zheng also has to be more careful.

He couldn't believe this man's one-sided words, so he could only put his own interests first.

If Zhang He can really get a hundred shipbuilders, then he will admit it.

Anyway, if you can build your own ship, sooner or later there will be a big explosion of transportation capacity, and if the Ming merchant does not come in, his armed merchant ships will go out.

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And since coming out of the red room, Zhang Xi has been taken to a fairly clean guest room.

It's just that he is no longer allowed to move around at will, and there are guards standing guard at the door.

Thinking back to this short-haired king, I only feel that this person is full of words, and there is no politeness at all.

However, when he thought of the fur business, he felt that this trip was a bit of a windfall.

He leaned against the window and looked at it, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"There must be a cannon on that strange big convex corner!" He pondered in his heart.

But from the convex angle to the slope, there is nearly a mile of land, how could the cannon of the Dongfan people hit so far?

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