Giethoorn Town, more than ten years ago, perhaps the accurate point should be Sheephorn Village, a small village with only more than 30 households, more than ten years ago Li Zhen, who took office as the governor of Guangzhou, also met the Ding family who did not say goodbye at the beginning, and Ding Li, who was only a few years old but had begun to help with housework, of course, this Ding Li is not Ding Li.

But the final result made Li Li very disappointed and even despaired, after Ding said that he had never met him at all, Li Zhen suddenly felt that the sky in his eyes that was originally full of hope was all black, Ding not only did not mention the existence of Ding Li, but also insisted that he had lived in Giethoorn since he was a child, and he didn't know Li Li at all.

The sad Li Zhen was a little angry, and at that time Li Zhen was also full of doubts about Ding Li's existence, and the final result was that Li Zhen left in a very angry manner, and in the next two months, Li Zhen never asked about the Ding mother and son who lived in Giethoorn Town.

Until the third month, that is, in the autumn of that year, a gang of horse thieves ransacked Giethoorn Town, and the food and supplies in the village were looted, and the frenzied horse thieves also killed several strong men in the village who wanted to resist, and even kidnapped more than a dozen villagers in the end, and then sent someone to send a letter to the Guangzhou government, each hostage needed a hundred yuan.

As soon as he got the news, Li Zhen panicked, and he didn't have time to send his men to verify the truth of the situation, so he rushed out of Guangzhou Mansion and went to Giethoorn Town with a few henchmen, until Li Zhen saw that Ding's mother and son were unhindered, and then after the city defense army moved and arrived, Li Zhen began to clean up the gang of horse thieves.

Next to Yang Ru's advice, as well as the intelligence news of the forces of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, Li Zhen, who eliminated the horse thieves, carried everything out very smoothly, after careful arrangement, when the horse thieves became more and more impatient after half a month, Li Zhen's plan was implemented, and the entire horse thief gang was not spared, or was caught, or killed on the spot.

It is precisely because of this incident that the military talent of Li Zhen's small team has been reflected, and it has made a very solid foundation for Li Zhen to rise to the top in the future and even take over the position of Jiedu envoy.

After the horse thief incident was over, Li Zhen stayed in Giethoorn Town for several days, and would go to Ding almost every day, and in the end, it paid off, Ding and Li Zhen recognized each other, but they did not agree to return to Guangzhou Mansion with Li Zhen, and even Ding Li's life experience was never mentioned.

In desperation, Li Li had to do everything possible to satisfy Ding's mother and son materially and financially, and he didn't think too much about Ding Li's life experience, perhaps because of the guilt in his heart for Ding, after Li Li met for the last time, all the care was completely handed over to his henchmen.

Two years later, by chance, Li Zhen bought Liu Sheng, who was still quite young, and gave it to Ding, and also sent a large sum of money, euphemistically saying that the money was used to cultivate Ding Li and Liu Sheng. It wasn't long before the Ding clan suddenly disappeared in Giethoorn Town, and overnight, as if it had evaporated from the world, even though Li Zhen's subordinates tried all means, they finally failed to find any trace of the Ding clan.

And at that time, Li Zhen's current sister-in-law Li You was no longer small, and after searching for it without any results, Li Zhen had to give up apologetically, and at the same time focused all his attention on the relatives around him.

Thinking back to everything in the past, Li Zhen, who was leaning on the side of the carriage, had a little tears in his eyes, as if he was worried that Uncle Xiang on the side would see his appearance, Li Zhen tried his best to calm his inner emotions, and at the same time slowly closed his eyes, in the dark carriage, Uncle Xiang couldn't see Li Zhen's expression clearly, but Uncle Xiang could clearly feel the grief that Li Zhen exuded all the time, as well as the expectation of being eager to see Ding Li.

Unconsciously, Li Zhen, who was immersed in memories, fell asleep in a daze, even if the carriage was bumpy and non-stop, but it failed to pull Li Zhen from the memories to reality, and when Li Zhen woke up again, there was already a faint light in the carriage.

"Ah Xiang, what time is it?" Li Yuan, who opened his eyes, originally wanted to lift the curtain of the car, but he was very uncomfortable with the strong dazzling light, so he had to put down the curtain and look at Uncle Xiang, who was sitting on the side with his eyes closed, and asked in a deep voice.

"Li Jiedu, it's just over the hour, and I'm about to go to Fuxu!" Uncle Xiang slowly opened his eyes and responded in a flat tone, Li Zhen nodded slightly, slowly stretched out his arms, and at the same time threw an appreciative glance at Uncle Xiang. This is one of the reasons why Uncle Xiang is the most worry-free, Li Zhen, who woke up just now, didn't even need to call the right person to ask, because for so many years, under similar circumstances, Uncle Xiang would not fall asleep anyway, but would pay attention to calculating everything around him.

At the same time, in the Cao Mansion of Guangzhou Prefecture, Zhang Kuang and Cao Zheng, the observer, had been discussing the incident that happened in Fuxu Port yesterday for nearly two hours, but the overall progress was very slow, and Cao Zheng did not show any signs of relenting for two hours, and even after talking about what Zhang Mingzhi and Ding Li did in Fuxu Port yesterday, Cao Zheng would say that he did not understand what happened at all, so it was inconvenient to say anything.

However, Zhang Kuang did not achieve the slightest effect in these two hours, and under Cao Zheng's hints, intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Kuang promised the other party in person that Liu Fu, the owner of the sea ship, would not appear in Guangzhou Mansion again in the last smuggling incident in Guangzhou Port, and also made a guarantee that the last smuggling incident would be cut off and would never be mentioned again in the future.

However, there was one thing that made Zhang Kuang a little puzzled, Cao Zheng actually insisted that the Zhang Chamber of Commerce was sheltering the Leper Wu of the Xunzhou Gang, and all the losses suffered by the Cao Chamber of Commerce from Fuxu Port to Guangzhou Prefecture last time, Zhang Kuang must complete double the compensation within twelve hours, and must hand over the Leper Wu.

After several bargains and guarantees, Cao Zheng also believed what Zhang Kuang said that he absolutely did not know about the Leper Five, but Cao Zheng doubled the amount of compensation in the basic loss, and it was only now that Zhang Kuang understood Cao Zheng's intentions, it was simply that the drunkard did not mean to drink, but to care about the huge compensation of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, Zhang Kuang and Cao Zheng both knew about the appearance of Leper Wu, but they didn't know where Leper Wu was at the moment, and Cao Zheng just took this opportunity to extort a sum of money from Zhang Kuang.

With the success of the initial negotiation, the next thing was much easier, but Zhang Kuang's 'evaluation' of Cao Zheng was a lot higher in his heart, and he even secretly scolded Cao Zheng in his heart, he should have changed his surname to Lion, and his name was Da Kai!

The first condition put forward by Cao Zheng is that the port of Guangzhou must be reopened within 24 hours, and no force of the Nanhai Gang is allowed to set foot in the port of Guangzhou.

The first half of this article is acceptable to Zhang Kuang, anyway, now the power of the South China Sea Gang has slowly turned to the army due to the current situation, and the South China Navy now has a banner officially granted by the imperial court. is only the latter part of the compensation, Zhang Kuang knows that it is definitely a lot of money, but even so, Zhang Kuang can only reluctantly agree, and he can't even say half a word about the counteroffer.

And after the second condition was said from Cao Zheng's mouth, Zhang Kuangden felt a period of darkness, and the other party actually asked Jiedu to make Li Zhen cooperate with him, the observer, and jointly write to the imperial court, because the current war has spread to Lingnan Dongdao, so it is urgent to expand the military force, and the militia of the Chaozhou Gang will be organized and changed to a regular permanent army, and the problem of its ordnance and equipment will be solved by the Jiedu Mansion of Lingnan Dongdao, in fact, it is to let Li Zhen help Cao Zheng to form an army that can compete with the Southern Navy.

This second article really surprised Zhang Kuang, but after a moment of silence, Zhang Kuang still nodded and agreed, which made Cao Zheng a little surprised, but because the matter involved not only Ding Li, but more importantly, Zhang Mingzhi, the only young owner of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, Cao Zheng could understand in addition to being surprised, after all, Li Zhen is still Zhang Mingzhi's godfather, and he also watched the other party grow up since childhood, not to mention that almost the entire Guangzhou Mansion knows that Li Zhen is treating Zhang Mingzhi and Yang Hongwen, the two nephews, It is no worse than his sister-in-law Li You.

These two conditions are enough to be regarded as sky-high, so Cao Zheng did not continue to make harsh demands elsewhere, but Cao Zheng also reminded Zhang Kuang in the end that he would indeed help in this matter, as for whether he can succeed in the end, it still depends on whether Zhang Kuang and they can completely convince Tian Gaolang, the envoy of the city.

As for Tian Gaolang, Zhang Kuang is not too worried, Tian Gaolang's purpose is very clear, to be promoted and make a fortune, and Tian Gaolang has a wish that is also well known, Tian Gaolang wants to be able to return to the court one day, rank above the high court, and become one of the important ministers.

Tian Gaolang is the righteous son of Tian Lingzi, the largest eunuch group in the DPRK, and the reason why he came to the city of Guangzhou is completely because Tian Lingzi, who holds great power in the DPRK, paves the way for his future ascension to a high position. Don't look at Tian Gaolang is now a eunuch, but he understands the truth of being disabled and strong, look at his father-in-law Tian Lingzi, isn't he also a eunuch, but in the entire court, except for a few people who dare to talk to him head-on, the rest of the people are not only submissive and respectful.

And Tian Gaolang's ultimate goal is to become his father-in-law, in the entire Tang Dynasty, nominally one person is above ten thousand people, but in fact, even the Son of Heaven above his head can be completely ignored by himself.

If he wants to return to the DPRK and the Central Government, Tian Gaolang must take advantage of this gilded opportunity and make a certain degree of achievement, coupled with the operation of his father-in-law Tian Lingzi, who is dependent on him, he will be able to return to the court with a beautiful back and full of glory in the future, and turn the most glorious page in his life.

And if he wants to do this, Tian Gaolang undoubtedly needs the cooperation and support of Li Yuan, who is the envoy of the Lingnan East Province, and now, it is an excellent opportunity for Tian Gaolang, an opportunity to threaten Li Gao to help support him.