When Yang Tiansheng visited Xu's house first, he briefly explained to Xu Xinsu the origin of Zheng Haizhu, and also mentioned the background of the weaving eunuch Liu Shimin.

But the style of the head snake of the ground still has to be put on a foot.

Xu Xinsu gradually developed a contact style with a sense of looking down under the shallow greetings of the gentle waves of the still sea.

Passing through the circular drainage canal at the bottom paved with cobblestones, Xu Xinsu said: "Miss Zheng, this is a humble house, the place is small, I smiled." ”

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Zheng Haizhu looked up at the courtyard in front of him, the whole gray-white granite is used as a step or wall base, the upper part of the wall is made of red bricks, the roof of the dovetail eaves corner is also made of red tiles, and the door posts, porches, and window spirits are extremely delicate and exquisite.

She pursed her lips and praised "Your mansion is so magnificent".

Weighing in his heart, when approaching Xiamen Island by boat, the few official offices that Yang Tiansheng pointed out on the deck did not have such a magnificent appearance.

This Xu Xinsu is in Xiamen, very high-profile.

After entering the door, after passing the wall, Xu Xinsu did not go to the hall, but led Zheng's aunt and nephew and Yang Tiansheng to the big house in the east wing, and first showed his collection of calligraphy and paintings.

"I heard that although Miss Zheng is from Fujian, like Xu, her business is mainly in Nanzhili. The paintings of the Wumen School of Chinese Huiming, Xu has already collected several paintings, and asked the girl to taste them. ”

Zheng Haizhu caught a glimpse of Zheng Shoukuan's eyes flashing with a different color, knowing that his nephew was ridiculing the vassal and elegant Xu Xinsu for reading "Wen Zhengming" as "Wen Huiming", he hurriedly stopped him with his eyes, and responded to Xu Xinsu while responding: "I'm ashamed, I'm a businessman, although I have a school in Songjiang, and I am fortunate to invite Dong Xuanzai and Dong Gong to write an inscription, but I am usually busy running docks in the north and south, and I really can't dabble in such elegant things as calligraphy and painting." Since Mr. Xu is good at this, this full of treasures must be treasures. ”

With Xu Xinsu's level, of course he didn't know that Dong Xuanzai was Dong Qichang, let alone Dong Qichang's status in today's calligraphy and painting appreciation industry.

Only when he heard Zheng Haizhu lightly mention "there is a school" and "running docks in the north and south", he couldn't help but continue to suppress and suppress this little woman.

Xu Xinsu stared at Zheng Haizhu's hand pointing to a South Sea coral, and said with a smile, "The beads on Miss Zheng's wrench are a little smaller, and they are not worthy of the girl's style." The girl sent this big boat of generous gifts in the first month, and Xu gave the girl a string of southern pearls in return, and she didn't dislike it. Dragon Tsai ......"

With Xu Xinsu's greeting, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man in a brocade robe stepped forward.

This young man named Xu Yilong is Xu Xinsu's eldest son. In the center of the wooden plate he was holding, there was a string of Hepu pearls with a considerable diameter, not to mention the luster and smoothness, each of which was close to perfect circle and flawless, which was very rare in ancient times when modern core-cultured seawater pearl technology had not yet been developed.

Zheng Haizhu did not pretend to refuse, revealing the amazing smile that the woman did not need to hide when she saw the beautiful jewelry, reached out and picked up the Hepu bead string, put it on her neck generously, thanked Xu Xinsu, and lowered her eyes to look at the pearl wrench she was wearing.

After a while, she raised her head, stared at Xu Xinsu and said, "My own pearl is indeed small, but its origin is not small." This is an eastern pearl, produced in the Northeast Jurchen Ula Department. More than a year ago, I accompanied the daughter of the Li family in Liaodong back to Hetuala to visit relatives, and Nurhachi, the king of Jianzhou Khan, gave me this Dongzhu to express my gratitude. Dongzhu also has a big one, but according to the rules of the Ministry of Construction, the Khan King and the banners can wear a big Dongzhu, so the one given to me weighs less than half a penny. ”

When Xu Xinsu heard this, his face snorted.

He is the agent of the Japanese Chinese businessman Li Dan, and he is also the staff of Yu Zhigao, the incumbent general of the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the woman in front of her was also mixed in the rivers and lakes of Liaodong.

I only heard Zheng Haizhu say with contempt: "Of course, Mr. Xu is right, the precious things that the Tartars value, if you talk about the beads themselves, compared with our Ming Nanzhu, they are indeed not worth mentioning." The old chief of Nurhachi, who fought with my Ming in Fushun, returned with a heavy defeat. Those Northland Tatars, in fact, and the red-haired fans from the west, are all the way, if Mr. Xu wants to listen, give me a cup of tea to moisten my throat, and I will tell Mr. about it. ”

Zheng Haizhu said, he said in his heart, it's almost, this kind of back and forth between you and me showing off each other's muscles and background, although it is an inevitable confrontation on the scene, it should be stopped in moderation, otherwise it will be boring.

We're not on a blind date, so stop tempting each other, hurry up and listen to me get to the point, isn't it fragrant?

And Xu Xinsu is a famous figure in history, not a Puxin man who is intoxicated with a sense of superiority, he is also like a mirror, knowing that this woman is coming to pay New Year's greetings today, and she must come to talk about things on behalf of Yan Siqi.

Xu Xinsu then put on a sincere posture and said heartily: "Let's go, eat tea." ”

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In the study building in the courtyard of the second Xu Zhai, after the servants served tea, Xu Xinsu retreated left and right, leaving only his son Xu Yilong and bodyguards.

Zheng Haizhu glanced at the bodyguard wearing a black scarf, wearing a Ming-style straight jacket, and his face was as heavy as iron, and asked Xu Xinsu: "Dongying people?" ”

"The girl has good eyesight, how can you see it?"

"The one on his waist is the Muramasa knife, right?"

"Well, yes. The girl can rest assured that he does not understand Hokkien. ”

Zheng Haizhu smiled: "It doesn't hurt to understand, I'm not talking bad about Dongying people today." ”

Xu Xinsu took a sip of tea and said meaningfully: "Since the Yu Jiajun sat in Fujian, the Japanese rebellion has been an old thing. ”

Zheng Haizhu said bluntly: "The moon port is switched, the imperial court is not allowed to trade with Dongying so far, if it weren't for Mr. Xu to thread the needle for Leader Li and General Yu, I'm afraid that there will still be trouble." However, Brother Yan has been operating in Taiwan for two years, and now he has begun to produce deerskin and cane sugar, and there are already Japanese ships in Beigang to buy goods. ”

Xu Xinsu continued: "Well, I just looked at those cane sugars, the whiteness is good, and the Japanese should be able to pay a high price." ”

While he said the echoing words, he was actually thinking quickly about the meaning of Zheng Haizhu's words.

Obviously, this little woman is indeed Yan Siqi's cronies, and she knows that Li Dan, a Japanese Chinese businessman, and Yu Zhigao, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, control the smuggling routes of Sino-Japanese maritime trade. Therefore, she said that if it were not for Li and Yu, the Japanese maritime merchants would have turned into Japanese criminals who committed crimes by force.

But at the same time, what she meant was that Yan Siqi had also regrouped in Taiwan and began to resume trading with the Japanese.

Since Xu Xinsu learned what Li Guozhu had done, he actually had sympathy for Yan Siqi and began to chart his future path. Yan Siqi looked at Li Dan's affection and did not kill Li Guozhu, this ruthless and arrogant second ancestor of the Li family, one day he will take over his father's business, and when he cleans his father's old forces, what will happen to him Xu Xinsu?

Therefore, Xu Xinsu began to focus on Yu Zhigao's side. He built such a mansion in Xiamen, saved most of his belongings in Yu Zhigao's bank, and brought his eldest son Xu Yilong to Xiamen, all of which showed Yu Zongbing that he had the intention of returning to southern Fujian.

It's just that at the moment, Yan Siqi was sealed by the imperial court as a toast in Taiwan, and he also did sea trade, which always collided slightly with Yu Zongbing's financial route.

When Xu Xinsu's mind was flying, he only heard Zheng Haizhu continue: "But Mr. Xu, Brother Yan and I both feel that businessmen should talk about morality in the rivers and lakes. When Brother Yan was in Pingdo, he mainly ran to Ningbo Shuangyu Port and the Nanyang Spice Islands, and now although he occupies Taiwan and has a letter of appointment from the imperial court, he also understands that his fast son can't stretch the wrong bowl, this point, please Mr. Xu must report to General Yu. ”

Xu Xinsu looked at Zheng Haizhu, then at Yang Tiansheng, and said: "Since you have opened the skylight here, Xu Mou does not say dark words." Tea, Chong'an Buge, Zhangzhou velvet, porcelain, cane sugar, these five things, please Yan Xuanfu bypassed. ”

Zheng Haizhu said: "Yes." In Taiwan, the tea we make is called black tea, and it will not be sold to Japan, and the buyers are foreigners, as well as the way in Liaodong. As for cane sugar, both Taiwan and Fujian are suitable for growing sugarcane, with Fujian's sold to Japan and Taiwan's sold to the Hongyi and Franke. In the future, if a Japanese ship comes to Taiwan to buy cane sugar, we will refuse it. ”

Xu Xinsu nodded.

Next, the two talked about asking Japan about the quota for buying copper. In the last years of Wanli, in addition to silver, there was still a larger proportion of copper coins in private circulation, so Yu Zhigao wanted to ask the Japanese to buy copper and mint copper coins privately. Zheng Haizhu knew how to discount the efficiency and credibility of the Ming court, so he also used Yan Siqi to store copper blocks from Japan and make firearms for later use.

After talking about each item in this way, we should draw each other's spheres of influence.

Yu Zhigao and Yan Siqi are now both military attaches of the imperial court, so it is naturally impossible to establish a letter and leave evidence on the agreement of smuggling and selling sea, so it is all based on the oral agreement of the two agents, Xu Xinsu and Zheng Haizhu.

Xu Xinsu talked and talked, and felt from the bottom of his heart that he hadn't looked away when he was in Hirado, Japan, Yan Siqi was indeed magnificent, gave up a lot of interests, and tried his best to show respect for Yu Zhigao, the head of the family.

And the Zheng family in front of him can also be Yan Siqi's partner, not to mention, but also quite careful and cordial, and took the initiative to talk about his friendship with the Donglin School in Jiangnan, Xu Yilong Xu Gongzi, do you want to go to Jiangnan to apprentice.

Xu Xinsu came from a humble background, and he has earned a lot of money over the years, and he is still a businessman after all. He knows very well how important it is to be famous in the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally expects his son to be able to take this road, and the area of Zhejiang has always been full of humanities and scholars, if his son can really go to Jiangnan, maybe he can really run out of a career into the office.

Xu Xinsu did not hide his envy for the square scarf on Zheng Shoukuan's head at the moment, and said to his son Xu Yilong: "Ah Zai, if you go to Songjiang to study in the future, don't embarrass me, and don't add trouble to Yigou." ”

"Yigou" is the meaning of "aunt" in Hokkien.

Zheng Haizhu said secretly, when it came to taking his son to Songjiang to take the imperial examination, and not to be a hostage to Yu Zhigao in southern Fujian, Agent Xu finally became really warm, and even his aunt recognized it for his son.

Historically, twenty years later, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhilong's son, worshipped Qian Qianyi as a teacher in Nanjing. It was from this that Zheng Haizhu was inspired, and saw Xu Xinsu showing his yearning for the identity of a scholar, so he mentioned this weight in the negotiation.

In this time and space where she came, the young Zheng Zhilong has become her right-hand man in Songjiang, and I don't know if there is still a chance to go to Japan to marry the daughter of the Tagawa family and give birth to Zheng Chenggong. And Xu Xinsu entered the cooperative relationship with Yan Siqi very early, and I don't know if he can avoid being killed by Zheng Zhilong like in the original history.

Zheng Haizhu only felt through personal experience that these cold and mercenary sea bigwigs in the history books actually have the fear of being in the turmoil of the times. Why not start from their needs and find opportunities to coexist with each other?

Xu Xin thought that the negotiations were coming to a happy end, but Zheng Haizhu threw out the most important topic of the trip.

"Mr. Xu, Xiamen and Taiwan are interdependent, let's make money together, and we must also fight the enemy together. Brother Yan, he wants to fight with Mr. Yu to attack the Hongyi people once. The greed of the Hongyi people is not inferior to that of the Franky people, and if you don't give them a little color, the Penghu Island of our Ming Dynasty, and even the North Island of Taiwan, will become the second or third Manila. ”