With a crisp sound, a delicate teacup fell to the ground and shattered in half, Shen Congzhou Tie's face was blue, and his chest rose and fell violently, as if he was holding back his anger.

Just now, a close confidant of the Wen family sent news to Shen Congzhou that the Wen family had been copied by Yongning Wei, and this family Ding originally took Wen Yingju's handwritten letter to Wen Tiren's mansion to ask for help, but who knew that Wen Tiren heard about this and instead of helping, he drove him out.

Fortunately, this Ding is loyal enough to the Wen family, remembering that his owner's in-laws are also officials in Nanjing, so he inquired all the way and found Shen Congzhou, this time he didn't eat the closed door, Shen Congzhou was furious when he heard the news and threw the tea cup in his hand directly to the ground.

In fact, after Yang Yingqian inherited the military position, Shen Congzhou used the relationship between Beijing and China to inquire about the matter, and when he learned that Yang Yingqian's uncle had taken the path of Tian Ergeng, the governor of the left capital, to let him have a hereditary military position, he immediately classified the two uncles and nephews into the eunuch party faction in his heart, and at the same time, he was also glad that he and the Yang family had dissolved the marriage contract in time and kept his name.

"Dad, why does Lord Wen have such an attitude towards the affairs of the Wen family, after all, this Wen Yingju is also his distant relative!" Seeing Shen Congzhou so angry, Shen He asked puzzledly on the side.

Shen Congzhou just smiled coldly and did not answer, for this Lord Shangshu, he has always felt that he is a Qing official who is loyal to the country, but recently the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have all joined forces to fight against the eunuchs, but this Lord Shangshu did not say anything at all.

Mentor Ye Xianggao wrote many times to say that when the family and country were in danger, he hoped that Wen Tiren could stand with his colleagues in the DPRK and China, but Wen Tiren was still watching the fire from the other side and was silent, coupled with this incident, Shen Congzhou was even more sure that this Wen Tiren, even if he was not a eunuch, was also a cowardly and scheming villain.

After settling the Wen family, Shen Congzhou returned to his study and wrote two letters, one to Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian.

This Zhu Yifeng is a famous family in Taixing, his father Zhu Shu is the seventh grandson of Shi Zhu Chang, the governor of the Qin Palace, and later the family fell in the middle of the road, and it was only in his generation that he once again glorified the lintel, although Zhu Yifeng is not the Donglin Party, but he is also quite awe-inspiring as an official.

Shen Congzhou decided from his heart that the Wen family must have been framed by Yang Yingqian, so he specially wrote a letter to Zhu Yifeng, hoping that he could handle it impartially.

The other letter is Shen Congzhou's impeachment of Yongningwei's commander Yang Yingqian, a fellow acquaintance, for doing business without permission, fabricating evidence and framing a good businessman.

After doing all this, Shen Congzhou sat on the chair and sighed lightly, as if the two letters just now had exhausted all his strength.

Yang Yingqian has not been idle in the past few days, and after serving the Wen family, Yang Yingqian immediately conducted a surprise interrogation of the Wen family, after all, the Wen family has a lot of backers behind them, and they will definitely intervene in this case when they react.

Although he sent a letter to his uncle Yang Mingren in advance before arresting the Wen family, it is not yet known whether his uncle can help, and he must close the case before the Wen family's backers can react.

Just as Yang Yingqian was pondering, Zhan Haozhi walked in happily with a stack of papers.

"Big brother, it's all recruited!"

Yang Yingqian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard this: "It's only been a long time, why did you recruit it?" ”

In his impression, this Wen Yingju is also a ruthless person, although he was arrested by Yang Yingqian, but his backer is hard enough, he should not confess so happily, thinking of this, Yang Yingqian looked at Zhan Haozhi with a smile.

"Did you kid use torture?"

Zhan Haozhi laughed when he heard this: "Big brother, the younger brother has been ordered by the eldest brother, and now he is a well-known person in our guard to convince people with virtue, I just told Wen Chengjun what the eldest brother said to Wen Fu last time, and before the knife reached his neck, this kid was strained!" ”

Saying that, Zhan Haozhi covered his nose in disgust, as if the scene just now was still vivid.

"This Wen Chengjun didn't expect to be so timid, and he recruited them all before he could do anything, saying that he planned it all by himself, and Wen Yingju didn't know about it."

Yang Yingqian sneered when he heard this: "He is a good son who is filial, but he has only more than 30 lives, and his father can't escape this crime." ”

Zhan Haozhi nodded thoughtfully, after this incident, the Wen family is finished, but the Zhou family is a blessing in disguise, and I am afraid that no one will be able to compete with them in Fujian's maritime trade in the future.

After a short moment of silence, the two of them took a sip of the teacup, Yang Yingqian seemed to remember something again, changed his head to look at Zhan Haozhi and asked, "How is the firearms workshop doing?" ”

When Zhan Haozhi heard Yang Yingqian ask, he couldn't help but have a hint of excitement on his face.

"Speaking of which, Luo Li's kid is too powerful, this month alone, he has built a hundred bird guns, and also built five general cannons, I went to see it with An Lan when I tested the cannon that day, I don't know how much more powerful than the artillery allocated by the imperial court before, our cannon can now hit a target at least three miles away, even Father Tang praised Luo Li!"

Yang Yingqian nodded with satisfaction, this Luo Li is indeed a rare talent, now with artillery and birds, the construction of the Yongning Guard Firearms Battalion has to be put on the agenda, thinking of this, Yang Yingqian said to Zhan Haozhi.

"Fifth brother, since we have firearms, we have to have someone to use them, the eldest brother gives you a task, select capable forces in the army, set up a firearms battalion, and you will personally lead it!"

"Big brother, really?" Zhan Haozhi stood up in surprise, after watching Luo Li's test that day, he thought that he would definitely ask his eldest brother for a few for his own army in the future, but he didn't expect this wish to be achieved so quickly.

Seeing Zhan Hao's excited face, Yang Yingqian shook his head with a smile.

"Fifth brother, this is not a joke between children, this firearm is of great significance to my Yongningwei, the firearms battalion must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, every point of our firearms is powerful, we will be able to die one less brother on the battlefield!"

Seeing that Yang Yingqian said solemnly, Zhan Haozhi's face couldn't help but become serious, and he solemnly hugged Yang Yingqian's fist.

"Big brother, please rest assured, I hereby make a military order, and within a month, the firearms battalion will be established and become a sharp knife for our Yongningwei!"

Yang Yingqian laughed, patted Zhan Haozhi on the shoulder, and the two sat down on the chair and drank another cup of tea.

At this time, a guard walked in from outside the door and said to the two: "My lord, Scribe Wu is back, and he has brought back a Franciscan!" ”

Yang Yingqian couldn't help but feel strange when he heard this, the Fran machine man in the mouth of this guard should be Chris's person, but since the two sides started doing business, they were all trading near Baishayu, and Chris's people had never entered the inland, thinking of this, Yang Yingqian hurriedly let the two in.

After a while, Wu Qian walked in with a Franco, and it was Chris.

"Dear Yang, I finally see you!" When Chris saw Yang Yingqian's expression of finally seeing his relatives, he came up and gave Yang Yingqian a big hug, which made Yang Yingqian a little uncomfortable, and Zhan Haozhi on the side was also embarrassed.

Wu Qian on the side coughed lightly: "Mr. Chris said that there was an important situation to tell the adults in person, and he took him back to the guard." ”

Hearing Wu Qian's words, Chris seemed to have the purpose of his trip, and hurriedly let go of Yang Yingqian, his face full of anxious looks.

"Yang, your army must hurry up and prepare for war, the fleet of the East India Company is about to attack Xiamen Port!"

Hearing this term, which appeared frequently in later history textbooks, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help but jump slightly, and he suddenly realized that in fact, in addition to the Tartars in the north, the enemies of the Ming Dynasty also had a huge hidden danger at sea.

At this time, the colonial trade in the world has gradually risen, and this East India Company is a spokesperson for the Dutch colonial trade in the South Seas.

Seeing Yang Yingqian's doubts, Chris explained the reason to Yang Yingqian, it turned out that as early as the beginning of this year, a fleet claiming to be the East India Company came to Nanyang.

This fleet was supposed to go to Manraka, but Manraka had been occupied by the Francois at this time, so naturally they didn't want to share this territory with the Dutch, and the Dutch didn't want to have a conflict with the Francois for the time being, so they turned around and occupied Penghu, and wanted to further get involved in the mainland of Xiamen Port.

After listening to Chris's words, Yang Yingqian fell into deep thought, and Zhan Haozhi on the side said: "If Penghu falls, when someone from the Penghu Inspection Department comes back to report the news, why don't we get any news at all." ”

When Yang Yingqian heard this, he said in his heart that at this time, the Dutch warships were already very sharp, and if they were prepared to fight unprepared, they would rely on the few broken ships of the Penghu Inspection Division, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for anyone to come back alive to report the situation.

After a short silence, Yang Yingqian spoke: "This matter is very important, Xiamen Port is no longer my Yongningwei defense area, this matter must be reported to the governor's yamen immediately, and the governor will deploy it uniformly!" ”

After speaking, Yang Yingqian turned around and patted Chris on the shoulder: "Thank you, my friend, this news you sent can save the lives of many civilians and soldiers." ”

"Oh, you're welcome Yang, we're friends, this is what I should do!" Since these damn Dutchmen came and robbed him of a lot of business, Chris certainly hoped that the Ming army could teach them a hard lesson.

After Yang Yingqian sent Chris away, he rushed to the command envoy to tell Cao Hongxian about the situation, and Cao Hongxian realized that the matter was very important, so he asked Yang Yingqian to go to Fuzhou in person and explain the matter to the governor Zhu Yi and Feng Yu in person.......