Such a large battle on the sea soon attracted a large number of people to come and watch.

Zhu Yuan and Hua Gao, as well as officials from other places in Dinghai who had arrived in front and back, waited for about two quarters of an hour before and after the officers and soldiers were isolated and fenced off, and the boat of Wu Zhen, the deputy governor of the navy, finally docked.

Under the gangplank, a military general wearing a brown light armor and red cloak stepped off the boat with a steady pace.

This person is Wu Zhen.

Zhu Yuan followed Hua Gao and took a few steps forward, while looking.

This is a middle-aged man with a big beard and a square face, about forty years old, of medium stature, and his temperament is much more refined than Hua Gao, who is like an old farmer in the field.

The two sides came closer.

Wu Zhen's originally serious expression slowed down a little, and he solemnly clasped his fists at Hua Gao and saluted: "Wu Zhen has seen the governor." ”

Hua Gao smiled and returned the salute, and then took Wu Zhen's arm and twisted it directly to Zhu Yuan: "Ganchen, this is Zhu Yuan, you must have heard a lot about him, so I won't say more." The Camp Sea Division and the Navy Governor's Mansion are one family, and in the future, we will be in the same boat, and Hanlin is weak, so you have to take care of it more. ”

Zhu Yuan pretended not to notice the unnaturalness in Wu Zhen's expression when he was caught by Hua Gao's arm, and said: "Zhu Yuan has seen General Wu, the general fought for the country, and then went north, and he worked hard all the way. ”

Waiting for Hua Gao to let go of himself, Wu Zhen just relaxed, and when he saw Zhu Yuan like this, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly hugged his fists in return: "Wu Zhen has seen it...... Mr. Zhu, Mr. is overrated, and it is all within the next division. ”

The anecdote of sending the 500-year-old national ancestor, Wu Zhen had already heard about it on the southern front.

Before leaving Fujian, Wu Zhen was shocked when he received a handwriting from his father-in-law, asking him to treat Zhu Yuan as 'like my own son', so he was worried about what kind of person he would see all the way.

Present......

Wu Zhen felt that it should not be difficult to work together in the future.

Hua Gao interjected a few words with a smile on the side, and waited for Wu Zhen and Mingzhou Wei Commander Tongzhi Chang Duan and others to meet one by one, and then said: "It's noon, and I have already ordered the family to prepare a reception banquet, let's go into the city?" ”

Wu Zhen glanced at the naval fleet behind him, and wanted to refuse, but he was already pulled by Hua Gao again, and walked towards the horses prepared not far away.

Seeing this, Wu Zhen could only hurriedly explain a few words to the guards around him, and left with Hua Gao.

Zhu Yuan walked to his palanquin as usual.

As soon as I stepped on the horizontal bar pressed down by the sedan driver, I suddenly heard someone shouting. Following the sound, in the crowd blocked by the soldiers, a man in his fifties in a dark blue robe was arching his hand at him.

Seeing Zhu Yuan's view, the man hurriedly raised his voice and said loudly: "My lord, in Shen Mao in Xiachangzhou, can you take the time to talk about it?" ”

It's 'Shen Wansan' again.

Zhu Yuan smiled, there was no time now.

However, since Wu Zhen arrived in Mingzhou, some arrangements for maritime trade can also be advanced. Thinking so, seeing Zhao Xu, who was guarding next to him, asked with his eyes, he waved his hand casually, got into the sedan chair, and called a certain sack next to him to come in together.

According to the people around him, as long as Zhu Yuan is close to the water's edge, the sack girl must follow.

I'm used to it.

Here, a group of officials, big and small, left one after another, but the people who watched the excitement around did not disperse.

After all, this battle at sea is rare to see.

Shen Mao, the third elder of the Shen family who had just called Zhu Yuan, did not leave.

Not only that, but Shen Mao was surrounded by a group of maritime merchants from all over the world who rushed to the dock after hearing the news.

Everyone hoped to take this opportunity to meet with the chief officers of the two major yamen, the Yinghai Division and the Navy Governor's Mansion, but unfortunately, even if Shen Mao took the risk of a sudden collision and took the initiative to call people, he still failed to succeed.

These days, because the Taicang City Shipping Division was suddenly withdrawn, and because the Yinghai Division, which had never been heard of, was established, many maritime merchants had already hurried from all over the coast without Zhu Yuan's notice.

In order to meet the important officials in the Naval Governor's Mansion and the Naval Governor's Office, they have also done their best recently, however, both the famous Naval Envoy and the new Naval Governor have refused their request.

There are only simple words.

Wait.

The two chief officials did not see the guests, and the other subordinate officials were worried that the power of the horse would fall on them, so they also became cautious and refused to come to the door one after another.

In that case, just wait.

However, if other maritime merchants are still patient, these days, the Shen family of Changzhou only feels that their own family is like an ant that may be put on the roast pot at any time.

All this is because of the three ships that are really not in a hurry.

The three ships were fully loaded with goods worth as much as 150,000 taels of silver, but when they left, they were only 17,000 taels, which was nearly nine times more than that.

The most serious thing is that this account was also clearly picked up by the new official's arrival as the young battalion envoy.

So the Shen family suddenly felt a little guilty.

After all, everyone can relate to it, since there is such a huge income, the Shen family has accumulated several generations, what kind of wealth will it have?

Watching the small sedan chair disappear into the city gate hole from a distance, Shen Mao couldn't help sighing.

Shen Mao really wanted to explain in detail to that Lord Yinghai Division, there really weren't that much.

After all, there is no one in a sea merchant who can go back and forth smoothly like this one.

However, the envoy of the camp sea has not given him a chance to speak until now.

The more this is the case, Shen Mao only feels that the more disaster is coming to the Shen family.

After all, the Shen family has lived in Suzhou for a long time, and it is impossible for Zhang Shicheng, who was destroyed last year, to have nothing to do with it.

Earlier, the imperial court moved to Suzhou to enrich the people, and the Shen family was able to save it with great difficulty. Unexpectedly, this time the bottom was exposed, how could those people simply peel off a layer of skin and let them go of the Shen family?

As for the current calm and calm, even the new envoy of the camp only collected 20% of the tax on the three ships of goods in accordance with the new rules he had set out, and then gave them permission.

Shen Mao couldn't believe that it would only be like this, so he kept trying to contact the other party.

For the first time, Shen Mao brought a heavy gift to visit, but he didn't see anyone.

The second time, after finding out some news, Shen Mao tried to see him again, and he was ready, not only hoping to donate all the three ships of goods to avoid disasters, but also hoped to contribute to the imperial court's upcoming northward grain transportation.

Still didn't work out.

Until now, ten years have passed, and it hangs like this.

It makes people tremble.

Shen Maodu had already secretly sent a letter back to Changzhou, asking the family to quietly transfer some of the children of the family, so as not to have any serious disasters coming, at least to keep the bloodline.

Today, I heard that Wu Zhen, the deputy governor of the navy, had arrived, and it happened that Wu Zhen's brother Wu Liang was currently the commander of the Suzhou Guard, and the Shen family had dealt with him, so he hurried to the dock again.

Unfortunately, nothing was found.

Seeing that Shen Mao was a little lost and depressed, all his peers who roughly understood the situation of the Shen family persuaded him one after another, and Shen Mao could only respond calmly.

After chatting a few words, everyone was about to go back to the city, a carriage stopped not far away, and a middle-aged man in his fifties with a round face and short beard hurriedly got out of the car, and saw that the shore of the dock had long been gone, and the court officials had long been gone, so he couldn't help but stomp his feet, turned his head and reprimanded his coachman. Noticing Shen Mao and the others, the man suddenly showed a smile, walked over quickly, and arched his hand: "Everyone, you are also here, can you see the Deputy Governor?" ”

Everyone politely returned the salute, but no one answered this person's question, and some maritime merchants deliberately turned their heads, hoping that the other party would be interested and take the initiative to leave.

This person's name is Zhang Jaw, a native of Haiyan, Jiaxing, and a maritime merchant.

However, compared with the Shen family, a maritime merchant who is so popular and wealthy, the reputation of the Zhang family is very poor.

Zhangjaw's father relied on the sale of illicit salt in his early years, and when he reached Zhangjaw's generation, he switched to the maritime business. However, Zhang Jaw is not only stingy, lack of integrity, but also means to do, it is rumored that he and Haikou still have intersections, a few years ago a fellow villager of Zhang Jaw, surnamed Wang, is also running maritime business, and helped the Zhang family in his early years. I don't know why, in a business, the Wang family's fleet that had just left the port encountered a sea bandit, not only the goods were gone, but more than 70 lives were not survived, and the Wang family was ruined.

Afterwards, many people suspected that Zhang Jaw colluded with Haikou to kill him for money, and by the way, he destroyed a competing peer.

But there is no evidence.

Even the bitter lord hanged himself, and the matter was over.

No one likes to deal with such a person.

This is why everyone was able to come to the dock in time, but Zhang Jaw was late. The popularity is too bad, everyone hears the news, and no one will take the initiative to inform him.

It's not good not to speak, or Shen Mao opened his mouth kindly, and dealt with Zhang Jaw for a few words, he had something in his heart, and he also knew the details of this person, so he didn't say much. After making eye contact with the people around them, they returned to the city together.

Seeing that Shen Mao and the others didn't even want to hide their disgust and hurriedly left, Zhang Jaw's expression was also gloomy.

Looking at the back of a group of people viciously and muttering a few words, he was about to get into the carriage and go back to the city, when he suddenly heard someone shouting to him: "Brother Shuyi, don't come to harm." ”

Chapter jaw, the word sparse meaning.

In private, many people ridiculed this expression sarcastically, because this rich man only has a lot of 'righteousness' for you, if you talk about squandering money, it is impossible, but people give you 'righteousness', and your backhand will take away your 'wealth'.

Zhang Jaw turned his head, his expression surprised.

It turned out to be the short-lived Taicang City Bo Si who lifted Chen Ning.

At the beginning of the opening of Taicang City, Zhang Jaw also went to give gifts, after all, no matter how reluctant he was, he also understood that this kind of thing had to be cut once.

It's a pity that the pile of rare seafood worth less than 5,000 taels of silver has all been lost.

Because of this Chen Tiju, he has only been in office for just over a month, and he suddenly lost his official position again, and even the Taicang City Botiju Division was dismissed.

Seeing Chen Ning greeting him, imagining the goods that were sent, Zhang Jaw was distressed, and subconsciously didn't want to deal with it.

It's just a phoenix with a falling hair.

However, just after being idle, someone suddenly took the initiative to greet him, Zhang Jaw somewhat regained some of his mood, changed his mind, and also showed a smile, stepped forward and said, "Master Chen, don't come to harm." ”

Chen Ning heard Zhang Jaw call himself 'Lord Chen', the corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly recovered, still with a smile: "Shuyi, but you are here for the matter of sea trade?" ”

Zhang Jaw didn't answer, looked at Chen Ning who walked in a few times, suddenly thought he understood, and said in a low voice: "My lord...... This is in Minzhou, but is it for a resurgence? ”

Zhang Jaw only knew that Chen Ning had lost his official position, and he didn't know about His Majesty the Emperor's sentence 'never hired'.

No one informed him.

Zhang Jaw heard that after many officials step down, they will soon come back again.

If this is the case, burn Chen Ning's cold stove now, in case the other party makes a comeback, his Zhang family will definitely be able to get benefits.

Of course, Chen Ning understood Zhang Jaw's train of thought better, but just gave an unpredictable smile.

Chen Ning has been in Dinghai for six days, and it is indeed as Zhang Jaw thought, although he felt that it might have been the new young camp envoy who took away his fat, but if he could see Zhu Yuan and ask for help, he would not lack this ability to bend and stretch.

That Han Xin still had the humiliation of his crotch.

With His Majesty's favor for that young man, it is probably not a problem that he will never be hired.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

finally said that the former deputy of the lifting department often reported to help him introduce him, but the answer he got was only two words, and he didn't see it.

Chen Ning thought that Chang Bao was worried about his recovery, so he did not do his best, so he turned to other old colleagues, and tried to meet the naval governor Hua Gao.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

Leave?

and unwilling.

So he has been wandering in this Dinghai county.

At the moment, the two had a conversation, one was disliked by his peers, the other was dismissed from his post, and unconsciously sympathized with each other, and soon decided to go back to the city to have a long talk about wine, and learned that Chen Ning lived in an inn, and Zhang Jaw, who planned to burn the cold stove, also took the initiative to invite the other party to live in the big mansion he rented in Dinghai.