"Shopkeeper Wang is so Yaxing."

Regarding Wang Zhi's words, Tan Yuancai, a small manager of Haimao Bank, commented with a smile.

"Let Brother Tan smile." Wang Zhi's eyes were still looking at Qinghua City, and then he asked, "Wang has something to understand. Since Brother Tan can easily bring us to this Qinghua City, why is it difficult to get through the business route? ”

"The shopkeeper knows one thing but doesn't know the other." That Tan Yuancai said leisurely, "There are already many descendants of Fujian and Guangdong in this Jiaozhi. Even the Na Li clan and the Mo clan were ancestors who migrated south. Business and trade exchanges, only in this coastal Thanh Hoa City, there is not much inconvenience in entering and exiting. What's more, the civil and military ministers who are now guarding in Qinghua Town have not been doing business with the sea trade bank over the years. ”

Wang Zhi thought thoughtfully: "So, it's easy to go into the city to buy, and if you want to go out of the city to the west, you have to think of some way?" ”

"Exactly. Whether the method said by Shopkeeper Wang can be successful, I can only try it first. ”

This trip entered Thanh Hoa City, under the guise of going to a local trading house to inspect and buy goods.

How prominent is the Emperor Ming in the Ming Dynasty? However, in this Jiaozhi Thanh Hoa, the sea trade bank also has to clear customs and pay silver to do business. Tan Yuan is currently in charge of these things, and Wang Zhi and others seem to be just entourage.

But Wang Zhi's entourage is dressed very strangely: he is now wearing a Taoist uniform, not the kind that literati wear every day, but really dressed as a Taoist priest, and he is holding an insect repellent dust whisk in his hand.

When they arrived at the place, it was still only a pre-inspection of the goods, and Tan Yuancai began to talk to the other party about another thing in his fluent local language.

Wang Zhi has not been learning "bird language" for a long time, and it stands to reason that he can't understand it. But the two had already discussed it before, so now in addition to the words "prince", "elephant", and "gum tree", they are also trying to see their expressions at a normal pace of speech.

At first, the other party was very happy, but when it came to the gum tree, he seemed very helpless.

I saw Tan Yuancai frowning, looking very embarrassed.

After a while, as if he was unwilling, he asked the other party for something, which made the other party very embarrassed, and finally shook his head and said something.

Wang Zhi understood this sentence: this matter is not good, they can continue to search, but now the west is very dangerous.

At this time, Tan Yuan looked at Wang Zhi, looking helpless and helpless.

This action was seen by the other party, and then he paid some attention to Wang Zhi, although he was a little strange about Wang Zhi's dress before.

Wang Zhi knew that it was time for him to appear, and said to Tan Yuancai with some arrogance: "Manager Tan, can you do this in the sea trade bank?" ”

Tan Yuancai actually stood up and replied in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty: "Wang Zhenren, this gum tree, our Haimao Bank has been looking for seven or eight years in this Nanyang, but there is no one. ”

When the other party saw this scene, he couldn't help but stand up and asked Tan Yuancai suspiciously.

At this time, Tan Yuan hurriedly explained Wang Zhi's "identity", only to hear that the person looked at Wang Zhi a little suspiciously, and he was slightly respectful.

Wang Zhi showed a very heroic posture: "You tell him that I went to sea with my junior disciples this time, and I gave a military order to my master." Next year's reserve ceremony, if you can find this spirit tree elixir and offer it, Your Majesty's dragon heart will be happy, and you will think it is auspicious! ”

Tan Yuancai immediately repeated it to the other party, and then added a lot.

Wang Zhi knew that he was telling the other party again: The reason why they couldn't find the gum tree in Jiaozhi for a long time must be because they didn't know that kind of tree, and now the people who know that kind of tree are here.

This time, the other party was a lot more restrained, first asked them to go back and wait for news, and then hurriedly went to ask for instructions.

Returning to the hostel where he was temporarily staying, Tan Yuan asked with some uncertainty: "In this way, can they really allow us to go west?" ”

Wang Zhi smiled: "Don't worry." Your Majesty did invite that Tao Zhenren into the palace, right? It's not false to hold a ceremony next year, right? Brother Tan has been looking for the gum tree in Nanyang here, right? Since the Mo clan has already sent an envoy to Beijing, it is not easy to meet someone like me who has a master who can say something in front of His Majesty, and he will definitely give it a try. ”

Tan Yuancai's eyes moved slightly: "What if they send someone to be a guide and follow them all the way?" ”

"That doesn't matter. When we went to the mountains to the west, we lost two or three people, what did it matter? But we don't have to go there in person. Wang looked at him, "Actually, Brother Tan didn't say it, and I guessed what it was." If Brother Tan can trust me, he might as well let my brother do this. If there is any token, hand it over to Wang. ”

Tan Yuancai was silent.

On the side of the mourning prison, the news that Ruan Gan had found the descendants of the Li clan to respect him as the emperor had actually reached Thanh Hoa, which was not far from there. In this way, the task that was originally to be completed was more difficult, because the siege and defense of the mourning prison was tighter.

For the people of the Ming Dynasty, Mo Dengyong is now both respectful and wary. Tian Xuanjiao's move to retreat to Cat Ba Island will naturally make Mo Dengyong think more.

And at present, Da Ming is really not sure which of the people who are now obedient to Mo Dengyong are oriented to the Li family.

As Peng Yue's confidant, Tan Yuan knew that the imperial court wanted to secretly support Ruan Gan through the sea trade first. But this kind of support could not make Mo Dengyong perceive the Ming Dynasty's too clear attitude, and expelled the Ming people and the Maritime Trade Company.

The sea master has just started training, and it needs to drag on for this period of time, and Ruan Gan needs to be at least a little stronger, which involves more energy and troops from Mo Dengyong.

After thinking about it for a while, Tan Yuan said, "You and I really don't have to go to the mourning prison in person. As long as they know the situation, it will be easier for them to send people to the beach than we do. Since then, it has been nothing more than a local trading house that does business. ”

"That's the reason!" Wang Zhi grinned, "If you want to do this thing more beautifully, Wang still has a way!" ”

"Oh? What's the solution? ”

Wang Zhithief smiled: "I heard that they wanted to lay down Qinghua last year, but they didn't have that ability. I wonder if Brother Tan can talk to Gonggong Peng and borrow a few warships from Wang? Wang can walk to the south first, first, to find the isolated island with struvite stones, and second, to change his appearance and pretend to be a Nanyang pirate. Make an appointment, we can help them fight this Qingyuan City first. ”

Tan Yuancai looked at Wang Zhi dumbfounded.

I heard that this kid is only going to sea for the first time.

Do you think the warship is so easy to handle?

But...... He vaguely felt that there was a possibility of a split between the two things...... If the officers and men of the escort warships of the Maritime Trade Bank were just pretending to be his men......

……

Wenchen, the town guard of Qinghua who got the news, just as Wang Zhi expected, had a premonition that this was an opportunity.

Now he and his staff are deliberating.

"The year before last in Shenglong, you were also there at the banquet to welcome and entertain the envoy of the Great Ming Dynasty, what do you think?"

The staff said: "When it comes to scenery, he does mention that there are people who believe in Buddhism and believers in Buddhism. And the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty seems to be more Taoist and sealed a real person and lives in the emperor's forbidden palace. ”

"That's the existence of a national teacher!" The minister paced back and forth, "Your Majesty sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, but the letter of state from the Ming envoy was given to the Li family, and now he has retreated to Yuntun Port with an unclear attitude. Listening to his words, the meaning of the Great Tomorrow Son is that the Li family was respectful in the past, and whether the gas is exhausted now, and whether His Majesty respects the Ming Dynasty, we must see first. ”

The staff nodded in agreement: "I held Qinghua last year, but I'm afraid that the envoy and the Daming maritime merchants also heard about this battle." The remnants of the sins have not yet been eliminated, and Ruan Gan has found someone from nowhere to lie about the Li clan. If this news reaches the envoy of the Great Ming Dynasty, doesn't it show that the Li clan is not exhausted, and the new dynasty may still be uncertain? ”

Since it is to send an envoy to be stationed, if this Jiaozhi changes to a new dynasty, is it not a joke?

What Daming is doing now, Mo Dengyong can't say anything. After all, his Mo Dynasty has just been established, and whether he can make the people's hearts return to sit firmly in a stable position, it is normal for the Ming Dynasty to observe for several years.

"I think that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty also had his heart for His Majesty the year before last. Now, he is trapped on Ji Po Island, and he can't do a good job, and he can't go back to Daming for promotion, so he must be depressed. Na Wenchen said, "If I find the kind of supernatural glue tree that they have been looking for that can flow milky white elixir, with the help of the national teacher to speak, and the envoy to help me speak beautifully, I will definitely make a great contribution in front of Your Majesty!" ”

"It should be that national teacher who wants to refine the elixir, right?" The staff is a qualified staff member with a wide range of knowledge, "Unlike Buddhism, the Taoist masters of the Ming Dynasty seek eternal life." They have been looking for the spirit tree here for seven or eight years, and if they calculate the time, they are right with what the Great Ming Qin envoy said. I heard that it was seven years ago that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent Taoist priests who were good at magic from all over the country to Beijing. ”

Na Wenchen nodded: "Then send a few guides and take them there." As long as they don't get close to the place where the Ruan thief is, the Ruan thief has found someone to lie about the remnants of the Li Dynasty, and the news has spread, and it is impossible to hide it. If this matter is done, and the Ming Emperor is happy to accept His Majesty's request, then the big thing has been decided! ”

"In this matter, do you want to play Your Majesty first?"

"No!" Na Wenchen said categorically, "Find this thing first!" If I find it, I'll be ready to offer it. If more people know first, can I still leave Thanh Hoa with this credit? If I hadn't barely managed to hold on to Thanh Hoa last year, I would have been held accountable! ”

didn't disappoint Wang Zhi and Tan Yuancai, it wasn't dark yet, and the shopkeeper of Wenchen's family sent back the news, saying that he could look for it when it was done, but he had to go with them.

In this regard, Wang Zhi expressed his attitude in front of him that he was very happy, and said that it was safer for the locals to be knowledgeable.

On the second day, the group left Thanh Hoa City to the west, and went together to look for what kind of rubber tree it was.

Wang Zhi didn't know, but he had been in the mountains for a long time, and a lot of bark could flow out.

When the time comes, it will just become one of the goods that the sea trade bank will trade with Ruan Gan in the future.

In case what is found is actually useless...... Da Ming didn't do this to make Ruan Gan's money.

They were moving in the direction of the mourning prison, not going deeper, but they were also planning.

In Ava City, the atmosphere is tense right now.

Gao Shangxian had to be a little tougher, and asked coldly at Mang Buxin, who was a little pale, and Si Lun, Han Lie, Si Zhen and others who were frowning, "What's going on?" ”

Si Lun looked at the three people who were escorted over by the command of Na Qu, and his eyes did not look at the two wounded veterans of the Ming Army next to him.

I was just scolding in my heart.

The Ming people only sent ten people to Mangruiti to give orders, and they arranged a full fifty people, but they still attacked secretly, but they didn't take them down.

After a while, he suddenly scolded: "Master Gao, didn't you ask the thieves who robbed the post station the year before last? I've been searching for so long, and now I've finally caught it! Look closely, and it's the same as the people who saw them at the time said! ”

Gao Shangxian looked at him and didn't speak.

Si Lun looked at Han Lie and Si Zhen: "You guys also come over to have a look, aren't you?" ”

“…… Yes, that's it! Han Lie came over to take a look, and although his heart was itching with hatred, he could only say that.

Sizhen's reaction was the same.

Qu Zhinan's eyes were cold, and he walked up to the three captives and asked, "The year before last, it was you who burned down the post station and killed Cao Qianhu?" ”

Facing Qu Zhinan, one of the three looked at Si Lun and the three of them for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Not bad!" Exactly our brothers! ”

"Since he is the murderer, this commander wants to bring him back to the Ming Dynasty to be punished and comfort the dead."

Qu Zhinan turned to look at Si Lun and the others.

Si Lun looked at the three captives sharply, and then said, "It should be so. These thieves are so bold, they are afraid that they will have accomplices and family members. Rest assured, we will track down and completely exterminate this gang of daring thieves. ”

Gao Shangxian listened to it, where did he still not understand what was going on?

said that they wanted to be completely wiped out, but in fact, it was just a threat to their families, so that these three people did not dare to confide in the truth.

He opened his mouth and said: "This incident in Myanmar, this official also roughly knows the ins and outs. Since they did not fail in their mission, they also passed the meaning of the official to the hands of the mangruiti and brought back the news, and the official set off to return to Kunming to resume his life. In the matter of attacking the seal, just wait for each of your families to send people to Kunming, and then the governor will find out the truth and ask His Majesty the Emperor to make a decision. ”

Seeing that he was in a hurry to go back, although Si Lun hesitated for a moment, in the end, he still let Mang Buxin lead a few of them and send the Ming people north first.

When the group of figures was far away, Han Lie said with a cold look in his eyes: "Si Lun, you have bought a lot of people in our two states!" ”

Si Zhen's face is also as heavy as water.

"I'd like to ask you, what the hell is going on?" Si Lun said without backing down, "Even if Mingren wants to contact Mangruiti, what are you anxious about?" He sent men to rob and kill. Since you have to do it, you can't do it cleanly! Not only did people pass the news to Mangruiti, but they also brought back the news when they knew that they were not Mangruiti! Fifty people robbed and killed ten people, only two were killed, four were wounded, and three were captured, what a waste! ”

"You!" Han Lie is angry and does not fight in one place.

"Could it be that you saw Hong Fa become the king of Ava, do you think that even if the Ming people find out, they will only deal with us Meng Yang first? Don't forget, it was the three of us who sent troops together to capture Ava City, and Meng Mi was the closest to the Ming people, and it was the most difficult to defend! ”

Si Lun's words made Han Lie and Si Zhen's faces even more ugly.

"I don't know what Mang Ruiti said." Si Lun softened his tone, "The year before last, the thousand households of the toast were slaughtered, and now this incident has happened, and the three of us are all in the same boat." In any case, if Mang Ruiti wants to send people to Kunming, he will have to pass through our territory. This time, don't let his people go to Kunming! ”

"What if those three pieces of waste can't stand it?"

For the subordinates who were bought by Si Lun, now Han Lie and Si Zhen have nothing to say, but they ask the questions they are worried about.

Si Lun looked a little heroic: "If the Ming people really want to make a big move, killing Cao Yi before can be used as a reason." They can't stand it, it's just slander. Their families are still there, and they know what to do for the sake of their children. In any case, the reckless body must be exterminated, and the Ming people may send troops, but they must also be guarded against. Didn't we discuss these a long time ago? ”

“…… The one surnamed Qu and the people he brought with him are not like easy to deal with. ”

"This is Burma, after all!" Si Lun said sharply, "We have already discussed the title of minister, for the sake of gold and silver, won't they be more worried about that kid of Mangruiti?" At a young age, he knows how to buy people's hearts like this, he is an even more terrible person, and he can't let him continue to grow! With our strength to destroy him, and make the hatred between the various ethnic groups deeper, the Ming people will only be happy to see Burma still torn apart! ”

Si Lun's judgment was like this, and Qu Zhinan, who was on the way back, tortured the three captives and came to Gao Shangxian's side.

"There is no opening."

"That's rightfully acted." Gao Shangxian said, "However, the year before last, Governor Yan was also there, whether it was them or not, just recognize it." ”

"What if you don't recognize it?" Qu Zhinan said hatefully, "I broke two brothers! didn't die in Huguang, didn't die in Xuanfu, died here for no apparent reason! ”

"Don't worry, since Brother Qu has been transferred to Tengchong, isn't it a matter of time before he takes revenge for them?"

I came to Waidian for a trip, learned the latest news, and saw that Na Silun and Mang Rui were equally ambitious, and Gao Shangxian also had some changes.

He said quietly: "Father-in-law has gone to the transfer, and if you want to send troops, you must make some preparations first. Autumn grain is collected, transported, and by the time winter comes, the rainy season here has passed. The Tusi generals and soldiers under Brother Qu's command haven't been recognized yet? Always do some preparation first. ”

Qu Zhinan looked back at the land with a deep gaze.

"Then I'll come back!"

As Gao Shangxian judged, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou are now making preparations.

Mu Shaoxun relied on the prestige he established among the new generation of Tusi Qingzhuang when he quelled the rebellion in Xundian and Wuding, and began to mobilize the forces of the Tusi of Neidian.

Some new-generation generals like Qu Zhinan were transferred to Yunnan at the same time as Ji Weimin under the first fire of Xia Yan's new official taking office, each with dozens to one or two hundred guards.

In Chengdu, after a few months of inactivity, Yang Tinghe was finally buried.

At this time, it was already the end of October.

By this time, a new will had reached Chengdu.

In the capital, the preliminary process of appointing the prince has been completed. At the same time, it was decided that there was naturally the canonization of the throne of Zhu Zaiyu.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue has the imperial order, and after the minister returns to Beijing, he will wait for the King of Yue to return to the dynasty and carry out the canonization ceremony."

The young Zhu Zaiyun saluted meticulously: "Da Situ Festival mourns by the way, Xiao Wang has benefited a lot these days, but I regret that I can't ask for advice often." ”

Yang Shen looked at him, humbly said that he didn't dare, and then looked at Yang Bo.

"But I made an appointment to go back to Kunming and told Wu Dutai that Sichuan would not miss his plan and the Duke of Qianguo."

"The lower official must bring the words."

Yang Bo also looked at Yang Shen: He is Jing Ningbo, a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University. Now that the matter of establishing the prince has been determined, Yang Shen is already a subordinate of the prince of Mingpai - although when the prince grows up, Yang Shen is almost at the time of Zhishi.

But he, Yang Bo, was ordered by the emperor to accompany the newly canonized King Yue all the way.

This title is a bit special. The land of Susong and Zhejiang is Yue. Lingnan is Baiyue. That Cochin Burma, can also be called Yue.

In this way, I am afraid that my future will not be in the northwest where I was born, but in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

During these days in Chengdu, the secret order of the imperial court really arrived here as Wu Wending expected.

Pinghu Bo Ji Weimin has already been selecting elites, and is ready to set off with Lingbi Bo to escort His Royal Highness King Yue south to Yunnan.

Sichuan's grain ration this year has been determined not to be transported to Beijing.

There used to be a king of Shu in Sichuan, and now the land under the name of the king of Shu is all returned to the grain storage number. This year's output, as well as the grain purchased through the Sichuan Political Envoy Division, will be transferred to Yunnan as soon as possible through the transfer operation and the post bureau.

Other ordnance, Sichuan, Huguang, and Guizhou are all quite stable, and they will also transfer some of the past first.

They happened to be replaced - they heard that the War Bureau and the Ordnance Supervision had finalized a new batch of guns and artillery, and swords, guns and shields, etc., and the Baojin Bureau improved the quality of iron and steel in the factory of the Heavy Industry Park.

In short, before the winter, through those enterprises, the Ming Dynasty is transferring grain, grass and military resources to Yunnan in a more secretive and efficient form.

For the upcoming operation, Yunnan has one more Chengguo Marquis, and now there will be one more Yue King watching there, and one more Pinghu Bo and Lingbi Bo staying there.

After sending the king of Yue to Yunnan again, Yang Shen also had to resign to his deceased father.

In front of Yang Tinghe's tomb, Yang Shenchang knelt there: "The child is not filial, although it is the father's last life, he has never kept filial piety after all." ”

Yang Tingzhong was on the side and said in a low voice: "Yongxiu, you have been away from Beijing for several months. Now let's leave for Beijing, these days letters and snowflakes are coming, presumably the household department has a lot of things to deal with. After the New Year, the prince canonized the ceremony, you are the prince's master, you can't be there. ”

"Uncle don't worry, nephew knows."

Yang Shen solemnly finished the big salute, and then stood up: "Here in Sichuan, my nephew has to arrange it again." The nephew had just left Beijing, and His Majesty was going to use troops in the south again. How can a rich country be rich with soldiers for many years? Not only that, the eldest son of the emperor is the king of Yue, and he is hidden in supervising the Yunnan army, and it also means that he is the lord of the new territory! Now that the prince has been established, there is a vassal king with soldiers and land, and the nephew can't ignore it! There is no need for my uncle to say it, my nephew will also enter Beijing as soon as possible to advise him! ”

Although he will do it with his heart and not hold back, it doesn't mean that he has no opinions.

Yang Tingzhong had already heard about Yang Shen's repeated fights with the emperor, and at this time, he couldn't help but look at his brother's tomb sadly.

This kind of thing, what do you say to your uncle, who doesn't have much potential?

My brother is no longer here, won't my nephew anger His Majesty one day?

(End of chapter)