Su Ming said something about the current situation of Jinshanwei Town, Su Ren was very anxious when he heard it, as the head of a hundred households in the Ming Dynasty, it was still his duty to fight against the Japanese and protect the guard, Su Ming looked at him, and he couldn't wait to send troops to rescue Jinshanwei Town.

"Big brother, don't think about Jinshanwei Town, we can't burn this pirate ship, if it burns, the pirates won't dare to attack Jinshanwei Town, and they will immediately find a way to leave.

But will they be able to spare us when they retreat to Erweiburg? We can't afford another big war! Su Ming said.

"I know, alas! Seeing the pirates rampant in my Jinshanwei, but I can't move in Erweibao, I'm really anxious! Su Ren said.

"There are so many pirates outside of our second Castle? If you are in a hurry, you can go to them. Su Ming said angrily, I really forgot how Erweibao defended it? Wouldn't it be nice to stay at home at this time?

"You mean we go out of town to fight pirates?" Su Ren asked seriously.

"What kind of fight? We don't even have 80 soldiers who can go to the battlefield in Fort Erwei, and we don't know anything about the pirates outside the fort, even if we want to go out to fight, we have to know how many enemies there are in the ten villages outside the fort. Su Ming said.

"That's... Tonight, we went to the nearest four villages from the tunnel, and we knew the strength of the pirates, and we knew the current situation! Su Ren said.

"I'd better go! It's just to probe the number of pirates in each village, but the tunnels still can't be used, and it may be troublesome for the pirates to find out that I'm in Fort Erwei.

Li Lin is outside the fort, the two of us go at night, we will not be in any danger with guns, there is more people and the target may be discovered by pirates. Su Ming said.

"It's... All right! At that time, you must be careful, eighth brother, if you escape back from the tunnel if you are besieged, I will bring someone to meet you at the tunnel entrance. Su Ren thought about it and nodded, Erweibao is indeed no more suitable for doing this kind of thing than the two of them.

In the afternoon, the pirates still did not attack, but it could be seen that there were still pirates in the four villages outside the fort, and the smoke rising above the villages also indicated that there were at least a few hundred people in each village, which made Erweibao dare not be careless now.

In the evening, the four Su Ming brothers, together with Cao Chunrui, arranged good wine and food in the living room, and asked people to invite Ma Xingwang to come, Su Zhe and Cao Chunrui looked at Su Ming with puzzled expressions, I don't know what happened when he invited everyone to drink at this time, the pirates are still outside the castle!

"Let you wait for a long time, Ma is ashamed, I don't know what the Eighth Master invited today, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse!" Ma Xingwang also saw Su Ren's ability, and when he entered the living room, he saw that the important personnel of Erweibao had arrived, and hurriedly said.

"There is nothing important, but yesterday I asked Li Lin to go to Jinshanwei Town, and found some things, and if you don't understand, please ask Master Ma for advice." Why did Su Ming make the scene so big, it was because he knew that what Erweibao lacked most now was actually talents, and that kind of perspective could see the entire Ming Dynasty and even the world's talents.

This kind of talent is not achieved overnight, it requires continuous learning and comprehension, only by improving the vision of the eldest brother and others, they can make better choices in the future, and in the future, if they do something not on the same line as the Ming Dynasty, they will not be brothers.

"The eighth master has already investigated the situation in Jinshanwei Town, I don't know how Jinshanwei Town is now? How many pirates are there? Cao Chunrui asked when she heard Su Ming say this.

"There are tens of thousands of pirates outside Jinshanwei Town, and there is no way to know how many captives have gathered, except for our Erwei Castle, there should be few other guards who can protect themselves." Su Ming said.

"It will take at least 7 days for the reinforcements from Songjiang City to arrive, and this time the piracy is so big, I'm afraid we need the support of the armies of Suzhou and Hangzhou to drive out the pirates, and we should hold out for at least half a month." Su Ren said.

"That's right, Jinshanwei Town is one of the four Davids of my Ming Dynasty, it's not so simple for pirates to break through, today I invite everyone here not to talk about Jinshanwei, but to talk about other things!" Su Ming said.

"Anything else?" Su Zhe was puzzled.

"Yao Qianhu took his family to Songjiang City to visit friends at noon the day before yesterday, Master Ma has followed Yao Qianhu for more than a year, do you know where Yao Qianhu got the news?" Su Ming asked.

"It's... This Ma didn't know, Ma only knew that Yao Qian's family was in the capital, and although there were no important ministers above the third grade in the family, there was some iron business in the north. Ma Xingwang said.

"The eighth master is saying that this Yao Qianhu has collusion with pirates?" Cao Chunrui looked at Su Ming and asked.

"Collusion is not necessarily, but the strength behind him must be very deep with pirates, or with maritime merchants." Su Ming said.

"Then this can't be a trick! Although he left Jinshanwei Town with his family one step in advance, the commander would never punish him for a serious crime. Su Ren said.

"Master Ma has been an official in Fujian for decades, and he knows the situation there better than all of us, the year before last, the imperial court heavily cleaned up Wang Zhi, and Wang Zhi's nest was destroyed, is there such a thing?" Su Ming asked.

"Yes, this matter has a great impact on Fujian officialdom, and many officials have been dismissed! There are still many vacant state and county official positions! Ma Xingwang said.

"Empty? I'm afraid that the officials who took office can't come, right? In the past two years, have more and more families and people gone to the sea to do business? Su Ming asked.

Seeing Ma Xingwang nodding, Su Ren couldn't sit still: "What do you want to say, eighth brother?" ”

"Don't worry, everyone knows that every year there are merchant ships from Fujian to the north, this Wang Zhi base camp has been wiped out, why in recent years the fleet to the north has not only not decreased, but more and more?" Su Ming asked again.

"Does the eighth master think that Wang Zhi has changed his base?" Ma Xingwang said uncertainly.

Of course, he changed his base, and more and more families and people were willing to follow him, and Wang Zhi was the biggest maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty more than 20 years ago. Think about his fleet, how much profit can he make in a year, and where does all his money go?

The Ming Dynasty banned business, Wang Zhi could only strengthen his power overseas, how big is his power now?

We don't know, the imperial court must know, and those court officials also know, but why are so many families still doing business with Wang Zhi, have you ever thought about it? Su Ming asked.

"This..."Su Ren couldn't help but ponder, he was only a head of a hundred households, how could he know this.

"Eighth brother, what did you find?" Su Qingping asked.

"Although the emperor owns the whole world, he is alone, how can he have it? How does he manage the Daming of Nuoda?

It's not that the nobles of the family are assisting, so the whole world is actually in the hands of the royal family and many families, if the royal family does not satisfy the family, they can use the power in their hands to find an opponent for the emperor. Su Ming said softly.

Everyone didn't speak, it was a capital crime to talk about the royal family, but they really wanted to know what Su Ming wanted to say.

"The Ming Dynasty forbids the sea, how many people's financial roads have been blocked, the family has launched a Wang Zhi, and now Wang Zhi's power has become so strong that it is uncontrollable, so they began to work with the emperor to eradicate each other, but now Wang Zhi's power is so strong that they can't imagine it, they can't eradicate it, what do you say Wang Zhi will do?" Su Ming asked.

"Wang Zhi will retaliate." Su Zhe said simply.

"I also think so, I'm thinking about where Wang Zhi's power is, and I can't help but think of the Japanese Kou.

Have you noticed that there are more merchant ships coming from the south every year, or more merchant ships coming back from the north? Su Ming asked again.

"Of course, there are many merchant ships coming back from the north, and most of the merchant ships going north are salt, cloth, tea, porcelain, etc., and most of the merchant ships going south are livestock, leather, and ironware. Wouldn't it be necessary to transport livestock? Su Qingping hurriedly said.

"Yes, it takes more ships to transport livestock. But there are so many shipyards in Jiangnan, and there are many ships coming back from the north every year, where do these ships go? Su Ming asked.

"You mean some merchants became pirates? The small pirate teams were all in those small boats, and they were all destroyed after being cleared by the Great Ming Marines. Su Zhe said.

"Pirates? Why not the Wako? Su Ming asked.

"You said that Wang Zhi would collude with the Japanese Bandits?" Su Ren's eyes widened.

"Is it more than collusion? It's not an exaggeration to say that he is in command!

Ma Xingwang was a master in Shaxian County, and he must have an understanding of the Wa Kingdom, which was rich in silver, but iron and grain were in short supply, and the level of salt production was also very poor.

On the other hand, the Japanese developed their own forces in the Japanese Invaders, and now the population of the Japanese Kingdom has reached nearly 10 million, and the various island forces are in the midst of a scuffle.

While making money from trade, he also attracted more forces to join him, and many of the Japanese forces could not support it, so they would think of the powerful Wang Zhi.

In order to cooperate with the family to gain more rights from the emperor, Wang Zhi would let some Japanese forces attack the Ming coast. At the end of September every year, he brought the Japanese to the southern islands of the Ming Dynasty, and the coastal officials could not resist the attack of the Japanese and could only ask for help from Wang Zhi, who had to eat inside and out, and has now become a behemoth.

I heard that Wang Zhi asked the imperial court to canonize him as the [King of Hui], and Emperor Jiajing has already agreed! Su Ming said.

"It's... How so? Brother, where did you hear this news? Su Ren said in surprise.

"It doesn't matter where you get the news, you just need to know it in your heart.

The imperial court canonized Wang Zhi as the [King of Hui], which was also a last resort, as long as he had the opportunity, he would inevitably cut off Wang Zhi's head.

And how could Wang Zhi not know in his heart? He wants to put pressure on the imperial court, but also to force the family to make a choice, the year before last Wang Zhi's base camp was destroyed, last year the number of pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty increased greatly, this year is more prosperous than last year, so what about next year?

The imperial court will inevitably react, and it is inevitable to send the northern elite to the south to attack the Japanese Kou, but many families in the south are too deeply involved with Wang Zhi, which affects the whole body, how can the southern family sit still.

At the beginning of last month, Zheng Baiwen of Funing Mansion rebelled and took Funing City, and many forces followed, and they have repelled many attacks by the imperial court, and the imperial court has already considered Zhao'an.

At the end of last month, Zhang He, the governor of Chongqing, Sichuan, led an uprising, and most of Chongqing had already been taken by him, and the imperial court is still making decisions for suppression and pacification. Su Ming said this, and he saw everyone's eyes wide.