As a former pirate leader, Zheng Tingqiu's status does not come from inheritance, but from his hard work.

He returned to Hong Kong Island and appeared before two of his most loyal men, who were still willing to support him.

And the martial arts conference soon lost everything, after Zheng Tingqiu's disappearance, he has been uniting his subordinates in the name of avenging the leader, when Zheng Tingqiu came back, everything changed, not to mention that the martial arts conference had already betrayed Zheng Tingqiu, even if he didn't do anything, just wanted to become the boss after Zheng Tingqiu, it was also a taboo.

The martial arts conference was put under Ma Xuansheng's command, which made the already chaotic situation even more complicated.

The four pirates are the biggest security threat in the sea of Guangdong, but it is undeniable that the tacit understanding between these four pirates and the Ming court and the Francois has created a special balance and order.

When the four pirates were in civil strife, everything changed, and the ships that traveled to and from the Lingding Ocean were no longer able to buy peace with money, because the pirates began to lack ships, especially the three large fleets that were destroyed, and they were eager to raise ships, establish new fleets, and reorganize their forces.

Many pirates broke away from the four surnames and set themselves up as kings, and began to plunder the surrounding merchant ships without restraint, and even landed on shore to plunder.

It may sound strange that even the armed merchant ships of the Oriental Trading Company have been attacked by pirates, but considering that later generations of Somali pirates used destroyers as merchant ships to rob, it seems understandable that pirates attacked merchant ships that were armed and commercial.

Guangzhou City, Haishu Ancestor.

Hai Shuzu sat in the main hall, gossiping with a few friends, he was full of scenery and energy, and seemed to be a few years younger than years ago.

During this period of time, there were a lot of guests in Haishuzu's original home, and everyone came and went, all for one thing, silk tickets.

Hai Shuzu is now the only person in Guangzhou City who buys silk tickets on a large scale, and it has become a hot task today when the price of silk tickets has fallen sharply and the price is low every day.

"Master, the post handed over by Master Chen's housekeeper said that you were invited to meet in the South Park." The housekeeper of the Hai family appeared in front of Hai Shuzu and said in flattering words, compared to a year ago, he has also changed a lot, and the front teeth knocked out by Liu Shun are inlaid with silver teeth, and when he speaks, it seems that gold and silver coins are colliding.

Master Chen of Nanyuan, naturally Chen Zizhuang, the leader of the local gentry, was invited by him, which is really a very beautiful thing.

"Friends, the matter of the silk ticket, we will discuss it in two days, you have also seen it, I have some entertainment." Hai Shuzu got up and began to see off the guests.

Those people had already received a verbal promise from Hai Shuzu, although they were not satisfied, but the cooperation was smooth, and the only thing that was not negotiated was the price.

Most of these people are leaders in the local machine industry, and they jointly came to the door to talk not only about silk tickets, but also about silk fabrics such as silk satin. The pirates at the mouth of the Pearl River are making trouble, and these export-oriented industries are really difficult.

Since Hai Shuzu bought silk tickets, it means that he wants to buy and sell raw silk, and the Hai family does not have a silk weaving industry, so he must be sure that it will be exported.

"Butler, did you make a mistake?" Entering the South Garden, Hai Shuzu saw that the housekeeper was taking him to the main hall, and hesitated slightly.

Although he is the grandson of Haizhong Jiegong, he has no fame in the end, except for the last fundraiser, taking advantage of the governor of Liangguang, if he goes to the gentry family on weekdays, he is hospitalized, and he is not treated at all.

"Where, where, my lord, and several other lords are waiting for you." The housekeeper answered carefully.

Hai Shuzu walked in, entered the hall, and saw six old men sitting on the table of the Eight Immortals, sitting on the top was naturally Chen Zizhuang, Hai Shuzu hurriedly saluted: "Junior Hai Shuzu, I have seen Master Chen." ”

"Azu is here, get up, get up and talk." Chen Zizhuang was not as serious as the last time he met, he entertained Hai Shuzu with a smile, and then introduced to him: "This is the grandson of Hai Zhongjiegong, Hai Shuzu, who is very familiar with the sea trade firm, and is famous among the younger generation.

Azu, let you get acquainted, this is Master Xu from Huizhou, Master Huang from Dongguan, ....... ”

Chen Zizhuang introduced them one by one, and although Hai Shuzu respectfully saluted one by one, he was already muttering in his heart, because none of the other five people present were members of the Twelve Sons of Nanyuan, but they were all from the big cities around Guangzhou.

One of them, although old, was in a similar situation to himself, a descendant of the gentry, but had no merit. The great names of these gentry, Hai Shuzu has heard of all of them, and two of them have even been seen in the trading field, these gentry are not known for their elegance and literary fame, but they are all big and big.

Two of them are giants in Guangzhou's silk weaving industry.

Obviously, this is not a poetic gathering, but rather a gathering of buyers and sellers.

Just as Hai Shuzu was about to sit down, two more people came, a man in a long shirt was the younger brother of the general who supervised the coastal defense of Guangzhou, and the other was a guest of the Haixun Road.

Hai Shuzu knew that he was already down, and now he could become a guest of honor in the South Park, all because Li Zhaoji also bought a large number of silk tickets in the name of Hai Shuzu. But what Hai Shuzu didn't expect was that Chen Zizhuang would make such a big battle.

Speaking of which, on behalf of the purchase of silk tickets, although Hai Shuzu is beautiful on the surface, he has actually been cautious.

The reason is simple, he needs all the people who have silk tickets to know that they have the capital to buy in large quantities, but he is also afraid that the local gentry will be wary of him.

To put it bluntly, Hai Shuzu himself does not have a silk weaving workshop, and the purchase of silk tickets must be for export foreign trade, but if people know that this is related to Li Zhaoji, it may be a big disaster.

After all, if the silk ticket becomes raw silk, it is still necessary to go to the silkworm farmer's house to cash it, and if the local gentry deliberately embarrass Li Zhaoji because of fundraising, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cash it.

"Azu, the last time we got together in Nanyuan, when the Governor was there, we were just because the heroic Li Zhaoji was the Governor's guest, but we never thought that it was still your cousin." After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Chen Zizhuang directly led the topic to Li Zhaoji and Oriental Trading Company.

Hai Shuzu took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "Actually, they are also relatives outside the five suits, and they are not close in blood, but they used to have more contacts." ”

His answer was not leaky, although today Chen Zizhuang called Li Zhaoji a hero, but who knows what his idea is, so Hai Shuzu still chose to be cautious.

However, the younger brother of the Haiphong General said: "When I was serving in the General Military Mansion earlier, I heard from the General Soldier that the boss behind the Oriental Trading Company was none other than you, Master Hai. The people who came from Macau to sell Tibetan goods also said the same, Master Hai is really amazing, and he can control a character like Li Zhaoji. ”

Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, Hai Shuzu had already heard that these guys were testing their true relationship with Li Zhaoji.

Before Hai Shuzu didn't know their intentions, he dared to explain it, he thought about it for a while, and still used the old trick - pretending to be a grandson.

Hai Shuzu stood up directly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Lords, sir, you are all people on the official face, don't embarrass me, who has no merit, if there is anything left to me to do, just say clearly, I am a small-minded person, I can't stand the fright, I beg you." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they were all a little embarrassed, obviously everyone couldn't help but be bored and disdainful of Hai Shuzu, and gave this guy enough face, but let this guy say this, it became like a big guy bullying him.

Chen Zizhuang hurriedly helped him up and said, "Azu, what are these words, here are all your elders, and there is an old man, who dares to bully you, and which one can bully you."

The big guys gathered together, invited you, the distinguished guest, to come, in fact, all to ask about the situation on the ocean, now the four surnamed pirates are making a lot of trouble, and I heard from people outside that the reason is that the gunboats of the Oriental Trading Company destroyed the pirates' lair.

What are the facts, you will tell you a thing or two, and whether the ocean can be calm during this time, you will also analyze and analyze it for you. ”

Chen Zizhuang is so affectionate, Hai Shuzu feels that the matter is big, a gentry who has dealings with Hai Shuzu, the old man Xu from Huizhou said: "Hai shopkeeper, we don't talk darkly, now the ocean is in chaos, the sea is not passable, and it is rumored on the street that you have a way to sell raw silk in Guangdong, and now everyone depends on you." ”

Another old man Huang also said: "Shopkeeper Hai, don't fight haha, if you take out the rhetoric that you sold to the Zheng family, we people will not follow it." ”

Hai Shuzu didn't dare to have anything to do with the Oriental Trading Company about his purchase of raw silk, but the Hai family couldn't suppress these gentry who didn't dare to provoke, so Hai Shuzu played a trick to connect the raw silk with the Zheng family openly and secretly.

But in fact, the current Lingding Ocean is completely disorderly, and there are rumors that a fleet of the Zheng family came from Fujian, was attacked by pirates, and became entangled, and finally turned to leave and returned to Fujian.

Hai Shuzu thought for a while and said: "The ocean is not quiet, and it is ..... when the imperial court comes forward to sweep the sea." ”

Hai Shuzu said while observing the expressions of the people around him, as soon as these words came out, everyone was disgusted, Hai Shuzu knew that he couldn't explain it, he could only say: "But for a while, how can you exterminate the four surnames?"

Especially now that the spring is warm and silkworms, the raw silk is about to go on the market, if the sea route is not passable, I am afraid that all families will have losses, and the younger generations have been in business for many years, and Li Zhaoji also has some relationship, so they can have the opportunity to sell goods to the sea. It's just that Li Zhaoji was arrogant and ignorant, and when he was in Guangzhou, in order to ask for the support of the governor Shen, he actually did such a thing, so the younger generation did not dare to say it in public, please forgive me. ”

Chen Zizhuang smiled and said: "The events of the day are nothing, we and the gentry are resting with the country, and the Yao people are in turmoil, and donating some silver money should be shared."

Your cousin is young and vigorous, and he is more serious, at most he is unstable in his work, and the rest is nothing. Besides, it's been so long, as an elder, where will I worry about him? ”

"That's it, that's it." The crowd said.

Hai Shuzu immediately climbed down the pole and said: "He has been doing business abroad for many years, and his predecessors also know that the land outside the country is inhabited by barbarians, and if he stays for a long time, he will not be very rude. Later, I carefully dialed him, and Lord Shen was not as perfect as he thought, and he now repented, and he had already intended to apologize to our gentry in Guangdong. ”

Chen Zizhuang nodded slightly: "Apologize and forgive, if he is willing to contribute to everyone's foreign trade, he will not be blamed for the past, and everyone will not treat him badly." You convey this meaning to the old man and ask him to come to Guangzhou. ”

Hai Shuzu smiled embarrassedly, Li Zhaoji never dared to come to Guangzhou, in order to let Hai Shuzu know that it was powerful, Li Zhaoji told him all about the Hongmen banquet in the Fujian Guild Hall.

A guy who kidnapped the governor of Liangguang and the general army of Guangdong, a fanatic who saw Lin Cha's fingers cut off, came to Guangzhou at this time, isn't that a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

"The meaning of the seniors, the juniors must be delivered, but Li Zhaoji went to Manila, and when he comes back to know the news, he will come back to visit again, I'm afraid it will take some time." Hai Shuzu said.

These words made everyone uneasy, and Master Xu said directly: "Isn't this going to delay the sale of Chunsi?" ”

"Yes, one wrong step and one wrong step, if it is delayed, this year will be ruined for half a year." Others chimed in.

Hai Shuzu knew that Li Zhaoji was in Macao, so he said: "It shouldn't be mistaken, Zhaoji once wrote that he wanted to buy and sell spring silk, saying that he was going to Japan to stock up on goods, and he would come back in time." ”