Qiu Tong was a little flattered when he received Wang Qi's summoning order.

After all, a former Jinyi Guard 100 household officials, and now a secret guard 1,000 households, even if he is also the leader of the Yamen, how valuable is his identity? In Wang Qi's place, I am afraid that there are not even one or two on the scale.

Therefore, Qiu Tong didn't know how he could be summoned by Wang Qi in person.

Following the guards, Qiu Tong was escorted to the chief mansion with some trepidation.

When Qiu Tong got there, there was already a rather young-looking man waiting at the door—a tall figure, with dark skin, obviously the skin created by living at sea for a long time, and especially the pair of black eyes, which were incomparably deep, and people dared not look down on them.

He's also here to see the Chief?

Qiu Tong was a little curious.

"I'll go to report, please wait," the guard did not have the arrogance of the general prime minister's office, let alone the domineering, nodded and went to report to the room.

"What do you call this brother?" Qiu Tong intentionally or unintentionally showed the waist card on his body.

In this Gyeonggi place, the identity of the secret guard has always been a golden signboard.

Unlike the brocade guard, the guard is more mysterious, generally does not contact the people, directly belongs to the council, and has always carried out the task of collecting secret information.

Zheng Zhilong had just been brought here.

He didn't expect that he would be able to meet Wang Qi so smoothly.

After all, such a famous figure, the entire Ming Dynasty is second to none, in fact, Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Wang Qi to really remember himself - but when he heard the chief consul call to see him by name, Zheng Zhilong knew that the most important opportunity in his life had come, and whether he could seize it or not was between this breath.

Looking sideways at the slightly chubby Qiu Tong, Zheng Zhilong didn't want to pay attention to this man, he was sorting out the manuscript and preparing for a formal meeting - as for the identity of the other party's secret guard?

Hey, we're the ones who used to have a drink with the Chief Adult!

However, since the other party took the lead in speaking, Zheng Zhilong should not be too cold, after all, he is also under the same roof, maybe he will meet him later?

"Fujian, Zheng Zhilong," Zheng Zhilong smiled and arched his hand.

"Shuntianfu people's clan, secret guard thousand households, Qiu Tong," Qiu Tong's eyes narrowed, he had no official status, and he was not a peer over there, everything was easy to say, and he grinned: "Tell me a lot." ”

"Well said," Zheng Zhilong bowed slightly.

The two of them were on one side, with different thoughts, and they were speechless for a while.

"Two of you come with me," the waiter had already walked over, "the chief is waiting for you in the West Garden." ”

The two of them followed behind the waiter and came to the West Garden Hall of the Chief Residence.

The West Garden is not a closed hall, but a place where the water is directly floating on three sides of the lotus pond.

Sitting here, with a breeze, rippling water, and an excellent view.

When the two of them arrived, Wang Qi was already at the edge of the pool, enjoying the scene of white cranes flying and lotus flowers with his hands behind his back.

"Little Qiu Tong meets the Chief Lord!"

With a plop, Qiu Tong stepped forward with his front foot, and his back foot was already kneeling on the ground and saluting Wang Qi.

And Zheng Zhilong was not far behind, and he knelt on the ground behind Qiu Tong to salute.

"Get up," Wang Qi turned to look at the two of them: "It just so happened that both of you were there, so I called everyone over and sat down." ”

Qiu Tong and Zheng Zhilong didn't know each other, and when they heard Wang Qi's words at this moment, they also understood what they meant.

There is one thing that needs to be done by two people.

Qiu Tong and Zheng Zhilong sat alone on the side, sitting below Wang Qi.

"I heard Li Dutong say that you have done a good job in the Supervision Division," Wang Qi first looked at Qiu Tong.

"Thanks to the adults, the little ones just did their part, and they didn't have any credit," Qiu Tong rubbed his hands, looking a little at a loss.

Of course, I don't know if he wants to behave more obediently in front of Wang Qi, or if he has other ideas.

"There is an opportunity," for some reason, Wang Qi had a smile in his eyes, which made Qiu Tong a little nervous, only to see Wang Qi turn his head to look at Zheng Zhilong again: "Yiguan, we meet again." ”

"When I came back from Japan, I wanted to visit my lord, and I finally got what I wanted today," Zheng Zhilong said, got up and took out the letter from his waist, stepped forward and handed it to Wang Qi: "My lord, this is a handwritten letter from Koji Matsuura, the daimyo of the Matsuura clan of the Hirado Domain, Japan, and the small one will pass it on my behalf." ”

The entourage on the side took the letter and handed it to Wang Qi.

"I don't like to deal directly with the Japanese," the letter was held up on the table, Wang Qi did not open it, his eyes were faint, and Zheng Zhilong's shadow was reflected in it, and he pointed like a knife, and nodded Zheng Zhilong and said: "You Zheng Yiguan can be the agent." ”

Wang Qi's action directly made Zheng Zhilong stunned.

Subconsciously swallowed his saliva, Zheng Zhilong smelled an excellent opportunity at the moment when Wang Qi pointed at him, an opportunity to make contributions, and even achieve extraordinary maritime hegemony!

Who is Wang Qi?

Vageth!

Dominate the world!

With his endorsement, Zheng Zhilong went to Japan and could talk directly to the Tokugawa family.

As for Matsuura?

Wang Qi just held the letter on the table to show that he did not look down on the small prefectural order of the Hirado Domain.

"My lord. I! Zheng Yiguan got up and was about to kneel down for Wang Qi again.

"Sit down!" Wang Qi waved his hand and retreated with him, leaving only three people in the hall to sit.

"A few days ago, our army encountered some obstacles in the war in Korea," Wang Qi held the tea cup gently in his hand: "It has already hit Seoul and forced the Korean royal family to Jincheng. Then something happened. ”

What Wang Qi said, Qiu Tong, who was sitting on the side, had heard it when he was in the capital during this time.

At that time, Cao Wenzhao only led more than 10,000 troops to force Korea to the point of almost annihilation.

The Japanese ronin group, which had long been concerned about the situation of the war, landed from Silla at this time and helped Li Zong resist Cao Wenzhao's army.

The Japanese Ronin Group had a fight with Cao Wenzhao when they were in Hetuala, Liaodong, and when they met again, it was natural that the enemies were red-eyed when they met.

The two sides fought several times, and almost the entire Yunluo Mountain was dyed red, and the key point of the entire battle situation was no longer North Korea, and it had nothing to do with North Korea.

It has turned into a war between the Ming Dynasty and Japan.

And now, the Ming Dynasty occupies Goguryeo, and the Wa Kingdom occupies Baekje and Silla.

At present, the war is stagnant, although Wang Qi is not in a hurry, but the number of Japanese people is constantly increasing, in case the situation deteriorates, the domestic war is undecided, it is not good to increase the army again, and Cao Wenzhao's troops are insufficient, it may be necessary to temporarily retreat to the Liaodong region, and the entire Korean region may be occupied by Japan.

Wang Qi is reluctant to do the matter of making wedding dresses for others.

"What do you mean? Send me to Japan to lobby domestic forces in Japan to jointly fight against the Ronin syndicate? Zheng Zhilong has been traveling between Japan and the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so he naturally knows the Japanese ronin entrenched in the East China Sea and the Yellow Bay.

Those people, even the Tokugawa shogunate, could not be controlled, and they just wanted them not to cause trouble to Japan itself.

And Qiu Tong, who was on the side, heard Zheng Zhilong's words, and his mind instantly came alive.

If I can go to Japan, maybe I can take advantage of the situation, with the endorsement of the chief adult, what can not be done in the world?

To be honest, Qiu Tong has always felt that he has never met talents, and his current situation is just a lack of an opportunity!

A real opportunity to show your talents!

"Lobbying is okay, cooperation is okay," Wang Qi at this moment is like a patient teacher, teaching his students, Wang Qi knows Zheng Zhilong's talent, but also knows his ambition, he wants to make this ambition the starting point for dominating the sea: "In a short time, I want peace in Korea, at least to maintain the current situation!" As for the more long-term goals and plans, you can think slowly, think about it, and tell me! ”

"My lord," Zheng Zhilong's face was flushed, and he clenched his fists and bowed deeply: "Zheng Zhilong, thank you for your trust!! ”

"Qiu Tong," Wang Qi stretched out his hand and pressed it to let Zheng Zhilong sit down, and then looked at Qiu Tong: "You have been in the Supervision Department for a few months, you should know something about ships, and you are working in the secret guard, you can select dozens of people to go to Japan with an official." ”

"My lord, the Supervision Department now has three treasure ships, which can be used to make the sea, and the small subordinates also have dozens of brothers, who are absolutely loyal and reliable, and they can be used when they go to Japan!" When Qiu Tong heard this, he was already overjoyed in his heart.

This kind of opportunity to let yourself go out and take charge of one side is absolutely rare!

If it succeeds, then in the next few decades, Daming will occupy a favorable position in foreign affairs!

"In addition to traveling on behalf of the council, you also have a mission," Wang Qi leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers on the table, and his voice had faded: "The Ming maritime industry has always been strictly banned, but recently the parliament has passed a resolution to relax the maritime ban and open ports everywhere along the coast. But at the beginning, it will not be fully opened, and it was decided to open Dengzhou, Weihai, Haizhou, Jiangsu and other places first, so your trip to Japan this time can start from Dengzhou Mansion, which can be regarded as a sample for the people of the world, how about it? Two envoys of the opening of the sea."

"This kind of thing," Zheng Zhilong could barely suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth, it was simply tailor-made for himself: "This trip to Japan, if you can't relieve the worries of adults, Zheng Zhilong will never step into the sea again in this life!" ”

"The same goes for the little Qiu Tong!"

"Open up the maritime trade between Japan and Dengzhou Prefecture," Wang Qi slowly got up, paced in the hall, walked to the spring pool, and muttered, "Lay the foundation for the upcoming outbreak of the trade market"

Wang Qi's words have been made very clear.

There is both a political identity and the task of a maritime trader.

Moreover, in the future, with the development of production tools and the development of productive forces, there will be a large number of surplus products, which need to be dumped.

And with the beginning of primary industrialization, a large number of new lands and producers were also needed.

These are all to be expanded through sea trade, or sea plunder.

"My lord," Zheng Zhilong seemed to think of something: "As far as the villain knows, Cochin, the Burmese region, can also be used as an option for trade dumping and population plunder. ”

Zheng Zhilong worked as a sea slave in the South China Sea with his uncle when he was a child, so he naturally knew that that there was the real plundering of slaves and wealth.

"Don't worry," Wang Qi shook his head, the meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, the southern provinces had not yet been unified, and the troops were not as good as the troops.

The three of them talked for about two hours, until it was dark and the moonlight on the lake was shining with silver light, and the two slowly retreated.

Zheng Zhilong still needs to prepare a lot for this trip, so he will live in Beijing for a while.

Wang Qi was not in a hurry to finish all his words overnight.

"Come on, prepare a sedan chair," the night is dark, Wang Qi is still ready to go home, last time he slept in the West Garden, the next day Hai Lanzhu came to the door with red eyes to deliver food to Wang Qi After this time, the chief lord who made the princes frightened with a look outside, no matter how late it was, he would insist on going home.

"My lord, the queen has sent someone over," Wang Qi had just gotten up, and a waiter came with a little eunuch, who was also carrying a dark red food box carved with dragons and phoenixes.

"Huh?" An almost undetectable slight light flashed in his eyes, and Wang Qi had a trace of doubt in his heart: "What is this?" ”

"Grandpa Guo's words," the little eunuch smiled: "The queen mother heard that Grandpa Guo worked hard every day, so she personally cooked and prepared this crab meat silver silk cake for you, as well as yellow croaker stewed lotus seed soup. Order the slave to bring it to you! ”

In the inner palace, all the palace maids and eunuchs followed the queen mother, and still called Wang Qi the Duke of Qi.

"Crab silver silk cake?" Wang Qi was even more puzzled.

"Don't blame Grandpa Guo," the little eunuch seemed to know what Wang Qi was thinking, and hurriedly said: "When the Duchess entered the palace as a wife, when the Queen Mother and Mrs. were chatting, they talked about the adult's diet, and the Queen Mother wrote it down at that time. ”

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly,

Although the emperor has existed in name only, the queen mother is still the most noble identity of the people, and she is the representative of the most noble woman.

Such a woman cooks in person at night and takes the initiative to make supper for Wang Qi.

What does this mean?

The relatives on the side were a little afraid to think about it.

"If you have a heart, thank you for me."

Wang Qi nodded expressionlessly.

Then he followed him and woke up like a dream to take the food box.

"Slave Retirement"

The little eunuch departed,

Wang Qi lowered his head and stretched out his hand to open the box, the crab cake inside was still steaming, and he should have taken care of it.

"Take it home," Wang Qi casually closed the box again: "Let's go, go home." ”

Carrying the food box in person, looking at his master's indifferent appearance, he was really a little envious.

I had no choice but to keep my head down and hurry up to follow.

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Inner Palace, Kunning Palace.

"He took it?" After listening to the little eunuch's reply, Zhang Yan crossed her hands on her chest, patted it gently, looked very happy, and continued to ask with an excited face: "Has he tasted it?" ”

Although she is the queen mother, Zhang Yan is only twenty-one years old this year.

A woman of this age, deep down, still longs for someone to rely on.

Especially orphans and widows, and those with artifacts.

"I've tasted it, Grandpa Guo said it was delicious, thank you Queen Mother, Queen Mother bothered." The little eunuch told a lie, his face was not red and his heart was not beating.

It's impossible for the Queen Mother to ask Qi Guogong himself, right?

"It's good over there, as long as he likes it, the palace can send it to him every day" The Queen Mother pursed her lips and muttered to herself.

The grandmother on the side stepped forward, handed the little eunuch a piece of silver, waved it away, and then turned around and walked to the queen mother: "Queen Mother, rest first, in a few days, it will be the crown prince's canonization ceremony." (End of chapter)