Time goes back to early March of this year.

"Chen Tian Ergen pays homage to His Highness the Grand Sun."

"Oh! Tian Baihu, you really want to kill me, please forgive me now."

"Your Highness is so concerned about me, I am so excited!"

Anyone who can leave his name in the history books is not stupid. When Zhu Youdong saw Tian Ergeng, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, and his excitement was beyond words. Seeing such true feelings revealed, Tian Ergen felt extremely

I was so happy, and I suddenly felt that the life and death of more than a year had been worth it.

"Er Geng, on the way to Nanjing, I was thinking about calling you back from Fujian in advance. But I thought that you had only been in Fujian for a year, and maybe you had just figured out a lot of things. At this time, I

If you call me back, your hard work will be in vain for more than a year, so I hold back for the time being. Unexpectedly..."

"I would like to thank Your Highness for your understanding. However, Your Highness, in February this year, I was not in Fujian, but in Japan."

"Japanese country?"

Speaking of which, one of the most important reasons why Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun are so famous in later generations is that these two people are really hard at work, and sometimes they can work hard to the extreme regardless of everything.

At this time, Haicheng County under Zhangzhou Prefecture in Fujian was the location of the Ming Dynasty's only official customs port set by Emperor Longqing when he opened the sea. Maritime trade was the most prosperous. After being sent to Fujian by Zhu Youdong last year, Tian Er

Of course, we should go straight to Yuegang.

Relying on the abundant silver in his hands, his bold personality, and his strong fists, he quickly made a name for himself in Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. In less than a year, he formed a group called "Haichang Club"

His organization actually had three to five hundred men under him. He even had two ships of his own. At this point, Zhu Youdong arranged the first task: to become familiar with and understand the situation of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty at this time. He had completed it.

Most of it.

But there is still no clue about the other task: to find Li Dan, Yan Siqi, and Zheng Zhilong.

In October last year, one of Tian Ergeng's men came to report that he had heard that some smuggling merchants from the Japanese country had mentioned Li Dan's name. Following this clue, Tian Ergeng finally discovered

You know: It turns out that Li Dan is still in Japan at the moment!

Then Lao Tian slapped his thigh: Go to sea and go to Japan.

Since 1592 to 1598, after China, Japan and South Korea fought a war on the Korean Peninsula, China and Japan have never signed a peace agreement, and official exchanges between the two countries have been completely severed. The central government of the Ming Dynasty also clearly stipulated that although Yuegang goes to sea

Maritime merchants can freely conduct maritime trade everywhere, but they cannot trade with the Japanese country. Once discovered, they will be punished for the crime of treason with the Japanese.

However, the sea is so big. How do you know where I went when I went out to sea? Besides, the Ming Dynasty’s officialdom is leaking everywhere, and many things can’t be solved with just a little money? In short, Tian Ergeng’s team went from month to month smoothly.

Departing from Hong Kong, it arrived in Hirado, Japan in November 1606.

There is no need to inquire when you arrive at Hirado, because there are many Chinese in this area, and they are all headed by Li Dan. Before Tian Ergeng and others' ships docked, Li Dan's men came to question them. Then Tian Ergen and others' ships came to question them.

In the surprised eyes of his men, Ergen revealed his identity as a royal guard.

Although he met Li Dan quickly, Li Dan already had a big business at this time. After more than a month, Li Dan only entertained Tian Ergeng with wine and meat, but he invited Tian Ergeng to meet him.

Li Dan was deeply concerned about the emperor's grandson's suggestion.

On New Year's Day in 1607, Tian Ergen really didn't want to wait any longer and told Li Dan directly: Since Kapitan (transliteration of captain, Li Dan is called the Chinese captain by the Portuguese) does not want to see his great-grandson, then I will

I can only go back and renew my orders with my grandson.

At this point, Li Dan finally expressed his concerns: "Mr. Tian, ​​you and I have been together for more than a month. You are a forthright man, and I will not play around with you. Although I, Li Dan, was baptized into Catholicism, and

I still live in Japan. But I am Chinese at heart, and I worshiped Mazu on the boat. Which of us Chinese doesn’t want to make a career in the world and return to our hometown in glory? So, when my grandson saw the move, I should personally do it.

I went to pay my respects. But now that I think of what happened to the Wufeng captain back then, I still feel a little scared."

Tian Ergen was speechless when talking about this: In the past, Hu Zongxian fought against the Japanese in the southeast. At that time, the largest pirate leader on the Chinese sea was Wang Zhi, known as the captain of the Wufeng Ship. What Hu Zongxian and his aide Xu Wei meant was: directly recruit Wang Zhi, and the Japanese troubles will be solved.

Reduce it by more than half.

After repeated negotiations, the leaders of all parties basically agreed to recruit Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi also believed in Hu Zongxian and took his fleet ashore. As a result, Zhejiang Inspector Wang Bengu was paranoid and arrested Hu Zongxian behind his back.

Wang Zhi, and beheaded him directly.

I don’t know whether this Wang Xunqian had too much sense of justice and felt that politics could not be compromised, or because Wang Zhi’s smuggling and piracy behavior violated the smuggling interests of the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and acted for his own class. In short, Wang Zhi died.

Later, the pirates who lost their restraint caused greater Japanese troubles and brought great losses to the southeastern coast.

In 1607, Li Dan already had a large industry in Japan. The current shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu received funding from Li Dan in the process of unifying Japan. Li Dan's fleet traveled to and from Japan, Korea, and China.

In the Philippines and other places, they are both merchants and thieves, and their wealth is unknown.

Although the Chinese people's attachment to their hometown is indelible in their bones, if you want people to listen to you and just give up everything and go to Beijing with you (at the time, neither of them knew that Zhu Youdong was going south), you really think that Li Dan is a mentally retarded person.

ah?

Can a mentally retarded person break into such a big industry?

Therefore, after listening to Li Dan's words, Tian Ergen also sighed: "Since Kapitan has concerns, I won't force it. However, Kapitan, I have been in Hirado for more than a month and met a good brother.

, he is also the person His Highness Taisun wants to see. Can you allow me to take him away?"

"who?"

"A tailor from the Ming Dynasty, Yan Siqi."

"Hahaha, what Mr. Baihu said is not entirely true. Yan Siqi did work as a tailor, but he was also a raptor on this sea. That's all. More than six years ago, the Tokugawa family sent people everywhere to spread the news, saying that

On the day their ninth child was born, Susanoo showed up. I didn’t believe it at first, but what Takechiyo did later was really amazing. As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, I felt worried. But later I heard

He said that when the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty was born, it was also a vision of heaven and earth, and he has done great things in recent years. This makes me feel relieved. Well, as long as Yan Siqi wants to see his great grandson, I will never stop him.

In addition, in order to show my sincerity, the country will assist?"

"Father?"

"You go with this Master Tian."
Chapter completed!