Zhou Xian was a little depressed. He and Liu Zeqing had no old grudges before, at least before forcing him to hand over the property of Yuan Shu. But why did he react so much when he subdued Xie Qian and even wrote a letter to impeach him directly? Is he really had any plans at that time? Or was it because of his jealousy that Zhou Xian subdued Xie Qian and gave him face.

Zhou Xian pondered all the way, but he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Anyway, because of Yuan Shu, the two of them had already formed a strait. They wouldn't have itchy more, and they wouldn't have to worry about the debt. They were worried about what they did.

As soon as I entered the doorstep, I heard a noise of playing and clamoring inside.

Previously, Zhou Xian asked Chen Feng to buy a few servants and maids, but unexpectedly, he bought sixteen directly. Except for seven people, three men and four women, three men and four women, who are a little older and can do things, the rest are all children under ten years old.

When they first arrived at Zhou's house, they were a little cautious because of fear, but over time, the nature of Shaotong was revealed. In addition, they had no worries about food and clothing here and there were not many things to do, so playing became their theme, and it was a particularly noisy.

More than a dozen people gathered together to make noise. The scene, Zhou Xian felt a little headache when he thought about it, and he regretted letting Chen Feng do this. He had similar experiences to these children, and he always wanted to help them, and then it became like this.

Chen Feng probably felt that he had done a little too much, and he was doing his best in the past few days. In this case, Zhou Xian couldn't say anything about him anymore.

But at this moment everything was not settled and I was irritated. When I heard the noise in the yard, Zhou Xian felt a little upset.

When he walked into the yard, Zhou Xian saw two familiar figures.

One was Xia Shu, who was competing with Zhang Huai in the yard. Both sides were coming and going, regardless of the difference. The guards and children who were staying in the yard surrounded each other and cheered loudly.

The other one is Meng Yue. He sat on a bench in the corner of the courtyard, looking at the crowd in the distance with a calm expression, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him. He was the first to see Zhou Xian and quickly stood up to salute.

Zhou Xian nodded slightly, without disturbing the others, and quietly walked to the other end of the bench to sit down. Seeing Meng Yue still standing, Zhou Xian waved his hand to signal him to sit down. "Why are you here together?"

"Some things need to be reported to the military gate, which are related to the war in Fuzhou."

"Is it urgent?"

"Not that, it's just something that has happened. Huang Zuotu asked his subordinates to report it to you."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Then wait a little bit! Let's see if they fight to the end."

Xia Shu was younger than Zhang Huai, with sharp fists and feet, but lacked endurance. Zhang Huai was experienced and blew away his fist movements bit by bit. Finally, with a backhand blow, he knocked Xia Shu to the ground.

Zhou Xian couldn't help but burst out with a cheer, which attracted everyone to look in his direction.

Xia Shu stood up and patted the dust on his butt. He walked quickly to Zhou Xian with Zhang Huai and said, "Military Gate, are you back?"

Zhou Xian nodded and smiled, "It's much better than before, but it's still not as good as Zhang Huai."

Xia Shu touched the back of his head awkwardly, looked at Zhang Huai and said, "One day I will beat him."

Zhang Huai smiled slightly and said, "I hope I won't wait too long."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Let them all break up! You guys go to the study with me."

Jinse came over and sent Zhou Xian a letter to him, which was written by Zhou Tianhong. It said that they had already settled in Nanjing and met Zhou Kun who was going to take the scientific expedition, so that he did not have to worry about them.

In the Central Plains, Denglai will be in turmoil for a long time. It is also unknown whether the capital is stable. In comparison, Nanjing is a safe place for the time being, so it is better to stay there.

Xia Shu handed Zhou Xian two letters, one written by Zeng Hualong.

The implementation of the overseas travel business has begun. Not long ago, the first batch of merchant ships had already gone to sea under the escort of the navy. The destinations were North Korea, Fusang, and Nanyang, but the most were heading to North Korea.

The Dragon King Duan Tianzhu did escape to Fujian. After learning that Kong Youde was defeated, he knew that he could not gain a foothold in the sea area of ​​Denglai. He led all his subordinates to ship all the treasures he had accumulated for many years to Fujian, and then presented them all to Zheng Zhilong. The latter took him into the account and promised to provide him with protection.

Zhou Xian frowned slightly, thinking that this matter was difficult to deal with. He turned to Xia Shu and said, "Does Censor Zeng have anything else to ask you to bring me?"

Xia Shu said: "There is nothing else. But he asked me to tell the military gate that the court appointed Ma Shaoyu as the maritime ministry, and merchant ships would pass by him in the future. He took the initiative to take over the tariff collection of these merchant ships. What money should be handed over to the court, what should be used to provide military expenses for the soldiers of Denglai, and what should be handed over to other officials, all need to be discussed with him. This would be a problem."

Zhou Xian nodded, this is indeed a problem. After all, Ma Shaoyu is just a person. As long as he gives him some concessions, he should not be too harsh in the military expenditure of Denglai! He has been in Liaodong for a long time and should be well aware of the importance of the Denglai army in restraining the capitulation. "I understand, I will write to Chen Jingshi Zeng to talk about this matter!"

Zhou Xian picked up the second letter, which was written by Wan Ji.

After he arrived in Denglai, with the cooperation of Laizhou prefect Wen Zhitong and Li Kai, he directly imprisoned Shang Yi on the charge of ineffective suppression of pirates and regained the Laizhou camp. Tan Zhencai was afraid and led the Renzi camp back to Jiaozhou, saying that he was willing to apologize to Zhou Xian for the crime he had committed before.

Wan Ji means that Tan Zhencai is a deputy general of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he made great contributions in the last attack on Lushun. Since he had already admitted defeat, this matter will be temporarily forgotten.

Li Kai's plan to recruit new recruits is still underway. Although it was the autumn harvest, because of his previous victory in Liaodong, many poor and innocent soldiers became rich because of their rewards. Under such temptation, many people were willing to join the army. In just one month, he recruited more than 5,000 people, and this number will continue to increase with the end of the autumn harvest.

After reading it, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It seems that we can expand the Wude Camp into the Tenth Camp of Denglai. By the way, Meng Yue, how about Huang Zuotu?"

Meng Yue said: "Something happened. Our army got the list of Fuzhou gentry who secretly surrendered to the Manchus. General Huang sent troops to attack and destroy them in time. Several leading major gentry were killed, their families were transported to Denglai, and all the land was confiscated."
Chapter completed!