Zhang Yanke's position in Zheng Haizhu's heart, to use what she said when she was still in modern society, is not only the angel investor in the early days of her Songjiang business, but also the "white glove" of Zhou Zuo, the current governor of Fujian and the future official minister.
Therefore, after discussing the political conditions, Zheng Haizhu pointed at Zheng Zhilong and followed the same routine as when he was in Lu Fan to explain his economic interests to Zhang Yanke: "If there is a new governor of Fujian, I don't know who it is.
It is difficult to deal with Yu Zigao, the commander-in-chief of the navy, so the new military lord may not give me the order for Minhai firearms from Songjiang Artillery Factory. In this way, every year I will send you Zhang and Shang's orders.
Thanks for the gift, I have to change the account, so I asked my brother Yiguan to come back and take charge of Haoming Trading Company. From now on, he will sail along the coast of Zhejiang. If you have any brothers-in-law or uncles in your family, you can also introduce them to him, and we can make money together.
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Zhang Yanke had a quick mind, and with the preparation he had been talking about for a long time, he immediately laughed and said: "I like you to be like this. Half of your heart is filled with righteousness, and the other half is business. Don't worry, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs
Known as Tianguan, the Wenxuan Department is also a top place. It can arrange people for the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War. Could it be that Tianjin cannot be moved? Later, Tianjin will also be opened and closed. Doesn't that mean that Li Yiguan was the one who made all the changes in the Japanese country?
Hirado Port is closer?”
Zheng Haizhu picked up the wine cup: "You used to give me help in times of need, but now you are the icing on the cake for me. Third Young Master, I have to toast you a few more times."
In this way, the three of them talked about the current situation and secrets of the capital and local areas, the mainland and the sea, and smoothed out the future path for both public and private affairs. Zhang Yanke said goodbye: "I'll take a step first, and I still have to go."
Be a filial son."
Zhang Yanke's father, Zhang Lianfang, is a collector of calligraphy, painting and antiques who has lived in Beijing for a long time. In the past two years, he has introduced many wealthy people in his circle of friends to Zheng Haizhu's business, so that Zheng Haizhu's business can learn from those grandmothers who spend money without blinking an eye.
, earned a lot of money from brocade silk and Songjiang embroidery.
Zheng Haizhu also continues to give back to Mr. Zhang based on his turnover, which is like the "rebate commission" given to intermediaries in later generations.
Today she came even more prepared, took out an old object, handed it to Zhang Yanke and said, "That's just right, I won't bother you at home. I asked someone to find this wine glass inlaid with rhinoceros horn from Luoyang.
Find the broker on the road over there and take a look first, it should be Tang Shi's stuff. You can offer it to my grandpa for me."
In Shaoxing dialect, the father is called "Grandpa". Zhang Yanke took the treasure and did not forget to take advantage of it when he stood up: "Okay, I told the old man that his goddaughter-in-law is filial."
After Zhang Yanke left, Zheng Haizhu was ready to enter a more secretive topic. He wanted to discuss with Zheng Zhilong how to let his cronies pretend to be Japanese and Korean businessmen to connect with Mu Zaohua who had broken into Houjin King City.
Zheng Zhilong returned to the Ming Dynasty this time. When he first heard that Wu Bondang had died in the line of duty, he sighed in his heart. When he heard Zheng Haizhu's arrangements for Mu Zaohua, he couldn't help but secretly praise him. Those who are close to Zhu are red. Sister's female subordinates are all good.
courage.
Then, a wise man like Zheng Zhilong soon realized from all the details Zheng Haizhu explained that she was very cautious about the layout of the intelligence team.
My sister never seems to trust people 100%.
Therefore, from Shandong to Zhili in the south, the chief intelligence officer is Li Daniu. In the capital area, Chen Sanni and Hua Er are currently in charge. The two female officers are subordinated to both men and women, either from Chongming or Liao people who have become servants.
It was Zheng Haizhu who rescued the trackers from Shandong from their hard times. As for Shanhaiguan, outside Xifengkou, and all the way to Mongolia and Liaodong, it was Xu San who was the first to follow Zheng Haizhu to the canal docks and outside the customs.
The chief officers of the three lines did not communicate with each other. They only reported to Zheng Haizhu in a single line and listened to her instructions.
"Official officer, even if they all rely on me to avoid living like wild dogs, I can't trust their loyalty 100%. This loyalty is not just to me, but to Ming Dynasty. If the intelligence system does not
If any one of them is tempted by the Tatars or bribed by the landlords and outsiders, even if they don't take my life because they remember the kindness of the old master, Ming Dynasty will suffer great losses."
After Zheng Zhilong understood Zheng Haizhu's thoughts and learned about the most secret person in Hetuala's intelligence line, he couldn't help but ask, "Sister, aren't you worried about me?"
"If you weren't you, I would be very worried."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"It's very simple, Yiguan. The experience you have accumulated over the years, your current net worth, and your future path make me trust you more than I trust the subordinates who have been cultivated by me, or the civil servants and generals who have always been reciprocal. Your foundation
It is on the sea, rather than relying on concentrated land to enrich themselves like the gentry and vassal kings in Shanxi, Lu, Nanzhili, Huguang, and Zhejiang. You will not be bribed by the Tatars, not just because they produce
I can't afford the price I'll give you, and because no matter how skilled they are with bows and horses, no matter how powerful they are in killing people, their vision and understanding of the world may not even be as good as your little sailor in Hirado Port. Once they snatch it away
The country of the Ming Dynasty will definitely change from wolves, tigers and leopards to frogs in the well, seclusion and arrogance. Official, you are a capable person who wants to make a career by opening the sea. Will you like the Tatars' brains and serve as their spearmen?
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Zheng Zhilong smiled convincingly as Zheng Haizhu traced his thoughts in detail.
That's indeed what happened.
But today, before starting to discuss how to cooperate with Mu Zaohua, Zheng Zhilong still had to reveal his new understanding.
"Sister, I have to say something ugly first. Of course I don't like being a slave to the Tatars, and I won't show weakness to foreign monkeys like Frankie and Red Hair. However, because of my relationship with Brother Yan,
All the same, they are all people with strong positions overseas. Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty does not treat me well, I will definitely give up my job. It is best to persuade you to leave. Take your Zheng Ziying from Chongming with you, we will be popular overseas.
Isn't it good to drink spicy food? Why would the Zhu family sell their lives for him?"
Zheng Haizhu sighed softly and said slowly: "I understand everything you said. However, I am reluctant to leave my roots here. Besides, as an official, who knows what will happen in the future, but let's not talk about being loyal ministers and good generals.
Regarding the matter of sea trade, shouldn’t we set sail just because we might encounter a storm in the ocean?”
Zheng Zhilong touched his nose, took a sip of wine, and nodded: "Well, that's right. It seems that both the emperor and his son are still willing to listen to you. The court has never given Brother Yan any shoes to wear.
.Okay, the ancestors of the people of the Ming Dynasty are also my ancestors. They are of the same clan and the same clan. If you can, save them. I will listen to your instructions and deal with the Tatars so that the people of Liaodong will suffer less."
"Okay, first step, your people should try to get two things, copper blocks and A'Piao mother's ointment. Go to Pi Island and Xu San will pick you up. Before Zaohua gets it, Mao Wenlong, Xu San's father-in-law,
No one will know that we have people in Hetuala."
Zheng Zhilong knew about the harmful things introduced from Southeast Asia, such as Ah Piao Mu Ointment. When he was the groom's official in Pingdo, he once told his wife to beware of Li Dan's son Li Guozhu seeking revenge. Unexpectedly, Li Guozhu, the man who set up a naval battle in Penghu,
When he wanted to kill Yan Siqi, he was still a bit of a ruthless wolf, but because of the ointment he drank, he turned into a waste in just a few years. Li Dan was so angry that he put the unsatisfactory evil boy under house arrest at home.
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Zheng Zhilong then said to Zheng Haizhu: "Okay, I got it. Give the copper and apiao mother ointment to Xu San, but don't let anyone outside his team know about it. After it's done, my people will leave, and don't ask anything else."
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Er Zheng said that it was only at the time of Shenchu that he ended the discussion.
Zheng Zhilong went to the newly bought house in the capital to watch his cronies take care of it, including surveying the surrounding neighborhood, how to arrange his own institutions, and how to hide weapons for guarding the courtyard in the cellar.
Zheng Haizhu took several new bodyguards given to her by Zheng Zhilong and headed north of the city.
Last year, after Huang Zude, the leader of the Jinyi Guard, completed his trip to Shandong to protect Zhu Youxiao and Zheng Haizhu, he received permission from his old boss, Liu Qiao, the governor of Fusi, Beizhen, and went to Xuanzang according to Zheng Haizhu's previous plan.
Ma Xianglin and Man Gui waited for around early summer this year. As soon as the money from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War was in place, they, together with the two generals, as well as the civil servant Huang Zunsu and the Shanxi merchant Chang Zhongxin, took their troops and went out to the vicinity of the Daling River to repair and
It operates Daning Town as a military hub to resist the Tatars in Jianzhou and as an important border trade center for trade with Mongolia to the north.
After Huang Zude left, Liu Qiao mentioned that Zheng Haizhu would look for bodyguards from the Jin Yiwei. Anyway, even Long Live Lord had specifically warned Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jin Yiwei. Zheng Haizhu had enemies with Jianzhou Tatars, established Shanxi merchants and Shandong Jin gentry.
This hatred is completely different from Donglin's despicable suppression of her. It will kill her, so she cannot cut off her bodyguards.
But Zheng Haizhu was not prepared to entrust his personal safety to the emperor's bodyguard system forever, so he asked Zheng Zhilong to select people from the Fujian fellows in Hirado.
Zheng Zhilong, of course, sent the best. Several bodyguards all started out as sailors. Needless to say, they have a strong will and good physical fitness. The key is that they often encountered Japanese pirate ships and wanted to go to war, so they developed a handsome bodyguard.
He has good fighting skills and can speak Hokkien with Zheng Haizhu. The enemy cannot understand the communication at critical moments.
Zheng Haizhu is initially satisfied, but will definitely need to do a few more tests.
Today is the day.
Under the setting sun, Zheng Haizhu led his guards to a house in Hairpin Hutong near Shichahai.
"Wait at the door and don't come in. It's Shenzhong now and I will come out at the end of You. During this period, no one is allowed to enter the house, neither you nor outsiders."
"Understood, ma'am."
Among the new bodyguards, the leader is in his mid-twenties, his name is Cai Feng, which sounds like a woman's name. He is not tall, but his temples are bulging, his hands and feet are wide, and his eyes are shining.
Zheng Haizhu stepped over the threshold and just closed the two inconspicuous wooden doors, without inserting the bolts from the inside.
Cai Feng said to the other bodyguards expressionlessly: "Stand guard separately, just like we did on the ship in the past."