Just when Qian Yuan was anxious, but when he had to lead his army south to Jinshan Guard with a calm expression, Qian Rui on Zhoushan could no longer hold on.

Although Zhoushan is an island, it was popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the county was established, named Changguo County, Shengzhou in the Yuan Dynasty, and later Zhu Yuanzhang... This man's three enemies, Mongolia, the sea, and all officials.

Therefore, Changguo County was first reduced from prefecture to county, and then from county to township. Changguowei also moved from Zhoushan to Xiangshan Island. Since then, Zhoushan has fallen into a long-term silence.

It was not until the Zhengde period that a large number of maritime merchants gathered in Zhoushan to set up sea cities, and Zhoushan gradually flourished. Although there was a Japanese turmoil in the southeast, after Wang Zhi surrendered in the 36th year of Jiajing, Zhoushan had a population of nearly 100,000, and a township was more prosperous than most inland counties.

But after Wang Zhi fled back to Zhoushan on June 1, the situation changed. He saw young and strong men holding knives and guns everywhere. People can always tell about the old things in Ligang... They all said that the court was betrayal, or the court once again imposed a strict maritime ban.

The messy news brought about messy scenes. As people were moved, a large number of maritime business leaders or Japanese pirate leaders under Wang Zhi were verbally clamoring to start a war... Everyone is an insider. After such a fuss, is it possible that the maritime ban will be officially opened?

What's more, there is not only one Zhaobao Village at the foot of Jinji Mountain. There are a large number of sea merchants living in the six or seven nearby villages, and none of them can escape.

In addition, within three days, all the bad news was sent. Zhejiang Governor Wang Bengu and Zhejiang General Dong Yikui called out the army to come, and the battle was about to begin.

Standing halfway up the mountain, Qian Rui stared at the market below, and there was no one coming or going. Occasionally, a few passers-by were holding weapons and were extremely alert.

"Mr. Fang."

A loud greeting came from the foot of the mountain. Qian Rui turned around and looked at it. It was Xu Bixi.

"Mr. Fang, your adoptive father is looking for you." Xu Bixi gasped, "Just just now, the spy responded..."

He didn't hear Xu Bixi continue to say it, and Qian Rui didn't ask. He had never seen Wang Zhi again since he fled to Zhoushan three days ago.

Qian Rui didn't know what happened, why some officers and soldiers suddenly searched for Wang Zhi, but he could see clearly that the Qian family guards were trying hard to stop the pursuit of the troops at the city gate.

Seeing Qian Rui step down the mountain, Xu Bixi followed behind him with his eyes flashing. He decided to stay on Zhoushan for the time being three days ago. Wang Zhi asked him to send someone to stare at Mr. Fang... But so far, he has not found any news he has delivered.

Three quarters of an hour later, Qian Rui stood in the corner of the lobby and listened to the conversations of more than a dozen people in front of him. Although Wang Zhi was the leader of a maritime businessman, several up-and-coming stars have emerged over the years.

"No, that's Mr. Fang next to the old ship owner, right?" A man with a beard pointed at Qian Rui, "Tan Qizhi is Xu Hai's old subordinate, he brought it in, right?!"

Wang Zhi, who was sitting in the head, waved, "Tan Qizhi rebelled and attacked Taiping County, the details are still unknown..."

Qian Rui bowed and said, "Although Fang and Tan Qizhi had met in their early years, they have not had any contact in the past three or four years. Please ask the old ship owner to check it out in detail."

"What a fool, the government army is about to attack the island!" Mao Haifeng stared at his beard, "The problem now is whether to fight!"

"No need to fight... would you stretch your neck and let the officers and soldiers cut them!"

"But once you hit, things got a big deal..."

"Tan Qizhi attacked Taizhou Prefecture and had already made a big fuss. Otherwise, how could there be officers and soldiers searching for the old ship owner that day?"

"Why run away?"

"Just run away, there are so many people on the island, there are only a dozen large ships that can sail far away. How many can they carry?"

"It's not that the owner of Wufeng ship leads his direct line to run away first, right?"

"If you don't talk about anything else, my two sons are still on the side of Jinji Mountain, and my daughter is married in Zhenhai County..."

The irritable Mao Haifeng slapped the table and cursed, "The adoptive father's only son is still in the capital!"

In more than four years, these maritime merchants have been unable to get involved in Zhenhai County, Ningbo Prefecture, and Zhejiang. Not to mention others, Wang Zhi's niece married into the Zhao family in Zhenhai, and Mao Haifeng's cousin married a sister of a Qian family guard.

Qian Rui, who had no source of information for the past three days, closed his eyes slightly, raised his ears, and listened to the discussions of all parties carefully.

Wang Zhi is now in a dilemma. Fighting means a real rebellion, which means the opening of the sea ban and trading turn into a bubble, which means that Wang Zhi’s efforts over the years have turned into nothingness, which is unacceptable to Wang Zhi, not to mention that Wang Zhi’s only son is still in the capital. Once the fight starts, he will definitely die.

But if we don’t fight, Wang Bengu and Dong Yikui mobilized various armies, obviously using Wang Zhi as Japanese pirates to encircle and suppress them. Do we have to stretch our necks and wait for the chopping?

Once he resisted, Wang Zhi could guess with his butt. The government would definitely accuse himself of rebellion... Otherwise, why didn’t he stretch his neck and let them chop it?

run?

This is the stupidest choice.

At present, there are only a dozen sea boats in Zhoushan, and they only have one or two thousand people in full swing. But now there are two or three thousand people in Zhoushan... If Wang Zhi sets his sails away, the official army will definitely conquer Zhoushan. After that, the Japanese turmoil in the two Zhejiangs will inevitably arise again, and the sea ban becomes a silence. The only son will definitely die in the capital. Wang Zhi himself, once the hearts of the people disperse, he may even die in a foreign land.

In his early years, Wang Zhi gathered forces and roamed the seas, but since he was recruited and pacified, he has become an important figure in communication between maritime merchants and government officials because of his alliance with Qian Yuan, and he also maintains his own status. Once he loses his status, will those Japanese pirates respect the title of Jing Haibo?

Wang Zhi had a dark face and thought in his heart whether to strictly guard Cengang and wait for the ship to return. If it goes well, the ships that returned last month would always arrive, and then take the people from Zhoushan to Japan one after another.

Zhoushan is so big that it is difficult for the official navy to block it tightly, not to mention that those navy troops are afraid that Japanese pirates will invade the coast, and they are afraid that they will not go out to sea at will... But in this way, their son's life will be over.

"The adoptive father, the government navy has arrived in Zhenhai and Dinghai. How to make a decision? I would like to ask my adoptive father to show me the decision." Xu Bixi said loudly.

Qian Rui's eyes rolled and stepped forward, "How many ships?"

"There are countless things that are covered in the world."

"We must be the commander of Taizhou Ge Hao, the commander of Taizhou, and the former subordinate of Tan Lun, a magistrate of Taizhou. Later, he was praised by Qian Longquan for his good naval battles and was promoted repeatedly..."

Wang Zhi looked at Qian Rui and said slowly: "In the opinion of Mr. Fang, how to deal with it?"

"Can't fight."

Of course, you can't fight. Once the fight starts, the son of the alliance with Wang Zhi will face unbearable pressure in Beijing. The business path is cut off, the taxes and banking are gone, and the foundation of Suiyuan will no longer be there.

Qian Rui bowed long, "If the old ship owner can trust him, he will let others strictly guard Cengang while sending them into Zhenhai to inquire about the truth."
Chapter completed!