In fact, they also hope that the Ming Navy will win so that they can do business smoothly and not be exploited by pirates. You should know that pirates can kill people at any time. If the pirates are a little dissatisfied, they will kill people and seize goods.

Zhang Juzheng, Xu Shixing and the Xu brothers had no time to pay attention to the merchants of the vassal states. They hurried to Hu Zongxian's Grand Governor's Office.

When he entered the Grand Governor's Office, he was told that the Grand Governor was investigating the reasons for the failure of the navy and asked the four of them to wait in the living room. After waiting for more than two hours, Hu Zongxian walked into the living room with a tired look on his face.

"Grandmaster!" Zhang Juzheng and the other four immediately stood up.

Hu Zongxian waved his hand tiredly and said, "Let's go short, I have carefully studied the strength of the pirates. Their ships are more powerful and have a larger speed, and the firearms are very powerful. Our Ming Navy is not the opponent of the pirates at all. In the future, the Ming Navy will not go out to sea to take the initiative to attack, but will choose to defend. I can't help you at sea. Okay, you can leave."

"Grandman!" Zhang Juzheng bowed and said, "Can you know the background of these pirates?"

"I don't know!" Hu Zongxian shook his head and said, "But I will investigate."

After saying that, Hu Zongxian looked at Xu Shixing and said, "Mr. Xu, no matter what, we went to sea twice, so the Maritime Bureau still has to compensate us for our losses."

Xu Shixing was also quite irritated at this time. The navy you trained had lost the battle and was still embarrassed to ask for money? So he said in a calm voice:

"I will report to Your Majesty. As long as your Majesty issues an order and the Ministry of War will order, the subordinates will send gold and silver."

Hu Zongxian's face turned dark, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sharp light flashed in the cracks of his eyes, and he said in a silence:

"Okay, I have recorded it. Come and see off the guests."

The four people were forcibly driven out, and Zhang Juzheng looked at Xu Shixing and sighed:

"You! Why should you be so direct? You can go there vaguely first, why bother with Hu Zongxian? In the southeast, Hu Zongxian's cooperation is still needed."

"Is he necessary to cooperate?" Xu Shixing sneered: "When did the people in the southeast rely on Hu Zongxian? All the pirates and Japanese pirates were eliminated by Hu Zongxian? They were all destroyed by Luo Xin. Now, just some pirates who have just appeared can defeat his navy to the point of falling. What can they rely on him?

Let me see, if the pirates hit the shore again, Hu Zongxian will still be of no use. Why should I compromise with such a person? Is it necessary to give him gold and silver? Is it necessary to marry another concubine?"

"Two sirs, don't argue!" Xu Kun said: "What should I do if I deal with the merchants of the vassal state? The price they offer is not acceptable at all. For the transaction of that price, our Xu family will make money and lose less, which is lucky."

"What if it was the previous price?"

“What price was before?”

Xu Shixing said angrily: "It's the price that your Xu family squeezed away the five major families."

"That price is not considered a loss, but it is not profitable. This cannot make our Xu family busy."

"I don't care about this!" Xu Shixing said coldly: "It was you who competed maliciously and squeezed out the five major families, so you must complete the taxes of the Maritime Bureau. If you lack a companion, I will definitely report to Your Majesty to impeach your Xu family."

"That won't let our Xu family be busy!" Xu Kun said decisively.

"Okay, I will go back and write the memorial now. And Lord Zhang, you agreed to let the Xu family participate in the transaction this time, and the officials will not hide it."

After Xu Shixing finished speaking, he shook his sleeves and left. Looking at Xu Shixing's departure back, Zhang Juzheng sighed:

"Two young men, you can't think that you can stop by this tariff, as it will affect the teacher's future."

Xu Kun and Xu Ying's faces were also very ugly, but they could not give Xu Shixing a face, but they could not give Zhang Juzheng's face. Xu Kun pondered for a moment and said:

"I will write to my father!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded and left in the sedan chair.

Xu Shixing returned to the Maritime Service in a burgeon, feeling full of shame and anger. He once came to the Southeast with the belief of being reborn from the fire, but now he is deeply trapped in the quagmire. Luo Xin's original advice was still in his ears. After he came to the Southeast, everything was just sticking to the rules, but in the end he did not withstand the pressure and let the Xu family participate. Originally, he thought that the Xu family was just involved and just gave it to the Xu family, so there should be no problem.

However, he did not expect that the Xu family was so greedy that they brought things to an uncontrollable situation step by step.

"Xu Jie, how much better are you than Yan Song?"

Xu Shixing wrote quickly, wrote down every bit of the things he came to the southeast, added together the evidence he collected, and sent someone to the capital.

At the same time, Zhang Juzheng was also writing a letter, writing down the matter objectively, and then sending someone to his teacher Xu Jie.

Xu's mansion and Xu Kun were also writing letters to Xu Jie. However, he put all the blame on the pirates and Hu Zongxian. At the same time, he complained to Xu Jie, but Xu Shixing did not listen to the Xu family's orders.

On the same day, three letters left Hangzhou one after another and headed towards the capital.

However, the information that was more detailed than them was delivered to Luo Xin in advance through the carriage and horse-drawn carriage.

Luo Xin sat in the study, holding the message about Southeast in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face.

A sound of footsteps came, and Lu Daqing's voice sounded outside.

"Marty, Lu Yi is here."

Luo Xin nodded. Lu Yi had a channel for the Jinyiwei, and the news he received was only later than himself. He should have received news before Xu Shixing, Zhang Juzheng and the Xu family.

Shi Shiran walked out of the study and came to the flower hall. Lu Yi stood up suddenly, and said with joy on his face:

"Mr. Luo, we have received news from Southeast."

Luo Xin sat down and signaled Lu Yi to sit down and said, "What news?"

"Look!" Lu Yi took out a piece of paper from his cuff and handed it to Luo Xin. Luo Xin took it, looked it hurriedly, and returned the piece of paper to Lu Yi, with a compassion on his face and said:

"Pirates, there are pirates again! It's really wildfires that cannot be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows again. The people in the southeast are going to suffer again."

The smile on Lu Yi's face was filled with a retracted voice: "Sir, merciful."

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "I just sighed that I would not do anything if I am not in my position. Now I am just a left-minded son of the Zhanshi Mansion, and I am powerless!"

"Yes!" Lu Yi flattered: "If the adults were in the southeast, where would there be pirates?"

Luo Xin waved his hand again and said, "It's over-reputation!"

"Mr. Luo, what do we do now? Should we let the five major families participate again? This is a good opportunity for us."

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