"North Korea is in chaos!" Zhou Zhong's expression was very strange when he received the news. It seemed a little unexpected, but also as if it was expected. Bai Junwan, who came to report the news, couldn't understand it.

In fact, the current chaos in North Korea was caused by Zhou Zhong. He knew that Li Long was a rare tyrant in the history of North Korea, but he secretly reported the news through Jin Wenxian, which led to the failure of the coup launched by Ryu Soon-ting and others, and also attracted Li Long's rebellion.

Crazy revenge resulted in North Korea losing its last chance to bring order to the chaos.

When Zhou Zhong told Jin Wenxian the names of the North Korean ministers who participated in the coup, he had already foreseen the future of North Korea. After all, there was a cruel monarch like Li Long, and North Korea was also facing internal and external difficulties like the Ming Dynasty at this time. If

If you meet a safe and stable king, it may last for a few more years, but if you meet a king like Li Long, it will only accelerate the country's demise, so the current war in Korea does not surprise Zhou Chong.

But what Zhou Zhong didn't expect was that the war in Korea would come so quickly, and it would be caused by the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce in the first place. This really surprised him. In addition, he was also a little confused. He couldn't figure out why the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce had been involved in the war before.

If they want to suddenly attack their own fleet, even if the other party wants to rebel, there is no need to offend themselves, an official of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that they can still get the master's money from the deal with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce?

Zhou Zhong couldn't understand the above matter, and Bai Junwan couldn't understand it either. Moreover, the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce has rebelled and has captured Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, becoming the strongest force among the Korean rebels. Zhou Zhong wants to ask

There was no one to see the witness at all, so this matter temporarily became a mystery in the minds of Zhou Zhong and Bai Junwan.

Zhou Chong guessed randomly at Shuangyu Port. The situation in North Korea was getting more and more chaotic. Except for the two Gyeonggi Provinces, all the fifteen provinces in the country had rebellions. Although only the administrative center in North Chungcheong Province was captured by the rebels.

, the scale of the rebellion in other provinces has not reached an uncontrollable level, but it has already caused chaos in the Korean court, and there is no way to come up with a good counter-insurgency plan. Li Long also became furious about this and killed more than a dozen people around him in a row.

The palace maid could not calm down his anger.

No matter how angry Li Long is, he can't solve the current predicament of North Korea, and this time is much more critical than the previous Jurchen and Japanese invasions. After all, the Jurchens and Japanese are both foreign enemies, and they have no strength to destroy North Korea.

, in the end, they would at most extort some property and food and then withdraw. But now North Korea is in civil strife, and if something goes wrong, the dynasty will change. In the beginning, the Li family obtained the throne of North Korea through force.

Unable to solve the domestic rebellion by their own strength, Li Long and the North Korean ministers quickly thought of the Ming Dynasty. Last time they relied on the Ming Dynasty's help to get the Jurchens to retreat, and even wiped out the Japanese. So now they are encountering domestic problems.

During the rebellion, they once again sought help from the Ming Dynasty through messengers.

However, regarding North Korea's request for help, Zhengde and the cabinet ministers were surprisingly unanimous in their opinions, that is, the Ming Dynasty did not interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal country, so the Ming Dynasty would not send troops to help North Korea's civil strife.

In fact, the North Korean envoy also expected this result. After all, this time was different from the last time. Last time, foreign enemies such as Jurchens and Japanese invaded. As the suzerain state, Ming Dynasty had reasons to protect its vassal countries, so it was normal to send troops. But this time

The second was the civil strife in Korea. According to the Ming Dynasty, the

The attitude of the state is that it will never intervene in this kind of civil strife. At most, after the civil strife ends, the new ruler will surrender to the Ming Dynasty again, and then the Ming Dynasty will give him a title. The vassal country will still be the vassal country and will have no impact on the Ming Dynasty. Therefore,

There was no need for the Ming Dynasty to send troops.

However, before the envoy came to the Ming Dynasty this time, he was threatened by Li Long, asking him to persuade the Ming Dynasty to send troops, otherwise he would not have to come back! As a result, the envoy was also more thoughtful, and simply brought his family members with him when he came to the Ming Dynasty.

He came to Ming Dynasty this time with no intention of going back, so after seeing that Ming Dynasty was unwilling to send troops, he simply stayed with Ming Dynasty and refused to leave. It seemed that he planned to stay in Ming Dynasty forever.

There is no hope for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty. Li Long can only desperately organize the army to exterminate the rebels. But now North Korea is like a piece of rag with holes everywhere. If it is blocked here, it will be broken again there, and it is completely blocked.

The more loopholes are blocked, the more loopholes are blocked. For example, North Korean officers and soldiers have been defeated by the rebels several times. This has made the rebels in the Thirteen Roads more and more powerful, and it is obvious that they can compete with the North Korean government head-on.

Already.

During this critical period, Qi Yanming and Zhang Rui, who were the first to instigate the rebellion, finally rested and bared their fangs against North Korea again. In just a few days, they completely cleared North Korean officers and soldiers from North Chungcheong Province.

, and even captured part of Chungcheongnam-do, and based on this, began to recruit Chungcheongnam-do.

As a result, there were countless people responding to the rebels in the North Road. Every day, countless rebels could be seen marching towards North Chungcheong Province. This made Qi Yanming and his group's power grow like a snowball, especially after they were defeated head-on several times.

After the North Korean officers and soldiers, the Zhongqing Army gained momentum and became recognized as the strongest force among the North Korean rebels.

Regarding the civil strife in North Korea, since the Ming Dynasty officials had made up their minds not to interfere, Zhou Chong, as the governor of the world, naturally did not dare to send troops to North Korea in violation of North Korea's ban. Moreover, he was the one who started the chaos in North Korea, so now he is even more happy to see it.

Well, the Koreans are not good people anyway, it would be best if they all die, and then we can take possession of North Korea ourselves, which will also be a good place for immigrants in the future.

However, although the power of the Governor's Office cannot be used, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is his personal power, and this power can be used without any restrictions. Regardless of the current war in Korea, the past sea trade has been greatly affected, but the more this

At this time, there is a good opportunity to make a fortune. After all, war wealth is the most profitable money in the world. In later generations, the United States became the world's leader by relying on its war wealth, so he would not let go of such a good opportunity.

Food, weapons, cloth and other materials are all the most urgently needed goods for North Korea, and there is no bargaining. No matter how much goods are shipped to North Korea, they will all be swallowed up. As for the payment for the goods, it may be

The money and property robbed may also be specialties such as ginseng, or they may even be directly exchanged with young Korean women. Anyway, as long as the Koreans can bring out anything, they can be exchanged for Ming Dynasty goods.

Zhou Chong has no psychological burden at all about distributing the war wealth of the Koreans. Food must be controlled and must not be sold in too much. Firstly, the food of the Ming Dynasty is not enough to eat. Secondly, if the Koreans are full, then

What else is there to fight?

As for weapons, there must also be restrictions. Zhou Zhong took advantage of the fact that he was the governor of the Ming Dynasty and purchased many worn-out weapons retired from the army from Zhengde at a low price. Although these weapons were already dilapidated, as long as they were repaired, they would look better on the surface.

That's fine. Anyway, the North Korean rebels are extremely short of weapons. A broken knife is better than a wooden stick. However, Zhou Zhong will not sell real sharp weapons to North Korea. After all, he doesn't want to cultivate a group of people for himself.

A powerful enemy.

Food and weapons must be controlled, but other supplies are not needed. As long as the Koreans pay the minimum price, Zhou Zhong will transport the things. Originally, Zhou Zhong wanted to use the power of the Chamber of Commerce to bring the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce's maritime fleet to

Destroyed, but

The people of the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce were very clever. They immediately gave up their maritime power after the rebellion. Now the coast of North Korea is controlled by merchants from the Ming Dynasty. Countless supplies are shipped to North Korea every day, and then they bring back boatloads of North Korean property and goods.

woman.

In addition to business, Zhou Zhong's Sihai Governor's Office also took some actions. For example, Chang Xiao occupied Seongsanpo on Jeju Island. This time the Korean civil strife also involved Jeju Island, and the Koreans on the island also launched a rebellion. Very soon

They quickly beat up all the Korean officers and soldiers stationed on the island.

They were completely defeated, and the people on the island were also harmed by the rebels. In the end, Chang Xiao led his navy to fight in person, defeated the rebels, and took over the entire Jeju Island. In addition, there were also

Some islands on the side coast were also taken over by the navy sent by Chang Xiao.

Of course, these actions are very covert, and Zhengde has been informed in advance. Otherwise, if Zhengde's suspicion is aroused by the unauthorized mobilization of troops, even if they are brothers, they may cause big trouble to Zhou Chong, so they must be informed in advance.

, with his righteous temper, he would not stop it, and even found it very interesting.

However, when Zhou Zhong was raking in North Korea's national treasure, he did not forget to inquire about the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce. After all, the Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce had previously attacked the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce's fleet for no reason, and this incident had spread, which had already caused some damage to the reputation of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, in order to avenge the dead people and to figure out the cause of the whole thing, Zhou Zhong has been paying attention to the Zhongqing Army that evolved from the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce.

During this period, under the leadership of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Ming merchants have been trading with various forces in North Korea, but there is only one force that no one dares to trade with. This force is the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce. After all, whether it is public or private,

, Zhou Zhong was the overlord along the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce offended him. Naturally, no one dared to risk offending Zhou Zhong by trading with them.

However, although no one trades with the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce on the surface, there are still many people who dare to trade with the Zhongqing Chamber of Commerce secretly under the temptation of interests. Zhou Zhong also knows these very well, and he is not angry at all, because these traders

In fact, it was he who ordered it, with the purpose of finding out the loyalties through transactions.

The true identities of the two leaders of the Qing army. After a period of trading, those people finally gained the trust of the Zhongqing army. In a few days, there will be a very large batch of grain to be traded. At least one of the two leaders of the other party will have to go.
Chapter completed!