The process of asking Xu Na to come out was very smooth. After all, this era was no longer the Wei and Jin dynasties of the ancient times, and there were no real hermits among scholars. They studied hard all year round to sell what they learned to the court. Xu Na also

It is no exception, so when Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren expressed their intentions, Xu Na agreed without hesitation.

Originally, Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren were on a secret visit this time, and they did not notify the local officials. They even planned to rush back to Songjiang immediately after convinced Xu Na. After all, both of them are now in high positions and have countless in their hands.

Official affairs need to be managed, so naturally we cannot stay here in Jiangyin for a long time.

However, what Zhou Chong did not expect was that after Xu Qia, who brought them, immediately told the elders of the clan about his arrival and Wang Shouren's arrival. Speaking of which, since the last incident with Xu Jing, the Xu family in Jiangyin has also been the same.

Although his reputation was damaged, although he was still a bit intriguing with the prime minister Li Dongyang of the dynasty, it was still difficult to stop the decline of the Xu family. No officials have visited the Xu family for a long time. Now, there is a governor like Zhou Chong, which naturally causes

The Xu family's entire family was shocked.

It is precisely because of this that when Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren convinced Xu Na, several elderly people from the Xu family came from outside, and they insisted on asking Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren to stay for dinner. Looking at the other party's trembling look,

Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren were really hard to refuse, so they had to stay and have a meal with the Xu family. During the meal, the people of the Xu family finally knew the reason why they came to invite Xu Na out of the mountain.

Speaking of which, Xu Na was not famous in the Xu family. Only some of the other branches who were not valued in the Xu family followed him to study in order to be able to master the strength of a branch in the future. Even if he was looking for a businessman in the future, it would be an income.

With a considerable livelihood, as for other people who have the conditions to participate in the imperial examination, they are not willing to send their children to Xu Na to study.

But now it is completely different. According to Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren, there are a large number of newly occupied land overseas that need to explore mineral deposits. The Governor's Office is also in urgent need of talents in mineral exploration, so after Xu Na came out of the mountain, he would immediately get the Governor.

The government is highly valued. As long as you can find enough minerals in the future, it will definitely be no problem to get promoted and make money. Even as long as Xu Na went to the Governor's Office, it would be fine to give an eighth-rank official at the beginning. As for what level you can upgrade to in the future, it will be all up to.

He has made his own efforts.

Although Xu's family is rich and has a reputation for being passed down from poetry and books, in fact, in this generation, no one in the family held an official position in the court. This is like a catastrophe for a gentry.

If disasters continue like this, the Xu family will completely fall into a merchant family, and the reputation that has been accumulated by generations will be destroyed.

It is precisely because of this that the Xu family naturally attaches great importance to Xu Na's ability to become an official this time. Many people even came to Xu Na and whispered to discuss with him. They sent their children and grandchildren to Xu Na's.

Xu Na was not easy to refuse the requests of the elders and brothers in these tribes. In addition, Zhou Chong also signaled him to accept more disciples. After all, just Nanyang alone requires a lot of manpower, let alone in the future.

There is also America, so Xu Na should train more prospecting talents. Zhou Chong even thinks that if it is necessary, he should open a separate geology school so that Xu Na can teach this knowledge specifically. Maybe many years later,

Xu Na will also become the founder of geology.

When they came, there were only Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren, and there were some guards, but when they left Jiangyin, they brought more than a dozen people. Most of the cars were learned by Xu Naxin, and most of them were Xu's children.

There are a few old scholars who have white hair. They have never been able to pass the imperial examination in their entire lives. This time they have a shameless attitude to become Xu Na as their teacher, and are preparing to use their last little time to take a try. If they are not good, they can get a reward.

Improve your life at home.

It is also worth mentioning that not all the Xu family members who left with Zhou Chong this time are because many people need to arrange their homes, so they will go to Songjiang a few days later, and there are also the first batch.

People's family members, so when the second group of people set off, the scale will be larger. Xu Na even smiled and said to Zhou Chong that this time he almost took over the lower half of the young children of the Xu family as disciples, and added them together.

There were hundreds of people, plus other good friends with foreign families, and Xu Na's disciples had reached 150 or 60, which made Zhou Chong even more determined to open a geological school for Xu Na.

However, geology schools are not open as soon as possible. At least Xu Na needs to make certain achievements. After making achievements, Zhou Chong will have some reason to run a special school for him, and there will be no more at that time.

People would object and would be happy to do things, so when Xu Na brought a group of people to Songjiang, he arranged his family in the shortest time, and then he brought the first batch of more than 30 students, and then

With the guards and guides arranged by the Governor's Office for them, I took a boat to Nanyang.

Zhou Chong also attached great importance to Xu Na's trip to Southeast Asia. He not only equipped them with the best manpower and preparations, but also greeted officials in Nanyang and other places, asking them to cooperate with Xu Na and others.

There is no need to remind Zhou Chong. After knowing the purpose of Xu Na and his group, those officials in Nanyang wanted to sacrifice the other party as their grandfather. After all, as long as they could find mineral deposits in the area under their rule, they would attract a large number of people in the future.

Immigration will also promote local economy and people's livelihood, so they are extremely welcome to Xu Na.

After seeing Xu Na away, Zhou Chong turned his gaze to Edo Bay in Japan again. Shen Zhou and Lee Anliang had already led the fleet to open up the situation there, and Shen Zhou led the army to control the various forces in Edo Bay.

After cleaning up, the Japanese vassal army formed by Li Anliang was dragged to the battlefield by them after simple training and began to launch an active attack on the remaining Japanese forces around them. Moreover, these Japanese vassal army fought fiercely, and they went there.

There was almost no grass growing.

However, the brutality of the Japanese Servant Army has also aroused the hatred of other Japanese people. Now that the Japanese Servant Army attacks any force, it will cause the opponent to fight to the death. After all, instead of being massacred by the Servant Army after defeat, it is better to resist on the battlefield. Maybe it is OK

Repel the opponent's attack.

It is precisely because of this that the Japanese vassal army suffered great damage, with thousands of casualties almost every month. However, Li Anliang didn't care about these casualties at all. Anyway, there were many Japanese people who were willing to join the vassal army later.

Even among the newly conquered Japanese, they would soon forget their hatred for the Servant Army and join the well-paid Servant Army to seek benefits for their families.

These are all specially instructed by Shu Chong before the actions of Kamikaze. Edo Bay is the Bay of Tokyo in later generations, and Edo is the predecessor of Tokyo. It is a natural and excellent harbor that allows ships to

Avoid the strong winds and waves from the Pacific Ocean, and in the northeast of Tokyo Bay, there is a current from west to east, which can bring ships to America. In this way, the originally inconspicuous Edo Bay becomes the Ming Dynasty's lead to America.

A must-pass place.

It is precisely because of the important location of Edo Bay that Zhou Chong had long wanted to occupy the place. However, although the war in Japan was in chaos, Zhou Chong was worried that if he rashly sent troops to Japan, it would cause Daming from all over the country to fight back.

He never dared to do it, but now both Ashikaga Yoshikazu and Hosokawa Takako have become meat grinders. The entire Japanese daimyo has focused on the capital and has no time to pay attention to remote places like Edo.

, so Zhou Chong took action decisively.

Facts proved that Zhou Chong's judgment was correct. After Shen Zhou led a fleet to appear in Edo Bay, although it caused panic and hostility among some Japanese daimyos around him, under the attack of Shen Zhou and Lee Anliang, these Japanese daimyos either directly.

If it is destroyed, either lowers its head and shows respect to the Ming Dynasty, and does not dare to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty's fleet head-on.

However, as a ally of Zhou Chong in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshikata sent Ashikaga Ikki to find the Kanju and questioned why they wanted to send troops to Edo. After all, he is still a nominal general in the Japanese army and has the right to interfere with the Ming Dynasty against Japan.

Territory invasion. In response to this, Shen Zhou just said that he had followed the above orders and had no idea of ​​any reason. He was very tough and pushed Ashikaga Ikki back.

Later, Ashikaga Ichikki went to Songjiang to find a statement from Zhou. However, Zhou Chong started to play Tai Chi in this matter and said directly that he didn't know. Maybe Shen Zhou misinterpreted his order, so he rashly sent troops.

He also expressed his regret for this, but now Edo has been occupied by the Kanju, so he has no choice but to give Ashikaga Yoshiki at most some compensation in other aspects.

In fact, Ashikaga Yoshikazu didn't really want to ask Zhou Chong what to say. He just wanted to use this matter to ask Zhou Chong for some benefits. After all, he and the Hosokawa clan were fighting to death, so he had no energy at all, but he was concerned about Japan.

territorial integrity. So when Zhou Chong proposed compensation, Ashikaga Ichiki, who had been instructed by Ashikaga Yoshikazu, immediately expressed his agreement and actively expressed his hope that Zhou Chong could support a batch of weapons and food they were most urgently needed.

Zhou Chong had already expected Ashikaga Ikki's reaction. After all, he had incited the infighting between the Ashikaga and Hosokawa clan, so he wanted them to have no time to take care of other parts of Japan so that he could take the opportunity to make profits.

It is also worth mentioning that in addition to giving Ashikaga Yoshimai some food and weapons, Zhou Chong also reached another deal with Ashikaga Yoshimai, which was also exchanged for the interests of Japan. Although Ashikaga Yoshimai knew it clearly
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