It was night, the second hour of Yin.

It's only an hour before dawn.

Jia Qiang had just fallen asleep when he heard a shout outside the door: "Duke, Duke..."

Jia Qiang opened his eyes, and his originally dissatisfied eyes suddenly became brighter.

"Master..."

The two people beside them were wearing only light veils, their graceful figures were faintly visible, and the beauty of the world, full of spring in their eyebrows and eyes, woke up at this moment, and called out with some concern when they looked at Jia Qiang.

Seeing that the two were exhausted and the tears on their faces were not dry, Jia Qiang hurriedly smiled and coaxed, "It must be because there is an urgent matter in front of me. You two should have a rest, and you guys are ruthless..."

"oops!"

"Pooh!"

Keqing exclaimed, Li Wanqian spat, Jia Qiang laughed, and then hugged and kissed each other, got out of bed and put on clothes and opened the door. Seeing Su Yun there, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Yun said: "There was a message from the Ming Dynasty, saying that there was a 100,000 urgent matter to Xun Master."

Jia Qiang nodded and was about to leave when he saw Su Yun looking at him again, he laughed softly and said, "Next time, you will sleep with your grandma."

Su Yun nodded with a red face and smiled.

...

"Dude, Lu Qi is back!"

As soon as Jia Qiang left the second door, he saw Yue Zhixiang saying loudly without any concealing his excitement.

Jia Qiang's eyes were bright and she said, "Is it done?"

Yue Zhixiang focused on his head and said, "It's done!"

Jia Qiang exhaled gently and laughed softly.

Yan Ping, the King of Four Seas, once used his own strength to traverse the East China Sea and South Asia, and was almost invincible. The strength of his fleet is evident.

If it weren't for an insider, and the attacks between the Japanese slaves and the Portuguese Sea Division inside and outside, Yan Ping wouldn't have fallen to this point.

Today, although the strength of the Sihai Division is estimated to be less than 30% left, this matter is actually a good thing for Jia Qiang.

"Let's go see Luqi."

...

"Caomin Lu Qi, please pay tribute to the Duke!"

In the front hall, Jia Qiang looked at the young man who was bandaged with gauze and knelt down to pay tribute to him with vague blood. Jia Qiang did not rush to ask about the battle of Xiao Liuqiu, but looked at him with interest and asked: "Mr. Lu, with your thirteen ranks and your eyes and ears, it should be easy to hear some top secret news. For example, my current situation seems to be full of flowers and brocade cooking oil, but it is far from that good. Otherwise, I would not have always been thinking about going out to sea. Yangzhou is a family that has been running Yangzhou for more than 60 years. The court has long been in charge of the family. Mr. Qi knew it well, so he was willing to live in his life and seek a way out. It is understandable.

The nine surnames are somewhat similar. At the moment of the new policy, they have too much land in their hands and have no choice but to do so. Moreover, the nine families are in the south of the Yangtze River and have their influence everywhere, which is considered to be a taboo of the court, so they also want to leave one outside.

But I don’t understand. Your thirteen corpses are the treasury of the Emperor’s South China Sea, and are highly valued and protected by the Queen. What can I do to you? How could you work so hard?"

Lu Qi smiled bitterly when he heard this. Qiu Yi said it nicely. According to common sense, this should be the case. But who doesn’t know that you are a dog-like person and will turn your back on your face?

Even the Empress sent out the palace to warn them to be more disciplined in front of Jia Qiang, otherwise Jia Qiang would have used them as a raft and killed them, and the emperor would not blame him.

The emperor will not blame him for scouting tens of millions of taels!

But I can't say that, Lu Qi said: "The Duke of the Kingdom, Caomin said in his heart. In addition to fearing the power of the Duke of the Kingdom, Caomin thought that the Duke of the Kingdom was the only one who saw the harm of Western foreign countries in the court and the country. Caomin often dealed with Western foreign merchants and knew that those people seemed polite, but were actually arrogant and often had ulterior motives! The merchants of England and the Netherlands bribed the Governor of the Mughal Kingdom and local officials in Johor in the name of trade. After entering, they gave a lot of wealth to local officials while constantly enclosing land and training troops. When the Mughal Kingdom and Johor people reacted, it was useless. This was still aimed at the big countries, and they slowly captured and massacred some small countries!"

Jia Qiang looked at Lu Qi for a moment and asked, "Do you think the imperial guild will let them in and open the Laoshizi business? Or do you think they dare to enclose land in Dayan?"

"Of course I don't dare..."

"Then why do you want to raise private soldiers? I am also brave, but compared to you, it is far inferior to you."

Jia Qiang looked at Lu Qi gradually with a deep look.

Lu Qi saw the sweat on his forehead and said, "The Duke of the State clearly understands that those ships are not under the name of the Lu family, but are overseas righteous men. Because they are rescued by the Lu family, they..."

Jia Qiang smiled angrily and said, "Do you think these words can convince the emperor or the great scholars of Wuying Palace?"

Lu Qi was silent and began to feel cold from the bottom of his heart.

He didn't expect that Jia Qiang would turn against him now, was he coveting the wealth of the Lu family?

Jia Qiang seemed to see through his thoughts and laughed, saying, "You just saw that Western barbarians can break up the land and become kings by means of merchants. They are extremely rich and noble. You Lu Qi is ten or a hundred times stronger than those Western barbarian ghosts and animals. What can you do? "

When Lu Qi heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he kowtowed and said anxiously: "The Duke of the State is clear, and the people are always in charge of ministers! The Lu family made a fortune by relying on the emperor's kindness, how could it be..."

Before he could finish his words, Jia Qiang waved his hand and said, "You don't have to panic, and you don't have to explain anything. You can go through the past without investigating the past. As long as you have not cooperated with the Western barbarians, you will be their lackeys and betray the interests of the Great Yan in exchange for the support of the Western barbarians. I am not willing to pay much attention to the rest. But if it doesn't work in the future, merchants will be considered serious merchants. You can go out to do business and trade, but you must not raise private troops anymore."

Jia Qiang knew the character of the Chinese people so well. The eight words "Will the kings, princes, generals and ministers be more likely to be engraved into the bones and blood of the Chinese people.

Once this opening is released, Jia Qiang is sure that in the future, the people who fight for the southeastern waters will definitely be among the Chinese people.

Even the Qi family and others can only build self-protection forces on land, and they are not allowed to form troops at sea, let alone others?

After Lu Qi responded respectfully, Jia Qiang said, "Get up and talk about the situation on Xiao Liuqiu."

After being knocked, Lu Qi's thoughts of showing his merits were dispersed. The rules said: "If you say the prince back to China, on April 25, 2000, we followed our concubines and took the tide to pass Luer Gate, entered Dayuan Bay, and arrived at the foot of Anping City. Because there were internal support in the city, we knocked in and successfully solved the two hundred confidants left by Huang Chao. Then we thought about how to win the trust of Huang Chao and got rid of him when he returned to the shore. The hard thoughts were not solved, and the grass people took the initiative and offered a bitter plan..."

Jia Qiang smiled faintly when he heard this, looked at Lu Qi with a cold look, and asked, "Lu Qi, do you know what will happen if Sanniang makes any mistakes?"

Lu Qi nodded and said, "Caomin knows that if the concubine makes a mistake, Caomin's family will not be enough to compensate. But Caomin thinks that things must be done and cannot be timid because of fear. And compared with the Duke of the State who took a strange plan to attack the Khan King's Golden Case in Xuanzhen, Caomin's rough trick is not worth mentioning."

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "It is not an exaggeration to say that you are bold. But you must be a study of history books. When you understand that people with a temperament like you can have a good end. It should be said that there are almost no one. To put it nicely, you can't walk by the river without any wheezing shoes. To put it bluntly, you are too arrogant and have a backbone behind your head. In addition, you are a merchant... Even if you don't lose money in your business, you will never be able to tolerate you in the end. You are different from the Shanxi merchants. The Shanxi merchants smuggle illegal merchants in the grassland to make huge profits. If you are from Shanxi merchants, you may eventually want to take over the golden tent of the Khan King and become the King of Han."

Lu Qi looked pale and wanted to explain something, but Jia Qiang waved his hand and said, "You can do it yourself. I miss you for your little skill. I will talk a few words. Let's stop here today. Let's talk about what's going on in Xiao Liuqiu right now."

Lu Qi was choked to death, and was full of thoughts, but there was no chance. He pursed his lips and suppressed his heart's infarction, and said, "Dude, Huang Chao was killed by his concubine himself after he got ashore. All the 800 confidants of his subordinates were killed. After this battle, everyone on the island refused to accept his concubine. They heard that the Sihai King Yan Ping was dead, and under the leadership of Kuai Laosha, he respected the concubine as the new Sihai King. However, some people heard that the concubine had married and was still a concubine for the Guogong, and they seemed not very happy. They were also somewhat alienated to Ding Chao, Tietou, Zhuzi and other brothers of the Cao Gang..."

Jia Qiang pondered for a while after hearing this, and asked, "What did Sanniang say?"

Lu Qi hurriedly said, "Mrs. Please don't worry, the Duke of the Kingdom. She will solve this problem. More than 100 people brought back by the concubine are telling the legendary story of the Duke of the Kingdom. In addition, the Duke of the Kingdom asked the Duke of the Kingdom to send more brothers on the canal to the island... Also, please ask Uncle Yue to bring some people to the island to help. Although Xiao Liuqiu is now recovered, the strength on the island is not even enough. If the Japanese slaves and the Portuguese thieves attack, it will be very dangerous."

Jia Qiang thought for a while, looked at Yue Zhixiang on the side and said, "Okay, go and help him and find out who are two-minded people, so as not to let someone get in the middle and outside cooperation. As for the transfer of people from the canal, you discuss this with Ding Chao. Without affecting the canal, transfer more people to the island, and transfer three thousand first, preferably the whole family will go. After it is stable, adjust more. Only those on the canal and those in the capital will not move."

Yue Zhixiang nodded and said, "I understand...but if I leave, the Duke of the State..."

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "This trip to Yuezhou is the territory of the Thirteen Frontiers. If there are any mistakes there, it is really unreasonable. In addition, Shang Zhuo and the others are here, and the Delin has gone south, so there is no need to worry."

There are ambushers on Xiangjiang Island and on the other side of Haojing.

However, there is no need to let Luqi know this.

Yue Zhixiang said: "Okay, I'll explain it now, and then go to the island to try to go and return quickly."

Jia Qiang shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry, be sure to keep the island safe. Since there are people from the Qi family in Anping City, there will definitely be spies from the Japanese and Portuguese people to find them. That place is of great significance to us, and we must not have another drama of internal and external cooperation."

After Yue Zhixiang responded, he asked again: "Director, do you have something to bring to his concubine?"

Jia Qiang thought for a moment and said, "Tell her that the people on the island are not determined at the moment. I will go now, which will be unfavorable for her to stabilize the morale of the army. Wait a little longer, I will definitely go to the island to see her in March."

Lu Qi couldn't help but interrupt and said, "The concubine knew that the prince was in Fuqing. She was so moved that she burst into tears. She thought she was just persuaded to stabilize the overall situation..."

Jia Qiang nodded and said to Yue Zhixiang: "Now that everything is settled, the overall situation is settled, and I feel relieved. After Mazuchang and Bai Qi come back, I will set off for Yuezhou to preside over the Delin trip to sea to purchase sea grain. Uncle Yue, keep Xiao Liuqiu for me!"

"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!