Fuya Back Street.

Song Jia has long lost his image as a businessman in the early days. Now he wears a straw hat and a brown shorts. He is very inconspicuous and looks like a working man.

It was already dark. Song Jia lowered his head and sat on an old stone drum on the street, the cigarette butt in his hand flickering on and off.

His location is still 50 meters away from the back door of Fuya. Beside the small street is a small green bamboo sedan and four sedan bearers played by Fuzhou station intelligence officers, with a Song Jia, but nothing else.

As for "Cao Chuan", 5 minutes ago, he was taken away by Xiong Wencan's confidant, Xiong Qi.

After the two parties met in the back street of Fuya, Cao Chuan, who was wearing a gauze, followed Xiong Qi who was holding a lantern, and quietly walked into the backyard of Fuya through a side door.

The Chinese-style government offices in most dynasties had a rigid structure. Although the Futai government office covers a large area, it is actually still a large and broken county government office, equally desolate and dilapidated.

For Gong, in the feudal dynasty under a strict centralized system, local officials did not have funds for repairs. Most of the tax revenue was turned over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and there was no budget for this at all.

In private terms, the salary of local officials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was based on a lump sum system. All the money to support the family, take care of mistresses, and hire staff was in it. It was even more impossible to build a government office for the country.

Zhang Dongdong, no, it was Comrade "Cao Chuan". He followed Xiong Qi not far and walked around to the door of the small study room where Xiong Wencan was. While waiting for Xiong Qi to go in and report, Zhang Dongdong took off his gauze and straightened his eyes.

Get dressed.

Soon, Zhang Dongdong was invited in by Xiong Qi.

There was no time to observe the study room illuminated by solar lights. After Zhang Dongdong entered the door, he followed the standard training procedure, lowered his head and stepped forward, lifted the skirt of his robe, and knelt down to the figure in the chair: "Cao Chuan, a common man, kowtows to Lord Fujun."

"Cao Chuan, you don't need to be polite, please get up quickly." Xiong Wencan, who was wearing a pine-patterned Taoist robe, leaned over and lifted up Cao Chuan, whose knees had not yet touched the ground.

"Thank you, Lord Fujun!"

Xiong Wencan treats visitors with such courtesy, which is also the intended meaning of the title.

Old Xiong, who can be regarded as a frontier official, is naturally not a nerd in ethics. At this moment, when the two of them are alone, there is no point in putting on official airs.

In addition, starting from the Xiong Road in Hangzhou, Lao Xiong has already collected a lot of the silver taels and jewelry that the officials used to explore the road. Three days ago, Cao Chuan's gift list showed that the silver ingots used to set the foundation were 10,000 taels.

The pure sun lamp, the rarest treasure with 5 strings of pearls, is now placed on the table. This is a real treasure. So far, the world has only given away this one, and it will never be available again in the future. Even the emperor

Can't catch it.

In a word: The one with the shortest hand.

In addition, courtesy and courtesy were also the official attitude set by Xiong Wencan before he left Beijing. Therefore, except for changing the recipients, Lao Xiong followed the established routine in other aspects.

Why do you need to treat people with courtesy? I still have to ask Zheng Zhilong.

In fact, since the Ming-Dutch Penghu War began four years ago, the Zheng Zhilong Group, which was dispatched by the government and opposed the Dutch, has been in a state of being coaxed, deceived, and continued to be coaxed and deceived.

Generally speaking, the Dutch and Lao Zheng are both chamber pots in the eyes of the government. The government sometimes promises to appease Lao Zheng, and sometimes promises to liberalize trade to the Dutch. Which group of people jumps, and they use fishing bait to attract the other group.

Come to attack each other.

This trick continued until last year, the first year of time travel. In 1627, the government finally failed.

What happened is: in early 1627, after several robberies and troubles, Zheng Zhilong once again felt the warmth of appeasement. This time, the person who came forward was Cai Shanji, who was the prefect of Quanzhou at the time.

However, when Zheng Zhilong happily rushed to Quanzhou to meet Cai Shanji, he did not get the enthusiasm and sincerity he imagined. The familiar routine, the familiar smile but not the smile, the familiar taste of contempt emanating from his bones.

Lao Zheng realized this moment. In the words of later generations, Lao Zheng finally put down his burdens, abandoned all distracting thoughts, and resolutely began to implement the line of all-out armed struggle.

So Lao Zheng started to cause trouble. As for the government, they also skillfully organized a tripartite coalition of officials, bandits and foreign forces. However, this time, Lao Zheng defeated the coalition forces.

From the moment the commander-in-chief Yu Zigao was beaten to the point of escaping from battle, the government's trick of driving away tigers and devouring wolves could no longer be played, just like those Ponzi platforms that escaped in later generations, dancing on the tip of a knife,

The bubble will burst one day.

So there was Lao Xiong Fumin. So Cai Shanji's normal attitude of looking down on pirates has now become a superficial excuse: pay attention to etiquette, because his face has been swollen, this time he is really recruiting, not

Fake recruitment

"It's not easy to be able to set your mind on the right path at a young age." After Xiong Wencan sat down in Cao Chuan, he gently stroked his long beard and said gently: "Cao Chuan, you are here today. Your ability to judge the situation can be...

Neither haha."

"It's all about the love of the adults, not the despicability of the villains. How dare Cao Chuan not to repay the favor with his own body?"

"Ha ha"

There is a round of business exchanges at the beginning, which is a must-have routine. One person pretends to be a mentor, and the other recites the teacher's example. The scene is very harmonious.

The topic then unfolded.

Lao Xiong's first question in the conversation was not what Zhang Dongdong expected: Why did the Time Travelers want to snatch Zheng Zhilong's recruitment? Why were they so eager and "so confident?"

Zhang Dongdong then explained his motivation from a relatively unique perspective according to the answers he had prepared in advance: commodities.

Zhang Dongdong said that the kerosene lamps and glass bowls that he gave to Lao Xiong were all made by himself in the Dayuan kiln using secret techniques learned from the Taixi people.

Therefore, the Chuanchuangzhong are different from the Zheng Zhilong gangsters who are not involved in production. The Chuanchuanzhong are good people with competitive products, family businesses and perseverance. The only thing they lack now is the Ming Dynasty market recognized by the imperial court, so they need to recruit people.

After hearing this, Xiong Wencan nodded slightly.

Confucian officials in the Ming Dynasty did not understand how domestic demand and external demand and trade can generate wealth. Therefore, people like Zheng Zhilong shipped domestic goods to foreign countries for sale. In their view, this kind of buying and selling behavior that did not involve production was poaching the country.

corner.

However, what Cao Chuan just told him is that the situation is much better than that of the Zheng family. At least they have some output. Although they are not genuine goods such as grain and cloth, oil lamps and glass bowls are also needed for daily use, right? Maybe they can be used as tributes.

If this is the case, then the time-traveling forces who have families, businesses, and pots and pans are indeed on a higher level than rogue bandits like the Zheng family.

After Xiong Wencan thought for a while, he put the matter aside for the time being and turned to consider Zhang Dongdong's judgment of the current situation.

This aspect is certainly the strength of "Cao Chuan".

Xiong Wencan's question, to put it bluntly, is that if his old man takes action to appease the queens of time travel, how will Cao Chuan and the others wipe out these big and small gangsters on the sea?

Zhang Dongdong answered this question in two steps.

The first point: Zhang Dongdong said that the time-traveling people have sharp firearms, and the main ships are built using Western methods, so they have strong firepower and strong combat effectiveness. You can see that the Dutch were beaten away by the brothers.

Second point: Zhang Dongdong humbly said that the soldiers under his command are brave when they are brave, but they are small in number and are only suitable for breaking formations with sharp knives and defeating enemy generals. As for strategy, Boss Xiong will still be needed to preside over the overall situation in the future. Let’s just listen.

Scream, I'll chop whoever you say!

Xiong Wencan narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

Chuanzhong, who had already studied Old Xiong's thoughts thoroughly, every word spoken at this moment scratched Old Xiong's heart.

Historically, Lao Xiong pinched his nose and petted Lao Zheng, and then used Lao Zheng to dominate the world. It took only a few years for Lao Zheng to lose his tail, but the power of the whole province of Fujian was no longer able to control Lao Zheng.

After Zheng Zhilong came to the throne, the Ming court issued many edicts, trying to move Zheng Zhilong north and south to fight with people from all walks of life. However, Zheng Zhilong clung to his home base and refused to obey the edicts. The Ming court had no choice.

Could it be that Xiong Wencan, who is well-read in history books, could not see this situation of separatist vassal towns when he was recruiting people?

In fact, Xiong Wencan knew very well what would happen after recruitment, but he had no choice. Lao Xiong was a traditional bureaucrat who hoped to paper over all problems during his tenure. At that time, faced with Zheng Zhilong's strength, what could he do? He was also desperate.

ah!

Everything is different now.

When "Cao Chuan" said: I am very strong, but my foundation is insufficient, so I listen to you in terms of the overall situation, including the large troops used to build momentum in the future, all need to be provided by you, this scratches the old bear's itch.

Up.

What is the strength of the government? Isn't it just a large number of resources? Lao Xiong can collect money from the vassal, mobilize the troops and horses of the entire province of Fujian, and seal the civilian ships of the entire province. The only thing he lacks is the fierce generals to break the formation!

The cooperation method proposed by Cao Chuan tonight is exactly what Lao Xiong hopes to see: a small number of elites come forward to kill the chiefs and break the formation, and the officers and soldiers then cover up the killing. Afterwards, the officers and soldiers took away most of the various merits, not to mention the number of people

The time-traveling force, which is rare and has no foundation in Fujian, will have to rely on his old man to make a living in the future. In this case, the initiative is always in his hands, and he is naturally not afraid that Cao Chuanwei will lose.

At this moment, Xiong Wencan fell into deep thought.

Comrade "Cao Chuan" naturally did not interrupt Lao Xiong's thoughts at this time, so the small study fell into silence for a period of time.

When Xiong Qi came in with a tea tray to change the water, he found that the conversation between his master and Cao Haizhu had come to an end because they were already talking about unimportant business matters.

However, at this moment, Xiong Qi heard a sentence that made his heart beat 180 degrees instantly: "No matter where you take office in the future, Xiaomin's business of glass cups and bowls will always have to trouble you to find some local buyers. Alas, now

It’s hard to do business these days, but even if the wine is good, the alley is too deep!”

Xiong Qi exited the study with trembling legs. What floated in his eyes at this moment were those crystal clear glass bowls and the huge amount of silver ingots: Do you still need to look for buyers for such treasures?

Xiong Qi immediately realized: I am afraid that with just a nod from his master, the Liuli Bowl business in Fujian will have a man named Xiong as the general agent in the future!

Ah, what a holding of grass Xiong Qi's soul was out of body at this moment. He just wanted to turn around and rush into the house, hugging his master's thigh and crying: When you get old, you must let your loyal servant Xiong Qi be the shopkeeper!

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