The ancients emphasized not to speak without saying anything or sleep without saying anything. In addition, Qian Yuan was filial and could not drink alcohol, so there was basically nothing to say at the table. After the food was removed, the servant served a few cups of tea, and then four or five people started chatting about it.

Wang Shizhen's younger brother Wang Shimao is seventeen years old this year and is the same age as Qian Yuan. He passed the academic examination last year, but did not participate in the provincial examination last year. He is now studying in Hangzhou with his father.

There is a father of a rank-in-law official and a famous brother all over the world. The family has two Jinshis in each generation since its great-grandfather. The young Wang Shimao was young and energetic, so he disdained the peer opposite him.

Speaking of which, it was still the head of the government trial, and it was embarrassing to do business. Unexpectedly, Wang Shimao was so humbled and said that he was so humble and flattering that he blushed when he heard this...

In Qian Yuan's opinion, flattery is always just a means rather than an end. If Wang Jun can make him feel better, he doesn't mind making the flattery louder, as long as the other party can give him more time.

When Qian Yuan changed the topic, Wang Shimao still despised him, but Zhang Juzheng was very focused, and Wang Jun and Yukishi, who were originally careless, also gradually became focused.

"The court said that all the merchants in the sea are thieves, and this sentence cannot be miscalculated." Qian Yuan explained carefully: "Now, when two ships meet in the vast sea, there are only two results. Either they eat each other or are eaten by each other."

"But not all maritime merchants will go ashore to plunder the people. In fact, most maritime merchants are unwilling to plunder the people. Of course, the premise is that there is a complete trading channel." Qian Yuan glanced at Wang Jun: "So Wang Zhi from Ligang, Zhoushan, is a key figure."

Haoshi interrupted and asked: "Wang Zhi has been doing business in Ligang for two years, but the Japanese pirates who came ashore to rob and robbery during this period have never stopped."

"That's true." Qian Yuan nodded and continued: "It is said that Wang Zhi is the leader of the maritime business today, but in fact he is just the nominal leader."

"The head of nominal?" Yukishi frowned and asked after the sharp-mouthed monkey.

"Yes, the fleets under Wang Zhi are all privately owned by each ship owner. He does not have absolute jurisdiction. For example, Xu Weixue, Mao Haifeng, Ye Zongman and others do their own things and are not completely governed by Wang Zhi." Qian Yuan licked his lips. "There are two reasons why Wang Zhi can reach his current status. First, he had previously received support from the Ming army to continuously eliminate Lu Qi, Shen Jiu, and Chen Sishang several pirates, and he also got the former deputy envoy of the sea route to send out twenty sea ships, and second, it was because of Zhoushan Ligang."

Fortunately, Wang Zhi carefully looked at Wang Jun's expression, "Wang Zhi was doing business in Ligang, Zhoushan, and opened up the joints, so he could cover the sky with one hand in the maritime business?"

"Yes, after Shuangyu Port was destroyed, Wang Zhi founded Ligang with one hand. That was his foundation, but it was not enough to cover the sky with one hand." Qian Yuan shook his head, "It is precisely because of insufficient management efforts that the Japanese pirates frequently went ashore to plunder. In fact, it was the maritime merchants excluded from Ligang by Wang Zhi who turned into Japanese pirates... For example, two months ago, Jiaxing, which was close to the coastline, was attacked by a small group of Japanese pirates, and Taizhou, which is far from Zhoushan, is also an example."

Wang Qiang had bright eyes and had a tea cup in his hand for a long time and could not imagine drinking tea. He was from Suzhou and knew how smuggling along the coast of Zhejiang was rampant. After taking office as the governor of Zhejiang, he quickly made a plan. However, he always felt like watching flowers in the fog for the owner of the Wufeng ship who was hiding on Zhoushan, so he was uneasy. Unexpectedly, this fog was pushed away by a young man today.

Qian Yuan prepared for a few days, and at this moment he talked freely, "The capture and killing of Li Bald and Xu brothers was Wang Zhi's rebuilding of the coastal smuggling business system. This is the reason why he is now respected as the big boss. But it can also be seen that Wang Zhi is not a pure businessman, but he is unwilling to go ashore to rob the people under the premise of having business channels."

Wang Jun squinted his eyes and nodded, "In other words, Wang Zhi was unwilling to go to war with the court."

The stone in Qian Yuan's heart finally fell down. Well, he finally saw clearly the thoughts of the Zhejiang governor in front of him. Well, it was exactly the same as what he guessed.

"Is there no war going on now?" Zhang Juzheng was surprised. "It is said that the new Taizhou magistrate Tan Zili was hiring troops to form a team training."

Qian Yuan's pupils shrank slightly. Tan Lun and Tan Zili, that was a famous general who could be called together with Qi Jiguang. Now he has finally appeared on the stage of history.

"Of course it's not considered the war." Yukishi explained with a smile: "That's just the consequence of Wang Zhi's inability to suppress it."

"Yes, in fact, two months ago, Xu Weixue's subordinates went ashore to rob Jiaxing, and Wang Zhi and him turned their faces on this." Qian Yuan said casually.

Before Zhang Juzheng could react, Wang Jun and Yukishi's eyes shot towards Qian Yuan like lightning.

Qian Yuan was stunned and smiled bitterly and spread his hands, saying, "Brothers and brothers were both lost to the hands of Japanese pirates. If you want to avenge them, how could you not inquire carefully?"

After a while, Wang Jun nodded silently. For him, Qian Yuan, whose father and brother were both dead under the Japanese pirates, was trustworthy, at least for the Japanese pirates.

"Come on, this is the tea before the Ming Dynasty. I was in the capital a few years ago, and Shandong didn't have such a blessing." Xushi smiled and raised the teacup, "It's a pity that there are not many, otherwise I would also have some for you to go back and taste."

"It's normal. In recent years, smuggled goods are mainly cotton, silk, porcelain, and tea." Qian Yuan lowered his head and sipped, and slandered him with all his might: "Especially, tea in the Ming Dynasty has been booked a long time ago."

"Hmm?" Wang Jun snorted with his nose.

Qian Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Smuggling trade has been rampant from the southeast coast, and the status of maritime merchants has been rising. People have sent their children to the fleet one after another. Some military officers even knelt down to worship Wang Zhi. What does Mingqian Tea count as?"

"The military officer knelt down?" Zhang Juzheng's eyes were glaring out, "This is this..."

Wang Jun turned his head and glanced at him. Yukishi smiled bitterly and said, "It's all news, news..."

"Yeah, it's indeed circulating in the public." Qian Yuan said indifferently: "I also heard about it in the teahouse a few days ago."

Xushi glanced at Qian Yuan from the corner of his eyes. He really didn't know whether this sentence was intentional or unintentional... Because Xushi knew very well that the rumored military officer was Zhang Siwei, the former chief officer at the yamen gate.

After agreeing on the departure, Zhang Juzheng and Qian Yuan bid farewell and left to their respective homes. The former still lived in the inn and the latter returned to the shop.

The nails have been buried, and the relationship has been tied up... Well, in fact, it is because someone wants to get involved with him. Qian Yuan smiled bitterly after thinking about it for a moment.

Wang Jun, this is a typical bureaucrat.

His eyes cannot see the benefits of sea trade, but only see the troubles caused by Japanese pirates. Of course, this is also the mainstream opinion in the court today.

But Wang Jun was able to make the most beneficial judgment. Split troops to suppress small groups of Japanese pirates, not only could they suffer a defeat, but it was also unpaid from the perspective of cost and benefits.

The governor of Zhejiang is a crater, and the death of his ex-girl Zhu Wan is still vivid in my mind.

But if Wang Zhi can be wiped out and Ligang can be destroyed, a road that will allow you to escape from the crater and even go straight to the sky.

Actually, Qian Yuan quite understands it. He was pushed to the position where his ex had been idle for so many years after he died. If he didn't make a contribution, he would still want to fill the active volcano to death?

However, Qian Yuan was a little soft-hearted today. He had already vaguely mentioned the consequences of taking Ligang directly.

Wang Zhi's position seems stable but in fact it is false. Once Ligang is destroyed, he will not be able to suppress his fleets. At that time, the maritime merchants and Japanese pirates who have no way out will flock to him, and there will be no more peace on the southeast coast.

Even though Wang Jun did not have this judgment before, Qian Yuan had made it clear today. Although Wang Zhi may be alert to how Wang Jun was willing to give up this opportunity, he probably wouldn't have thought that Wang Jun would go straight to Ligang.

Tactically speaking, Wang Jun has been invincible.

But strategically speaking, the court has been invincible.

But the successors were suffering... Qian Yuan tilted his head and recalled that before Hu Zongxian, there seemed to be several others, Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong were the most famous, and the two who were wrongly killed after the Wang Jiangjing victory. For this reason, Yan Song also brought the famous Yang Jisheng with him.
Chapter completed!