Zheng Ruozeng did not have a formal residence in Zhenhai County, and he had always lived in the Qian family. The huge house was five in front and three in the last three in the house. The first two were accommodated by the Qian family guards, Zheng Ruozeng and others.

"Mr. Zheng is back. I've been there for three days. Thank you for your hard work." Hong Hou met Zheng Ruozeng and the servants he met along the way were respectful.

"Where is Duke Lumen?"

"Lumen Gong went to Weiyuan City." Hong Hou whispered: "Send a few more Western cannons."

"Or iron cannon?"

"It's a bronze cannon."

Zheng Ruozeng slowed down. He once heard Qian Yuan mention that the best artillery is the steel cannon, followed by the copper cannon, and the second is the iron cannon. However, because good steel is rare, even the best artillery in the West is just the bronze cannon.

But copper has always been used directly in China for silver... In fact, until the great rise of maritime trade, silver was not circulated among the people, so copper meant money.

This is also something that Zheng Ruo once found difficult to understand. Since he recruited Wang Zhi, the army and the forts alone had acquired nearly a hundred artillery types, so where did he get so much money?

Wang Zhi helped? Isn’t this stupid enough to be so willing, right?

After thinking for a while, Zheng Ruo once put this matter behind his mind. This was not an urgent matter. He continued to walk towards the study, and he asked casually: "Where is Ju Zhang?"

It was not only Zheng Ruozeng who lived in Qian's house. Since Qian Yuan returned to Beijing and then to Tan's family and Huang's family and other female relatives also entered Beijing, many literati and poets have lived with Qian's family. However, except for Zheng Ruozeng, only his colleagues in the Governor's Office, Mao Kun and Shen Mingchen.

Mao Kun was invited by Zheng Ruozeng, and at the same time he also hoped to use Suiyuan to recover. Shen Mingchen took the initiative to come...

Hong Hou was silent for a while and looked at the sky, "At noon, Ju Zhang Gong should have gone to the restaurant."

Zheng Ruozeng slowed down again and said with a smile: "Ju Zhang is such a god!"

Shen Mingchen was originally from Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture, and was very close to Zhenhai. The clan also directly participated in the sea trade business and found a reason to live in Zhenhai.

Of course he is a god... He recites poems and essays every day and uses the Qian family restaurant as a canteen so much that he is so happy that he even brings his nephew shamelessly, and even says that it was invited by Qian Yuan.

Hong Hou also came forward to prove that it was indeed invited by the young master... to invest in advance. In history, Shen Yiguan was the chief minister of the cabinet during the Wanli period. Perhaps those who served in office may all be smart people, but those who made a bloody journey from thousands of competitors to reach the high position of chief minister of the cabinet must be smart people.

After entering the study all the way, Hong Hou, who was following behind, drove the Shutong out and poured tea with his own hands, "Thank you for your hard work."

Zheng Ruozeng took a sip of tea and shook his head, "Although Zhan Cai is a child of a noble family, he is not good at drinking tea. He only knows how to drink cattle. You also follow the same thing. The way to make tea has not yet been introduced... Let's talk about it, what news?"

Hong Hou laughed dryly, "What the sir said is that I got the letter yesterday morning. There were bandits in Longquan County, Chuzhou Prefecture, Dongyang County, Jinhua Prefecture, and Taiping County, Taizhou Prefecture, and Huangyan County, and the Zhejiang General has already written down."

"Qi Jimei, the general of the Western Zhejiang gang, led his army to Longquan County to suppress bandits, Hou Jigao, the general of the Jin gang in Shaotai, went to Jinhua Prefecture, and the guerrilla general Zhang Yishan went to Huangyan, and Taiping." Zheng Ruozeng saw Hong Hou nodding and couldn't help but sneer, "It's fine for the bandits, but they even caused Japanese pirates to invade!"

The prerequisite for opening a sea ban on trade was not just to pacify Wang Zhi, but to quell the Japanese pirates. Since Xu Hai was appointed as the leader and Wang Zhi surrendered, the Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang could not be immediately calmed down. It took Qi Jiguang, Qi Jimei, Yang Wen, Zhang Yuanxun, Ge Hao, Lu Bin, and Hou Jigao to completely strangle the Japanese pirates, and made the Japanese pirates regard Liangzhe as a place of death and flee to the south.

Now there is a Japanese attack again. Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help but curse in his heart, Wang Bengu, Dong Yikui is trying to seize power?

I clearly want to turn over the table!

You should know that Suiyuan's foundation is to open trade in the southeast, but the premise is that Qian Yuan and Hu Zongxian recruited Wang Zhi to quell the Japanese disaster... If the Japanese disaster recurs, don't say that the sea ban will be opened and traded, the censor of Kedao will crazily write a letter to impeach Qian Yuan who falsely reported his military achievements.

Just when Zheng Ruo once thought about whether to modify the plan, Hong Hou suddenly spoke: "I don't know the authenticity of Longquan in Chuzhou, but Taiping, Huang Yan..."

"Um?"

"It's true that there is something wrong." Hong Hou said softly: "When I heard the news yesterday, I have sent someone to inquire about the news. Today, I have reported that there is no such thing as the Japanese pirates attack, but the fishermen who went out to sea were robbed."

Zheng Ruozeng became alert, thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any casualties?"

"The two counties are adjacent to each other, three people were killed and more than ten people were injured. Three fishing boats were robbed." Hong Hou hesitated and said: "The news will not be fake, they are all trustworthy people. The guards who went to Huangyan County were Liang Sheng's nephew, and from Xialiang Township, Huangyan County."

At first, Liang Sheng devoted himself to the Qian family and became the leader of the guard team in less than a year. After that, most of the Liang family's children joined the guard team, Qi Jimei and Hou Jigao's army.

Now the Liang family is not weak in Huangyan County, and there are two captains in the county government alone. Moreover, Tan Lun was entrusted by Qian Yuan to train troops on the coast of Zhejiang in the name of a village bravery. Huangyan County Township Warriors are the leader of the Liang family.

Zheng Ruozeng slowly leaned back on the back of the chair, with a look of suspicion in his eyes. A few days ago, the Fujian general Qi Jiguang was transferred to the general of Jimen in the north, and the Nangan general Yu Dayou was transferred to the general of Guangdong. At this time, Japanese pirates came to Zhejiang to cause trouble?

Zheng Ruozeng did not doubt the false information, but he doubted whether anyone would make any moves secretly.

There are naturally two people who doubt it, one is Wang Bengu and Dong Yikui, while the other is Qian Yuan.

The purpose of the former is nothing more than to lure the tiger away from the mountain and even to turn over the table. If it is the latter... Zheng Ruozeng narrowed his eyes and thought that Qian Zhan was good at strategy and was scheming, but sometimes he also had a innocent heart. He did not expect that he would have made progress after he entered Beijing for a few years.

"Mr. Zheng, I received instructions from Mr. Longquan before. I have decided to set off to Taiping to suppress the Japanese. Brother Zhang is on the side of Brother Zhang..." Hong Hou asked in a low voice.

Hou Jigao and Zhang San are different. The former was from the Wei Institute and the latter was from the Qian family tenant, and their loyalty to Qian Yuan was different.

In other words, if Qian Yuan wanted to make some noise, Hou Jigao might not be willing to obey everything even if he regarded himself as Qian Yuan's party, and Zhang San would definitely obey orders.

Zheng Ruozeng, who came to his senses, stood up straight, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Let Zhang San go."

It cannot be blamed for Zheng Ruozeng's guess that Huang Yan is too even in Taizhou. Although Lu Bin is betrayed by the prefect now, Qian Yuan's power in Taizhou is still strong and has the ability and means to make some noise.

And he can only choose Taizhou. Shaoxing Prefecture has been intervened by Dong Yikui, Ningbo Prefecture... Yang Wen, who was born in the Qian family, and Zhang Yishan, were all stationed in Ningbo. Choosing in Ningbo means that he wants to cover up the truth.
Chapter completed!