Li Mu is a tall middle-aged man. Unlike many bearded generals, he has a very clean face and even his eyebrows are sparse, giving people a very kind feeling.

He was originally the commander of the Guangzhou Left Guard. He participated in the Guangzhou South Gate Victory chaired by Lin Qinran, and was appreciated and promoted by Lin Qinran.

After Lin Junran put forward the military view of "the South General was transferred to the north", Li Mu was the first "Southern General" to be transferred to the north and came directly to Tianjin City to serve as the commander of the Tianjin Left Guard.

Tianjin Guard is not an important barrier to defend Mongolia. Since its base is close to the Bohai Bay, it is a gateway to the East China Sea. Due to the sea ban, there is no military value here.

However, in Lin Qingran's plan, he always attached great importance to Tianjin Macao. Whether for maritime transportation or for future grain transportation, this place is still important.

With Lin Junran as the Minister of War and Li Mu's qualifications were sufficient, he could naturally stand at a higher position.

Li Mu knew that his ability was limited, but he could not be as competent as Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang as the generals of the border areas, so he was still willing to stay in Tianjin City to control Lin Yanran and run this window to connect with the East China Sea.

Facing these old Guangdong people, Li Mu seemed very enthusiastic: "I have already held a banquet in the mansion. After the banquet, I sent my personal soldiers to send you safely to the capital!"

"Haha... Thank you for your kindness in General Li, then we should be more respectful than obedient!" Hai Batian had a generous personality and immediately bowed.

When Lee Guozhi and Chen Jihyo saw Hai Batian agree so happily, they exchanged glances helplessly.

In their original plan, they immediately rushed to Beijing City when they landed, but now they could not resist Li Mu's enthusiasm and Hai Batian's face, so they had to go to Tianjin City to attend the banquet.

Tianjin City is located at the intersection of Sanhe Fork. The water system here is well developed. There is a canal connected to Tongzhou and an official road leading directly to Beijing City. It is a very rational port-type city.

Tianjin City was built by Zhu Di after he captured the world. It was an ancient city with an area of ​​eight miles. Although it was built by the Three Guards of Tianjin, it also gathered tens of thousands of ordinary people to live here.

Li Mu has a high prestige here. For the sake of low-key, he only called some old Guangdong people to accompany him and prepared sumptuous food at the table, but there were a lot of seafood from the Bohai Sea.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes.

Chen Ji-hyo and Lee Kwok-chi are both cautious people, so they don’t stick to wine at the table. Hai Batian and Liang Yi followed Li Mu to drink several large bowls in a row, which made the atmosphere of the banquet look very cheerful overall.

Li Mu wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth and solemnly warned: "You must be very careful when you go to the capital this time, and it is best not to let people know that you have arrived in the capital!"

"Why is this?" Hai Batian asked in confusion, chewing a piece of mutton.

Chen Zhixiao and others also became a little alert and turned their heads to look at Li Mu in confusion.

Li Mu looked at everyone's eyes and said with a verbal expression: "The situation in the capital is not as deep as the place, and the water is so deep that ordinary people cannot imagine. Now all forces in the capital have eyeliners, and Lord Lin is even stared at by countless pairs of eyes, so you must be careful when meeting with Lord Lin!"

"Is this what Lord Lin means?" Liang Yi also put down his chopsticks and asked solemnly.

Li Mu took another sip of wine, but said honestly: "Since April this year, Lord Lin and Li Yunhu will not meet directly in the mansion!"

Chen Ji-hyo and Lee Kwok-ji exchanged glances silently. They thought it was a very ordinary summon, but found that things seemed much more complicated than they thought.

"Let's write it down!" Hai Batian was a bold and meticulous person, and nodded solemnly.

Li Mu did not intend to get Hai Batian and Liang Yi drunk. After using the banquet, he also arranged for them to go to the capital.

Tianjin is half a day away from Beijing. Since the canal connecting Tongzhou is now severely silted, it is now the fastest and most convenient way to walk the official road.

Lee Guozhi and Chen Jihyo tacitly avoided the drunkenness of Hai Batian and Liang Yi, but chose to ride in the same carriage. Although the two had almost no overlap in their previous trajectories, they gradually became talkative after contacting these days.

Although one person is in the South China Sea and one person is in the East China Sea, it is essentially doing the same thing.

After introducing the specific situation in Nanyang to Lee Kwok-ji, Chen Ji-hyo also asked curiously: "Brother Li, how is the situation in Japan now?"

"Our Donghai also pursues a policy of support and suppression, such as supporting Ryuzoji Takanoburi and Otomo Sorin on Kyushu Island. Now Kyushu is fighting fiercely!" Li Guozhi smiled slightly, looking a little proud and authentic.

Chen Ji-hyo's personality tends to be rational, so he reminded him seriously: "The divisiveness of Kyushu Island is the most beneficial to our joint business group. We cannot let Ryuzaoji Takanobu really dominate Kyushu!"

The East China Sea is actually very similar to the South China Sea. The South China Sea exists with all countries, while the East China Sea is a split Japan, so they actually adopt the same policy: to help the weak and eliminate the strong and prevent a single family from dominating the world.

Even on the small Luzon Island, they divided their forces into three parts: in addition to maintaining relations with the Luzon King Suleiman, they supported the two forces of the Beishan tribe in the north and the Batangas tribe in the south.

"The teacher actually intends to let Ryuzoji Takanobu dominate Kyushu Island!" Li Guozhi said seriously, and then explained in response to Chen Zhixiao's surprised gaze: "Kyushu Island is just a place of a prefecture, and even if you give Ryuzoji Takanobu it, you can't get rid of us completely. According to my observation over the years, Ryuzoji Takanobu is a very ambitious person. Once he really dominates Kyushu Island, he will definitely choose to cross the sea to fight against Honshu Island in the east!"

Chen Zhixiao frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing, Lord Lin?"

"The teacher said: The world will be united for a long time, which is an eternal truth. The current situation in Japan is destined to evolve into a hegemon, especially Oda Nobunaga in the Tokyo Circle, which does look like a hegemon, so we need to support an overlord to fight against him now, and then... destroy all this!" Li Guozhi looked at the sky outside the window and said seriously.

Chen Ji-hyo knew that the current joint business group had the ability to support Ryuzoji Takanobu to dominate Kyushu Island, but asked with concern: "Will we... raise tigers?"

"Yes, Ryuzoji Takanobu is trustworthy now, but it may not be the case in the future! But that is the beginning of the great disaster in Japan, and Japan will quickly fall into differentiation again!" Li Guozhi nodded gently, and seemed happy to respond.

Chen Ji Hyo looked at the expression of Lee Kwok Ji-joo holding it, but he knew that the other party had already planned everything, or that legendary Lin Ge Lao had already planned all of this.

Although he didn't understand what method the legendary master Lin Ge would use to deal with Takanobu Ryuzoji, he had already considered the countermeasures of Takanobu Ryuzoji's "rebellion" when he just supported Takanobu Ryuzoji, and he was worthy of the name of one three-step calculation.

In fact, the United Business Group has come to this point, which is not the result of the legendary figure's layout a few years ago.

From seizing Macau and building Xiangshan County to building ships and artillery, they have begun to plan trade between the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and have become the well-deserved overlords of the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

As for the Malacca, although many businessmen think it should be taken down, it is through the portal of Western trade.

However, he always believed that Lin Weiran's approach was more clever, and that it would be more clever if he did not take down Malacca. They joined forces with the business group to carry out normal trade with the Portuguese, but also to get a piece of fat from the spice trade, and can also carry out financial business of gold and silver exchange with the Portuguese.

Chen Ji-hyo knew that Lin Qiran must have made careful arrangements for the East China Sea. These people no longer needed him to worry about it, so he asked curiously: "Brother Li, you said that Lord Lin suddenly summoned us to Beijing, and I don't know what happened?"

"The teacher has always been unfathomable, and I'm afraid I can't guess it thoroughly. I'll know when I see him!" Li Guozhi shook his head gently and responded naturally.

Chen Ji-hyo knew that the guess was not appropriate at this time, so he nodded gently and said, "I'm anxious!"

The carriage fell into silence, and his thoughts also drifted to Beijing. It also made him feel ashamed. Although he was a native of the Ming Dynasty, this was his first time to set foot in the capital.

The capital in June seemed extremely lively, with traffic, and merchants and scholars from all over the world gathered here. Especially this year's autumn examination is coming, a large number of scholars from Northern Zhili gathered here, intending to compete for the fame of a scholar in Northern Zhili.

There was a long queue at the city gate. Although they were all big men on the sea, they came here as ordinary scholars or merchants, so they could only queue up honestly.

As for the personal soldiers sent by Li Mu to escort them, they had already left a few miles away. They said that they were too arrogant when they appeared with them, and even reminded them to change to ordinary scholar costumes.

After a long wait of incense, it was finally their turn to enter the city.

"All of you get off the car, we need to check!" The soldiers guarding the city ordered with great force and power, facing Chen Ji-hyo and others sitting in the carriage.

Chen Ji-hyo and Lee Kwok-ji looked at each other helplessly, and Lee Kwok-ji was a little calmer. After all, he has lived in the capital for many years, but Chen Ji-hyo's face is a little unhappy.

Although he was only the deputy city lord and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United First City, he has been almost like a local emperor in Nanyang over the years, and the kings of the countries in Nanyang have always regarded him as a guest of honor.

But now that I have arrived in the capital, I have to wait for a stick of incense to enter the city gate. Now I have to get off the carriage and cooperate with the inspection, and even open his baggage.

Fortunately, their identity issues have been resolved by Li Mu. Although they have been treated more savagely, they have passed the level very smoothly.

Chen Ji-hyo got on the carriage again, and the carriage slowly drove on the extremely wide blue brick street and entered the most magnificent imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty. However, after only a few steps, the carriage suddenly stopped moving forward.

Not to mention Hai Batian, who is irritable, even Chen Ji-hyo, who has always been steady, asked impatiently at the groom outside: "Why did you stop again?"

"The sedan chair of the three-sided governor of Shaanxi Province, Wang Chonggu!" The groom responded naturally.

Li Guozhi knew the situation in the capital well. When listening to this, he specially lifted the curtain and looked outside. He happened to see Wang Chonggu passing by in a sedan chair.

Although Yang Bo, the backstage of the Shanxi merchant, had already fallen, the Shanxi merchants were making frequent moves. Not only did they spend their efforts to elect Wang Chonggu, but they recently heard that the Shanxi merchants were seeking the return of the former right attendant of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Guo, to the liberation of the former Ministry of Revenue.

Chen Ji-hyo sighed helplessly. After finally waiting for the sedan chair, the carriage stopped after a few steps, and then asked again: "Why did you stop again?"

"The sedan chair of the prefect of Shuntian Li Min!" the groom explained bitterly.

Chen Zhixiao was completely out of temper. When he stopped again, he couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that there were so many big men in the capital, but now I see him, it's true! I wonder whose sedan chair is this time?"

"Xu Gang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works!" the groom outside responded.

Li Guozhi frowned slightly, but asked in confusion: "A Qi, isn't the left minister of the Ministry of Works Zhang Shouzhi?"

"The court now is no longer the same as before!" Mafu Aqi said proudly as he knew the matter in the capital.

When Chen Ji-hyo heard this, he looked at Lee Kwok-chi in confusion and said, "What's wrong with the court now?"

"This is my first time in the capital this year, and I don't know what's going on now!" Li Guozhi shrugged and responded half-true.

Chen Ji-hyo was full of doubts, but their carriage stopped soon again. This time he was too lazy to ask again, but instead he patiently closed his eyes and rested in the carriage.

When he entered the inner city, he was subjected to a new round of investigation by tax authorities. He had originally considered whether to go directly to Lin's mansion, but he was accused of being unable to enter Xiaoyongfang as theirs, let alone Lin's mansion to ask Lin Weiran to see Lin.

This is the era of the feudal class after all. No matter how rich they are or how prominent they are in overseas, they are an ordinary ruling class in this imperial capital.

For the sake of concealment, they did not go to industries such as United Restaurants, but chose an inconspicuous inn in the east of the city. At the same time, they sent someone to contact Li Yunhu and passed the news of their arrival to Lin Yanran.

"Geor Lin is busy with the Ministry of War now, you have to wait a little longer!"

Chen Zhixiao and others thought they would see Lin Weiran soon after they arrived here. However, when they heard this response, they couldn't help but look at each other, but they could only wait patiently.

In the next few days, they received no news, but heard the recent news of Mr. Xu's resignation in the court.

This is not groundless. Since Gao Gong became the Minister of Personnel, he not only cleaned up a large group of Xu Party, but also cracked down on the censors of the Kedao, almost emptying the chief assistant Xu Jie.

Even in the cabinet, Gao Gong's voice became louder and louder. Many things really happened to Longqing, and Longqing would also prefer his teacher Gao Gong.

On the last day of June, there was finally news that Lin Weiran would interview them, and the place was arranged to be the food in the north of the city.
Chapter completed!