Mao Haifeng returned to the shore, and several speedboats quickly disappeared into the vast sea. In the distance, Yu Dayou also put away his telescope.
The deputy general asked in a low voice: "Sir, why don't we take the opportunity to catch them? They should be Wang Zhi's people!"
Yu Dayou shook his head: "It's too far away. They are very vigilant and there are always hidden sentries nearby. Even if we rush over, we can only catch the useless little guy.
In addition, Brother Hu told me that Wang Zhi was half pirate and half businessman, which was different from the Japanese pirates. Wang Zhi used force to support his business, and he rarely went ashore to kill people.
There may not be a turning point in the future. If we completely fall out now, it might force Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates to collude, which would be bad.
We are already overwhelmed just fighting Japanese pirates, if we add Wang Zhi to the list, our ship will not be able to get into the sea!"
The lieutenant nodded: "What did they go ashore for this time? Do business? I didn't see them carrying any goods!"
Yu Dayou said: "Master reminded me that since the ninjas are going to the coast, there must be people in the coastal areas to support them.
If it's not Japanese pirates, it's the White Lotus Sect. Yan Shifan's group of ninjas were recruited by him with a lot of money, and they may not be the same as Japanese pirates.
But the cooperation between Yan Shifan and the White Lotus Sect is very close, so there is probably a stronghold of the White Lotus Sect here, we need to check it carefully!"
After the boat was some distance away from the shore, Mao Haifeng also took out a telescope from his arms, looked at the place where people could hide in the distance, and examined it carefully.
"The Ming Dynasty is still the kingdom of heaven. Only the Ming Dynasty can make such a magical weapon. Those red-haired ghosts brag about how awesome their country is every day, but do they have such a thing?"
Yagyu Zangetsu was even more convinced: "This thing is indeed magical, but it is too expensive. The ship owner spent a bunch of pearls and ten taels of gold to secretly buy this one from the Ming army."
Mao Haifeng smiled slightly: "This little property is nothing. Do you know how much advantage we took in fighting the red-haired ghosts at sea with this?"
Their cannons are more powerful than ours, and we have been at a disadvantage before. Now with this, we can give early warning and deal with them calmly."
After the clipper sailed on the sea for several hours, it approached a larger island. Mao Haifeng and Yagyu Zangetsu walked into a tall stone house on the island.
There was a middle-aged man in the room with dark skin and a slightly gray beard. He was wearing a very elegant Ming Dynasty Confucian scholar's robe, which formed a strong contrast with the marine attire of the group of people around him in shorts and shorts.
He is not tall, but standing in the middle of the room, just casually looking out the window at the waves on the sea, he still looks imposing.
Mao Haifeng took a step forward, knelt down and stood up: "Father, I'm back. Xiao Qin was disappointed with our answer, but still didn't give up.
He finally proposed that if we are unwilling to cooperate directly, we can help him contact and recruit ronin bandits from various places. His promise to us is still valid!"
Wang Zhi looked at the waves outside the window and was lost in thought for a while: "Their plans are too big and they are not from the same group as us. Don't get too involved.
But don’t fall out, if he wants to contact the Japanese pirates, he can do it himself. You can tell him the lairs of the Japanese pirates, but that’s it.”
Mao Haifeng hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Father, that Xiao Qin seems to be quite magnanimous and indeed has a bit of a domineering attitude.
But with the remnant forces of the White Lotus Sect and the Japanese pirates who only dare to operate along the coast, it’s not just nonsense to think about Wang Tu’s hegemony?”
Wang Zhi looked at a low wooden house in the middle of the island and shook his head.
"Not only does he rely on these, he has been in business for many years and has laid a lot of foreshadowings. They are still looking for Tan Xinren, although I don't know the reason yet.
But you have to arrange for people to protect him. At the critical moment, this may be our pawn to show our goodwill to the court!"
Mao Haifeng also took a look at the wooden house: "My foster father is too worried. On our territory, whether it is the imperial court or the White Lotus Sect, who dares to make a mistake?"
Wang Zhi shook his head: "Child, never underestimate the enemy. There is a saying in the Ming army that goes very well: A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. If the victory is not decided, the arrogant army will be defeated!"
Wang Zhi hasn't figured out how to use Tan Xinren's chess piece yet, but the chain reaction caused by Tan Xinren's previous actions caused Zhao Wenhua a lot of trouble.
After Zhao Wenhua was blackmailed by Tan Xinren, his first reaction was to go to Yan Shifan with the letter.
Yan Shifan's reaction was also very direct, telling Zhao Wenhua that he should leave the matter alone and that he would handle it himself. Zhao Wenhua was full of doubts, but he did not dare to ask again.
He made it very clear that he had not discussed cutting corners with Tan Xinren's construction team leader, and he knew nothing about the drawings Tan Xinren mentioned.
The conscience of heaven and earth, although Zhao Wenhua does not make enough money, he will not cut corners on the palace project! Isn’t the price given by the palace high enough? No matter how greedy a person is, there must be a bottom line!
Although Zhao Wenhua is not as smart as Yan Shifan, he is not a fool either. He has an intuition that there is a problem in this matter, but he still can't figure out what the problem is.
So he took the opportunity of a business trip to stay as far away from the Yan family as possible in the next few days. Anyway, Yan Shifan was concentrating on dealing with Xiao Feng and had a new helper, Liu Tai, so everything was fine.
However, as Xiao Fengfeng defeated Yan Shifan and defeated Liu Tai in the Tribunal Tribunal, Zhao Wenhua felt more and more that his godfather's ship was leaking.
If the big ship is going to sink in the future, I have to have a small sampan to save my life...
It was impossible for this little sampan to count on Xiao Feng. There was a deep hatred between him and Xiao Feng. Therefore, Zhao Wenhua thought about it and felt that his only chance was Jiajing.
I must make Wan live feel that I am a valuable person, and slowly change the impression of me in his heart from Yan Song's godson to a smart and capable minister of the Ministry of Industry!
Therefore, during this period of time, Zhao Wenhua worked very diligently, traveled constantly, and personally caught several projects that cut corners and cut corners, establishing his image as a capable official.
Yan Song was naturally very happy that his godson was so successful. He didn't know what Zhao Wenhua was thinking, so he often told Jiajing about Zhao Wenhua's deeds in daily work reports.
There were many capable ministers in the Jiajing Dynasty, but not many could be heard by Jiajing every day, so Jiajing gradually became interested in Zhao Wenhua and expressed his stance.
"When he comes back from a business trip this time, let him come to see me. Since Xiao Feng's World View was completed, I really don't seem to have seen him much."
This is the opportunity to report to the big boss! Yan Song quickly wrote to Zhao Wenhua and asked him to prepare well. If it is in accordance with the holy will, then he will be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the future!
Zhao Wenhua was also very excited. While sorting out his work results, he racked his brains to think about how to increase Jiajing's favor.
All fools know the general direction. It must be from the perspective of spiritual cultivation! No matter how good you are at your job, can you be better than Xia Yan? Xia Yan is also clicked!
So Zhao Wenhua thought about it and suddenly thought of a treasure! How did Zhao Wenhua become Yan Song's godson? It was because of this treasure!
Zhao Wenhua once went on a business trip to the Yunnan-Guizhou region. There was a local wine called Baihua Xianjiu, which was a mysterious formula of the Miao family.
On the day of the Flower Goddess Festival, girls under the age of sixteen go to the valley where flowers are in full bloom and pick a hundred specific types of flowers to make wine.
The picking method cannot be done by hand. The girl must bite off the petals with her lips and then store them on her chest. It is said that such petals have their own floral fragrance, the fragrance of the girl's lips and teeth and the girl's frankincense.
The brewed wine not only has a fragrant aroma, but also has a strong nourishing effect on men's bodies. It is said that it has been blessed by the Flower Fairy.
Jiajing is a guy who gets happy when he hears the word "immortal". This is Baihua and the wine of immortals, so he can't help but smile!
Relying on his business relationship with the local chieftain, Zhao Wenhua bought two jars of wine as gifts to Yan Song every year. Yan Song liked to drink it very much and told Zhao Wenhua many times that the wine was very good and he should buy more.
After hearing that Jiajing was going to summon him, Zhao Wenhua hurriedly spent a lot of money to buy a jar of Baihua Fairy Wine from the chieftain, preparing to surprise Jiajing.
The day of Jiajing's summons finally arrived, and Zhao Wenhua brought Baihua Fairy Wine and an exquisite gift box with him into Xiyuan.
Jiajing squinted his eyes after listening to Zhao Wenhua's work report, and encouraged him a lot, hinting that as long as he worked hard, he would hopefully take over when the minister of the Ministry of Industry was promoted or retired.
Hanging a carrot in front of the donkey was Jiajing's very skilled driving technique. This carrot hung in front of Liutai for longer than Zhao Wenhua, so naturally Zhao Wenhua didn't dare to believe it.
Therefore, he confidently took out his trump card and asked Long Live to accept the Hundred Flowers Fairy Wine he offered.
Sure enough, when Jiajing heard the name of the wine, he immediately became interested: "What wine deserves such a name?"
Zhao Wenhua thought that the opportunity had come, so he cheered up and vividly explained the magical brewing process of Baihua Xianjiu and the Flower Fairy's blessings.
At the end, he added an emphasis: "According to legend, because this wine has the blessing of the Baihua Fairy, when a man drinks it, it has endless magical effects. It nourishes yin and yang, nourishes qi and replenishes the body. If he is a monk, he can improve his cultivation.
A thousand miles a day.”
Zhao Wenhua was still a bit of a thief, so he added the legend so that if Jiajing didn't believe it, he wouldn't be blamed for talking nonsense.
But in fact, Jiajing is also very yearning for it. Such a good wine tastes very fragrant. With the legend of the girl, I enjoyed this sip!
It is good for cultivating Taoism, which is even more important. Jiajing immediately asked Huang Jin to open the jar, and sure enough, a wonderful floral fragrance filled the entire Jinshen Jingshe.
Huang Jin scooped out a bowl and carefully tested it with a silver needle. There was no reaction. However, there were many poisons in the world, but he did not dare to be careless and handed the bowl to Zhao Wenhua.
Zhao Wenhua also knew the rules. If you don't try something for the emperor first, how can you make the emperor feel at ease? So Zhao Wenhua picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
When he put down the bowl, Zhao Wenhua deliberately licked his mouth and tongue, which made the wine even more delicious.
Even so, Jiajing would not drink at this time. He would not drink until at least three days had passed and Zhao Wenhua was still alive and kicking.
"What a fragrant wine. What kind of wine is so fragrant?"
Xiao Feng stood at the door of the monastery, saluted Jiajing, then walked into the monastery and looked at Zhao Wenhua with a smile.
"Master Zhao is here too. This wine must have been donated by you?"
Zhao Wenhua really didn't want to talk to him, but he couldn't be rude in front of Jiajing, so he snorted as an answer.
Jiajing was very interested, and told Xiao Feng the brewing process and magical legend of Baihua Xianjiu, and then expressed a little distress that you can have a bowl.
Xiao Feng shook his head: "Not to mention that my lips are a little swollen and I don't dare to drink. Even in normal times, I don't dare to drink this wine from Miao territory."
Jiajing was stunned: "Why is this?"
Xiao Feng smiled faintly: "Not to mention that Golden Mantra comes from the Miao border and has harmed countless people. It has now become a banned drug.
I also heard that there is another mysterious poison in Miao territory that cannot be detected with a silver needle, so I dare not drink this Hundred Flowers Fairy Wine."
Zhao Wenhua was furious: "Did Mr. Xiao actually say that I want to murder Long Live? How dare you frame me like this!
I just drank a bowl of wine first. If it was poisonous, how dare I do this? Long live, you have to make the decision for me!"
Jiajing also felt that Xiao Feng had gone too far this time. Zhao Wenhua finally got such a good wine. Even if you don't drink it, you shouldn't just charge him with murdering the emperor. This will punish the nine tribes!
Jiajing originally wanted to say something to Xiao Feng, but looking at Xiao Feng's red and swollen lips, knowing that he had just returned from treating his daughter, he felt a little discouraged and his words became much gentler.
"Junior brother, Minister Zhao is loyal, don't be so mean."