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In the sixth year of Qianyuan, it was the eighth day of August.

Zuo Institute, Fuzhong, Quanzhou, Fujian.

The Zhongzuo Institute was originally the Ming Wei Station. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a town was established based on its name and attached to Kinmen County.

The most eye-catching building in the town is the Zheng family mansion.

It covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, which is larger than some gardens.

It looks quite luxurious from the outside, not to mention the inside, which is full of nouveau riche vibes.

Speaking of which, although the Zheng family became extremely wealthy after Zheng Zhilong started his business, it had only been a few decades since he became rich, and his family had been passed down for less than three generations, so he did lack some foundation.

But no one dares to underestimate Zheng.

Even if the Zheng family is a nouveau riche, it is the largest nouveau riche besides the Damei royal family.

Although the Zheng family later surrendered to Dawei and even donated tens of thousands of troops and thousands of ships, their power cannot be underestimated.

Not only was Zheng Zhilong himself named Viscount of Damei, but his legitimate daughter Zheng Haizhu married Liu Sheng, the founding emperor of Damei, and was named Concubine An.

In addition, Zheng Zhilong also has a quite large "private fleet" that travels to Japan, Dongfan Island, Nanyang and other places for business, which can bring millions of silver dollars in income to the Zheng family every year.

In addition, many of Zheng Zhilong's brothers, nephews, and clan members are officials and generals in Da'ei. Nowadays, the Zheng family is living an extremely prosperous life and is still regarded as the top wealthy family in the south.

As for Zheng Zhilong himself, he originally served as deputy division commander in the Nanhai Navy after returning to Dawei.

Because he didn't like the military regulations, didn't have much real power, and was still tired, he resigned and returned to his hometown after only half a year, and retired at home early.

In the past few years of "retirement" at home, Zheng Zhilong has taken in several more concubines and three children, and has become richer.

For those who don't know him, they will see that he is no different from an ordinary rich man. They would never guess that this was the pirate king who once dominated the southeastern waters of China.

This day.

Zheng Zhilong was teasing his young son in the concubine's courtyard when he heard his personal guard shouting from outside: "Sir, if the third housekeeper has anything, please report it."

"Let him in."

After Zheng Zhilong finished speaking, he handed his youngest son to his concubine.

A capable middle-aged man walked in. After bowing, he and Zheng Zhilong went to a pavilion and started whispering.

The Zheng family now has a big business, and there are several housekeepers, all of whom are Zheng Zhilong's confidants.

This third steward is responsible for some affairs in Nanyang.

After listening to the third housekeeper's story, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but frown, thought for a while, and said: "Since he has arrived in Quanzhou, let's meet him. But you have to make arrangements properly and don't let anyone doubt his identity."

"Don't worry, sir, everything will be properly arranged."

Two days later.

Zheng Zhilong led a team of guards and appeared on an unnamed small island not far from the center left.

Not long after, another ordinary sea ship came to dock, and a few people got off.

One of the scribes, who was mostly lean and middle-aged, came up and clasped his fist towards Zheng Zhilong and said, "Song Zhipu has met Nan Anbo."

Zheng Zhilong twitched his brows and said: "Don't call me random names. I am now the Viscount of Damei, not some Nan'an Bo."

Song Zhipu smiled slightly and said, "How can the little Viscount be worthy of my uncle's martial arts and virtues? Besides, my uncle was once a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I am a relic of the Ming Dynasty. It is appropriate to call him uncle."

Zheng Zhilong was too lazy to argue about the title and said, "Mr. Song, you should just tell me what you want to see me for."

Although Zheng Zhilong had met this Song Zhipu for the first time, he did not know anything about him. As far as he knew, this man was a native of Yizhou, Shandong. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen and served as the imperial envoy of the Inspectorate of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

After the Chuang army invaded Shandong, this man first lived in Zhejiang, and then became loyal to King Zhu Yihai of Lu.

After the Tai army went to Zhejiang, I heard that they followed Zhu Yihai to the Southeast Asia.

There are pre-Ming forces in Nanyang and Annan, and Zhu Yihai is now regarded as the "lord" of the pre-Ming forces in Nanyang.

Before and after Zheng surrendered to Dawei, she had some business relationships with Zhu Yihai's forces.

Otherwise, he would not have come to see Song Zhipu.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong seemed impatient, Song Zhipu stopped nagging and said, "I heard that last year Liu Sheng killed thousands of people and exiled tens of thousands of people when he was clearing land in South and North Zhili Provinces."

"According to Wei State's habits in the past few years, I am afraid that this Qingtian New Deal will be implemented in other provinces in a few years, and Fujian will not be an exception, right?"

Zheng Zhilong's expression remained unchanged and he said, "So what?"

Song Zhipu smiled confidently, "As far as we know, uncle has purchased a lot of land in Quanzhou and other places in the past few decades. According to custom, there are probably a lot of hidden land among them, and even a lot of them were bought and sold by force. of."

"When the new Qingtian policy of the Wei Kingdom is extended to Fujian in the future, will my uncle be willing to report all the hidden fields?"

"Even if my uncle is willing to do so, if a few cases of forced buying and selling are exposed, what do you think Liu Sheng will do?"

"It's not easy to be a royal relative of Liu Wei - the Xu family of Suzhou was just a little bit in the way of going to Qingtian, and their family was almost confiscated and exterminated."

"My uncle previously dominated the southeast, and now he has thousands of private ships, and tens of thousands of Zheng's navy are floating overseas. I am afraid that Liu Sheng has long wanted to kill the Zheng family."

"Uncle, do you think Liu Sheng will miss Qingtian's excuse? Don't wait until the whole family is arrested before regretting it. By then it will be too late."

Zheng Zhilong was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "Mr. Song is very eloquent, but it's a pity that few of the things he said are right."

Song Zhipu raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

Zheng Zhilong said: "I have bought a lot of fields and some hidden fields, but it is nothing to me, the Zheng family."

"If the imperial court wants to clear the land, just come here. Not to mention just hiding the land, even if it takes away all the land, it's just a drop in the bucket for me, the Zheng family."

"As for forced buying and selling, there may be, but it is definitely done by the people below. At worst, if I make amends, it may not be able to implicate me."

"If Mr. Song wants to persuade me to betray the Da'ei imperial court based on these alone, it would be better to go and wash up and sleep. Maybe I can dream about it."

"you!"

Song Zhipu felt angry for a moment.

If in the pre-Ming Dynasty, even though Zheng Zhilonggui was the commander-in-chief of Fujian and the former pirate king, as a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he would reprimand as much as he could. How could he need to persuade like now?
It's a pity that Ming Dynasty has died.

Although there are still some people in Nanyang and Annan who have great ambitions, it is almost impossible to restore the country with their strength alone.

The Zheng family is currently the force they are most likely to win over in the country.

Thinking of this, Song Zhipu had to suppress his anger and show the last card they had.

"I don't care about the land on the mainland, but what about Dongfan Island? It seems to be the retreat and foundation of the Zheng family's hard work for ten or twenty years, right?"

"Now that the Wei State has established counties and garrisoned troops on Dongfan Island, exiled criminals, and immigrated to cultivate wasteland, it is clear that they want to occupy the Zheng family's foundation. Is it true that my uncle is indifferent?"

At the end of the conversation, Song Zhipu became confident again.

If it were him, he would never be indifferent to this matter. He was sure that Zheng Zhilong must have resentment towards Liu Sheng and the Wei court.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to see him today. (End of chapter)