Dragon Sea Empire

Most of Yin Feng's house in the north of the city collapsed in the earthquake, and the remaining study and backyard became the "disaster relief headquarters". Now it is full of various food materials and medicines, and people come and go wearing clothes. There was an endless stream of guard soldiers in black uniforms, busy all the time.

In the hut in the backyard, the atmosphere was very gloomy. At this time, Quanzhou prefect Jiang Zhili, student Zhan Yangxian, Quanzhou Weiqianhu Zhang Zhenzong, Dong Qiyong and others were all here to persuade Yin Feng to withdraw his troops. Sitting on the side, watching Yin Feng couldn't help sighing.

Both Zhang Zhenzong and Dong Qiyue from Quanzhou Weiqian household participated in the battle of Penghu at the beginning of the year. They knew the strength of the guards. They came here only because of their duties. They had to put on a show; It won't work either.

Yin Feng stood in the middle of the hut, clasping his hands and talking to Jiang Zhili, the prefect of Quanzhou, who was sitting at the head, but in Jiang Zhili's view, this guy had no sense of being a subordinate official at all, and there was no respect in his expression at all. Criticize the Quanzhou government's remarks: "... five days ago, my merchant ship brought medicines, but now these medicines can't be found in the treasury at all. But only 3 catties were sent to various neighborhoods. The 10,000+ victims in and outside the city could not even have a meal of porridge a day. Within a day after I entered the city, five or six people starved to death near my house. Neighbors in the neighborhood, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Human life is greater than the sky. I use my own wealth to help the people. I would like to ask adults and students what is wrong with this."

Yin Feng is a donated prison student, and he is right to call himself a student, but the magistrate is very dissatisfied: how can there be a student who talks like this.

But Jiang Zhili, the prefect of Quanzhou, has an unspeakable secret; most of the food and medicines were privately distributed by officials at all levels, or sold by wealthy businessmen to hoard them for profit. The government treasury has been plundered by the army at the beginning of the year. Relief for the victims, as a magistrate, he has to rely on the support of the local officials, gentry and landlords to maintain his rule. He is also helpless in such a catastrophe that cannot be resisted by manpower.

Zeng Ke had no choice but to smooth things over, and sighed, "Feng'er, don't be rude. The question right now is not whether you should help the victims, but the 2000 people you brought ashore." He stood up and cupped his hands to the magistrate: "The current plan is to transport the food first. Our Zeng family company can propose that the gentry from Quanzhou's family should send people and food together, and the magistrate will appoint the Huaxing Alliance to organize personnel to coordinate disaster relief.

Jiang Zhifu snorted coldly and said: "Then, what about your 2000 people? They now completely control the inside and outside of Quanzhou Mansion, and they control all the granaries, even my yamen servants want to get food." He shook his head, He said to Yin Feng: "Yin Qianhu, I've heard about you. It's right to be anxious about justice and save people from fire and water. But the heavenly dynasty has its own laws, and the court has to follow the rules. You are so casual. So I took the troops ashore, and set the face of the imperial court officials. In the future, Governor Xu and the adults from Yushidao will come from Fuzhou to inspect. At that time, I don’t want those people in black to still be on the streets of Quanzhou people,"

Under Zeng Ke's signal, Yin Feng bowed his head and cupped his hands and said: "Students will definitely do it, but..." He paused and said: "Tomorrow I will remove the people, leaving 100 people to change into ordinary people's clothes, and take charge of various places. The relief food distribution points, as well as the distribution of medicines in those temporary hospitals, it is best for the Futai Lord to send competent people to supervise, and my people can follow your orders at any time, "

Zhan Yangxian, a student from Quanzhou, is a gentry who is eager for public good and righteousness, and also a scholar with many talents. He was the first among the gentry who took the lead in distributing food and relief to the victims after the earthquake. Come out and use it with the magistrate."

The Quanzhou prefect had no choice but to agree to this measure that could save people and take care of the face of the imperial court.

However, since then, the reputation of Zhonghua Company and Yin Feng has become even more prosperous in southern Fujian.

While the Chinese company was busy with disaster relief in Quanzhou, the new Zhejiang General Shen Yourong was paying homage to the Queen of Heaven at the Tianhou Palace beside the Minjiang River in Fuzhou.

He is already 50 years old, and the battle of Penghu has stimulated him a lot: not only because of defeat, but also because of the commander-in-chief's victory, but also because he is worried about the current situation in Fujian. Afterwards, Shen Yourong's subordinates in Wuyu Shuizhai lost the most, and the old camp of Shuizhai was also set ablaze by Yin Feng's fleet. General, and most of the documents about the truth that Shen Yourong submitted to the court were suppressed by Xu Xueju, Gao Cai and their supporters in the court cabinet, and they were not even published in the Di Bao.

Zhu Wenda felt that what is out of sight is pure, Shen Yourong had better leave Fujian, so as not to cause trouble for them, so he recommended him to go to Zhejiang.

Regarding his own future, Shen Yourong was somewhat disheartened. The two young people standing behind him at the moment were Guo Yi brothers. This was the last time Shen Yourong met them before leaving Fujian.

Shen Yourong plugged in the incense, and without looking at the two of them, waved her hands to signal them to follow her.

The three of them came to the bank of the river facing Tianhou Palace. Shen Yourong looked at the surface of the Minjiang River, where sailboats were constantly coming and going, without saying a word for a long time. Three huge merchant ships sailed from the direction of the mouth of the river, with blue backgrounds hanging on them. Zhong Ziqi and Yin Ziqi, Shen Yourong pointed to those ships and said, "Brothers of the Guo family, have you decided to go there yet?"

The Guo family brothers glanced at each other, and Guo Yi said: "My lord, we are only here to make a living. There is really nothing we can do. We can't help you if you leave. We have to pay back the deficit of the family, and we have to support the family." There are more than a dozen people in the family..."

Shen Yourong nodded: "Yes, you have done so many things for me these past few years, risking your life, the reward I can give you is too little, Guo Yi, if you don't gamble less, you can still earn money these few years Give me some money, I have to take care of the food and drink of thousands of brothers, and my money is very tight, I have really treated you two badly."

Guo Yi hurriedly said: "Don't say that, Mr. Shen, we all know that most of your own salary is donated to your brothers, and the government's salary is only a little. We are content, and we will not work for you for your money." , because you saved us in the storm, looked up to me and other small people, and treated us as human beings..."

Shen Yourong looked at the two of them with worried eyes, sighed and said, "Okay, you guys go, when you get to Taiwan, you have to contact Mr. Chen Dong, and ask him not to reveal his whereabouts. You two should also be careful, you know Yes, that Lin Xiao under Yin Feng is ruthless in his work, "

He turned his head and looked at Jiang Mian: "I will still come back to Fujian. If something happens in Fujian, the whole province has no invincible soldiers, no generals who can fight. At that time, those officials in frontiers will still think of me, hehe..." Shen Yourong Looking back at the Guo brothers with cold eyes: "You two pay attention to everything in Taiwan, and wait for my news at any time, I will definitely come back,"

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Almost at the same time, in a small hotel in the south of Fuzhou City, Yuan Jin and Li Zhong were drinking with an overseas Chinese businessman from Nanyang.

"Second Brother Li has really become the Jiabidan of Malacca," Yuan Jin asked coldly while drinking his wine with his head down.

"Mr. Li Huayu is indeed the previous Jiapidan, and the current leader of the Tang people in Malacca is the shopkeeper of the Chinese company's shop." The wealthy Nanyang Chinese businessman surnamed Luo said with a smile: "You two military masters, this is Mr. Li Huayu In the letter to you, he said that if the two of you are willing to leave Fuzhou, my boat can take you to Malacca, and he has already paid the cost of the boat for you in advance, "

Li Zhong excitedly pushed Yuan Jin: "Brother, let's go, the coastal areas of Fujian are all dominated by Yin Feng, we will never be able to get ahead here, let's go, be this short-seller who only has a few taels of silver a month Officer, people are going to rot here,"

Yuan Jin said coldly: "There are also people from Yin Feng over there, haven't you heard that the current Jiabidan is from the Zhonghua Company?"

Li Zhong shook his head: "No matter what, Li Huayu has already made a name for himself over there. Let's go there, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is also the territory of the Frangji people. Yin Feng can't do anything to us. Let's go, starling, are you willing to go? Are you going to be a slave to the Chief Soldier forever?"

Yuan Jin thought for a while, then took a sip of wine suddenly, and said coldly: "I can't care about that anymore, let's go, sooner or later we will be killed by Yin Feng here, we go to Nanyang, to Malacca, go, take us tonight brought all the men,

Across the street from the small hotel, a fishmonger was walking slowly in the alley with a basket on his shoulders, looking left and right to see that no one was paying attention to him, he stepped into a small courtyard on the left, and closed the door behind him.

In the narrow aisle inside the door, there stood Xiu Chenghao, the manager of the Fuzhou store of the China United Company, Huaxing United. He was a distant relative of Han Ping's family. Hao hurriedly asked: "How, what did you find?"

"The person who invited Yuan Jin and Li Zhong to drink was a Nanyang businessman from Malacca, surnamed Luo. According to what the hotel staff overheard, it seems that Li Huayu sent them a letter asking them to go to Nanyang to help with work,"

Xiu Chenghao said "Oh," nodded, and said, "Okay, go back as soon as possible, and watch Yuan Jin and Li Zhong's every move. I will send another person here to investigate the wealthy Nanyang businessman. There are many businessmen who have gone to Nanyang recently. Could it be Will something happen in Nanyang?"

After the businessman surnamed Luo made an appointment with Yuan Jin and Li Zhong to board the ship, he left the hotel and began to wander back and forth in Fuzhou City. He did not realize that there were always fishmongers, hawkers, beggars and other people behind him Appeared, those stalkers followed like a shadow, until they found that the rich businessman surnamed Luo came to the back alley of Fuyuan Street, knocked on the back door of the luxurious mansion of Gao Cai, the tax envoy and eunuch, and was actually let in. It seems that the guard at the gate is I recognize this wealthy businessman with the surname Luo.

The secret agents of the Business Intelligence Department of the Zhonghua Company who had been following them were taken aback, and hurriedly left one person to follow them, while the other went to report to the shopkeeper of the Fuzhou Zhonghua Commercial Center.