Brocade legend

Chapter 336

After thinking hard, Wang Zhi no longer wanted to make himself bigger. He matured and began to adjust his strategic direction.

Then, Wang Zhi returned to China, came to Shuangyu in the 23rd year of Jiajing, and joined Xu Dong's Xu's armed smuggling criminal group.

In Shuangyu, Wang Zhi quickly gained the trust of Xu Dong, from "management warehouse" to "management sentry", from writing and calculating to managing warehouses, he became a powerful figure in Xu's armed smuggling group with military power in hand.

At this time, Daming has already begun to secretly dispatch troops and generals to prepare an attack plan on Shuangyu.Because of Lu Bing, Wang Zhi knew in advance, and took people out of Zhoushan temporarily on the grounds of going to sea.

But Xu Dong didn't know that the danger of overthrowing the nest was coming.

In March of the 27th year of Jiajing, Lu Ting, who was still the capital at that time, led Fujian warships to the sea of ​​Wenzhou.In April, Lu Tong lured Xu Dong's armed smuggling and criminal group fleet to leave Shuangyu, and the two armies fought fiercely in Jiushanyang.In the end, Xu Dong's armed smuggling criminal group was defeated and Xu Dong was captured.Wang Zhi just came back and gathered Xu Dong's subordinates under his command.

Of course Lu Tang didn't know that he missed Wang Zhi at that time because of Lu Bing.

However, later on, Lu Tong sometimes thought, if he had not passed by Wang Zhi at that time, but had annihilated him and Xu Dong together, I am afraid that he would not have been forced to come here today.

Thinking of himself as the commander-in-chief, but because of the clues left by the DPRK-China party struggle many years ago, Zhu Liu persuaded him to come to meet Wang Zhi in person and invite Wang Zhi to go ashore... Huh, if it wasn't for me and Master Zhu Wan and Master Zhu, I would have been flattened. Without Xu Dong and Li Bald, Wang Zhi would not be today!
Come to think of it, the hard work of myself and Master Zhu Wan turned out to be a wedding dress for Wang Zhi!Give him a knife!

After the Battle of Shuangyu, Wang Zhi collected the rest of the people and went north to Liegang to occupy the territory, sixty miles away from Zhoushan County.

At this time, although Wang Zhi has replaced Xu Dong's original position in the armed smuggling criminal group, there are still strong competitors.Chen Sipan, the pirate from Henggang and the leader of the smuggling crime syndicate, is one of them.

In the 30th year of Jiajing, Wang Zhi took advantage of Chen Sipan's birthday and cooperated with the outside world to lead the crowd into Henggang, murdered Chen Sipan and seized his fleet.So far, Wang Zhi has established himself as the most powerful pirate armed smuggling criminal group in this vast sea area.

After that, Wang Zhizi was the "Captain of Wufeng", and the ships in the nearby waters, no matter they were Japanese, Siamese, or Portuguese and Western, could only advance and retreat with his "Wufeng Flag".

Coupled with the protection of Lu Bing, Wang Zhi developed rapidly, and was called "King of the Sea" by those who sailed on the sea.

After Wang Zhi, who was in the sea, went to Japan, he temporarily lived in the islands of Hirado and Satsuma.In Japan, Wang Zhi was highly praised by Japanese lords such as Hizen daimyo Matsuura Takanobu, and he proclaimed himself "King Hui".

Today's Wang Zhi is at the peak of his strength, with a crowd of 20 and more than a hundred ships, he has long been unshakable.

He proclaimed himself king, and the court was dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do?

Thinking of this, Lu Tong made up his mind, since he came, he must persuade Wang Zhi to go ashore, and this time... must get rid of him!
Wang Zhi didn't know what Lu Tong was thinking. After reading the letter, he thought about it, and said to Lu Tong: "Master Lu should know that I... have been deceived by Yu Dayou once before."

What Wang Zhi said was that the Japanese pirates rebelled, and he was seriously injured, which also attracted Lu Bing to come to meet him in person.

Lu Tong came back to his senses and said loudly: "I came here just to express my sincerity and deliver a letter for Mr. Hu. It's just that I have an old saying, I don't know...Whether the captain will listen or not."

When Wang Zhi heard Lu Tong call himself Captain Wang, his heart froze. It seemed that he couldn't hide his real name anymore.

However, now that he is powerful, he is not afraid of being exposed.If the recruiting goes well this time, it doesn't matter if it is exposed.

"Master Lu, please speak." Wang Zhi raised his hand as a signal.

"I have fought against pirates and pirates for many years, and I don't know how many pirates and pirates I have wiped out. I know the current situation very well." Lu Tong said bluntly: "My Ming Dynasty has a strong military force. It’s not like 20 or [-] years ago when you were left alone and unable to do anything. Now that the court is willing to give Captain Wang a chance to turn around, Captain Wang still has to seize it.”

"Hmph." Wang Fu on the side was a little annoyed at the disrespect revealed in Lu Tong's words, and snorted coldly: "If you really have this ability, why invite my adoptive father back, we'll just wait for you in Japan to destroy it."

Wang Zhi looked at Lu Tong, wanting to hear how he would respond.

"If Captain Wang has been in Japan, we will naturally ignore it." Lu Tong said neither arrogant nor humble: "But does Captain Wang really miss his hometown? If he misses this opportunity, it will be difficult for Captain Wang to return home." Now is the chance to go back to China..." Lu Tong suddenly sighed and said, "Is it really good to be poked in the back as a Japanese pirate at sea?"

Wang Zhi's hand on the armrest tightened suddenly, he took a deep breath, and opened his mouth and said: "If you can't do it, you can float in the sea on a boat; if you are troubled by people, you can stand in the court with a belt. Whether Mr. Lu believes it or not, Wang Being a pirate has a clear conscience, and returning to the country is not to covet that official position."

Wang Zhi looked at Lu Tong and said, "Master Lu, have you heard about the rules of my Wufeng boat?"

Lu Tong looked complicated, and said: "I have heard of it, if I hadn't heard of it... even... I wouldn't have come!"

Lu Tong almost exposed Zhu Liu, but fortunately he stopped in time.Before coming here, Zhu Liu had repeatedly instructed Lu Tong not to expose himself.

Wang Zhi inherited the traditional style of Huizhou merchants and paid attention to faith in business. The Japanese said that he was a Confucian student in the Ming Dynasty and had a very high education. ??
Now, although he has been beaten by the sea wind and waves, his face is cold and hard-hearted, but his heart is not the kind of cruel and easy-to-kill person. For example, the rules he set for the pirates are not allowed to go ashore without authorization. Er, if you commit another crime, you will be executed immediately; all the spoils of war will be handed over, two to the crew, and eight to the public.Those who take things from the warehouse without permission will be sentenced to death; those who commit violence against women or take women as wives will be shot to death, etc. ???
Lu Tong has been dealing with pirates for so many years, of course he has heard of them, and knows that Wang Zhi is not a pirate in the actual sense.In fact, Wang Zhi is more like a real businessman.

Lu Tong sighed again, and said: "I am not those literati and poets, and I don't speak too many sweet words. I like to go straight to the point. The letter has been delivered, and I have finished my words. Think about it, Captain Wang. Come, I still want to meet the Japanese envoy, please ask the captain to introduce you."

Wang Zhi was a little distracted, and waved to Wang Fu, signaling Wang Fu to take Lu Tong to meet the Japanese envoy Shan Miao and others.

After Lu Tong and others went out, Ye Zongman came out from the back room, stared at Wang Zhi closely and said, "Do you want to go ashore?"

"..." Wang Zhi was silent, and after a while, he sighed and said, "You have also seen Hu Zongxian's sincerity... What do you think?"

"Don't trust it." Ye Zongman said firmly.

Wang Zhi glanced at Ye Zongman and stopped talking.

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That night, Lu Tong, Xia Zheng and others did not propose to leave, but naturally lived on the boat.

Only Fang Dazhong was sent back to report today's events to Hu Zongxian.

Wang Zhi admired Lu Tong and Xia Zheng's magnanimity, and set up a banquet for the envoys of Ming Dynasty.The Japanese envoy Shanmiao also came to accompany him.

At the banquet, Shanmiao brought up the issue of going ashore again, but Wang Zhi just talked about him.

Wang Zhineng guessed that it must be that after Lu Tong met Shanmiao in the afternoon, he promised Shanmiao to trade and pay tribute, that's why Shanmiao was so enthusiastic.

Wang Zhi didn't pay attention to Shanmiao. To Wang Zhi, a few words from the Japanese envoy Shanmiao were of little importance.

Wang Zhi just blindly persuaded him to drink, and Lu Tong was also a well-known general in Ming Dynasty, so he was naturally famous.Moreover, some of the pirates he wiped out slipped through the net and later entered Wang Zhi's command.

This time I have the opportunity to meet Lu Tong again. Although I can't draw my sword to face each other, I can take revenge at the wine table.

They all stepped forward to compete for wine with Lu Tong and the others.

According to Hu Zongxian and Zhu Liu's words, Lu Tong came here to show his sincerity and openness of heart. Naturally, he would never reject anyone who came, without any doubt or fear.

The hot atmosphere between the Ming soldiers and the pirates naturally permeated the wine table, pushing and changing glasses, yelling, and everyone was drunk for a while.

After the banquet was over, Wang Fu, who was half drunk, was in charge of sending Lu Tong, who was already drowsy and half asleep, back to his room to rest.

Wang Fu put Lu Tong on the bed, shook his drowsy head, and was about to look back to rest, when his eyes wandered, he saw a small paper corner protruding from Lu Tong's arms.

"It can't be a secret, right?" Wang Fu thought, stretched out his hand and pulled out the paper naturally, it turned out to be a folded piece of letter paper.

Wang Fu looked at Lu Tong who was snoring, and his heart moved: "Could this be some kind of court secret?"

Wang Fu was overjoyed, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Lu Tong is a general of the Ming court, and he must have important information.

Wang Fu spread out the letter paper, looked carefully at the candlelight, and couldn't help being overjoyed!

That was actually a pardon for Wang Zhiqian's crimes!

It is clearly stamped with the big seal of Hu Zongxian's Zhejiang government office!
"Presumably, this is the last trump card to invite the adoptive father to go ashore!" Wang Fu thought, "This Daming is really good, and the benefits are not given out all at once, and it is a little crowded. It must be that if the adoptive father agrees to go ashore, This amnesty will not be brought out, so as not to be true!"

Wang Fu guessed, happy in his heart, carefully folded the letter again, and stuffed it into Lu Tong's arms.

Wang Fu turned and left, and ran towards Wang Zhi's bedroom in a panic.

When Wang Fu's footsteps got farther and farther away, and the snoring was loud, Lu Tang, who was full of alcohol, suddenly opened his eyes, snoring non-stop, but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The pardon order was another plan that Zhang Mo came up with before leaving.

After hearing this, Hu Zongxian and Zhu Liu praised Da Miao, and regarded this trick as part of a series of tricks to cheat Wang and go straight to the shore.

(End of this chapter)