Borrow the day to change the day

When Ma Shijialu heard this, his face changed.It would be impossible for the Duke of the State to know that the companions he handed over were fake, and now he is required to hand over the people who really protect the smugglers, and he himself has participated in the protection of the smugglers!

Thinking of this, he stammered and replied: "This... this, please tell me, Duke!"

"Da Ming is currently short of anti-smuggling ships at sea, and can no longer expand the scope of anti-smuggling at sea. Therefore, I plan to recruit the idle warships of you Portuguese staying in Macau to participate in this anti-smuggling operation, how about it?"

As soon as Zhong Jinwei said this request, Ma Shijialu was greatly relieved.It turns out that it's not a companion, that's fine.

"The prince has an order, and the villain dare not disobey. But the specific number of warships is free, the villain has to go back and see." Ma Shijialu quickly agreed, but his authority has not yet reached the level of making decisions on everything , You have to go back and discuss it, so you can't determine the number of battleships.

Zhong Jinwei obviously knew what was in his mind, so he didn't point it out. He just nodded in agreement and said, "I've just mentioned the benefits of anti-smuggling to you. As for how many warships you have free and how much you can contribute to anti-smuggling, it depends on your will."

"The villain dare not, but the villain will do his best." Upon hearing this, Ma Shijialu immediately expressed his opinion.

The matter has been dealt with, so Zhong Jinwei stopped quarreling with the Portuguese, and told him directly: "Okay, then go back and have a look."

When Ma Shijialu heard this, the matter finally came to an end.He kowtowed again in accordance with the etiquette of the Daming officialdom, and then slowly exited the hall facing Zhong Jinwei.

The county magistrate of Xiangshan County witnessed the whole process from the sidelines, and he was completely convinced.

Xing Guogong was just talking about it, not only let the Portuguese hand over the smugglers, but even the Portuguese who sheltered the smugglers also handed over.Although judging from his experience, these Portuguese who were handed over may not be the ones who really sheltered the smugglers.But with this idea, who would take this kind of thing seriously!

Fortunately, Xing Guogong also let the Portuguese get out of the warship by the way, to help Daming fight smuggling at sea.It can be said that it is a continuous elimination and a substitute attack, which not only solves the anti-smuggling crisis, but also strengthens the anti-smuggling force.

In the current Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that only Duke Xingguo has the ability to make Xiyi surrender, and dare not even have the slightest desire to resist.

Zhong Jinwei didn't expect that the magistrate of Xiangshan County on the other side already had a heart of admiration for himself at this time, just like the water of the Yangtze River, like the flood of the Yellow River, which is out of control.

He ordered the magistrate of Xiangshan County: "You go and send an order to let Zheng Shoubei come to see me, and there is no need to blockade the Macau port."

"Your Majesty obeys the order!" The magistrate of Xiangshan bowed to accept the order, and walked out of the yamen in high spirits.

"My lord, I didn't expect the Portuguese to be so easy-going. They are indeed a country that has friendly relations with me!" Wang Peng couldn't help but sighed to Zhong Jinwei when he saw that there were only them guards in the lobby.

Zhong Jinwei listened, looked at Wang Peng, shook his head with a smile and said: "That's not true, these Portuguese are actually the same as the Dutch before. If my Ming Dynasty is strong, they will surrender. If my Ming Dynasty is weak, they will surrender." They will run rampant on the land of Ming Dynasty. When you have the opportunity, if you go out, you will see many countries being bullied by them wantonly because of their weakness."

"The Duke has the prestige to destroy the Dutch, and these Portuguese talents dare not reveal their true nature in front of the Duke." Gu Baichuan was also very emotional, and followed along.

Zhong Jinwei heard this, and said with a smile: "To deal with these Xiyi, you need a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, so they will obediently serve you."

When the guards heard this, they all deeply agreed.Among them, Gu Baichuan was even more thoughtful, not only Xiyi, but also other people, in fact, don't they all need a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other to work!

Zhong Jinwei didn't wait long in the Xiangshan County Government Office, and Zheng Zhihu and Ma Shijialu came back in a hurry.

Ma Shijialu came to report that a total of three warships could be dispatched for the Duke's collection.

Zhong Jinwei did not comment on the number of warships, and directly asked Zheng Zhihu to lead and arrange the three warships.He is required to further expand the scope of anti-smuggling at sea and increase the level of anti-smuggling so that there will be no more smuggling in Guangdong Province.

The number of warships doubled at once, giving Zheng Zhihu more confidence.So he patted his chest and made a promise to Xing Guogong.

After everything was settled, Zhong Jinwei would not stay in Xiangshan anymore.He returned to the Shibo Office in Guangzhou the next day to supervise the progress of the entire anti-smuggling situation and the operation of the Shibo Department.

About half a month later, no matter whether someone complained or applauded.The continued crackdown has wiped out smuggling in Guangdong province, at least for now.

The Municipal Shipping Department also began to operate in a healthy manner. The import and export cargo ships lined up in order to wait for the Municipal Shipping Department to inspect, collect taxes, and issue certificates.

Zhong Jinwei breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this situation.Only in this way can the imperial court regulate the import and export of different commodities through different tax policies.Keep the goods that you don't want to sell, and increase the import of goods that Ming needs, such as grain.

On this day, he was working in the Yamen of the Municipal Bureau of Shipping.Suddenly the guard sent a message saying that there was an urgent message from the capital.

He didn't know what happened, so he hurriedly asked someone to pick it up and deliver it urgently. After a closer look, he was relieved.There is no sudden bad news in the urgent delivery, just feedback on some things.

The first thing is that the Jingying has replaced most of the flintlock guns, which have been shipped from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to Guangdong.

The second thing is that the Perak Brigade and the troops of Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang have been sent to Yunnan and Guizhou to obey Zhu Shangshu's dispatch.Special arrangements are made for those who are restless.

In addition, many envoys have been sent to the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to describe the benefits of building cement roads to those chieftains.Emphasize the wealth that the cement road brought to the chieftains, so as to implement Zhong Jinwei's method.

As for the method of traditional characters and pinyin, it has also been presided over by Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Zheng, the inspector of Shandong Province, and a group of great Confucians from the people.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Zhong Jinwei might not know Wang Zheng, so he also gave a brief introduction in the express delivery.

Wang Zheng's scientific achievements are known as Southern Xu (Guangqi) and Northern Wang (Zheng) in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty.In addition, in the sixth year of Tianqi, he cooperated with Westerners and wrote a book "Xiru Ermuzi" in Roman characters, and he has experience in pinyin.

At the end of the urgent delivery, Emperor Chongzhen also mentioned the Shanyi Society and Xu Zhengming incidentally. He said that Zhong Jinwei came to Guangdong all the way and found a lot of good things. He hoped that Zhong Jinwei would discover more.

As for clan affairs, it is not appropriate to touch them now.We can only wait for other things to have a result, and then slowly follow Zhong Jinwei's method to infiltrate the clan forces that affect the countryside.

After Zhong Jinwei finished reading it, he was preparing to write a memorial to Emperor Chongzhen when he suddenly reported that Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei stationed in Zhanjiang, had sent someone to ask for an audience.