Beiyang new warlord

Looking at her swollen belly, Adelaine's eyes almost burst into flames. Good guy, Mao Jue only issued the call to "lay eggs" this afternoon, so there is someone who will come out on top!A smile was barely maintained on her small face, and her little hand was twisted on Mao Jue's arm.

Grinning his teeth in pain, Mao Jue felt even more bitter in his heart. He could claim to be passionate and not indiscriminate, not a lower-body animal who can't move when he sees a woman. Why, is he meeting Pengci?

"Treasurer Luo, you, you are joking!"

It was really a joke, it made Adelaina feel relieved, but she was so angry that she was itching. At the dinner table, Luo Ning took out the "doll" directly from her arms, a pillow in the shape of a doll, such a thing She coaxed her grandpa's confidential secretary around, no matter what, she felt like her IQ was being shown off.

It doesn't matter if he likes to be a father. Mao Jue himself can't remember whether this "doll" was given to this girl by himself. Although he was teased by Luo Ning again, he is indeed in Hangzhou after all. Mao Jue was very dedicated, and Mao Jue didn't want to lose a reputation for being stingy, so he immediately ordered a banquet to be held on the third floor of the government office. If there are friends coming from afar, don't you also greet them!

This table is really Dongjiang's top banquet, with sweet pine nut corn, various mountain mushrooms, and the famous stewed chicken with mushrooms. This big maha just brought back The fish was also served on the table. Although it was not as unique as the Jiangnan side dishes, the atmosphere of the north was undoubtedly displayed.

There are several desserts alone, and this is Adelaine's revenge. Mao Jue likes the kind of girl with flesh, but definitely not the fat and greasy one. She wants to eat this vixen into a You are a big fat pig, don't think of your own master!

It's a pity that her small thoughts were in vain. Although the food was sumptuous, Luo Ning's mind was obviously not on the dinner table. She sipped the mushroom soup, but her beautiful eyes kept looking at the mosaic glass outside the window.

Not to mention the unique mosaic glass of the scorpion shit, the Red Twin Cities under the glass is definitely a sight, a double-storey building with more than a dozen households, at this time it seems to be lit up by thousands of households. Whale oil lamps, corn oil lamps are flickering joyful light spots, as well as the commercial street, the literate street shops in the center of the city, and the tavern with cheerful ditties, where the tired farmers drink a little wine to rest with.

If it wasn't for the cold smell in the air, Luo Ning would even have suspected that she had arrived in a prosperous town in the south of the Yangtze River. This trip to the north really opened her eyes, what kind of bitter cold place is deceiving, right?The prosperity of Tieshan is not even comparable to that of Changshu Songjiang.

Substituting soup for wine, this girl really respected Mao Jue sincerely.

"When I heard about Jiangnan outside the Great Wall in Shandong, Luo sneered at it. I didn't know that I was a frog in the well until I arrived in Dongjiang. General Mao can be said to have turned decay into magic. I offer you a toast!"

After all, it was his own proud work, and Mao Jue had a bright face to be praised by beautiful women, and he couldn't help answering with a smile while holding his wine glass.

"Where is that, shopkeeper Luo is awesome! But although this place is not as prosperous as Jiangnan, the scenery is still a little bit. Today, let shopkeeper Luo clean up the dust, and tomorrow Mao will take shopkeeper Luo to have a good time!"

"Well, sir, don't you have to meet Master Wei from Canghai and Edongjiwei tomorrow? You are busy with work, so let me entertain shopkeeper Luo!"

"When will I meet, oh, yes, I will meet with the commanders of the guards tomorrow, look at my head!"

Thorough precautions were taken before they happened. Mao Jue grinned sadly and nodded after eating Adelaine's pinch, but there were also bits and pieces of flaunting in his words. There was a woman who was jealous of her, not a disguised show of affection then what?Master Mao is also beautiful!

Luo Ning's eyes naturally couldn't escape this small gesture, but after drinking the mushroom soup, her little face suddenly became slightly serious, and she shook her head lightly and solemnly.

"You don't need to visit. This time I come here, and I have nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall. I have a business and want to talk to General Mao!"

"Oh? Did Shopkeeper Luo get anything new?"

Mao Jue raised his eyebrows with interest, but Luo Ning shook his head slightly again when he heard it.

"My concubine is dull, how can there be General Mao, you have a lot of tricks here? I heard that you are very handsome, general, and you have made friends everywhere. Even in the capital of Japan, you have won a big business. I don't know if the Luo family is lucky. Can you sponsor one or two? "

Hearing this, Mao Jue's face really couldn't help changing slightly, this woman can do it!Don't look at him making waves in the Japanese country, but the Ming Dynasty around him is always ignorant. What she is talking about is the hot spring tourism in Kyoto, the second Qinhuai River project, where Mao Jue's name is not listed from head to toe, and she can get it. The news came to him, and I have to say that the Luo family's eyes and ears are really amazing.

Unfortunately, after being surprised, Mao Jue immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Shopkeeper Luo is just joking. Mao is just a rough warrior who is trapped in a corner of the Dongjiang River. It's just precarious. Where do you know any big shots in Kyoto?"

Chapter 3 Sixteen. Everyone Comes to Join in the Fun

The Luo family wants to intervene in the Wa Kingdom?Just kidding!

Regardless of his old relationship with Luo Ning, he doesn't have any affection for the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, the so-called Donglin Party. He is usually extravagant and lustful, and talks loudly in the court, but when the real Ming Dynasty is in crisis, he doesn't get rid of it. Why Zhang Juzheng's New Deal was resisted and slandered by the local government in every possible way? In fact, it was not that Zhang Juzheng wanted to collect taxes, but that he wanted to measure the land thoroughly, so that the land hidden by the aristocratic families and the occupied guards would be useless. hide away.

I am unwilling to spit out the illegally invaded national interests, not to mention my own feudal privileges. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, during the Songjin War, the biggest winner outside the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Chengchou's army was hungry and screaming, and the court had no food to send. But Yang Sichang, who was in charge, still gritted his teeth and refused to raise taxes. He watched Hong Chengchou have to go out and buried all the elites outside the pass in Songjin.Because Yang Sichang knew that there was really nothing more for Xiaomin to add, and more would be added, and more would have to be added to a family of officials and gentry like him, so he would rather watch 10,000+ people take risks with their lives than Dare to offend this huge interest group, even more for fear of breaking their rules of the game.

Every one of the rich merchants in Yangzhou is full of fat, Shanxi Shanxi merchants are also rich as an enemy, but every time the DPRK and China discuss the increase in business taxes, they are always represented by their comprador spokespersons, and those officials who are more annoying than crows croak Let's get up, what is fighting for profit with the people, what is starving and killing everywhere, those Donglin officials will always be impassioned and cry bitterly when they talk about the abuses in the court, but no one can compare to them in fighting for power and profit. Yangzhou ten days, in Mao Jue's eyes , Sad, deplorable, and tearful, but it is not without the taste of reaping the fruits of oneself.

For the greedy and expansive Jiangnan clan, Mao Jue reckoned that if he made an opening in the Wa Kingdom, these guys would have to shove in. By then, the Wa Kingdom might hear about it, but Jiangnan had no choice but to cooperate with them. Wa country, except for those who come to travel and give money, if you want to intervene, there is no way!

With a hypocritical smile on his face, Mao Jue nodded his head with a self-effaced look, his eyes were as sincere as he wanted to be, who knew that Luo Ning not only didn't follow his tricks, but instead made her Her charming eyes turned to the window.

"When I came here, it happened that Shen Shibo's family in Hangzhou had just bought more than 300 mu of land in Jeju Island, and they wanted to build a new Zhuangzi. This is said to be a bitter and cold place in the wilderness of northern Saibei. I want to buy a thousand mu of land so that I can live here when I get old in the future, will General Mao be willing to give me this favor?"

Luo Ning is serious, his dark eyes are like the deep West Lake water, and he is looking at him affectionately, but the corners of Mao Jue's mouth are twitching uncontrollably, big sister, you really think of yourself as a troublesome woman The number one beauty?Everyone has to listen to you?Still want to stretch your hands into Sakhalin Island?

It seemed that Mao Jue's expression was not right, the girl gave another wink in resentment, picked up the small soup cup again and took a ladylike sip, then picked up her plump little breasts again.

"The concubine is not an unreasonable person. I have traveled thousands of miles to the north. Naturally, I have prepared something for the general. Is the general interested?"

"Oh? Let's hear it."

It is said that red sleeves are fragrant, and following the scent, Luo Ning took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it over lightly. To be honest, Mao Jue was really curious. Luo Ning is a smart woman who can draw Luo's family is stable and stable, not because of winking. He hurriedly opened the picture scroll, Mao Jue raised his brows immediately, and Adelaina leaned her little head over like a kitten, and immediately she He let out a surprised cry.

"This"

The vividness of a picture should come from the hands of famous artists. The painting is of a harbor, which has the feeling of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". The swaying sails, the busy crowd, the weather of carrying, and even the wet light rain all express the The painting is so vivid that it can be regarded as a famous painting. If it is preserved for later generations, it should not be a problem to sell it for several million, but this thing can let Mao Jue cut a piece of cake from the Wa Kingdom and share it with the Luo family?

Really can!

After staring at the painting for a full three seconds, Mao Jue solemnly raised his head.

"Zheng Zhilong?"

Luo Ning was really shocked by this. The purpose of her trying so hard to make a fool of herself was to impress Mao Jue. It was better than opening her mouth to say, Brother Mao, Zheng Zhilong is going to fuck you! Let me tell you first, Interesting enough?This is much stronger!

But she really didn't expect Mao Jue to guess it by herself, she was stunned for two or three seconds, and then she nodded in surprise.

"That's right, Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the South China Sea! He also brought along the red-haired vassal of Macau and Ryukyu."

Taking another breath, she added another sentence.

"It's Xiaoliuqiu! And the one who painted this picture is Quanzhou."

"time?"

"This painting was drawn half a month ago. Asuka sent a letter to Dengzhou. It was a month and a half ago when I got Zheng Zhilong's South China Sea Conference. I went directly to the sea from Songjiang. I was delayed in Tieshan for two days, so I came here directly. gone."

Now Luo Ning has confessed everything, without any reservations.It's not that she was shocked by Mao Jue, this should be her original plan. This woman is really smart enough. She knows that even if she relies on news to coerce Mao Jue into agreeing, the old man is a coward and feels uncomfortable. When the time comes to find an excuse, the Luo family can still be squeezed out, but now, the momentum of pretentiousness is full, and the impression on Mao Jue is deep enough, and then generously pass the news to Mao Jue, with this kindness in the snow, Mao Jue is a person who does great things, and he will not treat the Luo family badly.

Luo Ning's mission was fulfilled, and the rest was left to Mao Jue's headache. Sitting on the ground rubbing his forehead, Mao Jue had a headache. I really wish I didn't see Luo Ning today.

Luo Ning's picture is for pretense, but for experts, one picture can provide many details. After all, he has also become the leader of the East China Sea. He basically knows the shapes of boats walking in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Tall and square, those with a ship tower are called Daqing boats, a kind of blessing boats, which are basically Zheng Zhilong’s main battleships, and usually serve as merchant ships. No matter how big or small the ships are, they are the closest to Fujian. Such ships are densely packed The port seems to account for [-]% to [-]% of the total, which shows that Fujian's local maritime strength has almost been assembled by the Zheng family pirates.

On the sea in the distance, there are several tall masts, with crosses hanging on them, and those with a slightly big belly. They are Dutch ships. Mao Jue took the Dutch East India Company to Phi Island, and immediately sent the ship to the south to notify. It seems that the Dutch East India Company Either the Indian company did not receive the letter, or the trade point of Iron Mountain also wanted it, and the trade point of Nagasaki also wanted it. According to the appetite of Western colonists, it is not impossible!

On the surface of the sea, there are two pointed long boats. They are Boni pirates with dragon flags. They are like Fuchuan. They are Annan boats. The assembly is basically seventy-eight out of ten.

The rest is supplies, hold a meeting, have a drink, discuss and discuss how to cut down the fat sheep and how to divide the fat. This was half a month ago, maybe at this time, people have already The sails were set off.

There is no need to compete for Zhoushan anymore, Mao Jue is too exhausted to catch up, and even Nagasaki and Kyushu Island don't have much time left.

"One month!"

Looking at the picture, Mao Jue said this to himself.

Still not clear about the situation, Adelaina still looked at Mao Jue in confusion, put down the picture, and Mao Jue simply cupped his fists at Luo Ning.