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The young man said confidently: "Humph! How long did Chongzhen want to recruit me? He didn't dare to do anything to me. They want to recover the lost land, we want the wealth, we each to take what we need, why wouldn't they do the same? Look, Xiong Wancang already knows that I have been mobilizing my newly trained fire bludgeon and crossbow, he didn't even try to stop me, at most he just showed a smug face. "

The youth said, "I still don't understand. This mountain cave, what kind of wealth does it have? It's not even comparable to the amount of money we get from smuggling and shipping."

The young man patted the boy's head lovingly and said, "What do you know? We're smuggling goods. What are the two most profitable ones?"

The youth said, "Do you still need to ask? Of course it's sea salt and glass mirrors?"

The youth said, "Yes, these are the two things that have not been transported by sea, but actually appear in large numbers in this mountain cave, and there are all kinds of them. Just based on the notes I have found, in the one year since the appearance of the bandits, there have been a total of 7 million silver taels circulating and digesting in this cave, and 2.68 million grains have been sold here. This is the rough estimate of the scope of power that I have been able to find."

The teenager swallowed his saliva and said, "So many! "It's even more than what we earned when we went into a business without any basis. With so much money, there must be a lot of brothels."

The young man smiled and nodded. He put down the mirror and said, "The scouts have already relaxed their guard tonight. They should let him know the benefits of our Zheng Family." He thought to himself: I'll send people to attack them in three directions, but only I have enough crossbows and fire bludgeon hands. If the other party's strength is insufficient, then we'll just directly send them to the bandits' lair and behead them. If the enemy's defenses were extremely tight, then we'd have to force our way through, and the pain would be worse than the pain. I didn't expect him to have such a huge fortress, but we had to get on the boat no matter how tall we were on the sea.

Fujian — In the Yuan Dynasty, the system of "province" was introduced. After Kublai's death, the imperial power declined due to the excessive power of the Prime Minister and provincial governors, and the internal strife began in the Yuan Dynasty. During the period of Yuan Shun Emperor (1357 AD), the crown prince of Yuan Dynasty, Aizu Redara, and the great general, Timur, fought fiercely over the huge taxes in the port of Tengtong, and each of the two factions manipulated his servants to fight in Quanzhou. The war soon turned into a decade-long war between Fuzhou and Putian, which, as the center of the war, suffered a particularly heavy loss. Foreign merchants fled from the port, but the city degenerated from a world-class port in the last year of the Yuan Dynasty to a world-class port.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers of Fujian restored the economy of Fujian, and the business, textile and maritime industries in Fuzhou began to recover.

In the third year of the Ming dynasty (1575 A.D.), Spain sent a diplomatic mission to Fujian with Father Martinus de Rada, 1533-1578, under the command of two officers and 15 soldiers. Subsequently, Father Rada wrote two reports about his experience in Fujian, which he submitted to the Spanish government: "About 10,000 or 12,000 families in Tongan, built of white stone. They said that the town, along with the nearby village, had about a hundred and fifty thousand people, which was obviously not an exaggeration. From what we've seen, we think it's the best supply we've ever had, and it's a lot of people. "

"There are more than 50,000 families in Quanzhou City, not including those who live in the suburbs. The city was surrounded by high stone walls and a famous bridge over six hundred feet long. "

"We sent the gifts mentioned in the letter and stayed there for 35 days before we left Fuzhou City. This city is the largest we have seen in China, and as far as we know, there are 150,000 households and it is the provincial capital of Fujian. " Tongan County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province.

From this, one could tell how prosperous Fujian was, and it was at that time. In Yi Lu's courtyard, there was a stage, a pavilion, a courtyard, an artificial lake, artificial mountains and artificial water. It was like a drizzling rain that was filled with mist, a pavilion, a temple, a buddhist pavilion, a beautiful woman by the lake, a boat beside the lake.

However, there was a person who was unaware of this beautiful scene and had hidden in his study to write something down. With a quick look, he discovered that it was truly a good writing.

A middle-aged man ran into the study room and panted, "Master, Lord Zheng's men are back."

Xiong Wancang continued writing and said calmly, "Is that so!? "Those good-for-nothing bandits were killed by the Zheng Family so quickly. It seems like these Quanzhou gangs are going to be difficult to deal with."

The middle-aged man calmed down a bit and said, "Master, it wasn't that we were taken care of, but that Lord Zheng's men escaped."

Xiong Wencai's pen trembled when he heard this. He destroyed a top grade inscription, "Mantis and cicada stalking and trapping. Yellow Sparrow …" He said, "What did you say? Explain it in detail."

The middle-aged man said, "Yes, my lord. This morning, our men heard from the city guards that Lord Zheng had split up into three groups and that he had failed to return after half a month of fighting. On the other side of the road, they had been led by Lord Zheng's younger brother, but only a few hundred of them escaped and returned. Some of them even went mad from the news, saying that there were demons, and that Lord Zheng's younger brother seemed to have been captured."

Hearing that, a strange expression appeared on Xiong Wencai's face as he slowly revealed a smile, "This is truly the blessing of heaven. What about the other way around? Aren't you led by Zheng Zilong? "

The middle-aged man said, "The people who came back said that Lord Zheng sent twenty thousand men to attack Cheng Xiang on the other side. They are still unaware of the situation."

Xiong Wencai was silent for a moment before he muttered to himself, "He's either taking the Chao Zhou Road or Huizhou Road. No matter how brave he is, he wouldn't be able to transfer people between provinces by going north into Jiangxi Province. Suddenly, he looked at the middle-aged man and said seriously, "Summon all the Fujian soldiers and generals. Those who have been appointed by me and do not have much contact with the Zheng family, tell them that I have important matters to discuss. Or, use the people we have installed at the sides of the ship to help the Zheng family and drag them back to Sprite Harbor."

The middle-aged man continued, "Master, I heard that not only did the Quanzhou Gang not want to leave by boat, they also had to go to Guangdong province to provide support."

Xiong Wencai laughed out loud when he heard this, "Good, Zheng Chilong left behind a group of aged pirates, as well as a group of newly trained Northern refugees. Quickly prepare yourselves, even if they don't want to leave, I can't let them go back." In the past, he had tolerated the air because the imperial court couldn't do anything to him. Once he had eliminated the Mountain Bandits and used up most of his manpower, he would come and deal with him, and he was secretly a little uneasy. Although he wanted to take advantage of the fact that he was sick and wanted to take his life, Zheng Chi-Long's reputation was too far away and he wasn't good to be dealt with, so he could only deal with it randomly. If things really didn't work out, he could only make up his mind.

The first one to step onto the fort, and got rid of a few of the Heavenly Valve Army soldiers who were standing guard, showing off their outstanding abilities, was a young man in his late twenties holding a blood-stained sword. When he thought that everything was set in time, suddenly, a whistle sounded from inside the castle. It turned out that the Tianshen army actually had a secret sentry.

He ordered his subordinates to shoot crossbow arrows to kill the soldiers of the Heavenly Valve Army who were guarding the fort platform. After a burst of killing, the soldiers of the Sky Valve Army who were split into two layers were unable to break through the enemy's crossbow formation, as they watched more and more enemies climb up from the city walls and occupy the high ground, Xia Yuanyi of the Sun Moon Sect finally brought everyone over, after a burst of attacks and an opening of empty air, with the help of her master's absolute knowledge, Gongzhi Qing Long had killed two crossbows in a row. If it were not for the fact that the Sky Valve Army still had the advantage in numbers on the stage, and had the ability to kill one, they would have already lost. However, Zheng Chilong's arrangements were very good, the climbing ropes were being protected, and there were many people constantly climbing up, with each additional person Zheng Fang came up, the Sky Valve Army would have to work even harder.

An old lady who was able to take more than two hundred moves from him before she was defeated was actually quite impressive. Zheng Zilong's sword arts were the best in both China and Japan and he had rarely met anyone on the sea who could defeat his opponent. It was only his second brother and a few others who were not on the same level as him.

In this world, only the High Priestess could surpass the former High Priestess in terms of talent. After seeing that she would lose in just a few hundred moves, and seeing that more and more soldiers of the Heaven Valve Army would be forced back by the enemy's forces, she hated herself greatly: Even if the High Priestess were to hand over such a heavy responsibility to me, how could I fail? Even if I were to die, this old body will not allow you to take even half a step into my teachings.

Xia Yuanyi changed her caning style to "Madness", and it turned into millions of canes dancing in the air.

Zheng Zilong shouted, "What a crazy method." He then began to dismantle it with his sword.

He had originally thought that after obtaining the sect master's secret technique, his cultivation had already advanced by leaps and bounds, but he still had to rely on the help of his other two senior brothers who were fighting the enemy to achieve a draw.

Although the number of members of the Sacred Maiden of the White Lotus Temple was far higher than the enemy's, they did not have the advantage in numbers. The enemy already held the absolute advantage, and they began attacking the soldiers of the Heavenly Valve Army on both sides of the stairs.

Just as Xia Yuan Yi was about to be unable to take on the enemy and was about to be killed by Zheng Chilong, an extremely tall Sky Valve Army soldier grabbed Zheng Chilong's sword with both hands. Zheng Chilong was shocked, in the blink of an eye, he had already tried thrice to circulate his strength, but was unable to do so, Xia Yuan Yi seized the opportunity, the tip of the staff directly struck the opponent's body, Zheng Chilong had no choice but to give up on his Dragonspring sword and retreat to a far distance to take a closer look.

It was similar to the uniform of the red-furred ghost, except that it was seven corpses tall and extremely muscular, bigger and stronger than the tallest and strongest person he had ever seen. It was shaped like a mountain, had short hair, two green dots in the pupils of its eyes, and it was equipped with iron protectors from nose to shoulder (Liu Zhiqiang had brought it with him to prevent the horrifying loss of Wen Shao's bite).