Not long after the guard went in to report it, the gate opened again.

Mi Fang hurriedly walked out of the courtyard, and as soon as she came out, her eyes fell on Zu Lang's body.

When she saw Zu Lang, although Mi Fang's face was a little anxious, she still looked relatively calm.

"General Zulang, what kind of wind is blowing you..."

Before Mi Fang finished speaking, his eyes fell on Liu Zheng behind Zu Lang.

Mi Fang knew Liu Zheng, after all, he had met Liu Zheng many times.

As soon as his eyes saw Liu Zheng's face, he immediately recognized Liu Zheng.

"Liu..."

After Mi Fang saw Liu Zheng, she was about to speak to Liu Zheng, but before she could say anything, she was immediately stopped by Liu Zhengyi.

"There are a lot of people here, let's go in first!"

"Yes, yes, you see how I forgot about this!"

Mi Fang immediately slapped the door of her head, and then made a respectful gesture for Liu Zheng and the others to enter the mansion first.

Mi Fang led Liu Zheng and his party, and quickly walked to a side hall, and then entered a relatively quiet living room.

"Lord Liu Zheng, why are you here?"

Mi Fang was very surprised by Liu Zheng's appearance, and immediately looked at Liu Zheng with a puzzled look after leading Liu Zheng into the living room and settling down.

Just as Liu Zheng was about to open his mouth to tell Mi Fang about his intentions, footsteps came from outside the living room again.

Liu Zheng didn't open his mouth at all, but waited for the people outside the door to come in.

Soon, the people outside the door pushed the door in.

Liu Zheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was Mi Zhu who was not expected.

"Lord Liu Zheng!"

Mi Zhu's face was in a hurry, and after pushing the door in, his eyes swept around the room, and finally fell on Liu Zheng's body, and immediately converged a little.

"Oh, it's Mi Zhu, it's just in time, I'm going to tell Mi Fang about my intention this time, since you're here, let's listen to it together."

Liu Zheng responded to Mi Zhu, and then Mi Zhu nodded and stopped talking, but stood aside and waited for Liu Zheng to speak.

"Master of the Mizhu family, first of all, I'm sorry to you!"

"Actually, I should have come to meet you a long time ago, but I have been busy with the war in Jiaozhou before, so I have not had time to take care of the affairs here, and this time the affairs on the Jiaozhou side have been dealt with almost completely, so I deliberately took the time to come over and tell you about the previous robbery of the merchant ship."

After Liu Zheng's words were finished, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang's nervous faces at the beginning immediately eased a lot.

After all, for Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, the hijacking of a merchant ship is not a big deal.

In the past, the merchant ships of the Mi family often had accidents when they sailed, not to mention that a ship was robbed, it was normal for the entire fleet to rob the goods, since with Liu Zheng, with the protection of the water thieves under Liu Zheng, the loss of the merchant ship was minimized.

This is simply an incredible thing for the Mi family, although there is a business ship that has been hijacked, but the Mi family has not taken it seriously at all.

Although the Mi family didn't care, Liu Zheng cared very much and wanted to figure out what was going on.

"Liu Zheng, it turns out that you are here because of this, it doesn't matter, just a boat was hijacked, I didn't pay attention to this kind of thing at all, you don't have to visit in person."

"No, the robbery of a merchant ship is not a trivial matter, this is a rift in our cooperation, if we can't deal with it, it will be a shame for me Liu Zheng."

"And some people ignore Zu Lang's reputation and forcibly plunder ships, this is to declare war on me Liu Zheng, if you don't get back this face, how can Zu Lang mix in this water? Where will my Liu Zheng's face go? ”

Although Liu Zheng came to apologize, it was more to get back the field and at the same time let Zu Lang dominate the waters of Poyang Lake.

At this time, Mi Zhu heard Liu Zheng say this, so he had no choice but to nod.

"Actually, when it comes to these stolen goods, I have some clues here."

Mi Zhu knew that since Liu Zheng was here for this matter, he naturally tried his best to solve it for Liu Zheng.

As soon as Liu Zheng was told by Mi Zhu, he immediately became interested.

"Oh? What clues, I'm now tracking down the robbers, if you have clues here, it would be great, only by catching those robbers, can we maintain the operation of this trade route! ”

Mi Zhu immediately spoke.

"Actually, I didn't know who hijacked our ship at first, but recently a trading house in Jianye City next door took some of our goods, and overheard their subordinates say that they had received a batch of silk and porcelain from other places."

"Those people are our old customers, and suddenly they take less of our goods, and they are silk and porcelain, which suddenly alerts me, because the merchant ship we were hijacked is loaded with silk and porcelain!"

As soon as Mi Zhu told Liu Zheng about the clues on his side, Liu Zheng immediately understood.

"You're saying you suspect that the same goods are from our stolen merchant ships?"

After Mi Zhu finished speaking, Liu Zheng immediately understood. Although this is not certain, it is also a clue, and if you follow it, you may really find something.

After all, this is something that can be guessed. The merchant ship that was hijacked by the Mi family was more than a month ago, and now there has been no news for so long, it should be to prevent leakage and deliberately delay time. The goods were not immediately cashed out.

Now, more than a month has passed, and those who hijacked the merchant ships should also feel safe, so they will sell those goods at this time.

And the Mi family has a lot of shops in this vicinity, and once there is an unknown source of goods, they can immediately receive the news.

"Okay, Mi Zhu family master, tell me the address of that shop, and I'll go over and check it."

At this time, Liu Zheng happened to have no clues, and with the information provided by Mi Zhu now, he could directly follow this clue first, regardless of whether he gained it or not, he would check it first.

After talking about the robbery of the merchant ship, Liu Zheng opened his mouth again to look at Mi Zhu.

"Okay, Mi Zhu family master, since I have talked about the robbery of the merchant ship, I actually came here for another purpose, maybe Mi Fang should have mentioned it to you before."

"Is Lord Liu Zheng talking about trade with Jiaozhou?"

When Liu Zheng met with Mi Fang in Changsha before, he told him about Liu Zheng's occupation of Jiaozhou.

Thinking that Mi Fang, who has returned to Xuzhou now, should talk to Mi Zhu about what he said with Liu Zheng in Changsha before.

Now being questioned by Liu Zheng, Mi Zhu naturally remembered what his brother told him before.

Liu Zheng nodded.

"Jiaozhou is now in ruins, and with me sitting in Jiaozhou, I can open the door for you to be convenient, all your Mi family's business in Jiaozhou can be tax-free, and the profits from trade will not be much less than that of surrounding states and counties."

Liu Zheng rushed to Mi Zhu and talked about some of the situations in Jiaozhou. Briefly described it to him. I hope Mi Zhu can agree to go over to Jiaozhou to operate.

Although Liu Zheng said lightly, Mi Zhu showed a trace of hesitation.

"Lord Liu Zheng, it's not that we don't want to send someone to Jiaozhou to do business, in fact, we had this idea a long time ago, and tried to let people go over, but Jiaozhou and Xuzhou are too far away, although there are huge benefits in doing business, but because there are too many variables in the distance, the risk is too great, and the benefits are not able to fully bear the risk, so..."

Mi Zhu didn't finish the rest of the words, because he knew that after saying this, he already showed that he didn't want to go to Jiaozhou to do business.

But after listening to his words, Liu Zheng asked a rhetorical question.

"Master Mizhu, are you worried that the journey from Xuzhou to Jiaozhou is too far?"

"Mainly for this reason, after all, I sent someone to go through it once, and even if I am in a hurry from Xuzhou to Jiaozhou, it will take at least more than two months to be able to go once."

"At the same time, you can go to Jingzhou or Yangzhou twice, and the benefits are greater, and the risks are relatively smaller."

Mi Zhu explained to Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng nodded lightly after listening. That's what he was thinking. I had long guessed that Mi Zhu would say this.

"If I can shorten the time for you to travel from Xuzhou to Jiaozhou to half a month, no more than 20 days at most, then do you think it is feasible to go to Jiaozhou for business?"

As soon as Liu Zheng's words were spoken, Mi Zhu's expression immediately changed.

"Once every 20 days? This is impossible, the two places are separated, several states and counties, and the mountain road is difficult to walk! ”

"Don't worry, what I Liu Zheng said is definitely not a lie."

"If you can really make a trip every 20 days, then there is a lot to do, and you will naturally not let go of such an opportunity to make a fortune!"

"Okay, then it's decided, you can prepare for going to Jiaozhou in advance, and after I finish dealing with the hijacking of the merchant ship, I'll come to discuss with you in detail about going to Jiaozhou!"

"Good!"

Liu Zheng's words were all said to this part, Mi Zhu naturally had nothing to say, and directly agreed.

After learning about Mi Zhu's situation, Liu Zheng and the others did not stay more in Mi Jia, after all, his identity was not easy to be exposed, and he was also unwilling to stay in Mi Jia for too long, so after a light meal, he said goodbye to Mi Zhu.

Liu Zheng wanted to leave, but Mi Zhu naturally couldn't keep it, so after telling Liu Zheng the address of the shop, he sent Liu Zheng out of the mansion.

After Liu Zheng left Mi Zhu's mansion, he immediately separated from Zu Lang, since he wanted to investigate the robbery of the merchant ship, he naturally had to fight with those water thieves.

Therefore, Liu Zheng needs to ask Zu Lang to send troops and horses over and gather here, otherwise the manpower he brought from Jiaozhou alone will not be enough.

After all, the soldiers and horses that can rob merchant ships are at least thousands, and only by letting the three thousand men under Zu Lang's command quickly arrive on the scene can there be a place for a battle.