Lin Aping met Zheng Sen for the first time, but he had no idea that he would meet Zheng Sen in such a way. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info holding the documents of the expedition company, invited Zheng Sen, the young master of the Zheng Group, to meet Li Yan, although there was a feeling of returning to his hometown. But when he really saw Zheng Sen, Lin Aping showed a lot of embarrassment.

After all, if it weren't for Zheng, he wouldn't have come to Japan. They will not be hired by the expeditionary company. Live a life with hope for the future.

What's more, no matter what, Lin Aping can also see that the two have some competition.

Zheng Sen was even easier to talk than Lin Aping imagined, he seemed to have understood that the person in front of him was a former Zheng sailor, and after accepting Li Yan's letter, he smiled and said: "The expeditionary company is at the beginning of the rising sun, and it is developing very well. You can get the trust of Li Yan's shopkeeper, do it well, and give us the long face of Zheng's trading company. ”

In addition to registering the title deed, a new business has also been started in the county offices. Registered trading companies, workshops and various organizations that conform to the Holy Decree No. 236 of the Ming Emperor.

In the past, if you inquire casually at sea, you will know the prestige of the Zheng family. But Zheng Sen is a scholar, and in a first-tier city like Nanjing, he is even more well-informed. He soon persuaded Zheng Zhilong to establish the Zheng Trading Company, completing the formalization of the Zheng Maritime Group.

At first, Zheng Zhilong was a little reluctant. I feel that the fame and great reputation created by my brothers in the Zheng family are influential enough, and I don't need to go to the yamen to register.

But Zheng Sen said something, and Zheng Zhilong acquiesced and let Zheng Sen do it.

"The so-called teacher is unknown, and that's it. Although my Zheng family is good, I can't stand up to being nameless and pointless. Such as the expedition company, Shuncheon Fuli registration. Can set up a branch, can be the captain of the guard. The weight of the name can be seen from this. ”

Maybe it's the weight of the name, maybe it's the excitement of the expeditionary company. All in all, Zheng's is now very simple and rudely registered, and it is called Zheng's firm.

This time, Lin Aping sent an invitation letter from Li Yan of the expedition company, and Zheng Sen naturally called himself an executive of Zheng's trading company.

However, after all, it is not as good as the expeditionary company that His Majesty the Emperor has paid attention to. Even the lowest employees will also sign a labor contract. Formal and grand, on the other hand, when Lin Aping was in Zheng's family, he simply begged for a living, and went in response to someone else's shout. When he got off the shore, no one asked for him, so he could only remember his identity as a sailor of the Zheng clan when he was serving porridge in the city hall.

"Less...... Xie Zheng Gongzi's concern. Lin Aping whispered a few words, but Yu Guang couldn't help but look at it.

Lin Aping had heard of the reputation of this young master before, and as the son of Zheng Zhilong, he was sent to Nanjing to study under the great Confucian Qian Qianyi. Living in Nanjing, he should have created his own literary name, won the title of a genius, and at the very least, he had the huge family business of the Zheng family, which was enough to be rich and noble.

However, fate is unpredictable. Now he is in Japan, leading his compatriots to survive in a foreign country.

The elegance in the impression is worthy of the name, but the proportion of such a polite atmosphere is obviously getting lower and lower. What's more, it is a kind of temperament of the superior who is not angry and arrogant, and it is a kind of confidence that has been in the military camp for a long time and is decisive in killing.

This is an amazing person.

How is it not a great person to be able to lead tens of thousands of people to survive in a foreign country under the greedy eyes of the Japanese?

It's just that why did the owner want to see Zheng Sen?

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Lin Aping didn't understand those things that were too complicated, but at least everything went smoothly on the way he brought Zheng Sen back to Sakurajima, and there were no other moths.

"Zheng Sen, I have a deep memory of Manager Li's name, and I have admired the name for a long time." Zheng Sen gave a very modern etiquette, shaking hands.

This is a habit passed down by His Majesty the Emperor, of course Li Yan understands, shook it lightly, and said with a smile: "The past has long passed. I am very grateful to have lived Li Yan now. In the past few days, I have heard about the many bad things that your compatriots have done in Japan. When I arrived here today, I couldn't help but sigh that Japan is bad in a thousand ways, but it is good enough for me to stay. ”

"Oh? Please also advise. Zheng Sen seemed more cautious, and he felt both anticipation and uneasiness for the addition of the expeditionary company.

That's right, to solve Zheng's embarrassing situation in Japan, Zheng Sen has some confidence. After the plan was revealed, in the face of the critical matter of life and death, those internal factions with their own mountains united and dealt with it together. Several bigwigs who knew the complete plan also praised Zheng Sen, which made Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao feel very long-faced. Even Zheng Zhihu is in Taiwan, and he is very happy that the Zheng family has a good son.

Although the plan is good, there is one thing that makes Zheng Zhilong feel very worried.

That is, the Zheng family is too weak.

When he was based in Fujian, Zheng was the first maritime merchant in East Asia, with 200,000 men and horses, and tens of thousands of large and small ships. No matter how much boasting there is in it, no one can deny the name of the first maritime merchant.

It's just that I left Fujian and went to someone else's land in Japan. In the face of the Satsuma Domain, in the face of the entire Japanese state, the power of the Zheng clan is weak.

The only way to complete the plan is to take advantage of the Ming season that happened to arrive in the Satsuma Domain.

After a lot of relationships, Zheng Sen and Wang Fuzhi reached a preliminary consensus. Not only did Wang Fuzhi express his intention to appreciate it in the letter, but also traces of the expedition company's arrival in Japan.

If that plan is added to the Ming Dynasty and the expeditionary company, not to mention the Satsuma Domain, even if Japan resists with all its might, it will not help.

However, this can only be imagined. It is not easy to get the support of Wang Fuzhi, let alone the power of the imperial court. They didn't clean up the Zheng family, and it was okay.

In fact, if it weren't for Zheng Sen's oath, and Wang Fuzhi's clear intentions in front of him, both Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao would be afraid of the Ming court.

However, what should come is always coming.

Zheng Sen said that teaching is worthy of the name.

Li Yan didn't think so much: "I don't dare to teach you." It's just a superficial view. In fact, I also walked around today and felt that the scenery of Sakura Island was really good. There is a rare and good pier here, not far from the Satsuma Domain. It's a good place to trade. Or, to put it more bluntly, it is a good place for the Chezhitan to recuperate, and it is also a good time. ”

"Manager Li's open-mindedness is surprising." Zheng Sen breathed a sigh of relief, maybe he was a little infected, and he also thought that the Chezhi Dan disciples were sinful. But he almost forgot that the Ming Dynasty did not ban Christianity.

"Expeditionary Company, interested in joining this project?" Soon, Zheng Sen returned to the topic.

Li Yan's was more direct than Zheng Sen thought: "Of course there is a cooperation intention, I think we can enter into the details of the negotiation." ”

A powerful palm stretched out, and Zheng Sen shook it vigorously, his surprise could not be hidden.

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Since Zheng Sen and Li Yan started spying, Lin Aping was announced to have ended today's work, and even gave him a three-day vacation in advance.

If it was before, every day was a holiday. But every day is a difficult day because you have to face the pressure of survival.

Now with an old club, life is peaceful. What once felt like a difficult leisure became a wonderful enjoyment.

Once upon a time, homeless people wandered around. Now that he is idle, Lin Aping feels that he doesn't know where to go. He remembered that in the open space west of Sakurajima, a construction team was working on a new settlement. It will be the base of the expeditionary company in Japan.

With nothing to do, Lin Aping decided to go to this famous place for Xianyan.

It's just that Xianyan, who originally seemed to be relatively uncrowded, now has many more people. In addition to the familiar Chinese workers, there are also many Japanese.

They dragged their families with them, including men and women, old and young, and the number was about four or five hundred. Looking at the accent, it's clear that it's local. The clothes are also poor people.

"Maybe I heard about the construction team's recruitment of Lifu...... Lin Ah Ping understands the value of a job. I couldn't help but feel some sympathy in the letter.

It's just that the road to survival for these poor people is a bit difficult. Their first step into Sakurajima was frustrated, and on their way out of the docks to Sengan, several samurai stopped them.

Several sturdy men lay on the ground with blue noses and swollen faces, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. Several old men and women knelt on the ground, begging the Japanese samurai who stood in their way, begging them to let them in.

"Yaga! Your Excellency has issued an order not to allow you untouchables to enter Sakurajima. ”

"Get out of here!"

"Untouchables are not welcome here!"

"This is the territory of the Shimazu family, and it is unforgiving for untouchables to dare to enter. Throw a few people into the sea to see if they dare to stay. At this time, a Japanese, who was dressed in some fine clothes and looked like a retainer, gave the order impatiently.

Sakurajima has a beautiful scenery and is a place where Shimazu Mitsuhisa takes a vacation every year to enjoy cherry blossoms. If the lord of the feudal clan saw that there were poor people here, it would be a matter of ruining the cherry blossom viewing scenery.

"Hey!"

A group of samurai followed Ying Nuo, and then strode forward, carrying a few emaciated children and began to walk towards the sea.

Obviously, these samurai wanted to throw a few children into the sea so that they could know how powerful they were to the lowly untouchables.

Lin Aping saw such a mess and felt the danger, so he had already dodged to the side. His clothes are different from those of the Japanese, and after joining the expedition company, he has black pants and a red jacket issued by the expedition company, and the word expedition is delicately engraved on his chest, and a rose is drawn next to him and a musket is driven.

Anyone who knows the inside story knows that this is the honored guest of the lord of the domain. Otherwise, you won't be allowed to enter Sakurajima at all.

Those Japanese samurai didn't fail to find Lin Aping, but they just understood that this was not someone who could be bullied, and they didn't look for trouble when they saw him dodge.

Seeing that the four children were grabbed by fifty and thrown into the sea, the poor people were obviously even more angry. It's just that in the sharp katana, everyone endures. The child's mother cried loudly, and the child's father choked back tears, looking at the bruised nose and swollen face on his body and the ill-intentioned eyes of several samurai minions, and did not dare to resist.

"Let go of my sister!" In a depression that made people feel like crying, a little girl with a few freckles strode out.

"Tomoko, don't go over!"

"Danger!"

"Come back, Tomoko!"

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The little girl who rushed out was obviously called Tomoko, but I saw him angrily running to the samurai who had captured his sister, panting, with a delicate face, his eyes widened, and he trembled with anger: "Is this the spirit of a samurai?" Bullying the weak! Let go of my sister! ”

As she spoke, Tomoko clenched a stone in her hand.

"Yaga! Is this an attitude towards the samurai? Now I tell you, you too will die! The samurai who was stopped felt ashamed, and even more resentful, when would a despicable untouchable woman dare to be so disrespectful to the samurai?

As for a stone, he apparently didn't pay attention to it.

After the anger, it is the sword light that rises.

He slowly drew the katana in his hand, determined to give the group of untouchables a good look.

The sword light was bright, and Tomoko closed her eyes and held the stone up to fight hard.

Seeing that Tomoko was ready to be killed, the crowd could no longer hold back their anger, like the erupting Sakurajima volcano.

"Fight!"

"Fight with these samurai!"

"For the survival of the Chezhidan!"

"Kill!"

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A few crisp roars like fried beans came to mind, accompanied by a loud slogan. Mitsuhisa Shimazu's retainers were drowned out by the angry pauper, along with their samurai.

"Stop!"

Just before the katana was about to stab, a majestic figure in Tomoko's eyes stopped in front of Tomoko. The man, who was clearly not Japanese, drew his long knife and blocked the samurai's atrocities.

The samurai looked surprised, but soon his face was gloomy: "Damn Chinese, you shouldn't have come here!" ”

But all his expressions froze at this moment, and after the two words stopped, a bloody wound exploded on the samurai's back.

That's the power of the handcuffs.

A single bullet ended the life of a trained samurai.

Lin Aping had a hunch that something was wrong, he didn't have such a high-end product as a handcuff, which was at least a supervisor-level employee and a first-level escort team member who could only have it!

But in any case, the retainers and samurai of the Shimazu family died here.

Poor people poured into the Shimazu family's vacation villa.

In the cheers and marches of the crowd, a pair of soft little hands grabbed Lin Aping's sleeves.

Those were the sisters who were rescued by Lin Aping.

The younger sister shivered and wept bitterly in her mother's arms. Sister Zhizi, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, looked at Lin Aping with a pair of bright and surprised eyes: "You are our benefactor!" ”

In this way, Lin Aping was dragged into the villa of the Shimazu family.

He soon learned the identities of these people.

Cheechitans!

Maybe he hadn't heard of it before, but after joining the Expedition Company, he quickly learned why. The Shimabara Rebellion dealt a blow to the Western colonizers in Japanese commerce. Everyone thinks that the reason why the rebels of the Shimabara Rebellion were so tenacious was because of the support of the Europeans.

As a member of an overseas trading company, how can you not find out the details of your opponents and partners?